The story of an American teenager grappling with her dad’s heroin overdose.
Attachment styles, Yiddish drag, Bergson’s theory of time.
A young man, Adam, wakes up one day no longer sure if he’s what he says he is.
When those in power make decisions, it is those without power who pay the bloody price.
How many voices must be taken before we are heard? Join the studio audience of this comedic and dystopian gameshow and follow the friendship of two young women and their experience…
The adventures and misadventures of a group of graduates working in a North London call centre: Alice wants to be a singer, Liam wants to travel, Rob wants to make a killing and Sa…
A lawyer sits in a strong room.
This is a one-man play about the infamous life of the actor, criminal, alleged lover of Princess Margaret and possessor of a 12-inch appendage, John Bindon.
It’s 1947 and Catherine has just shot dead her husband, Philip, in their Regent’s Park flat.
It’s 1664 and the world is on the cusp of a sweeping pandemic which will devastate the population and change lives for everyone.
Off the coast of Angus in the North Sea, is Caillte Lighthouse.
They say a bull sees red when it loses the plot.
This new theatre piece looks at the four heroines from the classical theatrical canon: Nora from Ibsen’s Doll’s House, Julie from Strindberg’s Miss Julie, Hedda from Ibsen’…
Based, like Hitchcock’s film, on the Daphne du Maurier short story, The Birds is a thrilling psychodrama about what happens when nature turns against humanity.
‘It’s like childhood bite marks and scratches from your pets and the stitches from when your mum dropped you – it’s the scars that keep us together.
A girl is locked in a room.
This show presents a collective of exciting musical theatre numbers relating to the theme of being unapologetically you and making a lasting impact on the world around you.
A gritty meditation on family, destruction and the paranormal.
One of Neil Simon’s best-loved comedies.
A washed-up television personality lives out a Dickensian nightmare when they are visited by the ghost of their past.
Jimmy is 34 and has never felt like he belonged.
What if your favourite characters didn’t quite like the way they were written? What if they decided enough was enough? When an unnamed author is found dead, his characters are br…
Rebecca has been labelled the miracle girl after waking from her own murder.
A chance meeting changes Annika’s life forever.
Baby Calvin can remember his previous life when he was happily married to Laura.
The riveting play I Shall Not Be Moved is by emerging young playwright Isaiah Reaves.
What happens to characters when the curtain comes down? How do we know if they ever learn from their mistakes and move beyond the confines of their story, or whether they remain tr…
Influencers, social pressures, selfies and shame.
There’s a lot packed in to Long Nights in Paradise, probably too much, but it still makes for an interesting story that explores the ups and downs of life, the building and disin…
David Hayman returns as everyman Bob Cunninghame.
Jesus tells his disciples: ‘the Messiah will never come, so we have to create one’.
A heated argument and an all-night conversation leaves childhood friends Max and Kieran shaken, with suppressed emotions exploding to the surface.
That’s what a trigger pull is worth.
An experimental nosedive into Jamie’s fractured past.
On a normal bed, in a normal bedroom, two normal university students try to figure out their place in the world – and their place in each other’s lives.
‘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.
We’ve all been there! That sense of recognition permeates the room during Tim Marriott’s latest play Appraisal.
On a distant island, Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, plots revenge on those who overthrew her.
Cutting Edge Theatre: Hope Rises.
A Polish migrant, David Tasma, is dying from cancer in post-war London.
Is your family dysfunctional? Well, you haven’t met these fine folk.
Theatre Paradok presents a fresh, LGBTQIA+ take on Constellations by Nick Payne.
The Greeks knew a lot about war and told great tales of heroism, victory and defeat.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, 1977.
The cult of Cicada’s Children has just been discovered.
A gritty piece of drama, this powerful, 60-minute theatre production is not for the faint-hearted.
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…
An American divorcee, a besotted Prince and a constitutional crisis – sound familiar? But this was 1936.
Inside every adolescent brain, 86 billion neurons connect and collide to produce the most frustrating, chaotic and exhilarating changes that will ever happen to us.
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.
In 2017, I was raped.
Woyzeck and his family are continually exploited by the institution.
‘Perspectives.
Dr Glas, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the notorious 1905 Swedish novella by Hjalmar Soderberg, translated by David Barret.
A modern-day twist on Ibsen.
Join us for a mom-entous playdate.
The Conversation explores the disparities that non-European international students have when moving to the United Kingdom for university.
The highly acclaimed Tay Bridge was commissioned by Peter Arnott for the 80th Anniversary of the Dundee Rep in 2019.
There is nothing like a timely reminder from the past.
Cannibalism, werewolf trials, deceit and murder.
A brilliant piece of new writing that follows 17-year-old Max’s awakening to her own voice and sexuality.
Based on a true story, Silent Night is set in an Anderson shelter on Christmas Eve in 1940.
Football, fathers, friendship.
A striking and ferocious new play which dares to explore the pressures and societal demands that one couple confronts in their desire to procreate.
All that glitters is not gold, a message that is incredibly clear in Em Oliver’s Beautiful Nothing.
The Riverside Theatre Company returns to Edinburgh to take on this Euripides classic.
Do you ever feel like pulling over? Or feel turned on by the sea? I think I do.
Everyone needs a little bit of luck in their lives.
Influencers, social pressures, selfies and shame.
‘Charlie, why is every light in the fucking house on??’ What happens when you have a son? How does manhood move through generations? Who decides what a “good dad” really means? Chi…
Works by Anton Chekhov, translated and adapted by Michael Frayn.
Welcome to Scarbados! Written and directed by Sam Milnes, brand-new comedy-drama Scarbados is a play about love, life, grief, hope, relationships, and fish and chips! On Shazza and…
‘Stop the press!’ said Mr Thomas, his hand clenching yesterday’s issue.
Wing It Musical Theatre, by arrangement with Nick Hern Books, presents the following amateur performances: Georgia Christou’s Bright.
25 years since the fateful crash that killed Diana, this compelling docuplay was first seen off-Broadway and West End in 2015.
The children of Cargilfield School present an abridged version of Shakespeare’s classic love story, performed in the round in Shakespeare’s original language.
Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story.
Suddenly kettled at a climate change protest on the hottest day of the year, Kelly finds herself trapped with a volatile and unlikely mix of people.
A new solo performer show by acclaimed playwright Rosemary Jenkinson, about young bonfire builders in East Belfast.
A young scientist by the name of Frankenstein breathes life into a gruesome body.
A woman grieving for the loss of her daughter is drawn to the mystery of the Wishing Well.
1915, Ypres, Belgium.
A tale of unrealised dreams.
Sondheim’s classic satire of a culture of violence and political turmoil.
This prelude to Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy imagines Hamlet as a restless teenager frustrated by the limits of his role and furious at his father’s warmongering ways.
Almost 13 is a highly thoughtful and at times disturbing portrayal of the childhood experiences of a young girl growing up in Brooklyn, New York.
‘It is terribly easy to laugh at passion’.
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…
You’re born a girl.
I never felt unwelcome at the Fringe until this performance.
What would you trade to preserve a special relationship? Bassanio has squandered his wealth but plans to regain it by wooing wealthy Portia of Belmont, whose late father has impose…
Recent studies in education suggest that the two best ways for students to boost their educational development (by eight months in each case) are immediate feedback from a teacher …
Judy Seall’s Splinters is a strangely warm gothic Victorian tale, a warmth that emanates from the bonds between the members of the cast.
A sausage-maker and an apprentice walk into a kitchen, but this is no joke.
Mean Girls meets Lord of the Flies.
Beneath is dark and absurd commentary on the effects of climate change.
Work, love and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda.
Set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, The Wait revolves around Maura Devlin’s process of grief.
Saber Came to Tea is an entertaining short play with original music and magic that tells the story of one young woman’s defiant stand against the constraining social norms of her f…
Watch 13-year-old Ahan Dasgupta make his debut with Feynman on Why Do Magnets Attract? Immerse yourself in an afternoon of monologue and drums, as we try to answer this probing que…
Based on true stories, Steve Hennessy’s play follows two inmates at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Richard Prince and Ronald True.
A new play based on the true story of Wales’ first working-class martyr, Dic Penderyn and the Merthyr Rising of 1831.
Think you’re the only one who’s making it up as you go along? You’re not.
Violet’s scared walking home.
This marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s.
Jane Waters, mother of three, was murdered in her home on Easter Sunday, 2001.
Business partners Ross and Wilson use their vacation time to collect coins from Magic Fingers machines in American motels.
A beautiful, moving one-act play based on poetry created in a concentration camp by the Jewish children of Prague.
The Saga of the Norse Gods.
A man wakes up drunk, scared and alone, with no idea where he is or how he got there.
A one-man revenger’s comedy chronicling a forgotten history and a dying art.
Medea in space.
