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5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche

Cheese Platter Productions
7th-15th Aug · 13:25 (1hr10)
Preview on 7th at 20:10

It's 1956 and The Susan B Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein is having their annual quiche breakfast. As the widows await the announcement of the society's prize-winning quiche, the atomic bomb sirens sound! Has the Communist threat come to pass? How will the widows respond as their | Read more...
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A Vacuum at the Centre

University of Manchester Drama Society
24th-30th Aug · 14:15 (1hr)

Picture the worst theme park you've ever visited – and you have Bill Crisp's Animation Studio. Once a venerable British institution, the suits behind the show appear to have lost their head. Squeezing himself into a skin-tight, filthy canary costume, new-comer Jack will do anything to get his foot in | Read more...
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Absolute Bus Stops of Northern Europe and Beyond

Jim Judges
8th-15th Aug · 11:30 (50mins)

The wait is over. Grab a ticket and climb aboard for a multimedia journey celebrating the overlooked magic, mystery and beauty of bus stops. From the bleak chic of a layby on the A47 to a sun drenched Swedish super shelter in Getgubben, Båstad, you will learn the secrets of | Read more...
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After Hours Vocals: Welcome to the Club

The Menagerie Club
8th-15th Aug · 22:00 (50mins)

Fresh from a sell-out London debut, Britain's Got Talent 2026, 10M+ online views and 20k+ followers, The Menagerie Club presents a late-night vocal experience, a night out like no other. With six vocalists, live beatboxing and integrated vocal technology – expect a high-energy set of pop / R&B classics and | Read more...
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Alice Hawkins – Working Class Suffragette

Great-Grandson Peter Barratt with Sister Suffragette Ruth Pownall
17th-21st Aug · 11:20 (1hr)

Great-grandson Peter Barratt with sister suffragette Ruth Pownall give a stirring and passionate account of working-class suffragette, Alice Hawkins, and her hard-fought campaign for the right to vote. Mother of six, lifelong socialist and shoe machinist by trade, Alice was arrested, imprisoned and almost forgotten, until now. As the UK | Read more...
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Apples in Winter

LynchPin Theatre
8th-30th Aug · 10:30 (1hr10)

Miriam's son has been on death row for 22 years. At midnight the state will execute him. His last request: his mother's apple pie. As Miriam bakes the perfect pie, this extraordinarily powerful and deeply compassionate one-woman play by Jennifer Fawcett invites us to reflect on the impact of violent | Read more...
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BURN

Burnt Flamingo Productions
8th-15th Aug · 15:55 (1hr)

Condemned in history as a brutal queen unfit to rule, 'Bloody' Queen Mary converses both with her own historical legacy and the archbishop she has condemned to burn at the stake in this defiant, feminist play. Mary, a queen vilified in history, a delusional madwoman. Cranmer, a historical martyr. History | Read more...
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Babyface

Nick Tipa
24th-30th Aug · 12:45 (55mins)

From award-winning writer and performer Nick Tipa (Kaai Tahu) comes Babyface: a solo play about big-time wrestling and small-town Aotearoa. Part stage play / part wrestling show, Babyface explores one boy's experience of growing up, fitting in and landing a suplex in rural Aotearoa. Debuting to a sold-out season at | Read more...
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Ballgowns and Bibshorts

Grace Lovelass
24th-30th Aug · 22:50 (1hr)
Preview on 24th

Billed as a musical memoir, Ballgowns and Bibshorts is the soundtrack to a decade of operatic and athletic adventures. Alongside comedy and candid insights, Grace presents an effervescent mix of classical, show tunes and popular music, as well as irreverent, custom-written parody, to take audiences on a journey that proves | Read more...
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Beer with a Queer

Jeff Klein
8th-30th Aug · 23:15 (1hr)

Stand up comedian Jeff Klein brings his online show Beer with a Queer to live audiences again. In this show he will tell the story of coming out and finding his place in his community, he will take questions from the audience answering for the whole gay community, he will | Read more...
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Big Hair: A Rad and Wild Love Affair

