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Keith Farnan: 'I love the punters who took a chance on a show about the death penalty'

When you open the Fringe Guide, you are overwhelmed with images, quotes and promises, both empty and real, for what will be the greatest night of your life...

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Tim Cornwell's Festival Diary, Monday 22 August

Delighted to see Jim Haynes back on his feet for his 55th Fringe, with the support of a small army of well-wishers...

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Matt Green: 'A one-star review will lead to instant execution'

This year the Edinburgh Fringe Guide lists 2,542 shows, a quite ludicrous number when you consider that it started in 1946 with just three...

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The Dog Eared Collective: 'I fancy going to the Iranian fishnets gig on my own'

Every year the number of shows at the Fringe gets bigger and bigger blah blah blah...

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Tim Cornwell's Festival Diary, Saturday 20 August

Pity poor Camille O'Sullivan - unintroduced as the 7:30pm warm-up act at the Fringe Select dinner for the big corporate donors at this year's festival...

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Rebecca Prichard: 'Participatory theatre is an expression of a longing for direct action'

So what's going on with all the audience participation at this year's festival?

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Late Night Gimp Fight: 'The master drags the gimp around the Pleasance Courtyard'

Let's face it. Flyering can be an interminable, soul-destroying experience designed to slowly break your spirit until you wish you'd never brought a show up to the Fringe...

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Tim Cornwell's Festival Diary, Friday 19 August

Nearly two weeks in, actor John Malkovich still leads the celebrity stakes this festival...

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Simon Weeds: 'People think that if you have a beard you're tougher than you actually are'

Growing my beard for the Fringe is now a tradition...

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Matt Adams: 'We're staking out Edinburgh banks, planting getaway cars and pretending to fill out deposit slips'

Once again, in Blast Theory, we have created a piece of theatre that sails a bit close to the wind...

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