Fringe
Fringe dance party for a divided nation
Fresh from making waves at the Edinburgh Fringe with their production of Seagulls in a flooded church, Welsh tour de force Volcano Theatre return to the festival with the world premiere of The Populars – a dance party for a divided nation. Conceived and developed in the year following Britain’s decision to leave the EU,…
Read MoreOut of this world Fringe show for children
The creators of hit family shows Paperbelle and Too Many Penguins? are back with another visually dazzling treat for starry-eyed adventurers. Aimed at youngsters aged 2-6 (and their brave adults), and inspired by real-life female astronauts including the first woman in space, Russian Valentina Tereshkova and Mae Jemison, who in 1992 became the first African…
Read MoreAward-winning musician ready for her Fringe debut
Award-winning musician and songwriter Rowan Rheingans makes her Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with her ambitious and deeply personal solo show Dispatches on The Red Dress. An urgent and timely true story, this intimate and innovative piece of gig theatre explores Rowan’s German grandmother’s youth in 1940’s Germany. With genre-melding fluidity, Rowan weaves immersive storytelling around…
Read MoreRuby Wax returns to the Fringe with new show
The much-loved comedian, author and campaigner Ruby Wax is bringing her new hit show How To Be Human to Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Running from 18-24 August, this show is the follow-up to Ruby’s sell out shows Sane New World and Frazzled and incorporates what she discovered whilst writing her latest book, How to Be Human:…
Read MoreWould you really ask others what they think of you?
Was Rabbie Burns right – Would we avoid more of life’s pratfalls if we had the power ‘to see ourselves as others see us’? Susie K Taylor put the bard’s theory to the test and turned the results into a play. She asked family, in laws, friends, frenemies and even an ex lover to write…
Read MoreWhose Line Is It Anyway returns to the Fringe
One of the greatest TV shows of our time recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, and what better way to commemorate than with a live Fringe extravaganza at Underbelly’s McEwan Hall – for the full month! Following a total sell-out run in Edinburgh two years ago, including extra shows, as well as sell-out runs at the…
Read MoreRising comedy star set for her first Fringe
One of the UK’s hottest new comics, Sukh Ojla, is ready for this year’s Fringe. With her naturally likeable stage presence and bullet-proof timing, a recent slot on BBC2’s The Big Asian Stand Up has already won her a dedicated fan-base, and this summer she heads up to the Fringe with her first ever hour.…
Read MoreFringe show will ask what it means to be Scottish
The Scottish identity is at the heart of a new production coming to the Fringe. Suffering from Scottishness is part of HighTide’s Disruption programme of six new contemporary works presented in partnership with Assembly Festival. This interactive piece of new theatre invites the audience to take part in a focus group that will define the…
Read MoreBaby Wants Candy will improvise some festival fun
After years of sell-out runs and critical acclaim anon, Fringe institution smash-hit wonder Baby Wants Candy has become one of the most celebrated improv shows in the world. It returns this August with more brand new, ad-libbed, exhilarating 55-minute musicals, all taken from audience suggestions. With a full band in action, the company create the…
Read MoreComedian Ed’s new show takes an honest approach
Irish comic Ed Byrne is back at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Following his biggest ever tour last year in which Ed sold out his entire Edinburgh Fringe run and many of his nationwide dates, it culminated in extra dates added along the way. Regarded as one of the finest observational comics in the industry, in…
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