Cool Places
Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival
Royal Mile, Edinburgh.
Theatre is the largest single element of the Fringe, and always figures strongly within the International Festival programme. The range is mind-boggling, from straightforward renditions of Shakespearean classics by university dramatic societies to bizarre productions in the oddest of settings (such as public toilets or the inside of a car), with a sprinkling of household names and groundbreaking new drama also on show. The programme at the Traverse Theatre is consistently top-drawer, with strong line-ups at Assembly and the various 'C' venues, but the real essence of the Fringe remains the smaller, offbeat and occasional venues, where ambitious, high-quality but often unheralded theatre takes place.
