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Helen Bradley: Painter and Storyteller
Today to Tue 18 Aug, Thu 20 Aug to Sun 30 Aug
Pleasance Courtyard (Cellar), 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9TJ
This is the sixth painter play that Kara Wilson has written, where she portrays the artist at work and completes an oil painting in her style during...
The Second Best School Shooting
Thu 13 Aug to Tue 18 Aug, Thu 20 Aug to Tue 25 Aug, Thu 27 Aug to Sun 30 Aug
Pleasance Courtyard (Baby Grand), 60 Pleasance, Edinburgh EH8 9TJ
Two best friends struggle to process surviving a school shooting that is overshadowed by a much worse school shooting on the same day...
Edinburgh Royal Mile International Piano Series -The Beethoven Sonatas
Mon 7 Sep
St Giles Cathedral, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1RE
Following its acclaimed debut in 2024, the prestigious Edinburgh Royal Mile Royal International Piano Series returns with a complete cycle of...
Overtone
Thu 13 Aug to Tue 18 Aug, Thu 20 Aug to Tue 25 Aug, Thu 27 Aug to Sun 30 Aug
Pleasance (Jack Dome), 1 Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AL
When two teenagers meet after choir practice, they begin the most important relationship of their lives...
Copycat
Thu 13 Aug to Tue 18 Aug, Thu 20 Aug to Tue 25 Aug, Thu 27 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Pleasance Dome (Jack Dome), 2 Bristo Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AL
'This technology is being pushed on us at a time when the world is moving towards authoritarianism' (Geoffrey Hinton)...
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
Today 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...
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!...
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...
The List Festival Awards
Fri 28 Aug
W Edinburgh, 1 Saint James Square, Edinburgh EH1 3AX
Following the success of the first two editions of The List Festival Awards, the ceremony will return to Edinburgh in August 2026 to celebrate the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-Up
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
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...
The Listies: 110% Ready
Today, 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...
Smash Karts Game Community Championship
Sat 29 Aug
123 Princes Street EH2 2ER
Get ready for an action-packed day of kart battles, friendly competition, and multiplayer fun at the Smash Karts Game Community Championship!...
Modern Medicine: Menstruation
Today
Physicians Gallery, 11 Queen Street EH2 1JQ
Join menstruation specialists Prof Anne MacGregor and Prof Hilary Critchley for a groundbreaking discussion busting myths and sharing their expertise...
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