The latest theatre news from Scotland — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
Comedian and human rights lawyer Sid Singh returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with LOVE BOMBING, a stand-up hour blending activism, politics, and his disastrous love life.
Character comedian Rob Preston brings his solo show AMAZING GLOBAL SOLUTIONS to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a satire of internet-induced isolation featuring a gallery of grotesque modern British personalities.
Patrick Monahan returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with I'M NOT A TERRORIST, I'M FREDDIE MERCURY, a new stand-up show exploring his Iranian-Irish heritage, life between two cultures, and 16 years on the Fringe circuit.
NYC comedian Michael John Ciszewski brings MOTHER, SUPERIOR to Edinburgh's Bedlam Theatre, blending stand-up, storytelling, and interactive game show as he petitions the Vatican to canonize his living mother.
Award-winning clown Lil Wenker brings BOYKING to Pleasance Courtyard at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a bouffon-infused horror comedy about unchecked power, co-created with director Cecily Nash.
RuPaul's Drag Race UK star Kate Butch returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new stand-up show, dissecting online backlash and the shadiest moments of her life through sequins, proverbs, and foliage.
John-Luke Roberts brings his first new solo show in four years to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, drawing on a pulmonary embolism and mental health crisis to blend stand-up, storytelling, and absurdist poetry.
Impressionist Jess Robinson brings ELTON REIMAGINED back to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, channelling Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Judy Garland, and others through Elton John's classic songs.
Hudson Hughes, creator of cult gameshow Hot Rubber, brings AT YOUR SERVICE to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a horror-comedy following a washed-up TV vicar battling satanic forces and a vaping addiction.
Harvey Cobb, a British-born, Rotterdam-based comedian and circus performer, brings his debut show to Underbelly Cowgate, blending juggling, clowning, and stand-up with a sock puppet co-star.
Drag performer and comedian Fanny Bleach makes her solo comedy debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with THE NEARLY NAKED SHOW, blending physical theatre, shock humour, and character comedy at Assembly Roxy Downstairs.
Comedian Eleanor Morton returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with THE MERMAID, a stand-up show blending mythology, folklore, and personal experience to examine gender, beauty standards, and bodily autonomy.
Magician Ben Hart, known for Britain's Got Talent and work with the RSC, will bring THE LABYRINTH, a new theatrical magic show, to Assembly George Square Gardens at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Australian comedian Alice Fraser brings OH MAN to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a stand-up show tackling modern manhood, male loneliness, and the incel movement, directed by Joz Norris.
Comedian Ali Brice returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with THIS IS THE WAY WE BRUSH OUR TEETH, a new solo hour exploring midlife, sobriety, and contentment through crowd-work-fuelled stand-up at Wee Container 1, Hoots Potterow.
Comedian Alex Franklin returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with KISS ME X, a new hour of stand-up, musical comedy, and absurdist humor exploring love and dating as a trans woman.
Baby Lame returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with HIT ME BABY ONE MORE LAME!, an interactive alt-cabaret show blending Britney Spears pop culture, space travel, and punk-horror comedy, directed by Deanna Fleysher.
Comedian Adele Cliff returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a daily-written topical comedy show blending stand-up, news analysis, special guests, and games at The Yurt, Hoots Potterow.
Alex Franklin and Nikola McMurtrie bring their cryptid-based comedy musical MOTHMAN: A ROMANCE MUSICAL to Underbelly's Belly Button at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, following acclaimed runs in London and Brighton.
Multi-award-winning comedian Katie Pritchard transforms into Sir Elton Scone, a fictional Elton John-inspired baking character, in an interactive musical comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Aarian Mehrabani, co-writer of IT'S A MOTHERF**KING PLEASURE, will bring his debut solo stand-up show HOW'S YOUR HEAD? to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, drawing on his brain cancer diagnosis and personal identity.
theatregoose will present the world premiere of The Plot, a theatrical thriller set after the Gunpowder Plot, written and directed by The Stage Fringe Five honoree Emma Howlett, running at Summerhall's Main Hall during Edinburgh Fringe.
Comedian Sarah Roberts, named in Rolling Stone's Rising Stars of 2024, will bring SCARY MOVIE 7 to Edinburgh's Monkey Barrel 2, blending horror and absurdism to explore loneliness, social media, and human connection.
Starcatchers, Scotland's arts and early years organisation, will present FLOAT at Edinburgh Fringe, a three-hour immersive sensory experience for babies aged birth to 12 months and their caregivers, inspired by the healing properties of water.
GOODBYE DANDELION, written and performed by siblings Maddie Rice and Marcus Rice, will have its world premiere at Underbelly during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as the inaugural recipient of the Underbelly Futures Fund Award.
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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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One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum Greenside Venue @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) – Venue 16 - 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PG (8/08-8/28) |
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The Second Best School Shooting Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/30) |
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Rollers Forever King's Theatre (10/27-10/31) |
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Giraffe Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar) (8/05-8/31) |
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The New Year Lime Studio Greenside@George Street (8/07-8/15) |
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AEW All In: London Wembley Stadium - Connected by EE, London (8/30-8/30) |
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This Is How I Got Arrested (after smuggling drugs across the border but never actually getting caught with any drugs) ZOO (Playground 3) (8/07-8/30) |
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The Business Man and The Case of M. Valdemar Greenside Venue @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) – Venue 16 - 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PG (8/07-8/28) |