Maegan Mandarino
8th-15th Aug · 18:15 (1hr)

Not your “Abby Normal” relationship? Get ready for a whirlwind of laughter, music and storytelling in Big Hair: A Rad and Wild Love Affair, written and performed by Maegan Mandarino. This one-hour spectacle brings Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder to the stage, with modville-style musical numbers, film and interview clips | Read more...
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Brainwashed

Alina Konon
17th-30th Aug · 21:30 (55mins)

Brainwashed is a dark comedy clown show about growing up under dictatorship in Belarus. Born in the Soviet Union and raised in a country shaped by authoritarian rule, award-winning comedian Alina Konon transforms her personal history into a surreal and playful exploration of propaganda. Through absurd games, physical comedy and | Read more...
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Brodie and Co.

1552 Productions
24th-29th Aug · 12:50 (1hr30)
Preview on 24th

Set in the smoky underworld of 18th-century Edinburgh, Brodie and Co. is a bold new musical inspired by the true story of Deacon William Brodie – a respectable tradesman by day and notorious thief by night. With a fierce heroine, unforgettable songs, and a cast of drunks, dreamers, and dilettantes, | Read more...
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Carrie: The Musical

Edinburgh University Footlights
17th-22nd Aug · 18:25 (2hrs30)

1974. Prom is days away. Carrie, a social outcast under the strain of her mother's religiosity, discovers the power of telekinesis. Find out what happens when Carrie is pushed too far by her high-school bullies on the most anticipated night of the year: senior prom. This amateur production of Carrie: | Read more...
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Crying At My Podiatrist

Julia Atkin
8th-30th Aug · 19:40 (1hr)

When Julia Atkin loses her big toenail, she gains an unlikely spiritual advisor: her Ukrainian podiatrist. In this preposterous, dark comedy, Julia revisits the worst three years of her life-medical mishaps, identity crises and giggling through grief. Crying At My Podiatrist blends absurd body horror with a reluctant search for | Read more...
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Dear Cathy

Question Mark Theatre
24th-29th Aug · 11:30 (1hr45)

Written and directed by John Brindley and co-directed by Georgia Emily Scott, performed by Amelia Sweetland, with an original music score by Polo Piatti. Dear Cathy follows one woman's struggle to confront the truth of infertility and what an out of the ordinary, brutal biology has imposed on her marriage, | Read more...
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Epic Economics: What would you protest about today?

Dimis Michaelides
17th-30th Aug · 12:15 (1hr)
Preview on 17th

With wicked humour and stories from his professional journey, LSE and World Bank veteran Dimis Michaelides highlights the contributions and contradictions of economists from the 18th century to today. How does breakfast get to your table? Who creates value? Capitalism: savage or tame? How do we justify inequalities? Why did | Read more...
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Formosa Viva

NTNUGIPA
8th-22nd Aug · 12:20 (50mins)

'A love song – or dance – to Taiwan I could watch this all day long. It’s magical' **** (TheatreWeekly.com). 'A heartfelt exploration of Taiwan’s 500-year history' *** (BroadwayBaby.com). Formosa Viva is a bold fusion of contemporary dance, physical theatre and visual storytelling. Eight performers trace 500 years of Taiwan’s | Read more...
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Ghosts of West Hollywood

Don Minzone Productions
17th-22nd Aug · 11:20 (1hr)

Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair. Set against the | Read more...
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Hamlet: The Musical

Dancing Salmon Productions
7th-15th Aug · 15:20 (1hr)
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Hamlet’s mom has got it going on Claudius killed Hamlet's dad, married mum, and nicked the throne – what’s an angsty royal teen to do? Find out, with a little help from Sinatra and Spears, the Killers and Kanye, ABBA, Gaga, Queen and Wicked. The world's greatest tragedy, retold through | Read more...
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Henry VIII and His Groom

