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Skinner & T'witch: Folk, Flamenco and Theatre-Style Songs
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
Drawing on music hall and vaudeville traditions, Skinner & T’witch’s show combines comedy and satire with folk, flamenco and theatre-style songs.
Parky Players: Shake It Up
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
A fiercely funny, no-holds-barred comedy about modern life living with Parkinson’s.
Poles: The Science of Magnetic Attraction
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 23rd - 29th Aug 2022
Fresh off the plane from Australia – get ready to meet Cora.
Past Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
A washed-up television personality lives out a Dickensian nightmare when they are visited by the ghost of their past.
Plus One
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
Every family has its drama, and every wedding has its secrets.
How to Be a Person When the World Is Ending
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 22nd - 28th Aug 2022
The world is ending.
Guilty: A Legal Musical Comedy
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
Fiction’s greatest villains, from Hannibal Lecter to Cruella de Vil, are in court for their crimes in a rip-roaring musical comedy that will challenge everything you know about l…
Why I Hate My Penis
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
Because Grindr hookups never quite go to plan.
Apocalypse Kernow
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 22nd - 28th Aug 2022
One of the best Cornish zombie apocalypse comedies ever made.
Game Night
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
One night.
Jesus L'Oreal: Nailed It!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 22nd - 28th Aug 2022
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 …
The Beat Goes On
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
David Harmer and Ray Globe, the irrepressible Glummer Twins, are back with an irreverent trawl through the eight decades that made them what they are today: old.
That's a Bit of Sheer Luck! – A Sherlock Holmes Parody
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
That’s A Bit of Sheer Luck! – A Sherlock Holmes Parody.
Raw Sex Appeal
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
A Londoner travels to America finding himself amongst incels, or, men who hate women.
Practically Perfect! Julie Andrews from Broadway to Hollywood
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
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…
Party
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 22nd - 27th Aug 2022
A humble shed; four young idealists form a political party to save the world from itself.
The Last Romantic
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 21st - 28th Aug 2022
Described as ‘remarkable’ by The Boar, The Last Romantic is a sprightly-sharp satire that questions the philosophies and practices of modern Hollywood.
Twelfth Night
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 19th - 20th Aug 2022
The HandleBards are a cycling theatre company who pedal Shakespeare plays to outdoor venues all across the UK.
Gilbert and Sullivan's Nightmare
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
It’s awards night and the longest serving member of the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company might just get the recognition he thinks he deserves.
The Bush
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 16th - 28th Aug 2022
Writer, actor and theatre-maker, Alice Mary Cooper, presents new show The Bush, following the success of her previous solo work Waves, described by the Observer as ‘a miniaturist g…
Making Exceptions
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 16th - 20th Aug 2022
Is your family dysfunctional? Well, you haven’t met these fine folk.
The Rest of Our Lives
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 16th - 28th Aug 2022
Hopefully hopeful, The Rest of Our Lives is a joyful morning dose of dance, theatre, circus and games.
Medea the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 15th - 28th Aug 2022
A rock concert in a courtroom.
Kelty Clippie: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 15th - 27th Aug 2022
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.
Plague
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
The year is 1348, and the small Yorkshire village of Bogsfield is about to be hit by the Black Death.
Stretchmarks!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
Join us for a mom-entous playdate.
100 Seconds to Midnight
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th - 27th Aug 2022
John and May were sixth form lovers, they haven’t seen each other in five years.
Val from Anfield
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
After months of fighting to save her home from developers, Val has finally conceded.
Head Girl
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself.
Tam O' Shanter, Tales & Whisky
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Tam O’ Shanter, Tales & Whisky is a comic celebration of the gothic poems of Robert Burns.
Cake and Violence
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
A one-woman show in which Nat delivers a bunch of monologues and smashes a lot of cakes.
Paddy Irishman, Paddy Englishman and Paddy...?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
In Declan Croghan’s tense and hilarious black comedy, Anto and Kevin find their Irish past crashing in on their new and quiet London lives.
Puppets
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
One hour of existential crisis and millennial dread about dating whilst simultaneously destroying your happy childhood memories of Sesame Street.
Cicada's Children
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
The cult of Cicada’s Children has just been discovered.
Sherlock's Excellent Adventure
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Follow Sherlock Holmes and his incomparable sidekick Dr John Watson on this riveting, hitherto unpublished case.
Love, Loss and Dating
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
Almost everyone has lost someone, has loved someone.
Dog / Actor
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th - 20th Aug 2022
Two hilarious and explosive plays written by Steven Berkoff, performed back-to-back by the same actor.
The Importance of Being Earnest
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Following their five-star production of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood in 2019 and powerful staging of Sophocles’ Antigone in 2018, this ‘strong and capable ensemble’ (Edin…
Mason King – Mind Games
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Mind reader Mason King returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for another journey into the inner depths of your mind! In this brand new mind reading, magic and mentalism show, Mason invit…
The Importance of Being Earnest
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 15th - 17th Aug 2022
Slapstick Picnic would like to cordially invite you to its summer tea party, where marvellous feats of performance and culinary capers await.
Panto She Wrote
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
The pantomime is called Panto She Wrote and it was written by two panto-enthusiasts at the University of Bristol.
Reservoir Knobs
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Based on a wild and hilarious true story, Reservoir Knobs follows the aftermath of a botched supermarket robbery, as the hapless criminals gather in a warehouse to confront an inju…
The Diary of a Nobody
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
‘I never was so immensely tickled by anything I had ever said before.
Last Night
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
David and Emma arrive at work on Christmas Eve – the only two people in the office the morning after the Christmas party.
The Sneeze by Anton Chekhov, Translated and Adapted by Michael Frayn
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 13th - 28th Aug 2022
Works by Anton Chekhov, translated and adapted by Michael Frayn.
Little Drummer Boy
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
Imagine having a passion, a calling, being so good and in love with something you wanted to do it forever – that was me as a child when it came to drumming but sadly it wasn’t th…
Little Git
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 9th - 13th Aug 2022
A fast, unexpectedly heart-warming play written by Paul Richards.
Hot Clown Sex
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 8th - 13th Aug 2022
The Hot Clown Company is at the Fringe, and whether it’s because you’re turned on, laughing too hard or sitting in our splash zone, you’re going to get wet.
Calendar Girls the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 8th - 13th Aug 2022
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…
The Addams Family: A New Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 8th - 13th Aug 2022
A comical feast that features an original story that is every father’s nightmare; Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a swee…
My Other Half
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
H and B are a young couple struggling with the pressures of their relationship.
The After-Dinner Joke
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
‘Are you getting political?’ The After-Dinner Joke is a kaleidoscope of chaos that follows a well-meaning woman’s journey down the rabbit hole of trials and tribulations of chari…
Bathroom of a Bar on Bleecker
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 6th - 27th Aug 2022
Emil Ferzola stars in this tragicomic final recording of America’s number one comedy podcast.
Candide
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 6th - 13th Aug 2022
Long before Private Eye, Charlie Hebdo, and even before Bill Bailey – there was Voltaire.
Palimpsest
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Jess meets Jim.
The Richard Osman Fan Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
The Richard Osman Fan Club is a farcical comedy based around a park bench, where we find an elderly lady and Richard Osman fan Greta, supposedly writing a novel, joined by young jo…
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 6th - 13th Aug 2022
This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum know as ‘the relationship.
Terrence the T-Rex
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
All Terrence wants is to earn a living as a dinosaur impersonator, have his talents appreciated by the world, land a Netflix deal, embark on a US tour, and design a line of branded…
Splash Test Dummies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 6th - 27th Aug 2022
Rub-a-dub-dub, The Dummies are back with their ‘splashingly awesome adventure’ (EdinburghFestivalsForKids.
Harvey Greenfield Is Getting Married
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
Paul Richards returns as Harvey; always running, always late and now about to get married.
(Le) Pain
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 6th - 28th Aug 2022
‘(Le) Pain brilliantly expresses the pressure of generational expectations and a small-village mindset.
Born Under a Bad Sign
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Jez, Luke, Gary and Mark are die-hard football fans podcasting about the club they love: Third-division Invercreiff FC.
There’s Nothing Quite Like Spaghetti Bolognese!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
There’s nothing quite like Spaghetti Bolognese, the most dazzling bowl of pasta in all your days! Join Penny for an unforgettable dinner in this show that is fun for all the fami…
The Lady Boys of Bangkok – Summer of Fun Tour
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Bold, glamorous and sassy, your festival favourites are back with their most sensational show yet! A must-see new production for 2022 with plenty of fun-filled comedy and outrageou…
The Weird Sisters
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
A tale of three Highland sisters who live in a shack in the woods disconnected from society, each of them with different views on how they should be living their lives.
Crazy Comedy Company
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
Start the day with a riot of cray kid-friendly laughter for the whole family. Zany sketches, acrobatics, cirque skills and mayhem.
Stop the World I Want to Get Off
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 6th - 12th Aug 2022
Jacky shares her top 10 reasons why she wants to leave the planet, all through performance poetry.
Irrational Me
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
Why do we still have a headache after taking a 1p aspirin which disappears when we take a 50p one? And why are we attracted to a 2-for-1 meal discount but fail to save for a pensio…
Trouble on Six
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
If you were conceived to fix your parent’s marriage, obsess over whether people like you, and have visited your dad in prison, then this show is for you! Left to raise himself by…
Apartness
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
A multimedia hybrid, part live stand-up, part film, featuring Sylvester McCoy, Linda Marlowe and introducing Eleanor May Blackburn in a tale of two isolated souls and their devilis…
La Clique
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
The multi award-winning cabaret spectacular, La Clique, features the best of circus, comedy and cabaret.
Badgers Can't Be Friends
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 5th - 20th Aug 2022
Runner-up for Best Comedy at Standing Ovation Awards 2021.
The Thinking Drinkers Pub Quiz
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 5th - 28th Aug 2022
Fancy five free drinks? Two of the world’s leading alcohol experts return with a hilarious quiz show that gets the rounds in – in more ways than one.
Cherub Spring: A Political Satire
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
In Cherub Spring: A Political Satire, turmoil unfolds at a nursery school when the children get tired of Claire choosing all the games they play on the playground and a rebellion b…
1902
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Saltire Sky is back! The multi award-winning 1902 takes an access-all-areas approach to working-class life in Scotland as we follow four young wannabe football hooligans in their q…
Best of the Fest Daytime
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 5th - 28th Aug 2022
Bite-size tasters of the best comedy, music, family entertainment and circus, all prepared for you in our glorious Spiegeltent.
Morecambe
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Join us for Tim Whitnall’s monologue masterpiece, telling the story of Eric Morecambe, a national treasure that touched so many of our lives.
The Tragicomical 'Istory of 'Arry and the Long March of Civilisation
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
‘Arry Everyman has had all the crap careers in history: cannibal pot stirrer, medieval plague sniffer, lizard war cannon fodder, undandy highwayman, popper of anchovies into small …
Everything That's Me Is Falling Apart
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Using a mixture of animation, visualisation technology, a live camera and a toy train, comedian David Callaghan brings a groundbreaking comedy play packed with heartfelt, bitterswe…
Self Service
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Breaking down? Lost the manual? Book in for this funny (meta)physical dive into how to keep going.
#MineToo
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Mary Jo’s boyfriend hijacks a workshop of her critically acclaimed one-woman show, Born MYdentity.
The Circle of Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 5th - 13th Aug 2022
Life is a game.
Madame Chandelier's Opera House Party
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Join Madame Chandelier and all her favourite opera characters for jokes, party games and lots of dramatic death scenes.
Utter Mess!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 5th - 20th Aug 2022
In the attempt to create an absurd enigmatic clown performance, and in search for meaning and connection, a company of artists end up in Tokyo’s Museum of Lost Things, where nothin…
Pauline Holmes Goes to the Dogs
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 5th - 13th Aug 2022
Poetry show for dog lovers.
Dick
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Amputation is the only way! Dick ‘One Man in 100,000’, a comic tragedy of hope over death, tells Richard Stamp’s shock diagnosis of penis cancer.
Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 5th - 13th Aug 2022
Emerging performance ensemble, Los Angeles Theatre Initiative presents a high-energy, interactive show that’s different every night.
Macbeth: The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 5th - 13th Aug 2022
Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy? Enjoy Shakespeare’s spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly comedy and…
Tickled: The Ken Dodd Story
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 5th - 20th Aug 2022
Variety died on the 11th of March 2018, the day Ken Dodd died.
Harvey Greenfield is Running Late
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
A ground-breaking piece of comedic theatre that asks a simple question: Is it possible to please everyone, all of the time? And at what cost to your family and health? In this fast…
The Kaye Hole Hosted by Reuben Kaye
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 5th - 28th Aug 2022
Winner, Best Cabaret Variety and Line Up Show, FringeWorld 2021.
Debra Stephenson: The Many Voices of Debra Stephenson
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 5th - 28th Aug 2022
Take a trip with Debra (Dead Ringers, Spitting Image, The Imitation Game, Bad Girls) as she hurtles through time in a multiverse of musical icons from Billy Holliday to Billie Eili…
Sh!tshow
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
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 …
Attachment: The Leech Show
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
The story of three actors who are performing a show to impress the infamous theatre critic, Bob the Leech.
Head Girl
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love with yourself.
The Masks of Oscar Wilde
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Man of letters.
A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Following a 2021 sell out run, acclaimed mystery maestros Highly Suspect return to the Fringe with a new duo of hilarious and interactive murder mysteries, which you – the audien…
Brain Hemingway
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 5th - 20th Aug 2022
A songwriter with severe writer’s block and a looming deadline battles the version of Ernest Hemingway that lives in her head.
You're Dead, Mate
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
A man wakes up drunk, scared and alone, with no idea where he is or how he got there.
Done to Death, By Jove!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
The Great British Detective tradition! Holmes and Watson meet Poirot and Miss Marple (alongside the usual suspects) in a spoof homage – who murdered Lady Fanshawe!? Why have the …
Plan V: The Joyful Cult of Pussy Worship
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Part stand-up, part TED talk, part Vagina Monologue, this sex-positive solo show dives deep into the ancient art of going down, and what it takes to make the pussy purr.
North Star (What I Listened to Instead of My Intuition)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Known by her mum as ‘the child who ruined my life’ – New Yorker Lori Hamilton decided to pack away her family baggage and take the bumpy road to happiness.
Three Women and Shakespeare's Will
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
After the death of her husband, Will Shakespeare, Anne Hathaway is visited by two women with shocking revelations.
Art
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Art, the multi award-winning play, comes to Edinburgh in an entirely fresh production.
Abigail's Party
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
BCP return to the Fringe with Mike Leigh’s classic after two sell-out years with Alan Bennett and Alan Ayckbourn.
Dirty Tricks – How the Illusionati Rule the World
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Riddles Court
- 5th - 19th Aug 2022
The Great Baldini (Emperor of Illusion/Maharajah of Mystery) is a magical legend, a relict of the music halls, a performer of the old school.
La Serva Padrona
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
Since 2020, Coronavirus has threatened to kill opera! Can David save it with his one-man production of La Serva Padrona? Baroque meets funk in this new English version of Pergolesi…
Music, Mayhem and a Mezzo
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
James Morgan and Juliette Pochin are multi platinum-selling producers by day, working with everyone from Alfie Boe to Pete Townshend to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Robert Miles
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
Robert Miles is a quirky one-liner comedian. Also an outstanding ventriloquist. Robert Miles is also in a double act with Cyril the squirrel in a stand-up comedy show.
