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Comedy

Theatre

Musical

Dirty Work

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Jessica Barton Mary Floppins has thrown a shit fit. Wipe the wee from the toilet seat and pick up your dirty undies, because The Perfect Nanny is back to teach all you little boys – and girls – a thing or two about running a prim and proper household. Hailed 'a rising star and quadruple threat' (ArtsReview.com.au), Jessica Barton combines a spoonful of song, dance, clowning and deep cleaning to present a skanky and empowering Edinburgh Fringe debut. Best Newcomer Award Winner (Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025). Take A Chance On Adelaide Award Winner (Adelaide Fringe 2025). \*\*\*\* (Chortle.co.uk). Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing, More information Includes aerosol Age category: 16+

Theatre

Comedy

Playback

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Euan Munro and Barton Road Productions It's 2013. Euan's 11. He's got a camcorder, a bowl cut and a dream. But as his fledgling YouTube channel begins to skyrocket, Euan quickly finds that fame isn't as fun as it looks. Shortlisted for the 2024 David MacLennan Award, Playback combines live performance with Euan Munro's real childhood YouTube videos to tell a deeply personal, darkly comic story about growing up online. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing Age category: 14+

Theatre

WANTED

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Eleanor Higgins It was never meant to get to this point. Honestly, it was only ever meant to be one phone. To replace the one Erica had had nicked... and then? Then she met Jessie. After quickly forming an inseparable bond over their mutual loves (Tony Soprano and Lindsay Lohan), Erica and Jessie are on a mission to avenge a world that's only ever left them wanting. But just because Tony Soprano gets to do what he likes... can Erica and Jessie really rationalise their actions? From the creator behind the hit show In PurSUEt, comes... Wanted. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of violence, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing, More information No scenes of sexual violence are shown but it is implied and/or discussed in piece. Age category: 16+

Yes, We're Related

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Lace-Evans Productions Dysfunctional sisters Sara and Saskia must confront the unpredictable stages of grief. Sara is living in denial. Saskia is determined to celebrate their mother's death with partner Mark and a party to die for. When a jaw-dropping secret is revealed, things go from bad, to worse, to catastrophic. Hailed as a comedy echoing the best episodes of Only Fools and Horses, and sisterhood likened to BBC's Fleabag, Lace-Evans' smash-hit dark comedy returns to Fringe. Listed within the 'Top 100 Trending Shows of the Edinburgh Fringe 2024', Yes, We're Related is 'going to be "a thing"' (City AM). Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing, More information Contains themes of grief and death of a family member, strobe lighting and haze Age category: 14+

Theatre

Pigs Fly Easy Ryan

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Nonstop - Untapped Award Winner 2025 An aviation bimbofication transubstantiation ritual for big-boy audiences 18 and over. Two flamin’ hot crash fetishists illegally impersonate flight attendants to sneaky-weeky onto a plane and live their ultimate fantasy – total destruction. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll attempt to feel something, anything, as we erotically cute-ify freedom in the face of climate collapse and rising global fascism. Rip off your own oxygen mask before furiously making out with the person next to you, and brace for landing; Pigs Fly Easy Ryan is checking you out. It’s time to check in. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Nudity, Scenes of a sexual nature, Scenes of violence, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing, More information Simulated sex onstage - for comedic effect. Alcohol use/abuse. Loud Music

Theatre

Comedy

A Small Town Northern Tale

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Northern Wind Theatre Co A Y2K-drenched coming-of-age comedy-drama: ASTNT follows David’s move from the city to a small Northern town where being the only Black kid means fitting in isn’t an option. Against the chaos of the 2000s: lads mags, MSN and questionable fashion, he tries to find his place but fails spectacularly. For fans of The Inbetweeners, it’s nostalgic, sharp and hilarious... But beneath the laughs lies a Black British story about identity, belonging and carving your place into a world that can’t quite place you. Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Puppet shows

Space Hippo

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Book of Shadowz Earth is dying. Nothing can be done. Our only hope is to launch a hippo into space. Along the way she will encounter new worlds, strange alien creatures and end up at the centre of an intergalactic war. Hilarious, weird and epic science fiction from Japan, experienced through award-winning cinematic shadow puppetry. The performers project over two hundred handmade puppets onto a large screen to create a live analogue motion picture before your very eyes. 'Surprisingly touching and beautifully executed' \*\*\*\*\* (CBC). 'This is theatre at its best, magically conjuring truth from imaginatively conceived absurdity' \*\*\*\*\* (ThreeWeeks). Scenes of violence Age category: 12+

Theatre

JEEZUS!

