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Beyond the Horizon Might Be Better: Memoirs of a Black Doctor

Beyond the Horizon Might Be Better: Memoirs of a Black Doctor

‘Many times I wanted to step off the train of life, but faith and hard work kept me tethered to my seat. 

Fragments of Fatigue

Fragments of Fatigue

Brand new play about the rare neurological illness narcolepsy from a true-life perspective. 

I Was Almost Killed By an Angry Mob at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

I Was Almost Killed By an Angry Mob at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

In 2015 Matty Grey, kids comedian, accidentally insulted a child in passing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. 

Drinking With Grandma

Drinking With Grandma

Grandma was complicated. 

Alice Hawkins – Working Class Suffragette

Alice Hawkins – Working Class Suffragette

With oral history passed down over the family generations, Peter gives a stirring and passionate account of his great-grandmother’s hard-fought campaign for the right to vote ove… 

Help! I'm Trapped in a One-Woman Show

Help! I'm Trapped in a One-Woman Show

Alone in the world – as only a widow can be – Broadway actor, Kate Skinner’s moving journey through love, loss and online dating at 70. 

A Period of Faith

A Period of Faith

This one-woman play follows Faith’s battle against Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder in a moving and thought-provoking way. 

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… 

Wet Dream With Jesus

Wet Dream With Jesus

Louisiana – home of Mardi Gras, Southern hospitality, and purity culture. 

A Yank in Scotland

A Yank in Scotland

The Highlands of Scotland – filled with misty moors and glens, rolling fields of heather and ghosts from Scottish history. 

I Now Pronounce You Lost and Found

I Now Pronounce You Lost and Found

What if your dream wedding was just a dazzling distraction? A raw, witty and heartfelt journey from people-pleasing to power – through the wreckage of toxic love. 

Ha

Ha

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

The Kids with Nae Hame

The Kids with Nae Hame

Remember the Kids from Fame? It’s time to meet the Kids with Nae Hame. 

Trawled – When Adventure Becomes Survival

Trawled – When Adventure Becomes Survival

A jaw-dropping story set on the Coral Sea, Australia. 

The Bible Women's Project

The Bible Women's Project

The Bible Women’s Project is a theatrical exploration of young women’s true stories as they connect with the stories of women in the Holy Bible. 

Find Me by Olwen Wymark

Find Me by Olwen Wymark

The powerful true story of Verity, a teenage girl institutionalised after a mental health crisis and later sent to Broadmoor, where she could only be released with permission from … 

The Katrina Project: Hell and High Water

The Katrina Project: Hell and High Water

August 2005: 20 years ago, Hurricane Katrina forever changed New Orleans, LA, and the entire Gulf Coast region of the United States. 

Beloved

Beloved

I lost both my sons to suicide and addiction, one after the other. 

Samantha Day: The Great British Menu (of Petty Complaints)

Samantha Day: The Great British Menu (of Petty Complaints)

Award-winning comedian Samantha Day is back with a new comedy game show that treats Britain’s most trivial problems with the seriousness that they deserve. 

23 and Me and Somebody Else

23 and Me and Somebody Else

Just took a DNA test – turns out I’m 100% not my dad’s biological daughter. 

The World at 15mph... ish

The World at 15mph... ish

Looking for inspiration? Want to feel uplifted? Need encouragement? Burnt out and needing change, non-athlete Naomi cycled 20,000 miles through 26 countries, with a man she’d met j… 

Daddy, Tomorrow Will I Be a Man?

Daddy, Tomorrow Will I Be a Man?

James Willstrop, cynical and driven only by his sporting success, is on the verge of becoming world number one in squash. 

Frozen Love: A Buckingham Nicks Story

Frozen Love: A Buckingham Nicks Story

Frozen Love: A Buckingham Nicks Story, is the true story of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham’s rocky road to joining Fleetwood Mac. 

Call Me Crazy

Call Me Crazy

Call Me Crazy is for anyone wondering how many times people can call you crazy before you lose your f*cking mind. 

My Name is Rachel Corrie

My Name is Rachel Corrie

‘What if our aloneness isn’t a tragedy? What if our aloneness is what allows us to speak the truth without being afraid?’ A Jewish actor and predominantly Jewish team bring to life… 

Eric's Tales of the Sea – a Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea – a Submariner's Yarn

Award-winning storytelling. 

The Expulsion of Exulansis

The Expulsion of Exulansis

Written and produced by a remarkable 19-year-old, this true story delves into deeply personal experiences of depression, anxiety, eating disorders and self-harm, offering a compell… 

A Monkey Trial: The Gameshow or The True and Tragic Passion of Pauline Campbell

A Monkey Trial: The Gameshow or The True and Tragic Passion of Pauline Campbell

Reenact the criminal trial of a real-life feminist activist martyr. 

Zero Lives Left

Zero Lives Left

Join Benjie Wrubel for his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut as he makes light of the darkness inside his head. 

English Ako

English Ako

English Ako finds a fresh way to celebrate the experience of growing up in different cultures – embracing being born in Manila, raised in England. 

Stories from the Office of a Sex Dungeon

Stories from the Office of a Sex Dungeon

A BDSM dungeon is only as good as its staff: the dommes, subs, and of course, the manager. 

