EDINBURGH 2025: Review: RHYS DARBY: THE LEGEND RETURNS, Pleasance
Rhys Darby's brings his stand-up routine back to the Edinburgh Fringe and proves, yet again, why he is a true legend of the festival.
Scotland Theatre Newsroom
The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
EDINBURGH 2O25: Review: TIFF STEVENSON: POST-COITAL, Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)
Tiff Stevenson: Post Coital is a stand-up show that brings Tiff Stevenson's post-coital thoughts, and Google search history, to the Edinburgh Fringe Stage.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF GIANTS, Traverse Theatre
It's the early noughties and Lucie Barât is fresh out of drama school busy auditioning for laxative-ads and flipping burgers.
LUIGI: THE MUSICAL to Have Edinburgh Fringe Run
Luigi: The Musical, the dark comedic musical, is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe for 5 shows at Just the Tonic/ Just the Club.
Jennifer Irons' BAD IMMIGRANT comes to Edinburgh
Jennifer Irons' new show Bad Immigrant will open at the Edinburgh Festival beginning in August.
Ivo Graham, David O'Doherty, and More Set For Underbelly's 7th Annual Big Brain Tumour Benefit
Underbelly has announced a powerhouse line-up of comedy acts for the 7th annual Big Brain Tumour Benefit.
Traverse Theatre Reveals Industry Events For Travfest25
The Traverse Theatre will host two industry-facing events as part of its Travfest25 programme this August, bringing together artists, academics, and audiences to look into what the future may hold for Scottish theatre.
EDINBURGH 2025: Review: THE TALE OF THE LONELIEST WHALE, Underbelly
'I can hear someone out there.
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.
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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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Safety Underbelly, Daisy (8/05-8/30) |
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Lifelong Studio 2, Assembly George Square Studios, EH8 9LH (Venue 17) (8/05-8/17) |
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Furniture Boys Underbelly (Jersey) (8/05-8/30) |
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Rollers Forever King's Theatre (10/27-10/31) |
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Glob Underbelly (8/05-8/30) |
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Glass Child Summerhall (8/06-8/16) |
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Helen Bradley: Painter and Storyteller Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/30) |
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Trainspotting The Musical Alhambra Theatre (3/01-3/06) |