Hill Street Theatre

19 Hill Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3JP

Box office 0131 226 6522
Website universalartsfestival.com

The oldest Fringe venue constantly in operation, situated in the centre of town, just round the corner from George Street, two minutes walk from New Town Theatre and three minutes from the Assembly Rooms and Edinburgh International Book Festival. It has been used as a festival venue for 37 years, 20 of those under the management of Tomek Borkowy and Universal Arts. It is a firmly established landmark on the Fringe goers' map.

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'33 (a Kabarett)

Bremner Duthie, Big Empty Barn Productions. One final, desperate show! A dance on the edge of the abyss! The vanquished impresario of a ruined Berlin cabaret takes the stage, honouring his lost friends and singing the greatest cabaret songs ever written. '33 is about the power of music and the courage to keep going.

Thu 1 Aug

Theatre

£6 / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

19:00 – 20:05 Hill Street Theatre '33 (a Kabarett)

Fri 2 Aug

Theatre

£6 / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

19:00 – 20:05 Hill Street Theatre '33 (a Kabarett)

Sat 3 Aug

Theatre

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

19:00 – 20:05 Hill Street Theatre '33 (a Kabarett)

…and 22 more dates

Annoying the Neighbours

Louise Wallinger. Louise Wallinger tells hilarious and disturbing tales of shooting squirrels; using the neighbour's garden as an ashtray; letting yourself in for a nose around and demolishing the neighbour's garage. Verbatim theatre from founder member of Non-Fiction Theatre Company whose previous Edinburgh shows…

Thu 1 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

15:45 – 16:45 Hill Street Theatre Annoying the Neighbours

Fri 2 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

15:45 – 16:45 Hill Street Theatre Annoying the Neighbours

Sat 3 Aug

Studio

£10 (£8; Children £8; Students £8) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

15:45 – 16:45 Hill Street Theatre Annoying the Neighbours

…and 21 more dates

Ben Franklin: The Rogue who Invented America

GregRobin Smith / The Interactive History Company. Free the lightning from the jar and engage in conversation with the ever-fascinating Dr Benjamin Franklin. Take this opportunity to question an inventor, patriot / traitor, world famous wit and rogue. Funny, poignant and informative. The show involves fascinating…

Thu 1 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

12:45 – 13:45 Hill Street Theatre Ben Franklin: The Rogue who Invented America

Fri 2 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

12:45 – 13:45 Hill Street Theatre Ben Franklin: The Rogue who Invented America

Sat 3 Aug

Studio

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

12:45 – 13:45 Hill Street Theatre Ben Franklin: The Rogue who Invented America

…and 21 more dates

Caryatid Unplugged

Evi Stamatiou. The statue in crisis… In the June 2011 debate on whether to return the Ancient Parthenon marbles to Greece, David Cameron tells Parliament that 'Britain has no intention to lose its marbles'. In July 2012, he announces to the House of Commons Liaison Committee that contingency plans were being hatched to…

Fri 2 Aug

Studio

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

21:45 – 22:35 Hill Street Theatre Caryatid Unplugged

Studio

£6 / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

21:45 – 22:35 Hill Street Theatre Caryatid Unplugged

Sat 3 Aug

Studio

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

21:45 – 22:35 Hill Street Theatre Caryatid Unplugged

Studio

£6 / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

21:45 – 22:35 Hill Street Theatre Caryatid Unplugged

Sun 4 Aug

Studio

£10 (£8; Children £8; Students £8) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

21:45 – 22:35 Hill Street Theatre Caryatid Unplugged

…and 20 more dates

Cut!

Crosswords Productions with Ian Watt. This razor-sharp portrait of Hollywood's Golden Age charts 1920s fictional megalomaniac director Posterkrantz's spiral from success to has-been. Dreams turn nightmare, madness beckons… More than a roll call of movie greats, this cleverly written play has lots of laughs as the…

Thu 1 Aug

Theatre

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

16:05 – 17:00 Hill Street Theatre Cut!