Loveless is a show concerning the pornographic industry.
Art, the multi award-winning play, comes to Edinburgh in an entirely fresh production.
Gosh this is good.
In the three years since David and Evie accidentally got pregnant after a night out, they and their group of uni friends have all graduated, gone out into the world, and tried – …
Originally written for online festivals in 2021 and now recreated by an all-Scottish cast and crew for live performance, American writer/producer Deena MP Ronayne’s award-winning…
BCP return to the Fringe with Mike Leigh’s classic after two sell-out years with Alan Bennett and Alan Ayckbourn.
The Anorak is a harrowing story of one man’s isolation, based on a true event.
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 …
A hillbilly gothic tale of an Appalachian tobacco farmer’s love for his family and the extremes he will go to protect them.
What happens when your world falls apart? Who do you become? When a cult sweeps a nation, a group of young friends find themselves caught in the middle of a revolution.
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…
Charles Dickens’ classic ghost story.
‘Five stars are not enough to do it justice!’ ***** (Daily Mail).
Absolutely Probably Unless focuses on two people at the end of a relationship, or maybe at the beginning of one.
Blink and You’ll Miss It is the incredible, one-man show from Terry Geo, writer and director of Blink of an Eye.
How does an artist keep going when all seems hopeless? Seeking an answer, a failed artist in New York visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2016.
‘The past isn’t dead, it’s not even past’ (William Faulkner).
What if the characters you created in your plays were to come to life and challenge the lives and circumstances you created for them?Unseen Shepard finds Pulitzer Prize-winning pla…
Join us for Tim Whitnall’s monologue masterpiece, telling the story of Eric Morecambe, a national treasure that touched so many of our lives.
Miep Gies was a 32-year-old secretary in Otto Frank’s office when he asked her to help him and his family hide from the Nazis.
You’d be forgiven for raising an eyebrow at the provocative title Olives and Blowjobs at Space Triplex.
When Will seeks out Alina’s insight for his paper on Iran, he has no idea that he will meet the love of his life.
Greg is Duck in Arms Theatre’s first production.
A simple concept: Peter reading on his usual park bench is approached by Jerry, a bizarre young man full of questions and stories.
Sammy, an artist with a love of music, has a dark secret.
A shiny new flat.
After a girls night out, three friends wind down in the local chippy.
Creme Egg included with ticket.
Warhol: Bullet Karma is a solo show stuffed full of characterisations from Warhol’s artistic heyday; Roost’s performance really brings these characters to life.
Brothers tells the story of two estranged brothers Matt and Jay, in their early 30s, who re-unite as one fights testicular cancer and the other battles addiction.
The story of William Wallace as seen through his eyes.
A unique opportunity to return to the experimental roots of the Fringe joining emerging actors from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in a real time, live rehearsal of plays and …
The Deil’s Awa, a roistering tale of smugglers in the East Neuk of Fife, written by Alan Cochrane, award-winning playwright, and dedicated to Edinburgh People’s Theatre.
Starring CJ de Mooi (Eggheads), Banana Crabtree Simon is an intimate and emotionally honest journey of one man’s struggle with early onset dementia.
The end is nigh.
Edinburgh Youth Theatre presents Into The Woods Jr.
‘Hilarious’, ‘mesmerising’ and ‘outstanding’ **** (LondonPubTheatres.
A grenade hits Joe Bonham in WW1.
When four terrible directors start casting and their ego is way greater than their talent, what chance do the auditionees have? This funny and light-hearted show with a very talent…
Are you Yes or No or Maybe Aye or Maybe No? This play takes us from 2014 up to the present day and looks at the independence debate with wit and humour as two families decide how t…
Picture this: a musical based on the women of the Manson Family set to the music of Fleetwood Mac.
The One Between, formed from the leaders of both sides of the struggle, is the last hope of restoring balance to the world through a show of strength, spirit, essence and loyalty.
Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn.
Two pantomime stars keep complaining about people walking through their dressing room as they prepare for their performance, but not everything is good between them.
A plane crash leaves only teenagers alive on an uninhabited Indonesian island.
Come and take part in an immersive courtroom experience where you decide the cases outcome.
Like all women, Jo has been called her fair share of things, many not so flattering.
Jimmy has a debt to his dying mother he’ll do anything to pay off, a paranoid mystery caller setting his life on fire and a walking, smooth-talking gambling addiction that genuin…
All families have secrets.
There are many rags-to-riches stories around but probably not another that follows a young heroin addict’s journey from death’s door to the gates of Buckingham Palace.
Returning to Edinburgh following a near sell-out 2016 Assembly season, Alison Skilbeck’s critically acclaimed one-woman show reveals the public and private life of one of the most …
Sandcastles by Steve McMahon moves back and forth in time and memory to depict the tumultuous lifelong friendship of millennials Hannah and Beth.
A mother keeps pulling her ill son out of school.
A family saga about men, women and whisk(e)y! Laced with dry humour and casked in raw emotion, embrace Tam Tully as she fights to save her Ulster family distillery from takeovers, …
Leicester Square’s Not So New Comedian of the year 2019 finalist Sean will talk about life experiences.
No one would have believed in the last years of the 19th century that this world was being watched keenly by an intelligence greater than mans’ and yet as mortal as his own.
With not a zombie in sight, we are taken into a sanctuary of “normality” while the outside world rots.
10 April 1998, Belfast.
Psycho Productions and Cusack Projects Ltd.
Today I Killed My Very First Bird, a piece of new writing by poet, playwright and performer Jason Brownlee and directed by Lee Hart, is a strange beast.
A young couple are separated by an outbreak they cannot speak of.
Two’s Company is Gillian Duffy’s take on rekindled romance and finding new direction in later life, following 55-year-old Maureen as she navigates life after her second divorce…
With a forensic talent for pinpointing the precise foibles, flaws and faults of a character and an uncanny capacity for evoking their vocal DNA, Jon Culshaw gives new life to one o…
Tatum, a university student, becomes the virgin bride of her sweetheart, entering an eternal marriage in the the Mormon church.
Cyclist Vee has no idea why she’s woken up in hospital.
Success demands sacrifice.
‘There’s no access guide to sex; how to consensually sh*g your blind girlfriend.
**** (LondonPubTheatres.
In this one-woman thriller, we see how a loving relationship can sometimes be anything but.
Why be the bigger person when you can be the last one standing? Ink and Curtains make their Edinburgh debut hot on the heels of their first national tour with this tale of a dinner…
When 30 years of family silence is broken, Helen begins a quest to discover the hidden story behind her brother’s suicide.
In an inner-city hostel, Jams is trying to record a rap video.
In a Sheffield basement, two men try to bury the bodies of their past to find a hopeful future.
The Paines Plough Roundabout has become a symbol of the Fringe, developing its own signature style in the process.
This is an engaging exploration of the friendship of two of the most iconic British Prime Ministers of all time.
The award-winning production Grav returns for 2022.
We all live under the same sky.
If the title sounds familiar you’re probably thinking of the film, In the Name of the Father, but you’d be on the right track because In the Name of the Son deals with the same…
Intelligence transports us into the basement of the US State Department, where two young Foreign Officers are forced to rethink their secret views on American diplomacy, working on…
Woman, warrior, legend.
Written by Vlad Butucea, directed by Mojisola Elufowoju.
It’s been two years since Finn quit his job, came off social media and disappeared.
Achingly funny, rhyming retelling of classic (festive?) film Die Hard from Richard Marsh: Fringe First winner, BBC Audio Drama Best Comedy winner and New York cop (one of these is …
The multi award-winning story of Rehana, Angel of Kobane, returns to Edinburgh in a new production from Torch Theatre.
In 2002, whilst researching a comedy, triple-Fringe First winner Henry Naylor and two-time Scottish Press Photographer of the Year Sam Maynard, went to the Afghan war zone.
Nightlands is a play about how authoritarianism weaponises nostalgia, about Russia today.
There’s significant anger in One of Two; a sense of injustice felt by a young man whose experience of the not-so-subtle cruelties and discrimination endured by disabled people is…
When 30 years of family silence is broken, Helen begins a quest to discover the hidden story behind her brother’s suicide.
Most often seen at sea, in that area that rests just above the horizon, a Fata Morgana is a type of complex mirage superstitiously named after the Arthurian sorceress Morgan le Fay…
Actor and writer Kristin Mcilquham can’t seem to finish a list.
1967, Susan, a runaway from a troubled home, escapes her past by hitchhiking to LA.
From House of Cards writer Bill Cain and The Shark is Broken director Guy Masterson, 9 Circles is a brilliantly performed, harrowing psychological thriller that would be shocking a…
A Dark Place by Boreas Productions at Pleasance Courtyard is an insight into the relationship between friends, Ash and Sam, and how Sam’s mental health struggles have twisted the…
Denied ownership of her land through endless bureaucratic delays.