We Are What We Overcome
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
One man’s journey to sanity via a very bad idea.
Laurel and Chaplin: Before They Were Famous
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Laurel and Chaplin: Before They Were Famous.
War of the Worlds (On a Budget)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Step aside HG Wells, take a break Jeff Wayne, back to your trailer Tom Cruise, Lamphouse is tackling War of the Worlds and they’re doing it.
Flesh
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 13th Aug 2022
The premiere of a fast, furious and funny rock musical that takes a wry take on the story of Burke and Hare – Irish navvies induced by the Edinburgh medical elite to turn their h…
Trudy Carmichael Presents: The Improvised One-Woman Show!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Forget your troubles and let Las Vegas lounge legend Trudy Carmichael (along with her astounding accompanist) entertain you in her daring one-of-a-kind immersive musical event! Eve…
Things We (Never) Learned in Sex Ed
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Let’s talk about sex, maybe? Or, maybe not? After having radically different experiences with Sex Ed, Lindsay and Lea try to figure out exactly what they were supposed to learn, …
Dried Apricots
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
A one-woman show that is absolutely not a drama because Young Woman’s life is not sad! In three days, her first novel, a bodice-ripper, comes out.
Bee Master
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Good Heavens! Brother Barnabus has found himself in a sticky situation amongst the beehives.
Doris Does The Edinboiger Fridge
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
She’s not your average little old lady.
The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Completely sold out in 2014 and 2018.
What Broke David Lynch?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
Award-winning Fringe firebrand Mr Twonkey plays David Lynch in this exciting yarn about making 1980 cinema classic The Elephant Man.
Totally! A One Superwoman Show
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 5th - 27th Aug 2022
In this powerful one-hour theater piece, Kimleigh Smith takes the audience through a journey that is totally uplifting, totally heartbreaking and totally powerful! Totally! is the …
An Afternoon With the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield 1995
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 27th Aug 2022
Sutton Coldfield, 1995.
Steve and Tobias Versus Death
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th - 21st Aug 2022
Tobias hates mash and Steve hates Tobias, but when they discover their mom to be patient zero in a world of flesh-eating zombies, the torn apart brothers get pieced back together, …
Colossal
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
‘Ferociously funny’ ***** (Scotsman).
Sugarcoated Sisters: Bittersweet
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
The hopelessly flawed Sugarcoated Sisters unleash their multi-million-hit TikTok personas onto the stage for the first time.
Lottie Platchett Took a Hatchet
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 4th - 27th Aug 2022
A camp play on the Lizzie Borden case, Lottie Platchett Took a Hatchet is a comedy about axe murder, sexual depravity and the installation of a toilet.
Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 4th - 29th Aug 2022
Disney villain.
Les Quizerables
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
An interactive late-night quiz for musical theatre queens.
It All
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 26th Aug 2022
Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre.
Living a Little
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
With not a zombie in sight, we are taken into a sanctuary of “normality” while the outside world rots.
Leith Social
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Pitt
- 4th - 25th Aug 2022
Following a sold-out run of monthly shows, Leith Social makes its Fringe debut! Live comedy, music and cabaret set in the city’s favourite local hangout, the Pitt Market, with deli…
Attenborough and His Animals
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 4th - 21st Aug 2022
The magic of David Attenborough’s documentaries, live! A blue whale swims through the depths.
Manbo
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 4th - 29th Aug 2022
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.
Friendsical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
When Ross’ wife leaves him for another woman, he fears he will never find love again.
Final Baby Girl!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Get ready for an evening of bombastic bad taste in the killer new show from cult drag superstar Baby Lame.
Sean Logan: Full Spectrum
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pianodrome at the Old Royal High
- 4th - 21st Aug 2022
Jaw dropping piano whiz and star of BAFTA-winning Harmonic Spectrum film, Sean Logan presents funky and furious keyboard acrobatics with musings on life as a neurodiverse musician.
Raves R Us
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th - 14th Aug 2022
Naughty Corner Productions’ eighth show promises to be the immersive event of the year.
Strictly Come Barking
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 4th - 29th Aug 2022
Fab-u-lous! A new high-energy physical comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter the world of ballroom dancing.
Ryan Mold: Generation Gap (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
In the mid-80s, at 6 months old, my grandparents become my legal guardians.
Cordelia Butters Investigates
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
A spoof true-crime documentary* with all the ingredients of your favourite true-crime docs! The mysterious murder of a victim, pushed down the stairs and hidden in the town’s wat…
Paul Dennis: Ashes to Mashes
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
The continuing story of PD’s perpetually interrupted life.
The Failure Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
The Fremonts have been married ten years and have the therapy bills to prove it.
Sharlin vs The United Kingdom (A Love Story)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
Sharlin Jahan (BBC 4’s The Now Show, BBC Essex Radio) is a Bangladeshi, British, Canadian Comedian.
The Adventures of Sleepyhead
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 4th - 29th Aug 2022
‘Had all my children howling with laughter’ (Scotsman).
Prehysterical
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Winner of Best Children’s Weekly Award, Fringe World 2020.
The Return of the Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 4th - 27th Aug 2022
Are you a kid? Do you like music, laughing and whack-a-doodle-noodle craziness? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then grab your pet adult and join us! Award-winning c…
101 – What Women Want!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Mash House
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
What if men could really understand what women want? Is it even possible? And if it was, would their heads implode? Join comics Kimberley Datnow and Peter Bazely this summer, as th…
Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at The Tron
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Volunteers needed for very important scientific research*.
Coming Out of My Cage (And I've Been Doing Just Fine)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th - 28th Aug 2022
Mr Brightside hasn’t left the UK charts in 18 years.
Katharyn Henson and Ollie Horn: Pure Filth
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe favourites – New York City comedian Katharyn Henson, ‘kicking some serious comedy ass’ (Scotsman), and internationally touring Ollie Horn, ‘a natural’ (BroadwayBaby.
Ada Campe: Too Little, Too Soon
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Variety artiste Ada Campe decided to do some research into her family history during lockdown – and was delighted and intrigued by what she found! Join her for a show about wonde…
The Girl Who Was Very Good At Lying
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Catriona has a history of making stuff up.
We Are Traffic: An Uber Adventure
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
When writer/performer Jonathan Tipton Meyers lost his girlfriend, his business and his identity, he got in his car and drove.
Masterclass
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Featuring the savagely comedic feminist discourse of Adrienne Truscott with the slippery dramaturgy of Brokentalkers, Masterclass parodies the “great male artist” to within an in…
Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles – A Gameshow for Awful Children
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 14th Aug 2022
Winner: Best Kids Show, 2022 (UK Kids Comedy Festival).
Potatohead
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
This is the story of a humble spud Charlotte, who dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian.
Learning to Fly
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
A new show from James featuring his captivating mix of theatre, comedy and music.
Changing the Sheets
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
‘D’you wanna come back to mine?’ New comedy about what we say to each other when the lights are off and no one else is listening.
The Great Almighty Gill
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
New Perspectives presents The Great Almighty Gill.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Boasting a West End Wilma Award, three further award nominations and over 20 five-star reviews following its last sell-out Edinburgh run, this comedic musical revue reveals everyth…
Will Tell and the Big Bad Baron
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 21st Aug 2022
Inspired by tales of Sir Lancelot and Robin Hood, plucky heroine Will Tell disguises herself as a knight and rides off on a chivalric quest to rescue her freedom-fighting dad from …
Feeling Afraid as If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
‘I’m 36, I’m a comedian, and I’m about to kill my boyfriend.
Twisted Tales
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Who is the bandaged man, obsessively in love and held captive inside an upmarket flat, counting down the seconds until it’s time for Her to return and the ‘thing I can’t say’ to be…
Classic!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Hold onto your hats as a cast of 6 romp through all those classic novels you never had time to read.
Sticky Door
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
The 2014 plan was a simple one, I would Casanova myself around our nation’s capital looking for consenting heterosexual adult males.
Speed Dial
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Amongst the spires, spikes and sideburns of a 1970s university, a lonely Professor awaits a call.
The Anniversary
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
It’s Mr Bean meets The Shining! Don’t be fooled – Jim and Barb are no ordinary elderly couple.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
‘A festival mainstay, the always worthwhile Comedy Club 4 Kids should be on the schedule of any self-respecting, chuckle-loving young Fringegoer.
Receptionists
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
The Receptionists is a physical comedy show about customer service by two Finnish female clowns.
RuneSical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Sword equipped.
Will Pickvance: Half Man Half Piano
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
New show from Edinburgh-based piano virtuouso Will Pickvance (Anatomy of a Piano, Pianohood, First Piano On The Moon).
Fire Signs
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 15th Aug 2022
‘No, she’s not my sister.
Period Dramas
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 21st Aug 2022
Have you ever wondered how people in the past dealt with their periods? If Queen Victoria coasted* through her cramps? What if period dramas really were about.
EastEndless
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2022
Finally – the scandalous truth behind EastEnders revealed! Gasp as walk-on actor Tony Coventry lifts the lid and spills his beans! Performed by James Holmes.
In PurSUEt
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Woman is sat in a therapist’s office.
Bad Teacher
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
The Queens of Cups draw upon their years teaching, in OffFest nominee Bad Teacher.
Spoons
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
How can spoons save your relationship? Find out in this sharp, funny and touching play about a couples counsellor’s revenge.
One of Two
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Trapped in the bathroom with an evil tattie, Jack wrestles with the reality of living alone.
The Twenty-Sided Tavern
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Welcome to The Twenty-Sided Tavern, where laughter flows like ale and the story is yours to control.
Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Roundabout @ Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
BFFs Kathy and Stella host Hull’s least successful true-crime podcast.
The Golfer
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
A fast-paced, comic fantasia by two-time Fringe First winner Brian Parks.
The Queen's Cartoonists
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
The Queen’s Cartoonists perform music from classic and contemporary animation, synchronized with the projected films.
Mama Love
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Mama Love is a one-woman show in which Lea Blair Whitcher plays with the absurdities of the idealised and toxic images of motherhood in which she finds herself enmeshed.
Almost Adult
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Hope’s leaving her home town up north for the bright lights of London.
Life Is Soft
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 14th Aug 2022
Life is Soft – Martin Creed, Turner prize-winning artist.
What the Heart Wants
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
A new comedy by Bert Tyler-Moore co-creator of The Windsors.
The Intervention
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
It’s been two years since Finn quit his job, came off social media and disappeared.
Sad Girls Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Welcome to Sad Girls Club, where girls are allowed to be.
PASH
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Sweet sixteen would’ve been alright.
Boris the Third
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
When Boris Johnson was 18 he played Richard III.
Still Floating
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Still Floating is a brand-new piece of warm-hearted comic storytelling by BBC award-winning writer/performer and Fringe favourite Shôn Dale-Jones.
Confetti
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Uptight and unlucky in love, Felix is the ‘mate of honour’ for his best friend’s wedding.
Charlie Russell Aims to Please
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2022
Charlie Russell wants to do a show in Edinburgh, but all she can think about is what she wants people to think of it and, ultimately, of her.
Irvine Welsh's Porno
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
The world premiere stage adaptation inspired by the sequel to cult classic Trainspotting.
Tom Brace: Embrace the Impossible!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Sell-out show 2018! Cluedo, Roald Dahl and one film in particular from 1985.
Who Here's Lost?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
A melancholy artist and a mute architect take a road trip of the soul.
The Oxford Gargoyles: Jazz A Cappella
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 12th Aug 2022
Internationally renowned jazz a cappella group The Oxford Gargoyles make their return to the Fringe.
Magic Gareth's Magic Eye
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Magic Gareth returns to the Pleasance Courtyard with Magic Eye! Expect some kick-ass, eye-bending magic and a whole load of nonsense (and balloons)! This brand-new show from the mi…
Railed
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
From the creators of the smash-hit Elixir (winner of Best Circus and Physical Theatre award at Adelaide Fringe 2018).
Dom Chambers: Fake Wizard
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
An award-winning comedy and magic-adventure, starring Dom Chambers (The Illusionists on Broadway, America’s Got Talent and Penn & Teller: Fool Us).
Fanboy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Joe has always been a nerd.
Famous Puppet Death Scenes
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Behold: the eternal masterwork of puppetry for adults returns to Edinburgh! Willingly undergo a heart-wrenching parade of theatrical demises that will severely exacerbate your fear…
The Black Blues Brothers
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
The show that thrilled the world is back! Joining the energy of Africa with a rhythm and blues sound, five extraordinary acrobats perform their comedy tribute to the cult movie The…
Man of 100 Faces
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
One performer.
The Importance of Being... Earnest?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
A faithful revival of Wilde’s classic play is in chaos after the actors start dropping like flies.
Mat Ricardo: The Extraordinary Gentleman
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
A unique, hilarious and unmissable one-man show from the worlds most critically acclaimed variety artist.
Ben Hart: Wonder
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
West End star and multi award-winning magician Ben Hart returns to Edinburgh with Wonder.
Shit-faced Shakespeare: Macbeth
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, multi sell-out Fringe phenomenon is back with their hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of Macbeth, with an entirely s…
Ram of God
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Welcome to the Church of Ram, where sheep are people, people are sheeple and the apocalypse is just getting started.
Lightweight
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
The true story of a complicated young woman’s attempts to survive anorexia and maintain a debilitatingly positive attitude in post 9/11 New York City.
Kevin Quantum: Dark Matter
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Magician Kevin Quantum, trained by Penn & Teller, presents a fast-paced, jaw-dropping show, that guarantees to blow your mind.
Fascinating Aïda
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square
- 3rd - 27th Aug 2022
They’re back at last! Britain’s greatest cabaret trio return with their smash-hit show guaranteed to put ‘a massive smile on your face and a spring in your step’ (Scotsman).
Badass
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
A love note to the NHS.
Motherload!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 3rd - 14th Aug 2022
Motherload! is a dark comedy for the end of days.
Activities of Daily Living
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
When her Medicare card arrives with a special old-age pensioner invisibility cloak, one woman decides to fight back.
Vermin
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
**** (LondonPubTheatres.
Pirates and Princesses vs Sea Monsters
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
A family show filled with singing, dancing, comedy and even a sea monster.
Never Let Go: An Unauthorized Retelling of James Cameron’s Titanic
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Never Let Go is a thrilling, hilarious one-man show the New York Times calls ‘a feat of ingenuity’.
REDEEMher – How I Screwed Up My Perfect Mormon Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Tatum, a university student, becomes the virgin bride of her sweetheart, entering an eternal marriage in the the Mormon church.
Fashion Spies
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Picture the scene: Fashion week.
Les Dawson: Flying High
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Jon Culshaw (Dead Ringers, The Impressions Show) stars in this funny, affectionate and poignant celebration of the much-missed comedy legend.
Daniel Cainer: More Jewish Chronicles (and Other Musical Stories)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Join this multi award-winning musical storyteller for another collection of story-songs.
Two's Company
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
The new comedy drama from the writer of The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns and co-writer of The Wedding Planners.
Frankie Boyle: Lap of Shame
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
As part of a continuing physical and mental tailspin, Frankie Boyle suppresses his overarching sense of futility and horror to tell jokes for an hour in the final days of organised…
Aidan Sadler: Tropicana
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
Join queer cabaret icon Aidan Sadler as they take you on the award-winning journey to Tropicana! Nothing is safe from ridicule so be led on an exploration of body image, heteronorm…
Basil Brush's Family Fun Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 3rd - 21st Aug 2022
Britain’s most loveable fox takes you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in a show for all the family, specially written for the live stage and packed with fun and excit…
Assembly Gala Launch
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Hall
- 3rd Aug 2022
Assembly’s Gala celebrates the opening of our 2022 programme of over 200 shows.
