Edinburgh 2017

Five-star Fringe shows

A Common Man: The Bridge that Tom Built

Dominic Allen
The Flanagan Collective and Dominic Allen
C royale
2 to 28 August 2017

A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation)

Adaptation by Josh Luxenberg based upon a story by Franz Kafka
Sinking Ship Productions
ZOO
4 to 28 August 2017

A Joke

Dan Freeman
Radio Static
theSpace on Niddry St
14 to 26 August 2017

A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)

Jon Brittain with music by Matthew Floyd Jones
Silent Uproar
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

Adam

Frances Poet
National Theatre of Scotland
Traverse Theatre
4 to 27 August 2017

Atlantic: A Scottish Story

Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Assembly Hall
3 to 27 August 2017

Atlantic: America and the Great War

Ryan Bersten, Desiree Stapels and composer Christopher Anselmo
Royal Conservotoire of Scotland and the American Music Theatre Project
Assembly Hall
10 to 26 August 2017

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Menu 2

James McLindon, Mark Harvey Levine, Angela Stern, Christopher Lockheardt, Joh...
Bite-Size Plays
Pleasance Dome
2 to 26 August 2017

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Menu1

Andrew Turner, Aileen Quinn and James Quinn, Mark Harvey Levine, Billy Knowel...
Bite-Size Plays
Pleasance Dome
2 to 28 August 2017

Cathy

Ali Taylor
Cardboard Citizens
Pleasance Dome
2 to 24 August 2017

Curse of Cranholme Abbey

Tim Norton
Young Pleasance
Pleasance Courtyard
4 to 19 August 2017

DeLorean

John Ivay
Freedom Picture Company
Assembly Rooms
3 to 27 August 2017

Dust

Milly Thomas
Underbelly, Cowgate
3 to 27 August 2017

Flesh and Bone

Elliot Warren
Unpolished Theatre
Pleasance Dome
2 to 28 August 2017

Frank Carson - A Rebel Without a Pause

Guy Masterson - TTI & Happenstance Theatre Co
Assembly Rooms
3 to 27 August 2017

From the Ground Up

Joeri Smet
Almeida Theatre Young Company
Assembly Roxy
14 to 27 August 2017

Gratiano

Ross Ericson
Grist To The Mill
Assembly Hall
3 to 28 August 2017

Gunshot Medley

Dionna Michelle Daniel
CalArts Festival Theater
Venue 13
5 to 26 August 2017

How to Act

Graham Eatough
National Theatre of Scotland
Summerhall
2 to 27 August 2017

Jonny & The Baptists: The Best of 2012-2017

Jonny & The Baptists
Fourth Wall
Roundabout @ Summerhall
13 to 19 August 2017

Karoo Moose - No Fathers

Lara Foot
The Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town
Assembly George Square Studios
3 to 27 August 2017

Kin

Barely Methodical Troupe
Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
5 to 26 August 2017

Labels

Joe Sellman-Leava
Worklight Theatre
Pleasance Courtyard
10 to 27 August 2017

Lord Dismiss Us

Adapted by Glenn Chandler from the novel by Michael Campbell
Boys of the Empire
The Space at Surgeons' Hall
4 to 26 August 2017

Love+

Malaprop
Summerhall
2 to 24 August 2017

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel
Assembly Hall
3 to 27 August 2017

Mies Julie

Baxter Theatre Centre with Assembly Festival and Riverside Studios
Assembly Rooms
3 to 27 August 2017

Nassim

Nassim Soleimanpur
Bush Theatre
Traverse Theatre
3 to 27 August 2017

Not About Heroes

Stephen MacDonald
Flying Bridge Theatre and Seabright Productions in association with Pleasance
Pleasance Dome
4 to 28 August 2017

Odyssey

Theatre Ad Infinitum
Pleasance Dome
2 to 28 August 2017

Part of the Picture

Tom Cooper
Bletherbox
Pleasance Dome
2 to 28 August 2017

Pike St.

Nilaja Sun
Barrow Street Productions
Roundabout @ Summerhall
4 to 27 August 2017

Pip Utton's Greatest Hits

Pip Utton
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

Rhapsodes

Extempore Theatre and Something for the Weekend
Pleasance Dome
14 to 27 August 2017

Sam Shaber: Life, Death & Duran Duran

Sam Shaber
Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
2 to 28 August 2017

Shakespeare for Breakfast

C theatre
C
2 to 28 August 2017

The B*easts

Monica Dolan
Monica Dolan and Something for the Weekend
Underbelly, Cowgate
3 to 27 August 2017

The Dreamer

Inspired by William Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu
Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre in association with Gecko
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 15 August 2017

The Fall

Ameera Conrad, Oarabile Ditsele, Zandile Madiwa, Thando Mangcu, Sizwesandile ...
Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town
Assembly Hall
3 to 27 August 2017

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

Daniel Jamieson
Kneehigh & Bristol Old Vic
Traverse Theatre
15 to 27 August 2017

The Giant Killers

Eve Pearson-Wright and Neil Andrew
The Long Lane Theatre Company
Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
2 to 28 August 2017

The Gun Show

E M Lewis
CoHo Productions
SpaceTriplex
4 to 26 August 2017

The Inconvenience of Wings

Lara Foot
The Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town
Assembly George Square Studios
3 to 27 August 2017

The North! The North!

