Theatre for Children
Visual and Kids Theatre Callouts
Two big opportunities open for kids and visual theatre.
Two big professional theatre opportunities are open with deadlines in July. There is a callout for new work from Theatre in Schools Scotland and Manipulate Arts have a visual theatre commission for the 2028 Festival, among other opportunities.
The Kids Always Win
★★★☆☆ Winning streak
The Kids Always Win, a gameshow comedy for kids age 5 and over is onto, well, a winner with it’s fail-safe formula, at the Pleasance Courtyard until the end of the Edinburgh school holidays.
EdFringe 2025: Theatre for children and young people
Edinburgh-made theatre for children & young people at EdFringe 2025
There is a strong showing of theatre for children this year, with 22 shows in the listing, aimed at audiences ranging from babes in arms to early teens.
Sing Along With the Fairy Song
★★★★☆ Ethereal
Children’s author Janis Mackay presents just under an hour of fairy-themed songs and story telling in Sing Along With the Fairy Song at the Scottish Storytelling Centre for three to eight year-olds.
EdFringe 2024: Theatre for children & young people
Edinburgh-made theatre for children & young people at #EdFringe 2024
There is a strong showing of theatre for children this year, with 18 shows in the listing, aimed at audiences ranging from babes in arms to early teens.
Unicorn Christmas Party
★★★★☆ Boogie time!
It’s a big, glittering, retro disco time at the Studio Theatre, where Unicorns Luna and Melody call on their young (and not-so-young) audience to help save Christmas in Unicorn Christmas Party.
First Piano on the Moon (Revisited)
★★★★☆ Twinkling
First Piano on the Moon (Revisited), from Will Pickvance at Summerhall, makes an accomplished show even better.
EdFringe 2023 Children’s Shows
Edinburgh-made shows for kids at #EdFringe 2023
There is a strong showing of theatre for children this year, with 19 shows in the listing, aimed at audiences ranging from babes in arms to early teens.
The Gift
★★★★★ Magical
Barrowland Ballet’s jewel of a dance theatre show, The Gift, is pitched perfectly towards its intended audience of eighteen months to five year olds.
Kissing Linford Christie
★★★★☆ Tenacious
Youthful dreams and adult reality rub into each other with pleasing effect in Victoria Beesley’s Kissing Linford Christie, based on her own life, and seen at the Brunton before touring around Scotland.
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