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Alpaqa - Untapped Award Winner 2025 Falling for Jesus is a mortal sin. But damn, it feels good! Good South American altar boy Jesús is preparing for his first communion but when he looks at the hot man on the cross, he feels something... unholy. Catholic guilt collides with unrepentant queerness in this sinful, heart-pounding mix of live music, dark humour and Latin heat. JEEZUS! is a musical as irreverent as it is irresistible, tackling colonialism, religion and queer awakening. If Bo Burnham, Brecht and Bad Bunny had a baby, this would be it. Let's burn in hell! Winner of Edinburgh Untapped Award 2025. Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing, More information Reinterpretation and sexualisation of religious symbols. Homophobic language. Age category: 16+

Theatre

Comedy

3 Chickens Confront Existence

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

LookFWD Arts In this surrealist and hilarious production, three factory farm chickens passionately explore their impossible situation – awaiting their imminent trip to the broiler. Tragedy morphs to comedy and back again as they explore mysticism, power struggles, class inequality, mythology and religion, with plenty of emotionally charged antics and surprises along the way. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes Age category: 12+

Comedy

Jessica Durand: Over The Top

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Jessica Durand It's 1914. The Great War is destroying Europe. Except it's actually 2025 and Jessica Durand is (very bravely) staging her very own self-insert Downton Abbey fanfiction for a live audience. An absurd one-woman love letter to fandom, queer villainy and trench warfare. No prior knowledge of Downton Abbey (or WWI) is required. Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

Su Mi: THISMOTHERPHUCKER

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

BIGHEAD Comedy THISMOTHERPHUCKER is a public nuisance. A dysfunctional anti-clown whose only mission is to destroy ego. Award-winning stand-up and drag performance artist Su Mi presents their debut show: an immersive surreal experience resurrecting every nostalgic moment left forgotten, healing the inner child and seeking to destroy archaic stereotypes and challenge the narrative of comedy whilst navigating a predominantly white cis space. BBC New Comedian of the Year nominee, finalist of Funny Women Awards and Musical Comedy Awards, and Top of the Slops drag superstar. 'Star comedic quality, difficult to craft' (FunnyWomen.com). 'A hugely entertaining force of nature' (Chortle.co.uk). Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing

Comedy

David's One-Man Band (F*ck You, Steven)

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Laurie Stevens Welcome to the mid-noughties world of emo teen and future rockstar, David. He's smart. He's mature. He's memorised a diagram of a vulva and it definitely didn't make him feel sick. And he's here to headline Sticky Floors – the coolest under 16s band night in the Bay Area. But when his bandmate doesn't show, will he handle himself with a sense of poise and rationality? With live renditions of classic rock, original songs and emo bangers, this coming-of-age character comedy looks at how teenage boys communicate when, like, words are hard. Audience participation, Strong language/swearing Age category: 14+

Theatre

Musical

Comedy

Hole!

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

American Sing-Song Plug up thy hole! A religious sect in Nebraska wears butt plugs at all times because they believe a wrathful God shall suck the unplugged up, ass-first, to burn on the face of the sun. The crazy thing is... they're right. HOLE! is an epic love story set in the apocalyptic aftermath of The Great Sucking, when the only people left on Earth are the fanatical Nebraskans – and anyone else who happened to be doing butt stuff at the time. Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

Foxdog Studios: Robo Bingo 2.0

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Georgia House Productions Fresh bingo, new robots and lower quality prizes. The UK's #1 IT consultants, Pete and Lloyd, have created the best interactive quirky bingo-based experience for introverts. Play using your (charged!) phone, but in a fun way! From the comfort of your seat, control the show, steer a robotic shopping bag, attempt to draw a perfect circle, and become a statistic in our all-new multi-level bingo jail, dungeon and judicial system. If you don't like bingo, come to this. Winner of the 2024 Adelaide Fringe Innovation Award. Audience participation, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