Christopher Harrisson
Summerhall
2 to 27 August 2017

The Road That Wasn't There

Ralph McCubbin Howell
Trick of the Light and Zanetti Productions
Assembly Roxy
2 to 27 August 2017

The Runner

Francesca Murray-Fuentes
MCS Drama
Underbelly, Cowgate
15 to 19 August 2017

There Was A Soldier...

OpenCast
Stockbridge Church
15 to 16 August 2017

Tshepang

Lara Foot
Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town
Assembly Roxy
3 to 27 August 2017

What I Learned from Johnny Bevan

Luke Wright
Underbelly, Cowgate
21 to 27 August 2017

Woke

Apphia Campbell and Meredith Yarbrough
Play the Spotlight Theatre
Gilded Balloon Teviot
4 to 28 August 2017

£¥€$ (LIES)

Joeri Smet, Angelo Tijssens, Karolien De Bleser, Alexander Devriendt
Ontroerend Goed
Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC
4 to 27 August 2017

Fringe news

Nottingham student group takes pirates to Edinburgh

Nottingham New Theatre is presenting Wrecked, a piratical political satire loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, at the Edinburgh Fringe.

New Perspectives takes double bill to Edinburgh

Nottingham-based New Perspectives has put the family at the heart of its 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival programming.

NE dementia play on tour

NE company Skimstone Arts is to tour a play about dementia

200 Fringe shows all at C

C venues has more than 200 hand-picked shows and events in its programme of theatre, circus, cabaret, musicals, dance, comedy and children’s shows for its 26th year at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Preview show dates for Exchange

What if I Told You is Pauline Mayers’s way of telling her (his)tory as a black woman, a dancer and choreographer.

Edinburgh's "home of dance" announces Festival programme

Dance Base in Edinburgh will feature 21 shows from 12 countries in its 16th year as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Transgender choirs, Idi Amin and refugee stories are Made in Scotland

The 2017 Made in Scotland Showcase programme will feature transgender choirs, a police van drama, Idi Amin's impact in Scotland, refugee stories and record collection conversations among its highlights.

Space hosts "more than 100 more shows than any other Edinburgh Fringe producer"

theSpaceUK will feature more than 350 shows in its 17 performance spaces in this year's Edinburgh Fringe, which it claims is more than 100 shows more than any other producer.

ZOO launches diverse Fringe programme

ZOO Venues has announced its programme of curated dance and theatre for this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Talawa takes Girls to Edinburgh

Talawa Theatre company, High Tide and Soho Theatre will present Girls by Theresa Ikoko at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017.

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, the Rose and Teviot

Edinburgh's Gilded Balloon has announced a Fringe programme across three venues: National Museum of Scotland, Rose Theatre and its usual home of Gilded Balloon Teviot.

Summerhall's 7th year for Edfringe's 70th

Edinburgh's Summerhall has announced a programme of 140 new and returning shows for its seventh year and the seventieth anniversary of the Edinburgh Fringe.

Paines Plough's Roundabout turns to Edinburgh

Paines Plough has announced a full programme for its Roundabout portable theatre at Summerhall for Edinburgh Fringe 2017 before a UK tour in autumn.

Northern Stage announces Edfringe 2017 programme

Northern Stage has announced its Edinburgh Fringe 2017 programme at Summerhall.

Assembly returns to Assembly Rooms for Edfringe's 70th

Assembly Festival is to return to Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms for Edinburgh Fringe's 70th anniversary after several years' absence from the city's New Town.

Northern Stage and Edfringe – new developments

Newcastle’s Northern Stage will be returning to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017 with new partners.

BambinO from Scottish Opera and Improbable

Baby-faced opera for Manchester

The follow up to Scottish Opera’s BabyO performances, BambinO is a pioneering and unique piece of music theatre for infants aged 6 to 18 months.

Fringe Features

Edinburgh 2017: figures and awards

Sandra Giorgetti reports on the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe which this year marked their 70th anniversaries.

