Fringe events in Edinburgh — Wednesday, August 26 (afternoon)

9:00 am For the Safety of All: Scotland's Lighthouses National Records of Scotland

The stunning coastline of Scotland and its islands have provided a livelihood for its population for centuries. While beautiful, it is one of the most treacherous coastal waters i…

10:00 am Morphological Murmurations Inspace

Morphological Murmurations is a multisensory installation engaging audiences kinaesthetically with language, embodied communication, neurodivergence, artificial intelligence (AI)…

10:00 am Exhibition: Craigmillar Tapestry Scottish Storytelling Centre

The Craigmillar Tapestry Project is a community initiative to create a series of tapestry panels representing the rich history of Craigmillar. Designed and stitched by local peopl…

10:00 am Rain National Library of Scotland

This exhibition makes a splash as we dive into Scotland’s relationship with rain – from weather forecasting, fashion and film, to rain-soaked love stories, climate, and everything…

10:00 am Art to Wear: International Contemporary Jewellery Exhibition Lily Luna Edinburgh Jewellery Boutique

Now in its ninth year, this much-loved jewellery exhibition brings together over 350 unique pieces from 35 independent makers worldwide, alongside rising local talents. Set within…

10:00 am Rag: A History of Blood Physicians' Gallery

Blood has been studied and analysed for thousands of years. Examined for its ability to give life, to spread disease and to sow division. Bringing together artefacts spanning scie…

10:00 am Paperback Revolutions National Library of Scotland

This display tells the story of how the humble paperback revolutionised and democratised access to books. From Penguin's first titles in 1935, to other bestsellers across the deca…

10:00 am A Merchant’s Journey Galerie Mirages

Celebrating our 40th Edinburgh Festival Fringe exhibition, we bring you a stunning selection focusing on the magnificent crafts and textiles of the three main areas of the world t…

10:00 am Jewellery of the World Galerie Mirages

This year we are celebrating 40 years of exhibiting world jewellery at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A magnificent exhibition, featuring jewellery from the Sahara, Central Asia a…

10:00 am Prison Nursing Unlocked: A History of Care and Justice Royal College of Nursing Scotland

Explore the fascinating history of healthcare in prisons, from the work of early reformers like Elizabeth Fry, to prison care and justice for women through the experience of suffr…

10:30 am Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh Meeting Point Outside of Monkey Barrel Comedy

The Mountebank Comedy Walk is Edinburgh's hysterical, historical, completely original and award-winning comedy walking tour, hosted by local professional and award-winning comedia…

10:30 am Edinburgh – A Tale of Two Towns Outside Greyfriars Bobby Bar

Our unique tour sets out to inform and entertain as we take you into both the Old and New Towns, giving you a real sense of the two sides of Edinburgh, revealing some of the secre…

10:30 am Phoebe Anna Traquair Murals at Mansfield Traquair Centre Mansfield Traquair Centre

Come and see the stunning murals painted by Phoebe Anna Traquair between 1893-1901. The murals are a wonderful example of Scotland's arts and crafts movement in the late 19th cent…

10:30 am Festival Exhibitions The Scottish Gallery

Visual artist Kate Downie presents Grasslands: an exhibition exploring the overlooked beauty and ecological significance of the plant world beneath our feet. Australian-based cera…

10:30 am The Wee Museum of Memory and The Wee Play Hub The Wee Museum of Memory

The Wee Museum is a unique social history experience and hands-on exhibition for all ages featuring 1000s of nostalgic objects, fashions, books, pictures, games, toys and memorabi…

11:00 am Murder on the Mile The Castle Rock Cafe

One Ticket Per Team! Returning to the Fringe! Eight venues. Four suspects. One victim. A self-guided murder mystery tour. Visit and learn about eight of the Fringe's biggest venue…

11:00 am Embro Outside Scottish Poetry Library

Poet Ken Cockburn presents, on and around the Royal Mile, 'an Edinburgh alive with literature' (BroadwayBaby.com). Stroll quiet historic closes, bustling contemporary streets and…

11:00 am Eva Rothschild: The Void Presses The Wall Fruitmarket

Eva Rothschild is one of the most significant sculptors of her generation. Her visual vocabulary incorporates enduring forms of classical architecture with a clarity of intent rem…

11:00 am Alison Kinnaird MBE – Art in Glass Art Glass Studio 34

Alison Kinnaird has an international reputation as an artist working in glass. Her work ranges from small intimate pieces to large architectural installations and is included in m…

11:00 am West End Fair St Johns – West End Fair

Discover the best of Scottish art, craft and design as you wander through the stunning leafy grounds of St John's Church, which have once again been converted over many levels int…

11:00 am Amazing Two Curries – Red Curry and Panang Masterclass Krua Thai Cookery School

Exclusive to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, learn how to make amazing chicken curry dishes in this hands-on demonstration. Join a spectacularly entertaining cookery workshop where…

11:00 am Scottish Food and Drink Walking Tour Tigerlily

Enjoy a glamorous gin cocktail with smoked salmon canapes in a stylish pink velvet-seat cocktail bar, ruby, white and tawny port paired with local chocolates in Scotland’s oldest…

11:00 am Jake Chapman – Nicesis: The Unwellness of Wellbeing Scott Lawrie Gallery

Long regarded as the bravest of the Young British Artists, Jake Chapman holds no punches when it comes to attacking... well, everything really. This time it's the "wellness" indus…

11:00 am Hutton in Edinburgh Meeting point at Holyrood Park entrance on Holyrood Park Road

Step back to the 1700s and walk through Edinburgh's landscape with philosopher James Hutton, and his Scottish Enlightenment companions, exploring Hutton's theory of a dynamic Eart…