A contemporary drama created by Histeria Teatro that pays homage to those rock stars who died young, and in circumstances of suicide or overdose.
Thirty years after A Scandal in Bohemia, Sherlock Holmes must once again confront The Woman.
The year is 1914.
The story of the theatrical Dame has had many incarnations and they all revolve around a fairly standard trope.
These neat little monologues are a sort of fan fiction inspired by various works of Shakespeare (The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Macbeth, Twelf…
Tick Tick could give The Wolf of Wall Street a run for its money when it comes to the frequency of “Fuck”.
That’s what a trigger pull is worth.
Performed by the members of Raised Voices – a charity that works creatively with people who have experienced homelessness, mental health issues or addiction.
Allison Miller is on trial pleading not guilty to all charges held against her.
The Stone Host is the high-quality video version of the play of the same name, that was made with the integration of 3D copies of actors and scenery by project Theatre 360 Degrees.
Paul Black's Fringe debut had a lot to live up to.
One actor performs for audiences of one.
Welcome to undertaker Anna Morgan-Jones’ live Zoom webinar.
The Dust Behind the Door: A midsummer’s dream for Hermia? More like a mid-life crisis.
Patricia has been concocting the perfect speech in her head over the last year, of what she would say if she were ever to face her ex-abusive boyfriend again.
Why would a man disappear inside his own home for seven and a half years, just when he has the most to share? This isn’t a story about being sick, it’s a story about healing yourse…
Fringe roulette is part of what keeps us coming back year after year.
Madhouse by Nottingham New Theatre at [email protected]’s Hall does what it says on the tin.
The grannies in the show will tell you their life stories through singing and playing the moon guitar.
Jonathan Smeed is making his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in Run by Stephen Laughton at Lauriston Halls, courtesy of No Frills Theatre Company.
It’s all in that title, really.
The Queen’s Speech: Miranda’s revels now are ending, but island life looks such fun! 35 years after Miranda and her father Prospero left their island at the end of The Tempest, the…
It’s all in that title, really.
Three lads have certain things in common.
New Celts Productions and Bone struck Theatre present Wish List by Katherine Soper, winner of the Burntwood Prize for Playwrights in 2015.
Oddly Ordinary Theatre Company has made a highly successful adaptation of Mark Ravenhill’s Pool (No Water) at theSpace Triplex as part of the contribution by the graduates of Que…
Saving Mr Ultimate by John McEwan-Whyte at theSpace Triplex is the debut show of Extra Arca, a young theatre group within New Celts Productions, a consortium of young theatre compa…
Smile.
Award-winning solo returns for four shows only.
ChasingRainbows presents Looks Like We Made It.
La Nela De Socartes is an uplifting musical tragedy on love, opportunity and change.
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.
A dark comedy about the young women who have the “honor” of being Adolf Hitler’s food tasters.
Winner of Best Ensemble at a Tucson Fringe Festival 2021.
Ember is a window into the mind of a young woman who, waking up one day, realises she doesn’t know who she is.
It’s May of 2020 and feisty Nana is going crazy because her adult daughter, Melissa, won’t allow her to leave the house.
Meet Davy.
Fow Lissa is defensive, deaf and failing university – the last thing she needs right now is to fall in love.
Francis Bacon could spend his mornings painting, his afternoons and evenings drinking champagne, and his nights roaming Soho in fishnet stockings and a leather coat looking for “ro…
Testament invites you to bear witness to the dark underbelly of the Good Book.
There are a handful of stories which truly stand the test of time.
In 1902 Hibs won the Scottish Cup.
First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes.
A unique two-woman retelling of F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece.
Dishonour is a powerful drama that explores the terrifying practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).
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.
Why! Why did she do it? Amy Williams thought taking a class in making online videos would be fun.
A ninety-minute monologue about a homeless person? Embrace it.
400 milliliters.
Agave is under siege.
The residents of Heather Avenue are in lockdown, forced to rely on the phone and Zoom to communicate.
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.
La Nela De Socartes is an uplifting musical tragedy on love, opportunity and change.
Dinner with strangers is always awkward, especially when you’re the guest of honour.
‘Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain’.
This evocative play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin tells the story of a young couple living in a world ravaged by climate change.
Emma and Sinéad know all that glitters isn’t gold, but when given the opportunity to go from €3.
When Vee embarks on her cycling commute, she has no idea that she’ll never make it home.
I, Anatolia is an adaptation of the Turkish play Ben Anadolu by Güngör Dilmen, translated by Talat S Halman.
The story of Emily: brassy, funny and forthright.
On February 7th 1991, James Casey was found guilty of murder.
A darkly witty take on the American pop art icon Andy Warhol and the woman who shot him, Valerie Solanas.
Fresh off her triumph as Best Actress and recovery from a recent brush with death, Elizabeth Taylor is struggling with her hardest role yet: herself.
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.
Your Perfect Life is a loosely autobiographical story, inspired by the lives of the writers and performers: Erika Marais and Faeron Wheeler.
‘Sensational’ is how one viewer described this high-quality filmed version of Mark Wheeller’s moving play.
Open the door to No 19, where love hits the rocks like gin and tonic… In Eva’s world, time has eclipsed.
In 1936 Spanish Republican troops disembarked on the shores of Majorca to recover the island, which had been taken over by the military.
Two women cross paths on a journey from Edinburgh to London that takes them much further than they could have foreseen.
Music is the food of love – and we needed to play on.
This presentation of the almost-century-old seminal composition, crafted by renowned composer Kurt Weill and theatre innovator Bertolt Brecht in 1933, blends the strengths of theat…
Three flatmates are in their final year of university, working through the aftermath of the death of one of their best friends.
Darkly-comedic Korean social satire with innovative staging and colourful physicality.
He’s dead, and it’s her job to prepare and present his body for his family’s final goodbye.
It’s only rock’n’roll, till it isn’t.
In his own opinion, by far the most important, Doctor Faustus is a certified genius.
This revealing new online play tells the true stories of four astronauts, united by a common purpose and a common fate many years apart.
The past stalks the present in this gripping drama with the world in a state of flux.
Marco Malgioglio portrays French actor, playwright, director, author and collector of fine things, Sacha Guitry (1885-1957).
If You Find This is about a young woman working as a carer, who finds herself on the brink of life and death.
Fringe legend Guy Masterson returns for his 27th festival with the perfect Covid antidote! Only six unmissable performances of Dylan Thomas’ timeless masterpiece, made famous by Ma…
Candlelit and dark as the Devil’s heart, the largest part of the Old Town’s infamous underground vaults dates back to the 1700s.
Beverly and husband Laurence are throwing a party for their newlywed neighbours, Tony and Angela.
Isadora Duncan was a trailblazer whose inspiration transformed the dance world.
Set in the early 90s and spanning 10 years, this play explores relationships and the toll these relationships take on the six principle characters.
FTLO Theater Troupe Presents Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady using the Arthurian tale (primarily drawn from Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Tale) to examine what our hopes are in dealing …
Greed, corruption and damnation are rampant in this one-man adaptation of the Elizabethan classic.
King Richard the Lionheart is dead.
Jay lives on the street, lurching from one crisis to the next, while Georgie is smart, ambitious and determined that using a wheelchair will not be a barrier to success.
Sex, thugs and bowling balls.
As they sit in their safe space, reflecting on their upcoming nuptials, a lawyer reflects on their life.
‘My life is a river.
Jetty Stars by Noel Kelly follows the life of Stella, a Jetty Star: a local name given to prostitutes who worked the ships of the city.
Son, brother and patient, Graham subsists on a full-fat diet of petty grievances and crosswords.
Sugar and spice / partners in crime / he-said-she-said / not talking / can’t believe / only joking / why did I / hate you / forgive you / miss you.
PTC Productions are proud to present Girls Like That by Evan Placey; a hard-hitting, explosive play targeting gender inequality and the challenges that people now face growing up i…
ChasingRainbows presents Looks Like We Made It.
It’s 1964 and brilliant young writer Dennis Potter (future author of Pennies From Heaven and The Singing Detective) becomes entangled in the life of a troubled young woman when t…
In a small suburb, some teenagers become captivated with a video game called Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom.
Three friends from high school revisit a shocking event from five years before.
An experimental physical staging of Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing’s book of poetry Knots.
A camp-out in the woods with friends is meant to help grieving Henry as he copes with the tragic loss of his brother.
The Coming Out Play is a 40-minute one-woman play that follows the twenty-six-year-old and sucre-sweet Lucy Moran as she travels to her parents’ house to tell them that not only …
New York City, 1911.
The NHS has a funding crisis.
Ziggy Stardust takes us on a tragical mystery tour through the life of a nearly-was rock star! Drama, tragedy and hilarity ensue to a live rocking backdrop.
