EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE TALE OF THE LONELIEST WHALE, Underbelly
'I can hear someone out there.
Scotland Theatre Newsroom
The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: COMEDIANS ON STAGE AUDITIONING FOR MUSICALS, Gilded Balloon at Appleton Tower
One hour of pure mayhem, Comedians on Stage Auditioning for Musicals is the perfect junction between laugh out loud comedy and genuinely stellar musical theatre performance with a dash of good old-fashioned humiliation and gossip thrown in for good measure.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: FOOTBALLERS WIVES THE MUSICAL, Assembly
A new British musical based on the iconic TV series following the fall and rise of captain's wife Tanya Turner as she schemes to save her marriage and her husband's career.
Photos: Dawn Steele Stars In SKYE: A THRILLER At Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Acclaimed stage and screen actress Dawn Steele will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer in the world premiere of SKYE: A Thriller, a new play by Ellie Keel.
Photos: Natalie Grove's JELLO BRAIN At Edinburgh Fringe
Jello Brain, a fearless new solo show written and performed by Natalie Grove, is now playing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe through August 23.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: BRYAN SAFI: ARE YOU MAD AT ME??, Underbelly
Emmy-winner Bryan Safi (star of ABC's 9-1-1, Netflix's You, Attitudes!) brings his distinctive voice to this solo comedy spiral all about queerness, confidence and the art of being unapologetically too much.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: PALS, Gilded Balloon
PALS makes a triumphant return to the Edinburgh Fringe.
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.
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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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Copycat Pleasance Dome (Jack Dome) (8/05-8/31) |
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In a Bad Way Gilded Balloon Patter House (Blether), (8/05-8/31) |
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It Couldn’t Get Worse; or, The Margarita Boat Tour Incident theSpace @ Venue 45 (8/24-8/29) |
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Sapphire McIntosh: Squeaky Bum Time Unerbelly Bristo Square - Daisy Room (8/05-8/30) |
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The Time of Your Life The Voodoo Rooms (8/10-8/24) |
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Jerk Off! Underbelly (Dairy Room) (8/05-8/30) |
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To Do Lists Pleasance Courtyard (The Green) (8/05-8/31) |
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An Ode to the Casting Director Assembly George Square Studios (8/05-8/29) |