Edinburgh Events
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Black Blues Brothers: Let’s Twist Again!
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 17 Aug, Wed 19 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Underbelly (McEwan Hall), Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH2 2LR
Fringe favourites the Black Blues Brothers return with their electrifying, family-friendly show. Having wowed over 65,000 Fringe spectators, they are...
Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Gilded Balloon Patter House (Other Yin), 2 Commercial Street, Edinburgh EH6 6JA
Since Heated Rivalry graced our screens, there's been a collective yearning throughout the world...
A Queer Little Murder
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Gilded Balloon Patter House (Coorie), 2 Commercial Street, Edinburgh EH6 6JA
When a dead body is discovered in a small and incredibly queer town, the audience must decide who committed the murder...
In a Bad Way
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Gilded Balloon Patter House (Blether), 2 Commercial Street, Edinburgh EH6 6JA
Grá is sick. With what, she's not sure. Blood clots, maybe? Foreign Accent Syndrome, possibly? Bum cancer – most definitely; the ginger one...
Stayin’ Alive
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Gilded Balloon Patter House (Blether), 2 Commercial Street, Edinburgh EH6 6JA
Maggie's nan is dead, her therapist is useless, and her sister is threatening to knock her out. Maggie?...
Broke & Fabulous in the 21st Century
Wed 5 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Gilded Balloon Patter House (The Dram), 2 Commercial Street, Edinburgh EH6 6JA
Broke and Fabulous in the 21st Century is an unabashed dramedy about two fabulous best friends, Alex and Petunia, chasing their dreams and navigating...
Edinburgh care home to host food festival for local community
Wed 5 Aug
Cairdean House
185 Redford Road
Colinton
Edinburgh
Scotland EH13 9PN
With festival season officially under way, one care home in Edinburgh is welcoming the community for a fun-filled day of food and...
Tale of the Firebird
Thu 6 Aug to Sun 16 Aug, Tue 18 Aug to Sun 23 Aug, Tue 25 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Assembly Roxy (Central), 2 Roxburgh Place, Edinburgh EH8 9SU
Classical precision meets circus adrenaline in this genre-bending re-imagining of a violin concerto composed by Chloé Charody for The Freestyle...
A STAN IS BORN! – Encore
Thu 6 Aug to Sun 16 Aug
Gilded Balloon Patter House, 3 Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1HT
Born in New York City, Alexis is forced to follow his family to... rural Germany. Trapped in a culture clash, discovering pop divas online is his...
Sitting (In Silence)
Thu 6 Aug to Sun 16 Aug, Tue 18 Aug to Sun 23 Aug, Tue 25 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Summerhall (Anatomy Lecture), 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL
Kid has come to find herself, but quickly gets caught up in Dad's wild antics. When the two share a rare moment of privacy in the heavenly...
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...
How Not to Make it in America
Thu 6 Aug to Sun 16 Aug, Tue 18 Aug to Sun 23 Aug, Tue 25 Aug to Mon 31 Aug
Summerhall (Former Gent’s Locker Room), 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL
It's 2001. A naive young Australian actor arrives in New York. One man plays twenty-eight characters in this heartbreakingly funny...
Man or Bear
Thu 6 Aug 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...
Jitters
Thu 6 Aug to Mon 17 Aug, Wed 19 Aug to Mon 24 Aug, Wed 26 Aug to Sun 30 Aug
Summerhall (Old Lab), 1 Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL
'I've dreamed of this day. My whole life.' There's one hour to go before the wedding, but now the wedding may not be going...
They’re Just Small Town (Northern) Lads
Thu 6 Aug 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:...
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