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Refugee!

Refugee!

Set on an ancient burial ground where the UK is now a crime scene, Refugee! tells the story of four characters in search of belonging. 

Fortune Bistro

Fortune Bistro

Fortune Bistro offers a tantalising exploration of human/AI relationships and cultural dichotomies within the intimate ambiance of a blind-dating event. 

Shakespeare Translate: The Complete Works

Shakespeare Translate: The Complete Works

What happens when you put Shakespeare’s work through Google Translate 15 times? By deconstructing language, we can examine how we interpret classical text in the 21st century, wh… 

A Summer Night's Firefly

A Summer Night's Firefly

In this summer, a story shall journey from China to the UK, from East to West. 

Hangman

Hangman

Two killers. 

L’Addition – Here & Now Showcase
BOBBY WINNER

L’Addition – Here & Now Showcase

A waiter pours a glass of wine for a restaurant customer. 

Would You Like a Bag?

Would You Like a Bag?

Park yourself behind the counter and take stock during this heartfelt devised comedy. 

Edward's Talk – What's Driving You?

Edward's Talk – What's Driving You?

Edward (never Ted) has delivered his talk on speed awareness 2,191 times over the last 10 years. 

Hound in the Light

Hound in the Light

Hong Kong veteran community theatre company, Art Home, masquerade in handcrafted masks to confuse the definitions of what is a human and what is a dog. 

Living. Dying. Dead.

Living. Dying. Dead.

Living. 

Vanishing

Vanishing

Objects and spaces have memories. 

Piss Girls

Piss Girls

A compelling, humorous and poignant play that explores the intimate and often complex relationship between girls and their shared experiences in the bathroom. 

My Pretties

My Pretties

Come and join Turnip Fish Theatre Company in their Edinburgh Fringe debut! A story about the unlikely friendship of next-door neighbours, Agatha and Cassandra. 

Things We Will Miss

Things We Will Miss

The show is an intelligent, serious meditation on the most serious of subjects: the climate crisis. 

Holy Monster

Holy Monster

Holy monster by Atrix Cragnotti. 

An Audience with Marvin Herbert

An Audience with Marvin Herbert

Hear the incredible real-life stories of Marvin, and others who have faced challenges and turned their lives around. 

The Fantastical World of My Uncle Arly

The Fantastical World of My Uncle Arly

When that I was but a little tiny dot, I would sit with my grandfather and solemnly play both the Owl and the Pussycat whilst he transformed into a pig, a turkey and a runcible spo… 

The Last Beginning

The Last Beginning

When there is no one left but a handful of the human race, what keeps them going? Are we hardwired to self-destruct or can we find something that unites us all to survive and thriv… 

What Was Once Ignored: The Life and Legacy of Martha Graham

What Was Once Ignored: The Life and Legacy of Martha Graham

‘Modern dance isn’t anything except one thing in my mind: the freedom of women in America. 

Trevor Lock: Audience Anonymous

Trevor Lock: Audience Anonymous

The Traditions Of Audience Anonymous: We admitted we were powerless over what we found funny – that our lives had become ridiculous. 

Let's Start a Cult!

Let's Start a Cult!

Indulge in the ultimate comedic cult experience! Trevor Lock, renegade cult member turned critically-acclaimed comic, invites you to join a cult (for an hour), whether you aspire t… 

my home is not my home

my home is not my home

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

The Hatter's Requiem

The Hatter's Requiem

Searching for his beloved Alice in a race against time, Hatter leaves home. 

Dante and the Robot

Dante and the Robot

Alone in his miserable bedsit in a busy, bustling metropolis, Dante’s only companion is a house robot named She-bot. 

Artemis vs Apollo: Clash of the Celestial Twins

Artemis vs Apollo: Clash of the Celestial Twins

Get ready for high-school drama like never before! Watch students tackle the story of Artemis and Apollo with hilarious creativity. 

Sense

Sense

Back for its sixth Edinburgh Fringe under choreographer Brian Feigenbaum (‘Exquisite. 

Accidentally on Purpose

Accidentally on Purpose

Want to know who murdered my theatre company? Me. 

A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here

A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here

In 2022 a show was cancelled while it was still in rehearsal. 

Only the Ghosts Can Know

Only the Ghosts Can Know

The water you drink has been drunk before. 

How We Take Our Coffee

How We Take Our Coffee

Does your coffee order reveal your personality? Is it possible to “have it all”? In this lighthearted historical fiction, several women who helped shape the future of Erie, Pennsyl… 

Two Mums

Two Mums

Award-winning playwright Shaun Prendergast’s play Two Mums tells the story of Lucinda. 

The Mosinee Project

The Mosinee Project

Mosinee, Wisconsin, 1950. 

Ugly Sisters

Ugly Sisters

On the day The Female Eunuch is issued in America, a transgender woman in flapping draperies rushes up to Germaine Greer and says: thank you - thank you so much for all you’ve done… 

Look After Your Knees

Look After Your Knees

A new solo performance by Funny Women finalist Natalie Bellingham using comedy, storytelling, movement and interaction to celebrate being human in all its banality, sprinkled with … 

Crying Shame

Crying Shame

Sweet Beef Theatre Collective’s Crying Shame promises to make us forget about our loneliness, as it welcomes us to ‘Club Fragilé’; a haven for washed-up cabaret acts cloakin… 

Cluster

Cluster

Cluster is a new compilation of work. 

