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A bold town hall musical retelling of Sophocles' tragedy set in 1989 California, where grief, activism, and democracy powerfully collide.
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A bold town hall musical retelling of Sophocles' tragedy set in 1989 California, where grief, activism, and democracy powerfully collide.
The Pigeon Factory is a darkly absurd one-man drama tracing the descent of an unhinged man named Walden into a delusion of 1950s suburban perfection, framing the domestic household as a factory assembly line staffed by pigeons. Walden hosts the audience as guests in his home...
The Real Kyle McCarren is a new musical by Jonathan Larson Grant recipient Andy Roninson and international indie recording artist Sean McVerry, making its festival and UK debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Co-directed by multi-Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated...
The Seagull, a reimagining of Anton Chekhov's classic, will be presented by Olympique Dramatique at the Edinburgh International Festival. This unique adaptation utilizes Flemish Sign Language, featuring a cast that includes both Deaf and hearing actors, exploring the depths of...

Two best friends struggle to process surviving a school shooting that is overshadowed by a much worse school shooting on the same day. A dark comedy about America’s traumatized, despondent, yet somehow hilarious youth. Developed with hundreds of students, teachers, and survivors...
The Singer is a world premiere piece of gig-theatre with book and direction by Cora Bissett and music and lyrics by Grammy Award-nominated KT Tunstall, produced by Dundee Rep Theatre and Solar Bear in collaboration with Aberdeen Performing Arts. The play follows Joe, a deaf...
Based on the provided information, here is a description for The Tao of Lloyd: The Tao of Lloyd is presented by Guy Masterson and Theatre Tours International at the Assembly Rooms Drawing Room, running August 6–30, 2026. The show is part of a slate of productions directed and...
The Wolf of Poyais is a one-man show based on the true story of Gregor MacGregor, a 19th-century Scottish adventurer who convinced hundreds of people to invest in and emigrate to a fictional Central American territory called Poyais. Performed by Thom Tuck, MacGregor addresses...

This Is How I Got Arrested (after smuggling drugs across the border but never actually getting caught with any drugs) is a tightly structured, fourth wall breaking, hilarious, one-woman dark-comedy show. Meet Sophie, a working-class youngster, who takes the phrase 'girls just...
Ali Brice returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new hour of stand-up about happiness, self-worth, and being himself. The show tackles midlife with tragicomic honesty, exploring boredom in a phone-obsessed world, long-term love, and the quiet victories of sobriety...
To Be Frank is a non-verbal horror comedy loosely inspired by Mary Shelley's classic gothic novel, blending high energy physical theatre and clowning with an original punk-inspired live score and foley performed on electric guitar. The show follows Frank, a monster born on stage...
Tom Neenan, BAFTA-nominated writer and comedian best known as head writer of The Mash Report and creator of The Hauntening, returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a new hour blending stand-up, long-form storytelling and spiralling over-analysis. The show draws on two 2024...
Kate Dolan brings her third consecutive Edinburgh Festival Fringe show with Trout, which recently won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026 Director's Choice Award. The show explores the idea that in 2026 being a fish in the river might be nicer than being a woman on...
Multi-award-winning comedian Kate Dolan brings her third consecutive show to the Fringe, with a brand new hour of rapid fire, high-energy and absurdist stand-up. Trout unspools the idea that in 2026 being a fish in the river might be nicer than a woman on land. Dolan won the...
Twitch, written by Liliana Padilla, is a one-person show in which actress Joslyn DeFreece plays all the roles, following a mother named Pam who searches obsessively for her estranged missing son Doug Lemons without ever leaving her couch. The surreal play explores grief...
Under the Influence is an original musical comedy written by Carine Gilbert and Frances Gilbert (The Gilbert Twins) with lyrics, composition, and musical direction by Shona Maule, directed by Georgie Rankcom, produced by Speakerphone Productions. After becoming a viral...
VINCENT van GOGH: Between Worlds is an evocative theatrical experience inspired by the artist's letters, inner life and enduring legacy, blending live music, vivid imagery and layered storytelling. Written and directed by Paola Veneto, the production draws directly from Van...
Award-winning comedian and creator of BBC Radio 4 sitcom Do Gooders, Garrett Millerick returns with a unique live comedy experiment in which he has built an AI of himself to see if it is better at comedy than him. Garrett and his AI double deliver a blistering hour of...
Well-Balanced Dads follows Dick and Dale, two suburban American dads and best friends, who take the audience on a camping adventure filled with dad jokes, dance moves, acrobatics, movie references, and audience participation. The show balances levity with deeper themes like...
John-Luke Roberts returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with his first brand new show in four years, following a pulmonary embolism and subsequent mental health crisis that led him to confront death head-on. As a member of the Berlin-based art group The Association for the...
Wiesenthal, written by Tom Dugan and performed by Christopher C. Gibbs, is based on the life of Simon Wiesenthal, who survived the Holocaust and devoted the rest of his life to bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. The play takes place on Wiesenthal's final working day in his...
Woodhill is a dance theatre work drawn from the first-hand testimonies of three families who lost loved ones to suicide at HMP Woodhill and others with experience of the prison system. The piece weaves verbatim accounts voiced by actors with dynamic choreography to expose the...
Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie is an internationally celebrated musical built around the songs and autobiographical writings of American folk icon Woody Guthrie, returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe nearly two decades after its 2007 debut. Performed by a cast...
You Come from a Long Line of Shallow People is a comedic solo show written and performed by Joanne Green. The show follows Green's relationship with her mother, who passed away in April 2023, exploring the complex, tumultuous, and painful dynamic between mothers and daughters...
Craig Hill returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a brand new stand-up comedy show celebrating 28 years in the comedy business. The show features electric energy, fearless improvisation, and quick-fire comedy with razor-sharp wit and spontaneity. Hill is known for his wide...
10,000 Hours is a production by Gravity & Other Myths, presented as part of House of Oz's 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe season at Assembly Hall.
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Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/05-8/29) |
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Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years The Stand 1 (9/23-9/23) |
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Spin Cycle Underbelly (Clover) (8/05-8/31) |
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A Costume Drama ZOO (Playground 3) (8/07-8/30) |
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A Better Memory The Green at Pleasance Courtyard (Venue 33) (8/05-8/30) |
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Argonauts ZOO (Playground 2) (8/07-8/30) |
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Learning to Human Gilded Balloon Teviot (8/05-8/30) |
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Roomies Underbelly (Jersey) (8/05-8/31) |
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Operotica: Lovers in Every Lifetime Underbelly Bristo Square (8/05-8/30) |
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Target Audience Pleasance Courtyard (Above) (8/05-8/30) |