Theatre Events in Edinburgh on 24 August 2024
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In her debut storytelling show, Jessica Regan (BBC, Channel 4, The Guilty Feminist) shares lessons lived and learned from a life in no particular order.
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3 Chickens Confront Existence
The critically-acclaimed '3 Chickens Confront Existence' promises to make audiences laugh, cry and, hopefully, laugh some more. Catch it at the Assembly Roxy!
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44 Sex Acts in One Week
From the razor-sharp pen of Fringe First winner David Finnigan (Kill Climate Deniers) comes 44 Sex Acts in One Week, a fruity apocalyptic rom-com!
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5 Mistakes That Changed History
Blending history, storytelling and comedy, 5 Mistakes That Changed History is perfect for history lovers, the history-curious and anyone who loves to learn new things, whilst having a laugh.
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A History of Paper
A History of Paper is a musical love story about a man and a woman and the little bits of paper that make up a life.
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A Knock On The Roof
This heartbreaking, gripping, and surprisingly comedic solo show comes to Edinburgh for only 12 performances ahead of a highly anticipated Off-Broadway run in January 2025.
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All the Fraudulent Horse Girls
From writer Michael Louis Kennedy, and award-winning company Brooklyn Rep, comes this outrageous, queer, absurd colt-comedy-melodrama, galloping into Edinburgh this summer.
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All These Pretty Things
Tracey Yarad’s 'All These Pretty Things' is an evocative portrayal of one woman’s capacity to come back stronger than ever.
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Arturo Brachetti: SOLO
Take a magical journey inside the mind of Italian quick-change legend Arturo Brachetti (Olivier-nominated), in the UK premiere of smash-hit show SOLO.
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Assembly Hall
Combining Arthurian cosplay and emotive contemporary dance, Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young present their major new dance work 'Assembly Hall' at the Festival Theatre!
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Baby Wants Candy
One of the world’s most celebrated improv shows EVER heads back to the Fringe for its 17th year with a run of 26 brand new one-off musicals!
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Bill’s 44th
The critically acclaimed puppeteering duo Andy Manjuck and Dorothy James return to Edinburgh Fringe with their tragicomedy hit Bill’s 44th.
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Black is the Color of My Voice
Fringe First award winner Apphia Campbell's stunning solo show inspired by the life of Nina Simone returns in 2024!
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Blues and Burlesque
Following sell-out runs in Edinburgh, Perth and Adelaide, this award-winning live music cabaret is back with a brand-new show at the Fringe!
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Cab-arette Showtour
Enjoy a unique comedy musical Showtour in a taxi... be driven around Edinburgh, whilst entertained by Lola and her variety of characters!
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Dear Billy
Produced by the National Theatre of Scotland, Dear Billy is a love letter to The Big Yin from the people of Scotland, don't miss it at the Assembly Rooms as part of the Fringe!
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Diary of a Magician
Diary of a Magician is an immersive and multi-disciplinary show that seamlessly blends magic, drama, mime, dance, clowning, and movement. Catch it at the Fringe!
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Did You Mean to Fall Like That
Did You Mean to Fall Like That is a brand new comedy exploring contemporary masculinity and male bisexuality by award-winning writer Stephanie Martin. Catch it at The Fringe!
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Edge of Time
Edge of Time is a haunting exploration of the power of hope, and the life affirming journey of breaking free from conformity.
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Edinburgh Fringe returns from 2nd to 26th August 2024 with artists and performers taking to hundreds of stages all over the city to present shows for every taste.
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Edinburgh International Festival
The Edinburgh International Festival returns from 2nd to 25th August 2024 with live performance throughout the city.
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FREAK OUT!
Coin Toss Collective are making their Fringe debut at the Pleasance with their multilayered, award-nominated theatre show FREAK OUT!
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Ginger Johnson Blows Off!
Reigning Queen of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, beloved powerhouse performer Ginger Johnson swaps her crown for a crash helmet as she brings her all-new show Ginger Johnson Blows Off! to Edinburgh Fringe.
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Gracie and the Start of the End of the World (Again)
This ART Award Winner 2024 is an extinction-level story about heartbreak, revolution and surviving the apocalypse.
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Gulliver’s Travels
With ingenious puppetry, stirring shanties, and sharp, relevant satire, Box Tale Soup bring Gulliver's breathtaking journey to life in this astonishing adaptation.
