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Matilda The Musical Jr

Matilda The Musical Jr

Enter the world of Matilda, the extraordinary girl with a love of books and a mind as sharp as her wit. 

West End Musical Choir

West End Musical Choir

Step into a musical journey featuring some of the most beloved showtunes from The West End and Broadway, performed by the acclaimed West End Musical Choir, from London’s iconic Wes… 

Symphonix Rock Orchestra Live!

Symphonix Rock Orchestra Live!

Scotland’s hottest orchestra are back! Since their sold-out shows at last year’s Fringe, Symphonix return to bring together world-class musicians to perform the perfect blend o… 

I Can't Believe It's Barbershop!

I Can't Believe It's Barbershop!

Here’s a jewel of a show set in Edinburgh’s busy Fringe season. 

Your Therapist is Clueless

Your Therapist is Clueless

Drawing from experiences of working in mental health, prepare for a night of humour and heart in Your Therapist is Clueless. 

A Bohemian Banquet

A Bohemian Banquet

After sell-out performances at last year’s Fringe, the Bohemians are back! Join them for a spectacular evening of Broadway and West End hits, with themes of food, drink and celeb… 

The Disco Duckling

The Disco Duckling

Get ready to groove to the beat! Follow the journey of a duckling who dreams of dancing but struggles to fit in with the other birds. 

Springboard ‘25

Springboard ‘25

Springboard ‘25 is a curated programme of work created by emerging artists and recent graduates, produced by PASS at Edinburgh College. 

Lili Redman: Siren

Lili Redman: Siren

Lili Redman (formerly La Scala) is back with seductive Siren, blending dark eclectic songs and life stories in a frank, funny and melancholic musical voyage. 

VENUS 2.0

VENUS 2.0

Follow the scandalous true story of Suffragette-turned-fascist Mary Richardson in this time-bending cabaret. 

The Symphony of Cultural Unity

The Symphony of Cultural Unity

The performance celebrates India’s cultural vibrancy through two dynamic showcases. 

As You Wish

As You Wish

This original Chinese campus youth musical delves into the complex emotions and struggles faced by today’s teenagers and even adults, exploring self-doubt, anxiety and the search… 

3 Little Wigs

3 Little Wigs

Three little pigs move to the big city, dreaming of pop stardom. 

Stick Together

Stick Together

Trapped in a school locker room during a zombie invasion, three misfit field hockey players face a chaotic, unforgettable night of dark humour, secrets, unlikely friendships and ro… 

James Arthur Isn't a Mathematician and Other Lies

James Arthur Isn't a Mathematician and Other Lies

The life of a mathematician is one that most people outside of the sphere don’t understand. 

Mr P From HR

Mr P From HR

Mr P from HR is an interactive drag-king performance, taking audiences down “recruitment road” and welcoming them to their new job induction day at luxury department store Gayr… 

Use Your Words!

Use Your Words!

A one-woman show about a new mother struggling with the responsibility of caring for a tiny human. 

VOTE: The Musical

VOTE: The Musical

VOTE follows three middle-class women, focusing on fictional Mary Abbott, as they discover the Suffragette movement. 

Fatherless Monster

Fatherless Monster

Kyle is just like any other wannabe stand-up star. 

The King of Hollywood

The King of Hollywood

Before Tom Cruise, Cary Grant or Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks was the King Of Hollywood! Doug was a remarkable actor and gifted visionary. 

My Sweetheart and Me

My Sweetheart and Me

Set in 1969 in the Suntree Bar, My Sweetheart and Me is a light-hearted romantic comedy stage musical that follows three couples navigating love, heartbreak and hilarity in the fic… 

The Yeomen of the Guard

The Yeomen of the Guard

In the closed community of the Tower of London, an identity swap and an arranged marriage are put into play to save the head of a condemned man. 

Helen Shapiro Walkin' Back

Helen Shapiro Walkin' Back

Helen Shapiro Walkin’ Back is based on the early life of UK singer Helen Shapiro. 

The Gay Social Network - A One Woman Show

The Gay Social Network - A One Woman Show

The Gay Social Network is an endeavor to analyse the downfall of democracy in the world as told through the lens of a queer love story. 

1966

1966

The Beatles on the radio. 

The Anonymous Monsters

The Anonymous Monsters

This surreal tale begins with the recruitment of a hapless newcomer to a rural neighbourhood volunteer association. 

Missed Connections

Missed Connections

What would you do if your home away from home of 30 years was gone tomorrow? As the heart of its local community, Southside Bar has seen just about everything. 

Grease

Grease

1959, Chicago. 

The Wee Man: Mr & Mrs

The Wee Man: Mr & Mrs

He’s back! Straight Outta the jail and heading home to wife Marie and precious daughter Cardy B. 

Last Rites – Here & Now Showcase

Last Rites – Here & Now Showcase

A stunning visual epic of love and loss that transcends language. 

Double Take

Double Take

Double Take weaves together stories that encourage us to look closer, think again and delight in the unexpected. 

The Twenty-four Solar Terms

The Twenty-four Solar Terms

This original family-friendly musical drama reimagines the 24 Solar Terms as magical nature spirits. 

Lights, Music, Brass!

Lights, Music, Brass!

Join Whitburn Band for a dazzling celebration of lights, music and brass in an unforgettable journey through the magic of musical theatre. 

Darwin in Edinburgh

Darwin in Edinburgh

In 1825, Darwin arrived to study medicine. 

Hutton in Edinburgh

Hutton in Edinburgh

Step back to the 1700s and walk through Edinburgh’s landscape with philosopher James Hutton and his famous Scottish Enlightenment companions, exploring Hutton’s theory of a dyn… 

Original Historical Drama The Envoy

Original Historical Drama The Envoy

Follow a young bookworm and a Persian cat as they relive Zhang Qian’s epic journey – braving the Xiongnu, seeking the Yellow River’s source and bringing exotic wonders east. 

Fantastic Mr Fox

Fantastic Mr Fox

Join us for a feisty, funny, physical take on Roald Dahl’s cast-iron classic fable and watch our three foul farmers get their fiendish, foxy comeuppance in intriguing new ways. 

Adam Riches and John Kearns are Ball and Boe – For Three Nights Only

Adam Riches and John Kearns are Ball and Boe – For Three Nights Only

Ballads. 

Waxen Figures

Waxen Figures

Waxen Figures is an immersive audiovisual experience – a supernatural fever dream, where live contemporary dance, Gaelic singing, and cutting-edge technology collide. 

Guys Sing Dolls

Guys Sing Dolls

The five-star, sell-out cabaret Guys Sing Dolls is coming to the Fringe! BBD Productions have gathered four professional male vocalists from across Scotland to perform some of the … 

Thirty, Flirty and Dying

Thirty, Flirty and Dying

Beth and Rhoni are dead. 

Newsies Jr

Newsies Jr

Disney’s Newsies Jr is a 60-minute version of the 2012 Broadway musical, based on the 1992 film. 

In the Bushes

In the Bushes

One of Europe’s most exciting female choreographic voices comes into its own, in this uncompromising and surrealistic piece. 

Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd

Captivate Theatre is thrilled to bring Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd to the Edinburgh Fringe: a show that extends the stage to the audiences and draws them into its storytelling in a w… 

Come From Away

Come From Away

Edinburgh Fringe premiere! Come From Away has received widespread critical acclaim for its heart-warming story, powerful performances and uplifting music. 

Echoes of Ghost Lake

Echoes of Ghost Lake

Echoes of Ghost Lake tells of photographer Ah-Hua and Rukai youth Daru meeting in the Ghost Lake tribe. 

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

Your favourite movies translated badly. 

A Slow Tale

A Slow Tale

Join the adventures of Moody, the slowest snail in the forest, as he faces his fears and discovers the hidden power of his mind. 

Police Cops: The Original

Police Cops: The Original

The multi award-winning comedy blockbuster returns! Globally acclaimed Police Cops celebrate their 10th anniversary by bringing back the show that started it all: the original Poli… 

The Theory of Relativity

The Theory of Relativity

This moving and unconventional song cycle bursts with originality as it examines human connection. 

Pussy Riot: Riot Days

Pussy Riot: Riot Days

Pussy Riot need little introduction – the Russian protest art collective have one of the most important voices of the last 10 years, whose lyrical themes include feminism, LGBT r… 

Improv Wolves

Improv Wolves

The fearless Improv Wolves create completely new comedy characters, scenes and stories on the spot from audience suggestions. 

The American Dream – A Musical Journey Across the USA

The American Dream – A Musical Journey Across the USA

Take an unforgettable journey through the heart of American musical theatre. 

Nearlyweds the Musical

Nearlyweds the Musical

Nearlyweds is a brand-new musical comedy that will have you laughing, crying and singing along! We follow Lily, a people-pleasing Scottish bride as she runs away from her wedding, … 

Paris in a Jazz Age: The Memoirs of Eloise Defleur

Paris in a Jazz Age: The Memoirs of Eloise Defleur

Musical memories from a Parisian cafe. 

DRAMA GIRLS

DRAMA GIRLS

Ever wondered what turns your favourite stars into household names? The exact conditions that formed their rise to the top? Take a peek into the outrageously elite world of prestig… 

Evelyn

Evelyn

The show was born from the necessity to translate onto the stage human frailty in the face of imposed patterns. 

Brave Irene

Brave Irene

A magical winter adventure from the author of Shrek. 

No Higher Purpose

No Higher Purpose

Speckle cannot shake the feeling that something is not right. 

Relaxing and Balancing – Yin Yang

Relaxing and Balancing – Yin Yang

In a discordant world, minds keep moving, too active for rest, bustling, sizzling all the time. 

Eggs and Baskets

Eggs and Baskets

Self-love. 

Lost Harmonies: The Search for Music

Lost Harmonies: The Search for Music

After years of living in a world where music has been banned and instruments were destroyed, have we lost the soundtrack to life? When The Sweet Nothings find a hidden recording, a… 

Noah's No-Show Show

Noah's No-Show Show

It’s opening night of a brand new play. 

Salem – The Witch Trials of Today

Salem – The Witch Trials of Today

This reinterpretation of The Crucible juxtaposes the story of the Salem Witch Trials with a current day trial by social media. 

Dream with me...

Dream with me...

Come and dream with me. 

Nocturne Musical

Nocturne Musical

East of the sun and west of the moon comes a tale of finding your courage and staying true to yourself. 

Ghosted! A New Musical

Ghosted! A New Musical

For fans of Rocky Horror, Beetlejuice, and Ghosts, Ghosted! is a hauntingly hilarious new musical! Struggling with accepting the death of his best friend Mia, Henry attends a paran… 

Knightclub

Knightclub

Join disgraced monks Tamothy and Brother Jack on their quest to becoming knights, after being banished from their monastery for starting an underground ‘Knightclub’ with only o… 

Carlos Sandin: Pull My Goldfinger

Carlos Sandin: Pull My Goldfinger

Bond is dead. 

Rock Hard – A Theatrical A Cappella Adventure

Rock Hard – A Theatrical A Cappella Adventure

An electrifying, non-verbal, a cappella theatre experience by Hong Kong’s pioneering troupe. 

10 Stories High

10 Stories High

What’s the worst thing someone could do if you were stuck in a packed lift? Sing a showtune, probably. 

Can’t Talk Right Now

Can’t Talk Right Now

Aggy isn’t worried. 

Ha

Ha

I am the voice of the dead, cast upon the dry shores by the sea. 

The Bubblegum Gumdrop Show

The Bubblegum Gumdrop Show

Colourful and whimsical clown Bubblegum Gumdrop returns to the Fringe with an adventure filled with games, and physical comedy. 

Maria – a Play by Neféli

Maria – a Play by Neféli

A dance-theatre piece that explores Mary Magdalene’s misused and conflated identity. 

No More Bull

No More Bull

No More Bull is a bold reimagining of the myth of the Minotaur, exploring the complex dynamics of power, resistance and political autonomy. 

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

Following the sell-out success of The Addams Family at Edinburgh Fringe 2024, award-winning theatre company The Talentz returns with a vibrant new production of The Wizard of Oz, f… 

Dreams of Peace and Freedom

Dreams of Peace and Freedom

In its 75th anniversary year, we have forgotten why we have the ECHR. 

The Wizard of Oz Young Performers' Edition

The Wizard of Oz Young Performers' Edition

When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog Toto are whisked over the rainbow to the magical land of Oz. 

Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along

‘How did you get to be here?’ EUSOG returns after their triumphant 2024 Fringe run with this captivating musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth. 

Garbanzo

Garbanzo

Ever wanted to play some mediocre piano but ended up dressed as an environmentalist cow? Garbanzo is a laughter-inducing, matriarchal extravaganza. 

Jerry's Girls

Jerry's Girls

Broadway’s leading ladies rise again in this haunting reimagining of the classic Jerry Herman revue. 

Stand Out

Stand Out

Stand Out – a show created to help our students do just that! Join The Performance Academy Scotland as we welcome you to a variety show to remember! Enjoy a show packed full of d… 

The Highland Voices Gospel Choir Experience

The Highland Voices Gospel Choir Experience

Having performed at private events and festivals across the Highlands over the last few years, Highland Voices look forward to their third year at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Sings for Your Supper

Sings for Your Supper

Dementia-friendly interactive cabaret celebrating music and memories from musicals, film, the good old days of the dance hall and more! Expect lots of laughs, a hearty singalong an… 

VanagwenyaMbira – Vibes of the Drum!

VanagwenyaMbira – Vibes of the Drum!

KPLesedi Drama and Cultural Crew: VanangwenyaMbira is bringing a kaleidoscope of rhythm, colour and joy to the 2025 Festival Fringe. 

I'm Autistic – A New Musical

I'm Autistic – A New Musical

Lauren, Nat and Chloe are young adults. 

Prototyping

Prototyping

Prototyping is an innovative physical theatre and martial arts show that intertwines dance, street art and circus influences. 

Peregrinus

Peregrinus

A wandering theatre show, inspired by T. 

Disney's Finding Nemo Jr

Disney's Finding Nemo Jr

Aberdeen Academy of Performing Arts presents Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr – a musical adaptation of the 2003 Pixar movie. 

The Island

The Island

When a group of school children crash land on a deserted Indonesian island and all adults are killed. 

Anthems: Award Winners

Anthems: Award Winners

Join EMT for a glittering celebration of musical theatre at its best – featuring iconic songs from shows that have scooped the biggest awards in the business! From the Tonys and … 

The Passion

The Passion

The life, death and resurrection of Jesus are recreated in this moving, memorable and ultimately joyful retelling of the Easter story, through monologue and song. 

Smile, It Might Never Happen

Smile, It Might Never Happen

A whole new meaning to voicing your anxieties: the improvised comedy musical based on your worries about the future. 

Sanctum of Shadows

Sanctum of Shadows

Sanctum of Shadows is an immersive physical theatre performance that invites the audience into the final hour before a girl’s death. 

Wee Man

Wee Man

Wee Man is a powerful and highly physical dance-theatre performance by award-winning choreographer Natasha Gilmore. 

Fly Trap

Fly Trap

A story of being an artist, licking an armpit and losing yourself. 

Much Ado About Pirates

Much Ado About Pirates

Gilbert and Sullivan meets Shakespeare in this song/dance/play mash-up, developed and performed by multiple National School Theatre Award winners. 

Here Comes Gudong

Here Comes Gudong

Here Comes Gudong! Where mystery roars and legends soar! This summer, unleash curiosity in a whirlwind adventure where myths collide and laughter rules! When a thunderous Gudong ra… 

Pop

Pop

Pop is a gig-style musical about a songwriter who leaves their hometown and moves to London to pursue their dream of being heard on the biggest stages. 

Disney's Newsies JR

Disney's Newsies JR

Get ready for a high-energy, show-stopping musical performed by our incredibly talented young cast! Newsies Jr tells the inspiring true story of young newspaper sellers who stand u… 

The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl

The Unlikely Friendship of Feather Boy and Tentacle Girl

Two friends perform breathtaking aerial shows. 

Tribe! The Stone Age Spectacular

Tribe! The Stone Age Spectacular

A mysterious beast. 

Charles ii: Living Libido Loca

Charles ii: Living Libido Loca

He didn’t start the great fire of 1666 but he might light yours. 

Sister Act Jr

Sister Act Jr

Based on the hit film and Broadway show, this feel-good musical comedy will have audiences jumping to their feet! Discover the story of disco diva Deloris Van Cartier, who is place… 

Singin' I'm No a Billy Jr, He's a Tim Jr – Young Offenders

Singin' I'm No a Billy Jr, He's a Tim Jr – Young Offenders

Force adversaries to talk and you may achieve peace. 

The Legend of Shanhai

The Legend of Shanhai

Set against a stunning deep-sea dreamscape, The Legend of Shanhai is a magical musical blending fantasy, adventure and the bittersweet journey of growing up. 

24 Solar Terms

24 Solar Terms

From birth to growing up, we have experienced year after year the four seasons rotate. 

The Unquiet Mind

The Unquiet Mind

Shakespeare’s Hamlet is reimagined through a dynamic fusion of text, movement and music. 

Cockaigne Drinking Society

Cockaigne Drinking Society

It’s the week before the Cockaigne high school drinking society fundraiser and something’s gone terribly wrong, if only everyone could agree on what that something was. 

Regina Vagina

Regina Vagina

Was Queen Elizabeth I really a virgin? How good was Mary Queen of Scots’ head game? Is that Bram Stoker? Find out in this surprisingly accurate (Horrible Histories inspired) musica… 

Escape the Rat Race

Escape the Rat Race

Blodwen navigates the highs and lows of 9-5 living and starts to plot her escape. 

Absolutely Magic!

Absolutely Magic!

50 minutes of impossible magic with one of Scotland’s most entertaining magicians. 

Divas: From Stage to Screen

Divas: From Stage to Screen

BBD Productions return to the Fringe with their five-star show, winner of Best Theatre Production (TheatreScotland. 

Achilles, Death of the Gods

Achilles, Death of the Gods

This poetic, critically acclaimed retelling of the myth of Achilles returns to Edinburgh. 

School of Rock – The Musical

School of Rock – The Musical

Forth Children’s Theatre return for their 44th Edinburgh Fringe production with the rockin’ Andrew Lloyd Webber stage adaptation of School of Rock. 

Adult Panto [Unscripted]

Adult Panto [Unscripted]

Now in its fourth filthy year, The Adult Panto Tour is cumming to Edinburgh and this time, it’s totally Unscripted! Oh yes it f*cking is! This balls-to-the-wall improvised panto sm… 

Singing Into the Dark

Singing Into the Dark

In a ruined theatre, an actor tumbles onto a dark stage. 

Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe

Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe

It’s like the Royal Variety Show of the Fringe. 

Blodwen's in Town

Blodwen's in Town

Blodwen leaves behind rural West Wales for the bright lights of London, discovering a whole new world where there are more people than sheep! Navigating flat sharing, Tinder and th… 

Lost in Translation does PG Potter

Lost in Translation does PG Potter

What would happen if you took the script from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, ran it through an online translator a dozen times and then read the results live on stage in… 

The Ugly Duckling

The Ugly Duckling

It was a bright and sunny day at the circus when the Ugly Duckling waddled up to their trapeze. 

The Old Man and the Old Moon

The Old Man and the Old Moon

The old man has kept his post as the sole caretaker of the moon for as long as he or his wife, the old woman, can remember. 

Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical

Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical

Take a trip back to Hawkins, Indiana in 1983 – when times were simpler, hair was bigger and unsupervised children were getting snatched by inter-dimensional creatures. 

Daughter Daddy

Daughter Daddy

Lily, an imaginative 11-year-old, and her dad explore the musical eras of her life (so far). 

That 21st Dimension

That 21st Dimension

Warning: Crimes may be committed, lives may be changed and laughs will be obtained in this mixed-bill stand-up show like nothing you’ve ever seen before. 

Godspell Jr

Godspell Jr

In a world struggling to rebuild, a group of survivors come together to find hope, faith and purpose. 

Milly’s Musical Adventure

Milly’s Musical Adventure

Milly comes from a world without music. 

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand. 

Absurd Hero

Absurd Hero

For Albert Camus, the Absurd Hero is embodied in the mythological character of Sisyphus, mayor of Corinth, sentenced by Zeus to the mundane task of pushing a boulder up a hill only… 

Penelope Quadrangle and the Meaning of Friendship

Penelope Quadrangle and the Meaning of Friendship

What would you do if your best friend murdered someone? For Penelope Quadrangle, the answer is simple: hide the body. 

1 Moment in Time

1 Moment in Time

After a hugely successful debut Ed Fringe with rave reviews, magician and mind illusionist Sean Alexander is back with his thought-provoking magic show as he reflects on the defini… 

Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote

Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote

The cult hit returns to the Fringe! Don’t miss an interactive screening of the classic Murder, She Wrote episode, A Fashionable Way to Die, following last year’s riotous presen… 

The Caterpillar and the Blackbird

The Caterpillar and the Blackbird

Join us on the happiest musical journey of your life as a restless caterpillar meets a rock’n’roll black bird who will make all of her dreams come true. 

Rock of Ages

Rock of Ages

Following a string of five-star, sell-out productions, Bare Productions return with the electrifying hit Rock of Ages! This high-energy, feel-good musical is packed with powerhouse… 

Remember That Time? A Musical

Remember That Time? A Musical

‘Superb’ (Hot Press, Ireland). 

Disney's Frozen Jr

Disney's Frozen Jr

Aberdeen Academy of Performing Art’s production of Disney’s Frozen Jr is based on the Disney film written by Jennifer Lee and directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. 

MASSAOKE: Sing The Musicals

MASSAOKE: Sing The Musicals

This limited run live band lunchtime sing-along show is a dream come true for musicals fans of all ages, raising the curtain on all your favourite hits from stage and screen. 

PSA: Pelvic Service Announcement

PSA: Pelvic Service Announcement

The show that NoHo Arts District calls ‘absolutely genius’ (NoHoArtsDistrict. 

The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition

The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition

This Aberdeen Academy of Performing Arts amateur production of The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition is presented in arrangement with Concord Theatricals. 

Dan Bastianelli: Identity

Dan Bastianelli: Identity

Following sell-out runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2023 and 2024, Dan Bastianelli brings a brand-new magic experience which uses sleight-of-hand, personal stories and hone… 

Disney's Dare to Dream Jr

Disney's Dare to Dream Jr

A revue of Disney hits, following a group of trainees on their first day at a fictional Disney Imagineering Studio. 

Dystopia: The Rock Opera

Dystopia: The Rock Opera

Blistering musicality, razor sharp political satire and spectacular masks collide as a prison band of dictators and traitors takes you on an exhilarating journey from tyranny to en… 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

When the plants come to take over the world and achieve world domination watch out. 

Footloose

Footloose

Footloose is back! Enjoy this fantastic show and cast as they blast their way through this great musical. 

Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story

Shake It Away: The Ann Miller Story

On a soundstage at the 1970 MGM studio auction, Ann Miller revisits the Golden Age of Hollywood and discovers her second act as a Broadway star. 

Avenue Q

Avenue Q

Avenue Q is back for a fourth year! Our sell-out runs prove how popular this production is. 

Rave

Rave

Rave is set in a night club where we meet Colin and Rosie. 

High School Musical

High School Musical

East High is back! Troy, the school jock, tries to win and woo Gabriella, as Sharpay and Ryan try to plot their downfall. 

Haggis, Neeps and Burns

Haggis, Neeps and Burns

The story of Scotland’s national bard as we see the talent and flawed nature of Burns through his, his wife’s and friends’ eyes. 

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

This internationally acclaimed, award-winning musical follows Elle Woods’ inspiring journey as she challenges stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. 

Women in Socks and Sandals

Women in Socks and Sandals

KISS explores what happens when women enter a world created by men. 

Mr Woody's Last Lesson: Confessions of a Teacher

Mr Woody's Last Lesson: Confessions of a Teacher

Buckle up, folks. 

The Imitator

The Imitator

Winner – United Solo Theatre Festival, New York, Best International Show 2024. 

The End

The End

Anja is a 19-year-old college student who just can’t f@%$ing take it anymore. 

Always, Sometimes, Maybe

Always, Sometimes, Maybe

A solo clown show about a janitor who finds herself in front of an audience. 

Shoe Dunnit at Café L'Arté

Shoe Dunnit at Café L'Arté

A rock/pop musical inspired by a true life shoe theft. 

Formosa Viva

Formosa Viva

Formosa Viva Dance Theater narrates Taiwan’s 500-year history, spotlighting key historical events through 12 selected musical pieces. 

Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone

Join Bugsy, Fat Sam, Tallulah, Blousey and Dandy Dan for a fun time full of laughs, songs and lots of splurge! A great show for all the family and is sure to inspire younger member… 

13 The Musical

13 The Musical

This fast-paced, hilarious coming of age musical is back at the Fringe. 

Does Anyone Else Smell Curry?

Does Anyone Else Smell Curry?

Does anyone else smell curry? It was said by a friend. 

You're Not Singing Anymore

You're Not Singing Anymore

The show that brings the stories and songs of the football terraces to life. 

The Queen is Mad

The Queen is Mad

Joanna has always spoken her mind. 

Olivia Raine Atwood: Faking It

Olivia Raine Atwood: Faking It

She’s undercover. 

Mythos: Ragnarök

Mythos: Ragnarök

Part myth, part mayhem! Hilarious Viking storytelling meets high-octane wrestling in ‘the maddest, baddest show on the Fringe’ (Daily Mail). 

Messy Magic Adventure

Messy Magic Adventure

Circus! Slapstick! Cleaning products! Spray and Wipe try their very best to keep things clean but can’t stop making messes. 

Triptych Redux

Triptych Redux

For those that missed Lewis’ entirely sold-out run in 2024, you’re in luck – his life-changingly beautiful show is back, reduxed – if you managed to snag a ticket last time to … 

New York, New York

New York, New York

This quirky new musical follows New York newbie Joe on his journey from Ohio to the big city, where he meets long lost friend Bonnie after many years. 

Child of Sunday

Child of Sunday

Elisa Riddington’s Child of Sunday is an intimate and poignant solo performance that weaves together personal storytelling and music to reflect on themes of faith, resilience and… 

Roald Dahl's Matilda Junior

Roald Dahl's Matilda Junior

Captivate Matilda is back after a sell-out run in 2024. 

Panoptikum

Panoptikum

Panoptikum amazes, entertains, and frightens. 

The Suit

The Suit

The Suit is a story of acceptance, self-discovery and magic. 

Olivia Raine Atwood: Oops

Olivia Raine Atwood: Oops

Looking for love? So is Liv. 

You're Fired! The Musical

You're Fired! The Musical

We transport you to a corporate London where success is measured by profit, power and personal gain. 

Aladdin

Aladdin

Join us on this wonderful rags-to-riches story of ambition, loyalty and self-discovery, full of eastern promise. 

Thin Walls: (Men)tal Health

Thin Walls: (Men)tal Health

An all-male ensemble explores the pitfalls of masculinity. 

Vincent: His Quest to Love and Be Loved

Vincent: His Quest to Love and Be Loved

A mini-musical tells of a complex man with a ruthless drive to create and a deep-seated desire to love and be loved. 

Murder, Oops!

Murder, Oops!

A one-woman play about falling in love with your boyfriend’s murderer. 

These Mechanisms

These Mechanisms

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

MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom

MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom

It’s New York City, it’s the 90s, and this is the world’s craziest sitcom. 

Billy and Tim – Old Firm Legends

Billy and Tim – Old Firm Legends

What could be worse for a Celtic legend and a Rangers legend than being locked up in a police cell together on the day of the Old Firm match? For Simon Donnelly and Charlie Miller,… 

Les Misérables (School Edition)

Les Misérables (School Edition)

Performed entirely by very talented students, Captivate’s production has been seen by an estimated 22,000 people, with sell-out crowds, standing ovations and multiple five-star r… 

Corrie

Corrie

Coming up on Corrie: yet another scene in the local pub, someone’s up the duff and two Kiwis figure out if they got their Manchester accents down in time! Five episodes, two acto… 

Bare

Bare

At St Cecilia’s Catholic boarding school, we follow the students as they confront their awakening sexuality and all the questions and struggles that it brings. 

Moving On: A New Musical

Moving On: A New Musical

Combining the spooky, silly and sentimental, this brand-new musical is about confronting the past and knowing when to let go. 

Circa: Wolf

Circa: Wolf

Wolf. 

LIVE MANGA

LIVE MANGA

Winner of Best Male Performer at Asian Arts Awards 2024! The internationally acclaimed LIVE MANGA from Japan returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! Physical performance duo GABE… 

Murmuration

Murmuration

A Starling is Born. 

The Gin Tasting Show

The Gin Tasting Show

The Gin Show is back! Come and taste three fantastic gins and find out how they are made, the history of gin and weird gin facts. 

Flying Lessons, the Musical

Flying Lessons, the Musical

In this charming musical, Isabella is a young girl whose teacher has just assigned the final project of her eighth-grade year: research a historical figure and write a paper about … 

Macbeth

Macbeth

A thrilling, saucy rendition of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Macbeth. 

Brunchtime (Best of) Broadway

Brunchtime (Best of) Broadway

Bringing the magic of the West End to your morning at the Edinburgh Fringe! This charming vocal duo serve up lush harmonies with rich guitar and bass accompaniments, breathing new … 

Chinese Stories on Stage – Lantern Boy

Chinese Stories on Stage – Lantern Boy

Lantern Boy follows the Wu family across ancient and modern Shenzhen, China through the stories of two boys – one who begins the fish lantern tradition and another who revives it… 

The Theory of Relativity

The Theory of Relativity

From Drama Desk Award nominees Neil Bartram and Brian Hill, The Theory of Relativity is a joyous and moving look at our surprisingly interconnected lives. 

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Shaina Taub and Kwame Kwei-Armah’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is an uproarious romp of love, mistaken identity and fierce music. 

MacPlebs

MacPlebs

What would you do if you had to stage Shakespeare’s famous tragedy with two actors who haven’t even read the script?! Two plebs are the only surviving members left of the cast of M… 

Acts of Kindness

Acts of Kindness

Acts of Kindness is a docudrama inspired by interviews in El Paso, Texas USA, after a mass shooting that claimed the lives of twenty-three innocent people. 

And They Played Shang-A-Lang

And They Played Shang-A-Lang

Back by popular demand, we follow Jim’s life story as he navigates through school discos, first love and high school life. 

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

Evacuated from a war-torn world and marooned on an island when their airplane crashes, a group of pre-adolescent boys find themselves battling for survival with no adults to help t… 

Samantha Dunne: Strangers I Know

Samantha Dunne: Strangers I Know

It’s not every day you get to eulogise your own funeral, but Woman is doing just that. 

Nunsense: The Mega-Musical

Nunsense: The Mega-Musical

Nunsense: The Mega-Musical version is here! This riotous show is a fundraiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidently poisoned by the conv… 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

LAMDA presents the next wave of musical theatre talent in a showdown like no other. 

Miss Congeniality: The Unauthorised Musical Concert

Miss Congeniality: The Unauthorised Musical Concert

With music based on the 2000 comedy classic, Gracie Hart is a clumsy yet brilliant FBI Special Agent who must go undercover as a beauty pageant contestant! Come hear the original s… 

Soundscapes

Soundscapes

Soundscapes – Iris has synaesthesia. 

CHALLENGE

CHALLENGE

CHALLENGE is a non-verbal comedy from Japan about an ordinary office worker who wants to change his boring, negative life. 

Or Die Trying

Or Die Trying

The artist Leah McBride is missing, presumed dead. 

Sense – A New Musical About Dementia

Sense – A New Musical About Dementia

At the Smits’ family home, Christmas Eve is all about stories from the past. 

The Family Copoli: A Post-Apocalyptic Burlesque Musical

The Family Copoli: A Post-Apocalyptic Burlesque Musical

72 years after a solar superflare destroyed civilisation and sent the human race spiralling toward extinction, a ragtag troupe of post-apocalyptic performers brings sensuality and … 

1Shoulder Pad: Galaxy Train, Japanese Musical Theatre

1Shoulder Pad: Galaxy Train, Japanese Musical Theatre

The buzz-worthy Japanese professional performance group has arrived! With the world’s smallest costumes (just two shoulder pads!), they will deliver an overwhelming musical perfo… 

Chicago: Teen Edition

Chicago: Teen Edition

Don’t miss the iconic story of crime, scandal and fame which retains the essence of the original with a modern twist suitable for teen audiences. 

Sky-Scraping

Sky-Scraping

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

Are You Lovin' It?

Are You Lovin' It?

Five stars! The winner of 17 awards in six countries. 

Blind Fury: The Untold Story of the Queen of Hearts

Blind Fury: The Untold Story of the Queen of Hearts

Vicky is furious. 

Edinburgh Days

Edinburgh Days

1815, a time of war with France, a time of opportunity in the Grassmarket, Leith docks and Portobello shore. 

Kelly Rickard: Free as a Bird

Kelly Rickard: Free as a Bird

Kelly can do a lot. 

Feminist Literature Club

Feminist Literature Club

In this production, written, performed, and brought to life by the students of Ketchikan Alaska’s Drama Kings, chaos ensues when the Feminist Literature Club starts to crack. 

Youth and Poetry

Youth and Poetry

The Book of Songs is the sixth work in the Ancient Books and Me series of QFunTheater Children’s Experimental Theater. 

The Steamie

The Steamie

Through everyday conversation, hilarious comedy, and music-hall style songs, we learn from four working-class women about their lives, husbands, technology and the approaching New … 

The Detective's Demise

The Detective's Demise

Fringe 2024 sell-out murder-mystery comedy musical returns to the Fringe! Detective Ben Stone is murdered at his own birthday party, snuffed out like a candle on a cake. 

Dirty Work

Dirty Work

Mary Floppins has thrown a shit fit. 

Baby Shark and the Mystery of the Sphinx

Baby Shark and the Mystery of the Sphinx

Doo doo doo. 

Escape Room: The Musical

Escape Room: The Musical

A new comedy musical coming to the Fringe! Six college friends are tricked into reuniting at the debut Fringe performance of Escape Room: The Musical. 

Witch? Women on Trial

Witch? Women on Trial

No pointy hats. 

AL! The Weird Tribute (and How Daniel Radcliffe Got Mixed Up in This Nonsense)

AL! The Weird Tribute (and How Daniel Radcliffe Got Mixed Up in This Nonsense)

Weird Al Yankovic and Daniel Harry Potter Radcliffe were destined to be together onstage, and now they are (sort of)! This loving tribute to two icons of entertainment will leave y… 

1457, The Boy at Rest

1457, The Boy at Rest

In 15th-century Korea, boy King Danjong was overthrown and poisoned by his ambitious uncle. 

Apocalipsync

Apocalipsync

After captivating audiences with cult physical theatre show Un Poyo Rojo, Argentine sensation and social media star Luciano Rosso returns with Apocalipsync, a high-energy solo show… 

Taiwan Season: Where Has All the Fruit Gone?

Taiwan Season: Where Has All the Fruit Gone?

We all know tangerines, don’t we? In Taiwan they come in many shapes, sizes and colours. 

Kate Owens: Cooking with Kathryn

Kate Owens: Cooking with Kathryn

Award-winning comedian Kate Owens presents her smash hit, critically acclaimed comedy show. 

Hose Water

Hose Water

Hose Water is a lyrical comedy about a girl on the verge of adolescence. 

Mary, Queen of Rock!

Mary, Queen of Rock!

The Queen of Rock is back! The year is 1561. 

Annie

Annie

It’s been a while but Captivate is bringing back this much-loved family favourite with a fantastic new cast. 

Sunshine on Leith

Sunshine on Leith

It wouldn’t be the Fringe without some Sunshine! Captivate’s five star, vibrant, energetic, emotional, sell-out production is back in the ballroom. 

The Bacchae

The Bacchae

An outcast god. 

The Truth About Trees

The Truth About Trees

When Alfie’s grandpa reveals that paper, if made correctly, can tell the story of the tree it came from, Alfie isn’t sure whether to believe him. 

Mr Cardboard

Mr Cardboard

On his loneliest birthday yet, rotten little Huxley is whisked away by the timeless Mr Cardboard! This disturbingly delightful ‘unhinged Pixar film’ (Audience review) folds the gro… 

AETHER

AETHER

An existential PhD student hunting dark matter, a disillusioned illusionist, a medium with a secret and a murdered mathematician star in the greatest unsolved mystery of the univer… 

The Landscape of the Other Shore

The Landscape of the Other Shore

God created mankind in seven days, but twelve children drifting at sea take the same seven to become murderers. 

Ill Behaviour

Ill Behaviour

Ill Behaviour: an anomaly in the habits of the well and able, an act of de-habituation towards the rhythms that the body sends. 

SLUGS

SLUGS

It’s about nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing. 

Stampin' in the Graveyard

Stampin' in the Graveyard

ROSE is an AI chatbot that gives advice for the end of the world, powered by a black box of memories from people whose worlds have already ended. 

The Cadaver Palaver

The Cadaver Palaver

Bennett Cooper Sullivan, gentleman adventurer and rakish raconteur, returns with an astonishing tale of derring-do (and don’ts!), that puts the cad back in cadaver. 

Elephant in the Room

Elephant in the Room

Babar, king of the elephants and one of the most adored childhood cartoons around the world, is almost 94 years old and is currently having a little problem. 

Wild Thing!

Wild Thing!

