Powerful, raw and emotional, Glass Child goes beyond fiction and theatre to showcase the extraordinary love of two siblings, Kayah, a young man with Down syndrome and his sister Maitreyah. Expressed through dance, theatre and storytelling Glass Child highlights their connection...
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 different influences: a volatile father and a gentle Windrush-era grandfather. But when he's uprooted to a working-class Northern town, he quickly learns the...
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 brutal and absurd takedown of the UK benefit system, the Cost of Living Crisis, and whether we value the art more than the...
Sand is a non-verbal circus and physical theatre show by Kook Ensemble in which a couple, Dylan and Heather, navigate living with dementia against the backdrop of the eroding North Devon coastline. Alongside versions of their younger selves appearing in moments of clarity, the...
Written and performed by triple Fringe First Award winners Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland, this absurdist physical theatre piece is set in a flood-ravaged, 1990s Appalachian town where a pair of teenagers fake Bigfoot sightings to pass the time. When a neighbour's dog is found...
'I've dreamed of this day. My whole life.' There's one hour to go before the wedding, but now the wedding may not be going ahead. From Lyn Gardner-recommended double act Britney – aka Ellen Robertson (Vladimir, Mickey17, The Pale Horse) and Charly Clive (Rooster, Pure, The...
Man or Bear is a fast-moving, darkly comic new play about fear, friendship and survival inspired by the viral question: Would you rather be alone in the woods with a man or a bear? Blending kitchen sink realism, music and bold physical sequences, it follows three generations of...
Playback is a tragicomic drama drawn from Scottish writer and performer Euan Munro's lived experience as a YouTuber between the ages of 10 and 14, exploring the sinister, predatory underbelly of the internet and the realities of growing up online. The show combines live...
Baby Everything is the UK premiere of Lee Minora's solo comedy show, created and performed by the acclaimed Philadelphia comedian, performer and writer. The show follows a woman spiraling through one hypochondriacal, news-soaked day, interrogating anxiety in the digital age and...
Concerts of the Future is a production by The Sonicrats and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, presented as part of House of Oz's 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe season at Summerhall.
Written and performed by Australian comedian Conk and directed by Casey Gould, Man Sings The Same Song Over And Over Again For An Hour is a one-man comedy show in which one man sings one song, over and over, for an hour. The show is described as a deceptively simple, delirious...
Daddy is an autobiographical solo performance by choreographer and dancer Joel Bray, a proud Wiradjuri man making his UK debut with this work that has toured major Australian festivals. Bray mixes conversation, contemporary dance, traditional Wiradjuri movement, and nightclub...
Glass Child is a production by The Farm, presented as part of House of Oz's 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe season at Summerhall.
Good Enough? is a queer physical theatre piece by HIMHERANDIT, the award-winning Danish performance company led by Andreas Constantinou. The work celebrates imperfection, self-expression and the courage to take up space, exploring themes of growing up, finding community and...
How Not To Make It In America is a production by Emily Steel, presented as part of House of Oz's 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe season at Summerhall.
I AM JOHNNY is the debut solo theatre show from acclaimed actor and theatremaker Tessa Parr, who creates and performs the character of Johnny the Biblical Rapper, a white male 30-something poet-manchild navigating the world from a place of vulnerability. The show is a comedic...
Award-winning theatremaker Adam Lenson presents a solo show fusing storytelling, music, memoir, and journalistic exposé, exploring the way we apologise, the pain we carry, and the opportunities for healing. Moving from synagogue to school playground, social media spats to family...
Writer-director Joy Nesbitt presents the UK premiere of her multi-award-nominated play at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026. Set during the 2023 Dublin riot, a Black actor, a woman actor, and a straight white male actor audition for a part in Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius...
Our Other Organ is a performance lecture by Boaz Barkan, presented by NoLands at Summerhall's Anatomy Lecture Theatre. The work blends physical theatre, anatomy, and political inquiry to examine how trauma, racism, and ideology are embodied. It challenges audiences to confront...
Kid has come to "find herself", but quickly gets caught up in Dad's wild antics. When the two share a rare moment of privacy in the heavenly garden, what begins as whispers, a telling off and a hilarious culture clash slowly shifts, growing heavier with each passing word. A...
Two timelines collide in this bold fusion of dance and circus, offering a fresh perspective on HIV. When Grace receives a diagnosis, she is transported back to the 80s alongside Michael, a gay man navigating a very different reality. Their journeys unfold through striking...