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How Can I Help You?
Callum Patrick Hughes returns to The Pleasance after his critically acclaimed 2023 Edinburgh Fringe debut with 'How Can I Help You?'.
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How to Mate - The Ted XXX Talk
Actor, writer and drag king Daisy Doris May is bring How To Mate - The Ted XXX show to the Assembly Roxy as part of the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Hypnotist Matt Hale: Top Tun! 80s Spectacular - Remix
The unmissable sell-out smash-hit comedy hypnosis show with 80s party vibes returns! Remixed for 2024!
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Ian Stone is Keeping it Together
Ian will return to Edinburgh Fringe in August 2024 with a brand new show, ‘Ian Stone is Keeping it Together’, from 1st - 25th August at the Counting House Ballroom.
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In Defiance of Gravity
From Unleash The Llama comes an extraordinary story based on real historical events, told through dynamic physical theatre, multi-roling and stage illusion.
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In Two Minds
Explored through the dynamic of a mother-daughter relationship, In Two Minds is deeply personal, inventive, funny and life-affirming.
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June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me
The story of one of country music's most iconic voices: June Carter Cash. In this raw, honest, and authentic show, Charlene Boyd gets to grips with a life less ordinary.
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Juniper and Jules
From writer Stephanie Martin comes a queer rom-com about what it means not just to survive without a template, but to carve our own.
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Kafka’s Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets!
Having delighted swarms of audiences from New York to Montréal, Kafka’s Metamorphosis: The Musical! With Puppets! now skitters into Scotland for its Fringe debut.
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Kevin Quantum: Anti-Gravity
Join Kevin Quantum at the Edinburgh Fringe as he defies the laws of physics with his astounding invention – an anti-gravity generator!
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Labyrinth Walk (indoors) with Norma D Hunter
Norma D Hunter is an artist who practices socially engaged art. Join her for Labyrinth Walk (indoors) at Dundas Street Gallery!
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Leni’s Last Lament
Having won top awards at the United Solo Festival in New York, Leni’s Last Lament now comes to the Edinburgh Fringe.
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Lewis Fuller - Ungentlemanly Conduct
Award-winning magician, TV star, and former Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist Lewis Fuller makes his Fringe debut with ‘Ungentlemanly Conduct’, a show sure to set people talking!
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Love’s a Beach
A smash-hit satire, Love’s a Beach is a modern take on celebrity post reality television. Catch it at Pleasance Courtyard as part of the Fringe!
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Me For You
A new play by Rachel E. Thorn, which was longlisted for the Kenneth Branagh Award, is coming to Pleasance Courtyard and it’s all about the utter selfishness of true love.
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My English Persian Kitchen
Written by award-winning Hannah Khalil, directed by Chris White and starring Isabella Nefar, this life-affirming new play chronicles the journey of one woman's quest to start again!
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Natalie Palamides: WEER
Natalie Palamides presents an achingly tender 90s rom-drom (romantic dramedy) which asks you to look at every argument from two sides.
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Oh, Calm Down
From award-winning writer, Charlotte Anne-Tilley (Almost Adult), comes a moving and exploratory play about OCD, misdiagnosis and discovering yourself.
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Our Little Secret: The 23andMe Musical
What does a 31-year-old theatre kid do when a DNA test reveals that his biological parents aren't quite who he thought they were? Write a musical, of course!
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PHB Free Fringe Leith Arches
Get ready to immerse yourself in a whirlwind of creativity, laughter, and entertainment this August at Leith Arches - a Free Fringe venue!
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Planetarium Lates: Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon
After a sell-out run last year, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon planetarium experience is back at the Fringe!
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Reject Me, Already
In this innovative, big-hearted, feel-good musical, the audience write the story as they pick who plays which role, and who ends up with who.
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Seconds to Midnight
Exploring queer friendship, platonic love and nuclear anxiety, Seconds to Midnight asks what happens in a world with no consequences.
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Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing
The five-star, multi sell-out Fringe phenomenon is back with its hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing!
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Shamilton The Improvised Hip Hop Musical
Shamilton, one of the Fringe’s smash-hit sensations is back for the third year running with their latest ad-libbed creation!