The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 3rd - 29th Aug 2022
Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets spaghetti western in this multi award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents.
The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 28th Aug 2022
The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns by Gillian Duffy.
Jack Docherty: Nothing But
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 3rd - 19th Aug 2022
Jack Docherty, BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and Absolutely, returns to the festival with a tender, playful, darkly comic tale, where he grapples with lost youth, love, fa…
My Vagina’s Priceless!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Featuring hysterically honest tales and stunning vocals, Rosie returns to Edinburgh with her brand new show full of songs, stories and sass! Whether you’ve had, seen or heard of a …
The Grumpy Magicians Present: Trust Us, We're Magicians
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
The Grumpy Magicians have been successfully entertaining Edinburgh Fringe audiences for over eight years and this year are presenting their new show titled Trust Us, We’re Magician…
Cock-Tales: The Antidote to The Vagina Monologues
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Upfront and erect in most of history’s greatest moments, the penis has earned itself a reputation of admiration and revulsion in equal measures.
Best of Edinburgh Fringe for Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
A friendly fun-filled afternoon show with a revolving line-up of the best children’s and family-friendly performers from around the Fringe.
Paul Richards: My Function Band Hell
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
Paul Richards literally can’t stop drumming; he’s performed all over the world, from huge gigs in China to grotty working men’s clubs, posh corporate gigs to the whole of the UK to…
Stunt Magician – Sabotage
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Danger Dave Reubens is back with an all new comedy magic show and someone is out to get him! Join his perilous journey, packed with edge-of-your-seat stunts and madcap comedy.
Lobsteroperation!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Lobster is not a fish, or an oyster, or a bird, and certainly not a kangaroo.
Science Magic
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
The fun, family, science comedy show is back! New tricks this year include popping a balloon with an orange, a twist on the famous table cloth trick, a device that runs electricity…
Olaf Falafel’s Super Stupid Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
Join comedian and children’s author Olaf Falafel for an hour of really stupid kids’ comedy plus a drawing lesson and possibly something that involves fishing, ducks, bumbags and …
Horrible History for Adults (Or Those That Think They Are!)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
We all love a good story.
Just a Magic Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
A perfect show to start your day! Card tricks, mind-reading, all the magic show stuff! Magician, on stage, doing magic in a magic show; what more do you want? Oh and it’s literally…
The Coven
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Margaret, a young witch of great ambition but limited skill, holds a witch coven with her friends, Lawrence, who can’t tell the difference between magic and life hacks and Emily,…
Cheeky Girls
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Edinburgh-based dark comedy collective The Counterminers are back for their third Fringe, putting on a new-writing piece by Florence Carr-Jones – Cheeky Girls.
Sandy Brechin and Friends
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
He’s back! After two years of forced solitary accordion squeezing at home, and to the huge relief of his neighbours, Sandy returns to the A Club once again, upgraded, biceps bulgin…
Smashing Shakespeare
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
Primary Times Children’s Choice Award winner.
Lag: A Zoomsical Comedy
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
Named one of the 19 Unmissable Online Theatre Experiences by American Express Essentials Magazine, Lag: A Zoomsical Comedy is the world’s first original musical created to be perfo…
Gertrude and Ophelia in Hell
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
In this dark comedy, Ophelia and Gertrude are in limbo and on their way to Hell.
Hobnobs and Fruitcake
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Alex loves church because it has Hobnobs and singing, and she’s not allowed either at home because one, she’s tone-deaf, and two, she’s diabetic.
A Wilde Life
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
This is a musical celebration of the ineffable Oscar Wilde.
The Magician, the Mind Reader and the Nerd
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Three of the Fringe’s biggest variety performers come together for an extra-sensational show! Witness the best magic, mind-reading and nerd-ity the Fringe has to offer, all in on…
Laurie Black: Dystopiano
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Fresh from a UK tour supporting Adam Ant, Laurie Black invites you for a knees-up around the pianna (ahem, Microkorg).
Magic Faraway Cabaret with Mister Meredith
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Always packed, this ‘fab lil cabaret party’ (Time Out) returns with Mister Meredith again in charge.
Rapunzel
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Escape on a fantastic adventure this summer with Rapunzel – an exhilarating, heart-warming production about one girl’s longing to break free from her imposed lockdown and final…
The Discount Comedy Checkout: Improvised Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
Nominated for Best Kids’ Show at this year’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2022.
S-ex-iety
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
An unexpected event will lead three roommates on an intense journey through the adult industry.
Frank Sanazi's Das Vegas Nights
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
The Prince of Dark Comedy Cabaret returns to Edinburgh with his all new Vegas-style show at the Fringe, accompanied by his singing dictators Dean Stalin and Saddami Davis Junior (T…
Grumpy Pants
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
A children’s show that entertains parents alongside kids with a mix of perfectly crafted juggling routines, clowning, physical comedy and fork throwing! Grumpy Pants invites the …
Our Teacher's a Troll
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
Two terrible twins with a talent for turmoil rule their school and are delighted to have reduced their head teacher to a nervous wreck.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
A howl in the night! A terrifying corpse! A suspicious bearded man! A chaotic cast of larger-than-life characters threaten the heir to the fortune.
Amber Topaz: Greying Still Slaying
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
A fierce, femme, fabulous, musical comedy show from the multi award-winning, international cabaret sensation Amber Topaz.
Careless
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Careless follows best friends Sam, a care assistant, and Bryony, a struggling actor.
Boy Ant
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
On the sand of his seaside home town, Myles Wheeler monologues about home, hospitals and let’s say hope for the alliteration.
Life's a Drag
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Winner of Best Cabaret and Variety Show at Fringe World 2022 Life’s a Drag takes you on a reality-shaking rollercoaster ride of what it really takes to be a queen! Australian vocal…
Game On 3
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
Matty Grey is back in Edinburgh and going back to Gameland.
Tickety Boo
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
This must be one of the most genuine selections of heartfelt writing to enjoy this festival.
Illicit Thrill: Close Encounters
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
The Fringe’s shadiest late-night strip joint is back and we have missed you! Join the illicit crew complete with their trademark ‘no f*cks’ attitude, as they welcome audiences back…
Nell Gwynn
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Jessica Swale’s Nell Gwynn charts the rise of an unlikely heroine from her roots in Coal Yard Alley to her success as Britain’s most celebrated actress and her hard-won place in th…
How My Light Is Spent
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Jimmy is 34 and has never felt like he belonged.
Ask a Stripper
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Stacey ‘The Legs’ Clare aka the Ethical Stripper is back with her work wife, Morag, and special guests, with their sell-out show to answer all your stripper-based questions.
Anxiety vs Depression: A Comedy Game Show – Pay What You Can
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
Depression or anxiety, which is funnier? Well, we’ll know the answer at this interactive game show.
101 Ways to Annoy Your Parents... and Other Really Old People!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
Title says it all! (Evil laugh).
Growing Up Ringside: A One-Woman Show by Mina Liccione
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Mina (Comedy Central, Stomp) returns with her new immersive multimedia show weaving together hilarious and heartfelt stories from her New York upbringing as the daughter of an Ital…
1 Hour Straitjacket Escape Magic Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
One devilishly handsome magician trapped in a straitjacket.
The Lock-In Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Back for its seventh year at Edinburgh Fringe, this chaotic institution is the only way to end your night at Edinburgh Fringe! Join high-energy hosts, Griffin and Jones, for an hou…
David Alnwick: Good Afternoon, Magic
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Fringe legend David Alnwick performs his favourite tricks.
Harry Baker: Unashamed
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
World Poetry Slam Champion Harry Baker’s heart and humour has been watched by millions online and allowed him to perform all over the world, until suddenly he couldn’t.
Trial by Jury
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
The year is 1968 and the British legal system is as corrupt as ever.
Frighthouse Presents: The Wheel of Misfortune
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Frighthouse presents – The Wheel of Misfortune.
Man With a Guitar Plays Story Songs
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
Gecko’s playful story-songs will take you on a journey via ignored characters in Italian renaissance paintings, pig outlaws and tooth fairy admin.
Elliot Bibby and the Magical Beach Ball
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
This year, international multi award-winning magician Elliot Bibby is supported by his faithful friend Barry the Beach Ball.
One Man Two Guvnors
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Captivate Theatre brings the smash-hit comedy to the Fringe! ‘You gotta concentrate ain’t ya, with two jobs.
Return of the Maths with Kyle D Evans
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
Award-winning entertainer Kyle D Evans returns with another fast-paced hour of inclusive maths-based family fun.
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Be part of the action as Basil, Sybil and Manuel serve up mayhem on a plate alongside a three-course meal and two hours of non-stop laughter.
Griffin and Jones: Idiot Magicians
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Griffin and Jones have spent the last decade travelling the UK, showcasing their homemade miracles, and generally being the biggest comedy and magic superstars you’ve never heard…
Olives and Blowjobs
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Olives and Blowjobs is a five-star coming-of age one-man show written and performed by Ollie Maddigan.
The Olive Tree
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Tie your troubles to the tree, load yourself with glitter and use your wings to fly.
Viva GlasVegas Burlesque Showcase
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Join Glasgow’s very own GlasVegas Showgirl Roxy Stardust, fresh from her explosive tour of the Isle of Mingulay, as she presents an hour of burlesque performance featuring a host…
Hey, That's My Wife!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Hey That’s My Wife! is a comedic spin on the classic works of Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller that follows two advertising executives, Charlie Moore and Roger Sloan, as they…
The Marriage of Figaro
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
Scotland’s professional touring opera company returns with Mozart’s sublime comedy.
A Hundred Words for Snow
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
‘It’s a bit weird to be sitting at the Arctic Circle chatting to a fit boy with your dad’s ashes in your backpack.
Cab-arette Showtour
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Fantastical entertainment like no other.
Isabelle Farah: Ellipsis
- Review
- ★★★★
- Lou Fox
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 28th Aug, 2021
Ellipsis is an exploration of bereavement, the nature of turning everything into punchlines, and desperately trying to stay afloat amidst the two.
Semi-Toned Presents: A Study in Burgundy
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 28th Aug, 2021
Set in the wonderfully open, socially-distanced and drinks-to-your-seats Garden Theatre of theSpaceuk’s Symposium Hall, the a capella group Semi-Toned return to the Fringe with f…
Dreamgun: Film Reads Kids
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 28th - 29th Aug 2021
Film Reads Kids takes your favourite childhood movies and completely rewrites with jokes and nonsense.
The Gondoliers
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Byre Theatre Online
- 27th Aug 2021
From the rivers of Venice to the far-off kingdom of Barataria, the University of St Andrews’ Gilbert and Sullivan Society brings The Gondoliers into your home.
Somebody Special – The Aca-Betrayal
- Review
- ★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 25th Aug, 2021
This twelve-strong company are enthusiastic, bright young things who sing, sway and beat-box with great spirit.
Afterparty
- Review
- ★★★★
- Monica Yell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 25th Aug, 2021
A group of teenage friends celebrate after their final exams and look towards the future.
#Dave Alnwick: Super Chill Magic
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider
- 25th - 29th Aug 2021
The perfect afternoon show.
A Rubbish Midsummer Night's Dream
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 25th - 29th Aug 2021
Fairies.
It All
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Roxy
- 25th - 29th Aug 2021
Cameron Cook pushes character work to incredible new heights in his debut solo show, previously performed to sold-out audiences at Soho Theatre.
Tick Tick
- Review
- ★★★
- Monica Yell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 24th Aug, 2021
Tick Tick could give The Wolf of Wall Street a run for its money when it comes to the frequency of “Fuck”.
Police Cops: Badass Be Thy Name
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 24th Aug, 2021
For regular fringegoers this year, there are markedly few of the regular staple performers returning to contribute to the semblance of normality the festival is offering up.
Bard in the Yard: The Scottish Play
- Review
- ★★★
- Monica Yell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 24th Aug, 2021
Meet Shakespeare, but not the Shakespeare you know.
Chris Cook: Jazz Magic
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies
- 24th - 29th Aug 2021
After a year and a half off the stage, Chris Cook returns to the Finge for his eighth year with something different every night.
Paul Dennis: Imashination (Free Festival)
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 23rd - 29th Aug 2021
Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and stand-up, Paul Dennis brings his music and comedy together for the first time.
Dino Land
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 23rd - 28th Aug 2021
‘Ahhhh Gaaaa Do Do Do!’ This exciting new comedy takes place behind the scenes at a family entertainment resort, somewhere up North.
The Tourist Board
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin
- 23rd - 29th Aug 2021
Holidays.
Tropicana
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 23rd - 27th Aug 2021
Make cabaret queer again! Bursting onto the London scene, Tropicana is the future of queer comedy cabaret.
The Circus Sonas Family Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 22nd - 24th Aug 2021
FunnyHappyStuff.
Basil Brush’s Family Fun Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 22nd Aug 2021
Britain’s most loveable fox returns to Underbelly with his amazing Family Fun Show.
Madhouse
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 21st Aug, 2021
Madhouse by Nottingham New Theatre at [email protected]’s Hall does what it says on the tin.
A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery
- Review
- ★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 21st Aug, 2021
Highly Suspect is a highly novel theatrical experience in which four actors take on the roles of supporting players from the Sherlock Holmes stories - Watson, Le Strade, Mycroft an…
Tickbox
- Review
- ★★★
- Isla Whateley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe
- 20th Aug, 2021
In a moving one-woman show, Lubna Kerr explores race, heritage, gender and health in the context of her and her family's experiences as a Pakistani family in Glasgow.
The Bank Job
- Review
- ★★
- Monica Yell
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 20th Aug, 2021
What are the ingredients for a bank robbery comedy? A ragtag criminal gang, a double serving of double-crossing, a training montage, and many pairs of dark sunglasses.
AngloViking Invasion Before Naptime
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ 32 Below
- 19th Aug 2021
As seen and heard on Netflix, Union Jack Radio and the Max Turner final.
Ask a Stripper
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
Ever wanted to ask a stripper what she eats for breakfast? What does her self-care routine consist of? What was her favourite subject at school? How about employment conditions dow…
An Evening with Isy Suttie
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Yotel Edinburgh
- 18th Aug 2021
Comedian Isy Suttie (Peep Show) presents a darkly comic tale about the joy and horror of romance.
Ask a Stripper
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Liquorice Club
- 18th - 29th Aug 2021
Ever wanted to ask a stripper what she eats for breakfast? What does her self-care routine consist of? What was her favourite subject at school? How about employment conditions dow…
Corpsing
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 16th Aug, 2021
For a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe entitled Corpsing you might be forgiven for thinking it’s a comedy about laughing out of place.
The Gondoliers
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
From the rivers of Venice to the far-off kingdom of Barataria, the University of St Andrews’ Gilbert and Sullivan Society brings The Gondoliers into your home.
Drown Your Sorrows!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 16th - 21st Aug 2021
Following the death of their manager, four bartenders are faced with the impossible task of resurrecting their bar before it is taken over by a massive corporate chain.
Radio 69
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Symposium Hall
- 16th - 21st Aug 2021
Radio 69 is an irreverent queer British comedy set in a radio station in the Scottish borders.
