ELYSIUM Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2025
Meet Elysium Court’s newest arrivals - an aspirational couple in their late thirties who’ve recently escaped central London to start family life in earnest. Learn more here!
by BWW News Desk - June 26, 2025
Meet Elysium Court’s newest arrivals - an aspirational couple in their late thirties who’ve recently escaped central London to start family life in earnest. Learn more here!
Review: RESTLESS NATIVES, King's Theatre
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 25, 2025
The Clown and the Wolfman ride again as the classic Scottish movie starts a new adventure as a stage musical! Forty years after Restless Natives hit the big screen, it has been staged as a musical with songs from Big Country.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 25, 2025
The Clown and the Wolfman ride again as the classic Scottish movie starts a new adventure as a stage musical! Forty years after Restless Natives hit the big screen, it has been staged as a musical with songs from Big Country.
Comedian And Drag Performance Artist Su Mi Makes Edinburgh Fringe Debut
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2025
Award-winning stand-up and drag performance artist Su Mi will present their debut show: an immersive surreal eccentric comedy extravaganza resurrecting every nostalgic moment left forgotten and healing the inner child through play.
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2025
Award-winning stand-up and drag performance artist Su Mi will present their debut show: an immersive surreal eccentric comedy extravaganza resurrecting every nostalgic moment left forgotten and healing the inner child through play.
Steffan Alun Brings Debut Hour STAND UP to Edinburgh Fringe 2025
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2025
Welsh stand-up comedian Steffan Alun returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer with his long-awaited debut hour, Steffan Alun: Stand Up. The show runs 31 July – 25 August 2025 (except 13 August) at Hoot 4, Hoots @ The Apex, with performances nightly at 9:30 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2025
Welsh stand-up comedian Steffan Alun returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer with his long-awaited debut hour, Steffan Alun: Stand Up. The show runs 31 July – 25 August 2025 (except 13 August) at Hoot 4, Hoots @ The Apex, with performances nightly at 9:30 p.m.
Joz Norris Returns to Edinburgh Fringe with New Comedy Show YOU WAIT. TIME PASSES.
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2025
Comedians’ Choice Award winner Joz Norris returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with You Wait. Time Passes., a brand-new hour of absurdist comedy running 30 July – 24 August 2025 (excluding 13 August) at 10Dome, Pleasance Dome. Performances begin nightly at 7:10 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2025
Comedians’ Choice Award winner Joz Norris returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with You Wait. Time Passes., a brand-new hour of absurdist comedy running 30 July – 24 August 2025 (excluding 13 August) at 10Dome, Pleasance Dome. Performances begin nightly at 7:10 p.m.
Nick Nickolaou Makes Fringe Debut With ANATOMY OF A NIGHT
by Stephi Wild - June 25, 2025
Nick Nickolaou. Anatomy of a Night brings audiences along for the essential queer night out at the fringe - the story of any night out - with dance, runaway show, spoken word, lip-syncing.
by Stephi Wild - June 25, 2025
Nick Nickolaou. Anatomy of a Night brings audiences along for the essential queer night out at the fringe - the story of any night out - with dance, runaway show, spoken word, lip-syncing.
SecondAdolescence Bring BABY IN THE MIRROR to EdFringe at Summerhall
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2025
SecondAdolesence, the queer-led theatre company from theatremakersStella Marie Sophie and Sammy J Glover (director and co-creator of The Last Show Before We Die) bring their debut show Baby in the Mirror, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2025
SecondAdolesence, the queer-led theatre company from theatremakersStella Marie Sophie and Sammy J Glover (director and co-creator of The Last Show Before We Die) bring their debut show Baby in the Mirror, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Gillian Gurganus Brings AND ALL THAT JAZZ! To Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
Fresh from preview performances in the U.S., New York-based comedian and triple threat Gillian Gurganus is set to make her UK debut at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe with her solo comedy show, And All That Jazz.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
Fresh from preview performances in the U.S., New York-based comedian and triple threat Gillian Gurganus is set to make her UK debut at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe with her solo comedy show, And All That Jazz.
