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Hostage Part 2

Hostage Part 2

A new live work for small audiences by Bristol based artist Andrew Neil Hayes. 

The Beatles Audiovisual Special

The Beatles Audiovisual Special

A compilation of some of the Beatles’ best-known songs from 1962-69. 

Journey to Stolen Identity

Journey to Stolen Identity

Journey to Stolen Identity is a multi-art performance that explores women’s rights through a blend of musical genres, starting with classical but evolving into jazz and rock. 

The Butterfly Project

The Butterfly Project

Join Undone Theatre for a sharing of their ‘engaging and humorous’ (BroadwayBaby. 

J S Bach – The Six Organ Trio Sonatas

J S Bach – The Six Organ Trio Sonatas

Two trios of Trio Sonatas! J S Bach’s six organ trio sonatas, ebullient and unique in their difficulty and musical perfection, played in two concerts by David Goodenough on the s… 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Champions of the filmmaking talent the mainstream ignores, Nightpiece is a portal to the reality of independent filmmaking. 

Diya Shah? Diya Shahn't

Diya Shah? Diya Shahn't

Join former Pointless contestant and Cambridge Footlight Diya Shah for her Edinburgh Fringe debut one-woman show! Aged just 22, she’s faced enough humbling events to last a lifet… 

Invisible Lover

Invisible Lover

Invisible Lover is an interdisciplinary contemporary dance theatre performance exploring self-construction and the interplay between visual arts and movement. 

Palestine Stands Up

Palestine Stands Up

Featuring Alaa Shehada (Jenin), Diana Sweity (Hebron), Hanna Shammas (Haifa), Sami Abu-Wardeh (London). 

Dear Applicant

Dear Applicant

Jaja has done everything right. 

Six Women Standing in Front of a White Wall

Six Women Standing in Front of a White Wall

Compelling interactive physical theatre installation that investigates whether it is not necessarily a kind of love that we crave, but a physiological need for human touch in order… 

Open Studios at Beaverhall Art Studios

Open Studios at Beaverhall Art Studios

An opportunity to see behind the doors of the studios of four local artists and makers. 

Dyed in the Wool

Dyed in the Wool

Contemporary Edinburgh artist Davy Macdonald presents Dyed in the Wool, a unique new exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversaries of Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian football cl… 

Piano Music by JS Bach and S Rachmaninoff

Piano Music by JS Bach and S Rachmaninoff

The Overture in the French style, BWV 831, is a suite in B minor for a two-manual harpsichord. 

Yes-Ya-Yebo!

Yes-Ya-Yebo!

Yes-Ya-Yebo! is a celebration of the 12 official languages of South Africa, expressed through song and dance, all imbued with a unique township vibe! From the rhythmic acapella bea… 

Alex Bertulis-Fernandes: May Find Distressing

Alex Bertulis-Fernandes: May Find Distressing

Alex Bertulis-Fernandes (British Comedy Guide Pro Award for Performance winner, Channel 4 Sean Lock Award finalist, BBC New Comedy Awards nominee) presents jokes some viewers may f… 

Sacred Arts Festival Exhibition at Old Saint Paul’s – Discovering the Fabric of Faith

Sacred Arts Festival Exhibition at Old Saint Paul’s – Discovering the Fabric of Faith

Over many years, the Jacobite church of Old Saint Paul’s has accumulated an exceptionally rich collection of church vestments, hangings and linens. 

Is This Normal?

Is This Normal?

Following its four-star debut at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024, award-winning storyteller Ansa Edim returns with Is This Normal? A shockingly true, uncomfortably cringe storytelling sh… 

Second Class Queer

Second Class Queer

A bold, witty and moving autobiographical solo performance exploring queer identity, diaspora, racial injustice and the search for belonging. 

Black to My Roots: African American Tales from the Head and the Heart

Black to My Roots: African American Tales from the Head and the Heart

This award-winning play explores the cultural, social and political significance of Black women’s hair. 

Inspired by Eastern Wind

Inspired by Eastern Wind

Heavenly timing, earthly advantage and human harmony shape the path to success in Chinese tradition. 

Around the World on a Piano

Around the World on a Piano

Dutch composer/pianist Hermane composes beautiful songs with intricate harmonies. 

161st Edinburgh International Photography Exhibition 2025

161st Edinburgh International Photography Exhibition 2025

Edinburgh Photographic Society’s first international photography exhibition was shown in 1861. 

ECA '75

ECA '75

ECA ‘75 is a large group of artists who graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1975. 

Artists' Open Studios and Exhibition

Artists' Open Studios and Exhibition

The 70+ artists/makers of the buzzing Coburg House open their studios to the public. 

Prateek Kohli: Denial

Prateek Kohli: Denial

A stand-up comedy show about the everyday absurdities of India, the US and the UK where Prateek has lived and performed. 

360° Street Art Exhibition, PWYW Spray Paint Tasters and Affordable Art Sale

360° Street Art Exhibition, PWYW Spray Paint Tasters and Affordable Art Sale

Outdoor, free, 360° wrap-around street art exhibition at Quality Yard in Leith. 

Art to Wear: International Contemporary Jewellery Show

Art to Wear: International Contemporary Jewellery Show

Now in its 8th year, this must-see jewellery exhibition showcases over 300 unique designs from 30 independent designers worldwide, including emerging local talents. 

Tales From Your Queer Elder

Tales From Your Queer Elder

An acclaimed performer presents a vibrant, family-friendly show that blends movement and spoken word. 

The Boy from Bantay

The Boy from Bantay

From his childhood in the Philippines – a technicolour blur of cartoons and classical music – Jeremy always knew he wanted to be a concert pianist. 

Icons of Scottish Jewellery

Icons of Scottish Jewellery

Explore the artistry of Scottish jewellery at ætla Fine Jewellery in Edinburgh’s charming Stockbridge district. 

Once Upon a Tune

Once Upon a Tune

Join a fairytale princess with her sing-a-long show of your favourite animated characters! With enchanting vocals and gorgeous gowns, this new show emulates the magic of the animat… 

Ceramics at the Shore

Ceramics at the Shore

An open studio event and exhibition of handmade ceramics at Cyan Clayworks. 

Bond-Age

Bond-Age

Starting from the idea of bondage as a metaphor, the piece of physical theatre Bond-Age explores pain and pleasure, bonds and restrictions in relationships, not only between lovers… 

Rooting: Ecology, Extraction and Environmental Emergencies in the University’s Art Collection

Rooting: Ecology, Extraction and Environmental Emergencies in the University’s Art Collection

Using the University’s 350-year-old art collection as its focus, this exhibition brings together historic and contemporary artworks by 30 different artists around the theme of th… 

Marble Cake

Marble Cake

Marble Cake is a new play which takes a snapshot look at the relationship between a mixed-race brother and sister, Kumi and Keisha, as they reunite for the first time in months. 

I AM – A Walking Universe

I AM – A Walking Universe

From the creator of Most Memorable Show (Lustrum Award Winner, 2023). 

Inlet

Inlet

Inspired by Romulus and Remus’ legend and the symbolic meaning of Rome’s city walls, Inlet explores the significance of borders throughout history. 

These Mechanisms

These Mechanisms

In her eightieth year, Christine wondered if she might create her first show. 

Good Morning and Goodbye

Good Morning and Goodbye

The story is about a daily routine, the ritual of a lady. 

Sàng Tsáu

Sàng Tsáu

The gods descend, banishing evil and clearing life’s burdens. 

Sole to Soul

Sole to Soul

This performance seamlessly blends the physical language of traditional Chinese opera with the expressive symbolism of modern dance. 

Be A Wolf

Be A Wolf

You don’t have to be afraid of the dark. 

Intertwined!

Intertwined!

Potatoes. 

Soil

Soil

Soil is a powerful dance performance about identity, language and belonging. 

Sky-Scraping

Sky-Scraping

Sky-Scraping is The Wistful Company’s new innovative way of making poetry accessible. 

Sonder! Philomena Fyat is a Flea

Sonder! Philomena Fyat is a Flea

Philomena (Phil) Fyat doesn’t open up to people easily but has never felt alone thanks to a sneaky inner monologue known as Mena, a relentless, music box wielding voice focused on … 

IKEA: Magical Patterns

IKEA: Magical Patterns

Celebrating 60 years of innovative textile design at IKEA, Magical Patterns features 180 iconic fabrics that showcase the rich history of the Swedish furniture retailer’s commitmen… 

Looking Up

Looking Up

What does it mean to look up? Toward the stars, the divine or the drones? Looking Up brings together two parallel yet overlapping narratives: fascinating work from artists across t… 

The Foreskin Diaries

The Foreskin Diaries

For two decades Ron Low helped over 65,000 circumcised men undertake non-surgical foreskin restoration using TLC Tugger devices he invented. 

