50 Unmissable Shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2016
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Bring On The Edinburgh Fringe!
As ever, we’ll be jetting up to the Edinburgh Fringe, and we’ll be sharing with you the best quirky, offbeat, and downright amazing events at this years festival!
BUT FIRST! YES, IT’S OUR ONE-PAGE GUIDE TO SOME OF THE HOTTEST HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME!
We’ve picked out some of the more accessible yet offbeat, less mainstream offerings from this years jumbo Edinburgh Fringe line-up. Also, look out for our reviews article once the festival kicks off!
Go on, knock yourselves out with fab fringe festivity![/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]
CABARET, CIRCUS & LIVE ART
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COMEDY
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THEATRE & MUSICALS
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BONUS BALLS
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A Simple Space
Aug 4-9, 11-16, 18-21, 23-25 | 3:15pm | From £10.50 | Underbelly, George Square
CIRCUS – A thrilling, breathtaking display of quick hands, strong muscles and lithe, limber bodies hurtling around the stage, which wowed us in London back in 2014 and deserves another look.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fsimple-space||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Bourgeois & Maurice: How to Save the World Without Really Trying
Aug 4-14, 16-28 | 9:25pm | From £7 | Underbelly, Cowgate
CABARET – Twisted siblings Georgeois Bourgeois and Maurice Maurice return to the fringe with a brand new show, featuring old favourites and future hits: including new song Chemsex Party.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fbourgeois-maurice-how-to-save-the-world-without-really-trying||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Christeene: Trigger
Aug 17-21, 23-28 | 10:10pm | From £11 | Underbelly, Cowgate
CABARET – Potty mouthed late-night stank-maiden Christeene brings perverse punk back to the depths of Underbelly’s Cowgate venue. Filthy fun.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fchristeene-trigger||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
The Freak Fringe Cabaret
Aug 7-11 | 11:15pm | FREE | The Free Sisters
CABARET – A late night cabaret showcase hosted by Mawaan Rizwan, promising a line up of the biggest names in alternative comedy, dance and drag. End your night in style![/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”It’s FREE!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”ItsFree” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freefestival.co.uk%2Fshow.asp%3FShowID%3D4680||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Grumble: Sex Clown Saves the World
Aug 4-9, 11-14, 16, 18-21, 23-28 | 8:45pm | From £6 | Underbelly, Cowgate
CABARET – Betty Grumble’s antipodean sex clown unleashes a potent feminist message in this raucous hour of the unexpected.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fgrumble-sex-clown-saves-the-world||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Hot Brown Honey
Aug 3-14, 16-21, 23-28 | 8:20pm | From £10 | Assembly Roxy
CABARET – XS Entertainment describes this show as having “more costume tear-aways than Ru Paul’s Drag Race” – we’re there! [/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fhot-brown-honey||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Joli Vyann: Imbalance
Aug 4-9, 11-14, 16-22 | 7:30pm | From £9 | Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
DANCE/CIRCUS – Jaw-dropping acrobatics examining our compulsion to logon at every opportunity.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fjoli-vyann-imbalance||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Peter and Bambi Heaven: The Magic Inside
Aug 4-14, 16-28 | 10:30pm | From £8 | Assembly George Square Gardens
CABARET – Sleazeball supremo Asher Treleaven teams up with Gypsy Wood for an hour of low-brow high-jinks sure to result in split sides.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fpeter-and-bambi-heaven-the-magic-inside||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
COMEDY
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Beth Vyse as Olive Hands in All Hands to the Pump…
Aug 4-9, 11-28 | 3:10pm | Pay What You Want | Heroes @ The Hive
COMEDY – Beth Vyse’s As Funny As Cancer show – also back this year – was one of the funniest yet scariest hours of our life in 2015. Check her out as alter-ego Olive Hands in this cult hit in the making.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fbeth-vyse-as-olive-hands-in-all-hands-to-the-pump||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Colin Hoult / Anna Mann: A Sketch Show for Depressives
Aug 3-16, 18-28 | 7pm | From £6 | Pleasance Courtyard
COMEDY – Colin Hoult (you’ll recognise him from TV) is Ms Anna Mann – on a one woman mission to put a smile on your face, despite it all…[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fcolin-hoult-anna-mann-a-sketch-show-for-depressives||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Eleanor Morton: Happy Birthday Katie Lewis!
