EDINBURGH 2025: Review: PALS, Gilded Balloon
PALS makes a triumphant return to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Scotland Theatre Newsroom
The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: MAIRI CAMPBELL: PULSE (PENDULUM TRILOGY), Scottish Storytelling Centre
To the left of the Netherbow Theatre stage hangs an ancient stone from a trio of canes, to the right a chair and instrument stand – our programme tells us it was designed by Tim Vincent-Smith.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: ATHENS OF THE NORTH, Scottish Storytelling Centre
To the left of the stage of the Netherbow Theatre sits an original leather Lothian Regional transport bus seat.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: SINGLE USE, Pleasance Courtyard, Bunker Three
What happens to our plastic waste after we toss it in the recycling? Where does climate action fit into our messy lives? These are the questions Verity Mullen’s Single Use intends to explore.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: ROSIE O'DONNELL: COMMON KNOWLEDGE, Gilded Balloon
The eleven-time Emmy and Tony Award winner, known for her legendary career in film, television and stage, brings her highly anticipated debut show to the Fringe following her recent move from across the pond.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: SHAME SHOW, Pleasance Courtyard
Storm Seamus has struck Northern Ireland and Adam and Stevie are stuck inside.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: MOLLY MCGUINNESS: SLOB, Monkey Barrel
Join BBC New Comedy Awards finalist Molly McGuinness for her highly anticipated debut show about what it means to be a slob.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: FORGET-ME-NOT, Fern Studio at Greenside @ George Street
An all-true, two-hander beauty of gig theatre Forget-Me-Not celebrates the multitudes of womanhood, the beauty in reclaiming your voice and the lifeline that is the power of female friendship.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: DEAD AIR, Pleasance Courtyard
Since Alfie's dad died, he's visited everyone's dreams but hers.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: A GAMBLER'S GUIDE TO DYING, Traverse
This is the story of one boy's grandad who won a fortune betting on the 1966 World Cup and, when diagnosed with cancer, gambles it all on living to see the year 2000.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: ROSE + BUD, Pleasance Courtyard
Derry Freshers’ Week, closeted Bud is in for a rollercoaster of tequila, tiaras and transitioning.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: JACK TRAYNOR: BEFORE I FORGET, Pleasance
One of Scotland's fastest-rising stars, Jack's highly anticipated debut combined the bizarre and the brilliantly relatable.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: LAURA BENANTI: NOBODY CARES, Underbelly
A love letter to people pleasers everywhere.
EDINBURGH 2025: CECILIA GENTILI'S RED INK Q&A
God won't give up on Cecilia Gentili.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: HANNAH MORTON: CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH, Gilded Balloon
You're invited to Lachlan-Thomas' sixth birthday party hosted by your favourite children's party entertainer, Hannah Banana! Hannah is a writer, performer and most importantly, a children's birthday party entertainer.
EDINBURGH 2025: BroadwayWorld's Edfringe Reviews
A roundup of our coverage from the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: RIFT, Traverse Theatre
Two brothers — one a progressive novelist, the other a convicted murderer and high-ranking member of a white supremacist prison gang — shared a traumatic childhood.
EDINBURGH 2025 Review: MAKE IT HAPPEN, Starring Brian Cox
Set in Edinburgh, Make It Happen sees legendary actor Brian Cox return to the Scottish stage for the first time in a decade as Adam Smith, the ghost of fiscal past.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: FLOAT, Gilded Balloon
Join Astronaut Indra on a nine-month mission to the moon.
THE BURTON BROTHERS Channel Comedy Legends in 1920s-Inspired Fringe Show
The Burton Brothers—real-life siblings Josh and Tom Burton—are bringing their vaudeville-inspired sketch show The Burton Brothers: 1925 to the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with performances running daily at 16:20 through August 24 at Assembly George Square, The Crate.
EDINBURGH 2025 Review: AMY MASON: BEHOLD! Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand
Amy Mason is witty, unfiltered, and enjoyably coarse, diving right into how connection, intimacy, and the chaos of how modern life works in reality.
EDINBURGH 2025 Review: JOZ NORRIS: YOU WAIT. TIME PASSES. The Pleasance Dome
Joz Norris is an enthusiastic lover of fun, concerned with elevating joy and embracing his inner weird.
Edinburgh 2025 Review: JESS ROBINSON: YOUR SONG, Piccolo Tent, Assembly George Square Gardens
Jess Robinson, Your Song: Elton Reimagined is an uproarious triumph which cements Jess Robinson as the reigning diva of comedic musical impressions.
Edinburgh International Festival Launches 2025 Edition With Global Artists
The 2025 Edinburgh International Festival will officially open tomorrow, launching a 24-day global celebration of music, opera, theatre, and dance.
Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, King's Theatre
The multi award-winning show has been performed hundreds of thousands of times including multiple runs in the West End and on Broadway, international tours in over 80 countries worldwide and has become one of the world’s most beloved family musicals.
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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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Father, Away She Goes Zoo (Playground 1) (8/07-8/30) |
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The Second Best School Shooting Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/30) |
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An Ode to the Casting Director Assembly George Square Studios (8/05-8/29) |
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A STAN IS BORN! – Encore Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/06-8/16) |
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Chris Grace: 88% Assembly George Square (8/05-8/31) |
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This Is How I Got Arrested (after smuggling drugs across the border but never actually getting caught with any drugs) ZOO (Playground 3) (8/07-8/30) |
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Argonauts ZOO (Playground 2) (8/07-8/30) |
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It's A Struggle Coming Out theSpace @ Niddry Street (8/08-8/13) |