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Terry Pratchett's Men at Arms

Terry Pratchett's Men at Arms

All is not well with either the Guild of Assassins or the Guild of Clowns, whose city locations adjoin. 

Tom Hiccup's Well

Tom Hiccup's Well

Ever had the hiccups and wondered why? The folk of Grendel have always understood – respect Tom Hiccup and he’ll leave you alone. 

How to End a 15-year Career in Less Than 1 Hour

How to End a 15-year Career in Less Than 1 Hour

My name is Terry Whinnett. 

A Montage of Monet

A Montage of Monet

Monet’s paintings are world-famous. 

An Awesome Exit

An Awesome Exit

A glorious spoof of the RAF. 

Ready Steady Crooks!

Ready Steady Crooks!

The OffFest nominated comedy caper comes to Edinburgh! Follow the hijinks of top-class cooks turned notorious crooks! Expect crime, wine, robbery and… gobbery? The show features … 

Pantomeo and Juliet

Pantomeo and Juliet

Now that the dust (and lawsuits) from last year’s adventures have settled, things are (finally) looking up for the St Andrews Pantomime Club. 

If You Don't Laugh

If You Don't Laugh

If You Don’t Laugh, you’ll cry. 

White Lies

White Lies

Even if told with the best intentions… they’re not all harmless. 

Grey

Grey

1554. 

Saving Sophie

Saving Sophie

A London flat: a suitcase, sofa, coffee table, half-eaten tuna sandwich on it. 

The Lodger

The Lodger

Pigeons, a landlady, a Butlins Redcoat – caught in the chaos of the housing crisis. 

The Red Room

The Red Room

The chilling words of HG Wells are brought to life in this one-woman storytelling show. 

Reconstruction

Reconstruction

Reconstruction is an unmissable new one-man play about the process of grief leading to eventual emotional growth. 

A Writer's Mind

A Writer's Mind

Teddy, a writer with a passion for unique and crazy stories, welcomes the audience into the world of fiction that he has created. 

Messiah

Messiah

In a post-war society, two dear friends, Null and Kels, find themselves at odds when Kels falls into a new-wave movement fronted by the ever-charismatic Asher. 

Found Our Funny – Barcelona Comedy Tapas

Found Our Funny – Barcelona Comedy Tapas

Fresh from the Barcelona comedy scene, a suitcase full of stand-up lands at the Fringe! Found Our Funny is a high-energy, fast-paced, tapas-style showcase featuring the newest inte… 

Soul Sucking

Soul Sucking

Our parents worked to live. 

Moonswing

Moonswing

Leanne, Lucy and Richard spent their childhoods wondering about the moon and promised to one day live there, together. 

The Sorries

The Sorries

The Sorries return for their 16th Fringe with a fortnight of traditional songs, fun and fine musicianship. 

Burke and Hare: Body Snatchers, Serial Killers, Ulstermen

Burke and Hare: Body Snatchers, Serial Killers, Ulstermen

Everyone knows William Burke and William Hare. 

Come to the Cabaret

Come to the Cabaret

The allure, grit and glam of the American musical stage. 

Jack Off the Beanstalk: An Adult Pantomime

Jack Off the Beanstalk: An Adult Pantomime

Jack’s off, his beanstalk’s throbbing and the fairies are filthier than your browser history. 

Thirsty

Thirsty

‘All I’ve ever wanted is to be a sexy Irish twink from Manchester. 

When I Kissed the Teacher

When I Kissed the Teacher

Who hasn’t fancied a teacher at some point or another? Laura definitely has – though not intentionally! He was such a great teacher, so likeable and inspiring and always so sup… 

Prudence Play

Prudence Play

Prudence Play is a one-woman-many-voices serio-comedy starring a young catholic nun having an identity (gay-as-hell) crisis. 

Dead Parent Society – Chris Groves and Anna Gerber

Dead Parent Society – Chris Groves and Anna Gerber

Chris and Anna have something in common: dead parents. 

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

It was the faeries who taught the witches, the wise women, all that they know. 

Father, Away She Goes

Father, Away She Goes

A raw and darkly comedic performance which delves into a societal taboo – female ambition. 

