The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Described by its creator as “50 minutes of vegetable insanity”, this surrealist and entirely enjoyable hour of physical theatre, tragicomedy and puppetry has a certain ‘je nais sais quoi’.
What did our critic think of AVENUE Q at Braw Venues At Grand Lodge?This smash hit musical is a hilarious satire of modern life starring a mixed cast of humans and puppets.
Scottish comedy legend Johnny McKnight examines the panto dame through an inventive new lens in She’s Behind You.
Four generations of Northern Irish women gather for a 90th birthday party in Karis Kelly’s Consumed, and what unfolds is a pitch-black dark comedy with razor wit and gasp-inducing shock.
Flora Wilson Brown’s six-hander examines climate change across 250 years of real and imagined history.
Welsh comedian Steffan Alun brings warmth, wit and a proudly offbeat perspective to his debut Fringe hour, Steffan Alun: Stand Up.
Tartan Tabletop is a Dungeons and Dragons panel show which thrives on live comedic improvisation, uncertainty and risks, which results in riotous game play.
Written and Performed by Lizzie T Ollemache and David Ladderman from Rollicking Entertainment, a riot of magic, slapstick and sparkle is brought to the stage with Messy Magic, a family show which manages to be silly, but skilful.
Goldspun Media’s Level Up! begins with a promising burst of nostalgic energy.
There is nothing quite like the delicious mix of chaos and charm that Josh Burton brings to his gleeful children’s show Signor Baffo.
A Y2K-drenched coming-of-age comedy-drama: ASTNT follows David’s move from the city to a small Northern town where being the only Black kid means fitting in isn’t an option.
Sex, drugs and coercive control.
The King is dead and the Prince is unmarried – if he doesn't find someone soon, he must forfeit the crown! In NYC, baker Aaron Butcher is butchering his career as a family baker.
With prisons rarely out of the news, Insiders gives insight into the challenges of life in jail.
After spending her formative years trying to be 'not like other girls', Sarah Bradley is celebrating all things feminine – from rosé to romance novels, horoscopes to hot celebrities, inconvenient crushes to crying at inconvenient times.
The winner of the 2025 Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award, Rosco McClelland brings his brand new show for 2025.
Jacob Nussey makes his Fringe debut with his stand-up show Primed where he shares stories from his time working at Amazon.
Theatre Channel will debut What the Fringe 2025, a brand-new original live broadcast series sponsored by Pleasance Theatre Trust, offering audiences an insider’s view of the world’s largest celebration of live performance.
Stephen Buchanan returns to the Fringe with his new hour, Cold Meat, where he brings dark humour and well-crafted jokes to the Edinburgh stage.
With the rest of Marc Jennings' shows this week sold out and very limited availability for next week, Monkey Barrel Comedy have added a second extra show at 10:40pm on Saturday, August 16.
Edy Hurst, Ingenious Fools & Liebenspiel Productions have joined forces to discover, once and for who shall be named the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's favourite fictional Witch of 2025.
An amazing show all round, Guys Sing Dolls, a cabaret style concert, was expertly executed.
An entire sketch comedy show based around real-life graffiti scrawled in toilet cubicles is the sort of premise you could only ever wish to come up with.
In her debut hour, Sharon Wanjohi strides on stage with dynamic energy on a mission to share her comedic mock wisdom.
From the moment Ted Milligan strides on to the stage to the roar of football anthems, the atmosphere is electric.
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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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Long Way Home Gilded Balloon (Snug) (8/05-8/31) |
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Giraffe Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/31) |
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The Second Best School Shooting Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/30) |
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They’re Just Small Town (Northern) Lads Summerhall (8/06-8/16) |
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Revelation theSpace @ Niddry Street (8/08-8/13) |
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The Great Shakespeare Showdown in Silver City Haldane Theatre at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Venue 53) (8/07-8/22) |
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Kevin Quantum: Invisible Force Ballroom at Assembly Rooms (Venue 20) (8/06-8/30) |
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Father, Away She Goes Zoo (Playground 1) (8/07-8/30) |
