What's On — Fringe 2024

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Cabaret and Variety

1 and Only Absolute Burlesque and Cabaret

Sassy School of Burlesque
3rd-25th Aug · 23:00 (1hr)

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Delighting audiences with sell-out shows since 2017, we are back! Experience the fiery passion and irresistible allure of our home-grown hotties at a burlesque show like no other. Watch as we charm, tease and captivate you with our sultry moves and magnetic charisma. Get ready for a night of sizzling | Read more...

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Cabaret and Variety

1954: Ella, Etta, Eartha

Melissa Western
3rd-10th Aug · 18:35 (45mins)

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It's the year 1954. Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and Eartha Kitt are all at the dizzy heights of their careers. With swinging jazz, powerful soul and cheeky kitsch, these women broke new ground for all who followed. Award-winning singer/actor Melissa Western and her musicians pay tribute to this magnificent era | Read more...

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A Balloon Will Pop at Some Point During This Play

East and Under Theatre Company
2nd-10th Aug · 18:10 (50mins)
Preview on 2nd at 18:25

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If you took every thought you’ve ever had about your life, every comedy sketch you’d ever seen and the vast, inky blackness of space and put them all into a blender: you’d probably have an empty blender and some rightfully concerned loved ones. Go to therapy, pet a dog, kiss | Read more...

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A Farther Shore

Bright Umbrella Theatre
4th-10th Aug · 21:45 (1hr)

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A tornado of a show, brilliantly realised by actor Glenn McGivern with a terrific soundtrack and superb illustrations by Fergus Wachala-Kelly. Peter. Saint, disciple, martyr, holder of the keys to heaven. But also a working rural fisherman. An ordinary man, called to do extraordinary things. At Joppa, waiting to set | Read more...

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Comedy

A Short History of Fun

Hank Curry
19th-23rd Aug · 21:05 (45mins)

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In this non-stop series of wordless comedy sketches, Hank Curry embarks on a picaresque journey through the pitfalls and pratfalls of modern life by trying on several unique identities, each with their own hilarious obstacles. Run away and join the circus of modern society with the 'ridiculously talented Hank Curry' | Read more...

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Theatre

A Show About Tomorrow

Disaster Class
3rd-10th Aug · Various times (1hr)

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A Show About Tomorrow is a one-act musical set in the 90s at Bailey's 21st birthday party, which happens to be in the middle of nowhere. The party is going as well as any party could go, until it is rudely interrupted… by the end of the world. The musical | Read more...

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Comedy

Accidental Baby

Alexander Cabana
3rd-10th Aug · 23:35 (55mins)

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Real-life dating, brimming with possibilities for passion, romance, or smashing a stranger in the back of your Toyota Camry while they moan a name you don't recognise. How does one navigate the whirlwind of dating and relationships in a world with AI and easy sex? Answer: with the help of | Read more...

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Comedy

Accidental Pop: Now That's What I Call Safety!

Ian Crawford
12th-17th Aug · 11:40 (50mins)

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Alright, stop, collaborate and listen! Safety expert Ian Crawford is back with a brand-new presentation. This deadly serious workshop delivers essential safety advice inspired by iconic pop hits. With tips to dodge Tragedy, the Danger Zone and ensure you keep Stayin’ Alive. Don't Stop Believin' in avoiding hazards: just take | Read more...

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Spoken Word

Achilles, Death of the Gods.

Jo Kelen
3rd-25th Aug · 15:45 (45mins)
Previews on 3rd, 4th

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A new, bold, poetic reimagining of the myth of Achilles, from storyteller and classicist Jo Kelen. The warrior Achilles finds himself in Troy, fighting a war that is not his. Following a bloody and tragic sequence of events, Achilles’ lover Patroclus is killed in battle. Achilles, enveloped in an insatiable | Read more...

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Music

Afterparty in New Orleans

The Slick Skillet Serenaders
4th-10th Aug · 23:40 (50mins)

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The Slick Skillet Serenaders are a New Orleans-based band playing American blues, jazz, jug band and string band music. They will be making their Fringe debut with their cabaret show from the Mississippi Delta. Peppered with musical stories and humor, the band has been delivering turn-of-the-century music to audiences for | Read more...