August 1888, London sees the first of five brutal murders, the callous cruelty of which sends shock waves far and wide and etches the name of the most infamous serial killer into t…
In The Glass Imaginary, we improvise a brand-new play every day, inspired by the works of Tennessee Williams.
One dashing detective. One massive myth. One seriously fatally murdered family. Sensational thriller from double Fringe First winners Theatre Caddis.
Charlotte Brontë’s tale of a young woman’s courageous fight through injustice and hardship was a revolution in literary fiction.
Come see 30 plays in 60 minutes! Created by Greg Allen of the Neo-Futurists Theatre and performed by students from The Bishop’s School in La Jolla, California.
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…
Three Times She Knocked, an erotic psychological thriller.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire 1977.
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…
After their mother’s death, two estranged sisters, Jenny, an introvert who cared for their ailing mother, and Jackie, an ambitious socialite who left home at sixteen never to retur…
We find Lila, a young British woman, alone in a hospital for the criminally insane in 1928.
Banana Crabtree Simon.
**** (Daily Express).
Acclaimed immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s classic, performed in a unique tunnel beneath Edinburgh’s streets.
A vicious hate crime plunges a gay dancer into a fever dream battle between life and death.
The Giant Killers tells the true story of the first working-class men to compete in the FA Cup.
After total sell-out Edinburgh Fringe runs in 2018 with In Loyal Company, and 2019 with Fragility of Man, David William Bryan returns with a brand-new psychological drama for 2020.
Charles II has returned to England, the theatres have been reopened and a woman is about to take the stage for the first time.
The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland is informed by a treatment for psychosis that has seen amazing results in Western Lapland.
Written With Crayons by Ciara McNiff.
A new play by John Knowles written for the students of the PQA.
Set in 1942, in the final days of an orphanage in the Jewish ghetto of Warsaw, where food is scarce, tempers rise and everyone just wants to survive.
A sideways look at Scotland’s international literary phenomenon, featuring Jefferson Airplane, a Subaru Impreza, and personal appearances by Fats Waller, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Pro…
One man sits alone in a room. Why? Beckett’s master work brought to life for the modern day.
Josh and Isabella are childhood sweethearts.
Charlotte was a legendary Hollywood props mistress who disappeared from public view decades ago.
What is it like to be the mother of a terrorist? A Mother coaxes us into her experience of anguish, guilt and anger, as she grapples with the monster she has created.
A remarkably vivid picture of one merciless family and three desperate lives.
Jade Potts is a much loved baby, but 16-year-old Honey is wholly unprepared for motherhood and lacks any semblance of support.
Award-winning production.
The Dandelion Patch is a play devised by a company of wounded, injured or sick ex-Forces and professional actors.
Captivated by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray trades his soul for eternal youth and beauty.
Hugo’s in no man’s land.
John Chesterton works in a world where political correctness is paramount.
‘I ate the divorce papers, Charles.
A gripping electric thriller, exploring the far-reaching, unexpected and devastating effect childhood bullying can wreak.
I’ve never been the biggest fan of Alice Birch’s writing.
From the postcolonial Middle East, to the EU and USA, old orders are collapsing.
The Hart Players theatre company brings Noël Coward’s Still Life to the Fringe.
Sense and Sensibility tells the story of the Dashwood sisters as they navigate the world of love, loss and society.
14-year-old reluctant GCSE drama student Callum is confused and angry – why has his classmate Lucy changed the topic for their self-initiated Theatre in Education project from he…
In a small Nigerian town Ben, Obembe and their two older brothers slip away to fish at a forbidden river.
The Bronte sisters’ tragically short-lived lives are reimagined for the Fringe by Eleventh Hour Theatre.
This widely acclaimed production returns to the Fringe for four performances.
We meet Lily in a therapists office in Manhattan.
Jess is sat on the living room floor, nursing a glass of wine… or two… or three.
Three women find themselves trapped in a small basement room of an office building.
When Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her ex-lover Tom Sergeant on a London evening, the two attempt to rekindle their previously passionate relationship.
Mirror Canon focuses on the subtle relation between thoughts and actions, showing the dichotomy between the realistic outside living world of actions and the repressed inner self t…
Kira was perfect; until her eating disorder threatened to shatter everything in her path.
Ghostly Tales are adaptations of Victorian supernatural short stories; The Wind in the Rosebush, The Shadow on the Wall, and The Best Room in the House.
Chic Murray was the comedian’s comedian.
London, 1946.
Brecht’s darkly comic play about the ascent of the moronic, childish but charismatic gangster Arturo Ui should be relevant for obvious reasons.
It’s Andie’s last night in her childhood home before going to uni and she’s throwing the party to end all parties.
Moon Walk is a funny play, with fast paced, quippy dialogue, but it is also a sad and gripping portrait of the effects of mental illness on American men.
Take a deep dive into the minds of a group of children.
Our show tells the story of two women.
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.
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…
Tin Tub Theatre presents a female-led abridged adaption of Anthony Burgess’ iconic novel and play, A Clockwork Orange.
Man and woman meet, they fall in love and live happily ever after.
A world premiere, Wingmen explores how different people react to overwhelming danger.
Some people just walk by on the train platform.
A young mother-to-be visits her in-laws for a Christmas trip.
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’…
Tim runs the website Holy Land.
Fast-paced, high-energy, physical theatre that features Shakespeare monologues re-imagined.
When so many songs written by men are condescending (Wake Up Little Susie), dangerously demeaning (Blurred Lines) or darn right creepy (Every Breath You Take) towards women, it is …
Trans Pennine is a funny, fast-paced and emotional play about family disagreements, gender-identity, and caravan holidays.
A heartfelt tribute to Ireland’s late Nobel poet by award-winning Ulster actor-director Larry McCluskey.
Mark’s Gospel is our most authentic portrait of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
A comic Highland noir whodunnit.
William Shakespeare’s narrative poem The Rape of Lucrece tells the story of Lucrece, a noblewoman in ancient Rome whose rape at the hands of her husband’s friend, Tarquin, ulti…
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…
It might be true that Brandy was first performed in 2010 at South London Theatre, but it’s still impossible not to view this production through the lens of Yorgos Lanthimos’ 20…
‘Welcome to the Dead Parents Society.
Rarely does the stage premiere of a work take place twenty-three years after it was written, but Out Of Bounds Theatre has claimed the honour with their gritty production of 44 Inc…
Being a woman these days is exhausting.
The Edinburgh Fringe exists as a kind of suspended adolescence allowing creatives to live the experience of their art being the most important thing in the world.
Raised Voices shines light on some of the reasons that people become homeless and how, when all may seem lost, they can pick themselves up and rebuild their lives.
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…
‘The men are gone and all has sunken into disorder’.
The story of Emmeline and Richard Pankhurst and the suffragette movement.
Trapped in a house, flood waters rising, Susan plays out all the influences on her life.
A powerful depiction of modern times.
This radical adaptation, set in a nightclub populated with drag kings and gangsters, releases Shakespeare’s famous yet controversial play from its comedic origins to foreground K…
No matter how long the winter – spring is sure to follow.
1979.
"I kind of want to die – but I’d really like to get into publishing, too," says Billie (performed by Grainne Dromgoole), as she explains the story of her first real l…
The Italia Conti Ensemble changes its membership every year as another cohort passes through the famous drama school.
One of three office workers is about to lose their job.
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 world is ending.
Memories erased.
Franz Kafka’s The Trial as you have never seen it before.
Who can be a mother? What makes them a mother? Do we actually need one? Cariad and Catrin confront the dysfunction of their relationship past and present and the division that an u…
Ceara Dorman’s one woman play poignantly explores the abuse that countless women were subject to within the Magdalene laundries.
The classic reappearance, from the oldest influence of the East, shows the inheritance of culture with classical Chinese elements such as costumes, operas and dances.
ExADUS presents Bond’s adaptation of Orwell’s classic as a reminder that since there have been wars and intolerance, there have been refugees.
A mysterious case.
Ophelia is Also Dead follows Ophelia telling us the story of her whole life.
Steven Berkoff’s irresistible EAST makes an inevitable return to the Festival Fringe, this time in a vibrant and energetic production by HiveMCR.
Gill Mcvey’s play focuses on the struggles of dealing with dementia and the sacrifices that are inevitably made.
Living in a world where people don’t say what they mean or mean what they say can be tricky, and Reilly has questions.
Bethlem Royal Hospital, 1854.
A man and a woman are living in a refugee camp.
Whitechapel, 1888.
Peri is fifteen when her adopted mother dies.
First-century Jerusalem and the political climate is a hotbed of corruption and civil unrest.
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.
Right before your very eyes, Susie K.
When it comes to comedy double acts none have endured as long as Laurel and Hardy.
Life after war is quiet and eerie.
