Edinburgh Fringe Programme 2024

#40sandsingle – The Early Morning Cabaret Comedy Show!

Performer: Joyce Lao. Company Name: The Ally Artists Group LLC

Dr. Kara Kibara is a self-proclaimed and successful online dating expert. She has helped thousands of people find love, but she herself is still single in her 40s.

(Dis)honest

St Catherine's School

When you’re constantly reinventing yourself, how do you know who you are? This show explores the question of when we stop pretending. (Dis)honest takes you through a range of deceptions, and begs the question – what is honesty?

007 Voices of Bond

Night Owl Shows

Immerse yourself in the world of 007 and the legendary voices that have accompanied Bond. Goldfinger, Skyfall, Diamonds Are Forever and more brought to life by agents Ella McCready, Alex Beharrell and the Night Owl band.

1 Moment in Time

Sean Alexander

A unique and thought-provoking magic show unlike any other, with jaw dropping magic and mind-reading, powerful storytelling and reflection on the defining moments in time that shape each and every one of us! 'Sensational' (Bruno Tonioli).

1 Murder: The Mind-Reading Lawyer

Tomas McCabe

The best Fringe mind-reader is back… and now a barrister! A family-friendly show of incredible mentalism mixed with a courtroom drama. Will you be the judge, jury, or the one on trial?

100 Years of Musicals!

Show Choir

Join the UK’s No.1 show choir on a joyous journey through the rich history of musical theatre throughout the century. Featuring much-loved songs from every decade, it's a fun-filled a cappella show for all the family.

199 Jokes Before Lunchtime: High Whisk

Danny Matinee

DIY dentistry? Brace yourself. One-liners, puns, props and pictures, suitable for all ages, and maybe including free coffee. By the author/performer of solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, Brighton Fringe, and Leicester Comedy Festival.

2 Guys, 3 Drams: The Ultimate Live Blues and Whisky Experience

The Rhythm and Booze Project

Join duo The Rhythm and Booze Project as they serve up raucous blues music and three superb Scotch whiskies. 2022 and 2023 Fringe sell-out show. (BroadwayBaby.com). (MumbleMusic.net).

21: The Music of Adele

Night Owl Shows

Homage to one of music’s most-awarded females. Hits Rolling In the Deep, Someone Like You and Set Fire to The Rain sung by the awe-inspiring Ella McCready, newest recruit to Night Owl Shows.

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

C&C Productions Ltd

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee tells the story of six eccentric middle-schoolers competing in their spelling bee. With comedic and improv elements, you are bound to leave grinning with glee!

74th Annual Sunger Games

AcadePitch Productions

District 12, Katniss Everdeen, Ryanair. Worlds collide in this daring crossover. A cappella brings the popular Hunger Games universe to life as performers take to the stage in an all-singing, all-dancing adventure through the Capitol.

99 Red Hot Kitties and a Cockatoo

Red Hot Kitty Burlesque and Cabaret

Cheeky and spirited, 99 Red Hot Kitties and a Cockatoo possesses an endearing seductiveness, with time-honoured burlesque and fan dances.

Aaaaa Very Fringey Show

Grownup Playhouse

What makes the perfect Fringe show: comedy, theatre, music, magic, puppets? Yes. The perfect show is every show in one. Come see four people pitch to you the fringiest Edinburgh Fringe show ever… so they claim!

Absolute Improv!

TBC Improv

For over 10 years, Absolute Improv! has been a celebration of the finest improv comedy talent Scotland has to offer! Join us once more for spontaneously sparkling family-friendly performances never seen before, and never to be seen again!

Aca-ballad of a Uni Student

Steelworks A Cappella

Pitch perfect at a UK uni? Follow Steelworks as they sing and dance their way through a year in the life of a broke uni student and pose the question, why would anyone go to uni?

The Academy Trust: Under New Management!

Mode Theatre

'Should I hand in my notice?' A question that resonates with every teacher, and Rachel is no exception. A comedic rollercoaster, blending sketch-show wit with political satire, all written and performed by teachers.

Accidentally on Purpose

Cal State Fullerton

Want to know who murdered my theatre company? Me. Seduction? Check. Betrayal? Check. No checks? Check. The desire for the femme fatale and inclusive ambitions? All that. I killed it. And I'm going to tell you how.

The Accused

Inner Temple Drama Society

Lust, secrecy, anger, murder and… drag? This phenomenal dark comedy combines the seriousness of murder with the sparkle and glam of drag. See the barristers of the sell-out Inner Temple Drama Society as never before.

An Act of Grace

Ottawa Little Theatre

Grace invites a lawyer and financial planner to her home to talk business. What could go wrong? Everything... quickly. From the producers of Burn, this contemporary thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat.

The Addams Family

The Talentz Ltd

The kooky, mysteriously spooky Addams Family musical. Morticia and Gomez Addams are confounded when their daughter Wednesday falls in love with a "normal" boy. Can the Addams family pretend to fit in for just one evening?

Addict

Motovoho Productions

31 words. Two lives ruined. John can take or leave social media, until his tweet goes viral. Then the trolls attack. With his pride dented John seeks revenge, creating an alter-ego to expose his abusers, with devastating consequences.

The Adventures of the White Unicorn

Heli Pärna

From Belgium to Estonia, Switzerland to Luxembourg, New Zealand and back again, Heli Pärna bares all in her witty, funny and vulnerable way from cultural stereotypes and heartbreak to crazy pick-up lines.

After Shakespeare – Richard III

Slade Wolfe Enterprises Limited

Following on from 2023's success, SWE again challenge Shakespeare. The life of Richard III: a loyal and misunderstood figure, vilified by history. A ground-breaking invitation to reconsider your perception of history’s most maligned monarch.

After the Rainbow: A Mystical Music-full Midlife Journey Through Oz

Molly Kittle and Amy MacClain

Midlife gets a dose of music and magic in this transformational take on Oz. Get whisked away in a cyclone of mystical revelations, personal triumphs and laughter.

After Troy

Badminton School

Troy has fallen. What can the fates of the women left behind tell us about the survivors of conflict today?

Agatha Christie's The Rats

Hart Players

Invited to a party in a London flat, Sandra Grey and Davey Forrester find themselves alone. Somebody knows about their affair and someone wants revenge... A one-act play from Agatha Christie's Rule of Three collection.

Ajahnis Charley: Thots and Prayers

Ajahnis Charley

Come get your life in the afterlife! Thots is high-energy sketch comedy about a feisty twink fighting to belong beyond the pearly gates of Gay Heaven. Witness the HOMO, or suffer the FOMO.

AL! The Weird Tribute (and How Daniel Radcliffe Got Mixed Up in This Nonsense)

Steve Goodie

"Weird Al" Yankovic and Daniel “Harry Potter” Radcliffe team up at the Fringe (sort of)!

Alice in Wonderland

Nardone’s Academy of Performing Arts

This brand-new musical version of the timeless classic takes you down the rabbit hole with the ever-curious Alice to a land of zany adventures where nothing is as it seems. Perfectly entertaining for the whole family.

All This Must Pass

Aurelia Gage

A woman embarks on a quest through time. She travels for hundreds of years through distant lands to discover how she came to be, all as the dread of the present day draws ever closer.

Allotment

Tricera Collective

When Em finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, her housemates are forced to band together to become parents. Can they support the child as a group of struggling artists, or do they need to grow up?

Am I Nuts!

Stargaze Theatre

Smith is having dreams. Stone-age songs, ocean waves and rabbit pie, in Tesco. Through increasingly comic therapy, they desperately seek the truth. So what happens when you don't return your shopping trolley? Mischief in time and space.

Amazing Stories of Blues and Soul: The Road Trip

Ken Wood and the Mixers

This award-winning show connects audiences with the energy and emotion of great R&B and soul acts. Anecdotes and songs from John Lee Hooker, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and many more.

Andrew Mayer: Have Fun, Be Yourself

Andrew Mayer

Comedian Andrew Mayer talks about his all-time best and worst dates (both with the same woman), and a third date with her many years later. There's also plenty of other nonsense.

Antics Joke Show: Sketch and Improv Comedy

Up the Antics

Up the Antics (BBC Radio 4 Extra) present an hour of hilarious sketches plus improvised scenes with special guests! 'Up the Antics are guaranteed to deliver a laugh every minute' (EdFringeReview.com).

Antigone

Crook and Ivy

Sophocles' tale of youthful defiance and aged intransigence reworked by a young cast. Antigone must choose between loyalty to her dead brother and obedience to the law. This young company brings a fresh new vision to this timeless tale.

Apricot

Lucy Nicholson

Apricot is a dark comedy that explores gender roles, reproductive rights and moral ambiguity from the viewpoint of three teenagers, asking the question – is there a wrong or right to the choices we make about our own bodies?

Ariana vs Chomsky

PJV Studio

When Chloe refuses to attend the One Love (2017) charity concert held for the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing, Mark thinks she has lost her humanity. Original scenes contrast with debates between Noam and journalists.

Armed Robbery and Suicidal Intent

TheArchive

Agnes curated her perfect death, but the thing she couldn't plan for was a teenage burglar entering her house as she faced oblivion. This dark comedy catches two opposite women in a deadly stalemate.

Artemis vs Apollo: Clash of the Celestial Twins

Elmwood School

Dive into high school drama with Artemis vs Apollo: Clash of the Celestial Twins! Join the fun and witness new talents, friendships, and epic discoveries in this unforgettable showdown!

Aude Lener – Love Reboot

The Queen Comedy

Wanna feel loved? Honestly, I'm no magician. I'm just French. How sexy is that? So if you like love stories that have nothing to do with love stories, get your tickets now.

Auto/Erotic Tango

Tango Fantasy

Pushing the genre of Argentine tango to its limits! Super-charged stage tango dancing, acting, video projection and sensory, sensual immersion. Exploring the tension created between a traditional heteronormative tango couple and their unusual, real and hidden desires...

Away Went the World

Groton Theatre Ensemble

It’s 225 years 'After Download' and Sarah lives in OutpostCaanan, apart from the AI-dominated Overworld. When a strange girl arrives in her community, Sarah must decide: protect those she loves, or trust what she cannot understand.

Babe Alien

Mon Espoir

Why is there a whale in this casino? Babe didn't become an alien to sit around and not find out. Lazy punks and a desert commune. Apathy and activism in Las Vegas.

Baby Steps

Fruit Bowl Theatre

A series of funny and hard-hitting vignettes depicting the erosion of a friendship after Alice loses her mother. A play about grief, love, about how we navigate turbulent friendships. About a family lost, and a family found.

Bachelorette Bash

Early Doors Productions

It's the last "swing" before the ring, and there ain’t no party like a bachelorette party! Someone is raising hell before the wedding bells, and it looks like a murderous f*cking sheep! Will we kiss the miss goodbye?

Back to Black: The Music of Amy Winehouse

Night Owl Shows

Following sell-out runs globally, this award-winning show starring Reine Beau returns for a fifth year taking you on a moving journey through the career of a modern legend. Includes Valerie and Rehab.

Bad Dog

Queen Mary Theatre Company

Upon a young woman's decision to admit herself to rehab, she decides to get back into contact with her estranged mother. Bad Dog explores addiction, generational trauma and the female psyche.

Bad Habit

Goodbread Theatre

In the name of the Father, Son, and free trip to California. Amen. Two Glaswegian girls. Two Californian nuns. The potential second coming of Christ. Bad Habit: a cross-cultural coming of age comedy full of friendship and heart.

Badger

Burning Ember Theatre and New Celts Productions

A team of young co-workers try and get through their day whilst navigating a broken system. How much pressure can they take? And is a badger really to blame for all of it?

The Ballad of Maria Marten

Hardin-Simmons University

Playwright Beth Flintoff shines a light on the life of Maria Marten and the courage, faith, and perseverance required to recognise and stand against mistreatment.

