Grassroots Theatre
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
★★★☆☆ Clear
New grassroots company Gutter Theatre give a commendably solid showing for their inaugural production: Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, playing upstairs at Assembly Roxy to Saturday.
Horror show Hiatus
Edinburgh Horror Festival takes 2026 out
The volunteer committee running the Edinburgh Horror Festival (EHF) have announced that they are going to take a hiatus from staging the Festival in 2026, saying “after ten years, we need a break”.
EdFringe 2025: Grassroots Theatre
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.
EdFringe 2024: Grassroots theatre
Edinburgh-made theatre by grassroots companies at #EdFringe 2024
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, 68 different productions.
Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather
★★★☆☆ Well-turned
Amidst the noise, rituals and trappings of pantomime and Christmas, Strawmoddie’s take on Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather provides a welcome parody of our seasonal excess, at the Pleasance Theatre to Sunday.
Friday Night at the Horror Fest
I SEE RED: ★★☆☆☆ Over ambitious
Sycamore Grove: ★★★★☆ Satisfying
The Shadow in the Dark: ★★★☆☆ Spooky
Schism
★★★☆☆ Thoughtful
There is plenty to ponder in Alex Cook’s intriguing new play, Schism, for Broadsword theatre, which is staged in the bowels of Augustine United Church for four performances only, ending on Monday 23.
The Rotting Hart
★★★★☆ Accomplished
Writer and performer Daniel Orejon’s solo show, The Rotting Hart at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, is a timeless, queer horror story set in rural Spain, where the unnamed protagonist lives alone with his father.
Hersterectomy
★★★☆☆ Promising
Edinburgh based theatre collective The Counterminers explore female reproductive rights in Hersterectomy, their new devised piece, performing somewhat appropriately in a venue that is reminiscent of a womb.
EdFringe 2023 Grassroots Theatre
Edinburgh-made grassroots theatre at #EdFringe 2023
By far the biggest section of our listings is theatre made by Edinburgh’s very diverse grassroots theatre companies, with 39 shows all told.
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