Edinburgh Festival

Fringe First winner Joe Sellman-Leava brings COPYCAT to Edinburgh Fringe, a cross-genre solo show exploring AI, creativity, and democracy through impressions of Big Tech CEOs, celebrities, and teachers.

Concerts of the Future, developed at SensiLab, Monash University, will bring a participatory VR music experience to Edinburgh Fringe, allowing audiences to perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 alongside the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Ockham's Razor returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time since 2019 with Collaborator, an intimate duet performed by Artistic Directors Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney exploring decades of creative partnership through aerial circus.

Canadian comedy duo Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus bring Big Stuff, their improv-driven show about grief and the objects left behind after loss, to the Edinburgh Fringe. The production is directed by Kat Sandler.

Grace O'Keefe's first solo Fringe show, An A to Z Guide to Dating, is a comedy musical based on her mother's unpublished dating advice book, developed at Soho Theatre's Drag and Cabaret Lab.

Piper Theatre Productions will present The Bloody Ballad of Bette Davis at Assembly Roxy Upstairs in Edinburgh, a camp horror musical fantasy set in 1970s Hollywood exploring aging, motherhood, and Tinseltown's dark side.

Hot on the heels of their Off-Broadway opening, Heated Rivalry: The Unauthorized Musical Parody will have its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August.

Mark McAuley's one-man show Diary of a Mad Man, adapted from Gogol's 1835 story and set in contemporary Ireland, traces a corporate worker's psychological collapse through Instagram reels at Assembly Roxy. The show is coming to Edinburgh Fringe.

Mochinosha / Book of Shadowz will present the premiere of Book of Shadows, a shadow puppet occult mystery, at Underbelly Cowgate's Big Belly during the Edinburgh Fringe.

USA Today bestselling author Kate Danley will present Madam(e) Lou at the Edinburgh Fringe, a solo show reclaiming the erased legacy of Lou Graham, a bordello queen credited with shaping the rise of Seattle.

Philadelphia-based performer Donna Oblongata will bring The Van Gogh Shogh to Edinburgh Fringe, a solo comedy show casting Van Gogh as a bewildered food courier, with audience members recruited as live painters.

The Kobold Show!, a five-clown physical comedy from the co-creator of The Twenty-Sided Tavern, will present at Gilded Balloon during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after winning Best Ensemble at the NYC Fringe.

Guy Masterson will present 11 and a Half Angry Men, a spoof of the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe hit, at the Pleasance EICC Pentland Theatre. Written by Owen O'Neill, the show features Joe Pasquale, Stephen K Amos, and Phil Nichol among others.

David Jonsson is sure to be a bonafide star come the end of this year and the world premiere of his first credit as playwright, Paldem, is certain to be part of the reason why. 

Deiseil in older Gaelic means “sunwise” or “clockwise”. Traditionally, moving in a deiseil motion was an act of good fortune, invoking protection; to move in widdershins (counter-clockwise) was considered unlucky. Contemporary Gaelic meaning of the word refers t being ready, prepared.  “Tha mi deiseil… I am ready”.

If you’re looking for absurdist comedy at this year's Fringe, then look no further! Fresh off his last play, another absurdist treat about a gibberish-talking Jellyfish-person and the repressive nature of traditional family values, Will Osbon returns with his latest show, Russian Roulette. 

After 10 years of comedy, Thanyia was finally set to do her long-awaited, anticipated debut hour at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Everything was going to plan. Then August happened. A show about mental strength, the female body and how awesome the NHS is in Scotland.

A stunning visual epic of love and loss that transcends language. Multi award-winning collaborators Ad Infinitum (Beautiful Evil Things, Translunar Paradise) and Ramesh Meyyappan (Love Beyond) return to EdFringe. Arjun's father never learnt sign language. Now he's gone, Arjun must find his own way to honour him, but how do you say goodbye when words were never there? Ancient traditions meet modern reality in a journey from the UK to India, with electrifying storytelling, movement and sound

Something's wrong with Becca. Like really wrong. She's left with little choice over what to do. With last night's house party raging outside the door, Faye and Georgie must decide how to care for their friend and how much they're willing to lose.

Following her critically acclaimed debut hour The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp, Krystal has a brand-new hour about her years in hospitality and finally finding comedy. A tale of struggle, celebrity gossip, murder attempts, and musical theatre.

Red Like Fruit is a two-hander exploring questions around consent and the suppression of women’s voices in sexual abuse claims. The staging is minimal: Lauren (Michelle Montieth) sits on a chair on a raised platform, while Luke (David Patrick Flemming) stands at a lectern on a lower level beside her, reading her story aloud. For almost the entire 70-minute performance, he speaks as her - his voice carrying her words, memories, and pain. Lauren only occasionally interjects, sparking brief moments of dialogue. But for the most part, she sits silently, gazing out at the audience as her narrative is projected through him.

Full of juxtapositions and fizzing comedy, Aussie-but-Edinburgh-resident Laura Davis has opened up their heart with witty hour Despair Is Beneath Us. Recounting the toughest year of their life thus far, Davis presents a funny and vulnerably fragile tonic for anyone also going through some sh*t (isn’t everyone?).

Prohibition is in full swing but you're invited to flout the rules at The Snapper…if you have the password, that is. A wholly immersive murder mystery from interactive theatre company Not Cricket Productions, Murder at The Speakeasy II, is a fun and family-friendly adventure.

Irene tumbles through the wintry dark, braving the cold, the night and the wind. She is determined to deliver the gown her mother painstakingly crafted to the waiting duchess (London McKenzie) in time for the grand ball. Her mother, Mrs Bobbin (Kendall Buckley), has fallen ill and brave Irene will save the day with courage and gumption.

Family-friendly clowning is packed with silly audience interaction and goofy gags in this cheerful morning show. Commonplace objects like toothbrushes or teacups become moments of whimsical fun for little ones and adults alike.