Barracking

University of York Drama Society

Barracking imagines the inner walls of the modern-day debate chamber, centred around a student debate team. The play takes a look at the wealthy elite: a club that operates on an invite-only basis, with no exceptions.

The Beat Goes On

The Glummer Twins

The irrepressible Glummer Twins are back with an irreverent trawl through the eight decades that made them what they are today. Old. Stand-up spoken word comedy and music from the Beat Generation.

Beauty and the Joker

Mahua International Kids’ Troupe

When laughter and enjoyment is banned, how can Joker save the Nikolai kingdom which is sink into a state of melancholy. The work is produced by Serena Wang, written and directed by Angela Dou.

Bedtime Stories

Mhari Aitchison and Becca Fielden

'There's no greater love story than female friendship'. Talking through bad sex, irresponsible parenting, the lighter side of dementia and the overall ups and downs of being a girl your twenties.

Beryl & Clive, Sing or Die (Their Musical)

Amy Gibbons

Beryl & Clive, a wildly funny comedy following this fabulously unconventional couple who break all the rules to fulfil their creative dreams. Laugh out loud comedy its sing or die baby.

The Best of the West End and Broadway

CRE8IV THEATRE CO

Join CRE8IV on this journey through the very best of The West End and Broadway as this cast perform these musical theatre favourites.

Beyond the Cap and Gown

Trading Masks Theatre Company

Join five graduates as they navigate the tumultuous seas of post-graduation life. You will never see the same show twice! Each performance the cast will rotate. What will the world have in store?

Big Bad Wolf

Byteback Theatre Company

Big Bad Wolf turns traditional tales on their head to ask… is the Wolf really so Big and Bad after all? Featuring Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs and The Boy Who Cried Wolf.

Big Scary Cat

Acting Coach Scotland

A satirical teen horror-comedy about a group of stereotypically attractive and slightly dim young people trapped in a fun fair haunted house. Will they make it out alive? Do you really want them to?

The Billy Joel Story

Night Owl Shows

A feel-good and uplifting showcase of the life and music of the 150 million record-selling Piano Man. Uptown Girl, Always a Woman and Piano Man brought to life with the energy and charisma of Angus Munro.

The Birds

Ease Drama Teenager Theatre Company

This is a modern interpretation of an ancient Greek comedy piece, and the entire teenage cast will bring you a new kind of vision. Stay tuned!

Birdwatching

Black Bright Theatre Company

Three school friends wild camp in the Northumberland forest. A perfect boiling pot of paranoia, superstition and adolescent insecurity ensues that hangs on a chilling question: who is watching who? A fresh new folk horror about the female experience.

Black and Gold

University of Leeds A Cappella Society

Join The Songsmiths for an afternoon of style and sophistication through the form of sleek a cappella – a suave a cappella speakeasy where everybody is invited!

Blind Mirth Presents: A Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

Blind Mirth

Blind Mirth returns to Fringe in a blaze of glory and parental disdain. Different every show, St Andrews' funniest, sexiest (and only) improvised comedy troupe invite you for chaos and comedy.

Blindsided

City of London School

Tense courtroom drama following a lawyer who is reluctantly convinced to plead not guilty on behalf of his defendant, in a high-profile murder trial he has no chance of winning. How far is he willing to compromise his morals?

The Blondie Story

Night Owl Shows

A high-octane trip through the music of one of the architects of Punk. Reine Beau and the full Night Owl Band deliver a killer blow with versions of Atomic, Heart of Glass and One Way or Another.

Blood, Sweat and Beers: How One Man Overcame a Complete Lack of Ability to Represent His Country

Mick Colliss

The laugh-out-loud true story of Mick Colliss, who achieved his boyhood dream – just not in the way you might think.

Bluffing Your Way in Ballet

Seizing The Day Company (Seizing Up!)

Take an irreverent and witty whizz through ballet history. With ageing former Royal Ballet dancer and her company, who embody a galaxy of famous dance stars. Plus, titillating backstage stories. Our sell-out show.

Booger Red

Jim Loucks

Booger Red survives a rough childhood, becoming a renowned hellfire and brimstone Southern Baptist preacher. Can preacher’s kid Jimmy emerge from under his shadow, finding his own unique voice? Rollicking, passionate storytelling and music in the American South.

The Book of Joan

Queen Mary Theatre Company

No one understands the complexity and plights of Catholicism like a teenage lesbian, especially one whose only friend happens to be a figment of the 13th-century saint Joan of Arc.

Bouncers & Shakers

Paperlight Theatre

Step into 80s urban nightlife, where nightclubs and cocktail bars pulse with energy. Let our bouncers and shakers show you their world of serving everyone from luvvies to local lads lusting for something more...

Brace Yourselves!

Full Score Barbershop Choir

Hold on to your boater hats, because Full Score is back to bring barbershop to the Fringe. Prepare for a dazzling show packed with Disney, musical theatre, and jazz classics like you’ve never heard them before!

Brett Epstein: Alone on Stage

Brooklyn Bottling Company

Brett Epstein reflects upon the highs and lows of being an artist, being alone and Being Alive™. A darkly comic Brooklyn Bottling Company solo show.

A Brief Case of Crazy

Skedaddle Theatre Company

Unconventional introvert Thomas typically fiddles and fumbles through his conventional office job, until he's dragged on a journey of discovery by a mischievous briefcase. Physical comedy and ludicrous characters portray it's what's inside that counts!

Brothers

Raised Voices

Heart-rending tale of the bond between two brothers overcoming mental health struggles and addiction... resolution follows... then despair and tragedy, ultimately peace. Raised Voices is an award-winning charity for those who have or are experiencing homelessness.

Bubble!

Lexi Manchester feat. Jimmy Hook

Exploring the funny within a little bubble using a combination of improv and stand-up. A "solo" show. Honest.

Bucket Head

Kelby Guilfoyle and Kyle Moss

A closed-down puppet orphanage reopens, leaving resident squatters Ozzie Airwalker and Jim Horgletooth having to deal with new friends and challenges. A feel-good family show for everyone.

Bucket List

Show Don't Tell Productions

Luke and Jess meet at a party. An entire relationship and a bad breakup later, he reappears in her life to announce that he’s dead. A darkly funny love story charting two people's shared lives – and afterlives.

BURNOUT

Sady 10

'I just need some space.' Sounds familiar? Meet Fern, a serial house-plant killer who won’t make it through another first date without screaming. Swipe right on BURNOUT, a one-woman show that echoes your exhaustion from modern dating.

Cabin Fever

Fresh !nk Theatre Company

Fasten your seatbelts for a sky-high spectacle! This must-see two-person comedy is a hilarious theatrical journey set 30,000 feet above the Atlantic. From unexpected friendships to in-flight shenanigans, watch the drama unfold... at cruising altitude!

Cadenza

Cadenza

Cadenza’s unique style of a cappella will have you grooving all day. Our show-stoppers and chart-toppers depict a day at Cambridge University, whirling you through the realms of smooth jazz, seraphic choirs and well-known pop bangers!

Caledonia

Elsa Jean McTaggart

Highly skilled Scottish duo Elsa McTaggart and Gary Lister return to the Fringe 2024 to bring you the best of Scotland's folk and Celtic music. Interspersed with storytelling and video footage, this is another gem of a show.

California Dreams

Night Owl Shows

An immersive trip through California in the late 60s/70s when a collective of musical legends changed the world. Features hits from The Mamas and The Papas, Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, The Byrds and more. Sell-out 2023.

Can't Stop Carrying On

Blue Orange Arts

An ageing film producer plans to resurrect his cinematic successes by revitalising the Carry On franchise with a new film. Saucy seaside humour, double entendre and cheeky sexual innuendo. Just what a millennial audience wants, right?

Cantonese Opera x Children’s Interactive Theatre: Dic Dic Chang Chang Playground

One Table Two Chairs Charitable Foundation

Join Captain Dic Dic and Chang Chang at the Cantonese Opera Playground! The Cantonese Opera Fairy recruits them to stop the Boring virus. Audience agents, assemble!

The Carole King and James Taylor Story

Night Owl Shows

Journey through the intertwined careers of two legends of music. Includes I Feel The Earth Move, Natural Woman, You've Got A Friend and more. Presented by Night Owl's Dan Clews and Hannah Richards.

Celine Dion Experience Featuring Jasmine Alice

Elsa Jean McTaggart

Jasmine Alice is an internationally acclaimed vocalist who will take you on a thrilling musical journey through the life of the iconic Celine Dion. Sing along to your favourite Celine hits of all time.

Celtic Roots

Kevin Littlejohn and Right Here Productions

'This is my homeland, my heart is here.' A creative musical journey through some of the best Celtic melodies that connect us to our roots and the places we call home.

Chaos

New Place Productions

If there’s no order, then anything is possible. A series of characters search for meaning in a complicated and unstable world. Bouncing through physics, the cosmos, love and violence, they find order in the disorder of each other.

Charles Dickens: The Hanged Man's Bride

Blue Orange Arts

A writer struggling to reignite his creative vision. A real-life crime. A visit to a "haunted" inn. As darkness descends, a ghostly tale is played out. What is real and what is not?

Chicken Little

Stage Door Enigma Theatre Company

While walking through the park one day Chicken Little is hit on the head! She decides to tell the Prime Minister the sky is falling! Join us for a twisty tale of a traditional story.

Choose My Own Road – Cantonese Comedy Show

Chan Lok Tim

During a 2023 tour to 10 cities, has Tim grown as a person? What are the strangest things about each place? How do Hong Kong people fit into the same world?

Chris Tavener is Faking Cool

Chris Tavener

Watch Chris Tavener battle his intrusive thoughts through the medium of witty, satirical songs. Will it work? Not likely... As heard on BBC 6 Music, Sky's Showcase TV and live at Glastonbury Festival.

The Christening of Prince Imogene

Otis Wolodarsky – Brooklyn Bottling Company

A trans boy and his piano’s musical exploration of romantic failure. Through a painful confrontation of embarrassing memories, this is a celebration of queer joy. Join as he finds a new theory of love.

Cinderella

Haywardamo Commedia Players

Join this notorious troupe of Commedia dell'arte characters in the retelling of a classic fairy tale with songs that will feel familiar and may delight the soul. Prepare yourselves to laugh your socks off and on again.

A Cinderella Panto

University of Bristol's Pantomime Society

Old Cinderella stories? They’re behind you! This unique pantomime spin takes our principal girl on a quest to find her Prince Charming, and more importantly, that magical slipper that perfectly fits the girl she wishes to become.

Club Life

Fred Deakin

The 2023 Fringe First-winning club/theatre immersive experience returns for eight performances only! Lemon Jelly's Fred Deakin hosts an interactive joyride through his 80s/90s clubland adventures. (Scotsman, List, BroadwayBaby.com). 'Bound to hit the spot' (Times).

The Comedy Games with Coach Mon

Monique Warren

The athletes have disappeared for our spectacular sports extravaganza! Move, groove and dream at this Olympic-inspired musical show, featuring eyebrow push-ups, slow-motion races, and a dash of craft. Get ready for some serious silliness!

The Comings and Goings at No 10

Ryan Hayward

Experience the intrigue, incompetence and infidelity of No 10 Downing Street as a farcical cast of characters battle for power, prestige and passion through a web of lies and unbelievable lockdown scandal!

Commedia and Half Mask Talk by Action Theatre (Italy)

Action Theatre

Inspirational Commedia talk by Lecoq-trained Rupert Raison, artistic director of Action Theatre (Italy) and author of The Italians in England, with plenty of practical tips. One performance only.

Confessions of a Teletubby

Nikky Smedley

You remember Teletubbies, don’t you? Ever wonder what was happening behind the scenes? Discover the truth with the original Laa-Laa as she spills the beans on what really went on!! 'Can’t recommend it enough!' (Audience review).