Workshopped with young people from PQA Glasgow’s afternoon academy, Lewis Carroll’s classic quirky fairy tale is retold through the eyes of Glaswegian teenagers.
Directed by Victoria Beesley.
Workshopped with young people from PQA Glasgow’s morning academy, Lewis Carroll’s classic quirky fairy tale is retold through the eyes of Glaswegian teenagers.
A new monologue by John Knowles, exploring the rise of the angry white working class through the eyes of recently unemployed Punched, a Punch and Judy puppeteer.
Aged just 16 and 17, Harrison Sharpe (Matt) and Archie Stevens (Mikey) make their Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with Real Eyes, an intensely moving story of brothers growing up t…
“I’ve not seen anything like this in the 12 years I’ve been working at the Fringe,” was the observation from one of the tech guys I spoke to after seeing Ugly Youth, this y…
In the Heights tells the universal story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighbourhood – a place where the coffee from the corner bodega is light and sw…
Following last year’s five-star production in Edinburgh, Keele Drama Society returns with a new ‘interesting and thought-provoking production’ (Audience review for Doors Opening,…
Very recently Polly Pattison discovered a hoard of letters from her mother to her father in the early years of WWII.
‘Ladies and gentlemen, the performance is about to begin, could I please ask you all to turn your mobile phones ON.
Young socialite Catherine Holly has been left traumatised and confined to a mental hospital after witnessing the horrific murder of her cousin Sebastian during a trip to Europe.
Doctor Faustus, a respected scholar seeking to acquire greater knowledge, turns to necromancy to summon the Devil and his servant, Mephistopheles.
Accidentally On Purpose (sponsored by Goldsmiths Drama Society) presents Piano Man, a short play in which four characters discover the true meaning of acceptance and understanding …
One of the most uplifting stories ever written, Michelle Magorian’s stunning Goodnight Mister Tom is brought gloriously to life in this stage adaptation by David Wood.
Eighteen children, one island.
‘It‘s becoming a status symbol today, the need to have a problem.
Hal is struggling to come to terms with her mother’s death and meet with her father’s expectations.
Karen, 17, on her parents: loving and lovable; secret devotees of University Challenge.
Lost boy on a bridge, a hungry talking crow, old documents float on the river below.
A play, a pie and a pint all included in your ticket price! Contemporary interactive play and great craic. See website for further details: mcsorleysbar.com/events
Shakespeare at his most sexy and salacious! A physically dynamic ensemble perform a musical, lyrical mash-up that explores love, sex and relationships in some of the Bard’s most fa…
The National newspaper and ELT short playwright winners.
The Tinsley family’s holiday in Spain proves an even greater change from Blackpool then expected.
A chorus of bawdy spirits lead you through this physically dynamic amalgamation of Shakespeare’s finest death scenes.
Newly engaged Jimmy and Natasha feel they’re the perfect match.
Where is the worst place to wake up hung-over? Answer: Budapest Airport.
This dark comedy by Mike Bartlett shows the cruelty of human nature through bizarre power play, manipulation and vindictive honesty.
Combining hip hop, drama and film to look behind media headlines to explore the concept of terrorism and how young people are groomed.
No Frills Theatre are proud to present the Scottish premiere of American Justice by Richard Vergette.
Sean expects a quiet night alone in the pub, but Lisa catches his eye.
TERRAtory follows Emma on her rollercoaster ride navigating her own DNA helix.
Hard-hitting piece of inclusive theatre exploring the untold stories and unseen struggles of people with additional needs.
Seesome Theatre’s new production Parasites is presented as an issue play, getting to the heart of problems with the welfare state, domestic abuse and teenager stuck in an unforgi…
World premiere.
Fight Song is part of this year’s programme of four plays by students from the celebrated CalIfornia Institute of the Arts (CalArts) at Venue 13.
It’s party time in Thebes! The war is over, the city has a new leader… what could possibly go wrong? Enter Antigone - devoted daughter and passionate extremist – set to spoil…
Backenders is a live comedy sketch parody of the BBC soap opera Eastenders.
An unapologetic dark comedy that illustrates the power of storytelling when a writer, Karturian, in an unnamed totalitarian state is interrogated after the gruesome content of his …
Flowers For Algernon’s the compelling story of Charlie, an intellectually challenged man and the strange interweaving of his life with that of Algernon, a mouse.
I Am is about the continual challenge of seeking liberation.
A new and condensed adaptation of Chekhov’s must-see classic; often described as the first great modern play.
X is a prisoner confined to the walls of their cell, placed there for a crime they refuse to discuss.
Cannibalism, werewolf trials, deceit, and murder: Marie Hassenpflug and the Brothers Grimm are trying to edit the darkness out of old stories.
Missing someone is lonely when you are far away, it’s worse when they are right there.
When was the last time you talked about poo? We’re guessing not recently.
Europe is occupied by the Nazis and fearing imminent invasion, the British launch Operation Columba – parachuting sixteen thousand spies across the Channel.
Discover the true story of Valentina Tereshkova, a young textile worker plucked from obscurity to lead the Soviet Union’s race to the stars.
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.
A woman walks into a bar.
(Ab)solution is the first Edinburgh Festival Fringe Play from Swindon-based Jackrill Productions, and it’s an impressive debut at Greenside, Infirmary St.
Following the success at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe with the five-star show After Today, Stage D’Or returns with their latest work from acclaimed playwright Tim Connery.
Psychologists claim answering 36 questions can make two strangers fall in love.
As an unfinished text imbued with deep mystery, ranging from menacing abstract bureaucracy to detailed recounted memories, Kafka’s The Castle is a challenging undertaking, but th…
Time heals all wounds, but Shane’s healing might take a millennium.
Francis Bacon once observed that ‘in order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present’.
Told through an enticing striptease of revelations, this poignant and funny solo performance is a complex and deeply felt examination of life’s unplanned turns, deliberate shifts, …
A dark comedy about the young women who had the “honour” of being Adolf Hitler’s food tasters.
The Good Scout treads an extraordinarily fine line as a play.
A thought-provoking show about haircuts and heartache.
John Doe is having a bad day.
The blank, sterile corridors of Surgeons Hall are not where you might expect to find folky fun late at night.
Just yards from James Boswell’s Edinburgh birthplace and subsequent residence on the Lawnmarket, MHK Productions & Rhymes with Purple present his famed friendship with Samuel…
What are you willing to do to become a legend? A porn actor performing his last record-breaking movie: a sex marathon with 100 women.
Ten strangers visit the same park bench on the same day.
Come along and eat haggis, neeps and tatties, and find out the life story of Robert Burns.
Part insider look at the making of the film Jaws and part musings on what constitutes an artist, The Shark is Broken, written by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon and directed by Guy Maste…
To some, Reverend Sheen is a walking miracle.
A classic retelling of Shakespeare’s tragedy, this piece is brought to us by Guy Masterson, TTI in association with Maverick Theatre Co.
Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show 2018! ‘Absolutely phenomenal, sensitively portrayed with painstaking accuracy’ (BroadwayBaby.
The pieces of the puzzle that make up Laura’s brain don’t seem to fit.
This all-female production of Macbeth was truly a sight to behold.
Six actors.
William Mastrosimone’s one-act play, Bang, Bang, You’re Dead, is a powerful response to the wave of school killings that have erupted in recent times.
Northern Ireland, 1989.
At Westerberg High everyone worships the Heathers, the exclusive clique, including misfit member Veronica.
DUCT presents a modern-day twist on the classic, inviting its audience into a haphazard and disorderly world, mirroring the turbulence of Hamlet’s madness.
A woman reveals her daughter’s terrible secret which only surfaces as the daughter becomes a young woman.
Set in an Ayrshire guest house in the 1960s, this hilarious comedy follows a week in the life of Mr and Mrs McIlroy who have chosen to revisit where they had spent their honeymoon …
In a house in the hills at the end of the day a grandmother remembers her first date, the man she married and the ups and downs of their life together.
At Thanksgiving, the Blake family gathers at the run-down Manhattan apartment in Chinatown of Brigid Blake and her boyfriend Richard.
At 32 Kate should have so much more: a great career and perfect family.
Evocative, innovative shape-shifting drama sculpted from the poetry, music and songs of Hamish Henderson (1919-2002).
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…
Every morning, a group of teenagers meet up on their way to school and hang out on the benches in the park.
‘Off you go then and best of luck.
More of a personal theatrical experience than what one might expect from a show described as ‘cabaret’, Allie Jessing’s Hetaira: A Mythic Cabaret sees the talented actress de…
In a dystopian society, a child is selected to meet with The Giver to learn about the undocumented memories of the past.
It’s a long, hot summer.
Three siblings.
Xiao’s grandma suffers from Alzheimer’s.
With their country plunged into political crisis by anti-Government strikes – a group of young East German students are ordered to “persuade” the protesters to go home peacefully…
All Victor wants is a trophy wife and to start a family.