My House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Hilton Carlton (Edinburgh)
- 16th - 20th Aug 2021
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
The Laird Strikes Back
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Storytelling Centre
- 14th - 21st Aug 2021
Perthshire maverick Gussie McCraig joins No.
Daniel Zindler Drops
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ La Belle Angele
- 14th - 29th Aug 2021
When the juggler drops, is it on purpose? Daniel began his career as a busker and is still often found juggling on the Royal Mile.
Moonlight On Leith
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 13th Aug, 2021
Moonlight on Leith, by Emilie Robson and Laila Noble, at theSpaceTriplex is inspired by the ‘Save Leith Walk’ campaign; a grassroots movement seeking to preserve the historic s…
Guru Dudu's Silent Disco Walking Tours
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Meeting Point: Bristo Square outside Reid Concert Hall
- 13th - 30th Aug 2021
The Guru Dudu team returns to Edinburgh with our hilarious and engaging tours.
Much Ado About Nothing
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Musselburgh Racecourse
- 13th Aug 2021
Claudio loves Hero and Benedick hates Beatrice.
My House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
Hyenas!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 12th - 18th Aug 2021
The Hyenas are taking you out-out on the hen do of your life! So buckle up and suck into that polyester dress! Expect audience participation, crap karaoke and pray we make it out a…
Femme Ta Bouche
- Review
- ★★
- Isla Whateley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 11th Aug, 2021
Femme Ta Bouche: a gender-bending cabaret star with cancer, cooped up in rural Arkansas, wants to make a statement.
Jack Docherty – Nothing But
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 11th - 29th Aug 2021
Jack Docherty, the BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and Absolutely, and one of Scotland’s favourite comic performers, returns to the festival with a tender, playful, darkly c…
Whisk(e)y Wars
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Counting House
- 11th Aug 2021
It’s all in that title, really.
I Am Not Victoria Wood
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 11th - 15th Aug 2021
‘Impressively evocative’ (Chortle.
According to Everyone Else (WIP)
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 11th - 28th Aug 2021
To do list: house, get partner, career, smokin’ body and family.
Eugene
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 10th - 15th Aug 2021
In the not too distant future, millionaire and inventor (think Elon Musk with a further attitude problem) Hugh from Hu-Bris industries is launching the first superhuman artificial …
The Big Birthday Show With Magic Gareth
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 10th - 22nd Aug 2021
Did you have a birthday in the last year that was spoilt by COVID? Or an anniversary? Or a Christmas.
The Importance of Being... Earnest?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance at EICC
- 10th - 15th Aug 2021
Interactive, hilarious and a ‘guaranteed great night out’ ***** (BroadwayBaby.
Sunshine on Leith
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- MultiStory
- 9th Aug, 2021
Captivate Theatre returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year with their production of Sunshine on Leith, at Multistory, first performed in 2014 and twice thereafter.
Tropicana
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 9th Aug, 2021
Billed as ‘the future of queer comedy cabaret’ Tropicana is Aidan Sadler’s 80’s solo show of classic queer hits at the suitably late hour of 23:15 at theSpaceTriplex.
Otway
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait
- 9th - 10th Aug 2021
Otway is an English singer-songwriter who has built a sizeable cult audience through extensive touring, a surreal sense of humour and a self-deprecating underdog persona.
Whisk(e)y Wars
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 9th - 12th Aug 2021
It’s all in that title, really.
#Dave Alnwick: Super Chill Magic
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim
- 9th - 24th Aug 2021
The perfect afternoon show.
Miss DQ Live!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Planet Bar
- 9th - 30th Aug 2021
Starring the UK’s only dwarf drag queen.
#Dave Alnwick: Exceptional Magic
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait
- 9th - 29th Aug 2021
Fringe legend Dave Alnwick performs exceptional magic.
Agent November's Robyn Yew – Outdoor Escape Game
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly at Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre / Assembly at West Princes Street Gardens
- 7th - 29th Aug 2021
Agent November needs you to be the hero! The Museum of Secrets has been robbed! International cat-burglar Robyn Yew plans to auction off politically sensitive artefacts.
AngloViking Invasion Before Naptime
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters
- 7th - 19th Aug 2021
As seen and heard on Netflix, Union Jack Radio and the Max Turner final.
Amazing Prize Family Bingo
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Lauriston Halls
- 7th - 29th Aug 2021
It’s bingo with loads and loads of prizes.
Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Party with a Scottish Twist
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 7th - 30th Aug 2021
Come join the brilliant Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Disco as they return to their Scottish roots for an immersive dance-walk through the historic streets of Edinburgh.
Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
1939: Bette returns home knowing she’s to lose, as the press leaked the Oscar winners.
Zumba Gold
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Online
- 6th - 18th Aug 2021
Cathy works at the local leisure centre.
Bear Hands
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Presenting Bear Hands, new writing by Gatlin Perrin.
Ram of God
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Showcatcher (Online)
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
In the heart of the British countryside, prophet and visionary Ram of God leads his flock in a life of simple devotion.
My House
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
What secret did the Chaplins, Carole Lombard, William Powell and a host of other film stars from the last century share? Witness the mystery unravel in one of the most notorious ho…
Dear Donald / Dear Hillary (Their Secret Correspondence)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Elaine Liner’s unapologetically satirical play takes liberties for laughs, with the biographies of famous political rivals Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton.
How Do You Know You Are Home?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
An immersive feel-good experience that comprises personal storytelling and comedy to tell a story about growing up and making a home in the world.
Cash Point Meet by Niamh Murphy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 12th Aug 2021
Emma and Sinéad know all that glitters isn’t gold, but when given the opportunity to go from €3.
The Girls of St. Trinian's
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- [email protected]
- 6th - 9th Aug 2021
With Sistas Before Mistas as their rally cry, the girls of St.
Four Horses
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
A blasphemous dark comedy about the end of the world.
Vignettes of a Pestilence
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- [email protected]
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Actors Repertory Theatre Luxembourg presents a linked trio by Erik Abbott, unfolding across the Covid era and portraying stories of the pandemic with laughter and hope.
Murmur
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 23rd Aug 2021
Murmur is an absurdist audio drama; an experimental ‘sound cartoon’ for the listener.
Six°
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Showcatcher (Online)
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
With only six degrees of separation, we are all connected.
Heroes
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Quaker Meeting House Online
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Quaker singer-songwriter, poet and eco-worrier, Majk Stokes, brings his quirky humour (and his mild obsession with superheroes) back to the Fringe for an online charity concert com…
Candy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOOTV
- 6th - 8th Aug 2021
Do you believe in love at first sight? Will has a secret.
Still Life
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
A site-specific theatrical performance combining movement and text, featuring two women and two couches in two different cities.
Let’s Talk About… Being a Woman
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
A lighthearted comedy about university student Sophie, and her journey of discovering what it means to be a woman in this world.
We Were Having a Perfectly Nice Time
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Online
- 6th - 15th Aug 2021
‘Laugh-out-loud funny, bold, fascinating, whip-smart’ **** (Everything-Theatre.
Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th - 16th Aug 2021
Trapped in a manor house, two hapless Glaswegian detectives must investigate the deaths of each family member, but try not to become victims themselves… A time-warp murder myster…
Trudy Carmichael Presents: The Improvised One-Woman Show!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Online
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
Fiercely fabulous and fictitious Las Vegas lounge legend, Trudy Carmichael has lived (and nearly died), loved (and often lost) more than most mere mortals, but she gets through all…
Three Chords and the Truth
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 20th Aug 2021
It’s only rock’n’roll, till it isn’t.
The Gondoliers
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Byre Theatre Online
- 6th - 28th Aug 2021
From the rivers of Venice to the far-off kingdom of Barataria, the University of St Andrews’ Gilbert and Sullivan Society brings The Gondoliers into your home.
The Little Glass Slipper as Performed by the Queen of France and Her Friends
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 13th Aug 2021
France 1789.
V-Card
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- [email protected]
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
V-Card is a new comedy by Alison Hall about Hazel, a young woman whose friends take it upon themselves to help her resolve her lack of sexual experience when they find out that she…
Cab-arette Showtour
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Cab-arette Cab
- 6th - 29th Aug 2021
An exclusive musical comedy taxi journey, with multiple costume/character changes, frills, frolics, fun and glasses of fizz.
Twelfth Night
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Music is the food of love – and we needed to play on.
Live @ The Drill Hall
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe
- 6th - 7th Aug 2021
Celebrate the return to live entertainment with an exciting evening of variety hosted by radio personality Mark McKenzie in the home of the Army.
Miss Honey
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Showcatcher (Online)
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
A new online one-woman show digitally broadcast from East London’s leading drag club, The Glory.
Wrong Number
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
The residents of Heather Avenue are in lockdown, forced to rely on the phone and Zoom to communicate.
Are You Boxed In, Mr Dennis?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- [email protected]
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Combining childlike wonder, adult cynicism, and Shakespearean gravitas in his impressively compelling story, master storyteller Dennis Elkins poses increasingly difficult questions…
Ansel and Gretchen
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 18th Aug 2021
Siblings Ansel and Gretchen explore the complexities of human connection.
Kevin Quantum: The Trick That Fooled...
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe
- 6th - 22nd Aug 2021
Unearthed! Incredible magic that’s fooled some of the most brilliant and creative people ever to have lived.
In One Eye, Out the Other
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Online
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
In association with Smock Alley Theatre, acclaimed Irish comedian Tadhg Hickey brings you his weird and wonderful part-theatre, part-stand-up comedy show, In One Eye, Out the Other…
Police Cops
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Showcatcher (Online)
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
1976: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson is out to avenge his brother’s death.
Triple Bypass: Three Ten-Minute Plays About Living for Death and Dying for Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- [email protected]
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Deena MP Ronayne’s award-winning debut as a writer takes audiences on an emotional journey ranging from fear and hate to delight and joy.
Agent November's Major X Ploe-Shun – Outdoor Escape Game
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly at Gordon Aikman Lecture Theatre / Assembly at West Princes Street Gardens
- 6th - 29th Aug 2021
You are the hero in this immersive, spy-themed escape game.
A Day at the Beach
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Winner of Best Ensemble at a Tucson Fringe Festival 2021.
Shades of White
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Shades of White is set in 1990s Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA during the year of the 75th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
Live @ The Drill Hall
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Army @ The Fringe Online
- 6th - 7th Aug 2021
Celebrate the return to live entertainment with an exciting evening of variety hosted by radio personality Mark McKenzie in the home of the Army.
Improvabunga!
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 6th - 21st Aug 2021
Improvabunga is the totally improvised movie adventure extravaganza.
Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
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…
Five Times As Wise
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 9th Aug 2021
A writer enters his studio and is visited by five eccentric and imposing characters with the purpose of creating a play that defines the 21st century.
What Are We Watching?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Fringe Player
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
A comedy about four working-class friends, Nick, Dan, Michelle and Lucy.
Two Fingers Up
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall Online
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
Remember when your religion teacher taught you about ridin’? And the school nurse told you to shave your pits? Or here, discovering your clit the first time? Wait, you haven’t yet?…
Receptionists
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall Online
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
The Receptionists is a physical comedy show about customer service by two Finnish female clowns.
Granny Smith
- Listing Theatre / Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- French Institute in Scotland
- 6th - 30th Aug 2021
One-woman, bilingual (English/French) mask show.
My Left Nut by Michael Patrick and Oisin Kearney
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall Online
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
400 milliliters.
Rajesh and Naresh
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall Online
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
‘The only thing for you now is to find a good wife.
Clowntime
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- [email protected]
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
In this new one-man show, with a full cast via video, playwright and performer John Feffer portrays the fall and unlikely rise of a straight man in a comic world.
The Adventures of Sleepyhead
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Showcatcher (Online)
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
‘Utterly charming’ (Portsmouth Herald,US).
GOBBY
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Online
- 6th Aug 2021
A biting and heartfelt one-woman odyssey about what it really means to be loud.
King John: A Theatrical Film
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- [email protected]
- 6th - 9th Aug 2021
King Richard the Lionheart is dead.
The Sean and Gerry Breakfast Show
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- [email protected]
- 6th - 6th Aug 2021
A comedy play about two veteran local radio DJs finally getting their shot at the big time: the breakfast show on national radio.
Zumba Gold
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 6th - 15th Aug 2021
Cathy works at the local leisure centre.
Kevin Quantum: Eyes Open | Eyes Shut
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 5th - 28th Aug 2021
From the Britain’s Got Talent 2020 semi-finalist, trained by Penn and Teller, Edinburgh Fringe sell-out.
The Snoopy Question
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 25th - 29th Aug 2020
What are dogs really like? Will Matt turn into a dog? In a crazy but true story, Matt Black offers joyful entertainment with surprising dog facts, excellent poems, cheap props and …
Save The Date
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 25th - 29th Aug 2020
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…
Abigail's Party
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 24th - 29th Aug 2020
Beverly and husband Laurence are throwing a party for their newlywed neighbours, Tony and Angela.
All My Stupid Jobs
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 24th - 29th Aug 2020
Broadway / West End veteran Timothy Quinlan exposes the humbling truth about life in musical theatre.
The Beat Goes On
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 24th - 29th Aug 2020
The irrepressible Glummer Twins are back to celebrate the joys, absurdities and indignities of getting older.
Judgement Day
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
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…
What Women Want
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 24th - 31st Aug 2020
Is there anything more complex than the female mind? In this 21st-century world, every action is just so difficult for people to understand! They’ve liked my photo, do they fancy m…
Three Broads and a Piano
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St
- 23rd Aug 2020
A light-hearted afternoon of trios, duets and solos from opera and musical theatre, encompassing Mozart to Sondheim.
King John
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 17th - 29th Aug 2020
King Richard the Lionheart is dead.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 17th - 22nd Aug 2020
IKP present a bonkers theatre adventure in this brand-new comedy adaptation of L Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Strike!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 17th - 22nd Aug 2020
Sex, thugs and bowling balls.
Double Date! The Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 17th - 27th Aug 2020
When exes Claire and Niamh bump into each other for the first time in years while out with their current partners, they have no idea just what they’ve gotten themselves into.
Dog/Actor
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
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.
Death(s) at Sea
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 17th - 22nd Aug 2020
A small theatre company are performing their murder mystery play, Death at Sea, but during the show, everything goes wrong.
Match.Mom
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 17th - 29th Aug 2020
A playful, one-woman comedy about a single mum’s trials and adventures in the year 2000 at the dawn of Internet dating.
Raw in 20s
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
A woman on the cusp of turning 30 pours over the last decade of her life.
Graham is Not Cooperating
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 17th - 29th Aug 2020
Son, brother and patient, Graham subsists on a full-fat diet of petty grievances and crosswords.
Just Two Guys: Burgers and Fries
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
Just Two Guys have arrived to bring you an experience you won’t forget! Their unique blend of acoustic rock music, comedy, and food creates the most fulfilling musical performanc…
Failure Studies
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 14th - 20th Aug 2020
Failure Studies is a new short play by Marco Biasioli.
We Apologise for the Inconvenience
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 14th - 24th Aug 2020
It’s 1984 and the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams, is in trouble.
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 10th - 14th Aug 2020
Anarchist: noun; a person who rebels against any authority or established order.
The Songcatcher: Folk, Flamenco and Theatre-Style Songs
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC
- 10th - 11th Aug 2020
Following successful tours of Australia, the USA and the UK, English folk-acoustic duo Skinner and T’witch return to Edinburgh with a live show of original music.
There's No Mystery in Murder!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 10th - 29th Aug 2020
Murder has come to a quiet Yorkshire village where nothing ever happens.