11:00 am Terrane ætla Fine Jewellery

Terrane is a contemporary jewellery exhibition presented by ætla and curated by luxury writer Kate Matthams during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Featuring work by Alice Cicolini,…

11:00 am Clay 2026 Stockbridge Ceramics

A vibrant show of contemporary ceramics by our resident and guest artists celebrating the versatility of clay. This selling exhibition covers an imaginative spectrum of concepts a…

11:00 am Recovery Room Dr Neil's Garden

Escape to the peaceful Dr Neils Garden. Situated on the banks of Duddingston Loch and view these three exhibitions being held consecutively within the historic Thomson Tower, situ…

11:05 am THIS IS NOT AMERICA: A Razor-Edge New Play To Start Your Day! Pleasance Courtyard

When a dead body is discovered in a house in Brooklyn, three identical brothers are dragged away and questioned. What happens next is only the beginning of their nightmare, as a c…

11:05 am Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress Morning Hour Monkey Barrel Comedy

I want to talk about something, but I don't know what yet. If that doesn't sound like a complete waste of your morning, then I really think you should check it out. It's an early…

11:10 am Cricket & The Freebugs Assembly Rooms

It's 1972 and one bug band is about to change music forever. Five funky bug musicians are coming to you live with the true story of the greatest band you've never heard of. As fea…

11:10 am PACE Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows

PACE is an intimate and visually striking hand-to-hand duet by Below Zero, one of Sweden's most exciting contemporary circus companies. Combining exceptional technical skill with…

11:10 am Pews at Ten Dynamic Earth

Big old things are happening in the smallest city in Britain. A sir – prise is on it’s way to Meryl, Dilys and Rona. A bomb. A sex bomb... On the front pew of St David's Cathedral…

11:15 am Gwen John: Strange Beauties Modern

Gwen John: Strange Beauties is the first major retrospective in over 40 years dedicated to one of Wales’ most accomplished artists. Born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire in 1876, G…

11:15 am Awesome Andy – The Show! PBH's Free Fringe @ CC Blooms

'What an EPIC show' (Mario the Maker Magician). 'Andy Boyd can do anything, probably...' **** (WorldMagicReview.com). From the world of cruise ships, most notably Royal Caribbean'…

11:15 am Dribble Underbelly, George Square

In a Brazilian bar, a table becomes a stage, a pitch and a gathering place. Dribble unfolds as a vibrant celebration where performers sing, drink and share stories – exploring foo…

11:15 am Catherine Opie: To Be Seen National

Discover nearly 80 portraits by American artist Catherine Opie alongside a selection of portraits from Scotland’s national collection, prompting questions around the who, why and…

11:15 am Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

See the very best comedians, selected from across the Fringe, alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selec…

11:15 am Giants National Museum of Scotland

Through life-sized 3D sculptures, skeletons, fossils and hands-on experiences, discover ten enormous but often overlooked giant creatures. Meet the largest land mammal to have wal…

11:15 am 3's Comedy: Mornings Laughing Horse @ City Cafe

Start your day off with a laugh at 3's Comedy: Mornings. 3's Comedy brings together three of the rising stars from the new wave of Australian comedy for a whole new hour of hilari…

11:20 am Helen Bradley: Painter and Storyteller Pleasance Courtyard

This is the sixth painter play that Kara Wilson has written, where she portrays the artist at work and completes an oil painting in her style during the show. Privileged to work w…

11:20 am Rachel Creeger: Ultimate Jewish Mother 2026 Hoots @ The Apex

Relationship problem? Sensitive work email? Need the best recipe for brisket? This Jewish mother has all the answers you need! The joyous, hilarious, interactive comedy show from…

11:20 am Lavender Paradise in The Vault

Summer 1916. Following a shrapnel injury to his shoulder, WWI Captain Edward Beaumont returns home to his devoted fiancée’s estate. Yet the peaceful convalescence he longs for is…

11:20 am DADDY ISSUES Greenside @ Riddles Court

After getting COVID, Spencer can’t stop telling the truth. Desperate to be "fixed," he seeks professional help. But as his clinical sessions unfold, Spencer spirals into revealing…

11:20 am Shhh! (A Wordless Comedy) Gilded Balloon Teviot

Inspired by the silly, timeless humour of Charlie Chaplin, Mr. Bean and classic cartoons. Follow a quirky, daydreaming Vietnamese schoolgirl on a journey to discover their true ca…

11:20 am Mike Rice: A Work in Progress Show (Testing New Horrible Material) Monkey Barrel Comedy

Mike Rice returns to the Fringe to test out new rotten ideas, stories and jokes. The material will touch on subjects ranging from adventures in Africa to dodgy medical procedures.…

11:20 am The Lady Doth Protest Greenside @ George Street

A darkly comic, present-day battle of wits, of the sexes, and of Shakespearean bonafides. The Fool, a self-made "scholar," clings to the Bard for relevance, until a stranger refus…

11:20 am Olivia Xing: Baby of Colour Gilded Balloon Teviot

Olivia won't give birth to anything but a new comedy movement. One where reproductive anxiety, political depression and Chinese daughterhood are somehow cured. She started writing…

11:20 am One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament

One Hundred Voices is an interactive, audio-guided installation, bringing creative insight into living in the care system. It serves as an artistic act of recognition and celebrat…

11:25 am See You Tomorrow Greenside @ George Street

Harrie's workday ends like any other... until her journey home takes a sudden, unthinkable turn. In the following days, she's swept into a system of police reports, questions and…

11:25 am Inside Voices theSpace @ Venue 45

Alex, a young man navigates first love, friendships and the quiet pressure of growing up. At school, between lessons and late-night messages, he tries to balance who he is with wh…

