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Continue reading →: Film Noir Frog – Edinburgh Fringe 2026.One of the joys of the Edinburgh Fringe is stumbling into a show that could only really exist here: inventive, slightly unhinged, and somehow completely irresistible. Film Noir Frog fits that description beautifully. It is exactly what the title promises: a ridiculous film-noir spoof led by a hard-boiled detective who…
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Continue reading →: Frogs in Bogs – Edinburgh Fringe 2026.Frogs in Bogs is a delightfully chaotic family show that embraces silliness with complete confidence, delivering plenty of laughs while sneaking in an important environmental message. Created by female-led theatre company Familia, this amphibian adventure follows superhero frog plumbers Turner and Constable as they battle contamination, confront the monstrous Megaclog…
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Continue reading →: Batsu! Presents GANBA!!- Edinburgh Fringe 2026.
BATSU! Gamba takes its cue from Japanese batsu game shows, where mistakes bring penalties and comedy emerges from chaos. With a simple paper-screen backdrop, this younger-audience version feels very sedate. We enter the Dojo ready to embrace the madness and awaken our inner ninja. Instead, we get musical statues with…
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Continue reading →: A Picture Book Musical: Milly’s Musical Adventure – Edinburgh Fringe
It can be difficult to find a family-friendly show that genuinely thrills children without tipping them into anarchy, but A Picture Book: Milly’s Musical Adventure at Just the Tonic is an absolute delight. Billed for everyone from 0 to 99, this bright, warm-hearted production more than lives up to that…
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Continue reading →: The Wreck by Buzzcut Productions- Edinburgh Fringe 2026.In The Wreck by Buzzcut productions, we follow a simple tale of two siblings disagreeing over the future of the family business and the life choices they have each made. They go diving together and discover a shipwreck under the waves. There is much to see behind the gauze screen…
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Continue reading →: Krapp’s Last Tape – Edinburgh Fringe 2026.
Krapp’s Last Tape, Samuel Beckett’s classic one-act play, takes the audience on a journey through an old man’s memories. This Edinburgh Fringe production at Assembly Roxy is directed by Academy Award nominee Stockard Channing and stars David Westfield as Krapp, a man haunted by lost love, failed ambition and the…
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Continue reading →: Tiny Planet by Half a String-Edinburgh Fringe 2026.If you would like to leave a show feeling happy and hopeful this fringe, then I would strongly recommend placing Tiny Planet by Half a String straight into your schedule. It is created with 5-11 year olds in mind but is a production that will entrance any age. The story…
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Continue reading →: A Microscopic Odyssey -Mycelium Theatre Company-Edinburgh Fringe 2026.A Microscopic Odyssey has, so far, delivered the most beautiful moments of lighting using an overhead projector, torches, and a mirrorball. Placing this at the heart of ‘how’ the story is told speaks of a company that is curious, inventive, and committed. This successfully mirrors the characteristics of microbiologist James…
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Continue reading →: Bailey Edwards-Interview ahead of the Edinburgh Fringe 2026.With the Edinburgh Fringe now into its first week, I have caught up with Bailey Edwards to talk about his Edinburgh Fringe debut Play Dead. When and where are you performing at the Fringe this year?The dog crate will be in Underbelly’s Iron Belly at 3.40pm for thefull run of…
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Continue reading →: Goodbye Dandelion-Underbelly Cowgate.I can leave an Edinburgh Fringe show feeling any number of emotions, but rarely the heartfelt warmth that stayed with me long after Goodbye Dandelion finished yesterday afternoon. Created by Maddie and Marcus Rice, the show focuses on an intergenerational friendship. Darcy is an enigmatic, fierce, and blunt 87 year…
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