The Biscuit Tin and the Biscuit

The Biscuit Tin and the Biscuit

How do we get what we want? When we get it, will we really want it? Mark Stringer’s a philosopher, stand-up comedian and project manager. 

All the Boys I Blocked

All the Boys I Blocked

Have you been gaslit? Do you want a song written about your ex? Are you clown curious? Then this is the show for you! Chanel & the Circus presents their solo clown musical All … 

Christine Ferrera: The Shy Vaudevillian

Christine Ferrera: The Shy Vaudevillian

The Shy Vaudevillian is a distinctly modern vaudeville experience where body dysmorphia, lotto scratch-offs and mansplaining collide face-first with a banana cream pie! Join comedi… 

Seconds

Seconds

Seconds delves into the complexities of heartache, loneliness and redemption through two women’s stories as they grapple with new beginnings. 

Adrienne: An American in Paris

Adrienne: An American in Paris

It’s the 1920s and the city of lights is alive with romance, literature and possibility. 

Saint Dymphna's Ward

Saint Dymphna's Ward

Two women, a century apart, find themselves in the same psychiatric institution. 

Murder on the Mile

Murder on the Mile

A self guided murder mystery walking tour. 

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. 

Wired for Connection

Wired for Connection

Find true love for only $15. 

One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum

One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum

A marathon of the macabre. 

Dumb Asian

Dumb Asian

Yola Jean Lu is what some might call, kinda dumb. 

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. 

King Arthur's Body

King Arthur's Body

Young King Arthur is ready for a wizardly lesson in the erotic arts. 

Dial 1 for UK

Dial 1 for UK

Every night in New Delhi, Uday Kumar (UK) answers panicked calls at the Goldmine Crypto GB Helpline, all while growing his YouTube channel with glossy snapshots of the British life… 

Milly’s Musical Adventure

Milly’s Musical Adventure

Milly comes from a world without music. 

Bibbity Bobbity Bondi

Bibbity Bobbity Bondi

Australia’s award-winning favourites cross the seas with another hilarious cabaret packed with sharp wit, feminist flair and original anthems. 

Born Blue

Born Blue

Wes McClintock was born a different colour than most due to a strange occurrence at birth. 

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… 

One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven

One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven

To commemorate the 175th anniversary year of his death, immerse yourselves in two macabre Edgar Allan Poe classics. 

Arachne

Arachne

Arachne is a bold, hilarious solo show that sets the ancient Greek myth of Athena and Arachne (the first spider) in the American South. 

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… 

Who's Gonna Tell Her?

Who's Gonna Tell Her?

Aubrey and her boyfriend are finally alone together. 

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… 

An Actor in Search of a Plot

An Actor in Search of a Plot

A riotous one-man show that follows an out-of-work actor hired by an eccentric film producer to find the next Bond movie plot. 

A Murder in Motley

A Murder in Motley

After a murder is committed in Jacobean London by a man wearing motley, two playing fools from different productions must prove their innocence with the help of a bard, an innkeepe… 

The Scold’s Bridle

The Scold’s Bridle

1642. 

Do Astronauts Masturbate in Space?

Do Astronauts Masturbate in Space?

In an overpopulated Britain, a law called the Parental Act requires everyone to obtain a license to have children. 

Crime of Pass-ee-on

Crime of Pass-ee-on

Entirely set in an interrogation room, three expats are being investigated for the murder of their friend, Emilie Dubois, after getting caught stealing evidence from a camera store… 

To Be a Prince

To Be a Prince

For as long as there has been the fairytale Princess, there has been the fairytale Prince. 

Intertwined!

Intertwined!

Potatoes. 

Always, Sometimes, Maybe

Always, Sometimes, Maybe

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

John Gibson: The Likes of Me

John Gibson: The Likes of Me

If you’re working class and accidentally become middle class, do you fit in anywhere? Join John Gibson, one of the most criminally underrated stand-up comedians in the UK, to fin… 

Lioness

Lioness

Just a game? An Amazon All or Nothing documentary – but without the sponsorship money. 

Enter the Body

Enter the Body

Juliet rewrites the ending. 

Gross Domestic Product

Gross Domestic Product

Finlay McGowan, consultant, has woken up tied to a chair. 

