Eleanor Morton’s feminist, sex-ed, myth-lore fuelled show filled with mermaids, selkies, sirens and silliness is an absolute must-see for this year’s Fringe.
Review: Linus Karp was Hit with an Umbrella, Fringe 2026
Linus Karp was Hit with an Umbrella is a bold, brave and powerfully triumphant show of unity, support and love in the face of hate, with an important message. Absolutely unmissable.
Review: Collaborator, Fringe 2026
Collaborator is an intimate, tender and very personal tribute to Ockham’s Razor and their 23-year relationship of working and being together. It’s poignant, sentimental, and at times, magical. Not to be missed.
A review of The Librarians: A Very Serious Comedy!, Fringe, 2026
Written by Matthew Howell and Jack Michael Stacey for Cabbage Productions, Librarians: A Very Serious Comedy! is a chaotic satirical farce comedy show about saving a library before it’s sold off to become luxury flats.
Review: The Second Best School Shooting, Fringe 2026
A poignant look at the reality facing teenagers in America, and coping the only way they know how; with humour. Some hits and a few misses in terms of comedy, with a powerful and important message.
A review of Mothman: A Romance Musical, Fringe 2026
An ambitious, ingeniously fun sci-fi comedy musical with a great performance its four cast members, Mothman: A Romance Musical should definitely be on your list this Fringe!
Review: Buggers, Fringe 2026
It may on the surface be the story of Francis Bacon and his muse George Dyer, but Buggers is also an intense, sexually charged, powerful, poignant and heartbreaking watch, with themes of violence, drug abuse and suicide. It’s also unmissable. Ow, my heart.
A review of Juliette Burton: Villain Era, Fringe 2026
Nerdy, geeky, fun and with themes of comic books, sci-fi, cosplay, video games, BDSM, LGBTQIA+ and more, Juliette Burton is once again a stand-out gem of the Edinburgh Fringe – and if this sounds like your vibe, you’d be a fool to miss it.