2026 Fringe Programme

Betsy and Patty Find Out

By Fooled Again

Dates: 18^th – 30^th August 
Time: 20:00
Duration: 55 minutes

Betsy & Patty are a couple of cows passing time while waiting in line in their factory farm home.

Cogito, Ergo… Something?

By EUTC

Dates: 19^th – 30^th August 
Time: 12:30
Duration: 60 minutes

Anthony and Sebastian, two horrible, posh and horribly posh philosophy students have just killed their friend Henry. Henry’s crime? Simply being deemed too boring for these two wannabe Ubermenches to live. Unfortunately for these two so-called “superior beings”, in the act of attempting to prove to themselves that they can commit the perfect crime, they’ve double booked themselves. So before they can finish their plan of the perfect crime they have to have a dinner party with their questionable friends. While Henry is in a box . Like Schrödinger’s cat. But this one is hopefully dead.

DELPHI: The Musical  

By Theatre Movement Bazaar

Dates: 7^th – 30^th August 
Time: 15:30
Duration: 70 minutes

TMB returns with a modern Ancient-Greek musical comedy set backstage at the ORACLE OF DELPHI. Once the preeminent oracle, Delphi has lost patronage and needs money. Hope arrives with Imperial Secretaries from Rome, but the nefarious plans of the authoritarian Emperor throw the existence of the Oracle, and its retinue, into question. Will Delphi’s team bend the knee? Will loyalties fracture as fame and fortune beckon? Singing, dancing, and mysterious vapors tell all. From the award-winning creators of TINY LITTLE TOWN. “The gold standard in wry literary remakes.” (LA Times)

DYSTOPIA 26: THE ROCK OPERA  

By Beldon Haigh

Dates: 7^th – 29^th August 
Time: 19:25 
Duration: 100 minutes

A five-star, two part, immersive political satire and electrifying rock spectacle. You’re not just an audience – you’re a Dystopian, summoned to join a state “Dystopiation” event where you will vote. From martial law to election to a glittering new cult of happiness, this two-part odyssey skewers power, greed and propaganda with monstrous masks, biting lyrics and a ferocious live band. Performed as if from prison by disgraced spin doctor Beldon Haigh and arsonist Helen Raiser, it’s bold, provocative and unexpectedly human – a defiant, beacon of hope.

Hard Pill  

By People You Know Productions

Dates: 7^th – 16^th August 
Time: 20:00
Duration: 60 minutes

Hard pill is a comedy play about friendship, virginity, and contraception. Within the confines of the Boots pharmacy waiting area, Astrid and her two best friends, Harry and Sonia, discuss desire, shame, and the v card. With interjections from Hannah, a mutual friend in search of nipple covers, and the conniving pharmacist, the friends go through the impossible task of protecting their egos while being good friends.

Last Orders  

By EUTC

Dates: 7^th – 18^th August 
Time: 12:30
Duration: 60 minutes

John and Jeremy own a bar. Once their father’s, it now belongs to these two hunks of meat: the manliest men in town. With the help of a waitress, this team of three run the bar on lip-syncing, line-dancing and 7am pints. That is, until a name from the past shows up in town after years. Now, the truth about why he left is about to come out… Join an all-female cast in a geographically ambiguous US town in the 80’s, as they charm you with their impressive facial hair and ability to down a pint of Budweiser.

Michael John Ciszewski: MOTHER, SUPERIOR  

By xo Michael John

Dates: 7^th – 30^th August 
Time: 14:00
Duration: 60 minutes

Does God take calls from gay guys!? NYC comedian and award-thirsty Fringe favourite Michael John Ciszewski is on the line, desperate to make his mother proud of him. Join him in the ultimate act of diva worship: an attempt to canonize his mother as an immortal saint in one hour – of comedy. Will THAT do? Does the Pope shit in the woods!! Mother, Superior is a sacrilegious, sentimental solo spectacular from ‘a whip-smart comic’ (BingeFringe.com) that’s brave enough to ask whether our parents would rather we book a Netflix special or return their calls.

Mother, Maiden & Crone  

By Mother, Maiden & Crone Productions

Dates: 7^th – 30^th August 
Time: 21:30
Duration: 60 minutes

By the receding of my gums… Something wicked this way comes. A comedic and farcical retelling of Macbeth from the witches perspective… If the witches were a bimbo shot boy, a klepto DJ and a drag queen. Set on an imaginary strip in Edinburgh, colleagues of Club Limbo, Mother, Maiden and Crone, are confronted with McBride and her heinous hen party who are soon to find out the dos and don’ts of queer spaces.

The Improverts!  

By The Improverts!

Dates: 7^th – 30^th August 
Time: 23:00
Duration: 60 minutes

Have you ever wondered what a seagull would buy at the garden centre? What happens when the pope stars in a rock musical? Or how a butcher and a baker could save the world? We have absolutely no idea, but bring your quirkiest and silliest suggestions to the Edinburgh Fringe’s longest running sketch comedy improv troupe, and 2024 Derek comedy award winners, The Improverts to watch them unfold in beautiful chaos! Join us for what will be our 37th year at the Fringe with the Edinburgh University Theatre Company’s at Bedlam Theatre (almost) every night of the Fringe at 11pm!

Ulysses of Scranton 

By Scranton Fringe Festival & the New Vintage Ensemble

Dates: 7^th – 29^th August 
Time: 11:00
Duration: 60 minutes

An ensemble of actors rehearse their new production of James Joyce’s Ulysses, but as they progress through the infamously “impossible to adapt” work, they find the line between text and real life starts to dissolve. A theatrical remix of Joyce’s classic novel in which the voices and humour of Scranton, Pennsylvania in 2026 blend with the Dublin of the early 20th-century – the play keeps the heartbeat of the original while layering in contemporary stories to produce a fast-paced, funny and emotionally direct work. Knowledge of the original book is not essential for enjoyment!

Bedlam Late Programme 2026

Bedlam Late is a curated collection of some of the Fringe’s weirdest, most interesting high concept comedy programming from some of the best alternative acts in the country all under one roof.

Running every weekend of the Fringe at 00:30, Bedlam Late 2026 sees a wide ranging, diverse programme of weird and wonderful one-off wonders that capture the anarchic, creative spirit of the Fringe.

Find out more about the full programme below!