You become the choir! For two nights only, this crowd-participatory sing-along show turns a roomful of strangers into an epic, harmonised pop-up choir! Learn a pop/rock anthem in g…
Monopoly is a terrible game.
Invisible Lover is an interdisciplinary contemporary dance theatre performance exploring self-construction and the interplay between visual arts and movement.
Shakespeare’s extraordinary ability to understand and articulate the diverse thoughts, emotions and experiences of his characters has imbued his words in our everyday language and …
Wales, 1995.
Make sure you bring an offering for the shopkeeper – he plans to barter his way out of this place by any means.
New for 2025! Take a whole-city deep dive into Edinburgh’s incredible history and literary connections on this luxury coach tour, presented by local doctor Moray Grigor.
This interactive children’s show features the story of Highland and Lowland midges in Scotland – how they interact with their local communities within their region of Scotland, t…
A free, hands-on exhibition featuring a collection of wooden machines which demonstrate the fascinating and often bewildering motion of mechanisms.
Come along to our drop-in fun day and learn all about the bladder! Try your hand at testing “urine” in our lab, de-code Roman spy letters written in “urine”, get crafty and build a…
Do you dare to meet the Flying Teddy Bears? Help enchanting storyteller Carmel Page to wake her bears, get to know them though play and then launch them into joyful flight.
At first glance, Iago Speaks appears to follow the events immediately after Shakespeare’s Othello.
Baristas Amy and Callum are back from a sell-out show at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival but they’re still stuck navigating the coffee-ground trenches.
It’s AI vs ADHD as Australia’s rap prodigy, Macshane, takes on the groundbreaking AI, RapGPT, in a high-energy, laugh-out-loud rap battle where you control the chaos.
Grab your fedora, holster your puns and come join Raiders of the Local Adventure.
One Gen Xer’s nostalgic coming-of-age tale traversing the building blocks of his identity.
The Fringe is an Odyssey – where will your journey take you? Artist is a card-based workshop created for Fringe artists.
Are you angry? This punk clown musical comedy show is very, very angry, and if you’re not, then you’re not paying attention.
Lt Love Dr Hotty McTotty has come to us from the year 2075 on a mission to revive human connection and stop the loneliness epidemic.
Meet young wizard Hugo Listworth, who discovers he has a skill in seeing into the future… A storytelling adventure with beautiful props, music and theatre-magic, The Divination T…
Exactly what it sounds like.
Louise invites you to sit, interact if you wish and reflect on some big life questions.
The future has arrived, mouth wet and eyes hungry.
The 2024 sell-out returns with a brand-new interactive murder mystery event.
What makes for a fun party? People (you’re invited), gossip (someone has to spill the beans), booze (obviously), dancing (optional), flirting (encouraged), cake (yes), a good pla…
It’s karaoke, but with the movie scenes you love! Cinema’s most iconic moments get rewritten, recast and utterly reimagined by top stand-up comedians, with audience members steppin…
Join Monski Mouse, and her super talented friends, for a live musical singalong cabaret of nursery classics, song, puppetry and bonkers fun for 0-5s and their parents/carers.
A mysterious message from the “future self” invites participants into an immersive space where AI unveils their projected histories.
The ultimate game show afterparty, The Laughter Party is the new cult-following sensation taking the Fringe by storm! Every night we bring together some of the Fringe’s finest come…
Guru Dudu and the team returns to Edinburgh with our hilarious and engaging tours.
A self guided murder mystery walking tour.
David and Me is a one-person show theatricalising aspects of the life of artist David Wojnarowicz and the artist’s own life.
A variety show that melds together a myriad of different genres, each connected by audience interaction.
The comedy game show where the audience join in! Quip, quiz and draw your way to victory as we find the funny in everything.
Sherlock Holmes is dead! But can the killer really be Dr Watson, Mrs Hudson, Inspector Lestrade or Mycroft Holmes? The game’s afoot in a mystery that’s more than mere elementary.
An authentic Scottish experience in a historic building, with dance teacher and caller Ken Gourlay, and ceilidh band.
After years of adventure, Puss in Boots finds himself alone and lonely, so embarks on an exciting journey back to his past! Along the way, he meets new pals and learns what it mean…
Piano Smashers is a new play by Rupert Page and Rob Thompson in which a mother bequeaths a precious piano to her children in her will, insisting they keep it.
The Museum of Secrets has been robbed! Join a mysterious secret agent to help investigate the murder of Mr E, the head of security.
It’s the nation’s favourite game of murder, exile and ridiculous twists.
Part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.
The story of a mixed-race Liverpudlian great-grandmother of Nigerian and Irish heritage celebrating her birthday, recalling a rollercoaster of memories – from her childhood in a …
After rave reviews last year, The Court is back with a new case.
Rave is set in a night club where we meet Colin and Rosie.
It’s back after last year’s success! Mr John Winner is found dead at his house on the anniversary of his huge lottery win.
After last year’s success, a new case! Carry on dying! Professor Stiff has been found dead in the gynaecology department.
After last year’s success this fantastic show is back.
Explore Edinburgh Sherlock style! We will lend you all the props in a bag.
Sixth year on the Fringe! Join our comics as they battle it out, creating comedy from any thought you have.
Step right up for a fortune-telling experience that’s barely accurate, but definitely unforgettable.
