Darryl is crampped into a large pink box, he is holding a small dog. surrounding darryl, who is a smily white male with a pink suit on and a bright orange wooly hat is a selection of objects that have cascaded out of the box, including toothbrushes, a ru

Children's Shows

Out of the Box

This family-friendly comedy show is packed with surprises as Darryl and his mysterious box take you on a whirlwind of wonder. Every time the box opens, it's a new adventure: trick shots, circus performances and laugh-out-loud moments that invite everyone to join in the fun. Darryl's mission is to make you the star of the show (no embarrassing moments here, just pure joy!). With Darryl's gentle, non-verbal clowning, everyday objects transform into the extraordinary. This show is a joyous celebration of play throughout your life, whatever your age, bringing generations together through seriously skillful silliness.

30 July - 25 August 2025, 11:30 am

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A performer in a pink apron and hat holding a wooden spoon. Behind her is a man wearing a pink apron and holding a guitar.

Children's Shows

Cinderella Ice Cream Seller – A Musical

Get your dessert spoons ready for this delicious new musical for the whole family! Over the last four decades, Cinderella's has become the kingdom's most beloved ice cream company. But how did a humble ice cream maker with not a penny to her name end up as a multimillionaire with her own ice cream empire? Perfect for the whole family, this exciting musical retelling of a fairy tale classic promises a delightful blend of storytelling, stunning live music and theatrical magic that will capture your heart and tickle your taste buds.

30 July - 17 August 2025, 11:40 am

Underbelly Bristo Square

A white man in his early 30s with mid-length curly brown hair and a short brown beard, wearing a blue t-shirt, lies on a piano keyboard with his hands clutching at the sides. He is looking directly at the camera and has a slight smirk on his face.

Comedy

Alex Prescot: Cosy

Join comedy equivalent of sunshine Alex Prescot for a delightful debut hour that's tailor-made for each audience. Expect a warm and fuzzy blend of joyful musical comedy and quick-witted improvisation. Don't expect his notably absent double-act partner. Clap Back to Reality Winner 2024, Musical Comedy Awards Finalist 2025, Chortle Hotshots Shortlist 2025, Kingston New Act Finalist 2024, Chichester New Act Finalist 2024. Directed by Ben Target (Double Fringe First Winner and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee).

30 July - 25 August 2025, 11:45 am

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At the centre of the image is an illustrated egg being fried in a black and orange pan, against a light blue watercolour painted background. Coming in from the top left corner is a black and white photo of a hand holding half a cracked egg, and another c

Theatre

Eggs Aren't That Easy to Make

'If I'm in a lesbian relationship when I'm older, I want you to be the sperm donor' a woman says to her best friend, while drunk at a birthday party in uni. 'Okay, it's a deal', he says. Flash forward ten years and the two friends are making good on their promise. She is in said relationship, and he's just got a girlfriend. Having your best friend be your sperm donor – what could go wrong? A queer rom-com about having a baby in the modern world.

30 July - 25 August 2025, 1:00 pm

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Musicals and Opera

Song Society

Deep in the heart of the mysterious Song Society, memories and feelings are filed away to make room for new ones. But when a stubborn case resists being archived, the Songkeeper is pulled into a journey that challenges everything she knows about the stories that make us whole. A one-person musical by award-winning writer/performer Florencia Iriondo, woven with an original acoustic folk-pop score that echoes long after the final note. 

30 July - 25 August 2025, 1:15 pm

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Comedy

Tom Skelton: VIP (Visually Impaired Papa)

After losing most of his sight, Tom thought he might never become a dad. But now he is. And he's a bit scared. From nappy changing, choking hazards and losing your toddler in the park, to not being able to read to him, see his changing face or his first goal on the football pitch, this is a hilarious, heartfelt scamper through dadhood and disability. Perth FringeWorld Weekly Award winner 2020.

30 July - 11 August 2025, 1:15 pm

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A drawing of a young Cecilia Gentili in an extravagant bejeweled outfit with a huge heart-inspired pendant and headpiece adorned with cutlery.

Theatre

Cecilia Gentili's Red Ink

God won't give up on Cecilia Gentili. Unfortunately, neither will the devil. Follow a young trans girl as she navigates the hilarity of rural Argentina during the 1900s. Part stand-up, part camp and (almost) all true, Red Ink is an irreverent romp in searching for faith while trans. Presented by Elliot Page and PAGEBOY Productions, Sara Ramirez, Breaking the Binary Theatre, Queer Arts Coalition and Nic Cory, Red Ink is the late writer, activist and icon Cecilia Gentili's autobiographical work. The play's off-Broadway 2024 premiere received a Special Recognition GLAAD Media Award.

