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Upcoming Shows

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...

Alfie Dundas: First Class Panic

Aug 5 – Aug 30, 2026

First Class Panic is the debut full-length stand-up hour from British comedian Alfie Dundas, performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026. The show explores life...

Andrew Doherty: Reviewers Welcome... TO DIE!

Aug 5 – Aug 30, 2026

Andrew Doherty returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a brand new solo show, a tongue-in-cheek revenge fantasy that marries classic hallmarks of slasher movies...

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...

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...

Day of the Locust

Aug 1 – Aug 31, 2026

Day of the Locust features award-winning multi-instrumentalist Callum Patrick Hughes, who rips apart and rebuilds Nathanael West's 1930s Great American Novel. The show is part...

Fly, You Fools!

Aug 5 – Aug 31, 2026

Recent Cutbacks presents a live, shot-for-shot parody of the first chapter of the most iconic fantasy franchise ever made, compressing 178 minutes of cinematic action...

KEVIN!!!!!

Aug 5 – Aug 31, 2026

Recent Cutbacks presents the UK premiere of KEVIN!!!!!, a live, shot-for-shot parody of the greatest Christmas movie of all time. The show is part of...

NewsRevue

NewsRevue

Aug 5 – Aug 31, 2026

Guinness World Record-breaking NewsRevue (47 years!), makes its debut in Pleasance One. If the news has got you down, this is your antidote. Expect four...



Review: THE HEN NIGHT, Òran Mór


by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 13, 2026

Jade, Amber and Lilac have been organising Coral’s hen night for the past six months and it’s going to be epic! But at the last minute, Coral’s cousin Luna rocks up uninvited. Perfect skin, a model, a poet, and a human rights lawyer…a total goddess. It’s too easy to hate her but little do...

Review: MISS SAIGON, King's Theatre


by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 12, 2026

Michael Harrison in association with Cameron Mackintosh presents the spectacular new production of MISS SAIGON as Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical is reborn. The soaring score features hit songs including; “The Heat is On”, “The Movie in My Mind”, “Last Night of the World” an...

Review: THE LONG DROP, Citizens Theatre


by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 11, 2026

Between whisky-soaked confessions and half-truths swirling in cigarette smoke, William Watt and Peter Manuel share a night that will change everything. Winding through stale-aired bars, shadowed backstreets and tangled lies – leading to one of the most infamous trials in Scottish history. ...

Review: MY ROMANTIC HISTORY, Tron Theatre


by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 10, 2026

A fast, funny, painfully relatable rom-com about two people who might just be perfect for each other – if they can ever get over their past. In a world of dodgy office flings and terrible exes who never quite stay exed, My Romantic History asks: if you haven’t met ‘the one’ by thirty, are yo...

Review: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, Pavilion Theatre


by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 09, 2026

Having been seen by over 35 million theatregoers, The Rocky Horror Show is the story of two squeaky clean college kids–Brad and his fiancée Janet. When by a twist of fate, their car breaks down outside a creepy mansion whilst on their way to visit their former college professor, they meet the cha...

Review: THE CORINTHIAN, Òran Mór


by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 07, 2026

The remarkable untold story of the world's first Black international footballer who captained Scotland to glory....

Review: NORA: A DOLL'S HOUSE at Chandler Studio Theatre


by Mary Baillie - June 06, 2026

Few plays have sparked as much controversy as Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House. First staged in 1879, its depiction of a woman rejecting the limitations imposed upon her shocked audiences and helped redefine modern drama. The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland's final-year BA Acting students now bring Ste...

Review: SINGLE WHITE FEMALE, Theatre Royal


by Natalie O'Donoghue - June 03, 2026

Based on the iconic 90’s psychological thriller, the world premiere stage production of Single White Female is a bold and modern reimagining of the best-selling book and hit movie, that coined a phrase and led a generation to fear a stiletto heel!...

Review: ONCE, Pitlochry Festival Theatre


by Natalie O'Donoghue - May 28, 2026

Premiering in New York in 2012 and winning eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Once is now coming to Scotland for the very first time. The original creative team reunite to bring this modern classic to the stage, opening Alan Cumming’s inaugural season as Artistic Director of Pitlochry F...

Review: THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD at Theatre Royal Glasgow


by Mary Baillie - May 28, 2026

Initially a 1963 novel by John le Carré, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold sneaks into Glasgow this week in a fresh new stage adaptation . Set amid the deceptive terrain of Cold War Europe, the story follows British intelligence officer Alec Leamas as he is sent on a dangerous mission to East Germa...

Past Shows

Evelyn Mok: Bubble Butt

Evelyn Mok: Bubble Butt

Aug 4 – Aug 26, 2018

“…ambition, originality and wit that augurs well” THE TIMES Critically acclaimed stand up Evelyn Mok returns to the Edinburgh festival for the second time with...

Videos


One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum in Scotland 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)
The Second Best School Shooting in Scotland The Second Best School Shooting
Pleasance Courtyard (8/05-8/30)
The Borrowed Room in Scotland The Borrowed Room
Summerhall, Edinburgh (6/19-6/21)
Long Way Home in Scotland Long Way Home
Gilded Balloon (Snug) (8/05-8/31)
Trainspotting The Musical in Scotland Trainspotting The Musical
Edinburgh Playhouse (10/19-10/24)
It Couldn’t Get Worse; or, The Margarita Boat Tour Incident in Scotland It Couldn’t Get Worse; or, The Margarita Boat Tour Incident
theSpace @ Venue 45 (8/24-8/29)
Target Audience in Scotland Target Audience
Pleasance Courtyard (Above) (8/05-8/30)
Trainspotting The Musical in Scotland Trainspotting The Musical
Alhambra Theatre (3/01-3/06)
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 Stand 1 (9/23-9/23)