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...
Theatre is often at its most meaningful when it comes from a place of truth. The Real Kyle McCarren is testament to that, transforming personal grief into a tender, funny and deeply affecting new musical.…
The 1990 ultimate Christmas film Home Alone has been reimagined by the team at Recent Cutbacks via puppetry. KEVIN!!!!! is a hugely inventive live, shot for shot parody, which condenses the iconic film into a frenetic hour of puppetry, miniature sets, live Foley, physical theatre and cinematic tri…
Amanda Dwyer delivers one of the most confident, dark hours of stand-up at this year's Fringe.…
It’s a noble undertaking, but the idea remains just out of reach of everyone’s best efforts. At this stage, the project is simply not convincing enough.…
f you’re after an exciting piece of original writing that feels as addictive, intense, and gripping as the latest bingeable Netflix docu-thriller, this is the play for you. It’s a great watch, regardless of whether you want to enjoy it for the sake of the story or feel like diving in and analysi…
Kitty Falcon’s debut is just like many other opere prime: relatively unoriginal and with very little to add to the conversation.…
Munro’s clever exploitation of his own case study is the byproduct of his overexposure to an audience. By addressing us directly and interacting with the public, we become very neutrally involved in his investigation. We wish he took it a step further, dialled down the slight self-conceit, and dou…
What did our critic think of THE TRIALS OF MAGNUS COFFINKEY at Summerhall?…
Kiera Moran writes an emotionally mature piece of theatre. The writing is candid and young; it leans into the situational humour of the scenes, but grows reflective when necessary. Moran shows great character-acting skills too, employing a specific physical language to portray the caricatural figure…
This show gently reminds us that the ones we love are never fully gone. The grief ebbs and flows, threatens to pull the characters under, the lifeboat their memories. In a compelling and very human way, a young man struggles to navigate the loss of his mother.…
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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Elvis in Chaos Lime Studio at Greenside @ George Street (8/07-8/15) |
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Remember, Remember! Pleasance Dome (Queen Dome) (8/05-8/30) |
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Giovanni: Unstoppable Alhambra Theatre (4/11-4/11) |
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Surreally Good Summerhall (Former Women’s Locker Room) (8/07-8/31) |
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Nothing Personal Gilded Balloon (8/18-8/31) |
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Sister Sophia Kicks the Habit Venue 13 (8/07-8/21) |
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In a Bad Way Gilded Balloon Patter House (Blether), (8/05-8/31) |
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Glass Child Summerhall (8/06-8/16) |
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Couplet: Folk Marry Kill Assembly George Square (8/05-8/30) |