A gloriously stupid show of bad animal impressions and a wildly playful nature safari. 

Rajiv's Starry Feelings

Rajiv's Starry Feelings

Rajiv has feelings for everything. 

Medusa Uncut: A New Musical

Medusa Uncut: A New Musical

They tried to kill her – they missed. 

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

Pinch Punch are back to welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder, an improvised comedy murder-mystery where killing the cast and cracking the case is in your hands. 

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Recent anthropology graduate and feisty redhead Joanie Little is stuck working as a barista, studying the ‘creatures’ (customers) as if she were Jane Goodall, bushwhacking through … 

Old God

Old God

Old God is a foppish, irreverent oracle. 

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The five-star, multi sell-out, Fringe phenomenon is back! With its hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and an absolut… 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

The Olivier Award–winning West End hit is back! It’s opening night for the hottest new musical in town. 

Doktor Kaboom: Under Pressure!

Doktor Kaboom: Under Pressure!

Be amazed by the power of pressure – and what it can teach us! Doktor Kaboom’s new show is fit to burst with astonishing live science experiments, stand-up comedy and lessons in … 

Murder She Didn't Write

Murder She Didn't Write

Don your deerstalker and grab your magnifying glass as this talented company use audience suggestions to create a hilarious improvised murder mystery. 

The Crawl

The Crawl

In this explosive physical comedy, two swimmers go head-to-head in the race of a lifetime – on a stage with no water. 

Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself

Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself

Startling revelations about Edy Hurst’s (‘bursts with comedic joy’ (Skinny)) relations have set him on vision quest to contact his ancestors. 

Potty the Plant

Potty the Plant

A charmingly dark, whimsically adult, joyously subversive, musical delight! Starring our titular character, Potty! A singing, talking, tap dancing, potted plant. 

Couac... Physical Comedy

Couac... Physical Comedy

In an ultra-connected world, Jo struggles against the omnipresence of Eve, the AI server. 

Christian Dart: Gumshoe!

Christian Dart: Gumshoe!

A grizzled New York detective embarks on his final, most deadly and most ridiculous case yet. 

Trygve Wakenshaw and Barnie Duncan: Different Party

Trygve Wakenshaw and Barnie Duncan: Different Party

Legendary mime Trygve Wakenshaw and his best pal Barnie Duncan return to Edinburgh with their award-winning show. 

Fisherman Jon: What's on the End of My Rod? A Clown Odyssey

Fisherman Jon: What's on the End of My Rod? A Clown Odyssey

Jon, a lonely fisherman sailing the seas, catches something unexpected… unbeknownst to Jon, this catch will change his life forever. 

Animal Farm

Animal Farm

Olivier winner Guy Masterson directs the phenomenal Sam Blythe in his legendary solo of Orwell’s allegorical masterpiece, returning for its 30th anniversary. 

Aideen McQueen: Waiting for Texto

Aideen McQueen: Waiting for Texto

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. 

Midnight at the Palace

Midnight at the Palace

Living your true self is nearly a crime again, so join the OGs of F*ck You Counterculture for a night of radical joy and glitter-encrusted anarchy. 

Mel & Sam: The Platonic Human Centipede

Mel & Sam: The Platonic Human Centipede

Winner: Critic’s Choice 2024, Perth Fringe. 

Eden Sher: I Was On A Sitcom

Eden Sher: I Was On A Sitcom

I Was On A Sitcom is a show about finding out who you are when your TV show ends, and your real life begins. 

All Fired Up: an 80's Mixtape Musical

All Fired Up: an 80's Mixtape Musical

Tammy Tooth’s midlife crisis hits rock-bottom when an 80s mixed tape sends her back to 1987. 

Stuart Laws Is Stuck

Stuart Laws Is Stuck

Everyone’s dealt with it: first, a bad breakup; then, become a puffin island caretaker; suddenly, you’re implicated in a puffin murder. 

Andrew Frost: The Greatest Card Magician in the World

Andrew Frost: The Greatest Card Magician in the World

Andrew’s recent success led to being described as the ‘greatest card magician in the world’. 

Rob Auton: CAN (An Hour-Long Story)

Rob Auton: CAN (An Hour-Long Story)

Multi award-winning writer, performer and actor Rob Auton brings his debut story to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Jenny Ryan – Björn Yesterday

Jenny Ryan – Björn Yesterday

Imagine a world where Swedish pop sensations ABBA never really existed. 

The Unstoppable Rise of Ben Manager

The Unstoppable Rise of Ben Manager

Ben’s eager to impress at his job interview, but on the big day he witnesses a mysterious death and picks up the victim’s lanyard – just to keep it safe. 

Singin' I'm No a Billie, She's a Tim

Singin' I'm No a Billie, She's a Tim

Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim is the most successful touring Scottish theatre show of the modern era, and now they’re back with a brand new re-write of the original show, but … 

Footballers' Wives: The Musical

Footballers' Wives: The Musical

A new British musical based on the iconic TV series following the fall and rise of captain’s wife Tanya Turner as she schemes to save her marriage and her husband’s career. 

Jawbreaker: The Musical

Jawbreaker: The Musical

Blessed with beauty, wealth and charisma, the Flawless Four – Courtney, Julie, Marcie, and Liz – are the most popular girls in Reagan High school. 

Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence

Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence

Set in the cut-throat world of competitive netball, this cautionary tale explores the consequences of unchecked ambition and the fierce determination of teenage girls. 

Ironing Board Man

Ironing Board Man

One man. 

Arthur Hull's FLOP: The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals Ever Written

Arthur Hull's FLOP: The Best Songs From The Worst Musicals Ever Written

The neon lights aren’t always bright on Broadway, and for every hit there are 50 flops. 

Terry's: An American Tragedy About Cars, Customers and Selling Cars to Customers

Terry's: An American Tragedy About Cars, Customers and Selling Cars to Customers

Memorial Day weekend. 

Emmanuel Sonubi: Life After Near Death

Emmanuel Sonubi: Life After Near Death

Following two sold-out Edinburgh Fringe runs, back-to-back Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations, an acclaimed European tour and a triumphant New York and Melbourne residency, Emmanue… 

Dangerous Goods

Dangerous Goods

Dangerous Goods is an unapologetic and hot-as-hell cabaret of provocative performances, jaw-dropping physical feats and powerful acts of rebellion. 

Skinny

Skinny

It’s more than a word – it’s a societal chokehold. 

Fountain Lakes in Lockdown: A Drag Parody Play

Fountain Lakes in Lockdown: A Drag Parody Play

What did Australia’s foxiest morons get up to during the pandemic? August 2021, Kath is up to pussy’s bow in sourdough bread, Kim’s going viral and Sharon has had a severe reaction… 

Sugar

Sugar

Theatrical, outrageous, silly and sexy, Tomáš Kantor’s award-winning debut is about Sugar – a gender-queer twink who discovers there’s money to be made from transactional relat… 

In These Shoes

In These Shoes

Glynis Traill-Nash lives a double life: fashion writer by day, jazz singer by night. 

A Series of Poorly Timed Questions

A Series of Poorly Timed Questions

At some point, someone told you not to ask that. 

Cinderella Ice Cream Seller – A Musical

Cinderella Ice Cream Seller – A Musical

Get your dessert spoons ready for this delicious new musical for the whole family! Over the last four decades, Cinderella’s has become the kingdom’s most beloved ice cream company. 

STARDUST Starring Star Dust (In Person)

STARDUST Starring Star Dust (In Person)

A glitter-soaked cabaret meltdown from a fallen icon with nothing left to lose – except the will to perform, her accoutrements and possibly her marbles. 

I See You Watching

I See You Watching

I See You Watching, a provocative, darkly playful exploration of control, performance and rebellion. 

This Side of Life

This Side of Life

Manhattan buskers, cockney con-men, Broadway dreams. 

Crapp's River

Crapp's River

The unauthorised musical parody of Schitt’s Creek, reimagining the beloved fish-out-of-water series with absurd comedy, unhinged characters and hilariously inappropriate twists. 

One Kiss

One Kiss

An old book, What It Means to Be a Woman, given to Georgia on her sixteenth birthday, becomes the thread connecting three women’s lives: Georgia, now a woman in an unhappy marria… 

1 Astonishment 2 Many: Chris Dugdale

1 Astonishment 2 Many: Chris Dugdale

Best Magic Show: HELLO! Magazine 2022 and 2024. 

Daniel Cainer: Topical

Daniel Cainer: Topical

A new collection of smart, funny and deeply moving story-songs inspired by current affairs, family affairs and affairs of the heart. 

Super Mama

Super Mama

A laugh-out-loud stand-up comedy show that dives into the messy, magical madness of motherhood. 

Vagabond Skies: The Van Gogh Musical

Vagabond Skies: The Van Gogh Musical

Vagabond Skies The Van Gogh Musical: gut-wrenching and uplifting in equal measure, this extraordinary must-see production depicts Vincent’s later years. 

The Life of Mine

The Life of Mine

I’m a framer who has been trying to be a good person all my life, but as a result, my wife betrayed me, my son died, and I switched to the police force to survive… In a product… 

Peanut Adventure

Peanut Adventure

This whimsical allegorical fairytale from China is about the world of food. 

Assembly Gala Launch supported by Aubin

Assembly Gala Launch supported by Aubin

Assembly’s Gala celebrates the opening of our 2025 programme of over 230 shows. 

Shakespeare for Kids: Toil and Trouble

Shakespeare for Kids: Toil and Trouble

The perfect introduction to Shakespeare’s beloved characters for children and their families. 

Nüshu: Written for Her, on Her, by Her

Nüshu: Written for Her, on Her, by Her

Rewrite her stories. 

David Elms Describes a Room

David Elms Describes a Room

Following its sell-out Soho Theatre run, the cult hit comes to Edinburgh. 

Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical

Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical

Musical mayhem abounds in a show that has to be seen to be believed. 

Francisco de Nata

Francisco de Nata

Step into the joyful and absurd world of Francisco de Nata – A giraffe. 

Song Society

Song Society

Deep in the heart of the mysterious Song Society, memories and feelings are filed away to make room for new ones. 

Untold Stories: Modern Mime Tales

Untold Stories: Modern Mime Tales

What if you could wear emotions like masks? What if the screen in your hand consumed you? What if you gifted your heartbeat to someone else? What if a glass of water led you to ano… 

Smile: The Story of Charlie Chaplin

Smile: The Story of Charlie Chaplin

Hailed as one of the most dazzling performers to emerge on the fringe circuit, Marcel Cole gives a stunning one-hour treatment to the extraordinary life and career of the greatest … 

Gen Z.A!

Gen Z.A!

Fast-paced, racy and full of youthful zest, this high-energy musical addresses the disillusionment of the disenfranchised Z and A Generations with comedy, dance and song. 

Meat Loaf – Just the Best Bits

Meat Loaf – Just the Best Bits

Dine out on a hearty serving of your favourite Meat Loaf pieces as we slice through his back catalogue and digest the finest moments. 

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The performance explores the delicate issue of dependence and control given by addiction or affection. 

Latte Loca

Latte Loca

Eavesdrop on Medea and Summer’s conversation as their unlikely friendship forms and lives unfold. 

A Bohemian Life

A Bohemian Life

After sell-out concerts at the Fringe last year, the Bohemians are back, taking you through all aspects of life in their jam-packed, fun-filled concert. 

Richard Shelton's Sinatra

Richard Shelton's Sinatra

Join Richard for a sublime evening of jazz music and magical storytelling, with tales from London to LA. 

A Lot To Unpack

A Lot To Unpack

A Lot To Unpack: Join Seattle’s dynamic Suitcase Dance Theatre as four alluring dancers and beatbox rap artist Maceo Sky take the stage and unpack the “baggage” they carry. 

How to Become a Taiwanese: A Musical

How to Become a Taiwanese: A Musical

Taiwan is a country located in Asia, and many people say that the most beautiful scenery in Taiwan is its people. 

Aaaaa Very Fringey Show

Aaaaa Very Fringey Show

What makes the perfect Fringe show: comedy, theatre, magic, puppets, improv? Yes. 

Simon David: Dead Dad Show

Simon David: Dead Dad Show

Five years ago, Simon’s father dies of cancer. 

Birthday Fish

Birthday Fish

Birthday Fish is an absurdist physical exploration of the feeling of being a ‘fish out of water’. 

Vigil

Vigil

Dusky Seaside Sparrow, Cinnamon-coloured Cryptic Tree Hunter, Problematic Flasher, Fire Millipede From Hell. 

Puzzle

Puzzle

A captivating physical theatre piece exploring the parenting puzzle, social pressures, and quest for self through an East Asian lens. 

You Heard Me: Here & Now Showcase

You Heard Me: Here & Now Showcase

You Heard Me is for anyone who has been underestimated, or told to shut up. 

Creationing Your Award-Winning Fringe Show with The Director!

Creationing Your Award-Winning Fringe Show with The Director!

The visionary behind the viral short film The Director – Work At Home (viewed in excess of a dozen times in four years) and champion of off-off-off-off-off-off Broadyway, The Dir… 

Fault Lines

Fault Lines

As our planet’s voice gets louder, are we ready to listen? Fault Lines pulls at the tension in our relationship with nature. 

Voices of a Siren

Voices of a Siren

Award-winning solo performance about women over three generations. 

Cosmic Twegheads

Cosmic Twegheads

We’ve all got a tweghead in our life. 

A Night at the Musicals

A Night at the Musicals

Exeter University’s Spotlights show choir are returning to Edinburgh Fringe for another musical extravaganza filled with beautiful harmonies, captivating dance and a brilliant li… 

Sir Love E Dove

Sir Love E Dove

Sir Love E Dove is a grand actor of legendary status. 

Too Close to the Sun

Too Close to the Sun

Wrong Tree’s Too Close to the Sun follows three groups of people on the edge of apocalypse. 

Sinatra: The Final Curtain

Sinatra: The Final Curtain

We present the 10th anniversary of this acclaimed original musical with sold-out Fringe runs in 2013 and 2014. 

Trial by Jury

Trial by Jury

Chaos reigns in the courtroom when jilted bride Angelina and her fully frocked bridal party arrive to sue Edwin for abandoning her at the altar. 

MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom

MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom

It’s New York City. 

The Traitor's Wife

The Traitor's Wife

In the glamorous, bohemian world of pre-war Paris, a beautiful American heiress meets a dashing British diplomat. 

Disco, Baby?

Disco, Baby?

Prom to after-party via generational identity crisis – what if the best night of your life turns into the rest of it? Set to an original score combining pop, funk, jazz and of co… 

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

Who rules when there are no rules? Muchmuchmore Theatre returns to the Fringe with a gripping adaptation of this timeless story, exploring what happens when the shackles of civilit… 

Technically: A Musical

Technically: A Musical

Twitching the curtain and shining a light on what happens backstage, Jacob Marshall and Shannon Hill’s Technically: A Musical is a show full of inside jokes and caricatures from … 

Pirates: You Wouldn't Steal a Boat

Pirates: You Wouldn't Steal a Boat

After being fired by his captain, Sharkbait Mulligan finds himself with just the clothes on his back and the rum on his back. 

Our Teacher's a Troll

Our Teacher's a Troll

When mischievous twins Joe and Jemima’s teacher turns out to be a real-life troll, chaos ensues! From outrageous pranks to daring escapes, follow their escapades as they try to out… 

The Art of Mendacity

The Art of Mendacity

How many lies have you told today? The average person lies twice a day – but then, they could be… This is an age of mendacity, where politicians lie, and the media spins half-t… 

The Musical Theatre Story: The Magic of the Modern Age

The Musical Theatre Story: The Magic of the Modern Age

A rollercoaster ride through modern and post-modern musicals, rock opera, epics, jukebox theatre and the latest hit shows. 

The Musical Theatre Story: The Golden Age of Musical Theatre

The Musical Theatre Story: The Golden Age of Musical Theatre

A journey through the golden age of musical theatre. 

Almost Austen

Almost Austen

Catherine, a modern girl in love with Jane Austen’s world, can’t believe her luck when she meets her very own Mr Tilney. 

Eugene O'Neill's Thirst

Eugene O'Neill's Thirst

Slow death awaits shipwreck survivors on a drifting raft. 

Shakespeare Translate: The Complete Works

Shakespeare Translate: The Complete Works

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

Jodie Sloan: Is She Hot? (WIP)

Jodie Sloan: Is She Hot? (WIP)

In March of 2023, TikTok sent a notification to millions of users with a picture of Jodie Sloan’s face, and the words, ‘Is she hot?’, after her comedic song on situational hotness … 

Pippin

Pippin

In the dimly lit corners of the stage, shadows whisper tales of a young prince: Pippin. 

Liberace – In His Own Words

Liberace – In His Own Words

Richard Lewis follows up last year’s hit show A Cabaret called Hamlet by looking at the life of the legendary Liberace. 

Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself

Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself

‘Bursts with comedic joy’ (Skinny). 

ENDHOE

ENDHOE

It’s no surprise that Endo just got promoted to CEO of Anna’s body. 

One Eyed Scouts

One Eyed Scouts

Back for their second run! An international improv team, each member from a different country, presents the premiere (and last ever performance) of a “movie” inspired by your s… 

A Summer Night's Firefly

A Summer Night's Firefly

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

Dreams of Peace and Freedom

Dreams of Peace and Freedom

A powerful combination of film, text and live performance, Dreams of Peace and Freedom explores the birth of modern human rights after the Second World War. 

Big Feelings

Big Feelings

From 2024 Sondheim/Jonathan Larson Grant Rooftop Writer and 10th-ranked woman poet in the world Gigi Bella, Big Feelings explores mental health, feminism and the gospel of Taco Bel… 

Holy Shit Improv

Holy Shit Improv

‘LA’s very best improvisers’ (TheComedyBureau. 

Mind Milk

Mind Milk

What are you storing in the back rooms of your brain? Who’s lurking behind your eyes? Hold still. 

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 7.1: Big O Asks: What Is Sexy?

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist 7.1: Big O Asks: What Is Sexy?

Big O returns to explore all stuffs of “sexy”. 

Happily Ever Poofter

Happily Ever Poofter

Disney fan? Massive raging queer? Then Happily Ever Poofter is for you! Join Prince Henry (the “Only Gay in the Kingdom”) on his hilarious and heart-warming quest for true love! A … 

One Night, Two Voices – Kerry Ellis and John Owen-Jones

One Night, Two Voices – Kerry Ellis and John Owen-Jones

Kerry Ellis (Wicked, We Will Rock You, Anything Goes) and John Owen-Jones (The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Sweeney Todd) will perform a much-loved selection of classic s… 

Beowulf the Musical

Beowulf the Musical

‘What is my story? Will you remember me?’ In an ancient land full of legendary heroes and the monsters they fight, how do regular folk live? Beowulf the Musical presents two mediev… 

Brits Abroad: Banned

Brits Abroad: Banned

After being banned from going anywhere abroad, yes even Benidorm, British tourists are forced to go on holiday to the only place that’ll have ‘em. 

3

3

Three improvisers. 

Not Exit

Not Exit

Selected from Sartre’s existential drama, this piece immerses us in extreme, marginal states both narratively and physically. 

Femme Fatigue

Femme Fatigue

An outrageous queer comedy from Channel 4 new writer Ella Evans. 

Under Milk Wood

Under Milk Wood

In celebration of his 30 years at Fringe, Guy Masterson, presents his globally renowned solo of Dylan Thomas’ lyrical masterpiece. 

Massaoke: Sing The Musicals

Massaoke: Sing The Musicals

This limited run live-band lunchtime sing-along show is a dream come true for musical fans of all ages, raising the curtain on all your favourite hits from stage and screen. 

Jazz on the Run

Jazz on the Run

Jazz on the Run is a celebration of friendship, freedom and the power of jazz to uplift the soul. 

Funeral for a Dog

Funeral for a Dog

A musical storytelling experience that tells the larger than life story of a dog who lived a very long time. 

The Weird Sisters

The Weird Sisters

Marie-Laure Corben, Dalia Kay, and Eliza Waters' creation, The Weird Sisters, is now being performed at the Fringe following its debut at the Leeds Theatre Festival in July 202… 

Tennis

Tennis

DON McEnroe and Björn GNU face each other once again in the ultimate duel we all have been waiting for! A nerve-wracking battle of finger knitting, tango wrestling, dirty tricks a… 

Sawdust Symphony

Sawdust Symphony

Carpentry and circus collide. 

Summoning Sondheim

Summoning Sondheim

The theatre is dying, so Jordana Belaiche and Grace O’Keefe are holding a séance to bring back the legendary musical theatre composer, Stephen Joshua Sondheim. 

The Water Babies

The Water Babies

A magical and moral Victorian fairy tale, adapted by Sue Colverd from the original story by Charles Kingsley, including music and songs by David Last, about young chimney sweep Tom… 

Show Pony

Show Pony

Have you ever wondered what it is like behind the scenes for circus performers? Have you ever wondered what happens to them when they reach middle age? This engaging, funny and mov… 

Oedipus Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Oedipus Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Muthaf**ka! Literally. 

Henry V

Henry V

‘All Hell shall stir…’ An intimate and unique staging of Shakespeare’s classic history play. 

100 Years of Musicals!

100 Years of Musicals!

In their Fringe debut, the UK’s No. 

Hound in the Light

Hound in the Light

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

West End Workshop

West End Workshop

Looking for a fun, interactive activity for all the family? Come and join the UK’s No. 

Legally Blonde – The Musical

Legally Blonde – The Musical

Omigod You Guys! Viva Arts are back with their usual brand of high-quality, energetic musical theatre – this time with this all-singing, all-dancing, feel-good comedy. 

Sing, Sign and Sensory

Sing, Sign and Sensory

Sing, Sign and Sensory offers sensory-based performance workshops tailored to infants between 0-24 months. 

Chicken Little

Chicken Little

While walking through the park one day, Chicken Little is hit on the head! She decides to tell the Prime Minister the sky is falling, and so begins a perilous journey: travelling t… 

Three of a Kind – A New Musical

Three of a Kind – A New Musical

Set in modern-day America, this Broadway style musical does not hold back on ambition. 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn’s musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee tells the story of six middle-schoolers growing up and of the relationships they form with eac… 

Shapiro: A Pop Star Musical

Shapiro: A Pop Star Musical

Shapiro is a new musical based on the early life of UK singer Helen Shapiro. 

SmallTalking

SmallTalking

This world-premiere musical explores how a shared moment of stress among strangers can bring them to form a fast bond. 

Nina Rose Carlin: Seeking Representation

Nina Rose Carlin: Seeking Representation

As a smiling Nina Rose Carlin appears on stage with a suitcase, she asks for a one-way ticket to Tinseltown. 

Fringe – The Musical

Fringe – The Musical

A hilarious musical comedy about a cherished family-run hairdressing salon in Essex. 

Ctrl+Alt+Deceit!

Ctrl+Alt+Deceit!

Ctrl+Alt+Deceit. 

Dusk: A Bite-Size Celebration

Dusk: A Bite-Size Celebration

2023’s viral Fringe sell-out parody, Dusk: A Bite-Size Love Story, returns for a music-packed celebration of forbidden love, unexpected drama, baseball, glitter, and teen angst. 

#NoFilter

#NoFilter

From the producers of last year’s sell-out show Dusk: A Bite-Size Love Story, #NoFilter is a new musical based on real stories, real lives, real conversations and real Instagram fe… 

The Crucible

The Crucible

Experience the spellbinding fusion of athleticism and artistry as Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theatre presents The Crucible, a reimagined masterpiece. 

The Best of the West End and Broadway

The Best of the West End and Broadway

Cast ranging in age that give you the very best journey through the landscape of London’s West End hits and Broadway’s masterpieces. 

Negare

Negare

What if someone could gently peer deep into your soul and remove all the masks to reveal your true self? Luxembourg-based Z Art Company presents Negare, choreographed by Giovanni Z… 

Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical

Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical

Musical mayhem abounds in a show that has to be seen to be believed. 

Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man

Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man

A dagger-tongued jump down a rabbit hole of sexual empowerment from Austin-based comedienne Katie Folger. 

Dracula

Dracula

A bold stylised new production of Bram Stoker’s gothic masterpiece. 

How Should a Home Be

How Should a Home Be

This is a piece of biographical theatre narrated through music. 

Rich Hardisty: POP (Work in Progress)

Rich Hardisty: POP (Work in Progress)

In 2011 Rich came out of a psychiatric ward, put on a backpack and flew to America to try and find the biological father he’d never met. 

The Wee Man: Nae Offence

The Wee Man: Nae Offence

Scotland’s original viral The Wee Man returns from the jail in a new one-man play written by Rab C Nesbitt creator Ian Pattison. 

Festival

Festival

Festival at the Fringe 2024. 

Murder at the Speakeasy

Murder at the Speakeasy

1926. 

Fever Pitch Academy Showcase 2024

Fever Pitch Academy Showcase 2024

A musical revue, featuring music from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, SpongeBob, Legally Blonde, Grease and loads more! For the students at FPA, it’s our Edinburgh Fringe debut … 

Within Reach

Within Reach

Within Reach by Alan Greig is a site-responsive solo dance performance that looks at the ageing body and plays with gender, identity and LGBTQ+ icons including Quentin Crisp, Joan … 

Flesh

Flesh

Flesh. 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

There was a real buzz about this show in 2023. 

Deacon Brodie

Deacon Brodie

Deacon Brodie musical theatre production. 

An Evening With

An Evening With

Nominated for Best Composer on the Fringe for Sailing to Tomorrow (Musical Theatre Matters, 2007), Peter D Robinson brings a variety of music from his musicals and choral works to … 

An Evening with Classic Brit Nominee Cameron Mills

An Evening with Classic Brit Nominee Cameron Mills

Singing sensation Cameron Mills is a Classic Brit Award-nominated, chart-topping young English tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities and ma… 

Anxiety Club

Anxiety Club

Hilarious. 

We Will Rock You Young@Part

We Will Rock You Young@Part

Experience Queen’s legendary hits in this electrifying jukebox musical comedy. 

You Are The Kitten

You Are The Kitten

On New Year’s Eve on Sydney Harbour the lives of Claire and Elisabeth collide. 

Éowyn Emerald & Dancers

Éowyn Emerald & Dancers

Acclaimed Canadian company Éowyn Emerald & Dancers return to the Fringe with an entertaining and deeply intimate jazz dance for two performers. 

Hamlet Hears a Who

Hamlet Hears a Who

I will not, shall not, cannot say / That Hamlet’s tale has had it’s day / At breakneck speed we will provide / Laughter, love and homicide / Hamlet as per is overwrought / But … 

Suzette

Suzette

Suzette is an interdisciplinary meta-drama that explores the rise and fall of Suzette – a fictional Old Hollywood starlet. 

Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain

What goes on behind the theatre curtain? Who’s that scampering about backstage? And why have they added Febreze to the dry-ice machine? When Lily bottles her acting audition for … 

Singing Willows

Singing Willows

Discover a whimsical world of music and language with Singing Willows – A bilingual and musical adventure pour les enfants! Singing Willows is an interactive, musical show filled… 

Tycho: Mankind's First Hotel on the Moon!

Tycho: Mankind's First Hotel on the Moon!

New, dark comedy exploring how suffocating hiding the truth can be. 

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s MA MUsical Theatre Performance and Musical Directing students have taken the Fringe by storm, as always, with their nearly West End-level produc… 

Disney's Finding Nemo JR.

Disney's Finding Nemo JR.

Experience the underwater wonder with Stage Skool LIVE’s Finding Nemo JR. 

The Last Beginning

The Last Beginning

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

Achilles, Death of the Gods.

Achilles, Death of the Gods.

One of the most famous classical poems of all times is the Iliad. 

Disney's Frozen Junior

Disney's Frozen Junior

Disney’s modern classic is brought to the stage with all of the memorable songs from the film. 

The Last Five Years

The Last Five Years

A queer adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years presents an emotionally charged musical following Jamie and Cathy as they fall in and out of love over their turbul… 

Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day

Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day

Do you ever get déjà vu? Dylan’s last show – ‘an innovative way to experience a quarter-life crisis’ (TheWeeReview. 

The Last Forecast

The Last Forecast

Somewhere, on an island, Gael, a gecko-like creature lives alone, in harmony with the surroundings. 

A Monty Python Cabaret Singalong Circus

A Monty Python Cabaret Singalong Circus

Join the hilarious fun as Dr H revives the great satirical songs from the Monty Python era. 

Reach for the Stars

Reach for the Stars

When the directors call for auditions for new actors, comedy and mayhem ensues, as this young cast bring energy, talent and enthusiasm to the stage. 

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

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

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

Fountain of You

Fountain of You

When a 30-something actress is suddenly aged-out of the industry, she undergoes a wildly unconventional spa treatment to get her old life back. 

A Show About Tomorrow

A Show About Tomorrow

A Show About Tomorrow is a one-act musical set in the 90s at Bailey’s 21st birthday party, which happens to be in the middle of nowhere. 

The Creative Martyrs

The Creative Martyrs

Politics? Satirical musical comedy; jubilant, miserable, deadpan existentialism, desperately trying to balance the pointless and immediate. 

Circus Baobab: Yé!

Circus Baobab: Yé!

An exciting collective of artists from Guinea and the diaspora bring their debut show, Yé!, to Edinburgh. 

The Theory of Relativity

The Theory of Relativity

The Theory of Relativity is a joyous and moving look about our surprisingly interconnected lives. 

Nobody Meets Nobody

Nobody Meets Nobody

Physical theatre of emotions. 

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: Teen Edition

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: Teen Edition

Have you heard? Everybody is talking about the amazing show that hit the Fringe a couple of days ago. 

Alfie

Alfie

Alfie is an original musical about two boys, their journey through life and experiences in the army. 

Old God

Old God

Old God is a foppish, irreverent oracle. 

Yantra

Yantra

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)… 

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Nardone’s Academy of Performing Arts has brought its production of Alice in Wonderland to theSpace’s thrust stage in the Upper Theatre this year. 

Orchestra of Sound

Orchestra of Sound

Experience a groundbreaking music spectacle! This international premiere from Canada is an electrifying one-man show seamlessly weaving unique inventive instruments, hundreds of so… 

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

Join us as we follow Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion along the Yellow Brick Road to self-discovery where the Wizard of Oz is not all he seems. 

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of ter… 

Wallis

Wallis

Most depicitions of Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII lean towards the negative, generally mired in the kings obfuscation of duty in favour of treating his American divorcée. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul: The Road Trip

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul: The Road Trip

The feel-good, eight-piece band returns to Edinburgh with their award-winning show, taking its audience across America and discovering the roots of blues and soul. 

Arthur Smith and Phil Nice in OOF!

Arthur Smith and Phil Nice in OOF!

Legendary double act Fiasco Job Job, Arthur Smith and Phil Nice, having surprisingly beaten the visitation of the grim reaper, reunite for one final time to celebrate their 40th an… 

Goose

Goose

Sophie meets Goose whilst on a trip to the park, and the pair soon become the best of friends. 

please DON'T see our show

please DON'T see our show

After a group of Zumba-lovers discover that it’s easier to book a Fringe venue than it is to hire out a rehearsal space in their local parish rooms, drastic measures must be taken. 

Divas: From Stage to Screen

Divas: From Stage to Screen

BBD Productions return to the Fringe with their five-star show, which made Best Production lists from London Theatre (2022) and Theatre Scotland (2022 and 2023). 

Sex, Camp, Rock'n'Roll

Sex, Camp, Rock'n'Roll

Sex, Camp and Rock and Roll is an uninhibited hour of cabaret starring Ryan Patrick Welsh aka the 8th best legs in San Fransisco. 

Hi. I'm Will.

Hi. I'm Will.

A funny, caustic and vulnerable solo show about who Will Morrison is (aka the gay, genderqueer, sober slut they are) and their journey through alcohol withdrawal and an abusive rel… 

Ripper

Ripper

Ripper is a bloody good rock musical. 

Mr Cardboard

Mr Cardboard

Think cardboard thoughts! On his fifth birthday, rotten, lonely Huxley (Levi Meltzer) is visited by Mr Cardboard (Miles Calderon), who whisks Huxley away to the enchanting and perp… 

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we would give him a hand. 

All Shook Up Young@Part

All Shook Up Young@Part

This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and features the songs of Elvis Presley. 

BANNED the Musical

BANNED the Musical

BANNED is a modern-day musical that follows a group of gender misfits through the events leading up to their debut at a local performing arts festival. 

The Funny Thing About A Panic Attack

The Funny Thing About A Panic Attack

Author and dancer Ben Kassoy brings poems from his spectacularly original book to life in The Funny Thing About A Panic Attack, a genre-defying solo show celebrated as ‘inspired, p… 

MacPlebs

MacPlebs

Following a tram-related accident, the renowned cast of Macbeth have been all but wiped out. 

Laughable

Laughable

Facing medical misadventures in the mecca of wellness, former Texan and recovering Jehovah’s Witness, Stacie Burrows, clings to her piano searching for Zen amongst LA’s quakes … 

The Wellbrick Centre on Roswell Drive

The Wellbrick Centre on Roswell Drive

Musical theatre appears to thrive on some of the most unexpected subject matters – the lives of poetic cats, the founding fathers of America, The Jerry Springer Show – so a new… 

Witch? Women on Trial

Witch? Women on Trial

The true story of the witches. 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The world-famous Willy Wonka is opening the gates to his mysterious factory… but only to a lucky few. 

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

I used to have a difficult relationship with Into The Woods; as someone who primarily watches musicals at Fringe, where it is often cut to just the first act, I have felt like I’… 

Les Misérables School Edition

Les Misérables School Edition

Performed entirely by very talented students, Captivate’s production has been seen by an estimated 22,000 people, with sell-out crowds, standing ovations, and multiple five-star … 

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Junior

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical Junior

Captivate Theatre’s Matilda is back after a sell-out run in 2023. 

Kinky Boots

Kinky Boots

Based on a true story, this Cyndi Lauper-written musical tells the story of Charlie as he fights to save his father’s shoe factory. 

Avenue Q

Avenue Q

Avenue Q is the puppet-based musical following the characters that live on the worst street in the world. 

Rent

Rent

Jonathan Larson’s epic tale of New York bohemians is brought to life by this talented and dedicated cast. 

Rave

Rave

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. 

And They Played Shang-A-Lang

And They Played Shang-A-Lang

Jukebox musical about what life was like growing up in 70s Edinburgh. 

Disco Horses: A Sketch Revue

Disco Horses: A Sketch Revue

‘Absurdist sketch at its peak! …the smartest dumb comedy you’ll ever see!’ (Audience Review). 

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

In 2001, the romantic comedy novel Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown captured readers’ hearts, followed by the beloved movie featuring Reese Witherspoon. 

All Shook Up

All Shook Up

Elvis-inspired musical that will have you dancing in your seats! When a strange biker shows up in small-town USA all hell breaks loose! Brilliant show from the New York-based cast … 

Macbeth

Macbeth

A new take on Macbeth sees some original and modern text used, along with contemporary music, giving this production a modern twist. 

Morag, You're a Long Time Deid

Morag, You're a Long Time Deid

Morag’s death left a silence in her place. 

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

One of the most popular Stephen Sondheim musicals has hit the Edinburgh Fringe, and it truly shines! Into The Woods is produced by the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAM… 

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

This is the endearing classic about a mouse named Stuart Little who is born into an ordinary New York family. 

RTFM (Read The F***ing Manual)

RTFM (Read The F***ing Manual)

Building an IKEA wardrobe is probably a challenge at any time. 

Draft My Life – A Concept Musical

Draft My Life – A Concept Musical

Calling all musical lovers! Clara, an employee of furniture store, helps people establish their homes but wrestles with the idea to create a home of her own. 

Darkside

Darkside

‘What is the good?’ Philosophy student Emily McCoy wants to know… Thrust into a terrifying world of thought experiments and moral dilemmas, she must navigate both the voices … 

My Little Phobia

My Little Phobia

Emily Markoe wrote a totally normal comedy show. 

Scissors Dance

Scissors Dance

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

Drop Dead Gorgeous: A New Musical (Work-in-Progress Concert Series)

Drop Dead Gorgeous: A New Musical (Work-in-Progress Concert Series)

Get a sneak peek of the upcoming new musical based on the cult-classic film, featuring an original score written by Riki Lindhome (Netflix’s Wednesday). 

Artemis vs Apollo: Clash of the Celestial Twins

Artemis vs Apollo: Clash of the Celestial Twins

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

Mary Mary Quite Contrary

Mary Mary Quite Contrary

Brand-new spoof adult musical with a “happy ending”! Born in Edwardian England, Mary Whitehouse was a religious moral campaigner and thorn in the side of the BBC in the 1960s a… 

1 Moment in Time

1 Moment in Time

Magician Sean Alexander is fascinated by moments in time. 

Darwin in Edinburgh

Darwin in Edinburgh

In 1825 Darwin arrived to study Medicine. 

The Original Sing-A-Long To Smash Hit Musicals

The Original Sing-A-Long To Smash Hit Musicals

Following their hugely successful run at last year’s Fringe, CRE8IV are back with their show that encourages you to sing along! You won’t be thrown out for belting out these musica… 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Grab your parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, neighbors, and goldfish, and go buy your tickets for the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group’s production of The 25th Annual Putnam… 

The Man Who Wouldn't Be Murdered

The Man Who Wouldn't Be Murdered

Cambridge Footlight Lily Blundell’s sinful dark comedy musical full of greed, fraud, 1920s jazz and drink. 