Word’s out on the Aussie bush telegraph: Woody and his crazy friends are rolling out a cabaret experience like no other! Sing, dance, and strum along in a wild musical adventure re…
Thank god you’re here! A dead mime needs help.
The Museum of Secrets has been robbed, priceless artefacts are missing and a diplomatic summit is in crisis.
The ultimate bird-based comedy quiz.
Can you defuse a ticking time bomb? Find out in this outdoor escape room with Agent November.
To mark its 100th birthday, the National Library of Scotland presents a special exhibition, Dear Library.
One part deranged sip’n’paint, one part karaoke night and one part Sotheby’s with the greatest painter to ever live.
Step into the past at our unique ‘hands-on’ Museum! Ever held a washboard, smelled a bar of Carbolic soap or flipped through a collection of Ladybird books? Objects from days gone …
DARKFIELD presents ARCADE: an interactive narrative that uses the nostalgic aesthetic of 1980’s video games to explore the evolving relationship between players and avatars.
Following the last few years of sell-out, five-star shows, the Silent Adventures team are back with even more madness and brand-new adventures to boot.
The Fringe’s cult-hit comedy panel show that you influence in real time is back.
Sick of swiping? Channel 4’s First Dates meets comedy talk show in this hilarious and unpredictable night of on-stage speed dating.
Darkness, we’re told to fear it.
After Trump 1.
Got problems? We’ve got all the wrong answers.
In this interactive show for kids of all ages, learn about different popular music genres and how to write a hit song.
Can you save the kingdom from the curse? Find out in this interactive comedy game show, where two guest performers try to rule a 12th Century Kingdom, and you decide who lives and …
With bigger prizes and brand-new rounds, Scotland’s premiere quiz company triumphantly returns with the Elimination Game: Round Three! Through a series of make-or-break questions t…
A sensory story show for babies aged 0-36 months.
Comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh and a guest wine expert guide you through five wine tastings, and at least five jokes.
Fresh bingo, new robots and lower quality prizes.
Billy Banana’s Brilliant Bingo returns after last year’s smash hit! Fun for all the family! A high energy interactive extravaganza of a show.
From Slut City comes an hour of honest loving stand-up.
Risky romances? Iffy interests? Embarrassing escapades? Isn’t stand-up just oversharing? So let’s hear your crazy sh*t! Anonymously share something or ask Anna anything, really a…
Ages 8 to 8,000: the thrills of bingo, robot frogs and low-cost prizes for the whole family.
Pick of the Week, Adelaide Fringe 2024.
Do you trust strangers? Together with Karen Houge – our DREAMGIRL – we’re going to find out.
An invocation, a blindfold and a pointed discussion.
Not Another Quiz Night is the most entertaining, high-energy quiz show in town.
Literature! Literature! Literature! It might not rhyme with anything but it’s still very important.
Fans of The Play That Goes Wrong and Noises Off will love this.
An exciting crowd-work show where the audience decide who gets married today, by the end of the show! You have the power, using our app, to decide who is getting married! Our comed…
An improvised choose-your-own adventure, featuring actors, a cute robot host and AI, where the audience controls the show! By award-winning Improbotics who created Artificial Intel…
Waiting for Texto is an electrifying interactive comedy play that captures the raw, universal experience of waiting for a response to your carefully crafted WhatsApp message.
Slugs, slugs and more slugs! Can you help Benny defeat the slug army with a piano made of vegetables, delicious compost and a final showdown with the boss? Interactive and multimed…
A gripping solo performance that plunders the murky depths of human psychology, exploring themes of rebellion, power and moral ambiguity.
EULOGY is a surreal, otherworldly journey through a dreamlike, labyrinthine hotel that exists entirely in your mind.
It’s early morning at the Magic Toyshop and Meg the Doll can’t find her glove! Join the hunt as Meg and her best friend Penny the Toy Soldier enlist your help.
Attention girlies, bathroom belters, and car karaoke queens! Choir is back! Gather your crew for the ultimate interactive singing party with Australia’s international vocal coach, …
Ray Bubbles, international bubbleologist and World Record Holder, is on a mission to master the art of bubble-making and create the ultimate square bubble! This show promises a whi…
Step into the enchanting world of Ray Bubbles, international Bubbleologist and Guinness World Record Holder! Witness his stunning bubble sculptures, effects and magical displays, a…
A fun, engaging show featuring puppets and bubbles.
From the award-winning idiots behind Enter The Dragons and Witch Hunt, A and E Comedy bring you their brand new show, Do All The Things.
Ricardo Malerbi and Rudi Solon present a unique kind of game in which every player expects to be deceived and finds joy in it.
We all long to be seen for who we are.
Following its sell-out Soho Theatre run, the cult hit comes to Edinburgh.
Winner: Best Comedy, Melbourne Fringe ‘24 and Weekly Best Comedy Adelaide Fringe ‘25.
Fortune Bistro offers a tantalising exploration of human/AI relationships and cultural dichotomies within the intimate ambiance of a blind-dating event.
A woman sits centre stage, wrapped in thick wools that appear to be knitted and crocheted from a myriad of red yarn.
Worm is quite happy being just that: a worm.
What if almost everything you did felt like it could bring about the end of the world? Fear experts Maia and Susannah take you on a tour of their darkest secrets (and yours) in thi…
Looking for love at the Edinburgh Fringe? This show is for the singles, the wannabe singles and the pretending-to-be singles.
