Listings: Theatre

Ali McGregor and Assembly. It's late, the bar's open and the scene is set for the Fringe's finest comedy, burlesque and cabaret to collide. Hosted by Fringe favourite and cabaret star Ali McGregor with her smokin' hot trio this is variety at its best. The night is littered with the unique interpretations of songs that…

Maddy Anholt. Maddy's Many Mouths is an outrageous one-woman show, written and performed by Maddy Anholt – a woman of many parts! This side-splitting, breathless performance tells the story of a woman with a peculiar compulsion to mimic the people she meets. Follow Maddy's journey from childhood to adulthood, from the…

Beckett on Film: Catastrophe: Directed by David Mamet and starring Harold Pinter, Rebecca Pidgeon and John Gielgud. Rough for Theatre II: Directed by Katie Mitchell and starring Jim Norton, Timothy Spall and Hugh B O’Brien. Breath: Directed by Damien †Hirst.

CYOD Ltd. A found diary, a film crew and an incredible true story. Inspired by the Choose Your Own Adventure books of the 1980s, you determine Nathan's fate in a unique interactive experience. Every twist and turn is in your hands. With over 1500 versions and multiple endings, where will the story lead? Who can help…

Keep your head down and hope he picks on someone else. Winner of the RSC/Marlowe ‘Other’ Prize, Kind has been developed with the Royal Shakespeare Company Literary Department. New writing, physical theatre and puppetry combine to tell the story of Skildir, a young woman trapped in an abusive relationship on a remote…

A site-specific performance about domestic abuse staged in a residential house. Our Glass House involves moments of fantasy, choreography and song, and is a promenade piece, encouraging audience to make their own journeys. The performance text is based on interviews we have carried out with men and women who have…

Room105 LLC. A new musical starring Grammy-nominated Sophie B. Hawkins, is an insightful and entertaining tribute to legendary soul singer Janis Joplin, coming to Edinburgh direct from a smash hit US run. A modern-day retrospective on Joplin's turbulent life, it tells a story that reveals the iconic singer's thoughts…

Shawshank Redemption / The Assembly Rooms. Inside Shawshank you have two options - get busy living or get busy dying. This witty and poignant new adaptation of Stephen King's classic tale of death and life in a men's prison is set to be the theatre highlight of this year's Fringe. Omid Djalili heads a powerful cast in…

Hecate Theatre Co. A spooky, silly radio play performed live onstage! All-female Hecate Theatre return to the Fringe with a feast of fun and fright, featuring six actors, original music and a smorgasbord of silly voices. Join Janet de Bastion on a treasure hunt for her late uncle's gold, entangling her in a cast of…

Ham-a-Lot. First performed in Edinburgh in 1989, Whodidit is making a welcome return to its birthplace to capivate, amuse and titillate. Absurd and zany, full of innuendo with new twists. A fast moving comedy - a spoof whodidit! All ages.

An impending winter storm and freezing of the Bering Sea threatens the fall / winter arrival of a supply ship to King Island, Alaska. The villagers - all of them - carry an oomiak (walrus skin boat) over the island’s mountain. They meet the ship on the leeward side where the calm waters enable them to bring all the…

Objects float, whisky materialises, dreams are revealed. Set at the exclusive Scotch Malt Whisky Society, Illusionist Scott Smith hosts an exquisite evening of fine dining interwoven with breathtaking magic. The bespoke menu provided by James Freeman, whose cuisine has recently been awarded 10/10 by The Herald, will…

Aspiring actors audition for an exclusive place in the Conservatory's comprehensive and demanding training programmes. Audition will be used for admission as well as scholarship consideration. Please prepare two one-minute monologues.

Underbelly Productions and Sodid Svid Theatre Company. Caught up in nostalgia and myths, Daniel comes to the remote island where his grandmother grew up, seeking answers and closure but finds local teacher Sunna battling her own darkness following a horrific series of events in the community. Gripping and…

Whether you’ve been up all night or are an early riser, start your festival day at the Traverse. Simply pick a brew, grab a breakfast roll and feast on the finest theatre around. Welcome to the world of London’s top female underground criminals on their biggest job yet, an international heist. Zainab, Chloe and Katya…

'The Bohemians' Lyric Opera Company. BLOC return to the boards following their highly successful production of Jekyll and Hyde in March. This elegant and decadent journey of well-known, and not so well-known, songs incorporates song and dance, film and screen favourites. Book now! All ages.

4Theatre Productions. Desdemona, a Play About a Handkerchief is a contemporary twist on Shakespeare's Othello. This bawdy adaptation with tongue-in-cheek humour reinvents the stereotypical role of women and their ulterior motives. With stylised movement and aspects of mime, this piece of theatre pushes boundaries and…

Splendid Productions. Splendid Productions present their creative reimagining of the 15th-century morality play, Everyman. Splendid take this medieval story of an ordinary man - randomly chosen to represent all humanity - as the starting point for a high energy, super-theatrical, surprisingly silly exploration of what…