Banchory Events
The Choral Pilgrimage 2026: Edinburgh
Sat 17 Oct
Greyfriars Kirk, Greyfriars Place EH1 2QQ
A programme exploring majestic music from the Spanish Renaissance alongside spellbinding works from James MacMillan and Kerensa...
Sanctuary
Wed 5 Aug to Sun 16 Aug, Tue 18 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Pleasance Dome (Ace Dome), Bristo Square, Edinburgh, A EH8 9
Sanctuary, the debut play from Jacob Sparrow, is the winner of the inaugural Leodis Prize, a new playwriting competition...
Remember, Remember!
Wed 5 Aug to Sun 16 Aug, Tue 18 Aug to Sun 23 Aug, Tue 25 Aug to Sun 30 Aug
Pleasance Dome (Queen Dome), Bristo Square, Edinburgh, A EH8 9
Gather around the bonfire, girlies. You think you know the story of the Gunpowder Plot? You don't!...
LAGB 2026 Annual Meeting
Wed 9 Sep
Dugald Steward Building DSB 3.10/3.11, 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AD
The Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB) Annual Conference 2026 brings together linguists from across the UK and beyond for peer-reviewed...
Learning to Human
Wed 5 Aug to Sun 30 Aug
Gilded Balloon Teviot (Wee Room), 13 Bristo Square EH8 9AJ
Award-winning solo show. Join US comic actor Sims Holland on her Edinburgh debut as she recounts her rollercoaster journey from the depths of...
Friendliest
Sat 8 Aug to Mon 17 Aug, Wed 19 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Gilded Balloon (The Nook), Teviot Row House, Edinburgh EH8 9AJ
Drew Lausch grew up gay in Fargo, North Dakota. So he did what any emotionally stable teenager would do: invented the world's first gay...
REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-Up
Wed 5 Aug to Tue 11 Aug, Thu 13 Aug to Tue 18 Aug, Thu 20 Aug to Sun 23 Aug, Tue 25 Aug to Sun 30 Aug
Pleasance Dome (King Dome), Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
Fargo meets The Matrix meets The Office in this high-octane, darkly comic thriller. It's 1973. Marnie Makowski arrives in New Mexico, searching...
One Hour Wedding
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 17 Aug, Wed 19 Aug to Sun 23 Aug
Underbelly (The Friesian), Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
Forget the presents – your presence is required. One Hour Wedding is a high-stakes, crowd-built ceremony where the audience are wedding planners and...
Jerk Off!
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 17 Aug, Wed 19 Aug to Mon 24 Aug, Wed 26 Aug to Sun 30 Aug
Underbelly (Dairy Room), Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
After her mother's death, a British-Pakistani woman moves to Boston – where a 6'5 Puerto Rican hip hop dancer from the Bronx teaches her...
In the Black
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 17 Aug, Wed 19 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Underbelly (Daisy), Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
The gripping dark comedy of an ambitious Black accountant fighting for a seat at the table in the high-stakes world of Wall Street...
Furniture Boys
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 17 Aug, Wed 19 Aug to Mon 24 Aug, Wed 26 Aug to Sun 30 Aug
Underbelly (Jersey), Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
Writer-performer Emily Weitzman’s riotous solo comedy turns boyfriends into futons and lampshades, and breakups into broken chairs...
Glob
Wed 5 Aug to Tue 11 Aug, Thu 13 Aug to Sun 16 Aug, Tue 18 Aug to Sun 23 Aug, Tue 25 Aug to Sun 30 Aug
Underbelly (McEwan Hall), Bristo Square, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
Les Foutoukours return to Edinburgh with Glob, a circus adventure like no other! Without a single word, two lovable characters tumble, glide and soar...
Spin Cycle
Wed 5 Aug to Sun 16 Aug, Tue 18 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Underbelly (Clover), Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets The L Word in this bittersweet, absurdist launderette meet-cute. Eyes lock. Hearts thump. Palms sweat...
Roomies
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 17 Aug, Wed 19 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Underbelly (Jersey), Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
Who are you when everything you were suddenly gets taken away? Sophie was once a Los Angeles it-girl, living a life of enviable, aspirational chaos...
Nutcracker Suite and Rachmaninov at Christmas by Candlelight
Sat 12 Dec
St Mary's Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh EH12 5AW
Step into the warm glow of candlelight this festive season and experience the magic of Christmas through the timeless beauty of classical music, set...
The Ladyboys of Bangkok Full Moon Edinburgh
Sat 1 Aug to Sun 23 Aug
Festival Square, Lothian Road EH3 9SU
Step into the dazzling glow of the Full Moon — where glamour meets illusion and every heartbeat dances to the rhythm of the tropics!...
An A to Z Guide to Dating
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Underbelly (Buttercup), George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD
A hilarious one-woman musical based on an unapologetic dating advice book that writer-performer Grace O'Keefe's own mother wrote...
An Ode to the Casting Director
Wed 5 Aug to Sat 29 Aug
Assembly George Square Studios (Studio Four) George Square EH8 9LH
The 2026 OffFEST nominee returns to Edinburgh after a smash-hit debut with five-star sell-out shows, winning a Fringe Theatre Award in 2025...
The Listies: 110% Ready
Wed 5 Aug to Wed 12 Aug, Fri 14 Aug to Sun 16 Aug
Assembly (Studio One), George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LH
Back by poop-ular demand! Fringe family favourites since 2008, The Listies return with 110% Ready – a comedy disaster movie about the morning...
Extant's Enhance Shows
Mon 17 Aug
The Underbelly, George Square, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 9LH
Supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Enhance shows at Underbelly (17th August) will
demonstrate Extant’s unique ‘Enhance post-production’...
Long Way Home
Wed 5 Aug to Sun 16 Aug, Tue 18 Aug to Sun 23 Aug, Tue 25 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Gilded Balloon (Snug), 3 Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH8 9ND
Layla, an Iranian refugee, escapes war and rebuilds herself in American television. But when her dream begins to fracture, the past she once fled...
Dracula: Lucy's Dream
Thu 6 Aug to Tue 11 Aug, Thu 13 Aug to Tue 18 Aug, Thu 20 Aug to Tue 25 Aug, Thu 27 Aug to Sat 29 Aug
Pleasance at EICC (Lennox), 150 Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EE
A hypnotic reimagining of Bram Stoker’s immortal masterpiece from award-winning Plexus Polaire, the ‘exquisite’ (New York Times) creators of Moby...
Collaborator
Thu 6 Aug to Tue 11 Aug, Thu 13 Aug to Tue 18 Aug, Thu 20 Aug to Sat 22 Aug
Pleasance at EICC (Pentland), 150 Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EE
Ockham’s Razor return with an intimate duet crafted and performed by Artistic Directors Alex and Charlotte...
TOAST
Thu 6 Aug to Sun 16 Aug
Summerhall (Dissection Room), 1 Summerhall EH9 1PL
A dark and unrelenting comedy about starving for your art. As negotiations with employers, agents and Universal Credit crumble, one actor drags you...
Glass Child
Thu 6 Aug to Sun 16 Aug
Summerhall (Old Lab) 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL
Powerful, raw and emotional, Glass Child goes beyond fiction and theatre to showcase the extraordinary love of two siblings, Kayah, a young man with...
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