Crime and Punishment

Talking Shadows

In the sweltering heat of a Saint Petersburg summer, impoverished student Raskolnikov wrestles with the thoughts of the good he could do were he able to lay hands on the wealth of an unscrupulous old woman...

Cringe

fishmarket theatre co

#NoBetaWeDieLikeMen. Shamelessly celebrate the creation of fanfiction as we know it with a clown-created, NYC-made play. Cringe is an unauthorised toast to intergenerational fandom and liberative queer space, classic sci-fi remixed with Y2K internet culture. Dark, heartfelt, riotously funny.

Cringe Effect

Tortive Theatre

Enter Ce's world: eating disorder rehab clinic, near-death escapades, and a Diet Coke obsession. The gripping tale unfolds – why here, why now? Brace yourself for a rollercoaster narrative; Ce's journey is one you won't easily forget.

The Crow, (The Princess), and The Scullery Maid

Spin Cycle Theater

In a land where stories are magic, magicians are storytellers and people are ingredients in spells, Nitta’s first spell goes awry. She has until midnight to save her story... and her protagonist!

The Crucible

Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theatre

Prepare to be captivated by a mesmerizing and powerful performance as Sacramento Contemporary Dance Theatre presents The Crucible reimagined through the visionary lens of Jacob Gutiérrez-Montoya. This athletic dance theatre production promises to be inspiring and haunting.

Crude

Julie Kennedy

Former journalist and professional Parisian Julie Kennedy finally understands why she can’t orgasm. Her partners didn't understand: Cease Fire. She returns to Edinburgh after ten years with a hilarious show about climate change, geopolitics and being fired from Westminster.

Cruel Britannia: After Frankenstein

Kristen Smyth and Ben Anderson Present

Daring and revolutionary, Kristen Smyth offers a transgender reimagining of Shelley’s Frankenstein, set in the year of our Lord 1980. Maggie Thatcher’s Britain: a monstrous, chaos-ridden world of gothic proportions that Shelley would be proud of.

Ctrl+Alt+Deceit!

Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society

Ctrl+Alt+Deceit. June, Andy and Grandma explore the intricacies of the Web in this upbeat funk/pop score. The story, at its heart, follows the relationship between Andy and June, who share a mother/daughter-like bond.

Daniel Powell: Breathless (Work in Progress)

Daniel Powell

Stand-Up Comedian Daniel Powell tells the story of how a cat tried to kill him with its arse, destroying his health (and life) in the process.

Darkside

HotCat Collective

‘What is the good?’ Emily wants to know… but now she’s trapped in a world of ethical thought experiments. Underscored by Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, Tom Stoppard’s script makes this iconic album a thrilling experience!

Dead Animals

KB Productions

A surreal journey about reconciling with grief through the natural world.

The Dead Ducks

The Dead Ducks

University of York's premier sketch troupe returning for another year of absurdist sketch comedy at the Fringe. Containing five young talents who are ready to take the stage by storm with sketches tackling a number of topics.

Dead End

Show Don't Tell Productions

After a tragic loss, Bea and Olivia question their respective paths in life while a past event resurfaces. Dead End is an intimate and funny show about two childhood friends who realise that they've grown apart.

Dead Inside

Jane Japes

Join Jane for a rollercoaster ride through the hilarious topics of cancer, suicide and the price of pretty panties! Less terrifying than it sounds, this show will make you laugh, cry and maybe even think. Don't be frightened!

Dead Mom Play

Ben Blais

A young writer is forced to face Death and his ego after getting stuck in a play of his own creation. Charlie tackles guilt, denial and a freezer full of lasagnes in this dark comedy.

Death Becomes Us

Hannah Whittingham

In a show filled with confessions, music and an explanation as to why no decent death jokes exist, we face death head-on and consider whether, actually, our lives could be made richer by talking about it.

Death(s) at Sea

Our Star Theatre Company

A drama group are performing their new play, but despite their best efforts, everything goes wrong! Props fail, the set falls down, actors get drunk, and backstage gossip reveals too much. Can they even finish the play?

Death, The Devil and The Fablemaker

Early Doors Productions

Death only stops the beating, not the heart. Life is a story and it's yours to tell. Perry is a confused bundle of stories, and Alastor has chosen to listen. But who is Alastor?

Deeptime Atomic Waste Pleasure Party

Elastic Fantastic

Thumping bass, sweaty armpits, acid techno, thigh-highs, vinyl scratches... a sea of toxic waste. We've buried our atomic past under tainted soil – what do we tell future generations when our secrets are unearthed?

Defective Inspector: A Stitch in Time

The Defectors

The hilarious new chapter in the theatrical saga of eccentric ex-detective Richard P Cooper, who now finds himself sucked into a time-bending, sci-fi caper! (LostInTheatreland.co.uk). (Everything-Theatre.co.uk).

Defective Inspector: An American Odyssey

The Defectors

Prepare for a hilarious hour of (unconvincing) romance, (sloppy) action and (tenuous) espionage! This laugh-a-minute romp is sure to elate and baffle in equal measure. 'Irreverent and irresistible.' (LostInTheatreland.co.uk).

Desert Thirsts and Jerusalem Winds

Junayd of Islam

Witness the adventures of renowned scholar, Muhammad Asad. He battles thirst in the Great Nufud desert and recounts his journey from Central Europe. A compelling and humorous dramatisation of the autobiography The Road to Mecca.

The Detective’s Demise

Grownup Playhouse

New murder-mystery comedy musical! A detective lies dead at his own birthday party, snuffed out like candles on a cake. Everyone has a motive as trainee sleuth Molly Evans investigates… expect crimes, rhymes and good times!

Di(n)e

Invisible Strings Theatre Co and New Celts Productions

A man has decided life is no longer worth living, but those who died before him think otherwise. Will he embrace death or decide life is worth another shot?

Disco Dick

Charlotte D'Angelo

What’s a more embarrassing way to come out: your mum walking in on you receiving oral sex, or your dad finding your new strap-on? How about both? Fran’s unfortunate morning is followed by a very awkward family meal.

Disco Horses: A Sketch Revue

Disco Horses

Absurd, high-concept, heartfelt sketch comedy. This American duo brings you on a world-breaking experience that'll leave you laughing on the edge of your seat (please don't fall, we have no insurance).

Disco, Baby?

Acting Speaks Louder

Prom to after-party via generational identity crisis – what if the best night of your life turns into the rest of it? Set to an original score combining pop, funk, jazz and of course – Disco, Baby.

Disney's Finding Nemo JR.

Stage Skool Live

Dive into the enchanting depths of the ocean with Stage Skool LIVE's exhilarating production of Disney's Finding Nemo JR. Join Nemo and friends on a fin-tastic journey filled with laughter, friendship, and underwater adventures!

Dissociation

One-Shot

‘A wonderful new play by Reuben Wade that takes the theater of the absurd and existential theater and gives it life and form with characters about whom you really care' (Paolo Paciucci).

Divas of Jazz, From Fitzgerald to Jones

Hannah Hay

A musical soirée breathing life into the timeless allure of the legendary divas of jazz. Take a journey back in time, with the iconic tales of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday and Norah Jones.

Driver's Seat: Obsessive Compulsive Disaster

Ellie Brelis

Buckle up for a twisted ride through OCD, an epic break-up, major breakdown, coming out and (just possibly) learning to drive. Shockingly funny, Ellie is an 'actor/playwright very much on top of her game' (BroadwayWorld.com).

Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue

Blue Orange Arts

The original detective story. Two women are found brutally murdered in their Parisian home in the Rue Morgue. Poe’s C August Dupin steps in to investigate the seemingly impossible events.

Edward's Talk – What's Driving You?

Blueberry Goose Theatre Group

Edward (never Ted) has delivered his talk on speed awareness 2,191 times over the last 10 years. Today, it's not quite going to plan. A new, interactive devised drama from Blueberry Goose Theatre Group.

Eleanor

Ganymede Theatre Company

Set against the explosive backdrop of early socialism, Eleanor follows the tragic life of Karl Marx’s youngest daughter, a fierce activist whose life has been long eclipsed in history by the male figures in her life.

Elizabeth I: In Her Own Words

Flying Solo! Presents

Intrigue. Betrayal. Danger. Step into the turbulent world of Elizabeth I. A canny ruler, the personal letters of the Virgin Queen, intertwined with Shakespeare’s words, provide a captivating peek into her innermost thoughts.

Elle Barto: Itchy and Scratchy

Elle Barto

Iconic moments of film and television ripped from the internet and lip synced by memory! New York's hottest drag sensation Elle Barto in their premier solo show: Elle Barto: Itchy and Scratchy!

The Elton John Story

Night Owl Shows

The awe-inspiring tale and incredible music of one of the all-time greats delivered by Angus Munro and the award-winning Night Owl band. Songs such as Tiny Dancer, Crocodile Rock, Rocket Man, I’m Still Standing and more.

Eugene O'Neill's Thirst

Exit Theatre and Nightpiece Media

Slow death awaits shipwreck survivors on a drifting raft. Staged at the Fringe 2023, now an independent feature film for 2024. An intense, brooding character study from Al Carretta; the light of a dawning madness is shining.

Ever Yours

Vis-a-Vis Ensemble

Olivia is alone in her apartment with a stolen painting. Unbeknownst to her, attached to the painting is the ghost of the man who painted it... Vincent Van Gogh. Will she return it or throw Vince a party?

Everything Something Nothing

FirstByte Theatre Company

In a world of constant noise, where everything is something, who decides which voices get heard? Exploring silence and power, FirstByte tackle the epidemic of sexual assault in schools and the hopeful beauty of growing up.

Ex Life

Bex Wall

From an illegal rave in an abandoned vagina museum to a prim PTA cheese and wine night… Bex shares the highs and horrors of dating in her 40s with the mindset of a teenager stuck in the '90s.

The Expulsion of Exulansis

Siyani Sheth Productions

Written and produced by a remarkable 18-year-old drama student, this true story delves into deeply personal experiences of depression, anxiety, eating disorders and self-harm, offering a compelling journey of hope, community and resilience.

Fever Pitch Academy Showcase 2024

Fever Pitch Academy

A musical revue, featuring music from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, SpongeBob, Legally Blonde, Grease and loads more! For the students at FPA, it's our Edinburgh Fringe debut and we couldn't be more excited!

A Fire Ignites

Tara Tedjarati Productions

A Fire Ignites is about a teenage girl in modern-day Iran. After removing her hijab in public, Parisa is attacked by the morality police. Her unwavering bravery is inspired by the young women killed in Iran today.

Flat 2

From The Middle Theatre Co

Two couples move into a flat and after just one week, one-half of each couple dies. Now Ava and Freddie must live out their tenancy and grief, together.

The Fleetwood Mac Story

Night Owl Shows

After two consecutive years of sold-out runs, the celebration of this supergroup returns. Features The Chain, Everywhere, Dreams, Albatross and more. Delivered by Hannah Richards, Alex Beharrell, Reine Beau and the Night Owl band.

Four More Short Plays Loosely Linked by the Theme of Crime

Charles Edward Pipe and Co

Following last year’s five-star (TheEdinburghReporter.co.uk) show, ‘brilliantly funny comic writer’ (TheBubble.org.uk) Charles Edward Pipe returns with four sharp new plays about forgery, extortion, murder and cowboys.

Frankie Mack – The Vegas Showman

Frankie Mack

Frankie Mack: electrifying extravaganza! A powerhouse fusion of Dean Martin's charm, Elvis' energy, Robbie Williams' flair, Bublé's smoothness, and Freddie Starr's wit. Dazzling showmanship, unforgettable energy, and masterful vocals in a stunning stage spectacle.

The Freemartin

Speakbeast

Speakbeast are doing an agricultural conference, and not a show about transphobia. There will be dancing mice, escaped cows, sales representatives and fast cars. There will be puppets, nonsense and plenty of agriculture. And no ulterior motives. Promise.

