Review: READY TAE DRAP, Oran Mor
A rabbit, a refugee and a racist get stuck in a lift... That sounds like the start of a bad joke but for high rise residents Lauren, Aaliyah and Pat, it’s a night they’ll never forget.…
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Review: ONE HUNDRED VOICES, Citizens Theatre
One Hundred Voices is an interactive, audio-guided installation, bringing creative insight into living in the care system. It serves as an artistic act of recognition and celebration of the one hundred testimonies recorded through the Caring Scotland project.…
Review: 1984, Citizens Theatre
The Thought Police monitor every word you say. Children spy on their parents and the Party has abolished the truth. In this totally controlled world, Winston and Julia begin a love affair which catapults them into rebellion against the Party.…
Book Review: SEETHING LANE, by Jack Jewers, Moonflower Books
Jewers returns to Samuel Pepys as a subject of fiction following his debut novel, The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys (2022). At the start of Seething Lane, Pepys is again looking for signs of corruption in and outside of the Court, but when violent death raises its head, he realises it is folly to t…
Review: HIGH SOCIETY, King's Theatre
Helen George (Call the Midwife, The King and I) leads a 28-strong cast as glamorous socialite Tracy Lord, joined by stage and screen favourites Freddie Fox (Slow Horses), Nigel Lindsay (Kiss Me, Kate), Julian Ovenden (South Pacific), and Malcolm Sinclair (Pie in the Sky). As plans for the society we…
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: OIL AND WHISKEY, The Street
Come see Oil and Whiskey, the award-winning, off-Broadway, country rock musical from New York City. Two ex lovers meet for a drink and relive their entire relationship over a couple rounds of whiskey. You'll laugh, cry and remember why: you don't text your ex. The best part is the show is free as a …
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: WOODY SEZ, Underbelly
This award-winning show celebrating the life and career of Woody Guthrie makes its triumphant return to Fringe! Join us on an authentically American musical journey, using Guthrie's own words and over two dozen of his timeless songs in one joyous, toe-tapping musical. Performed by a multi-talented g…
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: CRAIG WILSON: THIS MIGHT BE NOTHING, Waverley Bar
After ten years of backhanded compliments, rude drunks, and being bullied by teenagers, Craig is starting to wonder if fast food is the career for him after all. Wilson builds a chaotic anthology of hospitality horror, strung together with the kind of manic befuddlement that any lunch rush slop-slin…
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: COPYCAT, Pleasance
'This technology is being pushed on us at a time when the world is moving towards authoritarianism' (Geoffrey Hinton). Does AI spell the end of humanity, or the dawn of a new utopia? Fringe First Winner Joe Sellman-Leava (Labels, Fanboy) might be a technophobe, but he's going to try and find out! Us…
EDINBURGH 2026: Review: LIBERACE AND LIZA- A TRIBUTE, Underbelly
Winners of Best Show 2026 at Brighton Fringe and a Five Star Offie Award in London, Liberace and Liza – A Tribute brings together two of entertainment's most flamboyant legends in a show that never was – but absolutely should have been! Direct from a West End run having played at many iconic ven…
Past Shows
19 total · showing 11–19
Legend
Madeleine Brettingham, last year's So You Think You're Funny winner, presents her debut comedy show as part of Gilded Balloon's Pink Wednesday charity event. Discounted tickets are available for one day only to raise funds for Waverley Care.
Bring Yer Bairn Comedy
Bring Yer Bairn Comedy is a family-friendly comedy show featured in the Gilded Balloon programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show is part of a cross-genre lineup of more than 140 comedy, theatre, music, family and spoken word performances.
CADEL: Lungs on Legs
CADEL: Lungs on Legs is a powerful theatre production featured in the Gilded Balloon programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show is part of a cross-genre lineup of more than 140 comedy, theatre, music, family and spoken word performances.
HR: The Musical
HR: The Musical is an acclaimed musical production featured in the Gilded Balloon programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show is part of a cross-genre lineup of more than 140 comedy, theatre, music, family and spoken word performances.
Mama G: The Magic Bookmark
Mama G: The Magic Bookmark is a family show featured in the Gilded Balloon programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show is part of a cross-genre lineup of more than 140 comedy, theatre, music, family and spoken word performances.
Political Party Live Podcast - Anas Sarwar
Matt Forde interviews Anas Sarwar, Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, in a live Edinburgh Festival Fringe Political Party podcast special. The conversation will cover Scottish Labour's future following its most challenging Holyrood election results, Sarwar's call for Keir...
Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Musical
Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Musical is an acclaimed musical production featured in the Gilded Balloon programme at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The show is part of a cross-genre lineup of more than 140 comedy, theatre, music, family and spoken word performances.
SKIN DEEP
SKIN DEEP - THE BODY IMAGE SHOW WORDS AND MUSIC: CHRIS BURGESS DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER: ROBBIE O’REILLY MUSICAL DIRECTOR: IAN MACGREGOR Too fat? Too thin? Never exercise? Gym crazy? Hate how you look in the nude? Then this comedy revue is for YOU! Nowadays we are on social...
Chris Forbes: Tall Needy Mutant
For anyone who's ever been pure paranoid about what people think about you – Chris has actually asked his friends and family (via social media, natch). 'Tall needy mutant' was just one of the replies. Find out what else people said in his new show.
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Ed Byrne: No Dramas Music Hall (2/10-2/10) |
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Trainspotting The Musical Edinburgh Playhouse (10/19-10/24) |
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Giovanni: Unstoppable Alhambra Theatre (4/11-4/11) |
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Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years The Stand 1 (9/23-9/23) |
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Rollers Forever King's Theatre (10/27-10/31) |
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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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Alex McAleer - Mind Reader Eastgate Theatre (9/26-9/26) |
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Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years The Lemon Tree (9/24-9/24) |
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Aberdeen Arts Centre's Big Variety Show Aberdeen Arts Centre (10/02-10/03) |