The Monkeypox Gospel

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Ngofeen Mputubwele In a magical reimagining of a real-world event, Ngofeen gets his first big assignment at The New Yorker. It’s about the global monkeypox outbreak, and he’s the ideal reporter: his parents are from Congo (the virus’s origin), and infections have reached his NYC queer community. But having recently left the evangelical church and broken his vow of lifelong celibacy, Ngofeen risks a public confrontation with the world he’s abandoned – while fearing the gay man he’s becoming. A coming-of-later-age story with nerdy tangents, adapted from the new podcast. Artwork: Daniel El Dibujo. Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Scatter: A Horror Play

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Indigo Productions Scatter is a terrifying new horror play from Patrick McPherson, the award-winning writer of sell-out Edinburgh and Soho Theatre hits The Man and Colossal. Previous acclaim: 'Horrifying' \*\*\*\*\* (Scotsman). 'Leaves you reeling' (Daily Express). Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of violence, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing, More information Jump scares. Loud noises Age category: 16+

Theatre

I AM – A Walking Universe

13 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

LULA.XYZ From the creator of Most Memorable Show (Lustrum Award Winner, 2023). Part of the modular series I AM. Enter the studio of LULA.XYZ, where words come to life. As she attempts to pen the next chapter to her namesake character, the girl next door who just happens to be Eritrean/Ethiopian, life intervenes. It’s the black woman curse. A poetic reflection of overt medical racism happening now in the UK, using wearable technology MiMu gloves (as used by Imogen Heap). Neither a musical, nor drama: a new kind of storytelling. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes Age category: 14+

Comedy

Puppet shows

Theatre

Shunga Alert

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Gumbo and Book of Shadowz Warning: adults only! An X-rated documentary-comedy about the sexual culture of Japan. The story of an artist, a sex doll and a virtual idol trying to create the sexiest shunga of all time, told with clowning, puppetry and live projection. Learn everything you wanted to know about sex in Japan but were too afraid to Google. Winner of Best of the Fest at the San Diego Fringe Festival. Filthy, offensive and visually stunning! Don't say we didn't warn you! Nudity, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing

Comedy

Sketch

The Durham Revue: Sketch Marks the Spot

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

The Durham Revue The Durham Revue are marooned on a desert island! How will they get out of this sketchy situation? An hour of raucous comedy! The group that brought you Ed Gamble, Stevie Martin, Nish Kumar, Ambika Mod and more return with a new troupe and 100% new material. Join the award-winning Durham Revue, one of the UK's top student comedy groups, for an hour of hilarious, cutting-edge sketches and laughs for everyone! 'Raucously funny with sublimely clever writing' (FringeBiscuit.co.uk). 'The Durham Revue were nothing short of brilliant' (Palatinate). Audience participation, Strong language/swearing, More information Possible references to sexual and violent themes within sketch comedy Age category: 12+

Theatre

CADEL: Lungs on Legs

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Connor Delves The epic true story of the first Australian to win the Tour de France, live on stage. One actor. One bike. One hour. Performed entirely on a bike in an epic theatrical feat of endurance by acclaimed Australian actor Connor Delves. Pedalling non-stop for an hour, he recreates the thrilling journey of Cadel's 2011 Tour de France win, and all the triumphs, heartaches and sacrifices made along the way. Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing Age category: 12+

Comedy

BATSU!

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Underbelly and BATSU! Moon Edinburgh, are you ready? Warriors, are you ready? Created in New York and Chicago, BATSU! returns to the Fringe after a wildly successful, sold-out 2024 run. This high-energy, spectacle pits fearless comedians against each other as they compete to avoid hilarious, jaw-dropping punishments. Inspired by Japanese-style game shows, expect the unexpected in this late-night Fringe hit. With visits from Sake Ninjas to shocking twists like paintball guns, electric shocks and even a giant chicken – don’t miss the chaos, the laughter and the unforgettable madness that is BATSU! – the wildest show at the Fringe! Audience participation, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing

Kids

Foxdog Studios: Robo Bingo Kids

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Georgia House Productions Ages 8 to 8,000: the thrills of bingo, robot frogs and low-cost prizes for the whole family. The UK's #1 IT consultants, Pete and Lloyd, present the perfect all-ages, interactive quirky bingo-based experience. Play using your (charged!) phone, but in a fun way! From the comfort of your seat, control the show, steer a robotic shopping bag and attempt to draw a perfect circle. Just bring your phone. There's no app to install, it works in your normal browser. No technical skill required; we'll get everyone connected before it starts. Audience participation

