Grace, a wealthy and mysterious woman, invites an ex-golf pro turned financial advisor and a lawyer with sordid secrets to her country home to discuss her estate and update her wil…
Join the Godfather of Tartan Noir, writer and director of the world’s longest-running police drama, learn secrets from behind the cameras, share some of his favourite moments and…
Pressure Cooker: The kettle boils, the lights come up, and we find ourselves watching four sixth-year med students treating a patient.
The Burden of Truth.
This completely original chamber musical by Shaye Poulton Richards is a darkly charming piece of new writing.
Based on the short story by Charles Dickens, Unexpected Places Ensemble’s adaptation of The Signalman is a creative if confusing adaptation as the creative team tries to create a…
Somebody in the audience will have eaten the most toast. We will find them.
Hello, and welcome everyone to a play that explores death, loss, legacy and obsession.
Look into the human face of greed – live acting, visuals and a binaural soundscape that gives you the chills.
In 1974 London, three musicians and their manager seal themselves inside an underground recording studio to complete an Americana album, unaware that materials in the walls are dri…
Murder in London: The Butterfly Butcher strikes again.
Off the coast of Angus in the North Sea, is Caillte Lighthouse.
Based, like Hitchcock’s film, on the Daphne du Maurier short story, The Birds is a thrilling psychodrama about what happens when nature turns against humanity.
Count Horoch Zadelski, dashing member of the Polish Underground, makes a daring escape from Nazi-occupied Europe with the Gestapo hot on his most-wanted heels.
It is 1871 and the seductive Vampyre Carmilla has chosen her next victim, the gentle and innocent Laura.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, 1977.
Dr Glas, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the notorious 1905 Swedish novella by Hjalmar Soderberg, translated by David Barret.
A striking and stylised imagining of Oscar Wilde’s gothic masterpiece: the picture of Dorian Gray transforms into a malevolent horror as its inspiration remains untouched and bea…
Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story.
One performance only. Arrive early, sell-out expected.
H and B are a young couple struggling with the pressures of their relationship.
A howl in the night! A terrifying corpse! A suspicious bearded man! A chaotic cast of larger-than-life characters threaten the heir to the fortune.
Three longtime friends have had little contact since the death of the fourth member of their close-knit group, a best-selling horror writer.
Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story.
You’re suddenly under arrest: no warning, no explanation.
An epic dystopian drama about the threat of religious extremism and right-wing populism.
A college student offers a scattered recollection of her childhood, her perceived trauma and the chaos leading up to her mother’s recent disappearance.
A striking and stylised imagining of Oscar Wilde’s gothic masterpiece: The Picture of Dorian Gray transforms into malevolent horror as its inspiration remains untouched and beaut…
A strong female lead (detective) faces the toughest case of her career in this comedy crime show by Tamar Broadbent (BBC Radio 4, Boom Chicago).
People can be sensitive about how they are described.
Kazumi is hunting a sea monster.
‘Our modern life was built on the backs of the oppressed – if they were to demand repayment, would you be afraid?’ In 1791, a voodoo ceremony begins the Haitian Revolution to end…
It’s finals week on an unnamed university campus and a professor in English literature is having a bad time of it.
Flight takes place in absolute darkness inside a 40ft shipping container.
Thirty years after A Scandal in Bohemia, Sherlock Holmes must once again confront The Woman.
With 21 convictions for 76 offenses, beginning at the age of 13, including arrests for stabbings, shootings and murder; losing an eye and being told he would never walk again, Marv…
When a local hospital announces its closure, panic ensues.
Come one, come all to this tragic affair! Stand-up comedy show featuring acts that are positively freaky.
Close your eyes and let Darkfield radio lead you into the surreal, suggestive and truly suspenseful.
A realtor visiting a house with potential buyers realises she had been there before.
Trapped in a manor house, two hapless Glaswegian detectives must investigate the deaths of each family member, but try not to become victims themselves… A time-warp murder myster…
Fear of Roses follows three women as they grapple with each other’s careers in a power struggle which soon turns deadly.
The world ended two years ago, consumed by a plague of the walking dead.
A sci-fi rock drama about invisibility, inspired by Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds.
Charming.
A gripping electric thriller, exploring the far-reaching, unexpected and devastating effect childhood bullying can wreak.
Have you ever loved a show so much that you wished you could kidnap the actors, keep them in your basement and get them to perform it again for you? No? Just Rupert? A troupe of yo…
I’m somewhat sceptical of companies bringing classic plays to the Fringe, be it an average Hamlet or yet another Woyzeck.
Scotland’s answer to a Tarantino classic.
The Man From Verona – The Trouble with Harry is that he’s hanging from a Rope by the Rear Window.
Tim, Harry and Ella have been sent on a mission – destroy a factory, send a message.
Making a Murderer meets Rosemary’s Baby.
If you’ve seen anything that A Slightly Isolated Dog has done, you’ve arguably seen all of it, and that is in no way a bad thing.
Come one, come all to this tragic affair! Comedy Freak Show is an exhibition of comedic rarities.
A writer/producer of television’s Supernatural spins a series of intimate, darkly comic vignettes in this modern thriller.
You've probably heard plenty of stories about lucky couples who fall in love, get married and live happily-ever-after.
True crime obsession has reached new heights in the past few years with a seemingly endless stream of documentaries, books and podcasts available to armchair sleuths everywhere.
Madame George is a psychic in a slump.
Gooooood morning, Edinburgh! Live from Studio B, THSGD Productions presents Arguing On-Air! Talkback radio meets the stage in this three-man show: an intricate and funny rollercoas…
To Butterfly follows the journey of two character’s lives in the build-up to a fateful meeting of finality.