Book of Dew

Book of Dew

A miniature choreography of visual poetry, objects and body parts, Book of Dew weaves a spider web of fantastical fragments: water droplets, a river in the air, glistening stardust… 

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

After their successful run in Wolverhampton, the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre decided to bring one of the longest-running off-Broadway revues, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Chan… 

The Sleeping Beau

The Sleeping Beau

It’s Sleeping Beauty, but the roles are reversed. 

Sian Hutchinson: Tick My Box

Sian Hutchinson: Tick My Box

Seven dates, one night: will Sooz find the new love of her life, or will it become the worst night of her life? Booze-soaked and unlucky in love, Sooz has had enough. 

A Fire Ignites

A Fire Ignites

The story of a brave teenage girl, Parisa, in modern-day Iran who sets her hijab on fire in public. 

Godfather Death: A Grimms' Musical

Godfather Death: A Grimms' Musical

Based on a little-known Grimms’ fairytale, Godfather Death is an award-winning and gleefully macabre new musical exploring mortality, healthcare and class. 

The Kids Might Die (A Tale Told By an Idiot)

The Kids Might Die (A Tale Told By an Idiot)

The kids of Little Stars Youth Theatre are excited to bring you their production of Macbeth. 

Child of Sunday

Child of Sunday

Child of Sunday examines the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the ordinary people in our communities. 

Here There Be Dragons: A Musical Quest

Here There Be Dragons: A Musical Quest

Here There Be Dragons is a musical that premiered at the Players’ Theatre off-Broadway in 2022. 

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening is a musical like no other. 

A Giant on the Bridge

A Giant on the Bridge

A Giant On The Bridge doesn’t give much away from its description, so I was ready to be surprised. 

Marriage With Benefits

Marriage With Benefits

Embark on a journey with Marriage with Benefits, a captivating one-woman show delving into the comedic complexities of love, ambition, and bureaucracy in a post-Brexit landscape. 

Ketch Sketch

Ketch Sketch

Japan’s best silent comedian is back! And you’re invited to his pet Max’s birthday party. 

The Duncan Brothers: Blood Sword

The Duncan Brothers: Blood Sword

The Duncan Brothers find themselves burdened with a legacy they never asked for. 

Yoga and Sex... for Women (Over 40)

Yoga and Sex... for Women (Over 40)

Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to these problems. 

Sunshine on Leith

Sunshine on Leith

Captivate Theatre’s five-star, vibrant, energetic, emotional sell-out production is back and we’re in the Ballroom! Sunshine on Leith by Stephen Greenhorn follows the highs and low… 

You & It: The Musical

You & It: The Musical

Korean troupe EG Musical Company present the brand new tear-jerking musical, You and It. 

Don't Stop Believing: Theatric Remix of 1980s

Don't Stop Believing: Theatric Remix of 1980s

Comedic musical drama by Torrey Shine (Glastonbury, TEDx). 

Battle Counters!

Battle Counters!

Battle Counters by John Chisham and Christian Loveless is a humorous adventure about friendship, family and being the best counter, poking fun at a very specific genre of kids tele… 

Funny Bones

Funny Bones

In Funny Bones, a clown contemplates life, death, and other laughing matters. 

ARI: The Spirit of Korea

ARI: The Spirit of Korea

As we walk into the venue and start finding our seats, some of the cast members are walking around the theatre, warmly greeting everyone. 

Mary, Queen of Rock!

Mary, Queen of Rock!

Musicals that aim to reinvent historical figures are in fashion at the moment, as shown by the success of Hamilton and Six. 

Consent

Consent

Presented by Laughing Horse Comedy – Las Vegas entertainer Jordan Rooks world premieres his solo show talking about the sh*t we all deal with that we don’t. 

Sisters Three

Sisters Three

Inside Chekhov’s masterpiece, Olga, Masha, and Irina are trapped in a cycle of disappointed hopes, heartbreak, and inertia. 

Li Bai

Li Bai

Mischievous teenager Liu Songsong accidentally travels back to the time of the Tang Dynasty where he saves a young Li Bai, forming a close friendship. 

Making Marx

Making Marx

Jenny Marx, wife (and brains!) of Karl, was curiously airbrushed from history. 

Edge of Time

Edge of Time

Two women, two different decades, both on the edge. 

Julieta

Julieta

Julieta tells the story of a woman – full of experiences and quirkiness – and the multiple layers that old age brings. 

Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody

Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody

Take a magic carpet ride into an enchanted castle of adult fantasies and fairy tale follies. 

Ventriloquist Queen: A True African Queen

Ventriloquist Queen: A True African Queen

Ventriloquist Queen: a true African Queen. 

Burnout Paradise

Burnout Paradise

Four performers mount four treadmills. 

Troll

Troll

An ‘irresistibly silly’ **** (Guardian) two-troll clown comedy about connection, scape(goat)ing and being misunderstood. 

1984

1984

1984 is a compelling physical theatre adaptation of George Orwell’s classic, performed by Slavic actors. 

Deluge

Deluge

In the wake of a relationship, a woman attempts to contain the overflow of her thoughts. 

Anatomy for Accountants

Anatomy for Accountants

A high-risk, high-return dance show. 

Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A One-Man Hamlet)

Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A One-Man Hamlet)

An elastic-bodied reimagining of Hamlet, told entirely from the perspective of the Dane. 

Old Man

Old Man

Turn on the radio, have a cup of tea – and don’t forget to take your pills! Get ready for an action-packed journey through the imagination of a playful, solitary old man as he di… 

Walls Talk

Walls Talk

Walls Talk brings together solo dancer Breandán de Gallaí and singer Gina Boreham in a deeply moving work. 

Hutton in Edinburgh

Hutton in Edinburgh

Step back to the 1700s and walk through Edinburgh’s landscape with philosopher James Hutton and his famous Scottish enlightenment companions, exploring Hutton’s theory of a dynam… 

OWEaDEBT

OWEaDEBT

Do you believe in true love? Meet Odette, a chain-smoking half-swan, half-ballerina stuck in limbo, looking for someone to give her an undying vow of love to free her. 

Plenty of Fish in the Sea

Plenty of Fish in the Sea

A castaway is saved from the surging seas. 

A History of Paper by Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Williams

A History of Paper by Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Williams

Told through paper mementos, A History of Paper is an epic love story. 

Treeeeee

Treeeeee

Some trees live for as long as 6,000 years. 

Tim Licata – Close Up and Personal

Tim Licata – Close Up and Personal

A tale of magic, the mafia and delightful deception. 

Pedro & Chris

Pedro & Chris

Embark on a comedic journey with Pedro & Chris, an innovative, international, underground duo improvisation show that brings together the talents of Pedro Abrantes, a comedic a… 

BATSHIT

BATSHIT

‘She’s off her trolley. 

Doktor Kaboom: Man of Science!

Doktor Kaboom: Man of Science!

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Doktor Kaboom! The good Doktor’s newest show fuses astonishing live science experiments, stand-up comedy, and lessons in empowerment, for an… 

Shoot From The Hip

Shoot From The Hip

Shoot From The Hip bring their award-winning, TikTok-viral improv comedy back to Edinburgh Fringe, having sold out Fringe 2023! Featuring chaotic games, epic scenes, and ever-so-sl… 

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

Pinch Punch are back to welcome you aboard Locomotive for Murder, an improvised comedy murder-mystery where killing the cast and cracking the case is in your hands. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

The Olivier Award–winning West End hit is back for a 15th year! Every night is opening night for the hottest new musical in town; there’s just one problem – the writer hasn’t w… 

Trygve Wakenshaw: Silly Little Things

Trygve Wakenshaw: Silly Little Things

After a seven-year hiatus from the Fringe, Trygve Wakenshaw returns with his new hilarious mime-clown-comedy show. 

Juliet Cowan: F*ck Off and Leave Me Alone

Juliet Cowan: F*ck Off and Leave Me Alone

In her debut stand-up hour actor, writer and comedian Juliet Cowan delivers a hilarious gut punch which is part teenage confessional, part middle-aged rallying cry. 

Isabelle Farah: Nebuchadnezzar

Isabelle Farah: Nebuchadnezzar

A silly show about love and war. 

Potty the Plant

Potty the Plant

Potty the Plant is a campy horror musical with vibrant energy, catchy tunes and a quirky storyline. 

Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

The polar ice caps are melting! Soon penguins will have nowhere to live. 

St Doctor's Hospital

St Doctor's Hospital

Painfully funny improvised medical drama. 

No Regrets

No Regrets

Christine established her reputation as one of Europe’s finest interpreters of French song with her smash-hit Piaf. 

An Evening Without Kate Bush

An Evening Without Kate Bush

An Evening Without Kate Bush might not sound like something a fan would desire, but contrary to its title, the show is a dramatic, passionate love-letter to the alt pop superstar t… 

The Emu War: A New Musical

The Emu War: A New Musical

The Emu War is a joke. 

These Are the Contents of My Head (The Annie Lennox Show)

These Are the Contents of My Head (The Annie Lennox Show)

Annie Lennox’s transcendent solo album DIVA stands at the centre of this sparkling story about strong, defiant women and the little gay boy who loves them. 

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing

The five-star, multi sell-out Fringe phenomenon is back with its hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and an absolutely s… 

Bad Clowns: HOSTAGE

Bad Clowns: HOSTAGE

It is the opening night of the Fringe theatre show The Worrisome Troubles of Timothy Potts. 

Chris Grace: Sardines (A Comedy About Death)

Chris Grace: Sardines (A Comedy About Death)

Fringe regular Chris Grace returns from the US to muse on death, posing such questions as can we enjoy life if we know how it ends? In less than an hour, he tells of the passing of… 

Tit Swingers

Tit Swingers

Causing mayhem onstage rather than on the seven seas, Tit Swingers is a show that recounts the tale of the pirate queens Mary Read (Abey Bradbury) and Anne Bonney (Sam Kearney-Edwa… 

Aha! Doggy Poo

Aha! Doggy Poo

In a small lane, there was a Doggy Poo. 

Tiny Little Town

Tiny Little Town

Welcome to this Tiny Little Town! Meet the mayor and the townspeople as you embark on this fun and quirky musical. 

Dreamgun: Film Reads

Dreamgun: Film Reads

Dreamgun: Film Reads is back at the Fringe and serving up the usual night of nostalgia, banter and chaos! Tackling The Silence of the Lambs, they cooked up a script that’s true t… 

Grubby Little Mitts: Eyes Closed, Mouths Open

Grubby Little Mitts: Eyes Closed, Mouths Open

Join sketch comics Grubby Little Mitts (Rosie Nicholls and Sullivan Brown) in their third magnum opus! Award-winning sketch duo Grubby Little Mitts amplifies the normal to chaotic … 

Lost in the Woods

Lost in the Woods

Once upon a time, a little girl and a little boy were lost in the woods. 

Murder, She Didn't Write

Murder, She Didn't Write

Celebrating their 10th year at the Fringe! A classic murder mystery is created on the spot from audience suggestions in this ingenious and hilarious show from Fringe favourites, De… 

How to Catch a Book Witch

How to Catch a Book Witch

Kira loves reading. 

Elf Lyons: Horses

Elf Lyons: Horses

In an astonishing and delightfully absurd theatrical experience, Elf Lyons: Horses takes horsing around to a whole new level. 

Ironing Board Man

Ironing Board Man

One man. 

Mythos: Ragnarok

Mythos: Ragnarok

Viking mythology performed by professional wrestlers! Quickly becoming a Fringe staple, this masterpiece brings all the comedy, chaos, and combat of ancient stories to life like yo… 

Lil Wenker: BANGTAIL

Lil Wenker: BANGTAIL

Baddest. 

Graham Dickson: No One Deserves This More Than You

Graham Dickson: No One Deserves This More Than You

Can you help me with this audition? It won’t take long. 

SILENCE! The Musical – The Unauthorised Parody of The Silence of the Lambs

SILENCE! The Musical – The Unauthorised Parody of The Silence of the Lambs

SILENCE! The Musical is the unauthorised parody musical of The Silence of the Lambs. 

Come Dine With Me: The Musical

Come Dine With Me: The Musical

Come Dine With Me is a British staple. 

Bloody Ballad of Bette Davis

Bloody Ballad of Bette Davis

What if Bette Davis were a witch? In 2019, her evangelical daughter, BD Davis, claimed that her mother was filled with demonic forces that gave her power. 

Alex Hines: Putting on a Show

Alex Hines: Putting on a Show

Welcome to the camp and chaotic world of multi award-winning comedian Alex Hines. 

Savoy! Everybody's Doing It

Savoy! Everybody's Doing It

Get ready for blushful stories of passionate affairs, mischievous gossip and racy romances. 

No Dragon No Lion

No Dragon No Lion

Re-creating the classical Lion Dance and Chinese Opera as contemporary performance, this dynamic Kung-Fu dance-circus mixes beat-boxing, martial arts, tricks and parkour. 

All These Pretty Things

All These Pretty Things

An emotionally raw blend of memoir and song, Tracey Yarad’s All These Pretty Things is a phoenix rising from the ashes story, taking the audience from Australia and the fallout o… 

Crispr! The Musical

Crispr! The Musical

Finally, a musical about gene editing technology! Two struggling genetics researchers are determined to create the world’s first super-soyabean, but a rival lab will stop at noth… 

Meet Me in Buenos Aires

Meet Me in Buenos Aires

Following her Off-Broadway debut, Florencia Iriondo comes to Edinburgh to premiere her new, soulful music-storytelling odyssey that explores how love – in all its Platonic expres… 

One-Man Musical by Flo & Joan

One-Man Musical by Flo & Joan

Navigating a legal minefield with comedic flair, Flo and Joan’s One Man Musical is an incredibly and satisfyingly mischievous composition of character and musical comedy. 

The Steamie

The Steamie

Through everyday conversation, hilarious comedy, and music-hall style songs, we learn from four working-class women about their lives; husbands, technology and the approaching New … 

The Smeds and The Smoos

The Smeds and The Smoos

Soar into space with this Olivier Award-nominated adaptation of the much-loved book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. 

I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up)

I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up)

I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up). 

The Scot and the Showgirl

The Scot and the Showgirl

The Scot and the Showgirl is a song cycle celebrating the best of Broadway and Scotland’s impact on the music industry, following the highs and lows of a long-term relationship, … 

Camille O'Sullivan: Loveletter

Camille O'Sullivan: Loveletter

A love letter in song to those loved and missed. 

The Greatest Musical the World Has Ever Seen by Randy Thatcher

The Greatest Musical the World Has Ever Seen by Randy Thatcher

Lonely musical composer Randy Thatcher has finally found the confidence to share his magnum opus (to an imaginary audience in his bedroom). 

Circus, Break!

Circus, Break!

Our circus is one big family. 

Rosie and Hugh's Great Big Adventure

Rosie and Hugh's Great Big Adventure

Rosie and Hugh the Hedgehog are best friends. 

Masquerade Mask

Masquerade Mask

Commedia dell’Arte, which began in medieval Italy, is generally credited with providing the foundation blocks for modern comedy. 

Love’s Concordia Bar

Love’s Concordia Bar

Imagine a bar owned by Love itself. 

Baby Rock

Baby Rock

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 … 

Annie Boyle: Annie Are You OK?

Annie Boyle: Annie Are You OK?

A one-woman show about grief, self-discovery, a cow named Madonna and Delta Goodrem. 

The Unstoppable Rise of Ben Manager

The Unstoppable Rise of Ben Manager

BEN WEAVER is in the city wearing his best suit, preparing for an interview eating a croissant. 

Acceptance Pending

Acceptance Pending

World premiere of Gabriel McDerment’s new mental-health work! As Andrea, a high school senior, fights through the daunting US college application process, she experiences the menta… 

Absolutely Iconic

Absolutely Iconic

Join the Bohemians as they take you through an evening of their most iconic musical theatre songs. 

Are You Worthy?

Are You Worthy?

Glory dreams of singing at the world’s most prestigious festival, the only thing standing her way is a mysterious pyramid. 

I’m the Greatest Starr

I’m the Greatest Starr

I’m the Greatest Starr (but no one knows it) takes a musical trip down memory lane as the award-winning Starr Domingue shares the herstory of an aspiring musical theatre performer … 

Nikki Hill: Try Cycles

Nikki Hill: Try Cycles

Join Nikki Hill’s inner circle for one complete psych-le. 

Isabelle Farah: Nobu and Amytis (WIP)

Isabelle Farah: Nobu and Amytis (WIP)

Work in Progress from Isabelle Farah. 

The Barricade Boys West End Party

The Barricade Boys West End Party

Direct from London’s West End, The Barricade Boys are the UK’s most exciting theatrical vocal group. 

Macbeth

Macbeth

Fresh from their sell-out run at the Dell, EBC Theatre present a radical, abridged take on Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy. 

Verity/Dexter

Verity/Dexter

Verity and Dexter – the perfect love match. 

Dead Inside

Dead Inside

Part stand-up, part autobiographical theatre, Dead Inside is a rollercoaster ride through the hilarious topics of cancer, suicide and whether it’s possible to overdose on potatoes. 

Drumming Up Poetry

Drumming Up Poetry

Set against the background of the poems is the beat of the African drums. 

A Night at the Musicals – Spotlights Show Choir

A Night at the Musicals – Spotlights Show Choir

Is Exeter University emerging as the new powerhouse in student musical groups on the Edinburgh Fringe? Let’s not complicate this - the answer is simply but emphatically Yes. 

Picture This

Picture This

Picture This is a new musical-thriller that follows stop-motion animation filmmaker Mary. 

BriTANicK: Work in Progress

BriTANicK: Work in Progress

Sold-out run: Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2022). 

The Grammar of Witchcraft

The Grammar of Witchcraft

Caliban, a young transsexual recovering from the boozy wedding reception of two lesbian witches, will need more than the magic of pronouns to survive this truly surreal odyssey int… 

Kiki: Deathbed Cabaret

Kiki: Deathbed Cabaret

Following a sell-out 2022 run at Glasgow’s Oran Mor, acclaimed chanteuse Christine Bovill conjures Kiki de Montparnasse, the celebrated model and painter, as she relives her glory … 

Broken Wide Open

Broken Wide Open

In August of 2019, Shana Pennington-Baird found herself in Dingle, Ireland, travelling alone, when she had a major health emergency. 

Sunday in the Park with George

Sunday in the Park with George

Inspired by Georges Seurat’s painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Sondheim’s classic follows George as he strives to finish his masterpiece while his ne… 

Soul Penny Circus Presents: Dreams of a Clown

Soul Penny Circus Presents: Dreams of a Clown

Soul Penny Circus is honored to present Dreams of a Clown, an original circus experience. 

The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

Cat-Like Tread makes a welcome post-Covid return to the Fringe with this ever-popular jolly romp, a Gilbert and Sullivan classic and a dashed good night out. 

Now. Here. This.

Now. Here. This.

Join four friends weighed down by their past and frightened of their future as they take a trip around a natural history museum and explore the big bang, loving difficult parents, … 

Irrepressible

Irrepressible

Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Carrie Penn and Toby Huelin’s Irrepressible, whilst a compelling story seems to rehash old messages without leaving us with a sense that we should do somet… 

Machine Yearning

Machine Yearning

In a lab on a spaceship orbiting desecrated earth, two scientists run a failing experiment in procreation. 

This Time Next Year

This Time Next Year

‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte… 

Pippin (2013 Broadway Revival Musical)

Pippin (2013 Broadway Revival Musical)

An exceptionally enthusiastic and talented youth theatre put on a revival of the 2013 version of Pippin. 

15 Years

15 Years

15 years. 

Machine Man Spectacle

Machine Man Spectacle

Join us in a sensational visual performance from an object-theatre master. 

We Must Do This More

We Must Do This More

Nothing is stronger than female friendship, except maybe the pressures of adulting. 

Tash York: Friends with Benefits

Tash York: Friends with Benefits

‘The queen of Australian cabaret comedy’ (GlamAdelaide. 

A Mirrored Monet

A Mirrored Monet

In the dramatic musical A Mirrored Monet, it’s 1916 and the painter Claude Monet struggles to complete his government commission for the Water Lilies. 

Her Majesty's Musicals

Her Majesty's Musicals

Celebrating the rule and reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II, featuring songs from musicals that have played Her Majesty’s Theatre in London’s West End – including Fiddler on th… 

A Spoonful of Songs

A Spoonful of Songs

Featuring West End performers, this family-friendly musical concert will take you on a journey through some of the most iconic songs from films like Mary Poppins, Aladdin, Toy Stor… 

You Can't Stop the Beat

You Can't Stop the Beat

Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for! Fringe’s ultimate musical theatre party night has arrived. 

Dreams of Peace and Freedom: The Streams of Natural Law

Dreams of Peace and Freedom: The Streams of Natural Law

A powerful combination of film, text and performance exploring the birth of modern human rights, told through the eyes of Nuremberg prosecutor and champion of the ECHR, David Maxwe… 

Bolts of Melody

Bolts of Melody

It’s poetic, musical, funny, moving. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Flower arranging becomes a life and death hobby in Little Shop of Horrors, a popular-on-the-circuit science fiction cult musical classic. 

Without

Without

Ben Tomalin, Maisie Fawcett and Sophie Holmes’ Without is an interesting contender at this year’s Fringe Festival in that it has a very strong cast that handles an equally stro… 

Red Rum: Glue or Glory

Red Rum: Glue or Glory

A horse walks into a taxi. 

One Night with Marilyn

One Night with Marilyn

A laugh-out-loud, immersive, comedic, heartfelt tribute to Hollywood’s most iconic blonde bombshell. 

Marie

Marie

Marie is a captivating recount of Marie Antionette’s existence. 

Tales of Transatlantic Freedom

Tales of Transatlantic Freedom

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

Bob Doolally – Still Alive

Bob Doolally – Still Alive

Despite rumours to the contrary, Bob Doolally is very much still alive. 

Bird

Bird

Relating the most horrible experience a woman can go through portrayed in the most beautiful form, Amina Khayyam Dance Company return to the Fringe with a stage version sequel to t… 

Charlotte Fox: Ouroboros the Return

Charlotte Fox: Ouroboros the Return

To loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away. 

Wet

Wet

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

Puppets

Puppets

Puppets. 

The Night of the Musicals

The Night of the Musicals

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

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Shing-a-ling what a creepy thing to be happening! The much-loved musical comedy returns in a fast-paced, physical production. 

The Princess Pyunggang

The Princess Pyunggang

The Bibimbab Theatre (BT) participated and got enthusiastic applause at the 2010, 2012 and 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2011 Brighton Cultural Olympiad, 2014 NYF, and 2011, 2017… 

My Life Online

My Life Online

My Life Online is an incredibly well performed piece of modern opera, with an unfortunately lacklustre story. 

Made for This! A Musical Theatre Showcase

Made for This! A Musical Theatre Showcase

Northbrook is excited to present Made for This! A contemporary musical theatre and dance showcase filled with gripping, comedic and upbeat numbers. 

Candide

Candide

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

Purgatorio

Purgatorio

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

Pirates: You Wouldn't Steal a Boat

Pirates: You Wouldn't Steal a Boat

After being betrayed by his captain, Sharkbait Mulligan finds himself with just the clothes on his chest and the rum on his chest. 

Little Women

Little Women

Bare Productions return following a string of five-star, sell-out Fringe runs with the rousing and heartfelt musical, Little Women. 

Beware the Jabberwock

Beware the Jabberwock

Emma and Lucy are lost in Tulgey Wood, a mysterious forest full of weird and wonderful creatures. 

Ordinary Days

Ordinary Days

Ordinary Days is the captivating story of what happens when frazzled and uptight student Deb loses the notebook that contains all her notes for her thesis somewhere on the streets … 

DNA

DNA

What a wonderful play is DNA. 

What Happened to Agnes

What Happened to Agnes

‘When my grandmother’s sister Agnes was nine years old, she disappeared. 

Burnt Lavender

Burnt Lavender

Burnt Lavender is a queer cabaret, devised and presented by students from the University of Worcester's Masters in Touring Theatre degree. 

SCOTS

SCOTS

The musical history lesson that no one asked for but everyone needs! A Play, A Pie and A Pint shares the true(ish) story of our nation: its past, present and future, its triumphs a… 

Woven

Woven

Seven women attend a wake where they discover that their lives are mysteriously intertwined. 

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics. 

Sun and Crystal

Sun and Crystal

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

The Legends of Mountains and Seas

The Legends of Mountains and Seas

The classic musical The Legends of Mountains and Seas is a representative work of the Graduate Institute of Performing Arts of National Taiwan Normal University. 

Songs for a New World

Songs for a New World

A stunning song cycle by Jason Robert Brown centring human relationships in all their messy beauty. 

Brass Colours (Couleurs Cuivres)

Brass Colours (Couleurs Cuivres)

Brass Colours presents the frenzied life of a brass quartet suddenly disrupted by a genial and unpredictable percussionist. 

The Spark Project

The Spark Project

Francesca is a 20-year-old woman who is able to time travel to speak to her younger self. A multi-genre devised piece about the different stages of growing up and its consequences. 

Follies! A Showcase of Bits and Bobs 2

Follies! A Showcase of Bits and Bobs 2

Comedy! Music! Fractured classics! Drama! And more! Do you like to be surprised? Is variety what you crave? We have just the ticket for you. 

Goldsmiths University of London: Musical Theatre Summer Camp Cabaret

Goldsmiths University of London: Musical Theatre Summer Camp Cabaret

This evening’s performance will include an eclectic mix of solo and ensemble song and dance pieces from some of the West End’s best-loved musicals. 

As I Roved Out

As I Roved Out

Journey along ancient song lines with The Bardesse, everywoman time-travelling troubadour, as your guide. 

What If

What If

A heart-wrenching collision between illusion and reality, a touching story of a young couple in love as they embark on a turbulent journey of loss, immigration, frailty, and hope. 

Palatable Gay Robot

Palatable Gay Robot

Singing, dancing, butt stuff. 

A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line - and what a chorus line! I was wowed by this performance of A Chorus Line presented by the Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group. 

2020 The Musical

2020 The Musical

2020 the musical follows main characters Emily Goodhand and Adam Pictor, two musical theatre performers who have faced a lot of rejection, finally get their big break in a show tha… 

Broadway Diva

Broadway Diva

Theatre Travels and Olivia Ruggiero Productions present Broadway Diva. 

Mother Mama Mommy

Mother Mama Mommy

A heartfelt, humorous investigation into the things mothers pass onto their daughters – for better or worse. 

Long Long Long Live

Long Long Long Live

We invite you to watch our very raw, honest and unfiltered tragicomedy show. 

Lipote: An Interconnected Journey

Lipote: An Interconnected Journey

A new UV opera-musical told from the roots of trees about the impact of intensive agriculture on forest systems. 

Winging It

Winging It

Lydia Whitbread’s Winging It is a vague yet very intense coming of age musical. 

Karen

Karen

Get ready to witness a rollercoaster of emotions as our heroine navigates angst, office politics and the ultimate betrayal by her boyfriend Joe, all whilst trying to maintain her s… 

Atalanta

Atalanta

Expecting a retelling of the Greek myth, the office set is initially a little confusing. 

Elf the Musical

Elf the Musical

The Talentz Musical Theatre Company are bringing all the sparklejinglejolly magic of Elf The Musical. 

Sounds of the 80s

Sounds of the 80s

The multi award-winning Night Owl Shows return with a very special show for Fringe 2023; Sounds of the 80s ventures into an era defined by aspiration, excess, and innovation. 

Angry Snatch: A Reclamation Job in 15 Rounds

Angry Snatch: A Reclamation Job in 15 Rounds

‘I wanted to fight her corner’. 

I Heart Musicals

I Heart Musicals

The best way to express what this show represents, is to say it is like a classic cabaret crossed with a night with Mr Rogers. 

Anthems – New Generation Musical Hits

Anthems – New Generation Musical Hits

Edinburgh Music Theatre is delighted to present a selection of wonderful songs from newer and lesser-known musicals that have broken out and broken new ground within the last two d… 

Anthems – EMT Does Pop

Anthems – EMT Does Pop

In its 40th performing year and 20 years since we’ve been performing musical revues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Music Theatre takes a little bit of a departure into… 

You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry

You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry

Holly Hall’s character comedy show explores our frustrating and sometimes hilarious inability to express our anger as you navigate the anxiety-ridden ups and downs of life. 

On the Evils Of Tobacco

On the Evils Of Tobacco

On The Evils Of Tobacco is a bittersweet vaudevillian monologue in which a scientific lecture is hijacked by thoughts of domestic and marital misery. 

The Theory of Relativity

The Theory of Relativity

From cat allergies and fruit preferences, to student life and inverted friendships, this is a coming-of-age musical with a compelling and, at times, chaotic cast of characters navi… 

The Twits

The Twits

Roald Dahl’s famous tale of the egregious and revolting Mr and Mrs Twit. 

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Stephen Sondheim’s hilarious musical romp tells the bawdy story of a slave and his attempts to win his freedom by helping his young master woo the girl next door. 

1518

1518

Strasbourg, 1518. 

Children of Eden Jr

Children of Eden Jr

From musical theatre greats, Stephen Schwartz and John Caird, comes a joyous and inspirational musical about parents, children and faith. 

Ballot-tastic

Ballot-tastic

You have one vote. 

Fierce

Fierce

If you liked Six, then you will love Fierce. 

Here Be Dragons

Here Be Dragons

This is a heartfelt piece, in which a group of intrepid teens set out to discover monsters… and discover them in the last place they thought to look. 

Death by Shakespeare

Death by Shakespeare

Hurly Burly’s Death by Shakespeare is a stylised ode to Shakespeare, that lifts and showcases his best-known characters in a tumultuous yet entrancing way. 

Crap Ballet

Crap Ballet

Chekhov’s Gum is making their Fringe debut with an all-new clown show, Crap Ballet! One’s big, the other’s small – both suited up and ready to strut, stretch, and shimmy for an h… 

Café L'Arté

Café L'Arté

Café L’Arté is a brand-new immersive musical set in real time in a coffee shop. 

André and Dorine

André and Dorine

Through movement and masks, this deeply emotional and non-verbal work follows a pair of elderly artists as a disease forces them to relive and reinvent their love. 

DIVE

DIVE

Join the Reeflings on an under-the-sea adventure to the bioluminescent world of Coral Cove! What will we discover along the way? DIVE is an immersive multi-sensory experience for c… 

Exile for Two Violins

Exile for Two Violins

It’s 1940 and Bartók goes into exile in the United States, taking with him his 44 duos for two violins, based on Hungarian, Slovakian, Serbian, Romanian or Arabian folk tunes, s… 

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

The 2006 musical Spring Awakening, based on the book of the same name, tells the story of teenagers at a strict religious school in late 19th century Germany, struggling as they di… 

The Dead of Night

The Dead of Night

Dead of Night by Hurly Burly is a traipse through gothic romantic literature in an exploration of the nature of humanity and monsters. 

Emptiness: Floating Through Molasses

Emptiness: Floating Through Molasses

Emptiness is a pure space between nothingness and existence. 

Musikhalle Monday

Musikhalle Monday

It’s showtime! Sing along to all your favourite show tunes in this immersive musical megamix experience! With live piano and dazzling cabaret performances get ready for an evenin… 

The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much

The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much

Voloz Collective’s production of The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much is a masterclass in physical theatre. 

Pandemonium – The Musical

Pandemonium – The Musical

Written and composed by Bethany, Cameron and Natasha Lythgoe, Pandemonium is a biblical musical of mundane proportions built upon a confusing amalgamation and re-telling of stories… 

The Moira Monologues 3: Moira in Lockdown – Alan Bissett

The Moira Monologues 3: Moira in Lockdown – Alan Bissett

Falkirk’s hardest woman faces her greatest challenge yet: surviving a pandemic with only vodka, fags and her BFF Babs on Zoom. 

No Way to Treat a Lady

No Way to Treat a Lady

In 1970s New York, failed actor, Kit, is haunted by his deceased theatre-star mother. 

A Magician With Conflicting Personalities Tries to Keep Control Onstage (Popcorn Included)

A Magician With Conflicting Personalities Tries to Keep Control Onstage (Popcorn Included)

‘Visually gorgeous. 

A/lone

A/lone

In the experience of profound disconnection, when there are no more floors to crash through, the only way out is in. 

Apple of My Eye
BOBBY WINNER

Apple of My Eye

Attempting to retell the story of someone as iconic of the modern age as Steve Jobs will naturally present a challenge, particularly as books and films have combed over every aspec… 

Alan Turing – A Musical Biography

Alan Turing – A Musical Biography

This musical, composed by Joel Goodman and Jan Osborne, with a new script by Joan Greening is a journey through the extraordinary life of Alan Turing. 

The Addams Family – A New Musical

The Addams Family – A New Musical

Award-winning FCT return for their 42nd Fringe with their spooky, kooky production of The Addams Family. 

Lucky Pigeons

Lucky Pigeons

The true judges of any show aimed at children are the children in the audience, and the kids at Lucky Pigeons at Underbelly’s Circus Hub seemed to have a good time. 

A Trilogy: blood (line)

A Trilogy: blood (line)

Many people wish to be famous, successful, or simply stand out from the crowd. 

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. 

An Unwasted Evening – The Genius of Tom Lehrer

An Unwasted Evening – The Genius of Tom Lehrer

Enjoy musical satire at its finest: celebrating the mischievous wit of Tom Lehrer, performed by Australian entertainer, singer and pianist, Antony (DrH) Hubmayer. 

Charlie Caper – Magical

Charlie Caper – Magical

The winner of Sweden’s Got Talent is back with Magical: a beautiful, multi award-winning magic show. 

Journey to the West

Journey to the West

Physical theatre combines with original music as 7th century Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar Xuanzang embarks on a spiritual quest to India, seeking the answer to the question, �… 

The Moira Monologues 2: More Moira – Alan Bissett

The Moira Monologues 2: More Moira – Alan Bissett

Moira’s back in this Fringe First-winning sequel. 

Lights! Donkey! Action!

Lights! Donkey! Action!

In a world of lies, big lies and total whoppers, one way is invent your own even bigger lies. 

Edges

Edges

The students of Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s MA Musical Theatre programme are a staple at the Fringe, and they never let us down!Edges, a song cycle written by Benj Pasek an… 

The Birds, a New Musical Comedy!

The Birds, a New Musical Comedy!

Aristophanes’ wild fantasy, The Birds, has been reimagined as a contemporary musical comedy complete with cuckoo characters and a happy ending that soars above the footlights! 

35MM: A Musical Exhibition

35MM: A Musical Exhibition

A song cycle inspired by the photographs of Matthew Murphy, 35MM: A Musical Exhibition is a unique concept and the perfect choice for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Comedy With a Dry Surreal Geordie Bloke Part Zwei

Comedy With a Dry Surreal Geordie Bloke Part Zwei

Sean Craig-Turner Not-So-New Comedian of the Year 2019 finalist. 

Dogfight

Dogfight

Dogfight follows the exploits of three marines who are about to be deployed in the conflict in Southeast Asia. 

After This Plane Has Landed

After This Plane Has Landed

Brand-new original musical drama comedy based on the true stories of Jill Morrell and John McCarthy. 

Bad Play

Bad Play

Okay, let’s start at the beginning. 

Shrek the Musical Jr

Shrek the Musical Jr

Set in a mythical once-upon-a-time sort of land, Shrek the Musical Jr is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that cross… 

Lights Up! The Improvised Musical

Lights Up! The Improvised Musical

It’s Lights Up! on this Fringe debut: a completely improvised musical comedy! Unforgettable characters sing, dance, rap, and harmonise their way through action-packed stories in … 

A Musical Journey: Through the Decades

A Musical Journey: Through the Decades

Everybody Sing are delighted to present a musical journey through the decades. 

Ripper

Ripper

Ripper is an unfortunate example of a show that may have promise, but not quite the ability to realise it. 

Circa's Peepshow (Club Remix)

Circa's Peepshow (Club Remix)

Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, CIRCA Contemporary Circus is pushing the boundaries of circus excellence, blending incredibly skilled circus performances with contemporary dance … 

Brain Hemingway

Brain Hemingway

A blocked playwright with a looming deadline is haunted by the subject of her last failed show: Ernest Hemingway. 

Eigg the Musical

Eigg the Musical

Situated in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, the Isle of Eigg has a fascinating history of sovereignty. 

And They Played Shang-A-Lang

And They Played Shang-A-Lang

A jukebox musical of what life was like for Jim growing up in 70s Edinburgh. 

The Little Iceberg Musical

The Little Iceberg Musical

The little iceberg holds a secret. 

Les Misérables School Edition

Les Misérables School Edition

Performed by talented students, Captivate’s production has been seen by an estimated 22,000 people, with sell-out crowds, standing ovations, and multiple five-star reviews. 

School of Rock

School of Rock

Dewey Finn, wannabe rock star, decides to earn some cash by posing as a substitute teacher at a prep school. 

Right Here, Right Now

Right Here, Right Now

Right Here, Right Now. 

How to Eat a Bear

How to Eat a Bear

Mark and Dave set out to prove to the world that they are adults by doing the most obvious thing: killing and eating a bear. 

Reach for the Stars

Reach for the Stars

When the directors call for auditions for the actors, comedy and mayhem ensues as this young cast bring energy, talent and enthusiasm to the stage. 

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

The show tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrols at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. 

Thank You for the Music

Thank You for the Music

Thank You for the Music, a new American musical revue, celebrates the greatest hits from radio, stage and screen. 

Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Scotland’s professional touring company returns with John Leo Wilkie’s highly acclaimed and intimate production of Madama Butterfly. 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

You'll begin this show painfully aware that you’re sitting in the hall of a secondary school. 

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

Come and join us for a wonderful adventure in Neverland and see how Peter, Wendy, John and Michael battle the Pirates, Mermaids and Native Indians with help from the Lost Boys and … 

American Idiot

American Idiot

This musical is based on the concept album by Green Day and centres around Jonny, Tunny and Will as they fight to get out of their boring, mundane lives. 

Avenue Q

Avenue Q

Avenue Q is the puppet-based musical following the people who live on the worst street in the world. 

Queen of the New Year

Queen of the New Year

Alan doesn’t understand Carol after they met via a dating app which was organised by bestie Karen, but now Carol has met Tony to complicate matters as she becomes the Queen Of T… 

Alan Turing – Guilty of Love

Alan Turing – Guilty of Love

Everyone knows about the code-breaking genius of Alan Turing, but behind the mathematical genius lay a man of great passion. 

Wendy, My Darling

Wendy, My Darling

Following her return from Neverland, Wendy Darling, now grown-up, moves to Hollywood to become a writer. 

RENT

RENT

La vie Bohème! I can’t believe it’s been nearly 30 years since the rock musical RENT hit the stage and almost 20 years from the film version. 

One Week in Magaluf

One Week in Magaluf

ERA Productions returns to the Fringe this year with a familiar act that sees the lively quartet of Megan (Mia Taylor), Nicole (Catherine Hutchinson), Amy (Abi Price) and Olivia (M… 

Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical Jr

Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical Jr

The story of a girl dreaming of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the “revolting children” who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson. 

Dusk: A Bite-Size Love Story

Dusk: A Bite-Size Love Story

If you still chuckle at those Twilight memes making fun of Kristen Stewart’s awkward portrayal of Bella Stark, or harbour some nostalgia for the immortal (and problematic) YA ser… 

Godfather Death: A Grimm's Musical

Godfather Death: A Grimm's Musical

Based on one of Grimm’s lesser known fairytales, Godfather Death is a hidden gem and a must-see this Fringe. 

The European Extravaganza!

The European Extravaganza!

Join Talia in a family-friendly venue for an interactive musical journey to some major European cities. 

Improvabunga!

Improvabunga!

Returning from a 17th annual run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, join the Watch This Improv Troupe as they take you on an improvised movie adventure! In a world where movie plots… 

Antonio!

Antonio!

Our first impression when seeing Antonio! is that it’s chaotic and hedonistic, a impression that is quickly proven to be correct, but in a gloriously celebratory way. 

A Bee Story

A Bee Story

A Bee Story is a uniquely Australian physical theatre show for children and families incorporating a kaleidoscope of circus, acrobatics, dance and live music. 

Darwin in Edinburgh

Darwin in Edinburgh

In 1825 Darwin arrived to study Medicine. 

Big Fish

Big Fish

Edward Bloom’s larger-than-life stories delight everyone – much to the dismay of his pragmatic son, Will. 

Vote Macbeth!

Vote Macbeth!

Captain Macbeth is Vice-President. 

Warriors

Warriors

A new musical, written by serving Scottish soldiers and veterans, about their own experiences as young soldiers. 

Welcome to Camp Sasquatch

Welcome to Camp Sasquatch

In this original musical, volunteer camp counsellors, Sky and Jess, struggle to keep up with their relationship after being placed in opposite camps. 

Nunsense – The Mega Musical

Nunsense – The Mega Musical

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… 

This Time Next Year

This Time Next Year

‘This time next year at the Oscars, Cairine!’ But, what if next year never actually comes? From internationally acclaimed personal assistant and actress who has never actually acte… 

A Portrait of Ludmilla as Nina Simone

A Portrait of Ludmilla as Nina Simone

Ludmilla Dabo, accompanied by Moliere award-winning writer, director and musician David Lescot, sings a moving, intimate and dazzling portrait of the iconic ‘High Priestess of So… 

Vincent – His Quest to Love and Be Loved

Vincent – His Quest to Love and Be Loved

Written/directed by Amanda Bothma; musical direction/piano by Germaine Gamiet; starring Daniel Anderson. 

A Star Is Born – The Rise and Fall of Judy Garland

A Star Is Born – The Rise and Fall of Judy Garland

In this multi award-winning show, Kerry Hiles – accompanied by Germaine Gamiet – shines the light on Judy Garland, the undisputed queen of cabaret. 

The Drowsy Chaperone

The Drowsy Chaperone

The Drowsy Chaperone kicks off when a die-hard musical theatre fan plays the record (yes, record!) of his favourite show, and the musical magically bursts to life! We are instantly… 

Singing in the Rain Jr

Singing in the Rain Jr

Behind the scenes, things aren’t always as they appear! The story of a great moment in movie making history. 

A Mountain for Elodie

A Mountain for Elodie

When his daughter Elodie is born, Ben realises the closure he thought he’d found with his own long-dead father needs to be re-examined. 

Jeremy Segway: A Life Out of Balance

Jeremy Segway: A Life Out of Balance

A show dedicated to Mr Segway, the man who invented the Segway, all performed entirely on Segways. 

Beetle

Beetle

Even the smallest voices matter. 

Family Portrait

Family Portrait

Award-winning interactive video installation full of humour, candour, joy and love. 

Castle Gillian

Castle Gillian

A young Irishman, profoundly affected by his experiences in World War Two, struggles to regain his faith in love and the world as he fights to save his ancestral home – and once-… 

Tourist

Tourist

Travellers! Come along the journey of your life to the land of holiday wishes, dreams. 

My Friend Selkie by What Moves You

My Friend Selkie by What Moves You

Selkie (Laura Booth) is learning about the stars. 

Death Ingloria II: Death By Admin

Death Ingloria II: Death By Admin

The story of a lonely and disconnected young office worker who, through a series of minor admin errors, quite accidentally destroys the entire world. 

Why English?

Why English?

‘Why do I speak English??’ I have been asked this in an accusatory manner. 

Late Bloomers' Tales

Late Bloomers' Tales

Anna Vanosi’s soulful voice transports you from jazz (Billie Holiday, Doris Day) to pop (Bob Dylan, Björk) tracing a comical, poignant path, as she feels out of step with time. 

Taiwan Season: Duo

Taiwan Season: Duo

It is comparatively easy to portray conflict; showing the different forms of domestic love is much more difficult. 

She Kills Monsters

She Kills Monsters

Agnes’ life is turned upside down when she stumbles upon her late sister’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook. 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Follow a quirky group of pre-teens as they compete to win a regional spelling bee while also trying to navigate adolescence. 

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella

A magical musical with modern sensibilities, King School of Stamford Connecticut, just north of New York City, presents the grand and classic tale of a virtuous young woman who fin… 

The Original Sing-a-Long to Smash-Hit Musicals

The Original Sing-a-Long to Smash-Hit Musicals

Get ready to sing your heart out at Sing-a-Long to Smash-Hit Musicals! CRE8IV presents an exhilarating revue show that brings together the best of Broadway’s iconic tunes. 

Corona Cha Tamasha

Corona Cha Tamasha

This is a story of Chandra, a woman Tamasha troup owner who is struggling to survive the changing audience demands. 

Groovicle

Groovicle

Dancer and performer Elliot Minogue-Stone presents pop art, contemporary dance and cabaret in his brand-new mish-mash show, Groovicle at Zoo Southside. 

Bubble Show for Adults Only 2

Bubble Show for Adults Only 2

New Show! Weekly Award Best Circus 2023 Fringe World, As seen in La Soiree, Australia’s Got Talent and iUmor. 

Failure: A Love Story

Failure: A Love Story

By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead: expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest, from blunt object to the head, disappearance, and finally consumption. 

The Addams Family The Musical School Edition

The Addams Family The Musical School Edition

The Addams Family, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princes… 

What Girls Are Made Of

What Girls Are Made Of

The smash-hit, gig-theatre show returns, charting the true story of Cora Bissett’s rollercoaster journey from 90s indie-kid to wised-up woman. 

The Moira Monologues – Alan Bissett

The Moira Monologues – Alan Bissett

Join writer-performer Bissett as Moira: cleaner, single mum and the hardest woman in Falkirk, as she protects her wee Pepe from a neighbour’s dug, seduces a teacher in the school… 

Das Weben

Das Weben

Wrong Tree Theatre presents: Das Weben. 

Beyond Broadway

Beyond Broadway

Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Beyond Broadway, a spectacular revue show presented by CRE8IV THEATRE CO. 

Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold

Lecoq-trained physical performer and Fool, Saskia Solomons, morphs into a myriad of inner personalities as they wrestle with the ickiest of sticky icks: money. 

The Extras Strike Back: A Musical Tribute to the Forgotten Heroes of Star Wars

The Extras Strike Back: A Musical Tribute to the Forgotten Heroes of Star Wars

For too long the supporting characters of Star Wars have been overshadowed by the popularity of the beloved heroes. 

Martin bearne: Mixed Ability Actor

Martin bearne: Mixed Ability Actor

Sick of delivering one liners to disinterested pub-goers, Martin Bearne has broken free of the shackles of conventional comedy and is once again soaring on the wings of his first t… 

InsightsDigital

InsightsDigital

Insights Platforms presents InsightsDigital, a collection of seven short performances by international emerging artists from different subgenres of the performing arts. 

Fall and Flow

Fall and Flow

Telling five short tales from the mystical fictional world of Jianghu, Fall and Flow showcases the beauty and physicality of Hong Kong theatrical traditions in combination with Th�… 

La Petite Gerda

La Petite Gerda

A magical fairy tale for young and old. 

Chris Dugdale: Ethermind

Chris Dugdale: Ethermind

‘Best magic show’ (HELLO! Magazine). 

Amy Webber: No Previous Experience

Amy Webber: No Previous Experience

Amy is an award-winning comedian as heard on BBC Radio 4. 

Coffee Kid

Coffee Kid

Meet Beanie: the love child of George Clooney and a Nespresso machine. 

Adrian Bliss: Inside Everyone

Adrian Bliss: Inside Everyone

An atom travels to Earth on a quest for greatness, finding himself inside some of the most important people who have ever lived. 

Luisa Omielan: God is a Woman The Musical

Luisa Omielan: God is a Woman The Musical

I gave you Politics for Bitches and What Would Beyonce Do?! Now brace yourself for my female Book of Mormon. 

Rope-A-Dope

Rope-A-Dope

These days Terry O’Neill is an award-winning actor/comedian, but in his former life he was a champion boxer. 

Sunshine on Leith

Sunshine on Leith

Using the back catalogue of The Proclaimers, this jukebox musical follows Davy (Lewis Kerr) and Ally (Kerr McKinley) as they navigate life after serving in the army. 

The Ice Hole: A Cardboard Comedy

The Ice Hole: A Cardboard Comedy

They say a picture can tell a thousand words, but it turns out that if it is drawn on cardboard, it can tell a thousand more. 

Failed by Design

Failed by Design

Help award-winning comedians build a new invention to save the world in this chaotic, hilarious show where you are in control. 

Troll

Troll

A two-troll clown show about friendship, scape(goat)ing and being misunderstood. 

Hello, The Hell: Othello

Hello, The Hell: Othello

Hello, The Hell: Othello is a dance and physical theatre presentation of Othello's and Iago’s afterlife in hell. 

HoneyBEE

HoneyBEE

HoneyBEE is a festival-driven show with a banging soundtrack. 

Bed: The Musical

Bed: The Musical

We spend a third of our lives in bed. 

Gertrude Lawrence: A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening

Gertrude Lawrence: A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening

The 1930’s star tells her own story in her own words. 

The Greatest Show Songs

The Greatest Show Songs

The incredible Oliver Harris sings the great songs from Les Misérables, Chess, Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King, We Will Rock You and many more. 

Second Chancers

Second Chancers

A mad mix of characters apply to a dating show for over 35s and end up in a trash-reality nightmare! This hysterical show is guaranteed to give you the feel-good vibes. 

Mog the Forgetful Cat

Mog the Forgetful Cat

Judith Kerr’s Mog the Forgetful Cat, adapted for the stage by The Wardrobe Ensemble. 

Manbo

Manbo

Step aside Stallone! Sam Dugmore is locked and loaded as the greatest action hero of all time, unearthing his ruthless man skills to confront his worst nemesis. 

The Sassy Belle Cabaret

The Sassy Belle Cabaret

Musical theatre fans – this one’s for you! Edinburgh-based cabaret group, the Little West End Theatre, brings you a night of sass and show tunes. 

BUTCHERED

BUTCHERED

Not for the faint of heart or light of stomach, Butchered takes its audience into an absurdist descent of meat and madness. 

Lena

Lena

1974. 

The Shit Kid

The Shit Kid

Sibling rivalry. 

Vampire's Ball: Ultimate Halloween Party!

Vampire's Ball: Ultimate Halloween Party!

Brad’s 12-year-old daughter came home from the Halloween dance and said, ‘They only played three total Halloween songs!’ Three? Brad was incensed, so he and Steve wrote nine origin… 

The Totally Improvised Musical

The Totally Improvised Musical

Join this talented team of award-winning improvisers for an hour of live music and laughter! Every show is opening – and closing! – night as these top comics compose brand new … 

Child of Sunday

Child of Sunday

Child of Sunday examines the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the ‘ordinary people’ in our communities. 

Ask a Stripper: The VIP Experience

Ask a Stripper: The VIP Experience

Stacey “The Legs” Clare (author of The Ethical Stripper) is back with her work-wife, Morag (Gypsy Charms), to answer all your burning questions. 

No Love Songs

No Love Songs

A new gig-theatre show featuring songs by Kyle Falconer of The View. 

Blub Blub

Blub Blub

Blub Blub is a story about two fish chaotically cohabitating in an aquarium. 

Down the Hatch!

Down the Hatch!

‘Down the hatch!’ yells our vicious Queen as yet another storyteller disappoints her. 

We'll Have Nun of It

We'll Have Nun of It

A unique new musical with a fully actor-muso cast, this Charlie Hartill Award finalist blends contemporary pop, soul, and folk music in a dynamic story of convent school life. 

Roger McGough's Money-Go-Round

Roger McGough's Money-Go-Round

Join Mr Toad, Ratty, Badger and friends in a new family musical by Roger McGough, inspired by The Wind in the Willows. 

Name of the Dame

Name of the Dame

Dames, detectives, stylish hats, “car chases”. 

Living Legends (And Dead Ones Too)

Living Legends (And Dead Ones Too)

Join Brigitte Aphrodite on a wild literary road trip, celebrating Living Legends (And Dead Ones Too) through punk poetry, songs, and stories. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

The must-see, Olivier Award-winning West End hit is back! Watch the masters of musical improv create a brand-new musical comedy from scratch at every single performance of this mul… 

Potty the Plant

Potty the Plant

Answering the question, “what if Avenue Q took place in a hospital?” Potty The Plant is a dark, tongue in cheek, comedic musical that subverts our expectations time and time ag… 

Gyles Brandreth Can't Stop Talking!

Gyles Brandreth Can't Stop Talking!

Friend, fan, or foe of Gyles Brandreth, there’s probably one thing upon which all can agree: the man simply cannot stop talking. 

Grubby Little Mitts: Hello, Hi

Grubby Little Mitts: Hello, Hi

The sequel to their award-winning debut! Traverse the perils of employment, friendship and love; be dazzled with ear-splitting music; try not to be sick if you see too much flesh. 

Tickle

Tickle

Davina scouts scallies. 

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Romeo and Juliet

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Romeo and Juliet

The smash-hit, internationally acclaimed, multi sell-out Fringe phenomenon is back! With a genuinely inebriated cast member each night, no two shows are ever the same in this rauco… 

Boys in the Buff

Boys in the Buff

Have you ever felt judged for not having the right body shape? Not eating the right foods or going to the gym? Our Photoshopped world is not always kind to our feelings of self-wor… 

Sea Dragon Babies

Sea Dragon Babies

From the creators of Moon Dragon, Sea Dragon is the most perfect experience for babies under one at the Fringe in 2023. 

Sound Clash: Death in the Arena

Sound Clash: Death in the Arena

Receiving its world premiere at the Fringe is Sound Clash: an urban love story set in a dystopian world of dancehall, where MCs, not MPs, rule the nation! In Sound city, music is c… 

The Life Sporadic of Jess Wildgoose

The Life Sporadic of Jess Wildgoose

The creators of smash-hit The Man Who return with an explosive new show. 

Bowjangles: Dracula in Space

Bowjangles: Dracula in Space

If you think you’ve seen it all, you haven’t. 

Lost in the Woods

Lost in the Woods

‘Once upon a time, a little girl and a little boy were lost in the woods. 

The Briefing with Melissa McGlensey

The Briefing with Melissa McGlensey

Welcome to the comedy presser where you get to ask the questions! USA comedian Melissa McGlensey (The Onion, Reductress) will take you on a journey of absurd political theatre, par… 

Anu Vaidyanathan: Blimp

Anu Vaidyanathan: Blimp

Welcome into the meandering mind of a South-Indian somebody who could be anybody. 

Six Chick Flicks... Or a Legally Blonde Pretty Woman Dirty Danced on the Beaches While Writing a Notebook on the Titanic

Six Chick Flicks... Or a Legally Blonde Pretty Woman Dirty Danced on the Beaches While Writing a Notebook on the Titanic

Fresh from Off-Broadway, the sold-out, smash-hit comedy finally comes to Edinburgh. 

Table for Two?

Table for Two?

Multi award-winning physical comedy that’ll whisk you off your feet. 

Tales From a Haunted Bookshop

Tales From a Haunted Bookshop

A spooky show of terrible tales, bothersome books and gruesome goings on! The Haunted Bookshop has a story for everyone. 

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit is an improvised murder mystery presented by improv comedy group, Pinch Punch. 

Dirty Words

Dirty Words

Cheap Date bring a crash landing of music, dance, theatre, film and comedy without holding back, in this visual duologue. 

Four Felons and a Funeral

Four Felons and a Funeral

Whatever you may think Four Felons and a Funeral is going to be when booking the ticket, I can guarantee that it is wildly different than what happens onstage. 

Sea Dragon Under 5s

Sea Dragon Under 5s

From the creators of Moon Dragon, Sea Dragon is the most fun for under 5s. 

Doktor Kaboom and the Wheel of Even More Science!

Doktor Kaboom and the Wheel of Even More Science!

The Doktor is back! With even more science! More laughs! More Kaboom! Spin the wheel and choose what happens next. 

The Maids

The Maids

Whilst the cat's away, the mice will play. 

Lou Wall vs The Internet

Lou Wall vs The Internet

I want you to think of the person you are most jealous of. 

Murder, She Didn't Write

Murder, She Didn't Write

The Improv Fringe is alive and kicking this year, as witty and inventive as ever. 

Escalate

Escalate

Virtuosic juggling, innovative lighting and relentless energy collide in this pioneering new show from Throw Catch Collective. 

Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical

Chriskirkpatrickmas: A Boy Band Christmas Musical

A Christmas Carol meets It’s A Wonderful Life meets. 

Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder

Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder

This is a feel good musical with banging songs, fantastic performers and countless laughs. 

Beautiful Evil Things

Beautiful Evil Things

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

Divas: From Stage to Screen

Divas: From Stage to Screen

BBD Productions return to the Fringe with their five-star show, which made Best Productions of 2022 lists from London Theatre and Theatre Scotland. 

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for an age, so we thought we’d give him a hand. 

Police Cops: The Musical

Police Cops: The Musical

USA, 1985: Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson joined the force to protect and serve. 

Mythos: Ragnarok

Mythos: Ragnarok

Join Odin and Loki in their struggle to overcome primeval giants, rival gods and goddesses, and each other’s ambitions in this hard-hitting, dark comic adaption of Norse mythology. 

Taiwan Season: #Since1994

Taiwan Season: #Since1994

There is a large distance between the impression given in the description of this show on the EdFringe site and my experience of the performance. 

Lost Soles

Lost Soles

Visionary theatre director and designer, Thaddeus McWhinnie Phillips, reimagines his classic work about a Wyoming tap dancer that’s stranded in Cuba. 

Party Ghost

Party Ghost

Halloween is still months away, but fear not, Party Ghost is here to suck you right into the deadly holiday spirit. 

No Dragon No Lion

No Dragon No Lion

A new Lion Dance circus! Re-creating the Lion Dance and Chinese Opera from the classical form to a contemporary style of performance, this exciting new circus breaks the traditiona… 

Anything That We Wanted To Be

Anything That We Wanted To Be

When Adam Lenson was diagnosed with cancer in 2019; it caused all past, present and future versions of him to collide in the oncology department. 

8:03

8:03

Ding! The world is ordered, the food is good, everything runs on time. 

Her Green Hell

Her Green Hell

Trapped in the Peruvian rainforest, having survived a plane crash and a fall of 10,000 feet, Juliane is utterly alone and hopelessly lost. 

Rewind

Rewind

This is how theatre should be. 

The Railway Children

The Railway Children

This charming production was truly a delight. 

The Slightly Annoying Elephant

The Slightly Annoying Elephant

What’s big, blue, bossy and turns up uninvited? A slightly annoying elephant, of course! One day Sam gets a very big surprise as a tired, hungry, antique-loving, cycling-enthusiast… 

Satan vs God

Satan vs God

Lucifer, fallen angel, begs God’s forgiveness. 

The Temp

The Temp

Kristina DeGiovanni commands the stage in her new play, The Temp, which follows a pretentious actor who is employed by an egomaniacal CEO. 

Simon David: Dead Dad Show

Simon David: Dead Dad Show

Simon David brings Dead Dad Show to the Fringe this year and it is insane, an absolute piss-take, but also very emotional. 

A Comedy of Operas

A Comedy of Operas

If you think that opera is performed by a bunch of clowns, this is the show for you. 

Taiwan Season: The Way Back

Taiwan Season: The Way Back

The touching, engaging tale of a shattered body trying to gather itself in a time of war. 

Angel Monster

Angel Monster

Angel Monster is a powerful full-femme-full-bodied dance-theatre from one of Australia’s most prolific award-winning companies Phluxus2 Dance Collective, and choreographed by Nerid… 

God Catcher

God Catcher

Greek myths have been told and retold, lost, translated and re-translated over and over. 

Strictly Barking

Strictly Barking

Fab-u-lous! A high-energy comedy about a lonely old man and a homeless dog who become friends and enter a ballroom dancing competition. 

Blossoming (You Undo Me)

Blossoming (You Undo Me)

Blossoming (You Undo Me) is a straightforward one-person musical about a young Chinese man growing into his queerness and yet it weaves several narrative threads and theatrical for… 

Oat Milk & Honey

Oat Milk & Honey

Witness the highly anticipated international premiere of the multi award-winning Oat Milk and Honey. 

Dominique Salerno: The Box Show

Dominique Salerno: The Box Show

Dominique Solerno’s The Box Show is a well-conceived theatrical piece which sees this talented and versatile performer performing a plethora of different characters, all from wit… 

Creepy Boys

Creepy Boys

You’re invited: twin orphans, The Creepy Boys, are throwing their 13th birthday party. 

Taiwan Season: World in a Word

Taiwan Season: World in a Word

Language is the springboard for fun and games in this interactive, family-friendly production. 

30 Minute Musicals: Top Gun

30 Minute Musicals: Top Gun

30 Minute Musicals, direct from Hollywood, reports for duty with their fan favourite musical parody of quintessential homoerotic 80s film, Top Gun. 

Lane Kwederis: Sex Job

Lane Kwederis: Sex Job

Financial dominatrix Lane Kwederis tells all in her revealing show: Sex Job. 

Home

Home

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

Gone to the Dogs

Gone to the Dogs

A faded Britannia sits alone in her bedsit, remembering. 

First Thing (Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson)

First Thing (Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson)

A few days ago I saw a little boy slapping a wall. 

A Spectacle of Herself

A Spectacle of Herself

In A Spectacle Of Herself Laura Murphy slides the serious and the silly up against each other as she successfully weaves the philosophical, the personal and the political together … 

A Couple of Humans

A Couple of Humans

Experience the beauty and complexity of human interaction with A Couple of Humans. 

Them

Them

How can you live, when a huge part of you is repressed? A thought-provoking show about men dealing with toxic masculinity and women dealing with men. 

The Umbilical Brothers: The Distraction

The Umbilical Brothers: The Distraction

The Umbilical Brothers (Shane and David Umbilical) are two multi-award-winning Australian actor-comics who have created a genuinely fresh and modern style of comedy show, combining… 

A Good Panto Die Hard

A Good Panto Die Hard

This is a wickedly fun idea for a production, a retelling of 80s favourite, Die Hard, as a pantomime/musical parody. 

Miedos

Miedos

Everyday sexism causes insecurities in women. 

Tanken

Tanken

Set in an abandoned petrol station in 7100, a descendant of petrol station mascots Esso and Shell embarks on a journey to find traces of their ancestors from 2100. 

Wild Onion

Wild Onion

Grief is such a powerful and universal part of the human experience. 

Two Tigers

Two Tigers

Two Tigers is a kaleidoscopic musical drama about New Zealand-born modernist writer Katherine Mansfield, who lived and died with the Furies at her heels and her turbulent love affa… 

Big Girls Don't Cry

Big Girls Don't Cry

It’s time to hang on to what we got and celebrate the iconic sounds of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. 

The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny

The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny

Peter Rabbit and his naughty cousin Benjamin know very well that they are not to go into Mr McGregor’s garden, but they cannot resist and soon they find themselves face to face w… 

With Catastrophic Consequences

With Catastrophic Consequences

Bridging the gap between interactive dance theatre and live music, dancer Taylor Han and cellist Simone Seales create a world where everyone is welcomed into their playful improvis… 

Optimistic (Work in Progress)

Optimistic (Work in Progress)

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

Remedy for Memory

Remedy for Memory

Beautiful people. 

Ben Moor and Joanna Neary: BookTalkBookTalkBook

Ben Moor and Joanna Neary: BookTalkBookTalkBook

Novelists Jenny Nibbingley and Burton Mastrick need no introduction. 

Oliver! Jr

Oliver! Jr

Footsteps to Theatre (in association with Cumbria Curtain Call) present a youth production of Lionel Bart’s classic musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. 

An Evening at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

An Evening at the Musicals with Classic Brit Award Nominee Thomas Cameron

Singing sensation Thomas Cameron is a charismatic, Classic Brit Award-nominated tenor, whose powerful voice has been described as having velvet-like qualities and is making ‘wave… 

A Bohemian Broadway

A Bohemian Broadway

Join the Bohemians in their return to the Fringe and hear an eclectic selection of their favourite Broadway songs. 

Figs in Wigs: Astrology Bingo

Figs in Wigs: Astrology Bingo

Join your favourite galactic gal pals Figs in Wigs for the cosmic game show for astrology lovers, bingo wingers and their sceptic friends. 

Tal

Tal

This original solo performance follows the story of a girl-woman dancer’s experiences with the eating disorder bulimia, and the way she healed through learning psychology and exp… 

Toast, Pudding Lane

Toast, Pudding Lane

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

Duelling Piano Heroes

Duelling Piano Heroes

Two musicians. 

Burnt Out

Burnt Out

Burnt Out – one Australian’s experience of our changing climate. 

Live, Laugh, Love

Live, Laugh, Love

Self-described musical genius James Love and his sequin-clad showgirl wife Stephanie have been married for 12 years. 

Duelling Piano Heroes

Duelling Piano Heroes

Two musicians. 

Practically Perfect! Julie Andrews from Broadway to Hollywood

Practically Perfect! Julie Andrews from Broadway to Hollywood

Practically Perfect! takes a light-hearted and affectionate look at the many aspects of Julie Andrews’ career and personal life, exploring the contrast between the public face of… 

Boom Town

Boom Town

An original new musical that puts a bluegrass twist on contemporary musical theatre. 

Raft

Raft

Trapped by reality, freed by imagination. 

Lighthouse: An Immersive Drinking Musical

Lighthouse: An Immersive Drinking Musical

Lighthouse is an upbeat Irish-American musical full of original drinking songs and step dancing numbers. 

Jesus L'Oreal: Nailed It!

Jesus L'Oreal: Nailed It!

Halle-berry-lujah! Your sassy, dyslexic King of the shoes is heaven scent in a cloud of Febreze to tell you how he came to be the fabulous influencer that he is whilst setting the … 

A Night at the Musicals

A Night at the Musicals

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. 

Living with Sin

Living with Sin

When her grandmother dies, Cece spirals into a quarter-life crisis. 

Show Me What You're Maid Of

Show Me What You're Maid Of

Show Me What You’re Maid Of follows a bridal party on the day of Flora’s wedding. 

Midsummer

Midsummer

The last fairy lurks in a dying forest. 

Miss Kiddy's Big Cover Up

Miss Kiddy's Big Cover Up

Rediscover your favourite songs as Miss Kiddy and the Cads steal the biggest contemporary hits and give them a musical makeover of style and sass. 

Gatsby: A New Musical

Gatsby: A New Musical

The year is 1925; the place is New York City. 

Menopause Party

Menopause Party

Dolly Slatemen, the working wo-man’s Pub Landlady (alias of real-life Essex Pub Landlady Debbie Baisden), brings the Menopause Party to the masses. 

An Evening With Mr Noel Howard

An Evening With Mr Noel Howard

William Roby stars as centenarian cabaret artist Mr Noel Howard in this solo show about a veteran performer who at a hundred-and-something (his actual age is revealed in the show i… 

Torn

Torn

Torn is part verbatim testimony and part jukebox musical: an affectionate and uncompromising love letter to the power of the uterus. 

Looking for Wolverhampton's Latin Quarter

Looking for Wolverhampton's Latin Quarter

A very funny, touching and self-deprecating account of growing up in 1970s Wolverhampton. 

The New Rock'n'Roll

The New Rock'n'Roll

Ted Banks is a washed-up stand-up comedian desperate to get back into the big time with a comeback tour culminating in a slot at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

A Little Night Music: Cabaret After Dark

Our show will take you on an exciting journey through the world of Broadway showtunes all the way to some of your favourite pop song classics. 

How to Be Lost

How to Be Lost

With maps on every phone and immediate access to the finest cartography ever produced, it’s hard to get properly lost in the modern landscape. 

The Penelopiad

The Penelopiad

When those in power make decisions, it is those without power who pay the bloody price. 

Dream

Dream

‘Everything starts with a dream’. 

You Win Again

You Win Again

Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother, when the feeling’s gone and you can’t go on, for the night out you have been waiting for, celebrate the songs of music roya… 

Sing Sistah Sing! Tales of Transatlantic Freedom

Sing Sistah Sing! Tales of Transatlantic Freedom

A glorious exploration of musical theatre weaving song, spoken word and piano together across centuries and continents, celebrating the African diaspora’s quest for artistic, intel… 

Paris: From Piaf to Pop!

Paris: From Piaf to Pop!

Christine Bovill’s award-winning Paris established her reputation as one of Europe’s finest interpreters of French song. 

Murder, She Didn't Write

Murder, She Didn't Write

A classic murder mystery is created on the spot from audience suggestions in this ingenious and hilarious show from Fringe favourites, Degrees of Error. 

Divas: From Stage to Screen

Divas: From Stage to Screen

BBD Productions return to the Fringe to premier their new show, Divas, after their five-star sell-out run in 2019. 

Beyond Signs: International Deaf Narratives

Beyond Signs: International Deaf Narratives

European project Beyond Signs premiers at Edinburgh’s first ever International Deaf Fringe with a daring triple-bill show performed by a Deaf-curated International cast of Deaf p… 

Broadway Babe

Broadway Babe

A mesmerising concert of West End musical theatre favourites starring Leona Marie. 

Ghost Quartet by Dave Malloy

Ghost Quartet by Dave Malloy

Smashing Cabinets Theatre’s adaptation of Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet is ghost-like and haunting, confusing at times, but generally falls somewhere between the mysteriousness o… 

Murder Ballads

Murder Ballads

After a sold-out run, The B Collective returns with their exhilarating high-octane show Murder Ballads, adapted from the album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. 

Flat and the Curves

Flat and the Curves

The New Act of the Year 2022 and Musical Comedy Award 2021 finalists debut their salacious cabaret of unbridled fun. 

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Follow our adventurous, modern-day Alice through the looking glass to a wonderful, upside-down world of kings, queens, knights and other strange and comical characters who challeng… 

WILD ONION

WILD ONION

A narrative cabaret blending theatre, dance and circus arts, with an eclectic playlist and approximately 100 onions, WILD ONION brings three queer best friends together in this rio… 

Caino – Il Figlio del Primo

Caino – Il Figlio del Primo

The verbal battle between Cain and Lucifer. 

Liz Kingsman: One-Woman Show

Liz Kingsman: One-Woman Show

The Guardian’s #1 Comedy Show of 2021 comes to the Fringe for a limited run. 

Mother Tree

Mother Tree

A solo show about motherhood, the forest and the universe. 

Tempus Fugit: Troy and Us

Tempus Fugit: Troy and Us

The Greeks knew a lot about war and told great tales of heroism, victory and defeat. 

Nikki Hartung: Love, Pierre

Nikki Hartung: Love, Pierre

France’s greatest love guru, Pierre, swam from Paris to Edinburgh in the hopes of finally finding. 

Last Night

Last Night

David and Emma arrive at work on Christmas Eve – the only two people in the office the morning after the Christmas party. 

Jetty Stars

Jetty Stars

A gritty piece of drama, this powerful, 60-minute theatre production is not for the faint-hearted. 

Matilda Jr the Musical

Matilda Jr the Musical

Based on Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s novel, Matilda tells the story of a precocious five-year-old girl who loves books, hates bullies, and is revealed to have telekinetic p… 

Plague

Plague

The year is 1348 and the small Yorkshire village of Bogsfield is about to be hit by the Black Death. 

Puppets

Puppets

One hour of existential crisis and millennial dread about dating whilst simultaneously destroying your happy childhood memories of Sesame Street. 

Like Other Girls

Like Other Girls

Have you ever noticed how all female leads in historical fiction are. 

Joffrey! The Pantomime

Joffrey! The Pantomime

Written by Joffrey himself, this retelling of the first season of Game of Thrones as a traditional pantomime is the true story of Joffrey’s fight to secure his rightful place on … 

The Church of the Fall

The Church of the Fall

A musical and a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! One man’s award-winning celebration of the work of the late writer, musician and working-class g… 

Chicago, Chicago!

Chicago, Chicago!

Set in – you guessed it – Chicago, a young woman named Lulu is looking for job after job. 

On Wednesdays We Wear Maroon

On Wednesdays We Wear Maroon

You Can’t Sing With Us! The Bristol Suspensions are back better than ever with their all-new Fringe set! After winning the UK national championships of collegiate a cappella (and… 

Living with Sin

Living with Sin

When her grandmother dies, Cece spirals into a quarter-life crisis. 

Midsummer

Midsummer

The last fairy lurks in a dying forest. 

Kelty Clippie: The Musical

Kelty Clippie: The Musical

Based on the popular Scottish folk song, we follow the comic adventures of Maggie played by Jacqueline Hannan, a bus conductress in Fife in her new job. 

Medea the Musical

Medea the Musical

A rock concert in a courtroom. 

More Than Tracy Turnblad

More Than Tracy Turnblad

In this cabaret exploring body standards in the entertainment industry, Abby Rose Morris details her experiences as a plus-size performer while dismantling the ever-present cultura… 

The Grimm Tales

The Grimm Tales

The Riverside Theatre company are back, after sell-out-shows in 2019, with another exciting adventure for children and families. 

Adventures of Straker

Adventures of Straker

Peter Straker has one of the greatest, sweetest voices in British theatre, a unique performer who has starred in original productions of Hair and Tommy. 

Dorian

Dorian

A striking and stylised imagining of Oscar Wilde’s gothic masterpiece: the picture of Dorian Gray transforms into a malevolent horror as its inspiration remains untouched and bea… 

The Trojan Women

The Trojan Women

The Riverside Theatre Company returns to Edinburgh to take on this Euripides classic. 

One Week in Magaluf

One Week in Magaluf

When Amy, Megan, Nicole and Olivia decide to go on a week-long girls holiday to Magaluf, some of them are excited for sun, sex and sangria. 

Papageno's Quest

Papageno's Quest

Join Papageno on his quest to find a magpie feather for the Queen of the Night, encountering a number of his friends, including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel and Carmen, as well as… 

Herviss Family

Herviss Family

Meet the Herviss Family and journey to their world. 

Elf the Musical

Elf the Musical

Award-winning musical theatre company The Talentz are bringing festive sparkle to you for our eighth year at the Fringe. 

I Don't Like Mondays

I Don't Like Mondays

What drives a young person who appears outwardly quite happy with his life to one day bring a gun into school? It’s a vital question because it’s a phenomenon that is unhappily bei… 

Choose Your Own

Choose Your Own

2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe sell-out! Rocket into space or face the haunted mansion? Say ‘I do!’ or murder the best man? Save the world or end it? In Choose Your Own, you decide… 

John Thorn Dirt An Existential Songbook

John Thorn Dirt An Existential Songbook

World-renowned songsmith and pianist extraordinaire, John Thorn, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a sublime collection of new original songs exploring the meaning of life and t… 

Impromptu Shakespeare

Impromptu Shakespeare

Sad that Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for over 400 years? Well, hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose. 

