Edinburgh Fringe Roundup

01 August 2025

LAMDA is proud to celebrate the diverse array of productions at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, showcasing the talent of our alumni, current students, and incoming students for the 2025/2026 academic year.

Here are a few highlights of their work and where you can catch it:

  • Thorn and Petal Stick: UnScripted Shakespeare – C Alto Theater. Starring Hal Munger and Nick Zimmerman, the show plays from 20 July – 25 August. More information.  
     
  • Frat – Theatre 1 at the Space @ Surgeons' Hall.  Written by Max Allen and featuring Max, Luke Stiles, Will Hammond and Elliott Diner, the show plays from 18 – 23 August. More information.  
     
  • To Whom Should I Complain – Just the Tonic’s the Caves in the Spare Room. Written by Moira McAuliffe, the show plays from 31 July – 11 August. More information.  
     
  • FLUSH – The Pleasance Courtyard Upstairs. Starring Jazz Jenkins, the show plays from 30 July – 25 August. More information. 
     
  • God, the devil and me – The Vault at Paradise in The Vault. Fionnuala Donnelly is head of company, writer, director, lead producer and also stars in the show. It plays from 2 – 24 August (apart from the 10 and 17 August). More information. 
     
  • Growing pains – The Vault at Paradise in The Vault. Starring Fionnuala Donnelly, the show plays from 2 – 24 August (apart from the 10 and 17 August). More information.  
     
  • It's Gonna Blow! – The Pleasance (Queen Dome). Starring Yasmine Meaden, the show plays from 30 July – 24 August. More information. 
     
  • CHICKADEE – ZOO Southside. Written, performed and produced by Feride Morçay, with Aishwarya Gaikwad as director and dramaturg, the show plays from 1 – 24 August (apart from 11 and 18 August). More information. 
     
  • Consumed – Traverse Theatre. Starring Muireann Ní Fhaogáin, the show plays from 31 July – 24 August. More information. 
     
  • Mary's Daughters – Space Triplex (Big) venue. Written by Kaya Bucholc who also stars alongside Megan Carter, the show plays from 1 – 9 August. More information. 
     
  • Top of the World – Surgeons Hall Space UK Stevenson theatre. Starring Phoebe Graham, the show plays from 1 – 9 August. More information. 
     
  • Paratroopers – Tonic at the Caves. Written by Sol Alberman, the show plays from 31 July – 24 August. More information. 
     
  • This is not about me – Former Womens Locker Room, Summerhall Arts. Starring Francis Nunnery, the show plays from 31 July – 25 August. More information.  
     
  • Lost the Plot: An Improvised Musical – Theatre 3 at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall. Starring Phoebe Kyriakopoulos, the show plays from 18 – 23 August. More information.
     
  • American Fetish – Gilded Balloon Patterhouse Bothie. Starring Anaïs Gralpois in her stand-up show debut, the show plays from 30 July – 25 August (apart from 12 August). More information.
     
  • How To Win Against History – Udderbelly, George Square. Featuring Alex Alexander as assistant stage manager, the show plays from 30 July – 24 August. More information
     
  • The UnderNeath – C ARTS. Directed by Anna Hampton with lighting and sound design by Holly Higgs, the show plays from 30 July – 24 August. More information. 
     
  • Daniel Moore's Definitive Guide to Failure Free Living – Just the Tonic at The Subway at Just The Tonic Legends. Directed by Harry Daisley, the show plays from 31 July – 11 August. More information.
     
  • This Blighted Star – Underbelly, George Square. Written and performed by Alfie Jones, and produced by Lilly Walker, the show plays from July 30 – August 24. More information.
     
  • After the Service – Gilded Balloon at Appleton Tower in the Pip Theatre. Starring incoming student, Hannah Murphy, the show plays from July 30 – 24 August (apart from 11 and 18 August). More information. 

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