A Stallion’s misadventures: a playboy’s politically incorrect romp –ah, the tale of a young playboy whose antics were as wild as a nearly untamed stallion! This dashing fellow’s …
Join award-winning storyteller Brooke Dunbar for an immersive, sensory, theatrical version of Macbeth complete with bubbles.
Cringe is an interactive, explorative show about laughing off your mistakes and owning your cringe-worthy past (or present, we won’t judge).
We bought a bunch of pool noodles off Temu and we’ve dressed them all up in little costumes and together we’re going to puppeteer the life of one particular pool noodle from start …
Lucy Henderson has been murdered.
Unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, and you’ll never see it the same way again! As a viewer, you have the power to choose how the show will unfold each evening.
After a sell-out show in 2023, award-winning magician Dan Bastianelli returns with an all-new evening of close-up magic.
Consequences follows a group of teenagers on a school trip in 1996.
This immersive family drama, about an older relative’s act of aggression towards a biracial child, actively investigates white privilege, judgement, identity and bias.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
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Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with in-depth interviews featuring audi…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Join comedians to discuss hilarious Jewish situations, debate, share stories and find out who’s a mensch and who’s a menace! Help us decide at this fun, interactive show where you …
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
The world’s only theatrical escape room! You are the crew of a time-travelling robot and everything has gone wrong.
With caller Ken Gourlay and ceilidh band.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
As the door to the auditorium opens, you walk barefoot onto a dark stage.
From Rifco Theatre, comes an immersive DJ bromance.
Iced to death at the nation’s favourite baking competition?! Catching the killer won’t be a piece of cake! Award-winning mystery maestros Highly Suspect return to the Fringe with…
Step into serenity, a mesmerising meditation experience at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024.
Does what it says on the tin! It’s a singalong pub quiz that tests your knowledge whilst you belt out your favourites with Mister Meredith on piano.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC presenter returns with a series of in-depth interviews featuring his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs and audience questions.
The funniest ride in wrestling returns with a hilarious fight-based game show.
An interactive choose-your-own-adventure cabaret! Love them or hate them, tribute acts are here to stay.
In a basement office in Illinois, there’s a job waiting for you.
26 boxes full of fun.
Sir Dickie is the last Hollywood hellraiser.
Are you fascinated with Edinburgh’s history? Do you want to learn more about the Scottish Enlightenment and its leading figures and have a blast while doing it? You may even meet a…
For the first time this Fringe, I was in the front row for a comedy show.
Part stand-up, part actual pub quiz.
Liberate your heart, mind and soul! Bestselling author, Facebook’s Moon Woman invites you to her temple of Venus for a tantric initiation: a psychedelic trip (without substances)…
The cult hit returns to the Fringe with an interactive screening of another classic Murder, She Wrote episode, Paint Me a Murder, following last year’s riotous presentation of Sing…
Agatha Mystery’s The Rat-Trap makes its Fringe debut! But will it be curtains for the show when an actor is gruesomely murdered? Award-winning mystery maestros Highly Suspect ret…
Billy Banana’s Brilliant Bingo, the interactive extravaganza event of the Fringe.
Guru Dudu and the team return to Edinburgh with our hilarious, engaging tours.
Stick your tongue out, do a peace sign, and tilt your head.
Guilty or innocent? You decide! The award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns to the Fringe for its eleventh year! You accuse friends and family of crimes, and to…
This courtroom drama centres around the question of assisted dying.
Set in a rave club, we see the lives and battles of a group of friends coming to terms with getting older and the reality of faded dreams and ambitions.
The Best Man Show is an interactive and darkly hilarious wedding reception where comedian Mark Vigeant plays the Groom’s brother Paul, who has been asked to give the toast at an un…
There’s been a murder! You have 30 minutes to solve the case – or you might be next! Enter the Museum of Secrets, solve the puzzles and find the killer before they strike again.
‘A flawless blend of Broadway, games, pop and comedy bliss!’ (Fame Magazine).
Comedy for Witches is a night with the stars and some comedians too.
Join Breadlove and Poophead in a cosmic journey where your child isn’t just an audience member – they’re the hero of their own interstellar adventure! Will they save the galaxy? …
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone is welcome.
Fringe 2023’s sell-out, interactive dating chat show returns for more jaw-dropping real encounters and hilarious dating war stories.
Fun for the whole family, but especially fun for the little ones! Top UK stand-up Ollie Horn – ‘Ollie Horn is a gifted storyteller’ (TheWeeReview.
As a teacher, if you don’t laugh you’ll cry, so come and cry with laughter! Award-winning comedian Daniel Delby, an ex-teacher turned full-time comedian as he shares hilarious stor…
With bigger prizes and brand-new rounds, Scotland’s premiere quiz company triumphantly returns with the Elimination Game: Round Two! Through a series of make-or-break questions tha…
And you can too.
Comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh guide you through tasting five wines and at least five jokes.
Surrender yourself to a comedy-thriller experience inspired by the classic game of deception.
Boorish Trumpson will stop at nothing to gain ultimate control over the orchestra.
Embark on a riddle solving field trip, hunting down the magical creatures that inhabit the Old Town.
Monopoly is a terrible game.
It is the opening night of the Fringe theatre show The Worrisome Troubles of Timothy Potts.