What happens when you’re at a private fetish party, and you bump into the daughter of your boss? Such is the premise of Kim Davies’ Smoke.
This thought provoking production by Want the Moon Theatre is a compelling exploration of connectedness – to ourselves, to those around us, and to reality.
An original one-act drama presented by Howard Payne University.
A play, a pie and a drink are all included. But did the crime take place or not? A courtroom drama where you are the jury. Hear the evidence, you decide the outcome. A must-see.
After a string of five-star sell-out Fringe productions, EUSOG is thrilled to present their latest Edinburgh Fringe show: Sweet Charity! The story follows Charity Hope Valentine, a…
At a personal crossroads, Ulysses, an Uber driver, embarks on a yearlong odyssey through the streets of Los Angeles.
Iconic is not a strong enough word for novelist Irvine Welsh’s generation-defining masterpiece, Trainspotting.
The story of middle-aged homeless alcoholic woman, Myra McLaughlin, living rough on the streets of Dublin.
1979, a beach in Brazil, a drowning man meets a mysterious woman who cajoles, questions and flatters him into defending the indefensible.
The Windsor Feminist Theatre’ production of Judith Thompson’s 2014 play about injustice in the Canadian prison system feels timely in an age where atrocities committed against …
Damon Runyon’s brilliant Broadway Stories became Guys and Dolls.
Following the overwhelming success of this performance last year, it’s back – and this time with a full cast of professional actors.
“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.
Right now, there are between 60,000 and 80,000 people held in solitary confinement within United States prisons – many of whom have served months or even years in extreme isolati…
A stand-up comedian sees his world fall apart when his wife decides he can no longer mention her onstage.
Before 30 follows Chris, a Deliveroo driver trying to make his way in the world.
Shaving the Dead starts with two undertakers waiting at a coffin.
Meet the pals – Pete, Andy, Linda and Sue – in a hit new comedy based on the true story of Brummy council estate mates, from the sixties to the noughties.
Irish-born Phyllis was one of only two New Zealand women ever to have been honoured with France’s highest decoration, the Légion d’Honneur, for extreme bravery in WWII.
As might be expected, the environment – specifically, the “environmental emergency” we currently face – is one of the more notable themes running through this year’s Frin…
The performance opens to a figure eerily adorned in a rose-embellished mask, a luscious pink rose plugged into her mouth like a pacifier.
The Artists Collective Theatre consider what could prompt an eighteen year old girl to create one of the most lauded, feared, impressive and appalling tales of the overpowering nee…
Numbers starts with Jack (Henry Waddon) in a therapy session on a sparse stage and moves through the chain of events that took him there.
Willie MacRae – anti-nuclear campaigner, SNP politician and successful lawyer.
Greg will give you £5 if you come to this show.
Michael and Ana had no communication for six months.
The world-renowned Theatre Hooam makes a welcome return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the award-winning Black and White Tea Room.
Multi award-winning US playwright Jonathan Caren’s razor-sharp dark comedy follows four friends on a river-rafting stag party that’s turned upside down when a mysterious woman kaya…
Hungover, perhaps, but not yet hung out to dry, Robert Burns awakes in Auld Reekie 2019 sharing his thoughts, poems and songs, casting a satiric eye around his Scotland and ours.
In this new show, directed by Dan Ayling, we follow Peter as he travels from stuttering schoolboy to bald old git via weekend hippy, bingo caller, punk and speed freak in his incre…
What would happen if the lost papers of a genius were recovered in the modern day? Four actors present a dramatisation of the life and works of Adam Smith, performed in the house i…
“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…
Dracula can return to his crypt.
What would you do if you could go back in time and hand-pick who you would become? One day a man encounters a strange spirit and is offered the opportunity to become someone else, …
Steinbeck’s famous novella captures and comments on the daily despair faced by the migrant workers in the Great Depression of the 1930’s, as they aimlessly drift from job to jo…
After a total sell-out run in 2018 with In Loyal Company, David William Bryan returns with a brand-new solo play exploring the effects of one man’s lifelong battle with the justice…
Brandi Alexander has reinvented herself; a self confessed D-list night-time personality back in the saddle after a five year hiatus.
‘It was about getting rid, not counting’ she said, but they needed to know where the bodies were.
Hail Ogg ‘n’ Ugg! Heroes! And ta so much for inventing the dog.
“I am not a bad person”.
This innovative piece by Cut The Chord Theatre is a fresh perspective on sexual violence, consent and how to open conversations that empower both men and women.
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.
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…
Meet Melissa.
Nadia and Daniel are about to sign the lease on a new flat.
Pops is a complex contemplation of intergenerational addiction, featuring a father and daughter trapped in co-dependence.
A high energy, jovial start introduces us to a young couple getting down to some sexy time.
United by love, broken by reality.
Eddy Brimson hasn’t been on his best behaviour.
In the late 1960s three women were murdered by an Old Testament quoting serial killer by the name of Bible John.
Daughterhood by Charley Miles seeks to tell the story of two sisters separated by nine years of age and half a decade lived separately, coming back together to try and work out who…
Exploring the experiences of those seeking refuge in the UK, The Claim is a compelling examination of language, power and storytelling.
When Katie was little, she was brave: climbing trees and riding bikes too fast.
"It looks nice.
For All I Care is, first and foremost, the story of two women.
Best Girl is a story told by the nervous, but likable Annie.
This new-to-the-fringe five-star monologue show explores the conformities of gender and sexuality in modern day society, through the wickedly absurd lenses of The Foetus, The Camer…
Two friends, Ed and Sarah, travel to the small squalid bedsit where Ed’s father passed away a few days earlier.
Cleopatra’s death by asp is a common myth, largely scientifically disproven.
Aoife’s hungry and bored.
A true story set in a small town in Ireland between 1899 and 1916.
Returning to the fringe after their 2015 sell-out debut, the all-female Minerva company bring their unique physical storytelling to this adaptation of Medea.
To Butterfly follows the journey of two character’s lives in the build-up to a fateful meeting of finality.
An Alan Bennett one act play originally written for TV in 1978.
This widely acclaimed production returns to the fringe for four performances.
Alan Bennett is a national treasure, and his writings are justly well respected.
War doesn’t end when the fighting stops.
What if you met someone who was perfect.
Tectonic Theatre’s The Laramie Project is a masterpiece in verbatim, a chronicle of the 1998 real-life kidnap and murder of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student from Wyoming.
An Alan Bennett one act originally written for TV in the late 1970s.
An Alan Bennett one act play-originally written for TV in 1982.
Inspired by the blistering 2007 film This Is England, this hard-hitting new play examines working class life in early 80’s Yorkshire through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy who becom…
A badly planned polar expedition in 1912 led to the Russian ship The Saint Anna to be locked into the ice of the Kara Sea.
In a quiet forest, where magic dwells, the sun sets and Pippin’s world comes to life.
I’d had a conversation with Dan about ecstasy.
The police just took Jamal away.
December, 1979.
Set in the theatrical world of 17th-century London, this classic play celebrates the backstage lives and loves of the first five actresses on the English stage.
A naive librarian witnesses an incident that will change the rest of her life.
Before I begin this review, I would like to clarify, as James Beagon (co-director and actor) did at the start of the show, that Aulos Productions’ Shakespeare Catalysts is a work…
Welcome to the Hotel, a magnificent establishment offering luxury beyond fantasy.
In a world lost in time there is a forgotten Figure.
‘Wizards, as you know, may not love.
A stray hand on the knee – a slip? A meeting at the boss’s place – a set-up? A campaign pledge on student tuition fees – for the bin? This play explores the nuances of poli…
After a superb sold-out run in 2017, Apphia Campbell returned to this year's Edinburgh Fringe for one week only.
Set against the backdrop of a school production of West Side Story, this is the story of Mr Taylor, a teacher in charge of putting on the production.
Every move.
Neil Simon’s hilarious portrait of three couples successively occupying Suite 719 at New York’s Plaza Hotel.
Hearing a couple of priests swearing will always be amusing.
A once successful acoustic duo, which was at the top of their game, suddenly breaks up for reasons unknown.
Nick and Mia: two young struggling writers trying to make ends meet who are at the end of their rope, seemingly without a shot in hell of making something for themselves.
It is frightening how Orwell’s nightmarish dystopia continues to ring true, year after year.
Census night, 1911.
Beginning in a frightening dystopia with five people wearing surgical masks manhandling one other as the audience enters, then as the show starts transforming to a happy young part…
When Ollie’s sister goes missing, we are plunged into a dark underworld that reveals pain much greater than the loss of a relative.
Imagine a world where every teen comes of age by receiving an empty box.