Fringe – The Musical

Chevron Theatre

A hilarious musical comedy about a cherished family-run hairdressing salon in Essex. Prepare to be immersed into the chaotic world of hairdressing and fall in love with Darren and the salon girls!

FUFC

New Anthem Theatre Group

FUFC is a dark comedy and semi-autobiographical play dealing with the consequences of a life-changing moment of a diagnosis of cancer. The play explores the reactions and emotions around cancer.

The Gardening Club: A New Musical

Wright and McRitchie

The Gardening Club is a new musical that takes place in 1960, Georgia, USA. Six girls start an illegal drug ring to distribute the birth control pill, using their gardening club as a cover-up.

A Gay Dad Murders Sex

FitXander Platz

Dark obsessions. Evil desires. Twisted kinks. But enough about my priest. Sit back. relax. And enjoy some quality scripted stand-up. Entertaining and fun.

The Gentleman of Shalott

Lights on a Darkening Shore

A queer retelling of Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott: a man stuck in a tower, while horny guys outside try to meet him. An absurdist comedy exploring social media, anxiety and climate collapse.

Get Thee to a Nursery

Exi Attica

A gang of four-year-olds are cursed by the spirit of Shakespeare for shredding his folio. When the children wake up fluent in the Bard’s language, their nursery politics magically weave through various Shakespearean subplots!

Get Wrecked!

CoSA

Join our irreverent radio show as we interview a variety of Shakespeare's characters. We hear about nautical nights, breaking news from the streets of Verona, and spectral nonsense from Elsinore. It's sure to be a 'Tempestuous' comedy!

Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man

Katie Folger

Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man is a racy, whimsical one-woman show exploring the perils and thrills of sex and singledom in the post-pandemic era by actress, writer and comedienne Katie Folger.

Ghost Light

Orange Works

Henry Webster joins The London Ghost Club and is drawn into investigating a haunting in which the spirits of two children search for light and fear the darkness. Why would a ghost be afraid of the dark?

Gilbert and Sullivan's Improbable New Musical: ...and Helen

The Coily Dart Theatre Company

Helen Carte’s contribution to the success of the Savoy operettas is often overlooked. Based upon her remarkable life story (with some added Gilbertian elements!), this show features music from every operetta.

The Glasstown Confederacy

Talking Shadows

Charlotte. Emily. Anne. Bronte. This new work explores how the early lives of the Bronte sisters, their family traumas and vivid imaginary worlds collide to create some of the most celebrated novelists of all time.

Glastonbury

Three Headed Eagle

Glastonbury promises a dream of youth, but after the pandemic, the characters return and encounter revelations in the yurt enclosure. A comedy about love, dreams, death, whiskey, flags and wellies. Opened the Hammersmith Riverside Studios Bitesize Festival.

Go to Your Womb

Fringe Management, LLC

A comedic show starring a mother and her 13-year-old daughter, submerging you into a shamanic journey of parenthood. Prepare for catharsis in this family-friendly acid trip you can process later with a therapist.

God, the Devil and Me

God, the Devil and Me Tour

God, the Devil and Me is a brave new comedy about a young man called Gabe who is perfectly average… except he is best friends with God and the Devil.

Godfather Death: A Grimms' Musical

The Avison Brothers

Based on a little-known Grimms' fairytale, Godfather Death is an award-winning and gleefully macabre new musical exploring mortality, healthcare and class. OffFest Winner: Best Musical at Edinburgh Fringe 2023. (BroadwayBaby.com). (Everything-Theatre.co.uk). (BingeFringe.com).

Gold

Talking Shadows

June 6 1944: over 25,000 troops land in Normandy as part of the largest amphibious invasion in history. Their destination is codenamed Gold Beach. Their mission is to deliver a final blow to the Nazi stranglehold on Europe.

Goose

TaleGate Theatre Productions Ltd

Based on the book by Laura Wall, this is the perfect theatre trip for under fives as they jump through muddy puddles, go on a wild goose chase and honk as loud as they can with Sophie and Goose.

The Gospel of Joan (Crawford)

teatrito

Five women united in Hell face a poker match dealt by the illustrious Joan Crawford, forced to vie for a spot in Heaven in a game where winning is more than eternity – it's fame.

Grape Culture

Fringe Management, LLC

A tragicomedy revealing grape culture that undresses the consciousness of domination without consent, while stripping back the predatory and pervasive programming that is choking us all. The show will pervert the pretty by unmasking ugly truths.

Hagar: War Mother

Amena Shehab / Alma Theatre / Mistletoe & Gorse Productions

One woman's odyssey to escape Syria's brutal war with her baby. Negotiating with smugglers, betrayed by friends, Hagar won’t give up. Written by Aksam Alyousef. Produced by Joanna Blundell. 'A heartbreaking story, beautifully told' ½ (Edmonton Journal).

HAMBLETT

Olivia Hamblett

A Stratford-Upon-Avon native receives a shocking diagnosis that leads them to contemplate their connection with Hamlet. Using both contemporary and Shakespearian language, this powerful yet funny piece, written and performed by Olivia Hamblett, questions what it is 'to be'.

Hamlet Hears a Who

Emanuel Theatre Company

I will not, shall not, cannot say; That Hamlet’s tale has had it’s day; At breakneck speed we will provide; Laughter, love and homicide; Hamlet as per is overwrought; But not quite as you would've thought!

Hamlet's Journey to the West

Mahua International Kids’ Troupe

The deconstruction and combination of Hamlet with Journey to the West, narrates this fantastic journey from a childlike perspective and questions the world. The work is produced by Serena Wang, written and directed by Keelung

The Hatter's Requiem

Spike Rose Productions

Searching for his beloved Alice, Hatter leaves home. But what is Hatter without Wonderland? Racing against time and catapulted into an even topsy-turvier world, our galumphing hero encounters some terrible truths… A quirky ensemble adventure awaits.

Headache

Tanieth Kerr

Before her dad’s brain injury, AJ would have jumped at the chance to karaoke. Lost and unsure, AJ tries to patch her life back together with chicken nuggets, karaoke and a really cute girl in her class.

Hebridean Fire Presented by Elsa McTaggart

Elsa Jean McTaggart

Returning with the Fringe sell-out show Hebridean Fire. These renowned multi-instrumentalists from the Isle of Lewis take you on an epic musical and visual journey through the Highlands and islands of Scotland. www.elsa-jean-mctaggart.com

Hedda Gabler

Crook and Ivy

Hedda Gabler is married to a man she doesn't love, returning from her honeymoon to a house she doesn't like, and surrounded by admirers she can't trust. She seems to have everything but it's all about to collapse.

Help! My Vagina Is Trying to Kill Me!

Yola Jean Lu

Help! My Vagina Is Trying to Kill Me! is a solo show that explores one woman's journey of navigating STDs, miscarriages and pre-cervical cancer.

Henry V

Ghost Light Players

A small ensemble brings you the thrilling tale of Henry V, as he struggles to fulfil his royal legacy by taking his country to war. 'All Hell shall stir…'

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery – The Fringe Fatality

Highly Suspect

Agatha Mystery’s The Rat-Trap makes its Fringe debut! Will it be curtains for the show when an actor is gruesomely murdered? Interactive comedy whodunnit which you must solve! Sell out 2021-2023.

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery – The Great British Bloodbath

Highly Suspect

Iced to death at the nation’s favourite baking competition?! Catching the killer won't be a piece of cake! Interactive comedy whodunnit with actual evidence the audience must solve! (EdFringeReview.com).

Hoarderz

Gritty Gaze

The remnants of Liverpool stand as a testament to the neglect of the UK in this dystopian fantasy. Follow Hoarder and his ensemble of oddities through the apocalypse as they come face to face with peculiarity.

Honk!

Cup and Dagger

In this fabulous and enchanting retelling of The Ugly Duckling, we follow Ugly on a journey of friendship, love and acceptance in this Olivier award-winning musical; a treat for kids and adults alike.

Hot Girl Summer

Pink Palace Productions

Tilly jets off on a girls’ trip and lands a job in London. The Scot plans a summer like no other, but the Hinge dates are far from the Pinterest board envisioned. Hilariously tragic and amusingly relatable.

Hound in the Light

Art Home

Four souls masquerade in handcrafted masks, confusing what's a human and who's a dog – a physical theatre performance devised by Hong Kong community theatre makers, Art Home.

How Should a Home Be

The None Drama Studio

A re-telling of Lady Wenji's Return to the Han, with an adaptation of Eighteen Songs On A Nomad Flute, from a contemporary female perspective. Only music is used to tell an almost 1800-year-old story.

How We Take Our Coffee

Schuster Theatre

Is it possible to "have it all"? In this lighthearted historical fiction, several women discuss the answers to this question over coffee and chocolates at Romolo's Café.

Hunchback Variations

Tortive Theatre

The UK premiere of one of contemporary theatre’s most masterful pieces of absurdist comedy, written by Mickle Maher and directed by Rebecca Garron. This is a show that is not to be missed.

Hungry Like the Future

Greene Shoots Theatre Company

Set in the 1980s. Kevin gets a brand-new Commodore 64. One day while coding, Kevin takes one step too far and is sucked into the future and experiences an alternative AI world. Will he ever return?

i am george massey

out of context theatre

What does it mean to be English anymore?... Strawberries? Scones? Jerusalem?... What is England now? This is George’s story: powerful, shocking, radical. An immersive monologue that treads the boundaries of dark comedy and tragedy.

I Am Yours Sincerely

Ed Saunders-Lee

I Am Yours Sincerely is the true, untold story of John Cox, a member of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. It was written using his own words from letters and memoirs.

I Cut My Nipples Off Today

End of the World Theatre Company

Everyday your brain is bombarded by images and opinions about your body. At the centre of a lot of this discourse sits the nipple. What might happen if they just didn’t exist?

I Did Something I Shouldn't Have...

PJGProductions

A dark drama telling of family loyalty, trauma and how the past can negatively impact the present/future.

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

A hilarious and heartfelt musical that tackles modern love in all its forms. An insightful and hilarious musical that will have audience members shouting... 'This is my life!'

I See My Sister

Cutty Sark Theatre

Mhairi and Caoimhe. Two sisters running from something. As they become more entangled with the wild Scottish landscape, Mhairi’s secrets are revealed and her grasp on her sister – and reality – begins to slip…

I See My Sister

Cutty Sark Theatre

Mhairi and Caoimhe. Two sisters running from something. As they become more entangled with the wild Scottish landscape, Mhairi’s secrets are revealed and her grasp on her sister – and reality – begins to slip…

I'll Die Laughing

Ambrosine Davies

This London/LA hybrid's wickedly funny, naughty yet deeply disturbing story penetrates to the heart of survival. Navigating her way through abuse and life in LA, while uncovering the humour in the darkest of places.

if I live until I be a man

The Firebird Project

The Tower of London, 1483: young princes Edward and Richard play, fight, and await coronation or execution. A playfully anachronistic, highly physical exploration of American childhood during a state of perpetual war.

If I Only Could

Saints and Delinquents

Joan hated being alive, but she might hate being dead more... Welcome to Purgatory! Part quarter-life crisis and part Sunday school nightmare, peek through the stained glass as Joan (and God) navigate her journey after life.

Improv and Chill

Flying Chairs

Welcome to Improv and Chill, the TV show where you decide what happens. Pick the genre, characters and the action, then we'll do the rest! After our show's success in Bristol, we're bringing it to the Fringe!

Improv Comedy with Box of Frogs

Box of Frogs

High-octane improvised comedy sketches, scenes, songs and silliness from Birmingham's premier award-winning improv-comedy group, based entirely on your suggestions.

Improvabunga!

The Watch This Improv Troupe

Back for a 10th run, this 'understandable Fringe favourite' (FringeReview.co.uk) crafts your suggestions into an improvised movie adventure featuring live musical underscoring, spontaneous songs and four audience buzzers so you can direct the action right until the credits roll!