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Alexa, Play

Alexa Elmy
12th-17th Aug · 14:55 (1hr5)

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Alexa, Play, a comedy, follows the weekly meetings of Alexas Anonymous, a support group run by one very motivated Alexa. Life has been so disrupted by Amazon’s appropriation of her name that she seeks healing with the Alexa community. Running the group gives her a positive outlet for her anguish, | Read more...

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Musicals and Opera

Alfie

Hope Productions
4th-10th Aug · 14:05 (1hr30)

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Alfie is an original musical about two boys, their journey through life and experiences in the army. The show highlights the effect of PTSD and how it affects not only the soldiers but the families surrounding them as well. Book by Abigail Dearing, and music by Hedda Carlson and Charlie | Read more...

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Musicals and Opera

Almost Austen

Louise Geller
19th-25th Aug · 19:45 (1hr)

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Catherine, a modern girl in love with Jane Austen’s world, can’t believe her luck when she meets her very own Mr Tilney. Follow her romantic ups and downs through songs from musicals and opera, as real life and fantasy collide. Performed by Louise Geller, opera singer trained at the Royal | Read more...

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Antigone

Underground Productions
12th-17th Aug · 21:20 (1hr25)

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Irreverent and full of rage, this rewriting of an eternal myth unfolds with haunting clarity. This modern, unflinching tragedy reveals in the glare of death a muted and luminous kind of poetry. Antigone is that meagre little thing over there, who sits and says nothing. In a moment, she will | Read more...

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Asian Monodrama Collection

American Performance Critics Association
3rd-10th Aug · 12:35 (45mins)

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The 2024 Asian Monodrama Collection is an Asian-based Monodrama organized by the American Association of Performance Critics. In today's Asia, various stories such as those of China, Japan, and Korea are being made content in the global market and stage. Through this Asian Monodrama collection, we hope that Asian stories | Read more...

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Beach Babe

Starving Creatives
2nd-10th Aug · 11:40 (35mins)
Preview on 2nd at 16:55

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A dark romantic comedy that explores the topics of death and the afterlife. A couple finds themselves stranded on a melancholy beach in Wales. They didn’t walk there, they didn’t drive. It was almost as if they closed their eyes and woke up there. Why a beach? Why Wales? Who | Read more...

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Comedy

Binocchio the Bisexual Liar

Binocchio
2nd-10th Aug · 18:55 (45mins)
Preview on 2nd at 19:45

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Lock up your garden chairs, dismantle your altar tables, nothing is safe around Binocchio the bisexual Christian! She’ll sleep with anything with legs – after Bible Study, naturally. Fresh from the mammogram cubicle in Tesco car park, Binocchio brings you 45 minutes of stand-up (she can’t be trusted with a | Read more...

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Bitty-Bat!

Emily Jeffers / PBH's Free Fringe
19th-25th Aug · 14:00 (50mins)

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Bitty-Bat is a unique creature – not quite a vampire, not quite a bat and not quite sure what you’re doing in her cave. Driven instinctively to charm and intimidate, she lures the audience deeper into her world, only to be interrupted by a strange know-it-all voice interfering with her | Read more...

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Chameleon

HiveMCR
12th-17th Aug · 12:30 (1hr)

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Embarking on a journey of self-discovery following her autism diagnosis, Chameleon grapples with the complexities of love, identity and - most importantly - soggy chips. Reeled in by Snake's intoxicating charm and irresistible jawline, she soon learns that conversation is a delicate and sometimes deadly dance. As she gets lost | Read more...

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Chopped Liver and Unions

Blue Fire Theatre Company
2nd-24th Aug · 13:25 (1hr5)
Preview on 2nd at 19:50

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Sara Wesker – trade unionist, political activist and radical – led the singing strikers of 1928, to improve the working conditions of female garment workers in London’s East End. But her love of the cause battled with the love of her life. Which would win? And was it all worth | Read more...

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Cabaret and Variety

Dan Bastianelli: Deception

Dan Bastianelli Magician
12th-17th Aug · 19:00 (50mins)

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After a sell-out show in 2023, award-winning magician Dan Bastianelli returns with an all-new evening of close-up magic. Dan will combine his masterful sleight of hand with personal stories to create an incredibly intimate magical experience. 'Dazzling’ (Edinburgh Evening News). Edinburgh Magic Circle’s Sonny Day Close-Up Magic Champion 2023. | Read more...

