EdFringe 2025: Grassroots Theatre

Aug 3 2025 | By Thom Dibdin More

Edinburgh-made theatre by grassroots companies at EdFringe 2025

Grassroots companies of one kind or another make up the majority of theatre made in Edinburgh, with an amazing, although quite frankly unwieldy (in listings terms), 81 different productions.

This is a hugely diverse group of creatives and reflect the diverse nature of the theatre community in Edinburgh. The line between a grassroots and professional company is hard to gauge from afar, so if you are listed below and think you should be in a different section, do let us know via the contacts page.

Maria Macdonell in LIFE, one of several EdFringe 2024 productions returning this year. Pic: Roddy Simpson

There are possibly not as many productions this year which have grown out of shows staged outwith the Fringe. But that is offset by the large number of returning productions which have either had a full-blown staging over the year or are by companies who have stepped up into a larger room or a longer run after a successful try-out at last year’s Fringe.

253 #MadeInEdinburgh shows

There are a total of 253 shows Made in Edinburgh at #EdFringe this year – not including standup comedy.

In order to make things clearer, we have divided the listing up into eight parts. On this page you can find an alphabetical listing of productions by Edinburgh’s grassroots companies in the theatre section of the programme.

Here are the links to the other seven listings pages:

We are also proud to work with EPAD to produce and publish their annual listing of shows “created, performed or produced by Edinburgh’s theatre professionals” which is here.

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#KaraokeKarma
Epona Productions
Leith Depot (Venue) Venue 214
19 – 25 (not 22, 23): 9.30pm (1hr 10mins).
A work’s reunion in a karaoke booth. The room is booked for 20 – only four turn up. Dark secrets, deceit and despair bring the team back together for one night. Will the unravelling of truths bring anyone peace? What exactly happened last year that nobody wants to talk about? Why does the new girl ask so many questions? And who is Nichola from Only Fans? Join Lucinda, Vivienne, Barry and Isla in a night of turmoil and tension with the high kick energy of karaoke. Audience participation encouraged with group songs in this fun-filled, dramatic show. Further details.

1902
Saltire Sky Theatre
Hibernian Supporters Club (Pat Stanton Suite) Venue 499a
2 – 24 (not Weds): 7.30pm (1hr 30mins).
Returning to mark Hibernian FC’s 150th Anniversary, 1902 sheds light on the dark side of football, taking an access-all-areas approach to working class life in Scotland. Sold out five Fringe festivals. Winner: OffWestEnd Award, Broadway Baby Bobby Award. Further details.

A Noble Clown
elsewhere and otherwise
Scottish Storytelling Centre (Netherbow Theatre) Venue 30a
31 July – 14 Aug (not 11, 13): 6.45pm (1hr 10mins).
A Noble Clown’ is a solo play about Duncan Macrae (1905 – 1967), long considered Scotland’s greatest actor, featuring plays such as Jamie the Saxt, Gog and Magog, and his signature song, The Wee Cock Sparra. It also covers his passionate political beliefs and gives intimate insights into the private man. Further details.

A Pound of Flesh
Arbery Theatre
theSpace on the Mile (Space 2) Venue 39
1 – 23 Aug (not 10, 17): 8.25pm (50mins).
In Shakespeare’s classic, The Merchant of Venice, only Portia’s appearance in court and her implacable logic saves Antonio from Shylock’s knife. But what would happen if she never came to Venice? With echoes of Romeo and Juliet, events in A Pound of Flesh move remorselessly to a tragic end. Further details.

A Real Live Scratch Night
C8 Collective
Satyr (bar) 260-262 Leith Walk, EH6 5EL. Venue 337
1 – 17 Aug (Odd dates only): 7pm (1 hr).
Discover new shows before they become the next big thing! Scratch Nights let writers test out work-in-progress plays live with an audience. Three script extracts will be shared each night in a relaxed, low-pressure setting. Your feedback will help shape the future of these shows. Further details.

Absoi
Voices Collective Company
Greenside @ George Street (Olive Studio) Venue 236
19 – 23 Aug: 12.30pm (1hr).
When three women dared to write the truth, Portugal put them on trial. The Three Marias tells their story of censorship, rebellion, and the enduring strength of women’s voices. A powerful, poetic tribute to freedom and feminist resistance. Further details.