Ratings

*****	You'll regret missing this one
********	Definitely one to try to see
*******	Fine but doesn't set the world on fire
**	There are better shows in Edinburgh
*	Best avoided

Book Festival reviews

Caroline Brothers & Oliver Emanuel: From Page To Performance

Edinburgh International Book Festival
24 August 2017

Charles Causley 100 Years

Edinburgh International Book Festival
20 August 2017

Dirt Road by James Kelman: A Theatrical Exploration

James Kelman, adapted by David Greig
Edinburgh International Book Festival and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
Edinburgh International Book Festival
26 August 2017

Hanif Kureishi: Best Served Cold

Edinburgh International Book Festival
22 August 2017

Harriet Walter: Shakespeare’s Gender Politics

Edinburgh International Book Festival
27 August 2017

Jim Al-Khalili: Is There Anybody Out There?

Edinburgh International Book Festival
24 August 2017

Michael Rosen: Zola In Norwood

Edinburgh International Book Festival
26 August 2017

Nicholas Hytner: Making Theatre Popular

Edinburgh International Book Festival
26 August 2017

Simon Callow: Analysing Wagner's Backstory

Edinburgh International Book Festival
19 August 2017

Stephen McGann: An Acting Family Tree Rose Up

Edinburgh International Book Festival
21 August 2017

EIF reviews

Flight

Vox Motus, based on Caroline Brothers’s novel Hinterland, adapted by Oliver E...
Vox Motus
Church Hill Theatre & Studio
4 to 27 August 2017

Andrew Shore, Allison Cook and Alex Otterburn

Greek

Mark-Anthony Turnage, based on the play and libretto by Steven Berkoff, adapt...
Scottish Opera and Opera Ventures
Festival Theatre
5 to 6 August 2017

Krapp’s Last Tape

Samuel Beckett
Clare Street
Church Hill Theatre & Studio
4 to 27 August 2017

Meet Me At Dawn

Zinnie Harris
Traverse Theatre Company
Traverse Theatre
4 to 27 August 2017

Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid

Meow Meow
The Hub
4 to 28 August 2017

Rhinoceros

Eugène Ionesco, in a new version by Zinnie Harris
Royal Lyceum Theatre and DOT Theatre of Istanbul
Royal Lyceum Theatre
3 to 12 August 2017

The Divide Parts 1 & 2

Alan Ayckbourn
The Old Vic
King’s Theatre
8 to 18 August 2017

Fringe reviews

(FEAR)

Mr and Mrs Clark
ZOO
4 to 28 August 2017

1917: A Phantasmagoria

Michael Daviot
Sweet Holyrood
3 to 27 August 2017

2 Become 1

Natasha Granger and Kerrie Thomason
Swipe Right Theatre and Kings Head Theatre
Gilded Balloon Teviot
2 to 28 August 2017

3000 Trees: The Death of Mr William MacRae

Andy Paterson
Salt 'n' Sauce Promotions
New Town Theatre
3 to 27 August 2017

5 Soldiers

Rosie Kay Dance Company
Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
11 to 26 August 2017

6 x 6 x 6

Comedians Theatre Company
Pleasance Dome
2 to 28 August 2017

A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Game's a Foot, Try the Fish

Tom Taylor
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
4 to 26 August 2017

A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Man with the Twisted Hip

Tom Taylor
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
4 to 26 August 2017

A Common Man: The Bridge that Tom Built

Dominic Allen
The Flanagan Collective and Dominic Allen
C royale
2 to 28 August 2017

A Compendium of Lost Things

Bear Pit Theatre
C
20 to 27 August 2017

A Hunger Artist (Kafka Adaptation)

Adaptation by Josh Luxenberg based upon a story by Franz Kafka
Sinking Ship Productions
ZOO
4 to 28 August 2017

A Joke

Dan Freeman
Radio Static
theSpace on Niddry St
14 to 26 August 2017

A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)

Jon Brittain with music by Matthew Floyd Jones
Silent Uproar
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

Adam

Frances Poet
National Theatre of Scotland
Traverse Theatre
4 to 27 August 2017

Adulting

Spilt Milk
SpaceTriplex
4 to 26 August 2017

All We Ever Wanted was Everything

Luke Barnes, Music by James Frewer
Middle Child
Roundabout @ Summerhall
4 to 27 August 2017

Andy Zaltzman: Satirist for Hire (World of 2017 Special Edition)

Andy Zaltzman
The Stand Comedy Club
15 to 27 August 2017

Ape/Essence

Adaptation by Shawn Clerkin
Gannon University with International Collegiate Theatre Festival
theSpace @ Venue45
4 to 9 August 2017

Assassins

Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman, based on an idea ...
Finishing the Hat productions
theSpace @ Venue45
21 to 26 August 2017

Assessment

Robert Dawson Scott
Shows on a Shoestring
Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
2 to 28 August 2017

Atlantic: A Scottish Story

Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Assembly Hall
3 to 27 August 2017

Atlantic: America and the Great War

Ryan Bersten, Desiree Stapels and composer Christopher Anselmo
Royal Conservotoire of Scotland and the American Music Theatre Project
Assembly Hall
10 to 26 August 2017

