It's A Struggle Coming Out
A campy, queer comedy about vampires, Evangelicals, and the thirst for authenticity, making its international debut at Edinburgh Fringe 2026.When pushed to sign up for...
Scotland — Plays
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Revelation
A new play about the horror and hope of being American.The four horsemen gather at Mama Ruby's Restaurant in Nowhere, North Carolina for their annual...
The New Year
A romantic tragicomedy following lonely teenagers who meet on New Year’s Eve in an online roleplay chatroom. May is May. Perry is British actor Matt...
They’re Just Small Town (Northern) Lads
Boys are shaped by the men around them. So what makes a man? It's Y2K and a teenage boy has been caught between two very...
Threesome
Love, art and money can make for a vicious Threesome. Marie wants to get as far as she can from the 1970s tribute act she’s been...
TOAST
A dark and unrelenting comedy about starving for your art. As negotiations with employers, agents and Universal Credit crumble, one actor drags you into a...
Sister Sophia Kicks the Habit
PRESS RELEASEFor Immediate Release – Tuesday 13 May 2026 – Edinburgh ‘The Divine Wisdom of the Holy She’ - A dark (and hilarious) night of the...
Guns In Dragonland
A stunning new work exploring gun violence through the eyes of children and the dragons who protect them.Navigating youth is a universal challenge, but with...
You Are What You Eat
Lewis and Tom find themselves embroiled in a deadly mystery involving corrupt police, a crime boss and the death of a young woman.
Catching a Cheese Pervert: A Priscilla Patton Mystery
Who's flashing local women with cheese? Canada's favourite dairy heiress and most prominent anti-vegan influencer over 40 races to find the culprit before they spoil...
An Ode to the Casting Director
The 2026 OffFEST nominee returns to Edinburgh after a smash-hit debut with five-star sell-out shows, winning a Fringe Theatre Award in 2025. Impressively accoladed solo...
DECKHAND
An insufferable Hollywood agent and his assistant embark on a tumultuous journey aboard a failing speedboat.Joseph, an abrasive, pushing-40 talent agent, is awoken in the...
Girlfriends: A Not So Straight Play
A true-enough, one-woman, cross-country cabaret-play. Drive across the USA in 2014 with one impulsive, weepy 22-year-old in a spray-painted Honda Civic. She will sing for...
It Couldn’t Get Worse; or, The Margarita Boat Tour Incident
Maggie disappeared after the Margarita Boat Tour Incident. No one is entirely sure how that happened. Or why Edinburgh has one. Her mother and her...
Parkies
It is the workers who are the real wildlife in America’s National Parks. Each year, seasonal workers roll up to run the facilities for visitors...
15 Minutes of Shame
Why not do OnlyFans? Plunge into the desperate world of a young London couple facing the brutal reality of financial struggle. Tired of watching others'...
A Better Memory
Eleanor switches on an AI replica of her late husband but discovers memories that don't match her own. Mia is young, disillusioned with dating men...
A Costume Drama
With the 2026 Mascot Grand National rapidly approaching and her shell-suit sporting dad indisposed, reluctant Ella must fill Eddie The Egg's incredibly big boots in...
A Queer Little Murder
When a dead body is discovered in a small and incredibly queer town, the audience must decide who committed the murder. Every queer stereotype is...
Argonauts
Opinions are weapons. Friendship is the casualty. Liz and Sam host a theatre podcast. When Sam champions a radical new production, Liz's fury erupts, not...
I Bought a Flip Phone
Charlie's sick of his iPhone. His best friend never replies, his mum nags him and everyone else's life looks better than his own. Sick of...
I'm Still Not That Girl
Fresh off the back of a sold-out US tour, Jessica Lia Berry is bringing her award-winning dark comedy I’m Still Not That Girl to Edinburgh...
Learning to Human
Award-winning solo show. Join US comic actor Sims Holland on her Edinburgh debut as she recounts her rollercoaster journey from the depths of addiction to...
