A compilation of some of the Beatles’ best-known songs from 1962-69.
Enter the world of Matilda, the extraordinary girl with a love of books and a mind as sharp as her wit.
Rejected by Hillary Clinton at Yale, he now trashes her nightly on Fox News! When ‘Mommy’ announces her presidential run, conservative pundit Chet Bigsley’s carefully construct…
Scott is taking a day off work.
When the goddess Nüwa creates the world, her twin children, Day and Night become imbalanced.
This contemporary dance-theatre piece delves into the emotional tension between the yearning for connection and the fear of intimacy in human relationships.
Hear the incredible real-life stories of Marvin and others who have faced challenges and turned their lives around.
Inspired by shamanic journeying and altered states of consciousness, this electrifying healing ceremony is a meditative ritual celebrating the human experience.
Step into a vibrant cabaret where the ancient myth of the Minotaur is reinterpreted through the eyes of Ariadne.
A wildly original uproarious comedy that brings the absurd to life.
Meet young wizard Hugo Listworth, who discovers he has a skill in seeing into the future… A storytelling adventure with beautiful props, music and theatre-magic, The Divination T…
Lavinia Draper, alcohol-soaked performer of a certain age, maintains her dream despite the struggle.
This award-winning play explores the cultural, social and political significance of Black women’s hair.
The number one Google search term for 2022 was climate-change – the first time that it ranked as a comprehensive yearly search term.
An uproariously inaccurate portrayal of a party amidst the smallpox epidemic in 1810 England.
Colourful and whimsical clown Bubblegum Gumdrop returns to the Fringe with an adventure filled with games, and physical comedy.
Remember the Kids from Fame? It’s time to meet the Kids with Nae Hame.
How can we inhabit landscapes that are transforming due to climate change? Re-Shape-Land-Scape is a dance-theatre performance that delves into the ephemerality of transforming land…
Set in 1977, Damn the Dark follows five women navigating Soho’s vibrant discotheque scene.
Dutch composer/pianist Hermane composes beautiful songs with intricate harmonies.
Colin has moved to Cornwall.
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.
The Salem Witch Trials told through dance.
The inspiring true story of the cheerful Edinburgh factory girl with a big heart for Jesus and for helping others, who could be Scotland’s next canonised Saint.
God created mankind in seven days, but twelve children drifting at sea take the same seven to become murderers.
The Bardic Breakfasters are back with a brand-new show, with breakfast included! A pleasing plethora of pentameter, puns and pastry.
In this powerful one-man drama set in 2018 at the time the Windrush controversy shook Britain, Rodreguez King-Dorset plays a young white far-right racist party leader, a black Cari…
Meet the ageing Jake ‘Mental’ Hughes, a psychiatric patient who believes he is the real Muhammad Ali.
Aged four, Augustin never finished his food.
Ray Bubbles, international bubbleologist and World Record Holder, is on a mission to master the art of bubble-making and create the ultimate square bubble! This show promises a whi…
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…
Step into the enchanting world of Ray Bubbles, international Bubbleologist and Guinness World Record Holder! Witness his stunning bubble sculptures, effects and magical displays, a…
This whimsical allegorical fairytale from China is about the world of food.
This solo multimedia performance celebrates the raw power of creation and destruction embodied by a volcano, as it explores parallels between the cyclical movements of the earth an…
A fun, engaging show featuring puppets and bubbles.
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…
The perfect introduction to Shakespeare’s beloved characters for children and their families.
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…
A rollercoaster ride through modern and post-modern musicals, rock opera, epics, jukebox theatre and the latest hit shows.
Come merry folk from yonder to craft an original tale with the aid of your Story Master and a sprinkle of imagination.
How do you grieve a death that seemed completely avoidable? Sue didn’t believe in vaccination.
A journey through the golden age of musical theatre.
Remember the Kids from Fame? It’s time to meet the Kids with Nae Hame.
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.
Two killers.
A musical storytelling experience that tells the larger than life story of a dog who lived a very long time.
An unsure artist, incongruent in high-class society, and a young bride, delivered to a new city, are thrown together to create something beautiful for the people that control them.
Late at night at the corner store, your card got declined again.