The Real Housewives of the Zombie Apocalypse

The Real Housewives of the Zombie Apocalypse

The dead have risen! But that won’t stop our seven Housewives from hashing out their drama in the most high-body-count reunion episode yet! Will these OGs of reality TV survive t… 

Blip

Blip

After a tough conversation with his dad, Tom discovers a newly-opened portal in his bathroom mirror. 

Murder, Oops!

Murder, Oops!

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

The Idiot's Guide to Breaking Your Own Heart

The Idiot's Guide to Breaking Your Own Heart

The Infinity Repertory Theatre company presents a new musical from George Griggs and Paul Andrew Perez. 

Sponsored by The Void

Sponsored by The Void

Fresh from its sold-out premiere in Seattle, this psychosexual queer feminist horror comedy explores despair, agency and women’s erotic relationship with The Void. 

Extra Ordinary

Extra Ordinary

Extra Ordinary is a comedy show about a man who’s ordinary in every way except for his ideas. 

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… 

Me and My Year of Casual Monasticism

Me and My Year of Casual Monasticism

What exactly is the difference between a medieval monk and a modern-day academic? Shockingly, nothing. 

We Kidnapped an Artist

We Kidnapped an Artist

What ruins a good game night? Losing all the vowels in Scrabble? Flipping the Monopoly board after going bankrupt? Accidentally kidnapping someone? It’s definitely the last one, is… 

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. 

Riley Nottingham Needs Your Help

Riley Nottingham Needs Your Help

Life is too complicated – so Riley Nottingham (Thank God You’re Here, Metro Sexual, Manifesto) is giving up choices altogether. 

The Shoe Tree

The Shoe Tree

The Shoe Tree. 

Flytrap

Flytrap

Meet Georgie, Felix and Lola, three university students delivering a sex education play to secondary school students. 

No Place Called Home

No Place Called Home

Privilege has long served as a protective veil from the realities of the climate crisis. 

Why Do We Lie?

Why Do We Lie?

Why do we as humans lie? It’s in our nature, is it not? There’s a whole host of justifications, like not hurting someone’s feelings, protecting others, giving the illusion of… 

Cosmic Twegheads

Cosmic Twegheads

We’ve all got a tweghead in our life. 

The Second Coming of Joan of Arc

The Second Coming of Joan of Arc

In The Second Coming of Joan of Arc, Joan returns to share her story with contemporary women and unmask the brutal misogyny behind male institutions. 

Ope!

Ope!

Ope! is a long form improv team based in Los Angeles. 

Laura Rose: BUSHPIG

Laura Rose: BUSHPIG

An autobiographic comedic feast following stories from growing up on an Australian pineapple farm, misadventures abroad, Laura’s crazy family, and her forever loving husband. 

A Day in the Life

A Day in the Life

A solo narrative navigating life with neurodiversity. 

Film Noir Frog

Film Noir Frog

Film Noir Frog, gripped by a dirty sense of morality, continues their pledge to clean the city. 

Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

You’re only as good as your worst day. 

Panto Macbeth

Panto Macbeth

Something wicked this way comes. 

In Our Defense

In Our Defense

Remember your first day of university? The people you met? The awkward small talks you had? It doesn’t have to be like that. 

Until I Met Maggie

Until I Met Maggie

This touching and tragic new play follows the friendship of Maggie and Johnny and lets us love and laugh along with them on their unique journey as a pair. 

This Porno Does Not Pass the Bechdel Test

This Porno Does Not Pass the Bechdel Test

‘The chance to win the night of your dreams with semi-famous porn star Lance Hardwood. 

Oliver Riley: Teabreak Poetry

Oliver Riley: Teabreak Poetry

A show with one common theme: Relatability. 

Loren Mayshark and Gesche Picolin: Son of a Luddite

Loren Mayshark and Gesche Picolin: Son of a Luddite

Loren Mayshark, supported by Gesche Picolin, is premiering Son of a Luddite, a darkly humorous yet light-hearted irreverent comedic exploration of fathers, fatherhood and the impac… 

The Red Room

The Red Room

The chilling words of HG Wells are brought to life in this one-woman storytelling show. 