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Dean and the Devil

Bright Umbrella Theatre
3rd-9th Aug · 21:45 (1hr)

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Alan is adrift in a booze-soaked world of dodgy barmen, deluded therapists and rude shop keepers. His deeply annoying family aren’t helping either. In his blackly hilarious world, can hope triumph over despair? Excellent, gifted performance. Brilliantly written and acted. A powerful performance, amazing acting, genuinely an education and performed | Read more...

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Dick.

Next to Nothing Productions
12th-25th Aug · 17:05 (1hr)

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Dick. is a penetrating plunge into being young, scared and addicted to needing more from everything. After turning 26 and becoming fearful of lost youth, five friends decide to push the boundaries of life until they break. A story of desire and consequence, lust and loss, frivolity and fear; a | Read more...

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Cabaret and Variety

Divas: From Stage to Screen

BBD Productions
2nd-25th Aug · 20:20 (1hr)
Preview on 2nd at 22:05

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BBD Productions return to the Fringe with their five-star show, which made Best Production lists from London Theatre (2022) and Theatre Scotland (2022 and 2023). Join a live band and cast of fierce beltresses to celebrate music, movies and musical theatre. From Annie Lennox to Adele, Jessie J to Judy | Read more...

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Cabaret and Variety

Doom and Glitter: A Tribute To Tom Waits

Mr Brake Down
2nd-15th Aug · 20:45 (1hr)
Preview on 2nd at 21:00

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In this laid-back cabaret hour filled with vocal impersonations, live singing and bluesy banter, drag king Mr Brake Down pays tribute to the wit and wonderment of the iconic Tom Waits. Gloriously odd and experimental, the show takes audiences on a musical journey through some of Waits's seminal works, whilst | Read more...

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F*ckboy

Freddie H Arts
3rd-25th Aug · 22:45 (50mins)

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An exploration of gender dysphoria, bodily autonomy and celebrity crushes from a non-binary perspective. Frankie is on the District Line, drunk, with a pair of scissors in their coat pocket. Meanwhile, their past self is in a club struggling to find a hair tie, their future self is in therapy | Read more...

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Good Girl

Rhiannon Jenkins / Thunderbolt Comedy
12th-24th Aug · 22:20 (1hr)

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Rhiannon knows exactly what men want, and from naughty schoolgirl to eager-to-please tradwife, she'll make all your filthiest fantasies come true. Join Rhiannon on an indulgent, immersive and interactive adventure that delves into the complexities of male sexual fantasies and navigates the nuances of 21st century womanhood. With hilarious song | Read more...

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Cabaret and Variety

Holly Redford Jones: I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar

Holly Redford Jones
19th-25th Aug · 17:20 (50mins)

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Musician-turned-stand-up comedian Holly Redford Jones is dancing in a Lesbian Bar and you’re invited. This cabaret show is a sonic love letter to Lesbian Bars of a bygone era and a celebration of queer women of the past, present and future. Drawing from personal experience and nostalgic tales shared by | Read more...

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Holy Monster

Achy Bits Productions
12th-17th Aug · 10:00 (1hr)

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Holy monster by Atrix Cragnotti. Made in London. A devised play telling of the ultimate tragedy… miscommunication… by queer players from London… Themes including lust, love, limerence… Star-struck transcontinental relationships… and… The lowest a human can go, and how that is a type of freedom like no other. | Read more...

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Comedy

Holy Sh*t I Lived: A Solo Show

George C Owens
3rd-25th Aug · 16:00 (1hr)

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Prepare to laugh until you cry and cry until you laugh in "Holy Sh*t I Lived," where Second City alum George C. Owens takes you on a rollercoaster of near-death experiences and the ultimate peril: love. From hilariously close calls to a romantic disaster that almost did him in, George's | Read more...

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Musicals and Opera

How to Become a Taiwanese: A Musical

National Taiwan Normal University Graduated Institute of Performing Arts
21st-24th Aug · 10:00 (1hr)

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Taiwan is a country located in Asia, and many people say that the most beautiful scenery in Taiwan is its people. What does it take to be a true Taiwanese? How can one become a Taiwanese? Despite living in Taiwan for many years, we seem unable to define and prove | Read more...

