Creeps, legends, witches and wonders: Edinburgh fringe 2025 – in pictures

From a Polish prince of Denmark to pickled vegetables and tributes to Billy Connolly and Marilyn Monroe, our photographer explores the many worlds of the festival

Murdo MacLeod

Main image: Midnight at the Palace, at Big Yin at Gilded Balloon Patter House. All photographs by Murdo MacLeod

Wed 13 Aug 2025 15.12 CEST

Mr Creep by Theodora van der Beek at Banshee Labyrinth

Creeps, legends, witches and wonders: Edinburgh fringe 2025 – in pictures

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