Atlas

Mermaids: The University of St Andrews Performing Arts Fund
theSpace on North Bridge
4 to 19 August 2017

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Consciousness

Baba Brinkman
Soho Playhouse Inc
Assembly George Square Studios
2 to 28 August 2017

Ballot Box

Tea & Tonic Productions
Paradise in the Vault
5 to 12 August 2017

Beethoven in Stalingrad

Jesper Arin
Arin Production / Teateri
Greenside @ Nicolson Square
4 to 19 August 2017

Between the Crosses

Will Huggins
Flying Bridge Theatre Ltd
Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
11 to 16 August 2017

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Menu 2

James McLindon, Mark Harvey Levine, Angela Stern, Christopher Lockheardt, Joh...
Bite-Size Plays
Pleasance Dome
2 to 26 August 2017

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Menu1

Andrew Turner, Aileen Quinn and James Quinn, Mark Harvey Levine, Billy Knowel...
Bite-Size Plays
Pleasance Dome
2 to 28 August 2017

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Programme 3

Angie Farrow, James McLindon, Lisa Holdsworth, Derek Webb, Billy Knowelden
Bite-Size Plays
Pleasance Dome
4 to 27 August 2017

Big Bite-Size Lunch-Hour 1

Gareth Brierley, Jonathan Kaufman, Andrew O’Keefe, Matt Cassarino, Chris Widney
Bite-Size Plays
Pleasance Dome
5 to 28 August 2017

Big Bite-Size Lunch-Hour: Izzy's Manifestos

Kevin Jones
Bite-Size Plays
Gilded Balloon Teviot
5 to 28 August 2017

Big Howard Little Howard: Man and Boy

Howard Read
Banshee Labyrinth
5 to 27 August 2017

Bin Laden: The One Man Show

Sam Redway and Toby Tyrrell-Jones
Knaïve Theatre
C
2 to 28 August 2017

Black Mountain

Brad Birch
Paines Plough
Roundabout @ Summerhall
5 to 26 August 2017

Bone Woman

Imani G Alexander
Greenside @ Infirmary Steet
4 to 26 August 2017

Border Tales

Conceived by Luca Silvestini and co-devised by original cast and others
Luca Silvestrini’s Protein, presented by The Place
Summerhall
4 to 26 August 2017

Borders

Henry Naylor
Redbeard Theatre Ltd. and Gilded Balloon Productions
Gilded Balloon Teviot
2 to 28 August 2017

Box Clever

Monsay Whitney
nabokov
Roundabout @ Summerhall
4 to 27 August 2017

Breakfast Plays: B!rth – Choices

Stacey Gregg
Traverse Theatre
15 to 24 August 2017

Breakfast Plays: B!rth – Ouroboros

Swati Simha
Traverse Theatre
16 to 25 August 2017

Breakfast Plays: B!rth – Q&Q

Liwaa Yazji
Traverse Theatre
17 to 26 August 2017

Breakfast Plays: B!rth – So Far as a Century’s Reach

Kirsten Greenidge
Traverse Theatre
18 to 27 August 2017

Brexit the Musical

Chris Bryant
Strong and Stable Productions
C
2 to 28 August 2017

Brutal Cessation

Milly Thomas
Assembly George Square Theatre
3 to 27 August 2017

Bunker Girls

Michael Punter
Raiser Theatre
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
21 to 26 August 2017

Buzz: A New Musical

Robyn Grant
Fat Rascal Theatre
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

Call Mr Robeson

Tayo Aluko
Tayo Aluko and Friends
Quaker Meeting House
21 to 26 August 2017

Camille O'Sullivan: Where Are We Now

Camille O'Sullivan
Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
4 to 26 August 2017

Caravaggio: Beneath the Darkness

Theatre Department
theSpace on the Mile
5 to 26 August 2017

Cathy

Ali Taylor
Cardboard Citizens
Pleasance Dome
2 to 24 August 2017

Coppélia

Feathers of Daedalus
Assembly George Square Gardens
3 to 28 August 2017

Cosmic Scallies

Jackie Hagan
Graeae Theatre Company and the Royal Exchange
Northern Stage at Summerhall
5 to 26 August 2017

Cow

Jessica Barker-Wren
Macaw
Underbelly, Cowgate
3 to 27 August 2017

Creatives

Irvine Welsh and Don De Grazia, book and lyrics by Laurence Mark Wythe
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

Curse of Cranholme Abbey

Tim Norton
Young Pleasance
Pleasance Courtyard
4 to 19 August 2017

DROLL

the Owle Schreame Theatre Company
theSpace on North Bridge
4 to 26 August 2017

Daniel Piper's Day Off

Daniel Piper
Daniel Piper
Underbelly, Cowgate
3 to 27 August 2017

Dark Satanic

Rob Johnston
Breathe Out Theatre
Greenside @ Infirmary Street
21 to 26 August 2017

