Theatre for Children
A Clown’s Lullaby
★★★★☆ Melancholy
Crested Fools’ A Clown’s Lullaby at the Rotunda is a display that is as pensive as it is humorous, and exactly the sort of thing that people who think they don’t like clowns should go to see.
Dragon Tales & Dragon Babies
★★★★★ Storytelling & Sensory delight
Dragon Song Productions return to the relaxed setting of the LifeCare Centre with a pair of complimentary shows, Dragon Tales for under six year-olds and Dragon Babies, for babies under 12 months.
EdFringe 2026: Theatre for children and young people
Edinburgh-made theatre for children and young people.
Scotland has some of the best producers of theatre for children and young people in the world. You can see a taste of their work at Imaginate’s May festival of Children’s Theatre. But some of it comes to the Fringe too.
Visual and Kids Theatre Callouts
Two big opportunities open for kids and visual theatre.
Two big professional theatre opportunities are open with deadlines in July. There is a callout for new work from Theatre in Schools Scotland and Manipulate Arts have a visual theatre commission for the 2028 Festival, among other opportunities.
The Kids Always Win
★★★☆☆ Winning streak
The Kids Always Win, a gameshow comedy for kids age 5 and over is onto, well, a winner with it’s fail-safe formula, at the Pleasance Courtyard until the end of the Edinburgh school holidays.
EdFringe 2025: Theatre for children and young people
Edinburgh-made theatre for children & young people at EdFringe 2025
There is a strong showing of theatre for children this year, with 22 shows in the listing, aimed at audiences ranging from babes in arms to early teens.
Sing Along With the Fairy Song
★★★★☆ Ethereal
Children’s author Janis Mackay presents just under an hour of fairy-themed songs and story telling in Sing Along With the Fairy Song at the Scottish Storytelling Centre for three to eight year-olds.
EdFringe 2024: Theatre for children & young people
Edinburgh-made theatre for children & young people at #EdFringe 2024
There is a strong showing of theatre for children this year, with 18 shows in the listing, aimed at audiences ranging from babes in arms to early teens.
Unicorn Christmas Party
★★★★☆ Boogie time!
It’s a big, glittering, retro disco time at the Studio Theatre, where Unicorns Luna and Melody call on their young (and not-so-young) audience to help save Christmas in Unicorn Christmas Party.
First Piano on the Moon (Revisited)
★★★★☆ Twinkling
First Piano on the Moon (Revisited), from Will Pickvance at Summerhall, makes an accomplished show even better.
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