2 Muslim 2 Furious 2: Go Halal or Go Home

2 Muslim 2 Furious 2: Go Halal or Go Home

Tired of being called terrorists, Aisha and Hasan became something worse: comedians! After their 2024 sell-out run, featuring on STV News and BBC R4, and raising over £4000 for Me… 

Pigs Fly Easy Ryan

Pigs Fly Easy Ryan

An aviation bimbofication transubstantiation ritual for big-boy audiences 18 and over. 

Su Mi: THISMOTHERPHUCKER

Su Mi: THISMOTHERPHUCKER

THISMOTHERPHUCKER is a public nuisance. 

I AM – One of many, many of One

I AM – One of many, many of One

Winner of the Most Memorable Show, Lustrum Award 2023. 

Bad Girls of History

Bad Girls of History

They say well-behaved women seldom make history! Bad Girls of History is an audio-visual live DJ set presented by DJ Carly Gray, celebrating all the bad girls who changed the histo… 

The Asian Comedy Showcase

The Asian Comedy Showcase

‘Fantastic. 

300 Paintings

300 Paintings

In 2021, Sydney comedian Sam Kissajukian decided to quit stand-up, rent an abandoned cake factory, and become a painter. 

PAINKILLERS

PAINKILLERS

PAINKILLERS delves into physical and emotional pain through magic tricks and romantic memories. 

Delusions and Grandeur

Delusions and Grandeur

Come for the music, stay for the existential crisis. 

Vacuum Girl

Vacuum Girl

Vacuum Girl is a live presentation of a television pilot that follows a woman living through surreal dissociations in New York. 

Amazons

Amazons

Discover the real Amazon (not the online store!) Plant-sitting and live-streaming from her friend’s flat, Gayara unearths the untold history of her Amazonian ancestors, from those … 

Bloomsbury Bell

Bloomsbury Bell

Adapted from Jane Dunn’s Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell: A Very Close Conspiracy, this one-woman show on Vanessa Bell is written, performed and painted by Kara Wilson. 

Rohan Sharma: Mad Dog

Rohan Sharma: Mad Dog

Rohan Sharma is a British/Indian comedian who is/isn’t bringing his debut hour about his harrowing/comfortable upbringing to Edinburgh this year. 

Ellen Turnill Montoya is Mr Handsome

Ellen Turnill Montoya is Mr Handsome

A handful of playful props and physical buffoonery in an illustrated world. 

Kanpur: 1857

Kanpur: 1857

Strapped to a cannon, an Indian rebel finds themselves answering to a British officer for the crimes of Kanpur – an Indian uprising against British colonial forces. 

Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings and Roundabouts

Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings and Roundabouts

The much-anticipated debut show about suffering (and smiling) from Nigerian stand-up Ayoade Bamgboye. 

Betty Grumble's Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t

Betty Grumble's Enemies of Grooviness Eat Sh!t

Australia’s high priestess of eco-sexual rebellion delivers a genre-defying spectacle. 

Windrush Secret

Windrush Secret

In this powerful one-man drama set in 2018 at the time the Windrush controversy shook Britain, Rodreguez King-Dorset plays a young white far-right racist party leader, a black Cari… 

Mountain Woman

Mountain Woman

This solo multimedia performance celebrates the raw power of creation and destruction embodied by a volcano, as it explores parallels between the cyclical movements of the earth an… 

Psylivybin

Psylivybin

After experiencing loss, a solo neuroscientist spirals inward, journeying through memory, mysticism, science and the mind in this poetic exploration of altered states. 

I Am The Greatest!

I Am The Greatest!

Meet the ageing Jake ‘Mental’ Hughes, a psychiatric patient who believes he is the real Muhammad Ali. 

Nüshu: Written for Her, on Her, by Her

Nüshu: Written for Her, on Her, by Her

Rewrite her stories. 

C digital performance and film

C digital performance and film

Hand-picked shows from our digital performance programme and highlights from our critically acclaimed short film programme. 

Someone Like Me

Someone Like Me

Someone Like Me is a physical solo performance by Nina Khyzhna about the journey of a disembodied person through the bodies of others. 

Textiles, Ceramics, Painting, Collage, Printmaking and Tapestry

Textiles, Ceramics, Painting, Collage, Printmaking and Tapestry

Escape to the peace and tranquility of Dr Neil’s Garden, situated in a beautiful location on the banks of Duddingston Loch, and discover contemporary visual art in Thomson’s Tower. 

The World of King James VI & I

The World of King James VI & I

Marking the 400-year anniversary of King James’s death, this exhibition charts his remarkable reign through stories of power, plot and majesty. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Now in our 11th season, Nightpiece has screened over 335+ short films from the UK and across the world since 2014. 

Galentine's Day

Galentine's Day

In Deptford, South London, a routine hair appointment becomes a *slightly* less intense version of John Tucker Must Die. 

Weaving Me, Weaving Mum

Weaving Me, Weaving Mum

A woman sits centre stage, wrapped in thick wools that appear to be knitted and crocheted from a myriad of red yarn. 

Ifrah Qureshi: Inside and Prejudice

Ifrah Qureshi: Inside and Prejudice

In her debut Fringe show, Inside and Prejudice, Ifrah Qureshi takes a hilarious and honest look at her own biases and the world around her. 

Sea Yellow by Orange Night

Sea Yellow by Orange Night

Recent drawings and paintings on show by Edinburgh artist Ginny Elston. 

Open Studios at Beaverhall Art Studios

Open Studios at Beaverhall Art Studios

An opportunity to see behind the studio doors of four local artists and makers. 

Dog Life Drawing

Dog Life Drawing

Escape the hubbub of the Fringe and spend a relaxing hour sketching in the company of canines. 

Paperwork

Paperwork

Last year EdinburghGuide. 

My Extremely Skilled Staff Have Been Working Day and Night on This, I Owe Them Everything

My Extremely Skilled Staff Have Been Working Day and Night on This, I Owe Them Everything

An hour of mind-bending semi-improvised physically inflected comedy from dancer/comedian Lewys Holt. 

Ananta, The Eternal by Aparna Ramaswamy

Ananta, The Eternal by Aparna Ramaswamy

‘Aparna Ramaswamy preserves ancient dance forms with stunning virtuosity and expressiveness to create a living tradition that is resonant for modern times’ (Boston Globe). 

Victory Boogie Woogie / the pleasure of stepping off a horse when it's moving at full speed

Victory Boogie Woogie / the pleasure of stepping off a horse when it's moving at full speed

In these two explosive, intimate physical poems by Charles Pas and Courtney May Robertson, desires and fears collide in an attempt to embrace the contradictions that make up a mult… 

BLUBBER

BLUBBER

I’ve always hated sculling, and synchro. 

Impasse

Impasse

An attempt to understand politics of the Black body in contemporary western society, interrogating notions of representation and misrepresentation. 

This Is Not Romeo and Juliet

This Is Not Romeo and Juliet

Not to be missed, hugely inventive, an extraordinary show, This is Not Romeo and Juliet choreographed by Danish Palle Granhøj is experimental but with broad appeal. 

HuXi / Breath

HuXi / Breath

HuXi or Breath is a dance revelation, that explores the symbiosis of breath and existence through Chinese Qi and Yin-Yang. 

Dying Psychological Silhouette

Dying Psychological Silhouette

Dying Psychological Silhouette is an exploration of the boundaries of theatrical expression, intertwining elements of movement, drama and costume to delve into Plato’s philosophica… 

Drag & Draw

Drag & Draw

An art class with a difference! We host life-drawing sessions with drag queens as models, so it’s essentially half-art class and half-drag show. 

The Art of Hospitality

The Art of Hospitality

Following the success of last year’s show, Michael will again open his three-story Georgian townhouse to visitors for a limited period. 

A Feast of Life Drawing

A Feast of Life Drawing

Free exhibition of international artists brought together by the SBLDC weekly online sessions with models and artists from four continents. 

Paradigms Art Exhibition

Paradigms Art Exhibition

Paradigms contemporary painting exhibition features vibrant new work from four Edinburgh-based women artists. 

The Alternative Black Comedy Showcase

The Alternative Black Comedy Showcase

Six years in, bigger, better and blacker! Back with top black international comedy acts, prize games, cabaret and giving a token straight white male comic a chance they rarely get. 

Craw Caw

Craw Caw

Following Under a Lime Sky at last year’s Fringe, Blackflowersstudio returns with Craw Caw the second of Irene Jordan’s crow series of drawings, collage, paintings and sculptur… 

The Bookbinder

The Bookbinder

They say you can get lost in a good book. 