OMF Theatre
24th-30th Aug · 10:00 (45mins)
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A hilarious and moving new play that explores the unlikely friendship between King Henry VIII and his Groom of the Stool, William Compton. Set in the opulent world of the Tudor court, this play offers a unique perspective on the complexities of power, loyalty and grief. Toilet humour has never | Read more...
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Homebound

LSU Theatre
8th-15th Aug · 10:30 (45mins)

If home is lost, destroyed and you have nothing left, and no one to turn to, what do you do? This show is about finding home. Using cutting edge projection, live video feed, original immersive media and unbridled, athletic enthusiasm, you will witness a wild odyssey toward a crazy version | Read more...
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If We Really Were Witches

Scene 24 Productions
7th-30th Aug · 19:05 (1hr)
Preview on 7th at 18:40

What might’ve happened if real witches dropped in on the witch hunts? Comedy, we’re sure. Summoned by the ghost of a witch hunt victim, real witches Mildred, Agnes and Suds arrive to rescue innocent Obediently Snead and serve up justice of their own. When challenged by The Pricks of Puritanical | Read more...
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Irene Cleans Up

Rebecca Taylor Al-Samaraie in Association with Abu Dhabi Dramatic Society
7th-15th Aug · 19:10 (2hrs)
Preview on 7th at 22:00

Irene Cleans Up is about a middle-aged London cleaner with a remarkable palate for wine, and decades of social conditioning telling her to stay in her place. When a highly successful and fiercely competitive sommelier bets she can transform Irene into an elite expert, an unlikely partnership begins. As ambition, | Read more...
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Join the Club! A Story About the Sex You Never Wanted

Kate Daley
7th-30th Aug · 15:50 (50mins)
Preview on 7th at 23:00

One woman’s journey to reclaim agency after trauma, blending humour and heartbreak to transform silence, shame and survival into connection and empowerment. Between hook-ups, vibrators and Tinder, she navigates the chaotic hellscape of modern dating. With wit and no-holds-barred honesty, it confronts a culture of sexual misbehaviour while celebrating resilience | Read more...
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Lavender

Sixth Side Theatre
25th-29th Aug · 11:20 (55mins)

Summer 1916. Following a shrapnel injury to his shoulder, WWI Captain Edward Beaumont returns home to his devoted fiancée’s estate. Yet the peaceful convalescence he longs for is unsettled not only by the disturbing effects of shellshock, but also a new presence on the estate – one that awakens forbidden | Read more...
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Life of Pie

31DaysofPizza.com
7th-15th Aug · 12:15 (1hr)
Preview on 7th at 20:15

Through live music, storytelling, and extra cheese, pizza blogger Sean Taylor shares his quest for home – one slice at a time. Raised in a nomadic Mormon military family, Sean found stability in one unexpected constant: pizza. He explores how this universal comfort food became a way to survive everything | Read more...
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Like a Good Neighbor

Jake Alexander
8th-22nd Aug · 20:35 (1hr15)

He's here to help! Exploring friendship, bullying and the concept of the clothing chair. Jake tells the story of trying to save a stray cat in an alley, and everything that came after (trauma, blood, tears, etc) all while he attempts to help some of you with your day-to-day problems | Read more...
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Liz Wesleydale: (Shadow) Home Secretary

Beware of the Theatre
17th-30th Aug · 14:45 (1hr5)

After a devastating loss at the last general election, politician Liz Wesleydale finds herself in a scary place – the Shadow cabinet. Desperate for attention and relevancy, Liz embarks on a number of campaigns in order to win over the public before the next election. | Read more...
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Los Años Maravillosos: Archive, Image and Collapse

Bearesteatro
24th-30th Aug · 21:20 (50mins)

A Uruguayan model. Diana Spencer. The Doors. Montevideo. The future as longing. Collapse as an inevitable destiny. 'Come on, baby, light my fire.' Between image, memory and fracture, Los Años Maravillosos explores the distance between who we imagined we would become and who we were not. Through real archive, music | Read more...
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Love (5 Ways)

Cadillac Productions
8th-22nd Aug · 12:50 (45mins)