DeLorean

John Ivay
Freedom Picture Company
Assembly Rooms
3 to 27 August 2017

Dear Home Office 2: Still Pending

Dawn Harrison
Phosphoros Theatre
Gilded Balloon Teviot
21 to 27 August 2017

Death on the Nile

Livewire Theatre Company
theSpace on the Mile
14 to 19 August 2017

Desperation Bingo

Heather Marshall and Susan Marshall
Creative Electric
The Biscuit Factory
15 to 19 August 2017

Double Feature

Philip Differ
Gilded Balloon
Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
2 to 28 August 2017

Dust

Milly Thomas
Underbelly, Cowgate
3 to 27 August 2017

Echoes

Lorenzo De Liberato
Infallible Productions Ltd
ZOO
6 to 28 August 2017

Edison

Joshua Logan Walker
Static Assembly
ZOO Southside
4 to 27 August 2017

Education, Education, Education

Wardrobe Ensemble
Wardrobe Ensemble
Pleasance Dome
3 to 28 August 2017

Eleanor's Story: An Americal Girl in Hitler's Germany

Ingrid Garner
Gilded Balloon Teviot
5 to 28 August 2017

Enterprise

Brian Parks
Americana Absurdum Productions
Assembly George Square Studios
3 to 28 August 2017

Eve

Jo Clifford and Chris Goode
National Theatre of Scotland
Traverse Theatre
3 to 27 August 2017

Fleabag

Phoebe Waller-Bridge
DryWrite
Underbelly, George Square
21 to 27 August 2017

Flesh and Bone

Elliot Warren
Unpolished Theatre
Pleasance Dome
2 to 28 August 2017

Frank Carson - A Rebel Without a Pause

Guy Masterson - TTI & Happenstance Theatre Co
Assembly Rooms
3 to 27 August 2017

Frankie Vah

Luke Wright
Underbelly, Cowgate
3 to 27 August 2017

Frogman

Curious Directive
Curious Directive
Traverse at CodeBase
4 to 27 August 2017

From Dust

Lion House
Gilded Balloon Teviot
2 to 28 August 2017

From the Ground Up

Joeri Smet
Almeida Theatre Young Company
Assembly Roxy
14 to 27 August 2017

Frozen

Bryony Lavery
Vulture Theatre
C cubed
13 to 28 August 2017

Gratiano

Ross Ericson
Grist To The Mill
Assembly Hall
3 to 28 August 2017

Gráinne Maguire: Gráinne With a Fada

Gráinne Maguire
Gilded Balloon Teviot
3 to 28 August 2017

Gun Show

Steven Young with additional material by Bronwyn Sullenberger, Misty Clark an...
Texas Women’s University Drama
Greenside @ Nicolson Square
4 to 12 August 2017

Gunshot Medley

Dionna Michelle Daniel
CalArts Festival Theater
Venue 13
5 to 26 August 2017

Gutted

Liz Richardson and Tara Robinson
The Conker Group and Home
Pleasance Dome
2 to 13 August 2017

Gypsy Queen

Rob Ward
Hope Theatre Company
Assembly Rooms
3 to 26 August 2017

Half Breed

Tash Marshall
Soho Theatre and Talawa Theatre Company
Assembly George Square Theatre
3 to 27 August 2017

Heather

Thomas Eccleshare
Dancing Brick
Summerhall
3 to 27 August 2017

Home

Ken Bridges, Blair Christie, Mark Anthony Clark, Archie Gray and George Willi...
Raised Voices
theSpace on North Bridge
4 to 11 August 2017

Hopes, Dreams and the Bits In-Between

Elinor Boult
Thisaway Theatre Company
theSpace on the Mile
21 to 26 August 2017

How to Act

Graham Eatough
National Theatre of Scotland
Summerhall
2 to 27 August 2017

How to Be a Kid

Sarah McDonald-Hughes
Paines Plough
Roundabout @ Summerhall
4 to 20 August 2017

If Only: An Audience With Rudyard Kipling

Lynn Pegler
Matt Jones and Lynn Pegler
Arthur Conan Doyle Centre
23 to 27 August 2017

Instructions for Border Crossing

Daniel Bye
Annabel Turpin at ARC
Northern Stage at Summerhall
7 to 26 August 2017

Into the Woods

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Assembly Hall
3 to 27 August 2017

Ivona, Princess of Burgundia

Witold Gombrowicz
Tibaldus
Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC
16 to 27 August 2017