30 July - 25 August 2025, 2:30 pm

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An illustration of a landscape with a path trailing up the middle of the picture, a castle and folk style drawings of a dragon and trees.

Comedy

Cerys Bradley’s Queer Tales For Autistic Folk

You find a mysterious door that you have never seen before. Do you open it? If yes – buy a ticket to see this show. If not – why not? Join Cerys Bradley (Actually Autistic Excellence Award 2022, as seen on Comedy Central, UKTV, BBC One Wales) for their wonderful, expansive, interactive choose-your-own-story comedy show. 

30 July - 25 August 2025, 2:45 pm

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A man with a drawn on monobrow and beards wearing a yellow fishermans Sou'wester stares down the camera.

Comedy

Fisherman Jon: What's on the End of My Rod? A Clown Odyssey

After a sold-out, five star run at venues around London, join Fisherman Jon on a hilarious and heartfelt journey of self-discovery in this captivating clown odyssey. Jon is a lonely fisherman sailing the seven seas, but his life changes forever when he falls in love with a Carp. However, a violent storm separates them, and Jon washes up on a deserted island. There, he must confront his inner demons and find a way back to the love of his life. A riotous tale about love, self-acceptance, and the ocean’s mysterious power. Written by Coral Bevan, Ricky Hunt, & David Alwyn Directed by Ricky Hunt & David Alwyn Character Created by Coral Bevan About the Artists Coral Bevan (Fisherman Jon) – Actor, clown, and Commedia Dell’Arte performer. A Funny Women finalist and award-winning filmmaker. Ricky Hunt – Comedian, writer and director known for genre-defying works that champion LGBTQI+ voices. David Alwyn – Actor, writer, and director with a background in immersive theatre, including Secret Cinema’s Guardians of the Galaxy where he was the resident director. Book now for a heartwarming and unforgettable odyssey upon the seven seas!

30 July - 25 August 2025, 2:45 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

A digitally altered version of Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Son,” featuring a smiling man in a suit (the performer) gleefully posing while being torn apart by the monstrous god Saturn. The image is absurd, theatrical, and darkly funny.

Comedy

Bryan Safi: Are You Mad at Me??

Emmy-winner Bryan Safi (star of ABC's 9-1-1, Netflix's You, Attitudes!) brings his distinctive voice to this solo comedy spiral all about queerness, confidence and the art of being unapologetically too much. A beloved comedian, podcaster and performer, Safi dives deep into big laughs, big feelings, terrible flirting and one aggressively horny apartment that might just steal the show. It’s a hilarious and heartfelt journey from one of comedy’s sharpest voices. After sold-out shows in LA and NYC, the spiral continues. If you've ever felt like "a lot", this one's for you.

30 July - 25 August 2025, 5:20 pm

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Kat McGarr dressed all in gold, skin and all, holds up a gold telephone.

Cabaret and Variety

STARDUST Starring Star Dust (In Person)

A gloriously unhinged,  glitter-soaked cabaret meltdown from a fallen icon who’s lost it all but won’t stop singing. Through tales, songs and cabin approved carry-on, Star Dust unpacks life’s big questions: What happens when the lights go out? How do you survive a broken heart? And why is she so dusty? Join Star Dust in her living room as she rises like a gold-sprayed phoenix, to reclaim her legacy one power ballad, emotional spiral and audience singalong at a time. This fringe debut from Punchdrunk’s Kat McGarr ('she's witty, mad, hilarious' - Time Out) is a gloriously silly and savagely honest transformation of grief into a tragicomic tour de force; absurd, funny and profound. Expect glamour, chaos, clowning, a confetti of catharsis, and a show-stopping finale of hope. Think: Gloria Swanson meets Fleabag at a wake. Sprayed gold. With snacks. Kat McGarr is an actor, writer, director, cabaret performer & clown with a 20-year career across theatre, screen, and immersive experiences. Robyn Herfellow (they/them) - on musical collaboration & keys - also collaborates with Séayoncé, drag unroyalty Jonny Woo, and Mawaan Rizwan & The Tracksuits.

30 July - 24 August 2025, 5:25 pm

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A woman leaning against a kids toy car, she is wearing long black boots and has brown curly hair.

Comedy

Holly Spillar: Tall Child

Tall Child is an hour on the impossibilities of being alive right now. In this age of insecurity, in a cost-of-living crisis, we're all stuck in the shit so let's wade through it together. Armed with nothing but a little red loop pedal and her ever-growing rage, Holly Spillar is looking for the catharsis only art (made by low-income people, working two bad jobs on minimum wage) can provide. 

30 July - 24 August 2025, 5:45 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

A group of 5 performers holding various musical objects and wearing red and black are laughing and smiling.

