Edinburgh Fringe returns with mix of in-person and online shows

Festival is part of world's largest annual arts season which has been forced to curtail events due to Covid

The Edinburgh festival Fringe returns this weekend with a hybrid programme of nearly 800 in-person and online shows after its cancellation last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Fringe makes up part of the world's largest annual arts season, alongside the Edinburgh international festival and the book and film festivals, which open later this month, and all have been forced to significantly curtail this August's events for the second year running. One of the most famous, the military tattoo staged at Edinburgh castle, has again been cancelled.