Plays from Scotland:
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026
Each year, we create a list of plays written by Scotland's playwrights that are being produced at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and at other Festivals in Edinburgh for our website. If you have work that you would like featured here, please complete this online form.
Week Beginning - Monday 3rd August
Aug 5th-16th (not 12th) 1:20pm - Ostrich by Isla Fairfield
Aug 5th-17th 12pm - Lifelong by Lynda Radley
Aug 5th-30th 3:20pm - Rockpools by Molly Windust
Aug 5th-30th (not 18th) 5:10pm - hame. teeth. CLUB by Kari Hall
Aug 5th-30th 6:30pm - A Better Memory by Ishan Kerr
Aug 5th-30th 3:10pm - Shotgunned by Matt Anderson
Aug 5th-31st (not 17th, 24th) 7pm - Steak Out by Ruaraidh Murray
Aug 5th-31st (not 11th, 18th, 25th) 4:30pm - Crocodile Rock by Andy McGregor
Aug 5th-31st (not 15th, 17th, 25th) 1:20pm - Moth and Dog are Dying to Get Out by Aidan Monks
Aug 5th-31st (not 12th, 17th, 24th) 5:45pm - Prophets by Jack MacGregor
Aug 5th-31st (not 17th, 24th) 5:20pm - Parasocial Activity by Briony Martha
Aug 5th-31st (not 17th, 24th) 4:20pm - BearGirl by Emery Schaffer
Aug 5th-31st (not 12th, 26th) 2:30pm - Turn the Cloth by Eve Miller
Aug 6th-22nd 5:20pm - Uncorked by Holly Patterson
Aug 6th-29th 12:20 - Alan Bissett: The Red Hourglass by Alan Bissett
Aug 6th-30th 10:40am - Happiest I’ve Ever Been by Katie Young and Holly Archibald
Aug 6th-30th (not 7th, 10th, 17th, 24th) Various - After Party by Morna Young
Aug 6th-30th Various - Supposing by Zinnie Harris
Aug 6th-30th (not 12th, 19th, 26th) 5:55pm - CADEL: Lungs on Legs by Steve McMahon & Connor Delves
Aug 6th-30th (not 12th, 15th, 19th, 26th) 4:30pm - We Will Hear The Angels by Nicholas Bone
Aug 6th-30th (not 18th) 1:20pm - You Come From a Long Line of Shallow People by Joanne Green
Aug 6th-30th (not 10th, 17th, 24th) 8:30pm - Water Colour by Milly Sweeney
Aug 6th-31st (not 11th, 18th, 25th) 4:30pm - Tether by Robbie Gordon, Jack Nurse and Yoon Junghwan
Aug 6th-31st (not 12th, 15th, 19th, 26th) 4:45pm - Through the Shortbread Tin by Martin O’connor
Aug 6th-31st (not 18th, 25th) 4:30pm - Nesting by Peter McCormick
Aug 7th-15th 6pm - MANikin by Nathan Scott-Dunn
Aug 7th-15th 7:35pm - Shinjuku by Claire Wood
Aug 7th-15th 3:45pm - Detective Heartbreak by Lewis Cooper
Aug 7th-17th 4:30pm - Hamlet (an experience) by Brite Theatre
Aug 7th-18th 2pm - A Clown’s Lullaby by Daniel Orejon
Aug 7th-28th (dates vary) 11:40am - Elsa McTaggart: Capturing the Light by Elsa McTaggart
Aug 7th-29th (dates vary) 8pm - Forge by Tom Oakes & Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir
Aug 7th-29th (dates vary) various - Graduatric by Lucy Linford
Aug 7th-30th 4pm - Mayflies by Ben Harrison
Aug 7th-30th (not 10th, 17th, 24th) various - Cathy by Eilidh Loan
Aug 7th-31st (not 12th, 19th, 26th) 2:45pm - Common Tongue by Fraser Scott
Aug 8th-14th 4:15pm - Jane Austen's Love And Freindship [Sic] by Oliver Giggins
Aug 8th-22nd (not 9th, 16th) 11:30am - Tongue Twister by Greg Sinclair
Aug 8th-30th (dates vary) 5:30pm - Burke'n'Hare: Let The Bodies Hit The Floor by Beth Eltringham
Aug 9th-27th (dates vary) 5:30pm - Elizabeth I: Regina Vagina by Oliver Giggins & Beth Eltringham
Aug 9th-29th (dates vary) 3:15pm - Living the Dream by Michael Johnson
Week Beginning - Monday 10th August
Aug 10th-15th 6:30pm - SWEET by Hilary Spiers
Aug 11th-15th Various - Ships by Mark Forrest
Aug 12th-28th Various - One Hundred Voice: a theatrical installation by Nicola McCartney
Aug 15th-23rd Various- Alan Bissett: When Billy Met Alasdair by Alan Bissett
Week Beginning - Monday 17th August
Aug 17th-22nd 7:05pm - The Powerpop Girls: A New Diva Religion by Ryan Lithgow
Aug 17th-22nd 10:30pm - Home by Alexander Artis
Aug 17th-22nd 5:30pm - CQD To SOS: A Titanic Story by Oliver Giggins
Aug 17th-22nd 3:55pm - MIND FULL by Lewis Teckkam
Aug 17th-29th 3:05pm - 113 by Ethan H.M.M
Aug 17th-29th 12:40pm - Hope This Helps! by Lex Joyce and Jess Ferrier
Aug 18th-23rd (not 20th) 7:15pm - Transmission by Nelly Kelly
Aug 18th-30th 12:15pm - SLAYERS by Corinne Salisbury
Aug 19th-30th (not 18th) 8pm - Charles II: Living Libido Loca by Beth Eltringham
Aug 20th-25th 5:05pm - The Skarsgård Effect by Ellen Eklund
Aug 20th-30th 10:40pm - Habits by Scott Strom
Aug 22nd-30th 5pm - Love Did a Number On Me by Eve Mumford
Week Beginning - Monday 24th August
Aug 24th-29th 12:40pm - 58 To Go by Alistair Maxwell
Aug 24th-29th 10:30pm - Squat! by Benedict Hoesl
Aug 24th-29th 12:35pm - A Giggle With The Gaggle by David Gardener
Aug 24th-29th 8:45pm - Collateral Damage by Michael Johnson
Aug 24th-29th 5:15pm - Headcase by Douglas Yannaghas
Aug 24th-29th 10am - What’s Rotting in the Office Fridge? by Noah McGarrity & Kathleen Tierney
Aug 24th-29th 2pm - We Are All Florida Man by Lubnra Kerr
Aug 24th-29th 6:40pm- A Queen’s Way by Madilyne Nelsen
Aug 24th-30th 8:40pm - Glenn and Flenn by Frederik Bang
Aug 26th-30th 4:30pm - Our Martin in the Background by Mark Kydd
Aug 27th-30th Various - When Prophecy Fails by Finn den Hertog & Lewis den Hertog
Events During August
Aug 7th-26th 11am - Embro by Ken Cockburn