Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

‘There’s no greater love story than female friendship’. 

Warped

Warped

If your reflection could speak, what would it say? Following the five-star success of Athena at last year’s Fringe, Perfect Forth returns to Surgeons’ Hall with a new a cappella … 

Glastonbury

Glastonbury

Glastonbury promises a dream of youth, but after the pandemic, the characters return to seek out an anchor to the past but encounter revelations far beyond their expectations under… 

Babe Alien

Babe Alien

Whales sometimes make hit songs that get repeated through the ocean. 

Choose My Own Road – Cantonese Comedy Show

Choose My Own Road – Cantonese Comedy Show

Tim toured 10 different places last year. 

Cabin Fever

Cabin Fever

Fresh !nk Theatre Company presents a sky-high spectacle! This must-see two-person show is a hilarious theatrical journey set 30,000 feet above the Atlantic. 

Trust Me, I'm from Essex

Trust Me, I'm from Essex

In Trust Me, I’m from Essex, Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett will take you on a journey through life growing up in notorious Essex, England. 

Professor Where

Professor Where

‘I am done with Professor Where! Apparently, it’s just not done with me yet. 

Last Orders

Last Orders

Kenneth starts his first day and manager Chris has big plans for the McGonagle Tavern: clean the place up, serve gourmet dishes, but above all else make the place a stylish and tra… 

Barracking

Barracking

Barracking imagines the inner walls of the modern-day debate chamber, and what it takes to get yourself inside. 

NeuroChatter

NeuroChatter

One woman taking on the role of her three alter-egos in this tragi-comic psychodrama. 

SOS BRN

SOS BRN

How are you supposed to deal with a tragedy? In Brian’s case, step one is obviously to drink heavily and then hope that somehow step two reveals itself. 

Prime Meat

Prime Meat

Prime Meat is a horror comedy that follows Esme and Chris Stockton who, five years ago, moved to the idyllic Cotswold village of Raperton-on-the-Water. 

1 Murder: The Mind-Reading Lawyer

1 Murder: The Mind-Reading Lawyer

Fringe veteran mind reader, Tomas McCabe, is back with a show that combines his trademark mentalism with a courtroom drama. 

The Academy Trust: Under New Management!

The Academy Trust: Under New Management!

‘Should I hand in my notice?’ A question that resonates with every teacher, and Rachel is no exception. 

Sean Lomas

Sean Lomas

The 22-year-old Essex based singer-songwriter is excited to perform and tell the stories behind his songs through an intimate acoustic show. 

Maeve and Howard

Maeve and Howard

The New Yorker offices, 1950. 

Hound in the Light

Hound in the Light

Hong Kong veteran community theatre company, Art Home, masquerade in handcrafted masks to confuse the definitions of what is a human and who is a dog. 

Would You Like a Bag?

Would You Like a Bag?

Park yourself behind the counter and take stock during this heartfelt devised comedy. 

Fringe – The Musical

Fringe – The Musical

A hilarious musical comedy about a cherished family run hairdressing salon in Essex. 

Sonnets from Suburbia

Sonnets from Suburbia

After a sold-out run at the Hollywood Fringe Festival (Winner of the Encore! Award) Lady Penelope, the Los Angeles laureate of iambic pentameter and rhyme brings her songs, sonnets… 

Midnight Cowboy Radio

Midnight Cowboy Radio

It’s Labor Day in Kentucky! Time for your favourite late-night-radio-talk-show-host, to give you life advice on the air of “Midnight Cowboy Radio,” entertaining you for those long … 

When Kurt Met Thora

When Kurt Met Thora

BBC Studios, November 1991. 

Timeless

Timeless

If you can’t trust your memory what can you trust? Martin has a problem: he can’t make new memories. 

Is There Work on Mars?

Is There Work on Mars?

Can an Asian with ADHD and dyscalculia pass Elon Musk’s Mars immigration test? Set in a dystopian future of space colonisation, Is There Work on Mars? rants about many things: bein… 

Edward's Talk – What's Driving You?

Edward's Talk – What's Driving You?

Edward (never Ted) has delivered his talk on speed awareness 2,191 times over the last 10 years. 