Fernando and His Llama Friend

Fernando and His Llama Friend

It’s tough being a deaf kid. 

160th Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography 2024

160th Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography 2024

Edinburgh Photographic Society’s first international photography exhibition was shown in 1861. 

Causey Lines Four

Causey Lines Four

For one week only, this unique and exciting exhibition is not to be missed. 

Artists' Open Studios and Exhibition

Artists' Open Studios and Exhibition

The 70+ artists/makers of the buzzing Coburg House open their studios to the public. 

Mark Silcox: Women Only

Mark Silcox: Women Only

Dr Silcox (self-identify as a weak man) returns for his fans to describe ‘what is a women?’ and offer an official apology on behalf of powerful men to women for all the historical … 

Artists @ Patriothall

Artists @ Patriothall

A selling exhibition by professional artists based at Patriothall Studios. 

Sheol

Sheol

Sheol is a theatrical séance and a contemporary lamentation for the dead and the undead, the born and the unborn, inspired by Górecki’s Symphony No. 

360° Street Art Exhibition, Spray Paint Tasters and Affordable Art Sale

360° Street Art Exhibition, Spray Paint Tasters and Affordable Art Sale

Outdoor 360° wrap-around street art exhibition at Quality Yard in Leith. 

Ghost Light: Between Fall and Flight

Ghost Light: Between Fall and Flight

The two acrobats in this show must be from the future – ordinary humans cannot be so strong, hawk-eyed, and flexible, with senses of spatial orientation, balance and bravery so o… 

This is No Safe Space: Art in Capitalist Realism

This is No Safe Space: Art in Capitalist Realism

$65 billion USD worth of art was sold last year, yet 95% of artists can’t make a living. 

my home is not my home

my home is not my home

Inspired by encounters with people on the margins of society, the performance dissects trauma and revival, pain and transformation. 

Once Upon a Tune

Once Upon a Tune

Join a fairy-tale princess with her singalong show of your favourite animated characters! With enchanting vocals and gorgeous gowns, this brand-new show emulates the magic of the a… 

Scissors Dance

Scissors Dance

Mr Heo’s cart is his eternal companion, becoming a stage and musical instrument at his disposal anytime, anywhere. 

Michael Moses: Everyday

Michael Moses: Everyday

From @everydaysametime the online series takes to the stage. The story of how easy it is to make friends from around the world and have restaurants remember your order. 

That's Not My Name

That's Not My Name

This is not a show about mental health. 

A Mist of Midges

A Mist of Midges

This show covers the subjects of birth, family relationships, highland invasion, human intervention, the battle and the future of midge species with its interaction with the human … 

King Bantu and Stories from the South

King Bantu and Stories from the South

Two unique works by Scotland-based performers exploring African history, culture and artistry. 

Is This Normal?

Is This Normal?

Get ready for a night of side-splitting laughter, eye-covering cringing and poignant storytelling at Is This Normal?, the debut one-woman show from award-winning storyteller Ansa E… 

Dovecot After Hours

Dovecot After Hours

Join us at the world-renowned tapestry studio after hours. 

Tania Kovats: SEAMARKS

Tania Kovats: SEAMARKS

Tania Kovats’ ongoing series SEAMARKS, multiple seascapes captured in brushstrokes, drawings and ceramic, is being expanded with the creation of a new tapestry by Dovecot Studios… 

Sid Singh: Table for One

Sid Singh: Table for One

Reigning Comedian’s Comedian and human rights advocate Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comedy Central, iUmor) returns with a new hit show that has sold-out all over Europe and Asia for two ye… 

Amelia Jane Hunter: Exquisite Pervert

Amelia Jane Hunter: Exquisite Pervert

A comedy about the adventures of a 50-year-old woman chasing the perfect lighting, powerful personalities and satisfying sausage condiment. 

The Asian Comedy Showcase

The Asian Comedy Showcase

From the East to Edinburgh, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Back for a second year, catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts… 

The English Teacher

The English Teacher

Step into the comedic whirlwind of Alicia’s life – a thirty-something artist turned English teacher, navigating unfulfilled dreams and unexpected detours as an immigrant. 

Ibrahim Mahama: Songs About Roses

Ibrahim Mahama: Songs About Roses

The first-ever solo exhibition in Scotland of the work of Ibrahim Mahama: a Ghanaian artist acclaimed for his evocative large-scale, site-specific installations that address the cu… 

Afrique en Cirque

Afrique en Cirque

Afrique en Cirque. 

Chris Ofili: The Caged Bird's Song

Chris Ofili: The Caged Bird's Song

Dovecot Studios’ major tapestry with Chris Ofili will return to Scotland in summer 2024. 

Panoramas: The World in 360°

Panoramas: The World in 360°

Two hundred years ago the first virtual-reality experiences were born in Edinburgh, not from digital technologies, but from the mastery of painted perspective, the control of space… 

2 Muslim 2 Furious

2 Muslim 2 Furious

Aisha and Hasan prove that not all British Muslims perform useful jobs, like doctors, nurses or playing for Liverpool. 

Sh!t Theatre: Or What's Left of Us

Sh!t Theatre: Or What's Left of Us

The duo, Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit are having their turn to folk moment. 

Allure of the Light

Allure of the Light

Light plays the key element in the work of both artists. 

Schrödinger's Yats

Schrödinger's Yats

Coquettes of comedy, Cecily Hitchcock and Jen Nolan, unite for Shrödinger’s Yats. 

Of the Land on Which We Meet

Of the Land on Which We Meet

Na Dihnang Circus presents Of The Land on Which We Meet. 

Ventriloquist Queen: A True African Queen

Ventriloquist Queen: A True African Queen

Ventriloquist Queen: a true African Queen. 

Precious Cargo

Precious Cargo

As children they were evacuated from a war zone. 

15 – Equinox

15 – Equinox

Contemporary Edinburgh artist Davy Macdonald celebrates his 15th annual solo exhibition with a stunning new collection of abstract, conceptual and figurative oil paintings. 

How I Learned to Swim

How I Learned to Swim

Jamie can’t swim. 

FAMEHUNGRY

FAMEHUNGRY

FAMEHUNGRY is a helter-skelter nose-dive into the TikTok universe, the attention economy, and what it means to be an artist now. 

300 Paintings

300 Paintings

Winner of eight Australian Fringe Festival awards. 

Main Character Energy

Main Character Energy

This is Temi’s show. 

Sophie Rose McCabe: Mother Bored

Sophie Rose McCabe: Mother Bored

Fringe debut by Edinburgh native, single mum and rising comedy star, Sophie Rose McCabe. 

Grow

Grow

Enjoy double the fun for more of the family in this brand-blooming-new version of Niall Moorjani’s 2023 sell-out smash hit, re-potted by the Suitcase Storytelling Company, creators… 

300 Hours Behind Fringe

300 Hours Behind Fringe

Ever wondered what it’s like to be a Edinburgh Fringe comedian? Neither has Moni Zhang, but she’s doing it anyway. 

Kemah Bob: Miss Fortunate

Kemah Bob: Miss Fortunate

Kemah Bob is just a force of nature. 

Sophie Duker: BUT DADDY I LOVE HER

Sophie Duker: BUT DADDY I LOVE HER

The sexiest comic alive (please do not factcheck!) brings her delusional new show to the Fringe. 

Celya AB: Of All People

Celya AB: Of All People

Celya is good in a crisis but cries at flashmob videos. 

Daliso Chaponda: Feed This Black Man Again

Daliso Chaponda: Feed This Black Man Again

Daliso performed his first show Feed This Black Man in the 2000s. 

Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip

Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip

Demi Adejuyigbe has promised big things for his debut Fringe show, Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip at Pleasance Courtyard: original songs, presentations, bits and … 

The Mariana Trench

The Mariana Trench

Click. 

Kiran Saggu: Slacks

Kiran Saggu: Slacks

Kiran Saggu hates hard work. 

An Irish Impressionist: Lavery on Location

An Irish Impressionist: Lavery on Location

Indulge your wanderlust in the company of Sir John Lavery. 

West End Fair

West End Fair

Since 1984, the West End Fair has offered an incredible offering of artists, designers and makers, each who sell only their own handmade work. 

Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–1990

Women in Revolt! Art and Activism in the UK 1970–1990

Be inspired by stories of collaboration, creativity and rebellion. 

C digital performance and film

C digital performance and film

Hand-picked shows from our digital performance programme and highlights from our critically-acclaimed short film programme. 

Healing Our Child Within

Healing Our Child Within

We all have a broken part of us that longs to belong and be healed. 