Melody and Her Many Men
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 10th - 21st Aug 2020
A romantic Greek comedy.
Shrek: The Panto
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 10th - 22nd Aug 2020
In a world where we ignore any films past Shrek 2.
Amy Abler: PianoDivalicious!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 10th - 17th Aug 2020
Echoing the crossover concert styles of Liberace and Victor Borge, this world-touring US pianist/singer is a classical musician gone rogue.
Self Service
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Breaking down? Worn out, but can’t find the manual? Book in for this funny, tender, toolbox talk about how to keep going.
Amorous Tales of Shakespeare
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2020
Who was Shakespeare’s true love? Anne Hathaway who seduced the young Will.
Half a Dozen Jane Eyres
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Double Fringe First winners bring Bronte evangelists who fight and bite at West Norwood’s first-ever Jane Eyre convention (Jeremy Kyle meets Comic Con).
Fleas and Cheese: The Great Plague and Fire Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Enjoy a plaguey, fiery hour in this informative and interactive one-man show for history-loving kids.
Elliot Bibby's Birthday Party of a Lifetime
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 7th - 30th Aug 2020
Birthdays are magical, especially when you get to celebrate several at the one party! You’re invited to travel through a lifetime of magical birthday experiences and join in the …
Waiting for Hamlet
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Winner of the 2018 Kenneth Branagh New Drama Writing award, this comedy about a tragedy locks King Hamlet and Yorick in a battle of wits between two old fools, where only one of th…
Craig's Magic Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Using only a deck of cards and a very talented toy rabbit, magician Craig Stephenson has dazzled audiences around the world with his exemplary sleight of hand skills combined with …
Happily Ever Poofter
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Like Disney? Like c*ck? Then you’ll love Happily Ever Poofter! Following a smash-hit UK and international tour, the untold story of a gay fairytale prince – 2019’s hottest musi…
North Star (or What I Listened to Instead of My Intuition)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 14th Aug 2020
Ever met someone with a great intuition for everyone but themselves? Meet Lori Hamilton.
Boys in the Buff
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Diana Diamonte inspires her four boys to explore something we’re all interested in: bodies.
La Serva Padrona
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 15th Aug 2020
Opera is dying! Can David bring it back to life with his one-man production of La Serva Padrona? Comedy, cocoa and questions of consent collide in this new English version of Pergo…
Agonising Agony Aunts
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
After years of being agony aunts, they are left feeling agonised! But changing career is not easy, especially in today’s life.
Happy Ending
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
A gay man, a straight man and a massage table… Happy Ending introduces you to a simple, perfectly professional massage therapist who goes about his day job never knowing who his …
Let's Try Gay
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 7th - 23rd Aug 2020
Two friends, Jack and Phil, meet in a hotel, bringing a video camera.
A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Join acclaimed mystery maestros Highly Suspect for a hilarious and interactive murder mystery, which you – the audience – must solve! Featuring a fiendish plot, evidence to exa…
Beowulf: Her Story
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 7th - 9th Aug 2020
Beowulf sets out to save the Danes, redefine heroism and crack some legendary jokes along the way.
The Importance Of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 7th - 22nd Aug 2020
Completely sold out in 2014 and 2018.
Forth on the Fringe
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 7th - 8th Aug 2020
Now in its 13th year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase event of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 7th - 15th Aug 2020
Told through a series of flashbacks interspersed with the “Last Supper”, The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband is a hilarious exploration of jealousy, humiliation, deceit and betrayal w…
Trump the Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
The Edinburgh satirical smash hit returns newly revised and updated! Election 2020.
Nuts
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 15th Aug 2020
A talk show with a difference! Join George Monkey along with his primate pal, Cedric as he chats with invited guests in this unique and hilarious talk show featuring some of the be…
Disenchanted: A Cabaret of Twisted Fairy Tales
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 7th - 29th Aug 2020
Sexy and subversive, audacious and hilarious, this one-woman show puts a knife in the back of traditional fairy tales.
Frank Sanazi – The Wurst Is Yet To Come
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 7th - 30th Aug 2020
The legendary dark prince of comedy-cabaret has brought his new show to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Rita, Sue and Bob Too
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 7th - 15th Aug 2020
Broken Britain, 1987, Rita and Sue; two teens hungry for adult adventure embark on a wicked journey that takes them on a very raucous ride – literally! You’ll be shocked, you may…
The Illicit Thrill: The History of Pants Off!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 7th - 30th Aug 2020
Head down to the Fringe’s shadiest nightspot as The Illicit Thrill is back in the strip-teasing business.
The Voodoo Rooms Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 7th - 16th Aug 2020
A thrilling intimate showcase sees our hilarious Master of ceremonies introduce a cast of outrageous performers including world-class comedians, astonishing magicians, cabaret croo…
Chores
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 6th - 31st Aug 2020
Want to enjoy an hour of madcap comedy circus whilst simultaneously instilling in your kids a sense of domestic duty? Look no further – this sell-out show is back and tidying you…
It All
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 6th - 29th Aug 2020
Cameron Cook’s debut solo show, previously performed to full houses at Soho Theatre, offers up that rare and sought-after Fringe experience – you see a show, you know next to not…
Jarred Christmas and Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 6th - 29th Aug 2020
Are you a kid? Do you like music, laughing and whack-a-doodle-noodle craziness? Grab your pet adult and join us! Direct from a UK tour and last year’s sell-out run; we’re back …
The Greatest Magic Show
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 6th - 30th Aug 2020
Best in Fringe Kids 2019.
Six° with Jamie Adkins
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 6th - 30th Aug 2020
With only six degrees of separation, we are all connected.
Faulty Towers the Dining Experience
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Imagination Workshop
- 6th - 31st Aug 2020
It’s officially the world’s most sought after tribute to the BBC’s iconic sitcom – and it’s back! Step inside and experience this comedy spectacular from the inside-out a…
Ben Moor: Who Here's Lost?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
What do we make with our lives? An artist worries his work has lost its way.
Adrian Bliss: Better Thunberg
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th - 30th Aug 2020
Seeing how well it did for Greta Thunberg, a budding influencer jumps on the climate change bandwagon in a bid to become the most famous person on Earth.
Attenborough and His Animals
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
The magic of David Attenborough live! A blue whale swims through the depths.
Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
Disney villain.
The Adventures of Sleepyhead
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
She’s the dreamer of dreams.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywoodland
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Boteco
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
The remarkably funny and true story of actor Nigel Miles-Thomas putting on the first-ever Pantomime in Los Angeles in 1991.
Convenience Store Woman
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
Irasshaimasé! Welcome to the store! Meet Keiko.
HAWK
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 5th - 30th Aug 2020
When a shipment containing a highly protected Sypher Corp suit goes missing in space, it’s up to John Hawk and a team of space marines to collect the asset, transport it across the…
Now That's What I Call... Getting Brexit Done!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 5th - 31st Aug 2020
The perpetrators of 2019’s satirical smash hit Now That’s What I Call Brexit – ‘Searing satire’ **** (BritishTheatreGuide.
The Sneeze
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 5th - 23rd Aug 2020
Works by Anton Chekhov, translated and adapted by Michael Frayn.
Spike Smith: A Retrospective
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kate Copstick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 9th Sep, 2019
In the midst of the comedy maelstrom, into which Edinburgh in August descends, I was privileged to enjoy an extraordinary artistic experience.
Ask A Stripper
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kate Copstick
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus
- 2nd Sep, 2019
This is not a 'show' in the generally accepted meaning of the word.
A Partnership
- Review
- ★★★★
- William Leckie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 2nd Sep, 2019
Some assert that homophobia, for the most part, has been eradicated.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
- Review
- ★★★
- George Lea
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 27th Aug, 2019
Brecht’s darkly comic play about the ascent of the moronic, childish but charismatic gangster Arturo Ui should be relevant for obvious reasons.
YUCK Circus
- Review
- ★★★★
- Josephine Balfour-Oatts
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 26th Aug, 2019
This year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe sees YUCK Circus pull down the pants of the patriarchy in a bares-all, feminist romp.
Mojo
- Review
- ★★★★
- William Leckie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 26th Aug, 2019
I’m somewhat sceptical of companies bringing classic plays to the Fringe, be it an average Hamlet or yet another Woyzeck.
Will Gompertz: Double Art History – The Sequel
- Review
- ★★★
- Jane Prinsley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 25th Aug, 2019
Will Gompertz feels like an old friend, not because I have ever met him, but because I have grown up with his inciteful and interesting contributions as the BBC’s arts editor.
The 27 Club
- Review
- ★★★
- William Leckie
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 25th Aug, 2019
The play follows Nick: a young, successful artist struggling with his identity and mental health.
Testament of Yootha
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 25th Aug, 2019
Those not lucky enough to have enjoyed the naff golden years and dubious social content of 1970s and 80s television may not immediately understand the appeal of a one-woman show ab…
Beach Body Ready
- Review
- ★★★★
- Scott Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 25th Aug, 2019
In our current day and age with consuming media in whatever shape it may take, it’s not difficult to find an advert, article or commentary about the body and how we should look i…
Bobby & Amy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 24th - 25th Aug 2019
A new dark comedy about foot-and-mouth disease by Fringe First award winner Emily Jenkins.
Superstar
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 24th - 25th Aug 2019
From a very young age, Nicola has been determined to prove to her four older siblings, and the world, that she is more than just a little sister.
Lobster
- Review
- ★★★
- Nuri Syed Corser
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 23rd Aug, 2019
In the last years, online dating apps - and the ever-more-absurd scenarios that facilitate - have emerged as a fruitful mine of comic reflections.
Fawlty Towers Live Themed Dinner Show
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Fawlty Towers Dining Room at the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel
- 23rd Aug, 2019
The Fawlty Towers Live Themed Dinner Show is one of two similar events happening at this year's Edinburgh Fringe; both themed dinners based on the legendary iconic 1970s sitcom…
Un Poyo Rojo
- Review
- ★★★★
- Elliot Douglas
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 23rd Aug, 2019
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.
The Importance of Being Earnest
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 23rd Aug, 2019
Shakespeare: Reloaded have reworked this classic Oscar Wilde play into something almost unrecognisable.
Phoenix
- Review
- ★★★
- Ashleigh Torva
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 23rd Aug, 2019
Ash Phoenix dreams of being a rock star.
Blind Date
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall
- 23rd Aug, 2019
Have you ever been on a Tinder date? Picture that in front of a live audience, where only one of the participants knows what’s going on.
In Conversation with... Elaine C Smith
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 23rd Aug 2019
BAFTA-winning actor, comedian, singer, writer, independence campaigner, panto legend, feminist and socialist, Smith is rarely accused of lacking opinions.
Waiting for Godot
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Edinburgh Yes Hub
- 22nd - 26th Aug 2019
LIP Service brings their critically acclaimed production of Samuel Beckett’s tragicomedy Waiting for Godot to Edinburgh from Texas.
The Red Balloon
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 22nd - 25th Aug 2019
Based on the classic 1956 short film by Albert Lamorisse, the award-winning Lucky Dog bring their brand-new show to Edinburgh Fringe.
Written With Crayons
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 22nd - 26th Aug 2019
Written With Crayons by Ciara McNiff.
Blockbusters
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Palmerston Place Church
- 22nd - 23rd Aug 2019
A comedic dash through the big-hitters of the Bible, courtesy of the Blockbusters board and in the company of two accomplished storytellers.
Accordion Fight Show
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 21st - 25th Aug 2019
Strangely’s folk-punk-cabaret riot returns with new songs and shenanigans.
The HandleBards: Much Ado About Nothing
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 21st - 25th Aug 2019
They’ve cycled 1500 miles to get to the Fringe, carrying on the back of their bikes all of the set, props and costumes they need for their brand-new show.
Shameless Berlin Presents: Pussy Powered Protest
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern
- 21st - 25th Aug 2019
Join us for a hedonistic hour of weird, funny and confusing entertainment direct from the seething capital of culture and queerness, Berlin.
Vulvarine: A New Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Will Breden
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 20th Aug, 2019
Fat Rascal Theatre should be pleased with their Fringe so far.
Melinda Hughes: Off the Scale
- Review
- ★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 20th Aug, 2019
Melinda Hughes is a prodigious cabaret vocalist and political satirist who brings her new show Off The Scale to this year’s Fringe, backed by a wonderful three-piece band.
Jekyll and Hyde
- Review
- ★★★★
- Miles Hurley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 20th Aug, 2019
If you’ve seen anything that A Slightly Isolated Dog has done, you’ve arguably seen all of it, and that is in no way a bad thing.
Dark Play or Stories for Boys
- Review
- ★★★★
- Elanor Parker
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 20th Aug, 2019
Nick is 14 years old.
A Womb of One's Own
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jane Prinsley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 20th Aug, 2019
Part party, part PSHE lesson and part coming-of-age rom-com, A Womb of One’s Own is a heartfelt love letter to women’s bodies everywhere.
Mother and the Monster / Free Festival
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern
- 20th - 25th Aug 2019
Charlotte was a legendary Hollywood props mistress who disappeared from public view decades ago.
Come Dine with Mr Shakespeare
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 20th - 24th Aug 2019
Reality TV lurches onto the stage, with four familiar Shakespearean characters competing to win a thousand gold crowns.
The Village Fate
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 20th - 24th Aug 2019
In June 2017, one vote changed a village in middle England forever.
Daisy MacDade: Sugarbaby
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
Daisy MacDade tells the strange-but-true story of her extraordinary experiences as an Edinburgh-based sugarbaby trying to get through university.
The Scott Walker Songbook
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Frankenstein Pub
- 20th - 26th Aug 2019
Scott Walker was one of popular music’s most fascinating and elusive characters.
Bi-Cycle
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, George Square
- 19th Aug, 2019
Bi-Cycle is the low-cardio, sweat-drenched sexual awakening you never knew you needed.
Comedy Hypnotist and Mentalist Mark Knight
- Review
- ★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 19th Aug, 2019
Mark Knight had the honour of performing to a packed-out room, clearly up for a fun Friday night of Mind Reading and Hypnosis – any Edinburgh performer’s dream scenario.
Jumping the Barriers
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Place
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
We tell the story of a chance meeting on a train between a wealthy young graduate and a homeless northerner, and how this dramatic mirror casts light on the inequality of our socie…
Sharon Stacy Statue
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 20th - 25th Aug 2019
This is a show about letting others and experiences steal your identity and what to do to get it back. As told by Sharon Stacy Statue.
Crystal Bollix presents: The Bitch Ball
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
Ever been called a bitch? Want to escape reality? Or simply want to have a motherf*cking good time? Welcome to the Bitch Ball.
Perfect Wedding
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
Waking in the bridal suite on his wedding day, Bill finds a strange girl in his bed.
Ben Hur
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 19th - 23rd Aug 2019
From Patrick Barlow (The 39 Steps), Ben Hur follows an amateur theatre troupe as they produce the massive tale of the fictional prince and merchant, Judah Ben-Hur.
Cadaver Synod
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
The Pope makes legal history having his predecessor exhumed and put on trial.
Curveball
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
Man and woman meet, they fall in love and live happily ever after.
Glockenspielsexpartybavariagoodbye
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
An agoraphobic phone sex dominatrix goes on a whirlwind journey across the Bavarian countryside – and deep within herself – in order to rescue a friend from the claws of a myth…
Goodbye Charles – Free
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
‘I ate the divorce papers, Charles.