Aderyn/Bird
Harebell Tellers
Scottish Storytelling Centre (George Mackay Brown Library) Venue 30a
6 – 16 (even dates, not 10): 5.30pm (1hr).
Atop a far-off mountain, birds are gathering, stories are stirring. Join Scottish and Welsh traditional storytellers Ailsa Dixon and Ffion Phillips as they weave folk music, language and story across these isles and between worlds. Further details.

Almost Famous
NoLogoProductions
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (Theatre 2) (Theatre 2) Venue 53
1 – 16 Aug (not Suns): Fri 1 – Sat 9: 3.45pm; Mon 11 – Sat 16: 5.45pm. (50mins).
Emily Benton is back in the UK after a glittering career that took her to Broadway and Hollywood. With her pedigree, she should be in Downton Abbey not auditioning for a role in a devised play. What cruel fate brought her to this? Maybe there’s a secret Emily’s not revealing. Further details.

An American Love Letter to Edinburgh
Rick Conte
Scottish Storytelling Centre (Netherbow Theatre) Venue 30a
18 – 25 Aug: 5pm. (1hr).
Ben Franklin loved Edinburgh. He visited during the Scottish Enlightenment and was pals with all the luminaries. In this funny and informative show, Rick Conte retraces the steps of his fellow American. Further details.

Antigone
Mythography
French Institute (Salle Emilienne Moreau-Evrard) Venue 168
1 – 24 Aug (not 7, 11, 18).: 2.30pm (2hrs).
Mythography return with their urgent and haunting production of Jean Anouilh’s Antigone. Irreverent and full of rage, this bold rewriting of an eternal myth asks questions that would shatter our world. This is a story about youth on the brink. Further details.

Athens of the North
Mark Hannah
Scottish Storytelling Centre (Netherbow Theatre) Venue 30a
1 23 Aug (odd dates from Sat 9): 3.15pm (1hr).
Allan is late for his daughter’s concert, Liam has fallen in love, and Maureen just wants to get home. A love letter to Edinburgh exploring the small, cosmic ways we impact each other’s lives. Further details.

Blooming
Daisy Ensemble
Greenside @ George Street (Fern Studio) Venue 236
18 – 23 Aug: 2pm. (50mins).
A queer love story but no one dies at the end. Welcome to the world of Blooming where romance and sisterhood always flower. Further details.

Brainrot
Mon Espoir X The Avoi(D)ance
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (Grand Theatre) Venue 53
11 – 16 Aug: 4.30pm (50mins).
Our crew are taking flight using technology that can take them anywhere in the universe. Excited exploration turns into overwhelm and then apathy as the Bestia Uwagi turns them into passive consumers. This is brain rot – in space! Further details.

Burst
Creative Electric
Summerhall (Red Lecture Decking) Venue 26
12 – 16: Various times (25mins).
An oasis of peace and calm in a sea of festival chaos. Immersive experience designed with and for neurodivergent families and friends, Burst aims to explore and soothe anxiety. Burst is available in Arabic, Farsi, Ukrainian and English. Further details.

Casino?
State ae That Theatre
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (Fleming Theatre) Venue 53
11 – 16 Aug: 9.20pm (50mins).
Casino? follows four restaurant workers stuck in a cycle of low wages and high hopes. Between drunken casino nights and grueling hungover shifts, they wonder – does success come at too high a cost? Further details.

Cassandra
Ailsa Dixon
Scottish Storytelling Centre (George Mackay Brown Library) Venue 30a
31 July & 2-17 Aug (odd dates from Tue 5, not 13): 5.30pm. (1hr).
What does it mean to be believed? Traditional storyteller and musician Ailsa Dixon blends Greek myth, Scottish folklore and personal narrative to explore prophecy, protest and survival across time and space. Stories are stirring. The north wind rises. Further details.

Chatterbox
Lubna kerr
Pleasance Courtyard (The Green) Venue 33
18 – 25 Aug: 13:00:00 (1hr).
Chatterbox is about the power of language, words and the impact of labels. Who gets listened to and who doesn’t. How does that impact a 5 year old girl who was called stupid because she couldn’t speak English at primary school. How kindness can go a long way to help. Further details.

Chickens
Monika Klisch
theSpace on the Mile (Space 1) Venue 39
18 – 23 Aug: 9.45pm (1hr).
A dark comedy directed by Ben Harrison, about control, obsession, lack of communication, and cultural clashes. In a cosy Edinburgh flat, eccentric Jay and pragmatic Weronika wrestle with impulsive choices, emotional tension, and post-pandemic normality. Chickens asks: when does care become control—and can good intentions justify crossing the line? Further details.

