EDINBURGH 2026: Review: SEEDHEART, Pleasance Courtyard
Don’t miss this extraordinary one-of-a-kind puppet performance… a small show with big ideas! Meet Grey.
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EDINBURGH 2026 Review: A HIGHLY SUSPECT MURDER MYSTERY: ABBASOLUTE MURDER, TheSpace @ Surgeons Hall
Highly Suspect are back with another interactive murder mystery (or two) and it's as pun-zzling as ever.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: THE KOBOLD SHOW!, Gilded Balloon Patter House
It might not be as life-changing for you as it is for the kobolds, but it tugs at the heartstrings and might just cheer up your morning.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: PLANET OF THE GRAPES – AN EPIC, TABLETOP, SCI-FI ADVENTURE!, Below, Pleasance Courtyard
Having wowed audiences at a sold-out NYC premiere, this inventive puppet parody lands at the Fringe as the ultimate piece of eco-friendly family fun.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: RUARIDH MILLER: AUTOCORRECT THINKS MY NAME IS 'RUBBISH', Gilded Balloon
Autocorrect Thinks My Name is “Rubbish” is a sharp and thoroughly Scottish hour that finds plenty of comedy in class, identity and the strange rabbit hole that everyday life can lead you down.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: MAIA TASSALINI: I WAS 22 AND STUNNING, Pleasance Courtyard
There is a sense that anything could happen on stage and the audience is going along for the ride.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: INTO THE WOODS, Edinburgh Academy
Captivate Theatre put on a thrilling rendition of Stephen Sondheim's iconic 'Into the Woods'.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: BIGFOOT RIPPED MY DOG IN HALF I SAW IT, Summerhall
These are the coolest kids on the programme, with a sold-out run at Summerhall and a London transfer on their hands.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: I THINK I HATE ACTORS, Just The Tonic At The Caves
Roo Sutcliffe is funny.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: SANCTUARY, Pleasance Dome
What did our critic think of SANCTUARY at Pleasance Dome?
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: REDACTED: THE COVER-UP OF A COVER-UP OF A COVER-UP, Pleasance Dome
What really happened in Roswell in 1947? Marnie Makowski, a valiant journalist in search of her missing sister, has set off on an outlandish journey to find out the truth.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: LETTERS TO JOAN – A LOVELY NEW PLAY, Pleasance Courtyard
Streit seamlessly jumps between timelines alongside Kevin Cahill, who portrays her grandfather, reciting from the missives and digging through memories.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: THE WETNESS, Just The Tonic At The Caves
What did our critic think of THE WETNESS at Just The Tonic At The Caves?
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: REMEMBER, REMEMBER!, Pleasance Dome
This might be the next Fringe hit musical.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: STAY A LITTLE LONGER, Pleasance Courtyard
Her (Rachel Nicholson) and Him (Charlie Sheepshanks) met at university and have been together ever since.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: ALREADY HERE, Gilded Balloon Patter House
SJ Hodges writes and stars in a very unchallenging take on AI, intimacy, and grief, introducing a woman who believes in love in spite of her tragic history.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: HAPPIEST I'VE EVER BEEN, Just The Tonic At The Caves
It’s an endearing mix of sweet darkness and bitter resentment.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: PARASOCIAL ACTIVITY, Gilded Balloon
Jenny meets her favourite A-List celebrity in Costa and they instantly fall in love.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: KIM BLYTHE: PUZZLE, Gilded Balloon
Sold out Fringe run 2025 and Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow nominee 2025 and 2026.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: THE SECOND BEST SCHOOL SHOOTING, Pleasance Courtyard
Two best friends struggle to process surviving a school shooting that is overshadowed by a much worse school shooting on the same day.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: FOR DOLORES, Traverse Theatre
Four-time Fringe First and Olivier Award winning Fishamble presents For Dolores by Fringe First Award winning Eva O’Connor.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: SUPPOSING, Traverse Theatre
Sally has been cursed.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: A FOOT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PRIZE FOR THE TOMBOLA at Attic, Pleasance Courtyard
Avid churchgoer Lydia has organized a charity tombola at her local church, but there is a major snag: a severed foot turns up inside one of the tombola prizes.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE KNEW TOO MUCH, Forth, Pleasance Courtyard
Having consistently wowed Fringe audiences, Voloz Collective returns with a welcome revival of their hit show 'The Man Who Thought He Knew too Much' - an undisputed masterclass in physical theatre.
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: THE WOLF OF POYAIS, Assembly Roxy
“Any c**t can sell a pen, it takes a genius to sell a pen that’s not there.
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