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Delicate provocative and bursting with wit THE SOUND INSIDE unravels the story of two outsiders on the threshold of breaking an indelible taboo. Nominated for six Tony Awards including Best Play this UK Premiere sees an entanglement of relationships ensue when a…
Winner of the Charlie Hartill Fund 2024 and from award‐winning playwright maatin and Fringe First award‐winning director Imy Wyatt Corner Passing Park Theatre; Beasts or why girls shouldnt fear the dark Omnibus Theatre Zoo Playground Duck is a one‐man show about a…
After the stunning success of PSS PSS the multi‐award‐winning Compagnia Baccal returns to the Fringe with OH OH.Their exciting new double act show is firmly placed in the history of clowning attributing back to figures such as Chaplin Buster Keaton…
Its the 10‐year high school reunion.A time to discuss forgotten dreams reunite with lost friends and maybe lose your shit when you reconnect with one.Drenched in edgy dark humour this storytelling styled production sheds light on the intricate…
After a wildly successful Fringe debut in 2023 circus duo Agathe Bisserier and Adrien Malette‐Chenier return to the Edinburgh Fringe with N.Ormes.Once again challenging assumptions that prevail around the expectations of bodies and gender norms this beautifully provocative and tender…
STUFFED is a show about food banks.It is not a show about food.Multi‐award‐winning theatre makers Ugly Bucket Untapped Award 2022 present a blazing inferno of a clowning show delving into the wreckage of a desecrated support system. …
Abrasion is a hilarious and vital one‐woman show written by and starring up‐and‐coming talent Meg Rose‐Dixon as our heroine reflects on her diagnosis journey on the anniversary of her surgery. The show is a side‐splitting and eye‐watering tour de force and those…
Historical drama Ascension delves deep into the life of 18th century castaway Leendert Hasenbosch illuminating an ongoing journey of queer identity. Nearly 300 years after Leenderts exile for sodomy and his eventual death on Ascension Island Dan Hazelwood adapts his haunting diary…
The news never gets old and nor does NewsRevueImpeccably delivered NewsRevue is a Guinness World Record‐breaking current affairs parody song and sketch show.Celebrating its 45th birthday on 18th August this Edinburgh institution aims to shine a light in…
Polyamorous queer pirates Anne Bonney and Mary Read earned the title the Hellcats of the Seven Seas for their vicious and notorious crimes but theyre better remembered for fighting with their tits outAnd now theyre writing their own sea shanties…
Twenty years 16 Postcodes one city.In her debut storytelling show Jessica Regan BBC Channel 4 The Guilty Feminist shares lessons lived and learned from a life in no particular order.Each show is drawn from true tales of love…
Winner of the Charlie Hartill Fund 2024 Crying Shame is a cabaret show‐cum‐wellness journey all about loneliness.In the dusty dreamscape of Club Fragil youll encounter washed‐up cabaret acts filthy lip‐syncs and a joyous celebration of queer culture as these camp…
Box Tale Soup are back in Edinburgh with their 2023 Fringe hit Casting the Runes a heart‐stopping adaptation of M.R. James supernatural thriller and their inventive imaginative and sublimely skilful adaptation of Gullivers Travels a breathtaking journey as youve never seen it…
A smash‐hit satire by multi‐award‐winning comedy writers William Johnston The Diplomat Netflix and Katie Sayer BAFTA nominee The Skewer: Three Twisted Years Loves a Beach is a modern take on celebrity post reality television.It follows the first gay winners of…
From writer Stephanie Martin comes a queer rom‐com about what it means not just to survive without a template but to carve our own. Jules has just discovered she likes girls. Juniper has always known. This sex‐positive show explores falling in love…
The Room Upstairs is a heartwarming one‐woman show that explores ME a chronic invisible illness through the lens of a motherdaughter relationship. This dark comedy will use wacky puppetry alongside a fantastic original score to show how laughter is not only the…
The charisma of Beyonc the influence of Oprah and the wealth of the Kardashians ‐ one woman had it all a millennia before them: Cleopatra.House of Cleopatra is an all‐new toga‐toting eyeliner‐filled musical extravaganza from Laura Kleinbaum and Jeff Daye…
