A brand-new venue launching for the very first time this summer - experience rising stars alongside hand-picked legends and cult favourites. From FMP, the Olivier Award-winning producers behind Fleabag and Baby Reindeer. By day: your new favourite Fringe hangout with free-to-attend ShedX talks – all fuelled by the best local food and drink. By night: an intimate 100 seat venue for one-night-only shows and must-see music events. Unplugged, up-close,

Complex, raw and burdened by years of grief, Dawn's at a pivotal moment: crafting a funeral wreath for someone she’d rather not talk about. The task softens her... and suddenly she opens up, perhaps for the first time in her life. What follows is a story stitched with sequins and steeped in legacy of freestyle disco, ferocious dance mums and the resilience it takes to keep dancing when you fall. She taught a generation of working-class girls in the 90s not just how to thrive, but how to lose and not cry.

Jayde Adams: How to Lose and Not Cry

A city. Just like this. Right now. A teenage girl boils with rage in a toilet cubicle. A finance worker preaches doom in a train station. An absurd, coke-addled celebrity races through town on a mission. A paranoid stoner stares blankly at the endless disasters on the TV news. In a single moment, all their worlds will end. Multi-award-winner Kieran Hurley (VL, Mouthpiece, Beats) weaves a picture of a familiar city at its moment of destruction, asking: what would we do at the end of our world? A stripped-back version presented especially for Shedinburgh.

Heads Up

In the moments after her last child leaves home, the Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe finally sits down to write a rebuttal to the person who penned the poem that made her famous. Multi award-winning British duo and sisters, Nicola and Rosie Dempsey, are best known for their musical comedy as Flo & Joan (One Man Musical). This script-in-hand reading will be a little different, as the pair put aside their instruments to try out their new one person play.

The Birds, The Birds! (WIP)

A rich and beautiful story from Shetland, performed by comedian and storyteller Marjolein Robertson. The story of the Hillsook Weddeen (Hillswick Wedding) is one of Shetland's best folktales. It takes the listener back to life in Shetland in the late 1800s, exploring the crofting, fishing and other traditions, yet there is more to this story than meets the eye as through it we meet the trows, a creature of Shetland folklore and with them we go into their world.

Marjolein Robertson: The Hillswick Wedding

Presented by China Plate and Staatstheater Mainz, created by Chris Thorpe and Claire O’Reilly, developed with Rachel Chavkin. Nuclear weapons could destroy us all, right now – so why aren't we talking about them? Sometimes the threat slides into view – Russia invades Ukraine – but that doesn’t make the weapons more dangerous. They’re always dangerous. And one day, deliberately or accidentally, they’ll be used again. On the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima comes a one-off performance of a show and a conversation about a new nuclear weapons treaty.

Talking About The Fire

Twenty years after his first solo show, inexplicably much curlier of hair, and with many more hangovers behind him, one of the festival’s most storied comedians rashly attempts a "best of" compendium of what he can remember from his many, many Edinburgh offerings. Although probably not the one where he turned a building into an immerse-theatre hotel for the whole month. But then, you never know. A one-off experiment.

Mark Watson: 20 Years Of Doing My Absolute Bloody Best

Come see Christopher Brett Bailey (This Is How We Die) perform I Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven. Fear and Loathing meets South Park in a screwball monologue that's part romance, part buddy comedy, part body horror. Two miles north of Hell, a nameless deadbeat narrator spots Satan buying soy milk at the 7-Eleven. Satan's a washed-up has-been, who’s totally lost his edge. That is until he falls in love with our narrator and the two embark on a debauched misadventure, by turns slapstick, violent, whimsical, dreamlike and tender. 'What a f*cking genius' (Smiths Magazine).

I Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven

Join Chloe Petts (Have I Got News For You, Live at the Apollo, Sky Sports News) as they do something a little different. It's a scratch night for all the ideas they have that aren't quite comedy: a spooky short story about a woman with vagina dentata, a short film about a couple of idiots who man a Clown Museum and the opening of a play about football (because Petts always has to bring up football).