Comedy

Kate Owens: Cooking with Kathryn

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Georgia House Productions Award-winning comedian Kate Owens presents her smash hit, critically acclaimed comedy show. Meet Kathryn: the "star" of her own community cookin' show, wannabe Nigella Lawson, and down-home southern belle with more wine in her veins than Jesus. She's serving up a wacked-out fricassee of absurd recipes, but the main course will be a reckoning with her troubled past and a chaotic encounter with a member of the congregation (maybe it'll be you!). 'Furious, gratuitous, and moving, this will be the best show you will see at the Fringe' (PortFringe.com). Audience participation, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Ways of Knowing

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Emergency Chorus - Untapped Award Winner 2025 Behold! A council of leeches, a mystic hermit, a Victorian inventor, an economics conference, a dark and dripping cave. Uncovering a mysterious series of visions and omens, Ways of Knowing delves into the ways we predict and prophesy the future. Amidst an intricate system of choreography, found text and live sound, Emergency Chorus wield science and magic to reckon with our precarious present and enter into the unknown. Winner of the Untapped Award, Ways of Knowing follows Emergency Chorus's previous acclaimed shows Landscape (1989) and CELEBRATION. 'Beguiling and enchanting work' (Guardian). Strobe lighting, More information Strobe lighting, haze, extended periods of darkness, moments of very loud sound and brief gagging sounds. Age category: 12+

Theatre

The Faustus Project

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Half Trick / BJA Productions An actor makes a deal with the devil. This new version of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus features a rotating cast of brave guest performers taking on the challenges of a devilish ensemble. One problem... they've never rehearsed with the rest of the cast. The Faustus Project is funny, a little dangerous and an actor's worst nightmare. With a fresh victim every night, this will be the ultimate theatrical torture. Funny, dangerous, devilish. 'Uproarious' \*\*\*\* (BroadwayBaby.com). 'Wonderfully silly fun' \*\*\*\*\* (AllEdinburghTheatre.com). 'Camp, outrageous, and utterly unexpected' \*\*\*\*½ (The Student). Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Nudity, Scenes of a sexual nature, Scenes of violence, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

Sketch

Pear: Phobia

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Indigo Productions 'An effortlessly funny hour' (Independent). 6-foot 7 identical twin comedians Patrick and Hugo McPherson return to the Edinburgh Fringe with a blisteringly hilarious new show, Phobia. After sell-outs in 2022, 2023 and 2024, as well as double sell-out runs at London's Soho Theatre, Pear have cooked up their most ambitious, chaotic hour yet. 'They are destined for greatness' (List). Audience participation, Strong language/swearing Age category: 12+

Trygve Wakenshaw and Barnie Duncan: Hot Chips

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Rucks’s Leather Interiors and Topper and Fred Two men who like making funny shows together have decided to use the cavernous bowels of the Underbelly to stretch, writhe and dream the impossible dream one more time. A brand-new show made right in front of you. Trygve lives in Prague and Barnie lives in New Zealand, so they don't get to hang out very often, but this August they will, and they can't wait to see what will happen. Physical verbose mime nonsense from two masters of their craftinesses. This one goes like this / that one goes like this \. None Age category: 14+

Theatre

KINDER

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Ryan Stewart An unexpected call from a library derails a performance planned by newly arrived drag artist Goody Prostate, booked to headline a local reading hour. Forced to scramble together a new act in real time for a crowd of unruly children and their parents, Goody spirals into a chaotic exploration of childhood, memory, stories and what it means to truly grow up. The library is open – sit down, be quiet and listen. Because sometimes, reading is what? Fundamentalist. \*\*\*\*\* (List). \*\*\*\*\* (BingeFringe.com). \*\*\*\*\* (WhatsTheShow.com.au). \*\*\*\*\* (SeeDoEatReview.com). Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing, More information Occasional strong coarse language, occasional mild sexual references, references to homophobia/queerphobia Age category: 16+

Comedy

DeliaDelia! The Flat Chested Witch!

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Amando Houser 'Particularly funny' (Vulture.com), Amando Houser invites you to their unhinged clown hour of self-discovery. Inspired by the "witch hunt" on trans rights in the United States, DeliaDelia happens to be as nasty on the eyes as she is on the basketball court. On a quest to become a "real girl" and also join a human basketball team, will she finally get her shot at greatness or will she be cursed forever? Directed by Kedian Keohan. Produced by Beth Sitek. \*\*\*\*\* (The-Crumb.com). \*\*\*\* (Mervyn Stutter). 'Delicious' (BrooklynRail.org). Audience participation, Strong language/swearing, More information Loud explosion sounds, flashing lights Age category: 16+

Comedy

Jake Roche: Neporrhoids!

