THE UNDERSTUDY Will Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut
Eva Seymour's one-woman dark comedy THE UNDERSTUDY, following an actor's anxiety-fuelled life as a swing, will make its UK premiere at Edinburgh Fringe after winning Best Theatre at Adelaide Fringe.
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Eva Seymour's one-woman dark comedy THE UNDERSTUDY, following an actor's anxiety-fuelled life as a swing, will make its UK premiere at Edinburgh Fringe after winning Best Theatre at Adelaide Fringe.
Miss Frisky and her live band return with FRISKY'S REMIX ROULETTE, an audience-driven show where crowds choose songs and genres each night, touring the UK before a full run at Edinburgh Fringe's Assembly George Square.
Emily Glaze's solo show BASIC BALD B*TCH uses comedy and drag to explore alopecia, sexual assault survival, identity, and self-reclamation at Edinburgh's Underbelly Cowgate.
Doris Crea Collective will present LANDSFRAU هموطن, an autofictional performance by German-Afghan artist Mariann Yar blending music, choreography and poetry, at TechCube 0 at Summerhall as part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Dutch Kills Theater Company will present PEREGRINATIONS, a wordless masked physical theatre and puppetry work exploring migrant experiences, at Assembly Roxy during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Bob Brader's solo show Kitty Daddy will have its World Premiere at 59E59 Theaters as part of the East to Edinburgh Festival, followed by a UK Premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe.
The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre just published new official 2025 box office figures showing what audiences actually paid for West End theatre across the year, not just the highest prices advertised.
StageMag, the digital show program platform from BroadwayWorld, launched its new PDF Editor to all producers and stage managers using the service.
Roast Battle champion Candace Bryan returns to Edinburgh Fringe with DON'T BE RIDICULOUS, EVERYBODY WANTS THIS, a standup hour tackling consumerism, online shopping, and left-leaning guilt at The Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose.
Joy Nesbitt's multi-award-nominated play JULIUS CAESAR VARIETY SHOW will make its UK premiere at Summerhall's Red Lecture Theatre during Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring identity and representation through a darkly comic Shakespeare audition set against the 2023 Dublin riot.
With over 400 hand-drawn images strapped to performers, Noted is a minimalist, multimedia experience that transforms illustrations, everyday objects, and simple gestures into an ever-evolving visual narrative.
Irish theatremaker Martha Knight's gig-theatre show THE KING OF ALL BIRDS will make its UK premiere at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, after winning awards at Dublin Fringe Festival and touring Ireland and Canada.
Adam Lenson's new solo show IS IT TOO LATE NOW TO SAY SORRY? will have its world premiere at Summerhall's Red Lecture Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe, fusing storytelling, music, memoir, and a dissection of the celebrity apology.
Dreambite Collective will present the Fringe premiere of CRUISING, a queer romcom by Katrina Bennett about polyamory, protest, and climate activism, at Pleasance Courtyard's Bunker Three in Edinburgh.
Broken Box Mime Theater and Dutch Kills Theater Company will present DOUBLE TAKE at Underbelly Bristo Square during Edinburgh Fringe, a wordless two-hander weaving eight short stories through mime, hand puppetry, and physical comedy.
CHANNEL, an immersive live electronic music experience inspired by composer Pauline Oliveros, will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from Dutch Kills Theater Company and Wet Hands in an intimate new format for groups of ten.
Deep Flight Productions will present Who We Become, a trilogy of one-act plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, staged as two alternating productions.
Mochinosha / Book of Shadowz will present the premiere of Book of Shadows, a shadow puppet occult mystery, at Underbelly Cowgate's Big Belly during the Edinburgh Fringe.
Daniel Nodder's award-winning physical theatre solo show ONLY BONES will make its UK premiere at Downstairs at Assembly Roxy, blending contortion, absurdist comedy, and a single lightbulb to traverse the universe in one square metre.
Virtuoso ventriloquist, BAFTA nominee and British Comedy Award winning Nina Conti will return to this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe with her brand-new show ‘Nina's C*nti Cabaret.
Daniel McVey's absurdist murder mystery A FOOT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PRIZE FOR THE TOMBOLA will have its world premiere at Pleasance Courtyard, with audiences armed with scripts and puppets to become suspects in a drag-led village fete investigation.
Trans storyteller Yoz Mensch brings her autobiographical comedy MY GRANDPA DOESN'T FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, after winning the Sydney Fringe Tour Ready Award at Adelaide Fringe.
Box Tale Soup will present A GHOST AMONG THE LIVING, a world premiere adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's gothic classics, at Pleasance Dome during the Edinburgh Fringe, blending puppetry, original music, and Hammer Horror-inspired storytelling.
Meadows Award-winner Fadi Murad will present the full-length version of his solo theatre piece COME BACK HOME at Summerhall during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, exploring grief, memory, and Palestinian identity.
Three US stand-up comedians — a Queer, Indigenous, and African American performer with credits including HBO and Amazon Prime — will take the Edinburgh Festival Fringe stage to dissect American identity, politics, and culture.
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