Act to sink without trace

MAJOR European orchestras, dance and performance companies must offer their staff more flexible holiday dates before the Edinburgh Festival can explore moving its schedule closer to that of the Fringe.

IT WAS billed as the unmissable experience of this year's Edinburgh festival season.

TICKET sales at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have soared by more than 95,000 to a record new level – despite claims that the event has hit an audience limit.

DOCTOR Who fans have been promised the show's greatest ever cliffhanger — as plans emerged to split the next series into two.

LEADING promoters believe the audience level for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe may have reached its limit amid claims that a "vortex" of venues in the city's south side is sucking in punters.

Arts editor Andrew Eaton reveals our final Fringe First winners of 2010, and announces the full line-up for today’s Scotsman Fringe Awards

Everyone by now has probably heard the winner of the best gag on the Fringe prize, Tim Vine's pun-tastic one-liner, "I've just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I'll tell you what, never again." But what about all the rest? To save you having to go to around 800 comedy shows to find them all for yourself, we've picked out the best jokes for you. Enjoy.

THE American comedian Bo Burnham, who turned 20 during this year's festival, yesterday became the youngest ever nominee for the Fringe's top comedy award.