Piss Girls

Piss Girls

A compelling, humorous and poignant play that explores the intimate and often complex relationship between girls and their shared experiences in the bathroom. 

The Edinburgh Seven

The Edinburgh Seven

The Edinburgh Seven is a riveting exploration of the first seven women to go to medical school in Edinburgh and the United Kingdom. 

Accommo-dating

Accommo-dating

One birthday. 

Consequences

Consequences

Consequences follows a group of teenagers on a school trip in 1996. 

The Suicide Club

The Suicide Club

The Suicide Club. 

Delivering the Impossible

Delivering the Impossible

Would you like to rule the world? Then you need to know about swamps, pirate ships and Sigmund Freud. 

Stiff

Stiff

Ever been in a situation where you need to get rid of something fast, but haven’t got a clue how to do it? This black comedy play is all about when nice turns to naughty then end… 

Barce-laughter – Two Heads are Better

Barce-laughter – Two Heads are Better

Join us on a hilarious journey through Barcelona’s vibrant comedy landscape, where laughter reigns supreme. 

A Grimm Beginning

A Grimm Beginning

We know the classic tales of Cinderella and Rapunzel, but how often do we find ourselves relating to them? What if we could relate to them? In this play, we see what it is like for… 

Chris Groves: The One About the Cow

Chris Groves: The One About the Cow

An evening of side-splitting stand-up comedy and impromptu silliness from Fringe veteran Chris Groves. 

Reject Me, Already

Reject Me, Already

Reject Me, Already is an original romcom musical where you play the matchmaker! Step into the story of Cameron and Casey, two hopeless romantics looking for their “someone”, th… 

Found Our Funny – Barcelona Comedy Tapas

Found Our Funny – Barcelona Comedy Tapas

Join us for a hilarious stand-up comedy showcase all the way from Barcelona. 

SmallTalking

SmallTalking

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

Bachelor Girls

Bachelor Girls

War! What’s it good for? Lesbians, apparently… This tragi-comedy follows the relationships between four queer women anticipating the end of the war in a bomb shelter turned bac… 

The C Word

The C Word

Developed by and featuring UCLA and Loyola Marymount University students, this offbeat feminist comedy playfully examines the unspoken nuances of female relationships in the contex… 

Love and Freindship!

Love and Freindship!

Love and Freindship (fear not, deliberate misspelling) is a Regency romp through the adventures of Laura, a young woman on the quest for love. 

Silt Song

Silt Song

What belongs in a woman’s trousseau? Something old, something new… a plan of escape? This is a folktale about love, blame, sisters, brothers, rivers and rage; a story woven fro… 

Bad Shakespeare

Bad Shakespeare

Nature versus nurture? Are villains born or bred? Can they ever find true redemption? Theater OCU explores Shakespeare’s most villainous characters – Macbeth, Iago, Aaron, Tamora… 

smokeshow

smokeshow

What happens when three friends accidentally date the same guy? They take it to the boxing ring. 

Squad Harmonix

Squad Harmonix

A brand-new kind of vocal showcase you’ve never seen before. 

Influenced

Influenced

With seven nominations and two wins at the Durham Drama Festival 2024 (including Best Actor), Influenced is a cautionary tale of online influencers and their world of unchecked pow… 

One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum

One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum

In his short but eventful life, Edgar Allan's Poe name became a byword for the Gothic horror stories which continue to entice and terrify readers nearly two centuries on. 

Art of Selling Out

Art of Selling Out

Emmy® award winner Jacki Thrapp teaches you how to sell out your Fringe show in an immersive pyramid scheme parody paired with a side of manipulation and capitalism in this once-i… 

Plague, Poo 'n' Punishment

Plague, Poo 'n' Punishment

Back by popular demand after last year’s sell-out success. 

Wait, Why Don't We Just Build a Boy?

Wait, Why Don't We Just Build a Boy?

Dolly’s forlorn. 

Count To Five

Count To Five

Anger is a perfectly normal emotion, but when Rage, Anger’s bitchier sister, enters the chat, suddenly everyone becomes a Buddhist monk. 

The Sorries

The Sorries

Celebrating their 15th Fringe, Edinburgh stalwarts The Sorries are delighted to return to Riddle’s Court. 

