Samia Rida Brings KIDNAP to Edinburgh Festival Fringe This August
Samia Rida's autobiographical comedy-drama will explore Saudi, family, disability, and how the act of kidnap can involve a swimming pool at Dram at Gilded Balloon Patter House.
Scotland Theatre Newsroom
The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Aaron Wood Makes His Edinburgh Fringe Debut
In More To Life, Aaron describes the everyday dramas of growing up in a Northern, working class household, living on a council estate, and the relentless optimism needed to pursue your dreams.
Sam Blythe Will Lead ANIMAL FARM at EdFringe 2025
Celebrating over 80 years since the publication of George Orwell’s Animal Farm, and marking 30 years of continuous performance, globally, Guy Masterson’s solo adaptation returns to the Edinburgh.
Will Owen's LOOKING FAB AT FIFTY Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
Comedian Will Owen returns for his second year to the Edinburgh Fringe with Looking Fab At Fifty - a brand new hour about connection, commitment issues, and why Bake Off is easier to love than people.
DIC DIC CHANG CHANG PLAYGROUND To Run at Edinburgh Fringe in August
One Table Two Chairs Charitable Foundation will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the interactive children’s hit Dic Dic Chang Chang Playground, running 1–9 August 2025 at 13:10 in Theatre 3 at theSpaceUK @ Surgeons' Hall.
EDINBURGH 2025: Pick of the Programme- Musicals
BroadwayWorld recommend their top musicals from the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme.
POP OFF, MICHELANGELO! Will Return To Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Pop Off, Michelangelo!, written by Dylan MarcAurele, will run on the Udderbelly stage at Underbelly, George Square following its hit 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe season and 8-week London run.
Beyond Monet and Beyond Van Gogh Come to Edinburgh This Christmas
Edinburgh art lovers are being given the opportunity to enjoy not one but two stunning multimedia experiences this Christmas.
EDINBURGH 2025: Pick of the Programme- Comedy Debuts
BroadwayWorld's guide to the top comedy debuts at this years Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Review: YOU WON'T BREAK MY SOUL, Oran Mor
After a very average hook-up, Jordan realises this particular ‘gentleman caller’ has stolen his irreplaceable Beyoncé concert tickets for her Murrayfield show the next day.
Review: THE NAKED NEDS, Cottiers
Paul’s about to be a dad, but doubt clouds his excitement.
Cênica's CHEESE AND GUAVA OR ROMEO AND JULIET To Make International Debut At EdFringe
Brazilian theatre collective Cênica will make its international debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 with a vibrant reimagining of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, blending bilingual performance, post-colonial commentary, and guava paste.
Emma Frankland Returns To Edinburgh Fringe With NO APOLOGIES World Premiere
Two-time Fringe First Award-winning and Total Theatre Award nominated writer and performer Emma Frankland will bring her raucous and powerful new show No Apologies to Summerhall for its Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut.
Scott Turnbull Returns to Summerhall with New EdFringe Show
Actor, writer, clown, comedian and all-round nincompoop Scott Turnbull invites you into an absurd foray into the wonderful world of love, death and everything in-between.
Julia Taudevin's AUNTIE EMPIRE Comes to Summerhall For One Night Only
Gracing the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her presence for one night only, Auntie Empire will perform on Friday 22nd August in Summerhall's The Dissection Room.
In Bed With My Brother Returns To Edinburgh Fringe With PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD
This August, Nora, Dora and Kat - the team behind such anarchic hits as WE ARE IAN (2017), TRICKY SECOND ALBUM (2019), and PRIME_TIME (2021) - present their first fringe show in six years: PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD.
Suzy Crothers Makes EdFringe Debut With TROUBLED World Premiere at Summerhall
This August, acclaimed writer, theatremaker, and performer Suzy Crothers presents Troubled - a show filled with gallows humour about the domestic impact of societal violence, conflict and intergenerational trauma in Northern Ireland.
INSIDERS Comes to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
INSIDERS, a bold and emotional play created with Scottish prisoners during the COVID-19 pandemic, is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Review: KELI, Tramway
KELI tells the story of a fiery, sharp witted seventeen year-old in a former mining town.
Review: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE at Kings Theatre Glasgow
Few stories capture the wonder of childhood and the weight of war as gracefully as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
NO MILK NO SUGAR Comes to Edinburgh
In a physical theatre and martial arts performance that intertwines dance, street art and circus influences, Hong Kong Soul headline company TS Crew transports audiences to the nostalgic, vibrant heart of a Hong Kong Cha Chaan Teng.
WAVES OF TRADITION: A NEW HORIZON IN SCOTTISH-CHINESE MUSIC Comes to Edinburgh
This cross-cultural music performance brings together the Chinese Zheng, and Celtic harp and Scottish Bodhrán in a contemporary concert setting that explores connection through sound.
THE FAUSTUS PROJECT Comes to Edinburgh
Featuring an unrehearsed Fringe performer from another show in the titular role each night, The Faustus Project is part improvisation, part roast and full-blown chaos.
THE GENESIS Comes to Edinburgh
Experience an acrobatic journey as 17 international artists from Denmark, Australia, Peru, Canada, UK, Uruguay, Chile, Portugal, USA, Germany, Ireland, France and Guinea unite to celebrate the spirit of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2025: Pick Of The Programme- Comedy
BWW Scotland editor lists her top picks from the comedy section of the 2025 Edfringe programme.
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Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/05-8/29) |
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Elvis in Chaos Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street (8/07-8/15) |
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I'm Still Not That Girl Braw Venues (8/07-8/30) |
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Thermodrama Summerhall (8/07-8/31) |
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You Are What You Eat theSpace on the mile (8/07-8/22) PHOTOS |
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Sister Sophia Kicks the Habit Venue 13 (8/07-8/21) |
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Giraffe Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/31) |
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Black Blues Brothers: Let's Twist Again! Underbelly (8/05-8/31) |
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Learning to Human Gilded Balloon Teviot (8/05-8/30) |
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Baby Wants Candy Assembly George Square Studios - One (8/05-8/30) |