Making a Show of Myself

Making a Show of Myself

Making a Show of Myself: deceptively amusing, unexpectedly stirring, ultimately uplifting. 

MILES.

MILES.

Addict to icon: the story of Miles Davis and the biggest selling jazz album of all time. 

Hold the Line

Hold the Line

A routine NHS111 health assessment goes horribly wrong over the phone resulting in the death of a patient. 

This Sh*t Happens All The Time

This Sh*t Happens All The Time

This Sh*t Happens All The Time is a true story about queer love, about tummy flips and hearts skipping beats. 

Down to Chance

Down to Chance

Anchorage, Alaska, 1964. 

Buen Camino

Buen Camino

Susan has a perfect life, a perfect love and perfect happiness. 

The Truman Capote Talk Show – Winner: Scotsman Fringe First Award

The Truman Capote Talk Show – Winner: Scotsman Fringe First Award

Glitzy, bitchy, chic, unique. 

Chamberlain: Peace in Our Time

Chamberlain: Peace in Our Time

A Prime Minister with troubles in Europe and within his own party. 

Titanic: The Last Hero and The Last Coward

Titanic: The Last Hero and The Last Coward

John Harper and Joseph Ismay. 

Singing the Diaphragm Blues and Other Sexual Cacophonies

Singing the Diaphragm Blues and Other Sexual Cacophonies

Singing the Diaphragm Blues and Other Sexual Cacophonies explores the tragic, hilarious and baffling road of silence travelled by women in Western culture. 

The Kids With Nae Hame

The Kids With Nae Hame

Remember the Kids from Fame? It’s time to meet the Kids with Nae Hame. 

Fickle Eulogy

Fickle Eulogy

How do you grieve a death that seemed completely avoidable? Sue didn’t believe in vaccination. 

Amy Hetherington: Juggle (An Aussie Guide to Keeping a Toddler Alive)

Amy Hetherington: Juggle (An Aussie Guide to Keeping a Toddler Alive)

After winning Best Comedy at Fringe World Australia, Amy brings her energetic and joyful standup to Edinburgh. 

Angry Snatch: A Reclamation Job in 15 Rounds

Angry Snatch: A Reclamation Job in 15 Rounds

It will make you laugh and cry, make your heart swell and your muscles flex. 

Moscow Love Story

Moscow Love Story

Moscow 2001. 

Post-Soviet Upbringing

Post-Soviet Upbringing

Dorky and chubby “half-blood” kid born out of the Cold War era “darkness” of the USSR goes on to witness the rebirth of his homeland through the edgy yet sheepishly silly 90s t… 

Eric Liddell: The Chariot of Fire

Eric Liddell: The Chariot of Fire

In more than a century of heroic Olympic feats and sporting glory, the Paris event of 1924 retains a special sort of sepia-tinted reverence. 

Daniel Powell: Breathless (Work in Progress)

Daniel Powell: Breathless (Work in Progress)

Stand-Up comedian Daniel Powell tells the story of how a cat tried to kill him with its arse, destroying his health (and life) in the process. 

With All My Fondest Love

With All My Fondest Love

How well can you know your own family? A grandson discovers the hidden secrets behind his grandparents’ ordinary yet curious marriage. 

How I Learned to Drive

How I Learned to Drive

Surprising, funny and deeply moving, a young woman comes of age and learns to drive in 1960s America. 

Krystal Evans: Hospitality Horror Show (WIP)

Krystal Evans: Hospitality Horror Show (WIP)

Following her critically acclaimed, award nominated debut hour The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp, Krystal is back with a brand new hour of stand-up. 

make the Bed

make the Bed

Make the Bed is an exploration of anxiety and paranoia based on writer and performer Ariela Nazar-Rosen’s own experience—in particular, a bed bug scare that pushed her to break… 

Alice Hawkins – Working-Class Suffragette

Alice Hawkins – Working-Class Suffragette

With oral history passed down over the family generations, Peter gives a stirring and passionate account of his great-grandmother’s hard-fought campaign for the right to vote ove… 

Trawled – When Adventure Becomes Survival

Trawled – When Adventure Becomes Survival

A jaw-dropping true story set on the Coral Sea, Australia. 

Steve Archibald: A Life in Goals

Steve Archibald: A Life in Goals

Ex-Hibs, Aberdeen, Tottenham, Barcelona and Scotland striker discusses and shows you the goals that defined his extraordinary career in an intimate setting. 

George Muller

George Muller

Seeing hundreds of destitute, neglected orphans on the streets of Bristol, Muller knew he must do something! A poor and ordinary man, Muller pushes through insurmountable difficult… 

Martin Atkins: Metalbox to Extremities – Two Sides to Every Story

Martin Atkins: Metalbox to Extremities – Two Sides to Every Story

Martin Atkins is the definition of entrepreneurial activity in cultural arts endeavours. 

The Wee Museum of Memory

The Wee Museum of Memory

Packed full of memories, photographs and memorabilia relating to everyday life in Edinburgh over the last 100 years. Come and join us to reminisce! 

Samantha Day: The Generations Game

Samantha Day: The Generations Game

Generation eXpert Samantha Day finds out which generation is the best. 