Yes, We're Related

Yes, We're Related

A year after the death of their mother, with her fiancée Mark (Jack Huckin) in tow, Saskia (Eleanor Griffiths) and Sarah (Florence Lace-Evans) reunite for a party to commemorate t… 

Kenny Goes to Sleep

Kenny Goes to Sleep

A one-man variety show / dreamscape filled with original characters, music and general absurdity written and performed by Los Angeles comedian Kenny Gray. 

Witch? Women on Trial

Witch? Women on Trial

The true story of the witches. 

A Cosmologist's Guide To Life and Love

A Cosmologist's Guide To Life and Love

Astrophysicist Dr Julian Mayers asks whether studying the Universe gives us any insight into earthly matters of life, death and love. 

One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven

One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven

To commemorate the 175th anniversary of his death, immerse yourselves in two of Edgar Allan Poe’s macabre classics. 

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. 

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… 

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-Sort

A celebration of the enduring friendship between the brilliant and tragic composer and war poet, Ivor Gurney, and Marion Scott, writer and trailblazer of women musicians, written a… 

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. 

Bonding

Bonding

Stephen has always wanted to be James Bond. 

River Time!

River Time!

Virginia Woolf, Ophelia and ADHD. 

Katie Massie: Missionary

Katie Massie: Missionary

Join Los Angeles comedian Katie Massie for her Fringe debut as she muses about religion, sex and modern womanhood. 

RTFM (Read The F***ing Manual)

RTFM (Read The F***ing Manual)

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

The Selkie

The Selkie

Local lads Finlay and Ciaran are working the last ferry to the Isle of Bute, trying to distract themselves from the unusual happenings on board. 

The Things I Did While Waiting For You To Fall Back In Love With Me

The Things I Did While Waiting For You To Fall Back In Love With Me

A funeral you can’t keep your inappropriate self from laughing through: this one-person show is a love letter to the humiliating experience of becoming a grown up, and the way gr… 

The Momma Drama presents Stretchmarks!

The Momma Drama presents Stretchmarks!

The Momma Drama presents the hilarious and heartfelt show: Stretchmarks! An original play written by mums for mums, about the adventure of a lifetime: motherhood. 

The Balls of Philadelphia

The Balls of Philadelphia

What if you were spiritually connected to an idiot? Danielle thinks she might be. 

Olivia Raine Atwood: Faking It

Olivia Raine Atwood: Faking It

She’s undercover. 

It's a Sheet Show

It's a Sheet Show

Two people, one bed and no connection. 

My Little Phobia

My Little Phobia

Emily Markoe wrote a totally normal comedy show. 

Meaty Sue's Big Farma

Meaty Sue's Big Farma

Meaty Sue’s parents have gone to the big barbecue in the sky and her impending wedding day is missing her elusive estranged Big Brother Big Farma Phil. 

Fit Ye Sayin' Quine?

Fit Ye Sayin' Quine?

Kinetic, heartfelt, and utterly Scottish. 

Mel Owen: Chunky Monkey

Mel Owen: Chunky Monkey

Grew up on a farm in Mid Wales not realising you were brown until embarrassingly late? Replaced as your parents’ favourite child by a Labrador? Stole a croissant from Hugh Jackma… 

The Bronze Boy

The Bronze Boy

A powerful, provocative and funny new play by Nancy Hamada about love, loss and America’s twisted obsession with guns. 

Antidepressed

Antidepressed

In this one-woman show Ege Öztokat talks, sings and screams about the wonderfully terrible predicament of her existence as a young woman in Turkey. 

Slow Burn

Slow Burn

When things go wrong in the real world, why not write a fanfiction where they go right? In Slow Burn, meet friends Yasmine Nugent, Archie Ostroff III and Willa Paddington, who find… 

Girlhood

Girlhood

‘My mother always said she wouldn’t make the same mistakes her mum did. 

Hey Pamela? Yes Pamela?

Hey Pamela? Yes Pamela?

Hey Pamela? Yes Pamela? is a two-person show where the second person changes each night. 

Collage-Magic Show

Collage-Magic Show

‘Definitely raise a shudder’ (BeyondPost. 