The Secret Poetess of Terezin

The Secret Poetess of Terezin

‘How can people on the brink of death experience happiness, write love poems…?’ In 2017, Lenka discovered two notebooks of poems written by her grandmother, then a prisoner in a … 

Nina Rose Carlin: Seeking Representation

Nina Rose Carlin: Seeking Representation

She’s an LA actress. 

Wonderin' Y: How Slade's Drummer Survived

Wonderin' Y: How Slade's Drummer Survived

In the summer of 1973, Slade drummer Don Powell was involved in a devastating car accident which instantly killed his girlfriend and left him with a brain injury that resulted in s… 

Keith Mendes: Medical Negligence

Keith Mendes: Medical Negligence

‘The doctor you hope you’ll never have to see. 

Ariana vs Chomsky

Ariana vs Chomsky

2017. 

Ex Life

Ex Life

From an illegal rave in an abandoned vagina museum to the PTA cheese and wine – mid-life dating with the mindset of a teen is a wild ride. 

Bucket List

Bucket List

Ghosts have the most appalling quality of life. 

The Beat Goes On

The Beat Goes On

David Harmer and Ray Globe, the irrepressible Glummer Twins, are back with an irreverent trawl through the eight decades that made them what they are today. 

Run

Run

Set over an unforgettable summer and encompassing all of space and time, Run explores what it means to love, to lose and grow from a boy into a man. 

John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown: Born Evil?

John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown: Born Evil?

John Wayne Gacy was one of the worst serial killers in US history: responsible for the rape, torture and murder of at least 33 teenage boys and young men in the 1970s. 

Willy Wonka and the Doctor Factory

Willy Wonka and the Doctor Factory

The Malignant Humours return to the Fringe for another year! With 11 sell-out shows under our scrubs you’ll want to grab your golden tickets before it’s too choco-late. 

After Troy

After Troy

Using The Trojan Women by Euripides as a starting point, After Troy interweaves the stories of those women left behind, awaiting their fate with the stories of the women who have s… 

You Hold a Pole Everyday

You Hold a Pole Everyday

Outstanding Performance of a Solo Show (NY Innovative Theatre Award Nomination). 

Waiting

Waiting

It is September 1997. 

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery – The Fringe Fatality

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery – The Fringe Fatality

Agatha Mystery’s The Rat-Trap makes its Fringe debut! But will it be curtains for the show when an actor is gruesomely murdered? Award-winning mystery maestros Highly Suspect ret… 

After the Rainbow: A Mystical Music-full Midlife Journey Through Oz

After the Rainbow: A Mystical Music-full Midlife Journey Through Oz

Midlife gets a dose of music and magic in this transformational take on Oz. 

Disney's Finding Nemo JR.

Disney's Finding Nemo JR.

Experience the underwater wonder with Stage Skool LIVE’s Finding Nemo JR. 

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery – The Great British Bloodbath

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery – The Great British Bloodbath

Iced to death at the nation’s favourite baking competition?! Catching the killer won’t be a piece of cake! Award-winning mystery maestros Highly Suspect return to the Fringe with… 

Super Second Rate

Super Second Rate

While clearing out her family home, Leah discovers a letter her father wrote suggesting she lacked what it takes to become a professional musician. 

Aude Lener – Love Reboot

Aude Lener – Love Reboot

Wanna feel loved? Honestly, I’m no magician. 

Back to Black: The Music of Amy Winehouse

Back to Black: The Music of Amy Winehouse

Following sell-out runs worldwide, this award-winning show returns to take you on a moving journey through the career of a modern legend. 

A Life in Boxes

A Life in Boxes

In the dusty confines of her late mother’s attic, secrets unravel like cobwebs as Charlotte embarks on a darkly comedic journey through the forgotten chapters of her family’s twist… 

Jess

Jess

They say loneliness is the leprosy of the modern day. 

The Crow, (The Princess), and The Scullery Maid

The Crow, (The Princess), and The Scullery Maid

In a land where stories are magic, magicians are storytellers and people are ingredients in spells. 

Newspaper Punchlines

Newspaper Punchlines

Shellshock! Improvised Comedy’s crack team of reporters has the inside scoop on an exclusive headline! Join their newspaper editor in this narrative-based improvised comedy show, a… 

Driver's Seat: Obsessive Compulsive Disaster

Driver's Seat: Obsessive Compulsive Disaster

When you’re eight, monsters live under your bed. 