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Jake Roche A musical. Stay with me. Written by me, Jake Roche. About me, Jake Roche, and the previous versions of me. Autobiographical and confessional. You love that though, right? Let me make a song and dance and spill my guts for you. It's really nice to be back. Returning for two weeks only after a critically acclaimed run in 2024. Neporrhoids! is Jake's story from Universal Music to Universal Credit. 'Roche constantly confounds your expectations' \*\*\*\*\* (TheRecs.co.uk). 'Incredibly funny and heartachingly personal' \*\*\*\*\* (OperationLiveTheatre.com). 'A surprise hit of the Fringe' \*\*\*\* (WhatsOnStage.com). Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Nudity, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Comedy

Karen Houge: DREAMGIRL

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Karen Houge A show about trust. Would you trust a stranger? Why? Why not? Together with Karen Houge – our DREAMGIRL – we're going to find out. Through personal stories from following Syrian refugees, a few vegetables, and a pile of LEGO, Karen invites us to explore what it means to trust. This isn't just a show, it's a conversation about humanity. Developed with dramaturgical support from award-winning comedian and artist Elf Lyons (Best Show, Comedians' Choice Awards, (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2024). Supported by the Performing Arts Fund in Norway. 'A profound, playful and compelling hour' \*\*\*\*\* (InDaily.com.au). Audience participation Age category: 16+

Comedy

Theatre

Desperate Wee Gay Boy

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Fraser Kelsey with Iona Bremner Productions and Slainte! Theatre DESPERATE WEE GAY BOY dives headfirst into the whirlwind life of Ollie, a chaotic but lovable Scot navigating London's queer nightlife. From tequila-fuelled dance floors to messy encounters with geezers on Grindr, to the high school crush he ached to get with, to Phil Mitchell in a sauna? How iconic can one gay boy be! Join Ollie on a sexy-ass odyssey of a night out in this not-so one-man show exploring what it means to crave connection in a world of fleeting thrills. Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

A Night of Drama

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Jack and Zoe Comedy People of Edinburgh: grab a peel. Join the rebellion and prepare to cry so hard you accidentally laugh. Watch a prolific director guide a company of comedians through his dramatic masterpiece, as you shower them with bottomless banana peels!* Have you ever suffered at the hands of theatre, yet felt obligated to join in endless ovations and applause? A Night of Drama does not want your pity! If the director fails to deliver a dramatic show, peel him without mercy. But if he succeeds, you will cry and theatre shall live another day. *Peels provided. Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, More information Potentially sensitive content may occur due to improvised elements in the show. Age category: 16+

Comedy

I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Holly Redford Jones Step inside Holly Redford-Jones' award-winning Lesbian Bar! This bold new show is a dance through tales of unsung, unsanitised lesbian debauchery. A sonic love letter to sapphic institutions of a bygone era, the show celebrates queer women of the past, present and future. Taking a cue from the iconic Jonathan Richman song, Redford-Jones asks the biggest questions: where have all the lesbian bars gone? How do you know when you're in one? And how did Chesterfield's Crooked Spire become so... crooked? 'Caused my wife to snort with laughter' (Canal-St.co.uk). \*\*\*\*\* (Jadar.uk). None Age category: 16+

Comedy

Pat Rascal: Space Gravy

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

This absurd comedy about one boy's dream to send Yorkshire to space returns after a critically acclaimed preview run. Join northern prodigy Yorkshire Yorkie Yorkshireson Humberside-Smith and his two best friends as they multi-role their way to Mars, via Bradford. Pat Rascal (two-thirds Yorkshire-bred, one-third jealous) debuts this 'deliciously fast-paced' (The-Crumb.com) show exploring friendship, identity and Hull's award-winning aquarium The Deep. 'The physical comedy is immaculate… Audience in absolute stitches from start to finish' ★★★★★ (Everything-Theatre.co.uk). 'Packed with laughs' ★★★★★ (AYoungishPerspective.co.uk). 'A fantastic trio' ★★★★ (BroadwayWorld.com).