Frankie Mack: Swing and Rat Pack Showman

Frankie Mack: Swing and Rat Pack Showman

Based in Tenerife, Frankie Mack is a born showman who performs the swing and Rat-Pack genre, such as Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Michael Bublé and Robbie Williams. 

Peephole

Peephole

After learning that his brother has suffered a severe downward spiral, Gerry attempts to rehabilitate him one last time – uncovering a dark truth in the process. 

Call Me Suicidal

Call Me Suicidal

When Death calls for Liv, she doesn’t expect her to be such a bitch. Call Me Suicidal is an exploration into the inconvenience of being alive.  

ORFARM – Animal Farm

ORFARM – Animal Farm

Theatrical retelling of Orwell’s novel. 

True Spirit Pathway

True Spirit Pathway

Black comedy/drama. Jodi and Danny are True Spirits and are destined to be together forever. The only problem is that Danny doesn’t know it yet…  

Knuckles

Knuckles

The last day of anyone’s retirement is usually calm and peaceful, that is unless your name is Victor ‘The Knuckles’ Norman. 

Chrissie and the Skiddle Witch: A Climate Change Musical

Chrissie and the Skiddle Witch: A Climate Change Musical

Thirteen-year-old Chrissie is a budding climate-change campaigner, but her family just don’t get it! When a huge storm hits her seaside town of Skiddle, Chrissie reluctantly gets… 

Victorine: The Artist's Model

Victorine: The Artist's Model

How long would you wait for a moment of inspiration? 1860s Paris is a place of romance and art, but for Victorine, it is an escape from her grey life in Dublin. 

Everyone’s Worried About Eve

Everyone’s Worried About Eve

All About Eve? More like, Everyone’s Worried About Eve! The new sitcom! It’s Eve‘s birthday but for some reason this year feels different and Eve doesn’t quite know why. 

Lost in Translation

Lost in Translation

A hilarious stand-up show all the way from Barcelona about communication, culture and. 

Nation

Nation

How come this Northern reprobate lives in a beautiful villa in the Cote D’Azur? And so we hear the tale of how an “on-the-spectrum” drifter in Paris starts throwing himself into th… 

Ophelia

Ophelia

‘To be, or not to be? That is the question. 

Wild Things

Wild Things

Conservation and comedy collide in this hour-long improvised play about endangered species. 

Tending

Tending

Tending is the first play to use verbatim theatre to reveal the inner lives of nurses working in the NHS today. 

60 Minutes of Mood Swings

60 Minutes of Mood Swings

We are women. 

Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright

Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright

Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright is Travolta’s debut show that tells the story of her crippling shopping addiction and how she manages to abscond a steadily increasing mountain o… 

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… 

Alan Bennett's Cocktail Sticks

Alan Bennett's Cocktail Sticks

Alan Bennett reminisces about his life. 

Terminal: A Play About 0 Planes, 1 Person, and a 6-Hour Delay

Terminal: A Play About 0 Planes, 1 Person, and a 6-Hour Delay

Join Sam, a chronically online twentysomething, at the airport in Terminal, directed by Jett Fink and starring Samantha Vita. 

Found Our Funny

Found Our Funny

After searching far and wide, Barcelona’s hottest new comedians have Found their Funny, packed it in a bag and brought it all the way to the Fringe for your amusement! Barcelona is… 

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… 

Bright Blue Sky: The 9/11 Musical

Bright Blue Sky: The 9/11 Musical

A new dramatic musical with music by Tim Nelson and lyrics by Vincent Aniceto tells the story of a group of everyday people working on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center on … 

Alice in Wonderland Musical

Alice in Wonderland Musical

Lewis Carroll is turning in his grave at Tim Nelson’s Alice in Wonderland. 

Kerouac: And All That Jazz

Kerouac: And All That Jazz

Hip words, cool jazz, hot bebop. 

Crawling Up the Walls

Crawling Up the Walls

The Cube. 

He Wears It Well

He Wears It Well

Roleplay, costume and fanfiction form an intimate and fundamental spark within a new queer relationship. 

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. 

Coor Cohen: Ignorant American

Coor Cohen: Ignorant American

Coor Cohen is an American stand-up comic who was born in the North and raised in the Deep South. 

