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MAN OR BEAR to Make Edinburgh Fringe Run With Katie Hurley and Sarah Hehir

MAN OR BEAR to Make Edinburgh Fringe Run With Katie Hurley and Sarah Hehir

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
MAN OR BEAR, a darkly comic play about fear, friendship and survival inspired by a viral question, will head to the Edinburgh Fringe featuring co-creator Katie Hurley and Amaia Naima Aguinaga.
JITTERS to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut With Ellen Robertson and Charly Clive

JITTERS to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut With Ellen Robertson and Charly Clive

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Ellen Robertson and Charly Clive, known as sketch duo Britney, will bring their first theatrical two-hander JITTERS to the Edinburgh Fringe, directed by Emily Burns.
LONG WAY HOME to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Layla Warren

LONG WAY HOME to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Layla Warren

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Layla Warren's solo show LONG WAY HOME traces her journey from war-torn Tehran to American television, exploring identity, survival, and the diaspora experience at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Nadia P. Manzoor to Bring JERK OFF! To The Edinburgh Fringe

Nadia P. Manzoor to Bring JERK OFF! To The Edinburgh Fringe

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
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IN THE BLACK to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Quaz Degraft

IN THE BLACK to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Quaz Degraft

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Quaz Degraft's solo play In the Black follows a first-generation Ghanaian American accountant navigating Wall Street's moral compromises.
HOW NOT TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA to Play Edinburgh Fringe as Part of House of Oz Season

HOW NOT TO MAKE IT IN AMERICA to Play Edinburgh Fringe as Part of House of Oz Season

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Theatre Republic's How Not to Make It in America, a one-performer show in a story inspired by playwright Emily Steel's experiences on September 11th, will play the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the House of Oz season.
HELEN BRADLEY: PAINTER AND STORYTELLER to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut

HELEN BRADLEY: PAINTER AND STORYTELLER to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Kara Wilson, an 81-year-old playwright and painter, will bring her sixth 'painter play' to the Edinburgh Fringe, recreating a live oil painting in the style of Lancashire artist Helen Bradley, who began painting at 65.
GLOB to Make Scottish Premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe With Les Foutoukours

GLOB to Make Scottish Premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe With Les Foutoukours

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Les Foutoukours will present the Scottish premiere of Glob at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, marking the show's 275th performance.
GLASS CHILD to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with The Farm

GLASS CHILD to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with The Farm

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
The Farm's documentary dance-theatre production Glass Child, exploring the sibling bond between Kayah, a dancer with Down Syndrome, and his sister Maitreyah, is set to appear at the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the House of Oz season.
Abigail Weinstock to Bring GIRAFFE To The Edinburgh Fringe

Abigail Weinstock to Bring GIRAFFE To The Edinburgh Fringe

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Abigail Weinstock's semi-autobiographical comedy Giraffe, about masking and late autism diagnosis, will play the Edinburgh Fringe, directed by Fringe First winner Emma Jude Harris.
Emily Weitzman to Bring FURNITURE BOYS To The Edinburgh Fringe

Emily Weitzman to Bring FURNITURE BOYS To The Edinburgh Fringe

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Emily Weitzman's award-winning solo show Furniture Boys, in which exes are reimagined as furniture, will head to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Drew Lausch to Bring FRIENDLIEST To The Edinburgh Fringe

Drew Lausch to Bring FRIENDLIEST To The Edinburgh Fringe

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
American comedian Drew Lausch will perform Friendliest at the Edinburgh Fringe, a show blending stand-up and personal storytelling about queerness, guilt, and growing up in Fargo, North Dakota.
Electra Kolb to Bring FATHER, AWAY SHE GOES To The Edinburgh Fringe

Electra Kolb to Bring FATHER, AWAY SHE GOES To The Edinburgh Fringe

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Electra Kolb's tragicomedy Father, Away She Goes, is heading to the Edinburgh Fringe, following anti-heroine Sarah Jones through ambition, deception, and survival.
DRACULA: LUCY'S DREAM to Make UK Premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