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Dance, Physical Theatre, and Circus

HuXi / Breath

Chinese Dance Artists in the UK (CDA _UK)
12th-16th Aug · 10:30 (1hr)
Preview on 12th

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HuXi or Breath is a dance revelation, that explores the symbiosis of breath and existence through Chinese Qi and Yin-Yang. Marrying traditional rhythms with modern dance, this immersive piece, inspired by museum artefacts, allows audiences to embody the intricate connection of Qi within and beyond, fostering links between self-realisation and | Read more...

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I'd Like a Job Please

Serious Billy Productions
3rd-10th Aug · 17:00 (1hr)

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Shady wellness gurus, audacious business bros and one desperate graduate collide in this hilarious hour of brand new comedy Serious Billy Productions is hiring for the role of Audience Member for their new show: I'd Like a Job Please. Responsibilities include: sitting, listening attentively and reacting with appropriate laughter, gasps, | Read more...

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In This Body of Flame

Stirling University Drama Society (SUDS)
19th-25th Aug · 18:10 (45mins)

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'Oh good God prepare me!' were the last words Samuel Pepys dedicated to his companion of ten years, to whom he gave his life and sight: his diary. The stage is the precinct of his mind and all he witnessed, intimately retelling a decade that shaped London. From the Plague | Read more...

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Musicals and Opera

Into the Woods

Bare Productions
2nd-10th Aug · 19:25 (2hrs45)
Preview on 2nd at 20:35

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Bare Productions return following a string of five-star sell-out Fringe runs with the magical smash-hit, Into the Woods. A musical theatre mashup which intertwines classic fairytales, from Cinderella to Little Red Riding Hood. These iconic characters venture into the woods to fulfil their wishes, but the consequences unfold in unexpected | Read more...

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Knowledge from the Future

A Dream Come True
3rd-10th Aug · 14:20 (50mins)

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Knowledge from the Future chronicles Jen's odyssey through modern life's complexities. Discovering latent fortune-telling talents amidst information overload, she navigates scepticism and intrigue. Jen's quest for comprehension forces her to confront doubts and external pressures, challenging her rationality against mystical forces. Through encounters with sceptics and mentors, Jen learns to | Read more...

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Musicals and Opera

Legally Blonde – The Musical

Viva Arts
12th-17th Aug · 16:45 (2hrs)

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Omigod You Guys! Viva Arts are back with their usual brand of high-quality, energetic musical theatre – this time with this all-singing, all-dancing, feel-good comedy. Join Elle Woods who, having enrolled at Harvard Law School desperate to get her ex-boyfriend back, actually finds herself proving that serious isn't always the | Read more...

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Lie Club

Murmuration Studios
12th-17th Aug · 17:40 (50mins)

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Some lie for attention. Some lie to protect others. Some lie to get ahead. Ben lies because the truth let him down. Tracey? She just lies. 'The truth is just something everyone agrees on. The present moment becomes fiction as soon as it passes'. When two members of Liar’s Anonymous | Read more...

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Light

Gerry Carroll
3rd-24th Aug · 11:00 (55mins)

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A solo show exploring life and light. Delightful, true and entertaining personal stories about being a 71-year-old human. And clown. Gerry’s made a show of himself – again. It’s about being young and being old. He uses storytelling, clowning, song and dance to create a unique hour. You’ll have to | Read more...

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Little Women

Ruislip High School
21st-24th Aug · 11:40 (55mins)

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New York, dancing and growing up. A brand-new adaptation that mixes stark alienation with Python-esque humour and original music, this is for fans of laughing, writing and refusing to ignore your own value. The cast is made up of pupils from Ruislip High School in their first venture to the | Read more...

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Living. Dying. Dead.

Playing Dead Theatre
12th-25th Aug · 13:05 (1hr)

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Living. Dying. Dead. is an exploration of death, dying and bereavement through the lens of improv. Taking real life experiences of bereavement, our actors weave stories that are both poignant and humorous. Playing Dead Theatre is a collective of artists and medical and death care professionals who are passionate about | Read more...

