Aydan Butt

Rating: ★★★★8th & 10-24th August @ The Pleasance Courtyard at 20:30pm |BOOK TICKETS Chris Martin takes over the Pleasance stage and raises the roof with a load of laughs and cheers. The immensely funny man entertains an hour of extremely hilarious gags and life stories. He’s immediately the likeable guy as he talks us through living in his parent’s garden shed, to embarrassing fast-food restaurant addictions. He also shares his […]

Rating: ★★★★5-10th & 12-24th August @ The Pleasance Dome at 20:00pm |BOOK TICKETS Nathan Caton takes over the Pleasance Dome to put on his terrific bad-boy performance. The talented stand up comedian from London succeeds at putting on a sharp, up to date and bloody genius show, leaving you cheering for more. He knows best at how to keep the audience roaring with laughter, from his opening joke – an […]

Rating: ★★★★5-11th & 13-25th August @ The Pleasance Courtyard at 16:30pm |BOOK TICKETS Award-winning Theatre Company, Les Enfants Terribles (in conjunction with Pins & Needles Productions), brings their new show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Ernest Hemel constantly stares through his window, watching a young woman Gwendoline, who lives in the apartment across. His obsession builds until she falls in love with another man, leading Ernest into a twisted mind, […]

Rating: ★★★4-12th & 14th-24th August @ Underbelly Cowgate, at 14:20pm | BOOK TICKETS Deep in the heart of the Underbelly Cowgate, awaits trio sketch group Giraffe. The artists are back this year with plenty short sketches, keeping you entertained and laughing at its silly characters. We’re brought into several amusing situations, including a lonely suicidal Big Foot. Their quick changes behind the curtains keeps the pace upbeat and has the […]

This incredibly funny animated film follows Surly and his Ratatouille look-alike rat friend, who pull a heist at a Nut Store. Surly, a cartoon squirrel (voiced by Will Arnett), is a nuisance to his community and as ‘winter is coming’ all the animal inhabitants of Liberty Park are on the lookout for food. A rare opportunity approaches them, which involves robbing a Nut stall, however it all falls terribly wrong […]

This heart-warming film, based in Romania, focuses on an elderly man who soon realises what’s important in life, family. Recently widowed Costache (Victor Rebengiuc) is dealing with the aftermath of a heartbreaking flood, in his small friendly town. He begins to slowly rebuild his lonely life until his son Tico (Serban Pavlu) and family unexpectedly turn up on his door step for a short period. After many years apart, their […]

Peter Snowdon's self-shot documentary 'The Uprising' is extremely powerful and focuses on the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings. 'The Uprising' brings together a series of unimaginable images, shot by several activists on the threatening streets. The images are captured in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Syria, and Yemen. The bigger picture is getting their voices heard on a larger scale, however after 30-years of oppression under a brutal dictator, the people are […]

Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube has connected people together from all over the world. While many use it for entertaining reasons, others use them in a much larger scale. Nineteen year-old Ala’a Basatneh is constantly checking her mobile for notifications. She’s online in lectures and even active on Facebook at home using her laptop. But she’s using it in a different way. Ala’a's attention is deeply […]