Chloe Petts to Bring BIG NATURALS to Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
After three consecutive smash-hit, sell-out Fringe runs followed by UK tours, Chloe Petts will present a brand-new show, Big Naturals. The show debuts in Edinburgh. Learn more!
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
After three consecutive smash-hit, sell-out Fringe runs followed by UK tours, Chloe Petts will present a brand-new show, Big Naturals. The show debuts in Edinburgh. Learn more!
TOMATOES TRIED TO KILL ME BUT BANJOS SAVED MY LIFE Returns To The Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
A sell-out show in 2023 and 2024, Keith Alessi's Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the third year running.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
A sell-out show in 2023 and 2024, Keith Alessi's Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the third year running.
WHY I STUCK A FLARE UP MY ARSE FOR ENGLAND Comes to Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
The multi-award-winning, sell-out hit, Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse For England returns to Edinburgh for its third and final Edinburgh Fringe run this August.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
The multi-award-winning, sell-out hit, Why I Stuck A Flare Up My Arse For England returns to Edinburgh for its third and final Edinburgh Fringe run this August.
PALDEM Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
PALDEM, a new, sexy and dark play written by BAFTA Rising Star Winner David Jonsson (ALIEN: ROMULUS, RYE LANE), explores the amateur porn industry from the perspective of those who produce it.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
PALDEM, a new, sexy and dark play written by BAFTA Rising Star Winner David Jonsson (ALIEN: ROMULUS, RYE LANE), explores the amateur porn industry from the perspective of those who produce it.
Patrick McPherson Debuts First Horror Play at Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
While his sketch duo Pear was one of the Top Ten Best Reviewed Comedy Shows of Ed Fringe 2024, Patrick is returning to Fringe this year to break new creative ground for him as a solo writer with a genuine 'horror' play, Scatter.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
While his sketch duo Pear was one of the Top Ten Best Reviewed Comedy Shows of Ed Fringe 2024, Patrick is returning to Fringe this year to break new creative ground for him as a solo writer with a genuine 'horror' play, Scatter.
TELL ME WHERE HOME IS (I'M STARTING TO FORGET) Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
But this isn't your typical coming-out story. Tell Me Where Home Is (I'm Starting To Forget) dives into the darkest corners of the queer mind.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
But this isn't your typical coming-out story. Tell Me Where Home Is (I'm Starting To Forget) dives into the darkest corners of the queer mind.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
Hannah Caplan's mind-bending and heart-wrenching debut play, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. is a non-linear love-letter to the creative process. Taking place over two interconnected timelines, the play is split between the writing world and 'the real world'.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
Hannah Caplan's mind-bending and heart-wrenching debut play, THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. is a non-linear love-letter to the creative process. Taking place over two interconnected timelines, the play is split between the writing world and 'the real world'.
John Clancy Returns To The Edinburgh Fringe With I SEE YOU WATCHING
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
I See You Watching, a haunting, rigorous and sometimes brutal theatre show devised by Melanie Stewart, Kylie Westerbeck and John Clancy, is a darkly comic tale of sexual power that exposes the invisible cages confining women in today's world.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
I See You Watching, a haunting, rigorous and sometimes brutal theatre show devised by Melanie Stewart, Kylie Westerbeck and John Clancy, is a darkly comic tale of sexual power that exposes the invisible cages confining women in today's world.
Cory Cavin Brings ENJOY YOUR MEAL to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
Two-time Emmy award winning US comedian Cory Cavin will debut the immersive food and drink-based comedy show ENJOY YOUR MEAL, at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
Two-time Emmy award winning US comedian Cory Cavin will debut the immersive food and drink-based comedy show ENJOY YOUR MEAL, at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
GISELLE: REMIX Comes To Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
GISELLE: REMIX and its anarchic, queer-reimagining of the classic ballet comes to Edinburgh Fringe 2025 to subvert a timeless story of love, lust, loss, revenge, and redemption.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
GISELLE: REMIX and its anarchic, queer-reimagining of the classic ballet comes to Edinburgh Fringe 2025 to subvert a timeless story of love, lust, loss, revenge, and redemption.