What Draupadi Said to Penelope

What Draupadi Said to Penelope

In the dead of night, as Penelope unravels the shroud she is weaving, a nocturnal wind blows through her chambers, bringing her the stories of women from the Mahabharata – tales … 

Horizon Showcase: Always Already

Horizon Showcase: Always Already

An eight-hour performance installation, using materials, text, song, sound, and movement to bring together plant, human and machine. 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Media, the production company of filmmaker Al Carretta, have been filmmaking disruptors since 2010. 

Alex and Roger Work It Out

Alex and Roger Work It Out

Roger O’Sullivan (BBC New Comedy Awards Regional finalist) has had work featured on BBC One, BBC Three, RTÉ and BBC Radio 4. 

Created to Be Creative

Created to Be Creative

Salvation Army artists from across the UK explore what it is to be creative in expressing their Christian faith. 

Black Laughs Matter

Black Laughs Matter

All. 

Colorhythm Painting Show

Colorhythm Painting Show

Colorhythm Risa uses her hands, sponges, sometimes her entire body, to apply colour across the canvas from end-to-end. 

A Perfectly Average Glimpse into a Perfectly Average Day

A Perfectly Average Glimpse into a Perfectly Average Day

5 monologues. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Stockbridge 3

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Stockbridge 3

The Art of Ecclesiastical Heraldry. 

Richard Duffy is Asleep: A Retrospective

Richard Duffy is Asleep: A Retrospective

We spend one third of our lives asleep. 

Aspects of Edinburgh (The Dene)

Aspects of Edinburgh (The Dene)

In a new series of abstract, conceptual and fine art oil paintings, contemporary Edinburgh artist Davy Macdonald showcases a stunning new collection of work inspired by the Dene. 

Paperwork

Paperwork

Last year EdinburghGuide. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Stockbridge 2

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent's Stockbridge 2

Basia Mindewicz, Director of the Edinburgh School of Icon Painting, explains the artistic techniques and spiritual inspiration behind one of the most venerated forms of sacred art. 

Amrita Dhaliwal: A Lady that Fikas

Amrita Dhaliwal: A Lady that Fikas

Want to Fika? The end is nigh darlings, and The Lady is ready to play. 

Trick Edinburgh

Trick Edinburgh

Trick Edinburgh is happening this summer, as Patrick Topping and this huge line-up come to The Royal Highland Centre this Friday August 18th for a very special summer night show. 

Sunanda Loves Britney

Sunanda Loves Britney

MICF’s Best Newcomer nominee, Sunanda, loves Britney (Spears, duh), but it took them till 30 to realise they never wanted to be Britney so much as do Britney. 

Drink Whole Night

Drink Whole Night

‘Who do you think is a better drinker, the Chinese god or the foreign god?’ ‘Do gods talk about fatalism even when they drink too much?’ Combining installation art, theatre, photog… 

Blueprints

Blueprints

Are you destined to repeat ancestral patterns forever? If you could know the entire history of your bloodline, and everything you’re passing on to your children, would you want t… 

Drink Whole Night

Drink Whole Night

‘Who do you think is a better drinker, the Chinese god or the foreign god?’ ‘Do gods talk about fatalism even when they drink too much?’ Combining installation art, theatre, photog… 

The Mariner's Song

The Mariner's Song

Adventurers! All aboard for this award-winning narrative odyssey navigating ancient myth, family history, and writer-performer Rajan Sharma’s own unique experience crewing on a D… 

Fanti Acrobats International

Fanti Acrobats International

Come and watch the hottest and most unique African traditional acrobatics and cultural show from Ghana, west Africa. 

Tales of Transatlantic Freedom

Tales of Transatlantic Freedom

Tales of Transatlantic Freedom is a glorious exploration of our global musical heritage. 

All the Glorious Moments In Between

All the Glorious Moments In Between

An explosion of nostalgia, joy and love releases itself on the stage, in the form of a poetic love letter. 

Wet

Wet

When you think of cabaret you might think of bawdy strip teases, caricatures of femininity, and lewd jokes. 

The Night of the Musicals

The Night of the Musicals

The Night of the Musicals is a dazzlingly fun, exceptionally energetic hour of musical entertainment. 

Mass Effect

Mass Effect

Mass Effect is an award-winning, high-intensity performance. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Old Saint Paul's Church

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Old Saint Paul's Church

In the Steps of the Master: Jesus and Landscape. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Michael and All Saints

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Michael and All Saints

The Art of Vestment. 

Alex and Sharlin: White Chicks 2

Alex and Sharlin: White Chicks 2

A split hour from two stand-ups who happen to be brown women. 

Dane Baptiste: Bapsquire

Dane Baptiste: Bapsquire

Most of us are supposed to mellow with age and Dane shouldn’t be the angry black man the media portrays him to be at times. 

Four Cut Sunflowers

Four Cut Sunflowers

‘When light and dark converge, it is an act of creation…’. 

Sun and Crystal

Sun and Crystal

Two shadows are dancing in a field of flowers next to a battlefield. 

Egg: Absolutely Fine

Egg: Absolutely Fine

Just a fresh new show from two fresh young gals who, honestly, are absolutely fine. 

Pinched

Pinched

What happens when you fall so deeply into another’s world that you forget who you are? A one-woman experimental exploration of identity, self-worth, body image and relationships’… 

I See Three

I See Three

I See Three is a split-bill, stand-up comedy show from exciting new black comedy trio IC3. 

Colorhythm Painting Show

Colorhythm Painting Show

Colorhythm Risa uses her hands, sponges, sometimes her entire body, to apply colour across the canvas from end-to-end. 

Omar Ibrahim: Decolonise This

Omar Ibrahim: Decolonise This

Omar is a working class, mixed race, neurodivergent comedian who dislikes labels. 

Correspondences

Correspondences

Correspondences is a poetic, reflective and colourful art show of works on paper and in other media by Benet Haughton. 

An Evening With Drag Artist – Destynee

An Evening With Drag Artist – Destynee

An Evening with Destynee: a British-born drag artist with Sierra Leonean / West African roots. 

Addicts and Those Who Love Them

Addicts and Those Who Love Them

Behind every addict is someone traumatised by loving them. 

Under a Lime Sky

Under a Lime Sky

Blackflowersstudio gallery presents drawings, paintings and sculpture from I Jordan’s early ‘Crow’ series. 

The Parliament of Poets

The Parliament of Poets

Apollo calls the poets of the nations, East and West, to assemble on the moon to consult on the meaning of modern life, teaching a universal celebration of life. 

Into the Ruins of Modernity

Into the Ruins of Modernity

Evokes and summons up the atrocities we human beings perpetrate on one another and affirms our deepest human capacities for cooperation and peace. 

Immrama: Columba's Journey, Your Story

Immrama: Columba's Journey, Your Story

Immrama were ancient voyage tales, allegories of our journey through life. 

Cathedral Song School Tours

Cathedral Song School Tours

The Cathedral Song School is decorated with murals by Phoebe Traquair, painted between 1888 and 1892. 

New Look Waverley Local Artist Takeover

New Look Waverley Local Artist Takeover

Local artist Elle Johnston is taking over New Look Waverley’s Windows with a bespoke Festival Fringe window, designed and painted live by Elle herself! Graduating from Edinburgh Un… 

Colorhythm Painting Show

Colorhythm Painting Show

Colorhythm Risa uses her hands, sponges, sometimes her entire body, to apply colour across the canvas from end-to-end. 

Leith Makes Good

Leith Makes Good

Leith Makes Good. 

Phoebe Traquair Murals at the Mansfield Traquair Centre

Phoebe Traquair Murals at the Mansfield Traquair Centre

Phoebe Anna Traquair Murals at Mansfield Traquair Centre. 

Causey Lines

Causey Lines

Irene Campbell, Kate Henderson and John Nowak once again bring colour with a dash of monochrome to the Whitespace Gallery in Edinburgh Southside’s historic East Crosscauseway. 

Clay 2023

Clay 2023

A vibrant show of contemporary ceramics by our resident and guest artists celebrating the versatility of clay. 

Artists' Open Studios and Exhibition

Artists' Open Studios and Exhibition

The 70+ artists/makers of the buzzing Coburg House open their studios to the public. 

A Retrospection

A Retrospection

Claire Woolner, LA-based absurdist comedian, blows hard on the edges of performance art and swims into surrealist clown. 

360° Street Art Exhibition, Spray Paint Tasters and Affordable Art Sale

360° Street Art Exhibition, Spray Paint Tasters and Affordable Art Sale

Quality Yard brings you a free outdoor 360° wrap-around exhibition of creative street art and graffiti by nationally and internationally exhibited artists. 

Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia (The Full Inglish)

Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia (The Full Inglish)

Award-winning comedian Raul Kohli considers himself British Indian or Inglish. 

God Done Opened the Sky!!

God Done Opened the Sky!!

God Done Opened the Sky is Jersten Ray Seraile’s tale of young boy realising that his inner world and outer world are painfully conflicted – the way he sees himself is not the wa… 

Star Stripe Skyscape

Star Stripe Skyscape

An exhibition of past paintings, prints and drawings refreshed by the new series, Star Stripe Skyscape, ethereal skies brought under control by the symbols of army and power. 

Common Dissonance

Common Dissonance

Not all circus is dance, but Na Djinang Circus’ Common Dissonance certainly is. 

African-ish

African-ish

South African comedian, Ambrose Uren, shares his unique story in this stand-up comedy show filled with unexpected twists. 

Stone – Face – Book

Stone – Face – Book

Stone – Face – Book. 

Sensuous Governing

Sensuous Governing

Away from the hurly-burly of the centre of the city, one of the Sisters Hope parades the silent streets, ringing the bell to call the initiates to the ritual. 

Stuck in Free Fall

Stuck in Free Fall

Stuck in Free Fall is a show about Nothing. 

Conquest of Bread / Conquista del Pan

Conquest of Bread / Conquista del Pan

Conquest of Bread is a creative and critical space woven mostly by working women and domestic workers from San Juan de Abajo, Mexico, to discuss their working conditions. 

Dibubuísmos

Dibubuísmos

Dibubuismo, by the poet Paes Loureiro is letting the spirit work in its daydreams, while the body rests floating, ‘dibubuia in the river’. 

Variaciones sobre el Café

Variaciones sobre el Café

Drawing from an investigation into the lives of women coffee producers and sorters in Pluma Hidalgo, Variaciones sobre el Café invites contemplation and reflection on the processe… 

Nova

Nova

Written and performed by Obehi Janice, Nova follows a Nigerian-American comedian navigating desire, pussy and power. 

A Snake in the House Means the Family Will Never Want

A Snake in the House Means the Family Will Never Want

Opening with a voice note of the artist’s mother reflecting on overwork, xenophobia and cultural invisibility through the semiotics of the snake and the ingrained tendency of Hek… 

Drag & Draw

Drag & Draw

An art class with a difference! We host life-drawing sessions with drag queens as models, so it’s essentially half art class and half drag show. 

The Others

The Others

The Others is a piece of devised theatre based upon the struggles and experience of everyone who is on the outside. 

4/4/4: 4 Real Asians, 4 White Men, 4 Fake Asians

4/4/4: 4 Real Asians, 4 White Men, 4 Fake Asians

Direct from a sold-out NYC run, 4/4/4 is a radical new play that features 4 real Asian actors playing 4 White men playing 4 fake Asians. 

Beasts (Why Girls Shouldn't Fear The Dark)

Beasts (Why Girls Shouldn't Fear The Dark)

When Ruva experiences street harassment, her entire world is thrown into chaos and turmoil. 

Tai Chi and Qigong Demonstrations with Taster Session

Tai Chi and Qigong Demonstrations with Taster Session

Tai Chi and Qigong Form performance covers hands form, push hands, weapons and application followed by Q and A. 

The Society for New Cuisine

The Society for New Cuisine

Are you truly satisfied with how you are living, or do things feel. 

Sid Singh: Table for One

Sid Singh: Table for One

Award-winning lefty comedian and human rights advocate Sid Singh takes you on a hilarious journey as he figures out how to fight the good fight… as far from home as possible! The… 

2023 Asian Daddy, Dead: Pitch-Black Humour Guaranteed!

2023 Asian Daddy, Dead: Pitch-Black Humour Guaranteed!

Emerging from the ashes of her father’s death, Moni Zhang brings you a dark and hilarious comedy show that will leave you gasping for air. 

Seymour Mace Does Drawring

Seymour Mace Does Drawring

I draw pictures of the things that live in my head. 

Weathervanes

Weathervanes

Weathervanes is an immersive-multimedia exhibit and ritual dance-theatre experience – a re-thinking of the beautiful and what is holy. 

Jamie Primrose: Visions of Edinburgh – 20th Anniversary Showcase

Jamie Primrose: Visions of Edinburgh – 20th Anniversary Showcase

The best-selling contemporary Scottish artist’s eagerly anticipated retrospective of over 50 stunning oil paintings, inks and prints. 

Scottish Art and Aperitivo – Thursday Lates

Scottish Art and Aperitivo – Thursday Lates

Discover Scottish Women Artists and new perspectives on Scottish art with recent graduates from Scotland’s major art schools. 

One Way Out

One Way Out

Winner of the 2023 Edinburgh Untapped Award, One Way Out is a powerful exploration of the injustices suffered by the Windrush generation, through the lens of four boys from South L… 

Kenya Handle It?

Kenya Handle It?

Irreverent. 

Ben Target: LORENZO

Ben Target: LORENZO

Award-winning performance artist and comedian of Fringes gone by, Ben Target, welcomes us with coffee on arrival into the Anatomy Lecture Theatre at Summerhall, a delightfully old-… 

Aglow

Aglow

A passage of light or striation of colour that glows within main body unites the works by Dundee-based painter Robert McGilvray and Edinburgh-based glass-artist Alison Jardine. 

You Can Call it Confirmation Bias

You Can Call it Confirmation Bias

A performance grounded in friendship and a desire for objects to predict the future. 

Michael Welch: Ethnic Reveal Party

Michael Welch: Ethnic Reveal Party

Which ethnicity will he be? Come join us to see! You are invited to Michael Welch’s Ethnic Reveal Party in which he will finally answer that age-old question: ‘where are you really… 

Matt Hutchinson: Hostile

Matt Hutchinson: Hostile

Matt is an NHS doctor – what a hero! Also a fast-rising comedian, finalist in the Leicester Square New Comedian and Hackney Empire New Act competition. 

Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson

Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson

Chris Grace, Chinese-American character best known for playing Jerry on Superstore, portrays the greatest living Asian actor Scarlett Johansson through comedy, theatre, stand-up an… 

Stark Bollock Naked

Stark Bollock Naked

Stark Bollock Naked does exactly what it says on the tin - minus the bollocks. 

Sikisa: Hear Me Out

Sikisa: Hear Me Out

Sikisa’s Hear Me Out is a wonderful hour of stand-up that raises the roof with material that leaves you with a smile on your face and a spring in your step. 

Mamoun Elagab: Why I Love White People

Mamoun Elagab: Why I Love White People

Comedian Mamoun Elagab will not kiss your ass. 

Mary O'Connell: Money Princess

Mary O'Connell: Money Princess

Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop. 

Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello: Body Show

Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello: Body Show

Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello’s Body show is a dystopian cacophony of farce, comedy and tragedy. 

Taiwan Season: #Since1994

Taiwan Season: #Since1994

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. 

In/Outside: Visible Things

In/Outside: Visible Things

There are things that are visible and invisible in this world. 

Good Morning, Faggi

Good Morning, Faggi

Good Morning, Faggi is a vulnerable and hilarious autobiographical musical where a gay actor in his prime tries to understand why he suffered a sudden nervous breakdown. 

Unforgettable Girl

Unforgettable Girl

Money can’t buy love, but £19. 

Santi and Naz

Santi and Naz

Best friends Santi and Naz live in pre-partition India. 

Growler

Growler

Sprouting out from a geyser of the primordial soups o' being comes Growler – The 82-year old drum banging, shamanic vulva. 

Aboriginal Comedy Allstars

Aboriginal Comedy Allstars

Australia’s premier First Nations comedians bring huge belly laughs from the heart of the wide brown land. 

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World is a 15-minute consultation delivered through a 1 on 1 phone call, in which the solo audience members’ responses through a yes or n… 

HIGH STEAKS

HIGH STEAKS

HIGH STEAKS is a show about labia, labia-shaming, cosmetic surgery and fundamentally, body lovin’. 

Shoot the Cameraman

Shoot the Cameraman

Shoot the Cameraman. 

Saturn Return

Saturn Return

A Saturn Return is one’s astrological coming of age, propelling major life transformations. 

What You See When Your Eyes Are Closed / What You Don't See When Your Eyes Are Open

What You See When Your Eyes Are Closed / What You Don't See When Your Eyes Are Open

Monster vs Hero, TV Camera vs Reporter, Husband vs Husband: their battles and rituals. 

Siapa Yang Bawa Melayu Aku Pergi? (Who Took My Malay Away?)

Siapa Yang Bawa Melayu Aku Pergi? (Who Took My Malay Away?)