Cody and Beau: A Wild West Story
Dylan and Will Theatre
theSpace on the Mile (Space 1) Venue 39
1 – 9 Aug: 9.45pm (50mins).
theSpace @ Niddry St (Upper Theatre) Venue 9
11 – 16 Aug: 11.50am (50mins).
Enthralled by tales, Cody and Beau have simple aspirations: becoming cowboys. But away from their imaginations, they soon find themselves up against the harsh reality of the old American West… Further details.

Colours Run
4PLAY
Summerhall (Red Lecture Theatre) Venue 26
31 July – 25 Aug (not 11, 18): 6.10pm (1hr).
It’s Derby Day. A violent Hibs football casual returns home to tell his brother something bad has happened. But has something far worse happened in their past? A gritty dark comedy by writer Mikey Burnett. Directed by Grace Ava Baker. Produced by Staci Shaw. Starring Ruaraidh Murray and Sean Langtree. Further details.

Crocodile Tears
Shark Bait Theatre
theSpace @ Venue 45 (Venue 45) Venue 45
8 – 17 Aug (not 10): 1.20pm (55mins).
When viewership tanks for a survival TV game show, the producers must go to extreme lengths to avoid cancellation – no matter the cost. After all, the contestants signed a contract, they can’t back out now… Further details.

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Date, Desire, Divorce
The Swells
theSpace on the Mile (Space 1) Venue 39
18 – 23 Aug: 6.40pm (45mins)
Date, Desire, Divorce. Four short romantic tragi-comedies by Edinburgh writer Malcolm Windsor, performed by Diana Stewart and Damian Corcoran. Couples breaking up, couples working it out, couples meeting for the first time, couples meeting again. Further details.

Death on the Clyde
Scotch Bonnet Productions
The Royal Scots Club (The Speakeasy) Venue 241a
4 – 10 Aug: 4.15pm (1hr).
A Scottish folk tale murder mystery, based on the Bean Nighe legend. A wee village on the river Clyde is rocked by a death. A soldier, doctor, priest… and two musicians try to uncover the truth. Further details.

Deiseil: Dancing in Time
Performers: Alison Carlyle and Amy Geddes / Director: Gerry Mulgrew
theSpace @ Venue 45 (Venue 45) Venue 45
8 – 16 Aug (not 10): 5.10pm (55mins).
A powerful exploration of how Scotland’s percussive dance was lost… then revived. Experience a compelling journey across centuries of tradition told through fiddle, feet, Gaelic song and story. A mesmerising evocation of friendship, identity and connection. Further details.

Deliverance
Brite Theater
Traverse Theatre (Your House) Venue 15
9 – 24 Aug (Sat/Sun only): Various times (1hr 30mins).
A person arrives with an envelope. Inside is a set of instructions that you will follow for the next 90 minutes. You’ll dress up, dance, you’ll receive a phone call, but don’t worry, no one will be watching but you. Further details.

Euripides’ Iphigeneia in Tauris
Intothedark
Paradise in The Vault (The Annexe) Venue 29
18 – 24: 9.10pm (1hr 10mins).
A tale of exile, escape and the meaning of family. We follow Iphigeneia searching for hope in the face of doom as an exile. Translation by Kenneth McLeish. Further details.

Everest Mallory 24 (With Stanley)
Tall History Tales
Paradise in The Vault (The Vault) Venue 29
2 – 23 (not 10, 17): 7.15pm (1hr).
A comic storytelling show, based on the events of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition. Stanley hails from the mad hatter’s town of Stockport. And much to Mallory’s concern he’s barely been up Helvellyn! Further details.

Fallen Angel, by Liam Rudden
Liam Rudden Media
Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge (Studio) Venue 7a
19 – 23 Aug: 8.45pm (55mins).
How young do you think I am? Don’t be fooled. I’m far older than you could ever imagine. I walked this earth before your great, great grandparents, yet I am no Dorian Gray. I have no picture in my attic. I am haunted, and I corrupt to survive.’ Do you believe in faeries? Angel does. They’ve tortured him for 500 years. Further details.

Float
F-Bomb Theatre
Gilded Balloon Patter House (Other Yin) Venue 24
30 July – 25 Aug (not 10, 24): 6pm. (1hr).
Join Astronaut Indra on a nine-month mission to the moon… but not all missions are successful. An autobiographical show by Indra Wilson about experiencing pregnancy loss as a young solo parent. Produced by award-winning F-Bomb Theatre (Fringe First). MadeInScotlandShowcase.com Further details.