A Gay Dad Murders Sex

A Gay Dad Murders Sex

Dark obsessions. Evil desires. Twisted kinks. But enough about my priest. Sit back. relax. And enjoy some quality scripted stand-up. Entertaining and fun. 

Via Dolorosa by David Hare

Via Dolorosa by David Hare

Voices of Israel and Palestine. 

Suggestions of the Unexpected: An Improvised Horror Anthology

Suggestions of the Unexpected: An Improvised Horror Anthology

Out of the darkest corners of your mind comes an improvised comedy nightmare. 

AL! The Weird Tribute (and How Daniel Radcliffe Got Mixed Up in This Nonsense)

AL! The Weird Tribute (and How Daniel Radcliffe Got Mixed Up in This Nonsense)

“Weird Al” Yankovic and Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe were destined to be together onstage, and now they are! (Sort of. 

Yantra

Yantra

Liberate your heart, mind and soul! Bestselling author, Facebook’s Moon Woman invites you to her temple of Venus for a tantric initiation: a psychedelic trip (without substances)… 

Mistakes Were Made: Haunted Hospital

Mistakes Were Made: Haunted Hospital

Three heroes. 

A Play by John

A Play by John

How is it possible: we all watch this, we all agree, we all shake our heads, yet we all get up tomorrow morning and do it all over again? Matteo and Reggie, fuelled by John’s sugge… 

Tom Hearn Live: How Fabulous is That?!

Tom Hearn Live: How Fabulous is That?!

It’s an Edinburgh debut for viral comedian Tom Hearn! This Canadian Comedy Award winner brings his comedic prowess to the Fringe stage, with jaw-dropping musical performances and… 

Phil Hammond and Dame Clare Gerada: Fifty Minutes to Save the NHS

Phil Hammond and Dame Clare Gerada: Fifty Minutes to Save the NHS

Two doctors devise, with your help, a revolutionary health manifesto. 

Sitting on a Cornflake: Songs of Lennon and McCartney

Sitting on a Cornflake: Songs of Lennon and McCartney

Influenced by the songwriting of Lennon and McCartney, Irish duo Brothers Broke compare, adapt and perform a unique interpretation of songs by both artists from their Beatles and s… 

Wallis

Wallis

After their success with 2023’s Guilty of Love, BramwellBrand’s latest musical tells the story of a woman swept away by circumstance, and the King who gave up his crown for her. 

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life

2023 Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe/sold-out run in Edinburgh! ‘A sold-out Fringe classic!’ **** (BritishTheatreGuide. 

The Blondie Story

The Blondie Story

A high-octane trip through the music of one of the architects of the Punk/New Wave movement. 

Brett Epstein: Alone on Stage

Brett Epstein: Alone on Stage

Brett Epstein – host of the decade-long smash Rule of 7x7 (New York Times, Time Out New York, Playbill highlight) and the very very co-star of Friends from College and Ray Donova… 

Death Becomes Us

Death Becomes Us

In the 60s, Walt Disney was rumoured to have frozen himself to cheat it. 

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan and Lennon

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan and Lennon

Influenced by the meeting of Bob Dylan and The Beatles, Irish duo Brothers Broke compare, adapt and perform a unique interpretation of songs by both artists. 

It's a Mystery!

It's a Mystery!

Tim Benzie, the acclaimed creator and host of Solve Along A Murder She Wrote, returns to the Fringe with his hilarious and moving one-man show: a deep dive into the enduring appeal… 

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

Journey through these two remarkable intertwined careers. 

One Sugar, Stirred to the Left

One Sugar, Stirred to the Left

A heart-warming, poignant and, at times funny play about palliative nurse and ex-singer/songwriter Bronwyn, who is commissioned by her patient (Henry) to write an album of music ba… 

Andrew Mayer: Have Fun, Be Yourself

Andrew Mayer: Have Fun, Be Yourself

Comedian Andrew Mayer talks about his all-time best and worst dates (both with the same woman), and a third date with her many years later. 

Confessions of a Teletubby

Confessions of a Teletubby

Arguments and poo! Sex and swearing! Blood, sweat, tears and giant rabbits! Life on the set of Teletubbies might not have been quite as you imagined… Nikky Smedley played LaaLaa … 

Celine Dion Experience Featuring Jasmine Alice

Celine Dion Experience Featuring Jasmine Alice

Jasmine Alice is an internationally acclaimed vocalist who will take you on a thrilling musical journey through the life of the iconic Celine Dion. 

