‘All Hell shall stir…’ An intimate and unique staging of Shakespeare’s classic history play.
In their Fringe debut, the UK’s No.
Hong Kong veteran community theatre company, Art Home, masquerade in masks and physical theatre to confuse the definitions of what is a human and who is a dog.
Looking for a fun, interactive activity for all the family? Come and join the UK’s No.
A musical revue, featuring music from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, SpongeBob, Legally Blonde, Grease and loads more! For the students at FPA, it’s our Edinburgh Fringe debut …
Experience the underwater wonder with Stage Skool LIVE’s Finding Nemo JR.
Liberate your heart, mind and soul! Bestselling author, Facebook’s Moon Woman invites you to her temple of Venus for a tantric initiation: a psychedelic trip (without substances)…
This brand-new musical version of the timeless classic takes you down the rabbit hole with the ever-curious Alice to a land of zany adventures where nothing is as it seems.
Join us as we follow Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion along the Yellow Brick Road to self-discovery where the Wizard of Oz is not all he seems.
The Olivier Award–winning West End hit is back for a 15th year! Every night is opening night for the hottest new musical in town; there’s just one problem – the writer hasn’t w…
She’s the Goop-founding, Door-Sliding, Shakespeare-In-Loving, consciously-uncoupling Hollywood superstar.
World premiere of Gabriel McDerment’s new mental-health work! As Andrea, a high school senior, fights through the daunting US college application process, she experiences the menta…
Join the Bohemians as they take you through an evening of their most iconic musical theatre songs.
Glory dreams of singing at the world’s most prestigious festival, the only thing standing her way is a mysterious pyramid.
I’m the Greatest Starr (but no one knows it) takes a musical trip down memory lane as the award-winning Starr Domingue shares the herstory of an aspiring musical theatre performer …
Join Nikki Hill’s inner circle for one complete psych-le.
Direct from London’s West End, The Barricade Boys are the UK’s most exciting theatrical vocal group.
Fresh from their sell-out run at the Dell, EBC Theatre present a radical, abridged take on Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy.
Verity and Dexter – the perfect love match.
Is Exeter University emerging as the new powerhouse in student musical groups on the Edinburgh Fringe? Let’s not complicate this - the answer is simply but emphatically Yes.
Picture This is a new musical-thriller that follows stop-motion animation filmmaker Mary.
Sold-out run: Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2022).
Caliban, a young transsexual recovering from the boozy wedding reception of two lesbian witches, will need more than the magic of pronouns to survive this truly surreal odyssey int…
Following a sell-out 2022 run at Glasgow’s Oran Mor, acclaimed chanteuse Christine Bovill conjures Kiki de Montparnasse, the celebrated model and painter, as she relives her glory …
In August of 2019, Shana Pennington-Baird found herself in Dingle, Ireland, travelling alone, when she had a major health emergency.
Inspired by Georges Seurat’s painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Sondheim’s classic follows George as he strives to finish his masterpiece while his ne…
Cat-Like Tread makes a welcome post-Covid return to the Fringe with this ever-popular jolly romp, a Gilbert and Sullivan classic and a dashed good night out.
Join four friends weighed down by their past and frightened of their future as they take a trip around a natural history museum and explore the big bang, loving difficult parents, …
Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Carrie Penn and Toby Huelin’s Irrepressible, whilst a compelling story seems to rehash old messages without leaving us with a sense that we should do somet…
In a lab on a spaceship orbiting desecrated earth, two scientists run a failing experiment in procreation.
An exceptionally enthusiastic and talented youth theatre put on a revival of the 2013 version of Pippin.
Nothing is stronger than female friendship, except maybe the pressures of adulting.
In the dramatic musical A Mirrored Monet, it’s 1916 and the painter Claude Monet struggles to complete his government commission for the Water Lilies.
Celebrating the rule and reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II, featuring songs from musicals that have played Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End – including Fiddler on th…
Featuring West End performers, this family-friendly musical concert will take you on a journey through some of the most iconic songs from films like Mary Poppins, Aladdin, Toy Stor…
Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for! Fringe’s ultimate musical theatre party night has arrived.
It’s poetic, musical, funny, moving.
Flower arranging becomes a life and death hobby in Little Shop of Horrors, a popular-on-the-circuit science fiction cult musical classic.
Ben Tomalin, Maisie Fawcett and Sophie Holmes’ Without is an interesting contender at this year’s Fringe Festival in that it has a very strong cast that handles an equally stro…
A laugh-out-loud, immersive, comedic, heartfelt tribute to Hollywood’s most iconic blonde bombshell.
Relating the most horrible experience a woman can go through portrayed in the most beautiful form, Amina Khayyam Dance Company return to the Fringe with a stage version sequel to t…
To loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away.
Puppets.
The Night of the Musicals is a dazzlingly fun, exceptionally energetic hour of musical entertainment.
Shing-a-ling what a creepy thing to be happening! The much-loved musical comedy returns in a fast-paced, physical production.
Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers.
A contemporary adaptation of Voltaire’s Candide, this devised ensemble work depicts the optimist’s journey from innocence to experience.
Purgatorio follows an ensemble of troubled spirits dancing to salvation in Club Purgatorio, a surrealist techno dreamscape.
Bare Productions return following a string of five-star, sell-out Fringe runs with the rousing and heartfelt musical, Little Women.
Ordinary Days is the captivating story of what happens when frazzled and uptight student Deb loses the notebook that contains all her notes for her thesis somewhere on the streets …
What a wonderful play is DNA.
‘When my grandmother’s sister Agnes was nine years old, she disappeared.
Burnt Lavender is a queer cabaret, devised and presented by students from the University of Worcester's Masters in Touring Theatre degree.
Seven women attend a wake where they discover that their lives are mysteriously intertwined.
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
Two shadows are dancing in a field of flowers next to a battlefield.
The classic musical The Legends of Mountains and Seas is a representative work of the Graduate Institute of Performing Arts of National Taiwan Normal University.
A stunning song cycle by Jason Robert Brown centring human relationships in all their messy beauty.
Brass Colours presents the frenzied life of a brass quartet suddenly disrupted by a genial and unpredictable percussionist.
Francesca is a 20-year-old woman who is able to time travel to speak to her younger self. A multi-genre devised piece about the different stages of growing up and its consequences.
This evening’s performance will include an eclectic mix of solo and ensemble song and dance pieces from some of the West End’s best-loved musicals.
A heart-wrenching collision between illusion and reality, a touching story of a young couple in love as they embark on a turbulent journey of loss, immigration, frailty, and hope.
A Chorus Line - and what a chorus line! I was wowed by this performance of A Chorus Line presented by the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group.
2020 the musical follows main characters Emily Goodhand and Adam Pictor, two musical theatre performers who have faced a lot of rejection, finally get their big break in a show tha…
Theatre Travels and Olivia Ruggiero Productions present Broadway Diva.
A heartfelt, humorous investigation into the things mothers pass onto their daughters – for better or worse.
A new UV opera-musical told from the roots of trees about the impact of intensive agriculture on forest systems.
Lydia Whitbread’s Winging It is a vague yet very intense coming of age musical.
Expecting a retelling of the Greek myth, the office set is initially a little confusing.
The Talentz Musical Theatre Company are bringing all the sparklejinglejolly magic of Elf The Musical.
‘I wanted to fight her corner’.
The best way to express what this show represents, is to say it is like a classic cabaret crossed with a night with Mr Rogers.
Edinburgh Music Theatre is delighted to present a selection of wonderful songs from newer and lesser-known musicals that have broken out and broken new ground within the last two d…
In its 40th performing year and 20 years since we’ve been performing musical revues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Music Theatre takes a little bit of a departure into…
From cat allergies and fruit preferences, to student life and inverted friendships, this is a coming-of-age musical with a compelling and, at times, chaotic cast of characters navi…
Stephen Sondheim’s hilarious musical romp tells the bawdy story of a slave and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door.
Strasbourg, 1518.
From musical theatre greats, Stephen Schwartz and John Caird, comes a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith.
If you liked Six, then you will love Fierce.
Hurly Burly’s Death by Shakespeare is a stylised ode to Shakespeare, that lifts and showcases his best-known characters in a tumultuous yet entrancing way.
Chekhov’s Gum is making their Fringe debut with an all-new clown show, Crap Ballet! One’s big, the other’s small – both suited up and ready to strut, stretch, and shimmy for an h…
Café L’Arté is a brand-new immersive musical set in real time in a coffee shop.
Through movement and masks, this deeply emotional and non-verbal work follows a pair of elderly artists as a disease forces them to relive and reinvent their love.
It’s 1940 and Bartók goes into exile in the United States, taking with him his 44 duos for two violins, based on Hungarian, Slovakian, Serbian, Romanian or Arabian folk tunes, s…
The 2006 musical Spring Awakening, based on the book of the same name, tells the story of teenagers at a strict religious school in late 19th century Germany, struggling as they di…
Dead of Night by Hurly Burly is a traipse through gothic romantic literature in an exploration of the nature of humanity and monsters.
Emptiness is a pure space between nothingness and existence.
It’s showtime! Sing along to all your favourite show tunes in this immersive musical megamix experience! With live piano and dazzling cabaret performances get ready for an evenin…
Voloz Collective’s production of The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much is a masterclass in physical theatre.
Written and composed by Bethany, Cameron and Natasha Lythgoe, Pandemonium is a biblical musical of mundane proportions built upon a confusing amalgamation and re-telling of stories…
In 1970s New York, failed actor, Kit, is haunted by his deceased theatre-star mother.
In the experience of profound disconnection, when there are no more floors to crash through, the only way out is in.
Attempting to retell the story of someone as iconic of the modern age as Steve Jobs will naturally present a challenge, particularly as books and films have combed over every aspec…
This musical, composed by Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne, with a new script by Joan Greening is a journey through the extraordinary life of Alan Turing.
Award-winning FCT return for their 42nd Fringe with their spooky, kooky production of The Addams Family.
Many people wish to be famous, successful, or simply stand out from the crowd.
Enjoy musical satire at its finest: celebrating the mischievous wit of Tom Lehrer, performed by Australian entertainer, singer and pianist, Antony (DrH) Hubmayer.
Physical theatre combines with original music as 7th century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar Xuanzang embarks on a spiritual quest to India, seeking the answer to the question, �…
In a world of lies, big lies and total whoppers, one way is invent your own even bigger lies.
The students of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s MA Musical Theatre programme are a staple at the Fringe, and they never let us down!Edges, a song cycle written by Benj Pasek an…
Aristophanes’ wild fantasy, The Birds, has been reimagined as a contemporary musical comedy complete with cuckoo characters and a happy ending that soars above the footlights!
A song cycle inspired by the photographs of Matthew Murphy, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a unique concept and the perfect choice for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Dogfight follows the exploits of three marines who are about to be deployed in the conflict in Southeast Asia.
Brand-new original musical drama comedy based on the true stories of Jill Morrell and John McCarthy.
Set in a mythical once-upon-a-time sort of land, Shrek the Musical Jr is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that cross…
It’s Lights Up! on this Fringe debut: a completely improvised musical comedy! Unforgettable characters sing, dance, rap, and harmonise their way through action-packed stories in …
Everybody Sing are delighted to present a musical journey through the decades.
Ripper is an unfortunate example of a show that may have promise, but not quite the ability to realise it.
A blocked playwright with a looming deadline is haunted by the subject of her last failed show: Ernest Hemingway.
Situated in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, the Isle of Eigg has a fascinating history of sovereignty.
The little iceberg holds a secret.
Performed by talented students, Captivate’s production has been seen by an estimated 22,000 people, with sell-out crowds, standing ovations, and multiple five-star reviews.
Dewey Finn, wannabe rock star, decides to earn some cash by posing as a substitute teacher at a prep school.
Right Here, Right Now.
The show tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrols at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner.
Thank You for the Music, a new American musical revue, celebrates the greatest hits from radio, stage and screen.
You'll begin this show painfully aware that you’re sitting in the hall of a secondary school.
Come and join us for a wonderful adventure in Neverland and see how Peter, Wendy, John and Michael battle the Pirates, Mermaids and Native Indians with help from the Lost Boys and …
This musical is based on the concept album by Green Day and centres around Jonny, Tunny and Will as they fight to get out of their boring, mundane lives.
Avenue Q is the puppet-based musical following the people who live on the worst street in the world.
Alan doesn’t understand Carol after they met via a dating app which was organised by bestie Karen, but now Carol has met Tony to complicate matters as she becomes the Queen Of T…
Everyone knows about the code-breaking genius of Alan Turing, but behind the mathematical genius lay a man of great passion.
La vie Bohème! I can’t believe it’s been nearly 30 years since the rock musical RENT hit the stage and almost 20 years from the film version.
The story of a girl dreaming of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the “revolting children” who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson.
If you still chuckle at those Twilight memes making fun of Kristen Stewart’s awkward portrayal of Bella Stark, or harbour some nostalgia for the immortal (and problematic) YA ser…
Based on one of Grimm’s lesser known fairytales, Godfather Death is a hidden gem and a must-see this Fringe.
Join Talia in a family-friendly venue for an interactive musical journey to some major European cities.
Our first impression when seeing Antonio! is that it’s chaotic and hedonistic, a impression that is quickly proven to be correct, but in a gloriously celebratory way.
A Bee Story is a uniquely Australian physical theatre show for children and families incorporating a kaleidoscope of circus, acrobatics, dance and live music.
Edward Bloom’s larger-than-life stories delight everyone – much to the dismay of his pragmatic son, Will.
Captain Macbeth is Vice-President.
A new musical, written by serving Scottish soldiers and veterans, about their own experiences as young soldiers.
In this original musical, volunteer camp counsellors, Sky and Jess, struggle to keep up with their relationship after being placed in opposite camps.
Nunsense is a hilarious talent show staged by the Little Sisters of Hoboken nunnery, the rest of the sisterhood having succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Si…
Ludmilla Dabo, accompanied by Moliere award-winning writer, director and musician David Lescot, sings a moving, intimate and dazzling portrait of the iconic ‘High Priestess of So…
Written/directed by Amanda Bothma; musical direction/piano by Germaine Gamiet; starring Daniel Anderson.
In this multi award-winning show, Kerry Hiles – accompanied by Germaine Gamiet – shines the light on Judy Garland, the undisputed queen of cabaret.
The Drowsy Chaperone kicks off when a die-hard musical theatre fan plays the record (yes, record!) of his favourite show, and the musical magically bursts to life! We are instantly…
When his daughter Elodie is born, Ben realises the closure he thought he’d found with his own long-dead father needs to be re-examined.
A young Irishman, profoundly affected by his experiences in World War Two, struggles to regain his faith in love and the world as he fights to save his ancestral home – and once-…
Travellers! Come along the journey of your life to the land of holiday wishes, dreams.
The story of a lonely and disconnected young office worker who, through a series of minor admin errors, quite accidentally destroys the entire world.
‘Why do I speak English??’ I have been asked this in an accusatory manner.
It is comparatively easy to portray conflict; showing the different forms of domestic love is much more difficult.
Agnes’ life is turned upside down when she stumbles upon her late sister’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook.
A magical musical with modern sensibilities, King School of Stamford Connecticut, just north of New York City, presents the grand and classic tale of a virtuous young woman who fin…
Get ready to sing your heart out at Sing-a-Long to Smash-Hit Musicals! CRE8IV presents an exhilarating revue show that brings together the best of Broadway’s iconic tunes.
This is a story of Chandra, a woman Tamasha troup owner who is struggling to survive the changing audience demands.
Dancer and performer Elliot Minogue-Stone presents pop art, contemporary dance and cabaret in his brand-new mish-mash show, Groovicle at Zoo Southside.
By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead: expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head, disappearance, and finally consumption.
The smash-hit, gig-theatre show returns, charting the true story of Cora Bissett’s rollercoaster journey from 90s indie-kid to wised-up woman.
Wrong Tree Theatre presents: Das Weben.
Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Beyond Broadway, a spectacular revue show presented by CRE8IV THEATRE CO.
Lecoq-trained physical performer and Fool, Saskia Solomons, morphs into a myriad of inner personalities as they wrestle with the ickiest of sticky icks: money.
For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes.
Telling five short tales from the mystical fictional world of Jianghu, Fall and Flow showcases the beauty and physicality of Hong Kong theatrical traditions in combination with Th�…
A magical fairy tale for young and old.
I gave you Politics for Bitches and What Would Beyonce Do?! Now brace yourself for my female Book of Mormon.
Using the back catalogue of The Proclaimers, this jukebox musical follows Davy (Lewis Kerr) and Ally (Kerr McKinley) as they navigate life after serving in the army.
They say a picture can tell a thousand words, but it turns out that if it is drawn on cardboard, it can tell a thousand more.
A two-troll clown show about friendship, scape(goat)ing and being misunderstood.
Hello, The Hell: Othello is a dance and physical theatre presentation of Othello's and Iago’s afterlife in hell.
HoneyBEE is a festival-driven show with a banging soundtrack.
We spend a third of our lives in bed.
The incredible Oliver Harris sings the great songs from Les Misérables, Chess, Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, We Will Rock You and many more.
Judith Kerr’s Mog the Forgetful Cat, adapted for the stage by The Wardrobe Ensemble.
Musical theatre fans – this one’s for you! Edinburgh-based cabaret group, the Little West End Theatre, brings you a night of sass and show tunes.
Not for the faint of heart or light of stomach, Butchered takes its audience into an absurdist descent of meat and madness.
Brad’s 12-year-old daughter came home from the Halloween dance and said, ‘They only played three total Halloween songs!’ Three? Brad was incensed, so he and Steve wrote nine origin…
Join this talented team of award-winning improvisers for an hour of live music and laughter! Every show is opening – and closing! – night as these top comics compose brand new …
Child of Sunday examines the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the ‘ordinary people’ in our communities.
Stacey “The Legs” Clare (author of The Ethical Stripper) is back with her work-wife, Morag (Gypsy Charms), to answer all your burning questions.
A new gig-theatre show featuring songs by Kyle Falconer of The View.
Blub Blub is a story about two fish chaotically cohabitating in an aquarium.
A unique new musical with a fully actor-muso cast, this Charlie Hartill Award finalist blends contemporary pop, soul, and folk music in a dynamic story of convent school life.
Join Mr Toad, Ratty, Badger and friends in a new family musical by Roger McGough, inspired by The Wind in the Willows.
The must-see, Olivier Award-winning West End hit is back! Watch the masters of musical improv create a brand-new musical comedy from scratch at every single performance of this mul…
Answering the question, “what if Avenue Q took place in a hospital?” Potty The Plant is a dark, tongue in cheek, comedic musical that subverts our expectations time and time ag…
Davina scouts scallies.
Have you ever felt judged for not having the right body shape? Not eating the right foods or going to the gym? Our Photoshopped world is not always kind to our feelings of self-wor…
From the creators of Moon Dragon, Sea Dragon is the most perfect experience for babies under one at the Fringe in 2023.
Receiving its world premiere at the Fringe is Sound Clash: an urban love story set in a dystopian world of dancehall, where MCs, not MPs, rule the nation! In Sound city, music is c…
The creators of smash-hit The Man Who return with an explosive new show.
If you think you’ve seen it all, you haven’t.
Multi award-winning physical comedy that’ll whisk you off your feet.
Cheap Date bring a crash landing of music, dance, theatre, film and comedy without holding back, in this visual duologue.
From the creators of Moon Dragon, Sea Dragon is the most fun for under 5s.
Whilst the cat's away, the mice will play.
Virtuosic juggling, innovative lighting and relentless energy collide in this pioneering new show from Throw Catch Collective.
This is a feel good musical with banging songs, fantastic performers and countless laughs.
Multi award-winning Ad Infinitum (Odyssey, Translunar Paradise, Ballad of the Burning Star) returns with a breathtaking retelling of the Trojan War.
BBD Productions return to the Fringe with their five-star show, which made Best Productions of 2022 lists from London Theatre and Theatre Scotland.
USA, 1985: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson joined the force to protect and serve.
Join Odin and Loki in their struggle to overcome primeval giants, rival gods and goddesses, and each other’s ambitions in this hard-hitting, dark comic adaption of Norse mythology.
There is a large distance between the impression given in the description of this show on the EdFringe site and my experience of the performance.
Visionary theatre director and designer, Thaddeus McWhinnie Phillips, reimagines his classic work about a Wyoming tap dancer that’s stranded in Cuba.
Halloween is still months away, but fear not, Party Ghost is here to suck you right into the deadly holiday spirit.
A new Lion Dance circus! Re-creating the Lion Dance and Chinese Opera from the classical form to a contemporary style of performance, this exciting new circus breaks the traditiona…
When Adam Lenson was diagnosed with cancer in 2019; it caused all past, present and future versions of him to collide in the oncology department.
Ding! The world is ordered, the food is good, everything runs on time.
Trapped in the Peruvian rainforest, having survived a plane crash and a fall of 10,000 feet, Juliane is utterly alone and hopelessly lost.
This is how theatre should be.
What’s big, blue, bossy and turns up uninvited? A slightly annoying elephant, of course! One day Sam gets a very big surprise as a tired, hungry, antique-loving, cycling-enthusiast…
Lucifer, fallen angel, begs God’s forgiveness.
The touching, engaging tale of a shattered body trying to gather itself in a time of war.
Angel Monster is a powerful full-femme-full-bodied dance-theatre from one of Australia’s most prolific award-winning companies Phluxus2 Dance Collective, and choreographed by Nerid…
Fab-u-lous! A high-energy comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter a ballroom dancing competition.
Blossoming (You Undo Me) is a straightforward one-person musical about a young Chinese man growing into his queerness and yet it weaves several narrative threads and theatrical for…
Witness the highly anticipated international premiere of the multi award-winning Oat Milk and Honey.
Language is the springboard for fun and games in this interactive, family-friendly production.
30 Minute Musicals, direct from Hollywood, reports for duty with their fan favourite musical parody of quintessential homoerotic 80s film, Top Gun.
Temper Theatre’s Home is an environmental displacement, family and imagination.
Experience the beauty and complexity of human interaction with A Couple of Humans.
How can you live, when a huge part of you is repressed? A thought-provoking show about men dealing with toxic masculinity and women dealing with men.
The Umbilical Brothers (Shane and David Umbilical) are two multi-award-winning Australian actor-comics who have created a genuinely fresh and modern style of comedy show, combining…
This is a wickedly fun idea for a production, a retelling of 80s favourite, Die Hard, as a pantomime/musical parody.
Everyday sexism causes insecurities in women.
Set in an abandoned petrol station in 7100, a descendant of petrol station mascots Esso and Shell embarks on a journey to find traces of their ancestors from 2100.
Grief is such a powerful and universal part of the human experience.
Elizabeth Holmes claims her biotechnology will revolutionize medicine – and people believe her.
Beautiful people.
Footsteps to Theatre (in association with Cumbria Curtain Call) present a youth production of Lionel Bart’s classic musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist.
Singing sensation Thomas Cameron is a charismatic, Classic Brit Award-nominated tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities and is making ‘wave…
Join the Bohemians in their return to the Fringe and hear an eclectic selection of their favourite Broadway songs.
Thomas Farriner (the one who burnt London to a crisp in 1666?) is a fantastic (albeit dead) baker, and we have resurrected him.
Two musicians.
Self-described musical genius James Love and his sequin-clad showgirl wife Stephanie have been married for 12 years.
Two musicians.
Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics.
With maps on every phone and immediate access to the finest cartography ever produced, it’s hard to get properly lost in the modern landscape.
When those in power make decisions, it is those without power who pay the bloody price.
Practically Perfect! takes a light-hearted and affectionate look at the many aspects of Julie Andrews’ career and personal life, exploring the contrast between the public face of…
An original new musical that puts a bluegrass twist on contemporary musical theatre.
Lighthouse is an upbeat Irish-American musical full of original drinking songs and step dancing numbers.
Halle-berry-lujah! Your sassy, dyslexic King of the shoes is heaven scent in a cloud of Febreze to tell you how he came to be the fabulous influencer that he is whilst setting the …
This show presents a collective of exciting musical theatre numbers relating to the theme of being unapologetically you and making a lasting impact on the world around you.
When her grandmother dies, Cece spirals into a quarter-life crisis.
Show Me What You’re Maid Of follows a bridal party on the day of Flora’s wedding.
The last fairy lurks in a dying forest.
A chance meeting changes Annika’s life forever.
Four young New Yorkers’ lives intertwine in unexpected ways as they try to figure out life, relationships and whether Cabernet goes with fish.
William Roby stars as centenarian cabaret artist Mr Noel Howard in this solo show about a veteran performer who at a hundred-and-something (his actual age is revealed in the show i…
Torn is part verbatim testimony and part jukebox musical: an affectionate and uncompromising love letter to the power of the uterus.
‘Everything starts with a dream’.
BBD Productions return to the Fringe to premier their new show, Divas, after their five-star sell-out run in 2019.
A mesmerising concert of West End musical theatre favourites starring Leona Marie.
Smashing Cabinets Theatre’s adaptation of Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet is ghost-like and haunting, confusing at times, but generally falls somewhere between the mysteriousness o…
After a sold-out run, The B Collective returns with their exhilarating high-octane show Murder Ballads, adapted from the album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
The New Act of the Year 2022 and Musical Comedy Award 2021 finalists debut their salacious cabaret of unbridled fun.