A Time Traveller's Life

A Time Traveller's Life

Following in the footsteps of the great time travellers of the past, present and future, the woman with the purple hat, the painted boots and the little wheelie suitcase invites yo… 

Confessions of a Teletubby

Confessions of a Teletubby

Arguments and poo! Sex and swearing! Blood, sweat, tears and giant rabbits! Life on the set of Teletubbies might not have been quite as you imagined… Nikky Smedley played LaaLaa … 

Hagar: War Mother

Hagar: War Mother

Hagar is a dreamer. 

Loft Luggage

Loft Luggage

Eileen has cleared her loft. 

Loft Clearance

Loft Clearance

What do we keep? What do we let go? Join Eileen as she rummages through a hundred years worth of possessions that have accumulated in her loft. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Award-winning storytelling. 

The 100-Year-Old Letter

The 100-Year-Old Letter

In 1916, Christabel Mennell writes a letter of apology to Katie Marsh. 

Confessions of a Butterfly: An Evening with Janusz Korczak

Confessions of a Butterfly: An Evening with Janusz Korczak

Confessions of a Butterfly: An Evening with Janusz Korczak. 

Alfie Moore: Fair Cop – Live!

Alfie Moore: Fair Cop – Live!

Cop-turned-comedian Alfie returns with a brand-new show ahead of recording his BBC Radio 4 comedy It’s a Fair Cop. 

Forgiving (My Mother)

Forgiving (My Mother)

Have you got mummy issues too? So do Pat and Emilia, migrant theatre-makers working on a play about two siblings unpacking their childhood emotional damage (aka post-Soviet parenti… 

My Mother Doesn't Know I'm Kinky

My Mother Doesn't Know I'm Kinky

A sexy story filled with drama and comedy, love and lust. 

The Expulsion of Exulansis

The Expulsion of Exulansis

Written and produced by a remarkable 18-year-old drama student, this true story delves into deeply personal experiences of depression, anxiety, eating disorders and self-harm, offe… 

The Archives of the Hopeless Romantic

The Archives of the Hopeless Romantic

This semi-autobiographical one-woman play adapted from Sophia Marie George’s debut book follows a woman researcher as she enters into the archives of a romantic. 

Lost... Found

Lost... Found

On the heels of a major childhood event, K Lorrel Manning’s Lost. 

Mutant Olive 2.0

Mutant Olive 2.0

(Mommy’s a whore, Daddy’s a hitman). 

Our Little Secret: The 23andMe Musical

Our Little Secret: The 23andMe Musical

A re-discovery of self-identity. 

Graham Kay: Pete and Me

Graham Kay: Pete and Me

Kay’s Pete and Me uses cheerful humour to talk about growing up with his profoundly autistic brother, exploring their relationship from childhood through today. 

The Break-Up Diet

The Break-Up Diet

This raw and powerful exploration of a hard-hitting break-up will pull at your heartstrings and might even make you smile. 

Tom Greaves: FUDGEY

Tom Greaves: FUDGEY

In this award-winning pathetic comedy about privilege, Tom Greaves presents Fudgey: your quintessential, tone-deaf man in a suit (you know, the “harmless” type. 

The Ghost of White Hart Lane

The Ghost of White Hart Lane

Spurs and Scotland star John White was one of the best footballers of the 1960s, however, in July 1964 he was struck by lightning and killed at 27 years old. 

Who Do Ya Love?

Who Do Ya Love?

Who Do Ya Love? is a fun-loving larger-than-life jukebox musical about Harry Wayne Casey’s journey to starting KC and the Sunshine Band. 

The Mrs Dewinters

The Mrs Dewinters

On the eve of the funeral of her last remaining friend, 95-year-old Helen enters the mid-century world of Daphne DuMaurier’s, Rebecca. 

Chariot: The Eric Liddell Story

Chariot: The Eric Liddell Story

Set in Paris, during the Olympic Games of 1924, we see the struggles Eric Liddell faces in staying true to his principles. 

Blue Morpho

Blue Morpho

In 1971, Juliane Koepcke, 17 years of age, was the sole survivor of the LANSA Flight 508 plane crash. 

Pam Ford Don't You Dare! (Put Me in a Care Home)

Pam Ford Don't You Dare! (Put Me in a Care Home)

Pam Ford Stand-Up Comedian has worked in a care home before and after the pandemic and has met many amazing “oldies” with amazing life stories to tell. 

Kirsty MacColl: My Tribute

Kirsty MacColl: My Tribute

Existing Kirsty fans know she could take her audience on an emotional rollercoaster from happy to sad, betrayed to raunchy. 

Lizzy Lenco: Full Frontal Lobe

Lizzy Lenco: Full Frontal Lobe

Lizzy Lenco is not right in the head and has the MRI to prove it. 

Seventy-Eight Thank Yous

Seventy-Eight Thank Yous

Astonished when my cheerful and dynamic mother committed suicide in 2018, I felt a numbed anguish. 

Loft Clearance

Loft Clearance

What do we keep? What do we let go? Join Eileen as she rummages through a hundred years’ worth of possessions that have accumulated in her loft. 

97+

97+

97+ is based on the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster where severe injuries led to 97 lives lost. 