A mind-reading show from Berlin! Enter a surreal world where mind-reading is normal! This show combines handmade vintage-style visuals with the strange skills of two savants from B…
Darkfield are back at the Fringe with Arcade, their latest shipping container based adventure in the dark.
Theatre for babies is a delicate balancing act; the show needs to be a multisensory experience for the target audience who may not yet be able to follow plot lines or dialogue and …
Get set for Game On, the largest interactive exhibition of video game history and culture.
With a curriculum drawn from the seminal ghost hunting manual Ghost Hunting for Dummies, the International Ghost Appreciation Academy is a 45-minute introduction to ghost hunting, …
Concerned about the economy? Join Merryn Somerset Webb as she interviews, talks over and argues with a well-known group of economics, politics and finance gurus.
An Americana-soul acoustic group from California, Linda Stonestreet – a honeyed voice full of grace and fire – lends beautiful melodies with intelligent heartfelt lyrics and is…
An in-depth dissection of the 2016 episode of British reality TV show Come Dine With Me in which a contestant, incensed at having lost, berated his fellow diners in a virulently im…
Back to beat their sold-out run at last year’s Fringe is Ireland’s hottest all-women improv troupe, Broad Strokes Improv.
No rehearsals.
The University of St Andrews’ funniest, sexiest and incidentally only improvised comedy troupe returns to the Fringe and this year, it’s back to school.
Princess Plum is about to get kidnapped.
Popular South African production, Baked Shakespeare, is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe! Baked Shakespeare – a group of professionally trained actors – performing Shakespeare ho…
Live, feature-length version of the cult interactive game born at the festival two years ago.
Young and collaborators transform a swimming pool into a unique immersive environment in which to explore the essential character of water, its universal presence, and the importan…
Let’s get 100 people in a room for a quiz night like no other.
Channelling Westeros with a lower-budget wardrobe, Adam Riches brings his Game of Thrones themed game show to an audience of ‘bastards’.
Lunchtime theatre is back! Guilty or not guilty? You decide! Charles Brand, a minister’s son, is charged with the rape of Jennifer Lyons.
Abishek Kumar and Nirmal Pillai are back on the road with their hugely fun and interactive show that’s guaranteed to leave you cackling.
Drawing on inspirations from his Scottish-Italian heritage, Edinburgh magician Dan Bastianelli presents an incredible close-up magical experience that explains the difference betwe…
The premise of Attachment: The Leech Show is very simple: it’s a play devised and performed for the sole benefit of impressing a single specific audience member; a prominent thea…
Come see a humorous solo with a TEDtalk-meets-Sesame-Street vibe about end of life planning, starring ‘a hilarious puppet sidekick and wholesome audience interplay’ (FringeBiscuit.
Do you ever experience the feeling of missing out? The Fringe confuses you – where to go, what to choose? Worry not! After a sold out BlundaGarden show A Divination in 2022, Dr K…
Sex-Ed Revisited is a five-star interactive comedy uncovering missing gaps in knowledge when it comes to female-focused sex education and our relationship with pleasure.
Tomato soup.
We invite you to our quaint ‘Brass-erie’ for a sumptuous supper of the choicest cuts of traditional jazz.
Residents of Bristleburg, USA: Meet at the bus to begin our exploratory Fringe Festival tour.
Fan of a pub quiz? Test your knowledge under time pressure with this exciting, entertaining and at times farcical format, that’s already a hit at the prestigious Gleneagles Townhou…
‘The perfect way to introduce your kids to the world of stand-up’ **** (KidsInAdelaide.
A traditional dance class running from 9pm to 11pm daily, the Ceilidh is a sweaty fun-filled session in the extravagant grand hall of the Royal College of Physicians, featuring a l…
Do you really need to know any more? Look at the title! It’s a singalong pub quiz where you can test your knowledge whilst singing your favourite hits with Mister Meredith.
Take a trip back to 1989 and dance the night away at Wanaget High.
Los Angeles Theatre Initiative returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind!! Comedy, drama, romance, horror and more all collide in this au…
The Ludarch returns with their game design show! Come summon forth a brand-new game from the realms of the imagination: from the initial concept, through brainstorming and rough de…
The Full Irish is returning for the 10th year.
This show is all about the world of online dating with comics telling their stories and audience members having their chance to join in with their own experiences.
A legendary detective killed aboard a famous train – but who had locomotive for murder? Award-winning mystery maestros Highly Suspect return with a new hilarious interactive murd…
A silly solve-a-long mystery, this is for anyone who wishes their Agatha Christie murders were packed with a few more puns.
Cult-hit event Solve Along A Murder She Wrote comes to Edinburgh with an interactive screening of the classic Murder, She Wrote episode, Sing a Song of Murder.
How To Survive and Thrive in an Impossible World – With a Piano! is a self-help, group-therapy show that really doesn’t tell us anything that we haven’t seen before.
There is secret connection among all of us.
This unique (probably) show allows mere mortals like us to experience the world of the TV actor.
In a basement office in Illinois, there’s a job waiting for you.
How to build a story – for everyone! Want to be the best storyteller you know? Come and join the Story Builders! You’ll learn the secrets of every great story and together we’ll …
Whipped Up! is an interactive performance for the trickiest of audience members – babies! Whipped Up! follows an eager-to-please 50s-style diner server on their first day on the …
Nunsense is a hilarious talent show staged by the Little Sisters of Hoboken nunnery, the rest of the sisterhood having succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Si…
The dog’s gone! Jen plays six sinful characters who seek him.