Flora Macdonald and Zombies
Debbie Cannon
Scottish Storytelling Centre (George Mackay Brown Library) Venue 30a
1 – 15 Aug (odd dates only): 3.45pm (1hr).
Flora Macdonald: Jacobite heroine, saviour of an exiled prince, face of many shortbread tins – and ferocious zombie hunter. Join Flora for a rollicking and completely untrue adventure into Scotland’s past, featuring war, romance, a rogue royal, the undead, a cat assassin and a Scottish schoolgirl on the best history trip ever. Further details.

Get Thee to a Nursery
Exi Attica
theSpace on the Mile (Space 2) Venue 39
2 – 9 Aug: 1.05pm (55mins).
A gang of preschoolers are cursed by the spirit of Shakespeare. As nursery politics magically collide with a myriad of Folio subplots, the kids fight, cry and age through the Bard’s world and words. Further details.

Goodbye Postie
Deliverance Theatre
theSpace on the Mile (Space 1) Venue 39
1 – 9 Aug: 6.30pm (55mins).
Goodbye Postie follows Postie and Sparkie living in Dumfries. Sick of the small town, Postie decides to fly the nest, leaving Sparkie behind. Together they explore why some stay and some leave, risking their friendship in the process. Further details.

Haggis, Neeps and Burns
Edinburgh Little Theatre
Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge (Lower Hall) Venue 7a
1 – 24 Aug: 12.40pm (1hr).
The story of Scotland’s national bard as we see the talent and flawed nature of Burns through his, his wife’s and friends’ eyes. Brilliant storytelling with free haggis, neeps and tatties and a drink. Brilliant theatre! Further details.

Happy Ending Street
DollsnRags Productions
Leith Arches (Ground Level) Venue 324
1 – 9 Aug: Various times (50mins).
Happy Ending Street—a darkly comic, feminist tale set in 1890s Edinburgh. Sex workers Bonnie, Frances, and Pearl face a violent stalker and a failing system, so they fight back. Further details.

Hi, Mum!
Pierrot Productions
Greenside @ George Street (Fern Studio) Venue 236
11 – 16 Aug: 12.45pm (1hr).
Sisters, Alba and Elspeth Brae, haven’t seen each other since their mother’s cancer diagnosis. Now they are coming together to visit mum – at a funeral home viewing room. Come say goodbye and maybe get comfortable with death. Further details.

Homo(sapien)
Conor O’Dwyer / Emma Ruse Productions
Assembly Roxy (Snug Bar) Venue 139
30 July – 24 Aug (not 12, 19): 1.10pm (1hr).
Joey is a Bad Gay™. He’s never had sex with a man, not even once. But tonight is the night, and he is determined to make sure he will not die a virgin. Filled with Catholic guilt, internalised homophobia and fear of the GAA lads, Joey is intent on ‘getting his hole’. Further details.

I Kissed Batman
Lex Joyce in association with Shark Bait Theatre
Just the Tonic at The Caves (Just The Fancy Room) Venue 88
31 July – 11 Aug: 3.30pm (1hr).
It’s Halloween and Steph is determined to win the costume contest. But little does she know, her brother and her best friend are planning on revealing a huge confession. Holy chaos, Batman! Further details.

Insiders
Bethany Christian Trust: Creative Expressions
St John’s Church (Main Church) Venue 127a
13 – 16 Aug: 1pm, Sat 5.30pm also (1hr).
Written with Scottish prisoners and praised for its humour, authenticity and emotional power, Insiders is a play about faith, suffering and the search for meaning. Previously performed to over 400 inmates, its story will resonate far beyond prison walls. Further details.

Intrusion
Locked In Thought Theatre Company
theSpace @ Venue 45 (Venue 45) Venue 45
18 – 23 Aug: 6.35pm (50mins).
A happy couple on their anniversary. An unwelcome visitor. A bombshell that changes everything. An original Fringe premiere written by James Cumming, Intrusion is all about the past catching up with us and dealing with the consequences. Further details.

Jumper Bumps
Amelia Rodger / Emma Ruse Productions
Ruby at Gilded Balloon at Appleton Tower (Dunedin Theatre) Venue 140
30 July – 24 Aug (not 12, 19): 4.20pm (1hr).
What happens when the thing you wished for your whole life turns out to be your worst nightmare? Eris wants a baby. Atlanta doesn’t. They’re best friends with very different views of motherhood. As similar as they are different, their friendship is stretched when Eris finds herself pregnant. Further details.