11:25 am The Death of Hundun Greenside @ George Street

Inspired by Zhuangzi’s parable of Hundun, this physically charged solo performance follows a woman living with depression as she sets out on seven journeys to escape pain. Each at…

11:25 am Herstory in History theSpace @ Niddry St

Based on the real-life of a Chinese musical theatre actress, Herstory in History explores the awakening of a woman's agency. After years of portraying a legendary princess sacrifi…

11:25 am There Was A Time Greenside @ George Street

There Was A Time is a psychologically driven drama that unfolds inside the fractured mind of Dot, a woman haunted by a love she was never brave enough to choose. As past and prese…

11:25 am That's Why Mums Go to Switzerland Underbelly, Bristo Square

A middle-aged woman sheepishly turns to her recently bereaved mother: 'We'll move in with you, if you like.' (Thinking she’ll refuse. She doesn’t.) A raw, darkly funny look at a f…

11:25 am Peregrinations Assembly Roxy

A powerful wordless work of masked physical theatre and puppetry with original music, exploring displacement and the immigrant crisis in America. Created from interviews and the l…

11:25 am Awaiting Evaluation Greenside @ Riddles Court

Faced with limitless opportunity, the start of the rest of your life ahead, with endless questions that have no right answer. What else is there to do but take solace in the outra…

11:25 am Burke and Hare: Body Snatchers, Serial Killers, Ulstermen Greenside @ Riddles Court

Dark historian Andrew Johnston of Alternative Ulstours returns to the scene of the crime with his 2025 Fringe sell-out show. Scotland's notorious grave robbers William Burke and W…

11:30 am Shakespeare x 5 ZOO Playground

Surprised by the audience and completely unprepared, two clowns grab the only story everyone knows: Romeo and Juliet. What begins as a funny mission to be understood soon turns in…

11:30 am Northern Lights Presents... Horrible Harmonies (History as You've Never Heard It Before!) Gilded Balloon Patter House

History gets remixed! Strap in as Northern Lights, Durham University's National A Cappella Champions, takes you on a musical journey through time. From ancient legends to modern i…

11:30 am Hello Beach Assembly George Square

Following the hugely successful Hello Birds in 2025, Bran and Tor are back and joined by new friend Piper for a day out at the beach. Who will we meet on our seaside picnic? An in…

11:30 am Catherine Opie: To Be Seen National

Discover nearly 80 portraits by American artist Catherine Opie alongside a selection of portraits from Scotland’s national collection, prompting questions around the who, why and…

11:30 am Edinburgh’s Fun and Funny Walking Tour Meeting Point at High Street Wellhead

Edinburgh’s Old Town as the city deserves to be seen: walking with a local tour guide with a wealth of experience and humour. This is a walking tour with local guides who mastered…

11:30 am Wakey Wakey (It’s Time for Laughter) Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey

Following multiple sold-out runs, Glaswegian comic Stuart Nixon returns with a new hour of stand-up comedy and characters, described by critics as "free". A regular contributor to…

11:30 am Brunch Show – Jake Patrick (WIP) Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate

Following a sold-out 2025 work in progress, emerging star, comedian and all round nice lad Jake Patrick returns to the Fringe! Start your day right with his highly anticipated Bru…

11:30 am Dear Cathy Paradise in Augustines

Written and directed by John Brindley and co-directed by Georgia Emily Scott, performed by Amelia Sweetland, with an original music score by Polo Piatti. Dear Cathy follows one wo…

11:30 am Giants National Museum of Scotland

Through life-sized 3D sculptures, skeletons, fossils and hands-on experiences, discover ten enormous but often overlooked giant creatures. Meet the largest land mammal to have wal…

11:30 am #1 Ethnic Comedy Breakfast Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records

The perfect start to your day in Edinburgh! Hilarious ethnic stories of cricket, Hindu gods, Bollywood movies, accents and more. With only mild coarse language, this show is perfe…

11:30 am Youth in Flames – Winner: Scotsman Fringe First Award Pleasance Courtyard

Inspired by real events, Mimi Martin's 'urgent... superb play' ***** (Scotsman), returns to the Fringe, direct from sell-out Off-Broadway season. Plunging audiences into the raw i…

11:30 am Taiwan Season: Birthday Party Underbelly, Bristo Square

'I've performed at countless birthday parties but never hosted one myself', confesses Lin Lu-Chieh, creator of 2025 Fringe treat Dazed and Confused. Now this charming, theatre-tra…

11:30 am DOOMSCROLL TILL I DIE Pleasance Courtyard

Having sold out shows at the Pleasance Theatre 2025, the whiplash-comedy extravaganza DOOMSCROLL TILL I DIE is back! Scroll through lip-syncs, comedy sketches, multiple dance numb…

11:30 am 11:30am Show Live with Adam Morrison Jones Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters

Adam Morrison Jones has been lighting up the stand-up comedy scene for over a decade, captivating audiences with his high-energy, laugh-out-loud performances. From the charm of cl…

11:30 am Charlie Lewis: Hungry! Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters

Join online sensation and rising star Charlie Lewis for his debut solo show Hungry! Described as absolutely brilliant – Charlie is fast becoming a favourite on the circuit with hi…

11:30 am Children's Underground Ghost Show City of Edinburgh Tours @ Old Police Box

Who haunts our world-famous vaults? Join Mingin' Annie from Edinburgh's past and explore what it's like being trapped beneath the city streets for 400 years. Ghostly fun for every…

11:30 am Not There Yet Greenside @ George Street

Two women. No names. No age. They are slowly losing their grip on the world – forgetting, fading. But they choose to go on a journey together, holding each other up. Along the way…

11:30 am Cathy Traverse Theatre

Eilidh Loan is a young Scottish writer. Her first play, Moorcroft was a true story based upon her dad's amateur football team, and opened to critical acclaim when she directed it…