Operotica: Lovers in Every Lifetime
Operotica: The UK's premier kinky opera duo. Classically trained, fetish-approved and, as of yesterday, dead. Their bodies are cold, but their spirits are restless. Join...
Racists, Recessions and Revolutions
In 2016 an unprecedented wave of fake news exploded across our screens. Public trust was devastated as Brexit, Trump and an ever-powerful far right emerged....
Latest Scotland Reviews
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: THE WOLF OF POYAIS, Assembly Roxy
“Any c**t can sell a pen, it takes a genius to sell a pen that’s not there.” Sir Gregor MacGregor, Liberator of Florida, Hero of the Venezuelan Revolution, Hero of the Peninsular War, and cazique of Poyais is holding a seminar on achieving success. The sycophant, liar, and unlikely entrepreneu…
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: PINK RABBIT (Preview), Underbelly Bristo Square
This is a delight of a play. It’s hilarious, uncomfortable, tender, thought-provoking, and utterly captivating. Amna, a young Pakistani Muslim girl, has just turned 18. Desperate to carve out an identity for herself after feeling invalidated in her super conservative household, she opens an OnlyF…
EDINBURGH 2026 Review: IN THE BLACK, Underbelly Bristo Square
In prison, a young Black man tells his story. Good with numbers, charismatic, and highly driven by ambition, he details how he went from being a scrappy kid with a demanding father in New York City to earning a $1 million bonus before landing himself in prison. Quaz Degraft’s bleak view of family …
Film Review: DAVID BYRNE'S AMERICAN UTOPIA, In Cinemas
Directed by Spike Lee, David Byrne’s American Utopia is a filmed version of David Byrne’s Broadway stage show, which itself is inspired by the record of the same name. The show ran twice on Broadway, first from 2019 to 2020 and then from 2021 to 2022. As someone who saw American Utopia ten times…
Review: THE TRIAL, National Youth Theatre
Tremendous wit and energy drive an accomplished show created in no time at all!…
Review: THE TRAGEDIE OF MACBETH, Chandler Studio Theatre
Staged by the MA Classical and Contemporary Text students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Marc Silberschatz’s adaptation of The Tragedie of Macbeth is certainly ambitious. The cast is clearly brimming with talent and commitment, packing the production with conceptual promise... even if it…
Review: LEAR, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
In this bold new imagining of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, Scottish theatre legend Maureen Beattie takes on the towering role of the monarch whose decision to test her daughters’ love unravels both family and kingdom. A thrilling story of pride, folly and misplaced trust.…
Review: BIG BAD RIDING HOOD, Oran Mor
It’s been another long, wet summer in Panto Land, it’s enough to make you right bloody miserable, so it is! But, on the edge of Woodlands Road, Gran’s not letting that get her down. She’s just grateful to have everything she could ever have wanted: a humble, comfy, wee house; her two grandso…
Review: THE KARATE KID THE MUSICAL, Theatre Royal
Don’t miss the unforgettable theatrical experience of the season as this heartfelt coming-of-age story takes flight with spectacular musical numbers and dazzlingly inventive choreography. Daniel LaRusso’s journey is reimagined through movement, music, and raw, energetic storytelling. At its hear…
Review: MEAN GIRLS, King's Theatre
Winner of Best New Musical (WhatsOnStage Awards) and direct from the West End, Mean Girls is the hilarious smash-hit musical comedy from an award-winning creative team including writer Tina Fey (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and Saturday Night Live) and starring TV personality, actor & Steps st…
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Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/05-8/29) |
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Elvis in Chaos Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street (8/07-8/15) |
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Rockpools Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker 3) (8/05-8/30) |
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Sitting (In Silence) Summerhall (8/06-8/31) |
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One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum Greenside Venue @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) – Venue 16 - 322 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2PG (8/08-8/28) |
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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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A Costume Drama ZOO (Playground 3) (8/07-8/30) |
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Heart Beats Strong Pleasance Courtyard (Bunker 2) (8/05-8/31) |
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Nothing Personal Gilded Balloon (8/18-8/31) |
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Tell Me Summerhall (8/07-8/31) |