Jason and the Argonauts

Take Thou That Theatre Company
theSpace on Niddry St
4 to 19 August 2017

Jess and Joe Forever

Zoe Cooper
Farnham Maltings
Traverse Theatre
3 to 27 August 2017

John Hegley: Peace, Love and Potatoes

John Hegley
Assembly Checkpoint
13 to 21 August 2017

Jonny & The Baptists: The Best of 2012-2017

Jonny & The Baptists
Fourth Wall
Roundabout @ Summerhall
13 to 19 August 2017

Kafka and Son

Theaturtle, Threshold, Richard Jordan Productions in association with the Pleasance
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 27 August 2017

Karoo Moose - No Fathers

Lara Foot
The Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town
Assembly George Square Studios
3 to 27 August 2017

Kin

Barely Methodical Troupe
Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows
5 to 26 August 2017

Labels

Joe Sellman-Leava
Worklight Theatre
Pleasance Courtyard
10 to 27 August 2017

Last Clown on Earth

Derevo
Derevo
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

Letters to Morrissey

Gary McNair
Traverse Theatre Company in association with Tron Theatre
Traverse Theatre
3 to 27 August 2017

Like Blood from a Cheap Cigar

Genevieve Joy and Joseph Reitman
Genevieve Joy
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
4 to 26 August 2017

Lilith: The Jungle Girl

Sisters Grimm
Sisters Grimm
Traverse Theatre
4 to 27 August 2017

Lists for the End of the World

fanSHEN
Summerhall
4 to 27 August 2017

Lord Dismiss Us

Adapted by Glenn Chandler from the novel by Michael Campbell
Boys of the Empire
The Space at Surgeons' Hall
4 to 26 August 2017

Love+

Malaprop
Summerhall
2 to 24 August 2017

Lovecraft's Monsters

David Crawford
Sweet Grassmarket
3 to 19 August 2017

MANWATCHING

Royal Court Theatre
Roundabout @ Summerhall
4 to 27 August 2017

Mark Steel: Every Little Thing’s Gonna Be Alright

Mark Steel
Assembly Hall
3 to 27 August 2017

Mark Thomas: A Show That Gambles on the Future

Mark Thomas
Summerhall
2 to 27 August 2017

Mary Go Nowhere

Julie Shavers
Black Rocking Chair Productions
Assembly George Square Studios
3 to 28 August 2017

Mavis Sparkle

Gilly Baskeyfield and Dot Wood
M6 Theatre Company
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 20 August 2017

Me and Robin Hood

Shôn Dale-Jones
hoipolloi
Pleasance Dome
2 to 27 August 2017

Michael Brandon – Off-Ramps

Theatre Tours International Ltd
Assembly Rooms
3 to 27 August 2017

Michelle Shocked: Truth vs Reality

Michelle Shocked
Strawberry Jam Tours
The Boards, Edinburgh Playhouse
2 to 16 August 2017

Mies Julie

Baxter Theatre Centre with Assembly Festival and Riverside Studios
Assembly Rooms
3 to 27 August 2017

Mouthpiece

Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava
Quote Unquote Collective and Why Not Theatre
Canada Hub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall
3 to 27 August 2017

My Real Life

Eoin Colfer
Theatre Royal Waterford
Assembly Hall
3 to 27 August 2017

NSFW

Lucy Kirkwood
Not I Theatre
theSpace on Niddry St
4 to 26 August 2017

Nassim

Nassim Soleimanpur
Bush Theatre
Traverse Theatre
3 to 27 August 2017

No Miracles Here

The Letter Room
Northern Stage at Summerhall
5 to 26 August 2017

Nocturnes

Andrew Quick and Pete Brooks
Imitating the Dog
ZOO
21 to 26 August 2017

Not About Heroes

Stephen MacDonald
Flying Bridge Theatre and Seabright Productions in association with Pleasance
Pleasance Dome
4 to 28 August 2017

Odyssey

Theatre Ad Infinitum
Pleasance Dome
2 to 28 August 2017

On Ice

Suzanne Grotenhuis
De Nwe Tijd
Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC
4 to 27 August 2017

Once Were Pirates

Emilie Collyer
Gobsmacked Theatre Company
Pleasance Dome
2 to 27 August 2017

Our Man in Havana

Adapted by Ollie Norton-Smith and Hamish Lloyd Barnes from the novel by Graha...
Spies Like Us Theatre Company
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

Out of Love

Elinor Cook
Paines Plough
Roundabout @ Summerhall
4 to 27 August 2017

Out of the Bad

Anne Hogg adapted by Sarah McCardie
New Town Theatre
4 to 25 August 2017

Part of the Picture

Tom Cooper
Bletherbox
Pleasance Dome
2 to 28 August 2017

Party Game

bluemouth inc. and Jennifer Tarver
bluemouth inc and Necessary Angel Theatre Company
Traverse at the Wee Red Bar
8 to 20 August 2017

Performers

Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh
Performers Ltd
Assembly Rooms
3 to 27 August 2017

Phill Jupitus Up The Stand

Phill Jupitus
The Stand Comedy Club
3 to 27 August 2017

Pike St.

