The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Alternative, kooky character comedy great Lucy Pearman (BBC Three’s Please Help, BBC’s The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk, BBC2’s Mister Winner) is back with her first Edinburgh Fringe hour since 2019’s Baggage.
Don’t be fooled by the gentle, speakeasy vibe of the entrance music: these are certified divas, here to take you through a showstopping mix of music from various films and musicals.
Douglas Widick’s Paperclip is a witty, genre-bending thrill ride, which imagines a world where the fate of humanity rests in the hands or rather, the wires of Microsoft Word’s long-forgotten writing assistant Clippy.
For the past 17 years, Grace Helbig has been building her online presence as a content creator.
Prepare to be indoctrinated into your new favourite cult! This show is exactly as it says on the tin: a pseudo-religious service with all the elements required to make up (or make fun of) a church.
The Durham Revue's latest may not be their finest hour, but it sure is a fun one.
Ayo Adenekan makes his highly anticipated Fringe debut with a hilarious and heartfelt show about growing up in Scotland.
Two friends perform breathtaking aerial shows.
Facility 111 is a surreal new audio play, written/performed live by Inge-Vera Lipsius.
Like Fleabag meets Normal People, this play from writer/star Ned Blackburn is one of the greatest Fringe shows you will ever see.
Sketch Thieves provides a solid afternoon of laughs.
The King of Whimsy is back at the Edinburgh Fringe…it’s Alasdair Beckett-King with his hour of the silly and the fantastical with King of Crumbs.
Diona Doherty: Get Your Pink Back is a confident, hilarious and heartfelt Fringe debut.
Cheeky charm and outrageous wit come together at this year’s Edinburgh Deaf Festival when drag queens Mary and Danielle take to the stage this weekend as part of the Edinburgh Deaf Festival.
2b's Red Like Fruit, a new play by Hannah Moscovitch, is receiving rave reviews from the UK and Scottish press, and as was announced on Friday morning, has received a Scotsman Fringe First Award.
Puppets and sparkles, sing-a-longs and a wee dance, Monski Mouse Baby Cabaret is fun for the whole family - the ultimate baby friendly event at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Two years since they last met, six friends receive an invitation to compete in “Escape Room: The Musical”.
When two old friends meet at a haunt from their youth they relive their exciting teenage years in the poptastic seventies.
This sexy, camp, pop-filled tragicomedy unpacks aspirations of becoming a singer while growing up where it is forbidden for women to sing.
Recent anthropology graduate and feisty redhead Joanie Little is stuck working as a barista, studying the 'creatures' (customers) as if she were Jane Goodall, bushwhacking through the jungle to study chimpanzees! In her 'coffeeshop jungle,' hilarity ensues, with jazzy tunes, co-worker showdowns and
Orange is the New Black’s Julie Lake and songwriter Annie Macleod join forces in Forget-Me-Not, a true story of motherhood, lost love and hauntings set to original music and heart-exploding harmonies.
Returning to the Edinburgh Fringe following it’s debut in 2024, Shantify is a jukebox musical following the lives of 6 men from a fishing town, who are part of a band that take pop songs and ‘shantify’ them
Following her sell out show last year, Susie McCabe is back at the Fringe again with her latest show Best Behaviour.
A Jaffa Cake Musical returns to the Edinburgh Fringe this year following a sell out run in 2024.
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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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Woodcutter Triplex Studio @theSpaceUK (Venue 38) (8/07-8/29) |
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Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years The Stand 1 (9/23-9/23) |
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Venue Premium - Two Doors Down OVO Hydro (9/25-10/11) |
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Overtone Pleasance (Jack Dome) (8/05-8/30) |
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Kevin Quantum: Invisible Force Ballroom at Assembly Rooms (Venue 20) (8/06-8/30) |
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One Hour Wedding Underbelly (The Friesian) (8/05-8/23) |
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DECKHAND theSpace @ Niddry Street (8/24-8/29) |
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Chris Grace: 88% Assembly George Square (8/05-8/31) |