Pretending to Fly

Pretending to Fly

Summer 2020, NYC. 

Alice Hawkins – Suffragette

Alice Hawkins – Suffragette

Peter gives a stirring and passionate account of his great-grandmother’s hard-fought campaign for the right to vote over 100 years ago. 

The All-Terrain Podcast Live

The All-Terrain Podcast Live

Join guests from the worlds of comedy, literature, music and faith for a series of live recordings of the popular All Terrain Podcast. 

The Most Toast

The Most Toast

Somebody in the audience will have eaten the most toast. We will find them.  

Samantha Day: The Booby Trap

Samantha Day: The Booby Trap

Following the success of her hit show Careering, Samantha Day is back at the Fringe with The Booby Trap! Breasts loom large in our culture – but why? Samantha gets her tit jokes … 

Angry Snatch: A Reclamation Job in 15 Rounds

Angry Snatch: A Reclamation Job in 15 Rounds

‘I wanted to fight her corner’. 

Afghanistan Is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

Afghanistan Is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

World’s Best Fringe Theatre Winner 2022/3 (International Fringe Encore Series, New York) returns for eight performances only. 

Ellie and Arshan Do a Show and Tell

Ellie and Arshan Do a Show and Tell

Ellie and Arshan Do a Show and Tell is a short, fun, high-energy exploration on the “stuff” that makes us all up. 

Living Proof: Stories of Hope and Recovery from Chronic Pain

Living Proof: Stories of Hope and Recovery from Chronic Pain

Living Proof is a recoveree-led non-profit working to promote a neuroplastic approach for full recovery from chronic pain and many other chronic symptoms. 

Two Gun Cohen – The Improbable True Story

Two Gun Cohen – The Improbable True Story

How did a Jewish immigrant to London’s East End end up as a General in the Chinese army and become “Two Gun” Cohen? This incredible true story is recounted by Cohen from his cell i… 

Confessions of a Teletubby

Confessions of a Teletubby

Three shows only! You remember Teletubbies, don’t you? Maybe you grew up with the programme… Did you ever wonder why it was so successful and who was bringing those well-loved … 

Vita and Virginia (Abridged)

Vita and Virginia (Abridged)

‘Absolutely stunning, stylish, eccentric, confident and honest’ (NODA. 

Brothers: War Poems and Chronicles

Brothers: War Poems and Chronicles

‘My biography is blood and flesh, not entertainment. 

Unveiled

Unveiled

‘Would you rather be lost or fallen?’ In this erotic, fury-infused, modern-day revisioning of the legend of Salomé, psychology professor Ana Mozol powerfully stirs the depths of t… 

The Quality of Mercy: Concerning the Life and Crimes of Dr Harold Frederick Shipman

The Quality of Mercy: Concerning the Life and Crimes of Dr Harold Frederick Shipman

From his cell in the early hours of the morning, Dr Harold Shipman records a confessional tape as he prepares to end his life. 

The Good Dad (A Love Story)

The Good Dad (A Love Story)

The whole family knew he was a good dad. 

Good Grief: Five Deserts in Search of My Father. A One-Man Show by Writer Jon Lawrence

Good Grief: Five Deserts in Search of My Father. A One-Man Show by Writer Jon Lawrence

The poignant tale of a writer and musician, Jon Lawrence, who walked 500km over five deserts on five continents to grieve for his father and raise money for a cancer charity. 

How to Find a Husband in 37 Years or Longer

How to Find a Husband in 37 Years or Longer

JJ Pyle finds herself accidentally, unfortunately, home for Christmas and stuck in this little truck with her dad in Indiana, where everything is surrounded by cornfields. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Award-winning storytelling. 

The Portable Dorothy Parker

The Portable Dorothy Parker

The year is 1943 and famed wit Dorothy Parker sits in her New York apartment, sifting through her works and deciding which will make it into the new anthology ‘The Portable Dorot… 

Family Matters

Family Matters

Family Matters: Presents the “full catastrophe” of family life, embracing its comic, dramatic, farcical and tragic realities. 

Take The Bins Out

Take The Bins Out

Take The Bins Out is a dark comedy, telling the story of Finley Whitmore, whose congenital eye disorder wreaks havoc on his professional and personal life. 

Breaking Open

Breaking Open

Why would a woman leave her career as the lead singer of a multi-platinum band? Was it fate, family, or something else? When she hears a compelling voice within her closet, urging … 

James Nokise: God Damn Fancy Man

James Nokise: God Damn Fancy Man

Returning for another year, God Damn Fancy Man is the critically acclaimed show from internationally award-winning comedian James Nokise. 

Cal Halbert – Calcoholic

Cal Halbert – Calcoholic

Cal, we all love a drink, but nobody likes a drunk. 

Raising Kane

Raising Kane

In 1941 a precocious young upstart of New York’s glittering theatre scene tried his hand at making a movie and accidentally created the greatest motion picture of all time. 

Wiesenthal

Wiesenthal

At at a time when the world has never more needed to heed the whispers of history, when client journalism seeks to sanitise hate speech as a ‘balanced’ opinion, and social medi… 

Truly Madly Baldy

Truly Madly Baldy

Truly, Madly, Baldy is a hilarious two-hander comedy based on the brutally honest stories of people who suffer from the hair-loss condition Alopecia. 