And Then They Died
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
Riddled Image have been invited to a funeral, but something quickly becomes clear when they arrive: the funeral is for one of them.
Sex Ed: A Cabaret of Play
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Safari Lounge
- 19th - 20th Aug 2019
With thrilling stories, silly games, and pervy puppets, Sex Ed is the smartest, slam-bangin’-est cabaret in town.
The Convoluted Adventures of Batman and Robin – An Adult Panto!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
Na na na na na na na na Batman! Na na na na na na na na panto! Panto! Batman! Pantooooo! After a sell-out adult pantomime in 2018’s Fringe, WDG is back with a new not-family-frie…
Heir Heads
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
They have been dreaming of this since they were young and now the day has finally come.
Little Shop of Horrors
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
Florist’s assistant Seymour becomes a sensation when he discovers an exotic plant with a macabre craving.
What Are You Wearing?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Place
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
Our show tells the story of two women.
The Bald Soprano
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
You can see a play every day in every theatre.
Mourning Overnight
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
‘The worst day of our lives might just be the best thing that ever happened to us’.
Defying Logic
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
We meet Lily in a therapists office in Manhattan.
Die or Run
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
The 1980s.
Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
Chic Murray was the comedian’s comedian.
Fraser Gibson: Self-ish
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just The Tonic at the Caves
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
Fraser Gibson spends his time shamelessly promoting himself about town as a way to make a living.
The Wheel of Improv: Musicals Edition!
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
Spin that wheel! Join us for an evening of totally improvised musical comedy where you create the show.
Special Measures
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
A classroom comedy.
Remind Me Again Why I Need a Man
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Novotel
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
Maggie Taylor has the ideal life as an ageing dominatrix.
An Evening with Bosom Buddies
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
With their astonishing singing vocals, Brenda and Bernie attempt to perform the worlds greatest tribute to the divas show.
Holy Sh*t
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
In a desperate last-ditch attempt to save their underfunded and dwindling church, two priests come to the conclusion that the best way they can raise funds is by selling the one re…
Twelfth Night
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
One of Shakespeare’s funniest comedies brought to you by CYD.
COMPOST
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
When two ex-government peons decide their next mildly illegal venture is selling bins that supposedly turn plastic into compost, they discover that Amersham has a sordid underbelly…
The Soundtrack of Life
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 19th - 25th Aug 2019
Everyone has a soundtrack to their life – from the songs that get you up on the dance floor to the ones that get you singing in your car, the songs that get you through hard time…
Choose Your Own... Improv!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
What do you want to see? A marriage or a funeral? An abandoned spaceship or a creepy dungeon? A murder or a resurrection? In Choose Your Own.
It's That Simple
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
At the age of five she already knew she wanted to play the cello and conquer the world with her red cello case on her back.
Stay Loyal to the Royals
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
YouTube sensation, the Queen, is bringing her unique brand of Christmas messages live to the stage.
amendments: A Play on Words
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
John Chesterton works in a world where political correctness is paramount.
The Feminazis
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
Tired of the lack of progress in gender equality, Sal and Libby decide to take things into their own hands in the only sensible way they can think of: by starting a terrorist organ…
Itinerary of an EU Migrant Worker – A Bittersweet Anglo-French Musical Comedy
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
French-born Marianne has spent most of her adult life in the UK.
Liminality
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
A scholar and an amnesiac find themselves on the shore of the river Styx.
The Drowsy Chaperone
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
The five-time Tony Award and seven-time Drama Desk Award-winning show now revived for 2019.
Alan Ayckbourn's No Knowing
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
After their sell-out success last year with three Alan Bennett plays, BCP return with one of Alan Ayckbourn’s most recent tragi-comedies.
Just a Number
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
David Harmer and Ray Globe recently turned 60.
Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
After their sell-out success last year with three Alan Bennett plays, BCP return with two of Ayckbourn’s short comedies performed back to back.
Tuck Into Poetry – A Lite Bite of Cheese and Puns
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 19th - 24th Aug 2019
Served with a smile and a sprinkling of humour, Suzanne brings you a portion of poetry to tickle the taste buds.
The Kaye Hole
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jane Prinsley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 18th Aug, 2019
Shabbat shalom misfits, Reuben Kaye is back in town.
Paradise Lodge
- Review
- ★★★★
- George Lea
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 18th Aug, 2019
The framing of Paradise Lodge is odd at first.
Les Quizérables
- Review
- ★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd
- 18th Aug, 2019
Les Quizérables is a fun and intimate quiz taking place in a dungeon-like cellar that entirely enhances the atmosphere.
21 Futures by Olly Hawes
- Review
- ★★
- Jet Green
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 18th Aug, 2019
At the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, there is a work by the artist Robert Montgomery, a large piece of signage that declares ‘THERE WILL BE NO MIRACLES HERE’.
Peeved with Peter E Davidson
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree
- 18th - 25th Aug 2019
Derry comedian Peter E Davidson (The Blame Game, Live at the Sunflower) is back with his third Fringe show and this time.
Cauliflower
- Review
- ★★★★
- Kay Tee
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex
- 17th Aug, 2019
Ellie is living on her own in London, away from Mum in Leeds for the very first time.
The Rude Awakening: Sex, Shame and Liberation
- Review
- ★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 17th Aug, 2019
Amber Topaz, the inaugural Miss Burlesque UK, brings Edinburgh Fringe a burlesqueless theatrical cabaret experience that is personal, informative, and inclusive.
The Rebirth of Meadow Rain
- Review
- ★★★★
- Charlie Ralph
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 17th Aug, 2019
Trauma is never an easy thing to talk about.
Shakespeare Up Late!
- Review
- ★★
- Jane Prinsley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C aquila
- 17th Aug, 2019
This 50-minute adaptation of Hamlet is one for Shakespeare lovers with short attention spans.
Vinyl Encore
- Review
- ★★★★
- Annabel Pribelszki
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 17th Aug, 2019
AW King and Paul Vitty have written an entertaining and poignant theatre piece, enhanced with live music, which digs under the skin of a rock star’s ego and internal drive, as tw…
Not Quite
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jet Green
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 17th Aug, 2019
It’s a secret epidemic, one that affects every new generation of young people.
Men Chase Women Choose
- Review
- ★★★
- Zoe Callow
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 17th Aug, 2019
A riotous romp through the history of the female body, the patriarchy and the bad science behind the titular gender myth.
Electric
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hannah Crofts
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 17th Aug, 2019
Two young women from different sides of Dublin city attending the same festival meet in the girls' toilets (always the best place to make new friends) and strike up a connectio…
Letter to Boddah
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C cubed
- 17th Aug, 2019
“Will they or won’t they go through with it?” That is the consuming question that hovers for an hour over Letter to Boddah, written and directed by Sarah Nelson and performed…
Buzzing
- Review
- ★★
- Isla Whateley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 17th Aug, 2019
Buzzing is the story of Julie, a 50-something recent divorcee who is wanting to discover herself and “find meaning”.
Frank Sanazi – Ocean's Nein
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Voodoo Rooms
- 17th Aug, 2019
With a blast of Darth Vader’s Imperial March, the tone is set before Pete Cunningham’s highly celebrated alter ego, the cult smash and ‘King of Dark Cabaret’, Frank Sanazi …
Chris Read: Little Man
- Review
- ★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar
- 17th Aug, 2019
Chris Read is a talented singer-songwriter performing his debut solo hour at the Fringe this year.
Boar
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 17th Aug, 2019
Stage mist and ethereal warfare sounds are the backdrop to this wonderful hour of bloodthirsty battle and adventure, with a cast of thousands resonating through the medium of Lewis…
Alex Hodgson’s Half Past Seven Show
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Brunton
- 17th Aug 2019
Alex Hodgson’s Half Past Seven Show gives a muckle tip of his bunnet to some of Scotland’s best variety entertainers.
The Really Terrible Orchestra
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- St Cuthbert’s Church
- 17th Aug 2019
The RTO will once again endeavour to transcend all the expected orchestral clichés.
Tally Ho, Secret Several!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 15th - 24th Aug 2019
Spoof of Enid Blyton’s famous adventure book series The Secret Seven.
The Lashes: Return of the Lash
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 16th - 25th Aug 2019
The Lashes are three queens on the run from Gaylead.
The Glass Elephant
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 16th - 21st Aug 2019
A young mother-to-be visits her in-laws for a Christmas trip.
Mama's Eggnog
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 16th - 18th Aug 2019
On the night before Halloween, three grown siblings witness the cremation of their beloved mother and then spend the remainder of the holiday season arguing over the fate of mum’…
The Domestic
- Review
- ★★
- Miles Hurley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 15th Aug, 2019
To make a piece of gig theatre work, you need to find a musical genre or vibe that can imbue the show with energy, and you need to find a story and a storyteller that can harness t…
Stoned, Stupid and Stuck (A Californian Fairytale)
- Review
- ★★★
- Beverly Sproats
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 15th Aug, 2019
Stoner comedy is a strange subgenre.
Shakespeare for Breakfast
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hannah Crofts
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C viva
- 15th Aug, 2019
Shakespeare for Breakfast is a great show to start your day… and that’s not just because of the complimentary coffee and pastries!It’s the 28th year C theatre have put on a S…
Noir Hamlet
- Review
- ★★★★
- Amy Macrae
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St / theSpace @ Venue45
- 15th Aug, 2019
Pour a glass of whisky, settle into the sounds of a sax solo and join ‘Little H’ for a new noir take on Shakespeare's famous tragedy, Hamlet.
In PurSUEt
- Review
- ★★★★
- Hannah Crofts
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 15th Aug, 2019
A show about a Sue Perkins stan who has a life-size cardboard cut-out of the former Great British Bake Off presenter and an unwavering belief that she “will be glad to have someb…
B'Witches
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar
- 15th - 25th Aug 2019
For centuries three witches have gathered on the solstice to create a potion to avoid being turned to stone at midnight.
Simone Belshaw: Goblin and Fiends
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ City Cafe
- 15th - 25th Aug 2019
Simone Belshaw presents Goblin and Fiends, a romp into femininity, idiocy, foxes and omelettes.
A Very British Lesbian
- Review
- ★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 14th Aug, 2019
Fiona Goodwin has written and performed this piece as the ultimate coming out story.
A Grave Situation
- Review
- ★★★
- Jane Prinsley
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 14th Aug, 2019
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.
#Dave Alnwick: Actual Magic
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 14th Aug, 2019
Dave Alnwick is a true magician’s magician, with many strings to his bow.
A Fear and Loathing Actor in Dublin
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C cubed
- 14th - 26th Aug 2019
Fast-paced, high-energy, physical theatre that features Shakespeare monologues re-imagined.
The Mackerel Eaters
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ The Hive
- 14th - 25th Aug 2019
Local band The Mackerel Eaters are searching for their inspiration and motivation in the cultural graveyard of ambition, Galway City.
The HandleBards: The Tempest
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 14th - 18th Aug 2019
They’ve cycled 1500 miles to get to the Fringe, carrying on the back of their bikes all of the set, props and costumes they need for their brand-new show.
Sugar
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Novotel
- 14th - 24th Aug 2019
Steph and Rhona work part-time in dead-end jobs and rent a flat they can’t afford.
Chris Cross: The Great Magician of the North
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar / PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 14th - 24th Aug 2019
Chris Cross – The tricky Geordie cheekster returns for his 14th consecutive Fringe, with his unique madcap style of multi award-winning comedy magic, escapology and cunning stunt…
EAST
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 13th Aug, 2019
Steven Berkoff’s irresistible EAST makes an inevitable return to the Festival Fringe, this time in a vibrant and energetic production by HiveMCR.
Wild Swimming
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Zoe Callow
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 13th Aug, 2019
Wild Swimming is the story of two friends across centuries of change and development.
The Two Magicians with Kane & Abel
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 13th Aug, 2019
Edinburgh Fringe's premier magical twins, Kane and Abel, return for their sixth run here in their regular home as the flagship magicians of PBH's Free Fringe venue the Liqu…
Gobby
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 13th Aug, 2019
How did the first person to watch Phoebe Waller-Bridge perform Fleabag feel; confused, enlightened, so profoundly altered they could barely put words to it? Jodie Irvine’s origin…
Colin Cloud: Sinful
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 13th Aug, 2019
Colin Cloud is the undisputed rockstar of the Edinburgh Fringe magic world and one of the festival’s greatest success stories of recent years.
Jennifer B
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 13th - 17th Aug 2019
Jennifer B is a must-see! She’s a thirty-something blonde with a red lipstick, a protruding front and an animal instinct.
Lovinda Heart: Penetration
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus / Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt
- 13th - 14th Aug 2019
Stand-up tantra diving shamelessly into the heart of your matter.
Our Teacher's a Troll!
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 13th - 17th Aug 2019
Two terrible twins with a talent for turmoil rule their school with terror and tyranny – until the arrival of a new head teacher with green scaly skin, sharp gnarly fangs and a l…
Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 13th - 25th Aug 2019
An award-winning, one-woman science comedy-musical about the neuroscience of love and loneliness.
The Understudies
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Wee Red Bar
- 13th - 24th Aug 2019
The Understudies is a completely improvised comedy musical that has enjoyed two successful years at the Edinburgh Fringe (2017 and 2018).
Mandy Picks a Husband
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 13th - 17th Aug 2019
Almost 40 and totally single, Mandy takes us on a hilarious, raw 55-minute rollercoaster ride unearthing the magic elixir for her unmarried soul.
Trust the Teenagers
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 13th - 17th Aug 2019
Trust the teenagers to fall too hard, to act too fast, to think too deep, to drink too much.
Do Our Best
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Scott Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 12th Aug, 2019
The Girl Guide Promise, an oath taken by all Guides and Brownies, highlights how a girl guide member must always do their best, be true to themselves and develop their beliefs.
West of Frances
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Frances has decided to fly to Dublin to spit on Sister Ina Marsh’s grave.
The Last Bread Pudding
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
Coming from their success at the 2017 All-England Theatre Festival semi-finals, Our Star Theatre Company proudly presents their award-winning comedy, The Last Bread Pudding – a h…
Toothbrush
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
Alena and Kat are splitting up.
Almost, Maine
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
A cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter.
1:1
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Novotel
- 12th - 18th Aug 2019
After moving from a tiny village and now currently piled up under a mountain of student debt plus the dizzying heights of life in the city, our postgraduate finds himself chatting …
Mr Nice Guy
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Local celebrity Jeremy Shaw is shot on his way to work one morning.
Blighty, Broadway and Beyond! – The Private Lives of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence, one of the most successful partnerships in the 30s and 40s, (dead now unfortunately.
40 Shades of Green Tour
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
This comedy is about the crazy antics of an American cast bringing their show Tea for Three to a theatre in Ireland.
Nine Months
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
Breaking the 4th Wall was founded by Imelda Reynolds and Frances Moylan.
Morning Glory
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Planet Bar
- 12th - 16th Aug 2019
David is a man of a certain age in an uncertain age.
The Visitors
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
The Visitors is an original play which centres around a night in the life of heroin addict Danny Strand as he attempts to rekindle his old flare for life.
The Taming of the Shrew
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
The 1950s: a golden era, idyllic, patriarchal.
Dream Machine
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 12th - 18th Aug 2019
This year’s hottest product has just hit the city.
Takin' It Easy, 1916
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Near Bristol, a clueless Swindonian encounters a secluded town with a distaste for strangers.