On a barge in East London, a polycule raucously celebrates the marriage of two of its members. All the while, Max and Mila grapple with the new shape of their relationship, which now includes five more people. Love, jealousy, Cornish independence and group sex combine in this outrageous laugh-out-loud, multi-rolling | Read more...
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Lover on the Radio

Catalytic Productions
17th-30th Aug · 22:20 (1hr)

All through the night, lonely souls call the hotlines at the Troika Communication Tower looking for something. Whether it’s sex, God’s guidance or a song for the drive home, the voice on the other end is there to provide – but as the night shift wears on, the roles she | Read more...
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Lucy Best: Unbelievable

Best Productions
8th-30th Aug · 17:40 (55mins)

Most people have an unbelievable, fantastical story from their life; the kind that makes others question if that really, truly, happened. Thanks to an unconventional life, Lucy Best has collected more than most. In this one-woman storytelling show, Lucy unpacks a treasure trove of hard to believe but true tales. | Read more...
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Madam(e) Lou

Kate Danley
17th-30th Aug · 20:15 (45mins)

Seattle is known for Frasier, coffee and tech bros. But it's not known for its history, and that's a shame because Seattle’s history is bonkers. It honours its founding fathers, but there is a founding mother who is written out of history books because of her trade: Madam Lou Graham. | Read more...
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Make Yourself at Home

At Home Productions
17th-30th Aug · 20:45 (1hr15)
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Make Yourself at Home follows Michael, a man struggling with agoraphobia at the height of his anxiety. After losing his girlfriend, Michael attempts to heal in the confines of his home. His need for connection becomes so dire that he starts to imagine his household objects as people from his | Read more...
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Michelle Ahern: Are We There Yet?

Michelle Ahern
24th-30th Aug · 14:00 (50mins)

Are We There Yet? A raucous true tale of starting life over – in your 40s, in Spain. Buckle-up for this high octane, award-winning Australian comedian on her joyride through heartbreak, reinvention and midlife mischief. Nominated for Best Debut Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival (2026) and winner of Best | Read more...
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Monster Made

Strickland Scenic Adventure / Alex van Ric / Astrid Gutscher
24th-30th Aug · 16:20 (1hr25)

Monster Made is the story of two people who could not be further apart. Amanda Crowley is an unyielding lawyer who will not be intimidated by a man accused of murder. This man is Thomas Duncan who committed a heinous massacre. He is guilty. Without a doubt, the case is | Read more...
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Mother Earth

OddSock Theatre
17th-22nd Aug · 10:10 (1hr30)

Mother Earth. Who's there, in the dark, when you're lost? Only time will tell. Cadet Earth is on a mission across the stars. When a sun-stroked tyrant sets eyes on the inbound planet, Earth will have to turn to a new community for support. No matter how small they may | Read more...
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Moving On: A New Musical

Happy Sad Productions
24th-30th Aug · 18:45 (2hrs)

Merging together the spooky, silly and sentimental, this comedy musical is about confronting the past, accepting yourself and knowing when to let go. When three siblings are given the job of clearing out their old teacher’s possessions after a fatal accident, they discover there’s more to the house than it | Read more...
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Mr Bergmann of Deadman's Point

Nth Degree Productions
8th-30th Aug · 17:30 (1hr5)

A new play based on the extraordinary true story of Ireland's most famous unidentified man, the so-called Peter Bergmann. He spent three days in Sligo mysteriously erasing his identity and was later found on a lonely shoreline. Told through the eyes of an embalmer who is in a race against | Read more...
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Muffins

University of Manchester Drama Society
17th-22nd Aug · 14:20 (1hr)

Set in a painfully ordinary office, Elaine’s life is upended by a crime of the highest order: someone is stealing her muffins. What begins as a minor grievance spirals into an increasingly unhinged quest for justice. As suspicions mount, alliances fracture and passive aggression reaches boiling point, the office descends | Read more...
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My Oh My, Mr Dream