Take away the ability to put a scare into the living and what purpose does a ghost have? Sir Simon has been successfully haunting Canterville Chase for over 300 years, but no amoun…
Goodbye Rosetta abounds with youthful enthusiasm and passion.
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.
As old as humanity itself.
Before Chris’s wife died, she made him promise to be himself.
‘It doesn’t matter how we do it, we’re always going to end up with the same result.
Sports and sex.
Three young Scottish playwrights from the Traverse Young Writers’ group join forces with three leading British writers (Ella Hickson, Kieran Hurley and Sabrina Mahfouz) to explor…
In the beginning was the Word, but I honestly don’t know which word to begin with when trying to describe this production.
This play, set against the historically accurate backdrop of the first day of the Somme, features fictitious soldiers from the Durham Pals regiment preparing for ‘the big push’.
Prime Cut Productions: East Belfast Boy by Fintan Brady.
Using Don Taylor’s BBC-commissioned translation, Malvern Theatres Young Company presents Antigone, directed by Nic Lloyd.
The Grimm Tales are wildly reimagined in this exciting retelling using themes from modern Britain.
Girl meets boy.
MAD is a new black comedy from Cam Scriven and Daniel Bainbridge.
Bertolt Brecht: genius or charlatan? The question is answered in a piece of pure Epic theatre featuring 15 new songs and choreography.
26 Pebbles is the story of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on December 14, 2012, and the 26 innocent lives taken.
The flat is empty.
Geraldine is a lonely young secretary living with her invalid and overbearing mother.
Big Love – Charles Mee’s adaption of Aeschylus’ The Suppliants is a modern reexamination of western norms regarding gender and sexuality.
Deeply tender and sensuous, Sarah Kane’s Crave is set in an unnamed city from which voices and images spring.
True Arrow presents a series of scenes which readjust the balance of male to female dialogue by putting women front and centre with a multi-rolling cast of four women and one man.
Citadel Arts Group present Dancing with Mrs Murphy, an edgy new play by Vincent Maguire, directed by Mark Kydd.
Given how many inhabited his life, Picasso’s Women is but a mere glimpse from one side of the bed into what they endured.
With damning questions on moral and personal boundaries, Lines is a stunning and complex portrayal of sexual assault.
Step into the epic with Shakespeare’s Henriad! Revel in shorter, vibrant re-imaginings of the Bard’s Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V, and see a story of friendship, duty and betra…
The story of Romeo and Juliet receives medical treatment in Cepacia from Durham School and Shadow Dreams.
Allow the staff and inmates of the American asylum to guide you through devastatingly unsurprising tales replete with dark humour, absurdity, and truth.
Love, hysteria and deception reign in this Victorian reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic.
Shakespeare’s classic that has killings, maiming, rape, live burial and cannibalism presented as a latter-day story about a crime syndicate looking to find a new leader in the mone…
Laurel and Hardy – arguably the best comic duo ever, with never a bad word between them.
Rat Race is a dark tragicomedy set in a rat cage that is at the center of a badly handled experiment.
This gripping drama explores the intimate bonds of family.
BBC’s Angelos Epithemiou and Channel 4’s Barry from Watford return with a new show following their sell-out tour.
A war hero, a statesman, a husband, Alexei Petro had everything… to lose.
A new comedy drama.
Marco was never a popular kid.
Follow an eclectic group of twenty-somethings as they navigate wacky text messages, misleading profile pictures and awkward dates in search of true love.
Los Angeles, January 15th 1947.
Eight captivating monologues that offer a group portrait of diverse characters from high-class hookers to 7/7 survivors.
Born in Kansas, home of the South Wind, in 1897, Amelia Earhart reigned as Queen of the Air until her mysterious disappearance over the Pacific in 1937.
History Boys meets Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour as we follow four girls on the cusp of adulthood in this new take on the classic coming of age tale.
Glen Chandler, Edinburgh’s theatrical detective story-writing son, returns to the Festival Fringe this year with yet another ingenious triumph.
Sick, sex and secrets.
Fiesta in sunshine.
Stunningly original Korean update of the classic play returns to Edinburgh.
A play in 10 short scenes.
One-man show telling King Lear’s story in his own words, using text from the original and new words.
Set in the heyday of glam rock and science fiction, Rocket Man is the story of a young man with bipolar disorder.
A dramatic representation of the life of Adam Smith, supported by Kirkcaldy 4 All.
When the soldier goes to war what of those left behind? This is the question posed by InValid Voices, a new theatre piece based on interviews with women serving as and married to C…
Jack stayed on when the guns fell silent, to search amongst the rusty wire and unexploded bombs for those that could never go home.
Inspired by a true events, a young black woman rises to power in the Hollywood entertainment industry while suffering through an illness.
Are men really from Mars and women from Venus? Is it still just a man’s world? Will wearing the trousers make a difference and what is wrong with wearing skirts anyway? Do I have t…
Spectres is a chamber-piece play in Stanislavsky tradition, initially staged in the interiors of an early 20th-century mansion in Kyiv.
With Bassanio murdered, Gratiano is forced to revisit his fascist past.
Set in a class of sixteen year olds, Extremism explores the impact of counter-terrorism legislation PREVENT and growing Islamophobia in the UK.
David Harrower’s compelling, award-winning play returns to the Fringe.
It’s 4am and, for a group of teens, it’s time to wrestle with the changes in their lives.
Chriss and Damon are in love.
One of the hardest calls for a reviewer to make is where to draw the line between production and play.
Come and join the members of the First Dates dating agency on their journey into the world of love.
With an AI in every home, people have become increasingly insular, depending on and trusting their obliging personal robots as much as any person.
ETA’s 25th anniversary production of The Front Page, an irresistible comedy with thrills and derring do set in a news room.
Punching Judy is an original piece of theatre, which explores the secretive and insidious nature of domestic abuse.
Arts One Drama Company present Punk Rock by Simon Stephens.
‘Grief is a guest who stays too long.
Toby Jenkins hates boarding school.
In a cramped cell aboard a ship, six prisoners are being shipped to a life of hard labour.
When two Spartan warriors find themselves trapped and lost in the underworld, they must outwit a devious enemy, or remain forever in the land of the dead.
Becs is a single mum and leader of the opposition party in Scotland.
A man is bound to a chair with a sack over his head.
Some teenagers do something bad, really bad, then panic and cover the whole thing up.
The greatest master is passion, who makes slaves of us all.
Nature versus nurture? Are villains born or bred? Can they ever find true redemption? Theater OCU explores Shakespeare’s most villainous characters – Macbeth, Iago, Aaron, Tamora…
Tony believes in the healing powers of stories; Iain’s been scrubbing his fingers since 3am; Saffron’s stalking her piano teacher.
Tommy saw his whole regiment wiped out on the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
In Barcelona at the beginning of the 20th century, a vampire walks the streets, invisible to those who choose not to see her.
Brothers in Arms tells the story of WWI through the inspiring true story of two soldiers, Noel and Christopher Chavasse.
Hester Prynne on the entrenched injustice confronting women: ‘the whole system of society [must be] torn down and built up anew.
Piracy is not just a man’s trade in this thrilling piece Care Not, Fear Naught from Temporarily Misplaced Productions.
A larger-than-life, theatrical celebration of the life and works of Gwyn Thomas.
Amy, a cleaner, has found a body in a hotel room.
After getting sacked from the Lesbian Rovers for being too bossy, Viv has a mission: to make five-a-side LGBT football team, Barely Athletic, league winners – and they’ve start…
Summer.
All eyes are on the city of Thebes.
Tony Roper’s perennial comedy hit is sure to have you laughing and crying in this nostalgic, sad and very funny play.
‘Of course I felt sorry for her I’m not f*cking heartless, I didn’t want her, whoever she is, to end up under a bush, god, but I didn’t want it to be me and your stupid f*cking…
The Monster in the Hall by David Greig follows a day in the life of Duck Macatarsney as she cares for her dope-smoking biker father who suffers from multiple sclerosis.
Olivier Award-winning Guy Masterson, (Under Milk Wood, Animal Farm, Shylock), now brings Dickens’ festive fable to vivid life.
Join Meg and her band of misfits on a voyage through time and space.
The nation has never been healthier.
Losing My Mindfulness offers an amusing and uncomfortable send-up of the self-help nation we have become.
‘I think it’s high time women let themselves just be women for a change.
Lillie Langtry, the most captivating and wicked woman of her time, has a scandalous secret.
Glasgow ’14 is a one man show, inhabiting the minds of four very different men and their experiences of mental illness.
From the writer of Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh and Harry Gibson’s relentless one-man show returns.
Abbey Road Studios, 1975.
The Island is an award-winning and acclaimed apartheid-era play written by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona.
Greetings from The Giant’s Causeway, Spring 1967.
Inspired by the true story of a young offender from Glasgow who had committed a violent crime, Blackout is a hard-hitting play about getting bullied, fighting back, trying to make …
A story of love, self-discovery, mental illness and ultimately taking responsibility for your own life.