Are you fascinated with Edinburgh’s history? Do you want to have a blast while learning about the Scottish Enlightenment and its leading figures? You may even meet a special guest!…
‘Clever, funny and world-view-changing’ **** (InDaily.
After a slow and rocky start, Ontroerend Goed’s Funeral becomes an emotionally resonant space for processing a person’s grief.
Best weekly comedy winner (Perth Fringe 2022) makes its international debut! Anonymously write down your deepest confession and put it in the confession box.
They teach.
The world’s only theatrical escape room! You are the crew of a robot and everything has gone wrong! Help! The stunning visual effects and immersive interactive technology mean kids…
First Dates meets Graham Norton’s Red Chair Stories in this hilarious interactive dating chat show.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone welcome.
Guilty or innocent? You decide.
From humble beginnings in a downstairs bar in London, originally styling themselves as Friday I’m In Love, Massaoke have certainly ventured a substantial journey in their more th…
Help award-winning comedians build a new invention to save the world in this chaotic, hilarious show where you are in control.
From the creators of Moon Dragon and Sea Dragon, Dragon Tales is the magical interactive storytelling show for children aged 4-6 years old.
With over 100 million views online for her off-the-cuff street interviews, join this award-winning stand-up in an hour’s worth of improvised, unhinged crowd work.
The risqué sensation is back and bigger than ever! After sold-out runs at festivals worldwide, the interactive and ever-evolving circus of debauchery returns to Edinburgh in our b…
We’ve got news.
Two IT consultants, Lloyd and Pete, plugged computers into a bingobot and the only way to stop them is to play along on your phone (but in a fun way).
I’d been enjoying the Edinburgh Fringe for about two weeks, and had occasionally spotted these large groups wearing headphones being led around the city by a very colourful chara…
DARKFIELD presents Arcade: an interactive narrative that uses the nostalgic 8-bit aesthetic of 1980s video games to explore the evolving relationship between players and avatars.
While some worry that AI is going to take our jobs, create our art and drive our vehicles, we embrace its powers and ask it to do exactly those things.
Get involved in the show which pits the whole audience against each other in an epic trivia battle! With a vast array of topics, questions and styles, there is something for everyo…
There’s been a murder! You have 30 minutes to solve the case – or you might be next! Enter the Museum of Secrets, solve the puzzles and find the killer before they strike again.
Can you defuse a ticking time bomb? Find out in this outdoor escape room with Agent November.
Things are about to get messy! International children’s theatremakers, Brymore Productions, triumphantly return to Edinburgh with their ode to creativity.
Viral sensation, maestro of musical mayhem and lord of lyrical miracles, Matt Storer presents an award-winning musical comedy concert.
In Absolute Monopoly, host Benjamin Alborough proves himself a Milburn Pennybags (aka Mr Monopoly) for the 21st Century.
The Museum of Secrets has been robbed, priceless artefacts are missing, and a diplomatic summit is in crisis.
Loveable Kentish comedian Jaz lives to delight his audiences.
The overall concept is a brilliant one.
A karaoke night with a difference, this is a dragged-up game show you won’t want to miss.
You played, you cried.
The company Darkfield are a Fringe regular now, known for their shows housed in completely dark shipping containers.
Experience the extraordinary as Suhani Shah, the world’s highest-subscribed mentalist, brings Spellbound to Edinburgh! Witness the debut of India’s most-famous mind reader, captiva…
Deal or No Deal meets Doctor Faustus.
From the makers of the sell-out success Sherlock’s Secret Challenge comes a new game that allows you to become a pirate for a day.
The most popular treasure hunt in Edinburgh is back! A succession of puzzles will lead you to find the truth about Sherlock and his connection to the city of Edinburgh.
A contemporary confessional for the modern sinner.
Join a ritual performance around Bosnian coffee-reading to both slow down time and look to the near future.
Immerse yourself in the beauty and romance of Scotland’s old buildings as we celebrate the Festival of Traditional Buildings! To mark our landmark 10th year, we’re bringing you a w…
The four-hour modular music creation workshop, designed and led by Raphael Mak based in Stockholm, Sweden, leads participants through a unique creative process by exploring and cre…
This award-winning online play was developed when the world went into lockdown.
A wonderful immersive and sensory experience for all ages.
How to build a story – for everyone! Want to be the best storyteller you know? Come and join the Story Builders! You’ll learn the secrets of every great story and together we’ll …
Are you ready to go on an adventure? One where death lurks around every corner and logic is a cucumber hat? Really? You’re braver and/or stupider than me then.
A Choose Your Own Adventure comedy show! Mary Flanigan makes the jokes, you make the choices.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Join LBC legend Iain Dale and his partner in crime, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for one of five unique live versions of their smash-hit political podcast For The Many.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC presenter brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with an in-depth interview featuring audience questions.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
In a basement office somewhere in Illinois, there’s a job waiting for you.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Can you help rescue a drowning cow and save the environment? Based on a true story, adventurer and children’s author, Lindsey Cole mermaided the length of the River Thames to hig…
Following a 2021 sell out run, acclaimed mystery maestros Highly Suspect return to the Fringe with a new duo of hilarious and interactive murder mysteries, which you – the audien…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Do you really need to know any more? Look at the title! It’s a singalong pub quiz where you can test your knowledge whilst singing your favourite hits with Mister Meredith.