Melody of Kin
17th-30th Aug · 18:25 (1hr15)
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My Oh My, Mr Dream. He is older than stars, lonelier than gods and he has stories to tell – stories before the cold. From a cage deep in the dark, Mr Dream emerges. Ancient. Alone. Holding three tokens, three dreams. A sailor rowing towards the edge of the world. | Read more...
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Natalie and I

Simon Gomes
7th-15th Aug · 14:25 (40mins)
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Remember the rush of emotions as a teen, trying to transition into being an adult and finding your place in the world? Simon does. The joy of finding your favourite pop star as a teen and growing up with them means you always have their music to guide you. This | Read more...
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Next to Normal

Bare Productions
7th-15th Aug · 18:40 (2hrs20)
Preview on 7th at 19:40

Following a string of five-star, sell-out shows, Bare Productions return with Next to Normal, the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that took Broadway by storm. Featuring an unforgettable rock-infused score and moments of heart-stopping honesty, this powerful show explores love, loss and the pressures of modern family life. At its | Read more...
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Nosejob

Heads on Crooked
17th-30th Aug · 19:10 (55mins)

A nose. With a dream: to be adored! To be a West End star! To be the hottest girl in the world! But attention is fickle and the crowd is already turning away Nose Job is a wild comedic ride about beauty, disgust, what we choose to look at and | Read more...
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Notes from a Narcissistic Negro and Other N Words

Elizabeth June and Theatre Beyond Broadway
17th-22nd Aug · 16:45 (1hr)
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Award-winning solo show by Elizabeth June (Blackish, Hightown), Notes from a Narcissistic Negro and Other N Words is a dramedy detailing her childhood and clergy sexual abuse and cancer survival. All songs, stories, spoken word and stand-up sets are a testimony of her triumph over trauma. Explicit language and situations. | Read more...
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Off Script

Joanna Orlowska
7th-14th Aug · 21:35 (50mins)
Preview on 7th at 22:15

A migrant journalist goes live from a protest and breaks script on air. A fierce, darkly funny solo play about migration, motherhood and the cost of speaking up. Caught between neutrality and truth, Anna steps into a moment she cannot take back. Off Script explores belonging, language and moral courage | Read more...
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Pews at Ten

Novem Ensemble
24th-29th Aug · 11:10 (55mins)

Big old things are happening in the smallest city in Britain. A sir – prise is on it’s way to Meryl, Dilys and Rona. A bomb. A sex bomb On the front pew of St David's Cathedral sit three (seemingly) sweet, predictable old ladies. Pillars of their community and the | Read more...
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Pimm's Without the Cucumber

Lucas Kad
7th-15th Aug · 14:20 (1hr)
Preview on 7th at 20:45

What is masculinity from a gay perspective? A one-man comedy about a mixed race gay guy, masculinity and breakups. Jordan, and his much smarter ‘professor’ alter ego, has just broken up with his first boyfriend, and has dreams of entering his healing era. From nights out, to hook-ups, to joining | Read more...
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Playlist

St Xavier High School
7th-9th Aug · 10:10 (40mins)
Preview on 7th at 17:20

Music. It surrounds us and invades our homes, cars and work. We exercise and shop to it. Share it, talk about it and even travel to hear it live. Playlist is an exploration of the role of music (and silence) in our lives. How music brings us together, separates us, | Read more...
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Rent

Edinburgh University Savoy Opera Group
24th-30th Aug · 15:25 (2hrs30)
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The opposite of war isn’t peace – it’s creation. Jonathan Larson’s rock musical Rent follows 525,600 minutes in the lives of young artists in 1990s New York. Amid poverty, eviction, addiction and the AIDS crisis, a community fights to keep creating. Rent chooses love, art and defiance over despair. Featuring | Read more...
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Roses To The Living

Pasuz Productions
8th-15th Aug · 22:20 (50mins)

Pasuz Productions presents their new darkly comedic show about reputations and how you lose them, how one version of events becomes "the truth", and what your options are when your terribly worthy one-woman show is repeatedly interrupted by rowdy hecklers. This playful meta-theatrical piece juggles the stories of a well-meaning | Read more...
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Sara Fran: Time Snatch

