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In The Last Mad Man, Steven Phillips-Horst fights to remain relevant as a copywriter when he is asked to re-brand ‘The Apocalypse’.
All of our 2026 Edinburgh Fringe reviews & interviews in one place!
Legendary mash up of queer identity, musical theatre via ‘Mandopop’ and myths.
The indescribably outre Hey Mum team deliver a triple bill of brilliantly bonkers anti-comedy which will leave you equal parts tickled and tormented.
Eduardo Salzane brings the magic of the big top to the fringe in a tiny suitcase
Playwright Vivienne Franzmann and choreographer-psychotherapist Frauke Requardt combine for this engrossing and thought-provoking inquiry into the human nervous system, performed with gusto by a talented cast.
Punk circus duo Based on Kimberly present a gloriously DIY hour of failed ideas
An exhilaratingly pointed queering of the androcentric world of economics which should be required watching for anyone who still thinks that capitalism is doing just fine.
Fearless character comedy as Cameron Sinclair Harris’s bride awaits husband-to-be Nathaniel at the altar. You are cordially invited to laugh, cry, and bear witness to gothic-clown greatness.
A delightfully different Geordie drag WTF freak show experience from Emma Crowley Bennett
Transcendental meta-improv which places performance art and comic clowning at the heart of a revelatory group therapy session.
Sam Kruger & S E Grummett return to the scene of 2023 cult-hit Creepy Boys – and transcend to a whole new level of nightmarish brilliance.
The circus skills and camp horror shine in this high-energy queering of the road-trip slasher genre.
What truly can be explored between two people in a room? Written and performed by Michael Reid and directed by Chloe Champken, this new one-man play, Safety, is an articulation of the senses that works to answer Adam’s (a psychotherapist) “human instinct to finish the shape” of his Bipolar Disorder-diagnosed client, Bill.
Imagine you’ve time traveled back to the 90’s. No smart phones or YouTube– just digital cameras, camcorders, glow sticks, and the game of Dream Phone with you and your closest girl friends. I Made You A Mixtape is a nostalgic musical journey that will have you dancing and screaming along to You Oughta Know from Alanis Morissette, as well as other classics from the 90’s era.
Charlene Kaye shreds up the racist idea of the ‘diversity hire’ in the music industry.
Artists Carmen Collective aka Sam Rees and AJ Turner use audio and apocalypse politics to turn the fringe on its head in Gameplay
It is unfathomable that this show is not nominated for – let alone winning – the Edinburgh Comedy Award. Perhaps this standout comedy show of the Fringe proves just how out of touch that institution is.
SeekSaw is a thoughtful performance around spirituality in an age of AI and the pressure on young people to explain themselves.
SeekSaw is a thoughtful performance around spirituality in an age of AI and the pressure on young people to explain themselves.
A beautifully paced hour which sees Hagen dissecting her own feminist activism – and extolling the virtues of Peter Brixtofte.
A slightly chaotic hour of improvised crowd work, with Frank Skinner keeping the show on the road.
A touchingly funny, deeply emotional, and powerful promenade performance on the rituals of death and the feeling of community these can create.
Like watching a Black Mirror live show, this four-hander is a neatly packaged hour of entertaining theatre.
Selina Mosinski successfully escapes her Charity Shop Sue character for a working class wake up call to the fringe
The manopshere is skewered in this surreal take on hypermasculinity, the myth of male superiority – and feminism through a porcine lens.
The standout comedy show of the fringe – this Gallows humour laden caper is made to be a TV show or film a la Barb and Starr. Fight the endless summer sun, and run to get a ticket to this unmissable fever dream!
We caught up with future fashion queen Laura Momudu ahead of the Renaissance 2026 fashion x art extravaganza…
The joy of silliness lives on at the Fringe, embodied by weirdo Adam Larter!
Finally, there is pure joy to be had at the circus this year and Zambia’s irresistible Afronauts are here to take you on the ultimate space odyssey and rewriting the history books
We’re heading back to Edinburgh later in the month, but before we arrive to cast our beady eyes across the great and good of the performing arts, we’re sharing our round up of the most hotly anticipated shows at the Edinburgh Fringe!
A slightly too cozy crime caper crossed with sci-fi mystery from future camp character comedy star Daniel McVey
A powerful tour-de-force from Hannah Maxwell, angrily dismantling our reliance on smartphones whilst sounding a stark warning about fake news and dwindling attention.
Part stand-up, part performance art, Harriet Richardson’s debut comedy hour is essentially a funny story about obsession which ultimately pulls its punches.
Keron Day is a magnetic stage presence in this beautiful (and laugh-out-loud funny) exploration of care & co-dependence.
Fadi Murad’s exploration of grief and memory feels deeply personal – but the broader picture is tantalisingly elusive.
A thrillingly relentless fable delivered with breakneck urgency, As Far As We Know is a cold splash of water to the face.
More spoken word theatre than stand-up, this gentle exploration of AI-aided creativity is a charming way to pass an hour.
You will feel violated – in a good way?!
Comedy isn’t progressing quickly enough. Kemah Bob’s firework of a concept challenges the very essence fringe and comedy industry by platforming women and trans people of colour.
You really can’t pretend you don’t know what to expect – the title really says it all (except how fabulous it is)!
An exhilarating, foot-stomping fringe debut for The Palestinian Circus – joy is resistance. Free Palestine.
A trip down the rabbit hole of clickbait and fake news generation – via Macedonia.
An energetic and engaging insight into the scourge that is the county lines drug trafficking which exploits vulnerable children and young adults.
Julian Clary dazzles in this early work in progress with a generous retrospective slathering filth and biography all over the audience.
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