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  • Comment: Also, those links in the Notable Performances section are not supposed to be there. Use them as references or remove them entirely. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 20:26, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: This reference aside [1], the others are either WP:PRIMARY interviews/quotations of people related to the festival (Horrified Magazine or The Skinny) or promotional listings of events (Edinburgh Evening News). Jovanmilic97 (talk) 21:41, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

The Edinburgh Horror Festival, or EHF, is a yearly Halloween event for live entertainment, in Edinburgh, Scotland. This includes theatre, comedy, magic, spoken word, improv, walking tours, workshops, games and other interactive events..[1] Co-founder and actor Michael Daviot said that “Under the Horror banner we include the weird, uncanny, bizarre, grotesque – it’s really not about blood’n’guts, but celebrating the supernatural and the strange.”[2]

History

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Founded in 2016 by magician Ash Pryce, comedian Alexander Staniforth, writer/actor Oliver Giggins, actor Michael Daviot, and producer Emily Ingram[3], it first ran across four locations, including three pubs, the Banshee Labyrinth pub, The Tron Pub, and The White Horse, and a bookshop, Otherworld Books.[4] [2]

Subsequent years have also seen events occur at The Tron Pub, CCBlooms,[5] Lauriston Castle[6][7], the Writers Museum[8], a boat[9], and online during the pandemic.[3][10][11] Since then, the Festival has been mostly limited to the Banshee Labyrinth, a move which has not come without criticism, with some noting the venue's appropriate atmosphere but also noise level.[12] However, despite noting its smaller impact than the Edinburgh Fringe, others have also praised the event for having "that low-fi buzz and sense of experimentation which is all too often absent from the August event", calling it "a real fillip for the theatre soul".[13]

Notable Performances

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Notable acts include Dacre Stoker, great-great-grand-nephew of the author of Dracula[7] and the author of two prequels and sequels to Dracula, Dracula: The Undead and Dracul.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Williams, Kate. "Edinburgh Horror Festival launches spooky 2022 programme for Halloween". Edinburgh Live. Edinburgh Live. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Dibdin, Thom (24 October 2016). "The Horror, The Horror". All Edinburgh Theatre. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b Reed, Ellis. "'Remember it's a performance': An interview with Ash Pryce, co-founder of the Edinburgh Horror Fest". Horrified Magazine. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. ^ Sellheim, Hanna (30 October 2023). "Oh, the Horror! Gothic Literature and the Edinburgh Horror Festival". Student Newspaper. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. ^ Dibdin, Thom (27 October 2017). "In Horror We Trust". All Edinburgh Theatre. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  6. ^ Rudden, Liam. "Which of these 12 Edinburgh Horror Festival events would send a shiver down your spine?". Edinburgh Evening News. Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  7. ^ a b The Newsroom (22 September 2018). "Chilling out at the Festival of Bogles". The Falkirk Herald. Retrieved 30 September 2023. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ Williams, Katie (12 October 2022). "Edinburgh Horror Festival launches spooky 2022 programme for Halloween". Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  9. ^ Taylor, Amy (15 October 2018). "Real Horror Show: Edinburgh Horror Festival preview". Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  10. ^ Hanton, James (27 October 2020). "Theatre Review: Doctor Bonk's Lockdown Die-ary // Edinburgh Horror Festival". The Indiependent. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  11. ^ Lillystone, Lucy (23 October 2020). "Theatre Review: Frankomime's Monster // Edinburgh Horror Festival". The Indiependent. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Edinburgh Horror Festival 2022, Opening Night". Neurodiverse Review. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  13. ^ Dibdin, Thom. "Friday Night at the Horror Fest". AllEdinburghTheatre.com. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Dacre Stoker". GoodReads. Retrieved 30 September 2023.