Leaves on the Line

Leaves on the Line

If life is about the journey and not the destination, then the passengers on the 15:00 train from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh Waverley don’t know which way to go. 

Lachlan Werner, Laurie Luxe and Paulina Lenoir: Movements in Motion

Lachlan Werner, Laurie Luxe and Paulina Lenoir: Movements in Motion

Three idiots, six left feet, and one splendidly stupid dance spectacular. 

For Example Theatre present: Boat!

For Example Theatre present: Boat!

A tragicomedy combining clowning and physical theatre, Boat! follows two friends at sea as they navigate companionship, solitude and altering states of reality. 

Comedy Boxing

Comedy Boxing

Back by popular demand, Comedy Boxing triumphantly returns to Edinburgh with all-new comedic competitors! Comedians will compete over four hilarious rounds of stand-up, improvisati… 

40/40

40/40

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

Walk-Man

Walk-Man

It’s a day like any other. 

Pan Gu

Pan Gu

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

Oh! Carol: The Story of Neil Sedaka

Oh! Carol: The Story of Neil Sedaka

The songwriting genius of Neil and his writing partners will go down in history as one of the most successful of all time. 

Once Upon a Raindrop

Once Upon a Raindrop

Family, home, belonging: we’ve used these important themes in our lives to create a story, shown through the eyes of a quick-witted, adventurous raindrop! Jump on a parachute wit… 

i don't feel anything

i don't feel anything

Three young people tell us they don’t feel. 

Creepy Boys

Creepy Boys

Twin orphans The Creepy Boys are throwing their very first birthday party. 

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

A group of eclectic pre-teens (played by just as eclectic adults) learn that winning (and losing) isn’t everything as they spell their way through a series of (potentially made-up)… 

Anthems – Movie Musicals

Anthems – Movie Musicals

The talented performers of Edinburgh Music Theatre return with an unmissable show of movie musical showstoppers. 

Anthems – 40 Years of Edinburgh Music Theatre

Anthems – 40 Years of Edinburgh Music Theatre

Formed in 1982, Edinburgh Music Theatre will be celebrating its big birthday (40 years young!) by performing a musical revue. 

This Is Us – The Greatest Showman Tribute

This Is Us – The Greatest Showman Tribute

This Is Us – The Greatest Showman Tribute you will Never Get Enough of! A show of A Million Dreams, so Come Alive and Rewrite the Stars! Come sing along to This is Me.  

Follies: A Showcase of Bits and Bobs

Follies: A Showcase of Bits and Bobs

Comedy! Music! Fractured classics! Drama! And more! Do you like to be surprised? Is variety what you crave? We have just the ticket for you. 

I Piano

I Piano

Oh no! The piano has lost its music! But a little girl wants to help the piano find it again, and together they set off on a magical adventure. 

Austentatious

Austentatious

After sell-out national tours, a West End run and Radio 4 special, Austentatious returns to the Fringe for its ninth glorious year! Every single day, an all-star cast improvise a b… 

Little Git

Little Git

A fast, unexpectedly heart-warming play written by Paul Richards. 

FEMME

FEMME

From the catwalks of Paris to the office boardroom, Australian performer Erin Fowler presents FEMME, a deeply personal five-star, award-winning solo work that explores the stereoty… 

An Eve and an Adam

An Eve and an Adam

A beautiful, profoundly naked performance presented as nature intended. 

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

A young scientist by the name of Frankenstein breathes life into a gruesome body. 

Madagascar Jr

Madagascar Jr

Madagascar Jr is the stage musical version of the 2005 children’s movie, a charmingly simple story of friendship amongst lovable animals. 

About New Year's Eve

About New Year's Eve

Minutes before the clock strikes 12, a group of friends rediscover themselves and their goals for the new year. 

Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde

Following their 2021 five-star Fringe show, Little Shop of Horrors, A-Team are back with a bang (bang)! Bonnie and Clyde is a fast-paced, Tony Award-winning musical which tells the… 

Calendar Girls the Musical

Calendar Girls the Musical

Based on the hit film, this award-winning musical by Gary Barlow and Tim Firth tells the story of an ordinary group of women in a Yorkshire Women’s Institute who create an artist… 

The Addams Family: A New Musical

The Addams Family: A New Musical

A comical feast that features an original story that is every father’s nightmare; Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a swee… 

Bits 'N' Pieces

Bits 'N' Pieces

Saltire Sky Theatre have lived up to all the expectations they raised following 1902, their smash hit of last year’s Fringe that won them the Broadway Baby Bobby Award and Off We… 

Reclaiming Harry

Reclaiming Harry

You‘ve read the books and seen the movies. 

Admiral

Admiral

By invite, the Windrush Generation came to rebuild Britain following the end of the Second World War. 

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty Platinum Jubilee Edition

Amazing Adventures of Her Majesty Platinum Jubilee Edition

Affectionate musical comedy on the world’s longest-serving monarch, a thoroughly modern, fully empowered female role model. 

Choir?

Choir?

From the creators of cult hit, The Complete History of Pop Music in an Hour. 

Door-to-Door Poetry: Nationwide

Door-to-Door Poetry: Nationwide

Rowan McCabe knocks on stranger’s doors and writes poems for them, for free, on any subject of their choosing. 

All By Myself

All By Myself

POV: you’re a vlogger. 

Alan Turing – A Musical Biography

Alan Turing – A Musical Biography

Alan Turing – A Musical Biography. 

Starship Improvise

Starship Improvise

Combining the improvisation talents of Mischief Comedy, Austentatious, and Showstopper!, Starship Improvise is a blast out of this world, filled with moments of hilarity and creati… 

Healing+

Healing+

Help Mike Lemme leave his NYC apartment. 

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as: ‘the relationship. 

The Ultimate Pickle

The Ultimate Pickle

Everything is awesome in Dill’s life. 

The Polar Bears Go Go Go

The Polar Bears Go Go Go

The Polar Bears are off on their holidays – what could go wrong? Join the lovable but hapless duo as they set off on their holiday adventures. 

The Princess and The Dragon

The Princess and The Dragon

A princess and a dragon make for unlikely companions but together they learn about themselves, each other and earning their happy ending in this brand-new, music-full, modern fairy… 

We Are the Kingdum of Lear

We Are the Kingdum of Lear

An experimental reimagining of Shakespeare’s great play. 

Jordi vs Reality

Jordi vs Reality

Jordi is like Plato but even funnier, combining stand-up comedy and existential philosophy to wage a hilariously wacky war against reality. 

Marrano, a Tale from the Inquisition

Marrano, a Tale from the Inquisition

Marrano, a Tale From the Inquisition is a tragedy based on two historical events: the expulsion of the Sephardic Jews at the end of the 15th century and, consequentially, the murde… 

Godspell

Godspell

Learn your lessons well! Stephen Schwartz’s acclaimed gospel musical gets the Royal (Conservatoire of Scotland) treatment in this fully staged, full-length production. 

Are You Still Watching?

Are You Still Watching?

Paper. 

Ava Beaux: Which Witch

Ava Beaux: Which Witch

Ava loved being onstage, it’s where she had control. 

The Virgin Travels

The Virgin Travels

‘Mea culpa. 

Bedtime Stories (As Told by Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up)

Bedtime Stories (As Told by Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up)

It’s Dad’s turn to tell his three rambunctious kids their bedtime stories, but when he gets fuzzy on the details, the classics get creative: a prince with a snoring problem spices … 

Blue Chair

Blue Chair

What colour is the sound of a cello? How do you show the taste of an apple? A colourful, complex solo performance exploring autobiographical experiences of synaesthesia. 

Brain Hemingway

Brain Hemingway

A songwriter with severe writer’s block and a looming deadline battles the version of Ernest Hemingway that lives in her head.  

Vampire's Ball: Ultimate Halloween Party!

Vampire's Ball: Ultimate Halloween Party!

From the brilliant minds behind SiriusXM – Kids, Harry’s Wand (Steve Goodie) and best-selling author of Don’t Feed the Bully (Brad Tassell), comes the Halloween show that every… 

Bette Midler and Me

Bette Midler and Me

Sue Kelvin stars in a tribute show to Bette Midler, covering her life and songs from the perspective of a lifelong fan. 

A Talent to Amuse: The Noël Coward Story

A Talent to Amuse: The Noël Coward Story

Playwright, composer, actor, singer; Noël Coward defined and shaped the 20th century. 

Prejudice and Pride

Prejudice and Pride

This new folk musical comedy reimagines Jane Austen’s classic novel in modern America with gender-swapped characters. 

North Star (What I Listened to Instead of My Intuition)

North Star (What I Listened to Instead of My Intuition)

Lori Hamilton's retelling of her eventful life is touching and amusing, despite the whirlwind pacing. 

The Single Lady

The Single Lady

Lauren Brewer and Will Geraint Drake’s The Single Lady is a musical extravaganza, giving Elizabeth I the same treatment that Hamilton did to the Founding Fathers. 

Best of Broadway

Best of Broadway

This cast of professional performers is excited to return for their fifth year with the Best of Broadway! After sell-out performances and rave reviews, this show is sure to be a ho… 

See You Later Mum

See You Later Mum

A play about love transcending separation. 

Legally Blonde

Legally Blonde

Omigod You Guys! Come and join Stage Avenue for this all-singing, all-dancing, feel-good musical comedy based on the hit movie, Legally Blonde. 

Ingenue: Deanna Durbin, Judy Garland and the Golden Age of Hollywood

Ingenue: Deanna Durbin, Judy Garland and the Golden Age of Hollywood

Judy Garland is an icon, loved as Dorothy in Oz. 

Circa: Humans 2.0
BOBBY WINNER

Circa: Humans 2.0

In a big top tent, ten performers, upon a brilliant white, circular stage, perform a series of ever more amazing acts of acrobalance, tumbling, throws, and aerial skills. 

The Single Lady

The Single Lady

As the daughter of Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth has witnessed, first hand, the consequences of when love goes wrong. 

Color Inside the Lines

Color Inside the Lines

An insistent palm-reading drag queen declares Jenny will never find love, sending her reeling back to a high school match-making scheme that horrifyingly matched her with the bigge… 

Around the World with Nellie Bly

Around the World with Nellie Bly

The year is 1889 and intrepid journalist Nellie Bly is about to embark on her biggest adventure yet: racing around the world to beat Jules Verne’s famous fictional hero, Phileas … 

I Am Mark

I Am Mark

Mark’s Gospel is our most authentic portrait of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. 

Flesh

Flesh

Whilst it may be apt to stage John Montgomery and Derek Batchelor’s Flesh - a musical about Burke and Hare - at Surgeon’s Hall, the novelty stops there. 

Ghislaine/Gabler

Ghislaine/Gabler

Why does a victim become a predator? In isolation, Ghislaine Maxwell maintains innocence whilst reliving the psychological abuse endured from her father. 

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul

This feel-good show connects audiences with the energy, excitement and raw emotion of the pioneering R&B and soul acts of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. 

Wistful

Wistful

Come explore the intricate world of poetry lifted from the page at Wistful! This unique performance art uses the physical body, light and sound to experiment with words. 

Sex, Lies & Improvisation

Sex, Lies & Improvisation

A dark comedy about lying together. 

Big Band Does... Broadway

Big Band Does... Broadway

BBD Productions return to the Fringe with Big Band Does… Broadway after their five-star sell-out run in 2019. 

Vote Macbeth!

Vote Macbeth!

An original musical with plenty of spark, Vote Macbeth! aims to present a fresh take on the well-worn story of the Scottish play. 

Domitius – An Original Musical

Domitius – An Original Musical

Love, song, dance and murder – Domitius retells the tale from an unbiased viewpoint paving the way for audiences to experience that particular reign in Ancient Rome. 

Kinky Boots

Kinky Boots

Bare Productions return following their five-star, sell-out Fringe 2019 run with the fabulous musical – Kinky Boots. 

Little West End Theatre Cabaret

Little West End Theatre Cabaret

It’s time for us to play. 

Bubble Show for Adults Only

Bubble Show for Adults Only

Edinburgh Fringe is a hub of unique and wild shows, contrasting genres and varieties of themes crunched into a tight hour. 

Improvabunga!

Improvabunga!

Returning from a sell-out, 16th annual run at Fringe, join the Watch This Improv Troupe as they take you on a 50-minute improvised movie adventure! In a world where movie plots are… 

The Church of the Fall

The Church of the Fall

A musical and a film about Queen and not one show about The Fall? That’s bobbins! One man’s award-winning celebration of the work of the late writer, musician and working-class g… 

Living with Sin

Living with Sin

Turning what we know about morality on its head, Gabrielle James and Joshua Newman’s Living With Sin is an interesting twist on the traditionally 'evil' seven deadly sins… 

Seven and a Half Years

Seven and a Half Years

Mark Glentworth returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his unique biographical musical about a successful musician and composer who suddenly and rapidly suffers a career-sto… 

Stevensongs

Stevensongs

Stevensongs: Stevenson meets the French touch! Setting to music some of the most beautiful poems and letters by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, the French duo Fergessen, di… 

KITES

KITES

‘Come on Angel, don’t you ever want to fly?’ 1948. 

#MineToo

#MineToo

Mary Jo’s boyfriend hijacks a workshop of her critically acclaimed one-woman show, Born MYdentity. 

Smashing Shakespeare

Smashing Shakespeare

Primary Times Children’s Choice Award winner. 

Arthur Smith: My 75 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe

Arthur Smith: My 75 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe

There are some things as regular at the Fringe as Biblical downpours and overpriced street food. 

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

Set in late 19th-century Germany, the musical tells the story of teenagers discovering the inner and outer tumult of adolescent sexuality. 

Bare: A Pop Opera

Bare: A Pop Opera

At St Cecilia’s school, Peter and Jason have a hidden love affair, but what happens when this is exposed to their family and friends? A riveting piece of musical theatre brought to… 

On the Run: Dame Over!

On the Run: Dame Over!

A unique, genre-bending, two-man romp sees one panto dame’s life come crashing down around her. 

Death of a Disco Dancer

Death of a Disco Dancer

Set over one surreal night of dancing and debauchery, Death of a Disco Dancer is a psychedelic, wild black comedy. 

Fallen Rose

Fallen Rose

Look through the smoke. 

The Worst Thing You Could Do

The Worst Thing You Could Do

‘Unsettling yet captivating’ (Alt A Review). 

Stone – Face – Book

Stone – Face – Book

This solo performance with award-winning dancer Mikolaj Karczewski is based on personal material, made in collaboration with the obstruction master Palle Granhøj. 

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

When the three little wolves go out into the world and build themselves a house, their mother warns them to beware the Big Bad Pig. 

Shrimp Dance

Shrimp Dance

Shrimp Dance is a Butoh dance performance with live music and video art, based on research showing anti-depressants entering the sea through human waste are affecting the behaviour… 

Saved

Saved

Saved is a multi-layered, retro-mechanical music show built around rescued 70s home organs. 

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary is a macabre new play by the innovative Scottish playwright, Annie James with original music by Singer/Songwriter/Composer Adam Usnami. 

Far Gone

Far Gone

A Roots Mbili Theatre and Sheffield Theatres co-production. 

Naughty

Naughty

‘You look 15, but I like that. 

When the Body Breaks

When the Body Breaks

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

Megalith

Megalith

Rocks. 

The Last Quest of Visilock

The Last Quest of Visilock

Greetings, weary traveller. 

A HipSummerNight's Dream

A HipSummerNight's Dream

What happens in the forest, stays in the forest. 

Working

Working

Working, from the book by Studs Terkel. 

Decision – An Irish Dance Play

Decision – An Irish Dance Play

Edinburgh-based award-winning Siamsoir Irish dancers return with their fifth original show – an Irish dance play. 

Avenue Q

Avenue Q

Avenue Q is back after its sell-out 2019 run. 

X: 1969

X: 1969

Picture this: a musical based on the women of the Manson Family set to the music of Fleetwood Mac. 

Hot Mess

Hot Mess

Two twins, one heart. 

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret. 

A Many-Splendoured Thing

A Many-Splendoured Thing

Inspired by the story of Hong Kong renowned novelist Eileen Chang’s Love in a Fallen City, A Many-Splendoured Thing explores love between a man and a woman in a turbulent era thr… 

Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus

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… 

Delivery!

Delivery!

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

The Heat Museum

The Heat Museum

Curtains drawn, lawns burnt brown; a townscape is melting. 

Little Women

Little Women

Broadway, here we come! The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s production of Little Women is astonishingly professional, from the high quality costumes and stage setting to the ph… 

Late Bloomers' Tales: Chasing Time Through Songs

Late Bloomers' Tales: Chasing Time Through Songs

I think I’ve fallen in love. 

And They Played Shang-A-Lang

And They Played Shang-A-Lang

Back for its 10th year this show bounces with energy. 

The Listies: Hamlet – Prince of Skidmark

The Listies: Hamlet – Prince of Skidmark

For the first time in Edinburgh, Australia’s favourite kidult comedy duo, The Listies, present their hilarious adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic – Hamlet. 

Carnival of the Animals by Circa

Carnival of the Animals by Circa

These zebras juggle and flip. 

Feeling Pretty

Feeling Pretty

Watch music, theatre and reality collide in this brand-new musical production! Feeling Pretty tells a story of women reclaiming their power. 

Curtains

Curtains

The Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group is back at Paradise Green with a musical whodunit by Kander and Ebb, the pair behind Chicago and Cabaret. 

Tal

Tal

This original solo performance follows the story of a girl-woman dancer’s experiences with the eating disorder bulimia, and the way she healed through learning psychology and exp… 

Agatha Is Missing

Agatha Is Missing

Agatha Christie is missing, and ace detective Miss Marbles needs your help in solving this fun-filled murder mystery. 

Gethsemane – The Musical

Gethsemane – The Musical

Gethsemane has a wide selection of new, fresh, and contemporary music with rock, acoustic and classical themes. 

Yellow Bird Chase

Yellow Bird Chase

Jason Slavick’s Yellow Bird Chase shows us that the best children’s shows have something for everyone, whether it is the gibberish of the language, the compelling storyline or … 

Shark in the Park

Shark in the Park

Timothy Pope is looking through his telescope – but wait, is that a Shark, in the Park!? From the creative team behind the Hairy Maclary show – see all three of Nick Sharratt’s… 

Fool Muun Komming! [BeBgWunderful/YEsyes/ Hi5.4sure.TruLuv;Spank Spank:SOfun_Grate_Times]

Fool Muun Komming! [BeBgWunderful/YEsyes/ Hi5.4sure.TruLuv;Spank Spank:SOfun_Grate_Times]

Part sci-fi physical theatre, part acid-fueled mime, part wholesome performance art, Fool Muun Komming! (etc, etc) is the genre-defying solo show from Gaulier graduate and Canadian… 

The Gruffalo, the Giant and the Mermaid with Julia Donaldson

The Gruffalo, the Giant and the Mermaid with Julia Donaldson

Following their sell-out 2018 show, UK’s best-selling author Julia Donaldson and a cast of four return with a brand-new show based on her much loved books including The Smartest Gi… 

Ganesh and Cydney's Clinic

Ganesh and Cydney's Clinic

Imagine if Prince and Mae West were best friends. 

Arty's Ani-Magination

Arty's Ani-Magination

A young girl wishes that people were more like animals (because they’re nicer and kinder, obviously) and wakes to find herself transformed into a rat! But it’s not just her! All of… 

Shannon Matthews the Musical

Shannon Matthews the Musical

A potty-mouthed romp through this bizarre-but-true story, from cult internet phenomenon and two-hit-wonder Kunt and the Gang. 

Tom DeTrinis: I HATE NEW YORK

Tom DeTrinis: I HATE NEW YORK

I HATE NEW YORK is a gay-tastic solo debut from self-professed rage-a-holic, Tom DeTrinis, that offers up a non-stop, hilarious litany of grievances. 

Dragons and Mythical Beasts

Dragons and Mythical Beasts

Calling all brave heroes! Unveil a myriad of dark secrets and come face to face with some of the most magnificent monsters and terrifying beasts ever to walk the earth. 

CUMTS: SLEEPOVER

CUMTS: SLEEPOVER

Gen Z has arrived. 

Something About George

Something About George

All Things Must Pass, they say. 

Something About Simon

Something About Simon

Paul Simon is a name that has cemented itself into the ‘hearts and bones’ of audiences all over the world. 

(Le) PAIN

(Le) PAIN

‘(Le) PAIN brilliantly expresses the pressure of generational expectations and a small-village mindset. 

Whisk(e)y Wars

Whisk(e)y Wars

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, … 

The Suitcase

The Suitcase

When a weary stranger arrives one day, carrying only a suitcase, everyone is full of questions. 

KIN

KIN

One of the beautiful things about acrobatics is the way human bodies can collaborate in difficult-to-imagine ways. 

Comedy With a Dry, Surreal, Geordie Bloke

Comedy With a Dry, Surreal, Geordie Bloke

Leicester Square’s Not So New Comedian of the year 2019 finalist Sean will talk about life experiences. 

Good Grief

Good Grief

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

Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch

Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch

Disney villain. 

Bubba-Licious

Bubba-Licious

Mums and dads who are dying to get their new humans out to the Fringe, this is the show for you! Inspired by a new mum, Kat Placing has devised a show for babbling babies and tirel… 

Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish

Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish

One small step for man, one giant pile of rubbish left behind! Man’s dream to reach the stars leaves the world in ruins and disturbs the sleeping dinosaurs. 

Attenborough and His Animals

Attenborough and His Animals

Clownfish Theatre has returned to the Edinburgh Fringe with an updated version of their show which saw sell-out audiences in 2019 as well as similar success in Adelaide. 

Kevin P Gilday: Spam Valley

Kevin P Gilday: Spam Valley

Critically acclaimed writer and performer Kevin P Gilday (Suffering from Scottishness, Sonnet Youth) takes a verbal sledgehammer to lazy stereotypes and attempts to deconstruct wha… 

The Endling

The Endling

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

Lil Saffron: Ragu to Riches

Lil Saffron: Ragu to Riches

Award-winning performer Michael Kunze makes his Edinburgh solo debut as the world’s greatest rapping pasta chef: Lil Saffron, aka the King of the Kitchen. 

AMJ Entertainer

AMJ Entertainer

The true story of one man’s ambition to become the greatest holiday park entertainer in England. 

Thom Tuck and Tim FitzHigham: Macbeth

Thom Tuck and Tim FitzHigham: Macbeth

416 years ago, Macbeth was first performed. 

Away From Home

Away From Home

Red rubber strands hang down, filling the space. 

Is This a Dagger?

Is This a Dagger?

By the pricking of my thumb, something wicked this way comes. 

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

The Christmas story, Broadway-style. 

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Chansons: Songs and Stories from Piaf, Brel and Me

Bienvenue to Chansons, the musical intercultural cabaret. 

Dreams of Peace and Freedom: The Streams of Natural Law

Dreams of Peace and Freedom: The Streams of Natural Law

A powerful combination of film, text and performance exploring the birth of modern human rights, told through the eyes of Nuremberg prosecutor and champion of the ECHR, David Maxwe… 

Dorian

Dorian

A striking and stylised imagining of Oscar Wilde’s gothic masterpiece: The Picture of Dorian Gray transforms into malevolent horror as its inspiration remains untouched and beaut… 

Bad Clowns: Invasion

Bad Clowns: Invasion

For years the Bureau for Alien Defence has kept the world safe from extra-terrestrial threats. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Some shows are Fringe standards, you can’t help but think that they’re like the ravens at the Tower of London; that if they weren’t here, everything would come tumbling down. 

The Smeds and The Smoos

The Smeds and The Smoos

Soar into space with this exciting adaptation of the award-winning book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. 

The Improv Musical

The Improv Musical

Now in our 10th year! Smash-hit production, The Improv Musical returns to take the Fringe by storm. 

Cirque Berserk!

Cirque Berserk!

I have a soft spot for classic, big top style circus even if it is being presented in a conference centre by a company that are famed for bringing this genre to West End stages. 

Taiwan Season: Light of Life

Taiwan Season: Light of Life

A magical, charming show of dance and acrobatics which will delight children and adults alike. 

Sh!t-Faced Showtime: A Pissed-mas Carol

Sh!t-Faced Showtime: A Pissed-mas Carol

The professional pissheads at Shit-faced Showtime return to Edinburgh with their smash-hit festive boozical! After the pesky pestilence scuppered our plans, we’ve decided to give… 

Land – A Scottish Musical

Land – A Scottish Musical

This new folk musical seeks to explore our heritage and legacy, weaving two parallel stories; one of a crofter and a wandering soldier in the 18th Century, and one of an old pensio… 

The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns

The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns

The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns by Gillian Duffy. 

The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much

The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much

Wes Anderson meets Hitchcock meets spaghetti western in this multi award-winning, intercontinental, inter-genre, cinematic caper of accusations, accidents and accents. 

Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle

Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle

Mischief is one of those companies that gives the struggling Fringe performer hope. 

Ange Lavoipierre: I've Got 99 Problems and Here's an Exhaustive List of Them

Ange Lavoipierre: I've Got 99 Problems and Here's an Exhaustive List of Them

99 problems. 

Notflix: Binge

Notflix: Binge

The Spice Girls of improv return for a fifth triumphant year in their five-star, sell-out, totally improvised musical comedy. 

Lizard Boy

Lizard Boy

During a bizarre childhood accident, Trevor was drenched head to toe in dragon’s blood. 

Pirates and Princesses vs Sea Monsters

Pirates and Princesses vs Sea Monsters

A family show filled with singing, dancing, comedy and even a sea monster. 

Lion

Lion

Lion – The Weird and Magical Abracadabra Circus Show is an hour of pleasure, skills and a bit of thrilling fear led by a one-man circus crew. 

Taiwan Season: The Whisper of the Waves

Taiwan Season: The Whisper of the Waves

Shinehouse Theatre returns to Summerhall with a beautiful balancing act of social issues and theatrical poetry. 

Stokes and Summers: Careering

Stokes and Summers: Careering

In the immortal words of Britney Spears: ‘You want a Lamborghini? Sippin’ martinis? Look hot in a bikini? You better work, bitch. 

Second Summer of Love

Second Summer of Love

Yummy Mummy (and Headmaster’s wife, just for extra grown-up points) Louise runs the school choir and helps her teenaged daughter with her homework. 

Block'd Off

Block'd Off

Working-class means many things now. 

Stop Trying to Be Fantastic

Stop Trying to Be Fantastic

One day, a magpie comes into a little girl’s house by mistake. 

Dreamgun: Film Reads

Dreamgun: Film Reads

Don't you forget about Dreamgun! The comedy script re-writers are back for another year at the Fringe with updated material and even a few new movies thrown in. 

Jake Cornell and Marcia Belsky: Man and Woman

Jake Cornell and Marcia Belsky: Man and Woman

Sold-out run: Off-Broadway, Asylum NYC (2022). 

Smashing Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Smashing Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Oh no. 

Norris and Parker: Sirens

Norris and Parker: Sirens

Let Piscean comedy duo Norris and Parker lure you into their fever dream for a surreal hour of wild, nautical madness. 

I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical

I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical

Alexander S. 

Baby Wants Candy

Baby Wants Candy

Total Edinburgh Fringe sell-out 2015-2019. 

Police Cops: The Musical

Police Cops: The Musical

Sometimes you’ve just got to listen to your balls. 

Dreamgun Video

Dreamgun Video

The most iconic films you’ve never seen, because we made them up. 

Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster

Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster

Adapted from the beloved children’s books by Mo Willems, Leonardo! tells the story of a monster who longs to be scary and the big decisions he must make along the way. 

The Idiot Circus: Death is Coming

The Idiot Circus: Death is Coming

An evening of original songs and existential banter from a dark cabaret band with funny hats. 

Godot is a Woman

Godot is a Woman

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

Tales from a Haunted Bookshop

Tales from a Haunted Bookshop

A spooky show of terrible tales, bothersome books and gruesome goings on! The Haunted Bookshop has a story for everyone. 

Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder

Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder

BFFs Kathy and Stella host Hull’s least successful true-crime podcast. 

General Secretary

General Secretary

One of the Scotsman’s Best Duos at the Fringe, Thick ‘n’ Fast return to take on the world. 

Ryan Lane Will Be There Now in a Minute

Ryan Lane Will Be There Now in a Minute

An investigation into Welsh and queer identity or a show for anyone with a complex relationship to home. 

Grandmother's Closet

Grandmother's Closet

An autobiographical musical adventure that promises mischief and mash-ups, dresses and divas, and a whole lot of heart. 

Jody Kamali: Ironing Board Man

Jody Kamali: Ironing Board Man

Physical comedy meets Hollywood. 

False Start

False Start

What happens when you train for something your whole life, only to fail at the crucial moment? This question is the stimulus behind False Start, from acclaimed French-German theatr… 

Sex With Friends (and Other Tiny Catastrophes)

Sex With Friends (and Other Tiny Catastrophes)

We’ve all been there. 

Shamilton

Shamilton

Comedy supergroup Baby Wants Candy presents improvised hip-hop homage to Hamilton! After sold-out runs in Chicago, NY and LA, Shamilton comes to the Fringe! Join Shamilton as we im… 

Mythos: Ragnarok

Mythos: Ragnarok

In this high-impact dark comedy half-brothers Odin and Loki must overcome primordial giants, rival Gods and Goddesses, and their own ambitions – in their quest to seize power ove… 

Out to Lunch

Out to Lunch

Well-written, though lacking in some areas, Out to Lunch is an enjoyable watch for anyone interested in a slice of wacky humour. 

Blodlina: The Viking Musical

Blodlina: The Viking Musical

Where do you start if your ultimate goal is a West End and Broadway musical? Revivals often start at Chichester and new concepts here at the Fringe. 

Nathan Mosher is Injured

Nathan Mosher is Injured

A compilation of jokes, poems, and songs about a breakup, breakdown, breakthrough, and everything in-between. 

Shakespeare for Kids: This Rough Magic

Shakespeare for Kids: This Rough Magic

How do you cause a shipwreck or conjure goddesses at will? Tricksy spirit Ariel has you covered. 

Mr Moon

Mr Moon

Our story is human, that of a company built on the road, created through encounters, personal tragedies and destinies. 

Sweet FA

Sweet FA

1916. 

Cab-arette Showtour

Cab-arette Showtour

Fantastical entertainment like no other. 

The Same Boat

The Same Boat

New physical drama that weaves together the longings and fears of five characters: a witch, a bitch, a goldfish, a sleepwalker and a salaryman. 

Nathan Mosher is Injured

Nathan Mosher is Injured

A compilation of jokes, poems, and songs about a breakup, breakdown, breakthrough, and everything in-between. 

Satan vs God

Satan vs God

Lucifer, fallen angel, begs God’s forgiveness. 

1001 Open Mic Nights

1001 Open Mic Nights

This energised group of youngsters bounce about the stage with glee, making a capella look far easier than it truly is and throwing themselves into the Fringe vibe with abandon. 

Burnt Out

Burnt Out

Following the recent United Nations climate report, which has been described as a “code red for humanity,” it is more important than ever that we explore the issue of the clima… 

Friend (The One With Gunther)

Friend (The One With Gunther)

As times of heady redolence go, the 1990s lacks the brittle style of the 1920s, sepia-tinted upper-lips of haunted men in WWI uniforms, or groovy pereniorange of the 1960s… And y… 

Laura McMahon, One of the Gals

Laura McMahon, One of the Gals

One of the Gals is completely packed. 

Dandelion

Dandelion

Dandelion, by Creative Electric, takes place in the garden opposite the Army@theFringe building. 

Pool (No Water)

Pool (No Water)

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… 

On Your Bike

On Your Bike

On Your Bike comes with a lot of hype. 

Aladdin

Aladdin

The word that most immediately springs to mind is 'joy'. 

Juliet & Romeo

Juliet & Romeo

Both humourous and sad, Juliet and Romeo by Lost Dog company, presented by The Place, written with sensitive forensic analysis and directed by Ben Duke, is a subversion of Shakespe… 

Un Poyo Rojo

Un Poyo Rojo

Argentinian dance music greets us as we enter the space for two-man physical theatre experience Un Poyo Rojo, but the vast majority of the show takes place in silence. 

KID_X

KID_X

If you asked a 90s kid what they envisioned the 2100s to look like then KID_X would be a close prediction. 

The Hospital

The Hospital

A brilliant Scandi noir of the psyche, spoken in gibberish in a surreal world, Norwegian Jo Strømgren Kompani’s The Hospital, is gripping; moving from bizarre, black humour to d… 

Still Life by Noël Coward

Still Life by Noël Coward

The Hart Players theatre company brings Noël Coward’s Still Life to the Fringe. 

Cathy: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights

Cathy: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights

Brickhouse Theatre Company tackle a difficult task: remoulding Emily Bronte’s passionate, intricate and dark Wuthering Heights into a new musical, written and composed by Michael… 

Filament

Filament

Whether it’s because Hollywood has force-fed us with them for decades, or simply because the concerns of teenage life are pretty universal across most of the Western world, we’… 

Cabaret of Curiosities

Cabaret of Curiosities

Tatwood Puppets make their Edinburgh Fringe debut with the perfectly titled Cabaret of Curiosities. 

An Evening Without Kate Bush

An Evening Without Kate Bush

Sarah-Louise Young is one of Edinburgh Fringe's most respected and sought after musical variety performers, and it's no stretch of the imagination to see why, as she delive… 

The Rude Awakening: Sex, Shame and Liberation

The Rude Awakening: Sex, Shame and Liberation

Amber Topaz, the inaugural Miss Burlesque UK, brings Edinburgh Fringe a burlesqueless theatrical cabaret experience that is personal, informative, and inclusive. 

Miss AmeriKa

Miss AmeriKa

If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. 

Ed MacArthur: Humoresque

Ed MacArthur: Humoresque

Starting your hour of stand up with an audio recording of a very sweet sounding child called Albert introducing you on stage might be considered cheating. 

Ariadna

Ariadna

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

Dear Mother Moon

Dear Mother Moon

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

Jehovah's First Witness

Jehovah's First Witness

An interesting insight into the man who stole Christmas, leader of the ‘doomsday cult that controls eight million lives’. 

Circa: Humans

Circa: Humans

Contemporary dance, physical theatre, and circus swirl together at The Lafayette big top at Underbelly’s circus venue as ten acrobats explore their bodies and each other in Circa… 

The Words Are There

The Words Are There

The Words Are There is a moving and innovative piece of physical theatre that appeals both for its approach to male domestic abuse, and for its style of performance. 

Cirque Berserk!

Cirque Berserk!

Billed as Britain’s biggest theatre spectacular, Cirque Berserk! returns to Edinburgh following their hit Fringe debut in 2018, this time with even more acts and spectacular upda… 

The Last Five Years

The Last Five Years

If you walk into a production of The Last Five Years without any previous knowledge of the show things can get a little confusing. 

Last Life: A Shakespeare Play

Last Life: A Shakespeare Play

Last Life feels like a social experiment. 

Enigma

Enigma

Enigma, a new musical presented by Enigma Theatre UK is an exciting piece of historical musical theatre telling the story of a unit of female code breakers in America during World … 

A Grave Situation

A Grave Situation

This World War II farce is a good choice for a 25-strong company to showcase their talents, with a wide range of roles on show. 

Legally Blonde the Musical

Legally Blonde the Musical

Always a source of top-quality musical theatre at the Fringe, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, brings us perhaps one of the best ways to spend a morning at Fringe. 

Rust

Rust

It’s very tempting to conclude your musical with a clearcut happy ending, where every loose end is neatly tied and all of your favourite characters ride off into the sunset. 

Bumper Blyton

Bumper Blyton

Bumper Blyton features a bumper cast of improv experts who give assured performances throughout, but too many bells and whistles lead to a muddled production. 

Franz and Marie: Woyzeck Retold

Franz and Marie: Woyzeck Retold

For an incomplete play, Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck has nevertheless managed to secure enduring interest. 

The Chosen

The Chosen

How do we face dying if we know we have a terminal illness? And also how do we live in the face of death, imminent or not? Losing several friends in the same year, Kally Lloyd-Jo… 

Vigil

Vigil

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

Bubble Show for Adults Only

Bubble Show for Adults Only

The Bubble Show For Adults Only starts innocently enough. 

From the Top

From the Top

A delight, witty but profound exploration of the power relationship between choreographer and dancers, From the Top, choreographed by Hong Kong-based Victor Fung, is a send-up of a… 

Don't Do It, Don't Do It, Do It!

Don't Do It, Don't Do It, Do It!

Zuma Puma is an accomplished clown, who uses her skill to draw an audience in to a compelling narrative about what it is to experience shame as a woman. 

Les Quizérables

Les Quizérables

Les Quizérables is a fun and intimate quiz taking place in a dungeon-like cellar that entirely enhances the atmosphere. 

Tokyo Rose

Tokyo Rose

Tokyo Rose is a complex story, told phenomenally well by a company quickly proving itself to be one of the hottest theatre groups in the country. 

Birth

Birth

Life and death, love and loss, birth and miscarriage are all explored in this visual cycle of life. 

Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical

Cruel Intentions: The '90s Musical

With millennial nostalgia at its peak, there can be no better time to head to the Edinburgh Fringe and experience Cruel Intentions: The ‘90s Musical. 

