Theatre

Room 1219

★★★★☆ Sympathetic

Room 1219, from Keystone Theatricals at theSpace @ Surgeons Hall for the middle week of the Fringe, is a reclamation of a Hollywood icon, carefully presented and gracefully acted.

Aug 19 2026 | By Hugh Simpson More

The Powerpop Girls: A New Diva Religion

★★★☆☆ Fun-Filled

The Powerpop Girls: A New Diva Religion presented by Locked In Thought Theatre and featured at theSpace @ Niddry St, is a comedic workplace drama focussing on different pop icons.

Aug 19 2026 | By Eilidh Sim More

Doctor Faustus, presented as a staged reading for two performances only at St. John’s Episcopal Church as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts, is a delight for Marlowe fans and newcomers alike.

Aug 19 2026 | By Bri Boehm More

Bull/Fight

★★★★☆ Intense

Bull/Fight at Summerhall throughout the Fringe is an elliptical piece of physical theatre that has real power.

Aug 18 2026 | By Hugh Simpson More

Elizabeth I: Regina Vagina

★★★★★ Energetic

Elizabeth I: Regina Vagina from Old’n’Dead Productions packs in humour, music and more facts about the Tudors and Elizabeth I than you will ever need, in a peak-Fringe adults-only production.

Aug 18 2026 | By Neil McPherson More

Dune! The Musical

★★★★★ Professional Troubadour

Dune! The Musical is a masterclass in storytelling as Dan Collins crams an awesome amount of Frank Herbert’s expansive space opera into an hour.

Aug 18 2026 | By Ed Boulter-Comer More

Mother, Maiden and Crone

★★★★★ Queer excellence

An homage to the Edinburgh queer scene, Mother, Maiden and Crone, playing at Bedlam Theatre all Fringe, turns Macbeth into an uproarious farcical comedy about a hen do gone wrong at a struggling gay bar.

Aug 18 2026 | By Bri Boehm More

Build a Fort

★★★★☆ Creative

Build a Fort from Not Cricket Productions at The Speakeasy at the Royal Scots Club is a refreshing and fulfilling start to a day at the Fringe, or any other day if it comes to that.

Aug 18 2026 | By Hugh Simpson More