SYBMAP? is a lecture-performance that investigates Faizal’s Muslim-Malay-Singaporean identity and his relationship with each noun, especially the latter two. 

Tanken

Tanken

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. 

A Fairie Tale

A Fairie Tale

You might reasonably assume a fairy tale to be set long ago and far away, but master storyteller Niall Moorjiani returns to the genre’s roots. 

Scottish Women Artists

Scottish Women Artists

Offering a fresh history of Scottish art since 1750, this exhibition spotlights key artists, all of whom are women. 

West End Fair

West End Fair

This year’s fair runs from 31st July to 27th August in the grounds of St John’s Church. 

Grayson Perry: Smash Hits

Grayson Perry: Smash Hits

Popular and provocative, Grayson Perry makes art that deals with difficult and complex ideas in an accessible and often funny way. 

C digital performance and film

C digital performance and film

Hand-picked shows from our digital performance programme and highlights from our critically acclaimed short-film programme. 

King of More: A Divination

King of More: A Divination

Join a ritual performance around Bosnian coffee-reading to both slow down time and look to the near future. 

Hiccups

Hiccups

Living life is hard enough when you’re trying to find your feet in a new world of work and romance. 

He's Dead

He's Dead

He’s Dead is a dark fantasy choreography asking the unanswerable question: Was Tupac depressed? This conceptual group work uses dance, live action and sound to unearth the unspoken… 

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Film Festival

Now in its ninth consecutive season, Nightpiece continues to platform exciting filmmakers from across the globe. 

Dykegeist

Dykegeist

Dykegeist, a choreographic performance from Manchester-born London-based artist Eve Stainton, with live sound performed by musician Mica Levi. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge (Exhibition)

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge (Exhibition)

Exhibition: The Art of Illumination. 

The Infinity of Eight

The Infinity of Eight

Eight: The symbol of the infinite; of ancient understandings, timeless and boundless. 

Gayboys

Gayboys

Two gay men are here to perform for your pleasure. 

Lots and Not Lots

Lots and Not Lots

A performance of thrilling extremes: lots of performers, lots of singing, lots of dancing. 

Say You're With Me – Piano and Creative Coding

Say You're With Me – Piano and Creative Coding

Algorithms are art. 

Sagas and Seascapes

Sagas and Seascapes

Norse stories form the inspiration for this performance by Nordic Viola. 

Taiwan Season: Experimentation and Innovation: Crossing Boundaries in Digital and Performing Arts

Taiwan Season: Experimentation and Innovation: Crossing Boundaries in Digital and Performing Arts

Come join a panel of experts and gain valuable insights into the strategic thinking and collaborative developments linking digital and live art forms in Taiwan and the world. 

Taiwan Season: Experimentation and Innovation: Crossing Boundaries in Digital and Performing Arts

Taiwan Season: Experimentation and Innovation: Crossing Boundaries in Digital and Performing Arts

Come join a panel of experts and gain valuable insights into the strategic thinking and collaborative developments linking digital and live art forms in Taiwan and the world. 

Who I Am: The Bugle Creative Group With Ciara Menzies

Who I Am: The Bugle Creative Group With Ciara Menzies

The Bugle is a project supporting people affected by homelessness and its surrounding issues to express themselves in art and writing. 

Herviss Family

Herviss Family

Meet the Herviss Family and journey to their world. 

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Church of the Sacred Heart

Sacred Arts Festival Visual Art at Church of the Sacred Heart

Painting the Way of the Cross. 

Pan Gu

Pan Gu

Pangu is a 50-minute physical dance play based on a Chinese mythic story in the Classic of Mountain and Seas. 

Our Colourful Cities

Our Colourful Cities

An afternoon of live painting by contemporary Spanish artist David Escarabajal, offering a unique insight into his bold, expressive, and experimental fine art techniques. 

Violate (Musically)!

Violate (Musically)!

Change takes time and courage. 

Revolting Arts Club... Life Drawing Aboard the Blun-Doodle-Bus!

Revolting Arts Club... Life Drawing Aboard the Blun-Doodle-Bus!

Relaxing, joyful life-drawing sessions hosted by Revolting Rosy Pendlebaby starring a different Fringe artist muse every day! Are you drowning in the creative outpourings of others… 

Tuesday Night Sleeping Club

Tuesday Night Sleeping Club

Tuesday Night Sleeping Club: a night-and-action radio. 

158th Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography

158th Edinburgh International Exhibition of Photography

First run in 1861, this exhibition is one of the oldest and longest running photographic salons in the world. 

Exhibition: Loving Earth Project

Exhibition: Loving Earth Project

The Loving Earth Project, started by a few Quakers in 2019, now comprises over 400 textile panels exploring responses to climate change and environmental breakdown. 

MaX-XiM

MaX-XiM

Zaibatxu presents: MaX-XiM. 

Artists' Open Studios and Exhibition

Artists' Open Studios and Exhibition

The 70+ artists/makers of the buzzing Coburg House open their studios to the public. 

Tai Chi and Qigong Classes – Zoom / In Person

Tai Chi and Qigong Classes – Zoom / In Person

We will demonstrate a series of Tai Chi and Qigong forms covering free hands, weapons and applications of authentic Chen Style Tai Chi form and Chinese Health Qigong exercises, the… 

Tai Chi and Qigong Classes – Zoom / In Person

Tai Chi and Qigong Classes – Zoom / In Person

We will demonstrate a series of Tai Chi and Qigong forms covering free hands, weapons and applications of authentic Chen Style Tai Chi form and Chinese Health Qigong exercises, the… 

The West End Fair

The West End Fair

The West End Fair returns to the stunning grounds of St John’s Church. 

Causey Lines Four

Causey Lines Four

Returning to Edinburgh Southside’s historic East Crosscauseway, Irene, Kate, Tricia and John once again bring colour with a dash of monochrome to the Whitespace Gallery. 

Pentalogia Feminina

Pentalogia Feminina

Paola Mcclure, Gillian Murray, Leena Nammari, Louise Ritchie, Jill Skulina present: Pentalogia Feminina. 

Phoebe Traquair Murals at the Mansfield Traquair Centre

Phoebe Traquair Murals at the Mansfield Traquair Centre

Come and visit Edinburgh’s Sistine Chapel, and see the beautiful, scintillating mural scheme by celebrated arts and crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair. 

What! Art Collective Team Exhibition

What! Art Collective Team Exhibition

Contemporary arts in a historic setting. 

Speaking From The Body

Speaking From The Body

‘A dancer of tremendous joy’ **** (Fest, 2014). 

Arcadia at the Crescent

Arcadia at the Crescent

Following on from the success of last year’s Fringe show, Michael will again open his Georgian townhouse to visitors. 

Paperwork

Paperwork

Last year EdinburghGuide. 

Am I Alone? John K

Am I Alone? John K

Author/actor Stephanie Vlahos gives a performance that blurs author with character, thought with creation, fear with love as she embodies the character John K Mercury, an accidenta… 

How to Be a Girl (In Three Easy Steps)

How to Be a Girl (In Three Easy Steps)

Gara spent most of their life being a “girl”. 

The Worst Thing You Could Do

The Worst Thing You Could Do

‘Unsettling yet captivating’ (Alt A Review). 

A Journey Within: An Artistic Blend of Sufi Music and the Motions of Sama

A Journey Within: An Artistic Blend of Sufi Music and the Motions of Sama

Let the ensemble take you on a journey of sound and motion through a modern artistic portrayal of this 1,400 year-old spiritual practice. 

Megalith

Megalith

Rocks. 

Edinburgh Drag Challenge

Edinburgh Drag Challenge

Welcome to Edinburgh’s newest drag show. 

12 Angry Women

12 Angry Women

Some of the monologues are shorter than others and vary in length and topic but all of the women have some form or variation of anger inside them. 

The Big Love Exhibition (Contemporary Street Art By Sleek)

The Big Love Exhibition (Contemporary Street Art By Sleek)

Young Scottish contemporary artist Sleek debuts an exhibition of work showcasing his street art. 

EN-PERFECIÓN

EN-PERFECIÓN

Originating in the underground scene, the company Materia Prima was born from the merger of the Italian performer Domiziano Cristopharo and Jose Luis Lemos, challenging perceptions… 

Twa

Twa

A twisted, memoiristic fairytale, blending theatrical storytelling, with Flore Gardner’s animated and live (on-stage) drawings. 

Life Drawing With a Comedian

Life Drawing With a Comedian

Life drawing meets comedy! That’s right, if our jokes don’t make you laugh our poses will. 