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Messianic Moments and Cosmic Conversations with Barbara Heller

Barbaila Productions and EtherArts.org
19th-25th Aug · Various times (1hr)

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This award-winning one-woman show is about eight diverse characters' dance with cancel culture and how our mental and spiritual health are connected. How could a five-minute conversation save a life? Does our mental health affect our spiritual health? Does cancel culture affect our well-being? All stories from the show are | Read more...

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Dance, Physical Theatre, and Circus

Midsommar

InMotion Dance Collective
3rd-10th Aug · 13:00 (25mins)

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An ode to the macabre, a salute to your inner demons and a sacrifice for our audience. Join us in an exploration of femininity and the true nature of insanity through contemporary dance. Let our beauty awe you, let our movement leave you with shivers. Described as a feast for | Read more...

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Murder! At The Cirque Du Banquet! The Terrible, Final Case of Detective Ace Dekkard

The Dead Parrot Collective
12th-17th Aug · 22:10 (1hr15)

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Welcome to Yew Nork City, 3724. When famed travelling troop Cirque Du Banquet is stunned by a vicious killing, only one man can be trusted to find the guilty. The new world's greatest detective, Ace Dekkard. He faces a circus dripping with secrets, a network of criminal clowns and enemies | Read more...

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Must I Cry

Theatre du Pif (Hong Kong)
19th-25th Aug · 20:45 (1hr)

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'At that time, I told myself not to cry, and so I didn't.' Inspired by the writings of Hong Kong author Xi Xi, whose whimsical tales became a defining portrait of a city transitioning away from British rule; and the story of the last male northern white rhinoceros, Sudan, whose | Read more...

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Napoleon's 100 Days

Andy D
3rd-17th Aug · 19:45 (1hr)

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Andy D tells the story of Little Boney’s second coming. Not recorded by history, he’s accompanied by his Mancunian friend and a dog called Fido. Napoleon once famously stated ‘I am the revolution’. And he was. Once. However, in 1814 he gets banished to the little island of Elba by | Read more...

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Musicals and Opera

Pippin

Edinburgh University Footlights
19th-25th Aug · 14:55 (2hrs30)
Preview on 19th

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In the dimly lit corners of the stage, shadows whisper tales of a young prince: Pippin. Guided by the mysterious Leading Player, watch as Pippin struggles through a labyrinth of desires, constantly grappling with the call of power, love’s seduction and the allure of self-discovery. But lurking beneath the surface | Read more...

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Pulse

By the Bonfire Theatre
12th-17th Aug · 15:20 (1hr)

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We need not stay dormant forever… When everything around Devin continues to grow and decay, why is the flower in his room showing no signs of change? Intertwined with a score inspired by the innate disorder of the natural world, Pulse flickers between an academic dissection of a growing environmental | Read more...

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Sardines

The Blank Slate Ensemble
2nd-17th Aug · 20:30 (55mins)
Preview on 2nd at 20:15

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Have you ever wondered what would happen if your favourite poets from the 1800s got stuck in an inflatable life raft in the middle of the ocean with no nautical know-how and a fractured friendship? Join William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge in this absurdist comedy, one man in the | Read more...

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Sense and Sensibility

Viva Arts
12th-17th Aug · 14:35 (1hr30)

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By Kate Hamill and based on the novel by Jane Austen… a playful adaptation, with a fresh female voice. The play follows the fortunes (and misfortunes) of the Dashwood sisters and is full of humour and joy. Sense and Sensibility examines our reactions, both reasonable and ridiculous, to societal pressures. | Read more...

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Sent

Scarlet4YerMa
12th-17th Aug · 18:00 (1hr)

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Sent is a thrilling dark-comedy full of sassiness, scandals and saucy plot twists! We follow four BFFs on their revenge journey through the dark side of Instagram, the power of anonymity and the vulnerability of a guilty conscience. This is a play that keeps an audience on their toes, using | Read more...

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Comedy

Sir Love E Dove

James Ryland: The Companie
19th-24th Aug · 20:30 (30mins)

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Sir Love E Dove is a grand actor of legendary status. Unfortunately, he's completely out of touch with modern society. His fragile ego has forced him on a UK book tour to promote his autobiographical trilogy, which has received a trickle of interest from the public who, unknown to Sir | Read more...