11:30 am An IQ137 Cheerio (Work in Progress) Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull

Bilee returns with her unique, gentle, surreal humour! From the East to Edinburgh, she left a global carbon footprint, hopping on random trains of thought. 'Our job is to observe,…

11:30 am Bull / Fight Summerhall

Andalucia, 1936. The poet Lorca is shot. A shallow grave. Unmarked. Through the eyes of a travelling theatre company Bull / Fight searches for the lost poet's beauty among the dus…

11:30 am Gwen John: Strange Beauties Modern

Gwen John: Strange Beauties is the first major retrospective in over 40 years dedicated to one of Wales’ most accomplished artists. Born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire in 1876, G…

11:30 am Mary-Kate and Ashley Ruined My Life (WIP) Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town)

Growing up, I worshipped the trailblazing Olsen twins, determined to become 90s royalty. Instead, I ended up a non-twin millennial: not white, not American... still not a twin. Ra…

11:30 am Little Shop of Horrors Braw Venues @ Hill Street

This delectable sci-fi horror musical with fantastic music is a brilliant family watch as Seymour finds a plant and it grows and grows but what is it eating? Great songs great act…

11:30 am One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament

One Hundred Voices is an interactive, audio-guided installation, bringing creative insight into living in the care system. It serves as an artistic act of recognition and celebrat…

11:35 am Letters to Joan – A Lovely New Play Pleasance Courtyard

What if La La Land chose love over ambition? What if The Notebook kept going 50 years later? When a granddaughter uncovers a box of forgotten love letters, she finds herself slipp…

11:35 am Down To Chance Pleasance Courtyard

Anchorage, Alaska. 1964. The largest earthquake in US history. A part-time radio reporter, her teenage intern, a general on leave, and a local hobbyist find themselves at the cent…

11:35 am Alison Spittle: Finger Guns (Work in Progress) Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire)

Winner: Comedian's Choice Award 2025 – Best Show. Winner: Dublin Fringe Award 2025 – Best Performer. As seen and heard on Ignore That Feeling, Wheel of Misfortune, Richard Osman's…

11:35 am Famous Last Words theSpace on the Mile

Two failing writers recalling a drunken night remember a stroke of fortune which motivates them to finish their play. However, as creative tensions flare and truths are revealed,…

11:35 am Jerk Off! Underbelly, Bristo Square

After her mother's death, a British-Pakistani woman moves to Boston – where a 6'5" Puerto Rican hip hop dancer from the Bronx teaches her how to dance, how to take up space and ho…

11:35 am Every Day's A School Day Laughing Horse @ City Cafe

They say that every day's a school day, which is never truer than when you're a teacher stuck in the classroom with no obvious means of escape. Mark Row has discovered that it's n…

11:40 am My Screaming Pomegranates Greenside @ Riddles Court

Step into ancient moonlight and encounter Persephone as you’ve never seen her before. A daring solo performance blends Greek myth, dark humour and immersive storytelling to explor…

11:40 am CAKE: A Crime of Love theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

It’s 24 hours before Alfie’s birthday party. 24 hours before someone’s going to die. What happens next has everything to do with what happened before. Charlotte has made the cake.…

11:40 am Sobremesa Gilded Balloon Patter House

We've all been stuck at dinner with someone who won't stop talking. One more drink. One more opinion. One more thing they have to say. It's Alma's birthday, and her sister Billie…

11:40 am Long Way Home Gilded Balloon Patter House

Layla, an Iranian refugee, escapes war and rebuilds herself in American television. But when her dream begins to fracture, the past she once fled quietly returns. Long Way Home is…

11:40 am Just William theSpace on the Mile

William Brown requests the pleasure of your company in the audience for the play wot he has wrote, directed and also starred in for your delectation. The programme was supposed to…

11:40 am Elsa McTaggart: Capturing the Light theSpaceTriplex

The third child of Gaelic-speaking crofters, William McTaggart became one of Scotland’s most celebrated artists through sheer determination and hard work. What is his legacy a cen…

11:40 am Searching for Robert Hennessey Greenside @ George Street

A little boy answers every doorbell hoping it's his daddy. Decades later, after surviving sexual abuse, cult indoctrination and a terminal AIDS diagnosis, that boy – now a man – s…

11:40 am Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life Summerhall

'Storytelling at its best!' (Playbill.com). Sold-out runs in 2023, 2024 and 2025. This highly awarded, internationally touring, inspirational true story is about overcoming obstac…

11:40 am One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament

One Hundred Voices is an interactive, audio-guided installation, bringing creative insight into living in the care system. It serves as an artistic act of recognition and celebrat…

11:40 am QFWFQ Summerhall

You are reading about QFWFQ, winner of Best Solo Show at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe. A surrealist labyrinth that stretches time and space. Inspired by Italo Calvino's If On a Winte…

11:45 am Adam Riches: The Captain Summerhall

From the writer of Jimmy, the totally sold-out, smash-hit, one-man show of Summerhall 2024 – 'solo shows are ten a penny at the Edinburgh Fringe, but this feels like one in a mill…

11:45 am Gwen John: Strange Beauties Modern

Gwen John: Strange Beauties is the first major retrospective in over 40 years dedicated to one of Wales’ most accomplished artists. Born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire in 1876, G…

11:45 am Murder at the Fringe 2 Braw Venues @ Hill Street

Back again! Carry on dying! Prof Stiff has been found dead. Who had the motive to kill? You listen to the evidence, you cross examine the suspects and then you decide this interac…

11:45 am Parkies theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Porn star wannabe, retired accountant, Croatian student on a gap year, Christian proselytizer and a drag queen in training. We all live and work together in a remote corner of one…