Get Her Outta Here by Isabella Broccolini
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 12th - 25th Aug 2019
Broccolini’s creation is a darkly raw absurdist comedy about Red Lady, a symbol and exploration of the female identity.
Borchert: A Life
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
Wolfgang Borchert.
Sales Pitch
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
This Sales Pitch is the only way forward.
How to Mend the World (With a Student Play)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
This new comedy gives the audience a fly-on-the-wall view of how messy putting on a student Fringe play can be.
Downton Shabby
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
Big Spirit Theatre Company brings you, Downtown Shabby.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
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 …
Headhog
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
A hedgehog has spontaneously appeared in Malcolm’s brain.
One Giant Leap
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
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.
Mallets
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Mallets takes place on a prissy perfect croquet lawn in Middle England, as the most tranquil of summer afternoons is forced to pay witness to a bloodthirsty grudge match between tw…
Surveillance
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
After a hugely successful debut with their show iDENTiTY, Anomaly Theatre Company returns with three new dark comedies scrutinising the world that scrutinises us.
The Very Well-Fed Caterpillar
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
A young and lonely caterpillar, whose eating habits have ballooned him to an impossible size, struggles to turn into a butterfly.
Noser: The Startup Musical
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Smelling: there’s an app for that.
Aca-rrested: Behind Bars
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
The Bristol Suspensions are on trial for crimes against a cappella! The 16-piece mixed a cappella group from the University of Bristol are being tried for various a cappella-relate…
Midges
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
A comic Highland noir whodunnit.
Semi-Toned Presents: Life on Mars
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Internationally renowned a cappella sensation Semi-Toned return to Edinburgh, following two consecutive sell-out runs at the Fringe.
Sister Act
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
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.
A Slice of Saturday Night
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
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…
The Mystery of the Bonnie Sporran and the Loch Ness Monster
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
The jolly summer hols have arrived at last! Young, brave Lady Iris Bungle and her beloved housekeeper, Mrs Squidgyfeet, find themselves at Hardwick Heights on the edge of Loch Ness…
You Have a Match
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 12th - 17th Aug 2019
Two girls take on the world of app store dating.
Pussy in Boots: The Adult Panto
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 12th - 24th Aug 2019
Join us for a naughty night out in which the world of pantomime will be spun on its head in this hilarious, innuendo-filled show packed with sauce, smut and shocks.
Para Handy: A Radio Play on Stage
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 12th - 18th Aug 2019
Following last year’s sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run, No Nonsense Productions (It’s a Wonderful Life: **** (EdinburghGuide.
James Freedman: Moment of Truth
- Review
- ★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 11th Aug, 2019
In Moment of Truth, James Freedman opens with an air of mystery.
Idris Stanton – Wham Glam Circus Man!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 11th Aug, 2019
If you’re a parent looking for a show that you can enjoy as much as your children, you may be looking quite hard.
Friendsical: A Parody Musical About Friends
- Review
- ★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 11th Aug, 2019
Friendsical is billed as a ‘musical parody’ of Friends and unfortunately it fails to hit the mark on both counts.
Dreamgun: Film Reads
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 11th Aug, 2019
Dreamgun: Film Reads are back at the Fringe and ready to ruin your childhood! At a time when podcasts are very on trend and live recordings are foisted upon an unsuspecting public …
Amy Abler: PianoDivalicious!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Jazz Bar
- 11th - 19th Aug 2019
With touches of Liberace and Victor Borge, this world-touring US pianist/singer is a classical concert artist gone rogue.
Freaky Dancing – An Evening with Bez (Happy Mondays)
- Listing Events
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Old Dr Bells Baths
- 11th Aug 2019
An evening with the man himself, Bez. Hear tales of the Hacienda, the rise and fall, then rise and fall again of The Happy Mondays, winning Celebrity Big Brother and more.
Matt McGuinness: We Are What We Overcome
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside
- 11th - 17th Aug 2019
Fresh from a successful UK tour, uplifting, anthemic tunes punctuate stories and conversation, shedding light on mental health with self-deprecating honesty and dark humour.
The Merry Wives of Seoul
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- C venues – C south
- 11th - 17th Aug 2019
Korean-ised adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic.
Left-Wing Conspiracy Theorist With Dyspraxia 2
- Listing Comedy
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Espionage / Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up
- 11th - 18th Aug 2019
After the success of his debut hour, political comedian Don Biswas returns to the festival with a brand-new WIP show: Left-Wing Conspiracy Theorist with Dyspraxia 2.
Bismillah! An ISIS Tragicomedy
- Review
- ★★
- Sophia Charalambous
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square / Underbelly, Cowgate
- 10th Aug, 2019
The premise of Bismillah! An Isis Tragicomedy, in the Fringe guide, "a story of radicalisation, disenfranchisment and the rock band Queen" was compelling enough to want t…
Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist
- Review
- ★★★★
- Beverly Sproats
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 10th Aug, 2019
Tilda Swinton (pronounced Swin-tone): human actress, alien from Jupiter or mystical spirit guide? Perhaps we’ll never know – this show certainly does little to provide us with …
My Best Dead Friend
- Review
- ★★★★
- Elliot Douglas
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Summerhall
- 10th Aug, 2019
The black box space in Summerhall is perfectly suited to Zanetti Productions’ new one-woman show My Best Dead Friend, at once intimate and epic in its proportions.
Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 10th Aug, 2019
Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl is one of four plays presented by CalArts at venue 13 this year and is steeped in their tradition of producing original material that stret…
Chris Cook: Consequences
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 10th Aug, 2019
The Edinburgh Fringe is the world’s greatest hub for creativity, and many of the world’s top performers congregate here year after year.
#Dave Alnwick: Literally the Best Magician
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 10th Aug, 2019
Dave Alnwick, a veteran of the Edinburgh Fringe magic circuit, is one of the more visually striking performers you're likely to see here.
The Last of the Pelican Daughters
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jet Green
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 10th Aug, 2019
The Wardrobe Ensemble is back at the Fringe with a powerfully emotional story of family.
Seasoned Professionals
- Review
- ★★★
- Skot Wilson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 10th Aug, 2019
It’s probably worth clarifying in the first sentence of this review that I was not expecting to be drawn into the bureaucratic complexities of being the Easter Bunny whilst at th…
Fix Us
- Review
- ★★★
- Stephen Svoboda
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square / Underbelly, Cowgate
- 10th Aug, 2019
Fix Us, presented by the BareFace Collective playing at the Underbelly Cowgate, is a defiant and inspiring look at how theatre and role play can help all of us to find our true sel…
In Conversation with... Shappi Khorsandi
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 10th Aug 2019
Award-winning stand-up, cultural icon, author and columnist, with countless TV and radio credits (including I’m A Celebrity.
Adrift
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Venue 13
- 10th - 17th Aug 2019
After a failed mutiny, three sailors find themselves cast adrift on a small piece of wood in the middle of the Atlantic; an angry Welsh doctor, a highly strung English first mate a…
How to Save a Rock
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth
- 10th - 23rd Aug 2019
Quick catch-up: it’s 2026, and we\'ve got four years left to save the world.
Spontaneous Potter Kidz
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 10th Aug 2019
Spontaneous Potter Kidz is an entirely improvised Harry Potter comedy play, based on an audience suggestion of a fan fiction title.
Son of Dyke
- Review
- ★★★★
- Paul Fisher Cockburn
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 9th Aug, 2019
I have a slight confession of bias.
Jew...ish
- Review
- ★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 9th Aug, 2019
Saul Boyer explodes on stage, a blast of energy and vigorous vocals, as he delights us with a punchy song about being a Jew.
From Judy to Bette: The Stars of Old Hollywood
- Review
- ★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 9th Aug, 2019
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.
Bitch, Antigone
- Review
- ★★★
- Stephen Svoboda
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 9th Aug, 2019
Noises Off meets Antigone with a lot of great dick jokes thrown in for good measure! Bitch, Antigone from Australia’s Out Cast Theatre and writer Steven Dawson, is a hilarious go…
Apollo: Take 111
- Review
- ★★
- Skot Wilson
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 9th Aug, 2019
James Stuart – or Stuart James – is passed out at his desk as the audience file into the space.
Forth on the Fringe
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Edinburgh Playhouse
- 9th - 10th Aug 2019
Now in it’s 12th year, Forth on the Fringe is the largest showcase of Fringe entertainment available at this year’s festival.
We Apologise for the Inconvenience
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 9th - 16th Aug 2019
It’s 1984 and the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams, is in trouble.
Buds of May Be
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Arts Club
- 9th - 17th Aug 2019
Has the science of love made us unlovable? A 21st-century sonneteer, accompanied by a flautist, try to update relationship practice as laid down by Shakespeare’s sonnets.
Looking for Wolverhampton's Latin Quarter
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 9th - 17th Aug 2019
A funny, touching and self-deprecating account of growing up in 1970s Wolverhampton.
Reservoir Dugs
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 9th - 17th Aug 2019
Scotland’s answer to a Tarantino classic.
Dada, Surrealism, Bowie and Pop: The Puzzle of Avant-Garde Art
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Arts Club
- 9th - 17th Aug 2019
Expect the unexpected at the Scottish Arts Club.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Edinburgh City Centre
- 9th - 11th Aug 2019
Winner of Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee has charmed audiences with effortless wit and humour.
Bad Girls Upset by the Truth
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 9th - 19th Aug 2019
A honky-tonk opera by Jo Carol Pierce, ‘the greatest Texas songwriter you’ve never heard of’ (Texas Monthly).
Losing My Mindfulness
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire
- 9th - 25th Aug 2019
Do you want to feel calmer, more focused and relaxed? Imagine a life where daily stress just floats by like a cloud in the sky, not a rain cloud, a nice one, a fluffy one.
Dominic Frisby Presents Adam Smith: Father of the Fringe
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Panmure House
- 9th - 25th Aug 2019
Nowhere has Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand been harder at work than at the festival itself.
The Hypnotist – Live and Outrageous
- Review
- ★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 8th Aug, 2019
Robert Temple is performing the only traditional hour-long hypnosis show in Edinburgh Fringe this year, so if you’re looking for a show where any number of people can volunteer t…
The Black Blues Brothers
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 8th Aug, 2019
It’s a sell-out audience in the huge space at Assembly Rooms.
Ricky Riddlegang and the Riddle Gang
- Review
- ★★★★
- Will Breden
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 8th Aug, 2019
The Cardboard Exotics are back at Fringe with a new offering from writer and cast member Ben Alborough.
Murder on the Dancefloor
- Review
- ★★★
- Beverly Sproats
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 8th Aug, 2019
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.
It's Britney, Bitches
- Review
- ★★★
- Matthew Sedman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 8th Aug, 2019
Oops, I did it again.
Girl Scouts vs Aliens
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Gillian Bain
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Studios
- 8th Aug, 2019
If there was an alien invasion of planet earth who would you want to represent the human race? Politicians, David Attenborough, The cast and crew of Stranger Things? What about a g…
Cream Tea and Incest
- Review
- ★★★
- Will Breden
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre
- 8th Aug, 2019
The eminently search-engine-unfriendly Cream Tea and Incest returns to Fringe after a successful outing in 2017, but this time with an all-female cast.
In Conversation with... Janey Godley
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 8th Aug 2019
Multi award-winning, take-no-prisoners, passionate, lyrical, totally honest Scottish comedienne, TV and radio regular, playwright, blogger, bestselling author, columnist and, er, T…
Jewbana
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 8th - 24th Aug 2019
Right before your very eyes, Susie K.
Kit and McConnel
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Radisson Collection Royal Mile Hotel
- 8th - 24th Aug 2019
In their fabulous, elegantly refurbished and dead-central venue, clutching a stack of freshly minted songs and sketches, cabaret veterans Kit Hesketh Harvey and James McConnel retu…
The Red
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Dome
- 7th Aug, 2019
Debuting as a writer and director, TV’s Marcus Brigstocke – known for his comedy and occasional film roles – brings us The Red, a play informed by his own experience battling…
The National Trust Fan Club
- Review
- ★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 7th Aug, 2019
The National Trust Fan Club is what happens if you imagine a Dave Gorman show delivered by your bouncy Auntie Joyce and her preoccupation with how to pronounce ‘scone’ (to rhym…
Stepping Out
- Review
- ★★
- Stephen Svoboda
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 7th Aug, 2019
Stepping Out, performed by Stage Avenue Performing Arts at theSpace @ Nidry Street, is a serviceable production of the British comedy originally written in 1984 by Richard Haaris.
Cherie – My Struggle
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Imagination Workshop
- 7th Aug, 2019
Cherie Blair has been somewhat of an enigma.
Yours Sincerely
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Beverly Sproats
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 7th Aug, 2019
Will Jackson is in a bit of a pickle.
Paul Zenon: Trust Me!
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Le Monde
- 7th Aug, 2019
Paul Zenon is one of the UK’s most beloved and sought-after magicians – a veteran of TV shows, corporate events, and high end cabaret, as well as becoming a regular guest on th…
Hughie
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Rebecca Vines
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 7th Aug, 2019
Tucked away upstairs at The Gilded Balloon, nestling right at the heart of comedy central, is an absolute gem which is a must-see for any devotees of real theatre.
Carol Cates: Tell Tale
- Review
- ★★★★
- Frodo Allan
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Heroes @ Dragonfly
- 7th Aug, 2019
Carol Cates sits on a tall stool strumming away on her ukulele and chatting with the audience as they arrive.
Sushi Tap Show
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 7th - 24th Aug 2019
Yes, it’s true! Those tap-dancing, juggling, pink-suited comedians from Tokyo are back at the Fringe for the sixth time! Don’t miss this hilarious, amazingly entertaining show!…
Fat Cops
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 7th Aug 2019
Fat Cops invite you to join them in their hot tub for a frothy night of hip-shakin’, garage-groovin’, punk-glam chaos.
Smut Slam: Where Sexy and Storytelling Collide
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Safari Lounge
- 7th - 14th Aug 2019
This high-energy, dirty storytelling open mic has been around the world.
R'n'J: The Untold Story of Shakespeare's Roz and Jules
- Review
- ★★
- Ali Schultz
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 6th Aug, 2019
Perhaps the end of Romeo & Juliet wasn't quite as tragic as we remembered.
Art Heist
- Review
- ★★★
- Beverly Sproats
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 6th Aug, 2019
Heist films are great, aren’t they? Whether it’s the effortless style of the The Italian Job or the precision of an Ocean’s film, heist movies amaze by tricking the audience …
Fishbowl
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 6th Aug, 2019
Hootingly funny and devilishly clever, Fishbowl is a masterpiece of physical comedy.
How to Use a Washing Machine
- Review
- ★★★
- Zoe Callow
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Zoo Southside
- 6th Aug, 2019
How To Use A Washing Machine is a charming two-hander from emerging company Slam Theatre.
Flanders and Swann
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 6th Aug, 2019
In the queue for Flanders and Swann, I was struck (but not entirely surprised) that the audience were of a higher age demographic than any of the other 250 or so Edinburgh Fringe s…
Reuben Kaye
- Review
- ★★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Checkpoint
- 6th Aug, 2019
Kaye dazzles, a heady combination of eyelashes and rhinestones, a force to be reckoned with as he greets each of his guests on the way in and on the way out of his show.
I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 6th Aug, 2019
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.