Nilaja Sun
Barrow Street Productions
Roundabout @ Summerhall
4 to 27 August 2017

Pip Utton's Greatest Hits

Pip Utton
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

Professional

Charlotte Cromie
CUSP
theSpace on the Mile
21 to 26 August 2017

Quarter Life Crisis

Yolanda Mercy
Underbelly, Cowgate
3 to 27 August 2017

Questioning Aslan: An Evening with CS Lewis

Nigel Forde
Searchlight Theatre
Palmerston Place Church
23 to 26 August 2017

Replay

Nicola Wren
DugOut Theatre
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

Requiem for Aleppo

Composed by David Cazalet and choreographed by Jason Mabana
Pleasance at the EICC
Pleasance at EICC
16 August 2017

Rhapsodes

Extempore Theatre and Something for the Weekend
Pleasance Dome
14 to 27 August 2017

Richard Carpenter is Close to You

Matthew Floyd Jones
Matthew Floyd Jones
Underbelly, George Square
2 to 27 August 2017

Robert Burns: Rough Cut

Donald Smith
Rough Cut Robin Productions
Scottish Storytelling Centre
4 to 27 August 2017

Ruby Redfort

Lauren Child
Escapade Theatre Company
Assembly George Square Theatre
3 to 28 August 2017

Sam Shaber: Life, Death & Duran Duran

Sam Shaber
Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
2 to 28 August 2017

Seanmhair

Hywel John
The Other Room
Bedlam Theatre
4 to 28 August 2017

Sex Offence

Andy Paterson
Andy Paterson / Salt 'n' Sauce Promotions
New Town Theatre
3 to 27 August 2017

Shakespeare for Breakfast

C theatre
C
2 to 28 August 2017

Spring Awakening: A Reimagining

Milo Morris
Mixtape
SpaceTriplex
14 to 26 August 2017

Staging Wittgenstein

Written and directed by Blair Simmons
Blair Simmons and Nathan Sawaya Productions
C
2 to 28 August 2017

Stand By

Adam McNamara
Utter, in association with The Byre Theatre, St Andrews
Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
11 to 26 August 2017

Storyteller

The Owle Schreame
Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
3 to 28 August 2017

Sugar Baby

Alan Harris
Dirty Protest
Roundabout @ Summerhall
4 to 27 August 2017

Suspicious Minds

Tom Fowler
Pleasance Dome
2 to 28 August 2017

Sweetmeat

Ivo de Jager
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
7 to 13 August 2017

Testosterone

Kit Redstone and Rhum and Clay
Rhum and Clay Theatre Company
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 27 August 2017

The B*easts

Monica Dolan
Monica Dolan and Something for the Weekend
Underbelly, Cowgate
3 to 27 August 2017

The Believers are but Brothers

Javaad Alipoor
Northern Stage
Northern Stage at Summerhall
5 to 26 August 2017

The Bothy

Lambs to the Slaughter Productions
Greenside @ Nicolson Square
21 to 26 August 2017

The Burial of The Rats

Fourth Monkey
theSpace on Niddry St
5 to 11 August 2017

The Cause of Thunder

Chris Dolan
Fair Pley / Salt 'n' Sauce Promotions
New Town Theatre
19 to 28 August 2017

The Charlie Question

Jonathan Hendry
je ne sais quoi theatre
theSpace on the Mile
14 to 19 August 2017

The Dreamer

Inspired by William Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu
Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre in association with Gecko
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 15 August 2017

The Edelweiss Pirates

Ayub Khan
Parker and Snell Youth Company
theSpace on the Mile
14 to 19 August 2017

The Fall

Ameera Conrad, Oarabile Ditsele, Zandile Madiwa, Thando Mangcu, Sizwesandile ...
Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town
Assembly Hall
3 to 27 August 2017

The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk

Daniel Jamieson
Kneehigh & Bristol Old Vic
Traverse Theatre
15 to 27 August 2017

The Giant Killers

Eve Pearson-Wright and Neil Andrew
The Long Lane Theatre Company
Gilded Balloon at Rose Theatre
2 to 28 August 2017

The Gun Show

E M Lewis
CoHo Productions
SpaceTriplex
4 to 26 August 2017

The Illusion of Truth

Mara Menzies
Scottish Storytelling Centre
3 to 24 August 2017

The Inconvenience of Wings

Lara Foot
The Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town
Assembly George Square Studios
3 to 27 August 2017

The Inevitable Quiet of the Crash

Stephen Hyde and Katie Hale
Leoe & Hyde in association with FoxTale Productions
C royale
2 to 28 August 2017

The Interview

Nick Card
Newbury Dramatic Society
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
7 to 12 August 2017

The Last Queen of Scotland

Jaimini Jethwa
Stellar Quines, National Theatre of Scotland and Dundee Rep
Underbelly, Cowgate
3 to 26 August 2017

The North! The North!