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Award-winning LBC radio presenter and For the Many podcast host brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs back to the Fringe with these in-depth interviews featurin…
Funk ambassador tae Scotland and Wallace Statue Trustee Jesse Rae brings a new live, immersive music performance wi’ the spirits o’ Parliament-Funkadelic founding member Bernie Wor…
The drunk knight returns.
A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery is an interactive Shakespeare-based whodunnit where the audience (with help from the cast) is tasked with solving the murder.
Death is sad enough, but growing up seems worse.
The risque sensation is back! Watch comedians share stories, lead audience games, provide good and bad dating advice and much more.
The story of three actors who are performing a show to impress the infamous theatre critic, Bob the Leech.
Be part of the action as Basil, Sybil and Manuel serve up mayhem on a plate alongside a three-course meal and two hours of non-stop laughter.
Emerging performance ensemble, Los Angeles Theatre Initiative presents a high-energy, interactive show that’s different every night.
Join police sergeant-turned-comedian Alfie Moore ahead of recording Series 7 of his hit BBC Radio 4 comedy ‘It’s a Fair Cop’.
Free shots on entry! The title says it all, three comics from Berlin and the UK come in to do an hour of crowd work where the audience is encouraged to heckle – the louder the be…
A raw and real glimpse into the hearts of four Minneapolis youth, revealing strongholds imposed upon youth empowerment that impact the wonderings and hopes of generation Z – in a…
What would you sacrifice in exchange for riches and fame? Family? Friends? Reputation? Soul? This modern-day, interactive and bizarrely comedic adaptation of the 1590s tragedy, Doc…
Agatha Christie is missing, and ace detective Miss Marbles needs your help in solving this fun-filled murder mystery.
Massaoke is back.
Celebrate the return of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at V&C with this relaxed, tutored tasting of delicious Italian sparkling wines: Prosecco, Metodo Classico, Spumante and more.
Are you a kid? Do you like music, laughing and whack-a-doodle-noodle craziness? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then grab your pet adult and join us! Award-winning c…
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone welcome.
#MakeMusicGreatAgain.
A delightful mess of a show combining the electrifying skills of award-winning comedian Jarred Christmas and the vocal genius of world-champion beatboxer Hobbit.
There is a robot in trouble and it needs your help! The stunning visual effects and immersive interactive technology mean kids aged 5 to 95 will be enthralled in this thrilling, ed…
There’s been a murder! You have 30 minutes to solve the case – or you might be next! Enter the Museum of Secrets, solve the puzzles and find the killer before they strike again.
Guilty or innocent? You decide.
Agent November is chasing international thief Robyn Yew! Priceless artefacts are missing from the Museum of Secrets, you have 60 minutes to beat this immersive outdoor escape room …
Wine Show is a solo clown show centered on Bailey Barrel, a charming and unorthodox wine maker who is discovering her place in the world after the death of her father.
Dublin’s hottest all-women improv troupe brings you an unscripted comedy show unlike any other.
You are the hero in this ingenious outdoor escape room! Clues are hidden behind every corner, but only the sharpest brains can decipher them! Your mission is to help Agent November…
Blending dark comedy with the surreal, Experiment Human tells the story of Monkion, a non-human creature, curious to understand the world outside their laboratory in the attic.
The Original Guru Dudu and the team returns to Edinburgh with our hilarious and engaging tours.
What is the scariest thing in the world? Spiders… heights… whoever wins the conservative party leadership contest? None of the above.
Follow the adventures of Corry the Coronavirus who causes chaos and misery until controlled by the Science Superheroes.
The disability Taskmaster! A hilarious rip-roaring game show with humour for all ages, where kids join in the games and learn about disability! Hosted by Benny Shakes, with co-host…
Theatrical innovators Darkfield are back at Summerhall, inviting Fringe-goers to once more step into absolute darkness for Eulogy, their latest immersive narrative experience conju…
Oh no.
Winner: Best Kids Show, 2022 (UK Kids Comedy Festival).
Captain Zak Space Pirate needs your help! He’s lost in a broken-down spaceship and only with your help answering questions, solving puzzles and singing songs can we survive the bub…
Join the Superhero Academy to be part of the greatest quest of all: to save the world.
Filled with the charm of a children’s cartoon, The Song of Fergus and Kate is a quaint story about friendship and embracing differences that any child would find fascinating.
Hannah makes her solo debut at the Fringe and she is on the verge in more ways than one.
Welcome to The Twenty-Sided Tavern, where laughter flows like ale and the story is yours to control.
So much science, so little time.
Who is making theatre like YESYESNONO? The Manchester-based company is back with an immersive, story-telling experience.
Returning from a sell-out Fringe in 2019, this interactive show, written especially for under 5’s, tells the story of Bertie the Moon Dragon who misses his cue to send the Moon i…
Explore Edinburgh Sherlock style! A succession of clues and puzzles will lead you to find the truth about Sherlock Holmes and his connection to the city of Edinburgh.
An immersive field trip; a quest to find the true unicorn! You will be spotting what’s often overlooked, reading maps, solving little riddles and hopefully getting access to the pr…
Embark with your team of sailors on an unforgettable adventure to solve the legendary riddle! Attention to detail, teamwork and creative thinking are essential skills to stand a ch…
We bring the work of pioneering design studio, Universal Everything, to Inspace to stimulate discussion about how the body is shaped through AI and the city.