11:45 am The Chairs Revisited Just The Tonic at The Caves

Following five-star success with Miss Julie (*****, ThreeWeeks) and The Nine Lives of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (*****, CafeBabel.com), the veterans are back with a perfect lockdow…

11:45 am Giants National Museum of Scotland

Through life-sized 3D sculptures, skeletons, fossils and hands-on experiences, discover ten enormous but often overlooked giant creatures. Meet the largest land mammal to have wal…

11:45 am The Greatest Magic Show Assembly George Square Gardens

'For a fun, family show, this is the show to see!' **** (Entertainment-Now.com). 'A rollicking rollercoaster ride!' ****½ (West Australian). The multi award-winning, sell-out smas…

11:45 am Fatherload ZOO Southside

David Labi spent years of his life chasing cheap thrills across the globe. Now, David is sober, stuck and staring down his greatest challenge. A baby. And it's his. Amid flying co…

11:45 am The Letterman Gilded Balloon Teviot

Alphabet not behaving? Call the Letterman, the world's best alphabetarian! Award-winning clown Bryce Flint-Somerville (Blue Man Group, Barroz) will have you in hysterics as he bat…

11:45 am The People in Our Lives Greenside @ George Street

The People in Our Lives is a one-man show written and performed by Jack Palmer. Making his Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2026, Jack Palmer takes on the role of Jason McDonald, who is…

11:45 am Safety Underbelly, Bristo Square

When psychotherapist Adam reconnects with a former patient outside his consulting room, he only wants to help. But slowly, something between them begins to shift. Is everything as…

11:45 am Catherine Opie: To Be Seen National

Discover nearly 80 portraits by American artist Catherine Opie alongside a selection of portraits from Scotland’s national collection, prompting questions around the who, why and…

11:45 am Suitcase Show Assembly Roxy

A traveller arrives at a border with a stack of battered cases. From within them, whole worlds will emerge... Trick of the Light (The Bookbinder) presents an eclectic box set of s…

11:45 am Angel Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ The Counting House

Award-winning Angel Comedy (Repeat Best Venue in UK Award winner) brings a brand-new showcase of new acts to Edinburgh for 2026 – after eight sell-out years! Award-winning comedia…

11:45 am David William Bryan – In Loyal Company Pleasance Courtyard

The incredible true story of missing WWII soldier Arthur Robinson, written and performed by his great-nephew David William Bryan. May 1941. Hitler's bombs rain down on Liverpool.…

11:45 am MAJENIN – A Palestinian Love Story Pleasance Dome

Majenin means 'crazy people' in Arabic. The Palestinian rom-com you've been waiting for: a tale of two fools who dare to love in a world obsessed with their sadness. Torn between…

11:50 am The Umbrella Man: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK Assassination theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Dallas, 22 November 1963. The main event is supposed to be on Main Street – crowds fifty deep, a blizzard of ticker tape. A few blocks away in Dealey Plaza, the scene is quieter:…

11:50 am July 15th to... theSpace @ Niddry St

A one-woman physical theatre performance about living with bipolar disorder. Through movement, Ella's world shifts between emotional highs and lows-bursts of energy, creativity an…

11:50 am 199 Jokes Before Lunchtime: Danny Matinee! theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Sell-out show, Edinburgh Fringe 2025! As featured in The Times and Telegraph Best Jokes of Edinburgh Fringe 2025! An insect joke? Tick. A tartan joke? Check. Join Danny Matinee fo…

11:50 am Hecuba: Why Am I In Your Country? Gilded Balloon Teviot

Trojan Women Project presents Palestinian Syrian actress Arwa Omaren's Offie-nominated one woman play about her perilous journey from Syria to the UK. Hope, humour and defiance ba…

11:50 am The Last Days of Liz Truss? theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Join Liz, on her last morning at Number 10, in an exploration – equally comic and tragic – of the tensions in politics: between ambition and ability, vision and reality, going sho…

11:50 am Daniel Cainer: What Am I, Chopped Liver? Underbelly, George Square

A razor-sharp, richly funny and only slightly irreverent collection of songs inspired by current affairs, family affairs and affairs of the heart. As seen on TV, as heard on radio…

11:50 am One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament

One Hundred Voices is an interactive, audio-guided installation, bringing creative insight into living in the care system. It serves as an artistic act of recognition and celebrat…

11:55 am Steve Richards Presents Rock and Roll Politics theSpace @ Symposium Hall

The legendary show returns amidst even greater political turmoil... time for us all to make sense of the fresh epic dramas and the characters that shape them. Plus new unreliable…

11:55 am Live From The Afterlife Assembly Roxy

Ping-ponging between campfire storytelling and psychedelic, gut-punching folk-rock, Live From The Afterlife is a solo piece by Charlie Kilgore about time, hitchhiking, surviving a…

11:55 am Ben Ashurst: The Worst Man Laughing Horse @ City Cafe

Ben Ashurst is struggling to be an adult. Now in his thirties, he should be getting his act together, but it's hard when the world doesn’t make sense. What do you mean you can’t w…

12:00 pm It’s the Economy, Stupid! Pleasance Dome

Joe Sellman-Leava and Dylan Howells return, with their quest to uncover how the economy wins elections and why the force that dominates our lives is so bloody complicated! Armed w…

12:00 pm ARCADE Pleasance Dome

Using the nostalgic aesthetic of 1980s video games, ARCADE invites participants to guide an avatar through a series of branching paths. Choices are offered, sides can be taken and…

12:00 pm The Dream Machine Pleasance Courtyard

'This young quintet bring the chaos and the charm' (BroadwayWorld.com). Your dreams. Our chaos. Buckle in for the hour of your life. Make It Beautiful Theatre Company presents The…

