BROKEN PLANET SHOW To Make Return To Edinburgh Fringe
BROKEN PLANET SHOW, the genre-bending cabaret from creator Callum Grant, returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe with comedy, circus and live-looped music at Just The Tonic at The Caves.
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THE MOTHMAN COMETH To Return To Edinburgh Fringe
Richie Schiraldi's immersive character-comedy THE MOTHMAN COMETH, performed in near-total darkness, returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe after winning Best Comedy at the Edinburgh Spooky Awards.
THE LADY DOTH PROTEST To Make International Debut At Edinburgh Fringe
THE LADY DOTH PROTEST, a dark comedy from Joy Powered and Feminine Productions, heads to Edinburgh Festival Fringe following a sold-out New York run, featuring NYU Tisch MFA alumni and a live accordion score.
Citizens Theatre Announce First Director of Producing
The Citizens Theatre is delighted to announce that Callum Smith will be joining the company as its first Director of Producing.
New Friday Night Comedy Club Launched In Glasgow
The Only Independent Weekend Comedy Show Run (Quite Brilliantly) by a Woman — Glasgow’s Own Amanda Hursy — Launches at Glasgow Comedy Club, Doonstairs at Max’s
DID YOU CHARGE YOUR PHONE FOR THE END OF THE WORLD? To Play Edinburgh Fringe
Infinite Monkey Theater Company will bring its satirical dark comedy DID YOU CHARGE YOUR PHONE FOR THE END OF THE WORLD? to Edinburgh Fringe after a successful New York run.
OOPS! WE LOST A NUKE To Play Edinburgh Fringe
Infinite Monkey Theater Company will bring its queer-led political satire OOPS! WE LOST A NUKE to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, featuring a 1950s-set story of government secrets, affairs, and a missing nuclear warhead performed by a cast of four.
SAD BRIDE to Make World Premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Charlotte Merriam's playwriting debut SAD BRIDE, a queer dark comedy about the wedding industry and compulsory heterosexuality, will have its world premiere at Pleasance Courtyard during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
THE GREAT SHAKESPEARE SHOWDOWN to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut
Flying Solo! Presents will stage THE GREAT SHAKESPEARE SHOWDOWN at the Haldane Theatre at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall, pitting a British thespian against an American actress in a Wild West-set battle of Bardic wit set in 1882 Leadville, Colorado.
THE SPY NETWORK to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut at Riddles Court
Shooting Fish Theatre Company will present THE SPY NETWORK, a three-hander exploring the spies, secrets and betrayals surrounding Mary, Queen of Scots, at Greenside Riddles Court during the Edinburgh Fringe.
WIESENTHAL to Return to Edinburgh Fringe After Sell-Out Run
Tom Dugan's one-man play about Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal, performed by Christopher C.
WE HAD FUN to Make World Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe, Directed by Carrie-Anne Ingrouille
WE HAD FUN, a new drama on consent and truth written and performed by neurodivergent artists Emmeline Hartley and Jack Mullings, will make its world premiere at Edinburgh Fringe's Summerhall, directed by Olivier and Tony-nominated Carrie-Anne Ingrouille.
TOMATOES TRIED TO KILL ME BUT BANJOS SAVED MY LIFE to Return to Edinburgh Fringe
Keith Alessi's one-man show about surviving cancer and finding solace in banjo music returns to Edinburgh Fringe for a fourth year, with 100% of ticket sales benefiting Summerhall Arts.
THE PITCH to Make Scottish Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe 2026
Belfast comedy-drama THE PITCH, from Moya Jane Productions and Lyric Theatre Belfast, will make its Scottish premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Pleasance Edinburgh National Partnerships programme.
THE BREAKUP VARIETY HOUR by Ariana and the Rose to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut
Ariana and the Rose will bring her acclaimed one-woman show The Breakup Variety Hour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer.
SERVING C*NT to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Sarah Hester Ross
Sarah Hester Ross, who has amassed over 3 million online followers and 40 million music streams, will bring her solo show SERVING C*NT to The Den at Gilded Balloon Teviot at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
DEAR MICHELLE KWAN to Make UK Premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Triple Lutz Productions will present the UK premiere of Christie Spessard's dark comedy DEAR MICHELLE KWAN at theSpace Triplex during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, following a New York run at 59E59 Theatre.
HE WANTS KIDS, SHE DOESN'T to Make European Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe
Written and performed by Emma Tsoi, the one-woman show HE WANTS KIDS, SHE DOESN'T will make its European premiere at Just The Tonic at The Subway during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, following a sold-out Hong Kong run.
Cast Set For THE SINGER at Dundee Rep
Deaf artist Jamie Rea and actor-musician Dylan Wood lead the cast of THE SINGER, a new gig theatre piece written and directed by Cora Bissett with songs by KT Tunstall, premiering at Edinburgh Festival Fringe before touring Scotland.
Cast Set For MAYFLIES at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Marking the 30th anniversary of Grid Iron, Mayflies will be staged at the Brown's of Leith, a former metal works.
STAR VEHICLE to Make World Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe with Small Boat Productions
Giuliana Mancini's one-woman show STAR VEHICLE, directed by Declan Zhang, is set to make its fully staged world premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, marking Small Boat Productions' first original development.
PLASTIC by Minyoung Kim to Make UK Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe
Seoul-based composer Minyoung Kim will bring her solo show PLASTIC to Summerhall's Anatomy Lecture Theatre for its UK premiere, blending geomungo, jeongga, and electronic music with psychedelic projection.
MAN!FEST: THE DRAG BOYBAND MUSICAL to Take on Toxic Masculinity at Edinburgh Fringe
OnTheNose Productions, Chichester Festival Theatre and Pleasance will present MAN!FEST: THE DRAG BOYBAND MUSICAL at Edinburgh Fringe, a drag musical about an all-female boyband examining masculinity, celebrity and fan culture.
LEGEND to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with So You Think You're Funny? 2025 Winner
Gilded Balloon will present LEGEND, the debut stand-up show from So You Think You're Funny? 2025 winner Madeleine Brettingham, at Gilded Balloon Teviot's Wee Room during the Edinburgh Fringe.
JAMIE KILSTEIN: CAN'T TIE KNOTS to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut at Gilded Balloon
Comedian Jamie Kilstein brings his most personal show yet to Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon, tackling grief, survival, and public failure in a darkly funny hour backed by Tim Minchin.
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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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Tap Out! (Or I'll Hit You Again) Gilded Balloon Patter House – Coorie (8/05-8/31) |
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In a Bad Way Gilded Balloon Patter House (Blether), (8/05-8/31) |
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Kevin Quantum: Invisible Force Ballroom at Assembly Rooms (Venue 20) (8/06-8/30) |
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Sapphire McIntosh: Squeaky Bum Time Unerbelly Bristo Square - Daisy Room (8/05-8/30) |
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Ed Byrne: No Dramas Music Hall (2/10-2/10) |
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Glass Child Summerhall (8/06-8/16) |
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The Borrowed Room Woody's (7/31-8/01) |
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Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert Usher Hall (12/03-12/03) |