Christopher Harrisson
Summerhall
2 to 27 August 2017

The Pit Ponies' Penultimate Life Drawing Class

UndrGround Bird / Rupert Smith
Paradise in The Vault
5 to 12 August 2017

The Revlon Girl

Neil Anthony Docking
Nearside Productions Ltd
Assembly Roxy
2 to 28 August 2017

The Road That Wasn't There

Ralph McCubbin Howell
Trick of the Light and Zanetti Productions
Assembly Roxy
2 to 27 August 2017

The Runner

Francesca Murray-Fuentes
MCS Drama
Underbelly, Cowgate
15 to 19 August 2017

The Shape of the Pain

Chris Thorpe
China Plate
Summerhall
2 to 26 August 2017

The Staff Room

Michelle Payne
Path 22
theSpace @ Surgeons Hall
21 to 26 August 2017

The Sweet Science

Jack Silver, Tim Thomson, Kate Goodfellow and Sally Collett
Tramp
C too
3 to 28 August 2017

The Teeth of Haros

Cowards and Kings
Greenside @ Infirmary Street
14 to 26 August 2017

The Time Machine

Dyad
Assembly Roxy
3 to 28 August 2017

The Truman Capote Talk Show

Richard Jordan Productions in association with Assembly Festival
Assembly Rooms
4 to 27 August 2017

The Whip Hand

Douglas Maxwell
National Theatre of Scotland
Traverse Theatre
3 to 27 August 2017

There Was A Soldier...

OpenCast
Stockbridge Church
15 to 16 August 2017

Three Tales of Life and Death by Craig Lucas

Craig Lucas
Assembly Rooms
3 to 26 August 2017

To Hell in a Handbag

Helen Norton and Jonathan White
Assembly Rooms
3 to 27 August 2017

Tobacco

Adapted by William Harding from Anton Chekhov's monologue, On the Harmful Eff...
Fortune Cookie Theatre Company
Assembly George Square Studios
3 to 27 August 2017

Translunar Paradise

George Mann
Theatre Ad Infinitum
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

Trumpus Interruptus: The Impeachment of Donald J Trump

Zach Tomasovic
Greenside @ Infirmary Steet
6 to 12 August 2017

Tshepang

Lara Foot
Baxter Theatre Centre at the University of Cape Town
Assembly Roxy
3 to 27 August 2017

Two Man Show

Devised by RashDash, music by Becky Wilkie
RashDash
Northern Stage at Summerhall
21 to 26 August 2017

Two Sides of the Curtain

Jack Kelly
SUDS
theSpace on North Bridge
14 to 19 August 2017

Vichy Goings-on

Ben Blow
RFT
Paradise in The Vault
14 to 27 August 2017

Walls

The Flame Collective
ZOO
4 to 12 August 2017

We Need to Talk About Bobby (Off EastEnders)

George Attwell Gerhards
Paperback
ZOO Southside
14 to 28 August 2017

What Goes on in Front of Closed Doors

Calum Finlay and Emma Bentley
joue le genre/Noel Gay Artists
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

What I Learned from Johnny Bevan

Luke Wright
Underbelly, Cowgate
21 to 27 August 2017

What If I Told You

The Mayers Ensemble
Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
11 to 26 August 2017

When We Ran

Patch of Blue in association with Greenwich Theatre
Pleasance Courtyard
2 to 28 August 2017

Wild Bore

Zoe Coombs Marr, Ursula Martinez and Adrienne Truscott
Soho Theatre
Traverse Theatre
8 to 27 August 2017

William Shakespeare's Long Lost First Play (Abridged)

Reduced Shakespeare Company
Gilded Balloon Teviot
3 to 28 August 2017

Wired

Lesley Wilson
In Motion Theatre Company
Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall
23 to 28 August 2017

Woke

Apphia Campbell and Meredith Yarbrough
Play the Spotlight Theatre
Gilded Balloon Teviot
4 to 28 August 2017

Women at War

Rebecca Johannsen
C cubed
3 to 28 August 2017

Woolf

Theatre with Teeth
theSpace on North Bridge
14 to 26 August 2017

Your Love Is Fire

Mudar Alhaggi
Collective Encounter / Collective Ma'louba
Summerhall
2 to 27 August 2017

£¥€$ (LIES)

Joeri Smet, Angelo Tijssens, Karolien De Bleser, Alexander Devriendt
Ontroerend Goed
Upper Church @ Summerhall hosted by RBC
4 to 27 August 2017

Book Festival Features

Edinburgh Book Festival theatre-related events

As always, Edinburgh International Book Festival features a number of events of interest to theatre enthusiast, as well as a growing number of theatre-style performances.