Breaking News!

Breaking News!

Prepare for an extraordinary show as Haus of Gallus combines impeccable journalism with cutting-edge production techniques. 

Horizon Showcase: The Talent

Horizon Showcase: The Talent

On stage is a small sound booth; inside sits a woman, alone. 

An Act of Seven Ages

An Act of Seven Ages

Klouns Theatre Company presents an intimate clowning escapade in one act. 

An Ice Thing to Say

An Ice Thing to Say

An Ice Thing to Say blends ice installation, music and physical theatre to explore our impact on nature. 

The Thin Place

The Thin Place

Raw, messy, and honest, a show about what could happen if we were brave enough to grieve in the open and without the expectation of healing. 

Dual

Dual

Dual. 

Candide

Candide

A contemporary adaptation of Voltaire’s Candide, this devised ensemble work depicts the optimist’s journey from innocence to experience. 

Purgatorio

Purgatorio

Purgatorio follows an ensemble of troubled spirits dancing to salvation in Club Purgatorio, a surrealist techno dreamscape. 

Happier Daze

Happier Daze

Struggling to cope with the loss of their drummer, Happier Daze are desperate to make their first big break. 

Surely Goodness

Surely Goodness

This original drama with music tells a story of finding hope in a world that can seem meaninglessly cruel. 

At the Intersection

At the Intersection

Dancing engineers, moving mathematicians, kinetic explorations of the liberal arts and science. 

A Mess of Morality

A Mess of Morality

Life is a complicated mess where nothing is as cut and dry as it might appear. 

Drop Dead

Drop Dead

Six strangers. 

VESSEL

VESSEL

Anonymous rhino: ‘I see you, ham sandwich. 

Still Life: A Gallery in Motion

Still Life: A Gallery in Motion

Still Life: A Gallery in Motion is a devised physical-theatre dance piece brought to you by The Canyon Collective of West Texas A&M University. 

Certain Death and Other Considerations

Certain Death and Other Considerations

Certain Death and Other Considerations is a poor execution of an interesting premise. 

Extreme (The New Norm)

Extreme (The New Norm)

Contrasting pandemic situations portrayed in a colourful collage of scenes and characters, this is a one-of-a-kind experience to witness. 

Rites of Passage

Rites of Passage

Rites of Passage, two stories connected with a search for identity and acceptance: a young black man living in the UK, dealing with the daily cultural, and social political issues … 

Piece Of Me

Piece Of Me

Quirky and creative Polly is on the brink of a life-changing moment. 

Gulls

Gulls

This award-winning production moves Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull to an American high school. 

The Others

The Others

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

Das Weben

Das Weben

Wrong Tree Theatre presents: Das Weben. 

Walking Home

Walking Home

It’s just another day in the office when news that a colleague has been sexually assaulted reaches the boardroom. 

Showgirls and Spies

Showgirls and Spies

The thrilling true story of Florence Waren, an intrepid Jewish resistance fighter and dazzling showgirl leading a perilous double life in WW2. 

PLEASE LEAVE (a message)

PLEASE LEAVE (a message)

A karaoke bar. 

Who Stole My Hammer?

Who Stole My Hammer?

Who were the Vikings? Where did they come from? And most importantly. 

Beautiful Evil Things

Beautiful Evil Things

Multi award-winning Ad Infinitum (Odyssey, Translunar Paradise, Ballad of the Burning Star) returns with a breathtaking retelling of the Trojan War. 

Rewind

Rewind

This is how theatre should be. 

Dark Noon

Dark Noon

***** It’s brilliant, dynamic, explosive! (UngtTeaterblod. 

Choo Choo! (Or... Have You Ever Thought About ****** **** *****? (Cos I Have))

Choo Choo! (Or... Have You Ever Thought About ****** **** *****? (Cos I Have))

CHOO CHOO! (Or. 

Stuntman

Stuntman

Stuntman is a high-action piece of physical theatre mixed with reflective storytelling and real heart. 

Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars

Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars

1992. 

Home

Home

Temper Theatre’s Home is an environmental displacement, family and imagination. 

Optimistic (Work in Progress)

Optimistic (Work in Progress)

Elizabeth Holmes claims her biotechnology will revolutionize medicine – and people believe her. 

Toast, Pudding Lane

Toast, Pudding Lane

Thomas Farriner (the one who burnt London to a crisp in 1666?) is a fantastic (albeit dead) baker, and we have resurrected him. 

Katie's Tales

Katie's Tales

‘How can such a pure feeling emerge from an actor’s body?’ (Franco Acquaviva, Sipario. 

Do Androids Dream of Electric Friends?

Do Androids Dream of Electric Friends?

When a struggling actor can’t pay rent, she signs herself and her roommate (she won’t mind) up for a fun robot friend in order to receive a big paycheck. 