If you’re not convinced by the title I have no idea what this is going to do.
Follow our adventurous, modern-day Alice through the looking glass to a wonderful, upside-down world of kings, queens, knights and other strange and comical characters who challeng…
The verbal battle between Cain and Lucifer.
A solo show about motherhood, the forest and the universe.
The Greeks knew a lot about war and told great tales of heroism, victory and defeat.
David and Emma arrive at work on Christmas Eve – the only two people in the office the morning after the Christmas party.
The pantomime is called Panto She Wrote and it was written by two panto-enthusiasts at the University of Bristol.
The year is 1348 and the small Yorkshire village of Bogsfield is about to be hit by the Black Death.
One hour of existential crisis and millennial dread about dating whilst simultaneously destroying your happy childhood memories of Sesame Street.
Have you ever noticed how all female leads in historical fiction are.
Set in – you guessed it – Chicago, a young woman named Lulu is looking for job after job.
You Can’t Sing With Us! The Bristol Suspensions are back better than ever with their all-new Fringe set! After winning the UK national championships of collegiate a cappella (and…
When her grandmother dies, Cece spirals into a quarter-life crisis.
The last fairy lurks in a dying forest.
Based on the popular Scottish folk song, we follow the comic adventures of Maggie played by Jacqueline Hannan, a bus conductress in Fife in her new job.
A rock concert in a courtroom.
We live in a crazy world of fear and anxiety! But don’t worry, Dr Theatre is here to solve your problems in a show packed full of fabulous musical theatre songs with all the answ…
In this cabaret exploring body standards in the entertainment industry, Abby Rose Morris details her experiences as a plus-size performer while dismantling the ever-present cultura…
Peter Straker has one of the greatest, sweetest voices in British theatre, a unique performer who has starred in original productions of Hair and Tommy.
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…
The Riverside Theatre Company returns to Edinburgh to take on this Euripides classic.
When Amy, Megan, Nicole and Olivia decide to go on a week-long girls holiday to Magaluf, some of them are excited for sun, sex and sangria.
Join Papageno on his quest to find a magpie feather for the Queen of the Night, encountering a number of his friends, including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel and Carmen, as well as…
Meet the Herviss Family and journey to their world.
Award-winning musical theatre company The Talentz are bringing festive sparkle to you for our eighth year at the Fringe.
What drives a young person who appears outwardly quite happy with his life to one day bring a gun into school? It’s a vital question because it’s a phenomenon that is unhappily bei…
World-renowned songsmith and pianist extraordinaire, John Thorn, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a sublime collection of new original songs exploring the meaning of life and t…
Back by popular demand, Comedy Boxing triumphantly returns to Edinburgh with all-new comedic competitors! Comedians will compete over four hilarious rounds of stand-up, improvisati…
Kat is a woman (has been for quite a while now).
It’s a day like any other.
Divine Dance presents John the Baptist and the Bees.
If life is about the journey and not the destination, then the passengers on the 15:00 train from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh Waverley don’t know which way to go.
Three idiots, six left feet, and one splendidly stupid dance spectacular.
A tragicomedy combining clowning and physical theatre, Boat! follows two friends at sea as they navigate companionship, solitude and altering states of reality.
Pangu is a 50-minute physical dance play based on a Chinese mythic story in the Classic of Mountain and Seas.
The songwriting genius of Neil and his writing partners will go down in history as one of the most successful of all time.
Three young people tell us they don’t feel.
Would you save the world if you could? Alexander Fleming’s penicillin was a life-changing discovery that became a world-changing cure.
A group of eclectic pre-teens (played by just as eclectic adults) learn that winning (and losing) isn’t everything as they spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up)…
The talented performers of Edinburgh Music Theatre return with an unmissable show of movie musical showstoppers.
Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue.
This Is Us – The Greatest Showman Tribute you will Never Get Enough of! A show of A Million Dreams, so Come Alive and Rewrite the Stars! Come sing along to This is Me.
A Scottish/African group presenting original songs by composer/playwright, Neo Vilakazi, based in Edinburgh.
Oh no! The piano has lost its music! But a little girl wants to help the piano find it again, and together they set off on a magical adventure.
A fast, unexpectedly heart-warming play written by Paul Richards.
From the catwalks of Paris to the office boardroom, Australian performer Erin Fowler presents FEMME, a deeply personal five-star, award-winning solo work that explores the stereoty…
A beautiful, profoundly naked performance presented as nature intended.
A young scientist by the name of Frankenstein breathes life into a gruesome body.
By invite, the Windrush Generation came to rebuild Britain following the end of the Second World War.
Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch, a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model.
Madagascar Jr is the stage musical version of the 2005 children’s movie, a charmingly simple story of friendship amongst lovable animals.
Minutes before the clock strikes 12, a group of friends rediscover themselves and their goals for the new year.
Following their 2021 five-star Fringe show, Little Shop of Horrors, A-Team are back with a bang (bang)! Bonnie and Clyde is a fast-paced, Tony Award-winning musical which tells the…
Based on the hit film, this award-winning musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth tells the story of an ordinary group of women in a Yorkshire Women’s Institute who create an artist…
You‘ve read the books and seen the movies.
POV: you’re a vlogger.
Alan Turing – A Musical Biography.
This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as: ‘the relationship.
An experimental reimagining of Shakespeare’s great play.
Marrano, a Tale From the Inquisition is a tragedy based on two historical events: the expulsion of the Sephardic Jews at the end of the 15th century and, consequentially, the murde…
Learn your lessons well! Stephen Schwartz’s acclaimed gospel musical gets the Royal (Conservatoire of Scotland) treatment in this fully staged, full-length production.
Paper.
What colour is the sound of a cello? How do you show the taste of an apple? A colourful, complex solo performance exploring autobiographical experiences of synaesthesia.
A songwriter with severe writer’s block and a looming deadline battles the version of Ernest Hemingway that lives in her head.
From the brilliant minds behind SiriusXM – Kids, Harry’s Wand (Steve Goodie) and best-selling author of Don’t Feed the Bully (Brad Tassell), comes the Halloween show that every…
Sue Kelvin stars in a tribute show to Bette Midler, covering her life and songs from the perspective of a lifelong fan.
Playwright, composer, actor, singer; Noël Coward defined and shaped the 20th century.
This new folk musical comedy reimagines Jane Austen’s classic novel in modern America with gender-swapped characters.
Murder has come to Rothersdale, where nothing ever happens.
Lori Hamilton's retelling of her eventful life is touching and amusing, despite the whirlwind pacing.
After sell-out performances and five-star reviews from 2016-2019, our performers are excited to return to Edinburgh for their fifth year with a new line-up of songs! Featuring worl…
Lauren Brewer and Will Geraint Drake’s The Single Lady is a musical extravaganza, giving Elizabeth I the same treatment that Hamilton did to the Founding Fathers.
This cast of professional performers is excited to return for their fifth year with the Best of Broadway! After sell-out performances and rave reviews, this show is sure to be a ho…
A play about love transcending separation.
Omigod You Guys! Come and join Stage Avenue for this all-singing, all-dancing, feel-good musical comedy based on the hit movie, Legally Blonde.
Judy Garland is an icon, loved as Dorothy in Oz.
As the daughter of Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth has witnessed, first hand, the consequences of when love goes wrong.
An insistent palm-reading drag queen declares Jenny will never find love, sending her reeling back to a high school match-making scheme that horrifyingly matched her with the bigge…
Whilst it may be apt to stage John Montgomery and Derek Batchelor’s Flesh - a musical about Burke and Hare - at Surgeon’s Hall, the novelty stops there.
Why does a victim become a predator? In isolation, Ghislaine Maxwell maintains innocence whilst reliving the psychological abuse endured from her father.
Come explore the intricate world of poetry lifted from the page at Wistful! This unique performance art uses the physical body, light and sound to experiment with words.
BBD Productions return to the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway after their five-star sell-out run in 2019.
An original musical with plenty of spark, Vote Macbeth! aims to present a fresh take on the well-worn story of the Scottish play.
Love, song, dance and murder – Domitius retells the tale from an unbiased viewpoint paving the way for audiences to experience that particular reign in Ancient Rome.
Bare Productions return following their five-star, sell-out Fringe 2019 run with the fabulous musical – Kinky Boots.
It’s time for us to play.
Turning what we know about morality on its head, Gabrielle James and Joshua Newman’s Living With Sin is an interesting twist on the traditionally 'evil' seven deadly sins…
Stevensongs: Stevenson meets the French touch! Setting to music some of the most beautiful poems and letters by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, the French duo Fergessen, di…
‘Come on Angel, don’t you ever want to fly?’ 1948.
Mary Jo’s boyfriend hijacks a workshop of her critically acclaimed one-woman show, Born MYdentity.
Primary Times Children’s Choice Award winner.
We solve our greatest problems through dreaming while our deepest fears are revealed in them as well.
Join us on this wonderful, well-known tale of greed and humility as the Beast learns what it is to love and be loved.
Are you ready to be dumped on? Prepare to be caught with your pants down as six all-too-relatable characters celebrate their triumphs, lament their griefs and reveal their secrets …
Set in late 19th-century Germany, the musical tells the story of teenagers discovering the inner and outer tumult of adolescent sexuality.
At St Cecilia’s school, Peter and Jason have a hidden love affair, but what happens when this is exposed to their family and friends? A riveting piece of musical theatre brought to…
Set over one surreal night of dancing and debauchery, Death of a Disco Dancer is a psychedelic, wild black comedy.
Look through the smoke.
‘Unsettling yet captivating’ (Alt A Review).
This solo performance with award-winning dancer Mikolaj Karczewski is based on personal material, made in collaboration with the obstruction master Palle Granhøj.
When the three little wolves go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the Big Bad Pig.
Once Upon a Midnight Dreary is a macabre new play by the innovative Scottish playwright, Annie James with original music by Singer/Songwriter/Composer Adam Usnami.
A Roots Mbili Theatre and Sheffield Theatres co-production.
‘You look 15, but I like that.
What happens in the forest, stays in the forest.
Working, from the book by Studs Terkel.
Avenue Q is back after its sell-out 2019 run.
Picture this: a musical based on the women of the Manson Family set to the music of Fleetwood Mac.
Two twins, one heart.
Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret.
Inspired by the story of Hong Kong renowned novelist Eileen Chang’s Love in a Fallen City, A Many-Splendoured Thing explores love between a man and a woman in a turbulent era thr…
What would you sacrifice in exchange for riches and fame? Family? Friends? Reputation? Soul? This modern-day, interactive and bizarrely comedic adaptation of the 1590s tragedy, Doc…
Tin cans and string, pizza boxes pilling up, paper aeroplane and love notes.
Curtains drawn, lawns burnt brown; a townscape is melting.
Broadway, here we come! The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s production of Little Women is astonishingly professional, from the high quality costumes and stage setting to the ph…
Back for its 10th year this show bounces with energy.
These zebras juggle and flip.
Watch music, theatre and reality collide in this brand-new musical production! Feeling Pretty tells a story of women reclaiming their power.
The Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group is back at Paradise Green with a musical whodunit by Kander and Ebb, the pair behind Chicago and Cabaret.
Gethsemane has a wide selection of new, fresh, and contemporary music with rock, acoustic and classical themes.
The Christmas story, Broadway-style.
Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret.
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…
Jason Slavick’s Yellow Bird Chase shows us that the best children’s shows have something for everyone, whether it is the gibberish of the language, the compelling storyline or …
Timothy Pope is looking through his telescope – but wait, is that a Shark, in the Park!? From the creative team behind the Hairy Maclary show – see all three of Nick Sharratt’s…
Part sci-fi physical theatre, part acid-fueled mime, part wholesome performance art, Fool Muun Komming! (etc, etc) is the genre-defying solo show from Gaulier graduate and Canadian…
Following their sell-out 2018 show, UK’s best-selling author Julia Donaldson and a cast of four return with a brand-new show based on her much loved books including The Smartest Gi…
Imagine if Prince and Mae West were best friends.
A classic tale of greed and guilt, this visceral and lucid interpretation of Shakespeare’s blood-soaked tragedy is truly Flabbergast.
A young girl wishes that people were more like animals (because they’re nicer and kinder, obviously) and wakes to find herself transformed into a rat! But it’s not just her! All of…
A potty-mouthed romp through this bizarre-but-true story, from cult internet phenomenon and two-hit-wonder Kunt and the Gang.
Gen Z has arrived.
All Things Must Pass, they say.
Paul Simon is a name that has cemented itself into the ‘hearts and bones’ of audiences all over the world.
‘(Le) PAIN brilliantly expresses the pressure of generational expectations and a small-village mindset.
One of the beautiful things about acrobatics is the way human bodies can collaborate in difficult-to-imagine ways.
Winner of Underbelly, New Diorama and Methuen Drama’s hit-making Untapped Award 2022.
Clownfish Theatre has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe with an updated version of their show which saw sell-out audiences in 2019 as well as similar success in Adelaide.
Sam Dugmore (The Latebloomers: Scotland!) is locked and loaded as the greatest action hero of all time, unearthing his ruthless man skills to confront his biggest nemesis.
‘What if it was you, you were the last individual of the species, The Endling?’ Visually beautiful and laugh-out-loud funny, Strange Futures use their ‘powerful physicality’ (Scots…
Award-winning performer Michael Kunze makes his Edinburgh solo debut as the world’s greatest rapping pasta chef: Lil Saffron, aka the King of the Kitchen.
Some shows are Fringe standards, you can’t help but think that they’re like the ravens at the Tower of London; that if they weren’t here, everything would come tumbling down.
Now in our 10th year! Smash-hit production, The Improv Musical returns to take the Fringe by storm.
A magical, charming show of dance and acrobatics which will delight children and adults alike.
The professional pissheads at Shit-faced Showtime return to Edinburgh with their smash-hit festive boozical! After the pesky pestilence scuppered our plans, we’ve decided to give…
This new folk musical seeks to explore our heritage and legacy, weaving two parallel stories; one of a crofter and a wandering soldier in the 18th Century, and one of an old pensio…
The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns by Gillian Duffy.
Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets spaghetti western in this multi award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents.
Join this multi award-winning musical storyteller for another collection of story-songs.
The Spice Girls of improv return for a fifth triumphant year in their five-star, sell-out, totally improvised musical comedy.
During a bizarre childhood accident, Trevor was drenched head to toe in dragon’s blood.
Lion – The Weird and Magical Abracadabra Circus Show is an hour of pleasure, skills and a bit of thrilling fear led by a one-man circus crew.
Shinehouse Theatre returns to Summerhall with a beautiful balancing act of social issues and theatrical poetry.
Yummy Mummy (and Headmaster’s wife, just for extra grown-up points) Louise runs the school choir and helps her teenaged daughter with her homework.
Working-class means many things now.
Alexander S.
Total Edinburgh Fringe sell-out 2015-2019.
If Samuel Beckett is celebrated for the changing attitudes his work brought to ‘traditional’ theatre, then why do we insist on keeping his work preserved like an artefact, guar…
An autobiographical musical adventure that promises mischief and mash-ups, dresses and divas, and a whole lot of heart.
Physical comedy meets Hollywood.
The Receptionists is a physical comedy show about customer service by two Finnish female clowns.
Jakko Jakszyk, guitarist/singer with King Crimson, was born Michael Curran.
Irish gig theatre call to arms.
What happens when you train for something your whole life, only to fail at the crucial moment? This question is the stimulus behind False Start, from acclaimed French-German theatr…
Comedy supergroup Baby Wants Candy presents improvised hip-hop homage to Hamilton! After sold-out runs in Chicago, NY and LA, Shamilton comes to the Fringe! Join Shamilton as we im…
In this high-impact dark comedy half-brothers Odin and Loki must overcome primordial giants, rival Gods and Goddesses, and their own ambitions – in their quest to seize power ove…
Well-written, though lacking in some areas, Out to Lunch is an enjoyable watch for anyone interested in a slice of wacky humour.
Where do you start if your ultimate goal is a West End and Broadway musical? Revivals often start at Chichester and new concepts here at the Fringe.
Our story is human, that of a company built on the road, created through encounters, personal tragedies and destinies.
New physical drama that weaves together the longings and fears of five characters: a witch, a bitch, a goldfish, a sleepwalker and a salaryman.
Lucifer, fallen angel, begs God’s forgiveness.
Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret.
An outdoor, bicycle-powered, eco-musical for children and their families.
Something special happens when you play piano for yourself at home.
Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch.
Over a third of young people in the UK spend less time outdoors than prisoners.
Pantomime is back.
A dark comedy that portrays all the nuances of trying to maintain a childhood friendship you’ve grown out of.
Three powerhouse comedians (solo stars in their own right) join forces for a stunning hour of stand-up.
A filmed solo performance art piece based on the terrible statistics and devastating psychological effects of sexual violence.
This 1920s pantomime farce takes place at a weekend country house party.
Dandelion, by Creative Electric, takes place in the garden opposite the Army@theFringe building.
Downtown New York is the setting for our tale of good versus evil, where Seymour – a nerdy florist’s assistant – fights for the survival of mankind against a giant plant with a…
Oddly Ordinary Theatre Company has made a highly successful adaptation of Mark Ravenhill’s Pool (No Water) at theSpace Triplex as part of the contribution by the graduates of Que…
ChasingRainbows presents Looks Like We Made It.
A dazzling multimedia extravaganza depicting the story of mysterious drag queen, Orlando, who inspires people to start fighting against oppression by telling the story of historica…
La Nela De Socartes is an uplifting musical tragedy on love, opportunity and change.
On Your Bike comes with a lot of hype.
Corona Cutie is a student-written-and-produced virtual musical created completely remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Triple Fringe First and Olivier-winning Fishamble, return to Dance Base for the 10th anniversary of Pat Kinevane’s SILENT, the touching and challenging story of homeless McGoldri…
Winner of LA Times’ Best Production and OC Weekly’s Best Play awards, acclaimed director Annie Loui and CounterBalance Theater present the worldwide premiere of yet another ‘delici…
The untold side to the story of Aladdin’s Jafar and how he went from a selfless royal advisor to a man desperate to make things right again…
Witches, wolves, fairies, frogs, princes.
At the Feelgood Academy of Performing Arts, competition is tough, even for the school’s two best singers.
The word that most immediately springs to mind is 'joy'.
As Andrew Carnegie, the richest man in the world, lies on his death bed, Peterson, the embodiment of St Peter, brings John, a steelworker killed in the infamous Carnegie Steel Home…
In a not-so-distant future lingers the bitter aftertaste of a déjà vu, the theatres are empty, meeting places and cultural venues are no longer permitted, physical contact is pro…
The Receptionists is a physical comedy show about customer service by two Finnish female clowns.
La Nela De Socartes is an uplifting musical tragedy on love, opportunity and change.
‘Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain’.
Based on the dark sideshows of Coney Island’s amusement parks in the early part of the 20th century, Steven Kazuo Takasugi’s Sideshow is a work of music theatre framed in a chamber…
This evocative play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a young couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
Perth’s Jambouree Cabaret Singers, directed by Edna Auld, have missed coming together for performances, but this has emboldened their solo voices.
Banana and the Ice Cream Crew is a story about acceptance, friendship and, yes, singing bananas.
What is humanity; what is life? In this world, nothing is certain.
Not a confession, but a way to let our entrails speak… Punk, heavy metal, movement, poetry and video art create an environment that stimulates the senses.
On a roof webbed with fish-bone antenna, a child with a superhero blanket cape was brought to the realm of Wuxia by a leaf.
Lucifer, the fallen angel, begs God’s permission to return to Heaven: ‘You forgave everyone, but me.
Stuck on a broken-down train are: Dave and Alex, two students who have met on the journey; Kate, a young mother who has started her own business; Marc, recently left by his fiancé…
At the height of the pandemic, nine friends longing for contact reconnect for a bit of normality in an online New Year’s Eve party.
Come and join the Bohemians on a spectacularly colourful musical journey! We’ll be featuring songs from musical theatre and film, both old and new, which include In The Heights, Wi…
Darkly-comedic Korean social satire with innovative staging and colourful physicality.
It’s time to walk the plank! With a twinkle in our eye, we pay tribute to men who wear sandals, as we celebrate the right to be yourself.
A quirky, short show with songs. One woman reflects on her day, by talking and singing to her dog.
Based on the brilliant book by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt, Nonsense Room Productions (Shark in the Park and Hairy Maclary Shows) bring you a brand-new interactive musical sho…
A glorious May morning in Thomas Hardy’s Wessex.
Have you ever been at a wedding and forced to accept that today isn’t all about you? You’ve had to fake a smile and mingle with distant relatives you can’t remember the names…
Set in 1928, this new musical production gives Sophocles’ ancient Greek play a city-noir twist.
Broadway / West End veteran Timothy Quinlan exposes the humbling truth about life in musical theatre.
Iona Fyfe, Scots Singer of the Year at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards, has carved a name for herself in the folk circuit as one of Scotland’s foremost singers, touring extensi…
Ever thought about what you’d do if the world was going to end? Six friends living on the outskirts of London are caught up in the shenanigans that ensue when a solar flare is anno…
Let Bossa Nova balladeers Baiana take you on a magical journey into the heart and soul of Brazilian musical heritage.
A powerful musical about living with dementia.
Known for their exciting ensemble and physical theatre work, students from North London Collegiate School are delighted to return to the Fringe to perform Caryl Churchill’s 2012 ka…
As part of their 2020 UK tour, Threedumb Theatre presents two explosive and comedic short plays written by Steven Berkoff, performed back-to-back by the same one actor.
After a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018 and 2019, The Last Five Years returns! Written by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, this two-character musical tracks the emot…
Enjoy an afternoon of musical theatre delivered by fantastic voices.
Through song and improvisation, Bookends follows two people’s relationship as it changes over time, delving into life and the intricacies of human connection.
A bone-jarring, soulful look at the backwards puzzle pieces of the life of a trafficked woman, based on survivor accounts.
ChasingRainbows presents Looks Like We Made It.
An experimental physical staging of Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing’s book of poetry Knots.
A gripping, raw, intense exploration of what it means to be human.
All your favourite Dr Seuss characters are lovingly brought to life, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, Mayzie and more.
Six generations of women, their lives spanning 100 years from the final months of World War One to the present.
Melody is the most cheerful hotel receptionist in town.
Set in 1950s England and based on the controversial 19th-century play Spring Awakening; A Children’s Tragedy by Franz Wedekind, Awakening is a story about the struggles of the t…
After sold-out performances and five-star reviews the past four years, our performers are excited to return to Edinburgh for their fifth year with a new line-up of songs! Featuring…
American Performing Arts International is excited to return for the fifth year with the Best of Broadway! After sold-out performances and rave reviews, this show is sure to be a ho…
Two fit guys discover they can earn big bucks from tickling.
This show is a musical comedy with adult themes and scantily clad men! It contains steam and lots of bubbles! Billy is a young man, looking for love.
Come into the scariest house in town! Where ghosts and monsters are ready to make it all about you.
Judy Garland is an icon, loved as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.
Reprising their recently sold-out production, MYT is delighted to bring Rent to the Fringe – Jonathan Larson’s iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation and …
Jamie MacDougall stars in the story of Sir Harry Lauder, the Portobello boy who became a global superstar, the highest-paid and most popular entertainer of his time.
A modern musical by the Tony Award-winning Jason Robert Brown that follows the comedy highs and heartfelt lows of Jamie and Cathy’s five-year relationship.
Edinburgh’s favourite showgirl invites you to a private viewing of her personal collection.
The world premiere of a brand new musical! In a London nightclub at the height of the Blitz, a female impersonator falls for an army officer, but finding a happy-ever-after ending …
Based on the 19th-century German play Spring Awakening; A Children’s Tragedy by Franz Wedekind, Spring explores the lives of a group of teenagers growing up in a rural Christian …
The legendary dark prince of comedy-cabaret has brought his new show to the Edinburgh Fringe.
A clownish maintenance crew finds a magical bird and the mad chase begins.
Join lifelong friends, Annie and Angela, as they celebrate approaching forty, single and ready to mingle in a drag-infused musical comedy where you’re on the very special guest l…
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for an incredible 13th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is creat…
Fresh from sell-out performances in London and Los Angeles, two of the co-creators of Fringe sell-out smash-hit Thrones! The Musical bring you a Harry Potter parody musical that is…
The Spice Girls of improv return for a fifth triumphant year in their five-star, sell-out, totally improvised musical comedy.
The magic of David Attenborough live! A blue whale swims through the depths.
A young girl wishes that people were more like animals (because they’re nicer and kinder obviously) and wakes to find herself transformed into a rat! But it’s not just her! All of …
A hilarious and ludicrous take on the masterpiece by Leo Tolstoy.
Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated tenor, whose vibrant voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities.
Appearing for the 29th successive year in the magnificent setting of St Andrew’s and St George’s West, Fife vocal concert group Ensemble (www.
They were the definition of cool during their fifties and sixties Vegas heyday – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.
The devil went down to Edinburgh and was defeated by five local boys in fierce fiddlin’ combat.
In equal parts, a piano recital, a one-man play and a surrealist film, amalgamated into a unique theatrical experience.
This musical theatre applies a double-structured storyline to interpret contemporary understandings of Tang Xianzu, known as Shakespeare of the East.
Affectionate comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch.
Hosted by Jayde Adams and Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Amusical is a comedy celebration of all things West End (or Broadway if you’re American, or more well off than us).