Chloe Petts: Miscellaneous

Ben Target is a critically acclaimed performance artist and multi award-winning comedian (yawn), but in 2020 he gave this up to become the live-in carer for an irascible octogenarian prankster. A life-affirming story about death, conveyed through the popular mediums of storytelling, servitude to the audience and live carpentry, a combination not seen on the world stage since Nazareth (circa 30AD). Directed by Adam Brace and Lee Griffiths. Scotsman Fringe First Winner 2023, followed by acclaimed runs in London (Soho Theatre), New York, and Vancouver. 'A knockout piece of theatre… spellbinding’ ***** (List). ***** (Fest). **** Guardian).

Ben Target: LORENZO

Dickie is having a day of it. He’s pretty certain Chanelle is having an affair, and he thinks his golf pals don’t really like him. A bad shot on the 11th hole takes him into new realms, a strange encounter and a challenge. But does Dickie have the cojones to see this through? And will he have the courage to face the consequences of his actions? Annie Siddons reads from her first new play for adults since Dennis of Penge: Dickie Dimplethorpe has a Day. A work in progress reading.

Dickie Dimplethorpe has a Day (WIP)

The Duke is a solo show from the multi award-winning writer/performer and 'legend of the Edinburgh Festival' (Stage), exploring kindness, generosity and the value of what we do. Funny, poignant and playful, The Duke weaves together the tragicomic fate of a family heirloom – a porcelain figure of the Duke of Wellington – the quandary of a scriptwriter stretching his integrity and an unfolding disaster as thousands of children flee their homes. Blending fantasy and reality, this playful show gently challenges our priorities in a world full of crisis. 'A fantastic and likeable storyteller' **** (EdFestMag.com). **** (What'sOnStage.co.uk).

The Duke

The Olivier-nominated, Fringe First-winning show returns to Edinburgh. Inspired by hospices, mystics and trips to the cemetery, Age is a Feeling wrestles with our endless chances to change course while we’re alive. A covert rallying cry against cynicism and regret. A call to seize our time. Charting the seminal moments, rites of passage and turning points in an adult life – your life – from the day you turn 25 through to your death, this never-the-same-twice show celebrates the glorious and melancholy unknowability of living. ‘As breathtaking as it is moving’ ***** (Guardian). ***** (Telegraph). 

Age is a Feeling

This is a work-in-progress. Stories From An Invisible Town invites you to roam around the town where Shôn spent his entire childhood. Blending memory, fantasy and reality, the stories emerge in a dreamlike recollection making us wonder where stories come from and how much truth they hold... You will probably see the best and worst material. That’s not a guarantee but at least you’ll be sitting down out of the rain... Shôn has won several awards, made over thirty shows and been on stage at the Sydney Opera House and the Royal Court.

Stories From An Invisible Town (WIP)

Fringe royalty Sophie Duker (Taskmaster, Deep Cover, your dad's DMs) is doing only one single show at this year's festival. And guess what – it's this one. For one night only, Sophie Duker presents... Sophie Duker. Sixty minutes. Strap in.

The Sophie Duker Show

Spend an evening (well, part of an evening) with Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. These two are best known for their musicals SIX and Why Am I So Single? and will be sharing some insights into their journey from Fringe to… well, back to Fringe.

An Evening With Marlow and Moss

“I’m 36, I’m a comedian, and I’m about to kill my boyfriend…” A permanently single, professionally neurotic stand-up finally meets Mr Right and then does everything wrong. But is Mr Right quite what he seems? And how far will the comedian go to get a laugh? The 2024 Fringe sell-out hit, starring two-time Tony Award nominee Samuel Barnett, returns for one-night-only in a raw and stripped-back performance just for Shedinburgh. ‘The gag-count is ridiculously high… Catch it, then, before everyone else does’ ***** (Telegraph). ***** (Fest).

Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen

Love, lust and late nights collide in a musical rollercoaster, taking the audience through the euphoria and distress of two people dealing with their own and each other’s mental health. Ria is working with her band to complete a new album, charting the rise and fall of a recent relationship. But the more Ria progresses, the more she’s drawn back into her troubled past, until we aren't sure where memory ends and reality begins. Olivier award-winning Maimuna Memon brings her critically acclaimed show back to Edinburgh, stripped back and for one night only.

Manic Street Creature

Luke is a young Scottish queer man living in London whose messy, chaotic life is about to implode. We meet him through a series of obscene, revealing, funny, profound, lost, chaotic questions. Questions of himself, co-workers, bar staff, therapists, cab drivers, dealers, dates and a tourist he meets while waiting for his date in a Minecraft version of the National Theatre. This is a staged reading of a brand-new play by James Ley (Wilf, Ode to Joy), directed by Tessa Walker.

First, Let Me Ask You Some Questions (WIP)

For the first time ever, award-winning, sell out shows: Learning to Fly (*****, Guardian), Piece of Work (*****, Morning Star), and James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show (*****, ThreeWeeks) will be performed together, as a trilogy. A gentle, warm hurtle through the breadth of a human life juxtaposed with some of humanities greatest art (James wants to be clear that's like Shakespeare, Beethoven or Beyonce, not him). Expect laughter, tears and a one-of-a-kind event that can only happen at the Fringe.

Songs of the Heart Trilogy

This is a rare chance to see the first play in a unique body of work that has changed the theatre landscape. My Arm tells the story of a boy who puts one arm about his head and never takes it down. It combines live performance with sequences of film commissioned from British artist, Chris Dorley-Brown. The play is performed with the help of everyday objects supplied by the audience. It’s a study of bloody-mindedness, modern art and family. It’s mesmerising, teasing and profound.

My Arm

Don’t miss this Work in Progress of a brand-new show from Ivo Graham, delving into the world of theatre following a critically acclaimed, sell-out run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024 of Carousel. Ivo has spent his entire adult life on the stand-up circuit, winning So You Think You’re Funny? aged 18 in 2009. His sell-out solo show The Game of Life received nominations for Best Show and Best Joke at that year’s Fringe. He has appeared on Have I Got News for You, QI, The Last Leg, Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo, and

Ivo Graham: Balloons (WIP) CANCELLED

From the amazing mind of Deborah Frances-White (The Guilty Feminist) comes this extraordinary, improvised comedy show. We’re going to take the Festival’s best comics, most beloved performers and finest actors and the Voice of God will mess with their head to get them improvising like you’ve never seen them before – uncensored, hilarious and barely in control.

Deborah Frances-White presents… Voices in Your Head

Come away in and join Gary as he sorts through some old stories and new ideas. There may be laughs, there will be sweets*. Gary is a writer performer from Glasgow and one of the cofounders of the Shedinburgh festival. He has been a stalwart of the Fringe in recent years with shows like VL and Locker Room Talk and has won the coveted Scotsman Fringe First award four times. He is currently performing a 10-year anniversary run of his show A Gamblers Guide to Dying at the Traverse. *Please bring sweets.

Clamjamfry

A psychologist and an actor meet in the sea. Or did they? They can’t agree. Dara and Gig have been happily married for decades. But one of them has done something unforgivable. Facts are slippery. Feelings are filthy. And memories are unreliable. This is a love story. A crime scene. Seasickness on solid ground. The Briar Patch is a dissection of a relationship under pressure – a play about what we remember, what we misremember and the devastating possibility that we were never really paying attention.

The Briar Patch

“People are entitled to their sexual proclivities, I mean, let there be a thousand blossoms bloom as far as I’m concerned. But I ain't spending any time on it because, in the meantime, every three months a person is torn to pieces by a crocodile in North Queensland” (Bob Katter, Australian MP). Cocaine. Crocodiles. Colin Farrell. This script-in-hand reading of Mercurial is a twisted dark comedy that pays homage to our most memorable one-night stands. It asks the question: How far will we go for love?