Joy

Joy

Joy. 

The Changeling Girl

The Changeling Girl

The Changeling Girl explores experiences of neurodivergency through the captivating story of Agnes, an autistic girl living in medieval England accused of being a fairy changeling. 

Imprints

Imprints

Should I shave off my beard, and grow a pencil-thin, rock-style goatee? Is it OK to fall asleep in a bin, if it’s comfortable? What would you do if I died? In the midst of all the … 

Shall I Compare Thee

Shall I Compare Thee

Does the human race crave love or hate? Technology has moulded the relationships of the 21st century – perhaps it’s time to look back in order to move forward. 

40/40

40/40

Kat is a woman (has been for quite a while now). 

Art27's Blood Red Lines

Art27's Blood Red Lines

Blood Red Lines was developed with and performed by victims and survivors of the tragedies of South Armagh, border counties and Dublin in the darkest days of the Irish Conflict. 

I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass

I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass

I never felt unwelcome at the Fringe until this performance. 

The Lost Letters

The Lost Letters

NYT return with a magical portmanteau production of love, friendship and forgotten messages that connect people across warzones and Christmas wish lists in a collection of heart-wa… 

Sockpuppet

Sockpuppet

Sockpuppet is a new play about deepfakes: the ever-so-slightly scary technological phenomenon where anyone can pretend to be anyone else. 

The Write Cinderella

The Write Cinderella

Stepsisters have never been portrayed well in fairy tales, so how can real-life stepsisters be expected to get along? Robin and Jessie suddenly find themselves sharing a new home a… 

Playlist

Playlist

Music. 

Candide

Candide

Long before Private Eye, Charlie Hebdo, and even before Bill Bailey – there was Voltaire. 

Done to Death, By Jove!

Done to Death, By Jove!

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 … 

Let Them Eat Cake

Let Them Eat Cake

Let Them Eat Cake! Through the lens of one of history’s most eminent, enigmatic females, Let Them Eat Cake explores Marie Antoinette’s relationship with the public, with the pr… 

Things We (Never) Learned in Sex Ed

Things We (Never) Learned in Sex Ed

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, … 

War of the Worlds (On a Budget)

War of the Worlds (On a Budget)

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. 

drop dead gorgeous

drop dead gorgeous

The sparkling eyes. 

Utter Mess!

Utter Mess!

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… 

This Is Your Captain Speaking

This Is Your Captain Speaking

After years of patching up a rapidly deteriorating airport on an island lost in a Foie Gras scandal, Lick is staring down the propeller of a cargo plane. 

When the Body Breaks

When the Body Breaks

I was living my “best life” when a complication during routine surgery left me unable to walk or think for years. 

Silhouettes

Silhouettes

Silhouettes of the past give form to the present in this verbatim, devised production of true-life stories. 

Delivery!

Delivery!

Tin cans and string, pizza boxes pilling up, paper aeroplane and love notes. 

Daffodil Tramples the Fringe

Daffodil Tramples the Fringe

Daffodil has seen it all before. 

Come Sit on the Couch With Me

Come Sit on the Couch With Me

Come Sit on the Couch With Me: is this a therapy couch or a casting couch, and is there a difference? The show is a cocktail of a comical – but true – look at communication in … 

This is Not a Show About Hong Kong

This is Not a Show About Hong Kong

Winner of Underbelly, New Diorama and Methuen Drama’s hit-making Untapped Award 2022. 

The Endling

The Endling

‘What if it was you, you were the last individual of the species, The Endling?’ Visually beautiful and laugh-out-loud funny, Strange Futures use their ‘powerful physicality’ (Scots… 

Dreamliner

Dreamliner

How do individuals react to the same event? To what extent does your life, your mistakes, your hopes and dreams, affect your perception of reality? And do you need a bath to publis… 

Julia Masli: CHOOSH!

Julia Masli: CHOOSH!

A debut solo comedy hour from the legs behind the sell-out hit show Legs. 

Tiger Lady

Tiger Lady

LET Award 2019 winners and 5-star devised company presents a true tale of excitement, danger and claws. 

Godot is a Woman

Godot is a Woman

If Samuel Beckett is celebrated for the changing attitudes his work brought to ‘traditional’ theatre, then why do we insist on keeping his work preserved like an artefact, guar… 

Everything Has Changed

Everything Has Changed

A joyful, kaleidoscopic new show for 5 to 12 year-olds about change, why change happens and how to deal with it. 

Ghosts of the Near Future

Ghosts of the Near Future

In Vegas, a magician performs a final disappearing act. 

Move Fast and Break Things

Move Fast and Break Things

Amit Patel discovered a secret hidden our data that made Google $1. 

Theatre-19 Presents: John

Theatre-19 Presents: John

Described as a ‘wonderfully chaotic and colourful tragicomedy’ Theatre-19 Presents: John is a particularly silly devised piece at theSpace@Surgeons Hall from a group of Bristol… 

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Puppetry, shadow theatre, mime and music all contribute to this charming oddity, which Caravan Theatre do indeed perform in a caravan. 

dressed.

dressed.