1971.
Hear the incredible real-life stories of Marvin, and others who have faced challenges and turned their lives around.
The female snake spirit Bai Suzhen longs to be human.
Let me start by saying that I understand there’s an overwhelming number of shows at this year’s Fringe.
Think you know your Shakespeare? Think again! This is Shakespeare as you’ve never seen him before – ‘trippingly on the tongue’… Migrant actors take on the Bard, reinterpr…
Enter the intimate world of a boudoir where there is room for joy, pain, grief, tears, laughter and of course desire.
How to inhabit landscapes that are transforming due to climate change? Re-Shape-Land-Scapes is a dance theatre performance that delves into the ephemerality of transforming landsca…
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.
This one-man puppet drama follows a young performing artist with more than 20 years experience in Chinese puppetry, on his journey of self-discovery as he learns, practices and ult…
Em Hoggett brings her twist on the one-woman cabaret show to C Venue.
Inspired by the will-they-won’t-they relationships of our time (think Harry and Sally, Ross and Rachel), Shea orchestrates the one-woman romantic comedy of her dreams.
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.
What if stars held memories from the future? Set at a pivotal time in history, Liminal combines star myths with astronomy, in this story of an astronomer lost in the Longitude Prob…
Our circus is one big family.
Vera Ballero is an ambitious journalist from Paris, and the famous host of The Shivering Truth, a news programme from Berlin that is intensely focused on global tragedies.
Hailed by the company as ‘loud, obnoxious and darkly humorous’, one is left wondering what happened to those elements in You Can’t Escape an Aussie Boy.
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.
Enter the flamboyant depths of a Victorian Music Hall… When Albert Baggley, the founder of The Queen’s Head, mysteriously disappears, two burlesque numbers, devastated dames, a g…
Confronted with her fear of being unlovable and forever misunderstood an overly self-aware comedian puts together the biggest show of her life.
‘American labour icon!? Ridiculous.
The Bardic Breakfasters are back for our 33rd Fringe, with a brand-new show, breakfast included! The Tempest meets 10 Things I Hate About You and High School Musical in a teen rom-…
We all have a broken part of us that longs to belong and be healed.
This show’s title summons up many associations except, perhaps, the one that forms the foundation of the play.
A half-live, half-virtual interracial lesbian love story between a white European and a black former refugee.
Highly talented singer-songwriter Alannah is on a mission to make a difference through her music.
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…
An abstract representation of the philosophy of Sufism in thrilling choreography.
‘When my grandmother’s sister Agnes was nine years old, she disappeared.
A new UV opera-musical told from the roots of trees about the impact of intensive agriculture on forest systems.
Two shadows are dancing in a field of flowers next to a battlefield.
As the British Empire struggles to keep its colonial possessions, Nigerian lawyer Tunji Sowande quietly breaks through multiple barriers to become Britain’s first Black judge.
‘My biography is blood and flesh, not entertainment.
One of the twentieth century’s most impressive but overlooked figures is revived in this powerful, compelling tour-de-force.
Wakey wakey, eggs and Shakey!Or rather, a free croissant with Shakespeare.
Ever wonder what it’s like to see a show… without actually seeing it? This piece plunges the audience into darkness, allowing them to step into the shoes of their hosts, VICS, …
Lucifer, fallen angel, begs God’s forgiveness.
Do we really tell the truth about war on social media? What are the limits one puts on another’s suffering? Who has permission to complain, and who deserves to feel guilt? A new,…
You played, you cried.
Gripping and emotionally charged, Forests is an experimental Fringe performance not to be missed.
Poppies should be growing wild, not in a house.
Trotting down Memory Lane with feline steps in the wee small hours of the morning with the moon lingering, one of Hong Kong’s most iconic dancers and choreographers and her felin…
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…
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.
Documenting the stories of care-experienced people, this show embraces all aspects of their life within the care system and the effects of being part of this under-represented comm…
The first Salem witch to confess and household slave to the Parris family, Tituba vividly described supernatural apparitions and denounced community members, resulting in many bein…
This charming production was truly a delight.
Hand-picked shows from our digital performance programme and highlights from our critically acclaimed short-film programme.