Comedy

Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical

Musical mayhem abounds in a show that has to be seen to be believed. You suggest a title and seconds later the curtains open on a brand-new musical for the first, last and only time. Everything is made up on the spot. You'll be on the edge of your seat throughout as Australia's finest improvisers create a musical full of hijinks, harmonies and hilarity. It's unrehearsed. It's unpredictable. It's Impromptunes.

30 July - 24 August 2025, 6:40 pm

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Alex Mitchell sits on a large black arm chair, wearing a blue feather bower, positioned next to a pot plant.

Comedy

Alex Mitchell: Tough

Alex Mitchell is on a mission to find out what it really takes to be a tough guy in modern Britain. He's had a strange couple of years – being thrust into the limelight on mainstream telly, getting into a less than healthy relationship, being abused daily online, becoming disabled, and his best friend gave birth to a now three-foot bully. But, has Alex toughened up? The easy answer is no... but he's trying. Britain’s Got Talent Finalist. 'Accomplished and intelligent' (NeurodiverseReview.co.uk). 'A natural' (Chortle.co.uk). 'Absolutely sensational' (Alesha Dixon).

30 July - 25 August 2025, 6:55 pm

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A woman with windswept red hair and black-framed glasses wears a bright pink ruffled dress and holds a daffodil-yellow shoe.

Cabaret and Variety

In These Shoes

Glynis Traill-Nash lives a double life: fashion writer by day, jazz singer by night. Now the two collide in this soirée of chic! Dressed to thrill and accessorised with a set list of stylish chansons, Glynis will take you from the suburbs of Perth to the front rows of Paris to unpick the world of fashion in alarmingly relatable fashion. Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award Winner 2025.

30 July - 25 August 2025, 7:45 pm

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Comedy

Ali Woods: Basher

Join Ali Woods, star of Comedy Central and Stand Up Sketch Show, after his third sell-out Edinburgh Fringe and sell-out UK tour, for his brand-new stand up comedy show. Known for his viral online sketches (@aliwoodsgigs) with millions of views, Ali Woods has supported comedy greats like Russell Kane, Axel Blake, and Adam Kay. With his unique blend of sharp wit and relatable humour, his performances are a must-see. 

30 July - 24 August 2025, 8:20 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

A musical comedian lying on the floor

Comedy

Bennet Kavanagh: Crank Up the Volume!! (To a Reasonable Volume)

As seen and heard on ITV, BBC Radio5Live and BBC Radio 4, multi award-winning musical comedian Bennet Kavanagh brings his 'unique and charmingly chaotic' (TheReviewsHub.com) brand of musical comedy to the Fringe for his debut hour! Expect songs, stand-up and whatever happens when you combine those two things. Winner of Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year. Winner of Amused Moose People's Champion. Directed by Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Huge Davies.

30 July - 22 August 2025, 8:30 pm

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4 Athenian well dressed nobles are looking on terrified/worried to the centre of the image where Puck, the Fairy, from Shakespeare's a Midsummer Nights Dream, is holding the long ears of a half donkey, half man. This is the character Bottom, from Shakesp

Comedy

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The five-star, multi sell-out, Fringe phenomenon is back! With its hilarious combination of an entirely serious adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and an absolutely sh!t-faced actor! It just wouldn't be the Fringe without it. With a genuinely inebriated cast member each night, no two shows are ever the same in this raucous, riotous rampage through one of Shakespeare's most mischievous plays. Featuring a rotating cast of the finest classically trained actors, partial nudity, foul language, acts of a sexual nature, and actual Shakespeare. Please remember to always #EnjoyShakespeareResponsibly.

30 July - 24 August 2025, 9:15 pm

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An image of David and Katie. Katie is lying on the floor and David is standing over her in a squatted position.

Theatre

David and Katie Get Re-Married

You’re cordially invited to the second wedding of David and Katie: confidently codependent, deliriously devoted to a dangerous degree and fully qualified to flaunt a flawless approach to marriage; with music, exotic rituals and, a unity volcano. Bear witness as the world’s worst couple celebrates the (second) happiest day of their lives. Starring David Carl (Trump Lear, The Tender Bar) and Katie Hartman (Netflix’s The Week Of, The Other Two), David and Katie Get Re-Married is a glorious celebration of love, dysfunction and doing it all over again. This time it’s forever. For realz! Probably?!?

30 July - 24 August 2025, 9:50 pm

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Children's Shows

Amazing Bubble Man

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 14 years. Louis explores the breathtaking dynamics of bubbles, combining comedy and artistry with audience participation and enough spellbinding bubble tricks to keep everyone mesmerised. From square bubbles to rocket bubbles, the Amazing Bubble Man conjures shrieks of laughter and gasps of amazement from all ages.