Kanpur: 1857
Niall Moorjani Storyteller and Pleasance
Pleasance Courtyard (Beneath) Venue 33
30 July – 24 Aug (not 12/13): 3.40pm (1hr).
Strapped to a cannon, an Indian rebel finds themselves answering to a British officer for the crimes of Kanpur – an Indian uprising against British colonial forces. Who is the hero and who is the villain? Whatever happens, it’s going to be explosive. Winner of the Pleasance’s Charlie Hartill Fund. Further details.

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LIFE
KT Producing and Maria MacDonell
Scottish Storytelling Centre (Netherbow Theatre) Venue 30a
15 – 19 Aug: 6.45pm (1hr 5mins).
Estelle models for The Artist. Despite decades of experience, she has never sat for a session like this and with such an outcome. LIFE is a play set in a drawing class, audiences are offered art materials and invited to draw and doodle or simply watch as the story emerges. Further details.

Lost Girls / At Bus Stops
Genesis Theatre Productions
Assembly George Square (The Box) Venue 8
15 – 24 Aug: 2.20pm (1hr).
One last night at the Fringe, Jess and Iona wander the city looking for that best show, finest view, that perfect moment to confess… everything. Lost Girls / At Bus Stops is a Queer love story and a lost letter to Edinburgh. Further details.

Lunchbox
Lubna Kerr
Pleasance Courtyard (The Green) Venue 33
30 July – 24 Aug (not 12, 19): 4.45pm (1hr).
Lunchbox is about the impact of bullying seen through the eyes of a troubled boy, Steven. It examines the situation of a Pakistani girl, Lubna, who gets in his path. Lunchtime drama club is her escape, until Steven joins. Further details.

Marx and Engels
Deliverance Theatre
Sandport Tavern (Bar) Venue 55
13 – 24 Aug: 6.15pm (55mins).
In 1848, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels meet in the Red Dragon Pub in Salford, England, with a goal to compose the Communist Manifesto. Over the course of a 12 day boozer, helped by Mary the Owner, the two deliberate over their vision of the future and test their friendship in the process. Further details.

Mending Nets
Janis Mackay / Nada Shawa
Scottish Storytelling Centre (Netherbow Theatre) Venue 30a
1 – 25 Aug (odd dates only): 1.30pm (1hr).
Palestinian poet/dancer Nada Shawa and Scottish storyteller/dancer Janis Mackay build a bridge of friendship through an evocative fusion of dance, poetry and storytelling. Mending Nets puts forward the simple and radical belief that the act of sharing stories and poetry from our lands can help people retrieve an unravelled sense of identity. Further details.

Moonswing
Simply Surreal
Greenside @ Riddles Court (Willow Studio) Venue 16
11 – 23 Aug (not Sun): 4.15pm (1hr).
Richard, Leanne and Lucy spent their childhoods looking up, promising to live on the moon. As we see them grow under the moonlight, we find out if life gets in the way of that promised trip to the moon. Further details.

Mother, Maiden and Crone
Mother Maiden Crone Theatre
theSpace @ Niddry St (Studio) Venue 9
11 – 19 Aug: 9.05pm (1hr).
Macbeth retold from the witches’ perspective… if the witches were a bimbo shot-boy, a klepto DJ and a drag queen. The colleagues of Club Limbo will soon be besieged by McBride and her heinous hen party. Further details.

Mothers
Encapulus Productions
theSpace @ Symposium Hall (Annexe) Venue 43
12 – 16: 10.35am (50mins).
Is your mum like a regular mum or a cool mum? Is she the Lorelai to your Rory or the Gothel to your Rapunzel? A verbatim comedy skit performance with the harsh realities of mother/daughter relationships. Further details.

Mushroomification (Legs, Legs, Legs)
Heads on Crooked
Just the Tonic at The Mash House (Just the Bottle Room) Venue 288
31 July – 05 Aug: 12.50pm (50mins).
A new play that tells the story of a mushroom, desperate to break away from the constrictive, authoritarian Mycelium and become an individual. Simultaneously, a Scientist by the name of Karies is working night and day to develop a human hive-mind with the aim of putting all people on equal footing. Further details.

