Edinburgh Festival

From award-winning playwright Amy Lever comes Lost Girl, a solo play exploring family and the expectations of womanhood through the lens of Jewish-Arab heritage.

In the ‘60s Walt Disney was rumoured to have frozen himself to cheat it. In the ‘90s Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep accidentally dodged it. Today, we do everything we can not to look like we’re getting near it. In a show filled with confessions, songs and an explanation as to why no decent death jokes exist, we face death head-on and consider whether our lives could be made richer by talking about it.  

Improbotics, the world pioneers in AI improvisation comedy, are thrilled to announce their participation in the upcoming Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024, promising hilarious, groundbreaking work that poses serious philosophical questions and addresses the hype, promise and urgent societal concerns around AI, deep fakes and human creativity.

Character actress Sian Hutchinson will bring her now award winning comedy play ‘Tick My Box’ to Edinburgh Fringe following a 14 year break since she last performed at the Fringe with the work in progress version of the show. 

Buckle up for a side-splitting, deeply moving experience and see the NHS as you've never seen it before.  Wake The Beast Theatre's 'In The Sick Of It' takes place in a hilarious and thought-provoking A&E, staffed by two exhausted but defiant heroes of the NHS and Social Care.

Greek acoustic folk singer, songwriter, and composer Stefanos Barbalias is about to perform live at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. From Monday, August 19 to Sunday, August 25, at Just the Tonic Nucleus.

Woodrow, in his 70s is finally getting a chance to pursue his dream... becoming an actor! He’s prepped his monologues, brushed his teeth and is ready to audition and you will be the casting directors!

Classic fairytales collide as Bare Productions presents Into The Woods which will leaf us mystified within The Sanctuary at Paradise in Augustines in this years’ Fringe, Aug 2-10, 2024.

Orchestra of Sound is a groundbreaking music spectacle! This international premiere from Canada is an electrifying one-man show seamlessly weaving unique inventive instruments, hundreds of sounds, and explosive original music into an unforgettable sound and sight extravaganza.

A coming-of-age solo play about a queer Middle Eastern American boy's soul-stirring search for self. Essa, the son of refugees, confesses the experience of growing up in a country that doesn’t have a place for him. Join Essa as he navigates sexuality, the demands of a religion passed onto him from his parents, learning the English language, the fleetingness of youth, and a nicotine demon that won't leave him alone.

LONG DISTANCE, written, directed, & produced by ELI ZUZOVSKY, featuring JONATHAN RUBIN & LEWIS MERRYLEES, comes to Edinburgh next month.

Disco Horses: A Sketch Revue is a night of sketch comedy that ranges from absurd existentialism to grounded thoughtful realism. Through a mixture of complex and inter-weaving ideas we take you on a journey through the world of “What ifs” in just sixty minutes. En route we poke holes in social conventions and present new perspectives on everyday life. 

Author, poet, and dancer Ben Kassoy will bring poems from his spectacularly original book of the same name to life in The Funny Thing About A Panic Attack, a genre-defying solo show.

A new collage-style devised work exploring the (potential) collapse of the Anthropocene. Driven by image, light, and sound rather than linear narrative, the work viscerally explores the grief and beauty, the horror and hope inherent in being alive in this very moment.

Jaffer Khan's stand-up show 'Mr. Khan, Why Did 9/11 Happen?' explores his experiences as a Pakistani Muslim in Texas, a high school teacher in Houston, and the impact of 9/11, featuring honest storytelling and radical politics.

Kelly Bachman's stand-up hour 'PATRON SAINT' is set to premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August.

The Beachcombers will present the world premiere of Tide at Greenside @ George Street's Lime Studio as part of the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Produced, directed, and written by Langyue “Petunia” Hu, the show will run from August 12th - 24th.

BWW caught up with David Aldred about bringing Twelfth Night Fever to the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Mark Henely's AMERICAN TWO IN ONE COMICS heads to Edinburgh Fringe from 1-25 August.

Devon Drew: Pop Star, a comedy solo show about how Devon tried to be a teen pop star in 2010 and failed is coming to the world-famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival next month.

Discover the captivating magic shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, featuring mesmerizing performances and illusions that will leave audiences spellbound.

Set in a house on the very, very outskirts of London, five housemates; an art student, dancer, writer, climate activist and parliamentary assistant are living in the strange liminal post-university years waiting for their lives to really begin.

Storytelling comedian Gary John Miller will bring the solo show 'Goof' to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Performances run August 1st to August 25th, 2024.

Bailey Swilley will debut at Edinburgh Fringe with GIMME A SIGN!, a storytelling comedy show about family, grief, and ghosts. Learn how to purchase tickets.