Born in a Wheelchair

Born in a Wheelchair

James grew up as a carer for his disabled brother Alexander. 

Manifest Destiny's Child

Manifest Destiny's Child

I don’t think you can ever go wrong watching a Guy Masterson production in the Assembly Rooms. 

...And This Is My Friend Mr Laurel

...And This Is My Friend Mr Laurel

Jeffrey Holland (Hi-de-Hi, You Rang M’Lord) returns in this sell-out one-man show about friendship, memories and a couple of remarkable lives. 

Impact

Impact

There are no coincidences. 

Mystery House

Mystery House

In 1886, following the death of her husband and child, Sarah Winchester purchased an unfinished farmhouse near San Francisco. 

Club Life

Club Life

Club Life is club promoter Fred Deakin's personal autobiography. 

Steve N Allen: Alzheimer's? I Can't Even Remember How to Spell It

Steve N Allen: Alzheimer's? I Can't Even Remember How to Spell It

Dementia isn’t a laughing matter, but neither is the loss of both your parents during the pandemic and the tricky birth of your first child. 

Burns The Musical

Burns The Musical

‘You have to look back to see the way forward. 

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… 

Two Truths and a Lie – A Literary Reading by Erin Granat with Live Piano by Gati

Two Truths and a Lie – A Literary Reading by Erin Granat with Live Piano by Gati

Two Truth and a Lie. 

Payday Party

Payday Party

Food prices up. 

Raft

Raft

Trapped by reality, freed by imagination. 

NASTY:

NASTY: "big" girls being gross, mean and sexy

Remember that time you pooed yourself in public? Or when you swore at your mum for asking you to tidy your pigsty of a room? Maybe you’re still blushing over the time someone poi… 

A Change of Heart

A Change of Heart

Two sisters. 

I Shall Not Be Moved

I Shall Not Be Moved

The riveting play I Shall Not Be Moved is by emerging young playwright Isaiah Reaves. 

Phil Kay & Stacey Clare: Book Festival Fringe Launch Show

Phil Kay & Stacey Clare: Book Festival Fringe Launch Show

Come! Welcome to the inaugural Book Festival Fringe. 

menkind LIVE

menkind LIVE

Odd couple Mark Watson (you know, from Taskmaster, and ‘an unstoppably funny superhero’ according to The Times) and Michael Chakraverty (you know, from Bake Off, and a ‘brilliant b… 

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled. 

False Teeth in a Pork Pie: How to Unleash Your Inner Crazy

False Teeth in a Pork Pie: How to Unleash Your Inner Crazy

Mark Borkowski is the doyen of the world’s most controversial artform: the publicity stunt. 

Alison Jackson's Celebrity Fake Takes

Alison Jackson's Celebrity Fake Takes

Join Queen of Fake, BAFTA-winning mischief maker Alison Jackson, as she reveals sensational behind-the-scenes celebrity secrets and adventures in guerrilla filmmaking while transfo… 

Around the World Backwards

Around the World Backwards

Travel – always exciting, especially when the man of your dreams pops up to join you. 

Wild Son: The Testimony of Christian Brando

Wild Son: The Testimony of Christian Brando

Set under the white-hot glare of Hollywood and celebrity, Wild Son is the story of Marlon Brando’s troubled, headline-making son… in his own words. 

SAY IF IT'S NOT OKAY

SAY IF IT'S NOT OKAY

Darkly comedic one-woman show about our natural inclination to go with the flow. 

Who I Am: The Bugle Creative Group With Ciara Menzies

Who I Am: The Bugle Creative Group With Ciara Menzies

The Bugle is a project supporting people affected by homelessness and its surrounding issues to express themselves in art and writing. 

Art27's Firsthand Z pierwszej reki

Art27's Firsthand Z pierwszej reki

Firsthand is an audiovisual artwork – an outcome of residency by artists Marta Adamowicz and Robert Motyka on the concept of home through the connections with the remembered and … 

Finding Magic

Finding Magic

Do you believe in magic? Bev does, but after the death of her son Jess she thought she’d never find her magic again. 

Jew Talkin' To Me?

Jew Talkin' To Me?

Join award-winning comedians Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon for a live recording of one of ‘the best podcasts to listen to right now’ (iNews). 

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free

This powerful, funny and unflinching drama is about two real-life Florida women whose lives are profoundly changed by their immersion in the world of the other-abled. 

Alice Hawkins – Suffragette

Alice Hawkins – Suffragette

Peter Barratt gives a stirring and passionate account of his great-grandmother’s hard-fought campaign for the right to vote over a hundred years ago. 

Samantha Day: Careering

Samantha Day: Careering

A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single drink. 

UK Underdog

UK Underdog

UK Underdog is a true solo show where bullies, Kung Fu and a small willie lands Steve in very deep trouble! Does he have what it takes to fight back? From celebs and critics: ‘T… 

The Anorak

The Anorak

The Anorak is a harrowing story of one man’s isolation, based on a true event. 

Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man

Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man

A Romantic Comedy. 

Playing God

Playing God

Many of us will have known someone like Meg. 