The Interval

Rhona Ashwood

Take a quick break and relieve yourselves... For anyone who has ever had to "hold it in" to protect their reputation – sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

Is There Work on Mars?

Yafei Zheng

Can an Asian with ADHD and dyscalculia pass Elon Musk's Mars immigration test for SpaceX? Comedic yet unsettling, Is There Work on Mars? explores neurodiversity and diaspora in a dystopian future of space colonisation.

It's a Mystery!

Tim Benzie

Tim Benzie, the acclaimed creator/host of Solve Along A Murder She Wrote, returns with his hilarious and moving one-man show about the enduring appeal of whodunnits. 'A killer of a show' (WestEndBestFriend.co.uk).

It's a Mystery!

Tim Benzie

Tim Benzie, the acclaimed creator/host of Solve Along A Murder She Wrote, returns with his hilarious and moving one-man show about the enduring appeal of whodunnits. 'A killer of a show' (WestEndBestFriend.co.uk).

It's OK, I Still Think You're Great

Heart of Heart

Being in your mid-20s is great. If you stop acting like you’re having fun all of the time. Or any of the time.

The Italians in England by Action Theatre (Italy)

Action Theatre (Italy)

1572. Pre-Shakespeare. Italian players are taking European royal courts by storm, including Queen Elizabeth’s. A professional Commedia dell'Arte show using half masks, exquisite costumes and live music with an international ensemble.

ITVX Presents: Edinburgh Fringe

NextUp Comedy | ITVX Mixed Bill StandUp Night

Don't miss the ultimate late-night comedy extravaganza! Join us for different line-ups every night, with known faces and new acts – all broadcast LIVE on ITVX.

Jack

Stephen Wale

PTSD post WWI. In 1973, Jack, now 75, waits for weekend release to his remaining family. We eavesdrop on his memories as he vividly relives his tangled journey from underaged boy soldier to 50 years of institutionalised care.

Jane Eyre

Talking Shadows

Jane Eyre: a 'poor, obscure, plain and little' orphan, forced to find her own way in the world, surrounded by mists of secrets and unspoken truths, has enthralled generations in one of the best-loved books of all time.

Janis: The Story, the Music, the Legend

Rockology Productions

Presented by Rockology Productions, it is a rockumentary showcasing Janice Smithers performing the hits of legendary artist Janis Joplin whilst telling her incredible story.

Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense

Gravedigger Productions

A country house weekend takes a turn for the worse when Bertie Wooster, loveable layabout, must play matchmaker for his newt-loving friend Gussie Fink-Nottle. Cow-creamer, wannabe dictator, and newt-fuelled mayhem ensues.

Jess

Glass Half Full Theatre

Jess is a cardiothoracic surgeon on the brink of a nervous breakdown: her boss is a bully, her girlfriend's left her and her job's taking over her life. Jess thinks more might be ticking by than her biological clock.

John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown: Born Evil?

No Frills Theatre Company

John Wayne Gacy, AKA the Killer Clown, was one of the worst serial killers in US history: responsible for the rape, torture and murder of at least 33 boys and young men.

The Kate Bush Story

Night Owl Shows

Hannah Richards premieres the newest addition to the award-winning Night Owl offering with the story of one of the world's most iconic artists. Hits include Wuthering Heights, Running Up That Hill and Cloudbusting.

Katzenmusik

KGS Theatre Company

Katzenmusik (German, n.) caterwaul; a shrill howling or wailing noise (of a cat). This dark comedy about social upheaval and injustice, told in reverse, features a viral video, a company capitalising on fear, and a cat memorial.

Keep Watching It

Kestrel Eye Productions

A scientist unable to connect with humanity subjects her newest creation to grisly experiments that unfold in real time, leaving us no choice but to Keep Watching It.

Keith Mendes: Medical Negligence

Keith Mendes

'The doctor you hope you'll never have to see.' I've done things – unspeakable things. Stories from my career as a doctor and my personal life, from medical negligence to stress management to ghosts and demons.

Kev Campbell Was He

Alexander Tait

After a failed graffiti attempt in a toilet cubicle, Kev befriends a stranger who completely changes his life. A hilarious and thought-provoking one-man show examining the effects of toxic masculinity in modern Scotland.

Korean Painter

Contemporary Yunhee

We paint various pictures on stage using the traditional Korean hat called sangmo. You'll have a mysterious experience with us, and it will make you want to come back again.

Lads of the Flies

Student Theatre at Glasgow

When some teenage boys (played by female-presenting actors) get stranded in the wilderness on DofE, they feud, flirt and fornicate in a way that forces us to ask – is there hope for modern men?

Lady ADHD

Blaire Postman

This daring, immersive, real-time dopamine chase traces how Postman’s unique comedy (fueled by a rollercoaster of flipchart rabbit-holes) first revealed unexpected connections between life's intricacies, then exposed her own brain’s true nature and the risks of dismissing different-thinkers.

Last Orders

Penultimate Customers

It's Kenneth's first day and manager Chris has big plans for the McGonagle Tavern: but with a murderous chef, the rat soup going off and some supernatural Scottish intervention, things can only take a turn for the hilarious...

Lee and the Black Hole

Mickey Tron

Lee was an astronaut. She flew into a black hole. But this show is about the girl who loved her, who stayed back on Earth. Can love and grief bend spacetime?

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

BB&N Theater Co.

Join an engaging cast of performers as they retell Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with this innovative production blending music, monsters and mayhem.

A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First

Xhloe and Natasha

From consecutive 2022 and 2023 Fringe First Award winners Xhloe and Natasha comes an absurdist two-hander about the idealised American childhood and the boys it left behind.

A Life in Boxes

Rhiannon Hughes

In the dusty confines of her late mother's attic, secrets unravel like cobwebs as Charlotte embarks on a darkly comedic journey through the forgotten chapters of her family's twisted history.

Little Beast

Mad Bad Productions

Have you ever been so heartbroken that you've burned a scarecrow of your ex on a raging bonfire? Dive into a whirlwind of great love, loss and jealousy as we re-examine the life of Lady Caroline Lamb.

The Locker Room

Rogue Schmidt

Satirizes the cutthroat world of high school athletics and the unhinged coaches leading the charge with zany character sketches, personal monologues and audience participation, all by disgraced American athlete and current award-winning comedian, Rogue Schmidt.

Lonesome Tonight

Aireborne Theatre

Two men, a wretch and an Elvis impersonator meet to try and salvage their friendship. ‘Woe!’ cries the wretch. He worries he’ll never find his friend from beneath the pompadour and jumpsuit. He worries he’ll be alone, forever.

The Look of Dusty

Night Owl Shows

Award-winning Night Owl Shows return with the untold story of an icon, Dusty Springfield. Ella McCready offers incredible renditions of some of music’s greatest songs, including Spooky, Son of a Preacher Man and Look of Love.

Look What We've Done

Helio Collective

With 'biting satire' (BingeFringe.com) and a healthy dose of existential dread, Helio Collective presents a fresh take on how we talk about our planet's future. A hilarious, unnerving and thought-provoking trip through the climate crisis.

Loose Ends

1TWO1 Productions

As Callum enters Spud’s flat, tempers flare, civilisations clash (Glasgow vs. Skye!), and Spud lets Callum in on the Heist of the Century. A Scottish story of socks, ferries and Pot Noodles.

Lord of the Flies

Aquila Youth Theatre

Descending into savagery on a deserted island, a group of children struggle with power, primal instincts and the thin line between civilisation and chaos, revealing the darkness within humanity.

Lord of the Flies

Muchmuchmore Theatre

Who rules, when there are no rules? Experience our thrilling theatrical adaptation, exploring the darkness within. Children "playing" as adults quickly turns into a gripping game of survival, that no one can afford to lose.

A Lot To Unpack

Suitcase Dance Theatre

A Lot to Unpack: dramatic, cheeky and accidentally sexy cabaret exhibition about letting go. Seattle’s beatbox rap artist extraordinaire Maceo Sky blends rhythm and rhyme alongside four spirited dancers exploring the beauty and torment of life.

Love / Less of a Man

Isabella Pip and Jess Elgene

Double bill. Isabella hates love. For romantics or weak-of-heart horny weirdos who love love, but hate themselves. Jess fled Texas, picked up a mic, and transitioned. Story of a girl who can do anything.

Love, Loss and Cake

Damian Corcoran

Inspired by the Talking Heads series of Alan Bennett, Damian Corcoran weaves four humorous and moving narratives into the life of John as he recalls love, loss, online dating, and cakes, in Edinburgh and London.

Love, Loss and Chemistry

The Swells

Malcolm Windsor, a scientist and jazz singer, explores love, loss and new thinking on the chemistry between couples, through story and song with two fine musicians. It's a fun, moving and insightful show.

M R James: Whistle and I'll Come to You

Blue Orange Arts

'Who is this who is coming?' When skeptical Professor Parkins stumbles upon a mysterious whistle, he unleashes a chain of unsettling events where the boundaries between reality and the supernatural blur.

Macbeth: Sleep No More

Shadow Road Productions

'All hail Macbeth that shalt be King hereafter...' Thus the three witches seal the Thane of Glamis' fate – and that of all the others whom Macbeth will dispose of while fulfilling their deadly prophecy.

MacPlebs

The Raymondos

Two Plebs are the only surviving members left of the cast of Macbeth. Armed with only their wits, wigs and willies they decide to tell the tale themselves, only one problem… they haven't read it!

Maeve and Howard

Plush Tiger Productions

The New Yorker offices, 1950. Maeve Brennan, the enigmatic Irish-born journalist, and closeted poetry editor Howard Moss find mutual solace in their unlikely friendship. A story of love, loss and the universal search for home.

Maladaptive Mouse

Breaking Narrative

Maladaptive Mouse is a work-in-progress examination of the nature of the creative process. Intentionally vague and deliberately disjointed, it follows Mouse as they explore a world of discarded ideas in an effort to discover themselves.

Malion

Tired Horses Theatre

A feminist retelling of the Pygmalion and Galatea myth. A sculptor presents his work to his male friends: a statue of a woman. Given life by Aphrodite’s kiss, can Galatea survive whilst Malion is socialised into dangerous masculine identity?

Man of War: The Secret Life of Nadezha Durova

Acting Coach Scotland

From the producers of I Sniper and Chaika. Follow Nadheza Durova's captivating journey as she flees her marriage, joins the Tsar’s army, and fights Napoleon while concealing her "true" identity.

The Man Who Wouldn't Be Murdered

On The Keys

Cambridge Footlight Lily Blundell's sinful dark comedy musical full of greed, fraud, 1920s jazz and drink. Nominated – Standing Ovation Award. 'A show which should go far' ½ (LondonPubTheatres.com).

Mary Mary Quite Contrary

CRE8IV THEATRE CO

How did moral campaigner and anti-BBC activist Mary Whitehouse end up at a fetish party in a swingers club, and what happened? Spoof adult musical with a happy ending, premiered at the Fringe.

Mary: A Gig Theatre Show

Knot Tied Theatre

Through haunting original music and spoken word, six actor-musicians deliver a feminist retelling of Mary Queen of Scots' story. 'Fifty mesmerising minutes' (The Student Newspaper); ‘Lyrically genius' (CorrBlimey.uk); 'Immense talents' (TheBroad.org).

Medea

Malvern Theatres Young Company

Following their successful productions of Electra and Antigone, Malvern Theatres Young Company returns with Euripides’ Medea, directed by Nic Lloyd. This heartbreaking tragedy of betrayal, despair and revenge shocked its first audiences and remains controversial to this day.

Michelin Star

Queen Mary Theatre Company

Michelin Star: two couples, three affairs, four courses. An intimate dinner party goes hysterically wrong; lovers turn to enemies over a plate of salmon puffs. Will they keep everyone's secrets, or let the chaos and engagement rings fly?