She Sells Sea Shells

She Sells Sea Shells

Searching through the Fringe guide for a show worth seeing is a job that could perhaps be likened to archaeology – you spend hours carefully probing, sorting the dross from the d… 

Ask A Stripper

Ask A Stripper

This is not a 'show' in the generally accepted meaning of the word. 

A Man’s a Man

A Man’s a Man

Following the overwhelming success of this performance last year, it’s back – and this time with a full cast of professional actors. 

It's Miss Hope Springs

It's Miss Hope Springs

The crowd is lively, laughing and waiting expectantly for the venue to open. 

Bait: Kill the Princess

Bait: Kill the Princess

Princess dresses and cleaning supplies turn into painfully comical horses, lakes, capes, ans tents for you to hide in. 

Tom Lenk Is Trash

Tom Lenk Is Trash

Rarely is a title so apt. 

Garry Starr Conquers Troy

Garry Starr Conquers Troy

Selfless to a fault, Garry Starr is ready to share the lessons he’s learned about the actors’ craft, the art of pretending. 

Lucy Farrett: Lois

Lucy Farrett: Lois

Character comedy is a difficult discipline at the best of times and, with a trope as thoroughly picked-over as the oblivious action-hero, it asks at lot from a performer to find so… 

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beep boop

Most of you are probably reading this review on a portable device right now. 

M.E.H

M.E.H

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

Courtney Pauroso: Gutterplum

Courtney Pauroso: Gutterplum

An intense, enthralling and fascinatingly uncomfortable exploration of the ageing of an American woman, played with a perfected bleak clowning approach that toys with the crowd and… 

Friendsical: A Parody Musical About Friends

Friendsical: A Parody Musical About Friends

Friendsical is billed as a ‘musical parody’ of Friends and unfortunately it fails to hit the mark on both counts. 

Conversations With Myself

Conversations With Myself

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

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Meet Sam Morrison: a 24-year old American comedian with a theatrical flair and a penchant for daddies. 

Harry Baker: I Am 10,000

Harry Baker: I Am 10,000

If a show combining maths, poetry, comedy and rap sounds like it may be up your street, then boy, oh boy, do I have a show for you?! The youngest ever World Slam Poetry champion, H… 

The Lost Musical Works of Willy Shakes

The Lost Musical Works of Willy Shakes

What do you get when you blend the works of William Shakespeare, with an all singing and dancing musical extravaganza? You get the Elizabethan’s answer to Flight of the Conchords… 

The Living Room

The Living Room

What’s more mundane than death? What’s more absurd? In a slice of often brave, often very funny, and occasionally extremely poignant clowning, Amritha Dhaliwal and Gemma Soldat… 

I'm OKayfabe

I'm OKayfabe

The head of professional wrestling promoters NXT, Paul Levesque, is famous for his idea that in wrestling, there are three layers of storytelling: The action in the ring, the story… 

Thrones! The Musical Parody

Thrones! The Musical Parody

Returning to the Fringe for another year Thrones! The Musical Parody is exactly what it says on the tin. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy has become almost as much a staple of the Fringe as being slapped in the face with flyers on the Royal Mile. 

Notflix: Originals

Notflix: Originals

Since their explosive debut a few years ago, Waiting For The Call Improv (WTFC) and their signature show, Notflix, have been tipped as rising stars. 

Police Cops – Badass Be Thy Name

Police Cops – Badass Be Thy Name

Gird your loins and suspend any disbelief for the weirdest, rip-roaring adventure you’ll ever experience. 

Raven

Raven

A raven mother, in German, is a neglectful one. 

Pamela's Palace

Pamela's Palace

Welcome to Pamela’s Palace. 

Agatha Is Missing!

Agatha Is Missing!

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. 

Got a Text: A Musical Parody

Got a Text: A Musical Parody

Ahh, Love Island. 

MARA

MARA

Taking on the voices of a group of monumental and important women throughout history, MARA embodies them physically and vocally with stunningly committed and skillful character wor… 

Goodbear: Dougal

Goodbear: Dougal

Goodbear put on a pretty spectacular routine considering they never actually show up. 

The Gray Cat and the Flounder

The Gray Cat and the Flounder

One bright and sunny day, a fish jumps out of a river, and promptly meets a fellow animal with whom he will share the next 46 years of his life. 

The Burning

The Burning

Witch is an old word. 

Murder on the Dancefloor

Murder on the Dancefloor

Death on the depressing dancefloor that is the job and house hunting game – certainly not the most ideal outcome for a 21 year old just trying to live. 

The Crown Dual

The Crown Dual

The Crown Dual is a play within a play. 

Not Quite

Not Quite

It’s a secret epidemic, one that affects every new generation of young people. 

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

B-movies typically have negative connotations. 

From Judy to Bette: The Stars of Old Hollywood

From Judy to Bette: The Stars of Old Hollywood

Rebecca Perry’s one-women tribute to four icons of the Golden Age of cinema is a cheery and bouncy hour celebrating Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Betty Hutton and Lucille Ball. 

Fishbowl

Fishbowl

Hootingly funny and devilishly clever, Fishbowl is a masterpiece of physical comedy. 

Paradise Lodge

Paradise Lodge

The framing of Paradise Lodge is odd at first. 

Heroin(e) for Breakfast

Heroin(e) for Breakfast

A high energy, jovial start introduces us to a young couple getting down to some sexy time. 

My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice

My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice

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

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

If you saw a live news report of an alien invasion on a network you trusted, would you believe it? Rhum & Clay’s production of The War of the Worlds poses that exact question… 

Murder She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

Murder She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

To say that Murder She Didn’t Write, from Degrees of Error, is a slick production is an understatement. 

You and I: A New Musical

You and I: A New Musical

Drawing the line between the exaggerated and the tender is no easy feat. 

Holly Morgan: Is a Witch. Get Her!

Holly Morgan: Is a Witch. Get Her!

It’s hard to make a comedy about the murder of 45,000 women but Holly Morgan does just that, and then some. 

Josephine

Josephine

As the last notes of La Vie en Rose hang in the air, we jump to our feet to give our enthralling leading lady the standing ovation she so richly deserves. 

Spray

Spray

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

Bubble Show: Milkshake and the Winter Bubble

Bubble Show: Milkshake and the Winter Bubble

A packed room at Gilded Balloon’s new Patter Hoose venue shows that even a rainy Friday morning can’t dampen the enthusiasm for bubbles. 

Princess Party

Princess Party

Once upon a time, two princesses decided to leave LA and cross the ocean to visit a fairy tale land where dreams come true ⁠— Scotland. 

Normaler Than Everyone

Normaler Than Everyone

It may be because of the stage productions and films which I saw growing up, but my innate and core expectation about musical theatre is that it tends to be on the big size, if not… 

I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical

I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical

When critiquing a musical about the difficulties of being a performer, there’s nothing to do but write a review about the difficulties of being a critic. 

Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch

Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch

Move aside Maleficent, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch is the new anti-hero tale in town. 

HoneyBee

HoneyBee

I wasn’t really sure what this show was supposed to be going into it, and now that I’ve seen it, I’m not sure if I have any better an idea. 

Phrases

Phrases

Phrases is an inventive and open-minded solo performance from dance artist Lewys Holt, honouring and making space for the confusion and miscommunication which we often seek to avoi… 

The Desk

The Desk

A dimly lit stage, five women and their leader, to whom they will give everything until there is nothing left to give: this is the basic set-up for Reetta Honkakoski Company’s ca… 

The Afflicted

The Afflicted

The Afflicted, a startling theatre-dance piece produced by Groupwork and performed at the Summerhall Demonstration Room, is a brilliant re-definition of the docu-drama format. 

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

The widely acclaimed ex-Young Pleasance physical theatre ensemble Spies Like Us returned to the Festival Fringe this year with not only one show but two brilliant shows in an adapt… 

Drip

Drip

I can’t imagine that anybody has nostalgia for life in their early teen years. 

Body Shop

Body Shop

Body Shop is a multiplayer, multi-layered human body action game, a future-forward competition where women are assembled according to the stories of their bodies. 

Paradiso

Paradiso

Our Theatre’s Paradiso is ostensibly a puppetry show about three men of different nationalities, reflecting on the last days of their lives before moving onto paradise. 

A Hero of Our Time

A Hero of Our Time

Pechorin is a superfluous man. 

3am Waitress

3am Waitress

3am Waitress by UK company Rogueplay is billed as "merging physical theatre with dance and aerial circus", but may be better described as a duo acro-dance piece since the… 

Austentatious

Austentatious

It is a truth that should be universally acknowledged; you do not need to possess an extensive understanding of the books of Jane Austen to fully enjoy Austenatious. 

Plucked

Plucked

Plucked is a barnyard fable declaring the high ground on animal cruelty, a sermon on cycles of violence from bird to child to wife. 

As We Like It

As We Like It

Side by Side Theatre Company, serving learning disabled performers from the West Midlands, returns to Paradise in Augustines this year with their adaptation of As You Like It, the … 

Reigen

Reigen

Some plays lend themselves to radical reinterpretations and stagings while others need handling with more care. 

Cepacia – Love Takes His Breath Away

Cepacia – Love Takes His Breath Away

The story of Romeo and Juliet receives medical treatment in Cepacia from Durham School and Shadow Dreams. 

Umbrella Man

Umbrella Man

In a bar in Cambodia, a young Scottish tour guide is telling stories to travellers. 

The Bacchae

The Bacchae

You may think you’ve seen The Bacchae – but have you seen Dionysius wreaking havoc upon his namesake play in an attempt to modernise it? This is the premise of Mermaids: The U… 

Liz

Liz

There is no denying the writers’ talent; both Louis Pattison and Harry Style have created a highly enjoyable script and score rich in farcical humour and lighthearted silliness, … 

Seven Ways to Calm the F**k Down

Seven Ways to Calm the F**k Down

University is the best time of your life, isn’t it? So what do you do when every day is a struggle? In Seven Ways to Calm the Fuck Down, directed by Ruth Berry, 3BUGS Fringe Thea… 

A Life on the Silk Road

A Life on the Silk Road

The National Theatre of China have brought their visually stunning production of Life On The Silk Road to Zoo Southside. 

Pussy Riot: Riot Days

Pussy Riot: Riot Days

It’s very rare that you go to ‘the theatre’ and feel as though you are witnessing a moment in history; with Riot Days, Pussy Riot successfully creates this feeling. 

Nigel Slater’s Toast

Nigel Slater’s Toast

One of the hardest calls for a reviewer to make is where to draw the line between production and play. 

Heather and Harry

Heather and Harry

Heather and Harry is a romantic yarn detailing the story of Heather, an angel cast out of heaven by her misogynist rapping boyfriend Zeus, of Greek mythology fame. 

Sob Story

Sob Story

Six friends. 

Adam Larter: Boogie Knights

Adam Larter: Boogie Knights

Adam Larter plays Sir Dance-a-lot, one of the Boogie Knights who has been exiled from a land where disco lovers are persecuted, and where rock ‘n roll and the evil King Gary now … 

Legacy: The Book of Names

Legacy: The Book of Names

At first glance The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's two collaborative productions with the American Music Theatre Project may seem remarkably similar to last year's pair. 

Assassins

Assassins

Assassins is a show of rich thematic complexity, difficult harmonies and challenging characterisation. 

Door-to-Door Poetry

Door-to-Door Poetry

Forget flowers, chocolates or even a home-baked cake. 

The Lost Things

The Lost Things

Visual theatre company Tortoise in a Nutshell aim to inspire the imagination of their audiences with their creations. 

Shower Thoughts

Shower Thoughts

The bathroom of a student flat is not a place you'd want to spend 5 minutes, let alone an hour. 

Haggis, Neeps and Burns

Haggis, Neeps and Burns

Haggis, Neeps and Burns is about as Scottish as tartan and the trinity. 

Legacy: A Mother's Song

Legacy: A Mother's Song

Legacy: A Mother’s Song, one of two devised musicals under the ‘Legacy’ banner at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, is the distinctly less crowd-pleasing of the pair. 

It’s Not Over Yet... and How to Survive the Future

It’s Not Over Yet... and How to Survive the Future

It’s Not Over Yet… choreographed and performed by Emma Jayne Park (aka Cultured Mongrel) is a heart-stopping autobiographical show about cancer. 

...and Peggy

...and Peggy

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. 

Sky Labyrinths

Sky Labyrinths

Having absolutely loved Posolev’s other work at the 2018 Fringe, (Some)Body, I’m a little nervous at the start that this may not be of equal standard. 

Dusty Limits: Mandrogyny

Dusty Limits: Mandrogyny

Mandrogyny contains many universal themes, including an exploration of self, identity and gender expression. 

Achilles

Achilles

With roots in Grotowski’s theatrical style and the laboratory theatre of 1970s Poland, Company of Wolves are known for their striking, collaborative work that fuses dance, physic… 

(Some)Body

(Some)Body

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

Stick by Me

Stick by Me

We all remember the feeling of temptation to open the box that we’re not supposed to open as a small child. 

Girl World

Girl World

Frisky are transporting audiences to a fantasy land created by two pre-pubescent girls, Tilly and Inga (played by Camille Dawson and Serena Ramsey). 

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I’ve got a lot of love for YESYESNONO. 

Broken Romantics: A Unicorn's Quest for Love

Broken Romantics: A Unicorn's Quest for Love

This is one woman’s tale of the many heartbreaks in her life and the lessons she learned from each that allowed her to be able to love herself instead of seeking it in others. 

The Worst Little Warehouse in London

The Worst Little Warehouse in London

The Worst Little Warehouse In London is crammed into The Box, which appears to be an actual shipping crate housed in Assembly Gardens. 

To Have Done With the Judgement of God

To Have Done With the Judgement of God

Leaving the theatre with no idea what you have just seen but having enjoyed it immensely is perhaps an appropriate response to a production of Antonin Artaud’s To Have Done With … 

Single Life

Single Life

Every now and then a sparkling gem comes bubbling to the surface of the Fringe. 

Stuart Bowden: Our Molecules

Stuart Bowden: Our Molecules

Stuart Bowden has been doing this for a long time. 

Mistero Buffo

Mistero Buffo

Go and see this show right now. 

WireDo

WireDo

Many people firmly believe that the circus discipline of Tightwire must in fact be an illusion or a magic trick. 

Garry Starr Performs Everything

Garry Starr Performs Everything

Starr is a bag of nervous insecurity, wrapped up in a paper thin façade of theatrical overconfidence. 

Backup

Backup

Backup, a mix of puppetry and gestural object theatre, is a half hour of pure delight. 

89 Nights: An Original Musical

89 Nights: An Original Musical

The magic of New York is effectively captured in 89 Nights, a new musical from Troubadour Stageworks. 

The Squirrel Plays

The Squirrel Plays

Many productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year discuss female freedom of choice, but few do so as creatively as The Squirrel Plays. 

Kaput

Kaput

For anyone who thinks they don't make physical comedians like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton any more, here's a word from the wise—which, in this context, essentially … 

Rocky Horror Night

Rocky Horror Night

The Rocky Horror Night at Frankenstein’s — now in its 17th year — is one of the staple nightlife experiences in Edinburgh. 

Six

Six

A pop song musical about the six wives of Henry the Eighth is not, at first glance, something you’d think would necessarily work. 

Elf Lyons: ChiffChaff

Elf Lyons: ChiffChaff

Elf Lyons should be feeling pretty good right now. 

Feed

Feed

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

Cazeleon: The Movies in My Mind

Cazeleon: The Movies in My Mind

Cazeleon, the self-proclaimed ‘cabaret chameleon’ – resplendent in monochrome make-up and a jaunty red, wide-brimmed hat - opens her show with a pitch perfect rendition of �… 

Stardust

Stardust

Let’s talk about drugs. 

Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl

Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl

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

Police Cops in Space

Police Cops in Space

It's obvious from the loud, excited audience in Assembly Studio 3 that London-based comedy theatre trio The Pretend Men – Nathan Parkinson, Zachary Hunt and Tom Rose – have… 

A Man's a Man

A Man's a Man

I was unsure what to expect from this performance, but "a musical about Robert Burns" already had my interest piqued. 

Slipstick

Slipstick

A man enters and, La Cage Aux Folles style, he sits at a mirror that isn’t there and paints his face in lurid make-up. 

Freeman

Freeman

Theatre is often defined as a means of offering a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves. 

Propeller

Propeller

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

The Lampoons: House on Haunted Hill

The Lampoons: House on Haunted Hill

A late night slot at the Pleasance Dome perfectly suits the latest offering from The Lampoons, a raucous, defiantly silly parody of the creaky well-loved William Castle classic, de… 

Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Hamlet

Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Hamlet

If you haven’t already heard of this band of bawdy, Bardy performers, it prompts the question, “Is this your first time to the Fringe?” If the answer is yes - what have you b… 

Fringe Wives Club: Glittery Clittery

Fringe Wives Club: Glittery Clittery

If you like your cabaret kick-ass, feminist, patriarchy-smashing and unabashedly consensual, do not miss Glittery Clittery Fringe Wives Club. 

Taiwan Season: Once Upon a Daydream

Taiwan Season: Once Upon a Daydream

Once Upon a Daydream, produced by Sun Son Theatre, bursts with life and colour. 

BARK! The Musical... How the Little Dog Found His Voice

BARK! The Musical... How the Little Dog Found His Voice

The secret life of man’s best friend is pondered in BARK: The Musical. 

Great British Mysteries: 1599?

Great British Mysteries: 1599?

After a sell out run last year the Great British Mysteries return to the Fringe with a new show set 400 years earlier, but still the containing the wit, charm, and ridiculous sense… 

Shit-Faced Showtime: Oliver With a Twist

Shit-Faced Showtime: Oliver With a Twist

With success in the likes of Shitfaced Shakespeare and Shitfaced Showtime, Magnificent Bastard Productions return to the Fringe with their take on Lionel Bart’s 1960 musical. 

Bubble Show for Adults Only

Bubble Show for Adults Only

This is one of two offerings at the Fringe this year from Iulia Benze and Kurt Murray, featuring high energy physical movement, bubble art and audience interaction. 

Duckie

Duckie

Le Gateau Chocolat has brought his background in drag to this kids show, which is a solo act loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling. 

Scientology the Musical

Scientology the Musical

Deciding to take on Scientology, the notoriously thin skinned and litigation happy “religion”, as the central subject matter of a comedy rock musical is certainly a brave choic… 

Egg

Egg

The Edinburgh Fringe is the sort of place where you expect to see experimental, strange and unusual performances, and Paper Doll Militia’s Egg will certainly satisfy audiences lo… 

The Artist

The Artist

Thom Monckton of Finland’s Circo Aereo returns to Edinburgh with a hugely entertaining hour of silliness. 

The Improv Musical

The Improv Musical

Music Theatre Warwick returns to the festival with their long-form, entirely improvised musical that is a rollicking good time, even if there are a few kinks that need ironing out. 

Marmite

Marmite

Marmite: it’s the breakfast spread that we apparently love or hate, and the word has – in that way the English language often does – subsequently evolved far wider metaphoric… 

When You Fall Down: The Buster Keaton Story

When You Fall Down: The Buster Keaton Story

If silent Hollywood star Buster Keaton is remembered for anything, it's his emotionless, mask-like expression; so the initial shock here is that this Buster speaks and smiles. 

Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road is, more than anything, a lot of fun to watch and a strong example of the power of devised theatre and the ensemble. 

Iconic – A Brief History of Drag

Iconic – A Brief History of Drag

Ian Stroughair delivers an hour of avante guarde post modern drag, with a voice so powerful he should require a license to operate it. 

We've Got Each Other

We've Got Each Other

Jukebox musicals are undeniably hit and miss. 

Woyzeck

Woyzeck

George Buchner’s great working class tragedy Woyzeck has long cast a shadow over European theatre. 

Thor and Loki

Thor and Loki

Thor and Loki is a wildly silly parody adaptation of the Ragnarok myth that is heaps of fun – even if it does go on a bit. 

My Left / Right Foot – The Musical

My Left / Right Foot – The Musical

Birds of Paradise’s new musical is a hysterical and at times incredibly thoughtful production that takes a wry and insightful poke at the state of inclusion in modern theatre and… 

Chase Scenes

Chase Scenes

Chase Scenes is exactly what it says it is: 60 scenes in which performers create a variety of famous and original chase scenes, filmed lived onstage and projected onto screens at t… 

My Land

My Land

You know you’re at a good circus when you expect your jaw to drop, only to realise it’s already on the floor. 

Trump'd!

Trump'd!

There is such a plethora of Donald Trump-inspired shows at Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year, it feels like it should almost become its own genre. 

Gamarjobat

Gamarjobat

Gamarjobat shows that comedy is truly without language barriers. 

Buried: A New Musical

Buried: A New Musical

Buried certainly made a splash at the Fringe last year, winning awards left, right, and centre, and deservedly so – Tom Williams and Cordelia O’Driscoll’s new musical is quir… 

Here Comes Trouble

Here Comes Trouble

Keira Martin’s Here Comes Trouble contains some impressively executed Irish dancing to music which is a meld of Irish melodies and Jamaican beats in a memorable piece about ident… 

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening is a touching and affecting musical. 

Little Shop of Horrors – The Musical!

Little Shop of Horrors – The Musical!

Ethereal Theatre Company’s Little Shop of Horrors is a powerhouse of zany energy. 

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

The story of Peter Pan is a familiar one for many and The Talentz present a lovely retelling of the classic tale. 

A Matter of Race

A Matter of Race

Two young women, living similar lives, doing similar things: applying for jobs at cafes, buying alcohol, going to parties. 

Certain Young Men

Certain Young Men

Peter Gill”s Certain Young Men was first performed at the Almeida Theatre in 1999. 

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

I Love you, You’re Perfect, Now Change is earnestly performed by a youthful and small cast – the reason for scraping the second star – but the uninspired script and the overa… 

Les Misérables School Edition

Les Misérables School Edition

Trying to do a hallowed musical such as Les Miserables at the Fringe is a bit of a rigged game. 

Parlour Games

Parlour Games

Parlour Games is a classy, original and nostalgic piece of theatre brought to us by Tooth+Nail, a company comprised of four talented Jacques Lecoq graduates. 

Hope Hunt and the Ascension into Lazarus

Hope Hunt and the Ascension into Lazarus

A double-bill of extraordinary power and originality, Hope Hunt & The Ascension into Lazarus performed by Belfast-based Oona Doherty, gets beneath the hard exterior of disaffected … 

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

A show about the evocative powers of art must be particularly effective in practicing what it preaches. 

The Way It Is

The Way It Is

The 11:87 Theatre Company’s debut at the Fringe is a new musical following the lives of Sophie and George as they are guided by both angels and demons. 

The Dolls of New Albion

The Dolls of New Albion

Paul Shapera’s steampunk opera The Dolls of New Albion is a macabre four acts featuring four generations in a small town where the dead can come back to life as human-sized, unwo… 

The Oppression Olympics

The Oppression Olympics

It’s an almost universal experience of public transport, sitting at the bus stop and overhearing someone else’s conversation. 

On This Side of Time

On This Side of Time

Alyona Ageeva’s PosleSlov Physical Theatre Company presents the UK premier of this contemporary physical theatre performance. 

One Good Soul

One Good Soul

Musical adaptations of other works often struggle to either make themselves distinct or justify their existence. 

2016 the Musical

2016 the Musical

The idea of taking a serious topic and turning it into a musical is not a new to the Fringe. 

Ami and Tami

Ami and Tami

Ami and Tami is a reimagined Hansel & Gretel for the modern day. 

Forgive Us, Oh Father!

Forgive Us, Oh Father!

I think this show is emblematic of a lot of the problems that new musicals at the Fringe tend to have. 

5 Soldiers

5 Soldiers

Nestled in the artsy comfort of the Fringe bubble, it is all too easy to forget about the murmurings – or in some cases, bellowings – of war that have been thrown back and fort… 

Ruby Wax: Frazzled

Ruby Wax: Frazzled

Ruby Wax is back at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe once again with a new show on mental health, Frazzled. 

Seagulls

Seagulls

In Seagulls, visuals are everything. 

Cream Tea and Incest

Cream Tea and Incest

Strap yourself in for an hour of puns, props and plenty of plot. 

Wrong Tree Adventures

Wrong Tree Adventures

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

Cherry

Cherry

“None of these words are our own. 

Suicide the Musical

Suicide the Musical

Suicide: The Musical is a one-man show that discusses male depression and disconnection due to social media. 

Bat Boy: The Musical

Bat Boy: The Musical

Billed as a uniquely grotesque combination of satire, horror and comedy, Bat Boy: The Musical has a small but dedicated cult following. 

Porn

Porn

Porn is a musical that aims to show the emotional side of those working in the adult film industry. 

The Duke

The Duke

Greeting you with a handshake as you enter, Schôn Dale-Jones and his piece, The Duke, warmly invite you to participate in a really special experience. 

Circled in the Radio Times by John Osborne

Circled in the Radio Times by John Osborne

TV has a special place in our hearts, for comforting us on a very personal level, and for giving us the communal experience of watching and talking about it. 

The Time Machine

The Time Machine

The future is brought to you from the past in this musical adaptation of H. 

Love Gasoline!

Love Gasoline!

Marcel Duchamp was an artist who is famed for creating work in the cubist style and had a huge impact on the conceptual art movement, particularly Dadaism – He’s the one who fa… 

[title of show]

[title of show]

The ambiguity and space for misunderstanding in [title of show]’s name and concept are such that it is entirely possible it could put audience members off, but the University of … 

The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck

The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck

You would be forgiven for thinking that a production of The Tales of Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle-Duck performed in a circus tent might involve people dressed up as the character… 

Marking Time

Marking Time

Stuck in a lift, Ruth waits to escape in order to visit her husband who has recently been diagnosed with cancer. 

Know Brexit

Know Brexit

Geoffrey Brown guides us through the sticky path that is Britain’s exit from the EU armed with a gaudy slide show, an intro song, It’s the End of the World as We Know it and I … 

Just Like the Movies

Just Like the Movies

Just Like the Movies is a cheery musical exploring the world of show business as the characters battle to make a statement in a world where success is often decided by major realit… 

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

It’s impossible to miss the irony in the name of the production company behind Priscilla: Queen of the Desert – Car Crash Productions. 

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge

Gilbert and Sullivan’s Improbable New Musical: The Fringe Lozenge has, as you might expect from the title, a very specific target audience. 

Pippin

Pippin

Youth theatre is a weird thing to critique. 

American Idiot

American Idiot

Shove on some Dr. 

Blueswater Presents: Cat Loud

Blueswater Presents: Cat Loud

Light your cigarette, put on your evening clothes and grab a cocktail to enjoy Cat Loud, a sexy cabaret performance that will thrill. 

X The Musical

X The Musical

Robert S J Lucas’ new show, X The Musical is set in a vaguely sketched-out dystopian future where politics are the most important thing in the world and everyone is required to v… 

Atlantic: America and the Great War

Atlantic: America and the Great War

There is beautiful music at the heart of Atlantic: America & The Great War. 

Godspell

Godspell

Godspell is a very strange show. 

Circa: Humans

Circa: Humans

Step into the grand Lafayette big top in Underbelly’s dedicated Circus Hub and witness the spectacle of internationally acclaimed Circa with their 2017 Fringe offering. 

Brave Macbeth

Brave Macbeth

If you feel sceptical about the idea of Macbeth as a comedy for children, let me put your mind at rest. 

Border Tales

Border Tales

Following a turbulent year of politics and current affairs, this year’s Fringe programme is unsurprisingly loaded with all manner of shows trying to make sense of the world in 20… 

Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market

Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market

Adapted and performed by Jennifer Jewell, Goblin Market is a solo performance, with Jewell taking on the roles of two young sisters and the goblins they encounter. 

Cognitions

Cognitions

Cognitions was confessional, poetic physical theatre. 

Frigid: A Musical Worth Melting For

Frigid: A Musical Worth Melting For

Napier University Drama Society returns to the musical stage after selling out last year. 

Taiwan Season: 038

Taiwan Season: 038

038 is the telephone code for Hualien, a small city on the east coast of Taiwan and it is the first few numbers the many emigrants to the bigger cities must dial to phone home. 

Spirit of the Dane

Spirit of the Dane

If Shakespeare’s greatest characters could talk, what would they say? Would they be happy about their storylines and demise, and how would they feel about all of the… “modern… 

The Crossing Place – Romantika

The Crossing Place – Romantika

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

Chamber Pot Opera

Chamber Pot Opera

This isn’t an eccentric metaphor or a pseudonym for a filthy cabaret, it is exactly what it says. 

The North

The North

The North is as hostile, unforgiving and beautiful as the land to which it dedicates its hour-long runtime. 

Un Poyo Rojo

Un Poyo Rojo

If you want a bit of light relief from Fringe shows taking themselves too seriously, come to this hilarious, technically mind-blowing piece which calls itself physical theatre but … 

The Humours of Bandon

The Humours of Bandon

This show is a delight. 

Bacchae

Bacchae

Both faithful and frantic, young company Flying Pig Theatre have produced a very satisfying version of Euripides’ Bacchae with a deft touch. 

Wanna Dance With Somebody! Or, A Guide To Managing Social Anxiety Using Theoretical Physics

Wanna Dance With Somebody! Or, A Guide To Managing Social Anxiety Using Theoretical Physics

With one of the longest titles you’ll come across it feels as though this show will have a lot to unpack. 

Things We Find in the Dark

Things We Find in the Dark

Sam is scared of the dark. 

War Pig

War Pig

French theatre group Le Festin de Saturne deliver a wild and engaging clown show, War Pig, following the adventures of young Private Juan and Captain Fidel Castra off to war. 

Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairy Tale

Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairy Tale

Detailed, charismatic and humorous, State High Thespian Troupe’s take on the classic Grimm’s fairy tale is an accessible musical for all the family. 

Origins

Origins

Animikii Theatre’s Origins is an intriguing piece of physical theatre that isn’t afraid to be subtle with it’s plot. 

A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation)

A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation)

Inspired by a Kafka story, writer Josh Luxenberg and Brooklyn-based Sinking Ship have created a weird and wonderful piece of theatre in A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation). 

What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath is a semi-absurdist exploration into male grief, observing how it plays out in our minds and affects those close to us. 

Alice – Underground Lives My Buried Mind (Deflowering Lewis Carroll's Script)

Alice – Underground Lives My Buried Mind (Deflowering Lewis Carroll's Script)

Physical theatre can always lend itself to a degree of interpretation, and inevitably the risk of confusion. 

Hyperthymesia

Hyperthymesia

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

Bone Woman

Bone Woman

Bone Woman is a quiet, strange and beautiful production. 

Peer Gynt

Peer Gynt

With humble beginnings as an idle farm lad, the eponymous hero of Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt is chastised by his mother for wasting his time on earth dreaming of greatness - to whi… 

Tribe

Tribe

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

The Local

The Local

Sometimes, all a show needs to be good is to be simple and earnestly performed. 

Cirkopolis

Cirkopolis

Cirkopolis begins from the moment the doors open and the audience filters into the massive space at the EICC. 

Beasts & Beauties

Beasts & Beauties

Beauty and the Beast without Gaston? In Italy?! If you can get over the sacrilege of daring to be different from the Disney version of events, Beasts and Beauties, by young company… 

Company

Company

Company, Sondheim’s second Tony Award winner, is a difficult show to get right: it’s disjointed, complex, and built on subject matter that can be uncomfortable to look at. 

The Nature of Forgetting

The Nature of Forgetting

What’s more important when telling a compelling story of human emotion, feeling or narrative? The answer to this is largely dependent on the viewer’s personal preferences as to… 

How to Win Against History

How to Win Against History

When viewing a show as celebrated and adored as How to Win Against History there is always the risk that it’ll never be able to live up to the hype. 

Kev's Komedy Kitchen – The Second Cumin

Kev's Komedy Kitchen – The Second Cumin

Kevin Dewsbury plays the hapless host in Kev’s Komedy Kitchen, an entertaining parody of a Saturday morning TV cookery show that was thoroughly enjoyable. 

The Starship Osiris

The Starship Osiris

Looking for a star-spangled adventure into science-fiction? The Starship Osiris is certainly not that: it’s much, much better. 

Choir of Man

Choir of Man

There is something remarkably welcoming about being handed a free pint with a smile as you walk into a show. 

My Leonard Cohen

My Leonard Cohen

My Leonard Cohen is a soulful and informative show celebrating the life of the recently deceased Canadian musician and poet. 

Juan Vesuvius: I am Your Deejay

Juan Vesuvius: I am Your Deejay

New Zealand’s Barnie Duncan has created a perfect comedy persona; he’s believable enough as a character but ridiculous in so many perfectly pitched ways. 

Prom Kween

Prom Kween

From the producers of bold, subversive and wonderfully camp comedy musicals: Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Soho and How to Win Against History, Prom Kween certainly has a lot going f… 

This Really Is Too Much

This Really Is Too Much

Gracefool Collective’s This Really Is Too Much blends dance, spoken word and physical comedy in a devised expressionistic theatre piece; revealing the absurd realities of life fr… 

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

Fairytales don’t really make much sense. 

Abandoman's Rob Broderick – The Musical in My Mind

Abandoman's Rob Broderick – The Musical in My Mind

Rob Broderick is a one of a kind performer. 

Annie

Annie

Captivate Theatre’s cast of fresh-faced talent do not disappoint in this adaptation of Annie. 

Dr Zeiffal, Dr Zeigal and the Hippo That Can Never Be Caught

Dr Zeiffal, Dr Zeigal and the Hippo That Can Never Be Caught

You don’t need to be a hippo expert to help Dr Zieffal and Dr Ziegal catch a hippo in Edinburgh – all you need are the right tools and to keep your eyes peeled! The Hippo that … 

Driftwood

Driftwood

A single red lamp shade hangs above the stage in Assembly’s Spiegeltent Palais Du Variete. 

Show Up

Show Up

Peter Michael Marino greets the audience as we arrive. 

Fauna

Fauna

Fauna is a bold, mesmerising exploration of primal behaviour brought to us by the wonderful Fauna Circus. 

SiX

SiX

Cambridge University Musical society hits Edinburgh to redefine the stories of Henry VIII’s six wives through a contemporary pop girl-band SiX. 

Puppet Fiction

Puppet Fiction

In order to snare the attention of an average jaded and time-poor festival-goer, you’re going to need a pitch that can stop them in their tracks on the Royal Mile and accept the … 

The Great American Trailer Park Musical

The Great American Trailer Park Musical

This little-known musical is tremendous fun in its own right, but the extremely talented and energetic cast of The Great American Trailer Park Musical make it engaging for a full 9… 

LoveHard: Murdered by Murder

LoveHard: Murdered by Murder

LoveHard return to the Fringe after their award-winning 2016 show House On The Hill with a new comic offering that is literally the best of both the theatre and comedy worlds. 

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Not Cricket’s new production of Alice in Wonderland is a charming and whimsical piece that delights audiences both young and old with its blend of live music, puppetry and dance. 

Chris Dugdale: Up Close!

Chris Dugdale: Up Close!

Chris Dugdale is a master of the art of sleight of hand and, even when encouraging the audience to closely watch his every move he manages to repeatedly stun them with his apparent… 

Oyster Boy

Oyster Boy

Oyster Boy is a comic telling of the fictional relationship between two young lovers on Coney Island and their subsequent journey into marriage. 

Tobacco

Tobacco

If you are looking for a show that demonstrates exceptional acting and physical theatre skills Tobacco is where you will find it. 

Mouthpiece

Mouthpiece

Mouthpiece is one of the shows at CanadaHub at King’s Hall, a venue in association with Summerhall. 

China Goes Pop!

China Goes Pop!

China Goes Pop is an action-packed hour for all the family to enjoy; full of acrobatics held together by a simple love story between two of the performers. 

Kokdu: The Soul Mate

Kokdu: The Soul Mate

Kokdu: Soul Mate is physical theatre with charm, humour and a supernatural frisson inspired by Korean shamanistic rites and belief in the Kokdu, a spirit guide who accompanies the … 

Good Girl

Good Girl

The desire to please is instilled into children from an early age, but the side-effects that this can have on their development is often not felt until it’s too late. 

Alice Devlin: Extra-Curricular

Alice Devlin: Extra-Curricular

Standing on a stage adorned with all the necessary equipment to run a fully-fledged activity holiday, Alice Devlin is poised and ready to welcome us to her Edinburgh Festival Fring… 

Buried: A New Musical

Buried: A New Musical

“A musical about two serial killers,” is how Buried: A New Musical by Colla Voce Theatre describes itself. 

Stop

Stop

There is a lot to like about this package. 

Auditions

Auditions

The premise of this musical is that four professional actors share their insights into the scary world of auditions. 

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

This slick performance of Robin Hood by Manhattan Children’s Theatre (Edinburgh) will leave you laughing, humming the songs, and with a strange desire to shout ‘Hail King Richa… 

Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story

Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story

Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story won the first Broadway Baby Bobby Award in 2014 as one of the most outstanding productions of that year’s Festival Fringe. 

Robin’s Hood

Robin’s Hood

C Theatre’s production of Robin’s Hood is a silly pantomime style show featuring the classic characters. 

The Gruffalo's Child

The Gruffalo's Child

Much as it is a pleasure to discover a hidden gem amongst the mass of shows in Edinburgh, there’s also something very reassuring about having a list of reliable prospects. 

Tape Face

Tape Face

Tape Face, a show that mixes circus, variety, clowning and who knows what else, presents me with somewhat of a dilemma. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical seems to have become synonymous with the Fringe; their billboards plastering every major walkway across Edinburgh. 