The Circle of Life

The Circle of Life

Life is a game. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea: A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea: A Submariner's Yarn

Award-winning storytelling. 

A Thousand Sons

A Thousand Sons

Weapons of mass destruction. 

Maternity

Maternity

‘I’m still waiting for my child. 

Red Alert – Cancer!

Red Alert – Cancer!

Red Alert – Cancer! Meet the Wilsons, five children, three with red hair, who came to Scotland in 1959. 

Silhouettes

Silhouettes

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

Merrill Means Well

Merrill Means Well

Merrill gets diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and tries to make sense of her life and chaotic childhood. 

Love Me or I'll Kill Myself

Love Me or I'll Kill Myself

Join Faith, a young woman addicted to Love, on a quest into the dark heart of its enchantments – and if there’s any life worth living without them. 

Upon the Fragile Shore

Upon the Fragile Shore

A hurricane survivor watches rising sea water consume their home. 

Daffodil Tramples the Fringe

Daffodil Tramples the Fringe

Daffodil has seen it all before. 

Casey Balsham: Inconceivable

Casey Balsham: Inconceivable

Inconceivable comes from the mind of wannabe mama and stand-up comedian Casey Balsham. 

Krystal Evans: Kaleidoscope

Krystal Evans: Kaleidoscope

Krystal’s sardonic, beige exterior is in direct contrast to her life which has been full of vivid colour. 

The Elephant in the Room

The Elephant in the Room

Unapologetically Indian, irreverently American. 

Newcastle United Ruined My Bloody Life

Newcastle United Ruined My Bloody Life

When Gavin Webster was a kid, he liked kings and queens from history, space and the solar system as well as singing, skipping and running. 

Nina Hills: Peri-meno... What Now?

Nina Hills: Peri-meno... What Now?

Nina was going through life quite nicely, when – pow! Suddenly she wasn’t! Fear and anxiety crept into normal everyday situations. 

I Feel the Need

I Feel the Need

‘The need for speed!’ This thrilling cross between Fleabag and Top Gun is written and performed by Loree “Rowdy” Draude, one of the first women to fly combat jets for the U. 

Dan Kelly: How I Came Third in the North Korean Marathon

Dan Kelly: How I Came Third in the North Korean Marathon

What happens when you try to run 26. 

Nightbus to Nowhere!

Nightbus to Nowhere!

Fantastic, infamous and intimate late-night mess-about with BlundaBus favourites and more! The twinkliest idiots, witches and clowns. 

Pauline

Pauline

Pauline is a one woman show, written and performed by the talented Sophie Bentinck. 

We Should Definitely Have More Dancing

We Should Definitely Have More Dancing

Clara Darcy is fit! She’s also (almost) carefree, (kind of) happily single and joyously dancing through life but, little does she know, her world is about to be turned upside down … 

Shattered

Shattered

In third grade, Diana kicked her crush in the crotch and her love life didn’t improve from there. 

Amy Matthews and Krystal Evans (WIP)

Amy Matthews and Krystal Evans (WIP)

There was a comment made in an article in the Edinburgh Evening News just before the Fringe began about how, after the amount of time comedians have had to prepare for the 2021 Fri… 

Rossetti's Women

Rossetti's Women

Lemon Squeeze Productions are presenting a new adaptation of Rossetti’s Women at the Space@Surgeons’ Hall, written and directed by Joan Greening, award-winning writer of ITV si… 

Love in the Time of Lockdown

Love in the Time of Lockdown

Lockdown has been a universal experience for everyone in this country. 

Miss Lindsay’s Secret

Miss Lindsay’s Secret

Safely stowed in a sewing box and found utterly by accident, join the cast of Miss Linsday’s Secret in the reading and exploration of love letters that have been hidden for over … 

Under the Floorboards

Under the Floorboards

What do Silence of the lambs, Psycho and Texas Chain Saw Massacre have in common? The characters of Buffalo Bill, Norman Bates and Leatherface are all based on the real-life killer… 

Stealth Aspies – Aspies Anonymous

Stealth Aspies – Aspies Anonymous

Edinburgh Festival Fringe is a beacon of individuality for our time: it presents a platform for anybody with the desire to express themselves and whatever makes them individuals. 

Le Monocle

Le Monocle

Tiff Milner (writer/director) presents a well-researched retelling of a lesbian herstory, set in twentieth century Paris, at the eponymous the lesbian bar Le Monocle. 

My Darling Clemmie

My Darling Clemmie

This elegantly enchanting piece is a one woman play, telling the story of Clementine Hozier’s life. 

What Girls Are Made Of

What Girls Are Made Of

Scruffy indie kids have inherited the world and Cora Bissett rules supreme. 

INTERBEING – Stories from a Current War

INTERBEING – Stories from a Current War

This. 

The National Trust Fan Club

The National Trust Fan Club

The National Trust Fan Club is what happens if you imagine a Dave Gorman show delivered by your bouncy Auntie Joyce and her preoccupation with how to pronounce ‘scone’ (to rhym… 

Beach Body Ready

Beach Body Ready

In our current day and age with consuming media in whatever shape it may take, it’s not difficult to find an advert, article or commentary about the body and how we should look i… 

Madame Ovary

Madame Ovary

We are introduced to Rosa as she jogs on the spot, planning her new years resolutions which include working hard, calling her grandma more and taking better care of her body. 