Theatre

Saria Callas

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Seemia Theatre This sexy, camp, pop-filled tragicomedy unpacks aspirations of becoming a singer while growing up where it is forbidden for women to sing. Already a bottle of red in, Sara reminisces about her experiences from childhood to womanhood. Tehran, the school bus parties, the wannabe prayer-caller and the secret w**ks at the all-girls' school. Did I get used to repression or is music my way of fighting? How does a woman who has experienced firsthand repression of her body and voice react as her child struggles with their own gender identity? Previous praise: Summerhall's Lustrum Award, \*\*\*\*. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing Age category: 14+

Swan?

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Lauren Brady and HEYwire Theatre The dark and ugly sister to the movie Black Swan. A chain-smoking, half-swan, half-ballerina turns the tragic story of Swan Lake into a dark and raunchy rom com. And who knows... you may even get to open her box. Could you be the hero that helps her escape this living hell?! ★★★★★ (List). ★★★★★ (GlamAdelaide.com.au). ★★★★★ (Scenestr.com.au) ★★★★★ (@hugging_comedians, Instagram). ★★★★★ (Edmonton Journal). ★★★★★ (SuchCliche.com). Adelaide Fringe Best Theatre and Physical Theatre Weekly Award 2025. Edmonton Fringe Holdover Award 2024. Performed and created by Canadian treasure Lauren Brady. Directed by Nicole Maloney. Coached by Karen Hines. Audience participation, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing, More information Simulated Vaping Age category: 14+

Theatre

Comedy

Neil Frost: The Door

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Mad Etiquette It's 1985. I'm dressed as Peter Pan. All I have to worry about is remembering my Nan's landline number. Award-winning performer Neil Frost brings old photos taken in front of his Nan's kitchen door to life, unravelling the stories behind them with masterful silliness. A nostalgic, poignant comedy about living with your grandparents in 80's Britain, childhood dreams and the power of fancy dress. 'Frost is the ultimate comedian' \*\*\*\*\* (FourthWallMedia.wordpress.com). 'Genuinely touching' \*\*\*\*\* (StageWhispers.com.au). 'Hilarious' \*\*\*\*\* (TheReviewsHub.com). Direction – Lucy Hopkins and Dan Lees. Producing consultants – The Project People. Audience participation, None Age category: 14+

Comedy

Stand-up

Alice Tovey: Glass Houses

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Alice Tovey Just before her wedding, Alice’s father returned home from prison. Glass Houses is a love letter to family, showing us that love conquers all – even the prison industrial complex. Through stand-up, stories and original song, Alice Tovey tells the story of a cancelled wedding, budgies, and a chef in a show about learning our parents are human, and choosing empathy over isolation. 'Tovey is at the forefront of a new age of comedy excellence' \*\*\*\*\* (TheMusic.com.au). Written and performed by Alice Tovey. Directed by Gen Fricker. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Comedy

Going Soft

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Action Theatre Scotland Bar-L is Glasgow's hottest attraction – an immersive prison themed bar. With business thriving, co-owners Martin and James are expanding into an adult-only soft play. They've got the vision and, hopefully, the backing of a potential investor. But as the meeting unfolds, tensions rise and the cracks in their partnership begin to show. Can their friendship survive the business world, or will their dream collapse like a poorly built ball pit? Fast-paced and razor sharp, Jack Byrne's solo-writing debut sheds light on toxic masculinity in working class Glasgow with both humour and heart. Strong language/swearing Age category: 14+

Theatre

Comedy

Don't Tell Dad About Diana

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Conor Murray and Hannah Power Dublin, 1997. Two friends prepare to compete for the crown of Alternative Miss Ireland with their Princess Diana drag act, under the nose of their hardline nationalist families. As they race through the city towards competition night, Diana's death sparks the unravelling of their secret, their friendship and their plans to leave Ireland. A high-energy, fast-paced two-hander packed with comedy, courage and coming-of-age chaos. After a sell-out London run, Don't Tell Dad About Diana promises to be one of the must-see debuts of the festival. Strong language/swearing, More information Actor changing on stage – partial nudity Age category: 14+

Comedy

Sketch

Late with Pear

14 Aug 2025 - 23 Aug 2025

Indigo Productions Pear are six-foot, seven-inch identical twin comedians Hugo and Patrick McPherson. In 2024, their show was named in the Top Ten Best Reviewed Shows of the Edinburgh Fringe, garnering ten five-star reviews while selling out a third consecutive year at the festival. Now, they add Late With Pear: a riotous, out-of-control, late-night extravaganza which promises mayhem, comedy guests and all the jokes they can only tell under the cover of night. Audience participation, Strong language/swearing