Nick It for Munich
Aric Hanscomb-Ryrie, Aaron Clason and The Crunch Collective
Greenside @ George Street (Mint Studio) Venue 236
1 – 9 Aug: 6.35pm (1hr).
Nick it for Munich follows Jamie, a die-hard Scottish football fan with no money on a madcap one-person journey to Euro 2024. This fast-paced new Scottish comedy will thrill football lovers and theatre fans alike. Further details.

Nightmares by Sandy Jack
Lynch Lovers
theSpace on the Mile (Space 1) Venue 39
1 – 9 Aug: 10.50pm. (50mins).
Is it scary? What scares you? A surreal horror anthology by HorrorTok creator Sandy Jack. Heavily inspired by the works of David Lynch and the Twilight Zone. What is in your nightmares? Further details.

No Room at the Inn
Kestrel Eye Productions
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (Theatre 1) Venue 53
18 – 23 Aug: 5.25pm (50mins).
Grouchy innkeeper Isaac isn’t expecting anymore guests. So, when two angels appear to prepare him for the arrival of a certain, divine couple, things don’t exactly go to plan. Further details.

Note of Concern
Fast Snail Productions
theSpace on the Mile (Space 2) Venue 39
11 – 16 Aug: 6.30pm (45mins).
Two childhood friends find themselves trapped in the classroom of their least favourite teacher at a high school reunion and can’t resist the urge to stick their noses where they don’t belong, slowly unravelling a life forgotten. Further details.

Operation Blank
GG Well Played Productions
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (Fleming Theatre) Venue 53
1 – 9 Aug: 6.15pm (45mins).
Someone has dropped an atom bomb on Copenhagen. With all-out war looming, a junior staffer in the British government must somehow stimulate a response from his idiotic superiors. There’s just one thing standing in his way: Microsoft Teams. Further details.

Our Martin in the Background
Mark Kydd
Scottish Storytelling Centre (George Mackay Brown Library) Venue 30a
17 – 25 Aug (odd dates only): 3.45pm (1hr).
England, 1945. The lives of two strangers are changed forever by a chance meeting at a railway station. But this isn’t Brief Encounter… it’s the queer love story Noël Coward didn’t write. Further details.

PAINKILLERS
Mamoru Iriguchi
Summerhall (Anatomy Lecture Theatre) Venue 26
31 July – 25 Aug (not Mons): 5.45pm (1hr).
PAINKILLERS delves into physical and emotional pain through magic tricks and romantic memories. Mamoru, a magician’s assistant who enjoys her large knitted body, is at the mercy of knives, saws and guns, on and off stage. Award-winning performance maker returns to Summerhall with his acclaimed show. Further details.

PALS
Higgledy Piggledy Productions
Gilded Balloon Patter House (Doonstairs) Venue 24
30 July – 12 Aug (not 7): 7pm. (1hr 10mins).
PALS is a Scottish adventure-comedy play featuring four crude, chaotic yet completely normal gal pals as they embark on a camping trek in the west of Scotland. Expect outrageous chaos, sticky situations and plenty of Scottish banter. Further details.

Play On
Resilience Theatre Movement
Paradise in The Vault (The Annexe) Venue 29
11 – 24 Aug (not 17): 1.20pm (55mins).
A dark comedy following two estranged siblings forced to complete an escape room together after attending their mother’s funeral, in order to receive her last will and testament. Tensions rise as the two siblings uncover past hurts that have never been dealt with, while balancing grief for their mother, along with exposing the breach of their relationship. Blood is thicker than water, but will it be enough? Further details.

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r/Conspiracy
Ella Hällgren / Emma Ruse Productions
Gilded Balloon at Appleton Tower (Ruby) Venue 140
30 July – 24 Aug (not 12, 19): 3pm. (1hr).
r/Conspiracy is a play for messy girls, hungry sleuths, and the chronically online. Alex tumbles headfirst into the rabbit hole when she spots a Reddit thread documenting a man with a machete roaming her local park. But the harder she digs, the deeper she falls… Further details.

Revenge
Ben Igoe
PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room (Studio) Venue 276
24 Aug: 1.45pm (40 mins).
Written and performed by Ben Igoe with Leo Rataj. A psychological drama. A young hustler meets a successful older man in a bar. He goes home with him. His ulterior motive backfires and leads him into a deadly trap. Further details.