Lauren Booth: Accidentally Muslim

Lauren Booth: Accidentally Muslim

Journalist Lauren Booth’s first solo show, Accidentally Muslim, promises a journey from ‘Soho hedonism’ to a shocking revelation in a mosque. 

First Time

First Time

This is definitely not the first time I have seen a play about being gay or about the AIDS epidemic, but it is the first time I have seen an eclectic and moving look at life post H… 

My Mum's a Twat

My Mum's a Twat

What happens when your mum abandons you at the age of 12 to join a cult and move to Canada? That’s exactly the predicament Anoushka Warden found herself in, subsequent to her par… 

Woke

Woke

After a superb sold-out run in 2017, Apphia Campbell returned to this year's Edinburgh Fringe for one week only. 

Lines

Lines

With damning questions on moral and personal boundaries, Lines is a stunning and complex portrayal of sexual assault. 

Cock, Cock... Who's There?

Cock, Cock... Who's There?

Cock, cock… Who’s there? is a multimedia, autobiographical documentary-cum-social experiment all about writer-performer Samira Elagoz’s relationship with men after being rape… 

In for a Penny

In for a Penny

In For A Penny is Libby McArthur’s true-life tale of the unforeseen consequences of an unpaid parking ticket - how one person can fall foul of a system that sees only the facts a… 

My Left Nut

My Left Nut

“Bitter Sweet Symphony” by The Verve. 

3 Years, 1 Week and a Lemon Drizzle

3 Years, 1 Week and a Lemon Drizzle

This is an intensely personal, sometimes funny, sometimes uncomfortable window into the relationship of two sisters at the toughest point of their lives so far. 

CreativeMornings

CreativeMornings

CreativeMornings is a breakfast lecture series for the creative community. 

Creative Solutions for Creative Careers

Creative Solutions for Creative Careers

As part of Fringe Central’s Young Voices: Fresh Perspective programme, the Scottish Drama Training Network presented Creative Solutions for Creative Careers. 

Dear Home Office :Still Pending

Dear Home Office :Still Pending

Amidst the large amount of political theatre at the Fringe, Dear Home Office: Still Pending sticks out. 

Adam Kay – Fingering A Minor on the Piano

Adam Kay – Fingering A Minor on the Piano

Adam Kay used to be a doctor and he wants to tell us all about it. 

Morgan Stern

Morgan Stern

Company of Rogues invites us into an intriguing, yet convoluted, tale of a time-travelling gent sent to redeem himself by saving a schizophrenic in 1980s Australia. 

The Other Half Lives

The Other Half Lives

Grieving is a universal human experience, and The Other Half Lives is a play which analyses grief in the years after someone’s passing. 

I Am My Own Wife

I Am My Own Wife

One of the good things about the Fringe is that the small scale of most of its venues lead to a sort of intimacy in performance that you get almost nowhere else. 

Woman on Fire

Woman on Fire

Sisters (and the rest of the world) unite and enjoy this one-woman show as you are taken through the tumultuous life of the Preston-born suffragette Edith Rigby. 

The Sleeper

The Sleeper

In 2015, Henry C Krempels was commissioned by VICE to write an article on the refugee crisis which was then at its peak. 

Bella Freak: Unwritten

Bella Freak: Unwritten

Unwritten, according to the flyer, is ‘a secret history of Scotland’; specifically, though, it uses the individual experiences of three disabled people to talk about Inclusive … 

Beethoven in Stalingrad

Beethoven in Stalingrad

Stalingrad stands as one of the most destructive and horrific battles of the 20th century. 

The Truman Capote Talk Show

The Truman Capote Talk Show

Truman Capote regards us with a look that cannot be readily deciphered. 

Darius Davies: Road to Wrestlemania

Darius Davies: Road to Wrestlemania

By all accounts Darius Davies has had a few interesting experiences this Fringe. 

A Thousand Doorways

A Thousand Doorways

A finely-woven, patterned rug hangs from the ceiling, its design typical of the region. 

Norman Lovett: Entertaining Moaner

Norman Lovett: Entertaining Moaner

Norman Lovett’s deadpan face will be instantly recognizable to a generation as the dim-witted ship’s computer, Holly of Red Dwarf fame. 

Henry Rollins – Charmingly Obstinate

Henry Rollins – Charmingly Obstinate

The force of nature that is named Henry Rollins graces the Edinburgh Fringe once again, bringing with him another hour of profound advice and big laughs. 

Year Ten

Year Ten

Never judge a play by its title. 

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… 

The Shadow Box

The Shadow Box

Hailing from Hardin-Simmons University in Texas, The Shadow Box is a reflection of the stages of grief, represented through a series of linked vignettes and monologues. 

Awkward Confessions of a Homeless Sex God

Awkward Confessions of a Homeless Sex God

A sure contender for Best Title for a Comedy Show at this year’s Fringe, George Zacharopoulos’s riches-to-rags tale is just as entertaining as it sounds. 

Van Gogh Find Yourself

Van Gogh Find Yourself

Van Gogh is one of the world’s most famous artists but many people know very little about him other than strange stories of missing ears. 