Notflix

Notflix

In a Fringe riddled with long-form improvisation – especially musicals – this is one of the stand-outs. 

AnimAlphabet the Musical

AnimAlphabet the Musical

Colin the Country Cockatoo is on a mission to reunite all the notes of the stave and save his friends from the dastardly plans of Calando the duck who wants to bring eternal silenc… 

Kat Bond: Loo Roll

Kat Bond: Loo Roll

Loo Roll is a comedy sketch show about a woman who’s been left in a giant green bin. 

Thrones! The Musical

Thrones! The Musical

Warning: Spoilers, swearing and a hilarious combination of incest and sex jokes. 

Translunar Paradise

Translunar Paradise

Theatre Ad Infinitum have been a Fringe favourite for years; creating thought provoking and beautiful shows to touch both your heart and your mind. 

Ben Hart: Belief?

Ben Hart: Belief?

Ben Hart opens his hour-long show with a simple but beautiful magic trick that has a playful story attached. 

Police Cops in Space

Police Cops in Space

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

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

Incognito Theatre’s adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front is a solid, if predictable, production which ticks all of the necessary First World War boxes. 

Odyssey

Odyssey

The idea is a brilliant one: reducing an epic to the size of a man. 

Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Some things seem as traditional to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as being bombarded with flyers on the Royal Mile. 

Ballistic

Ballistic

In a darkened room surrounded by blinking lights a young angry man tells us his life story, from childhood through teen years to the miseries of universities we see what the strugg… 

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

Spies Like Us Theatre’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s classic novel is, quite simply, a joy. 

Testosterone

Testosterone

Testosterone is a touching, funny and incredibly brave piece of theatre from Rhum and Clay Company and Kit Redstone. 

Hot Brown Honey

Hot Brown Honey

The ladies of Hot Brown Honey are back in Edinburgh and they’re still bringing the power! This mix of burlesque, beats and brashness plays with our preconceptions of what a burle… 

Cambridge Impronauts: Improv Actually

Cambridge Impronauts: Improv Actually

The Cambridge Impronauts return to the fringe with a long form improvised show that is a hot mess from shaky start to hilariously absurd finish. 

A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)

A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)

A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) is about a woman’s struggle with depression, told through a simple, storytelling format and soundtracked by original music from Fris… 

Boris & Sergey's One Man Extravaganza

Boris & Sergey's One Man Extravaganza

The technical choreography from Flabbergast Theatre that delivers this consistently joyful, yet bleak, puppetry extravaganza is exceptional. 

Form

Form

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

Snowflake by Mark Thomson

Snowflake by Mark Thomson

Snowflake, a new play written and directed by the former Artistic Director of Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre, Mark Thomson, feels a necessity to explain its title right from th… 

Gutted

Gutted

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

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

A pure and exhilarating romp of a good time. 

Ella Enchanted

Ella Enchanted

This production is based on Gail Carson Levine’s Ella Enchanted, a young adult novel that previously inspired Anne Hathaway’s second turn as a movie princess. 

Shit-Faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Shit-Faced Showtime: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Magnificent Bastard Productions have become a hit at the Fringe throughout the last few years with their productions of Shit-Faced Shakespeare. 

Murder, She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

Murder, She Didn't Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery

A murder has been committed. 

Joanne McNally: Bite Me

Joanne McNally: Bite Me

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

Wereldband: Släpstick

Wereldband: Släpstick

On first viewing the stage I thought I would try and count all the instruments I could see scattered around waiting to be played. 

Kaitlyn Rogers: Can I Get an Amen?!

Kaitlyn Rogers: Can I Get an Amen?!

Can I get an Amen?! Is the subtitle of Aussie Comic Kaitlyn Rogers’ show and I do feel like yelling ‘Amen’ by the end of the show, because I’d been praying for it to be over. 

Knock Knock

Knock Knock

It’s 54 years since the last conscripted British citizens returned to civilian life after completing their National Service. 

The Inevitable Quiet of the Crash

The Inevitable Quiet of the Crash

The Inevitable Quiet of the Crash is a show whose tagline betrays its true value. 

Luocha Land

Luocha Land

Told through contemporary and ancient physical storytelling techniques, the National Theatre of China’s Luocha Land is a visual treat. 

Alpha

Alpha

There’s certainly a lot going on in Alpha: physical theatre, beat poetry and live music combine as the company confides their desires and secrets with their audience. 

Taiwan Season: Ever Never

Taiwan Season: Ever Never

Poignant and humorous, this is a semi-autobiographical piece of writing which roots itself in Co-coism director Hung Chien-Han’s upbringing. 

2 Become 1

2 Become 1

2 Become 1 is a standard Jukebox Musical. 

Follow Suit

Follow Suit

Set in a stark environment of desks and bare lightbulbs, Silent Faces’ Follow Suit is a cutting parody of life in the corporate sector. 

Poll Function

Poll Function

A play that will make you laugh, cringe and cry in equal measure, Poll Function is a masterstroke. 

That’s Life on Lisgar

That’s Life on Lisgar

That’s Life on Lisgar is a story of family fissures and the intimate workings of life as a daughter of a Portuguese family in Canada. 

The Iconoclasts

The Iconoclasts

The Iconoclasts is a perfect example of why one should never go into a show with any expectations. 

Monkey Dance: The Rockappella Musical!

Monkey Dance: The Rockappella Musical!

Korean performance company GGIRIPROJECT aims to create the perfect collaboration between music and martial arts, a pursuit that has resulted in the catchily-titled Monkey Dance: Th… 

Brexit the Musical

Brexit the Musical

How many times in the past year can you say that you felt genuinely sorry for Michael Gove? Or that you felt goose-bumps (the good kind!) when you heard Theresa May speak? Or perha… 

Creatives

Creatives

At a college songwriting class in Chicago, an end-of-year competition involves the students performing each other’s anonymous submissions for a celebrity guest judge. 

The Cat Man Curse

The Cat Man Curse

Deploying sketch comedy in its pinnacle form, Pelican, made up of ex-Footlights Guy Emanuel, Sam Grabiner and Jordan Mitchell, have put together a cohesive and hilarious narrative … 

Douze

Douze

This show is dumb. 

Slut

Slut

Slut tells a story which is sadly the experience of many women; girls who have the benefit of naivety during their younger years, which is then destroyed when they face the reality… 

Siren

Siren

To be surprised by a show at the Fringe is a rare and wonderful thing. 

Medea on Media

Medea on Media

Medea on Media is not your average spin on an Ancient Greek classic; Seongbukdong Beedoolkee’s production is fearless, irreverent, unsettling and, most surprisingly, a lot of fun… 

Future Perfect

Future Perfect

Tall Stories return to Edinburgh for their 20th birthday with an updated version of Future Perfect. 

Behind the Mirror

Behind the Mirror

There’s something charming about a fairy tale told in a fundamentally unique manner. 

Ordinary Days

Ordinary Days

The New York musical is so much of a trope that it could almost be its own genre. 

Staging Wittgenstein

Staging Wittgenstein

Staging Wittgenstein is a difficult production to categorise. 

Eaten

Eaten

Tucked away in a decently sized room at the beautiful venue of Summerhall, Eaten stars Mamoru Iriguchi as both Mamoru, Lionel the Lion, and, believe it or not, Dr. 

All Genius All Idiot

All Genius All Idiot

All Genius All Idiot is a quirky and outrageous piece that explores the animalistic side of human nature using contemporary circus, performance art and live music. 

The Toxic Avenger

The Toxic Avenger

Based on the 1984 cult classic, The Toxic Avenger captures everything good about spoof musicals. 

Last Clown on Earth

Last Clown on Earth

Derevo are a legend. 

Taiwan Season: Heart of Darkness

Taiwan Season: Heart of Darkness

A psychic journey, through physical theatre and music, Sun Son Theatre’s Heart of Darkness explores the damage inflicted on a woman by arranged marriage. 

Max & Ivan: The Reunion

Max & Ivan: The Reunion

This is character comedy at its finest. 

The Marriage of Kim K

The Marriage of Kim K

Sugary pop meets classical opera in Leoe and Hyde’s The Marriage of Kim K. 

Notflix

Notflix

Six hilarious young women. 

She Denied Nothing

She Denied Nothing

Inspired by the events of Sophocles’ Antigone, Greek theatre veterans Actors of Dionysus chose to examine the actions of two women who are unable to explain the whereabouts of … 

STAC @ Northbrook Musical Theatre Showcase 2017

STAC @ Northbrook Musical Theatre Showcase 2017

The STAC @ Northbrook Showcase featured 14 Musical Theatre Degree students, advertising their many performance talents in just over an hour of song and dance. 

Sweet Charity

Sweet Charity

The Brighton Academy of Performing Arts uses its Preston Park studio theatre to showcase the talents of its students. 

BARRERA

BARRERA

Barrera is what a clown AA meeting would look like. 

The Stroop Effect

The Stroop Effect

The disparity between the promotional material put out by theatre groups and the reality of what they present to audiences is often quite staggering. 

I AM BEAST

I AM BEAST

In this exhilarating, disturbing exploration of the human mind, there is a cornucopia of theatrical styles, from the visually spectacular, breathtaking use of puppetry, to the slic… 

purged

purged

Deeply meaningful and uncomfortably honest at times, purged presents Alex (Orla Sanders) and his desire and failure to verbally explain his mental health problems to the audience… 

Ingo's War

Ingo's War

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

Jack and I: The Jack the Ripper Musical

Jack and I: The Jack the Ripper Musical

On the hottest day of the year, the Warren was worlds apart from the shady alleyways of Victorian London. 

GIANT

GIANT

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

Candid

Candid

To tell stories in unexpected ways; that is the promise that Wildkind Theatre makes in their tagline. 

Dangled

Dangled

This fast-paced, sharp writing from Louis Viljoen focuses on a man’s (Rob Van Vuuren) rapid descent into madness. 

Enter The Dragons
BOBBY WINNER

Enter The Dragons

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

Frankenstein: Man or Monster

Frankenstein: Man or Monster

A refreshingly innovative take on Mary Shelley’s 19th century novel, Augustus Stephens’ one-man performance effortlessly portrayed mental illnesses through the depiction of Vi… 

The Maydays present: Happily Never After

The Maydays present: Happily Never After

Being inspired by fairy tales, Gothic themes and the warped imagination of Tim Burton was all-too-clear in the wide and undeniably impressive range of sketches, theatre troupe The … 

I Will Carry You Over Hard Times

I Will Carry You Over Hard Times

Settling into a pew at Sweet St Andrew’s along with a small but eager crowd, I had no idea what to expect from I Will Carry You Over Hard Times. 

Betty Blue Eyes

Betty Blue Eyes

Set in postwar Britain where one of the only distractions from recovery and rationing is the hope brought by the upcoming wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, this perf… 

Terror Australis

Terror Australis

I love edgy cabaret - give me songs about Chemsex (thanks Bourgeois and Maurice), or anti-drag (thanks David Hoyle) or blood, sweat and other bodily fluids (thanks Christeene) an… 

Urinetown: The Musical

Urinetown: The Musical

Two decades of drought result in a ban on the use of private toilets, and citizens are forced to pay through the roof to use public amenities, a privilege we currently enjoy in the… 

Two Singular Sensations

Two Singular Sensations

Statistically, January is the month in which tickets to musicals sell best, largely due to the miserable weather and post-Christmas blues. 

Great Train Robbery

Great Train Robbery

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

Cinebra: A History Of Horror

Cinebra: A History Of Horror

Meet Megan and Sophie. 

Joe Black: Meet Me At The Eldorado

Joe Black: Meet Me At The Eldorado

In this lushly hilarious show, noir superstar Joe Black conjures up the atmosphere of the Eldorado; the Berlin nightclub that served as a regular haunt for gay men and women before… 

Open Sky present Scorched

Open Sky present Scorched

“There’s some pain you can’t grit your teeth through”, is something said by the sole performer in Scorched as he reflects on his time during WWII. 

Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous

Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous

It shouldn’t take long for you to notice that despite his name, Alfie Ordinary is as far from the boy next door as you’re likely to get. 

The Brexorcist

The Brexorcist

I was really looking forward to this show. 

Agamemnon

Agamemnon

To start with the positives, this was a very enthusiastic show. 

The Forecast

The Forecast

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

Huggers

Huggers

An hour of friendly, casual entertainment and standup comedy for kids, with a few ‘jokes’ that only adults would get. 

Oyster Boy

Oyster Boy

Inspired by Tim Burton’s poem, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, Haste Theatre transport us to Coney Island where Mr Gelati (Valeria Compagnoni) and the future Mrs Gelati (Lexi… 

Terabac

Terabac

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

You Give Me Fever, the Phaedra Cabaret

You Give Me Fever, the Phaedra Cabaret

It is with a plethora of “well”s with which this show must be described: well written, well performed, well timed and very well done. 

Get Fit With Bruce Willis

Get Fit With Bruce Willis

The premise of Get Fit With Bruce Willis promises a fun-packed frivolous hour of disco, Jimmy Somerville songs, fitness and a Faustian pact with the devil but sadly fails to live u… 

Cabaret From The Shadows

Cabaret From The Shadows

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

The Life & Death of Puppet King Richard II

The Life & Death of Puppet King Richard II

This is Richard II as you’ve never seen him before, in a purple shell-suit wielding power over his puppet kingdom with subjects that range from beautiful two foot high hand carve… 

LAID

LAID

A woman lays an egg a day and faces a tumultuous decision: will she raise her egg, or eat it? In this hysterical (in every sense of that word) show, Natalie Palamides takes a relat… 

Lippy

Lippy

The beginning and end of a show are the bits you remember, the bits that leave you feeling great or feeling thoroughly disappointed. 

Everyman

Everyman

Everyman recounts the story of its eponymous hero as she is told, as punishment for her hedonistic and selfish lifestyle, that she is going to die. 

The Silence at the Song's End

The Silence at the Song's End

Beautiful, funny and completely moving, Really Good Stories’ production of The Silence at the Song’s End is one of the best pieces of theatre you’ll see this Fringe. 

The Mikado

The Mikado

Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado is a work that is in many ways very problematic, due to its fetishising and cultural stereotyping of the Japanese, written at the height of the … 

The Berkovian Medea

The Berkovian Medea

Euripides’ classical tragedy, of one woman’s quest for revenge and the terrible lengths she is willing to go to inflict pain on her wayward husband, has been performed thousand… 

The Rose and Crown

The Rose and Crown

There’s always a good smattering of obscure, seldom-performed or minor plays at the Festival Fringe. 

All Might Seem Good

All Might Seem Good

Drawing from the likes of renowned theatre company DV8, All Might Seem Good mixes verbatim accounts of fate with physical theatre: mixing the highly natural with the highly stylise… 

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde’s stunning way with words in his classic novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, makes it a challenging piece to bring to the stage. 

The Ivor Novello Story (By Arrangement With Samuel French Ltd)

The Ivor Novello Story (By Arrangement With Samuel French Ltd)

Sometimes a little simplicity can go a long way in the theatre, and in this case, the title of this piece about the life of composer and performer Ivor Novello is very apt, as it r… 

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

For those who couldn’t get down to London to watch the brilliant Tom Hiddleston boast a magnificent Coriolanus at the National Theatre, the Fringe is hosting the next best thing … 

Red and The Wolf

Red and The Wolf

Prospero Theatre have decided it’s their turn to roll out a dark retelling of a well-known fairy tale, showcasing a unique-ish take on Little Red Riding Hood, with their producti… 

Dreaming of Leaves

Dreaming of Leaves

Quirky, vibrant and oozing with dark imagination, Dreaming of Leaves is a daring and thought-provoking piece of theatre. 

A Working Title

A Working Title

A Working Title is about the belated coming-of-age and struggles of millennials as they confront a world of expectations and disappointments. 

West Side Story

West Side Story

This tragic romance has always been about the individual consequences of divisions in society. 

Alice in Wonderland – The Musical

Alice in Wonderland – The Musical

Following various elements from the classic book by C. 

Medea: Greece Meets West

Medea: Greece Meets West

Billed as a “psychological drama conflating classical Greek mystery with jazzical profanity”, Medea: Greece Meets West contains very little Medea and not much more jazz. 

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

The Dean Martin Christmas Show aims to explore the warm relationship between Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra as they appear on the titular Christmas special. 

Fire Burn: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Fire Burn: The Tragedy of Macbeth

ImmerCity’s stripped back and stylised telling of the ever popular Scottish play is an at times disorienting, nightmarish and incredibly compelling piece of theatre that will giv… 

A Gentleman's Game

A Gentleman's Game

In this new musical, a piece which has flashes of The Picture of Dorian Gray crossed with psycho-dramatic elements of an Edgar Allen Poe ballad, a story of clandestine love, beauty… 

Sheltered

Sheltered

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

Rumpelstiltskin

Rumpelstiltskin

Wrong Tree’s Rumpelstiltskin is a musical retelling of the classic fairy tale of the farmer’s daughter and the mysterious imp. 

Spool

Spool

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

Pawn

Pawn

Created, written, and performed by students from Oxford University, Queenside Productions new musical Pawn is an impressive, if imperfect, piece of new student writing that, whilst… 

The Fox and the Hound

The Fox and the Hound

A long time ago, I learned that cute animals are a direct conduit to a human heart. 

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

It’s often hard to find anything particularly original about an original adaptation of any of Shakespeare’s great plays these days, but The Taming of the Shrew done in traditiona… 

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

It’s always disappointing to see an interesting concept marred by poor execution. 

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

UCLU Musical Theatre Society’s Fringe production of the Joe Dipietro’s fast paced musical comedy is an incredibly entertaining and fast paced journey into the world of dating, … 

Ordinary Days

Ordinary Days

From the University of Southampton Gone Rogue theatre company bring Adam Gwon’s 2008 musical Ordinary Days to the Fringe. 

Luna Park

Luna Park

When reading the marketing blurb for Luna Park, I must confess I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. 

Macbeth: Without Words

Macbeth: Without Words

Macbeth: Without Words is an abstract and aesthetically pleasing piece, rich in tension. 

The Giant's Loo Roll

The Giant's Loo Roll

Casting one’s mind over the great theatrical titles of our time, there are very few which can compete with the concept suggested by the name of this play by Tale Gate Theatre. 

Best of the Bohemians

Best of the Bohemians

Best of the Bohemians have everything you’d expect from a concert of musical theatre. 

Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert

Piaf and Brel: The Impossible Concert

Classically-trained Canadian singer Melanie Gall presents this one hour recital of the music of legendary Francophone singers Edith Piaf and Jacques Brel, with songs presented them… 

Hup

Hup

Though there are plenty of shows designed for children at the Fringe, finding shows aimed at the youngest can always be tricky. 

Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

Considering the length of most Charles Dickens novels, it’s remarkable that we’ve found ways to abridge them into three hour plays and films. 

Made in Dagenham the Musical

Made in Dagenham the Musical

Following its woefully short-lived run at the Adelphi Theatre in 2015, the only opportunity to catch this upbeat musical is now in the hands of amateur theatre companies. 

Drink! The Musical

Drink! The Musical

It didn’t take me long into this show to realise two things: that this as clearly a piece of community theatre and should be recognised as such and that there is clearly somethin… 

Frogs

Frogs

School group Centaurs of Attention have an excellent company name and a rather good Fringe show to boot. 

At War With Love

At War With Love

Ambitious in its intentions, At War With Love uses a selection of thirty-two of William Shakespeare’s sonnets to form a narrative set against the backdrop of the First World War. 

Alice and the Dream Child

Alice and the Dream Child

Transforum Theatre’s adaptation of Alice in Wonderland sets the Lewis Carroll classic in a mental hospital. 

The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves

“Who’s afraid of the big, bad wolf?”Such is the musical refrain setting the playful, yet pervasively sinister, tone which permeates this piece from the outset. 

The Little Sweep

The Little Sweep

One of the primary aims of The Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten, an opera for children, is to demystify the genre to a younger generation. 

Into the Woods Jr

Into the Woods Jr

Though the second act is cut completely, half the first act also cut and music transposed into keys more accessible to younger voices, Into The Woods is still a sophisticated show … 

Panti: High Heels in Low Places

Panti: High Heels in Low Places

Panti Bliss has had a whirlwind of a few years and, naturally, she has more than a few fabulous stories to share. 

Macbeth

Macbeth

Fortitude Dance company’s attempt to stage a ‘physical theatre’ version of Shakespeare’s bloody Scottish tragedy in the club scene of 1980’s Manchester is certainly a nov… 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

The American High School Theatre Festival presents Little Shop of Horrors, a wacky musical journey downtown to Skid Row, a poor run-down neighbourhood where all its residents want … 

Spontaneous Sherlock

Spontaneous Sherlock

The premise: ‘Sherlock Holmes and the [insert audience suggestion here]. 

Fourth Monkey's Genesis and Revelation: Ascension Part 2

Fourth Monkey's Genesis and Revelation: Ascension Part 2

Here we go again. 

Dark Heart

Dark Heart

Dark Heart is a Shrodinger’s Cat of a show, managing to be both hopelessly amateurish and professionally polished at the same time. 

Two Man Show

Two Man Show

In an explosion of energy, raw intensity and emotion, RashDash theatre company shatters preconceptions of the patriarchy. 

Discretion Guaranteed

Discretion Guaranteed

There’s a lot going on in Discretion Guaranteed at Paradise in the Vault. 

Merrily We Roll Along

Merrily We Roll Along

Sondheim’s most famous flop, Merrily We Roll Along, was his last notable collaboration with Hal Prince. 

Til Debt Us Do Part

Til Debt Us Do Part

For many, the Edinburgh Fringe is a joyous escape from reality. 

Men With Coconuts: Improvised Bond

Men With Coconuts: Improvised Bond

Edinburgh-based improv group Men with Coconuts present an entirely improvised Bond film, based on suggestions from the audience and using many familiar tropes and improvisation gam… 

Spiders by Night: A Double Bill of Exciting New Monologues

Spiders by Night: A Double Bill of Exciting New Monologues

Spiders by Night is one of the more intimate Fringe shows: two monologues about spiders and mental health difficulties. 

Plain as Paper

Plain as Paper

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

Dani Girl

Dani Girl

Trust me, Fringe magic still happens. 

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

An improvised Jane Austen novel was always going to be a lot of fun, and Austentatious’s talented cast certainly delivered an amusing hour of comedy. 

Two Kittens & A Kid (A Gay Man Raising His Inner Diva)

Two Kittens & A Kid (A Gay Man Raising His Inner Diva)

Racial identity, puberty, sexuality and childhood trauma may not seem like the ideal topics for a one man camp cabaret, but here in Edinburgh anything is possible. 

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

This production of Mary Poppins draws heavily from Disney’s 1964 film, but fails to conjure the same magic. 

The Rooster Rebellion

The Rooster Rebellion

This is a drama about a young woman who discovers that a former history teacher of hers has become homeless on the streets of London. 

Emerald Diaries

Emerald Diaries

The Fringe Festival will always be best used as a place for experimentation and experience building, both for performers and for audiences. 

Fourth Monkey's Genesis and Revelation: Sodom

Fourth Monkey's Genesis and Revelation: Sodom

Of all the forms of theatre regularly utilised in our part of the world, physical theatre remains the most beleaguered. 

Trust Me, I'm A Drama Teacher

Trust Me, I'm A Drama Teacher

Seemingly at the end of his tether, a teacher sits, tie loose, marking work, clearly frustrated to say the least. 

Fourth Monkey's Genesis and Revelation: The Ark

Fourth Monkey's Genesis and Revelation: The Ark

Drawing from Biblical allusions, Fourth Monkey’s The Ark, as part of their Genesis and Revelation programme, centres on people attempting to play God with the lives of modern-day… 

Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone

There are plenty of musicals that have versions suitable for younger companies, but Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone is possibly unique in that it’s a piece that only really works if… 

One Musical to Rule Them All

One Musical to Rule Them All

An “Original Lord of the Rings Parody” One Musical to Rule them All is full of puns, mocks the bits of Lord of the Rings that we all thought were a bit ridiculous and illogical… 

RENT! The Musical

RENT! The Musical

Like many musical theatre fans, I have a love-hate relationship with Rent. 

Oliver!

Oliver!

The Spiegeltent is a far cry from the workhouse and rarely can a setting have been better used than in this stunning production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! by Captivate Theatre. 

Doug Segal: I Can Make You Feel Good

Doug Segal: I Can Make You Feel Good

It’s apt, if a little predictable, that the pre-show music Doug Segal selects for his latest Fringe show is the classic James Brown track I Feel Good. 

The Enchanted

The Enchanted

The Enchanted is a show all about disconnection, both in its subject matter and the way that it’s performed. 

5 Out of 10 Men...

5 Out of 10 Men...

Top ratings aren’t always just about putting on a remarkable production, although 5 Out of 10 Men is that. 

Scenes from an Urban Gothic

Scenes from an Urban Gothic

Scenes from an Urban Gothic by Theatre Imaginers will certainly appeal to those who have come to the Fringe in search of something different. 

Ross Leadbeater's Great British Songbook

Ross Leadbeater's Great British Songbook

Ross Leadbeater is an alumnus of the all-male Welsh choir Only Men Aloud!, who won the 2008 television show Last Choir Standing. 

Buzz: A New Musical

Buzz: A New Musical

Buzz is a new musical from writer Robyn Grant. 

Fourth Monkey's Genesis and Revelation: Ascension Part 1

Fourth Monkey's Genesis and Revelation: Ascension Part 1

The Genesis + Revelation cycle by Fourth Monkey promises “traditional Bible stories with a contemporary twist”. 

Poggle

Poggle

“Poggle’s not scared of climbing trees,” we’re told early on in this beautifully clear and uncluttered piece of vibrant dance theatre aimed at very young children. 

Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the Poor

Jonny & the Baptists: Eat the Poor

Johnny and Paddy return with another hour of rip roaring music based satire. 

Ghost Quartet

Ghost Quartet

“Side One. 

Wonders at Dusk

Wonders at Dusk

It would be hard to imagine a more appropriate setting for an evening of magic and illusion than this. 

The End

The End

Celebrated Scottish choreographer Jack Webb has brought his latest, typically idiosyncratic work, The End, for performance at this year’s Festival Fringe as part of the extensive… 

Generation Zero

Generation Zero

The difficult relationship between political and personal affairs are addressed in the devastating drama Generation Zero. 

Love Me Tinder Cabaret

Love Me Tinder Cabaret

A short and sweet performance that makes use of popular romantic tracks to tackle the trials and troubles of online dating and the accompanying creeps who come with the app, Love M… 

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening won an impressive list of Tony, Grammy and Olivier Awards. 

Fraxi Queen of the Forest

Fraxi Queen of the Forest

Some stupid adults, having forgotten what it’s actually like to be children, are often surprised, disturbed and horrified by the serious issues lurking in the heart of the most s… 

Steam

Steam

Steam lives up to its name, delivering a staggeringly intense hour of physical theatre. 

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

The 80s was time of many things; Rubic’s Cubes, cheesy pop. 

MOONFACE

MOONFACE

Adulthood. 

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

Hot Coals Theatre have put together a slick physical comedy, full of beat-perfect gags leaving you laughing out loud at the flick of an eyebrow, whilst some of the more grotesqu… 

2 By 5

2 By 5

International Collegiate Theatre Festival has put together a delightful programme of both well-known and less familiar works to create this production of 2 By 5. 

Scorched

Scorched

The setting is intimate, and encroaching on the personal space of a frail man, in a battered armchair listening to the television (news of the Gulf War is on – the year is 1991) … 

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

In the latest theatrical offering of a Jane Austen themed adaptation, this piece, which is billed as a new musical by Penny Ashton, interweaves thirty-three direct passages from Au… 

Beth Vyse: As Funny as Cancer

Beth Vyse: As Funny as Cancer

Beth Vyse’s show opens in a truly Fringe fashion: handing out ping pong balls to the audience, dressed in a voluminous blonde wig and a huge pair of joke-shop boobs, singing alon… 

Waltzing Matilda

Waltzing Matilda

The Australian outback, a French sheep and a lonely convict on the run. 

Character Tålks

Character Tålks

Pernilla Holland’s debut solo show is an ambitious but bumpy foray into character comedy. 

Ruby and the Vinyl

Ruby and the Vinyl

There something quite exciting about the prospect of a new musical running at an hour without a big stage or fancy lighting or even a band and only three performers. 

The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare

The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare

Fun for parents and children alike, The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare is a brilliant introduction to Shakespeare: the man and his plays. 

The Six-Sided Man

The Six-Sided Man

The Six-Sided Man is a tense and funny drama, based on Luke Rhinehart’s cult novel The Dice Man, which has toured the world for the last 30 years. 

My Leonard Cohen

My Leonard Cohen

My Leonard Cohen is, above all, very, very fun. 

Dolly Wants to Die

Dolly Wants to Die

To say Dolly Wants to Die is a dark comedy is like saying water is wet: the irreverent jokes come left, right and centre, but only a few of them properly hit their target. 

Laughing Stock

Laughing Stock

A varied sketch comedy, Laughing Stock lives up to its name, parading numerous situations of self-deprecation before us providing much hilarity. 

Camille O'Sullivan: The Carny Dream

Camille O'Sullivan: The Carny Dream

I imagine Camille O’Sullivan has been called an Irish Chanteuse in reviews more times that you’ve had a flyer thrust at you on the Mile. 

Inferno

Inferno

Inferno is the first and, arguably, best part of Dante’s Divine Comedy. 

Marny Godden: Where's John's Porridge Bowl?

Marny Godden: Where's John's Porridge Bowl?

Something’s happened to John’s porridge bowl and Marny Godden has crafted an hour of surreal, very physical comedy to find out exactly what. 

Glasgow Girls

Glasgow Girls

2005. 

The Raunch

The Raunch

As Underbelly at George Square grows arms and legs, an expansion into the Meadows was inevitable. 

Made Up

Made Up

Using poetry, physical theatre, music and a limited amount of props, The Fast Food Collective’s new show is a thrilling romp through a night on the town. 

Stuff

Stuff

What is love? In an immersive clown show with an interesting lyrical vein, Sean Kempton (of Cirque du Soleil) attempts to find out. 

The Vaudevillains

The Vaudevillains

This year Les Enfants Terribles are gracing us with a show that’s fun but is a hotchpotch of great performers, boring music, missed opportunities and laughs. 

2 Become 1

2 Become 1

I attribute quite a lot of my adult personality to my love affair with girl power and how swept away I got in all things noughties. 

Yuri

Yuri

Patrick and Adele dream of having children of their own, yet their biological clock is ticking and here comes her solution: she picks up a homeless boy in Lidl (of all places) a… 

Counting Sheep

Counting Sheep

Counting Sheep is a theatrical triumph that throws the audience into the centre of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. 

Silver Lining & Jacksons Lane: Throwback

Silver Lining & Jacksons Lane: Throwback

Ever heard a song come on the radio and instantly been taken back to particular memory? It’s strange the way a melody can evoke an emotion, the feeling of falling in love, remind… 

James Wilson-Taylor: Ginger is the New Black

James Wilson-Taylor: Ginger is the New Black

James Wilson-Taylor has been discriminated against and enough is enough. 

Chef: Come Dine With Us!

Chef: Come Dine With Us!

Chef: Come Dine With Us! should not in a way be confused with the TV series Come Dine With Me. 

Once...

Once...

Russian Company Derevo’s Once takes place early in the morning by Fringe standards and many of the audience members at the George Square Theatre might have been wondering whether… 

Dracula

Dracula

Push to Shove Theatre Company have devised a simplified version of Dracula giving it the justice it deserves without taking anything away from Bram Stoker’s original concept. 

Daffodils (A Play With Songs)

Daffodils (A Play With Songs)

Daffodils is an unusual show of two halves. 

Thrones! The Musical Parody

Thrones! The Musical Parody

‘Musical’? Check. 

The Snail and the Whale

The Snail and the Whale

Joyous in every way, The Snail and the Whale by Tall Stories is a textbook example of how to do theatre for children right. 

Adventures of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Adventures of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

A triumphant come-back for sell-out performer Rebecca Perry. 

Eurobeat

Eurobeat

The UK may have had some issues with its European neighbours recently in the political world but perhaps all we need is a little bit of glitter and pop to bring us all together. 

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Showstoppers! have a strong reputation preceding them, made evident by the number of people in the packed auditorium murmuring excitedly before the lights go down. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Incredible, hilarious, infectious, amazing. 

A Plague of Idiots

A Plague of Idiots

Utterly stupid and equally brilliant, A Plague of Idiots is the ultimate feast of physical comedy for your inner child. 

Scary Shit

Scary Shit

A combination of silly and serious is something rarely achieved with any success. 

Kill the Beast: He Had Hairy Hands

Kill the Beast: He Had Hairy Hands

Imagine Hot Fuzz meets Hollyoaks meets Hammer Horror. 

The Mission

The Mission

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

Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical

Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical

The Impromptunes take the first suggestion by the audience and make a musical out of it. 

Hot Brown Honey

Hot Brown Honey

To Edinburghians “welcome to The Hive” could mean a questionable night out in a seedy, sticky floored club. 

Mr Swallow – Houdini

Mr Swallow – Houdini

It’s not every day you find yourself leaning forward on your seat due to the sheer suspense of a show. 

Sleeping Trees: Sci-Fi?

Sleeping Trees: Sci-Fi?

After Mafia? and Western? at previous Fringes, comedy trio Sleeping Trees now turn their gaze to the stars. 

Shakin' Shakespeare

Shakin' Shakespeare

Shakin’ Shakespeare does an incredible job at presenting the playwright’s work in an accessible and side-splittingly funny way. 

How to Win Against History
BOBBY WINNER

How to Win Against History

On every front, this show is a winner. 

Pss Pss

Pss Pss

This show is unlike much else at Fringe this year. 

Kill the Beast: Don't Wake the Damp

Kill the Beast: Don't Wake the Damp

The reason to go and see Don’t Wake the Damp is simply for the moment after you’ve walked out, sat down with your pint, and think: ‘There’s no way I could’ve predicted an… 

Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair

Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair

Beach Comet have secured themselves as masters of a B-movie musical genre, inviting guests aboard a doomed cruise liner for a riotous hour of exaggerated figures and fantastically … 

Paper Hearts the Musical

Paper Hearts the Musical

It’s always exciting to witness the world premiere of new writing, especially when it’s a British born production. 

Shit-Faced Showtime

Shit-Faced Showtime

It’s not too likely that a straight production of The Pirates of Penzance would garner that wide an audience at the Fringe – a Gilbert and Sullivan musical isn’t the most buz… 

No Horizon

No Horizon

Anyone wandering around central Edinburgh this festival will likely have noticed the large billboards and posters advertising No Horizon, a new musical of Broadway styled proportio… 

Rhapsodes

Rhapsodes

Improvised comedy at its most virtuosic, Sean McCann and Adam Meggido (of Showstoppers! The Improvised Musical and School of Night fame) are two masters of their artform, with an a… 

Ribbet Ribbet Croak

Ribbet Ribbet Croak

Ribbet Ribbet Croak is a gentle and successful piece of theatre for younger children, as well as being very suitable for PMLD and ASD family groups. 

Camille

Camille

Most Fringe shows think they can squeeze two hours into fifty minutes. 

The Fabulous Punch and Judy Show

The Fabulous Punch and Judy Show

If a panto and a Sarah Kane play had an unimaginably grotesque love-child it would look a lot like this. 

The Lounge

The Lounge

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

Royal Vauxhall

Royal Vauxhall

With a script and songs by Desmond O’Connor, this new musical tells the tale of the legendary night that TV superstar, Kenny Everett and rock god, Freddie Mercury dressed Lady Di… 

Wonderman

Wonderman

When he wasn’t writing the books that have captivated children for fifty years, Roald Dahl wrote a collection of gleefully macabre short stories for adults, published in various … 

Rowena Hutson: Strong Female Character

Rowena Hutson: Strong Female Character

Rowena Hutson owes her feminist outlook on life to action heroes of the 1980s. 

Bucket List

Bucket List

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

Police Cops

Police Cops

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

The Improv Musical

The Improv Musical

The Improv Musical from the University of Warwick return for their third stint at the Fringe, and while providing some light and silly entertainment, fails to land any punches eith… 

Aladdin and His Magical Europe Refugee Tour 2016

Aladdin and His Magical Europe Refugee Tour 2016

The show is a modern adaptation of the famous Arab folk story, in which Aladdin takes his wife Jasmine (her real name is too difficult for a European audience to pronounce) to Gree… 

The Snow Queen

The Snow Queen

Trundling into view as part of C Theatre’s 25th anniversary is The Snow Queen. 

Holmes for Rent

Holmes for Rent

From Benedict Cumberbatch on the TV to Robert Downey Jr on the big screen, Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Victorian novels Sherlock Holmes have been brought back so many times, and… 

Murder She Didn't Write

Murder She Didn't Write

There are a fair number of improvised comedies this year, but Degrees of Error’s Murder She Didn’t Write is causing a particular buzz. 

Californians Dreamin’

Californians Dreamin’

Californias Dreamin’, performed by California Poly SLO’s company Smile and Nod, comprises a mixture of short and long form improvisation, based on audience suggestions. 