Both humourous and sad, Juliet and Romeo by Lost Dog company, presented by The Place, written with sensitive forensic analysis and directed by Ben Duke, is a subversion of Shakespe…
Argentinian dance music greets us as we enter the space for two-man physical theatre experience Un Poyo Rojo, but the vast majority of the show takes place in silence.
A brilliant Scandi noir of the psyche, spoken in gibberish in a surreal world, Norwegian Jo Strømgren Kompani’s The Hospital, is gripping; moving from bizarre, black humour to d…
The five-time Tony Award and seven-time Drama Desk Award-winning show now revived for 2019.
This fresh, original piece of writing, set in a modern day witch trial, is a meditation on what it means to be a woman; the challenges we face, and how they break us, bind us and s…
We highlight the Latin music elements, which were so important in films internationally, with European tangos, Balkan gypsy jazz and operetta alongside iconic Dietrich hits and new…
Expulsion, electioneering and enchantment.
Florist’s assistant Seymour becomes a sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a macabre craving.
The last days of the the founding father of philosophy, Socrates.
Intense and irreverent, this production strips Julius Caesar to its bare bones to explore the selfish workings of professional politics.
Drawing on Bullen’s experience of post-traumatic stress disorder, this confessional and multidisciplinary work will transport you through an autobiographical experience.
‘Lively, thrilling and spectacular.
Souvenirs presents the real stories of four young people in London who have been involved in cases of harassment and stalking.
Brickhouse Theatre Company tackle a difficult task: remoulding Emily Bronte’s passionate, intricate and dark Wuthering Heights into a new musical, written and composed by Michael…
A powerful duet between two exceptional dancers – Joel Brown (Candoco Dance Company) and Eve Mutso (former principal dancer of Scottish Ballet) – as they explore their differen…
Hoist the mainsails and prepare for a thoroughly ridiculous adventure.
Come in from the rain, put your feet up and chill the f*ck out.
You make 35,000 decisions a day.
Combining Temper Theatre’s signature fluid muscular movement, fragmented imagery and soul-shaking soundscapes, Nightshifter attends to a world in desperate need of emergency care.
Sell-out shows at the Fringe 2016 to 2018 (inc)! Voci Voices are four classically trained singers who offer an afternoon of songs from opera, operetta, musicals, jazz, swing and ev…
This dancing poetry is inspired by Tao Te Ching, which says that the largest square has no corners.
This is your chance to sing along with the fantastic and versatile Massaoke band, guided by giant video lyrics, as they raise the curtains on all your favourite show tunes includin…
Bicycle Boy: an interactive, bike-powered eco-musical for children aged five to ten and their families.
Experience a slice of West End in Edinburgh, with a musical theatre showcase presented by Goldsmiths, University of London’s Musical Theatre Summer School students! Featuring new a…
Django Reinhardt was a musical genius and his influence on generations of guitarists has been immense.
Based on Edinburgh-born Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic thriller, this evocative tale of a brilliant doctor and his murderous counterpart has become a modern classic.
What is choice? Is your life predetermined? What is the effect of one bad decision? Elvin Acting Theatre Company’s latest creation explores the complexities of life and its daily…
‘A far-reaching generational story that crosses divides, ignites memories and pulls at your heart-strings’ (Stage Whispers).
Blindfolded and restrained behind a wall of screens, a journey through podcasts, audio porn and physical exhaustion awaits.
Award-winning performance arts school, LAFA, brings to life the story of Spamalot! telling the legendary tale of King Arthur’s quest to find the Holy Grail.
Captivate Theatre brings Lionel Bart’s timeless musical back to the Rose Theatre.
Natalie’s stunning soprano voice will enchant you as she takes you on a musical journey.
Jesus Christ Superstar is back and will once again be rocking the main stage at the Rose Theatre.
This mystical dance performance is about the connection between what we see and what we believe.
In a circus after the lights have been turned off, four characters emerge in the darkness slowly revealing their desires, hunger and inner conflicts.
How do you confess your wildest dreams when words fall short? Follow the journey of Xingxing, the boy from the stars, as he’s thrust into the midst of city life.
Coming off their sold out shows at Feinstein’s/54 Below in New York City and Rockwell Table and Stage in Los Angeles, this concert version of Dahan and D’Angelo’s emotional and exp…
‘Can we just say we’re completely pro sex’ – Pig.
Get ready to raise the roof with Viva’s heaven-sent production! Sister Act is a divine musical comedy that will have you wanting to don a habit and sing along.
Join Viva for a fabulously funny, nostalgic romp back to the swinging 60s! A Slice of Saturday Night is set in a nightclub where young love, teenage dreams, fashion and music are t…
BBD Productions make their debut at the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway.
1983.
Talented but troubled Clio has three months to go until the biggest boxing match of her life.
Ten years on from its debut, MacPherson’s Rant returns to Edinburgh to tell the tale of Scottish outlaw James MacPherson and the tragic events that led to his unjust hanging in the…
‘When you leave here, everything else will be exactly the same.
In an unassuming French restaurant, an American news anchor meets with a man who reveals to her that the 1969 moon landing was faked and this time there’s proof.
Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence, one of the most successful partnerships in the 30s and 40s, (dead now unfortunately.
Guan Yu’s patriotism to his country, benevolence to people, wisdom in life, loyalty to friends and bravery in war represent the perfect traditional Chinese virtues of mankind.
Triple Buse is slapstick, light-hearted and bracing in equal measure.
Murder Ballads is adapted from the 1995 album of the same name by cult artist Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Big Spirit Theatre Company brings you, Downtown Shabby.
Award-winning Room 29 Theatre return with this fast-paced Tony Award-winning musical, following an eclectic group of six mid-pubescents that vie for the spelling championship of a …
Nobody has seen Jorja since her party almost a month ago.
This summer, a hero will brew.
A Chorus Line is a stunning concept musical capturing the spirit and tension of 15 professional performers, auditioning for a job in a Broadway show.
It’s the final year of university for Tom, but he’s afraid he’ll never be good enough to become a superhero.
In near-future England, two girls are thrilled to be accepted into the playground, the final stage of their education, but all is not as it seems.
Kimjang is a Korean foodie tradition, where families and friends come together to make kimchi.
This comic tale examines Phina’s observations on what others have made of her black identity as a model, actress, radio presenter and writer in the fickle media world.
Two transgender performers say ‘up yours!’ to the gender binary and invite you to their radical dance party! Under disco lights, over pulsing music, a queer celebration takes place…
Two lifelong Scottish friends – Hamish, an Islander, and Dougie from Edinburgh – fulfil a plan to hike to Edinburgh through Scotland’s Islands, Highlands and Lowlands.
A spoiled boy, Chao, decides to run away from the world of chocolates, ice cream, fries and decayed teeth to a new healthy world.
Based on the classic Scottish folk song, Kelty Clippie follows the comic adventures of a bus conductress in Fife.
A historical tragedy, a hero failed in battle, his beautiful lover and the handsome warhorse accompanying him towards the end of the inevitable fall of the kingdom, a heartbroken f…
Follow us down the rabbit hole to discover heroes and villains, witches and more in The Bohemians’ take on a classic theme.
Transfigured is a sounding together of all things, a diapason, a cacophony of understanding.
The Book of Thel is a new musical adaptation of William Blake’s prophetic poem, written in 1788.
A honky-tonk opera by Jo Carol Pierce, ‘the greatest Texas songwriter you’ve never heard of’ (Texas Monthly).
Deficit, the debut work of new collective Deficit Theatre, is an incredible new piece of devised theatre that exposes the magical realism of our everyday lives.
This revolutionary rock musical follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished bohemians struggling to survive and create in the East Village of 90s New York.
Prince En is bored of the royal life.
Lionel Bart’s Oliver! remains one of the most-loved British musicals ever, combining Dickens’ classic story and characters with a sensational and unforgettable score.
The beautiful eclecticism of the Basque Country is showcased in this bill of dazzling hip hop and witty, lyrical contemporary dance.
An army of foreign invaders, bad guys, rapists and thieves, fake news, sensationalist tweets and buckets of ice cream, Creon rules Thebes with ungoverned rage.
Oh no! The piano has lost its music! But a little girl is sure she can help the piano find it again.
The magic of David Attenborough live on stage! A blue whale swims through the ocean depths.
It’s a new millennium.
An evening of musical theatre anthems from the shows you know and love, with songs from We Will Rock You, Matilda, Hairspray, Singing in the Rain and other classics.
Join us on the red carpet for the big premiere of this concert featuring hit songs from the silver screen, including The Greatest Showman, Mamma Mia, James Bond, La La Land and mor…
A show about food.
An unstable space without an exit.
That Bastard Brecht reverberates with contemporary relevance: the exploitation of women as artists throughout time, the withholding of recognition and financial reward.
White Crane Productions are the international graduate acting ensemble of Rose Bruford College.
Open lock to the Dead Man’s knock! Fly, bolt and bar and band! Nor move, nor swerve, joint, muscle, or nerve at the spell of the Dead Man’s hand! Newbury Youth Theatre present …
A musical song cycle with a blues, jazz and rock score inspired by the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.
Betty is a bit of a dog in the manger.
Two infamous bank robbers turned killers: Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
Nancy and Alex fell in love when they were teenagers.
BSC Theatre joyously celebrate diversity and minority identities through this tender and thought-provoking glimpse into life on the outside.
The extraordinary story of Captain Ahab’s obsessive vengeance against the mighty leviathan, the great white whale who rid him of his leg.
Shakespeare at his most sexy and salacious! A physically dynamic ensemble perform a musical, lyrical mash-up that explores love, sex and relationships in some of the Bard’s most fa…
A chorus of bawdy spirits lead you through this physically dynamic amalgamation of Shakespeare’s finest death scenes.
What makes Shakespeare funny after 400 years? Theatre OCU (Bad Shakespeare, Fringe 2016 and 2018) explores, answers and celebrates the giddy mysteries of love and romance in scenes…
Does the past dictate your future? Trapped in memories of childhood trauma, a group of people are desperately trying to break the cycle and take control of their lives.
Following their UK tour, Hot Coals present this four-star rated d/Deaf and hearing inclusive show.
The dream of old age and the fear of reaching it! In a battle against time, the Danish theatre company Don Gnu throw themselves into a physical and blazing acrobatic quest for the …
Grease – the original high school musical that has never dated, with its toe-tapping high-energy mix of raw teenage emotional power, stunning vocals, exceptional dance routines a…
‘She can remember the voices, the melodies, the harmonies – but it’s not the same.
The mayhem of the Court of Miracles, Quasimodo’s torment, screaming gargoyles and the tragedy of Esmeralda’s passionate naivety.
An evening that ‘bubbles with wit and good humour’, celebrating the timeless Savoy operas of the Victorian masters, WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan.
A fully improvised, Hollywood-style performance created from your all-time favourite movie titles! A different Director’s Cut every time by Steve Worsley and Charles Hindley from…
A past hit at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival! #213 is a silent, sad clown who has learned how to find laughter through the tears.
It’s party time in Thebes! The war is over, the city has a new leader… what could possibly go wrong? Enter Antigone - devoted daughter and passionate extremist – set to spoil…
Take a peek into the amusing world of ants.
The Addams Family.
If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.
Immortalised as a monster of Ancient Greece, Medea, who helped Jason steal the Golden Fleece from her father, and murdered her own children, finally gives her defence.
Follow Tytyl and Mytyl as they embark on an adventure in search of their grandparents and the Blue Bird of Happiness.
Alyona Ageeva’s Physical Theatre PosleSlov return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the third year with a piece that feels very much like a direct sequel to last year’s Sky …
Early Mornings – The Musical is a show about writing a show.
In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers and H…
‘Thrilling’ **** (Herald-Tribune).
There may be trouble ahead.
FCT returns with its 41st Fringe show following five-star reviews and sell outs for Sister Act and Jesus Christ Superstar.
An interesting insight into the man who stole Christmas, leader of the ‘doomsday cult that controls eight million lives’.
A brand-new adaptation of this rarely performed musical song cycle with fully fledged characters and setting.
The Words Are There is a moving and innovative piece of physical theatre that appeals both for its approach to male domestic abuse, and for its style of performance.
After sold-out performances and rave reviews at Fringe 2016, 2017, and 2018 we’re excited to return to Edinburgh with this new revue of Broadway hits! Join us as we bring the Best …
Bite-size tasters of the best comedy, music and circus, all prepared for you in our glorious Spiegeltent.
After sold-out performances and five-star reviews at Fringe 2016, 2017 and 2018, our performers are excited to return to Edinburgh with a new line-up of songs! Featuring world-clas…
The first man in space is back on Earth and facing new temptations.
If you walk into a production of The Last Five Years without any previous knowledge of the show things can get a little confusing.
Last Life feels like a social experiment.
Enigma, a new musical presented by Enigma Theatre UK is an exciting piece of historical musical theatre telling the story of a unit of female code breakers in America during World …
Who’s holding the leash now!? In this four-legged frolic inspired by the steamy best-seller, we follow demure Dachsund Anastasia as she falls for the dominant and powerful ex-rac…
A feel-amazing, disco, gospel extravaganza chock full of amazingly talented women! And a few bad guys too.
When Shelly, recent grad and marketing whizz, is summoned to the secret headquarters of the world’s largest oil and gas company she thinks she’s hit the big time.
A powerful drama interspersed with original songs, looking at the lives of the main protagonists involved in the struggle for the vote between Emmeline Pankhurst’s Suffragettes a…
This World War II farce is a good choice for a 25-strong company to showcase their talents, with a wide range of roles on show.
Always a source of top-quality musical theatre at the Fringe, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, brings us perhaps one of the best ways to spend a morning at Fringe.
It’s very tempting to conclude your musical with a clearcut happy ending, where every loose end is neatly tied and all of your favourite characters ride off into the sunset.
Two used actors, recycled utensils, hand-carved Czech puppets, live music and you, the court, bring Shakespeare’s poetic drama of power and abdication to life.
What is it about guns? Today’s American high school students have been raised at a time when school shootings have become common and suicide rates have drastically increased.
Join Bugsy, Fat Sam, Tallulah, Blousey and Dandy Dan for a fun time full of laughs, songs and lots of splurge! A great show for all the family, and is sure to inspire younger membe…
What a show! With a new cast of talented teens, this fast-paced, hilarious coming-of-age musical with an unforgettable rock score is back at the Rose Theatre.
Shang is back for its eighth year.
A journey to get there – but if there is a whale blocking the way, the path must change.
Friday Night Sinner! is a one-woman, horror-comedy musical about a Jewish, sexually repressed, newly married maniac (stick to what you know).
For an incomplete play, Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck has nevertheless managed to secure enduring interest.
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley.
What do the widow and mistress of Scotland’s famous bard discuss over tea? After the death of Robert Burns, his wife Jean Armour and mistress Nancy Maclehose finally meet.
Follow Johnny’s life as he moves from small town America to the bright lights and party life of Tinseltown.
Triple Fringe First, Olivier, and Herald Angel award winners Fishamble and Pat Kinevane present Before, a new play with much music, set in Clery’s of Dublin on the very day this …
A triple bill of Scotland’s most exciting choreographers, designed to unravel expectations.
How do we face dying if we know we have a terminal illness? And also how do we live in the face of death, imminent or not? Losing several friends in the same year, Kally Lloyd-Jo…
The teatime show by mime and clowning comedy duo Zeroko from Tokyo. The heart-warming performance represents the breathing sigh of after-teatime relief.
‘This place is a human rat trap.
What happens after you die? Angels? A black hole? Perhaps.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has, for many years, produced and maintained a “Red List” of species which are either already extinct or in danger of bei…
The Bubble Show For Adults Only starts innocently enough.
A delight, witty but profound exploration of the power relationship between choreographer and dancers, From the Top, choreographed by Hong Kong-based Victor Fung, is a send-up of a…
Henrik Ibsen’s classic tale of Peer Gynt and his journey through life as he struggles and experiences everything to find himself: trolls, power, love, death and a bargain with a Bu…
‘One morning as Greta Samsa was waking from anxious dreams she discovered that in bed she had changed.
The Weegie boys are back again after two consecutive sellout runs at the fringe! They can’t wait to go mental in the capital with an even bigger and bamier show than the last! From…
The Room.
Annie Jr, the musical performed by the outstanding Edinburgh Youth Theatre. Musical fun for all the family to enjoy. Experience the joy that is Annie!
Hilarious yet uncomfortable, The Sensemaker shows a woman battling with an answering machine.
Muse 90401 is a one-woman show written by, and starring, internationally acclaimed actress Fadik Sevin Atasoy.
There’s Something Missing, is a two-person physical (and sometimes funny) contemporary piece of confessional theatre that discusses identity.
Maggie Lalley’s one-woman musical comedy tells the true story of her demented stint as a teen witch.
Zuma Puma is an accomplished clown, who uses her skill to draw an audience in to a compelling narrative about what it is to experience shame as a woman.
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A young boy with an enormous gift. Follow Ma Liang as he discovers a very special skill that could help his whole village as long as it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands…
Some love it, others loathe it, but we can’t avoid it – it’s everywhere! A laugh-out-loud look at our undying obsession with football, celebrating everything from weird match day…
Millennial-female-clown rabbit Diane wants to find love but she’s having some serious problems with her contraception.
Six lives uprooted by war.
The true story of a 21-year-old girl in an Australian plane crash during her study abroad year.
I’ll Be Broken Home for Christmas is a dark comedy musical written by Jeffrey Baldinger and Jessica Michelle Singleton.
Bare Productions return following their sell-out run in Fringe 2018 with a deliciously wicked musical.
If you were born to be different, how do you identify yourself in this world? Chaos, with no facial features, struggles to answer these questions through the wavering, the uncertai…
An Edinburgh Fringe hit of 2016 and 2017, My Leonard Cohen also sold out the Sydney Opera House and Adelaide Fringe.
Les Quizérables is a fun and intimate quiz taking place in a dungeon-like cellar that entirely enhances the atmosphere.
When the full moon shines bright there’s magic in the air, and all the animals come out to play.
Tokyo Rose is a complex story, told phenomenally well by a company quickly proving itself to be one of the hottest theatre groups in the country.
Life and death, love and loss, birth and miscarriage are all explored in this visual cycle of life.
Following a sold out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018, Curious Pheasant Theatre present Romeo and Juliet.
Searching through the Fringe guide for a show worth seeing is a job that could perhaps be likened to archaeology – you spend hours carefully probing, sorting the dross from the d…
The Capulets and the Montagues hate each other but Romeo has something else on his mind.
Following the overwhelming success of this performance last year, it’s back – and this time with a full cast of professional actors.
The crowd is lively, laughing and waiting expectantly for the venue to open.
Right now, there are between 60,000 and 80,000 people held in solitary confinement within United States prisons – many of whom have served months or even years in extreme isolati…
Join us for a wild ride, with rhythm, body percussion, singing, stomping, clowning and the spirit of Scotland! ‘The Latebloomers are an extremely talented and professional act who …
Best Comedy winner, Brighton Fringe 2016 (Zach & Viggo).
Selfless to a fault, Garry Starr is ready to share the lessons he’s learned about the actors’ craft, the art of pretending.
Beach Comet return with a double bill of batshit, smash-hit B-musical comedy featuring never-before-seen material, a live band, nuns and the end of the world.
Two circus sea lions: one is desperate to escape, the other gets off on her daily rub downs from Trevor the trainer.
The high-voltage rhythm sisters of Mugenkyo rock the Bijou, flexing their muscles on huge taiko drums, with stamina, skill and precision.
Most of you are probably reading this review on a portable device right now.
As recently as the early 20th century it was not uncommon for women to be medically diagnosed with “hysteria”.
In this uniquely Korean retelling of Shakespeare’s story, an ambitious actor dreaming of greatness is captivated by the role of Macbeth.
If you’ve been unlucky in love, nothing makes you feel better about yourself than laughing at someone else.
New Zealand’s favourite surreal sketch circus troupe bring their smash hit to Edinburgh.
Friendsical is billed as a ‘musical parody’ of Friends and unfortunately it fails to hit the mark on both counts.
It’s fifty years since the Stonewall riots sparked off the movement that became known as gay liberation.
Does a body make us human? Does it have a soul? What hides beneath nudity? What is nudity itself? Nudity is extreme openness and vulnerability and, at the same time, an incomprehen…
Meet Sam Morrison: a 24-year old American comedian with a theatrical flair and a penchant for daddies.
Your favourite movies – musicalised! And you choose! Top Gun, Die Hard or Jurassic Park from the critically acclaimed Los Angeles comedy company, 30 Minute Musicals.
What do you get when you blend the works of William Shakespeare, with an all singing and dancing musical extravaganza? You get the Elizabethan’s answer to Flight of the Conchords…
Horror meets hilarity! Spine-tingling original theatre that is hilariously dark and frighteningly funny.
A fun-packed feast of traditional music, dance, song and myth with historic Prestonfield House and the magnificent setting for this nightly dinner show.
Timothy Pope is looking through his telescope – but wait, is that a Shark in the Park!? From the creative team behind The Hairy Maclary show – see all three of Nick Sharratt’s …
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show) West End hit returns for its 12th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created from sc…
Assembly’s Gala celebrates the opening of our 2019 programme of over 200 shows.
Returning to the Fringe for another year Thrones! The Musical Parody is exactly what it says on the tin.
Baby Wants Candy has become almost as much a staple of the Fringe as being slapped in the face with flyers on the Royal Mile.
Since their explosive debut a few years ago, Waiting For The Call Improv (WTFC) and their signature show, Notflix, have been tipped as rising stars.
A visually stunning theatrical odyssey exploring space, time and our human condition, from internationally acclaimed theatre artist, Thaddeus Phillips.
Before Voldemort was He Who Must Not Be Named, he was just Tom Riddle, another moody teen that couldn’t talk to girls.
How much of your future would you sacrifice in order to preserve the past? Sarah Burns is a mother and wife, but in 1865 she gave up her life in Australia to return to Britain.
Physical theatre.
With sold-out shows on London’s West End and the Sydney Opera House, Australia’s newest and hottest sensation; The Tap Pack are high energy entertainment inspired by Frank, Dean an…
Ahh, Love Island.
Taking on the voices of a group of monumental and important women throughout history, MARA embodies them physically and vocally with stunningly committed and skillful character wor…
One Duck Down.
One bright and sunny day, a fish jumps out of a river, and promptly meets a fellow animal with whom he will share the next 46 years of his life.
Welcome to The Chicken Appreciation Society and welcome to the mind of meat processor, Comrade Egg.
Witch is an old word.
Death on the depressing dancefloor that is the job and house hunting game – certainly not the most ideal outcome for a 21 year old just trying to live.
Multi award-winning musical storytelling from the creator of Jewish Chronicles and Gefilte Fish and Chips.
It’s a secret epidemic, one that affects every new generation of young people.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
B-movies typically have negative connotations.
Rebecca Perry’s one-women tribute to four icons of the Golden Age of cinema is a cheery and bouncy hour celebrating Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Betty Hutton and Lucille Ball.
Hootingly funny and devilishly clever, Fishbowl is a masterpiece of physical comedy.
Primary Times Children’s Choice Award winner Brave Macbeth is back.
The framing of Paradise Lodge is odd at first.
A high energy, jovial start introduces us to a young couple getting down to some sexy time.
A tale of love, loss and exploration, this is an intrepid exploration of physical theatre and storytelling.
If you saw a live news report of an alien invasion on a network you trusted, would you believe it? Rhum & Clay’s production of The War of the Worlds poses that exact question…
Drawing the line between the exaggerated and the tender is no easy feat.
In this historical feminist coming-of-age musical comedy show, Harriet brings forth a team of rebellious women from the history of science to help her wage battle against ignorance…
Drawing from circus, stand-up and live art, Contra is a solo-cabaret of contradictions.
It’s hard to make a comedy about the murder of 45,000 women but Holly Morgan does just that, and then some.
‘Who are you?’ asked the Cheshire cat.
‘There’s no humour in having so many tumours’.
Brunch Bunch Theatre Company presents Tappuccino! A brand-new interactive, playful and joyous show that follows a tap-dancing coffee bean on her adventures across the world! From b…
As the last notes of La Vie en Rose hang in the air, we jump to our feet to give our enthralling leading lady the standing ovation she so richly deserves.
Born in a snow bank on the Manitoba/Nunavut border to a family of nomadic caribou hunters, Cree playwright, pianist and musician Tomson Highway has been called one of the most impo…
A Maori boy’s musical about his Hollywood hero.
We find ourselves between a neighbourly feud in a block of flats in Seoul.
George arrives in the city with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
It may be because of the stage productions and films which I saw growing up, but my innate and core expectation about musical theatre is that it tends to be on the big size, if not…
Eight ordinary people stand before eight spectators.
Leaping barriers of age, sexuality and gender, Gloria prepares to dance the can-can one last time.
When critiquing a musical about the difficulties of being a performer, there’s nothing to do but write a review about the difficulties of being a critic.
I wasn’t really sure what this show was supposed to be going into it, and now that I’ve seen it, I’m not sure if I have any better an idea.
A dimly lit stage, five women and their leader, to whom they will give everything until there is nothing left to give: this is the basic set-up for Reetta Honkakoski Company’s ca…
The Afflicted, a startling theatre-dance piece produced by Groupwork and performed at the Summerhall Demonstration Room, is a brilliant re-definition of the docu-drama format.
