EdFringe 2026
Edinburgh Shanty Night vs The Fringe
★★★★☆ Seafaring sing-a-long
Beloved Edinburgh institution Edinburgh Shanty Night brings their rousing anthems to the Edinburgh Fringe at Argyle Cellar Bar in a swash-buckling, beer-sloshing musical experience.
Aderyn/Bird
★★★★★ Magical
The Harebell Teller’s traditional storytelling piece, Aderyn/Bird, is a lovingly made balm for the soul, retold this year for a limited run at the Scottish Storytelling Centre.
Witches Corner
★★★★☆ Defiant
Magic or misogyny? asks Witches Corner, a new sociopolitical play from Encapulus Productions that packs laughter, rage, song, and grief into an hour that questions how much has really changed for women since they were burned and hanged and stoned as witches.
Mayflies
★★★★☆ Sparkling
Grid Iron’s site-specific Mayflies is in part a massively spirited hymn to the youth culture of the 1980s. But you don’t have to have lived through that decade to appreciate such a melancholy yet defiantly bright production.
Carnegie
★★★☆☆ Informative
Returning after a successful run in 2016, Carnegie at Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge is a contemporary musical inspecting the life and achievements of Andrew Carnegie from all angles.
Bombs Over Byker
★★★★☆ Pacy
Bombs Over Byker from Lucas English is a show with some big ideas, crammed into the smallest of venues at Clover Studio at Greenside @ Riddles Court.
Hame. Teeth. CLUB.
★★★★☆ Vital
Hame. Teeth. CLUB. by Kari Hall from Iona Bremner Productions and Sláinte! Theatre at the Underbelly is a hugely impressive display of writing, performing and directing.
The Spider Witches of Appalachia
★★★☆☆ Well spun
The title of Spider Witches of Appalachia (at the Outhouse as part of the Free Fringe) might sound like a B-movie, but instead conceals a low-key but assured storytelling performance by Jenna Baer, who has devised, written and performed the piece.
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci
Aria Alba – Opera For All brings a double bill of one-act operas to Stockbridge Church this Fringe, with the classic pairing of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci in a programme that emphasises the women in these narratives of male jealousy and coercion.
Afternoon Arias
★★★★★ Transcendent
Brian Bannatyne-Scott, Beth Taylor and friends bring operatic treats to Edinburgh New Town Church with Afternoon Arias (Airs dans L’Apres-Midi) for one performance only.
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