EDINBURGH 2026: Review: AFTER PARTY, Traverse Theatre
With biting wit and unexpected tenderness, After Party by award-winning Scottish playwright Morna Young is a bold, life-affirming story about a life-ending decision.
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EDINBURGH 2026: Review: BADGERS, Traverse Theatre
A recluse, a disappearance, a mysterious folk song.
LET BE, HAMLET Digital Fringe Show to Stream Free This Month
PROJECT LETBE will present LET BE, HAMLET, a 20-minute reimagining of Shakespeare's soliloquy set inside a Zoom audition, as part of PBH's Free Fringe Digital Fringe programme.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: JESS FUCHS: FERAL, Bunker Two At Pleasance Courtyard
From the Zara Larsson tunes blasting as we walk in, and Jess Fuchs emerging in thigh-highs and a cloud of black tulle, it’s clear the Australian comic is intent on taking Edinburgh crowds on the best girls’ night out of their lives.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: ROCKPOOLS, Bunker Three, Pleasance Courtyard
Unless one happens to have read the programme notes beforehand, it’s not immediately obvious that Rockpools is a play about endometriosis.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT, Assembly
From award-winning writer Bridie Connell and director Richard Carroll, FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT is a massive comedy-boyband-extravaganza: an irreverent satire of toxic dating culture and, most importantly, the music is banging.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: TOM READ WILSON: THE A-Z OF ME, Gilded Balloon
Tom Read Wilson makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with The A-Z of Me, a charming mix of song, tap dancing and comedy told letter by letter.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: BERNIE DIETER'S CLUB KABARETT, Underbelly
Join kabarett provocateur Bernie Dieter as her gin-soaked haus band soundtracks a debauched night of breathtaking circus, gender-bending aerial and fire-breathing sideshow at its most rebellious and hilarious best.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: ED GAUGHAN: THE EMPEROR, Just The Tonic At The Caves
Ed Gaughan is extremely good at accents.
Keep It Fringe US Returns for 80th Anniversary of Edinburgh Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has launched the Keep It Fringe US bursary initiative for a second year ahead of the Edinburgh Fringe 2027, which will be the Edinburgh Fringe’s 80th anniversary year.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: EVITA TOO, Zoo Southside
Blurb: Sh!t Theatre deliver a wildly inventive, razor-sharp deconstruction of history, populism, and musical theatre legacy in Evita Too.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: JESS ROBINSON: ELTON REIMAGINED: Assembly George Square Gardens
Jess Robinson does not simply impersonate the stars.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: AOIFE DUNNE: GOOD GRIEF, Lounge at Gilded Balloon Teviot
What did our critic think of AOIFE DUNNE: GOOD GRIEF at Gilded Balloon Teviot?
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: DEMI ADEJUYIGBE SELLS OUT, Queen Dome at Pleasance Dome
Demi Adejuyigbe Sells Out is a light-hearted, sharp hour of musical talent and witty comedy.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: CHIP AND GUS: A COMEDY WITH BALLS, Venue 45 at TheSpace
Earlier this year, Marty Supreme made a case for ping pong as a metaphor for life’s constant ebbs and flows, and an outlet for a particular type of obsessive striver.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: LEGENDARY, Friesian At Underbelly, Bristo Square
“I’ve been thinking about my childhood” is how the Singaporean performer Cheeyang Ng begins Legendary, a show preoccupied with the idea of childhood, and particularly with queer Asian childhood.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: ROSALIE MINNITT: CLEMENTINE 2, Pleasance Courtyard, Beside
Rosalie Minnitt’s much anticipated return as Clementine begins at full throttle, with a high energy visual montage of screen images accompanied by a strikingly conflicting collection of messages about feminism, piousness, illiteracy and diary entries.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: ANIA MAGLIANO: PEACH FUZZ, Monkey Barrel
Performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the fifth year in a row, Ania Magliano shows us all why she is one of Britain's greatest stand-ups going today.
🎭 The Lady Doth Protest: Sharply Funny & Dangerously Fast
A modern Shakespeare mashup with commedia dell'arte flair.
GOODBYE DANDELION To Run At Edinburgh Fringe
Told by real-life siblings Maddie Rice (on the mic) and Marcus Rice (on the keys), this poignant and sharply funny new work follows the final years of 87-year-old Darcy seen through the eyes of a new friend, bound by an extraordinary 50-year age gap.
Tim Burgess, Mike Wozniak and More to Join MAKING LOVE WITH DAVID MAGIDOFF
The improvised musical will feature guests including Tim Burgess of The Charlatans, Mike Wozniak, Aoyade Bamgboye and Fran Healy, each turning a true love story into song.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: CHRIS CANTRILL: REWILDING, Monkey Barrel
With Rewilding, Chris Cantrill shows himself off as a veteran of his craft.
THE LETTERMAN to Bring All-Ages Show to Edinburgh
A new all-ages production from THE LETTERMAN is set to head to Edinburgh, according to a representative for the show.
Photos: Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson in A HISTORY OF PAPER at Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Pitlochry Festival Theatre has released a first look at the production photos for A History of Paper, the Scottish musical by Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Williams starring Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson.
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: THE REAL KYLE MCCARREN, Pleasance Courtyard, Forth
Theatre is often at its most meaningful when it comes from a place of truth.
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