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Comedy

Sketchy

Thirsty Productions
6th-10th Aug · 17:20 (50mins)

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Expect talking toothbrushes, competitive siblings and a variety of funny sketches full of heart and absurdity. Following the success of the writer’s last comedy, which was set in a drinks vending machine, Millie is thrilled to present her debut Edinburgh Fringe show: Sketchy. Previous reviews: 'A charming absurdist comedy, the | Read more...

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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Adrian Palmer
2nd-24th Aug · 12:45 (55mins)
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I never met a man I so disliked and yet I can’t describe him. A fusion of storytelling and a one-person show. An intense hour-long dramatic narrative, adapted and performed by Adrian Palmer in a version as close as possible to the timeless literary masterpiece of Edinburgh’s own Robert Louis | Read more...

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Musicals and Opera

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group
2nd-10th Aug · 16:15 (2hrs30)
Preview on 2nd at 17:20

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Please spell 'entertaining'! The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee follows six quirky and sometimes obnoxious students in their quest for the coveted first place trophy. Accompanied by three even quirkier adults, audience members, juice boxes, community service requirements, magic feet, and the unfortunate effects of puberty, the spellers must | Read more...

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The Blood

Stairwell Theatre
3rd-10th Aug · 22:20 (55mins)

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Many many years ago, we had so many ways to tell stories: books, movies and something we've heard is called the internet. Now, all of that is lost, and we only have our memories. Join our group of traveling storytellers in hearing three tales by the fabled Brothers Grimm: The | Read more...

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The Division of Labour

Stardom Scuff
20th-24th Aug · 23:10 (35mins)

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A short caprice in gaslighting. Two people move into a shared flat. Whilst one transports boxes, the other doesn’t. One packed the boxes and the other didn’t, but somehow the fault lies with the first. The second gradually and relentlessly corrodes the self-assurance of the first through repeated jibes of | Read more...

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The Duchess of Buckingham Regrets to Inform You That Her Husband is Dead

Ruckus Theatre Co
19th-24th Aug · 10:25 (1hr10)

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August 1815. The Duke of Buckingham is dead – but the feelings on this are decidedly mixed. At the Buckingham estate, his widow Selina discovers she must remarry within seven days or lose everything. So, when the perfect candidate appears, she thinks the problem is solved. Only something much darker | Read more...

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The Duchess of Buckingham Regrets to Inform You That Her Husband is Dead

Ruckus Theatre Co
20th-24th Aug · 18:20 (1hr10)

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Children's Shows

The Fantastical World of My Uncle Arly

Newbury Youth Theatre
5th-10th Aug · 15:10 (55mins)

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Abandon all common sense and come on a voyage through the absurd world of Edward Lear. Best known for his nonsense stories, letters and verse, Lear led a fascinating life of adventure which, Fringe favourites, NYT present alongside his much-loved poems in a playful, rambunctious original production. Following their critically | Read more...

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The Importance of Being Earnest

Conduit Productions
19th-25th Aug · 14:40 (1hr30)

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Have a Wilde afternoon in the company of our would-be Earnests, their would-be lovers and the indomitable Lady Bracknell. Will the complex web of double lives, handbags, muffins and devoted love be resolved? Enjoy this talented group of up-and-coming young actors vibrantly bring to life Wilde’s wittiest of comedies. | Read more...

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The Last Bantam

Michael Hughes
3rd-25th Aug · 14:15 (45mins)

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1914. The world is at war. The British army recruits 50,000 men between 5’ and 5’3" to fight. These men came from all over Britain, Ireland and Canada. Known as Bantams after the small, aggressive rooster, they were formed into special Bantam battalions. 1918. Bouzincourt, France. One Bantam remains: Patrick | Read more...

The Sanctuary
Paradise in Augustines

Musicals and Opera

The Last Five Years

Never Ending Theatre
3rd-17th Aug · Various times (1hr30)
Preview on 3rd at 10:30

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Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years presents an emotionally charged musical following Jamie and Cathy as they fall in and out of love over their turbulent five-year relationship. The two sides of their story unfold in reverse chronology: we meet a heartbroken Cathy and follow her bittersweet tale in | Read more...

The Vault
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The Mort Hoose

FCSA Theatre Company
19th-25th Aug · 12:30 (50mins)

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An unpleasant reunion follows another unpleasant reunion as five school friends catch-up on old times. But as they get reacquainted, it’s not just the night that keeps getting darker… As past truths and hidden secrets are revealed, the group are dragged together to a place none of them want to | Read more...