Taiwan’s Chang brothers (co-creators of Bon 4 Bon, a five-star hit at the 2018 Fringe) bounce back with a dance that reveals fresh facets of their fraternal relationships and the r…
The show is called Only Bones, which is confusing given that its performer, Thomas Monckton, doesn’t seem to have any.
Appearing for the 28th successive year in the magnificent setting of St Andrew’s and St George’s West, Fife vocal concert group Ensemble (www.
Healthy Harmonies, NHS Fife’s staff choir, together with specially invited guest soloists, is delighted to be returning to the Fringe with a programme of show tunes and popular m…
Award-winning stand-up Sooz Kempner spent the 90s playing Sonic, going from a little kid to a fully grown teen.
The shows are based on Chinese classical myths of the very beginning of the world.
Join The Bohemians as they twist your all time favourite musical numbers, taking a fresh perspective on classic anthems.
In Confessions of a Cockney Temple Dancer, Shane Shambhu (Complicité Associate) offers a funny, honest and engaging bilingual solo with an acclaimed team of collaborators.
Artists of pantomime and clownery Mikhail Kukota and Igor Chekhov are graduates of the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts.
Leigh Bowery was born in Sunshine, Australia (west of Melbourne) in March 1961.
The widely acclaimed ex-Young Pleasance physical theatre ensemble Spies Like Us returned to the Festival Fringe this year with not only one show but two brilliant shows in an adapt…
In their 19th year at the Fringe, following previous sell-out productions of West Side Story (2016) and Oliver (2015), Stage 84 proudly presents Sister Act.
From the company that previously brought you Peter Pan and Elf the Musical comes this spooktacular new musical comedy.
I can’t imagine that anybody has nostalgia for life in their early teen years.
From Show Boat to Showman, there’s always Another Op’nin, Another Show about the sparkling self-obsessed world of musical theatre! And why not? Some of the best shows are all a…
When things are coming to an end, the best thing to do is to go back to the beginning.
A new musical by Helen Brown and John Moore, based on Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca.
Physical theatre and contemporary dance collide in this all-female youth theatre production that begs the question: what would you do for fame? When a poor young girl is offered a …
A musical memoir about one woman’s solo bicycle/music tour 1,254 miles down the west coast of the USA.
After last year’s sold-out, five-star run, Exeter University’s Spotlights Show Choir are back at the Fringe with another set of musical hits! With songs ranging from classics l…
‘I’ve given you sunlight, I’ve given you rain.
Body Shop is a multiplayer, multi-layered human body action game, a future-forward competition where women are assembled according to the stories of their bodies.
Whoever you are, you’ll only know first love once.
Our Theatre’s Paradiso is ostensibly a puppetry show about three men of different nationalities, reflecting on the last days of their lives before moving onto paradise.
Is porn misogynistic or female empowerment in action? Why don’t we talk about porn? What impact does porn have on teenagers, adults and children? Is porn ultimately a good thing …
To be well or not to be well, that is the question.
Could there be a more relevant show for our society? A shocking 50 years after the workers’ strike at the Ford Dagenham plant, women are still fighting for equal pay and conditio…
Pechorin is a superfluous man.
Questing Voles – All’s Well That Ends As You Like It, 2017: ‘a pretty anarchic hour of fun and frolics’ (FringeReview.
When a whale beaches on the London Underground, all hell breaks loose and communication abruptly ceases.
Sell-out shows at the Fringe in 2016 and 2017! Voci Voices are four classically trained singers who offer an afternoon of songs from opera, operetta, musicals, jazz, swing and ever…
Take a trip through time to discover the origin of classic fairy tales from Aesop’s Fables to the Brothers Grimm to Disney.
Thomas Cameron is an English tenor whose voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities and performs classics such as Bring Him Home.
Performed entirely by very talented students, Captivate’s production has been seen by an estimated 22,000 people, with sell-out crowds, standing ovations, and multiple five-star re…
In the intimate surroundings of the Basement Theatre, with a small and extremely talented cast, Captivate’s original take on Larson’s rock musical will be intense and emotionally c…
An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime.
Kangaroos and Bagpipes is an unique blending of Australian singers and their Scottish counterparts performing traditional and contemporary songs designed to entertain, enthrall and…
3am Waitress by UK company Rogueplay is billed as "merging physical theatre with dance and aerial circus", but may be better described as a duo acro-dance piece since the…
Compared by many to Dudley Moore and Victoria Wood, The Fabulous TT will captivate you with true stories about her life with Robert Burns, David Gest, Michael Jackson and her ambit…
Plucked is a barnyard fable declaring the high ground on animal cruelty, a sermon on cycles of violence from bird to child to wife.
Captivate Theatre is delighted to be bringing the universally acclaimed Jesus Christ Superstar to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Wonder: a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar or inexplicable.
Side by Side Theatre Company, serving learning disabled performers from the West Midlands, returns to Paradise in Augustines this year with their adaptation of As You Like It, the …
13 is a hilarious, coming-of-age musical about discovering that cool is sometimes where we least expect it.
Set in a not-so-distant world where individuality is condemned and where life is constantly broadcast, this new play will explore our strange desire to constantly display ourselves…
A new musical adaptation of the classic tale of Cinderella, by Charles Perrault.
Trapped in a TV box world, Po is on a quest to retrieve his one and only worldly possession, his optimistic hat.
‘Arabella, I would love to show you this world of mine.
When was the last time you messaged a friend, updated your story or video called family? We live in a world of instant communication but how often do we assess the presence of tech…
Three colourful clowns discover the beauty and joy found in the changing of the seasons. Join Button, Buckle and Bow on their wonderful adventure.
Pete wants to keep The Burnt Part a shrine.
What happens if you find the love of your life at the end of the world? This hilarious and moving new musical follows Jack who discovers that the world will end in one week.
The Trail to Oregon is based on the 90s video game The Oregon Trail follows an all-American family of five (two parents, two children and the grandpa) as they make their way from M…
Mister Ellody has quietly kept his accordion shop going on the High Street for generations.
The Understudies is a completely improvised comedy musical that enjoyed a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017.
Some plays lend themselves to radical reinterpretations and stagings while others need handling with more care.
In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams.
The story of Romeo and Juliet receives medical treatment in Cepacia from Durham School and Shadow Dreams.
Follow Doaa who dreams of a better life amongst a backdrop of war, terror and enduring love.
Pining for the Southern Cross? Spend a five-star night with The Girls From Oz! Full of sass and armed with killer harmonies, these Sheilas can sing, joke and put on one helluva sho…
A musical memoir about one woman’s solo bicycle/music tour 1,254 miles down the west coast of the USA.
Set in a post-apocalyptic world this student-run, original musical theatre production takes place after humankind has destroyed the surface of our planet.
Join us in the depths of the Indian Jungle for an imaginative adventure, with a family-friendly adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic story The Jungle Book.
You may think you’ve seen The Bacchae – but have you seen Dionysius wreaking havoc upon his namesake play in an attempt to modernise it? This is the premise of Mermaids: The U…
A vicar, a business man and an actress go into a lift.
Horror writer Arthur Machen journeys from rural Wales to the suburbs of late Victorian London, reflecting on the intangibility of things.
Vox: A Fairy Tale for a New Age is a new work inspired by real-life occurrences in the life of Rowlett High School students.
The Time Traveller dedicates his life to creating a time machine in an attempt to alter the moment of his greatest loss.
A mythical merman tribe in ancient Hong Kong, the Lu-tings, is oppressed by another dominant culture.
Get your ticket into Loserville from the team behind Fringe sell-out American Idiot! The Son of Dork musical comes to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time.
There is no denying the writers’ talent; both Louis Pattison and Harry Style have created a highly enjoyable script and score rich in farcical humour and lighthearted silliness, …
University is the best time of your life, isn’t it? So what do you do when every day is a struggle? In Seven Ways to Calm the Fuck Down, directed by Ruth Berry, 3BUGS Fringe Thea…
This award-winning show combines humour, audience interaction and dance to highlight the objectification of women in the media.
Koreanised adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic.
Green Day’s visceral and provocative Grammy and two-time Tony Award-winning musical.
With the theme ‘the starting point of love, silk road and art’, our festival has a variety of performances and art from countries on the One Belt One Road.
The National Theatre of China have brought their visually stunning production of Life On The Silk Road to Zoo Southside.
Based on the popular traditional folk song, Kelty Clippie follows the comic adventures of a bus conductress in Fife.
Award-winning company Room 29 Theatre returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with the hauntingly beautiful musical Dogfight.
Django Reinhardt was a musical genius and his influence on generations of guitarists has been immense.
Combining dance, text and improvisation, Mirage is a kinaesthetic exploration of reality and empathy.
Eighteen talented actors bring you a spectacular reinvention of Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland.
The talented performers of Edinburgh Music Theatre return with an unmissable evening of musical theatre classics you will know and love.
The talented vocalists of Edinburgh Music Theatre return with another fantastic musical extravaganza for all the family this August.
An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, the show's unconventional structure…
Through wine, laughter and tears, Louise explores the pressures of life and love.
Desire is the place of not yet having.
One of the hardest calls for a reviewer to make is where to draw the line between production and play.
Zugunruhe (zoo-gun-rue): an ornithology term for ‘migratory restlessness in birds’.
The Opera North Youth Company is proud to present an adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s popular and much-loved Pirates of Penzance, directed by Emma Black and conducted by Nich…
A picture is worth 1,000 words – what about a song? A punchy contemporary musical that will leave you questioning what a picture really is and how it can be so much more than a s…
A desperate inventor.
In Barcelona at the beginning of the 20th century, a vampire walks the streets, invisible to those who choose not to see her.
The Battle of Boat is a new musical set in a seaside town on the English coast.
The world is full of wonderfully different people – dramatic, dreamy, daring and disturbing! Join our medley of characters on an energetic journey through their dreams, hopes and…
Heather and Harry is a romantic yarn detailing the story of Heather, an angel cast out of heaven by her misogynist rapping boyfriend Zeus, of Greek mythology fame.
A contemporary musical set in the lift between Covent Garden Tube platform and street level of the piazza with a rich and complex musical score.
Q: What happens when you move a 12-year-old from Basingstoke to Zambia? A: She swims.
Loosely based on a comedy written by Aristophanes in 405 BC, The Frogs is a hilarious send-up of Greek comedy and satire.
Beacon Boy Players return to The Sanctuary to stage Bugsy Malone – a knockout show full of slapstick comedy and catchy, swinging tunes! Expect plenty of panache and pizzazz from …
Six friends.
Adam Larter plays Sir Dance-a-lot, one of the Boogie Knights who has been exiled from a land where disco lovers are persecuted, and where rock ‘n roll and the evil King Gary now …
A wanderer believes his destiny is written along the North Carolina Interstate.
The portrayal of a young woman’s search for love and her sometimes crippling fear of being alone.
This summer, four of West End’s leading ladies take residence in McEwan Hall – Janie Dee, Danielle Hope, Ria Jones and Claire Sweeney.
An evening celebrating the legendary partnership of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.
At first glance The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's two collaborative productions with the American Music Theatre Project may seem remarkably similar to last year's pair.
Europe.
Mistaken identities, a corpse in a wheelchair, a short-sighted ex-lover, an avaricious dogs’ home, an English shoe salesman, a French cabaret singer and some nuns.
Assassins is a show of rich thematic complexity, difficult harmonies and challenging characterisation.
Mick dives into the absurdity of being an onstage performer and gives the audience a chance to sit in the director’s seat. Be prepared to laugh, cry and experience unbridled joy!
Goldoni’s boisterous 18th-century Italian comedy collides with 21st-century American pop culture.
Join your favourite Doctor Who characters for their greatest journey yet! It’s a musical adventure in time and space! After the TARDIS mysteriously crash lands, the Doctor and hi…
Join Meg and her band of misfits on a voyage through time and space.
Prune the bouffon is the shrivelled and bitter product of a break-up, birthed from the pain of Serena Flynn’s ex cheating on her with webcam girls.
Careering from his glittering ex-career as an incomparably successful composer/performer on Broadway, Reuxberre Bereré spends just one preciously distilled hour showcasing on the …
A new adaptation of Homer’s classic presented in iambic pentameter using physical theatre and shadowplay.
The bathroom of a student flat is not a place you'd want to spend 5 minutes, let alone an hour.
One sunny afternoon David and Lucy were playing with their dog in the garden and suddenly a strange creature called a Rapadoodle appeared.
Ever wondered what might happen if Queen Victoria met Genghis Khan? In this totally improvised comedy, the audience choose which chapters of history they want to see rewritten.
Born in Scotland, Bon Scott emigrated to Australia and joined rock band AC/DC to become a legend.
Haggis, Neeps and Burns is about as Scottish as tartan and the trinity.
Back for its seventh year at the Fringe! Shang is back! This is life growing up in 70s Scotland.
Legacy: A Mother’s Song, one of two devised musicals under the ‘Legacy’ banner at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is the distinctly less crowd-pleasing of the pair.
Have you ever felt that life was more a grocery list than a box of chocolates? Social media feeds are filled with people ticking events off the list, yet you feel you that you’ve…
Discover the span of universal highs and lows faced by us all through the experiences that life throws at us – love, heartache, fear, growing up and growing old.
It’s Not Over Yet… choreographed and performed by Emma Jayne Park (aka Cultured Mongrel) is a heart-stopping autobiographical show about cancer.
A town hall meeting in Anytown, USA provides the dramatic context for a panoply of songs in a wide range of musical styles and genres, whose cleverly constructed lyrics explore an …
Attempting to create a spin-off to one of the most beloved musicals of recent memory is a brave choice, and unfortunately it is a gamble that didn't pay off in this case.
A fast-paced, hilarious, coming of age musical by Tony award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown with book by Dan Elish and Robert Horne.
Swallow finds a man hiding in the barn, when she asks who he is his words are ‘Jesus Christ’.
A sexier, more violent Waiting for Godot, Definition of Man is a physicalised post-apocalyptic decreation myth that won Best in Dance and Physical Theatre and Ripest Show at the 20…
Multi award-winning FCT bring Alan Menken’s smash-hit musical comedy Sister Act to the Fringe.
Having absolutely loved Posolev’s other work at the 2018 Fringe, (Some)Body, I’m a little nervous at the start that this may not be of equal standard.
Inspired by the George MacDonald fairy tale, The Day Boy And The Night Girl.
As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.
Following the plot of Horton Hears a Who by Dr Seuss, you will be transported to a truly “seussified” world where you will be confronted with the power of loyalty and friendship! T…
This jukebox musical, based on Twelfth Night and Elvis music, is a fantastic, foot-tapping show.
Mandrogyny contains many universal themes, including an exploration of self, identity and gender expression.
Halleberrylujah! Having told his backstory in the award-nominated Christ on a Bike and demonstrated the wonders of Pontius Pilates in Cross Fit, your sassy King of the Shoes, Jesus…
With roots in Grotowski’s theatrical style and the laboratory theatre of 1970s Poland, Company of Wolves are known for their striking, collaborative work that fuses dance, physic…
After yet another five-star run, EUSOG returns for its 25th year at the Fringe with The Drowsy Chaperone! A satirical masterpiece, paying homage to Jazz Age musicals of the 1920s, …
Fringe madness has descended once again with the weird and wonderful from all over the globe in our bonnie wee city.
Popular or unknown, apps are part of our daily lives.
Following multiple sell-out shows for both companies at the Fringe, Theatre Re and Fourth Monkey are joining forces for 2018 and return to the festival with an exciting, ensemble-l…
Sweeney Todd returns to London having been unjustly exiled by the evil Judge Turpin.
Typecasting and a theatre career drove our heroine to insanity.
Celebrating the enthusiasm and fresh talent of new dancers from across Scotland.
Last year, I was lucky enough to catch Alyona Ageeva’s Physical Theatre PosleSlov perform to a small audience and immediately became a fan.
Metamorphoses is a lyrical journey through Ovid’s classic tales, told through the fresh eyes of Mary Zimmerman.
After a sell-out, five-star run in 2016, One Musical to Rule Them All returns to parody everyone’s favourite trilogy about wizards, hobbits and a quest to destroy some magical je…
Musical farce based on the hit 1988 film.
After a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe run in 2017, we return with the story of Harry Poppers and the Deathly Swallows! You may have heard a similar story before, but we will take you o…
Alexander Fleming’s death-defying, worldly wonder antibiotic drugs have saved us for the last 90 years.
A high octane, 80s inspired, dark comedy sketch show! Imagine if Dynasty and Desperate Housewives met on RuPaul’s Drag Race, in the 80s! Set in the power-dressed world of Cassandra…
Join Shoogalie Road as you’ve never seen them before for an evening of musical theatre as we perform excerpts from Jekyll and Hyde, Phantom of the Opera and Sweeney Todd.
We all remember the feeling of temptation to open the box that we’re not supposed to open as a small child.
A six-foot woman and a sex doll take on femininity.
After last year’s Fringe success with sell-out audiences and great reviews, Captivate is bringing back this much-loved family favourite.
‘Today is the day I make a decision.
Students Peter and Jason meet and fall in love at a Catholic boarding school but everything is conducted in secret and hidden behind lies.
Bite-size tasters of the best comedy, music and circus, all prepared for you in our glorious Spiegeltent.
Bare Productions are a new, fresh Edinburgh-based company comprising of some of the best local talent who have all performed in multiple five-star sell-out shows at the Fringe.
A modern take on the classic tale.
Upon retirement, Corporal Liam Drury returns to be confronted with sudden and debilitating flashbacks to his time in combat.
In a light and playful form, the duet Anchor depicts the dilemma between love and desire.
Frisky are transporting audiences to a fantasy land created by two pre-pubescent girls, Tilly and Inga (played by Camille Dawson and Serena Ramsey).
Four Go Wild in Wellies is a playful look at how friendships are built, broken and mended – a whimsical adventure featuring tents that have a life of their own, bobble hats and o…
A reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, the ‘superbly talented’ (List) Young Pleasance bring the glitz, glamour, and seedy underworld of interwar Berlin to life with chara…
This is one woman’s tale of the many heartbreaks in her life and the lessons she learned from each that allowed her to be able to love herself instead of seeking it in others.
‘The children grabbed him (the father) and put him on the table.
Accessible yet still in-depth, funny and disturbingly ironic.
What do the widow and mistress of Scotland’s famous bard discuss over tea? After the death of Robert Burns, his wife Jean Armour and mistress Nancy Maclehose, finally meet.
Internationally renowned visual theatre artist returns with a dark, comedic, highly physical production incorporating illusions and masterful non-verbal storytelling.
Set in a near-future Britain where healthcare is privatised, a young couple’s relationship is quietly pulled apart by an aggressive lack of sleep.
Long-form improv comedy all the way from California.
A story of one of the 200,000 Koreans who were deported from the Russian-Korean boarder by the Soviet government in 1937.
Leaving the theatre with no idea what you have just seen but having enjoyed it immensely is perhaps an appropriate response to a production of Antonin Artaud’s To Have Done With …
A dynamic new play combining new writing and physical theatre, Loop is a journey through 50 years of life, love and music, a story of people evolving with the music they listen to.
Every now and then a sparkling gem comes bubbling to the surface of the Fringe.
A darkly comic new musical about love, loss and being different.
A fusion of narrative, aerial arts, multimedia and live accordion music.
Infamous comedy duo Ursus and Nadeschkin have been dubbed the ‘Swiss-German Marx Brothers’ by Village Voice NYC.
A newly qualified journalist gets his first big break writing for the Maily Dail just as the biggest upset in British politics is about to occur.
Primary Times Children’s Choice Award winner 2017, Brave Macbeth, is back.
Are you, or someone you love, pretending you’re not losing your hearing? Well at 31, Tom GK is losing his.
‘Is it too much to ask for everything?!’ she shouted drunkenly at a bin.
Go and see this show right now.
Join the invincible Captain Cauliflower and his faithful companion Marvin on an unforgettable adventure, filled with extreme silliness and unquestionable danger.
Many people firmly believe that the circus discipline of Tightwire must in fact be an illusion or a magic trick.
UK’s original touring Taiko Tribe returns to the Fringe with a brand-new show of skill, stamina and red-hot rhythms to stir your soul! As Mugenkyo approach their 25th year as Eur…
She is arguably the most famous Hollywood screen icon and pin-up.
Blood, sweat, and.
Flattered addresses, honestly and frankly, the issue of public harassment towards women.
Kinkens is old Scots for the evasive answers to the questions of overly curious children.
Tales of woe, tales of science, tales of curses, tales of defiance.
Drag Superstar, Jonny Woo and Olivier Award-winning composer, Richard Thomas (Jerry Springer The Opera) bring you this sequin-spangled musical ripped straight from the headlines.
What if Lady Macbeth was the reincarnation of the mysterious White Fox? YVUA Arts present their award-winning About Lady White Fox with the Nine Tales.
Dream Logos is the divine logic of dreams in the backdrop of the known universe in projected image, dance, aerial, and theatre.
A one-man medley of action, comedy, characters and a car chase: Lewis Doherty presents WOLF.
Life’s a journey, chauffeur driven by someone else.
Enthralling one-woman musical narrative.
Backup, a mix of puppetry and gestural object theatre, is a half hour of pure delight.
A story of a man who wants to make the world a better place.
Following a sell-out 2017 Fringe, nine five-star reviews and two awards, the Kweens are back – and they’re bringing glitter! From the producer of Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho …
The magic of New York is effectively captured in 89 Nights, a new musical from Troubadour Stageworks.
Many productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year discuss female freedom of choice, but few do so as creatively as The Squirrel Plays.
For anyone who thinks they don't make physical comedians like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton any more, here's a word from the wise—which, in this context, essentially …
‘There may be many spooky stage productions around.
Multi award-winning creators of Anton’s Uncles, Track 3, Big Shot and Hot Cat, Theatre Movement Bazaar assembles its ultra-modern troubadours for the company’s latest adventure, …
Kickstart your festival with Assembly’s renowned opening night gala.
The Edinburgh must-see, Olivier Award-winning (Best Entertainment and Family Show 2016) West End hit returns for its 11th consecutive year! A brand-new musical comedy is created fr…
The Rocky Horror Night at Frankenstein’s — now in its 17th year — is one of the staple nightlife experiences in Edinburgh.
Elf Lyons should be feeling pretty good right now.
Feed is a thought-provoking and memorable piece by Theatre Témoin that explores the insidious relationship between the Internet and capitalism.
Let’s talk about drugs.
Hamilton (Lewis) is the epic story of a self-starter who worked a lot harder, by being a lot faster, born and raised in Stevenage, the most successful British F1 driver in the hist…
I was unsure what to expect from this performance, but "a musical about Robert Burns" already had my interest piqued.
Before Voldemort was He Who Must Not Be Named, he was just Tom Riddle, another moody teen at Hogwarts.
While Henry the 8th fights for his life, his daughter Mary Tudor has a battle of her own: she wants to claim his soon-to-be-empty throne.
A man enters and, La Cage Aux Folles style, he sits at a mirror that isn’t there and paints his face in lurid make-up.
Theatre is often defined as a means of offering a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves.
Propeller is a play which relates a small town’s struggle to reinstate a railway line, in order to make a much wider statement on the merits and masquerade of social action.
Start each day with a warm-up! Professional practitioners will lead morning movement warm-ups in the Upper Church space at Summerhall for Fringe performers from all venues.
The legendary Ms Anderson brings you her seriously comical cabaret.
It’s the musical they said would never happen! After last year’s award-winning show, he’s back with stories from his life set to music.
You’ve never seen comedy like this before.
Hold onto your shades as the smash hit returns – back by popular demand! We’re putting the band back together for rhythm’n’blues to remember.
Once Upon a Daydream, produced by Sun Son Theatre, bursts with life and colour.
From the creators of the sell-out hit Buzz: A New Musical.
The secret life of man’s best friend is pondered in BARK: The Musical.
Total sell-out 2015, 2016 and 2017! One of the best-known, longest-running and most celebrated improv shows in the world.
Malcolm doesn’t like animals, which is a problem because his family love them.
Five-star, total sell-out show Edinburgh Fringe 2016 and 2017 and Vaults 2017.
Following the ‘audacious’ (**** (Scotsman)) and critically acclaimed Follow Suit, Silent Faces return to the Fringe with more physical political fooling in the heart-warming A …
With success in the likes of Shitfaced Shakespeare and Shitfaced Showtime, Magnificent Bastard Productions return to the Fringe with their take on Lionel Bart’s 1960 musical.
Stripped is a new beginning.
This is one of two offerings at the Fringe this year from Iulia Benze and Kurt Murray, featuring high energy physical movement, bubble art and audience interaction.
‘A striking dream world.
Le Gateau Chocolat has brought his background in drag to this kids show, which is a solo act loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling.
Deciding to take on Scientology, the notoriously thin skinned and litigation happy “religion”, as the central subject matter of a comedy rock musical is certainly a brave choic…
Thom Monckton of Finland’s Circo Aereo returns to Edinburgh with a hugely entertaining hour of silliness.
Every child goes inside their own bubble! Milkshake’s bubble flower cannot survive a cold winter without bubbles so she must get help from Dr Bubble – and quick! Smoke bubbles,…
Music Theatre Warwick returns to the festival with their long-form, entirely improvised musical that is a rollicking good time, even if there are a few kinks that need ironing out.