12:00 pm Cut Off Hoots @ Nicolson Square

Split-bill character comedy from Noah Matthews (one half of sketch group Bishops: sold out Edinburgh Fringe 2023 and 2024) and Max Devine (Sketch Off finalist, Comic Originality A…

12:00 pm Giants National Museum of Scotland

Through life-sized 3D sculptures, skeletons, fossils and hands-on experiences, discover ten enormous but often overlooked giant creatures. Meet the largest land mammal to have wal…

12:00 pm C digital performance and film C ARTS | C venues | C alto

Hand-picked shows from our digital performance programme and highlights from our critically-acclaimed short film programme. Pop in for a quirky short, linger longer for a moving m…

12:00 pm When Vincent Met John C ARTS | C venues | C alto

Vincent van Gogh died in 1890, John Lennon died in 1980, both of gunshot wounds to the chest. But Imagine what might have happened had they actually met? Five years before their d…

12:00 pm This Is Not Hansel and Gretel PBH's Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth

A 14th-century story. Two children, abandoned in the woods. A witch. But the magic is in the telling. A fairy tale for grownups, from one of the darkest times in Europe. Two years…

12:00 pm 1 Hour Of LAFS Hoots @ Nicolson Square

1 Hour of LAFS is a mixed-bill showcase hosted by The London Arts Facilitation Society, a charitable organisation helping working-class people in the arts. Come see the contenders…

12:00 pm Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Catherine Bohart returns to the Fringe to build a brand-new show about her birthright – all-encompassing, generational worry. But it's a laugh! As s…

12:00 pm Spiral theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

Using the body as my medium, I explore life and identity. I try to find my own place within the crowd and let go of unnecessary labels. I want to break down a disciplined body and…

12:00 pm What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Funnier Laughing Horse @ The Counting House

Ever wondered how to survive life’s messy, awkward and chaotic moments with your sanity (mostly) intact? Comedian Thao Cao has been there – surviving near-death experiences, racis…

12:00 pm Mi Casa es su Casa Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle

The high energy and interactive creation of Ecuador's number one comic El Purnell. A gag-heavy show that travels from the UK to Asia, South America and New Zealand in an hour! He…

12:00 pm Depths of Wikipedia Underbelly, Bristo Square

Journey through Wikipedia's murky depths, like 'list of sexually active popes', and discover the behind-the-scenes drama and delights of an encyclopaedia run by anonymous (but ext…

12:00 pm The Midlife Mind Flip Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

What was your rock bottom? Divorce? Redundancy? Cancer? Sharon VS can relate. She's done it all – in the same year. And this Edinburgh regular is spilling the tea. Hilarious and p…

12:00 pm Mark Simmons: Jokes At Noon PBH's Free Fringe @ Liquid Room

Joke of the Fringe winner, Mark Simmons (Mock the Week) returns to Edinburgh with his new one-liners, midway through his sold-out national tour. A show for people that like jokes.…

12:00 pm Comedy Sheep: All Star Stand-Up Showcase! Hoots @ The Apex

Catch the best comedians Wales has to offer in explosive secret lineups of hilarity, including a token non-Welsh person* (who will also be funny). A nightly showcase featuring TV…

12:00 pm Stuart Mitchell – Solo Show Hoots @ The Apex

Following a complete sell-out 2025 tour he's back! With over 200M views online, join the longest-running panelist from BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News, Stuart Mitchell. Be the fi…

12:00 pm GANNET Just The Tonic at The Mash House

GANNET / 'gæ-net: 1) Noun: a strange-looking seabird. 2) Slang: a greedy person. 3) A dark comedy about a bird climbing the corporate ladder, created by two unemployable fools, Pe…

12:00 pm Serious Nonsense PBH's Free Fringe @ Greek Gyros Grill

Funny, horrible and just a bit naughty, Ben Macpherson brings the perfect gateway to your Fringe afternoon back to Edinburgh, for its fourth year. Serious Nonsense is a free poetr…

12:00 pm Aaaaaaargh! It's the One Liner Show Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys

Enjoy an hour of the best up-and-coming one-liner comedians on the circuit in this celebration of puns, one-liners and wordplay. Hosted by UK Pun Champion and Joke of the Fringe w…

12:00 pm An Ode to the Casting Director Assembly George Square Studios

The 2026 OffFEST nominee returns to Edinburgh after a smash-hit debut with five-star sell-out shows, winning a Fringe Theatre Award in 2025. Impressively accoladed solo show writt…

12:00 pm An Audience with Charles Manson Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters

Zany, humorous, life exploration of infamous American criminal: Manson. British doppelganger, Charlie, has an affinity with his US namesake. Their twin-like connection is a fright…

12:00 pm The Over 50s Dating Comedy Game Show Frankenstein Pub

From the creator of the critically acclaimed LOLyamorous speed dating show – a comedy dating game show for the over 50s to meet a new partner or friend in a fun hour at the Fringe…

12:00 pm Elizabeth Blackadder: A Life in Colour Dovecot Studios

Dame Elizabeth Blackadder (1931-2021) is the first woman to have been elected to both the Royal Scottish Academy (1972) and the Royal Academy of Arts (1976). The breadth of her wo…

12:00 pm Murder on the Mile The Castle Rock Cafe

One Ticket Per Team! Returning to the Fringe! Eight venues. Four suspects. One victim. A self-guided murder mystery tour. Visit and learn about eight of the Fringe's biggest venue…

12:00 pm Van Gogh & Me Dovecot Studios

Two painters. Nine weeks. At the end, an ear is severed. This brand-new one-person play journeys back to 1888, tracing the charged encounter between Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gaug…

