Join us from 10pm till midnight as we take you around this beautiful and haunted theatre. Take part in experiments as we communicate with spirits there.

Sindhu Vee is an award-winning comedian, writer and actor. Since swapping a career in investment banking for one in comedy, Sindhu has fast become one of the most exciting and sought-after talents on the UK circuit.

UK premiere Palestinian theatre company Khashabi Theatre reimagines an epic poem with physical theatre and live music. The legendary poem Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah (The Epic of Bani Hilal) has been passed down from generation to generation since the 14th century. Once widespread across the Middle East, it is now only performed in Egypt and is at risk of extinction. Khashabi Theatre creators Bashar Murkus and Khulood Basel couldn’t find any evidence of a Palestinian version, so they chose to merge the myth with the aesthetics of Palestinian folklore and Arab performance styles. Rejecting European theatrical norms, this exhilarating retelling merges physical theatre with poetry, live music, puppetry and dance. Murkus and Basel’s unique theatrical works are informed by extensive research and seek to ask questions of humanity - from within Palestine and beyond. Performed in Arabic with English surtitles

UK premiere Visionary Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy returns to the Festival with a radical sequel to Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, featuring Golden Globe-winning actor Wagner Moura. Christiane Jatahy picks up where Ibsen left off. In Ibsen's groundbreaking 1882 play, An Enemy of the People, protagonist Thomas Stockmann faces shame and exile after attempting to expose a water pollution scandal in his hometown. More than a century later, Ibsen’s work remains urgent, grappling with the conflict between personal integrity and social conformity. Jatahy’s sequel throws Stockmann, played by Golden Globe-winning actor Wagner Moura (Narcos, The Secret Agent), into a modern-day public courtroom to determine his fate. Lawyers and judges are noticeably absent, and it’s up to a jury of audience members to decide if he is innocent or whether he is indeed an ‘enemy of the people’. Transplanting Ibsen’s themes to contemporary Brazil, A Trial - after An Enemy of the People offers a sharp look at authoritarianism, fake news and public judgement. Ever inventive and deeply political, Jatahy combines audience participation and filmed footage, creating a one-of-a-kind performance each night where the line between reality and fiction is constantly blurred. A special collaboration between Edinburgh International Festival, Festival d'Avignon and Holland Festival, the three European festivals established in 1947. Audience Participation Each night, 11 people who register before the performance are randomly selected to serve as the jury. They have the power to decide on Stockmann's guilt, playing a pivotal role in shaping the ending of the play. Supported by Edinburgh International Festival Endowment Fund with additional support from the Consulate General of Brazil in Edinburgh and Instituto Guimarães Rosa Performed in Portuguese and English with English surtitles.

Kiki Katese returns to the Festival with her groundbreaking Rwandan women’s drumming group for a joyful performance of music and stories. In Rwanda, ‘power’ and ‘drum’ are the same word: ingoma. In 2004, a group of women, seeking to heal after a genocide, made a revolutionary choice. They broke a centuries-old taboo and formed Ingoma Nshya (New Power/ New Drum) - the first all-women drumming ensemble in Rwandan history. This is their story - a joyous narrative concert featuring an electrifying collection of rhythms, songs and dances from both West and East Africa - some traditional, some brand new. Following Katese’s inspirational The Book of Life (2022 International Festival), this performance delivers its message through music: that discrimination cannot stand in the face of joyful determination. Supported by Canada Council of Arts and Ontario Arts Council Performed in English with songs in Kinyarwanda

Pulitzer Prize finalist Zora Howard’s subversive and moving play takes a sharp look at racialised violence in America. Three Black men hang from an old, wide tree. Caught together in this liminal space, they shoot the breeze, sharing the great loves and bitter blues of their interrupted lives. The directorial debut of Pulitzer Prize finalist Zora Howard, HANG TIME is a gut-wrenching, subversive perspective on the legacy of racialised violence in America. Sharply juxtaposing the romantic and the macabre, the ‘finely-tuned’ dialogue (The New York Times) is peppered with heartbreaking missed opportunities and tinged with dark humour. As the audience sits with the image of these men’s demise, Howard asks us to hold the truth of this peculiar American violence alongside the vibrant interior worlds of the men themselves. Performed in English