Sara Fran
24th-30th Aug · 22:55 (1hr)

She's been labelled 'delinquent', 'bad with time', and 'smart, but slow' but Sara hates to brag. She's full-body allergic to the American grind ("ADHD," etc.). Would things be different if her country respected the moon, or hell, the siesta? Lured by icons of the darkness (Lilith, Diogenes, Bjork), she bewilders | Read more...
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Seasons

Cardboard Box Theatre Company
8th-15th Aug · 11:15 (1hr)

In a city not too far from here, there is a park that's been there for years. Welcome to Willow Park! Come and meet Parker the Parkkeeper and his cat Clover as they tell you the story of Maggie and Mylo the magpies. Cardboard Box Theatre Company presents this lively, | Read more...
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Seledka

Uliana Klimchuk and Lily Afghani
17th-22nd Aug · 12:50 (55mins)

In the name of Russia, Seledka and his new troupe are here to stop the war. His goal? Make sure his soldiers eat sleep bleed Soviet. However, his meeting is hijacked by young Ukrainian women recounting tales from the war. Who’s entitled to claim ownership of a country? How different | Read more...
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Shakespeare's Big Brother

Big Spirit Theatre Co
17th-22nd Aug · 15:15 (45mins)

Shakespeare's Big Brother puts all your favourite Shakespearean characters in the Big Brother House. What will Hamlet say to Romeo? What will Juliet make of Macbeth? Who gets kicked out first? Lots of fun from one of the Fringe's classic theatre companies. At last we can answer the big questions: | Read more...
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Someone Is Dead, Probably?

Comedy Take Out
8th-14th Aug · 13:50 (1hr)

Come commit a crime! Well, kind of at the very least, you get to pick a victim. In this fully unscripted murder mystery, you decide who lives and who dies as the story is created in real time. Our famous Detective John Johnson returns to retell one of his many | Read more...
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THE LOVE YOU TAKE

Cory Dagg
8th-22nd Aug · 16:40 (55mins)

Cory Dagg makes a solemn promise to Mae Axton, the co-writer of Heartbreak Hotel, to tell the true story behind the song. His journey weaves his own life with the tragic tale of the man who inspired the hit song, the meteoric rise of Elvis Presley and the impact his | Read more...
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TSURU: My Crane Wife

Space GIGA Theatre Troupe
17th-22nd Aug · 15:55 (1hr)

Where sound becomes movement in this reimagining of a classical Japanese folktale. Directed by Erica Yamada, a Toga Directors' Competition award recipient, the work features acclaimed performers who have been invited to stages across Asia. Praised in Japanese previews for its inventive movement, creativity and sound, the piece blends rhythm, | Read more...
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The Beat Goes On

The Glummer Twins
17th-22nd Aug · 14:25 (50mins)

David Harmer and Ray Globe, the irrepressible Glummer Twins, are back with another irreverent trawl through the fads, fashions and music of the eight decades that made them what they are today. Old. Stand-up spoken word comedy and music from the Beat Generation. Expect sharp-tongued nostalgia, musical mayhem and brutally | Read more...
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The Boline Inn

Meadow Report
24th-30th Aug · 14:50 (1hr30)
Preview on 24th

Join Jane on a search for her missing uncle, leading her to The Boline Inn and its strange, captivating women. Beneath her calm exterior, tensions simmer. Will the women bring her to boiling point? With its quirky humour, eerie atmosphere and unforgettable aesthetic, The Boline Inn – an award nominated | Read more...
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The First Annual Inaugural Grief Awards

Andreas Tsironis
8th-22nd Aug · 21:40 (1hr)

You're invited to The First Annual Inaugural Grief Awards! After losing his father to pancreatic cancer in 2020, Andreas Tsironis grieved. He grieved pretty hard. Now, he's decided he is "totally over it" and will be hosting an award ceremony to commemorate the feat! Join the comedian for an absurd | Read more...
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The Last Bantam

