🎭 Edinburgh Festival Minute: All the five-star reviews so far

All the five-star reviews from reliable sources, 100 locally-produced shows reviewed, get 50% off Assembly show tickets + Pieute's birthday bash outside the museum

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Weekend edition: 21 - 23 August 2026

Concerns over Shore business rescue plan, Morningside Road closure over 'unknown substance', bakers donate for Leith loop charity runners + the annual Canal Raft Race at Fountainbridge

🎭 Edinburgh Festival Minute: 20 & 21 August 2026

Ihsane: the five-star dance masterpiece, smutty shows in the spotlight, Pulitzer winner Mona Chalabi at the Book Festival + are influencers spoiling the festivals?

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Thursday 20 August 2026

Council could buy fire-damaged Princes St building, 300% council tax hike on second homes faces vote, more questions over North Bridge bus stops + new bus routes announced by Lothian Buses

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Wednesday 19 August 2026

Upgrade plans for Royal Infirmary hospital, Voi bike bosses looking for new parking spots, update on South Suburban railway tram-train bid + new community gym opens at Liberton High School

🎭 Edinburgh Festival Minute: 18 & 19 August 2026

Today & tomorrow at the festivals, a 'life-altering' five-star musical, Edinburgh Art Festival Jupiter Rising preview + the Dance Base show that is 'anti-venom for toxic masculinity'

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Tuesday 18 August 2026

Porty MP says locals 'are literally swimming in shit', major new '7/7/7' bus lane trial for London Road, data centre campaigners celebrate 'common sense' + Greenside Church up for sale at £1m

🎭 Edinburgh Festival Minute: 17 & 18 August 2026

Wikipedia founder at the Book Festival, more five-star reviews, sauna-hating top critic calls Sauna Theatre 'perfect' + discounts for Darkfield's Arcade, Flight & Coma experiences

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Monday 17 August 2026

New depot bid to end silence of the trams, Art Festival starts 'Tram Replacement Shuttle Bus', four more Tattoo flyovers over next fortnight + overflowing bin dubbed 'the Market Street Midden'

🎭 Edinburgh Festival Minute: 14 - 16 August 2026

Dining and discos as Book Festival and Art Festival open, EIGHT exclusive half-price ticket deals for Gilded Balloon shows + take a friend to Summerhall's Sauna Theatre for FREE with exclusive two-for-one ticket deal

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰ Weekend edition: 14 - 16 August 2026

Princes St reopening target now 'end of August', councillors 'mortified' as festival funding 'in turmoil', new Causewayside record shop & Morningside chippy + your non-festival weekend guide including 'Characters of Edinburgh'

🎭 Edinburgh Festival Minute: 13 & 14 August 2026

Ahir Shah returns with 'electrifying' show, Graham Norton's Fringe tips, Film Festival begins today & Art Festival tomorrow + top review for 'Turn Your F*cking Phones Off'