Simon Stone returns to the Bridge Theatre with a radical reworking of Aeschylus, but does the Australian auteur’s latest adaptation of an ancient tragedy captivate the critics? Fergus Morgan rounds up the reviews.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre will launch a new mini-festival showcasing work from the Edinburgh Fringe this August

Public investment in the arts in Scotland has fallen by more than £10m in real terms since 2013, according to a new culture spending tracker

A group of Edinburgh Fringe venues has launched a “zero-commission ticketing initiative” in an effort to make the festival more “financially viable” for artists

Edinburgh International Festival, Manipulate and Edinburgh International Children’s Festival are among organisations set to receive a share of £3.7m from a Scottish government fund introduced last year