Dressed is an intensely personal and moving account of Lydia Higginson's journey through the trauma of being stripped and assaulted at gun point. 

It's True, It's True, It's True

It's True, It's True, It's True

If only beheading an enemy was the way to solve problems in the modern world. 

Ariadna

Ariadna

Alyona Ageeva’s Physical Theatre PosleSlov return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the third year with a piece that feels very much like a direct sequel to last year’s Sky … 

Dear Mother Moon

Dear Mother Moon

Dear Mother Moon is one of four works presented by CalArts this year in what has become the Institute’s Edinburgh home, Venue 13. 

Self-Check

Self-Check

Self Check is a play about identity, tracking the stories of four teens in group therapy at a psychiatric hospital. 

Vigil

Vigil

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has, for many years, produced and maintained a “Red List” of species which are either already extinct or in danger of bei… 

Progress

Progress

There is something deeply human and inherently charming about imperfect dance. 

Landscape (1989)

Landscape (1989)

With its eclectic composition of scenes, monologues, choreography and voice-over, Landscape (1989) is a genuinely intriguing production full of interesting elements – although th… 

CONSPIRACY

CONSPIRACY

You are watching three actors sat at a table. 

M.E.H

M.E.H

As recently as the early 20th century it was not uncommon for women to be medically diagnosed with “hysteria”. 

Conversations With Myself

Conversations With Myself

It’s fifty years since the Stonewall riots sparked off the movement that became known as gay liberation. 

The Burning

The Burning

Witch is an old word. 

The Accident Did Not Take Place

The Accident Did Not Take Place

YesYesNoNo are searching for the truth. 

My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice

My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice

A tale of love, loss and exploration, this is an intrepid exploration of physical theatre and storytelling. 

00

00

It’s 1999, soon to be 2000, and two sisters are wandering the woods of the Bournemouth area after fleeing a party. 

Passengers

Passengers

We’re told that ‘Max needs a firm hand’, as the performance launches with three actors clad in balaclavas. 

Hold On Let Go

Hold On Let Go

Hold On Let Go sets out to address memory loss and forgetting on both a personal and political scale, asking the question: 'What if we forget something important?' Despite … 

Jericho

Jericho

Jericho is a show about internet journalism, liberal hot takes, and professional wrestling, which is to say that it's managed to be about a lot of my niche interests. 

DollyWould

DollyWould

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

Eat Your Heart Out

Eat Your Heart Out

Anorexia takes centre stage in this emotional piece devised by eating disorder sufferers and survivors. 

My Name Is Dorothy

My Name Is Dorothy

The first point to make clear is that My Name is Dorothy has nothing to do with The Wizard of Oz. 

dressed.

dressed.

For most of us, our clothes are a major part of our identity. 

The Unbinding

The Unbinding

This was one of the most remarkable striking and uncomfortable productions that I have seen in a long time. 

I'll Have What She's Having

I'll Have What She's Having

Millennial anxieties are unpacked and explored in devised comedy I’ll Have What She’s Having. 

It's True, It's True, It's True

It's True, It's True, It's True

What does the transcript of a 17th century Italian rape trial reveal about the state of the world nowadays? That, despite 400 years of supposed social progress, the impulse to blam… 

Hymns for Robots

Hymns for Robots

As you arrive in the space, the audience is serenaded by a cacophony of sounds which are not precisely music (this is a theme that will become repeated throughout the hour), and on… 

Signals

Signals

There are shades of Beckett but without the plodding pretentiousness in Signals, Footprint Theatre’s new show all about human connection and the search for life beyond Earth. 

Feed

Feed

Feed is a thought-provoking and memorable piece by Theatre Témoin that explores the insidious relationship between the Internet and capitalism. 

The Last Straw

The Last Straw

People Show have been producing work for more than 50 years which, given the self-indulgence of People Show 130 (or The Last Straw, to give its more Fringe-friendly title), is some… 

Propeller

Propeller

Propeller is a play which relates a small town’s struggle to reinstate a railway line, in order to make a much wider statement on the merits and masquerade of social action. 

Sirens

Sirens

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if figures from Greek myth were around today? Well, Zoo Co Theatre Company have got you covered. 

UNCONDITIONAL

UNCONDITIONAL

There’s a lot going on in the world at the moment, isn’t there? So many stories needing to be told, so many national myths being rewritten, so much is constantly changing that … 

The Sandman

The Sandman

This Victoriana adaptation of a gothic adaptation of a children’s fairy tale figure is not exactly breaking new ground. 

Jogging

Jogging

Hanane Hajj Ali is a Lebanese performer with French citizenship who jogs daily to prevent osteoporosis, depression and obesity. 

Celebration

Celebration

The central aim of Celebration is “to give anyone who can’t quite believe the world they live in something to believe in” which is a brilliant intention and starting point but … 

The Murderous Philanthropist of Croydon Town

The Murderous Philanthropist of Croydon Town

I like improv as much as anyone, but part of what makes improv work as well as it does is the spontaneity of it all. 

