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