Macbeth

Macbeth

Twist Theatre Company’s R’n’B infused musical adaptation of the infamous Scottish history play, billed as Shakespeare meets Empire, is a messy but still engaging and enjoyabl… 

An Account of a Savage

An Account of a Savage

‘What does it mean to be a human?’Voiced explicitly at one moment during this equal parts captivating, inviting and horrifying production, the question of the very nature of hu… 

Ushers: The Front of House Musical

Ushers: The Front of House Musical

I’m a lover of musical theatre but I’m prepared to be really honest here: the genre is crammed with suitable material for a hilarious and even brutal send-up. 

The Blues Brothers – Live

The Blues Brothers – Live

It’s a pretty short drive to Stockbridge, I’ve got a full tank of gas, no cigarettes whatsoever, it’s dark. 

Le Bossu

Le Bossu

The scene is Notre Dame. 

Cabaret Whore Presents: La Poule Plombée

Cabaret Whore Presents: La Poule Plombée

Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston remain on top form with their new laugh-out-loud spin-off Cabaret Whore, in which Young’s comic character La Poule Plombée is finally g… 

Melancholy

Melancholy

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

Cathedral

Cathedral

Cathedral is a midnight mass - an ode to memory and the sense of loss which carefully evokes a frozen, car-crash, state of mind. 

Vive Piaf: Nadja Filtzer & Musicians

Vive Piaf: Nadja Filtzer & Musicians

Performances on the Rue Pigalle were presumably at times rather challenging, even for the great Edith Piaf; and Nadja Filtzer certainly shared some artistic barricades while taking… 

Queer Side Story

Queer Side Story

As he shimmied onto stage, Gregoire Aubert’s performance of Queer Side Story could be nothing other than entertaining. 

Gran Consiglio (Mussolini)

Gran Consiglio (Mussolini)

Opening in 1943 Rome, Gran Consiglio is set with The Grand Council of Fascism meeting to discuss the deposition of Benito Mussolini. 

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

Big Bobby, Little Bobby

If like me you find an Irish accent a wondrous tool capable, in a single crank, of spinning the very stars in the gutter, and if, like me also, you enjoy nothing better than a bi… 

Piaf: Love Conquers All

Piaf: Love Conquers All

This character-driven play from Moving On Theatre had something for everyone. 

Seven

Seven

For a topic that has become slightly worn in recent years and can easily slip into cliché, this was a very commendable take, using the extremely difficult device of verbatim perfo… 

An Old Fashioned Girl

An Old Fashioned Girl

It’s a dangerous move to end your fringe show with a cover of Peggy Lee’s Is That All There Is? as you run the risk of audiences leaving with that very question ringing in… 

Bane

Bane

Bane tells the story of hitman Bruce Bane, ‘a hired hand who gets the job done’. 

Hardly Still Walking, Not Yet Flying

Hardly Still Walking, Not Yet Flying

With elements that could have made it great, Hardly Still Walking, Not Yet Flying was sadly let down by others that weren’t quite up to par. 

Briefs

Briefs

“Politics doesn’t have to be dull. 

Call Mr Robeson

Call Mr Robeson

As soon as Taylo Aluko, in the guise of Paul Robeson, takes to the stage we know we’re in for a treat. 

Fire Burn: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Fire Burn: The Tragedy of Macbeth

The story of Macbeth’s tragic demise has been told many times by hundreds, if not thousands, of theatre makers. 

Helen

Helen

Although you may well have some early misgivings, Helen is a show to persevere with. 

The History of Everything in 60 Mins (more or less)

The History of Everything in 60 Mins (more or less)

Ben Watson’s meet and greet as we entered the theatre made his audience immediately warm to him. 

Blooming Surprise

Blooming Surprise

If you’ve ever struggled to catch a flight while clumsily carrying too many suitcases and bags, there’s lots to smile at here. 

Swan Bake

Swan Bake

What do you get when an impressionable young writer moves into a London squat with a couple of crack addict ballerinas and a pack of rats? Swan Bake! This mash-up of song, dance… 

Shit-faced Showtime: The Pirates of Penzance

Shit-faced Showtime: The Pirates of Penzance

The actors in Shit-Faced Showtime have a lot to deal with, a drunk member of their cast, remembering their lines, singing in tune, playing the piano and also dealing with drunk, an… 

The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon

The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon

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

It's Okay, I'm Dealing With It

It's Okay, I'm Dealing With It

The Hiccup Project were the darlings of the 2015 Brighton Fringe with their show May-We-Go-Round, winning awards and accolades in abundance and that holy grail of all Fringe art… 

The Biggest Marionette Circus in the World Part II

The Biggest Marionette Circus in the World Part II

Life-sized animal puppets with fully articulated limbs come to life in front of your eyes in a cacophony of singing, dancing and plenty of audience participation. 

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

With a name like Confessions Of A Red-Headed Coffeeshop Girl you might expect a raw, bittersweet expose of the disappointments of a young dreamer, crushed by the tsunami of Post-Re… 

The Marked

The Marked

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

Ghost Sex

Ghost Sex

I love ghost stories but I have never heard one quite like this. 

Edit Profile

Edit Profile

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

Mark Billingham and My Darling Clementine: The Other Half

Mark Billingham and My Darling Clementine: The Other Half

Crime writer Mark Billingham and country band My Darling Clementine come together for The Other Half, a blend of storytelling and music about love, loneliness and broken promises. 

Captain of the Lost Waves: Unsolved Mysteries

Captain of the Lost Waves: Unsolved Mysteries

One of the songs included in Captain of the Lost Waves: Unsolved Mysteries is titled A Song No One Wants to Hear. 

An Invitation...

An Invitation...

Bodies are awkward, difficult things. 

H.M.S. Pinafore

H.M.S. Pinafore

While it is laudable to have an open policy for membership of an amateur operatic society the knock-on effects can be dire as demonstrated in Cat-Like Tread’s production of H. 

Death Actually: A Necromantic Comedy

Death Actually: A Necromantic Comedy

Death Actually sets out to bring ‘lethal puns and dead funny songs’ in a larger than life musical. 

Loch Ness Monster Hunter

Loch Ness Monster Hunter

From the creators of Vampire Hospital Waiting Room and GhostCop comes another cult pop culture theatre comedy show that once again gets its audience in hysterics. 

The Fallen Angel Show

The Fallen Angel Show

Vesper Walk describe themselves as a “quirky five to eight piece band performing art-pop music in a gothic style. 

Dust Never Settles in Torchlight

Dust Never Settles in Torchlight

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

I Am

I Am

I Am is the sequel to LCP Dance Theatre’s Am I. 

I Loved You and I Loved You

I Loved You and I Loved You

If Morfydd Owen had lived three weeks longer she would have been immortalised in the 27 Club. 

Islands

Islands

Islands is a bit madcap. 

BEINGS

BEINGS

Susan Harrison and Andrew Gentilli are clearly good improvisers, and their joint credentials imply that BEINGS should be a highly entertaining and swift hour of long form improv co… 

Father Christmas Needs a Wee!

Father Christmas Needs a Wee!

An entertaining pantomime-esque show that is great fun for both adults and children. 

Macbeth

Macbeth

Youth Music Theatre UK have done something rather remarkable in their new production of Macbeth. 

Beauty Of The Beast

Beauty Of The Beast

A slow burn performance, which builds to a surprisingly hard hitting climax, using a dance and self-aware comedy. 

Oliver!

Oliver!

With a cast of nearly fifty, there’s no shortage of oom-pah-pah in this dazzling production of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! by Stage 84, The Yorkshire School of Performing Arts. 

The Sea Child

The Sea Child

The Sea Child, adapted by Carolyn Sloan from her novel of the same name, is a tender and evocative play. 

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour

Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour

Swearing more than a band of sailors, the cast of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour present an entirely candid portrait of female teenage sexuality and lives. 

Something Between Nothing and Everything

Something Between Nothing and Everything

In our fast-paced and demanding consumer culture, a production that takes time to examine and appreciate the joys and sorrows found in everyday life can be a real gem. 

Ferdinand

Ferdinand

Ferdinand from Tasty Monster Productions is genuinely one of the nicest productions I have seen. 

The Tour

The Tour

This play within a musical aims to show us what life as part of a touring company is really like. 

Lydia Trueblood: The Black Widow of the Atlantic Coast

Lydia Trueblood: The Black Widow of the Atlantic Coast

Traveling Showcase from California bring their musical cabaret to the Fringe for the first time as Lydia Trueblood The Black Widow of the Atlantic Coast takes centre stage at the t… 

Cautionary Tales for Daughters – Songs Your Mother Never Taught You

Cautionary Tales for Daughters – Songs Your Mother Never Taught You

There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties… 

Corium

Corium

Corium, the new show from Accidentally On Purpose Productions, tries to be exciting and contemporary by stylistically borrowing from Frantic Assembly but sadly doesn’t find its o… 

Perceptual Landscape

Perceptual Landscape

A technical marvel, Perceptual Landscape is an alarming watch. 

Faust

Faust

In sixteenth-century Germany it was not regarded as irreverant to perform comic puppet shows featuring characters and scenes from the legend of Faust. 

Today is My 100th Birthday or The Disappearance of Ubu Roi

Today is My 100th Birthday or The Disappearance of Ubu Roi

Monochrome make-up, over-sized cigars and manic choral singing are only a few features you’ll find in the stylised theatre of the Dead Iconics. 

D.I.M.

D.I.M.

A lovely, heart-warming, funny musical that doesn’t take itself too seriously but at the same time manages to mash up so many genres of music that it would be silly to not take t… 

Over There

Over There

Mark Ravenhill’s play uses the metaphor of two brothers – twins – to represent the former partitioning of Germany into East and West during the time of the Berlin wall. 

The Edge Effect

The Edge Effect

In ecology, an ‘edge effect’ is a contact point between two habitats, characterised by an increase in biodiversity. 

The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart

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

Pippin

Pippin

Pippin is a difficult musical, and in the past has been staged as a fully-fledged acrobatic circus (Les 7 Doigts de la Main did a great job). 

Dogfight

Dogfight

Based on an obscure 1991 feature film, Dogfight is a recent musical from the talented composing duo Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, that showtune aficionados may know from Edges, a sho… 

Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking

Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking

For many people today, their impression of Albert Einstein is quite possibly informed by the oft-seen image of his face: tongue sticking out – to all intents and purposes every b… 

Tribe

Tribe

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

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Survival of (R)Evolutionary Theories in the Face of Scientific and Ecclesiastical Objections: Being a Musical Comedy About Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Survival of (R)Evolutionary Theories in the Face of Scientific and Ecclesiastical Objections: Being a Musical Comedy About Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

You can always tell a show is going to be good when its name takes up most of the free space on a ticket. 

Dreamkeepers

Dreamkeepers

It is not often that a show has me grinning even before it has begun. 

Ventoux

Ventoux

Ventoux is the story of two cyclists, one forbidding mountain and a potent rivalry. 

The Temptation of St Anthony

The Temptation of St Anthony

Welcome to the Edinburgh Spiritual Emergency Support Group. 

Iolite the Musical

Iolite the Musical

First things first, a notable mention must be awarded to the sterling efforts of the two-piece band. 

Correction

Correction

This is a mesmerising, funny and well-crafted example of modern choreography, which explores what you can achieve when you are put under restrictions. 

Kursk

Kursk

Kursk is a play attempting to offer real insight into the life of a submariner and the pressures and realities of life below the sea. 

Eurydice

Eurydice

From Shakespeare to Sarah Kane, retellings of classical myths have proved ample sources for new, distinct creations. 

Secrets of Us

Secrets of Us

If ever there were a production which vociferously defends the ability of young people to make theatre with the impact of a professional standard (whatever that actually means) thi… 

Antiwords

Antiwords

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

Alice

Alice

Shipley College’s Scruffy Penguin Theatre Company provides a riotously energetic rendition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland that has much to recommend as a theatrical exp… 

The Absence Of

The Absence Of

The relationship between parent and child is one of the most important in society and in the lives of most people. 

Stockholm

Stockholm

Todd and Kali are a young couple. 

Eclectically. Arranged. Poe and The Tell-Tale In Part

Eclectically. Arranged. Poe and The Tell-Tale In Part

Fusion Theatre return to Greenside with a Poe-faced and incoherent piece of physical theatre that often makes even less sense than its overwrought title. 

Early Grave, Fashionably Late

Early Grave, Fashionably Late

Come and join Mr Cooper Sullivan as he tells the tale of how he became embroiled in a murder which takes him on a wild adventure that will have you giggling the whole way though. 

Waitless

Waitless

Described as a ‘backwards love story’, Waitless is an interesting twist on the genre of romance. 

The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance

“In Pirates, there are gems from the first to the last minute. 

Closer than Ever

Closer than Ever

Closer Than Ever is a revue musical wherein each song takes us to a different scenario within the complex theme of love and relationships. 

Grandad and Me

Grandad and Me

The Letter J’s production of Grandad and Me is simple, moving and effective. 

Shakespeare in the Garden: Cheer Up, Hamlet

Shakespeare in the Garden: Cheer Up, Hamlet

It can be hard for a children’s show to be entertaining for both adults and children simultaneously, but Captivate Theatre’s latest addition to their Shakespeare series is effo… 

Edward Hilsum: Genie

Edward Hilsum: Genie

A family magic show accessible for even the youngest of children, Edward Hilsum: Genie is a charming magical experience. 

Invisible City

Invisible City

Marie moves from a little village to a big city and it isn’t how she expected. 

Hey Hey 16K

Hey Hey 16K

Two stand-up (not in the comedic sense) guys riffing on Doctor Who and the origins of programming doesn’t sound scintillating. 

Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd

Stephen Sondheim’s score for his self-described “black operetta” Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, must rank among his most complex and challenging works, if on… 

Butterfly

Butterfly

A haunting and powerful adaptation of Madame Butterfly, Ramesh Meyyappen’s silent movement piece about love, lust and loss is hauntingly powerful and will stay with you long a… 

Moribund

Moribund

Moribund: a show about death and the afterlife that fails to get a rise out of the audience. 

Americans in Breshkistan

Americans in Breshkistan

Ten high school seniors find themselves in a strange room, in the middle of nowhere, lit only by a dim overhead lamp. 

Tales from a Cabaret

Tales from a Cabaret

The Creative Martyrs, that white-faced Laurel and Hardy of existential cabaret terrorism, are not men to be trifled with, as some rather talkative front-row audience members discov… 

Kitty's Bound for Broadway

Kitty's Bound for Broadway

This one-woman musical show sets out with a pleasant and watchable enough idea. 

The Alice Effect

The Alice Effect

Instead of falling down a rabbit hole, Alice has been forcibly committed into a mental institution. 

Block

Block

Block is a production that constantly surprises, though not always in ways that are comforting. 

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: The Bloody Countess

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: The Bloody Countess

Fourth Monkey are back with another stellar ensemble piece, providing late night gothic horror - even more frightening, as it is based on a real-life horror story. 

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Hansel and Gretel

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Hansel and Gretel

You think you know the story of Hansel and Gretel, but can you fully comprehend the suffering that they endured? Poverty, starvation, abandonment, incarceration, murder and insanit… 

Death by Shakespeare

Death by Shakespeare

“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings in a several tale”. 

Eejit of Love

Eejit of Love

In theory, Eejit of Love is a fun concept: two Irish country bumpkins find themselves swept up in the allure of reality TV, testing their relationship and their own willpower. 

Shakespeare's Avengers Assembleth: Age of Oberon

Shakespeare's Avengers Assembleth: Age of Oberon

When William Shakespeare is kidnapped by Oberon, the fairy king, it is up to his team of Avengers to rescue him and keep Oberon from re-writing his plays (and the sonnets. 

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Picture this. 

The Sacred Room of Desire

The Sacred Room of Desire

The Sacred Room of Desire, written and directed by Carola Benedetto tells the story of the Hindu pantheon family of Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha. 

Fifty Shades of Fizzog

Fifty Shades of Fizzog

Who doesn’t want to see grannies street dance?In an unexpected turn of events, this year’s breakthrough sketch show is not just another bunch of students. 

You Look Tasty! (A Play by A. Tiger)

You Look Tasty! (A Play by A. Tiger)

A traumatised zookeeper tells the tale of her misadventures with her co-workers and an escaped Tiger who is now their captor… and director. 

Les Misérables (School Edition)

Les Misérables (School Edition)

Les Misérables is a musical based on the 1862 French novel by Victor Hugo that tells the tale of an ex convict who flees his parole, meets a generous priest, becomes mayor of a to… 

The Hogwallops

The Hogwallops

The Hogwallops is a joyful show for all the family that combines astounding acrobatics, physical humour and a heartfelt story meaning there is something for everyone. 

How to Read Minds and Influence People

How to Read Minds and Influence People

Doug Segal opens the show with a unique and refreshing approach to mentalism - it’s easy, you can do it too, and here’s how. 

Rent

Rent

Fans of Rent will love this full length presentation and for those who have never seen it, this is a great opportunity to watch a rip-roaring production. 

Oog

Oog

A belated denouement to his lauded 2005 work The Factory, award-winning performer Al Seed returns to the subject of war with striking psychological rigour. 

UKIP! The Musical

UKIP! The Musical

Deciding to paint Ukip leader Nigel Farage as a troubled “anti hero” in a cleverly sarcastic musical romp was always going to be a bit of a treat. 

The Sound of Musicals

The Sound of Musicals

In their Fringe debut, Music Box Theatre present an intimate and impressive production of The Sound of Musicals, a compilation show featuring a smattering of musical theatre favour… 

Barnum

Barnum

For a youth theatre troupe, Barnum seems an intimidatingly large production. 

Future Honey

Future Honey

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

Murder, She Didn't Write

Murder, She Didn't Write

A remarkably intricate and engaging murder mystery is created from scratch every night. 

Tumbling After

Tumbling After

“I don’t fall in love, I tumble”Tumbling After is a modern day love story and commentary on the ways we stumble in and out of relationships. 

Thirteen (13)

Thirteen (13)

The storyline is shallow, the message insubstantial and the script contrived, so you don’t have anything deep to think about. 

Cautionary Tales for Daughters – Songs Your Mother Never Taught You

Cautionary Tales for Daughters – Songs Your Mother Never Taught You

There’s plenty for girls to worry about these days – from tattoos to eating disorders to abusive relationships – and Tanya Holt, a mother herself, deals with the difficulties… 

Price Includes Biscuits

Price Includes Biscuits

If there were a prize for the solo standup show at the Fringe with the greatest number of comic props, Naomi Paul’s Price Include Biscuits would be a strong contender. 

The Great Downhill Journey of Little Tommy

The Great Downhill Journey of Little Tommy

Is this a music concert? Is it a piece of theatre? Can it be both? Might it be neither? These are the questions that may well fly around your mind after experiencing The Great Down… 

Writing

Writing

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

Rent

Rent

A solid production of Rent that will entertain you for an evening but won’t remain with you. 

Hell Hath No Fury

Hell Hath No Fury

Offering “a modern, alternative view to the story of Lady Macbeth”, Hell Hath No Fury certainly has an intriguing premise. 

Dean Martin and Friends (Christmas Special)

Dean Martin and Friends (Christmas Special)

The Fringe is a place for new discoveries – the freshest, young talent rubbing shoulders with the world’s best at their craft. 

Simon and Garfunkel – Through the Years

Simon and Garfunkel – Through the Years

Dan Haynes and Pete Richards of Bookends have returned to the Fringe to once again give us their mesmerising renditions of some of Simon and Garfunkel’s most beloved songs. 

Baggage

Baggage

As theatrical metaphors go, the equating of psychological ‘baggage’ to physical suitcases is one of the more straight-forward examples, yet that is not to decry the effectivene… 

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Little Red Cap

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Little Red Cap

A bare stage, obscured by low lighting and backed by an eerie sinister soundtrack set the tone for this gripping retelling of the classic children’s fairy-tale, but this telling … 

Untold Wars: A New Verbatim Musical

Untold Wars: A New Verbatim Musical

Working within the rather large shadow of the National Theatre’s verbatim triumph London Road, new Leeds-based company 203 Theatre have hopped on this particular niche musical ba… 

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Rapunzel

Fourth Monkey's Grimm Tales: Rapunzel

Rapunzel is part of Fourth Monkey’s 2015 fairytale season and features their signature physical ensemble work. 

The Jabberwocky

The Jabberwocky

In this marvellous production from UCLU Runaground, the creatures from Lewis Carroll’s classic poem become metaphors for the inner demons a young boy must fight as he learns to c… 

Parlour Games

Parlour Games

Parlour Games is a playful piece of physical theatre inspired by silent films and gothic novels. 

I Got Dressed in Front of My Nephew Today

I Got Dressed in Front of My Nephew Today

Don’t wear make up to this show. 

The Dream Sequentialists

The Dream Sequentialists

The Dream Sequentialists is a show about dream goblins. 

The Quentin Dentin Show

The Quentin Dentin Show

The Quentin Dentin Show is an extraordinary and eccentric dark comedy rock musical, which sees main characters Nat and Keith’s relationship on the rocks and their lives in a rut. 

Da-Da-Darling

Da-Da-Darling

This evocative dance performance is as notable for the process by which it was made as it is for the quality of the final product. 

FEAST

FEAST

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

To Kill a Machine

To Kill a Machine

Performed by a superb cast, this is a painful and tragic exploration of Alan Turing’s life and the many attempts to break him as a person. 

The Raven

The Raven

Edgar Allen Poe’s seminal poem, which charts the gradual descent into madness of a heartbroken lover compounded by the incessant repetitions of a talking bird, gives its name and… 

Fraxi Queen of the Forest

Fraxi Queen of the Forest

Fraxi Queen of the Forest is a pageant for children about ash dieback. 

Chipped/Drift

Chipped/Drift

Chipped/Drift is a double bill of short pieces with a high school cast all the way from the USA. 

Underneath

Underneath

From award-winning and internationally acclaimed Irish theatre company Fishamble: The New Play Company, comes this extravagant one-man show. 

A Brief History of Evil

A Brief History of Evil

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

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

John Cameron and Stephen Trask’s big, ballsy, gender-bending musical detonates upon Greenside’s Royal Terrace stage with a blast that can be heard clear across Edinburgh. 

Late with Lance!

Late with Lance!

Lance Jonathan (Peter Michael Marino) has had enough of sitting around as understudy on his dads’ ship the S. 

The Periodic Fable

The Periodic Fable

Science and panto combine in this energetic family romp that means well, but ultimately fails to stick together as a whole. 

We Can Make You Happy

We Can Make You Happy

‘A good way to be happy’, Alice Keedwell tells us, is ‘you’ve got to silence the critic inside your head for a moment or two’. 

Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas

Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas

“Just go with the magic,” says one of the three singers on stage to a slightly reluctant compatriot. 

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton

One woman, one show, one hour ten minutes and the entire works of Jane Austen to affectionately satirise: New Zealand comedian Penny Ashton’s Promise and Promiscuity is no mean f… 

Sweet Dreams: Songs by Annie Lennox

Sweet Dreams: Songs by Annie Lennox

Winner of Best Cabaret at the 2014 Adelaide Fringe, Sweet Dreams: Songs by Annie Lennox now makes its Edinburgh debut. 

Bruce

Bruce

Best word to describe Bruce, a show built entirely around a block of yellow sponge: Absorbing. 

Fairly Tales

Fairly Tales

This play tells the story of Benji and Alf, next-door neighbours becoming best friends, bonded by their love of the titular ‘Fairly Tales’. 

Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory

Three performers and twenty five sketches, presented in a random order each night. 

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Jean is sitting in a cafe enjoying a lobster bisque when a phone nearby starts to rings. 

Urinetown

Urinetown

Glasgow based Royal Conservatoire are now in their 11th year of performing in the Fringe with their masters level students and Urinetown is one of this year’s offerings from them. 

Idiot-Syncrasy

Idiot-Syncrasy

Igor and Moreno move. 

Nicole Henriksen – Honeycomb Badgers on Acid

Nicole Henriksen – Honeycomb Badgers on Acid

Nicole Henriksen defies categorisation. 

Pussy

Pussy

Pussy is nothing if not provocative. 

Follow the Faun

Follow the Faun

Step into a sensual, erotic world, with the Faun (Andy Black) and his glittered Nymph accomplice (Sarita Ryan) as your guides. 

Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is a tale ingrained in our cultural consciousness. 

Butoh Beethoven

Butoh Beethoven

In a piece that is at times frightening, at times energising and constantly absorbing, solo-performer Vangeline is our white-collared conductor, guiding us through a piece which ab… 

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Fasten your knickerbockers and hold onto your bonnets: Austentatious is back for a fourth year of frilly-meets-filthy improvisation, based exceptionally loosely on the collected wo… 

Leper + Chip

Leper + Chip

Leper + Chip will hold you by the throat and squeeze the tears from your eyes. 

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days is one of Jules Verne’s famous adventure novels. 

The Star Rover

The Star Rover

Despite being one of Jack London’s more obscure works, his 1915 novel The Star Rover or The Jacket is one that feels oddly contemporary. 

Marny Godden: Flap ‘em on the Gate

Marny Godden: Flap ‘em on the Gate

From the moment Marny Godden’s first character walks onto the stage to a decidedly creepy soundtrack it’s clear that the comedian will be leading the audience down an unusual p… 

Wojtek: The Happy Warrior

Wojtek: The Happy Warrior

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

Jane Austen's Persuasion: A New Musical Drama

Jane Austen's Persuasion: A New Musical Drama

Though Jane Austen is undoubtedly one of Britain’s most prominent literary names, Persuasion is perhaps her least widely read work. 

The Bookbinder

The Bookbinder

Trick of the Light presents a charming and an enjoyable addition to your afternoon in the form of The Bookbinder. 

be-dom: The Beat Bang!

be-dom: The Beat Bang!

Going to a percussion based show at the Fringe could go one of two ways: it’ll either be a case of just watching people hit things for an hour, or it’ll be a veritable fiesta f… 

Dan Nicholas: Reverb (The Love Story of Terrance the Crocodile and Julia the Mannequin)

Dan Nicholas: Reverb (The Love Story of Terrance the Crocodile and Julia the Mannequin)

It’s your classic love story, really: inflatable crocodile meets mannequin head, they fall for each other but soon enough cracks show and they fall apart. 

Dillie Keane

Dillie Keane

A regular performer in Edinburgh and confident stage actress, Dillie Keane returns with her ‘first solo show for 557 years’. 

Flight

Flight

Flight is an incredibly impressive example of acrobatic theatre, if not a particularly interesting take on the story of The Little PrinceThe storyline follows the original as close… 

Blind Man's Song

Blind Man's Song

Conceived and directed by Guillaume Pigé, Blind Man’s Song follows the imagination of a blind musician at the speed of thought. 

64 Squares

64 Squares

‘Welcome to my mind. 

Willy's Bitches

Willy's Bitches

An all female cast takes some of the classic soliloquies and scenes from Shakespeare’s work and deliver them in an almost cabaret, review format, with the addition of new contempor… 

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens

Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens follows the unfolding story of a group of misfits working the infamous den of iniquity – Saucy Jacks space bar. 

My Beautiful Black Dog

My Beautiful Black Dog

Billed as both musical theatre and performance art, the audience for Brigitte Aphrodite’s My Beautiful Black Dog, her autobiographical account of depression, is likely to bring v… 

Trygve Wakenshaw: KRAKEN

Trygve Wakenshaw: KRAKEN

Kraken, devised and performed by Trygve Wakenshaw, is a physically charged one man mime show. 

Nina Simone Black Diva Power

Nina Simone Black Diva Power

Ruth Rodgers-Wright plays an excellent Nina Simone in this 70-minute performance that combines many of the musician’s most enduring and striking melodies with the story of her rela… 

The Addams Family

The Addams Family

The Addams Family is an updated take on the iconic family of twisted misfits that brings the story forward from where it left off. 

The Emperor of America

The Emperor of America

This fast-paced piece of Wild West-inspired physical theatre is an innovative and extremely entertaining romp, including gorgeous girls in voluminous outfits and suave men with ela… 

Remember Doctor Bubble – the Bubble Magician

Remember Doctor Bubble – the Bubble Magician

Tumbling across the stage with the energy of ten children’s birthday parties, Playhouse International (Romania and Australia) create a completely chaotic environment which is bound… 

Jesus Camp: The Musical Comedy

Jesus Camp: The Musical Comedy

British Exist Theatre Company admit that they sometimes embrace challenging and provocative subjects. 

Alice Fraser: Savage

Alice Fraser: Savage

Alice Fraser’s kindness immediately hits you like a warm hug: as her audience filter in she’s chatting, pointing out the air conditioning (a small fan that she’s bought herse… 

Hamlet

Hamlet

It wouldn’t be the Edinburgh Fringe without multiple adaptations of Hamlet all vying to make their mark, but this production by the English Repertory Theatre, directed and adapte… 

CELL

CELL

There is something inherently heartbreaking about the small metal-framed chair standing centre-stage as the audience comes in, but no more so than when one of the show’s co-devis… 

Lennon: Through a Glass Onion

Lennon: Through a Glass Onion

John R. 

Departures: A Song Cycle

Departures: A Song Cycle

Whenever you’re waiting for your next train on the platform, do you imagine yourself having a connection with the person standing next to you? Do you imagine having any common gr… 

Alfie White: Space Explorer

Alfie White: Space Explorer

In this excellent piece of story-telling, Alfie White embarks upon a thrilling everyday adventure that is engaging for all ages. 

Institute

Institute

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

Winter is Coming. Again.

Winter is Coming. Again.

Winter Is Coming. 

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Joanie Little is an honest, open and kookily sexy waitress working in Gabe’s Coffee Shop in Toronto. 

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

If you’re planning on making the trip to see Baby Wants Candy, get your title suggestions ready now! The audience for his fully improvised musical comedy has barely taken their s… 

Will Durst: BoomeRaging From LSD to OMG

Will Durst: BoomeRaging From LSD to OMG

According to the press release, this year’s show is Will Durst’s “highly anticipated return to the Fringe after over a decade. 

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

The Park family screening of Jurassic Park goes awry due to a missing video tape. 

The Girl Who Fell in Love With the Moon

The Girl Who Fell in Love With the Moon

A troupe of hopeful Fringe performers get lost in the woods, forced to deliver their starry-eyed show to the “nonexistent” audience. 

Unmythable

Unmythable

An engaging, inventive and deliciously silly ride, Unmythable will appeal to anyone who enjoys either Greek legends or big laughs. 

The Element in the Room: A Radioactive Musical Comedy about the Death and Life of Marie Curie

The Element in the Room: A Radioactive Musical Comedy about the Death and Life of Marie Curie

I think I’ve found my new favourite musical, thanks to Tangram Theatre and their amazing piece on one of the 20th century’s most important scientists. 

Witch

Witch

An atmospheric new musical about witchcraft, betrayal and friendship, Witch is a journey into dark magic, spanning across generations. 

Cleansed

Cleansed

Cleansed is classic Sarah Kane: disturbing, difficult, packed with violence and potentially quite profound. 

The Rat Pack – Live

The Rat Pack – Live

Fifty minutes of the classic Rat Pack numbers with a full swing orchestra, bringing a little bit of that onstage banter that the trio are known for, and adding in the two Burelli s… 

2 Become 1

2 Become 1

50 minutes of Britney, Shania Twain, All Saints and the Spice Girls: every 90s girl’s dream. 

The Last Five Years

The Last Five Years

Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years is not an easy undertaking. 

BLAM!

BLAM!

Go see BLAM! With your eyes. 

The Missing Hancocks: Live in Edinburgh! (Show A)

The Missing Hancocks: Live in Edinburgh! (Show A)

The Missing Hancocks is a genuine blast from the past. 

Chris Dugdale: Sleightly Dishonest

Chris Dugdale: Sleightly Dishonest

Being a show in the weird and wacky world that is the Fringe, I must admit, I had certain expectations of magician Chris Dugdale. 

Love Birds

Love Birds

A cabaret full of birds falling in love with each other? Embrace the madness if you will, and your heart will certainly be warmed by Robert J. 

Shakespeare Untold: Titus Andronicus (The Piemaker's Tale)

Shakespeare Untold: Titus Andronicus (The Piemaker's Tale)

‘One-man Titus Andronicus for Kids’ sounds like one of those joke titles you suggest to late-night improv troupes. 

Lily Bevan – Pheasant Plucker

Lily Bevan – Pheasant Plucker

This loveable one woman character comedy following the trials and tribulations of a disillusioned ex-falconer might swoop and miss occasionally, but certainly looks hilarious as it… 

The Blues Brothers – Live

The Blues Brothers – Live

If you’re looking for an enjoyable, happy-go-lucky hour of rhythm and blues entertainment, then look no further than this show. 

The Cherry Orchard: Beyond the Truth

The Cherry Orchard: Beyond the Truth

I wasn’t supposed to be reviewing this show, but on a friend’s recommendation (“three Korean ladies doing Chekhov. 

Splitfoot

Splitfoot

Splitfoot by Piper Theatre tells the tale of the Fox sisters “Devil Daughters” who, in post-civil war New York, convinced the public that they could communicate with the dead. 

The Glorious Damnation of Eddie Small

The Glorious Damnation of Eddie Small

The legend of Faustus, the man who sold his soul for knowledge, wealth and power is one which has been in the public consciousness for over 500 years. 

Calypso Nights: Juan, Two?

Calypso Nights: Juan, Two?

Barnie Duncan’s alter-ego Juan Vesuvius has returned to Edinburgh with a DJing set unlike any other. 

Sleeping Trees: Mafia?/Western?

Sleeping Trees: Mafia?/Western?

Western? is like watching your three little brothers playing Cowboys and Indians - with excellent band accompaniment, inventive slapstick and relentless wit. 

Thrones! The Musical

Thrones! The Musical

The opening salvo of this musical Game of Thrones pastiche has such brazen, devilish promise that for a while I entertained the possibility of being blown away by it. 

TES

TES

Poet Steve Larkin presents a reimagined version of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles. 

Nailed It!

Nailed It!

Nailed It! is introduced by singer Andrew Strano and keyboardist Loclan Mackenzie-Spencer as being “about life, about love, about relationships”, and they succeed fantastically in … 

Clown Macbeth

Clown Macbeth

Makoto Inoue’s non-verbal take on Shakespeare’s classic Macbeth is undoubtedly a feat. 

Zanna, Don't

Zanna, Don't

What would the word be like if homosexuality was the norm? Zanna Don’t is here to answer that question and bleed the concept dry, long after the amusement has left the building. 

Close Up

Close Up

You’d usually associate interacting with the audience with stand ups, pantomime and magicians specialising in card tricks. 

Sunshine on Leith

Sunshine on Leith

Of course there would have to be a torrential downpour on the day I viewed Sunshine on Leith, sadly only adhering to the typical fickleness of Scottish weather that betrayed the na… 

Goodbear

Goodbear

Joe Barnes and Henry Perryment deliver solid, expressive performances in their comedy sketch show. 

Boxed In

Boxed In

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

Loranga, Masarin and Dartanjang

Loranga, Masarin and Dartanjang

Loranga, Masarin and Dartanjang could perhaps be best described as the illegitimate love child of CBeebies and Michael Gondry, conceived in a fever dream. 

The Bakewell Bake Off: A New Musical

The Bakewell Bake Off: A New Musical

The Great British Bake Off – what’s not to love? Cake, puns galore and HRH Mary Berry showing her soft spot for gin. 

The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz

The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz

“Maltese Falcon; no - Falcon’s Maltese,” one parent suggests as the title to the show outside the theatre doors. 

zazU: A Fête Worse Than Death

zazU: A Fête Worse Than Death

zazU, a town (or possibly country) with fairly odd inhabitants, is gearing up to hold its fête. 

Fills Monkey: Incredible Drum Show

Fills Monkey: Incredible Drum Show

Sebastien Rambaud and Yann Coste’s Incredible Drum Show thoroughly deserves its seemingly immodest title. 

WOMANz: Jou're Welcome

WOMANz: Jou're Welcome

Everyone has that one persistently irritating friend. 

Shakespeare Untold: Romeo and Juliet (The Party Planner's Tale)

Shakespeare Untold: Romeo and Juliet (The Party Planner's Tale)

Adapting Romeo and Juliet for a younger audience is by no means an easy feat. 

Detention

Detention

Hijinks and flying kicks abound in this piece of non-verbal physical comedy from the Hong Kong-based Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio, last unleashed on an unsuspecting Fringe in 2012. 

Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)

Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)

I have never before been moved from laughing to tears pouring down my face – in the space of one sentence – until I saw this piece. 

Mirror Me

Mirror Me

This fun and friendly show from Hello Theatre explores the idea of what would happen if you swapped places with the person in the mirror. 

Man to Man

Man to Man

Manfred Karge’s Man to Man is described as a modern fairy tale that follows the life of Ella, a woman who disguises herself as her dead husband in order to survive under Nazi … 

My Friend Peter

My Friend Peter

The life and work of classic children’s author Beatrix Potter is given a sweet folk musical twist in this fun ensemble piece. 

The Hideout

The Hideout

Haste Theatre’s new take on the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur is one full of charm and humour. 

The Improv Musical

The Improv Musical

In its second year at the Fringe, The Improv Musical is a fun, heart-warming comedy by Music Theatre Warwick, despite failing to live up to its improvised appearance. 

The Enchanted Forest Adventure

The Enchanted Forest Adventure

Returning to this year’s festival, Enchanted Forest Adventure is nothing short of delightful. 

No More Miss America!

No More Miss America!

I originally held out much hope for this production from How to Deal with Rude and Unruly Women, however being there was like serving a prison sentence. 

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