12:00 pm Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop Dovecot Studios

Through costumes, accessories and sketches, learn the design and making process from script to screen. Leading costume designers and actors share their favourite costumes, showing…

12:00 pm Bone China C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

When a twisted artist burns his murdered bride into a porcelain masterpiece, her silenced spirit demands justice. This visually stunning fairytale merges the darkness of Grimm sto…

12:00 pm ScotlandsFest: Ancient Voices, Living Landscape – Scotland’s Geomythography St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church

Join Stuart McHardy, author of Scotland’s Geomythography, and look at ancient Scotland through new eyes. Through a lifetime of research as a musician and storyteller, combined wit…

12:00 pm Amazing Bubble Man Underbelly, George Square

Louis Pearl has been thrilling audiences worldwide for over 30 years with the art, magic, science and fun of bubbles. An Edinburgh Fringe favourite, he has sold out for the last 1…

12:00 pm Catherine Opie: To Be Seen National

Discover nearly 80 portraits by American artist Catherine Opie alongside a selection of portraits from Scotland’s national collection, prompting questions around the who, why and…

12:00 pm Ryan Mold: Resistant Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap

A hilarious look at what happens when life changes faster than you can keep up. Relatable, warm and sharply funny stand-up about surviving the madness of modern times – one reluct…

12:00 pm FLIGHT Assembly George Square

FLIGHT is an immersive audio experience in complete darkness, inside a shipping container with an interior exactly resembling a full-scale plane cabin. Exploring the Many-Worlds I…

12:00 pm The Oxford Imps: Improvised Comedy Hour! Gilded Balloon Patter House

A fun, fast-paced comedy show, made up entirely on the spot from your suggestions! The Imps have been a Fringe fixture for 20 years, captivating audiences with Whose Line Is It An…

12:00 pm The Very Best of Tommy Cooper – Just Like That! Gilded Balloon Patter House

Billed as one of the top ten attractions at the Glastonbury Festival 2023, this hilarious one-man show recaptures the mayhem and misfiring magic of one of Britain's best-loved ent…

12:00 pm Midday Cabaret Just The Tonic at The Caves

Your full Fringe fix before lunchtime! A rotating selection of the best in variety at the festival in one jam-packed show. Enjoy stunning musicians, top comedians, the best in bur…

12:00 pm Sasha Graham's Ghost Stories and Tarot Just The Tonic at The Caves

Tarot cards are a gateway to the supernatural. Best-selling tarot author and horror actress Sasha Graham transports audiences to a haunted loft in 1992 New York City with real lif…

12:00 pm Drone Pleasance Courtyard

Will machines take revenge on us? Featuring Alan Cox on Screen. Dimitry Melkin, playwright and director, unites storytelling, dance and neural network-driven visuals into a single…

12:00 pm One Million Words Pleasance Dome

Step into a world of words and human connection, inspired by the writings of Rainer Maria Rilke. Letters, love and longing connect a poet of the past with an actor of today. Strug…

12:00 pm One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament

One Hundred Voices is an interactive, audio-guided installation, bringing creative insight into living in the care system. It serves as an artistic act of recognition and celebrat…

12:00 pm Whale Fall or Song to Dance With My Death St Cuthbert's Church

Staged within historic St Cuthbert’s Church, with echoes of its graveyard, Whale Fall is a meditation on mortality, blending autobiography, anthropology and theatre. The work unfo…

12:00 pm 162nd Edinburgh International Photography Exhibition 2026 Edinburgh Photographic Society

Edinburgh Photographic Society is delighted to present their prestigious annual print exhibition. The very best photographic prints are selected from thousands received from aroun…

12:00 pm Agent November's Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh

The Museum of Secrets has been robbed! Join a mysterious secret agent to help investigate the murder of Mr E, the head of security. YOU are the hero of this pop-up escape game. Wi…

12:00 pm Mysteries of the Picts Summerhall

Smoke, scent and steam conjure the sweathouses of ancient Scotland and the mysterious painted Picts who gathered there. Traditional sauna rituals invoke our legendary ancestors wh…

12:00 pm Gwen John: Strange Beauties Modern

Gwen John: Strange Beauties is the first major retrospective in over 40 years dedicated to one of Wales’ most accomplished artists. Born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire in 1876, G…

12:05 pm An Introvert's Guide to Magic PBH's Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms

Quietly mind-blowing. Winner of Best Comedy Magic Act and Stage Magician of the Year at the 2025 Bristol Magic Awards, George proves you don't need to be an extrovert to astonish.…

12:05 pm Mrs Macbeth theSpace on the Mile

If you hear everything and say nothing, does that make you complicit? From multi award-winning writer and performer Susanna Hamnett (Nearly Lear, Hotel Elsinore), Mrs Macbeth is a…

12:05 pm The Ballad of Isobel Gunn theSpace @ Symposium Hall

A new Scottish-Canadian musical recounting the extraordinary true tale of Isobel Gunn, a Scottish Orcadian woman who explored Canada in 1806, living as a man and working for the H…

12:05 pm Lindsey Santoro: It Was Like That When I Got Here Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire)

Lindsey returns following the huge success of her Fringe debut, which won NextUp’s Biggest Award in Comedy and earned her an Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nomination. Seen…

12:05 pm Tom Ward: Post-Millennium Tension (WIP) Hoots @ Nicolson Square

Before Tom bails out on the modern world entirely to commit to nostalgia full-time, the burner phone using, Discman carrying, 1988-1995 obsessed freak is giving the present tense…

12:05 pm Lorna Rose Treen: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy

Award-winning character comedian Lorna Rose Treen is trying out a bunch of bits that some people have called ‘too new’. It’s going to be rough, it’s going to be messy, it’s going…