The Studio
Paradise in Augustines

Musicals and Opera

The Pirates of Penzance

The University of St Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society
19th-25th Aug · 15:30 (2hrs)

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Pirate apprentice Frederic finds himself at a crossroads as he reaches the supposed end of his apprenticeship – does he stay with the pirates he has known all his life, or does he join the police in hunting them down, in order to be with his beloved Mabel? Filled with | Read more...

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The Studio
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Musicals and Opera

The Shakey Shakey Hips (The Musical)

Shakey Sean Productions
3rd-10th Aug · 22:05 (50mins)

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Hilarious epic 50s rock musical following Shakey Sean (Elvis character) working in an Arbroath egg’n’roll van. A customer asks for a 'rock’n’roll'. Shakey concedes he doesn't sell this, spurring the invention of rock’n’roll. Shakey decides to change his egg’n’roll van into a rock’n’roll van, hitting the road, chasing dreams of | Read more...

The Snug
Paradise in Augustines

Theatre

The Three Strangers

Adrian Palmer
3rd-23rd Aug · 12:45 (55mins)
Preview on 3rd

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A fusion of storytelling and a one-person show, keeping as close as possible to the original text. Adrian Palmer performs his own adaptation of this mysterious but inspiring story. On a stormy night, three travellers arrive at an isolated cottage. Why is the first abroad so late? What’s the trade | Read more...

The Sanctuary
Paradise in Augustines

Musicals and Opera

The Traitor's Wife

1552 Productions
19th-24th Aug · 12:40 (1hr30)
Preview on 19th

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In the glamorous, bohemian world of pre-war Paris, a beautiful American heiress meets a dashing British diplomat. As their romance blossoms, she learns that he has secrets: the charming, diffident Cambridge graduate leads a double life as a radical Communist and the deadliest agent of Soviet Russia. As she is | Read more...

The Vault
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Theatre

The Wake of Dick Johnson

Long Pig Media
19th-24th Aug · 10:45 (55mins)

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A filthy comedy delving into memory, identity and the human condition in an afterlife purgatory. Johnson, haunted by vivid trauma and existential ponderings, confronts life's fleeting nature and the indifferent cosmos. As he grapples with the absurdity of existence and the torment of his memories, the play blends dark humour | Read more...

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The Annexe
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Musicals and Opera

The Wellbrick Centre on Roswell Drive

The Wellbrick Centre on Roswell Drive
2nd-10th Aug · 13:10 (1hr30)
Preview on 2nd at 18:05

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The Wellbrick Centre is a fictional NHS mental health centre. At the Wellbrick Centre, patients get well or get bricked in the system and the Chief Consultant, Dr Roswell, mysteriously shares a name with the driveway. Not everything is as it appears. The musical is about two of its patients, | Read more...

The Sanctuary
Paradise in Augustines

Musicals and Opera

Three of a Kind – A New Musical

Three of a Kind
12th-17th Aug · 19:30 (2hrs15)

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Three of a Kind follows Sam as she juggles her responsibilities as a daughter in modern-day America. We follow Sam through her journey of acceptance, growth and love. Originating in 2018 by Gregor Satti and Rebekah Holly Neilson in their final year of university, Three of a Kind is a | Read more...

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The Annexe
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Tiger Daughter or: How I Brought My Immigrant Mother Ultimate Shame

Charlene Kaye
3rd-25th Aug · 18:40 (1hr)
Previews on 3rd, 4th

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Get ready for laughter, tears, and rock'n'roll in rising star Charlene Kaye's hit solo show, Tiger Daughter or: How I Brought My Immigrant Mother Ultimate Shame (directed by Jennifer Monaco), about defying your Tiger Mom's dreams of you playing Carnegie Hall, and becoming her worst nightmare: a slutty shredder in | Read more...

The Annexe
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Musicals and Opera

To Be A Prince

Tom Rolph
12th-25th Aug · 10:20 (45mins)

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For as long as there has been the fairytale Princess, there has been the fairytale Prince. But, this Prince feels like he hasn’t been getting the attention he deserves. Never getting the fun songs like the Princess, villain or quirky sidekick. Never being in the title of the films (unless, | Read more...