Highly Suspect is a highly novel theatrical experience in which four actors take on the roles of supporting players from the Sherlock Holmes stories - Watson, Le Strade, Mycroft an…
One worry has kept me awake at night: What happened to Wonderland after Alice returned home? I’m about to find out, as me and my fellow rabbit hole divers play the part of Alice …
Direct from Australia, John Rowe brings his sofa-based entertainment show to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Mark Knight had the honour of performing to a packed-out room, clearly up for a fun Friday night of Mind Reading and Hypnosis – any Edinburgh performer’s dream scenario.
As the caffeine levels increase and you approach the final week of the Festival Fringe, it is a fair observation to make that your shock tolerance increases.
Sam Wyatt is an ambitious stand-up comedian who has taken a novel approach to this year’s festival, in designing a live gameshow with uniquely imaginative rounds.
In Moment of Truth, James Freedman opens with an air of mystery.
Colt Cabana Is a world-famous wrestler who has wrestled around the world from Dundee to Japan and back including a short, not so successful, run in the WWE as Scotty Goldman.
The Faulty Towers Dining Experience boasts that they have recently served their one millionth customer worldwide, and with an experience this hilarious, engaging and insulting, it�…
Travelling to Edinburgh all the way from the US, Val Dunn and Jenna Kuerzi present a show managing to totally embody the spirit of this fringe festival.
The Female Role Model Project is just that, a project.
If you’re looking for fun and interactive quiz formats that work well as hour long Edinburgh Fringe shows, then pickings are comparatively slim.
In our modern world, convenience is king and Amazon wears the crown.
John Robertson first premiered his maniacal game show The Dark Room back in 2012.
At the outset, we are introduced to Miss Clarissa Marbles – a witty play on Christie’s Miss Jane Marple, a legend adored by a generation.
“An improvised cinematic musical using a cast of actors performing alongside untested hypnotised volunteers expected to act, dance and even rap under the same impromptu condition…
Fresh from consistently packing out the biggest room on PBH’s Free Fringe in 2018, Tomas McCabe walks out to a half-full room that is already half the size of his smash hit debut…
Somewhat new to the interactive theatre scene, and a little suspicious of what I would find, Adam Riches: The Beakington Town Hall Murders was an unexpected delight.
Hidden Track returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Standard:Elite, an award-winning choose-your-own-adventure show with a twist that continues to delight audiences of all a…
Max has done something stupid.
Entering the room for Brain Rinse, the audience are engulfed by eerie music and the lurking of an arabianesque ninja creeping about the studio.
I’ve got a lot of love for YESYESNONO.
Ryan North’s hilarious choose-your-own-adventure-style version of Hamlet, To Be Or Not To Be, first published in 2013, proved so successful that in 2016 Romeo and/or Juliet follo…
It is the Salon of the Year event at Scissor’s Palace and Pamela, ‘Best Stylist of 1996 before she had a breakdown’, is the ambitious owner who dreams of attaining the covete…
Elves, magic, and a lot of dice.
Edinburgh’s infamous ghosts descend upon The Fireside venue to retell the gruesome stories from the past.
What’s a ‘square go’? Noun: A rammy.
It’s Shakespeare performed in a completely new way: a Shakespeare play condensed to the size of one woman, Emily Carding, and the way she deals with the audience.
“What did you expect? This is immersive theatre.
As a child of the eighties, I dreamed of appearing on Knightmare; the high-tech fantasy adventure game where three adolescent friends used their inability to discern left from righ…
Miranda Kane’s show, 07800 834030: Thank You For Waiting returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for more secrets, confessions and answers – the dirtier the better.
The amount a show takes liberties with narrative should be directly compensated by how much it has to say.
Part of Summerhall’s Big in Belgium season, Working Method is an interactive piece which explores the process of making art.
What is money? For Belgian theatre group Ontroerend Goed, money isn’t actually metal coins or pieces of paper with numbers printed on them, no, money is so much more than a physi…
After an hour of a narcissistic one man show, we were left with the dilemma of whether to applaud the honesty of Sam, or be totally appalled by the stark exposure of his personalit…
The premise of Alex Love - How to win a Pub Quiz is that the audience become participants in a quiz, having been taught how to actually win it (you get the answers right!).
There is nothing more personal that the truth, and to present the truth of stage is an invariably brave act.
“Manuel, please sit the guests down,” from the very first sentence, you know this is not going to be any ordinary evening meal – and I’m already clutching my glass of wine,…
These four friends are absolutely obsessed with reality TV.
Nobody wants to be lectured.
I have never played Dungeons and Dragons.
Seeing The Showstoppers’ Kids Show is like watching a new improvised episode of Horrible Histories.
Trumpageddon has a strong premise – a facile Q and A with the man of the hour.
How do you review a show which involves you spectating other people playing Dungeons and Dragons? Whilst tempting to let a dice roll determine its outcome, I feel the Game Master (…
Within his immaculate MI5-style office set up as an escape room experience for up to ten people, Agent November offers willing accomplices the opportunity to take on the role of sp…
Tripadvisor meets Pokemon Go in this absurd, fantastical tour that proves how liable we are to being led.
Amy Conway’s Super Awesome World is a hidden gem of the Fringe that starts off all fun and games (literally) before delving into an account of living with depression that is so h…
to know how to recognise the occult in your child? How to be vigilant for signs of Satan? Hoping for practical tips to drive the Devil out? This is the educational lecture for you.