What Kind of Fool Am I?

What Kind of Fool Am I?

Helen Wood’s one-woman show is a journey of self-discovery complete with a bit of psychology, personality quizzes and a sense of fun. 

Eat. Sleep. Bathe. Repeat

Eat. Sleep. Bathe. Repeat

This play follows James, an agency worker with no experience or real knowledge of autism, as he is thrown into a job at a care home for adults with low-functioning autism. 

The Dining Room

The Dining Room

In a single dining room revisited over the course of the 20th Century, a series of family dramas show the decline of the American upper-middle class. 

Evil

Evil

An adaptation of Jan Guillou’s semi-autobiographical novel, which went on to become an Oscar-nominated film in 2003, Evil tells the story of systematic bullying and brutality at … 

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing

When Richard Burton appeared on the Dick Cavett show in 1980, the host would later describe the actor as “already a beautiful ruin. 

Doubting Thomas

Doubting Thomas

Jeremy Weller, known for his use of drama as a tool for social intervention, presents a new Fringe offering with a powerful actor and message at its core, but a weak execution that… 

A Man Standing

A Man Standing

“You come in like a lion and you leave like a lamb”. 

Us / Them

Us / Them

I can count on one hand the number of plays that have sent shivers down my spine: Us/Them is one such show. 

Grant Stott's Tales from Behind the Mic

Grant Stott's Tales from Behind the Mic

Grant Stott is well known around the Edinburgh area. 

Letters to Windsor House

Letters to Windsor House

Picture the scene: two women in letterbox face paint — a pair of punkish, postmodern clowns — sit on a couple of threadbare armchairs underneath an enormous screen, sipping bee… 

The Interference
BOBBY WINNER

The Interference

It is hard to tackle a subject such as campus rape in America and get the tone right. 

Ricky Tomlinson: Guilty My Arse

Ricky Tomlinson: Guilty My Arse

He promises that next year he’ll bring his comedy show to the Fringe, but right now Ricky Tomlinson has serious matters to discuss. 

Backstage in Biscuit Land

Backstage in Biscuit Land

Sometimes the best moments in live theatre are those that happen unexpectedly. 

Devious Comments

Devious Comments

People really do say some weird things on social media. 

You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy

You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy

Caroline Horton enters laden with suitcases against a pastel French tricolour. 

The Tobolowsky Files

The Tobolowsky Files

‘This will be as true as I can make it. 

The State of Concrete

The State of Concrete

The Britwell estate, built in 1957, was created to rehouse people from the slum clearance areas of London and Essex. 

Reclaiming Vietnam

Reclaiming Vietnam

Kim Chinh has mastered the art of storytelling in her new one-woman show Reclaiming Vietnam. 

E15

E15

Explosive from start to finish, E15 is verbatim theatre at its most exciting. 

Waitless

Waitless

Described as a ‘backwards love story’, Waitless is an interesting twist on the genre of romance. 

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric's Tales of the Sea – A Submariner's Yarn

Eric is a friendly, unassuming man whose Tales of the Sea take you through his time spent on submarines in the Royal Navy. 

Linking Rings

Linking Rings

In Linking Rings Paul Zenon interweaves the stories of two Collinses, both of the storyteller himself, Paul Collins (Zenon is a stage name) and of Jim Collins, Houdini’s go-to m… 

Clara Milly: Basketcase, Licensed to Help

Clara Milly: Basketcase, Licensed to Help

Therapist Clara Milly has over 20 years’ worth of experiences on which to draw from the huge amount of people she has met and helped in her career. 

48 Minutes / Free Festival

48 Minutes / Free Festival

I am not entirely sure why comedians Ben Shannon and Mike Reed decided their set should be forty-eight minutes long, rather than a full hour, but it actually doesn’t really matte… 

Matt Price: The Boy with Cake on His Face

Matt Price: The Boy with Cake on His Face

One of Matt Price’s ambitions is to be one of the nicest people in comedy, and man, he’s succeeding. 

Belfast Boy

Belfast Boy

This stifling performance by young talent Greg Fossard will make you uneasy as the traumas of a troubled Belfast man’s life unravel. 

Normally Abnormal

Normally Abnormal

When an audience is laughing, they are listening. 

Strange Face – Adventures With a Lost Nick Drake Recording

Strange Face – Adventures With a Lost Nick Drake Recording

Music has a way of providing the most honest portrait of a person, be it someone listening to an opera in the Royal Albert Hall or someone moshing in the belly of Bannerman’s, mu… 

The Eulogy of Toby Peach

The Eulogy of Toby Peach

Toby begins by racing through a history of his life in numbers - how many days he’s been alive (9424), how many minutes he has spent kissing (not enough), and how long it’s bee… 

How to Keep an Alien

How to Keep an Alien

How to Keep an Alien is an autobiographical story written and performed by Irish actress Sonya Kelly. 

Diary of a Dating Addict

Diary of a Dating Addict

‘Finding a partner’s like finding a job: you’ve got to put the work in’, says Maddy Anholt, and she would know. 

Disorder

Disorder

Disorder is a play about mental illness that attempts to portray the realities of living with bipolar disorder, as well as the long term effects of the condition, not only on the s… 

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