Total sell-out in 2015, 2016 and 2017! Updated with new deaths and sexcapades from seventh series.
If silent Hollywood star Buster Keaton is remembered for anything, it's his emotionless, mask-like expression; so the initial shock here is that this Buster speaks and smiles.
Tobacco Road is, more than anything, a lot of fun to watch and a strong example of the power of devised theatre and the ensemble.
Ian Stroughair delivers an hour of avante guarde post modern drag, with a voice so powerful he should require a license to operate it.
Jukebox musicals are undeniably hit and miss.
George Buchner’s great working class tragedy Woyzeck has long cast a shadow over European theatre.
Chase Scenes is exactly what it says it is: 60 scenes in which performers create a variety of famous and original chase scenes, filmed lived onstage and projected onto screens at t…
A Belgian pop star moves to London to steal the job of British pop stars.
Expect sharp suits and smooth vocals as Frank, Sammy and Dean hit the stage with their live band.
High-energy actors, colourful puppets, amazing characters and fantastic songs combine to create AnimAlphabet: The Musical.
What appears to be light and entertaining, can be dark and lonely behind the curtains.
2017 hit returns! A magical rollercoaster noir mystery tour through Japanese children’s folklore.
There is such a plethora of Donald Trump-inspired shows at Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year, it feels like it should almost become its own genre.
Relive the magic of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in this remarkable tribute to the most successful band in music history.
The Sauna is a story of an old woman.
How do you find a new ‘once upon a time’ after the ‘happy ever after’ never turned up? Victoria is on a quest to discover how you make a new life when you can’t have the …
Gamarjobat shows that comedy is truly without language barriers.
Buried certainly made a splash at the Fringe last year, winning awards left, right, and centre, and deservedly so – Tom Williams and Cordelia O’Driscoll’s new musical is quir…
A big bonkers blast of fun with super-duo Cat (the Spot Bots Mermaid on CBeebies) and Nicko.
Following last year’s popular success with The Magic of MGM, Fife’s leading operatic concert group, Ensemble (ensembleinfife.
After an exciting run at the 70th Edinburgh Fringe Festival the companies of three musicals (Porn, X and Suicide) come together to perform musical highlights from the shows in what…
A magical rollercoaster noir mystery tour through Japanese children’s folklore.
For one night only Jayde Adams and Kiri Pritchard-McLean host this celebration of all things West End (or Broadway if you’re American/better off than us).
‘Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.
One man, a piano and an unexpected item in the bagging area… the supermarket trip is explored in musical form with a fun, frantic and family-friendly trolley dash to the conveyor…
It’s Mia’s birthday! How exciting! She will be surrounded by friends and will play all day long.
Keira Martin’s Here Comes Trouble contains some impressively executed Irish dancing to music which is a meld of Irish melodies and Jamaican beats in a memorable piece about ident…
This touching new musical explores the interior monologues of three interconnected characters through acoustic songs, focusing on their lack of communication and the difference bet…
People say your whole life flashes in front of your eyes before you die but what happens when you have dementia? Where does the brain go before we die? Dark Matter is a devised and…
‘Bottles’ is a stirring piece of theatre exploring the ups and downs of a night on the town through the eyes of a group of young women.
Spring Awakening is a touching and affecting musical.
Ethereal Theatre Company’s Little Shop of Horrors is a powerhouse of zany energy.
Based on the Gospel according to Matthew, Godspell is a conceptual piece where a comedic troupe of eccentric players team-up with Jesus to teach his lessons in a new age.
Cold Comfort Farm is the story of Flora Poste, a bright young thing who finds herself forced to live with her relatives in the countryside.
‘It’s about one moment.
‘What’s it going to be then, eh?’ Little Alex is charming, clever and sophisticated.
The story of Peter Pan is a familiar one for many and The Talentz present a lovely retelling of the classic tale.
The students of Wellington College are performing the renowned adaptation of Franz Kafka by Steven Berkoff, The Trial.
Slap and Tickle, ‘a machine gun of visual joy’ (WritingAboutDance.
Two young women, living similar lives, doing similar things: applying for jobs at cafes, buying alcohol, going to parties.
As the Sirocco winds bring cholera to the Lido and alleyways of Venice, Dr Aschenbach watches Tadzio swimming in the lagoon.
‘A show that you watch with your heart and not your head.
Peter Gill”s Certain Young Men was first performed at the Almeida Theatre in 1999.
Men have all the power.
I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change is earnestly performed by a youthful and small cast – the reason for scraping the second star – but the uninspired script and the overa…
Travel back to the 1920s to examine the beautiful art of failing.
One man’s quest to return to the woman he loves: beating gods and monsters, battling nymphs and sirens, through the underworld and across the Aegean Sea.
Every given year one in four people will experience a very serious diagnosable mental illness – if it’s not you it’s a mate.
Oh! Carol, the musical story of Sedaka & Greenfield.
After sell-out productions of Sunshine on Leith, Oliver! and Les Misérables School Edition, Captivate Theatre brings you the most uplifting and rousing songs from the world of mus…
On his way home from battle, Brave Macbeth meets the witches who tell him that he will become king.
Trying to do a hallowed musical such as Les Miserables at the Fringe is a bit of a rigged game.
A stunning amalgamation of Wrong Tree’s work to date: the Professor’s grandfather is missing – working in his old greenhouse, her quest takes her to explore South America.
Five-star, total sell-out show, 2016 Edinburgh Fringe and Vaults Festival, 2017.
When Nathaniel, a student, is visited by a mysterious dread figure from the past and falls in love with a woman who isn’t all she seems, nobody can prevent his life from spiralling…
Join the Bohemians on a whistle stop tour of all your favourite musicals from stage and screen! Featuring songs from shows ranging from Mamma Mia to Kiss Me Kate and Calamity Jane …
Captivate Theatre is thrilled to bring Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd to the Edinburgh Fringe.
#JeSuis is an edgy new choreographic work by renowned British dancer Aakash Odedra.
A spectacular show featuring one of the best mime and impersonator artistes in Europe! Be prepared to be stunned by the quickest change artist and mime comedy entertainer Martin Ke…
A double-bill of extraordinary power and originality, Hope Hunt & The Ascension into Lazarus performed by Belfast-based Oona Doherty, gets beneath the hard exterior of disaffected …
One million people on all sides were killed in Italy in WW2.
A show about the evocative powers of art must be particularly effective in practicing what it preaches.
His Lordship has returned home. The ghosts have been waiting (and they’ve hidden the gin). Welcome to Moistly Hollow, it’ll put the willies up you…
‘Catchy riffs and rapid-fire word play’ ***** (Kryztoff.
The 11:87 Theatre Company’s debut at the Fringe is a new musical following the lives of Sophie and George as they are guided by both angels and demons.
You never know who you share your space with, who you touch, or how you touch them.
Paul Shapera’s steampunk opera The Dolls of New Albion is a macabre four acts featuring four generations in a small town where the dead can come back to life as human-sized, unwo…
A wordless blend of mime, clowning, dance and acrobatics, Two Little Boxes is a brand-new piece by Reallynice, exploring the construction of masculinities in young men.
Snow is the newest prisoner at HMP Young Offenders Institution, Hull.
Alyona Ageeva’s PosleSlov Physical Theatre Company presents the UK premier of this contemporary physical theatre performance.
Can Hamlet please come into the diary room? You’ve had regular Big Brother.
Edinburgh University Footlights is blessed to be making a spirited return to the Edinburgh Fringe with their production of the feel-good musical Sister Act! Sister Act follows the …
We are often barely conscious of dressing and undressing in our daily routine.
Woyzeck ekes out a living on a meagre wage, earning pennies by eating peas for a dodgy clinical trial, while his wife cheats on him and everyone finds him pathetic.
Inspired on Zeami’s Aya No Tsuzumi, Busu and the Damask Drum was originally adapted by Yukio Mishima for the modern stage.
Reeling follows our plucky protagonist, Little Fellow, as he heads to the big city to make something of himself, and winds up in a motion picture studio where he is mistaken for th…
Forthright and sincere, Mulan is the first-born daughter to her family.
Based on the legendary musical comedy classic about rolling the dice and falling in love under the lights of Broadway, this may be the perfect musical comedy! Set in Damon Runyon�…
Welcome to the story of Harry Poppers and the Deathly Swallows! You may have heard a similar story before, but we will take you on a very different journey.
One of the most beautiful and timeless shows ever written, Fiddler on the Roof is a wonderful tale of traditions, culture, displacement and loss.
The idea of taking a serious topic and turning it into a musical is not a new to the Fringe.
In a modern cabaret format, Now Here’s A Funny Story is a jaunty romp through the golden age of music hall, often delving into its dark underbelly.
Have you ever been shat on by the blue bird? The great rebirth of public shaming continues to evolve.
Relive the magic of Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons in this remarkable tribute to the most successful band in music history.
Spend a five-star evening with the most dinky-die singing sheilas this side of the black stump.
The charming, funny and original musical It Shoulda Been You invites you to a wedding day you’ll never forget, where anything that can go wrong does and love pops up in mysterious …
Me, Myself and I’ is a fun, high energy, physical theatre piece containing small nuggets of inspiration relating to how we find, and nurture our confidence.
‘Oh fe fi fo, and fe fi fum! Now what shall I do to wipe my.
Father Christmas is back, and this time he’s had three helpings of sprouts! As he tries to deliver the presents, his tummy rumbles, gurgles and groans, but Father Christmas knows h…
Ami and Tami is a reimagined Hansel & Gretel for the modern day.
Celebrating the music of Peter D Robinson (MTM nominee, Best Composer on the Fringe, 2007) this concert features music from a range of productions.
Once upon a time, two fair maidens dragged fairy tales kicking and screaming into the 21st century in this sharp and original review of all things “happily ever after”.
One Hundred Miles is a physical theatre performance structured around the experiences of a woman traveling through India in a bid to discover a different culture and way of life.
I think this show is emblematic of a lot of the problems that new musicals at the Fringe tend to have.
A musical marvel – a magical journey undertaken by three little children, each with their own striking personality, who unite their efforts and complete a series of challenging t…
A rap opera written entirely in rhyme, performed as one continuous song.
In Seagulls, visuals are everything.
Returning with their sell-out show, Cluedo Inc bring the familiar whodunnit board game to life.
Sarah, a single parent, and her child Barney are caught in a time loop, destined to return to the small Suffolk village where a tragedy occurred; Sarah was drowned as a witch in th…
Perfect Pullman.
Nominated for best play by the Anti-Trafficking Foundation in 2016.
‘And in the end, we were all just humans, drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness’.
Everyone has secrets.
Funbox at the Fringe! Join Gary, Anya and Kevin (the former stars of The Singing Kettle) for songs and silliness that all the family can enjoy! The Funbox has everything you need i…
Atwood’s retelling of The Odyssey from Penelope’s perspective is a totally appropriate text for this energetic and innovative all-female cast.
This August, Durham-based Wrong Tree Theatre are bringing three shows to Edinburgh; currently on offer is Souvenirs, a light-hearted adventure that draws on the heavy use of props,…
“None of these words are our own.
Thought-provoking but with a humorous tone, this spoken word and physical theatre piece explores what it means to be a girl growing up today and the choices offered to young women.
Suicide: The Musical is a one-man show that discusses male depression and disconnection due to social media.
Take a first-class big band with leading West End star Kate Graham (Mamma Mia, Billy Elliot, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
Porn is a musical that aims to show the emotional side of those working in the adult film industry.
Imagine that you have only one hour to choose one single memory from your life – and everything else will be erased forever.
Join Rosie at Fingers Piano Bar for an afternoon of song and banter, with classics from musical theatre, cabaret and pop.
Agnes’s life is turned upside down when she stumbles upon her late sister’s Dungeons and Dragons notebook.
Christine is standing at a crossroads in life, looking back at her past decisions.
Based on the international bestseller, Pinkalicious the Musical is a delicious romp for children of all ages.
The ambiguity and space for misunderstanding in [title of show]’s name and concept are such that it is entirely possible it could put audience members off, but the University of …
An action-packed, spy thriller, one-woman musical.
You would be forgiven for thinking that a production of The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck performed in a circus tent might involve people dressed up as the character…
Following last year’s five-star reviews for Sondheim’s Assassins at the Fringe, BB Theatre Productions present a poignant, uplifting musical which explores friendship, ambition and…
Just Like the Movies is a cheery musical exploring the world of show business as the characters battle to make a statement in a world where success is often decided by major realit…
It’s impossible to miss the irony in the name of the production company behind Priscilla: Queen of the Desert – Car Crash Productions.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge has, as you might expect from the title, a very specific target audience.
Youth theatre is a weird thing to critique.
Shove on some Dr.
Direct from a sold-out appearance in Toronto, the 2014/15/16 smash-hit sell-out show returns.
Robert S J Lucas’ new show, X The Musical is set in a vaguely sketched-out dystopian future where politics are the most important thing in the world and everyone is required to v…
There is beautiful music at the heart of Atlantic: America & The Great War.
Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel: two French musical icons.
Film stars in the 50s and 60s needed to sing.
This is a collaboration of stunt and colour: the first of its kind in the world.
Musical comedy versions of Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet.
Doors creak and dust falls; the Curse of Cranholme Abbey has awoken once more.
We all have our idols and for one girl growing up that was a singer and actress from a bygone age.
If you feel sceptical about the idea of Macbeth as a comedy for children, let me put your mind at rest.
Bite-size tasters of the best comedy, music and circus, all prepared for you in our glorious Spiegeltent.
A killer haunts the shores of Edgartown.
Adapted and performed by Jennifer Jewell, Goblin Market is a solo performance, with Jewell taking on the roles of two young sisters and the goblins they encounter.
Cognitions was confessional, poetic physical theatre.
038 is the telephone code for Hualien, a small city on the east coast of Taiwan and it is the first few numbers the many emigrants to the bigger cities must dial to phone home.
The Crossing Place – Romantika has an absurdly joyous opening, which is unexpected considering that the show is marketed as a study of loneliness, anxiety and desire.
The North is as hostile, unforgiving and beautiful as the land to which it dedicates its hour-long runtime.
Rebellious, experienced, lyrical and courageous – this amazing multi-generational programme celebrates dancers from 12-85 years of life, dreams, hopes and fears featuring new wor…
‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall – does this selfie make my nose look big?’ Your favourite fairy tales in disguise, this once upon a time is happening now.
If you want a bit of light relief from Fringe shows taking themselves too seriously, come to this hilarious, technically mind-blowing piece which calls itself physical theatre but …
Both faithful and frantic, young company Flying Pig Theatre have produced a very satisfying version of Euripides’ Bacchae with a deft touch.
Stampin’, stompen’ coming through the trees, shuffling through the swamp grass, blowing in the breeze.
A cast of expert improvisers promise a fast-paced, tuneful turn on the Bard’s works as if Shakespeare met Sondheim.
With one of the longest titles you’ll come across it feels as though this show will have a lot to unpack.
Sam is scared of the dark.
French theatre group Le Festin de Saturne deliver a wild and engaging clown show, War Pig, following the adventures of young Private Juan and Captain Fidel Castra off to war.
Harry awakes one morning in the worst possible way – with a head-shattering hangover.
Detailed, charismatic and humorous, State High Thespian Troupe’s take on the classic Grimm’s fairy tale is an accessible musical for all the family.
Every day the same ceremony is held: a hotel room, a man, a woman.
Animikii Theatre’s Origins is an intriguing piece of physical theatre that isn’t afraid to be subtle with it’s plot.
Rock’n’roll in all its facets.
Inspired by a Kafka story, writer Josh Luxenberg and Brooklyn-based Sinking Ship have created a weird and wonderful piece of theatre in A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation).
Gossip, blather, misinformation and rumours are a cross-cultural phenomenon of humanity.
What Lies Beneath is a semi-absurdist exploration into male grief, observing how it plays out in our minds and affects those close to us.
Hyperthymesia is a mixture of physical theatre and emotional monologues that certainly wasn’t a show that had the audience jumping onto their feet in appreciation.
Bone Woman is a quiet, strange and beautiful production.
This is one of Granny’s stories.
With humble beginnings as an idle farm lad, the eponymous hero of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt is chastised by his mother for wasting his time on earth dreaming of greatness - to whi…
Josh finds the outside world a fascinating and frightening place.
Temper Theatre once again return to Edinburgh to gift audiences with a performance well worth three times the ticket price.
Stephen F Austin University student Bobby Britton’s semi-autobiographical play leads us on a young man’s journey to discover his personal truth in a conservative Texas town.
Sometimes, all a show needs to be good is to be simple and earnestly performed.
A chorus of bawdy spirits lead you through this physically dynamic amalgamation of Shakespeare’s finest death scenes, which fuse together familiar characters and scenes to create a…
Company, Sondheim’s second Tony Award winner, is a difficult show to get right: it’s disjointed, complex, and built on subject matter that can be uncomfortable to look at.
‘Being called a Greek feels like being bound with a dog collar.
What’s more important when telling a compelling story of human emotion, feeling or narrative? The answer to this is largely dependent on the viewer’s personal preferences as to…
When viewing a show as celebrated and adored as How to Win Against History there is always the risk that it’ll never be able to live up to the hype.
Strange physical theatre with soul-lined theatrics and odd feats.
There is something remarkably welcoming about being handed a free pint with a smile as you walk into a show.
My Leonard Cohen is a soulful and informative show celebrating the life of the recently deceased Canadian musician and poet.
Is it a curse to stay? What if we couldn’t travel, could never leave home and see the world? Can we still be happy? A girl looks across the ocean and longs to discover.
Gracefool Collective’s This Really Is Too Much blends dance, spoken word and physical comedy in a devised expressionistic theatre piece; revealing the absurd realities of life fr…
Fairytales don’t really make much sense.
Captivate Theatre brings Lionel Bart’s timeless musical to life.
Captivate Theatre’s cast of fresh-faced talent do not disappoint in this adaptation of Annie.
Fauna is a bold, mesmerising exploration of primal behaviour brought to us by the wonderful Fauna Circus.
Lobsters love large claws and peacocks prefer big tails – but what sets our hearts racing? An enticing piece of dance theatre that puts love under the microscope, challenging our…
Cambridge University Musical society hits Edinburgh to redefine the stories of Henry VIII’s six wives through a contemporary pop girl-band SiX.
This little-known musical is tremendous fun in its own right, but the extremely talented and energetic cast of The Great American Trailer Park Musical make it engaging for a full 9…
Award-winning improvisers The Maydays present this skin-prickling tale full of black comedy and haunting music, inspired by the warped imaginations of Tim Burton, Lemony Snicket an…
With over 5,000 performances in over 25 countries, Drum Tribe invites you to join in on the rhythm and rumble, which has wowed audiences all around the world! Using rhythm and fun …
Oyster Boy is a comic telling of the fictional relationship between two young lovers on Coney Island and their subsequent journey into marriage.
If you are looking for a show that demonstrates exceptional acting and physical theatre skills Tobacco is where you will find it.
The show tells the tale of a young girl named Rose who mysteriously goes missing in the tiny town of Grigglewood.
The traditional Korean tale of Princess Bari comes to life in this touching and inspiring production.
Hear me roar! In a world full of sound and fury, and bells and whistles, one woman is ready to listen.
Mouthpiece is one of the shows at CanadaHub at King’s Hall, a venue in association with Summerhall.
China Goes Pop is an action-packed hour for all the family to enjoy; full of acrobatics held together by a simple love story between two of the performers.
Kokdu: Soul Mate is physical theatre with charm, humour and a supernatural frisson inspired by Korean shamanistic rites and belief in the Kokdu, a spirit guide who accompanies the …
A musical fable of how the Giant’s Causeway came to be built, when the Irish giant Finn McCool, with the help of his clever wife Oona, battled wits with the mighty Scottish giant…
In a big, busy city there’s loads of space.
Fringe 2011’s Best Newcomer nominee Paul Valenti is back, this time on a semi-silent casual quest for universal truth.
Cockadoodlemoo is a brand new moo-sical for all the family! Join a prize-winning cow, sassy fox, playful dog and forgetful sheep who each have a lot to learn about friendship, lone…
“A musical about two serial killers,” is how Buried: A New Musical by Colla Voce Theatre describes itself.
Family physical theatre.
There is a lot to like about this package.
Meet Helga, cabaret diva extraordinaire! At least, she used to be… Through mime, clowning and circus, this poignant physical comedy reflects on how it feels when our bodies don�…
The premise of this musical is that four professional actors share their insights into the scary world of auditions.
In the shadow of Arthur’s Seat, Australian cabaret sensation Pamela Shaw launches her spirited child from within.
This slick performance of Robin Hood by Manhattan Children’s Theatre (Edinburgh) will leave you laughing, humming the songs, and with a strange desire to shout ‘Hail King Richa…
Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story won the first Broadway Baby Bobby Award in 2014 as one of the most outstanding productions of that year’s Festival Fringe.
C Theatre’s production of Robin’s Hood is a silly pantomime style show featuring the classic characters.
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical seems to have become synonymous with the Fringe; their billboards plastering every major walkway across Edinburgh.
In a Fringe riddled with long-form improvisation – especially musicals – this is one of the stand-outs.
Colin the Country Cockatoo is on a mission to reunite all the notes of the stave and save his friends from the dastardly plans of Calando the duck who wants to bring eternal silenc…
Warning: Spoilers, swearing and a hilarious combination of incest and sex jokes.
Theatre Ad Infinitum have been a Fringe favourite for years; creating thought provoking and beautiful shows to touch both your heart and your mind.
The heart-warming tale of Ingo the dog and his journey of bravery, hope and finding courage where you thought you had none.
Incognito Theatre’s adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front is a solid, if predictable, production which ticks all of the necessary First World War boxes.
The idea is a brilliant one: reducing an epic to the size of a man.
One hot summer’s day, four million wasps invade the quiet village of Itching Down.
Spies Like Us Theatre’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s classic novel is, quite simply, a joy.
Testosterone is a touching, funny and incredibly brave piece of theatre from Rhum and Clay Company and Kit Redstone.
Master songwriter and Fringe favourite returns with more of his trademark smart and funny story songs (plus new gems).
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) is about a woman’s struggle with depression, told through a simple, storytelling format and soundtracked by original music from Fris…
Did you know that when you go through a break-up you become 25% uglier? Newly single and living in the trendy part of town, Tamar is nervous about leaving the house.
A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time.
Magnificent Bastard Productions have become a hit at the Fringe throughout the last few years with their productions of Shit-Faced Shakespeare.
On first viewing the stage I thought I would try and count all the instruments I could see scattered around waiting to be played.
It’s 54 years since the last conscripted British citizens returned to civilian life after completing their National Service.
The Inevitable Quiet of the Crash is a show whose tagline betrays its true value.
Told through contemporary and ancient physical storytelling techniques, the National Theatre of China’s Luocha Land is a visual treat.
There’s certainly a lot going on in Alpha: physical theatre, beat poetry and live music combine as the company confides their desires and secrets with their audience.
Amira is obsessed with space and dreams of becoming an astronaut.
A whimsical story of a pianist and his puppet, it’ll have you falling off your seat in laughter! Packed full of gags, hilarious moments and surprises, the White Face Crew combine p…
Set in a stark environment of desks and bare lightbulbs, Silent Faces’ Follow Suit is a cutting parody of life in the corporate sector.
If you love Donald Trump, you’ll hate this show! Get ready for a hilarious, thought-provoking, heartbreaking yet inspiring experience – in glorious four-part harmony and over-the…
That’s Life on Lisgar is a story of family fissures and the intimate workings of life as a daughter of a Portuguese family in Canada.
Korean performance company GGIRIPROJECT aims to create the perfect collaboration between music and martial arts, a pursuit that has resulted in the catchily-titled Monkey Dance: Th…
Edges is a musical that follows four individuals’ journeys as they step onto the ladder of adult life.
How many times in the past year can you say that you felt genuinely sorry for Michael Gove? Or that you felt goose-bumps (the good kind!) when you heard Theresa May speak? Or perha…
At a college songwriting class in Chicago, an end-of-year competition involves the students performing each other’s anonymous submissions for a celebrity guest judge.
Winner: Best Comedy Perth Fringe World 2017.
Assembly’s renowned opening night gala returns to launch our biggest programme yet, with highlights from across our 200 strong season, all rolled into one spectacular package.
This show is dumb.
Slut tells a story which is sadly the experience of many women; girls who have the benefit of naivety during their younger years, which is then destroyed when they face the reality…
To be surprised by a show at the Fringe is a rare and wonderful thing.
Medea on Media is not your average spin on an Ancient Greek classic; Seongbukdong Beedoolkee’s production is fearless, irreverent, unsettling and, most surprisingly, a lot of fun…
There’s something charming about a fairy tale told in a fundamentally unique manner.
The New York musical is so much of a trope that it could almost be its own genre.
Staging Wittgenstein is a difficult production to categorise.
A short play for two humans and two robots.
See Frank, Sammy and Dean’s world-famous recordings brought to life on stage in this sophisticated evening of razor-sharp wit and silky smooth swing.
The Cricket is an original story inspired by Pusongling’s famous work, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.
All Genius All Idiot is a quirky and outrageous piece that explores the animalistic side of human nature using contemporary circus, performance art and live music.
Hold onto your shades as this smash hit returns – back by popular demand! We’re putting the band back together for a night of rhythm and blues to remember.