Each performance of Blue Heart Theatre’s relationship based plays features five short dramas where the company chooses the first three and the audience the last two.
The latest production by Embolon Theatre, All In is such a hybrid of genres that I am unsure on whether to refer to it as a play, a stand-up comedy show, or a mind-bendin…
Blooming Ludas presents Power Story – a tooth-achingly sweet participatory, environmentally friendly piece of storytelling.
Bluebird Tea Co are on a mission to make you happy with a cuppa.
If you ever crave the feeling that all the weight has been taken off your shoulders, this show and its desire to unburden you is worth a shot.
As audiences members we almost always experience performance in a passive and inert way.
I’ve finally found it: the Fringiest show at the Fringe! Hyena is a free-wheeling, difficult, often uncomfortable and sometime revelatory experience.
In this innovative and original piece of immersive, improvised theatre, we are invited to step inside The Mindspace to talk to the personified projections of the human mind.
Immer City’s intriguing audio-immersive take on an oft-forgotten part of the tale of Macbeth is a wonderfully atmospheric and unique experience, if one that still feels rough aro…
You don a white mask and read a list of instructions upon entering The Space at Jury’s Inn.
For a fast-paced, fun show filled with audience interaction, A Fool’s Paradise might be for you.
Ben Dali’s Strictly Come Trancing has a flashy presentation as he enters to Eye Of The Tiger in a glittering jacket and pop-star headset.
Interactive theatre is a tricky beast.
Never before have I had to so strongly caution an audience - if you don’t enjoy having all eyes on you, look away now.
Running since 1997, Faulty Towers the Dining Experience has become a Fringe staple and international success.
From the creators of the Faulty Towers Dining Experience, The Wedding Reception is an interactive show which includes a three course meal.
Rob Drummond is known for being one of Scotland’s most experimental and accessible theatre makers and his new show In Fidelity is no exception.
Marcel Lucont is one of the great comic characters of the new millenium; a soft-spoken Gallic egotist with bare feet beneath his blue suit, and a large glass of pinot noir permanen…
This hilarious comedy sketch follows comic-actor duo Curly (Paul F Taylor) and Short (Rebecca Shorrocks) through a night of trying to prove they can act– Curly’s laminated CV i…
Sirquis Alfon, an international trio of street entertainers, take to the stage at Gilded Balloon this year, offering a variety show of crowd-pleasing fun and impressive technical m…
The Aussies have a certain way with words and in the case Adam Seymour with his hands also.
In this high-stakes, interactive drama, audience members assume the roles of judge, jury and executioner at an enquiry into recent events at a nuclear power plant.
The ever experimental Flanagan Collective is back with their new show, From the Mouths of the Gods, all about maths, free will, and determinism, with a little bit of kissing thrown…
Cathedral is a midnight mass - an ode to memory and the sense of loss which carefully evokes a frozen, car-crash, state of mind.
For those of you who have yet to encounter the fringe phenomenon that is Shit-Faced Shakespeare, this is a show that does exactly what it says on the tin.
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…
It’s said that two fasting, sleepless nights are all that separates us from savagery.
Charming, comedic cold-reading coupled with misdirection and mind-reading in a show that entertains without breaking new boundaries.
I have seen several performances of Richard III; Laurence Olivier and Ian McKellen on film, and Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic, but Emily Carding’s portrayal of the king who murders…
Today is the day Mrs McMoon is having her tea party, featuring several fresh batches of her legendary biscuits, and we’re all invited.
The Wedding Reception is billed as an immersive comedy.
Lunchtime is perhaps not the right time for a hypnosis show for adults.
Taking place in the cosy surroundings of the Kilderkin pub, How To Win A Pub Quiz looks to be an hour of interactive entertainment where the flyer promises you will learn, play,…
I’m pretty certain this is the first comedy show I’ve ever been to with an audience dance break.
Step into a sensual, erotic world, with the Faun (Andy Black) and his glittered Nymph accomplice (Sarita Ryan) as your guides.
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience is now an institution.
Die-hard fans of classic BBC Sitcom Dad’s Army will particularly enjoy this panel discussion, Q&A and selection of nostalgic clips from Ian Lavender, aka Private Pike, and fellow…
Immersive shows are one of those strands of theatre which can be either spectacular or absolutely appalling.
Aaron Twitchen’s bright smile lights up the pub throughout Deadlines and Diets.
In this rendition of an all time favourite, in-yer-face piece of theatre, the King’s Head Theatre, London presents Trainspotting, a gritty Scottish drama that isn’t afraid to sta…
The Tate Postmodern has everything you would expect to from a contemporary art gallery: a whole host of hipster credentials, disinterested security and an overpriced gift shop by t…
Delivered as an interactive art workshop, with a narrative line slowly emerging, Some Thing New is a great idea with an unsatisfying execution.
The improv concept of This Is Your Trial is sound: two comedians take on the roles of prosecution and defence as they argue over cases that are brought by the audience.
A shamelessly monotonous cycle of intrigue, We This Way casts Seth Kiebel in a haunting light, his deadpan but deft delivery commanding an hour of interactive, communal ‘point-an…
Cut the Mustard has what can only be described as an offbeat premise: it’s almost time for a live broadcast during a not-so-popular slot on Icelandic radio.