In A Bad Way is a fast-paced, darkly comedic one-woman show written and performed by Irish playwright Isolde Fenton, exploring health anxiety and the lengths people go to in search of certainty. The play follows Grá, a young Limerick woman, who returns to a GP surgery on Dame...
Stayin' Alive is a new play written and performed by Liverpudlian actor and writer Victoria Oxley, offering a riotously funny and brutally honest exploration of living with mental illness, OCD, class, and family relationships. Set against the backdrop of The Blue Anchor pub, the...
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.…
Unless one happens to have read the programme notes beforehand, it’s not immediately obvious that Rockpools is a play about endometriosis. For the first half, the only hint we get is the protagonist’s bloody sheets. Instead, debut writer-performer Molly Windust has created a character rich in od…
This show is about being hot (or not). 'A Genius' (Broadwayworld.com). As heard on: Off Menu and BBC Radio 4. As seen on: The Way Out (U&Dave). As smelt on: Tour support for Aisling Bea. Top 50 best reviewed shows 2025 (Comedy.co.uk). **** (Guardian). **** (Chortle.co.uk). **** (List). ***** (Broadw…
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. Club Kabarett is more than just a show; 'it's an exuberant, juicy, guns-blazing perfo…
Ed Gaughan is extremely good at accents. So good that it’s five minutes or so into the show before anyone realises his native accent is not, in fact, Irish.…
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.…
A recluse, a disappearance, a mysterious folk song. And then there's you, Meles — a podcaster with a dying mother and a stalling career — about to stumble into something unfathomable. Something that could change everything. But is it your story to tell?…
Jess Robinson does not simply impersonate the stars. She appears to possess an entire musical showreel of them. …
The Palestinian Circus brings culture, community and contemporary circus together in Step and a Half, a production which places Palestinian identity firmly at its heart.…
What did our critic think of AOIFE DUNNE: GOOD GRIEF at Gilded Balloon Teviot?…
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Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/05-8/29) |
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Black Blues Brothers: Let's Twist Again! Underbelly (8/05-8/31) |
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Sitting (In Silence) Summerhall (8/06-8/31) |
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One Hour Wedding Underbelly (The Friesian) (8/05-8/23) |
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DECKHAND theSpace @ Niddry Street (8/24-8/29) |
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The Great Shakespeare Showdown in Silver City Haldane Theatre at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall (Venue 53) (8/07-8/22) |
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Thermodrama Summerhall (8/07-8/31) |
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Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert Usher Hall (12/03-12/03) |
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The Steamie Alhambra Theatre (10/29-10/31) |
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Baby Wants Candy Assembly George Square Studios - One (8/05-8/30) |