Anyone's Guess How We Got Here

Anyone's Guess How We Got Here

Barrel Organ’s new show Anyone’s Guess How We Got Here feels like a natural development of the company’s practice and philosophy whilst also managing to delve into a very dif… 

The Hong Kong Three Sisters

The Hong Kong Three Sisters

Premiered in 1901 in Moscow, The Three Sisters by Chekhov is a play perhaps surprisingly easy to adapt to many different circumstances, as it speaks about characters’ dreams for … 

Demise

Demise

Demise was its own demise. 

Lands

Lands

Antler Theatre are no strangers to the Edinburgh Fringe, making their debut with This Way Up and Maria, 1968 in 2012. 

Wrong Tree Adventures

Wrong Tree Adventures

This August, Durham-based Wrong Tree Theatre are bringing three shows to Edinburgh; currently on offer is Souvenirs, a light-hearted adventure that draws on the heavy use of props,… 

Think

Think

Think is a powerful piece of new writing from Evangeline Osbon, recent graduate from the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, in collaboration with MindOut Theatre. 

No Miracles Here

No Miracles Here

In a tiny stage at the back of Summerhall, The Letter Room, in association with Northern Stage in Edinburgh, brings a feet stomping, hand clapping, spirit raising show to the fring… 

Cognitions

Cognitions

Cognitions was confessional, poetic physical theatre. 

The Crossing Place – Romantika

The Crossing Place – Romantika

The Crossing Place – Romantika has an absurdly joyous opening, which is unexpected considering that the show is marketed as a study of loneliness, anxiety and desire. 

Walls and Bridges

Walls and Bridges

In their new drama, Walls and Bridges, Acting Coach Scotland delves into the themes of home and belonging through a dystopian Scotland in 2035. 

You, Me and Everything Else

You, Me and Everything Else

Those of a certain age will remember the heart bruising joy of creating a mix tape for a loved one. 

How to Drown a Fish

How to Drown a Fish

Grace Gibson parades awkwardly across the stage in her brightly coloured leotards, she is about to share with us her experience of public failure, inviting us to revel in that mome… 

Frogman

Frogman

Frogman is an oceanic coming-of-age drama split between two time frames. 

Hyperthymesia

Hyperthymesia

Hyperthymesia is a mixture of physical theatre and emotional monologues that certainly wasn’t a show that had the audience jumping onto their feet in appreciation. 

Tribe

Tribe

Temper Theatre once again return to Edinburgh to gift audiences with a performance well worth three times the ticket price. 

Bump

Bump

If you’re in search of the next big thing this Fringe, look no further. 

Mars Actually

Mars Actually

Three aliens from Mars, fascinated by all things Earthly. 

Secret Life of Humans

Secret Life of Humans

An eclectic and beautiful production – Secret Life of Humans combines a baffling diversity of genres into a single theatrical masterpiece. 

DIGS

DIGS

DIGS, devised by newly formed company Theatre with Legs, offers insight into how the millennials of ‘Generation Rent’ think about community and belonging. 

Police Cops in Space

Police Cops in Space

When a Fringe show sells out on opening night, you know it’s doing something right. 

Education, Education, Education

Education, Education, Education

The Wardrobe Ensemble returns to the Fringe festival with a fast-paced and incredibly entertaining look at the education system in BritainThe play focuses on the last day of school… 

Form

Form

Form is a wordless physical tragicomedy about escaping the pressures and boredoms of contemporary life, if only momentarily. 

Gutted

Gutted

Gutted is a one-woman, solo show about IBD. 

Alan, We Think You Should Get a Dog

Alan, We Think You Should Get a Dog

A problem that a lot of shows face is an inability to commit to tone, or to perform in agreement with the tone that the show sets forth. 

Joanne McNally: Bite Me

Joanne McNally: Bite Me

Joanne McNally’s hour long confessional Bite Me switches between fairly light comedy and truly despairing tragedy as she opens up about her struggles with bulimia. 

Palmyra

Palmyra

In her opus Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag explores the ways in which images of conflict can be altered for the benefit of a particular social cause or political group. 

The Dreamer

The Dreamer

Chinese physical theatre influenced by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the contemporary Tang Xianzu’s The Peony Pavilion. 

When We Ran

When We Ran

Patch of Blue’s production of When We Ran is very much a case of style over substance, substituting complexity for clarity and failing to achieve its ambitious aims. 

Goggles

Goggles

Pets come in many forms. 

Slooshy Wordshow

Slooshy Wordshow

A chair, a poetry book, a man, and a bottle of water to wet his whistle – other than these there is no set and the stage is bare. 

Ingo's War

Ingo's War

This cosy story follows the adventures of Ingo, a dog on a mission to make his owners proud. 

GIANT

GIANT

GIANT follows the never-ending, whirlwind of generations in protagonist, Tommy’s family. 

Macbeth: A Tale of Sound and Fury

Macbeth: A Tale of Sound and Fury

A theatre company taking a reimagining of Shakespeare to a Fringe festival is like your Nan getting tipsy at Christmas. 

