Theatre
With hundreds of venues and thousands of shows from around the world, The Skinny's Edinburgh Fringe theatre previews and reviews provide the insight you need to make the most of your Fringe experience.
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TheatreI'm Ready to Talk Now @ Traverse Theatre
Oliver Ayres' one-on-one show I'm Ready to Talk Now foregrounds access and ambience in a minimal, precise, boundary-blurring 45 minutes Read more »| 31 Jul 2025 -
TheatreTheatre Maketh Man: Masculinity and the Fringe
Perhaps it has become necessary to tell stories about a better masculinity, because the classics are no longer good enough – we look at a string of shows offering new views of masculinity at this year's Fringe Read more »| 30 Jul 2025 -
TheatreThe Body Is Disappearing: AI at the Edinburgh Fringe
Our theatre editor asks what the use of generative AI means for creativity in performance Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
TheatreA Shedload of Good: Shedinburgh returns to the Fringe
From Texas to Tokyo to Edinburgh College of Art, Shedinburgh brings a new approach to the Fringe's presentation to Edinburgh this August Read more »| 28 Jul 2025 -
TheatreThe Best Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe 2025
Looking for the best theatre at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe? Bookmark this page – we'll be collecting all of our top reviews from this year's festival here Read more »| 24 Jul 2025 -
TheatreEdinburgh Fringe 2025: Theatre Highlights
With over 1,600 shows across theatre, dance, circus, opera and cabaret, August's Edinburgh festivals offer something for everyone – here are our highlights Read more »| 24 Jul 2025
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TheatreHere & Now unveil 2025 Edinburgh Fringe showcase
Here & Now returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with another showcase of bold, personal and political performance created in England. Khalid Abdalla, Ramesh Meyyappan, SERAFINE1369 and Sutara Gayle are among the artists involved this year Read more »| 06 May 2025 -
ArtSummerhall to host Edinburgh Fringe programme in 2025
Things are looking brighter at Summerhall – the troubled arts venue now have HMRC off their back and now Summerhall Arts have confirmed they will deliver a Fringe programme this August Read more »| 10 Jan 2025 -
TheatreA Letter to Lyndon B. Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First @ theSpace
Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland's Fringe First-winning new play is a tightly-woven DIY masterpiece about boyhood, queerness, masculinity and empire Read more »| 26 Aug 2024 -
TheatreThe Besties: Week Three Winners
Teatro La Plaza, John-Luke Roberts, Gig Buddies and new Scottish music documentary Since Yesterday are among the winners for our third batch of The Besties Read more »| 24 Aug 2024 -
TheatrePretty Delusional @ theSpaceTriplex
Gianna Milici hilariously exposes the agonies, ecstasies, and humiliations of what it means to desire and want to be desired as a young woman in Pretty Delusional Read more »| 22 Aug 2024 -
TheatreBirdwatching @ theSpace at Venue 45
Birdwatching's teenage trip to the woods is a tense and dark look at the misogynistic structures which haunt our society Read more »| 22 Aug 2024 -
TheatreA Silent Scandal @ Greenside George Street
This timely and poignant piece about abuse in 1970s Ireland ultimately falls short of incision or subversion Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
TheatreBluffing Your Way in Ballet @ theSpace
Bluffing Your Way in Ballet is a merry exploration of ballet history and the prominent figures and pieces that made it Read more »| 20 Aug 2024 -
TheatreNATION @ Summerhall
NATION freshly reintroduces one to storytelling as a whole, characterised by dichotomy and executed through simplicity Read more »| 20 Aug 2024