F*ckboy Fairytales

F*ckboy Fairytales

Watch Eleanor’s love life unfold, as she escapes the grasp of her ex-boyfriend and finds liberation in the dating game. 

Nicola Macri: Single Entendre

Nicola Macri: Single Entendre

I’m taking sexy away again. 

Colleen Lavin: Do the Robots Think I'm Funny?

Colleen Lavin: Do the Robots Think I'm Funny?

Whilst Colleen Lavin’s Do The Robots Think I'm Funny? is an interesting experiment and indicative of our fascination with AI, it’s not a particularly well-structured or fun… 

Abigail Paul: Involuntary Momslaughter

Abigail Paul: Involuntary Momslaughter

All jokes. 

Alyn Ashby Presents – TV Stardom for Beginners

Alyn Ashby Presents – TV Stardom for Beginners

This unique (probably) show allows mere mortals like us to experience the world of the TV actor. 

The Typewriter

The Typewriter

The 20 seater upstairs theatre at Riddles Court provides a suitably tight space for The Typewriter, a play based in a cramped office. 

Tre

Tre

Cornwall’s rising. 

Extreme (The New Norm)

Extreme (The New Norm)

Contrasting pandemic situations portrayed in a colourful collage of scenes and characters, this is a one-of-a-kind experience to witness. 

Five Short Plays Loosely Linked by the Theme of Crime

Five Short Plays Loosely Linked by the Theme of Crime

From emerging talent Charles Edward Pipe comes an anthology of five dynamic, new, short plays. 

The Sorries

The Sorries

The Sorries are delighted to return to Riddle’s Court where they began their career at the Fringe in 2009. 

The Last Flapper

The Last Flapper

There’s been a mix-up in the weekly appointment with her Sanatorium psychiatrist. 

American Man

American Man

Country-rock crooner Sebastian Saint performs a selection of songs exploring what it means to be an American man while sharing intimate stories about life, loss, addiction, sex, an… 

Eigg the Musical

Eigg the Musical

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

The Real William Shakespeare... As Told by Christopher Marlowe

The Real William Shakespeare... As Told by Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe is forever fated to be associated with his peer and likely chum William Shakespeare. 

Green Bird

Green Bird

Two colliding worlds: Italian commedia dell’arte and Eastern traditions with the use of magic, on the international stage. 

Your Children Will Follow

Your Children Will Follow

Phoebe is a young college student navigating her life as different obstacles arise. 

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. 

Past Life

Past Life

A washed-up television personality lives out a Dickensian nightmare when they are visited by the ghost of their past. 

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. 

Nina

Nina

Upcoming singer/songwriter Nina is making her debut. 

Daniel Defoe – The Lockdown Diaries

Daniel Defoe – The Lockdown Diaries

It’s 1664 and the world is on the cusp of a sweeping pandemic which will devastate the population and change lives for everyone. 

Plus One

Plus One

Every family has its drama, and every wedding has its secrets. 

The Taste of Sweat and Sand

The Taste of Sweat and Sand

The Taste of Sweat and Sand. 

Salamander

Salamander

Leith. 

Katie's Tales

Katie's Tales

‘How can such a pure feeling emerge from an actor’s body?’ (Franco Acquaviva, Sipario. 

The Eric Tinker Experience

The Eric Tinker Experience

Eric Tinker, comedian and strummer, veteran of four Adelaide Fringes, brings his successful show to Edinburgh for the first time! Eric has performed at clubs, pubs and festivals ar… 

Chicago, Chicago!

Chicago, Chicago!

Set in – you guessed it – Chicago, a young woman named Lulu is looking for job after job. 

How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Movie Musical CATS

How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Movie Musical CATS

A show that provides a jellicle discussion about the jellicle aspects of the jellicle cats in CATS and how you can apply them to your life in order to make it truly jellicle. 

Adelaide vs Edinburgh: The Clash of the Fringes

Adelaide vs Edinburgh: The Clash of the Fringes

Adelaide comics take on Edinburgh’s finest as the world’s two biggest Fringes go head to head! They will perform stand-up spots, team games and team challenges, with MC Eric Ti… 

The Grandmothers Grimm

The Grandmothers Grimm

Cannibalism, werewolf trials, deceit and murder. 