The Sanctuary
Paradise in Augustines

Musicals and Opera

Trial by Jury

Cat-Like Tread
19th-25th Aug · 19:00 (45mins)

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Chaos reigns in the courtroom when jilted bride Angelina and her fully frocked bridal party arrive to sue Edwin for abandoning her at the altar. Will Angelina take the shirt off his back? Will Edwin win her round with his guitar skills? Will the usher ever get silence in court? | Read more...

The Studio
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Theatre

Until the Next Wedding

Under the Rug Theatre
3rd-10th Aug · 10:00 (55mins)

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A heartfelt, heartbreaking, crass and hilarious look into the relationship of two childhood friends gone wrong reuniting at a wedding what could go wrong? When the other walks into a room, their boundaries turn to mush. What happens when a part of you wants to be with someone so badly, | Read more...

The Vault
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Theatre

Wasps

Hive MCR
12th-17th Aug · 14:00 (1hr)

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Four women. Wasps. Cupboards made of cardboard. Wasp jokes. A kitchen that isn’t quite a kitchen. Alma, Connie, Dana, and Beth are living together in their forties, in the wake of failed marriages and career compromises, they try to look towards the next parts of their lives. It wasn’t part | Read more...

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Wet Feet

Michael Neri
12th-17th Aug · 23:20 (1hr)

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Wet Feet tells the story of an encounter between two men in a gay sauna that lasts longer than your typical steamy dalliance. Nathan is an out and proud gay man, while Franko lives his life in the long shadow of Section 28. Throughout this poignant comedy, the towel-clad pair | Read more...

The Vault
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Wilford Wellman’s Wellbeing

Hallirackit Theatre
3rd-10th Aug · 10:45 (1hr)

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Wilford Wellman is unwell. He does not know what it is or how to get better. And to top it all off his family are acting… strange. Clocks, commodes and card games do little to ease his struggle as he fights to hold onto some sense of normality and get | Read more...

The Vault
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William Kite Has Memory Issues

dottyb / Robot Parrot Productions
12th-17th Aug · 11:00 (50mins)

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Though dementia is increasingly common in an ageing population, it remains an unknown quantity to many. This drama, based on the writer’s experience of seeking support for someone with early-onset Alzheimer's, features the frustrations and difficulties encountered on the journey from initial symptoms to eventual diagnosis. It explores gentle William’s | Read more...

The Studio
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Theatre

Winchester

GreenHouse Theatre Project
12th-17th Aug · 18:35 (45mins)

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Based on the true story of firearm heiress and architect, Sarah Winchester, this original historical thriller tells a strange and unforgettable tale. Sarah became one of the wealthiest women in the world after the untimely death of her husband in 1881. As fate would have it, the rifle that brought | Read more...

The Annexe
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Window Seat

Swoop Productions
2nd-24th Aug · Various times (50mins)

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'I became the Jeremy Clarkson of tits.' In this tender off-beat comedy, a mother and daughter survey the changes in their lives while waiting onboard a plane. One is getting used to an empty nest, the other to adulthood. They both hold high hopes for the coming trip together but, | Read more...

The Vault
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Theatre

Worm Teeth

SMaK Productions
19th-25th Aug · 21:20 (1hr)

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Worm is quite happy being just that: a worm. However, there is one thing missing – this worm wants teeth. And you, yes you, are going to help it get them! As you move through the forest, you will meet Worm's friends (and enemies), play games, sing songs, and talk | Read more...

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The Annexe
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Zelda and Hadley: Together at Last

Cincinnati LAB Theatre
3rd-10th Aug · 15:25 (55mins)

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The entirely fictional absolutely true story of what happens when F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway's wives have had enough of their husbands' philandering ways and get even with a radio drama. To begin, the audience decides which literary masterpiece to tackle. The ladies then improve that story by playing | Read more...

The Studio
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Theatre

Zero Trust Architecture

Alexa Stanger and Megan Friend
19th-22nd Aug · 22:10 (1hr)

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No. More. Human. Friends. When 26-year-old mess Jo is fired, she finds herself filing emails at a mysterious facility that codes permanent AI friends, with shared memories, aligned ambitions and undying loyalty for wealthy clients. Grieving her own best friend's upcoming move, Jo steals the code for rejected AI omnipresent | Read more...