Based on the 1984 cult classic, The Toxic Avenger captures everything good about spoof musicals.
Whalebone is about bodies: who takes up space, how much, and why.
Derevo are a legend.
A psychic journey, through physical theatre and music, Sun Son Theatre’s Heart of Darkness explores the damage inflicted on a woman by arranged marriage.
A new comedy musical from the Cambridge Footlights.
New York, 1906.
Sugary pop meets classical opera in Leoe and Hyde’s The Marriage of Kim K.
Due to popular demand, the ‘Britpop Rocky Horror’ returns for a second year! Following an epic premiere at Brighton Fringe 2016, and a nationwide tour including a full show at …
Six hilarious young women.
Award-winning and inclusive Youth Theatre Company Brightonshed in collaboration with Theatreshed bring their interpretation of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ to Brighton Fringe.
Inspired by the events of Sophocles’ Antigone, Greek theatre veterans Actors of Dionysus chose to examine the actions of two women who are unable to explain the whereabouts of …
‘Eve’s Dawning’ combines storytelling, live music and animation to tell the dystopian fairy tale of Eve, the last girl in the world, as she navigates a post-apocalyptic waste…
It’s a celebration of song and dance, an international phenomenon that has swept across the globe like a tidal wave of soaring voices and stomping feet.
Nigerian Tunji Sowande quietly breaks through multiple barriers to become Britain’s first Black judge in 1978.
The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance.
The Brighton Academy of Performing Arts uses its Preston Park studio theatre to showcase the talents of its students.
A woman single-mindedly pursues her physical image at the expense of her inner self.
This semi-staged professional show is set in the same form as Christ’s Passion.
Two striking and contrasting puppetry shows form a double bill that explores the journey of dementia patients at the end of their life.
Go on an award-winning, magical, musical, multi-sensory adventure in the Kalahari desert with Little Meekat and her friends Elephant and Wise Monkey to find out all about Calm and …
‘Sink’ is based on the human need for control.
Barrera is what a clown AA meeting would look like.
The disparity between the promotional material put out by theatre groups and the reality of what they present to audiences is often quite staggering.
With candid, poignant and irreverent original songs, Mac and Eden present ‘The Unbearable Pleasure of being a Woman’, a side-splitting comedy/cabaret, brain-child of singer/songwri…
A mermaid play with a pizza-delivery-guy, songs, romance and an adult-sized-tricycle ride to the pub, with pug (in a basket), though the mermaid can’t pedal because she’s got flipp…
Award-winning Dutch performer Hiske Eriks presents a physical workshop in which we will search for a believable character by making small transformations.
Valerio brings surreal stand-up with a pinch of spice, whilst Dervish brings hilarious musical and spoken word idiot genius.
Starting from a physical quest, we will search for intentions and ways to communicate with your audience non-verbally.
In this exhilarating, disturbing exploration of the human mind, there is a cornucopia of theatrical styles, from the visually spectacular, breathtaking use of puppetry, to the slic…
Deeply meaningful and uncomfortably honest at times, purged presents Alex (Orla Sanders) and his desire and failure to verbally explain his mental health problems to the audience…
A breathtaking theatre show that offers a window to the soul of Russia’s turbulent past.
A musical story for children where each character is a musical instrument .
The WWII official secrets act is over and Eva is ready to set the record straight.
A comedy rap musical about urban poet Wisebowm, a working class guy who falls in love with a middle class girl, so goes gluten free and gets into yoga and pilates to win her heart.
This cosy story follows the adventures of Ingo, a dog on a mission to make his owners proud.
On the hottest day of the year, the Warren was worlds apart from the shady alleyways of Victorian London.
Through the use of film projection, plays, and music by Justyna Ponikowska, 7090 and Hana present a concert about the malleability of meaning.
‘Late to the Party’ is an autobiographical romp on a mid-life diagnosis of ADHD and Dyslexia in two women.
A preview performance of a new jukebox musical is due to take place.
Florence and Watson are honey badgers of a very rare sort.
Starring Ethiopian jugglers Bibi and Bichu, the inimitable Konjowoch Troupe, ‘Circus Abyssinia’ is circus at its most enchanting and surreal: as seen through the eyes of a child.
GIANT follows the never-ending, whirlwind of generations in protagonist, Tommy’s family.
To tell stories in unexpected ways; that is the promise that Wildkind Theatre makes in their tagline.
Theatre Inc.
Shit-faced Showtime is the all-singing, all-dancing, all-drinking phenomenon from the professional piss-heads behind Shit-faced Shakespeare.
A story about a meeting between two hobos.
This fast-paced, sharp writing from Louis Viljoen focuses on a man’s (Rob Van Vuuren) rapid descent into madness.
A song about science for every letter of the alphabet.
The Super Sheep are back in a new adventure! Shadwell must help three friends (a brave fairy, a reluctant sheep and a bonkers pig) save a Sleeping Beauty.
On an epic adventure to halt ageing in its tracks, writers and performers Abigail Dooley and Emma Edwards swim the sea of apology, march the bridge of tears and conquer the dark de…
We wear the consequences of our decisions like a bad shirt.
A Taiwanese gay boy who fled from his tiger mum, trained as an accountant in London, but escaped to “find himself” in Berlin, ended up performing stand-up comedy in English, in Ger…
A fascinating opportunity to learn the mime choreography technique behind the award-winning performance ‘I Will Carry You Over Hard Times’.
Tap into health! A rare, unmissable opportunity to dance with one of the world’s most engaging performers.
A refreshingly innovative take on Mary Shelley’s 19th century novel, Augustus Stephens’ one-man performance effortlessly portrayed mental illnesses through the depiction of Vi…
A newly-devised piece exploring issues of mental health.
Oh la la la C’est Magnifique - musical theatre meets Parisian nightlife.
Being inspired by fairy tales, Gothic themes and the warped imagination of Tim Burton was all-too-clear in the wide and undeniably impressive range of sketches, theatre troupe The …
An original musical & gastromonical journey from the 5th Century settlement of Boerthlelm’s Tun to Brighton in 1795, with affectionate portraits of the colourful inhabitants of 24 …
Settling into a pew at Sweet St Andrew’s along with a small but eager crowd, I had no idea what to expect from I Will Carry You Over Hard Times.
“But.
Set in postwar Britain where one of the only distractions from recovery and rationing is the hope brought by the upcoming wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, this perf…
Three performers from the UK, Italy and Spain that belong to the so called Generation Y, are confronted onstage with a simple but controversial question: what do you want for your …
A comedy about a tragedy.
I love edgy cabaret - give me songs about Chemsex (thanks Bourgeois and Maurice), or anti-drag (thanks David Hoyle) or blood, sweat and other bodily fluids (thanks Christeene) an…
The award-winning team that brought you ‘A Puppet Named Desire’ and ‘Puppetgeist’ return with mayhem, masks, and sock monsters.
An evening of new and exciting work from students nearing the end of their acting training at Strode’s College.
‘Witt ‘n’ Camp’ brings to Brighton sixty minutes of mad vocals, dancing, joy, seduction, escapology, partial nudity and wish fulfilment.
Swim swim swim - we get around.
Winner of the 2016 Stella Wilkie Award and the 2016 Eddies Award, BUZZ is a hilarious musical journey through the history of the vibrator and a brutally honest story of a singleton…
Two decades of drought result in a ban on the use of private toilets, and citizens are forced to pay through the roof to use public amenities, a privilege we currently enjoy in the…
Indie theatre legends David Woods and Jon Haynes of ‘Ridiculusmus’ as two crustaceous elders putting off death in a snail paced farce.
Little Wing finds herself alone in the forest with a trio of warring dragons.
“It wasn’t a particularly spectacular night, as she sat stargazing in her room .
Statistically, January is the month in which tickets to musicals sell best, largely due to the miserable weather and post-Christmas blues.
Cheekykita’s dream.
Mozzz! A week in the life of an undercover mosquito.
Apparently, one of the men involved in the Great Train Robbery of 1963 resides in Hove - but this story isn’t about him, instead it’s about the women behind the heist, the ones…
The bizarre tale of the boy Eli Hum, born with a baffling condition: his tummy can only digest honey.
Every Wednesday night is ‘Quiz Night’ at Brighton Fringe this year! An intimate, original musical portrait of two friends (with benefits) as they try to avoid discussing real life,…
Meet Megan and Sophie.
A brand-new musical by BBC Bursary winner Natalie Sexton.
Boogaloo Stu’s dark comedy ‘Last Orders At The Dog & Dumplings’ is an uproarious and merciless exposé of the cold-blooded takeover striking our communities in the name of regene…
In this lushly hilarious show, noir superstar Joe Black conjures up the atmosphere of the Eldorado; the Berlin nightclub that served as a regular haunt for gay men and women before…
“There’s some pain you can’t grit your teeth through”, is something said by the sole performer in Scorched as he reflects on his time during WWII.
Brighton Death Forum present Gimcrack Productions’ ‘Moribund’, a piece of contemporary performance addressing our relationship with death, both light-hearted and poignant.
A double-bill of intimately presented contemporary dance, story and film, exploring the perception and experience of shared memory.
‘Balancing Acts’ invites you to share in intimate stories of struggle, strength and resistance.
It shouldn’t take long for you to notice that despite his name, Alfie Ordinary is as far from the boy next door as you’re likely to get.
I was really looking forward to this show.
To start with the positives, this was a very enthusiastic show.
Seven brave and bold artists constructing the next big thing in theatre.
Three groups of shipwreck survivors venture into unknown territory and find themselves being closely monitored, manipulated and enchanted by a wizard and his sidekick.
The Forecast is an engaging and informative piece of political theatre.
An hour of friendly, casual entertainment and standup comedy for kids, with a few ‘jokes’ that only adults would get.
Inspired by Tim Burton’s poem, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, Haste Theatre transport us to Coney Island where Mr Gelati (Valeria Compagnoni) and the future Mrs Gelati (Lexi…
If you’re a budding ecologist who also has a love of physical theatre, Terabac is the show for you.
Dan Lees and Neil Frost as two quintessentially English gentlemen from a bygone era, struggling to hold onto their whimsical world of cricket, tea and secret arms deals.
From National Bulgarian TV to the London stage, we present a musical sketch comedy show taking a unique look at the lives of people who are either in or starting relationships, oft…
PQA is a weekend Performing Arts Academy providing tuition for children and young people from 4-18 years.
A new inclusive urban sports show including parkour runners, skateboarders, BMX riders, acrobats and dancers.
Carol Cates has been performing as Lady Carol all over the world for over a decade, America, Canada, all over Europe and Australia.
Powerful tragicomic drama with masks.
Soviet Russia, 1937.
Following a sell-out run and rave audience reviews for his last show, Nuno Sabroso is bringing his latest cabaret to Brighton.
It is with a plethora of “well”s with which this show must be described: well written, well performed, well timed and very well done.
The premise of Get Fit With Bruce Willis promises a fun-packed frivolous hour of disco, Jimmy Somerville songs, fitness and a Faustian pact with the devil but sadly fails to live u…
Amid the abundance of hard hitting and harrowing new work presented at the Fringe, one could be forgiven for wondering why we’re all taking ourselves so seriously.
This is Richard II as you’ve never seen him before, in a purple shell-suit wielding power over his puppet kingdom with subjects that range from beautiful two foot high hand carve…
Winner: Best Comedy, Brighton Fringe 2016.
Returning for their third year.
A woman lays an egg a day and faces a tumultuous decision: will she raise her egg, or eat it? In this hysterical (in every sense of that word) show, Natalie Palamides takes a relat…
‘The Idiot’s Guide to the World’ is a clown show that explores a variety of physical comedy genres.
Appearing for the 27th consecutive year, and in the superb setting of St Andrew’s and St George’s West, Fife’s premier operatic concert group Ensemble (EnsembleinFife.
The culmination of a week-long workshop, EurekaEnsemble, to challenge and develop performers interested in more physical ways of working.
Warning: This show contains ninjas, not magic.
A woman comes face to face with her overwhelming need for revolution.
A contemporary twist on the classic tale of Alice in Wonderland, Alice in Wasteland is a theatrical circus show with live instrumentation and an electronic soundtrack composed by t…
Everyman recounts the story of its eponymous hero as she is told, as punishment for her hedonistic and selfish lifestyle, that she is going to die.
Beautiful, funny and completely moving, Really Good Stories’ production of The Silence at the Song’s End is one of the best pieces of theatre you’ll see this Fringe.
Welcome to Ginger Creek, where curious characters and perplexing events are the norm.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado is a work that is in many ways very problematic, due to its fetishising and cultural stereotyping of the Japanese, written at the height of the …
Growing pains.
Come and join us for a spectacular evening packed with luscious ladies, tantalizing tunes and sweet serenades, Bonbons style.
Euripides’ classical tragedy, of one woman’s quest for revenge and the terrible lengths she is willing to go to inflict pain on her wayward husband, has been performed thousand…
Fancy a bit of festive sparkle? Then join Buddy and our cast as we whisk you away to Christmas in New York! Featuring a live band, this promises to be a Sparklejollytwinklejingley …
Two friends get together to write a comedy musical.
An appeal to those in power, uniquely created and performed by a group of unaccompanied, young refugee men from Eritrea, Afghanistan, Somalia and Albania.
West End Has Faith gathers professionals working within London’s West End and on tour who have a desire to share their journey and life experiences.
A theatrical tour de force, the individual stories of the nine successful and unsuccessful US presidential assassins are intriguingly woven together in Sondheim’s darkly humourous …
A contemporary song cycle musical that ingeniously chronicles the five-year life of a marriage, from meeting to break-up.
Join us for Nightmare, a piece of new writing by Sophie Paterson where the boundaries between subconscious and reality have been destroyed.
This is a fresh, charming abridged version of the award-winning 1964 musical, Fiddler on the Roof.
Theatre and physical theatre about the contemporary condition of women and farmed animals, created following Carol Adams’ lecture The sexual Politics of Meat.
Drawing from the likes of renowned theatre company DV8, All Might Seem Good mixes verbatim accounts of fate with physical theatre: mixing the highly natural with the highly stylise…
You’ve seen the film, now here’s the musical.
A concert full of well known pieces from the worlds of opera, operetta, musicals and popular music.
Oscar Wilde’s stunning way with words in his classic novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, makes it a challenging piece to bring to the stage.
You have been cordially invited to time travel, to where the poetry of the Tang dynasty – an artistic pinnacle on par with Shakespeare and Dante – is brought to life by this tr…
Official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare.
You have been cordially invited to a time travel to where the poetry of the Tang dynasty, an artistic pinnacle on par with Shakespeare and Dante, is brought to life by this troupe …
The Living Room takes us home, to a place in which we welcome another.
The Living Room takes us home, to a place in which we welcome another.
Prospero Theatre have decided it’s their turn to roll out a dark retelling of a well-known fairy tale, showcasing a unique-ish take on Little Red Riding Hood, with their producti…
Everyone’s favourite and most ethnically diverse supergroup return.
Quirky, vibrant and oozing with dark imagination, Dreaming of Leaves is a daring and thought-provoking piece of theatre.
A Working Title is about the belated coming-of-age and struggles of millennials as they confront a world of expectations and disappointments.
Set in a department store in the glamorous 1930s, the myth of Persephone and Ceres is told through music, drama, comedy and dance.
This tragic romance has always been about the individual consequences of divisions in society.
A thrilling new family musical, telling of young Arthur’s rise from homeless orphan to King of all England under the guidance of the legendary magician, Merlin! But to keep the t…
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change takes you through a series of hilarious vignettes that show the roller coaster ride that is relationships.
Billed as a “psychological drama conflating classical Greek mystery with jazzical profanity”, Medea: Greece Meets West contains very little Medea and not much more jazz.
Following their sell-out Fringe run in 2014, Make Theatre CIC return with their brand new, original show, Stop! A lighthearted, observational musical comedy based on overheard real…
Moody Old Man Theatre Company specialise in making theatre that is inspired by music.
The world premiere of a new musical from Ian Hammond Brown, the composer/lyricist of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Pitlochry Festival Theatre hit: Whisky Galore a Musical.
The Dean Martin Christmas Show aims to explore the warm relationship between Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra as they appear on the titular Christmas special.
ImmerCity’s stripped back and stylised telling of the ever popular Scottish play is an at times disorienting, nightmarish and incredibly compelling piece of theatre that will giv…
In this new musical, a piece which has flashes of The Picture of Dorian Gray crossed with psycho-dramatic elements of an Edgar Allen Poe ballad, a story of clandestine love, beauty…
Following their sell-out Fringe run in 2014, Make Theatre CIC return with their brand new, original show, Stop! A lighthearted, observational musical comedy based on overheard real…
John Godber’s great play about life in a rundown secondary school where both the teachers and the students have just about given up.
Wrong Tree’s Rumpelstiltskin is a musical retelling of the classic fairy tale of the farmer’s daughter and the mysterious imp.
Texas, early evening, the 1980s.
An explosive, brand new musical from platinum selling songwriters Guard and Rice.
Featuring the music of Madness.
Suppose, just suppose, that your mind and body lived separately from each other.
Created, written, and performed by students from Oxford University, Queenside Productions new musical Pawn is an impressive, if imperfect, piece of new student writing that, whilst…
A fresh look at the love poems of Sam Shepard using dance, aerial, physical theatre and live video.
Hey! Ever wondered what happens to TV reality stars when they stop being famous? On the slippery slide from celebrity to no-mark they have some wonderful adventures.
1513, Flodden Field: among the dead lay Scotland’s most popular Stewart King and the flower of her nobility.
Molière’s classic comedy is reinvented as a piece of high energy physical storytelling, in a new adaptation by Oliver Pengelly and Dawn Wylie.
Start a revolution, or head to the beach? A dilemma that arises for Frederica and Paola as they ride two bicycles welded to each other.
It’s often hard to find anything particularly original about an original adaptation of any of Shakespeare’s great plays these days, but The Taming of the Shrew done in traditiona…
From the Fringe First winning authors of Jekyll! comes this brand new adaptation of Dickens’ masterpiece.
It’s always disappointing to see an interesting concept marred by poor execution.
UCLU Musical Theatre Society’s Fringe production of the Joe Dipietro’s fast paced musical comedy is an incredibly entertaining and fast paced journey into the world of dating, …
A modern-day musical twist on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice with music by Joshua Salzman and book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham.
From the University of Southampton Gone Rogue theatre company bring Adam Gwon’s 2008 musical Ordinary Days to the Fringe.
When reading the marketing blurb for Luna Park, I must confess I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect.
Macbeth: Without Words is an abstract and aesthetically pleasing piece, rich in tension.
A breathlessly physical exploration of how it feels to be alone.
Cinema screening of film.
The Ups & Downs Theatre Group was formed in 1995 by three school teachers and no one could have anticipated what an impact the group would have.
You know their names but you didn’t know their love story.
Written, directed and composed by three 20-year-old students, this is a brand new musical exploring the story of a man who effectively changed the course of history.
Casting one’s mind over the great theatrical titles of our time, there are very few which can compete with the concept suggested by the name of this play by Tale Gate Theatre.
Father Christmas is back on his rounds… And he still needs a wee! At every house Father Christmas eats and drinks the tasty treats that have been left for him.
Entrails is a contemporary dance theatre piece that presents an urgent, dark and absurd look at our human bodies.
Only those blessed with an extraordinary ability and love of language qualify for the Putnam County Spelling Bee.
You know their names but you didn’t know their love story.
Best of the Bohemians have everything you’d expect from a concert of musical theatre.
Classically-trained Canadian singer Melanie Gall presents this one hour recital of the music of legendary Francophone singers Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, with songs presented them…
Official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare.
With live music and stunning harmonies, join some of Edinburgh’s finest vocal talent and enjoy a selection of hits from the jukebox musical.
Don’t miss this spellbinding show full of modern and classic songs from the house of mouse! Fun for all the family, including singalong favourites from Frozen, Mary Poppins, The …
Considering the length of most Charles Dickens novels, it’s remarkable that we’ve found ways to abridge them into three hour plays and films.
A documentary musical about the childhood of Lizzie Borden, who was notoriously accused of murder in Fall River, Massachusetts USA, in 1892.
The scissor-wielding star of BBC’s River City and Scotland’s favourite sassy strawberry blonde hairdresser was once a wee boy from Castlemilk struggling with ginger-vitis.
Youth reigns in Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses, a lavish retelling of Ovid’s tales, brought to stunning visual life.
The 2015 Malcolm Hardee Award-winning sell-out hit returns for three nights only.
Following its woefully short-lived run at the Adelphi Theatre in 2015, the only opportunity to catch this upbeat musical is now in the hands of amateur theatre companies.
The Therapist is about a woman called Michelle Dowell.
School group Centaurs of Attention have an excellent company name and a rather good Fringe show to boot.
The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, based on the music of Green Day, comes to the Edinburgh Fringe in this exciting new take on the show.
Can the moon really mend a damaged sole? Is there a pair for everyone? Join Luna in this quirky visual piece, inspired by Tim Burton’s poetry, on a journey to find the perfect so…
Ambitious in its intentions, At War With Love uses a selection of thirty-two of William Shakespeare’s sonnets to form a narrative set against the backdrop of the First World War.
Transforum Theatre’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland sets the Lewis Carroll classic in a mental hospital.
“Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf?”Such is the musical refrain setting the playful, yet pervasively sinister, tone which permeates this piece from the outset.
One of the primary aims of The Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten, an opera for children, is to demystify the genre to a younger generation.
Did the world come about just so? Have forces of science and evolution been the only things at work? How did the world come to be filled with so many strange wonders? A new reworki…
Madeline and Joe want to have a baby.
Catherine Waller’s ‘body morphs almost supernaturally into distinct personalities.
Fortitude Dance company’s attempt to stage a ‘physical theatre’ version of Shakespeare’s bloody Scottish tragedy in the club scene of 1980’s Manchester is certainly a nov…
Kids love to be involved when watching a show and we provide you with such a chance! Dance and sing together and even try on traditional ethnic costumes with this group of young da…
When a child’s choice is to be a suicide bomber or an invader’s informant, his Afghan mother sends him away to save him.
Cinderella wants a night at the ball, Buttons wants Cinderella to notice him and the Ugly Sisters want Cinderella to just stay in her cupboard! Welcome our Fairy Godmother and hey …
The American High School Theatre Festival presents Little Shop of Horrors, a wacky musical journey downtown to Skid Row, a poor run-down neighbourhood where all its residents want …
Official programme commemorating the 400th year anniversary of the deaths of Tang Xianzu and William Shakespeare.
‘If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.
Here we go again.
Battles? Magic? Princesses? We have it all! Come on down to Paradise Green this August and watch Aladdin! The traditional pantomime with a hint of Big Squirrel magic! A cast of six…
Dark Heart is a Shrodinger’s Cat of a show, managing to be both hopelessly amateurish and professionally polished at the same time.
In an explosion of energy, raw intensity and emotion, RashDash theatre company shatters preconceptions of the patriarchy.
The traditional folk tale of the darkened world inhabited by ‘that treacherous little daemon’ Rumpelstiltskin is brought to life through beautiful song, stunning puppetry and tradi…
There’s a lot going on in Discretion Guaranteed at Paradise in the Vault.
Sondheim’s most famous flop, Merrily We Roll Along, was his last notable collaboration with Hal Prince.
Kids love to be involved when watching a show and we provide you with such a chance! Dance and sing together and even try on traditional ethnic costumes with this group of young da…
Do Not Open explores the chaos from within Pandora’s box and asks the question – was it really all that bad? Come on – wasn’t some of it kind of fun? This devised piece plays f…
Grapple Theatre have been inspired by Kneehigh; think Into the Woods meets Brothers Grimm, a combination of live music, physical theatre and puppetry.
The 2015 Malcolm Hardee Award winner returns with a brand new musical adventure.
Seussical is based on the works of Dr Seuss and weaves together his most famous tales and characters from his books.
You are the neander-fools and I am fire.
Hooray for Love follows the success of Nicky’s 2014 Edinburgh hit, Empty Nest.
What if you could see into the future for a thousand years? Would that be long enough? A battle for the future, a battle for a child, a battle for a dream.
Gus Loomis: Still Live! He has forged a legacy that spans decades, and now he’s ready to explode his musical story onto the stage.
Plain as Paper is an energetic physical theatre show centred around where our imaginations can take us using only paper—though what is going on there and why is not always plain.
This multi award-winning company are proud to announce their 2016 festival production Jesus Christ Superstar.
Trust me, Fringe magic still happens.
Racial identity, puberty, sexuality and childhood trauma may not seem like the ideal topics for a one man camp cabaret, but here in Edinburgh anything is possible.
On average, 12 men take their own life every single day.
Are monsters born or are they created? A mute prisoner sits on death row in a maximum security prison.
This production of Mary Poppins draws heavily from Disney’s 1964 film, but fails to conjure the same magic.
The Fringe Festival will always be best used as a place for experimentation and experience building, both for performers and for audiences.
Jacqueline Wilson’s bestseller is brought to life with puppetry and song by a large cast.
Of all the forms of theatre regularly utilised in our part of the world, physical theatre remains the most beleaguered.
Seemingly at the end of his tether, a teacher sits, tie loose, marking work, clearly frustrated to say the least.
Drawing from Biblical allusions, Fourth Monkey’s The Ark, as part of their Genesis and Revelation programme, centres on people attempting to play God with the lives of modern-day…
**** (Stage).
Naughty Cat is bored.
