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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TheatreSplintered @ Bedlam Theatre
A sparkling cabaret about the experiences of queer Caribbean women that will tickle your sides as much as it will touch your heart Read more »| 16 Aug 2019 -
TheatreAmerica Is Hard To See @ Underbelly Cowgate
This show by Life Jacket theatre, based on interviews with inhabitants of an isolated community in Florida called Miracle Village, is a brave and honest depiction of sex offenders struggling to come to terms with their crimes Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
TheatreStaged @ Zoo Southside
An extremely clever, absolutely mind-bending show from Circumference: expect to question everything you thought you knew about circus, and much more besides Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
TheatreA Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego @ Pleasance Dome
Full to the brim with irony and slapstick, feminist theatre company Jordan and Skinner return to the Fringe with their new show, A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
TheatreBoulder @ Pleasance Courtyard
Half-A-String's new show is a puppet-powered re-imagining of the Sisyphus story Read more »| 15 Aug 2019 -
TheatreLa Galerie @ Assembly Rooms
Playful, elegant, flawless – La Galerie simply sparkles Read more »| 14 Aug 2019
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TheatreBlood and Gold @ Scottish Storytelling Centre
Scottish-Kenyan storyteller Mara Menzies builds a fluid world in this exploration of Scotland's relationship with colonialism Read more »| 14 Aug 2019 -
TheatreLadybones @ Pleasance Courtyard
Based on personal experiences, this interactive play explores OCD and the chaos of being a modern woman Read more »| 14 Aug 2019 -
TheatreIn The Shadow Of The Black Dog @ Assembly Rooms
In The Shadow Of The Black Dog is a heartfelt production which opens an important dialogue, but with a messy delivery Read more »| 14 Aug 2019 -
TheatreComa @ Summerhall
A new live and immersive experience from Darkfield that sends you to that place between the conscious and the unconscious Read more »| 14 Aug 2019 -
TheatreCardboard Citizens: Bystanders @ Summerhall
Cardboard Citizens' tribute to homeless people whose lives are destroyed by flippant acts of cruelty hits exactly the right note between poignancy and anger Read more »| 14 Aug 2019 -
TheatreGreat Grimm Tales @ Underbelly Cowgate
Box Tale Soup return to the Fringe armed with some seldom-told tales from the Brothers Grimm canon Read more »| 13 Aug 2019 -
TheatreDaddy Drag @ Summerhall
Leyla Josephine gives a heart-wrenching performance in this thoroughly enjoyable show about fathers Read more »| 13 Aug 2019 -
TheatreDrone @ Summerhall
Drone brings into focus not just the deadly nature of the modern military but the dominating and intrusive side too Read more »| 13 Aug 2019 -
TheatreAre we not drawn onward to new erA @ Zoo Southside
Are we not drawn onwards to a new erA is an inventive, meticulously choreographed, high artistic commentary on humanity’s collective destruction of the Earth Read more »| 13 Aug 2019