EdFringe 2024: Professional & funded theatre
Edinburgh-made theatre from professional and funded companies at #EdFringe 2024
Here are listings for the 12 theatre productions by Edinburgh-based professional and funded companies on in Edinburgh during the Fringe in 2024.
It’s tricky to draw a clear line between grassroots and professional companies. This listing includes work which is produced or performed by a funded organisation or receives funding from the likes of the Made in Scotland Showcase, as well as work which is successfully touring on a commercial basis.
Chloe-Ann Tylor, Kim Allan, Hiftu Quasem, Louise Ludgate, Hannah Jarrett Scott in Same Team, first staged at the Traverse in December 2023. Pic: Tommy Ga-Ken Wan
This list also includes the Lyceum production of Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir, The Outrun, which is at the Church Hill Theatre all festival as part of the EIF.
There are 184 shows Made in Edinburgh at #EdFringe this year. In order to make things clearer, we have divided the listing up into seven parts. On this page you can find an alphabetical listing of all the theatre made by professional Edinburgh-based companies.
Here are the links to the other six listings pages:
Theatre by Edinburgh’s Amateur companies.
Theatre by Edinburgh’s Grassroots companies.
Theatre by Edinburgh’s Youth and Student companies.
Theatre for children and young people.
Edinburgh-made Musical Theatre & Opera.
Edinburgh-made Music, Cabaret & Dance.
We are also proud to work with EPAD to produce and publish their annual listing of shows “created, performed or produced by Edinburgh’s theatre professionals” which is here.
This page has been updated to include links to reviews. Click on a show’s star rating to go to its review.
Professional theatre listings
Black Is the Color of My Voice
Seabright Live
Pleasance at EICC (Venue 150)
20 – 25 Aug (not 22): 20 (1 hr 10 mins)
Æ Review: ★★★★☆ Stirring
Fringe First and Spirit of the Fringe Award winner Apphia Campbell’s stunning show inspired by the life of Nina Simone, performed by Nicholle Cherrie. Strictly limited run of five performances only, before a major UK tour. Further details.
Chemo Savvy
Gilded Balloon and Ryan Dewar Presents
Gilded Balloon at the Museum (Venue 64)
15 – 24 Aug: 19:40 (1 hr)
Æ Review: ★★★★☆ Uplifting
Inspired by the experiences of late great Scottish comedy legend, Andy Gray, as he battled leukaemia. Chemo Savvy follows Rab’s heartbreaking and heartwarming journey as we join a family broken by a similar experience, and ultimately reunited by it, discovering forgiveness, redemption, hope and rekindled love. Starring Grant Stott, Jordan Young and Gail Watson. Further details.
A Giant on the Bridge
KT Producing
Assembly Roxy (Venue 139)
2 – 18 Aug (not 7, 12): 10:40 (1 hr 20 mins)
Æ Review: ★★★☆☆ Insightful
Unflinching, spellbinding gig theatre devised by award-winning theatre maker Liam Hurley and songwriter Jo Mango, also featuring Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow), Raveloe and Solareye. Every year in Scotland, thousands of people return home from prison to an uncertain future. A Giant on the Bridge reveals the hidden heartbeat within one such story. Part of the Made In Scotland Showcase. Further details.
A History of Paper by Oliver Emanuel and Gareth Williams
Co-produced by Dundee Rep Theatre and Traverse Theatre
Traverse Theatre (Venue 15)
01 – 25 Aug (not Mons): 12:45, 13:00, 13:15, 15:30, 15:45, 17:45, 18:00, 20:00, 20:30 (1 hr 20 mins)
Æ Review: ★★★★★ Heartbreaking
A musical love story about a man and a woman and the little bits of paper that make up a life. Directed By Andrew Panton. Part of the Made In Scotland Showcase. Further details.
June Carter Cash: The Woman, Her Music and Me
National Theatre of Scotland and Grid Iron Theatre Company
Summerhall (Venue 26)
02 – 24 Aug (not 5, 12, 190: 16:20 (1 hr 20 mins)
Æ Review: ★★★★☆ Exuberant
The story of one of country music’s most iconic voices: June Carter Cash. In this raw yet uplifting show, Charlene Boyd gets to grips with a life less ordinary. More than a simple biography, this play with songs sees Charlene explore her relationship with her musical heroine and their shared experience as performers and working mothers. Part of the Made In Scotland Showcase. Further details.