When it comes to comedy double acts none have come as close or endured as long as Laurel and Hardy.
Like many musical theatre fans, I have a love-hate relationship with Rent.
The Enchanted is a show all about disconnection, both in its subject matter and the way that it’s performed.
Top ratings aren’t always just about putting on a remarkable production, although 5 Out of 10 Men is that.
Jacqueline Wilson’s bestseller is brought to life with puppetry and song by a large cast.
London Paris Roam! She’s bossa’d in Brazil, jived in Japan, vamped in the Vatican, feasted in France, indulged in Italy and now, to be honest, needs a bit of a break.
Scenes from an Urban Gothic by Theatre Imaginers will certainly appeal to those who have come to the Fringe in search of something different.
Epic adventure! Spills and thrills! Complicated love! Heart strings! Song and dance! Twin sisters’ world of safety and routine is blown open when one twin follows her heart into …
Ross Leadbeater is an alumnus of the all-male Welsh choir Only Men Aloud!, who won the 2008 television show Last Choir Standing.
The Bluebelles are returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with their second show! Following last year’s five-star debut, this jazzy, adorable, all-female a cappella sensation…
Buzz is a new musical from writer Robyn Grant.
A nine-year-old recovering in hospital is taken on a magnificent journey by an elephant and a host of other splendid creatures.
The Genesis + Revelation cycle by Fourth Monkey promises “traditional Bible stories with a contemporary twist”.
Come and join us for a wonderful adventure in Neverland and see how Peter, Wendy, John and Michael battle the pirates, mermaids and native Indians with help from the Lost Boys and …
“Side One.
Celebrated Scottish choreographer Jack Webb has brought his latest, typically idiosyncratic work, The End, for performance at this year’s Festival Fringe as part of the extensive…
A vast and desolate world.
A sumptuous new show about one man’s search for identity, belonging and soft furnishings.
‘Bringing a thrillingly muscular energy.
Six tweens vie for a spelling championship. They disclose touching stories as they spell their way to victory, hoping they never have to hear the bell that ends their dreams.
The difficult relationship between political and personal affairs are addressed in the devastating drama Generation Zero.
Wiley and The Hairy Man, based on African and Native American folklore, follows the tale of a boy in the Louisiana bayou who must conquer his fears to defeat the legendary hairy ma…
A short and sweet performance that makes use of popular romantic tracks to tackle the trials and troubles of online dating and the accompanying creeps who come with the app, Love M…
Spring Awakening won an impressive list of Tony, Grammy and Olivier Awards.
Combining clownesque joy with jaw-dropping skill, a quartet of multi-talented virtuosos escapes the critical eye of their instructor and embarks on a musical journey from Tchaikovs…
Steam lives up to its name, delivering a staggeringly intense hour of physical theatre.
Two gangs comprised completely of children, square off in a 1920s rivalry of Capone-ian standards.
The 80s was time of many things; Rubic’s Cubes, cheesy pop.
The King School from Stamford, Connecticut is proud to present Shrek The Musical: TYA.
Hot Coals Theatre have put together a slick physical comedy, full of beat-perfect gags leaving you laughing out loud at the flick of an eyebrow, whilst some of the more grotesqu…
The setting is intimate, and encroaching on the personal space of a frail man, in a battered armchair listening to the television (news of the Gulf War is on – the year is 1991) …
A musical based on the iconic family of classic television fame.
The world of social media is beguiling, engrossing, enriching and deeply disturbing, as was Alice’s famous adventure.
‘He had two things in life: a smile and a suit.
One of Sondheim’s most popular works, Into the Woods brings everyone’s favorite storybook characters together in a relevant and rare modern classic.
Em and Um: a married couple losing their identity in a plastic, robotic, grotesque world.
A matchbox melodrama about a girl whose delusions, while consorting with a demonic friend, and a circular saw cost her an arm.
The Australian outback, a French sheep and a lonely convict on the run.
There something quite exciting about the prospect of a new musical running at an hour without a big stage or fancy lighting or even a band and only three performers.
The Six-Sided Man is a tense and funny drama, based on Luke Rhinehart’s cult novel The Dice Man, which has toured the world for the last 30 years.
Doris Day is one of the most loved singers and actresses of the 1950s and 60s.
In a desolate space, probably in the middle of nowhere, stands a group of curious looking people.
I imagine Camille O’Sullivan has been called an Irish Chanteuse in reviews more times that you’ve had a flyer thrust at you on the Mile.
Inferno is the first and, arguably, best part of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
A gunshot on New Year’s Eve on a beach in Thailand changed musical theatre artist Nils Bergstrand’s life forever.
As Underbelly at George Square grows arms and legs, an expansion into the Meadows was inevitable.
Using poetry, physical theatre, music and a limited amount of props, The Fast Food Collective’s new show is a thrilling romp through a night on the town.
What is love? In an immersive clown show with an interesting lyrical vein, Sean Kempton (of Cirque du Soleil) attempts to find out.
Dan Lees, ‘comedy genius’ (FringeReview.
This year Les Enfants Terribles are gracing us with a show that’s fun but is a hotchpotch of great performers, boring music, missed opportunities and laughs.
I attribute quite a lot of my adult personality to my love affair with girl power and how swept away I got in all things noughties.
Patrick and Adele dream of having children of their own, yet their biological clock is ticking and here comes her solution: she picks up a homeless boy in Lidl (of all places) a…
Counting Sheep is a theatrical triumph that throws the audience into the centre of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.
The Cutlery Crew wants everyone to have fun, feel uplifted and bang stuff joyfully.
Timothy Pope is looking through his telescope – but wait, what’s this he spies – is that a shark, in the park!? From the producers of The Hairy Maclary and Friends Show – see…
The funny, fearless international sell-out mask production from the UK’s leading full mask company, Vamos Theatre.
In this poignantly silly adventure tale for families, Sylvie is sent to the backyard to hang up the laundry.
James Wilson-Taylor has been discriminated against and enough is enough.
Chef: Come Dine With Us! should not in a way be confused with the TV series Come Dine With Me.
A surprise invitation for all adventure seekers! Let’s follow this whimsical crew for the ultimate experience of space.
Russian Company Derevo’s Once takes place early in the morning by Fringe standards and many of the audience members at the George Square Theatre might have been wondering whether…
A beautiful flower is born with the help of something dirty, trivial and unexpected.
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.
Living in the trendy part of town, Tamar has become uncharacteristically nervous about leaving the house.
Oy! Everyon’es favourite Yiddish girl Candy Gigi, Malcome Hardee Award winner 2014, has transformed Fiddler on the Roof into something truly bizarre and outrageous.
Daffodils is an unusual show of two halves.
A dark and twisted musical tale inspired by the warped imaginations of film director Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Beetlejuice) and the Brothers Grimm.
The Bubble Show your mother warned you about is here! Clothes and bubbles will fly in this cabaret styled story filled with beautiful bubble creations, stripping, slapping, stick f…
‘Musical’? Check.
A triumphant come-back for sell-out performer Rebecca Perry.
Showstoppers! have a strong reputation preceding them, made evident by the number of people in the packed auditorium murmuring excitedly before the lights go down.
Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing.
Utterly stupid and equally brilliant, A Plague of Idiots is the ultimate feast of physical comedy for your inner child.
If you only see two shows this festival, see this one.
Set in 2057, a time not too far away from our own, The Mission charts the selection and preparation for an unprecedented space exploration by an unremarkable and apparently run-of-…
The Impromptunes take the first suggestion by the audience and make a musical out of it.
It’s not every day you find yourself leaning forward on your seat due to the sheer suspense of a show.
As a boy, Jack lived in a world of monsters and invisible guardians, as he fought to protect the people he loved.
Shakin’ Shakespeare does an incredible job at presenting the playwright’s work in an accessible and side-splittingly funny way.
This show is unlike much else at Fringe this year.
Beach Comet have secured themselves as masters of a B-movie musical genre, inviting guests aboard a doomed cruise liner for a riotous hour of exaggerated figures and fantastically …
Tommy, 22, lives with three generations of his family.
It’s always exciting to witness the world premiere of new writing, especially when it’s a British born production.
It’s not too likely that a straight production of The Pirates of Penzance would garner that wide an audience at the Fringe – a Gilbert and Sullivan musical isn’t the most buz…
Ribbet Ribbet Croak is a gentle and successful piece of theatre for younger children, as well as being very suitable for PMLD and ASD family groups.
Why do we forget our dreams? Why can’t we control them? And how can dreams impact on our day-to-day lives? Touching Sky Young Company explore a society where dreams are an unpreced…
Most Fringe shows think they can squeeze two hours into fifty minutes.
There comes a time in most good plays when you realise you’ve become completely lost in a moment due to its sheer brilliance.
With a script and songs by Desmond O’Connor, this new musical tells the tale of the legendary night that TV superstar, Kenny Everett and rock god, Freddie Mercury dressed Lady Di…
Thriller meets fairy tale.
When he wasn’t writing the books that have captivated children for fifty years, Roald Dahl wrote a collection of gleefully macabre short stories for adults, published in various …
Whether you’re Jewish or not, you’ll love Daniel Cainer’s deeply moving, smart and funny story-songs of family and folklore.
What do you do when your mother is murdered for protesting corporate and governmental corruption? In the case of Milagros, you fight for the justice your mother was denied and see…
The Improv Musical from the University of Warwick return for their third stint at the Fringe, and while providing some light and silly entertainment, fails to land any punches eith…
The show is a modern adaptation of the famous Arab folk story, in which Aladdin takes his wife Jasmine (her real name is too difficult for a European audience to pronounce) to Gree…
Follow Alice on an adventure into the magical world beyond the mirror.
Trundling into view as part of C Theatre’s 25th anniversary is The Snow Queen.
In the small world of 30 Inches Aquarium, simple but amazing things are happening.
From Benedict Cumberbatch on the TV to Robert Downey Jr on the big screen, Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Victorian novels Sherlock Holmes have been brought back so many times, and…
Star-spangled evening of song and dance featuring stunning original choreography, wonderful vocal arrangements, striking production values, all with an American twist.
See Frank, Sammy and Dean’s world-famous recordings brought to life on stage in this sophisticated evening of razor-sharp wit and silky smooth swing.
Twist Theatre Company’s R’n’B infused musical adaptation of the infamous Scottish history play, billed as Shakespeare meets Empire, is a messy but still engaging and enjoyabl…
‘What does it mean to be a human?’Voiced explicitly at one moment during this equal parts captivating, inviting and horrifying production, the question of the very nature of hu…
I’m a lover of musical theatre but I’m prepared to be really honest here: the genre is crammed with suitable material for a hilarious and even brutal send-up.
It’s a pretty short drive to Stockbridge, I’ve got a full tank of gas, no cigarettes whatsoever, it’s dark.
Last year’s Top Free Show on the Fringe (Daily Record) is back for a limited run only! Improvised comedy games and sketches culminating in an entirely improvised musical.
The scene is Notre Dame.
Get down to Frankenstein every Wednesday for a Rocky Horror Night you’ll never forget! Come up to the lab and see what’s on the slab as Brad, Janet and Dr Frank-N-Furter give i…
A ludicrous and inventive interpretation of the Brontë myth, taking the real and imaginary worlds of the Yorkshire siblings as inspiration.
A Steampunk fandazzle eruption.
Award-winning comedy songwriter Tamar returns with a brand new show about walks of shame, the hangover blues and forever blaming everything on the Backstreet Boys.
Darkly comic, ensemble theatre at its finest.
Actor Manuel Lavandera, Director Britt Forsberg.
In loving memory of Mr Jordan, a darling husband, brother, lover, dickhead, mumbler and ghost.
Clowning, slapstick and magical, non-verbal storytelling create a feast of laughter as two storytellers go head to head.
Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston remain on top form with their new laugh-out-loud spin-off Cabaret Whore, in which Young’s comic character La Poule Plombée is finally g…
The Brit-popera for Common People Like You.
Inspired by the true life of Warhol superstar Holly Woodlawn, ‘High As Sugar’ is a one-person musical about a trans woman living in 1970 New York City.
This show started beautifully and retained its magic right until the very end.
“Highly recommended.
Tonight We Strut is a fantastical hour of slapstick mayhem in the guise of a TV chat show.
Cathedral is a midnight mass - an ode to memory and the sense of loss which carefully evokes a frozen, car-crash, state of mind.
Two pieces of new British writing that have been produced by Bred in the Bone Theatre.
A 60-minute, non-stop highly-interactive and energetic show, jam-packed with singing, dancing, spectacular acrobatics and music, featuring original tracks from the hit TV show.
Gepetto, the old carpenter, makes toys all day - but when a mischevious puppet called Pinocchio comes to life, adventure and wonder are not far behind! In this loving recreation of…
Choreographer Ellie Aldegheri presents Lunas Dance Project in ‘Poetic Ramblings of Existential Delight’, inspired by Carl Jung’s ‘Memories, Dreams, Reflections’ alongside feeling…
Ahmed, a poor orphan, escapes his war torn homeland and joins the circus.
This award-winning theatre company returns with its hilarious, heart-warming adaptation of the Beatrix Potter tale of a poor tailor, who falls foul of his cat when he rescues the m…
Taught by established professional performers and University of Brighton staff, this five day course provides intensive training in physical skills and creative approaches for devi…
Clown, dance and sketch collide as multi-award-winning Australian comedian, Tessa Waters, unleashes her new hour of stupidity.
It’s back! Once again we’re ready to lead you in a sing-along of hits from shows such as Wicked, Mamma Mia, Grease and Oliver and so much more! With a live band backing you and fun…
Performances on the Rue Pigalle were presumably at times rather challenging, even for the great Edith Piaf; and Nadja Filtzer certainly shared some artistic barricades while taking…
Join Doris La Trine and Lotta Quizeen on their first day out of rehab.
‘Boipuso and the Grumpy Green Giant’, a folk tale from Botswana and other stories with puppets and percussion.
House of Blakewell want to make you happy.
From the creators of Boris & Sergey comes a one-man show featuring puppetry, physical comedy, and mime.
As he shimmied onto stage, Gregoire Aubert’s performance of Queer Side Story could be nothing other than entertaining.
It’s 1966.
Enchanting songbird and hostess Lilian Lake welcomes you to the Moulin Rouge.
Join us for our one-off Fringe City night-time special, as part of the Fringe All-Nighter.
After nine sell-out years, the BSMS Medic Revue returns with its biggest show yet! Written, cast and crewed by medical students who explore life in medicine through comedy sketches…
The multi-award-winning, critically acclaimed total-sell-out returns.
Opening in 1943 Rome, Gran Consiglio is set with The Grand Council of Fascism meeting to discuss the deposition of Benito Mussolini.
In the heart of the Garden of England, in the small parish of Pluckley, all is not as it seems.
Quirky, wistful, witty, jubilant songs; dynamic performance; unique arrangements; ingenious costumes.
A riotously funny show revealing just what happens when a glamorous French actress and her hapless assistant stage their version of Hollywood blockbuster ‘Gladiator’.
The Unbearable Pleasure of Being a Woman, a side-splitting comedy cabaret.
A thought-provoking, one-woman show exploring the themes of feminism, love, media, society and nature vs nurture.
If like me you find an Irish accent a wondrous tool capable, in a single crank, of spinning the very stars in the gutter, and if, like me also, you enjoy nothing better than a bi…
This character-driven play from Moving On Theatre had something for everyone.
Welcome to the world of Chic BonBons, an experience like no other, taking inspiration from the unique and enigmatic world of cabaret and burlesque.
For a topic that has become slightly worn in recent years and can easily slip into cliché, this was a very commendable take, using the extremely difficult device of verbatim perfo…
The Sex Shells present ‘Going Down’: a glittering, twisted, all-singing, all-prancing look at gay existence in the twenty-first century.
Club Cairo offers an exotic array of entertainment from Arabia.
From Trick of the Light Theatre comes the tale of a girl’s inventive efforts to grow the world’s most magnificent beard.
A promenade performance by in situ: Following the sell-out success of Canterbury Tales in 2015, in situ:’s storytellers return with another medieval masterpiece – Boccaccio’s m…
Gaël Le Cornec (Argus Angel award-winner with Frida Kahlo) returns to Brighton with a new play on immigration based on refugees’ stories.
Debuting in Brighton following a critically acclaimed run at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe, ‘Madame Señorita: ¿Who are Tú?’ is a total riot of a show, lead by an idiot.
It’s a dangerous move to end your fringe show with a cover of Peggy Lee’s Is That All There Is? as you run the risk of audiences leaving with that very question ringing in…
‘Honey’ is an original piece of theatre with a set of three bee hives that transform to tell the story.
A one-woman show questioning how socio-political conditions shape us as individuals, while attempting to give a perspective on how our realities differ greatly depending on where w…
An aeroplane crashes in the Sahara Desert.
Bane tells the story of hitman Bruce Bane, ‘a hired hand who gets the job done’.
‘Bane 2’ follows hitman Bruce Bane as he fends off toxic monsters, old foes and inner demons.
The Moscow State Circus returns to the UK with its latest, greatest production ‘The Flower with Seven Colours’.
Michael and Maria are an elderly couple, who receive the news that one has a terminal illness.
Step right up and behold the one and only Daggers MacKenzie, the gal who defies death with every toss of the blade.
With elements that could have made it great, Hardly Still Walking, Not Yet Flying was sadly let down by others that weren’t quite up to par.
“Politics doesn’t have to be dull.
As soon as Taylo Aluko, in the guise of Paul Robeson, takes to the stage we know we’re in for a treat.
As a follow-up to the highly successful ‘I Love Luci’, The Other Realm Theatre Company return with ‘Which is Witch?’.
The story of Macbeth’s tragic demise has been told many times by hundreds, if not thousands, of theatre makers.
Betty had a stroke.
Although you may well have some early misgivings, Helen is a show to persevere with.
Gavin Henderson regales first hand hilarious stories of the many conductors he has worked with: Stokowski, Otto Klemperer, Giulini, Svetlanov, Barbirolli, Sargent and Rattle among…
A family clown theatre show.
Sit back, relax and enjoy Aqua TV, brought to you by the synchronised swimmers of Brighton.
Ben Watson’s meet and greet as we entered the theatre made his audience immediately warm to him.
If you’ve ever struggled to catch a flight while clumsily carrying too many suitcases and bags, there’s lots to smile at here.
Dan Lees, “Comedy genius” (Fringe Review) and Neil Frost (Prague Fringe award nominee) present two quintessentially English gentlemen from a bygone era, struggling to hold on to th…
With his unique take on drag, Alfie has become a stand-out act in the UK cabaret scene.
Elsie Diamond, international burlesque performer, compere and singer, presents her one woman show inspired by her day job- a dresser in the unpredictable world of costume.
What do you get when an impressionable young writer moves into a London squat with a couple of crack addict ballerinas and a pack of rats? Swan Bake! This mash-up of song, dance…
The official secrets act is over and Eva is ready to set the record straight.
A kaleidoscope of mundanity and the surreal, ‘Birthday in Suburbia’ invites its audience to follow the descent of an average man into an extraordinary, ridiculous personal crisis.
The actors in Shit-Faced Showtime have a lot to deal with, a drunk member of their cast, remembering their lines, singing in tune, playing the piano and also dealing with drunk, an…
“Actually” Gay Men’s Chorus are celebrating their 10th anniversary with performances dating back to the very beginning.
A series of curses.
Puppetry, poetry, dance and live music are interwoven in this splendid succession of stories from five zany friends.
Rachel Parris (‘Austentatious’, ‘The IT Crowd’) presents her new musical comedy about not having it all.
A bar stool.
Like ‘Waiting for Godot’ on speed, this hilarious and moving new show revealing the dramas that transpire when an old TV actress from Hi-De-Hi and a young classical actor get toget…
The Hiccup Project were the darlings of the 2015 Brighton Fringe with their show May-We-Go-Round, winning awards and accolades in abundance and that holy grail of all Fringe art…
Georgie’s 40th birthday, her friends spy something strange lodged in her ear.
An expert juggler, an acrobat and dancer, a musician and inventor, and a brave warrioress present an archive of 23 thoughts about conflict, collected over a single year.
Life-sized animal puppets with fully articulated limbs come to life in front of your eyes in a cacophony of singing, dancing and plenty of audience participation.
With a name like Confessions Of A Red-Headed Coffeeshop Girl you might expect a raw, bittersweet expose of the disappointments of a young dreamer, crushed by the tsunami of Post-Re…
A madcap frenzy of physical comedy with a political bite.
The SMASH HIT family musical returns to Brighton.
Join Sevanti and the Unity team for the beautiful, meditative fusion of yoga and contemporary dance, including Unity Partner Yoga™.
This original musical tells a fairytale about everyday life - the many voices telling us what to do and who to be.
A vibrant re-imagining of Burnett’s classic story with an inclusive cast of young actors, bringing the garden to life through music, dance and umbrellas.
Join Sevanti for a ‘Yogida’ workshop, based on the choreography of her ‘Moving Into Stillness’ performance.
Fascinating, touching and truly enlightening, this lesbian musical romance tells the story of forgotten Variety stars Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney.
Join David, Keith, Hans and Romano on a quest to tell their individual stories and impose their so-called cultural offerings onto an audience.
Funny, poignant, sublime and ridiculous; an hour of singing and telling stories about Jimmy, a grandfather whose contrary and difficult life was instrumental in a grandson’s embrac…
The Marked follows Jack’s crusade against the haunting demons that follow his life living rough on the streets of London.
The misery of two men working for the municipality, in a town that is still using the bucket toilet system.
Get a taste for Brighton Fringe 2016 at our outdoor showcase.
I love ghost stories but I have never heard one quite like this.
Bring your picnic blankets and hamper down to Brighton’s biggest family picnic with free family friendly performances, games, crafts and activities galore.
Comedy pop-musical following four 90s girls embarking on a wild night of speed dating! A hilarious, non-stop journey through infectious pop anthems and ballads.
Award-winning comedy troupe, The Maydays, pitch ideas for a new improvised show every night, inspired by the audience.
Award-winning, ‘one woman wonder’, West End performer, Sharon Sexton.
A Musical Mash Up: West End and Broadway in under 50 minutes. A different show each week.
Fresh off a sold-out tour between New York and Los Angeles and an extended run at the Edinburgh Fringe, these Gaulier-graduates bring their high energy and low intelligence to Brig…
Fancy more Fringe? Join us for the best in laid-back, late-night entertainment at The Warren.
Newly single and HIV positive Pete listens to the consolations of his best friend Vanessa on his voicemail.
Weave up, down and around our imaginary menagerie with the Bom-Bane Family Players as you’ve never seen or heard them before.
Following their hugely successful Scottish amateur premiere production of Sister Act, The Bohemians celebrate 10 years on the Fringe with fabulous showbiz hits from stage and scree…
This is a show that asks big questions.
Everybody knows that all the UK’s problems are caused by Eastern European immigrants with funny names and an annoying habit of working too hard.
A musical about the individual struggles of a drug mule, and ex child soldier.
Bodies are awkward, difficult things.
The internationally ignored song stylist from Berlin is back.
Think of a terrible plot, think of awful characterisation, think of twists so frustratingly illogical that you yearn for the narrative simplicity of Memento.
Since March 2015, Skottes Musikteater has been taking part in a huge theatrical event in a renovated industrial site at Gävle (200 km north of Stockholm), where Gävleborg´s Folk…
Direct from the West End of Kent, The Talentz Musical Theatre Company brings this fresh interpretation of Sondheim’s spellbinding musical.
An exhilarating electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock’n’roll, Spring Awakening is an edgy, rock musical adaptation of the seminal play about the trials and tribul…
While it is laudable to have an open policy for membership of an amateur operatic society the knock-on effects can be dire as demonstrated in Cat-Like Tread’s production of H.
In 2009, a crack vocal quartet was put on a diet for a crime they didn’t commit.
Geometric City – The world sneezed and everything fell to pieces, revealing an exciting, mysterious and undiscovered landscape.
Death Actually sets out to bring ‘lethal puns and dead funny songs’ in a larger than life musical.
A breakthrough Chinese classic that combines the elements of sword-play, martial arts, opera and contemporary dance that tells of the undying love and devotion between Xiang Yu (Ki…
Full of sex and fury, a funny, affectionate and sharp exposé of life in London’s East End.
‘Cracking good songs in the style of Brecht, Bowie, Bernelle and Brel’ (Tony Clayton-Lea, Irish Times), describes the music of Dubliner Jody Trehy, (writer of Eejit of Love) wh…
The wordless, 2014 sell-out hit returns for one week only.
Stand By Your Man: True Crime Cabaret presents chilling, thrilling true stories of regular women with one thing in common: they all fell in love with serial killers.
Vesper Walk describe themselves as a “quirky five to eight piece band performing art-pop music in a gothic style.
NakedFeet Theatre’s Dust Never Settles in Torchlight is a short and sweet reimagining of a selection of Greek myths.
During its lifespan the average £10 note passes through 594 transactions.
I Am is the sequel to LCP Dance Theatre’s Am I.
Islands is a bit madcap.
Award-winning comedian and singer Sooz Kempner presents her first cabaret, a vibrant array of songs by the greatest composer in musical theatre: Stephen Sondheim.
You have a plan, and then you don’t.
Mrs Tobit Tells All – Blazing Grannies return with a classic quest to claim the treasure, defeat the monster, marry the girl, and achieve health and happiness for all, aided by a…
An entertaining pantomime-esque show that is great fun for both adults and children.
