EDINBURGH 2026: Review: VOTE: THE MUSICAL, TheSpace Triplex
It would be easy, even comfortable, to forget the pain with which voting equality was won in the UK, but this show bares it all.
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EDINBURGH 2026: Review: GIRLFRIENDS-A NOT SO STRAIGHT PLAY, Greenside @ George Street
Travel across the USA as two strangers become star-crossed soulmates, the whir of the fans like the constant hum of a car engine.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: STITCH IN TIME: A KNITTING CABARET, TheSpace @ Surgeons Hall
In a light-hearted version of a Ted talk (or perhaps a more approachable meeting of the WRI), the audience is led on a musical journey in a knitted boat.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: TOM CASHMAN: NPC (Nearly Proficient Comedian), Monkey Barrel Comedy
'I do more jokes than any other comedian; I am that fast.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: MARC JENNINGS: IF AND WHEN, Monkey Barrel
Glaswegian comedian and Some Laugh podcast host Marc Jennings returns to the Fringe with his trademark sharp observations on current events, politics and relationships.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: SAVING BRITNEY, Underbelly
Millennials like Jean grew up with Britney Spears.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: AN (EARLY) EVENING WITH GREGOR FISHER, Gilded Balloon
Join the Scottish stage and screen legend for a laughter-filled hour in conversation, as he shares stories and anecdotes from his life and career, which has seen him bring iconic characters to life in such classic titles as the multi BAFTA award-winning Rab C Nesbitt (BBC Two), Naked Video (BBC Two)
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: GRAHAM AND STEEN, Monkey Barrel Comedy
Where else but the Fringe can you see two grown men waggle dance to communicate with bees at 11pm on a Tuesday? Graham and Steen are back for their second year.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: CHRIS FORBES: FATHER CHRISTMAS, Monkey Barrel
Critically-acclaimed Scottish comedian Chris Forbes brings Christmas to the Fringe this summer.
Review: MAMMA MIA!, King's Theatre
Set on a Greek island paradise, a story of love, friendship and identity is cleverly told through the timeless songs of ABBA.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: CHAMELEON; MIRAGE, Muse At Braw Venues
Third-culture kid (half-Turkish, half-English, raised in Indonesia) and ex-teacher Lucy Idil Jordan presents an intimate piece exploring what it means to constantly blend in across different cultures (hence the chameleon analogy) and the universal human desire for groundedness.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: DRACULA: LUCY'S DREAM, Lennox Theatre @ EICC
Acclaimed French-Norwegian company Plexus Polaire has created an unnerving masterpiece, reimagining one facet of Bram Stoker's classic novel: the seduction of young Lucy Westenra by the overpowering, terrifying Dracula.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: COMMON TONGUE, Netherbow Theatre @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
Written by Fraser Scott, Common Tongue is a play aboot imperfect Scots.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: TINY PLANET, King Dome @ Pleasance Dome
After the success of their previous Fringe show Breathe, theatre company Half a String return with their latest piece Tiny Planet.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: A QUEER LITTLE MURDER, Gilded Balloon Patter House
US comic Savannah Hankinson loves murder mysteries.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: EDINBURGH DAYS, St Bride's Community Centre
A gripping tale of love, violence, and the moral ambiguity of survival, soundtracked by the incredible Brian Spence.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: ERIC'S TALES OF THE SEA-A SUBMARINER'S YARN, Just the Tonic at the Caves
It turns out a shark's skin is incredibly rough because it's made of tiny tooth like scales, and Eric would definitely not recommend diving feet first onto one.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: ELF LYONS IS THE WOMAN ON THE EDGE, Beyond At Pleasance Courtyard
The Fringe is full of women on the edge, but none quite like Elf Lyons.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: ANNA LEONG BROPHY: BORN SEXY YESTERDAY, Pleasance Courtyard, Below
Hatched from an egg, 'Jacket' is born, unwraps herself and immediately imprints on the first human she sees, a man sitting in the front row.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: EM HUMBLE: LADY OF THE LAKES, Pleasance Courtyard, Below
Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur charts the rise and fall of King Arthur, Merlin, Guinevere, Lancelot, the Knights of the Round Table and the eventual destruction of Camelot.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: LINUS KARP WAS HIT WITH AN UMBRELLA, Underbelly
Just before Fringe 2024, Linus Karp (Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, Gwyneth Goes Skiing, The Fit Prince) was the victim of a homophobic attack.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: AM I LOSING MY MIND OR JUST MY FIGURE?, ZOO Playground
Genevieve Labuschagne's performance as Fin is utterly captivating.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: JESS FUCHS: FERAL, Bunker Two At Pleasance Courtyard
From the Zara Larsson tunes blasting as we walk in, and Jess Fuchs emerging in thigh-highs and a cloud of black tulle, it’s clear the Australian comic is intent on taking Edinburgh crowds on the best girls’ night out of their lives.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: ROB PRESTON: AMAZING GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, Pleasance Courtyard
Rob Preston’s Amazing Global Solutions is a gloriously strange gallery of grotesques, populated by characters who are so worryingly fully formed that their absurdity becomes increasingly believable.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: JULIAN CLARY: FULLY DIALATED, Assembly
It's too early for filth, so think cucumber sandwiches and cream teas.
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This City Summerhall (12/04-12/06) |
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Ed Byrne: No Dramas Music Hall (2/10-2/10) |
