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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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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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New Musical Private Jones To Have European Premiere
Private Jones, a new musical that takes place during the First World War, will have its European premiere at the Southwark Playhouse Elephant in December. The musical follows Gomer Jones, who feels isolated from society after he loses his hearing. Within a group of misfit young men, he becomes a hero, but discovers the reward…
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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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Krapp’s Last Tape To Be Performed At The Cockpit
Following his recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Peter Marinker will perform in The Cockpit’s production of Krapp’s Last Tape this September. Krapp’s Last Tape was written by Samuel Beckett in 1958, and follows a man alone on his birthday, listening to tapes that he recorded when he was younger. The one-man monologue explores themes of aging, memory…
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Citizens Theatre Announces Autumn Season
The Citizens Theatre have announced further productions in their Autumn season. The season starts with an adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 (29 August – 26 September), which will tour to Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dundee following its run at the Citizens Theatre. It will then be followed by Emma Rice’s Tristan and Yseult (30 September –…
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Cast Announced For Perth Theatre’s Sunset Boulevard: The Backstage Cut
Perth Theatre have announced the cast for Sunset Boulevard: The Backstage Cut. The show will star Juliet Cadzow (Balamory) as Hollywood star Norma Desmond, and John Kielty (The Belle Stratagem) as screenwriter Joe Gills. Frances Thorburn (River City) will play Betty Schaefer, and Mark McDonnell (Good Omens) will play Max and Billy Wilder. It is…