HOLE! Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
HOLE! is a musical comedy about a strict religious sect in Nebraska, who, thanks to an apocalyptic event known as The Great Sucking, are the only humans left on Earth.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
HOLE! is a musical comedy about a strict religious sect in Nebraska, who, thanks to an apocalyptic event known as The Great Sucking, are the only humans left on Earth.
Cast Set For SMALL ACTS OF LOVE at the Citizens Theatre
by Stephi Wild - June 24, 2025
The Citizens Theatre has revealed the full cast for Small Acts of Love, the first production to be performed on the theatre’s home stage in more than seven years when it reopens later this year.
by Stephi Wild - June 24, 2025
The Citizens Theatre has revealed the full cast for Small Acts of Love, the first production to be performed on the theatre’s home stage in more than seven years when it reopens later this year.
THE BIG GAY AFTERPARTY Comes to Edinburgh Fringe
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
Award-winning queer cabaret icon and performance tour-de-force Aidan Sadler is set to stage the best ever LGBTQIA+ party at the Edinburgh Fringe at Big Gay Afterparty along with a host of other shows.
by BWW News Desk - June 24, 2025
Award-winning queer cabaret icon and performance tour-de-force Aidan Sadler is set to stage the best ever LGBTQIA+ party at the Edinburgh Fringe at Big Gay Afterparty along with a host of other shows.
An Evening With Carlo Rovelli Comes to Edinburgh
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2025
This September marks a decade since Carlo Rovelli's Seven Brief Lessons on Physics first presented to the world its poetic vision of science. To celebrate, Edinburgh Science and Penguin Random House will host evening of science, art and music.
by BWW News Desk - June 23, 2025
This September marks a decade since Carlo Rovelli's Seven Brief Lessons on Physics first presented to the world its poetic vision of science. To celebrate, Edinburgh Science and Penguin Random House will host evening of science, art and music.
EDINBURGH 2025: Pick of the Programme- Children's
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 22, 2025
BroadwayWorld's top picks of children's shows at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With over 3000 shows now on sale for the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, trying to narrow down what to see can be a bit of a task. BWW Scotland editor Natalie O'Donoghue has selected her top ten picks across different categories in the festival programme to highlight the children's shows you really don't want to miss this year!
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 22, 2025
BroadwayWorld's top picks of children's shows at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. With over 3000 shows now on sale for the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, trying to narrow down what to see can be a bit of a task. BWW Scotland editor Natalie O'Donoghue has selected her top ten picks across different categories in the festival programme to highlight the children's shows you really don't want to miss this year!
Review: THE HAUNTING OF AGNES GILFREY, Oran Mor
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 21, 2025
A gothic comedy thriller set in a remote stately house in the Highlands, drawing on Scottish folklore and holiday horror stories. The Haunting of Agnes Gilfrey is a new gothic thriller written by Amy Conway and directed by Katie Slater.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 21, 2025
A gothic comedy thriller set in a remote stately house in the Highlands, drawing on Scottish folklore and holiday horror stories. The Haunting of Agnes Gilfrey is a new gothic thriller written by Amy Conway and directed by Katie Slater.
EDINBURGH 2025: All Of BroadwayWorld's Coverage So Far!
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 21, 2025
A compilation of all of BroadwayWorld's pre-Fringe coverage for 2025. We've rounded up BroadwayWorld's pre-festival coverage for the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Check out our Q&A's, interviews and recommended shows for a hint at what to see out of the thousands of shows on offer.
by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 21, 2025
A compilation of all of BroadwayWorld's pre-Fringe coverage for 2025. We've rounded up BroadwayWorld's pre-festival coverage for the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Check out our Q&A's, interviews and recommended shows for a hint at what to see out of the thousands of shows on offer.
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Waitress The Musical
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Doctor Bonk''s Macarbaret
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Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical
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Wait ‘Til You See My Entrance!
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Monster Cabaret
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High Society
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Mean Girls – The Musical
Edinburgh Playhouse (11/17 - 11/21) | ||
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