Mercurial

The Olivier Award-winning West End hit returns to the Fringe for a 16th year! For one night only The Showstoppers get back to their roots with this intimate version of the show just for Shedinburgh. It’s opening night for the hottest new musical in town. There's just one problem – the writer hasn't written a note and needs your help... See your suggestions turned into a brand-new comedy musical in ‘the funniest improv on the Fringe’ (BroadwayBaby.co.uk). 'So polished, it defies belief' ***** (Telegraph). 'Achingly funny... worth seeing again and again' ***** (Time Out).

Showstopper! in Shedinburgh

Multi award-winning ‘magnificent Fringe legends’ (Time Out) are back. And we're totally fine! Actually, all things considered, we're OK. Feeling alright. Thriving, even? That’s a bit far, but we've learnt some folk songs. We’ve got into folk recently and it’s been really helpful. Come and sing some songs with us! A swift 60 minutes of classic folk followed by a trip to the bar and then a singaround. Because we need a drink, don’t we? But we’re doing OK. ‘Spine-tingling from the first number’ ***** (Telegraph). ***** (Times). ***** (TheStage.co.uk). ***** (Time Out).

Sh!t Theatre: Or What’s Left Of Us

Summer is a time for fun. A time for romance. A time for possibility. A time when dreams become reality. Return to ten special days in July 2007, as a group of Jewish teenagers experience new things: being away from their parents for more than 12 hours for the first time, snogging for the first time and reenacting the Raid of Entebbe… for the first time. Acclaimed playwright Nick Cassenbaum and director/dramaturg Emma Jude Harris, the creative team behind Fringe First-winning, smash hit REVENGE: After the Levoyah, bring you part two in the series.

REBELLION: After the B’nei Mitzvahs

Thinking about taking your show on the road? In this panel Q&A event, producer Harriet Bolwell and guests break down the essentials of touring theatre across the country – from building relationships with venues to booking, budgeting and everything in between.

SHEDx: Navigating the UK Touring Network

What makes a five-star review – and who decides? In this Q&A panel event, theatre critic and journalist, Tim Bano, along with guests, lifts the curtain on the world of arts criticism, exploring how reviews are written, how the landscape is changing, and what performers need to know about the critics in the room.

SHEDx: How to Get a Five Star Review at the Fringe

Ever wondered what it really takes to make a show stand out at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe? Join award-winning producer Francesca Moody (Fleabag, Baby Reindeer) as she hosts How to Produce a Fringe Hit - a Q&A panel event with industry insiders, sharing the secrets, challenges and must-knows behind creating a smash-hit Fringe show.

SHEDx: How to Produce a Fringe Hit

In the past 5 years the industry has faced rapid changes, and casting remains a process which can still feel like it’s central to making a theatre show, yet it’s shrouded in mystery. At this panel we will aim to discuss how to cast a show well, how to work with casting directors if you are making a show, how to become a casting assistant / associate / director and how to “be noticed” by them if you are a performer.

SHEDx: Casting, Who Needs It?

'Cause how am I gonna have the summer to end all summers with no one to share it with?' Amani and Brianna are getting ready for a blind date but getting there is the real test. Between teefing sisters, gentrified patties, flying bird poo, missing barbers, and a trim that could end a man, romance might not be the only thing on the line... Set to a Caribbean South London soundtrack, A to B is about the beauty and absurdity of trying to be seen and to connect in a world that won’t stop interrupting.

A to B

A work-in-progress from Adam Smith, described by the Guardian as the 'third Chemical Brother' for his contribution to the visual show, on his life in sound, image and invention. Part one-man show, part psychedelic-keynote, The Chemical Years is a confessional, celebratory journey through messy worlds where art is made. From squat raves to sold-out arenas, Smith reflects on connection, creativity, and chaos, weaving together the hedonistic, the heartbreaking and the hilarious. Featuring iconic visuals created for The Chemical Brothers and The Streets, this is about making something out of the madness – and somehow making it matter.