Enter The Dragons
BOBBY WINNER

Enter The Dragons

On an epic adventure to halt ageing in its tracks, writers and performers Abigail Dooley and Emma Edwards swim the sea of apology, march the bridge of tears and conquer the dark de… 

Hurricane Michael

Hurricane Michael

In 1987, celebrated BBC weather forecaster Michael Fish stood up on national television and shrugged off reports of an oncoming hurricane. 

Am I F#*kable?

Am I F#*kable?

Have our relationships become a product of a social media obsessed generation? Dating in the 21st century is constantly changing and not necessarily for the better. 

Great Train Robbery

Great Train Robbery

Apparently, one of the men involved in the Great Train Robbery of 1963 resides in Hove - but this story isn’t about him, instead it’s about the women behind the heist, the ones… 

Cinebra: A History Of Horror

Cinebra: A History Of Horror

Meet Megan and Sophie. 

Good Grief: Stories at 207 West 88th

Good Grief: Stories at 207 West 88th

Terriane Falcome offers a tour de force of writing and comedy, playing at the Theatre Box this Brighton Fringe. 

The Forecast

The Forecast

The Forecast is an engaging and informative piece of political theatre. 

Terabac

Terabac

If you’re a budding ecologist who also has a love of physical theatre, Terabac is the show for you. 

Cabaret From The Shadows

Cabaret From The Shadows

Amid the abundance of hard hitting and harrowing new work presented at the Fringe, one could be forgiven for wondering why we’re all taking ourselves so seriously. 

10 Steps To Happiness

10 Steps To Happiness

There is more to life than happiness, right? A not-so-perfect guide to happiness is explored in this one-woman show, written and performed by Yvette May who, after finding hersel… 

Spill: A Verbatim Show About Sex

Spill: A Verbatim Show About Sex

Spill: A Verbatim Show About Sex is the sex-ed class we all wish we’d had. 

ABCs to LSD

ABCs to LSD

Growing Pains Theatre Company offers its Edinburgh debut, a confessional piece of drama exploring the fraught path from adolescence to adulthood. 

The Age of (Distr)action

The Age of (Distr)action

In Edinburgh as members of Group 64, the cast of The Age of (Distr)action are an inclusive young people’s theatre company from Putney who have created, written and performed this… 

iDolls

iDolls

iDolls aims to explore the dynamics between social media and feminism by combining various forms of theatre, dance and spoken word. 

Eurohouse

Eurohouse

For many people unaffected by it, the debt crisis in Greece is a distant, vaguely distressing situation, failing to provoke public outcry due to a misapprehension that it is someho… 

The F Words

The F Words

“If I’m feminine, does that mean I’m effeminate? Or if I’m effeminate, does that mean I’m feminine?”Looking at the nature of what it means to female in this modern worl… 

Sheltered

Sheltered

New company Bellyfeelhave collaborated with Crisis, a charity for the homeless,to develop a series of monologues that illustrate the tough and varied experiences of those living wi… 

Spool

Spool

Suppose, just suppose, that your mind and body lived separately from each other. 

Fairies and Dragons of the Desolate Plain

Fairies and Dragons of the Desolate Plain

Caught between the youthful conviction that just because you can’t see something it doesn’t mean it isn’t real and a growing realisation that “nothing’s easy to understan… 

Arthur Conan Doyle – Man of Mystery

Arthur Conan Doyle – Man of Mystery

There’s something wonderfully uncluttered and unpretentious about this particular wander down literary lane from the Mercators, one of Edinburgh’s oldest amateur drama clubs. 

Escape from the Planet of the Day That Time Forgot

Escape from the Planet of the Day That Time Forgot

Let’s just appreciate that title for a moment. 

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Connections missed and made are set in motion in this playful, algorithmically-generated piece exploring love and chance from young company Poltergeist Theatre. 

Sacré Blue

Sacré Blue

In an hour that mixes spoken word and storytelling, Zöe Murtagh explores the symptoms and stigmas faced by anxiety sufferers in a show co-written with Victoria Copeland. 

Plain as Paper

Plain as Paper

Plain as Paper is an energetic physical theatre show centred around where our imaginations can take us using only paper—though what is going on there and why is not always plain. 

The Hours Before We Wake

The Hours Before We Wake

The Hours Before We Wake presents us with a world where you can customise your dreams and upload them to DreamShare when you wake up. 

I Used to Hear Footsteps

I Used to Hear Footsteps

A documentary style piece of storytelling which merges fact and fiction, past and present in an interesting tale, that sadly fails to curdle the blood. 

Pussyfooting

Pussyfooting

Pussyfooting is a project that has been evolving over the course of a year, and, presumably, could continue to go on evolving with its bright new company from Oxford University: Kn… 

Lines

Lines

Lines is a touching spoken word show surrounding the diverse lives of people travelling along the London underground. 

The Murderer

The Murderer

Through innovative movement and a thought-provoking script, Clown Funeral’s dark yet comedic The Murderer comments intelligently on society’s inability to forgive and forget, by … 

Daniel

Daniel

Your best friend from school has been arrested for having a collection of child pornography on his laptop. 

