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Review: SIX, Festival Theatre

Review: SIX, Festival Theatre

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 16, 2026

From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing five hundred years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red.…

Review: TRANSPARENT, Oran Mor

Review: TRANSPARENT, Oran Mor

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 12, 2026

Barry feels like he’s slowly fading into the background of his own life. Clare, after a recent loss, feels like she’s unravelling in hers. A chance encounter in a crowded bar means they both end up on a night out together, where sparks fly. Will they both see what’s right in front of them? …

Review: EMERGENCE, Theatre Royal

Review: EMERGENCE, Theatre Royal

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 11, 2026

Enter a mesmerising underworld where human-kind dissolves into something altogether more elemental.…

Review: BURLESQUE, King's Theatre

Review: BURLESQUE, King's Theatre

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 9, 2026

From executive producer Christina Aguilera and written by Steven Antin, based on the hit movie, Burlesque invites you to a club like no other: a hidden world beneath the city lights where sequins sparkle, seduction shimmers and lives can change in the flick of a feather boa.…

Review: READY TAE DRAP, Oran Mor

Review: READY TAE DRAP, Oran Mor

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 5, 2026

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.…

Review: ONE HUNDRED VOICES, Citizens Theatre

Review: ONE HUNDRED VOICES, Citizens Theatre

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 5, 2026

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

Review: 1984, Citizens Theatre

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 4, 2026

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

Book Review: SEETHING LANE, by Jack Jewers, Moonflower Books

by Louise Penn · September 2, 2026

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

Review: HIGH SOCIETY, King's Theatre

by Natalie O'Donoghue · September 2, 2026

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

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: OIL AND WHISKEY, The Street

by Natalie O'Donoghue · August 31, 2026

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 …

Past Shows

48 total · showing 11–20

PILATE: The Lost Gospel

Aug 5 – Aug 30, 2026

A one-man drama written by Michael Punter and performed by Maxwell Caulfield, directed by Asaad Kelada. Set in Rome in 36AD, the notorious Pontius Pilate has been summoned back to answer for his conduct as Governor of Judea, revealing the events leading to the fate of Jesus...

Pushing 30

Aug 5 – Aug 30, 2026

Pushing 30 is a stand-up comedy show by Abby Govindan about dating, getting older, and breaking generational curses. Govindan explores her family's history of arranged marriages and her own experiences navigating modern dating culture. The show examines Big Tech's influence on...

REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-Up

Aug 5 – Aug 30, 2026

Fargo meets The Matrix meets The Office in this high-octane, darkly comic thriller. It's 1973. Marnie Makowski arrives in New Mexico, searching for her missing sister. When a butcher, a pilot, and a priest each reveal fragments of a millennium-spanning conspiracy, Marnie faces a...

The Real Kyle McCarren

Aug 5 – Aug 30, 2026

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 Second Best School Shooting

The Second Best School Shooting

Aug 5 – Aug 30, 2026

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...

Hold on to Your Butts

Aug 12 – Aug 26, 2026

Recent Cutbacks returns to Edinburgh Fringe with a limited three-night run of Hold on to Your Butts, a shot-for-shot parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time. The show previously sold out in two consecutive years at the Fringe and subsequently transferred to London ahead...

Dracula - Lucy's Dream

Aug 1 – Aug 24, 2026

Plexus Polaire presents the UK premiere of Dracula - Lucy's Dream, a reimagining of Bram Stoker's gothic masterpiece that portrays the myth of Dracula through the female lens of his first victim, Lucy. Directed by Yngvild Aspeli, the production uses life-sized puppetry to...

11 ½ Angry Men

Aug 5 – Aug 22, 2026

11 ½ Angry Men makes its worldwide premiere at the Pleasance EICC Pentland Theatre, written by Owen O'Neill and directed by Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson. A spoof of the legendary 2003 Edinburgh Fringe production of 12 Angry Men, the show follows 11½ very angry men tasked...

BITCH

Jul 30 – Aug 25, 2025

Marty Breen presents a thought-provoking exploration of humor and societal complicity in BITCH. This show features Breen performing two contrasting characters, a Stand Up Guy and a Bitch, engaged in an open-mic battle of comedy and original songs. As the performance unfolds, the...

Brainsluts

Brainsluts

Jul 30 – Aug 25, 2025

Quick-witted new comedy play Brainsluts is a sharp and hilarious look at the gig economy, drug trials and desperate times from gleefully weird and universally charming (Fringe Biscuit) comedian Dan Bishop. Named after a slang term used for participants of clinical drugs trials...

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OVO Hydro (9/25-10/11)
Alex McAleer - Mind Reader in Scotland Alex McAleer - Mind Reader
Eastgate Theatre (9/26-9/26)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Scotland Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Alhambra Theatre (10/07-10/10)
Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert in Scotland Disney''s Muppet Christmas Carol in Concert
Usher Hall (12/03-12/03)
Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years in Scotland Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years
The Lemon Tree (9/24-9/24)
The Steamie in Scotland The Steamie
Alhambra Theatre (10/29-10/31)
Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me! in Scotland Count Arthur Strong - And It’s Goodnight From Me!
EICC (5/30-5/30)
Ed Byrne: No Dramas in Scotland Ed Byrne: No Dramas
Music Hall (2/10-2/10)