Edinburgh Fringe

5 out of 10 Men

Bold drama and physical theatre! Excellent!

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A Dog’s Tale

A comic tale of doggie derring do from the Pound that strikes right at heart of the doll.

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A Series of Unfortunate Breakups

A bittersweet tale of 3 relationships that never quite end the way you expect

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A Tale of Two Cities: Blood for Blood

Intriguing, very creative and immersive!

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Adler and Gibb

A playful and challenging examination of authenticity in art

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All Cashed In

A provocative tribute which walks the line in a story that crosses a man in black with independent thought

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At War with Love

A poignant, deep and vibrant use of Shakespearean sonnet dressed in the context of World War One

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Being Norwegian

"subtle, tender and funny"

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Blush

Powerful stories that every internet user should see.

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Boris: World King

Political Satire at its tousle-haired best

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Bubble Revolution

a stimulating play about entering the consumerist bubble

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Bucket List

An urgently political piece told with grace and commitment

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Burnt Sugar

A bright idea that is a little short in its delivery.

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Callisto: A Queer Epic

A show full of great performances and roles

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Camille

Acting of the highest standard, Camille is a virtuoso performance

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Captured

Straight play where plenty is slightly crooked.

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Child’s Play

An intelligently argued, entertaining defence of a much-maligned generation

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Chopping Chillies

" an enthralling tale, full of charm and atmosphere"

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Cosmic Fear or The Day Brad Pitt Got Paranoia

A frenetic romp through Global warming… with Brad Pitt

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Cosmic Fear or the Day Brad Pitt Got Paranoia

An uncomfortable time examining the environmental disaster ready to unfold

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Criminology 303

A taught half hour or so in the company of a former detective and the case that haunts her, and now us

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Daniel

A highly recommended devised piece about an electric topical issue

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Death of Her Brother

A visually evocative piece of performance art that examines loss and relationship

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Denton and Me

Well crafted, well performed, intriguing!

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Dirty Glitter

The 1970’s are back and funky with a cop drama that focusses on the times rather than the storylines.

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Dracula

Family-friendly, high energy retelling of the classic Gothic tale

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E15

In-your-face exposé of the E15 housing scandal.

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Echoes

Lear meets Reservoir Dogs

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En Folkefiende

Classic Ibsen drama transformed into a contemporary setting

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Escape from the Planet of the Day That Time Forgot

Very entertaining, well acted devised comedy! A delirious sci-fi romp!

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Every Brilliant Thing

An entertaining, amusing look at depression.

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Evil

Evil "personified" onstage shows us who the real monsters are

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Expensive Shit

full of dark humour and completely riveting

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Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

"feel-good family comedy at its finest"

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Finders Keepers

Deliciously grubby physical theatre for all ages set in junkyard

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Finding Joy

Bittersweet comedy about the relationship between a teenage boy and his grandmother who has dementia

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Five Go Off on One

The Famous Five, without one, go off on an adventure on summer hols for jolly japes and smuggling scrapes.

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Foxtrot

A series of scenes on the issues of lost people

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Frenchy; World’s Worst Adult

Australian comedian who saws the knuckles off your sensibilities in a hilarious hour

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Gratiano

Il Duce meets the Merchant of Venice in a literary mash up that works well

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Grimm: An Untold Tale

An entertaining and illuminating play about forgotten figures in history

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Heads Up

A frenetic solo countdown to the Apocalypse

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Hess

Powerful, subtle and nuanced - you could have heard a pin drop.

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Home

New writing with a lot of potential

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Hot Brown Honey

The Controversial Hit of the Fringe

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Hummingbird

Love, murder and stunning physical theatre set in 1950s America

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In Fidelity

A fascinating look at love, cheating, and relationships with a live onstage date between audience members

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In Our Hands

Creative, entertaining and moving play with puppets!

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It Folds

Quirky and moving physical storytelling!

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Jane Eyre: An Autobiography

"an incredible show which authentically reproduces the novel onto the stage."

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Jeu Jeu La Foille: Frontal Lobotomy

Burlesque, poetry, puppetry and the history of frontal lobotomy

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Leaf by Niggle

Exquisite show. Masterful Storytelling of Tolkien's story !

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Meet Fred

Inspiring, creative, imaginative, meaningful and fabulously entertaining!

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Missed Connections

Three encounters on the tube. Three quite different stories.

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Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy

Warm tribute to two of the greatest comics of all time.

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Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London

An intimate audience with an extraordinary woman of history

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Murder She Didn’t Write

An improvised gem of an hour in accomplished hands.

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Nosferatu’s Shadow

Poetically written and beautifully performed

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Overshadowed

First rate - this what the Fringe is all about: AND it has legs!

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People of the Eye

A thoughtful play about a serious subject.

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Philip Pullman’s The Ruby in the Smoke

"a captivating story, impressively realised"

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Rapture

A hip hop infused dive into the lives and loves of a group of British Muslim teenagers

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Remember Edith Cavell

A worthy tribute to a largely-forgotten English heroine

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Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.

A play of words with some excitement that fails in its execution

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Sacré Blue

An honest, informative, and entertaining look at anxiety

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Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother in the case of a study in blood

A transatlantic take on the mytheries of Holmes which has comedy rather than tragedy at its heart

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Sodden Flodden

The story of a tragedy in Scotland told 400 years later with music and storytelling showing that at least something survived it well

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The Black and White Tea Room

A taut meeting between a therapist and his client reveals much more than just healing through trust

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The Blind Date Project

An improvised evening where we follow a first and very blind date

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The Forest

An impeccable time in a magical forest where all is experienced by all who enter

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The Inspectors Call

A compelling message in a comic but very moving tale.

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The Interference

A highly charged examination of what happens when one young woman cries rape on campus

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The Jungle Book : Cobwebs and Moontalk

Where’s that elephant got to?

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The Living Room

Unique and extremely compelling physical and vocal theatre!

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The Marked

Powerful, disturbing and nightmarish masked theatre

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The Mission

Creative work from a new ensemble!

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The Necessity of Atheism

What a delight! Written by a true wordsmith!

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The Six-Sided Man

Engrossing, complex, physical theatre, finely acted!

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The Supermarket Six

Unexpected outcome when an unexpected item appears in the bagging area.

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The Tobacco Merchant’s Lawyer

A one man treat that is both comic and satirical as a man of nae means tries to survive against those that have the means for survival

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The Unknown Soldier

A solo play that will stay with you long after you have left the theatre

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The View from Castle Rock

A story that is both touching and at times humorous.

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Trashed

This is what the Fringe is really about

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Two Man Show

A huge, frenetic, provocative romp of a show

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Wasted

An anthem for the loss of youth delivered with mixed success

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Yoke’s Night

An evening of drugs, mayhem and macabre dealings where all is more than what it seems.

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Zero

The story of exposed abuse told simply and effectively from a stool on a stage.

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