Ringing Out The Changes
Jo Clifford
St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral (Nave) Venue 91
7, 14, 21 Aug: 2.30pm. (60 minutes)
Jo Clifford (aka Jesus Queen Of Heaven) teams up with the cathedral bellringers to create a new performance of beautiful sounds and words in the cathedral nave. We are living through amazing and radical changes and the handbells invite us to embrace them. Further details.

Sandbox: Saining
Mothcatcher
Studio @ 42 Dundas (Quiet Room) Venue 473
7 – 22 Aug: Various times (25mins).
A faceless voice. Fractured memories. A black void. Who are you? An unsettling and immersive audio/visual story of memory, consciousness and subjectivity in an emerging world of synthetic intelligence, from local filmmakers/artists Kerry Mullaney, Kris Bird. Emotionally intense. Further details.

Science Stories for Grown-Ups
Science Stories for Grown-Ups
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (Stephenson Theatre) Venue 53
18 – 23 Aug: 7.05pm (55mins).
Science communication that engages the heart and mind. Stories performed live that share the fun, wild ideas hiding in science’s back catalogue. Giulia and Richard will reawaken the curiosity your science teacher crushed. Further details.

Seating Plan
Currie Productions in association with Fools and Thieves
Gilded Balloon Patter House (Nip) Venue 24
30 July – 25 Aug (not 7, 21): 5pm. (1hr).
Stuck next to each other at a dinner party year after year. Some would call it fate, Mavis and David call it a nightmare. She’s keen. He’s terrified. Together, they’re trapped. Forced proximity breeds love and… contempt. Further details.

Shallowspace Cryotech Feverdream
Elastic Fantastic
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (Haldane Theatre) Venue 53
18 – 23 Aug: 9.15pm (50mins).
Frozen blood. Coolant in your veins. Every moment of human history preserved in digital hyperspace. Memories become data. Routine becomes regimen, yet somehow, your limbs feel… wrong? Trans sci-fi new writing exploring humanity’s legacy in the stars. Further details.

Shirley: A Ghost Story
Moon Rabbit Theatre
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (Stephenson Theatre) Venue 53
1 – 23 Aug (odd dates, not 17): 3pm. (55mins).
Why do people write ghost stories? Is it to explain away the fear, or to reveal the ghosts inside? A dark and intimate one-person play, inspired by the life of Shirley Jackson and the ghost stories of M.R. James. Shirley has felt haunted her entire life. But will writing a novel finally release the horror that has been manifesting in her for a lifetime?Further details.

Sins of the Mother
Sins of the Mother
Bedlam Theatre (Theatre ) Venue 49
30 July – 10 Aug (not 1): 11am. (1hr).
When the Devil comes to collect Jim’s soul, she expects it to be a run of the mill damnation… except that he refuses to die. Black comedy filled with devilish wit, family drama and eternal damnation. Further details.

Someone Has Got to Be John
Speakbeast
theSpaceTriplex (Studio) Venue 38
11 – 23 Aug: 6.05pm (50mins).
Speakbeast are doing a tribute act. It’s going to take us to an online roleplaying forum and the pub and an endocrinologist’s office. We may not be the real thing. But we’ll convince you. Further details.

The Dahlia Files
Hey Thanks! Theatre Collective
PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth (Chamber Room) Venue 156
2 – 12 Aug: 1.10pm (50mins).
Part chilling mystery, part experimental cabaret, “The Dahlia Files” takes audiences on a ride through one of the most famous unsolved cases in true crime history and asks us to question who’s complicit and more importantly… Whodunnit? Further details.

The Faustus Project
Half Trick / BJA Productions
Underbelly, Cowgate (Belly Laugh) Venue 61
31 July – 24 Aug (not 11): 9.05pm (1hr).
An actor makes a deal with the devil. Doctor Faustus is theirs to perform. Except… they’ve never rehearsed it before. Featuring a different guest performer every night. Funny, dangerous, devilish. Further details.

The General Will
The Salvador Kent Company
theSpace @ Surgeon’s Hall (Haldane Theatre) Venue 53
1 – 16 Aug (not 10): 9.40pm (1hr).
As their approval ratings fall to an all-time low, Sir Prime Minister Kevin and his Junior try to make some decisions the people will actually like. Meanwhile, two Gen-Zers rehearse a play about political futures, but they aren’t checking the news. As events become increasingly surreal and violent, ideas become vaguer, and the future looks bleaker. Further details.

