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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hamlet: The Musical
Dancing Salmon Productions
7th-15th Aug · 15:20 (1hr)
Preview on 7th at 18:00
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mr Bergmann of Deadman's Point
Nth Degree Productions
8th-30th Aug · 17:30 (1hr5)
A basement in Sligo town, Ireland. An embalmer and a mysterious stranger. One of them wants to disappear, leaving no trace, while the other is desperate to be remembered forever. A brand-new play based on the extraordinary true story of the so-called Peter Bergmann, Ireland’s most famous unidentified man, who | Read more...
My Oh My, Mr Dream
Melody of Kin
17th-30th Aug · 18:25 (1hr15)
Preview on 17th
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...
Natalie and I
Simon Gomes
7th-15th Aug · 14:25 (40mins)
Preview on 7th at 20:40
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...
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...
Notes from a Narcissistic Negro and Other N Words
Elizabeth June and Theatre Beyond Broadway
17th-22nd Aug · 16:45 (1hr)
Preview on 17th
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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