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Ed Fests 2026

A theatrical performer with white face makeup and a bald cap, holding a gloved hand up near their forehead under dramatic stage lighting.

Justin Butcher – Scaramouche Jones (Fringe review) 4 Stars ****

It is Millenium Eve, mere hours away from turning midnight, as Scaramouche Jones, a ...

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Juliet Gartside

Jonno: Here Comes Mr Funny (Fringe review) 3 Stars ***

Daran ‘Jonno’ Johnson relishes in awkwardness. As he comes out on stage, he immediately ...

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Juliet Gartside
A smiling portrait of Sami Abu Wardeh leaning his cheek against his hand on an old wooden piano. He is wearing a black beret and a grey military-style jacket featuring a patch that reads 'Freedom'.

Sami Abu Wardeh Hates You (Fringe review) 4 Stars ****

This hour, Sami Abu Wardeh declares, will be filled with pure, genuine stand-up comedy. ...

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Juliet Gartside
Olivia Caw sitting in a plaid armchair holding a microphone against a blue background surrounded by multiple microphone stands for the Edinburgh Fringe theatre production Common Tongue.

Common Tongue acknowledges our inherited awkwardness about the Scots language and refuses to squander the words we’ve been given (Fringe review) 4 Stars ****

 Could you name a Scottish poet other than Robert Burns? (‘The only Scottish poet!’) ...

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Caragh-Rose Macfeeters

We’ve Got Time (Fringe review) 3 Stars ***

Beans Garden LLC have brought We’ve Got Time as a work in progress to ...

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Donald Stewart

Turn The Cloth (Fringe review) 4 Stars ****

Glasgow based theatre company Cutty Sark set out to bring the traditions of Scottish ...

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Donald Stewart

Guilt Free: Self-assuredly sultry and hysterically eccentric – a character comedy show bursting with gusto (Fringe review) 5 Stars *****

Writer-performer Maddie Silverstein serves up a full course of delectable skits linked more by ...

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Gwenhwyfar Ferch Rhys

A Public Display of Affection: A Slice of Queer History comes to life at the Fringe (Fringe review) 5 Stars *****

As part of the Speakers Series, Jonathan Wilson blessed the Fringe audience with his ...

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Mona Montella