Ash

Ash

Ash is a devised piece by a group of Lecoq-trained graduates about the nicotine addiction of a Yorkshireman and his friends and family. 

Pond Wife

Pond Wife

“So tell me what you want, what you really, really want. 

The Nine Lives of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Nine Lives of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was a French pilot, poet and writer, who is best known as the author of children’s classic The Little Prince. 

The Mission

The Mission

Set in 2057, a time not too far away from our own, The Mission charts the selection and preparation for an unprecedented space exploration by an unremarkable and apparently run-of-… 

One Day Moko

One Day Moko

‘It’s a bit weird when I talk to you, eh?’ says Tim Carlsen’s Moko, the vulnerable and homeless protagonist of this curious one-man-show from New Zealand. 

Don’t Panic! It’s Challenge Anneka

Don’t Panic! It’s Challenge Anneka

Being both a chronic worrier and a huge fan of television from the 1990s, I had high hopes for Don’t Panic! It’s Challenge Anneka: a one woman show that uses the programme, Challen… 

Goggles

Goggles

Goggles is a simple, quirky and deeply endearing devised piece in which comedy double-act ThisEgg explore the complexities of love and friendship through that most profoundly alleg… 

The Lounge

The Lounge

There comes a time in most good plays when you realise you’ve become completely lost in a moment due to its sheer brilliance. 

Something Borrowed

Something Borrowed

A surprisingly moving hour of theatre, Something Borrowed deals with the struggles of a 21st-century, 20-something feminist trying to reconcile the desire for the perfect fairy tal… 

Bucket List

Bucket List

What do you do when your mother is murdered for protesting corporate and governmental corruption? In the case of Milagros, you fight for the justice your mother was denied and see… 

Police Cops

Police Cops

In its second year at the fringe, Police Cops is a spoof boys-in-blue parody along the lines of Police Squad. 

Le Bossu

Le Bossu

The scene is Notre Dame. 

The Communist Threat

The Communist Threat

It’s 1950 Vienna and two British spies are sent to kill a traitor. 

Melancholy

Melancholy

This show started beautifully and retained its magic right until the very end. 

Police Cops

Police Cops

With tight abs, even tighter moves and slick choreography, Police Cops runs at a pace that will make your head spin and is silly, fun and very entertaining. 

The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon

The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon

Puppetry, poetry, dance and live music are interwoven in this splendid succession of stories from five zany friends. 

Not Yet Suffragette

Not Yet Suffragette

Time is of the essence in this absolutely faultless performance from EntreprenHER Productions. 

Mercutio Loves Romeo

Mercutio Loves Romeo

Mercedes, or ‘Merc’ as she calls herself, has just landed a new job working at a nightclub; a nightclub with a sexist and homophobic doorman -Kai Henderson-, a highly stung and… 

Dancing in the Dark

Dancing in the Dark

An inconspicuous townhouse in Fiveways plays host to the promenade performance Dancing in the Dark. 

The Marked

The Marked

The Marked follows Jack’s crusade against the haunting demons that follow his life living rough on the streets of London. 

MorbidAbnormalMe

MorbidAbnormalMe

The basement of the Blue Man is a cosy Aladdin’s cave of a space, all cushions and tapestries and tasteful lighting. 

Near Gone

Near Gone

This award-winning devised piece from Two Destination Language clearly deserves its second festival run. 

Dust Never Settles in Torchlight

Dust Never Settles in Torchlight

NakedFeet Theatre’s Dust Never Settles in Torchlight is a short and sweet reimagining of a selection of Greek myths. 

Inglorious Insinuations of Insanity

Inglorious Insinuations of Insanity

Barry is charming, flamboyant and has a very ornate vocabulary. 

17

17

Bear Pit Theatre present a sweet show which narrates different generations’ experiences of when they were 17. 

Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart is unapologetically weird. 

What a Grimm Tale!

What a Grimm Tale!

With loose and dishevelled hair, streaks of cat-like make-up and bulging veins, the chorus prowls across the stage, furiously chanting lines adapted from fairy tales. 

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

Before the lights go down and the show begins, a voiceover warns us to expect ‘scenes of extreme horror’ as this retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic tale begins. 

Tribe

Tribe

I was slightly apprehensive when going to review Tribe, having seen a lot of pretentious, uninspiring, or just simply bad physical theatre and dance pieces this Fringe. 

Naked Knotted Neurons

Naked Knotted Neurons

In this devised piece, the company from the University of Pennsylvania’s Theatre Arts Program set themselves an almighty challenge in terms of the subject matter they deal with (… 

Austensibility

Austensibility

I shouldn’t have liked Austensibility. 

Night of My Life

Night of My Life

Sketch Club 7 has six members. 

Ursula Invents Old Woman

Ursula Invents Old Woman

Ursula K Le Guin, noted author of A Wizard of Earthsea, is visited by an alien adopting her form. 

Going Viral

Going Viral

Going Viral, written and performed by Daniel Bye, follows an imaginary outbreak of a highly contagious weeping virus spreading across the world, by you. 