12:05 pm The Upwards Journey of a Champagne Bubble Gilded Balloon Patter House

The day has finally arrived for childhood romantics Daisy and Marmaduke. Their home is pristine, candles blazing, wine at the ready – but one final task remains: proving their lov…

12:05 pm 2%: A Play About Privilege (And Also Milk) theSpaceTriplex

What does milk have to do with growing up privileged and Asian in America? In his Edinburgh Fringe debut, Kevin Qian shares stories about tasting flesh, private schools, and how h…

12:10 pm Only Fans for Therapy ZOO Playground

OnlyFans for Therapy is a darkly comic solo about trauma, accountability and the absurd economics of healing. Whilst triggered on holiday, a woman realises the only way to remain…

12:10 pm Cheryl Hurst: Lots More Mr Nice Guy Hoots @ The Apex

Award-winning comedian Cheryl Hurst is actually a really nice guy and she’s going to prove it. But probably not today! Join her for lunch time jokes about trying to be a better pe…

12:10 pm Earth to Squiggy: A Lenny and The Squigtones Musical theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

A ground-breaking musical comedy starring real-life daughter of David L. Lander (TV's Squiggy from Laverne & Shirley) Natalie Lander and Alex Ellis. Squigronica (Lander) and her b…

12:10 pm GULP! Assembly Roxy

GULP! is an absurd physical comedy where an ordinary morning spirals into a full lifetime love story between Henry and his breakfast. He wants an entire life with his new wife, bu…

12:10 pm The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show Just The Tonic at The Caves

A family-friendly quick-fire improvised sketch show, chock full of fast-paced performing and mirthsome short comedy sketches. The Elephant in the Room is... we have no idea what t…

12:10 pm Ndlovu Youth Choir Assembly Hall

The Ndlovu Youth Choir makes its Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut with a high-energy spectacle that blends African music, choreography and global hits into a vibrant, unforgettable…

12:10 pm Chris Cantrill: Rewilding Monkey Barrel Comedy at O'Neill's (The Tron)

Join the triple Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated top lad Cantrill for a twisted tale of community, justice and mushrooms. Former city slicker Chris finally found peace in the coun…

12:10 pm The Love Hungry Farmer Assembly Rooms

The Love Hungry Farmer by John B. Keane, adapted and performed by Seamus O Rourke. Directed by Michael Scott. John B. Keane ranks among the great Irish writers. His plays include…

12:10 pm One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament

One Hundred Voices is an interactive, audio-guided installation, bringing creative insight into living in the care system. It serves as an artistic act of recognition and celebrat…

12:15 pm Gwen John: Strange Beauties Modern

Gwen John: Strange Beauties is the first major retrospective in over 40 years dedicated to one of Wales’ most accomplished artists. Born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire in 1876, G…

12:15 pm The World at 15mph... ish PBH's Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd

Looking for inspiration? Need an uplift? Come and hear this recommended show from an inspirational lady with a heck of a story. Naomi cycled 20,000 miles around the world with a m…

12:15 pm Taiwan Season: The Wall Summerhall

2024 Bobby Award-winning company Seed Dance returns to the Fringe with the UK premiere of another 'stunning' (BroadwayBaby.com) production by gifted artistic director Huang Wen-Je…

12:15 pm Cyberbully Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull

Struggling to find a job and/or love interest? Maybe it's your cringy Instagram or that racist meme you posted on Facebook back in 2007? Have no fear! Comedians Kat Baker and Lucy…

12:15 pm Scottish Comedy Legends: Jane McCarry The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4

Jane McCarry known to most as the irrepressible Isa from Still Game, Jane has had a life of performing in TV and theatre in Scotland with appearances in everything from The Tales…

12:15 pm Adam Bromley: Hyperconnected Laughing Horse @ Bar 50

Follow Adam on his journey from analogue childhood to online adult life. Can he stop doomscrolling? How do you make real connections when everyone else is on social media? Join on…

12:15 pm Jeremy Dooley: Daddy Cool Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey

Australia's Jeremy Dooley beings his debut solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe! Packed full of quick jokes and storytelling, with moments that will make you laugh out, be happy it w…

12:15 pm Magic Spectacular Hoots @ Potterrow

A thoughtfully curated Fringe showcase celebrating magic, mind reading, circus skill, and international variety. This family-friendly compilation brings together exceptional perfo…

12:15 pm Catherine Opie: To Be Seen National

Discover nearly 80 portraits by American artist Catherine Opie alongside a selection of portraits from Scotland’s national collection, prompting questions around the who, why and…

12:15 pm Jellyfish Underbelly, George Square

Nova and T have just turned 100 years old – but still look 30. For one day only, the twins host an exclusive interview revealing the secrets behind their eternal youth. Peek into…

12:15 pm Craig Wilson: This Might Be Nothing Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar

After ten years of backhanded compliments, rude drunks, and being bullied by teenagers, Craig is starting to wonder if fast food is the career for him after all. Wilson builds a c…

12:15 pm SLAYERS by Corinne Salisbury Assembly George Square Studios

'He takes hold of my wrist. His thumb is on the vein. I don’t pull away. Then I do, I pull away.' Liane is a single mother, a survivor of abuse, now trying desperately to shield h…

12:15 pm Seymour Mace Is Covered In Stickers! Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant

The stickers have words on. The words refer to bits. The bits could be anything! Satire, surrealism, stupidity, spangles, spaceships, soups, something in a bag! You say the words,…

12:15 pm Robin Boot's Rockomedy: Pun to the Hills PBH's Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies

The harbinger of rock'n'drole returns to the Fringe with his 10th 'must-see show' (NowPress.co.uk). Jam-packed with guitar-wielding wordplay and silliness, this is musical comedy…