A new musical from award-winning director Zhao Miao.
Murder, melodrama, maniacal mausoleum mayhem (that’s enough Ms Ed).
A slow burn performance, which builds to a surprisingly hard hitting climax, using a dance and self-aware comedy.
With a cast of nearly fifty, there’s no shortage of oom-pah-pah in this dazzling production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! by Stage 84, The Yorkshire School of Performing Arts.
The Sea Child, adapted by Carolyn Sloan from her novel of the same name, is a tender and evocative play.
No two people – or monsters – are exactly the same! Come along and meet some scratchy, shimmering creatures and multi-coloured mini monsters, playing and interacting with one a…
Swearing more than a band of sailors, the cast of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour present an entirely candid portrait of female teenage sexuality and lives.
In our fast-paced and demanding consumer culture, a production that takes time to examine and appreciate the joys and sorrows found in everyday life can be a real gem.
This play within a musical aims to show us what life as part of a touring company is really like.
Follow the fortunes of lovable bumpkins Billy and Eileen as they travel to Shmokey City to audition for the dastardly Pete Popalypse on his new TV talent show Xposure.
Traveling Showcase from California bring their musical cabaret to the Fringe for the first time as Lydia Trueblood The Black Widow of the Atlantic Coast takes centre stage at the t…
A stunningly original Korean update of the classic play.
Third Degree Youth Theatre presents ‘Rabbie’, a rich and colourful musical drama depicting the life of Scotland’s bard, Robert Burns.
There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties…
After sell-out performances of Little Shop of Horrors at last year’s festival, Oscars XI return with Grease.
Corium, the new show from Accidentally On Purpose Productions, tries to be exciting and contemporary by stylistically borrowing from Frantic Assembly but sadly doesn’t find its o…
From the business world of reality that is SmashThatEvent Co! comes an insight into the personalities who aspire to make the dreams of others come true.
Following sell-out Fringe production Avenue Q, EUSOG return with the deliciously dark cult comedy Little Shop of Horrors.
Award-winning Fringe favourite musical improvisers present an evening of spontaneous music, monologues, mayhem and hilariously insane fun.
‘O, that way madness lies.
Based loosely around Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Storybook Musical follows two best friends, two boys and a sadistic narrator intent on ruining their lives.
A technical marvel, Perceptual Landscape is an alarming watch.
Learn musical improv from the best! Internationally renowned award-winning Chicago troupe, the ‘entertainment phenomenon’ (Scotsman) Baby Wants Candy invites you to learn to improv…
Award-winning choreographer Tamsin Fitzgerald and Eddie Kay for Frantic Assembly present Dreaming in Code, an explosive, visceral, brand new double bill performed by one of the UK�…
In sixteenth-century Germany it was not regarded as irreverant to perform comic puppet shows featuring characters and scenes from the legend of Faust.
Monochrome make-up, over-sized cigars and manic choral singing are only a few features you’ll find in the stylised theatre of the Dead Iconics.
Babolin – ‘breathtaking’ (TotalTheatre.
A lovely, heart-warming, funny musical that doesn’t take itself too seriously but at the same time manages to mash up so many genres of music that it would be silly to not take t…
Mark Ravenhill’s play uses the metaphor of two brothers – twins – to represent the former partitioning of Germany into East and West during the time of the Berlin wall.
A durational performance from the critically acclaimed, award-winning Creative Electric.
In ecology, an ‘edge effect’ is a contact point between two habitats, characterised by an increase in biodiversity.
Frantic passions are unleashed when divine and human worlds meet.
Before the lights go down and the show begins, a voiceover warns us to expect ‘scenes of extreme horror’ as this retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic tale begins.
Soulful musical that bursts off the stage with moving songs and powerful performances.
Pippin is a difficult musical, and in the past has been staged as a fully-fledged acrobatic circus (Les 7 Doigts de la Main did a great job).
Based on an obscure 1991 feature film, Dogfight is a recent musical from the talented composing duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, that showtune aficionados may know from Edges, a sho…
‘An invaluable body of work that traverses genres and captures untold stories of Kiwi pioneer women’ (NZ Herald, September 2014).
For many people today, their impression of Albert Einstein is quite possibly informed by the oft-seen image of his face: tongue sticking out – to all intents and purposes every b…
I was slightly apprehensive when going to review Tribe, having seen a lot of pretentious, uninspiring, or just simply bad physical theatre and dance pieces this Fringe.
Hell is an office and the Devil wants out, but in order to get a job transfer he needs to find a suitable replacement: cue Georgina, young aspiring lawyer with a thirst for power.
Low fidelity musical based on the horror-romantic comic saga by Davide Toffolo with the songs of Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, the popular indie band with the skull masks.
You can always tell a show is going to be good when its name takes up most of the free space on a ticket.
Kingston University’s Twist Choir returns to the Edinburgh Fringe in the stunning setting of St Giles’ Cathedral.
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Kingston University’s Twist Choir returns to the Edinburgh Fringe in the stunning setting of St Giles’ Cathedral.
An evening of musical theatre classics brought to you by some of Edinburgh’s finest vocal talent.
Decisions! Decisions! Returning to the Fringe with a relaxed evening of musical theatre songs, Marjory Watson, accompanied by her band, sings her way through some all-too-familiar …
An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Riding Hood? An unfaithful Prince Charming? A witch… who raps? They’re all among the cockeyed characters in this fractured …
The galah is a bird found in large numbers across Australia.
First things first, a notable mention must be awarded to the sterling efforts of the two-piece band.
The ‘Queen of the Fringe’ (BBC) returns to Edinburgh for five nights only, performing the mesmeric, passionate and poetic songs of Jacques Brel – master of emotional storytel…
This is a mesmerising, funny and well-crafted example of modern choreography, which explores what you can achieve when you are put under restrictions.
MUSE reveals the inspiration for Christopher Isherwood’s Sally Bowles and Jugé Productions’ new musical uncovers a far more complex and talented woman.
From Shakespeare to Sarah Kane, retellings of classical myths have proved ample sources for new, distinct creations.
One life.
Little Shakespeare Theatre company presents a fast-paced hilarious play for children by children, except for Bottom that is.
If ever there were a production which vociferously defends the ability of young people to make theatre with the impact of a professional standard (whatever that actually means) thi…
In Poker Night Blues, Williams’ masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire is undone – dismantled and distilled to its essential elements.
Deeply rooted in a world of folklore and fairytale, the talented IndigoCo bring a dark and familiar musical tale of a girl who, despite the cruelty of her stepmother and sisters, f…
A mundane canteen situated in the unusual location of heaven itself, full of Hollywood legends trying to get a bit of peace in the afterlife.
Antiwords is a piece inspired by Václav Havel’s play Audience, featuring an awkward dialogue between a dissident playwright and a drunken brew master.
Be transported by this enormously spirited and fast-moving production to the mischievous world of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
The relationship between parent and child is one of the most important in society and in the lives of most people.
Todd and Kali are a young couple.
Fusion Theatre return to Greenside with a Poe-faced and incoherent piece of physical theatre that often makes even less sense than its overwrought title.
Performed by the award-winning, five-star, Norfolk YMT.
This dark comedy uses physical theatre to modernise the themes and settings of this famous Shakespearean play.
Come and join Mr Cooper Sullivan as he tells the tale of how he became embroiled in a murder which takes him on a wild adventure that will have you giggling the whole way though.
“In Pirates, there are gems from the first to the last minute.
Closer Than Ever is a revue musical wherein each song takes us to a different scenario within the complex theme of love and relationships.
Robertson returns after last year’s solo hit, Bond! Following performances in the USA, Europe and Australia, this unique, darkly comic show creates an urban cinematic world where…
Acclaimed cabaret singer Bremner Duthie and a swinging band led by pianist David Patrick celebrate the dark, decadent and always lovely music of Kurt Weill.
Winner of the 2003 Olivier award for Best New Musical.
Award-winning film composer and Musical Comedy Awards finalist Laurence Owen presents a one-man musical of cinematic proportions.
It can be hard for a children’s show to be entertaining for both adults and children simultaneously, but Captivate Theatre’s latest addition to their Shakespeare series is effo…
Marie moves from a little village to a big city and it isn’t how she expected.
Melvin is a toe-tapping throwback to the golden era of song and dance men.
The new musical based on one of the world’s favourite fairytales, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling.
Two stand-up (not in the comedic sense) guys riffing on Doctor Who and the origins of programming doesn’t sound scintillating.
Stephen Sondheim’s score for his self-described “black operetta” Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, must rank among his most complex and challenging works, if on…
Using the Japanese dance form butoh and an adapted text, Yokko brings the spirit of Medea alive.
A haunting and powerful adaptation of Madame Butterfly, Ramesh Meyyappen’s silent movement piece about love, lust and loss is hauntingly powerful and will stay with you long a…
The Little Sisters of Hoboken discover that their cook, Sister Julia, Child of God, has accidentally poisoned 52 of the sisters.
Ten high school seniors find themselves in a strange room, in the middle of nowhere, lit only by a dim overhead lamp.
What does it take to get a gentleman to face up to his past? From part of the team that brought you Fringe sell-out Assassins (*****) and the Scottish premiere of In The Heights (*…
Tamar may look like a life-size Polly Pocket.
Edinburgh-based Men With Coconuts are back with their five-star improv comedy show! Sixty minutes of improvised games and scenes culminating in an entirely improvised Broadway-styl…
This one-woman musical show sets out with a pleasant and watchable enough idea.
Block is a production that constantly surprises, though not always in ways that are comforting.
You queue with the other girls outside, hoping for your big break.
Fourth Monkey are back with another stellar ensemble piece, providing late night gothic horror - even more frightening, as it is based on a real-life horror story.
You think you know the story of Hansel and Gretel, but can you fully comprehend the suffering that they endured? Poverty, starvation, abandonment, incarceration, murder and insanit…
“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale”.
In theory, Eejit of Love is a fun concept: two Irish country bumpkins find themselves swept up in the allure of reality TV, testing their relationship and their own willpower.
An unconventional experiment of light, sound and physical theatre.
A brand new musical following the seemingly simple journey of a girl on a single Glasgow Subway car.
The internationally ignored song stylist from Berlin is back.
Les Misérables is a musical based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo that tells the tale of an ex convict who flees his parole, meets a generous priest, becomes mayor of a to…
The Hogwallops is a joyful show for all the family that combines astounding acrobatics, physical humour and a heartfelt story meaning there is something for everyone.
The 2014 smash-hit sell-out show returns, starring Alan Longmuir.
Fans of Rent will love this full length presentation and for those who have never seen it, this is a great opportunity to watch a rip-roaring production.
Join a woman – and her multiple personalities – on a journey through the twisted corridors of her mind, where you’ll meet some of the mad and quirky women of musical theatre …
The door is locked.
A belated denouement to his lauded 2005 work The Factory, award-winning performer Al Seed returns to the subject of war with striking psychological rigour.
Deciding to paint Ukip leader Nigel Farage as a troubled “anti hero” in a cleverly sarcastic musical romp was always going to be a bit of a treat.
Tamar may look like a life-size Polly Pocket.
In their Fringe debut, Music Box Theatre present an intimate and impressive production of The Sound of Musicals, a compilation show featuring a smattering of musical theatre favour…
For a youth theatre troupe, Barnum seems an intimidatingly large production.
American company The Pack bring their space-age feminist performance piece to the Fringe, but it seemed like getting their heads around it was a little out of the audience’s gras…
James Lovelock (Showstopper, Music Box) and his herd of musical improvisers bring you the silliest musicals ever never written, all improvised from your suggestions.
Brave Macbeth returns to The Famous Spiegeltent in St Andrew Square after a successful run in 2014.
Ockham’s Razor present Arc and Every Action.
Told through the story of a young male character, Sphiwe, this musical takes the audience through the ups and downs of youth life in Soweto.
Three poles, three performers and a whole lot of juice.
“I don’t fall in love, I tumble”Tumbling After is a modern day love story and commentary on the ways we stumble in and out of relationships.
Oh, hai audience! We’ve got something for youuu! An original parody musical of the funniest disaster in cinematic history, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room, adapted by a BBC-award nomin…
Given one last chance to save their theatre society, an eccentric creative team must stage a spectacular sell-out show.
Romeo loves Juliet, but does she love him too? Romantic Romeo gets its debut this year in the Famous Spiegeltent as part of Captivate’s musical Shakespeare series.
‘You don’t need onions! Don’t be silly.
The storyline is shallow, the message insubstantial and the script contrived, so you don’t have anything deep to think about.
There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties…
Back due to popular demand, multi award-winning comedian Javier Jarquin returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Card Ninja, a riotous and dazzling display of comedy and card …
From the creative team behind the hugely popular Hairy Maclary Show, Little Red Riding Hood is a fun, original musical for children, with live music and loveable characters.
Is this a music concert? Is it a piece of theatre? Can it be both? Might it be neither? These are the questions that may well fly around your mind after experiencing The Great Down…
A charming, witty and engaging show, Writing is an exploration of just that - the process of writing, as seen from a child’s perspective.
A solid production of Rent that will entertain you for an evening but won’t remain with you.
Noel Coward, Gertrude Lawrence and Ivor Novello, together for one last time at the The Desert Inn, Las Vegas.
The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft.
A bare stage, obscured by low lighting and backed by an eerie sinister soundtrack set the tone for this gripping retelling of the classic children’s fairy-tale, but this telling …
Working within the rather large shadow of the National Theatre’s verbatim triumph London Road, new Leeds-based company 203 Theatre have hopped on this particular niche musical ba…
Rapunzel is part of Fourth Monkey’s 2015 fairytale season and features their signature physical ensemble work.
Parlour Games is a playful piece of physical theatre inspired by silent films and gothic novels.
The Harker School’s award-winning Conservatory presents this modern classic, bringing favourite characters together in a timeless, yet relevant piece.
Don’t wear make up to this show.
The critically acclaimed ‘stealth hit’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
The Dream Sequentialists is a show about dream goblins.
Chadwick School is proud to have been selected by Zorro Productions to be the first American school to present Zorro, The Musical.
The Quentin Dentin Show is an extraordinary and eccentric dark comedy rock musical, which sees main characters Nat and Keith’s relationship on the rocks and their lives in a rut.
Unpacking stories of great and small adventures, brave departures, wrenching farewells and the things that travelers choose to carry.
Join Udrich, The Ugly Duckling, on his journey to learn that beauty is in the acceptance and knowledge of self.
Based on the American Emmy Award-winning children’s series, School House uses a wide array of musical styles to teach grammar, math, science and American history while telling the …
The Great War: while millions of men struggle and fight in the mud and hell of the trenches, one woman’s story begs to be told.
This evocative dance performance is as notable for the process by which it was made as it is for the quality of the final product.
Nothing can take a turn for the worse as quickly as a perfect day.
Performed by a superb cast, this is a painful and tragic exploration of Alan Turing’s life and the many attempts to break him as a person.
Edgar Allen Poe’s seminal poem, which charts the gradual descent into madness of a heartbroken lover compounded by the incessant repetitions of a talking bird, gives its name and…
Rosie has not been dating Jim for long but she’s got some devastatingly embarrassing news.
It is the integration of the oriental opera body movement and Western modern music.
From award-winning and internationally acclaimed Irish theatre company Fishamble: The New Play Company, comes this extravagant one-man show.
Who knew that a Dusty Springfield favourite could provide such an effective description of man’s descent into unspeakable evil? Ewan Downie and Jonathan Peck from Company of Wolv…
Calculating the stocks of our emotional economy, Smoke and Mirrors weaves acrobatic exploitations and high flying distortions to examine the contorted state of America in the pursu…
John Cameron and Stephen Trask’s big, ballsy, gender-bending musical detonates upon Greenside’s Royal Terrace stage with a blast that can be heard clear across Edinburgh.
‘A good way to be happy’, Alice Keedwell tells us, is ‘you’ve got to silence the critic inside your head for a moment or two’.
“Just go with the magic,” says one of the three singers on stage to a slightly reluctant compatriot.
Best word to describe Bruce, a show built entirely around a block of yellow sponge: Absorbing.
Glasgow based Royal Conservatoire are now in their 11th year of performing in the Fringe with their masters level students and Urinetown is one of this year’s offerings from them.
A brand new show featuring your favourite characters including Hairy’s feline friends.
Pussy is nothing if not provocative.
The English Rose of the contemporary cabaret scene, Sue Casson, returns for a second year with another mouth-watering smörgåsbord of song, satire and shortbread.
Attention customers: the store will be closing in five minutes.
Step into a sensual, erotic world, with the Faun (Andy Black) and his glittered Nymph accomplice (Sarita Ryan) as your guides.
Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is a tale ingrained in our cultural consciousness.
Leper + Chip will hold you by the throat and squeeze the tears from your eyes.
Around the World in 80 Days is one of Jules Verne’s famous adventure novels.
A spectacular, high-octane production from Mumbai, India brings to life the glitz and glamour of Bollywood song and dance.
Doris Day is one of the most loved singers and actresses of the 1950s and 60s.
Despite being one of Jack London’s more obscure works, his 1915 novel The Star Rover or The Jacket is one that feels oddly contemporary.
One man’s struggles to come to terms with growing up, trying to get laid, and have a good night out in communist Hungary.
In 1942, a girl traded some food for a Persian bear cub.
Though Jane Austen is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most prominent literary names, Persuasion is perhaps her least widely read work.
A regular performer in Edinburgh and confident stage actress, Dillie Keane returns with her ‘first solo show for 557 years’.
In 1920s London, Gwen Farrar and Norah Blaney have an on and off stage partnership, singing popular love songs of the day to each other in West End revues and living together openl…
Flight is an incredibly impressive example of acrobatic theatre, if not a particularly interesting take on the story of The Little PrinceThe storyline follows the original as close…
Conceived and directed by Guillaume Pigé, Blind Man’s Song follows the imagination of a blind musician at the speed of thought.
‘Welcome to my mind.
An all female cast takes some of the classic soliloquies and scenes from Shakespeare’s work and deliver them in an almost cabaret, review format, with the addition of new contempor…
Brand new stories-in-song from this award-winning master songwriter.
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens follows the unfolding story of a group of misfits working the infamous den of iniquity – Saucy Jacks space bar.
Billed as both musical theatre and performance art, the audience for Brigitte Aphrodite’s My Beautiful Black Dog, her autobiographical account of depression, is likely to bring v…
Kraken, devised and performed by Trygve Wakenshaw, is a physically charged one man mime show.
The nightly cabaret features a selection of the best festival entertainment with a changing line-up of international and local singers, musicians and entertainment, all in the oak-…
Ruth Rodgers-Wright plays an excellent Nina Simone in this 70-minute performance that combines many of the musician’s most enduring and striking melodies with the story of her rela…
The Addams Family is an updated take on the iconic family of twisted misfits that brings the story forward from where it left off.
This fast-paced piece of Wild West-inspired physical theatre is an innovative and extremely entertaining romp, including gorgeous girls in voluminous outfits and suave men with ela…
Magical Korean performance combining powerful drums with healing dances.
British Exist Theatre Company admit that they sometimes embrace challenging and provocative subjects.
A radical adaptation of Mike Daisey’s true story of what happens when we look beyond the beautiful surface of our beloved smart phones and uncover the bloody mess beneath.
Storm in a Teacup, devised by Hot Coals.
There is something inherently heartbreaking about the small metal-framed chair standing centre-stage as the audience comes in, but no more so than when one of the show’s co-devis…
Artistic Director of Gecko, Amit Lahav, revealed in conversation after this dynamic, forceful and moving performance that the initial stimulus for Institute had been an exploration…
If an ice lolly stick can dream of being a horse, what magic might follow? A fantastic story based on the book by Russell Hoban and mischievously illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Winter Is Coming.
Joanie Little is an honest, open and kookily sexy waitress working in Gabe’s Coffee Shop in Toronto.
If you’re planning on making the trip to see Baby Wants Candy, get your title suggestions ready now! The audience for his fully improvised musical comedy has barely taken their s…
A must-see cabaret show starring burly baritone turned delicious diva Robert Hofmann, who is classically trained and now outrageously unchained.
The Park family screening of Jurassic Park goes awry due to a missing video tape.
A troupe of hopeful Fringe performers get lost in the woods, forced to deliver their starry-eyed show to the “nonexistent” audience.
Ecce Homo.
Life’s weightier questions are thoroughly demolished in Dan Lees’ Brainchild, an award-winning physical comedy that veers from the profound to the ridiculous.
An engaging, inventive and deliciously silly ride, Unmythable will appeal to anyone who enjoys either Greek legends or big laughs.
I think I’ve found my new favourite musical, thanks to Tangram Theatre and their amazing piece on one of the 20th century’s most important scientists.
Jenny’s a mischievous little girl who loves playing with her Dad.
An atmospheric new musical about witchcraft, betrayal and friendship, Witch is a journey into dark magic, spanning across generations.
Cleansed is classic Sarah Kane: disturbing, difficult, packed with violence and potentially quite profound.
Fifty minutes of the classic Rat Pack numbers with a full swing orchestra, bringing a little bit of that onstage banter that the trio are known for, and adding in the two Burelli s…
50 minutes of Britney, Shania Twain, All Saints and the Spice Girls: every 90s girl’s dream.
Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years is not an easy undertaking.
Go see BLAM! With your eyes.
A brand new musical is created from scratch at every performance of this multi award-winning show.
A cabaret full of birds falling in love with each other? Embrace the madness if you will, and your heart will certainly be warmed by Robert J.
If you’re looking for an enjoyable, happy-go-lucky hour of rhythm and blues entertainment, then look no further than this show.
Two women live alone in an attic, never leaving the confines of those four walls.
I wasn’t supposed to be reviewing this show, but on a friend’s recommendation (“three Korean ladies doing Chekhov.
Splitfoot by Piper Theatre tells the tale of the Fox sisters “Devil Daughters” who, in post-civil war New York, convinced the public that they could communicate with the dead.
The legend of Faustus, the man who sold his soul for knowledge, wealth and power is one which has been in the public consciousness for over 500 years.
Prestwick, Scotland – 3 March 1960.
Berlin-based masters of mask theatre return to the Fringe with a hilarious tale of a family hotel set in an Alpine resort, where they are struggling to keep the business alive and …
Western? is like watching your three little brothers playing Cowboys and Indians - with excellent band accompaniment, inventive slapstick and relentless wit.
An audacious, dark and dirty romp that will have Marcel Marceau turning in his grave.
The opening salvo of this musical Game of Thrones pastiche has such brazen, devilish promise that for a while I entertained the possibility of being blown away by it.
Nailed It! is introduced by singer Andrew Strano and keyboardist Loclan Mackenzie-Spencer as being “about life, about love, about relationships”, and they succeed fantastically in …
Makoto Inoue’s non-verbal take on Shakespeare’s classic Macbeth is undoubtedly a feat.
What would the word be like if homosexuality was the norm? Zanna Don’t is here to answer that question and bleed the concept dry, long after the amusement has left the building.
Of course there would have to be a torrential downpour on the day I viewed Sunshine on Leith, sadly only adhering to the typical fickleness of Scottish weather that betrayed the na…
When hurdles try to stop us, when problems appear to be unsolvable, we seek something to help us carry on.
From the team who brought you Shit-Faced Shakespeare comes an all new, all singing, all drinking, musical show! Shit-Faced Showtime by the legendary Magnificent Bastard Productions…
We’re all familiar with our society’s gender expectations – Barbie and Action Man, Yorkie Bars and Bic’s “for her” range.
A reflection of war through 100 years: from World War One through to the modern day.
The Great British Bake Off – what’s not to love? Cake, puns galore and HRH Mary Berry showing her soft spot for gin.
Mr Tiger was perfectly fine in the city – until he had a wonderfully wild idea! A show for ages 3+ that’s a bit rock’n’roll, adapted from the book by Peter Brown.
Welcome to the world premiere of Toren, the amazing new show from Sonics.
This brand new musical adaptation, based on James Mayhew’s bestselling book, follows Katie’s extraordinary adventures inside a series of famous works of art.
Sebastien Rambaud and Yann Coste’s Incredible Drum Show thoroughly deserves its seemingly immodest title.
Everyone has that one persistently irritating friend.
Hijinks and flying kicks abound in this piece of non-verbal physical comedy from the Hong Kong-based Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio, last unleashed on an unsuspecting Fringe in 2012.
Manfred Karge’s Man to Man is described as a modern fairy tale that follows the life of Ella, a woman who disguises herself as her dead husband in order to survive under Nazi …
‘Brilliant and evocative’ (Westword.
The life and work of classic children’s author Beatrix Potter is given a sweet folk musical twist in this fun ensemble piece.
Haste Theatre’s new take on the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur is one full of charm and humour.
In its second year at the Fringe, The Improv Musical is a fun, heart-warming comedy by Music Theatre Warwick, despite failing to live up to its improvised appearance.
A lively new musical telling the life story of Robert Burns, starring BBC award-winning traditional Scots singers Claire Hastings and Robyn Stapleton, and introducing Kieran Bain a…
I originally held out much hope for this production from How to Deal with Rude and Unruly Women, however being there was like serving a prison sentence.
It’s 1870.
From the Paris catwalks, to the office boardroom, Australian choreographer/performer, Erin Fowler, brings Femme to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time.