Lost in a Book
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 6th - 8th Aug 2019
Lost in a Book! Too much of a good thing is still too much! When Melissa keeps re-reading her favourite fairy tales at the expense of family and friends, she goes from turning page…
Vanity Airlines
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Niddry St
- 6th - 9th Aug 2019
Vanity Airlines holds the prestigious title of Airline of the Year 2012 but how did the most popular airline lose their touch? Is it because the majority of people are flying budge…
Colonel Mustard and Friends
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon at the Museum
- 6th - 25th Aug 2019
Music festival favourite Colonel John Thomas McMustard brings you a show with guests from the world of music, comedy and spoken word.
Relational (or A Writer's Misguided Guide to Loves Lost and Found)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 6th - 10th Aug 2019
Existing deep within the mind of writer Jonathan P Sims, two friends debate the legitimacy of platonic relationships between men and women, which leads them (and Jonathan) to obser…
The Life of Spies
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 6th - 10th Aug 2019
When the UK’s finest spy, Bonnie, is sent on a mission in the Swiss Alps, everything goes wrong when she discovers that her arch-rival, Soviet spy L, is at the same hotel with a mi…
Atomic Saloon Show
- Review
- ★★★★
- Matthew Sedman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 5th Aug, 2019
Welcome to the Atomic Saloon: a place where the beer is flowing and anything goes, so long as you can afford it…Madam Boozy Skunkton is our host for the evening – the straight-…
Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Amy Macrae
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Bristo Square
- 5th Aug, 2019
Move aside Maleficent, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch is the new anti-hero tale in town.
Table Manners with Jessie Ware
- Review
- ★★★★
- Matthew Sedman
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 5th Aug, 2019
Uber ratings, patisserie and misophonia.
Shattered
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Jodie McVicar
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 5th Aug, 2019
This one woman show featuring Diana Varco sees her shape shift effortlessly into 35 different characters, as she narrates the journey of her self discovery through trauma.
Sexy Lamp
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Will Breden
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th Aug, 2019
Katie Arnstein has brought her joyous mix of caustic wit, a cautionary tale and a call to arms to her first Fringe.
It'll Be Alt-Right on the Night
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Scott Blair
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th Aug, 2019
In the past 20 to 30 years, our world has drastically changed, especially within the realm of politics and culture.
Bobby & Amy
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Zoe Callow
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Pleasance Courtyard
- 5th Aug, 2019
On a bare stage at Pleasance Upstairs, Bobby & Amy promises storytelling in its purest form.
pool (no water)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 5th - 10th Aug 2019
‘The line of the machine.
The Man From Verona
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 5th - 21st Aug 2019
The Man From Verona – The Trouble with Harry is that he’s hanging from a Rope by the Rear Window.
Love/Sick
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 5th - 17th Aug 2019
For the romantic, the cynic, and the sick of heart – Love/Sick is a play about the kind of love you won’t find in fairy tales.
The Sinners Club
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 5th - 10th Aug 2019
Where can you go to find all the dirty scandals on campus? The Sinners Club is the only radio show where people can call in anonymously and tell the whole university their biggest …
Mobile Phone Show
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 5th - 9th Aug 2019
‘Ladies and gentlemen, the performance is about to begin, could I please ask you all to turn your mobile phones ON.
Me and My
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 5th - 10th Aug 2019
Tired of being ignored, attention-seeking Grief takes it upon herself to be seen.
The Penguin Tango
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 5th - 10th Aug 2019
In this side-splitting, screwball comedy, inspired by actual events at the Bremerhaven, Brooklyn, and Central Park Zoos, a community of penguins is hilariously turned upside down b…
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Royal Scots Club
- 5th - 10th Aug 2019
An uproarious tale of marriage, mischief, jealousy, lies and laundry.
Colonel Mustard and the Big Bad Wolf
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Teviot
- 5th - 18th Aug 2019
Is the Big Bad Wolf really bad, or just misunderstood and trying to trigger his muddled memory? Could music or something else beginning with M be the answer? Its a mystery that wil…
Rhinoceros
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 5th - 9th Aug 2019
‘People who try to hang on to their individuality always come to a bad end!’ Noun: rhinoceros.
The 5pm Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- McSorley’s Irish Bar
- 5th - 23rd Aug 2019
Our talented performers from every corner of the globe showcase the very best of the Fringe – comedy, circus, magic and burlesque that never fails to please.
Bear Glitz: UnBEARable
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Planet Bar
- 5th - 9th Aug 2019
UnBEARable is a camp, comedic romp through those irritants in life, modern dating and the joys of living life freely.
Il signor Bruschino
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO at St Cuthbert’s
- 5th - 10th Aug 2019
Sofia and Florville are madly in love – but a long-standing agreement promises Sofia to another, the son of the great Signor Bruschino.
Red Herring
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 5th - 26th Aug 2019
On top of their biggest haul, friendly fishermen Deddy and Winchem discover the cursed Red Herring.
Top Trumps
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 5th - 9th Aug 2019
A curious assortment of guests attend a dinner party hosted by a mutual acquaintance.
Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area
- Review
- ★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 4th Aug, 2019
Have you ever been to a supermarket and thought, “Hey, I really wish the staff would sing more?" Well, Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society are here to make that wis…
A(Poke)alypse Now – Mamoirs of a Gieza; I'm Still Here
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street
- 4th - 24th Aug 2019
Queer, political theatre that tells a tale of feminist self-empowerment and delivers a powerful manifesto of self-realisation, erotic positivity and physical fulfilment.
Chameleon
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 4th - 26th Aug 2019
This fiercely feminist solo show from actor and clown Britt Plummer is a charming blend of satire, physical comedy and storytelling.
Arrivals
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 24th Aug 2019
Where is the worst place to wake up hung-over? Answer: Budapest Airport.
Bull
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on the Mile
- 4th - 24th Aug 2019
This dark comedy by Mike Bartlett shows the cruelty of human nature through bizarre power play, manipulation and vindictive honesty.
The Biggest Problem in the World: Our Problem With Problems (and Why Truth Matters)
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Sweet Grassmarket
- 4th - 25th Aug 2019
Who hasn’t had a problem they’ve struggled to solve? You struggle, I struggle, and the world struggles.
The Cult That Made Spoons: A Fork in the Road
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 4th - 7th Aug 2019
They are a family.
In Conversation with... Jo Caulfield
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 4th Aug 2019
A regular on Have I Got News For You, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Just a Minute and Stop The Press.
Gareth's Gay Dating Disasters
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street
- 4th - 24th Aug 2019
Tired of Tinder? Had it with Hornet? Ghosted on Grindr? You are not alone – come to this combined cabaret, comedy and bingo show.
Chris Cook: Entropy
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar
- 4th - 25th Aug 2019
‘The fun is knowing that every uproarious night will be a unique experience’ (Stage).
The Lock-In Cabaret
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 4th - 26th Aug 2019
The only way to end your night at Edinburgh Fringe! Join high-energy hosts, Griffin and Jones, for an hour(ish) of late-night chaos, decadence, and mischief from some of the very b…
Fest on Forth
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Harvey Nichols Forth Floor
- 4th - 25th Aug 2019
A hand-picked selection of the best performers at the Fringe.
It's Miss Hope Springs
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Amy Macrae
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly Rooms
- 3rd Aug, 2019
The crowd is lively, laughing and waiting expectantly for the venue to open.
Maths Madness with Kyle D Evans
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex / PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar
- 3rd - 12th Aug 2019
This hour-long performance brings together stacks of audience participation and some mind-bending mathematical concepts, all delivered in an accessible fashion for children and the…
Wrestling Mania!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
The old saying ‘the show must go on’ should really be reconsidered by this one particularly incompetent wrestling company attempting to put on their first ever event.
Ice Ice Iceland
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Birgitta and Ester are two lovely ladies from Iceland.
Witches?! In Salem!?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 3rd - 7th Aug 2019
A brand new play by off-Broadway’s Puffs playwright Matt Cox.
The Dance of Hands
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Central Hall
- 3rd - 7th Aug 2019
Lloyd is the cameraman at Channel 7 News in Northern Michigan.
Stunt Magician – Danger Dave Reubens
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex / PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Back with more outrageous stunts, jaw-dropping magic and crazy comedy in a new hour-long show that will have you on the edge of your seat and howling with laughter.
FemFringe
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Infirmary Street / Greenside @ Nicolson Square
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Bold, irreverent, moving and hysterical.
Scotland Bingo! with The Latebloomers
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose
- 3rd - 17th Aug 2019
Join The Latebloomers for some late-night Bingo.
The Stinky Cheese Man... and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Venue45
- 3rd - 7th Aug 2019
Though the characters may be familiar, these favourite storybook fables are uproariously derailed in this children’s play of fractured fairy tales.
Good Good Trouble on Bad Bad Island
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Greenside @ Royal Terrace
- 3rd - 7th Aug 2019
When a package bound for Good Good Island is mistakenly delivered to Bad Bad Island, the Bad Bads find something frighteningly horrible inside: a little girl named Rosa! Unable to …
RanDom
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 3rd - 14th Aug 2019
Winner: Overall Best Magic Show Adelaide Fringe 2019.
Splash Test Dummies
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Rub-a-dub-dub, The Dummies are back with some splish-splashing circus set to drown you in tears of laughter.
Griffin and Jones: Surprisingly Good Magicians
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
The pioneers of slapdash magic are back with another mishmash of magical mayhem! Join them in a world where the jokes come thick and fast, anything is possible and nothing is quite…
Split Egg: A Magic Show About Being Twins
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Twin tricksters Kane & Abel perform magic and comedy inspired by clichés surrounding twins.
The Magician, the Mind Reader and the Nerd
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Top Fringe performers bring you the best variety show in Edinburgh! Elliot Bibby is the former Scottish Magician of the Year and his successful 2018 show was nominated for the Frin…
Golden Delicious: Good Job!
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
‘Settle in girls, it’s story time!’ Golden Delicious is no ordinary queen, and this far-from-ordinary one-woman show joins the Fringe hot off a streak of sold-out performance…
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 3rd - 6th Aug 2019
Boy meets girl, they fall in love, and everyone lives happily ever after. If only it were that simple. Hold on to your heart. Cupid is armed and dangerous!
There Is No Problem (Here)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace on North Bridge
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Have you ever wondered what your favourite fairy tale characters are up to off-duty? Well, there’s a good chance they’re just like you and me in the break room – simply tryin…
Jekyll vs Hyde
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Witness the struggle between good and evil, order and chaos, taste and.
Google: Amanda Jane Dildo
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Sexy(ish), musical(ish), bipolar(ish) – no, she’s definitely bipolar (with jazz hands) – Australian sex-pot singing comedian is ‘f*cking nuts – non-stop brilliance – a must…
Best of Variety
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
The team behind the Bongo Club Cabaret, the Not So Secret Society and the Glasgow Cabaret Festival return to present the very best of Fringe cabaret.
Ada Campe and the Psychic Duck
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand’s New Town Theatre
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Sometimes it’s the most unexpected and delightful moments that shape your future.
Have I Told You I'm Writing a Play About My Vagina?
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
Bea’s vagina can narrate, DJ, and dance, but she can’t have sex.
Grease
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpaceTriplex
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2019
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…
Tartuffe
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre
- 3rd - 17th Aug 2019
37 years of Scots comedy on the Fringe.
#Dave Alnwick: Good Morning, Magic.
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- 3rd - 25th Aug 2019
If you’re looking for a fun & overall solid start to your day, this is your show.
The Last Supper: Gospel of a Heinous Housewife
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
A 50-minute long devised comedy, heading to the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2019.
Encyclopedia of Kitchen Comedy Essays by Larry Tadlock
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
Essays about growing up a Texan cattle-raising milk-drinking gay baptist, to become a barefoot plant-based health coach.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Plebs
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 3rd - 17th Aug 2019
The story of two plebs trying to navigate the infamous story of Hamlet with nothing but their wits, songs and wacky behaviour.
The Perfect Opera
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 3rd - 10th Aug 2019
Love! Death! And a pantomime camel! After extensive audience research, we listed the 47 things people demanded in operas and shoehorned them into this show.
Beyond: Sugar Mice
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 3rd - 16th Aug 2019
Al is lonely.
Make Tea, Not War
- Listing Music
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Quaker Meeting House
- 3rd - 26th Aug 2019
After performing at the Brighton and Ludlow Fringes this year, Majk Stokes returns to Edinburgh to bookend the Venue 40 programme.
Bulldogs
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 3rd - 9th Aug 2019
It’s the most pressing question of our time: what’s it like to be white and male in #MeToo America? Luckily for you, Kurt and Bradley have answers! Two years after high school …
When Trolls Try to Eat Your Goldfish
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
In the middle of the night, there’s a noise – a snuffling and a shuffling and a splintering of wood.
Mr Fibbers Presents: Back in Tune
- Listing Children’s Shows
- Edinburgh Fringe
- The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- 3rd - 18th Aug 2019
Mr Fibbers is back and funnier than ever with Back in Tune: a show packed with jokes, games and comedy songs that kids just love.
Don't Frighten the Straights!
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in Augustines
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
International slut and mouthy, old, ethnic poof, Turan Ali tells outrageously funny true gay stories from around the queer world, some heard on Radio 4.
A Thatcher's Guide to Dogging in Bungay
- Listing Spoken Word
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex
- 3rd - 24th Aug 2019
A show about thatching, dogging and a little bit more.
The Musical of Musicals
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Paradise in The Vault
- 3rd - 17th Aug 2019
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…
Superstar
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Millie Bayswater
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Underbelly, Cowgate
- 2nd Aug, 2019
A one-handed show about making a one-handed show might be becoming a little passé at the Fringe but there is at least one final offering you should devour before you write the gen…
Girl Bully
- Review
- ★★★
- Kate Nora
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Laughing Horse @ The Place
- 2nd Aug, 2019
“Why do you think you’re a bitch?” Warning—the first question you’ll be asked upon arriving at Rock Rising’s Girl Bully might invoke a mini existential crisis.
Faulty Towers the Dining Experience
- Review
- ★★★★
- Victor Black
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Imagination Workshop
- 2nd Aug, 2019
The Faulty Towers Dining Experience boasts that they have recently served their one millionth customer worldwide, and with an experience this hilarious, engaging and insulting, it…
Broken Funnies
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap
- 2nd - 26th Aug 2019
Martin Bearne is a struggling stand-up comedian (‘killer one-liners’ (Scotsman), ‘like a deranged Milton Jones, only filthier’ (ThreeWeeks)), who gigs around the country, entertain…
The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 2nd - 6th Aug 2019
You know, the Brothers Grimm weren’t all fairy princesses and happy-ever-afters.
Paul Putner's Embarrassment – Me and Madness (The Band)
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Frankenstein Pub
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
It’s the ruby anniversary of Madness and Paul Putner celebrates the past 40 years as a lifelong fan.
Victor
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court
- 2nd - 15th Aug 2019
All Victor wants is a trophy wife and to start a family.
LARP
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- ZOO Playground
- 2nd - 10th Aug 2019
LARP by Berri George (2018 Channel 4 Playwright Award, BBC Hotlist).
Back of the Bus
- Listing Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
- Edinburgh Fringe
- Assembly George Square Gardens
- 2nd - 25th Aug 2019
Come ride on a bus through the streets of Edinburgh as dancers propel themselves along the aisles and hang from the roof.
Something Else
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe
- theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
- 2nd - 17th Aug 2019
What do you expect when you go to a holiday resort? Seaside memories, hearty dinners, relaxation and.
Voice of Authority
- Listing Theatre
- Edinburgh Fringe