The Plot is a high-stakes theatrical thriller set in the immediate aftermath of the Gunpowder Plot, blending courtroom drama, backstage theatre and epic tragicomedy into an exploration of power, truth and storytelling. Two brothers stand accused of high treason while a...
A broken fairy tale for broken people. In a whimsical land of broken toys, Magnus Coffinkey must fix a bell atop an impossibly high spire. Success will make his wish come true. The price of failure is a permanently broken heart. Funny, honest and deeply devastating, The Trials...
Four people enter a sauna, three walk out. Over an hour, a group of strangers get hotter and hotter. So hot, they start to cook. Coco Cottam's new play Thermodrama measures the costs of a culture of self-improvement on four precarious lives. Following a sell-out run of BLANDY...
It’s a dark, gripping, and truly affecting project. Its comic side doesn’t overpower the tragedy, but it brings light to an otherwise dreary subject.…
It’s an infectious, hilarious, utterly bleak theatrical adventure. Smyth is effortlessly entertaining: her passion is contagious and her research is precise. A master storyteller, her magnetism relies on a delicious brand of dark humour. A big chunk of netizens will find this a most tickling produ…
The regime is putting all the authors to death. As Peter Miller is dragged away, he finds out that the reason for his sentencing is simply because the Great Leader (and all his subjects) this he’s a bad writer. His cellmates, a murderer and a seditionist, make sure he knows that he is indeed a hor…
Three brothers are being questioned after something terrible happened in Brooklyn. In a room with no door and a concerning amount of esoteric symbolism, they reveal a dark secret that threatens the veil between reality and spirituality. Written and directed by Philip Stokes, starring Jack Stokes, th…
What did our critic think of EDINBURGH 2026: REVIEW: AMY WEBBER: JOY RIDE at Hoots @ Nicolson Square?…
Directed by Michael DeFilippis, 44 Minutes is an unnerving provocation with an exhilarating plot twist. It’s a solid exploration of self-preservation and vengeance, featuring a broader reflection on suspicion, mistrust, and cruelty. John Billingsley, Dorian Missick, Christopher Ryan, and Matthew P…
Slade is remarkably entertaining, but the play is, ultimately rather unoriginal. The story strictly relies on a classist trope and only offers a superficial exploration of the class discourse. Yet, her gags are funny and the structural form makes it worth seeing. Danny Dyer would get a proper a kick…
The show is not quite a musical, not quite a play with music. Marcus accompanies Maddie on the piano, adding a dreamy aura to her prose when he isn’t suspending the narrative action altogether with facts about aging or other adjacent conversations. The result is a blithe, sentimental, almost roman…
Caleb Barron writes and directs a charmingly silly, snappy comedy. As the trio work on their ruse, researching Guy and his sudden retirement, scenarios glide into one another and the actors swap characters with confidence. A dynamic, beckoning comic rhythm is established. The storytelling is intrica…
With Rewilding, Chris Cantrill shows himself off as a veteran of his craft.…
Stuntman takes inspiration from classic and contemporary action movies like Die Hard, John Wick and Enter the Dragon to create high-octane and sometimes ridiculous fight scenes, while examining the impact that having action hero role models has on men and boys. A striking, film...
'This has never been done before. No person, no woman, no young woman has ever admitted to being the Centre of the Universe.' Fifteen year-old Mary has no discernible talent but she can't ignore the glaring signs that she is destined for greatness. When a TikTok influencer comes...
After a sell-out development season at La Mama Theatre and two further award-winning seasons at Melbourne Fringe (2023) and Adelaide Fringe (2025), NIUSIA is making its international debut at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025. Niusia was a Holocaust survivor. Charming, savvy, and –...
Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life is a true story that explores the journey of Keith Alessi, who faced a life-threatening cancer diagnosis and decided to pursue his passion for the banjo. The show highlights themes of overcoming obstacles and the healing power...
Laura Horton returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with Lynn Faces, her second play that explores the journey of recovery from trauma through the lens of punk music. Starring Madeleine MacMahon, the narrative follows Leah, who grapples with the aftermath of a toxic breakup while...
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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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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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Roomies Underbelly (Jersey) (8/05-8/31) |
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Stayin’ Alive Gilded Balloon Patter House – Coorie (8/05-8/31) |
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Mark Thomas: 40 In Stand Up Years The Lemon Tree (9/24-9/24) |
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Long Way Home Gilded Balloon (Snug) (8/05-8/31) |
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Racists, Recessions and Revolutions ZOO (Playground 3) (8/07-8/30) |
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Man or Bear Summerhall (8/06-8/30) |
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Trainspotting The Musical Edinburgh Playhouse (10/19-10/24) |
