The shows must go on: the best of Edinburgh fringe, in person and online

From a play in a car park to an online event from a shed, this year's festival is finding new ways to entertain

The Edinburgh festival fringe, at its height, was a magnificent monster. The largest arts festival in the world, it was exhilaratingly, dizzyingly, dauntingly huge and - like a city-consuming ooze from a 1950s B-movie - it kept growing, year after year. In 2019, the fringe featured more than 3,500 shows in over 300 venues. And that's without taking into account its less chaotic sibling, the Edinburgh international festival.

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