Jack

Jack

1973. 

Phil Hammond: The Ins and Outs of Pleasure

Phil Hammond: The Ins and Outs of Pleasure

Dr Phil (Private Eye, Doctor Doctor, Sex, Sleep or Scrabble?) dissects the ins and outs of pleasure using science, stories and stuff he’s made up. 

California Dreams

California Dreams

An immersive trip through California when a collective of legends changed the world. 

Once Upon a Tune

Once Upon a Tune

Join a fairy-tale princess with her singalong show of your favourite animated characters! With enchanting vocals and gorgeous gowns, this brand-new show emulates the magic of the a… 

Celtic Roots

Celtic Roots

North East-born international singer Kevin Littlejohn takes his audiences through a musical journey of some of his favourite Celtic songs that remind him of his family, his heritag… 

Booger Red

Booger Red

Booger Red survives a rough childhood, becoming a renowned hellfire and brimstone Southern Baptist preacher. 

Shotgunned

Shotgunned

Shotgunned is Kangaroo Court’s debut theatrical production. 

The Kate Bush Story

The Kate Bush Story

Hannah Richards returns to Edinburgh with the award-winning Night Owl Band to tell the story of one of music’s most iconic artists. 

Scots of the Pops

Scots of the Pops

Scotland’s greatest bands/artists can often disappear under the title of UK artists. 

Malion

Malion

A feminist retelling of the Pygmalion and Galatea myth. 

They May Have Even Eaten Ham!

They May Have Even Eaten Ham!

Naomi Paul’s (mostly) Jewish show! From the Baltic to Birmingham, from shamash to shellfish, to Hendon and beyond. 

The Interval

The Interval

For anyone who has ever had to “hold it in” to protect their reputation, take a quick break and relieve yourselves. 

Why Am I (Still) Like This?

Why Am I (Still) Like This?

At 30, Nicole finally found out why she was like this (spoiler: it’s ADHD), but four years and one diagnosis later. 

Chris Tavener is Faking Cool

Chris Tavener is Faking Cool

Watch Chris Tavener battle his intrusive thoughts through the medium of witty, satirical songs. 

Salomé, Tragedy of the Femme Fatale

Salomé, Tragedy of the Femme Fatale

Taking a cue from Oscar Wilde’s play, this one-woman piece, written and performed by newcomer Maryam S Holleman, explores the complex untold and ruinous motivations of the tantal… 

Caledonia

Caledonia

Highly skilled Scottish duo Elsa McTaggart and Gary Lister return to the Fringe 2024 to bring you the best of Scotland’s folk and Celtic music. 

Help! My Vagina Is Trying to Kill Me!

Help! My Vagina Is Trying to Kill Me!

Help! My Vagina Is Trying to Kill Me! is a dark, comedic solo show that explores one woman’s journey of navigating STDs, miscarriages and pre-cervical cancer, all while learning to… 

Music, Mayhem and a Mezzo

Music, Mayhem and a Mezzo

They’ve performed with the world’s finest orchestras, soundtracked Hollywood and produced multi platinum-selling records for the likes of Alfie Boe and Luke Evans, but now Juli… 

Dissociation

Dissociation

Dual personalities meet but don’t recognize each other. 

Hebridean Fire Presented by Elsa McTaggart

Hebridean Fire Presented by Elsa McTaggart

Elsa Jean McTaggart returns with the Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show Hebridean Fire. 

Steve Otis Gunn is Uncomfortable

Steve Otis Gunn is Uncomfortable

Steve Otis Gunn has been uncomfortable since 1991, when he realised he didn’t know what to do with his arms. 

Squires

Squires

Before there were knights, there were idiots who thought swinging a sword and being a hero were pretty much interchangeable. 

The Selkie's Wife

The Selkie's Wife

From the creator of Roots (Fringe 2019) and cast member of the hit 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Bradán Theatre show My Lover Was A Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse, comes a bewitching ne… 

What The Veck? Songs in the Key of Strife!

What The Veck? Songs in the Key of Strife!

What happens when a songwriter invites innocent bystanders on the streets of Edinburgh to share their most embarrassing memories and comedic confessions? They end up in his show th…