Fri 2 Aug

Theatre

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

16:05 – 17:00 Hill Street Theatre Cut!

Sat 3 Aug

Theatre

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

16:05 – 17:00 Hill Street Theatre Cut!

…and 18 more dates

Dilemma

Olga Kosterina. Open your eyes! You will see our common fate Winner of Best Choreography at Rome Theatre Festival 2012. Dilemma combines dance, mime and acrobatics to reveal a person lost in a maze of their own fears. With elegance, precision and grace, Kosterina personifies the eternal struggle between good and evil…

Thu 1 Aug

Theatre

£6 / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

13:00 – 14:00 Hill Street Theatre Dilemma

Fri 2 Aug

Theatre

£6 / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

13:00 – 14:00 Hill Street Theatre Dilemma

Sat 3 Aug

Theatre

£13.50 (£11.50; Children £11.50; Students £11.50) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

13:00 – 14:00 Hill Street Theatre Dilemma

…and 21 more dates

Donal O'Kelly's Brace - Fionnuala and Skeffy

A bracing pair of new plays (alternate nights) by Irish writer-actor, Fringe First winner Donal O'Kelly. Fionnuala - provocative piece of bog magic realism set in the murky world of the Mayo gas project 'Cuts a swathe through Shell/State propaganda' (Hot Press). Skeffy - vivid pacey quest for the lost ideals of Irishman…

Thu 1 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

20:15 – 21:15 Hill Street Theatre Donal O'Kelly's Brace - Fionnuala and Skeffy

Fri 2 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

20:15 – 21:15 Hill Street Theatre Donal O'Kelly's Brace - Fionnuala and Skeffy

Sat 3 Aug

Studio

£11 (£9; Children £9; Students £9) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

20:15 – 21:15 Hill Street Theatre Donal O'Kelly's Brace - Fionnuala and Skeffy

…and 22 more dates

H to He (I'm Turning Into a Man)

Claire Dowie. Edinburgh premiere of Claire Dowie's international award-winning comedy of sexual identity and gender inspired by Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis: she wakes up one morning to discover she is turning into a man. 'An original piece of theatre, challenging, uncomfortable, funny, shocking (even) and entertaining…

Thu 1 Aug

Theatre

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

20:35 – 21:35 Hill Street Theatre H to He (I'm Turning Into a Man)

Fri 2 Aug

Theatre

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

20:35 – 21:35 Hill Street Theatre H to He (I'm Turning Into a Man)

Sat 3 Aug

Theatre

£11 (£9; Children £9; Students £9) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

20:35 – 21:35 Hill Street Theatre H to He (I'm Turning Into a Man)

…and 21 more dates

It Goes Without Saying

Bill Bowers. Join us for this fun and unflinching look at the life and mimes of Bill Bowers. It Goes Without Saying takes the audience on a scenic tour of Bill's life thus far: growing up gay in the wilds of Montana, his outrageous jobs as a performer, studying with Marcel Marceau, and the whirlwind of working on…

Thu 1 Aug

Theatre

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

22:05 – 23:05 Hill Street Theatre It Goes Without Saying

Fri 2 Aug

Theatre

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

22:05 – 23:05 Hill Street Theatre It Goes Without Saying

Sat 3 Aug

Theatre

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

22:05 – 23:05 Hill Street Theatre It Goes Without Saying

…and 21 more dates

Longing for Grace

Grace Kiley. The hit show, written and performed by Grace Kiley and directed by Austin Pendleton, is a personal look at the life of Hollywood legend turned fairy-tale princess. As a guest at her own funeral, the woman described by Hichcock as 'a volcano covered with snow', weaves the many facets of her character into a…