Award-winning, folk-punk-cabaret rioteer Strangely returns with a brand new show, full of new songs and shenanigans.
A naive librarian witnesses an incident that will change the rest of her life.
When Ollie’s sister goes missing, we are plunged into a dark underworld that reveals pain much greater than the loss of a relative.
Pechorin is a superfluous man.
Why are we fascinated by serial killers? They’re everywhere; on the news, in crime fiction, on television and in our daily lives.
When the government declares slaying legal to reignite a sense of self responsibility and respect, James has the urge to pay his ex-wife a visit.
Set in October of 1978, eight women end up together in an abandoned house where Lenora Stark supposedly murdered her parents 13 years ago.
The chilling time travel story of the genesis and death of Lady Macbeth.
In the creepy traditions of the classic American television shows The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery, this collection of medieval tales comes to bone-chilling life in a journey in…
Making a Murderer meets Rosemary’s Baby.
A man is bound to a chair with a sack over his head.
Cleaning out her grandmother's old basement after her death, amongst the usual detritus a woman finds a tape recorder and an accompanying tape which tells the kind of story usu…
At first sight it would seem that Boondog Theatre's latest outing at the Edinburgh Fringe is somewhat ironically titled.
Hugo Alastor has gone missing.
Agatha Christie’s classic And Then There Were None is difficult as a play.
Edinburgh flatmates Max and Alan are perfectly happy swapping banter and joints after a long day of doing nothing.
By day, this city’s streets are bright and orderly, but by night, it is the playground of shysters and crooks, smugglers and thieves.
A sweary, aggressive, dark comedy that follows two bags of Flour – a new synthetic drug that looks, smells and acts exactly like the baking ingredient – as it passes from the d…
Though common in film and literature, it is rare to see a play which fits the bill of psychological thriller.
Electra has been exiled and married off to a peasant.
Doors creak and dust falls; the Curse of Cranholme Abbey has awoken once more.
A spate of violent murders occur at the Darling’s charming country house.
Animikii Theatre’s Origins is an intriguing piece of physical theatre that isn’t afraid to be subtle with it’s plot.
A group of actors, desperate for their big break, attend an acting workshop hosted by Andrew – an enigmatic but ever so slightly unhinged former C-lister.
Edinburgh flatmates Max and Alan are perfectly happy swapping banter and joints after a long day of doing nothing.
When a show’s success or failure supposedly rests almost entirely on the skills and willingness of its audience, the trust and confidence placed between performer and viewer is t…
Why are we fascinated by the anti-heroes of the law? From Sherlock Holmes to Luther, we will discuss the modern crime writing interest in the blurred lines between the goodies and …
Robert Louis Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde follows a heartbreaking journey through Victorian England, exploring the mysterious link between the respectful Dr Jekyll and the dark an…
This is a show that had so much potential in its material and utilised none of it.
This tense thriller presents the true story of one of the greatest media scandals in British history – the publication of Andrew Morton’s book about Diana, Princess of Wales, whi…
Eryn and Luke have a show.
Murderous intentions corrupt adolescent dreams in the chilling story of six teenagers living 20 years apart in an isolated girls’ school.
One of the wonderful things about the Fringe Festival is that it’s the only time of year that theatre in Scotland truly panders to our increasingly short attention spans.
When close friends Flo (Emily Schofield) and Becka (Octavia Gilmore) catch up, they suddenly discover that their lives are deeply entangled.
Friendships and relationships can be tricky to navigate, particularly when they become tangled together.
The Edinburgh Dungeon returns with a thrilling new mystery to solve.
With impressive physicality and strong delivery of Shakespeare’s language, three young actors present a vigorous new adaptation of Macbeth set in a modern-day youth offender’s …
Dirty Glitter, a cop comedy-thriller, tells the story of a duo of private investigators: the confident and logical Murphy, along with the bumbling and eccentric Valmont.
Sherlock Holmes, true to its original with all the same characters and tropes that keep fans hooked, but with a twist.
Push to Shove Theatre Company have devised a simplified version of Dracula giving it the justice it deserves without taking anything away from Bram Stoker’s original concept.
Hamlet transported to a slaughterhouse in modern-day South Korea.
Gripping police thriller that will raise your pulse as it draws you to the edge of your seat.
How can hell be liberal and forgiveness be punishment? Contradictions like these are part of the challenge of this provocative piece of writing and performance.
Beckman Unicorn presents Darktales, an accomplished piece of storytelling, which seamlessly weaves together stories while skillfully managing to subvert and play with its audience�…
This is possibly one of the most depressing shows I have seen at the Fringe this year.
Jack BK’s original written piece deals with class struggles, privilege and ignorance in a clear and effective way.
Pressure.
An Improvised Murder.
Going into this show, I had my reservations.
It’s 1914 and Professor Hermann Ethé and his wife are living a happy, bohemian life in Aberystwyth.
Are you watching carefully? Alec’s professor and his girlfriend frantically search through the diaries and essays of the man and mind they love.
Five teenagers wake up in a void, neither knowing each other, or how they got there.
From the director of Red Bastard! Think it’s a solo show? Think again.
From the director of Red Bastard! Think it’s a solo show? Think again.
After 2014’s sell-out show, The Edinburgh Dungeon returns with a new mystery to solve.
The Heist tells the tale of Marmaduke Blennerhasset, masterful thief and intrepid adventurer, who becomes entangled in the affairs of evil megalomaniac Antonio Superyacht (proud ow…
December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut c…
An adaptation of the classic gothic horror by Henry James, this show promises chills and thrills but didn’t send too many shivers up my spine.
A young girl is forced into marrying a powerful but mysterious woman.