DRACULA: LUCY'S DREAM to Make UK Premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Plexus Polaire will bring the UK premiere of Dracula: Lucy's Dream to Pleasance at the EICC, reimagining Bram Stoker's gothic tale through life-sized puppetry and the female lens of Dracula's first victim, Lucy.
Joe Sellman-Leava to Bring COPYCAT To The Edinburgh Fringe

Joe Sellman-Leava to Bring COPYCAT To The Edinburgh Fringe

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Fringe First winner Joe Sellman-Leava brings COPYCAT to Edinburgh Fringe, a cross-genre solo show exploring AI, creativity, and democracy through impressions of Big Tech CEOs, celebrities, and teachers.
CONCERTS OF THE FUTURE to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut With VR Orchestra Experience

CONCERTS OF THE FUTURE to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut With VR Orchestra Experience

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Concerts of the Future, developed at SensiLab, Monash University, will bring a participatory VR music experience to Edinburgh Fringe, allowing audiences to perform Beethoven's Symphony No.
COLLABORATOR to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Ockham's Razor

COLLABORATOR to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Ockham's Razor

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Ockham's Razor returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time since 2019 with Collaborator, an intimate duet performed by Artistic Directors Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney exploring decades of creative partnership through aerial circus.
BIG STUFF to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus

BIG STUFF to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Canadian comedy duo Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus bring Big Stuff, their improv-driven show about grief and the objects left behind after loss, to the Edinburgh Fringe.
AN A TO Z GUIDE TO DATING to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Grace O'Keefe

AN A TO Z GUIDE TO DATING to Make Edinburgh Fringe Debut with Grace O'Keefe

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Grace O'Keefe's first solo Fringe show, An A to Z Guide to Dating, is a comedy musical based on her mother's unpublished dating advice book, developed at Soho Theatre's Drag and Cabaret Lab.
FLY, YOU FOOLS! to Return to Edinburgh Fringe

FLY, YOU FOOLS! to Return to Edinburgh Fringe

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Recent Cutbacks will return to Pleasance Courtyard at Edinburgh Fringe with FLY, YOU FOOLS!, a live parody compressing 178 minutes of iconic fantasy cinema into 60, featuring three actors and a Foley artist.
THE LAST AUDITION to Make UK Premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

THE LAST AUDITION to Make UK Premiere at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Paul Shearman's solo show THE LAST AUDITION, which blends Shakespeare with a personal exploration of dementia and memory loss, will make its UK premiere at theSpace on the Mile during Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Garrett Millerick Will Bring WE TRIED IT YOUR WAY to Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Garrett Millerick Will Bring WE TRIED IT YOUR WAY to Edinburgh Festival Fringe

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Comedian Garrett Millerick will bring a live comedy experiment to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, partnering with an AI expert to build a bot version of himself and test whether machines can replace comedians.
THE PIGEON FACTORY to Make UK Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe 2026

THE PIGEON FACTORY to Make UK Premiere at Edinburgh Fringe 2026

by BWW News Desk — May 29, 2026
Oh!Scare Wilde Productions will present the UK premiere of THE PIGEON FACTORY at Underbelly Cowgate as part of the Culture Ireland Edinburgh Showcase, a darkly absurd one-man show written and performed by Aaron O'Neill.
Review: THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD at Theatre Royal Glasgow

Review: THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD at Theatre Royal Glasgow

by Mary Baillie — May 28, 2026
Initially a 1963 novel by John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold sneaks into Glasgow this week in a fresh new stage adaptation .
BLOODY BALLAD OF BETTE DAVIS to Return to Edinburgh Fringe from Piper Theatre

BLOODY BALLAD OF BETTE DAVIS to Return to Edinburgh Fringe from Piper Theatre

by BWW News Desk — May 28, 2026
Piper Theatre Productions will present The Bloody Ballad of Bette Davis at Assembly Roxy Upstairs in Edinburgh, a camp horror musical fantasy set in 1970s Hollywood exploring aging, motherhood, and Tinseltown's dark side.

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