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They’re Just Small Town (Northern) Lads
Today to Sun 16 Aug
Summerhall (Anatomy Lecture Theatre), 1 Summerhall EH9 1PL
Boys are shaped by the men around them. So what makes a man? It's Y2K and a teenage boy has been caught between two very different influences:...
TOAST
Today 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...
Man or Bear
Today to Sun 16 Aug, Tue 18 Aug to Sun 23 Aug, Tue 25 Aug to Sun 30 Aug
Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre), 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL
Man or Bear is a fast-moving, darkly comic new play about fear, friendship and survival inspired by the viral question: Would you rather be alone in...
Thermodrama
Fri 7 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Summerhall (Old Lab), 1 Summerhall EH9 1PL
Four people enter a sauna, three walk out. Over an hour, a group of strangers get hotter and hotter. So hot, they start to cook...
Surreally Good
Fri 7 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Summerhall (Former Women’s Locker Room), 1 Summerhall EH9 1PL
Say hello to Scott – the finest Edutainment Officer in the business, a leading expert in overhead animation and lo-fi storytelling, a renowned...
Tell Me
Fri 7 Aug to Sun 9 Aug, Wed 12 Aug to Sun 16 Aug, Wed 19 Aug to Sun 23 Aug, Wed 26 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Summerhall (Dissection Room), 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL
Two timelines collide in this bold fusion of dance and circus, offering a fresh perspective on HIV. When Grace receives a diagnosis, she is...
Long Way Home
Today 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...
The Listies: 110% Ready
Today 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...
An Ode to the Casting Director
Today 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...
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’...
An A to Z Guide to Dating
Today 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...
REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-Up
Today 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...
Glob
Today 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...
One Hour Wedding
Today 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...
Spin Cycle
Today 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...
Jerk Off!
Today 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...
Furniture Boys
Today 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...
Roomies
Today 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...
In the Black
Today 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...
Sanctuary
Today 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!
Today 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!...
A Summer in Oz
Today to Sun 6 Sep
Mother Shipton's Cave
Prophecy House, High Bridg HG5 8DD
This summer, our enchanted forest is sprinkled with the spirit of Oz. Meet the radiant Good Witch of the Glade and our ever-cheerful Scarecrow as...
Learning to Human
Today 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...
Bradford Wool Exchange Birthday Bash Walks
Sun 9 Aug
`Waterstones, Wool Exchange, Bradford BD1 1BL
To celebrate the 162nd anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of one of Bradford's (and the wool trade's) most iconic...
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