One girl. Five ages. Many morally ambiguous choices.
2021's ★★★★★ online smash hit returns to Fringe reworked and for the first time, live! What critics called 'Witty, well observed and at times devastating; a must see!', Sugar follows Mae as she grows up an ambitious young woman in a world ready to see her fail. Sugar is a rollercoaster of laughs and poignancy, a piece that will leave the audience thinking. Everyone needs a teaspoon of Sugar to sweeten their Fringe.
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Want to be the first to hear about what's happening in Edinburgh? Just hit 'Like' on our Facebook page, join the What's On Scotland Facebook Group and 'Follow' on our Twitter account and you're all set!The solid gold, diamante-studded hit is back, bigger and more sparkly than ever in a run at the Fringe from 30 July – 24 August!
READ MOREThe Edinburgh Fringe returns from 30th July to 25th August 2025 with artists and performers taking to hundreds of stages all over the city to present shows for every taste.
READ MOREGarry Starr is back! The multi-award-winning, sartorially shy comic wunderkind returns to the Fringe with his acclaimed anarchic masterclass: Garry Starr: Classic Penguins!
READ MOREForth on the Fringe is the annual one stop shop for all the essential acts you need to see at this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Catch it at Edinburgh Playhouse on 1st & 2nd August!
READ MOREThe Lady Boys of Bangkok return to Edinburgh with a sensationally glamorous new show, a must-see new production for 2025 packed with fun filled comedy and outrageous cheekiness!
READ MOREOpen your heart and ears to love as award-winning concert pianist Matthew Shiel exposes the scandalous love affairs of the great composers at St Vincent's Chapel this August!
READ MORELet’s celebrate Robert Burns with a real Hootenanny – a Scottish party of words, music and song!
READ MOREAward-winning pianist-conductor Matthew Shiel leads his acclaimed jazz band on a swinging, toe-tapping odyssey by candlelight!
READ MOREInspired by ‘Interstellar,’ this show time-warps cinema history, intersplicing modern film music with silent cinematography with live music as we travel through cinema history!
READ MORECome along to St Vincent's Chapel for an immersive musical experience inspired by Studio Ghibli’s anime Spirited Away, Einaudi's meditative piano pieces, and Japanese Zen stories!
READ MOREExperimental piano troupe performs finger gymnastics and rarely heard music for three pianists playing one piano together!
READ MOREThe Piano Teacher is a frank and brutal account of highs and lows of a misunderstood and undervalued profession by award-winning pianist-storyteller Matthew Shiel.
READ MOREMiriam Margolyes returns to the Fringe with more – more characters, more Dickens, and more fascinating stories about the man behind the classics!
READ MORE80s pop icons Men Without Hats join us at La Belle Angele on August 22nd for a special Fringe headliner!
READ MOREExperience close-up magic with Tim Licata, one of Scotland’s most entertaining sleight-of-hand artists, at your table in the lovely Joker & Thief pub every Thursday!
READ MOREActor, writer and tour guide Alex Staniforth invents a horror story every night at Stand Up Horror... you decide what the characters do, find and sometimes - yes sometimes - even love!
READ MORELeith Youth Drama teen acting classes return for ages 12 to 18 years on Thursdays at Custom House Leith.
READ MORELooking for the best Thursday night out in Edinburgh? Discover The Roze Garden - Edinburgh’s Cabaret and Club Night at The Street!
READ MOREFollowing sell-out runs at Edinburgh Fringe 2023 and 2024, Dan Bastianelli brings his incredible close-up magic experience to Wonder & Co.
READ MOREJoin us for a new quarterly series of full-moon celebrations, with live storytelling, music and a rotating programme of incredible performers.
READ MOREFollowing its sold out smash hit debut tour, Seven Drunken Nights – The Story of The Dubliners returns with an even bigger production, don't miss it at the Usher Hall in March!
READ MORECounterpunch is a powerful story where dreams collide with harsh realities. With every swing, tensions rise as friendships are tested, betrayals cut deep, and survival is on the line.
READ MOREHeart-warming, intriguing and surprising, the play questions how do we judge a life to have been well lived? Who does the judging? And do our memories ever really represent the truth?
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