JULIUS CAESAR VARIETY SHOW at Summerhall

Writer-director Joy Nesbitt presents the UK premiere of her multi-award-nominated play at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026. Set during the 2023 Dublin riot, a Black actor, a woman actor, and a straight white male actor audition for a part in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, attempting to impress a revered director set on reinventing the play in unorthodox styles. As the audition unfolds, the actors' identities are exploited for better performances, and questions of identity, authorship, and representation come sharply into focus. The play interrogates the evolving role of diversity and inclusion within the theatre industry against the backdrop of the rise of the far-right, anti-immigration movement.