Gwyneth Goes Skiing a co‐production between Awkward Productions and the Pleasance Theatre returns to the slopes after two sold‐out and critically‐acclaimed runs in London and a trip across the pond to Utah.This gloriously silly play‐with‐music marks Awkward Productions return to…
Seconds to Midnight explores queer friendship platonic love and nuclear anxiety following Jo and Eddie through the first seven minutes of their friendshipand the final seven hours of the world. With most queer stories on stage and screen focused around…
Winner of the Charlie Hartill Fund 2024 For the Love of Spam is a multi‐sensory participatory one‐woman show dedicated to two things: canned meat and colonialism.Join CHamoruFilipina theatre maker Sierra Sevilla to find out how this delicious canned meat symbolises…
SILENCE The Musical the notorious unauthorised parody of the Academy Award‐winning film The Silence of The Lambs is bringing its singing serial killers tap‐dancing lambs and gleefully unstoppable bad taste to Edinburgh.As a rookie FBI agent matches with the brilliant…
Regarded as the greatest quick‐change artist in the world two‐time Olivier Award nominated Italian illusionist Arturo Brachetti brings SOLO to the Edinburgh Fringe.The UK premiere of this magical journey sees over 50 characters come to life through astonishing illusions mind…
Join Jake Roche as he squeezes out every last drop of celeb juice dishes the dirt and spills the tea on the world of fame in this autobiographical sort‐of‐musical.Presenting Jakes Fringe debut Jake Roche: Neporrhoids looks at his meteoric rise…
Reigning Queen of RuPauls Drag Race UK beloved powerhouse performer Ginger Johnson swaps her crown for a crash helmet as she brings her all‐new show Ginger Johnson Blows Off to Edinburgh Fringe 2024.Britains ditsiest daredevil will take a death‐defying leap…
From writer Lotte Pearl comes the hilarious new show The Emu War: A New Musical. Telling the little‐known but bizarrely true tale of the 20th century Australian conflict think: man versus very large bird this uplifting original musical carries a moving antiwar…
Joe Sellman‐Leava and Dylan Howells try to uncover how the economy wins elections and why the force that dominates our lives is so bloody complicatedDeveloped with and directed by internationally acclaimed Katharina Reinthaller and produced by Worklight Theatre Its the…
This feral equine fantasia is a one‐act‐play‐ following 11‐year‐old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse‐girls in the world. From writer Michael Louis Kennedy and award‐winning company Brooklyn Rep comes this outrageous queer absurd colt‐comedy‐melodrama galloping into Edinburgh this…
In this new play from award‐winning writer Yilong Liu a California dad teams up with his late sons last boyfriend to propose an impossible mission: visit all 179 restaurants reviewed on his sons popular Yelp page in one weekend.What ensues…
Dolphin orgies intersex snails and gay giraffesJoin award‐winning drag king Bi‐Curious George Londons loveable nature boy as they take a raucous romp through the animal kingdom; the wildest and queerest kingdom of all.Two male humpback whales recently made…
From the award‐winning writer Stephanie Martin Juniper and Jules; Joy comes a comedy DID YOU MEAN TO FALL LIKE THAT about expectations we place on ourselves through the lens of modern‐day masculinity and the sexual as well as personal awakenings that might…
Our Dynamic Earth is one of Edinburgh's most exciting, must see attractions. Take a thrilling journey back in time and learn about our planet Earth.Interactive displays let you see, hear, smell and feel the planet as it was in the past, how it is…
Enjoy the fascinating Camera Obscura Show, fantastic views of Edinburgh, and three galleries packed full of an amazing range of optical experiences which have been amusing visitors of all ages and nationalities since 1853The Camera Obscura show is the essential Edinburgh tour and an excellent start to your…
Ego Nightclub in Edinburgh, Midlothian.Contact venue on telephone number 0131‐478 7434 for opening times, entrance costs, guest list information and special offers.…
Time Nightclub in Edinburgh, Midlothian.Contact venue on telephone number 0131‐220 1226 for opening times, entrance costs, guest list information and special offers.…
Want to see what other attractions to visit when in Edinburgh? See our list of attractions in Edinburgh, including theme parks, castles, historic houses, zoos and many more family days out.
Updated: 25/07/2024 03:45:24
