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Ed Fringe 2026: Meet Katy Murphy, Creator and Star of (No) Refunds
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Ed Fringe 2026: Meet Michael Reid, Writer of Safety
Safety is a dark comedy following a psychotherapist who reconnects with a former client. While he only means to help, their relationship slowly shifts, and everything is not as it seems. The play marks the launch of Light Mends Carefully, a new Scottish theatre company dedicated to exploring how systems of care can end up…
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Tongue Twister To Be Performed at Edinburgh Fringe
Tongue Twister, a family show celebrating the beauty of language, will be performed at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. Created and performed by performance artist and musician Greg Sinclair, the show follows him on his quest to say tongue twisters in as many languages as possible. It will combine linguistic musicality with humour, colour and silliness,…
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Ed Fringe 2026: Meet Artist’s Workshop, The Team Behind Bottom’s Dream and The Meeples: XXX
International arts collective Artist’s Workshop are set to bring two very different shows to this year’s Fringe festival. Bottom’s Dream retells Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream from Bottom’s view, while The Meeples: XXX is a puppet cabaret about a group of famous puppets who have had their funding cut, and are now being hunted by…
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Ed Fringe 2026: Meet Brian Dykstra, Writer of A Play on Words
Previous Fringe First winner Brian Dykstra brings his play A Play on Words to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe. A witty backyard comedy, the play follows two neighbours as they argue about the meaning, manipulation and impact of language. Before the show starts its run, we spoke to Dykstra to learn more about the play. Monologues…
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Meet Petunia Hu, Writer and Director of Cinderella and Frankenstein’s Monster Are Dead
Drawing parallels between two classic tales, Cinderella and Frankenstein’s Monster Are Dead explores a Chinese exchange student’s struggle to adapt to American culture, and her desire to fit in. Zhao Lan is a student at a high school in Tampa, Florida living with a host family with Chinese heritage. When the school drama club announces…
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Ed Fringe 2026: Meet Comedy Group Big Tobacco
Following on from a successful run in 2023, when their show was billed “what Arthur Miller would write after getting kicked in the head by a horse”, Big Tobacco will return to the Fringe with their modern adaption of Pinocchio. Packed with adult jokes, wacky twists and the comedy group’s signature humour, the show sees…
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Ed Fringe 2026: Meet Comedian Brendon Lemon
American comedian Brendon Lemon is set to bring two extremely relevant shows to Edinburgh Fringe this year. One is a classic British stand-up show that is “part cultural autopsy, part love letter” to America, while one completely relies on crowdwork, and is loosely based on Lemon’s own experiences with ADHD. Ahead of the Fringe, Lemon…
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Ed Fringe 2026: Meet Mama G, Star of The Magic Bookmark
Critically acclaimed pantomime dame Mama G has travelled all over the world, entertaining audiences with stories about being whoever you want to be, and self love. Now, she’s bringing her show The Magic Bookmark to Edinburgh Fringe for the first time. Ahead of her debut, we spoke to her about the show, and why pantomime…
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theSpaceUK Adds More Edinburgh Fringe Shows
theSpaceUK have announced more shows in their Edinburgh Fringe programme. Fringe First winners Mulberry Theatre (The Unravelling) will return with two shows. O Brave New World, That Has Such People In’t! follows a young girl who handles her isolation through imagination, while One House on Brick Lane uses oral histories and lived experiences to tell…