EdFringe 2026
American Idiot
★★☆☆☆ Strong Cast
There is no doubting the energy from the cast in Sound Events Scotland’s production of American Idiot at Alba Theatre at Braw Venues @ Hill Street for the full run of the Fringe, without a day off.
Selkie: Past, Present, Future
★★★★★ Luminous
Selkie stories abound in Scottish folklore, but you’ve never heard any quite like Niall Moorjani’s in his Selkie: Past, Present, Future, returning to the Scottish Storytelling Centre for the second two weeks of the Fringe.
I Love Thee, I Love Thee Not
★★★☆☆ Minimalist
Red Firefly’s production of I Love Thee, I Love Thee Not is billed as a Shakespeare Medley. Medley is a good description as the hour is essentially Shakespeare’s romantic “hits” – dialogues and soliloquies drawn from the full range of the Bard’s plays.
Arcana
★★★★☆ Fine artistry
Arcana, at Assembly Roxy, is a beautiful musical about empire, revolution, and finding ones own voice; despite its Edinburgh-based team, the roots of this production reach beyond Scottish soil and into times and places far and wide.
Hope This Helps!
★★★★★ Ridiculously Funny
Hope This Helps! Presented by Shark Bait Theatre at TheSpace @ Venue 45 is a comedic play about a Highland retreat where internet addicts go for time offline and couple bonding activities
Behind Closed Doors
★★★★☆ Brave
Behind Closed Doors from Studio Muiz at Braw Venues @ Hill Street for the second and third weeks of the Fringe, is as important as it is intense.
Nosejob
★★★★☆ Unforgettable
A sentient nose has become the world’s first trillionaire in Heads on Crooked’s Nosejob at Paradise in Augustines, a dark comedy about Internet culture and social class.
Cogito, Ergo… Something?
★★★★☆ Dark
Cogito, Ergo…Something?, written and directed by James Harvey and performed by the Edinburgh University Theatre Company at their iconic Bedlam Theatre home (“not a church”, as the helpful sign says outside) has very dark roots.
Maiden | Mother | Whore
★★★☆☆ Creation
Maiden | Mother | Whore is a happening at DB1 at Assembly @ Dance Base. Theiyā Arts Dance Collective provides completed pieces of dance but this hour is as much about thought and process as it is about witnessing finished work.
Necessary Cat’s shrewish double bill
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tamer Tamed or The Woman’s Prize
This year’s double bill from Necessary Cat resurrects a 400 year old conversation between two early modern comedies
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