Bilal Zafar, Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee and winner of The Hackney Empire Competition, brings their latest Edinburgh Fringe show Rubicon to the stage. Part stand-up, part gameshow, the show draws inspiration from the popular drink Rubicon while exploring issues...
Written and performed by Linus Karp, this solo show is presented by Awkward Prods, Eric Kuhn Productions, Side Hustle Productions, Daddy's Money and David Tao. Inspired by a homophobic attack Karp experienced in Soho, London in July 2024, the show explores the aftermath of hate...
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 psychic extraordinaire Sayonc for a journey through Operotica's many past lives. From star-crossed nuns to...
Some might say Georgina is a narcissist, but she prefers the term Soprano. Trapped in the echo chamber of her own vibrato, Georgina is forced to confront her greatest obstacle: herself. 'Satirical gold' **** (Spectator). 'Effortless comedy timing' ****...
Saving Britney is a WhatsOnStage Award-nominated solo show about celebrity worship and the #FreeBritney movement. The production is part of Fake Escape's Decade of Fringe season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2026.
Olivier Award-nominated playwright John Kolvenbach brings the UK Premiere of Stand Up If You're Here Tonight, a funny, poignant, and intimate solo play about a man desperately seeking connection in his audience. Inspired by the pandemic and universal isolation, the show features...
The Jolly Fisherman is a new play inspired by true events, telling the story of Alan, Amir and England. Written by John Dinneen, the production comes from multi-award winning company Kick It Anywhere, previously known for the sell-out Brixton Calling at Southwark Playhouse. The...
US comic Savannah Hankinson loves murder mysteries. So much so, in fact, that when she hears a bloodcurdling scream, her response is to shout with glee, “I’ve found the body!”.…
A gripping tale of love, violence, and the moral ambiguity of survival, soundtracked by the incredible Brian Spence.…
It turns out a shark's skin is incredibly rough because it's made of tiny tooth like scales, and Eric would definitely not recommend diving feet first onto one.…
The Fringe is full of women on the edge, but none quite like Elf Lyons. From the word go, Lyons is teetering on her tiptoes, as though wearing heels she’s not quite comfortable in, clad in a taffeta minidress slipping down from her shoulders, and affecting an accent that lands somewhere between Ru…
Hatched from an egg, 'Jacket' is born, unwraps herself and immediately imprints on the first human she sees, a man sitting in the front row. Naively announcing that she belongs to him, she asks him to help her get dressed, setting the tone for Anna Leong Brophy’s worryingly surreal and sharply obs…
Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur charts the rise and fall of King Arthur, Merlin, Guinevere, Lancelot, the Knights of the Round Table and the eventual destruction of Camelot.…
Just before Fringe 2024, Linus Karp (Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, Gwyneth Goes Skiing, The Fit Prince) was the victim of a homophobic attack. The case never went to trial... Until now. Linus Karp was hit with an umbrella. The attacker shouted that he would've killed him. The show retells the …
Genevieve Labuschagne's performance as Fin is utterly captivating. One woman facing down both the challenges of survival in a modern world and struggles as old as humanity, woven into a web of worry. Told as much through her body as through words, the show follows Fin on an uphill climb to recapture…
From the Zara Larsson tunes blasting as we walk in, and Jess Fuchs emerging in thigh-highs and a cloud of black tulle, it’s clear the Australian comic is intent on taking Edinburgh crowds on the best girls’ night out of their lives.…
Rob Preston’s Amazing Global Solutions is a gloriously strange gallery of grotesques, populated by characters who are so worryingly fully formed that their absurdity becomes increasingly believable. …
Ten Ways to Die Happy is a participatory quiz theatre show in which ten audience members embark on a new life symbolised by a bouquet of flowers, spending each flower on love, ambition, risk, and security in pursuit of happiness before time runs out. Guided by performer Perla...
A drug-addled actor finds himself locked up in Del Valle – a Texas state prison – where the junior Grand Dragon of the Aryan Brotherhood recognizes him from his appearances on All My Children and offers him protection in exchange for acting lessons... A journey of survival...
Introducing character comedian Bryony Twydle who makes her Edinburgh Festival debut with her show ‘Flamingo’ at the Underbelly for the month of August. She has performed on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Sketchorama’ and ‘Sketchorama Extra’ and was a cast member on the E! sitcom ‘The Royals’...
After 20 years on our screens the legendary kids presenters and quadruple BAFTA winning comedy duo Dick & Dom, debut at the Edinburgh Festival at the massive Underbelly McEwan Hall for 12 nights from 1st – 12th August. Their show ‘Dick V Dom’ is everything we love and expect...
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Antigone 1989: A Town Hall Musical Gilded Balloon Patter House (8/05-8/29) |
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DECKHAND theSpace @ Niddry Street (8/24-8/29) |
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Aberdeen Arts Centre's Big Variety Show Aberdeen Arts Centre (10/02-10/03) |
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Sister Sophia Kicks the Habit Venue 13 (8/07-8/21) |
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To Do Lists Pleasance Courtyard (The Green) (8/05-8/31) |
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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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William Street Dunedin Theatre (8/16-8/21) |
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Target Audience Pleasance Courtyard (Above) (8/05-8/30) |
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Concerts of the Future Summerhall (Lobby) (8/06-8/30) |
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The Three Marias Voices Collective (8/26-8/31) |