Aug 16-28 | 2:25pm | £8 | The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
COMEDY – Anyone described as the ‘poster girl for awkward’ (Chortle) appeals to us at To Do List! Eleanor Morton reminds us a little of Josie Long, with musical interludes reminiscent of David O’Doherty.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Feleanor-morton-happy-birthday-katie-lewis||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Harry Potter and the Disappointing Aftermath (An Unofficial Sequel)
Aug 9 & 16 | 11pm | £5 | Laughing Horse @ Ghillie Dhu
COMEDY – Adam Larter and co perform yet another shameless mangling of copyrighted material, in this very unofficial yet probably much funnier (and cheaper) alternative to The Cursed Child.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fharry-potter-and-the-disappointing-aftermath-an-unofficial-sequel||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Jack Evans: Melancholy Poontang
Aug 6-15, 17-27 | 4:45pm | FREE | Cowgatehead
COMEDY – Outrageous, off the wall comedy from the creator of Manchester’s Quippodrome. A unique (and uniquely offbeat) example of Northern humour at its best.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”It’s FREE!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”ItsFree” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fjack-evans-melancholy-poontang||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Jayde Adams: 31
Aug 6-16, 18-28 | 10:30pm | FREE | Voodoo Rooms
COMEDY – Jayde’s first full length show sees this rising star of London comedy cabaret channeling Adele like nobodies business! Funny and one hell of a singer![/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”It’s FREE!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”ItsFree” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fjayde-adams-31||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Kate Lucas: Whatever Happened to Kate Lucas?
Aug 3-14, 16-28 | 10:30pm | From £6 | Pleasance Courtyard
COMEDY – Kate Lucas teasingly tongues the ‘taboo’ (Editor Rupert’s phrase!) throughout this hour of left-field musical comedy.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fkate-lucas-whatever-happened-to-kate-lucas||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Komischer
Aug 4-14, 16-28 | 5pm | From £5 | Just the Tonic at The Caves
COMEDY – Douglas Walker’s debut show last year, Moglich, was a triumph. This year we are hoping for more squirmingly intelligent sketches from this thoughtfully funny man.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fkomischer||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Looking Out for Linda (The Remix)
Aug 6-27 | 5:30pm | FREE | Cowgatehead
COMEDY – Having seen Sam Savage perform Linda Larkin in a tiny 10 minute slot we are excited to see where this fantastic character can take us in an hour…[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”It’s FREE!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”ItsFree” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Flooking-out-for-linda-the-remix||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
My Groupon Adventure
Aug 6-14, 16-21, 23-27 | 6pm | FREE | T-Bar
COMEDY – Does what it says on the tin. High concept humour as Max Dickins tells how Groupon taught him the joys of spontaneity (and colonic irrigation perhaps).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”It’s FREE!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”ItsFree” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fmy-groupon-adventure||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Sally Phillips and Lily Bevan: Talking to Strangers
Aug 15-21 | 8pm | From £12.50 | Assembly George Square Studios
COMEDY – Sally Phillips has been making us chuckle for many years, since the wonderful Smack the Pony. She will be joined by Lily Bevan of Doctor Who fame, for a surreal look at talking to strangers.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fsally-phillips-and-lily-bevan-talking-to-strangers||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Simon Slack – The Fantasist
Aug 4-16, 18-28 | 10:40pm | From £6 | Underbelly Cowgate
COMEDY – One half of comedy double act Guilt & Shame, Rob Cawsey hits the fringe solo with this fantastical one-man sketch odyssey.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fsimon-slack-the-fantasist||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Stephen Bailey: Nation’s Sweetheart
Aug 4-14, 16-28 | 7:20pm | From £5 | Just the Tonic at The Caves
COMEDY – Part stand-up gig, part gossip shop, Nation’s Sweetheart sees Stephen Bailey stepping out from Katherine Ryan’s shadow, and making a name for himself at the Fringe.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fstephen-bailey-nation-s-sweetheart||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
SuZanna GonZo: Dark Lady
Aug 4-14, 16-27 | 3pm | From £3 | Just the Tonic at The Mash House
COMEDY – A rare recipient of our lesser-spotted fifth star, Katie O’Brien was our pick of the fringe back in 2014. She’s back for this crazy, kooky trip into character comedy absurdity, with Southern psychic SuZanna GonZo.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fsuzanna-gonzo-dark-lady||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
THEATRE & MUSICALS
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A Boy Named Sue
