EdFringe 2024
A History of Paper
★★★★★ Heartbreaking
A History of Paper at the Traverse is a production of rare emotional weight, whose overall impact is out of all proportion to its comparatively small scale.
Into the Woods
★★★★★ Dark
Bare Productions go hard on Into the Woods, James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim’s popular mashup of fairytales, to expose its utter cruelty and the callousness of many of the favourite pantomime heroes that people the musical.
It’s a Sheet Show
★★★★☆ Strong debut
It’s a Sheet Show, Fools and Thieves Fringe debut in a coproduction with The Counterminers, is set in and around a bed. However, there’s nothing tired about the play – or the production – as a series of short scenes track a relationship from its early moments to its demise in a little over fifty minutes.
A Giant on the Bridge
★★★☆☆ Insightful
A Giant on the Bridge is a slow-burning and sympathetic piece of gig theatre, co-created with people who have lived experience of the criminal justice system, playing Assembly Roxy for the first two weeks of the Fringe.
Moon Dragon
★★★★★ Perfectly pitched
Combining puppetry, live music and interactive elements, Dragon Song Productions enchant their young audiences with a revamped version of their original Fringe hit, Moon Dragon, at the LifeCare Centre in Stockbridge.
Puddles and Amazons
★★★★☆ Joyfully unique
Guy Wood’s imaginative piece of solo storytelling uses live audio mixing to bring this curious tale to life in Puddles and Amazons at Summerhall’s Demonstration Room at the Fringe.
Changing places
Lubna Kerr’s little listicle on moving into the arts at a later age
Lubna Kerr’s latest play, Chatterbox, arrives at the Edinburgh Fringe hot from a successful preview mini-season at the Morecambe Fringe. It follows Tickbox and Tickbox 2, hits at previous Fringes.
EdFringe 2024: Music, cabaret & dance
Edinburgh-made music, cabaret & dance at #EdFringe 2024
Beside all the theatre and musicals on offer here are 21 shows with a theatrical bent in the music, cabaret, and dance sections of the EdFringe portal.
EdFringe 2024: Musicals & opera
Edinburgh-made musical theatre & opera at #EdFringe 2024
Edinburgh companies are well represented in the Musicals section of the fringe programme, with 25 different productions. Thanks largely to the eight musicals being staged by Captivate.
EdFringe 2024: Theatre for children & young people
Edinburgh-made theatre for children & young people at #EdFringe 2024
There is a strong showing of theatre for children this year, with 18 shows in the listing, aimed at audiences ranging from babes in arms to early teens.