Thu 1 Aug

Theatre

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

14:30 – 15:35 Hill Street Theatre Longing for Grace

Fri 2 Aug

Theatre

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

14:30 – 15:35 Hill Street Theatre Longing for Grace

Sat 3 Aug

Theatre

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

14:30 – 15:35 Hill Street Theatre Longing for Grace

…and 22 more dates

Oh My Irma

Never Mind the Noise / Derrick Chua / Haley McGee. A woman, a man, a dog, and a murder. Yes, I did it! But it wasn't my fault. Haley McGee's Oh My Irma is a dark, twisted comedy from Canada. A tour-de-force, part murder-mystery, part absurdist adventure, this show will have you on the edge of your seat squirming with…

Thu 1 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

18:45 – 19:45 Hill Street Theatre Oh My Irma

Fri 2 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

18:45 – 19:45 Hill Street Theatre Oh My Irma

Sat 3 Aug

Studio

£10 (£8; Children £8; Students £8) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

18:45 – 19:45 Hill Street Theatre Oh My Irma

…and 21 more dates

The Price of Everything

Daniel Bye's production is not an extended tribute to The Price is Right, but rather a 'performance lecture' that brings together strange fact and provocative argument to examine the difference between price and value. Be prepared to be educated, entertained, and given a free glass of milk.

Wed 14 Aug

Studio

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

10:30 – 11:30 Hill Street Theatre The Price of Everything

Thu 15 Aug

Studio

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

10:30 – 11:30 Hill Street Theatre The Price of Everything

Fri 16 Aug

Studio

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

10:30 – 11:30 Hill Street Theatre The Price of Everything

…and 9 more dates

Pyramids of Margate

Gulliver Bell. Doctor Who obsessive seeks alien life for fun and possibly more. GSOH. Will David strike gold with his laptop link-up to SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)? Or will he find earthly happiness in the arms of the voluptuous Polish girl from accounts? Journey into the stars above Margate…

Thu 1 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

17:15 – 18:15 Hill Street Theatre Pyramids of Margate

Fri 2 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

17:15 – 18:15 Hill Street Theatre Pyramids of Margate

Sat 3 Aug

Studio

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

17:15 – 18:15 Hill Street Theatre Pyramids of Margate

…and 22 more dates

Shakespeare: Olde Words New Worlds

GregRobin Smith / Washington Shakespeare Festival. Shakespeare's words and characters live with us - guide us - still. Interact with this heartbeat of the human soul. A fast-paced hour of iambic pentameter and prose, characters and assassination. Audience members will be invited to take part in scenes, ask questions…

Thu 1 Aug

Master's Room

£6 / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

14:40 – 15:40 Hill Street Theatre Shakespeare: Olde Words New Worlds

Fri 2 Aug

Master's Room

£6 / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

14:40 – 15:40 Hill Street Theatre Shakespeare: Olde Words New Worlds

Sat 3 Aug

Master's Room

£9 / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

14:40 – 15:40 Hill Street Theatre Shakespeare: Olde Words New Worlds

…and 21 more dates

The Trials and Tribulations of Mr Pickwick

Nigel Nevinson. Everyone knows what Mr Pickwick looks like, but how many people have read the book or know anything about Mr Pickwick's adventures? See the eccentric characters that Mr Pickwick encounters on his journeys. Laugh at Mr Pickwick getting into farcical muddles which lead him to be tried for breach of…

Thu 1 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

14:15 – 15:15 Hill Street Theatre The Trials and Tribulations of Mr Pickwick

Fri 2 Aug

Studio

£6 (£5; Children £5; Students £5) / 0131 226 0000

Preview Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

14:15 – 15:15 Hill Street Theatre The Trials and Tribulations of Mr Pickwick

Sat 3 Aug

Studio

£12 (£10; Children £10; Students £10) / 0131 226 0000

Part of Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

14:15 – 15:15 Hill Street Theatre The Trials and Tribulations of Mr Pickwick

…and 21 more dates

Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?

Claire Dowie. Premiered at the Traverse Theatre in 1990, this hilarious award-winning comedy of sexual stereotyping continues to fascinate and entertain around the world. A comic journey through female roles and dress codes via the knicker factor, school discos and errant sperm through the eyes of one young woman who…