Art and Culture

Rating: ★★★★★6-24th August @ The Pleasance Courtyard Carl Donnelly brings about one of the best stand-up comedy show's at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Donnelly is a talented, respected and funny man, who will keep you entertained and laughing so much it begins to hurt. His hour long routine is slick, clever and guaranteed to make you laugh-out-loud. Filling the room with an upbeat crowd, he introduces us to his wild […]

Rating: ★★★★5-25th August @ The Pleasance Dome The duo takes over the Pleasance stage with an incredibly funny performance! Max and Ivan are no strangers in coming up with ridiculously entertaining characters. Last year I went to see this act at the Fringe, with a high recommendation, and since then I’ve been waiting to see more and more from them! Their performance is fast, witty and bloody genius! It’s exciting […]

Rating: ★★★★★5-26th August @ The Pleasance Courtyard Star of BBC 1's The Magicians is back in Edinburgh this year for the Fringe Festival! "Jokes and Tricks" is the deal Pete brings to the Pleasance stage, with his illusions which are simply impressive. Prepare for crowds to pack into the Pleasance towers for a mind-blowing hour of exciting stunts, tricks and banter! Pete's interaction and connection with the audience brings about […]

At a time of the morning far too early for festival season a gaggle of press including some of team BDFM were ushered into Pleasance Grand for a sampling of what the Pleasance venues and their friends have on offer at this years festival. Joe Lycett Our host for the event was Joe Lycett, you can see why his show was a sell out last year (and a nominee for […]

The Lady Boys of Bangkok are back in Edinburgh with their ‘Glamorous Amorous Tour’ and Black Diamond FM is giving you a chance to win a family ticket for 4! To be in with a chance of winning listen in throughout the week for details of how to enter and get your name in the draw for our tickets! To find out more about the show visit the Edinburgh Fringe […]

This year we're very excited to be at some of the most popular festival's, across Scotland's capital city! We're covering several shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, among several other events, with lots of interesting and fun interviews and reviews. Let us tell you what shows at the Fringe you should definitely see, to what Authors you should start looking out for at the Book Festival. Make sure to keep […]

The Festival Fringe may not have started yet but they are already giving out awards! The winner of the ‘2013 Dupliquick Printing Zebra Award’ has been announced. This is the award given for the best promotional poster (the things that appear on every wall, window, toilet seat and police call box during the festival) This years winner was ‘Diary of a Madman’ from the NoPerks Theatre (Quaker Meeting House) Admired […]

The winners of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival Awards have been announced. The Award for Best Film in the International Competition was presented to Mahdi Fleifel’s ‘A World Not Ours’, which received its UK premiere this years festival. The award is given to filmmakers from outside of the UK in recognition of their imagination and innovation. The Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film went to Lucien Castaing-Taylor […]