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Singin’ I’m No a Billy, He’s a Tim
Des Dillon's smash hit comedy, Singing I'm No A Billy He's A Tim, comes to the EICC as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!
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Son of a Bitch
The Thelmas in association with Josie Underwood are thrilled to present 'Son of a Bitch', a brutally honest and darkly funny monologue, at Summerhall in August!
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The Black Blues Brothers
The Black Blues Brothers are returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for the fourth and final time. Don't miss the show!
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The Book of Mountains and Seas
The Book of Mountains and Seas is a comedic and moving drama from American playwright Yilong Liu about dealing with loss, differences, and unlikely friendships.
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The Ceremony
The Ceremony is a one-of-a-kind theatrical metaphysical nonsense - the late-night deep and meaningless you didn't know you needed. Or maybe you did!
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The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return
Two best mates. One HUGE party. Luton pinned by austerity. An evening of noughties bangers and shots of shitty gin mixed with the chaos of violence. A night to remember!
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The Emu War: A New Musical
Inspired by the true events of The Great Emu War of 1932, this new comedy musical tells the story of WW1 veterans trying to grow wheat in the Australian outback.
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The Fifth Step
The Fifth Step, David Ireland's latest collaboration with the National Theatre of Scotland tells a complex story about men, intimacy and our belief systems.
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The Green Knight (But It’s Gay)
Join award winning and critically acclaimed storyteller Niall Moorjani for their fantastical and funny work-in-progress take on the medieval classic The Green Knight at Lighthouse Bookshop.
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The Hidden Garden
Award-winning multidisciplinary dance artist Jill Crovisier makes her UK debut with The Hidden Garden at Summerhall as part of the Fringe.
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The Imitator
Don’t miss this opportunity to see singer/actor Julian Fontalvo, an outstanding performer with a truly unique talent, when he returns to the Fringe!
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The Ladyboys of Bangkok - Edinburgh
Funnier, cheekier and as glamorous as ever, The Lady Boys of Bangkok return to the Fringe as part of their 25th Anniversary Tour!
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The Outrun
Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir is brought to life in an epic and elemental world premiere at Church Hill Theatre.
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The Popess: Instructions for Freedom
The Popess is a dark comedy solo-show unravelling the mystery of a true early feminist movement in the Italian misogynistic religious history.
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The Room Upstairs
The Room Upstairs is a heartwarming one-woman show that explores ME, a chronic invisible illness, through the lens of a mother/daughter relationship.
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The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo returns from 2nd to 24th August 2024!
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The Sound Inside
Nominated for six Tony Awards, this UK premiere of The Sound Inside will leave audiences feeling haunted and spellbound. Catch it the Traverse Theatre!
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The Wind in the Willows
Enjoy a heart-warming and humorous adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's children's classic 'The Wind in the Willows' from Fringe regulars C theatre!
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Things Between Heaven and Earth
A psychological thriller with echoes of The Talented Mr. Ripley and Rosemary’s Baby: female "hysteria" vs sexual identity.
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Tones - A Hip Hop Opera
A man in a battle with his identity, and on a journey through the depths of Black-British culture, class, and belonging. This is a piece of gig theatre like no other!
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Trainspotting Live
Trainspotting Live returns to The Pleasance at EICC for the Edinburgh Fringe 2024! Early booking recommended!
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You Can’t Escape an Aussie Boy
Actor Shane Palmer brings his theatre show 'You Can't Escape An Aussie Boy' to the Edinburgh Fringe!
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Journey
Journey is one of Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre's two shows. It features a wide selection of kinetic sculptures including the most recent works by Eduard Bersudsky made in Scotland.
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A Bottle Of Wine & Patsy Cline
Back by popular demand, don't miss the hit show 'A Bottle Of Wine & Patsy Cline' when it returns to Oran Mor Glasgow this summer!
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& Juliet
There is life after Romeo! After a phenomenal run in London's West End, & Juliet is heading to the King's Theatre Glasgow in August!
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Diet
This highly relatable comedy follows five overweight souls who find comfort and solace attending their local diet class.
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Murder Mystery - 007 Live & Let’s Spy - CANCELLED
Join us at The Stirling Highland Hotel for outstanding entertainment from the Walking Theatre Company and enjoy a delicious 3 course meal!
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