The Chemical Years

When Kingmead Police Department receives the ultimate severed virtue signal in a box, they’re forced to come to their own reckonings of what justice should look like. Embroiled in sheer dystopian impracticality, Jack in a Box is one giant metaphor for the failings of our justice system when it comes to sexual assault. Told through the eyes of Barbara, the receptionist, this is a rare insight into the farcical social agreement to suppress your trauma and keep going in everyday rooms. Think The Office meets Promising Young Woman. 

Jack in a Box

Known for her alter-ego MP who has achieved more than seven million views with her online videos, and toured two stage shows nationally, satirist and Chortle award winner Rosie Holt returns to the Fringe for an early reading of her new comedy play. 'Tightly crafted and brutal political satire with Orwellian flourishes' (Evening Standard). 'Hilarious and alarmingly close to the bone' (TheNewWorld.co.uk). 'Can Holt’s comedy career survive the advent of a Labour government? On this evidence, you’d fancy her chances' (Guardian).

Rosie Holt: A New Play (WIP)

Jack Rooke's Good Grief: a decade retrospective of capitalising on my dead dad to varied levels of failure and success (W-I-P) is a work-in-progress idea from Jack Rooke (C4's Big Boys). Featuring snippets from his 2015 debut show, Jack wants to tread down memory lane to look at ambition, public sympathy and the innocent joy of just writing something for oneself, before the arrival of 'telly wankers' and one's own evolution into a 'telly wanker'.

Jack Rooke's Good Grief: a decade retrospective of capitalising on my dead dad to varied levels of failure and success (WIP)

The stars of two hit fringe shows, Laura Benanti from this year’s Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares, and Todd Almond from last year’s I’m Almost There, serve up a few musical surprises, plus selections from their shows.

Shed Lates: Laura Benanti & Todd Almond

Join us for a club night in the shed! Chromatic are a DJ and promoter duo from Edinburgh consisting of Zo3 and Lara Sinclaire. They host monthly club nights at the Bongo Club and play gigs together city-wide. Chromatic play a variety of different sounds but have a particular love for all things Bass, from UK Garage and UK Techno to Dubstep and Jungle. They host a monthly radio show on Edinburgh community radio EHFM and have recently debuted at festivals, Terminal V and DAYS.

Shed Lates: Chromatic

With thousands of shows vying for attention every August, how do you cut through the noise and fill your seats? This SHEDx panel brings together some of the best in the business to share the strategies, secrets and creative thinking behind successful Fringe marketing. Hosted by Grace Dickson (Producer, GDP; Associate Producer, Francesca Moody Productions), with Lauren Carroll (Head of Marketing, Underbelly), Eleni Cashell (Social Media Manager) and Michelle Mangan (PR Consultant), we’ll explore everything from building a buzz before you arrive to keeping audiences coming back.

SHEDx: Selling Out Your Show at the Edinburgh Fringe 

From a one-man piano in a pub back room to a full-blown West End transfer — musicals have a long, loud and often chaotic history at the Edinburgh Fringe. But what does it really take to make one here? Join the Birmingham Hippodrome's Musicals Team Deirdre O'Halloran and James Ashfield along with Jon Brittain, Matthew Floyd Jones (Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder) and Seiriol Davies (How To Win Against History) for a panel discussion and Q&A as they  lift the lid on the unique challenges (and triumphs) of creating, producing and performing.

ShedX: Making Musicals on the Fringe

For one night only, David Elms is bringing his sell-out cult hit to our shed. Together with his audience, veteran improviser Elms 'builds a comedy mind palace before your very eyes. You'll want to move in for good' (Phil Wang). 'Funny, original, different every time... You go there and bathe in it and try not to be jealous you didn't think of it' (Tim Key). 'You'd have to be dead not to enjoy it' (Katy Wix). 'Staking out his own comedy territory' (The Guardian). Also playing at 9.35 at Pleasance Courtyard.

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