In Papaya, the illusion of the West is bloodied with false promises and red wine.
Basil abandons university to join his Uncle January, an ageing party boy, on the sparsely populated Isle of Muck.
November 22nd 1963.
Attempting to create a spin-off to one of the most beloved musicals of recent memory is a brave choice, and unfortunately it is a gamble that didn't pay off in this case.
A bar.
Dr Korczak was a Polish doctor and writer, who passionately championed every child’s right to freedom, respect and love.
A physicist is on the brink of being able to explain the mysteries of the universe but still can’t figure out his volatile relationship with a rising star.
I Sniper, appropriately enough, starts with a bang.
The Enquiry: Generation Z – not tough enough or the victims of an anxious world that just doesn’t care? The Experiment: one observation room, two psychologists and seven patien…
Edgar Allan Poe is dead.
In this weird and wonderful adaptation of this mournful legend, Eurydice is presented by concentrating not on the passionate pilgrimage of Orpheus to retrieve his bride but on Eury…
Sir Nicholas Winton organized the rescue of 669 children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II in an operation that would later become known as the Czech Kindertransport.
Manchester United fans old enough to remember 1971 may recall the strange weekend George Best went missing.
A remarkable solo Hamlet from Horatio’s POV! Shakespeare’s classic tale of madness, murder and betrayal with incredible performance, brilliant original music and Sir Derek Jaco…
This odyssey for the migrant era takes us through the great storm of 20th-century history in the company of literary hero Leopold Bloom.
‘The history of England jumps off its axis.
‘Forgive me? For everything.
The supernatural.
Our Boys exquisitely showcases life on the battlefield from the setting of an army hospital.
We’ve all been there.
As funeral bells chime, a mysterious woman whispers a terrible secret to a grieving wife.
This touching and often humorous autobiographical account of a young girl’s journey from the lowly back roads of the segregated south to the lofty ivory halls of academia is proof …
Beaker’s only friend in the world, his cat, is dead.
Written and performed by Scotsman Fringe First Winner, John McCann (SPOILING, Traverse Theatre, 2014) and directed by Erasmus Mackenna.
Fatal consequences in this fast-paced and darkly comedic drama with unexpected twists.
A distinguished company breathes life into the lusty age of Falstaff, including Sir John’s audacious revels with his “King-in-waiting” Prince Hal, his preoccupation with sherry sac…
In a world where words are power, the influence of “friends” online can make such a difference to the choices we make.
JM Barrie’s classic fairytale retold through the eyes of Glaswegian teenagers.
‘Kitty my hands have disappeared.
BoxLit Theatre presents Romeo and Juliet like you’ve never seen it before! Combining cinematic film projection, live theatre and evocative music.
This sensational new production from this award-winning theatre company explores the depths of depravity, power, sexual dominance and violent seduction.
You can’t just take a break from your life.
Making their debut at the Festival Fringe, Stolen Elephant Theatre bring to life one of the great voyages of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration in Shackleton’s Stowaway.
‘What are great expectations? It means he’s going to be rich.
What makes a woman a witch? Who decides? Is it magical powers? Or are they simply women who dared to reject the status quo? In a forest where time moves as it wants, nine women, al…
After married man John Proctor decides to break off his affair with his young lover, Abigail Williams, she leads other local girls in an occult rite to wish death upon his wife, El…
Internationally renowned visual theatre artist returns with a dark, comedic, highly physical production incorporating illusions and masterful non-verbal storytelling.
Becky Williams delivers an emotionally charged monologue about murderess Grace Miller somewhat reluctantly seeking a second chance at series of rehab sessions entitled Notes.
Acclaimed immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s classic, staged in a unique tunnel beneath Edinburgh’s streets.
Welcome to the subconscious fantasy realm of oppressed white American men! Davey Anderson’s new play follows young Samuel into the alt-right.
In Underbelly’s Big Belly, the slow dripping from a leak in the roof onto the stage has never been a more apt presence in a production.
It’s 2025 - a world of mystery, spies and secret missions.
Acclaimed writer David Ireland’s new play is a visceral, violent and incredibly explosive punch to the gut that passionately tears into the confused state of British identity, th…
August 5, 1962.
Other Peoples Teeth is a unique, visceral and violent vignette, exploring the emotional depths of brutality.
Both lovely and devastating in equal measure, City Love by Illuminate Theatre Company documents a romance that lives and dies in the bustle of London town.
Comedy in a boiler suit with a lethal set of ratchets.
Warhol: Bullet Karma invites you to meet everyone’s favourite eccentric pop artist.
Theatre Hooam makes a welcome return to the Fringe with the award-winning Black and White Tea Room.
Two funny and disturbing short plays by Caryl Churchill.
In a tiny living room in Edinburgh, a fraught long-term friendship reaches its breaking point.
A tense, suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller.
Wild young Hal becomes King and lays claim to the French crown.
This gripping new play is a dramatic exploration of three characters’ struggle with anorexia, as we watch Libby, Kate and Jonathan fight to regain control of their lives from the…
Eve escapes her mind with work, drink and sex.
’Have you just got exactly what you wanted by working hard and wanting it?’ A courageous look at the enduring bond of friendship.
It was irresistible, I suppose: part way through Dan Freeman’s absurdist play A Joke, the acclaimed Scottish actor John Bett turns to his co-stars to start a joke with: "Doc…
Inspired by real events: in 1969, in a segregated city in the American Midwest bursting with racial tension, a 14-year-old black girl, Vivian, was shot by a white cop, igniting one…
Starring husband and wife, Rob Rouse (Upstart Crow - BBC2, 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Channel 4) and Helen Rutter (Coronation Street - ITV, Playing with Fire - National Theatre) and based …
The magic of New York is effectively captured in 89 Nights, a new musical from Troubadour Stageworks.
Felicity’s on a fantastic date.
A love story, set on Preston Road, and also in space and in time.
Brutal, heart-breaking and often hilarious, Yen by Anna Jordan explores the relationship between nature and nurture.
‘Free copy of Risk magazine with chocolate biscuits’ shout Gabby and Matt at South Kensington Tube station.
Parody on love, friendship and shoes.
Critically acclaimed company return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Jeffrey Holland (Hi-de-Hi, You Rang M’Lord) returns in this sell-out one-man show about friendship, memories and a couple of remarkable lives.
A powerful and uplifting, one-woman show about triumph over adversity.
I hated Daughter.
Produced by Raw Material, in association with the Beacon Arts Centre.
Maisey Mata, a filmmaker, is invited by the Women’s Refuge to document their clients in order to raise awareness about domestic violence.
From the Chiayi area of southern Taiwan comes this strong and original documentary-style depiction of local contemporary life refracted through one of Shakespeare’s greatest traged…
An inspirational story of courage, caution and perseverance and humor.
Until relatively recently in Western society, children with physical, sensory or learning disabilities, or a wide range of neural and behavioural challenges, were either institutio…
As the UK emerges from a state-mandated curfew, three young friends see their newfound freedom arrive but with shackles of its own.
Award-winning comedian Rob Carter’s cult-hit creation, Christopher Bliss, is back.
The Paines Plough Roundabout is an incredibly versatile venue.
With the Japanese army rampaging through the South Pacific in 1942, the battle to save Australia is being fought along New Guinea’s infamous Kokoda track by a motley militia of poo…
Typical Emmy, to turn brain cancer into a game! Her husband attempts to care for her, even as the illness eats away the woman he knows and loves, and her mother holds faith with in…
What can you remember from five years ago? Or five days ago? Five minutes ago, even? What can you be absolutely sure, beyond all doubt that you remember? MALAPROP Theatre’s new s…
I’ve never seen a play in a 20-seat theatre before but, with the gentle storytelling of Starfish, a small venue seems right.
There are books which are called seminal largely because so many people have read them.
Home is a powerful concept.
Sherman Theatre: Regional Theatre of the Year – The Stage Awards 2018.
The Traverse Festival program has jumped into action, already selling out full days' worth of shows at a time.
The Dancing on Ice Live UK Tour will be skating back across the country next year, starring the legendary Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean.
The two great passions in John Christie’s life were opera and a beautiful young soprano, Audrey Mildmay, with whom he was completely smitten.
Set amid the tumult of the Easter Rising, The Plough and the Stars is the story of ordinary lives ripped apart by the idealism of the time.
Two opposing presidential party candidates are neck and neck in an unscrupulous battle for the nomination.
Harold and Maude is an idiosyncratic fable told though the eyes of the most unlikely pairing: a compulsive, self-destructive young man who attends funerals for entertainment …
The Divide, presented in two parts, is a tale that unflinchingly explores a dystopian society of repression, insurrection and forbidden love.
Unrequited love.