Verse

Verse

A double-bill of two contrasting pieces: In/visible from calligrapher and choreographer Chiharu Kuronuma, and Tranquilizer from juggler Teruki Okamoto. 

Eve: All About Her

Eve: All About Her

Award-winning actor and cabaret artist, Keith Ramsay, blends live music and and spoken word to deconstruct the concepts of camp and queer mythology for a post-Stonewall generation. 

Waterloo

Waterloo

Waterloo is a whacky, one-woman show by Bron Batten detailing her affair with a conservative military official. 

Frankie Thompson: Catts

Frankie Thompson: Catts

‘Go for the cat-worship, stay for the side-splitting silliness, and rave about it to all your friends. 

Mustard

Mustard

Triple Fringe First and Olivier winning Fishamble, in association with Fringe First winning Sunday’s Child, return to Summerhall with the 2019 hit show Mustard by Eva O’Connor. 

Taiwan Season: Tomato
BOBBY WINNER

Taiwan Season: Tomato

Tomatoes erotic? Yes, erotic, silly, surreal, constantly surprising, Tomato, a physical theatre piece by dancer/choreographer Chou Kuan-Jou is brilliant. 

Age Is a Feeling

Age Is a Feeling

The ephemeral beauty of a flower in bloom carries the unspoken narrative of decay and death. 

Epic Film Music Concert

Epic Film Music Concert

The most iconic film soundtracks (Pirates of the Caribbeans, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, The Lord of the Rings, Interstellar and many more) played live in a unique, e… 

Materia

Materia

A choreography for several polystyrene shapes and one human. 

Intruder / Intruz

Intruder / Intruz

Shortlisted for Adrian Pagan Playwriting Award and BBC Writersroom. 

Ascending Light

Ascending Light

Peter Davis works from the almost deserted location of Silwick in West Mainland of Shetland, where he is surrounded by unobstructed seaviews and dramatic cliffs. 

The Dirty Thirty PLUS

The Dirty Thirty PLUS

A new valiant attempt to perform 30 plays in just one hour! Chaotic and courageous, gleeful and gamified, The Dirty Thirty PLUS is the live-est of live theatre exploding the conven… 

Duncan Shanks | Riverbank – Landscape of Sorrow and Hope

Duncan Shanks | Riverbank – Landscape of Sorrow and Hope

Duncan Shanks finds his subject in his riverside garden in the Clyde Valley, painting the changing seasons with an emotional engagement that chronicles the constant cycle of loss a… 

Kirsten Coelho | Uncertain Cadence

Kirsten Coelho | Uncertain Cadence

Australian ceramicist Kirsten Coelho presents her first solo exhibition, Uncertain Cadence, with The Scottish Gallery. 

Raphael Magister Raffaello

Raphael Magister Raffaello

World-renowned tapestry studio Dovecot presents the life and work of Renaissance Master Raphael (1483–1520) in a landmark digital exhibition and tapestry marking his 500th annive… 

Robert Blomfield: Student of Light 

Robert Blomfield: Student of Light 

Following the recent deposit of the landmark archive of acclaimed street photographer Robert Blomfield (1938–2020) at the Centre for Research Collections, this exhibition celebra… 

Alison Kinnaird: Art in Glass – a Closer Look

Alison Kinnaird: Art in Glass – a Closer Look

Alison Kinnaird is an internationally acclaimed visual artist and musician. 

Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life

Barbara Hepworth: Art and Life

This incredible retrospective spans 20th-century British artist Hepworth’s entire career. 

Antennae

Antennae

A pandemic-induced trip down memory lane, featuring puppets and a treatise on The Sopranos, is put into hyper-speed when a gender non-conforming praying mantis named E appears in K… 

A Suffocating Choking Feeling

A Suffocating Choking Feeling

What can an aspiring popstar do to get her big break and rise to stardom? Faking brain cancer might not be your first guess, but that is exactly what Simone Hamilton did. 

Grin

Grin

Challenging, daring, with longeurs but also explosive moments, this makes for uncomfortable viewing but is a much-needed and to be applauded show. 

The Hospital

The Hospital

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… 

MOOT MOOT

MOOT MOOT

‘What’s going on…??’ Rosana Cade cries, with their head in the seat of a swivel chair, spinning slowly in front of a fixated and silent audience. 

Tricky Second Album

Tricky Second Album

In Bed With My Brother spend the largest portion of this, notably their third Edinburgh show, conducting a kind of aural warfare on their audience. 

Grayson Perry – Julie Cope’s Grand Tour

Grayson Perry – Julie Cope’s Grand Tour

Written on an arch, Julie Cope’s Grand Tour: The Story of a Life by Grayson Perry, gives the sense of entering a house, secret garden or place of habitation. 

La Galerie

La Galerie

If you’ve ever looked at a field of unbroken snow and wanted to run across it, or a blank piece of paper and wanted to color it, La Galerie is absolutely the circus show for you. 

Spray

Spray

We find ourselves between a neighbourly feud in a block of flats in Seoul. 

Sex Education

Sex Education

As I write this review I find myself enveloped by a certain degree of caution. 

Resurrecting Bobby Awl

Resurrecting Bobby Awl

"Poor Fellow. 

Lucy McCormick: Post Popular

Lucy McCormick: Post Popular

Post Popular is Lucy McCormick’s attempt to follow-up her fantastic and hugely popular show Triple Threat. 

Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley

A visit to a Bridget Riley exhibition is the closest thing to a "trip" a non-narcotic taker can experience. 

Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage

Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage

The Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art play host to the first-ever survey exhibition of collage in the world. 

Void

Void

Void is really intense, in the best possible way. 

DollyWould

DollyWould

Sh!t Theatre’s sell out show from last year returns for a limited run at Summerhall, in what is perhaps the most bizarre, strange and utterly hysterical hours of performance art … 

Picasso's Women

Picasso's Women

Given how many inhabited his life, Picasso’s Women is but a mere glimpse from one side of the bed into what they endured. 

Dep

Dep

ĐẸP is a Vietnamese word that translates as ‘beautiful’, and is also the starting point for Dam Van Huynh’s dance work that explores the nature of the human condition, tak… 

(Some)Body

(Some)Body

Last year, I was lucky enough to catch Alyona Ageeva’s Physical Theatre PosleSlov perform to a small audience and immediately became a fan. 

Paul Foot: Image Conscious

Paul Foot: Image Conscious

There are going to be two kinds of people who read this review: fans of Paul Foot, and people who are curious about Paul Foot. 

Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl

Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl

Make sure you arrive at Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl a few minutes early; performer Jess Love is thrilled to offer you a coffee, a tea, or a biscuit in the queue. 

Baby Face

Baby Face

“Have you ever fantasised about someone like me?” Katy Dye asks the audience, not as an adult woman, not as a performance artist, but as a 15-year-old school girl. 

Elaine Davidson's Kinky Freakshow

Elaine Davidson's Kinky Freakshow

Elaine Davidson is something of an Edinburgh icon. 

Our Carnal Hearts

Our Carnal Hearts

Our Carnal Hearts is a wicked and totally absorbing cathartic purging experience, exalting the darker shades of humanity that dwell within us all. 

Break Up (We Need to Talk)

Break Up (We Need to Talk)

Five hours is a long time for everyone – it’s a long time for a viewer, it’s a long time for an actor, and it’s a long time to have an excruciating conversation about your … 

Help!

Help!

If you’ve ever wondered what having a mental-health issue feels like then head down to Help!. 

After 4 – Over the Moon

After 4 – Over the Moon

In Korea when somebody dies, people say they have gone ‘over the moon’ or ‘crossed the river’. 

Paul Foot: 'Tis a Pity She's a Piglet

Paul Foot: 'Tis a Pity She's a Piglet

Culminating in an audience member punching a stuffed monkey named Jonnie whilst Paul Foot shouts ridiculous syncopated mottos about equality for all mankind, this show provides alm… 

Julio Torres: My Favourite Shapes

Julio Torres: My Favourite Shapes

What connects plastic penguins and the floundering middle class? Straight men and empty bottles of Gatorade? Melania Trump and the crumpled foil of a Ferrero Rocher? Julio Torres i… 

Losers

Losers

These four friends are absolutely obsessed with reality TV. 

Popular Comedian Rob Mulholland

Popular Comedian Rob Mulholland

Rob Mulholland assures us that he’s a popular comedian and then launches into a tirade against the so-called middle class comedians who sell out at the Fringe. 

Betty Grumble: Love and Anger (or Sex Clown Saves the World Again!)

Betty Grumble: Love and Anger (or Sex Clown Saves the World Again!)

How does one describe Betty Grumble? No really, I’m at a loss. 

Bob Slayer: Whatever Next?