31 July - 25 August 2025, 11:20 am

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Children's Shows

Treeeeee

Best Show nominee – UK Kids Comedy Festival 2025. Embark on a hilarious and heartwarming journey into the life of a tree with Treeeeee, a captivating mix of physical comedy and environmental storytelling. This show spans the 500-year life of a tree in just 50 minutes. The performance brings the natural world to life through expressive movement, music and audience interaction, creating a magical experience for audiences of all ages. Performed by Christiaan Hendriksen, Sketch Off finalist 2025 and Best Debut Show nominee Leicester Comedy Festival 2023.

31 July - 12 August 2025, 11:45 am

Underbelly Bristo Square

5 performers are on stage all wearing a suit with waistcoat and tie. Three are center stage performing an acrobatic handstand, the other two are stood slitghtly behind them one off to the left and the other on the right

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus

Black Blues Brothers: Let's Twist Again!

Fringe favourites the Black Blues Brothers are back with a brand-new show, fit for the whole family. After wowing over 50,000 fringe spectators the Brothers make their McEwan Hall debut. Set in a smoky train station against a soundtrack of unforgettable rockn'roll music, witness breathtaking acrobatic stunts, human pyramids and amazing somersaults. Featuring songs by Glenn Miller, Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin, get ready to go wild as the Brothers astonish and delight. Following four successful Fringe seasons, appearances at the Royal Variety Show and The Moulin Rouge, don’t miss out!  

31 July - 25 August 2025, 3:30 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

A man is on a cobbled street, he is smiling and holding onto a lamppost in one hand and an umbrella in the other hand. Playing cards are spiralling out of the umbrella. There is a newspaper on the floor.

Cabaret and Variety

James Phelan – The Man Who Was Magic

Dare to believe in magic as the UK’s #1 magic show returns a brand-new production for 2025. Presented by award-winning magician James Phelan – most infamous for jamming the BBC switchboard after predicting the lottery. Following an unprecedented 5 years of sold out shows around the world - The Man Who Was Magic is a dazzling, new, five star rated magic show where secrets unravel and you're left aching with laughter and dizzy in disbelief.

31 July - 13 August 2025, 5:30 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

Mhairi MaCall as 'Mary' surrounded by the cast of 'Mary Queen of Rock!'

Musicals and Opera

Mary, Queen of Rock!

The year is 1561. The Scottish Reformation has enforced an outright ban on rock'n'roll. Cue the arrival of Mary Stuart, one of the world's biggest and most iconic musical artists... who happens to be the undisputed Queen of Rock! With the Scottish nobles and her cousin in England against her, can Mary get the country rocking? Or will heads roll?  

31 July - 24 August 2025, 7:45 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

8 actors dressed in blue and black sit on and around a bench. They are comedically handcuffed to each other, eating doughnuts and wrapped in police tape.

Comedy

CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation

No one knows who the killer is, not even the cast! Following multiple five-star sell-out runs, CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation returns with another rip-roaring crime comedy made up entirely on the spot. Leicester Comedy 2023: Best Improv Show Award. Colchester Fringe Comedy Award 2024. Who? What? How? The choice is yours in this fully improvised, witty and absurd murder mystery where the audience creates the crime.

1 - 17 August 2025, 3:10 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

Nina Conti smiles and holds a face mask.

Comedy

Nina Conti: Whose Face Is It Anyway?

The virtuoso ventriloquist, BAFTA nominee and British Comedy Award winner presents an unparalleled, unscripted show that delves deep into who we are, hijacking faces to spark a bold, hysterical reality warp. Fresh from sell-out runs in the West End and New York, and a sold out national tour.

7 - 15 August 2025, 7:20 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

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Comedy

Geoff Norcott: BASIC BLOKE 2 - There's No Bloke Without Fire

New national tour for star of Have I Got News For You, Is University Really Worth It?, The Last Leg, Would I Lie to You?, Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Backstage With Katherine Ryan, The News Quiz, Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club and many more! This will be Geoff's first UK tour under a Labour government, so he's got plenty to get off his chest. Not least because there's nothing quite so British as being promised a brave new dawn then realising it's as crap.

11 - 24 August 2025, 3:50 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square

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Comedy

Alice Fraser: A Passion for Passion

Alice Fraser has fallen in love... with romance novels. She's written a delirious love letter to the genre and now she has to live with the consequences. If you love romance novels, or if you have no idea how anyone could love romance novels, this is the show for you. A show that will make you laugh, cry and rethink happily ever after.  

11 - 25 August 2025, 6:50 pm

Underbelly Bristo Square