EDINBURGH 2026: Review: PENELOPE, Underbelly
Penelope waited twenty years for Odysseus to return from the Trojan War.
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EDINBURGH 2026: Review: BLISS, Pleasance Courtyard
From the Olivier Award-winning producers of Cabaret and Benjamin Button, this 'dazzling, genuine musical treat' ★★★★★ Stage - named as one of The New York Times' picks of the the Fringe - is the biggest new musical of the Edinburgh Fringe, turning the classic fairytale inside out.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: BEN HART: LABYRINTH, Palais du Variété, Assembly George Square Gardens
Ben Hart has an exceptional understanding of the world of magic.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: HUGO'S RAINBOW SHOW, Underbelly, Bristo Square, Dexter
Hugo Grrrl welcomes the audience with an exuberant “guys, gals and non binary pals”, immediately establishing the warm, inclusive spirit of Hugo’s Rainbow Show.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: SHOWSTOPPER! THE KIDS SHOW, Pleasance Courtyard
Six extraordinary musical theatre performers take to the stage with one seemingly impossible task: create a brand new musical from scratch, based entirely on suggestions from the children in the audience.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: MARTY GLEESON: DOG EAR, Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker One
Marty Gleeson arrives at the Edinburgh Fringe with a debut hour which feels as curious, unconventional and quietly assured as its title suggests.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: ROCKPOOLS, Bunker Three, Pleasance Courtyard
Unless one happens to have read the programme notes beforehand, it’s not immediately obvious that Rockpools is a play about endometriosis.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: AMY ANNETTE: SAY WHAT YOU LIKE ABOUT ME, Pleasance Dome
This show is about being hot (or not).
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: BERNIE DIETER'S CLUB KABARETT, Underbelly
Join kabarett provocateur Bernie Dieter as her gin-soaked haus band soundtracks a debauched night of breathtaking circus, gender-bending aerial and fire-breathing sideshow at its most rebellious and hilarious best.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: ED GAUGHAN: THE EMPEROR, Just The Tonic At The Caves
Ed Gaughan is extremely good at accents.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: TARANG HARDIKAR: IF I'M NOT WRONG, Pleasance Courtyard
Tarang Hardikar’s Edinburgh Fringe debut is an hour of wonderfully curious comedy, in which no thought is too small to escape scrutiny.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: RAJ POOJARA: DICE, Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker Three
Raj Poojara opens by introducing himself through an unlikely cocktail of Maui from Moana, Hagrid from Harry Potter and the Bearded Lady from The Greatest Showman, immediately establishing the playful absurdity which runs through the show.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: GARRY STARR: CLASSIC PENGUINS, Pleasance Courtyard, The Grand
The enormous Grand stage at Pleasance Courtyard features a treasure chest, a bookcase and centre stage, facing away from the crowd, a figure sits comfortably in a leather chair, seemingly relaxed, gently puffing away on a pipe and awaiting the moment to begin.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: AFTER PARTY, Traverse Theatre
With biting wit and unexpected tenderness, After Party by award-winning Scottish playwright Morna Young is a bold, life-affirming story about a life-ending decision.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: BADGERS, Traverse Theatre
A recluse, a disappearance, a mysterious folk song.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: EVITA TOO, Zoo Southside
Blurb: Sh!t Theatre deliver a wildly inventive, razor-sharp deconstruction of history, populism, and musical theatre legacy in Evita Too.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: JESS ROBINSON: ELTON REIMAGINED: Assembly George Square Gardens
Jess Robinson does not simply impersonate the stars.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: AHIR SHAH: GOLDEN, Pleasance Courtyard
What did our critic think of AHIR SHAH: GOLDEN at Pleasance Courtyard?
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: THE PALESTINIAN CIRCUS: STEP AND A HALF, Underbelly Circus Hub on the Meadows
The Palestinian Circus brings culture, community and contemporary circus together in Step and a Half, a production which places Palestinian identity firmly at its heart.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: DANNY O'BRIEN: SURE LOOK, BE GRAND, The Comedy Attic @ The Beehive Inn
Sure Look, Be Grand is exactly what you want from a stand-up show at the Fringe: energetic, observational and consistently funny.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: AOIFE DUNNE: GOOD GRIEF, Lounge at Gilded Balloon Teviot
What did our critic think of AOIFE DUNNE: GOOD GRIEF at Gilded Balloon Teviot?
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: CHIP AND GUS: A COMEDY WITH BALLS, Venue 45 at TheSpace
Earlier this year, Marty Supreme made a case for ping pong as a metaphor for life’s constant ebbs and flows, and an outlet for a particular type of obsessive striver.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: LEGENDARY, Friesian At Underbelly, Bristo Square
“I’ve been thinking about my childhood” is how the Singaporean performer Cheeyang Ng begins Legendary, a show preoccupied with the idea of childhood, and particularly with queer Asian childhood.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: DEMI ADEJUYIGBE SELLS OUT, Queen Dome at Pleasance Dome
Demi Adejuyigbe Sells Out is a light-hearted, sharp hour of musical talent and witty comedy.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: TOM READ WILSON: THE A-Z OF ME, Gilded Balloon
Tom Read Wilson makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with The A-Z of Me, a charming mix of song, tap dancing and comedy told letter by letter.
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