Bob Slayer: Whatever Next?

Something akin to Grand Master of the bits of the Fringe that aren’t ‘a capitalist mess’, as he styles it, a visit to Bob Slayer’s double-decker bus is a source of rejuvena… 

David Huntsberger: Big Nothingness

David Huntsberger: Big Nothingness

David Huntsberger’s stand-up show is problematic as a comedy show as it has very little resembling a joke. 

Workshy

Workshy

Workshy is a performance art piece by Katy Baird, a lady more experienced in customer service roles than theatrical ones. 

DollyWould

DollyWould

Sh!t Theatre are excited to present their ‘mainstream crossover’ hit following their 2016 show Letters to Windsor House that earned them a Fringe First. 

Collapse

Collapse

In under thirty minutes Collapse presents a hauntingly hypnotic exploration of Cassandra’ agony as she prophetically laments the collapse of her city. 

I Will Carry You Over Hard Times

I Will Carry You Over Hard Times

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. 

Terror Australis

Terror Australis

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… 

OUT

OUT

We are presented with two bodies: a loud Jamaican dance hall music and disco lights. 

The Story of You and I (A Performance Trilogy)

The Story of You and I (A Performance Trilogy)

If you ever crave the feeling that all the weight has been taken off your shoulders, this show and its desire to unburden you is worth a shot. 

BLINDFOLD: The Night of the Hunt

BLINDFOLD: The Night of the Hunt

I wasn’t entirely sure what I’d witnessed after walking out of BLINDFOLD: The Night of the Hunt, a surreal play by Greek company THE. 

Bildraum

Bildraum

Bildraum is part of the ‘Big in Belgium’ series, featuring six of the country’s many outstanding theatre and performance companies. 

The Birds#1. Corpses

The Birds#1. Corpses

Alfred Hitchcock has already firmly established that birds are terrifying beyond doubt. 

The Rules Of Inflation

The Rules Of Inflation

This is no ordinary birthday party. 

Into the Shadows of Shakespeare – Free

Into the Shadows of Shakespeare – Free

The Tempest, retold by children whose first language isn’t even English. 

The Nutty Professor and His Amazing Magic Bubble Show

The Nutty Professor and His Amazing Magic Bubble Show

Bubble-lovers will rejoice in this fun, immersive spectacle lead by the energetic assistant Ms Squeaky Bottom and the Nutty Professor himself. 

On Ego by Mick Gordon

On Ego by Mick Gordon

Many theatre companies oversell their wares with outrageous hyperbole. 

Paul Foot: 'Tis a Pity She's a Piglet

Paul Foot: 'Tis a Pity She's a Piglet

For a comedian with such a cult following, renowned for surrealist originality, I was very excited about my first encounter with Paul Foot’s comedy. 

Grumble: Sex Clown Saves the World

Grumble: Sex Clown Saves the World

Kate Bush may well have adopted a new receptacle in the form of a skimpy harlequin from down under. 

Lucy McCormick: Triple Threat

Lucy McCormick: Triple Threat

Triple Threat is a gloriously transgressive flurry of punky, feminist mayhem. 

AART

AART

As Mikey (Andrew Bridge) welcomes you to thePleasance Green, he’s very chatty, dressed in an unusual combination of sports shorts, a yellow jumper and a sparkly poncho. 

Labels

Labels

Joe Sellman-Leava has lived with labels his entire life and he also has to live with the consequences of them. 

4D Cinema

4D Cinema

In 1923, Marlene Dietrich made the transition from stage to cinema through a bit part in German silent comedy The Little Napoleon. 

(I Could Go on Singing) Over the Rainbow

(I Could Go on Singing) Over the Rainbow

It’s a strange and unsettling thing being stood stock-still for a few minutes, gazing into a stranger’s eyes. 

How (Not) to Live in Suburbia

How (Not) to Live in Suburbia

Annie Siddon’s (almost) one-woman show, How (Not) To Live In Suburbia, is an absolute treat from Siddon’s first smile to the audience as she takes the stage, until she exits. 

Pollyanna

Pollyanna

The Paradise Palms is a difficult venue in which to perform. 

Damián Ortega

Damián Ortega

The Fruitmarket Gallery boasts “World class contemporary art at the heart of the city”. 

Celts

Celts

The Celts exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland is well worth a visit. 

Seven

Seven

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… 

Hardly Still Walking, Not Yet Flying

Hardly Still Walking, Not Yet Flying

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. 

Un-Titled

Un-Titled

Facing both her 80th year and an unveiling of a new piece of artwork, artist Gert has a lot to think about. 

Owl Time

Owl Time

Inspired by a phrase from Virginia Woolf to describe dusk, Owl Time is a gentle production that provides political punch. 

Edit Profile

Edit Profile

Newly single and HIV positive Pete listens to the consolations of his best friend Vanessa on his voicemail. 

Tomorrow's Parties

Tomorrow's Parties

Forced Entertainment have a legendary reputation for creating innovative, engaging and challenging theatre and performance. 

The Power of Music

The Power of Music

There’s something infectious about certain ad jingles. 

The Misfit Analysis

The Misfit Analysis

Theatre is, for the most part, about telling stories with the aids of actors, scenery and props; in contrast, stand-up comedy is usually about a single person sharing their perspec… 

A String Section

A String Section

Here is what happens in A String Section: five women cut the legs off the chairs on which they are sitting. 

Donald Does Dusty

Donald Does Dusty

Donald Torr was, apparently, the best big brother any little girl could have, especially growing up on the outskirts of 1960s’ Aberdeen. 

Antiwords

Antiwords

Antiwords is a piece inspired by Václav Havel’s play Audience, featuring an awkward dialogue between a dissident playwright and a drunken brew master. 

IamI

IamI

Yet again CalArts pushes forward the frontiers of theatre with an extraordinary, fascinating and labyrinthine work. 

The Nutty Professor and his Amazing Magic Bubble Show

The Nutty Professor and his Amazing Magic Bubble Show

Children’s entertainment should be brimming with energy, lovable and over-the-top characters, and enchanting tricks. 

Carnival Medea: A Bacchanal

Carnival Medea: A Bacchanal

From Georgia State University comes a wonderful reimagining of the Medea myth, reset in the colourful trappings of Trinidad’s carnival. 

PAN

PAN

PAN, the Korean word for festival, is a showcase of traditional dance and drumming and forms an eye-opening if not always compelling introduction to the country’s performance. 

Lewis Schaffer is Free until Famous, £5

Lewis Schaffer is Free until Famous, £5

Lewis Schaffer states that although he normally occupies rooms on one of the free fringes during August, for his 2015 run he’s charging folk a fiver. 

Brush

Brush

This is a sweet and imaginative show that really draws you into the story that the delightful characters wish to tell. 

Tutte Contro Verdi

Tutte Contro Verdi

The rise of feminist critique in the world of opera has given life to some fascinating discussions. 

Bloodcream

Bloodcream

Poet Bog Polanco’s idea for this bite-sized poetry performance is really good: inspired by paintings from Scotland’s major collections he performs a series of poems he’s writ… 

My Beautiful Black Dog

My Beautiful Black Dog

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… 

Fake It 'til You Make It

Fake It 'til You Make It

Bryony Kimmings is a theatre maker, performer and actor. 

Paul Foot

Paul Foot

Surrealist comedian Paul Foot is an Edinburgh Fringe institution. 

Show Your Hope

Show Your Hope

Show your Hope is a mobile art exhibition by Dutch storyteller Mr Martin who has been travelling all over the world with a van full of paintings since 2003. 

39 Steps by Patrick Barlow

39 Steps by Patrick Barlow

It’s fitting that, given how this is the centenary of its original publication by Edinburgh-based publisher Blackwood’s, that at least one version of John Buchan’s classic th… 

Shift/ – A Best of Spoken Word

Shift/ – A Best of Spoken Word

Shift is a collective of poets that includes Rachel Amey, Bram Gieben, Harry Giles, Jenny Lindsay, Ali Maloney, Rachel McCrum and Sam Small. 

Some People Talk About Violence

Some People Talk About Violence

With the title Some People Talk About Violence one would be forgiven for thinking Barrel Organ’s new show is serious and depressing. 

Women's Hour

Women's Hour

“Doesn’t she look lovely?” Louise Mothersole and Rebecca Biscuit coo again and again, spitting irony. 

Jamie Wood – O No!

Jamie Wood – O No!

This is one of the strangest hours I have ever passed. 

Lee Miller and Picasso

Lee Miller and Picasso

Edinburgh is a hotbed of street performance, pushy flyerers and hill-related exhaustion at this time of year. 

No More Miss America!

No More Miss America!

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. 

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