Aug 3-14, 16-29 | 6:25pm | From £8.50 | C nova
THEATRE – Tackling heteronormativity head on, A Boy Named Sue is the story of a group of LGBT finding friends in the most unlikely places.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fboy-named-sue||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Big the Musical
Aug 21-28 | 12pm |£11.50 | C
MUSICAL – Everyone’s favourite 1980’s Tom Hanks movie gets the musical treatment from trusted fringe stalwarts Latymer Theatre Company (Zanna Don’t, Flight of the Lawnchair Man, Zombie Prom).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fbig-the-musical||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Bricking It
Aug 4-15, 17-28 | 5:30pm |From £6 | Underbelly, Cowgate
THEATRE – Writer & performer Joanna Griffin trades places with her old man, 73-year-old Irish builder Pat. He tackles stand-up comedy, she builds the stage. What could go wrong?[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fbricking-it||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Bucket List
Aug 3-15, 17-22, 24-29 | 3:50pm | From £6.50 | Pleasance Dome
THEATRE – From the multi-award winning team behind 2015 hit Light, this is a political and personal story of a Mexican woman’s fight for justice.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fbucket-list||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Daniel
Aug 5-14 | 1:30pm | From £5 | ZOO
THEATRE – We don’t think this is going to be an easy watch – as no show about the aftermath of child pornography surely can be… but this promises to be thought-provoking and engaging.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fdaniel||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Expensive Shit
Aug 4-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-28 | Times Vary | £18.50 | Traverse Theatre
THEATRE – “One toilet attendant. Two sets of toilets. One night. Worlds apart. The story of a nightclub toilet attendant, working in the toilets of a fictional club based on the Shimmy Club in Glasgow.”[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fexpensive-shit||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Fran & Leni
Aug 4-14, 16-29 | 3:05pm | From £5 | Assembly George Square Theatre
THEATRE – Two girls with guitars escape the twee tedium of the 70s music scene and become punk provocateurs The Rips in Sadie Hasler’s brand new work.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Ffran-leni||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Growing Pains
Aug 4-14, 16-28 | 4:30pm | From £6 | Underbelly, Cowgate
THEATRE – Spoken word isn’t always our cup of tea, but this one-man show from Tom Gill might just change our minds. Expect “an explosive mash-up of words, wit, and original songs”.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fgrowing-pains||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Hummingbird
Aug 5-15, 17-29 | 9:15pm | From £5 | ZOO
THEATRE – Inspired by 1950s serial killer couple Raymond Martinez Fernandez and Martha Jule Beck (the Lonely Hearts Killers), Hummingbird promises a dark mash-up of theatre, acrobatics and visual panache.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fhummingbird||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
I Keep a Woman in My Flat Chained to a Radiator
Aug 5-16, 18-29 | 4pm | From £5 | ZOO
THEATRE – We’ve all been there: young, lonely, and with a woman chained to the radiator. Black comedy doesn’t come any blacker than this.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fi-keep-a-woman-in-my-flat-chained-to-a-radiator||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
In Fidelity
Aug 4-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-28 | Times Vary | From £18.50 | Traverse Theatre
THEATRE – Rob Drummond follows up cult shows Bullet Catch and Quiz Show with a live first date experiment, exploring the true nature of love in all its complexities.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fin-fidelity||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Kill the Beast: Don’t Wake the Damp
Aug 3-14, 16-25, 27-29 | Times Vary | From £6 | Pleasance Dome
COMEDY – A surprise discovery as we escaped the Edinburgh rain back in 2014, League of Gentlemen-esque Kill the Beast return to the fringe with another twisted fairy-tale, this time a neon-soaked musical extravaganza.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fkill-the-beast-don-t-wake-the-damp||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Letters to Windsor House
Aug 3-21, 23-28 | 1:35pm | From £6 | Summerhall
THEATRE – Sh*t Theatre have it all – energy, humour and politics. We think it’d be hard to find someone who didn’t warm to these ladies and their very distinct style of performance.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fletters-to-windsor-house||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
My World has Exploded a Little Bit
Aug 4-16, 18-28 | 1:10pm | From £6 | Underbelly, Cowgate
THEATRE – A heartfelt yet humorous meditation on death, with songs! The Grim Reapers waits for all, but’s go down laughing![/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fmy-world-has-exploded-a-little-bit||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Octopus
Aug 4-14, 16-28 | 1:45pm | From £6 | Assembly George Square Theatre