Midnight Cowboy Radio

Ally Ibach

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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Kind Of...!

Edinburgh Youth Theatre

A celebration, a play in a play, disruptive fairies mislead on the way!

MILF and the Mistress

CrunchySmooth Productions

Suburban swinging, latex and literary eroticism collide in a hilarious quest to fulfil one woman's darkest desires. A story for anyone who wonders if not now, when? 'Provocative and hilarious' (ArtsReview.com.au). 'Brilliant and thought-provoking' (DarkStoriesTheatre.com.au).

milk teeth

Durham University Sightline Productions

Following the advice of her (hot) therapist, entomologist Zenab buys a baby doll to reconnect with her inner child. But from the moment she takes it out of the box, she feels a strange growing connection to it.

Miss English's Holiday by Action Theatre (Italy)

Action Theatre (Italy)

When an English teacher's summer holiday is interrupted by a stowaway Platypus, plot twists, hilarious puppetry, masks, magic, sing-along songs and comedy abound. A fun show which enchants kids of all ages.

Mistakes Were Made: Haunted Hospital

Bottoms Up Theatre

Three heroes. One dungeon. No dragons. After their smash-hit debut last year, Mistakes Were Made is back with more zany and chaotic tabletop improv, where you shape the action from the comfort of your seat!

Modern Love Is Not a Dream

Looking Glass Theatre and New Celts Productions

Dive into the intricacies of love, trauma and the patriarchy as we follow Liv and her many prospects as she tries to balance her relationships, her thesis and her past together.

Mother

Softsod Productions

A hilarious, nostalgic and heartbreaking tale of one woman's descent into motherhood and mayhem. Mother unfolds into a deeply personal experience that will both enthral and unsettle. As you're about to discover, it’s not an event, it’s a process.

Music, Mayhem and a Mezzo

Juliette Pochin and James Morgan

Amazingly talented musicians bring you witty comic songs, outlandish musical mashups and the entire history of Western music in four minutes with a filthily operatic sense of humour! ‘Perfect blend of humour and poignancy’ (FringeBiscuit.co.uk).

My Blood

ALL Productions

Gripping new writing: a psychological thriller loosely based on Aeschylus' Oresteia. Set in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, we follow the lives of a powerful banking family as they deal with personal tragedy and betrayal.

My Cousin Won An Oscar (Now She Lives on My Sofa)

Pyjama Genius

Golden Glory is overrated, according to Academy Award Winner Misty Last. She's broke, squatting at Cousin Carly’s and saddled with her own hallucinations of grandeur. Comedy/Drama.

My Mother Doesn't Know I'm Kinky

Fringe Management, LLC

A sexy story with drama, comedy, love and lust. How does a mother react to the fact that her very-good-daughter is into BDSM? Featured: Playboy Radio. Top Ten in Los Angeles, Stage Raw. MyMotherDoesntKnow.com.

A Naff Play About Spies

Collision Theatre

Three agents are given a vital mission. Investigate Natalia, Britain’s most dangerous woman. But is she who MI5 are looking for? Is danger lurking around the corner? Is anybody really who they say they are?

Naughty or Neurodiverse – Magic from Another Planet

Angus Baskerville – Magician

Mind-reading and unbelievable trickery abound in this exploration of how autism and magic make anything possible, with rising star Angus Baskerville.

NeuroChatter

Sara Jane Harvey

One actor taking on the role of three alter-egos in this tragi-comic psychodrama: Mike, an eccentric, scatter-brained academic in training; Elliott, a defensive yet laid-back aspiring artist; and Host, the reluctant, vulnerable core-self hiding beneath. New writing.

Newspaper Punchlines

Shellshock! Improvised Comedy

Hot off the press, Shellshock! writes a hilarious, brand-new front-page news story based on your suggestions! Join them for their 50-minute improvised show for the inside scoop on the most unbelievable headlines (that never really happened)!

A Night at the Musicals

Spotlights

Exeter University’s Spotlights are returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for another musical extravaganza filled with beautiful harmonies, captivating dance and a brilliant live band! Prepare yourself for a showcase featuring all your favourite musical hits!

Night Train

Tellus Theatre Company

Tellus Theatre presents Night Train, a physical-theatre production. This philosophical comedy revolves around Maia, who wakes at the rear of a mysterious train and befriends a chorus of merry morons. But nothing there is like it seems.

Nightpiece Film Festival

Nightpiece Media

Now in our 11th season, Nightpiece has screened over 335 short films from the UK and across the world since 2014. Hosted by cult film director Al Carretta, come and support the Fringe's premier independent short-film festival.

Nina Rose Carlin: Seeking Representation

Nina Rose Carlin

With live music and pixie dust (read: Ozempic), Seeking Representation is a delectably unhinged comedy cabaret about an actress attempting to make it in LA. From certified LA actress and award-winning playwright, Nina Rose Carlin!

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Sarina Freda – The Brooklyn Bottling Company

In 2021, Sarina confronted death and won. It took only one harrowing LSD trip. Now she's dying (not literally!) to reveal how she's really completely totally fine.

Not Exit

Musicfans

Inspired by Sartre's existentialism, this explores 'hell is other people' and human freedom. With absurd scenes and precise, exquisite movements, it reflects characters' extreme states, resonating in an interplay of Eastern and Western aesthetics. Easily understood, ensuring relaxation.

On Board A Cappella

Durham Dynamics: Durham University

Following our sold-out 2022 show, Durham Dynamics are back with a new, exciting ensemble and show: On Board A Cappella! Encounter musical journeys of diverse characters through song – from Kate Bush to Bruno Mars!

Once Upon a Tune

Elsa Jean McTaggart

Join a fairy-tale princess with her singalong show of your favourite animated characters! With enchanting vocals and gorgeous gowns, this brand-new show emulates the magic of the animated movies.

One in Four

Dog Stuff

Four roommates: each one is an alien, and each one believes the other three to be regular degular humans. Watch them contort themselves into increasingly fraught emotional and physical positions to prevent being unmasked as extraterrestrials.

One Sugar, Stirred to the Left

Karekare Productions Ltd

A heartwarming new musical play! Love and life can be found in the most unusual places, as nurse/singer-songwriter Bronwyn finds out when she's commissioned to write an album by one of her patients.

Only Human

Conundrum Theatre

Two beings. A bunker. A near-future overrun by robots. Surrounded by societal decay, wilful misunderstandings and a highly-functioning sociopathic uBot, they question life, love and the meaning of sentience. An AI/human love story for the ages.

The Original Sing-A-Long To Smash Hit Musicals

CRE8IV THEATRE CO

CRE8IV THEATRE CO are back with their highly acclaimed show Sing-A-Long To Smash Hit Musicals. The show that encourages you to singalong!

Our Teacher's a Troll

Bede's Senior School

When mischievous twins Joe and Jemima's teacher turns out to be a real-life troll, chaos ensues! From outrageous pranks to daring escapes, follow their escapades as they try to outsmart the terrible troll!

Oxford Alternotives: A Cappella Off the Rails!

The Oxford Alternotives

All aboard for a musical adventure with Oxford University's finest mixed a cappella group! A Fringe favourite for over 15 years that promises laughter and stunning vocal harmonies. Featuring Queen, Coldplay, and more!

Oxford Revue: Stand-Upping Citizens

Oxford Revue

The stand-up showcase of the world-famous student comedy group Oxford Revue, featuring a rotating line-up of the freshest comic talent.

Patsy Byrne is Dead! (B*tch Eat B*tch)

An Exciting New

Sexy, camp and nepotistic. Welcome to Patsy's funeral. She was found dead in her trailer, hit over the head with her daddy's Emmy. Her best friends attend her funeral, which one killed her?

Payback Party

Woodplayers Troupe

When four acquaintances receive a Facebook invite to a surprise birthday party, chaos ensues. Past relationships are revealed, revenge plots are intertwined, and secrets are spilled as the night progresses. Happy birthday to... who?

Peep

Slip the Tongue Productions

Two women's obsession with spying on their ex unfolds in a gripping tale of suspense. Watch as moral lines blur and the characters go to desperate lengths to reclaim agency from the man who wronged them. An absolute must-see!

Penny and Forever

Lund

Penny lives in a world on fire. Nobody has time for stories. Acclaimed playwright Glyn Maxwell (Best Play on the Fringe winner, British Theatre Guide) returns to the Fringe with this play about fiction and mortality.

Persistent Shadows

Super-8-Auteur

Persistent Shadows is an ensemble storytelling production. Join five friends on a journey through the 1980s and experience the chaotic world Margaret Thatcher caused and the impact it still has today. Will the vicious cycle ever change?

Phil Hammond and Dame Clare Gerada: Fifty Minutes to Save the NHS

Phil Hammond and Clare Gerada

Two doctors devise, with your help, a revolutionary health manifesto to save the NHS. Seriously subversive. The perfect election warm up. All profits to Doctors in Distress charity.

Phil Hammond: The Ins and Outs of Pleasure

Phil Hammond

Dr Phil dissects pleasure using science, stories and stuff he's invented. Is your pleasure thermostat set correctly? Are the ingredients of your pleasure soup balanced? Is your pleasuring safe and sustainable? Comedy.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

ETC

Dorian, a hedonistic socialite, unknowingly sets a curse for his portrait to age in return for eternal beauty… with tragic consequences. A fast-paced adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic featuring music, slapstick and Wildean wit.

Pirates: You Wouldn't Steal a Boat

Spruce Moose Comedy

The Spruce Moose crew return to Edinburgh with their high seas, low-brow comedy adventure! 'Unhinged, absurd and outrageously funny' (TheReviewsHub.com). 'Arr!… this is good!' (Derek Awards).

A Play by John

Mule Productions / Marc Wadhwani and Jules Smekens

Matteo and Reggie, fuelled by John's suggestion, build their own coffins. This new writing unfolds as they grapple with existence, hope and fate.

Pool (No Water)

Fuzed Theatre Company

Mark Ravenhill's Pool (No Water) tears up the ideals of friendship and art revealing a collective jealousy when fame and success lands on one person, leaving others in the shadows.

Popstars: The Final Riff Off

The Rolling Tones

The Rolling Tones are back, taking us to the glory days of 90's/2000's music and girl-group drama. Stunning vocals, captivating choreography and pure nostalgia, in the ultimate fight to the death… An a cappella riff-off

Pretty Delusional

Gianna Milici

Pretty Delusional is a musical comedy about a horny hopeless romantic fighting to stay true to herself in the face of rejection. The battle of loving too much or not at all, while trying not to vomit.

Pretty Good, Not Bad

Ellen Toland

The long walk home. A treatise on the roles we assume when things get scary and the expectations afterwards. The four Fs: no, not the dirty ones you know... New work by two tired Texans.

Prime Meat

University of York Drama Society

Five years ago, Esme and Chris moved to the idyllic Cotswold village of Raperton-on-the-Water. While Esme has adapted to village life, Chris is struggling. As the community fete approaches, the sinister reality of the village is revealed.

Professor Where

Technobabble Productions

This new musical comedy follows John B Stevens, the disillusioned showrunner of famous sci-fi TV show Professor Where. While writing his final season, John finds himself trapped in the very world he is desperately trying to escape.

Psyche

The Broadcast Studios

Psyche, a Romani countess and poet, wanders across Europe during the Napoleonic era. Based on the Hungarian book Psyche: Writings of an Erstwhile Poetess by Sandor Weores, translated to English for the first time. A self-cleansing in 60 minutes.

Puzzle

Studio Friday

An exploration into family dynamics, social pressures and self identity through an East Asian lens, expressed in a captivating play interweaving light-hearted traditional Chinese games with expressive dance choreography and soundscape.

R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots

The Meadows School

The play that introduced the word 'Robot' to the world. The creation of artificial beings revolutionises labour and industry. As these robots gain self-awareness, profound questions about humanity and the consequences of scientific progress emerge.

