Edinburgh Fringe
The Skinny guide to Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We bring you everything you need to get the most out of the Fringe, including previews, interviews, reviews and features.
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ComedyNathaniel Jones @ Underbelly Bristo Square
Nathaniel Jones recasts Noah's Ark as a fantastical cruise ship in an hour of maximalist fun Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
ComedyFrankie Thompson @ Pleasance Courtyard
Horrible Things is an inspired show from a restlessly innovative performer Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
ComedyDoomsday Jockeys @ Pizza Geeks
As Fringey as it gets, this mixed bill from Lucas Evamy, El Gold and Ros & Looch has a bit of everything Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
ComedyJonathan Oldfield @ Pleasance Courtyard
Based loosely on the childhood game of the same name, Exquisite Corpse is an extravaganza of utterly out-there character work by Jonathan Oldfield Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
TheatreThe Bridge @ Assembly Roxy
The Bridge is a moving insight into the history and practicalities of an onerous journey attempted by hundreds of Palestinians every day Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
TheatreGood With Faces @ Summerhall
An interview-turned-interrogation between a single mother and a social worker forms the basis of this unsettling psychological thriller Read more »| 14 Aug 2026
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TheatreJULIUS CAESAR VARIETY SHOW @ Summerhall
Joy Nesbitt’s new play is a candid, funny and deeply discomforting success exploring artistic prejudice in theatre Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
ComedySam Eley is Basil Crumbwick @ Monkey Barrel Comedy
Sam Eley's papier mâché-headed Basil Crumbwick may be a sad, sad man, but this is a very, very funny show Read more »| 14 Aug 2026 -
ComedySapphire McIntosh @ Underbelly Bristo Square
In her debut Fringe hour, Sapphire McIntosh proves herself to be a bold new voice in comedy Read more »| 13 Aug 2026 -
ComedyAyo Adenekan @ Monkey Barrel Comedy
A rising star of Scottish comedy and writer on SNL UK, Ayo Adenekan shows bags of potential but this show is in need of some edge Read more »| 13 Aug 2026 -
ComedySofie Hagen @ Monkey Barrel Comedy
Sofie Hagen's glorious return to the Fringe is a self-aware, fresh and extremely funny look at the modern left Read more »| 13 Aug 2026 -
ComedyKirsty Mann: Corpse @ Summerhall
Kirsty Mann's haunted house tale does some excellent work in the margins of fearful and funny, but it can't quite land in either camp Read more »| 13 Aug 2026 -
ComedyEleanor Morton @ Monkey Barrel Comedy
Eleanor Morton returns to the Fringe with an hour of smart and funny historical comedy Read more »| 13 Aug 2026 -
ComedyJess Fuchs @ Pleasance Courtyard
Jess Fuchs delivers a titanic performance in her Edinburgh Fringe debut with an hour of uproariously shameless comedy Read more »| 13 Aug 2026 -
ComedyOlaf Falafel @ Laughing Horse at The Pear Tree
Olaf Falafel returns to the Fringe with a high-calibre hour of silliness, buffoonery and general mucking about Read more »| 13 Aug 2026