Edinburgh Fringe

The biggest arts festival in the world.

‘If the 20th century was about ideology, the 21st is about identity.’ Funded by the Wellcome Trust,…
A cheerful ghost welcomes you into an Underbelly Cowgate bunker, flapping its little ghost arms and…
The allusive, illusory nature of choreography depicts through gesture and movement, human emotions and the…
Before the main piece, the programme was introduced by Mozart’s Laudate Dominum, followed by the Sub Tuum…
Edinburgh has one Roller Derby league called the Auld Reekie Roller Girls which fields two travel teams; The…
The world can do with some more joy at the moment, don’t you think?
One hundred and eighty! No, that’s not a top darts score but the number of miles that Scottish darts…
Lots of wigs, lots of lots of laughs. Lukas Kirby and Tom Lawrinson bring you the Harry Potter parody of your…
In 2016, Australia’s subversive musical comedy trio the Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS) returned to Edinburgh’s…
Musical-drama which encapsulates the struggle for stardom, behind the scenes and shining glamour of American…
Poignant Message in a Bottle, ‘The Local’ is a play with singing rather than a full-scale musical. Apart from…
With a toothy grin, a knowing nod and a wink and a little ukulele in his hand, George Formby (played by Ewan…
During the second World War, Denis Marshall wrote a series of letters to his sweetheart back home in Surrey…
Comprising 22 musical numbers in 50 minutes, and a one man cast, Robert S J Lucas has been extremely…
When a romantic partner behaves appallingly, they usually come back grovelling and licking their wounds - but…
Two separate journeys tell their own perspectives on life as an immigrant, where your voice, your name or…
‘It takes balls to be a Bugle Boy’ so says one of the three blue satin clad drag artists who strut on to the…
This affectionate and engaging one-man show tells the story of the famous funny man, following his career…
In a hand-built garden shed at the edge of the Pleasance Courtyard is a room of perfect intimacy.
Richard Demarco is not happy. The grand old radical of Edinburgh art is not happy because of what he sees…