Youth Theatre
An Island of Bad Ideas: The Tempest
★★★★☆ Sprightly
Edinburgh Youth Theatre return to the Fringe with another condensed Shakespeare, An Island of Bad Ideas: The Tempest, which brings Shakespeare’s tale of shipwreck, vengeance, sorcery, and love in under an hour.
EdFringe 2026: Youth and Student Theatre
Edinburgh-made youth and student theatre at #EdFringe 2026
There is a slight reduction in the number of youth and student theatre companies this year, partly down to the reduced number of New Celts productions from the Napier University initiative. Still there are 15 productions in all.
13 The Musical
★★★★☆ Real chutzpah
Youth theatre group Captivate Theatre bring the teen coming-of-age show 13 The Musical to Edinburgh Academy in a production brimming with confidence and finesse.
EdFringe 2025: Youth and Student Theatre
Edinburgh-made youth and student theatre at #EdFringe 2025
There’s a good showing from Edinburgh’s student and youth companies this year; the core of the 19 on offer remains the ten co-productions from the New Celts – a welcome initiative from Napier University to give their students a professional platform on the Fringe.
The Dark Up Close
★★★★☆ Stark warning
In The Dark Up Close, Strange Town’s Young Company have co-created a new play with writer Jack MacGregor foretelling a new war and mandatory conscription for young people.
EdFringe 2024: Youth & student theatre
Edinburgh-made youth and student theatre at #EdFringe 2024
There’s a big upswing in theatre from Edinburgh’s student and youth companies this year. Although the core remains the eight co-productions from the New Celts – a welcome initiative from Napier University to give their students a professional platform on the Fringe.
Everybody’s talking about… FCT
Forth Children’s Theatre announce 43rd EdFringe show
Forth Children’s Theatre has put out an open call for the teen edition of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at EdFringe 2024, which it will stage Friday 2 to Saturday 10 August at Broughton High School.
The Addams Family – a New Musical
★★★★★ Brilliant
Forth Children’s Theatre’s return to the Fringe, with The Addams Family – a New Musical at Broughton High School, is something to be welcomed. And they are as good as ever – if not better.
EdFringe 2023 Youth & Student Theatre
Edinburgh-made youth and student theatre at #EdFringe 2023
The majority of the 17 theatre productions from Edinburgh’s student and youth companies come from the co-productions with the New Celts – a welcome initiative from Napier University to give their students a professional platform on the Fringe.
Bright & Wild 2023
Lyra presents two weekends of fun
The Bright and Wild festival 2023 features four productions, commissioned and performed by the young participants at Lyra, the youth performing arts company in Craigmillar, staged at its Artspace venue.
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