I AM - One of many, many of One

12 Aug 2025 - 5 Sept 2025

A poetic reflection of an experience unpacked through an Afro-Futuristic East African lens. An acronym for one of many many of one, OommoO explores the life of a 1st gen immigrant as she navigates the duality of two cultures, her Habesha (Eritrean/Ethiopian) heritage and British identity. - Interweaving language and customs with innovative high-tech storytelling tools like the wearable tech MiMu gloves (a midi gestural controller); story, visuals+music+soundscape are stitched together to teleport you to a different world. - OommoO is a one woman modular theatre series and the theme of this pilot episode: effects of memory loss on a displaced community, on different generations, caused by different reasons. - It asks what happens when you’ve left everything behind for the promise of something better, and the something ‘better’ isn’t ‘better’? When you have nothing but memories and memory is fading… What do you have? OommoO, neither a musical, drama or gig theatre… It is a new kind of storytelling.

Comedy

Sci-Fi

Sketch

Will BF: MOON TEAM IIIV

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Will BF Hang onto your space hats (technical term) for a surreal sketch comedy odyssey through the best worst film never made. Join award winning comedian and reigning UK Pun Champion (yes really) Will BF for a 'brilliant, bonkers and totally Fringe' (BruceOnTheFringe.blog), hour of sketches, songs, live video games and sci-fi multimedia havoc. 'Wonderful and weird' \*\*\*\* (Chortle.co.uk). 'The best sketch comedy one can see at the Fringe \*\*\*\*\* (The730Review.co.uk). Award nominated at the Leicester Comedy Festival, Buxton Fringe and Brighton Fringe. The Telegraph Best Jokes of the Fringe 2023 and 2024. Audience participation Age category: 16+

Comedy

Stand-up

Storytelling

Kyla Cobbler: Gone Rogue

13 Aug 2025 - 17 Aug 2025

Off The Kerb Productions in association with Barking Ventures The Cork native and Barcelona resident, with a 300,000 Instagram following, has had a whirlwind time of late, selling out iconic venues across Ireland and the UK. Kyla brings freshness to the scene through her unique connection to the audience. Her honest, blunt and deep storytelling style combined with her powerful energy on stage, have made her the big new talent you really don't want to miss. 'Kyla cobbles stories into laugh out loud genius. Funny bones, funny skin, funny head. Do not miss.' (Jason Byrne). Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

Puppet shows

Theatre

Readymades

12 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Meltzer und Berlin Theatergruppe Readymades is a live-action cartoon with an old-school overhead projector which flicks between shadow puppetry and clown comedy. The 'impossibly unique' \*\*\*\*½ (ReviewsHub.com) joint debut hour from Australian clown Levi Meltzer and British puppeteer Sam Berlin. Nominated for Best New Show at Brighton Fringe. Audience participation Age category: 12+

Music

Marc Burrows' Britpop Disco

17 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Marc Burrows and Corrie McGuire Management It's a Britpop summer! Comedian and music journalist Marc Burrows (The Britpop Hour) and special guests take the decks for the ultimate 90s indie night! Spinning Britpop and beyond including: Ash, Auters, Babybird, Bis, Blur, Boo Radleys, Bluetones, Cast, Catatonia, Charlatans, Divine Comedy, Dodgy, Dubstar, Echobelly, Edwyn Collins, Elastica, Gene, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, James, Kenickie, Kula Shaker, Longpigs, Lush, Manics, Marion, Me Me Me, Menswear, Mike Flowers, My Life Story, Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene, PJ Harvey, Placebo, Pulp, Radiohead, Shampoo, Shed Seven, Sleeper, Smiths, Space, Stone Roses, Suede, Super Furry Animals, Supergrass and more. Audience will be standing throughout, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing

Days out

Underbelly After Dark – Cowgate

11 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025

Underbelly Free events at Underbelly Cowgate. Post-show slump? Not here. We're bringing DJs, quizzes and unexpected fun to keep the energy high and the crowd mooo-ving. Think dancefloor moo-ments, top-tier tunes, games and wholesome activities. No need to get a ticket, just head down to Cowgate and join us! Audience participation, Strobe lighting

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