Fly Me to the Moon

Fly Me to the Moon

Everyone needs a little bit of luck in their lives. 

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. 

Mrs Simpson Gets Divorced

Mrs Simpson Gets Divorced

An American divorcee, a besotted Prince and a constitutional crisis – sound familiar? But this was 1936. 

In/Out of Bounds

In/Out of Bounds

Freedom is a powerful word. 

Drowning Not Raving

Drowning Not Raving

A DJ, a raver and a professor of food policy come together in a performance space to explore the biggest political issues of our time. 

Bulletproof Unicorn

Bulletproof Unicorn

Texas, July 2021. 

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… 

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… 

Horizons

Horizons

Horizons is presented by the current UK Dance School of the Year, Fiona Henderson School of Dance (FHSD). 

Iniquity (Camwedd)

Iniquity (Camwedd)

A new play based on the true story of Wales’ first working-class martyr, Dic Penderyn and the Merthyr Rising of 1831. 

Food Fight '95

Food Fight '95

A light-hearted stand-up comedian living in NYC looks back on his rambunctious 90s childhood in the Deep South. 

The Retirement Game

The Retirement Game

Jimmy has a debt to his dying mother he’ll do anything to pay off, a paranoid mystery caller setting his life on fire and a walking, smooth-talking gambling addiction that genuin… 

My Own Private Shakespeare

My Own Private Shakespeare

From a single fateful phone call taken reluctantly from the toilet, a Shakespearean actor finds his world collapsing around him. 

Thurgood

Thurgood

Thurgood is an inspiring, vivid bio-drama rich in humour and humanity, about the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. 

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. 

Comoedia

Comoedia

The most famous characters of the Commedia dell’arte in a one-man show: two couples of lovers, a silly old father, two twin brothers detached for a long time… Among funny and u… 

X: 1969

X: 1969

Picture this: a musical based on the women of the Manson Family set to the music of Fleetwood Mac. 

I just like you | a gay myth

I just like you | a gay myth

An intimate two-hander about the messy complexities of the contemporary gay dating experience. 

The Masks of Oscar Wilde

The Masks of Oscar Wilde

Occasionally humorous, this is a well-formed exploration of Wilde’s life, loves and works. 

American Apologist

American Apologist

If you’ve seen poker on Channel 4, that American accent you heard belonged to Joe Stapleton. 

tenderly

tenderly

When Will seeks out Alina’s insight for his paper on Iran, he has no idea that he will meet the love of his life. 

The Zoo Story by Edward Albee

The Zoo Story by Edward Albee

A simple concept: Peter reading on his usual park bench is approached by Jerry, a bizarre young man full of questions and stories. 

Up Her Sleeve

Up Her Sleeve

Creme Egg included with ticket. 

Menopausal Mayhem

Menopausal Mayhem

Menopausal Mayhem is the perfect antidote to the doom and gloom surrounding the menopause. 

Playing God

Playing God

Many of us will have known someone like Meg. 

Stop the World I Want to Get Off

Stop the World I Want to Get Off

Jacky shares her top 10 reasons why she wants to leave the planet, all through performance poetry. 

I Am Mark

I Am Mark

Mark’s Gospel is our most authentic portrait of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. 

Harvey Greenfield is Running Late

Harvey Greenfield is Running Late

A ground-breaking piece of comedic theatre that asks a simple question: Is it possible to please everyone, all of the time? And at what cost to your family and health? In this fast… 

Sh!tshow

Sh!tshow

Are you ready to be dumped on? Prepare to be caught with your pants down as six all-too-relatable characters celebrate their triumphs, lament their griefs and reveal their secrets … 

Ann Chun: Asian Divorce

Ann Chun: Asian Divorce

How do you live your best ho life? Have you accidentally become your parents? These are the questions NYC-based comedian Ann Chun (SF Chronicle, Timeout) explores in her solo show … 

Dirty Tricks – How the Illusionati Rule the World

Dirty Tricks – How the Illusionati Rule the World

The Great Baldini (Emperor of Illusion/Maharajah of Mystery) is a magical legend, a relict of the music halls, a performer of the old school. 

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