The Green Knight (But It’s Gay)
Niall Moorjani / Some Kind of Theatre
Scottish Storytelling Centre (George Mackay Brown Library) Venue 30a
13 – 24 Aug: 8pm. (1hr).
Join Gawain on his extraordinary adventures, featuring peer pressure, baking, witches and an awful lot of manly head chopping offs! A fantastically funny retelling of medieval classic The Green Knight with the sub-text made text! (Spoiler alert: it’s gay.) Further details.

The Poetical Life of Philomena McGuinness
Moon Rabbit Theatre
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (Stephenson Theatre) Venue 53
2 – 22 Aug (even dates, not 10): 3pm. (55mins).
How will history remember you? As the person you are or, the person you want to be? On her way from Dublin to join the British war effort in London, can Philomena live true to the poetry inside her when she is constantly being defined by her role in the war? A poignant and hilarious one-woman play, infused with poetry and inspired by the true stories of Irish nurses in WWII. Further details.

This Play Sucks!
Sean Tennant
theSpace @ Venue 45 (Venue 45) Venue 45
18 – 23 Aug: 7.40pm (1hr).
Dracula meets Trainspotting in this brand-new Scottish, absurdist comedy set in the Highlands. Cammy and Lee hatch a half-baked plot to kidnap the reclusive Lord Armstrong, but it gets messy after they discover his ancient, blood-sucking secret. Further details.

Tim Kenneth Kicks the Bucket
Kestrel Eye Productions
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (Theatre 1) Venue 53
11 – 16 Aug: 5.25pm (1hr).
When their philosophy professor, Tim Kenneth, suffers a meltdown in class, obnoxious prankster Scooter and teacher’s pet Pencil embark on an odyssey through New Jersey, saddled with the burdensome weight of their own existence. Further details.

Time Bends
Bleeding Cowboy
theSpace on the Mile (Space 1) Venue 39
11 – 22 Aug: 10.50pm. (50mins).
More than twenty years ago, literature student David met an older man called Michael in the bar of an independent cinema. They spoke for an hour, developed a genuine connection, and never met again. Twenty years later, sitting in the same cinema with his wife, David sees a man that looks very familiar. In that moment, David goes back to the afternoon he could never forget. Further details.

Timonopoly
Brite Theater
Scottish Storytelling Centre (George Mackay Brown Library) Venue 30a
2 – 12 Aug (not 6): 12.20pm (1hr).
Come Fortune! Let’s play a game, it’s only money… Inspired by Timon of Athens, a unique experience from the creators of Richard III (a one-person show) and Deliverance. Take your chance with Fortune – just mind the cracks. Further details.

Transfers
Arbery Theatre
theSpace on the Mile (Space 2) Venue 39
1 – 23 Aug (not 10, 17): 9.325pm (50mins).
Eight very different people, eight very different situations. How does £500 get passed around? Willingly or violently? As a gift or blackmail? Stolen or lost? In a newly devised show, see money circulate in a kaleidoscope of comedy, tragedy and the mundane in Britain today. Further details.

Unravel
Mon Espoir
theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall (Stephenson Theatre) Venue 53
18 – 23 Aug: 5.05pm (50mins).
Arya’s life as a new mother is changed forever when a Voice appears, demanding a life-changing sacrifice. How far will the Voice need to reach into Arya’s past to unravel her? An exploration into postpartum psychosis and generational trauma. Further details.

Waiting in Love
Moreland Productions
Paradise in The Vault (The Vault) Venue 29
11 – 16 Aug: 8.45pm (1hr 10mins).
Alan is a stoner. Sam is his ex. Sammie is an actor… And also, Alan’s ex. Samantha is a writer… And also, Alan’s ex. Sam is Sammie, and Sammie is Samantha… Alan waits for all of them. Further details.

Wallace
Edinburgh Little Theatre
Braw Venues @ Hill Street (Dunedin Theatre) Venue 41
1 – 24 Aug: 3.30pm (1hr).
It’s William Wallace’s last day on earth as he awaits his trial. Held in a London cellar he tells his story and narrates his life in this moving and passionate play Bobby Bulloch brings to life. A must see. Further details.

Wizards of Armillaria: The Death of Magic
The Dead Parrot Collective
Paradise in Augustines (Studio) Venue 152
2 – 9 Aug: 10.50pm. (1hr 10mins).
War rages across the kingdom and with magic fading, five hapless rogues launch a desperate heist to save the world. Scheming nobles, arcane assassins and a box of goblins. What could go wrong? Further details.