Michael Hughes
7th-15th Aug · 12:50 (1hr)
Preview on 7th at 18:50

1914. The Great War rages. Britain recruits 30,000 Bantams, men between five-foot and five-foot-three to fight in some of the bloodiest battles of the war. 1918. A group of reporters visit the Front to write about the Bantams. One Bantam remains, Patrick Michael Wolfe, a Dubliner who signed up to | Read more...
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Musicals and Opera

The Last Five Years

SCT Encore
7th-15th Aug · 14:00 (1hr30)
Preview on 7th at 17:50

The Last Five Years is an intimate musical about a five year relationship, told through a unique structure where his story moves forward and hers moves backward, only meeting once in the middle at their wedding. Anna Schneider and Ben Templeton bring chemistry and evocative vocals to Jason Robert Brown's | Read more...
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The Naked Truth

Lynne Jones as Unconditional Possible Girl
7th-15th Aug · 10:50 (30mins)
Preview on 7th at 21:50

The Naked Truth is a 30-minute spoken-word show that takes audiences on a fast, funny and emotionally charged journey into the things we usually keep to ourselves. Playful, provocative and uncomfortably relatable, it moves quickly between laughter, recognition and the occasional: did she really say that? Blending personal storytelling with | Read more...
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The Pod

MM – Jon Betti and Gergana Galabova
8th-15th Aug · 19:45 (1hr)

Prepare for the end If you can afford it. Kaia and Adam win a bizarre lottery and move into The Pod – a doomsday bunker that might jettison into space when the world ends in eight minutes and 19 seconds. Unless it doesn't, in which case the countdown will reset | Read more...
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The Postcode Lottery

Bear-Faced Liars
24th-30th Aug · 15:45 (55mins)
Preview on 24th

Dystopia or utopia? You decide. This episodic play follows the consequences of power and desire in modern day Britain. It starts at the top and trickles down, each player a servant and master, with no care who is beneath them. A spa, a salon, a hairdressers' and a bedroom. Six | Read more...
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The Proposal

Stirling University Drama Society (SUDS)
8th-15th Aug · 16:20 (40mins)

August, a young waiter at a failing family-run restaurant is tasked with organizing a marriage proposal for the owner's wealthy nephew. However, the plan is disrupted when Sally Clief – the nephew’s former wife, posing as his future bride – arrives determined to sabotage the proposal. Caught between loyalty, ambition | Read more...
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Music

The Sorries

The Sorries
8th-30th Aug · 17:00 (1hr)

The Sorries return to the Fringe in a new venue with an hour of traditional Scottish songs, fun and excellent musicianship. Douglas and Marty sing, play and banter their way through a Corries-inspired collection of uplifting traditional music, with an ear to the history of the tunes and the country. | Read more...
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Trial by Jury

University of St Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society
24th-30th Aug · 13:20 (45mins)

Disorder in the court! The University of St Andrews Gilbert and Sullivan Society is thrilled to return to the Edinburgh Fringe with Trial by Jury – a brilliant one-act operetta bursting with satire and catchy tunes! When roguish Edwin is sued for breach of promise by heartbroken Angelina, a comically | Read more...
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Waiting For The Match (Duet Version)

iStage Theatre Limited
17th-21st Aug · 13:10 (1hr)

Adapted from Elton Lau-Ho Cheung's award-winning script at the Hong Kong Drama Awards, this one-act play begins when a matchmaking agency famed for its "100% success rate" sees two clients abruptly thrown off script. A young man, pressured by family expectations, confesses a long-hidden love for another man. A successful, | Read more...
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Waiting for a Call

Raimi Trilogy Productions
19th-22nd Aug · 10:50 (1hr30)

Michael is waiting for a very important call. But he is continuously distracted from his anxious wait by some uninvited guests: his siblings, who are all arriving at Mike’s apartment to collect pieces of work that Michael “helped” with. Arriving as well is Michael’s adoring neighbour who shares his profession | Read more...

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