THEATRE – 2016 marks 40 years of punk, and Octopus sees three women forming a punk band in this suitably rebellious comedy about resisting definition.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Foctopus||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Pond Wife
Aug 4-14, 16-28 | 1:20pm | From £6 | Underbelly, Cowgate
THEATRE – The Little Mermaid gets the pop diva treatment in this musical magical mash-up from breakthrough duo Holly&Ted.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fpond-wife||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Royal Vauxhall
Aug 3-14, 16-21, 23-29 | 1o:10pm | From £6 | Underbelly Med Quad
THEATRE – Did you ever hear the one about Freddie, Diana and Kenny’s big ol’ gay night out at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern? True-life culture-clash comedy musical with a sizzling score from Des O’Connor (not that one!).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Froyal-vauxhall||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Scorch
Aug 5-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-28 | 6:05pm | From £9 | Roundabout @ Summerhall
THEATRE – A millennial coming of age story, which explores what happens when you step outside the safety of your online persona.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fscorch||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Scorched
Aug 5-14, 16-21, 23-29 | 3:30pm | From £7 | ZOO Southside
THEATRE – Previous Fringe First winners Open Sky tell a tale of war heroism through the eyes of Jack, a decorated veteran suffering from dementia.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fscorched||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Tank
Aug 7-20 | 1o:30am | From £6 | Pleasance Dome
THEATRE – Breach Theatre follow up their award-winning show ‘The Beanfield’ with this offbeat theatrical retelling of scientific of NASA’s bizarre quest to talk with dolphins in the swinging sixties.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Ftank||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
The Forest
Aug 22-25 | 10:30am | £10 | Pleasance Courtyard
THEATRE – A multi-sensory production for audiences with Profound and Multiple learning disabilities. Join Thea and Robin on a departure from reality into the unknown.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fforest||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
The Toyland Murders
Aug 3-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-28 | 12pm | From £7| Bedlam Theatre
THEATRE – A ‘puppet noir adventure’, as a ragdoll police inspector and a teddy bear deputy delve into the notorious Toyland underbelly. Evidement.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Ftoyland-murders||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Wonderman
Aug 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-28 | 6:05pm | From £6 | Underbelly Potterrow
MUSICAL – Roald Dahl’s short stories leap from the page in this gig-theatre spectacular from National Theatre Wales and Gagglebabble.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fwonderman||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
World Without Us
Aug 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-28 | 11:30am | From £10 | Summerhall
THEATRE – Belgian performance artist troupe Ontroerend Goed return to the fringe with a provocative piece ‘What if there was a world without us?’.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fworld-without-us||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
xx
Aug 6-13, 15-20, 22-28 | 6:55pm | £7 | Paradise in The Vault
THEATRE – Experience one of 36,000,000,000,000 possible variations as xx allows an algorithm to randomly generate characters. Anything could happen. Even entertainment.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fxx||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
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Cassie Atkinson – Supernumerary Rainbow
Aug 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-27 | 1:30pm | FREE | Sabor
COMEDY – ‘Future national treasure’ Cassie Atkinson’s mind is like a rainbow of gallivanting unicorns. Strap on your horn and take a ride.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”It’s FREE!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”ItsFree” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fcassie-atkinson-supernumerary-rainbow||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Eurobeat
Aug 3-15, 17-22, 24-29 | 9:45pm | From £8.50 | Pleasance Courtyard
COMEDY – The Eurovision parody is refreshed for 2016 with a galaxy of star casting including the legendary Rula Lenska and Lee Latchford Evans from Steps.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Buy Tickets!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”BuyTickets” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Feurobeat||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Worst Show on the Fringe
Aug 6-28 | 2:30pm | FREE | Movement
COMEDY – No-star wonders take top billing in this showcase of hard done by yet hardworking performers. Give ’em a chance. Who trusts reviewers anyway?[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”It’s FREE!” color=”orange” align=”center” el_class=”ItsFree” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftickets.edfringe.com%2Fwhats-on%2Fworst-show-on-the-fringe-free||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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