With so many shows to choose from at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, it can be challenging to navigate the extensive programme. Well, fear not, our Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Guide (Volume One) is now live.
Collaborator
Pleasance at EICC (August 6 to 22)
Ockham’s Razor returns to the Fringe for the first time since 2019 with this intimate duet, crafted and performed by Alex Harvey and Charlotte Mooney. Featuring these two performers, a suspended metal frame and a stage, Collaborator is an irreverent, highly physical and heartfelt dive into the negotiations involved in making something: a decision, a work of art, a life. It celebrates creation, compromise and enduring partnership. Collaborator is the story of the balance, trust and frustration that shape any partnership.
Big Stuff
Assembly Roxy Boxy (August 5 to 30)
Acclaimed married Second City comedy duo Matt Baram and Naomi Snieckus bring their signature mix of storytelling and improvisation to the heartfelt show about letting go. Drawing on their own personal experiences of the loss of their parents, Big Stuff explores how, in the aftermath of loss or change, we interact with objects that are left behind. Using improv techniques, the couple gently invites the audience to share their “big stuff”, seamlessly weaving these personal objects into their own story.
An A to Z Guide to Dating
Underbelly Buttercup (August 5 to 31)
In the 80s, Grace’s mum was told her book on dating would set feminism back 20 years. Transformed into a comedy musical, the award-winning Grace O’Keefe now shares this unapologetic how-to guide with the world as she unpacks relationships, romance and living life to the fullest in An A to Z Guide to Dating at Edinburgh Fringe. It’s time to determine where feminism lies in today’s dating scene. Featuring original music and a one-of-a-kind insight into the world of dating, this is a charmingly addictive musical romp through the alphabet.
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Guide (Volume One)
15 Minutes of Shame
ZOO Playground 2, High School Yard (August 7 to 30)
A sharp new play from investigative journalist turned writer Sean Stillmaker. When a young London couple turn to OnlyFans to survive mounting financial pressure, their online success begins to unravel their real-world relationship. Directed by Adébayo Bolaji, this urgent, research-driven drama explores the cost of monetising intimacy, where visibility becomes currency and privacy comes at a price.
A Costume Drama
ZOO Playground 3, High School Yard (August 7 to 30)
With World Cup fever sweeping the nation, writer-performer Claudia Fielding returns to Edinburgh Fringe with A Costume Drama, a heart-warming new comedy where football, family and legacy collide. When reluctant Ella is suddenly thrown into the oversized boots of her mascot father, she’s pulled into a world where the forgotten figures on the sidelines matter just as much as those on the pitch. Inspired by the rise of women’s football, this feel-good story celebrates the fans, families and women at the heart of the game.
Under the Influence
Underbelly Bristo Square Dairy Room (August 5 to 30)
After becoming a viral sensation, identical twins Carine and Frances land in couples therapy as the world’s most co-dependent non-couple. The session erupts into a hilarious musical intervention and a reckoning that threatens to collapse their lifelong duet.
Best known as @thegilberttwins to their 3M+ followers online, Carine and Frances return to their musical theatre roots with their original score co-written by Shona Maule. Loud, ridiculous, and unexpectedly heartfelt, this new musical comedy explores the chaos of sisterhood, online pressure, and the search for your own voice.
The Gay Divorce
Willow Studio at Greenside (August 7 to 29)
In a Fringe debut, this hilarious one-woman “nightmare romcom” is created and performed by Cecilia Corrigan. The Gay Divorce follows the demise of a gay marriage through a myriad of weird, wonderful and chaotic characters, including an immortal witch, a codependent Jesus, a postapocalyptic Real Housewife and even a very grouchy worm! As the prospect of a brokenhearted trophy wife’s dream gay wedding falls apart, she does, too.
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Guide (Volume One)
A Queer Little Murder
Gilded Balloon Patter House (August 5 to 31)
From Savannah Hankinson, A Queer Little Murder is a riotous interactive whodunnit with a distinctly queer twist. Set in a suspiciously fabulous small town where everyone has something to hide, Hankinson plays six larger-than-life characters in a camp, chaotic murder mystery where no two nights are the same. Packed with audience participation, improv and absurd humour, this is a gloriously gay game of whodunnit where the killer changes nightly.
Alexis Sakellaris Presents
Gilded Balloon Patter House (August 6 to 30)
Award-winning queer icon Alexis Sakellaris returns to Edinburgh Fringe 2026 with a bold season of musical comedy, new work and late-night chaos. From A STAN IS BORN! – Encore, a camp pop-diva musical about queer obsession and identity, to CHILD STAR(WIP), a funny, cringeworthy look at teenage fame, Alexis explores fame, fandom and selfhood through song and storytelling, alongside MCU: Musical Comedians Unite! and THE CVNTY AWARDS, a parody awards show and Fringe afterparty.
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Edinburgh Fringe 2026 Guide (Volume One)
Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody
Gilded Balloon Patter House (August 5 to 31)
They’re rivals on the ice, lovers in everyone’s fantasies… Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody is a camp, chaotic and gloriously queer musical comedy from writers Kyra Brown and Christan Leonard. Starring an ensemble of drag kings and queer performers, this unhinged celebration of fandom, romance and hockey obsession transforms 2026’s hottest TV show into a singalong spectacle packed with original songs, outrageous characters and big queer energy.
Argonauts
ZOO Playground 2, High School Yard (August 7 to 30)
Opinions are weapons and friendship is the casualty… Argonauts is a sharp, funny and devastating new tragicomedy from Brazilian company Technis. When two theatre podcast hosts clash over a controversial production, their argument spirals until myth and reality collide, unleashing figures from Medea to Prospero into the present day. Blurring criticism, creation and chaos, this world premiere turns theatre into its own battlefield in a bold exploration of why we still make art at all.
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