IamI

IamI

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

Open

Open

Taking place in the greatest of British institutions — a chip shop — on election night, Open is a devised work by the student-run Nottingham New Theatre. 

Bayou Blues

Bayou Blues

Bayou Blues is beautiful. 

Key Change

Key Change

Key Change, directed by Laura Lindow, is devised by women in HMPYOI Low Newton and follows the stories of 4 female inmates. 

The Beanfield

The Beanfield

This year is the 30th anniversary of the Battle of the Beanfield, a violent police intervention in which more than 500 travellers were arrested in a field on their way to a new-age… 

O! Glorious Youth

O! Glorious Youth

It’s the early 20th Century, and dancing, drugs and violence are rife in London. 

Method in Madness

Method in Madness

New writing and Shakespeare, dance and physical theatre, all accompanied by the evocative music of Laura Marling; Method in Madness is a truly mesmerising show. 

Future Honey

Future Honey

American company The Pack bring their space-age feminist performance piece to the Fringe, but it seemed like getting their heads around it was a little out of the audience’s gras… 

Writing

Writing

A charming, witty and engaging show, Writing is an exploration of just that - the process of writing, as seen from a child’s perspective. 

1972: The Future of Sex

1972: The Future of Sex

Following The Wardrobe Ensemble’s previous creations, including the depicted opening of a Swedish furniture store (RIOT) and an account of the Chilean Mining Accident of 2010 (33… 

The Dream Sequentialists

The Dream Sequentialists

The Dream Sequentialists is a show about dream goblins. 

FEAST

FEAST

Clout Theatre prove themselves to be and provocative theatre makers in their new piece FEAST by challenging theatrical conventions as well as ignoring the age old advice not to pla… 

Leftovers

Leftovers

Leftovers follows the story of a young woman Elizabeth and her tragic experiences of the break-out of war. 

Souvenirs

Souvenirs

Ashley (Ellice Stevens) has just moved to a new town. 

A Brief History of Evil

A Brief History of Evil

Who knew that a Dusty Springfield favourite could provide such an effective description of man’s descent into unspeakable evil? Ewan Downie and Jonathan Peck from Company of Wolv… 

Pussy

Pussy

Pussy is nothing if not provocative. 

Oddity

Oddity

StudioSpace Bristol didn’t set out to make great art - they just want to make you laugh. 

Wojtek: The Happy Warrior

Wojtek: The Happy Warrior

In 1942, a girl traded some food for a Persian bear cub. 

Treacle

Treacle

This devised two-hander attempts to confront the social stigma faced by those with mental illnesses. 

Grounded

Grounded

Grounded is written, performed and directed by Linda McDade. 

The Effects of Solitude

The Effects of Solitude

Written and performed by Noni Townshend, The Effects of Solitude unfolds with a disarming serenity. 

If I Were Me

If I Were Me

Antler’s If I Were Me is a visual treat. 

RUN

RUN

In 2013, 21-year-old Moritz Erhardt, an intern at an investment bank, was found dead in his London flat after working for 72 hours without any sleep. 

Institute

Institute

Artistic Director of Gecko, Amit Lahav, revealed in conversation after this dynamic, forceful and moving performance that the initial stimulus for Institute had been an exploration… 

Births, Deaths & Marriages

Births, Deaths & Marriages

For as long as there has been something as recognisable as a “young person” there have been works of fiction that bemoan the horrible aimlessness of a “lost generation”. 

Project HaHa

Project HaHa

When life gives you lemons, sometimes you shouldn’t make lemonade. 

Eat Me! Drink Me! Buy Me!

Eat Me! Drink Me! Buy Me!

“Did she fall or was she pushed?” posits the Mad Hatter (Annie Neat), as Three Mugs of Tea embark on their consumerist take on Alice in Wonderland. 

Clairvoyant

Clairvoyant

Singular actor and writer of Clairvoyant, Bettine Mackenzie is funny. 

Jekyll

Jekyll

Hypnotist Theatre have a story they wish to yell at you, loudly, while writhing in semi-darkness so we cannot actually see whose story it is. 

Molly

Molly

This year, Squint presents Molly – a show investigating the mindset of a sociopath with eerie echoes of the things you might see in Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror. 

Boxed In

Boxed In

We’re all familiar with our society’s gender expectations – Barbie and Action Man, Yorkie Bars and Bic’s “for her” range. 

Ada

Ada

Meet Ada Lovelace, the ‘poetical scientist’, and daughter of romantic poet Lord Byron. 

Womenswear

Womenswear

Through a strong ensemble cast, this piece aims to expose the truth behind the juxtaposition of the stereotypical woman and the reality which every woman struggles to deal and cope… 

Scattered

Scattered

When their estranged father dies, twins Nicky and Jake reunite to execute his will. 

Cartography

Cartography

This is a story of Sarah, a lover of maps and trigonometry. 

Mr Poe's Legendarium

Mr Poe's Legendarium

Edgar Allan Poe and Sigmund Freud, partners in crime, telling horror stories and picking them apart: it sounds like rich source material, but Mr Poe’s Legendarium doesn’t quite… 

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