The Outrun
Edinburgh International Festival and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
Church Hill Theatre (Venue 30)
31 July – 26 Aug (Not Suns 4, 11, 18): 20:00 (15:00 Thur 8 & Sats: 10, 17, 24). (1 hr 15 mins)
Æ Review: ★★★★☆ Grandeur
A young woman finds herself washed up back home on the Scottish archipelago of Orkney. She has no idea how or if she can rebuild her life after a decade of addiction. Playwright Stef Smith and director Vicky Featherstone reimagine Amy Liptrot’s bestselling memoir. Further details.
Puddles and Amazons
Guy Woods, Rachel Flynn, Balenji Mwiche
Summerhall (Venue 26)
01 – 26 Aug (not 12, 19): 16:40(1 hr)
Æ Review: ★★★★☆ Joyfully unique
A mother dies. A boy eats an ice lolly and freezes internally. A father cries yellow tears into snow. A lover cleans urine from his grandmother’s favourite carpet. Performer and bedroom foley artist Guy Woods tells the story of a cold boy’s adolescence. Part of the Made In Scotland Showcase. Further details.
Same Team
Traverse Theatre
Traverse Theatre (Venue 15)
03 – 25 Aug (not 5, 12, 19): 10:00, 13:00, 14:30, 16:00, 19:00, 21:30 (1 hr 20 mins)
Æ Review: ★★★★★ Unmissable!
Five women have come together with one goal, one dream. Coming from very different backgrounds in life they have to work together as a team if they want to do what no one from Scotland has ever done before. To win the Homeless World Cup, and bring the trophy home. A joyful story of community and teamwork, building connections between each other and homelessness. Further details.
So Young
Traverse Theatre in co-production with Raw Material and Citizens Theatre
Traverse Theatre (Venue 15)
02 – 25 Aug (not 5, 12, 19): 10:00, 11:00, 13:00, 16:00, 18:00, 19:00 (1 hr 20 mins)
Æ Review: ★★★★☆ Pointed
Thumbing through a record collection, having a glass of wine, remembering the old times. There’s nothing better than catching up with old friends. As Milo invites his two friends Davie and Liane around for dinner to meet his new girlfriend, it promises to be a great night reconnecting after being apart. But she’s just SO YOUNG! Further details.
TERF
Civil Disobedience
Assembly Rooms (Venue 20)
1 – 25 Aug (not 8, 10): 15:45 (1 hr 10 mins)
Æ Review: ★★★★☆ Thought provoking
Jo led a blessed life. Literary phenomenon. Cultural icon. And beloved. Completely beloved… until everything went to hell in a broombasket. Now, Jo’s surrogate children – Daniel, Rupert and Emma – have had enough. It’s time for an intervention. Except Jo isn’t in the mood for an intervention, especially not one organised by three A-list Judases. Further details.
Through the Mud
Stellar Quines and Royal Lyceum Theatre
Summerhall (Venue 26)
1 – 25 Aug (not 7, 12, 19): 17:55 (1 hr 10 mins)
Æ Review: ★★★★☆ Emotionally resonant
The story of two generations of women activists in the struggle for black liberation in America. One, notorious Black Panther Assata Shakur, the other a college student at the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement in Ferguson in 2014. Against a stunning soundtrack of gospel and blues sung live, the show explores what it takes to become a revolutionary. Part of the Made In Scotland Showcase. Further details.
Trainspotting Live
King’s Head and In Your Face presented by Seabright Live
Pleasance at EICC (Venue 150)
01 – 26 Aug (not 12, 19): 18:30, 20:45 (1 hr 20 mins)
Æ Review: ★★★★★ Visceral
Acclaimed immersive adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s classic novel, staged in a bespoke venue unique to the show. The audience are literally part of the action, including the notorious “worst toilet in Scotland” scene. Seven sell-out Fringe seasons – early booking recommended. Further details.
An Unexpected Hiccup
Lung Ha Theatre Company and Plutôt La Vie
ZOO Southside (Venue 82)
02 – 10 Aug: 16:30 (1 hr)
Æ Review: ★★★★☆ Joyous
Caught in a storm and looking for help, Murdo knocks on the door of a dark, old house and the family inside seems to be expecting him. A bizarre quintet of siblings is waiting for their father to die and Murdo is somehow involved… Brilliantly treading the fine line between surreal and sinister, An Unexpected Hiccup is a chilling night tale of comic misunderstandings and dangerous eccentricities presented by Lung Ha Theatre Company in collaboration with Plutôt la Vie. Further details.
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