Rapunzel

Twisted Tales

Twisted Tales bring you yet another brilliantly, inventive, physical (and slightly bonkers!) take on the fairytale Rapunzel... and her discovery that being a heroine is not all it’s cracked up to be!

Rat House

Aireborne Theatre

Welcome to Hackton, where cyclists can’t read anymore and the library is closing down! It’s up to the local council to save the day. Follow our bumbling councillors as they try to put resentments aside and work together.

Rat King Gospel

Cup of Teatre and New Celts Productions

A coincidence or an act of a god? Are the children who created a god as a game responsible for the harm it caused, even if they didn’t know what they were asking for?

Rock Choir Live

Rock Choir

Join Rock Choir, the award-winning national phenomenon, for a spectacular concert of uplifting songs! Comprising members from their community choirs across the UK, these toe-tapping, feel-good tunes are sure to have you singing along.

Run

No Frills Theatre Company

Yonni is a 17-year-old gay Jewish kid. It's the last day of term and he is avoiding everything. The only person he wants to be around, think about, be about is... Adam.

Salomé, Tragedy of the Femme Fatale

Maryam S Holleman

An exploration of the life of the seductive beauty, from her origins as an unwanted child to the dance that would make her infamous – shedding light on the redemptive power of death.

Sammy Blew Up a Toilet

The Crunch Collective

Partly autobiographical play capturing the early years of school. Delves into the dynamics of Azza, Jake and Sammy, a dysfunctional trio whose friendship turns sour, leading Azza to devise a devious plan exploiting Sammy's weaknesses.

Scots of the Pops

Elsa Jean McTaggart

This sing-along show takes you through the years of Scottish pop music from the 1960s until now. From Deacon Blue, The Proclaimers and Runrig, to Amy MacDonald, Big Country, Texas and more. www.elsa-jean-mctaggart.com

Sean Lomas

Sean Lomas

The 22-year-old Essex based singer-songwriter is excited to perform and tell the stories behind his songs through an intimate acoustic show. With heartfelt lyrics and acoustic undertones Sean Lomas is one to watch for the future! www.seanlomas.com

The Secret Poetess of Terezin

Lenka Lichtenberg / Senisdream Productions

Immerse yourself in an intimate narrative based on passionate love poems written by the artist’s grandmother in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. Savour the gorgeous music that won Canada’s top music prize in 2023.

The Selkie's Wife

Elisabeth Flett

A new queer folk performance from the mind of award-winning writer, musician and theatre-maker, Elisabeth Flett.

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Catrin Ody. Brooklyn Bottling Company.

Saturday night at the office and all the interns are assembled to shred paper. This dark comedy is a unique insight into the mind of the panicked Gen-Z twentysomething, living the NYC corporate dream.

Seven Steps to Feel Completely Happy Again

Queen Mary Theatre Company

The seven stages of grief are a familiar concept to those who are grieving, have grieved or will grieve. Do you wish you could face each stage and meet them and understand them?

Sex, Camp, Rock'n'Roll

Ryan Patrick Welsh – 8th Best Legs Productions

A dazzling night of song, story and sensuality starring Ryan Patrick Welsh and The K*ntz! that boldly explores sex, sexuality and sex work in a raw, bareback fashion.

The Shadow Boxer

Lucas English

Portsmouth's most-promising featherweight boxer races towards his ultimate goal – competing in the 1968 Olympic Games and proving himself as a true champion. But can anyone control how their story will be told in an uncertain future?

Shaken, Not Stirred

Parky Players

A cocktail of comedy sketches and music about living with Parkinson's, with a sprinkling of Bond on top (just where he likes it). You’ll laugh, cry, even learn something. 00 agents, film enthusiasts and blue-badge holders welcome.

Shakespeare's Mothello and Other Parodies

Shakespeare's School

Shakespeare’s Mothello and Other Parodies is a comedy sketch show inspired by the characters in Shakespeare's plays performed by students at Shakespeare's School, Stratford-Upon-Avon.

The Shakey Shakey Hips (The Musical)

Shakey Sean Productions

This hilarious 50s musical follows Shakey Sean, working in Arbroath Egg'n'Roll van. Customer requests 'a Rock'n'a'Roll'. 'We don't serve that order man!' Thus kickstarting the invention of rock'n'roll. Elvis language/dancing/singalongs/deadly virus: The Shakey-Shakey Hips!

Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Blue Orange Arts

Can Sherlock Holmes unfurl this chilling mystery before the hound strikes again? A beautifully crafted one-man retelling of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous tale is brought to the stage.

Shotgunned

Kangaroo Court

Described as equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, Shotgunned is a new, intimate piece of theatre following a young couple who unexpectedly fall out of love. It is a deeply relatable tale of joy, loss and reconciliation.

Show How It's Thespian

Displacement Theatre

Show How It's Thespian is an acting masterclass that you should be honoured to attend. Hosted by the acting prodigies and co-founders of the Artistic Royal School of Excellence (ARSE) Billingsworth and Worthingtons.

Simply Grimm

The Janus Players

What do you do when your flight’s delayed for the fourth time as you're heading to the Fringe? You could be grim or Simply Grimm – a fun-filled, energetic romp through the tales of the Brothers Grimm.

Sitting on a Cornflake: Songs of Lennon and McCartney

Brothers Broke

A unique and personal acoustic blues and folk arrangement of the music of Lennon and McCartney, exploring influence, inspiration and the competitiveness of this collaborative, yet often independent, songwriting partnership.

Six Feet Under

Theatre with Teeth

Nuclear war. Eight neighbours escape underground, with no idea when (or if) rescue will come. Paranoia simmers, tensions skyrocket and their fragile peace begins to fracture, as the line between living and surviving starts to blur.

Solve Along A Murder She Wrote

Tim Benzie

The cult hit returns with an interactive screening of another classic Murder, She Wrote episode: Paint Me a Murder. 'Unmissable' (Everything-Theatre.co.uk). (BroadwayWorld.com). 'It has the best host' (Time Out London).

Someone Has To Be Counting

Scheduled Productions

Someone has been keeping a record. Every day, for 20 years. It’s all in her notebooks: hours worked, money spent, cigarettes smoked. Explore time, rituals and labour in this experimental one-woman play starring Lisa Vetta.

Something To Believe In

Brooklyn Bottling Company / Something For The Weekend

It’s like confession without the guilt. Faith and queerness clash at an all-girls Catholic school in Kentucky, as one senior hurtles to graduation feeling less than blessed. A divinely dark comedy from Sarah Alice Shull.

Somewhere

Somewhere Ltd

Somewhere is a brand-new fantasy musical set in the mythical kingdom of Bywell. Be enchanted as you follow the magical story of the shattered Somewhere mirror and the tale of the Princess Meredith.

Sonnets from Suburbia

Penny Peyser

Why does Lady Penelope prefer to speak in iambic pentameter and rhyme, dress in an Elizabethan costume and refuse to leave her house? She has a dark secret or two. Come find out!

SOS BRN

Spot on the Ceiling Productions

Based on a real friendship, SOS BRN is about Brian, a young, stubborn shut-in, dealing with the grief and guilt of losing his best friend as, over one drunken and tumultuous night, he searches for some real answers.

The Spilling Cup

Dracume Theatre

Sasha is slowly realising that her period symptoms may not be normal. But what is normal when it comes to periods? We follow her on a darkly funny, searing and heartbreaking journey for answers, support and dignity.

Spring Awakening

Selkie Theatre Company

Spring Awakening weaves poignant storytelling with a dynamic rock score. The story follows a group of adolescents as they navigate the transition to adulthood, and deal with the consequences of their own ignorance.

Squires

The Squires

Squires is a historical workplace comedy turned comedy of errors as a group of unlikely friends unite under a common goal: to not be accused of murder. There's a three-strike rule when it comes to accusations of heresy.

Steve Otis Gunn is Uncomfortable

Steve Otis Gunn

Steve Otis Gunn has been uncomfortable since 1991, when he realised he didn't know what to do with his arms. Expect silliness interspersed with tales of kidnapping and fraud told in a dark comic style.

Steve Richards Presents: Rock'n'Roll Politics

Steve Richards

It’s election year in the UK and time to delve even deeper – what will happen next and why? Plus: unreliable predictions and Question Time. A different show every day.

The Story of Sting and The Police

Night Owl Shows

Night Owl Shows led by Angus Munro present the story of Sting and the Police with classics: Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Message In A Bottle and Fields Of Gold. UK debut.

Stuart Little

Deerfield Academy Theatre

This colourful and joyful production about the marvelous manoeuvrings of a mild-mannered mouse will delight audiences of all ages! Jam-packed with adventures both big and small, Stuart Little is an enduring classic for the whole family.

Suggestions of the Unexpected: An Improvised Horror Anthology

Any Suggestions Improv

Out of the darkest corners of your mind comes an improvised comedy nightmare. From the creators of Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody – (ScottishField.co.uk); (One4Review.co.uk); (ThreeWeeks).

The Sun King

Peedie Productions

The Sun King is a queer, political coming-of-age fantasy that blurs the lines between reality and fiction, telling the story of a boy’s adolescence through conversations he has with the king of a magical realm.

SunDate Roast

ma3imilian

Join us for a SunDate Roast! A Fringe extravaganza with stand-up, improv and dating roasts. New performer every night, lots of laughs, perfect post-drinks pick-me-up. Bring your pals or... dare to come with your other half!

Super Second Rate

Leah Coloff

Her father didn’t believe she could make it as a musician, but cellist Leah Coloff just won a Grammy. Hear her true story – told through spoken word, music and original songs in this funny, humane show.

Switch Up and Mustard

Dead Duck Productions

Join four young talents as they battle in a game of ever-changing wits and challenges! Neither them, nor you, will know what’s coming next in this improvised game show built for one single purpose: chaos!

Take Me to Your Leader

Headrush Theatre and New Celts Productions

The interns at a space research facility are on strike, but a groundbreaking discovery shakes things up as the interns learn to build solidarity with each other and possibly, other life forms…

Tales from a British Country Pub

Chris Sainton-Clark

Join comedy musician Chris Sainton-Clark as he takes you through his troublesome and hilarious experiences of working in British pubs. Hear stories of compulsive liars, disruptive youths, clinical oversharers, fruit machine addicts and more.

Tartan Tat

Shark Bait Theatre

When Tartan Treasures, a tourist-trap gift shop on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, find themselves in the centre of online controversy the staff must band together to keep both the shop and themselves above water.

The Telltale Lilac Bush

Marshall University Theatre ETC!

Ready for spooky fun? Follow four ghosts trapped in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia who must pay the Peddler with stories to gain eternal rest. Can they weave a worthy tale?

They May Have Even Eaten Ham!

Naomi Paul

It’s Naomi Paul’s (mostly) Jewish show! From the Baltic to Birmingham, from shamash to shellfish, to Hendon and beyond. With original stories, humour and songs. What’s not to like? (BritishTheatreGuide.info, 2023).

The Thirteen

Ease Drama Teenager Theatre Company

When you hold the power of life and death over others in your hands, what will determine your choices?

This Side of the House

Fishy Business

Based on a true story, This Side of the House follows two arch nemeses in their battle to become president of the Cambridge Union. The audience's vote will determine their fate. Written in 1987.

Three Bed (No Living Room)

Laldie Theatre

Learning everything about being queer in your twenties in the 2020s isn't easy: Beth has some catching up to do. An original play about platonic and romantic love, set in a student flat in Edinburgh.

Timeless

John Rayment

If you can’t trust your memory what can you trust? Martin has a problem: he can’t remember yesterday. Since going to the dentist a decade ago, every morning when he wakes up it’s 2008. 'A must see' (NorthWestEnd.co.uk).

Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

Folk’d Up Theatre and New Celts Productions

Six friends plan a Scottish folklore and song night, aiming to launch a business centred on exploring Celtic mythologies. Opposition arises from local evangelicals, leading to tense protests before the performance.

