Date

5 - 30 August

Time

2:15 pm

Venue

Underbelly Cowgate
Belly Button

suitability

Age 12+ (Guideline)

Tickets from

£11.50

(includes booking fee)

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Musicals and Opera

2ShoulderPads: Galaxy Train

Smallest costumes. Limitless imagination. An award-winning physical musical from Tokyo.

Sold out for its entire run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Winner of the Spirit of the Fringe Award.

A poetic musical inspired by Japanese classical literature. The male performers wear only two shoulder pads as their costume – playful, never sexual. What begins as laughter at wriggling bottoms soon releases the audience's imagination, revealing countless costumes and worlds. By the final scene, many are moved to tears.

Overflowing with the joy and power of theatre, 2ShoulderPads explores life and death, parting, and human connection through humour, songs and Kabuki-inspired physical expression.

Presented By

2Shoulderpads

Duration

60 minutes

Advice

Nudity

Price

Tickets from

£11.50

(includes booking fee)

Accessibility

This venue can only be accessed via 1 flight of a standard set of stairs with a handrail (15 steps). The seating in the venue is raked.

Wheelchair Spaces

Sorry, there are no wheelchair spaces available for this event.

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