Tit(s) for Tat

Knockout Productions

Five girls, one friendship, and a therapist named Fanny. This brand-new piece of fantastic female-led comedy delves into childhood friendships, and how those friendships can change as we move into adulthood.

Tom Hearn Live: How Fabulous is That?!

Tom Hearn

Join viral comedian Tom Hearn for a fabulous night of comedy! Featuring "Ina Garten", "Martha Stewart", "James Corden", music and original characters! One of Best Queer TikTok Creators To Follow (ET Canada).

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life

Quivering Dendrites

2023 Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe/sold-out run in Edinburgh! An inspirational true story about overcoming obstacles, pursuing passions and music's healing power. 'A sold-out Fringe classic!' (BritishTheatreGuide.info).

Trawled – When Adventure Becomes Survival

Eoin Ryan

A jaw-dropping true story set on the Coral Sea, Australia. An Irish backpacker blags his way onto a trawler. His raw, exuberant story of adventure twists unexpectedly into a fight for his survival.

Treasure Island

Shadow Road Productions

Treasure, treachery, mutiny and mayhem all await young Jim Hawkins as he leaves the Admiral Benbow Inn behind and embarks on a thrilling voyage to recover Captain Flint’s hidden gold. A timeless tale of adventure, courage, and friendship.

Triggerfish

DYT Performance Company

Come with us on a dive to darkest deepest Dorset, where the shipwrecks lie inland and the watery graves of the living are aplenty. Wildly inventive, Fringe debut of this terrific ensemble. Come be part of the shoal!

Trinity A Cappella

Trinity A Cappella

We are a talented, dynamic and experienced mixed-gender a cappella group. We are student-led and part of Oxford Brookes University, currently performing at venues around Oxford. This is our debut appearance at the Fringe.

Trust Me, I'm from Essex

Lindsay Lucas-Bartlett

Buckle up as Lindsay takes you on a wild ride through what it was like growing up in Essex, being bullied at school, and everything in between... so much in between.

Tweeds

Minotaur Theatre Company

During a hunting accident the leader of a clique of elite students is killed. The remaining group spirals, but the situation only gets stranger when she attends the next meeting, completely unharmed.

Twelfth Night Fever

More The Merrier

'If music be the food of love, play on... get on the dancefloor!' A fresh take on Shakespeare’s gender-bending comedy, set to a disco soundtrack. From the people that brought you last year's smash-hit Rockbeth.

The Twisted Chronicles

Politicat Productions

Dive into The Twisted Chronicles for a satirical journey through history. Join Ken and Bryan, two disgraced teachers, as they offer a fresh take on everything from the Gunpowder Plot to the Bolshevik Revolution.

Two Friends and Social Anxiety

Letty Celotti and Ryan Moohan

Two friends, one party, zero social skills. Two friends are invited to a party but when the pressure builds, they have to bail. Fast. A comedic look at the struggles of living with social anxiety.

Tycho: Mankind's First Hotel on the Moon!

Imperial College Dramatic Society (ICDS)

When struggling teenager Charlie finds himself transported to a futuristic hotel on the moon, all his Earthly problems seem to disappear. Until the oxygen systems start to fail. New theatre from ICDS.

The Ultimate Collection of Reels

Andrei Palchyk

A solo stand-up show performed by Andrei Palchyk. Instagram-approved jokes only. No crowd work. Get ready to listen to jokes about immigrant life in Europe and the experience of surviving dictatorship.

Uncanny Valley

Aimsir Theatre

There is always a beginning. There isn’t always an ending. One story begins when God reaches down to make man, another when a mother leaves her children on the youngest’s 18th birthday. Really, they are the same story.

Undecided: A Musical Misadventure

Durham University Musical Theatre Troupe

Join Durham University’s award-winning musical theatre troupe for a jam-packed show of musical songs and silliness, where you get to decide which of your favourite musical characters end up singing the wrong songs!

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Mon Espoir Theatre

Follow Elena and Robin's touching story of love amidst life's ups and downs. From Elena's tough past to their unexpected meeting, it's a tale as beautiful and unpredictable as birds in flight.

VEGAS

Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club

Poppy and Freddie, a Kentish maid and a Scouser, wake up together in the messy honeymoon suite of a BnB. Pretty rock'n'roll, right? They’re married, they just don’t know it yet... But this isn’t Vegas. It’s Slough...

Via Dolorosa by David Hare

Chasing Rainbows

Voices of Israel and Palestine. A must-see performance of David Hare’s groundbreaking drama which lays bare the history, complexities and tensions of the region’s struggles.

Vox Stars Presents Star Inspirations

Vox Stars

Award-winning show celebrates aspiring singers through the music of their idols. Presenting a mix of voices from the soulful to the powerful. Featuring popular music from legends, pop, retro, party, Disney and film.

Waitin 4 Gaia

LS6 Theatre

F*ck Godot – we’re waiting on Gaia. Dumped, wine-drunk and you can’t throw yourself in the canal – she’s started to claim those too. Doesn’t matter, does it? Not when we’re the only ones here.

Waiting

Kate Farrell

It is September 1997. Widow Edna Gould has angina. And hope. Her doctor can deal with the first; for the second, time will tell. So she waits. And waits. Think Alan Bennett meets Roald Dahl.

Wallis

BramwellBrand Productions Ltd

Wallis Simpson is at the heart of BramwellBrand's latest musical: but is it a love story, or is she a woman swept away by circumstance; trapped by her own ambitions and the passion of a Prince?

Warped

Perfect Forth

Perfect Forth, after the five-star success of Athena, returns to Surgeons' Hall with Warped, exploring self-reflection, identity and belonging through a cappella. Award-winning vocalists and writers share perspectives on finding home within our bodies.

The Water Babies

University of Gloucestershire Drama and Performing Arts Students

A moral Victorian tale, with music and songs, about young chimney sweep Tom who escapes his miserable apprenticeship with Grimes through falling into the river and discovering a magical world of fish creatures, fairies and water babies.

We Used to be Girl Scouts

Hey Thanks! Theatre Collective and New Celts Productions

Three teenage girls are crushed under the weights of girlhood, so they take to the woods to attempt to plan their future. But can they escape themselves?

Well Played

Josie Rose Productions

Broadway, 1955. In this newly written farcical comedy, roaring with energy and excitement, August and Harry struggle to keep their theatre (and marriage) alive. That is until one chance encounter. Through secrets, lies and deceit, everything changes...

West End vs Broadway

Applause TheatreWorks

Enjoy an evening of musical theatre delivered by fantastic voices. Featuring an array of numbers and breathtaking harmonies, these performers showcase the best from the West End and Broadway.

West End Workshop

Show Choir

Come sing with the UK’s No.1 show choir! Together we'll learn fun, well-known songs from the West End in glorious a cappella harmony. No experience required; just bring some good vibes, and we'll do the rest!

What If They Ate The Baby?

Xhloe and Natasha

There are three rules every housewife knows: never return a dish empty, always have dinner ready on time, and some things are best kept under the table. After all, you never know who’s listening.

What the F*ck Happened to Love and Hope

wtfhappenedto

What the F*ck Happened to Love and Hope is a bold, powerful new play full of heart and authenticity. Electrifying and intimate theatre which is both about and by young people.

What The Veck? Songs in the Key of Strife!

Tom Veck

Tom Veck brings charm and warmth to a show where relatable ditties, stories from his peculiar past and confessions from strangers will have you wondering What the Veck is coming next!

What Was Once Ignored: The Life and Legacy of Martha Graham

Alma College Theatre and Dance

Experience the story of the 20th century's iconic modern dance choreographer, Martha Graham, in words and movement.

When in Florida and Outside of Kent

When in Florida Productions

Framed around Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill, Bex and Phoebe’s relationship falls apart as they discuss the impact this bill could have worldwide for the next generation of the LGBTQIA+ community.

When Judas Met John: Songs of Dylan and Lennon

Brothers Broke

A unique and personal arrangement of the music of Dylan and Lennon, performed around a story of the influence and respect that each artist had for the other.

When Kurt Met Thora

Plush Tiger Productions

Jesus wants me for a sunbeam. BBC Studios, November 1991. Thora Hird (Hallelujah) encounters Kurt Cobain ahead of Nirvana’s infamous appearance on TOTP. Unexpected similarities are revealed, as well as their disparate relationships with religion.

When Vincent Met John

Malvernbard

Vincent died in 1890, John died in 1980, both of gunshot wounds to the chest. But imagine what might have happened had the two greatest artists of their time, met...

Whirligig of Time

Tortive Theatre

To hell with anger management! Three months after Twelfth Night's Malvolio vowed to be revenged on the 'whole pack of them', he relates, with a great deal of satisfaction, how skilfully he has kept his word.

Who Gave You the Mic?

Fruit Bowl Theatre

This show explores the audacity of cis-het men, absurdity of gender politics and joys of queerness. Told through singing, drag king-ing and sketch comedy, Who Gave You the Mic? is a critique of normative masculinity!

Why Am I (Still) Like This?

Nicole Nadler / Higher Heels and Heavy Suitcases Productions

At 30, Nicole finally found out why she was like this (spoiler: ADHD), but four years and one diagnosis later, she has a new question: why am I still like this?

Wild 'n' Free

Eddie Garrity

A poignant journey, through chequered showbiz career of Eddie Garrity, interspersed with songs from the new album Wild n Free and anecdotes from early glam rock, punk to cabaret. The knocks, the blocks and the frocks.

Willy Wonka and the Doctor Factory

Malignant Humours – St George's Revue

Come and see the Malignant Humours perform 45 minutes of outrageous medical sketch comedy, written and performed by healthcare students. After selling out 11 years in a row you won't want to miss us!

The Wizard of Oz

Flying High Young Company

Follow Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Lion along the Yellow Brick Road to self-discovery, with original songs and creative storytelling performed by a vibrant young company who had sell-out shows in 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Wonderin' Y: How Slade's Drummer Survived

Ian Pearce

The inspiring story of how Slade's drummer Don Powell survived a devastating car crash and fought courageously to rebuild his life. A gripping and uplifting solo performance recalling real events from 1973.

Worm

Unthank Theatre Company

Flick has recurring dreams of becoming a worm. Twenty-five, unemployed and recently self-diagnosed with depression by a Buzzfeed quiz, Flick is intent on finding exactly who has made her this unhappy. Surely they're to blame... right?

Would You Like a Bag?

Red Lentil Playhouse

From behind the counter, stay and take stock during this heartfelt comedy. From the omniscient perspective of a corner-shopkeeper, you’ll follow the lives of eight (mostly) lovable regulars through their highs, lows and in-betweens.

A Yank in Scotland

Paul O'Brien / Threshold Repertory Theatre

The Highlands invite mystical ruminations, kindle existential questions and spark the imagination to soar into higher and uncharted territory. Join Paul O’Brien as he searches for mystery, meaning and a lost wallet in the Highlands.

Yantra

Tanishka the Moon Woman

The ticket to liberate heart, mind and soul! Bestselling author, FB’s Moon Woman invites you to her temple of Venus for a Tantric initiation: a psychedelic trip (without substances) over the rainbow. Dress code: Butterfly Ball.

You Deserve It

Out of Order Productions and New Celts productions

Six socialites gather for a boozy blowout in an Edinburgh penthouse where the atmosphere reeks of deception and Chanel No 5. Loyalties are tested, privilege and paranoia collide, and their downfall seems imminent.

You Hold a Pole Everyday

Laura Nieves

'Heartbreaking... endearing... impossible to feel unmoved' (Theatre is Easy). New York City audiences loved it, and so will you! Four characters, one actress - You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to grab a pole.

Zac Zac Zoom: A Story of Wheels and (F)eels

Zachary Loram

Brand-new musical comedy that was supposed to be about exploring life in a wheelchair... But Zac has something much eelier he'd like to talk about.