Mario the Maker Magician throws red clown noses and large balloons from stage to the kids in the audience.

Children's Shows

Mario the Maker Magician

Mario the Maker Magician returns for a limited season only! Bringing his robot magic live from New York, Mario returns to Edinburgh with a show full of original magic, handmade robots and modern slapstick. Fast-paced, interactive and full of heart, Mario leads you through a romping explosion of contagious energy and belly laughs. For kids, adults, families, everyone! As seen on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Sesame Street, Universal Kids and live on tour with David Blaine.

30 July - 17 August 2025, 10:30 am

Underbelly George Square

A bright orange image with a group of actors looking like things are going wrong. Scripts are flying through the air. A quote from reviewer 'Lost In Theatreland' saying

Theatre

...Earnest?

Fans of The Play That Goes Wrong and Noises Off will love this.  Returning to the Fringe for the FIFTH time due to phenomenal demand, this Oscar Wilde twist is guaranteed to have you in stitches.  When a traditional production of Oscar Wilde's classic play gets underway, everything seems to be going perfectly to plan... that is, until the lead actor fails to arrive on cue.

30 July - 25 August 2025, 3:20 pm

Underbelly George Square

Jeromaia Detto is a baby sat in front of a wall of portraits depicting other babies doing grown up jobs.

Comedy

Jeromaia Detto: When I Grow Up...

Award-winning expert in play Jeromaia Detto is back with his most ambitious show yet! What did you want to be when you grew up? A doctor? A florist? Maybe you wanted to be a fish! Whatever the dream, Jeromaia will bring it to life with a stage full of costumes and a heart full of imagination, creating a brand-new show each night based on your childhood dreams.  

30 July - 24 August 2025, 4:20 pm

Underbelly George Square

Text that reads Medusa Uncut - A New Musical. On a black background

Musicals and Opera

Medusa Uncut: A New Musical

With a pistol in her belt and the god of death in the passenger seat, Medusa's on the road for revenge. But in a world where gods play dice with the lives of men, who can you trust to have your back? From the creators of Unfortunate comes a mythical new musical with a wild western twist. With a dark country soundtrack, Medusa: Uncut is a fast-paced, adrenaline-fuelled car chase loaded with sex, violence and topless minotaurs. Look out, here she comes.

30 July - 25 August 2025, 5:15 pm

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A girl smiling on a bus

Comedy

Grace Jarvis: Just Because I'm Crying Doesn't Mean I'm Not Having a Nice Time

A new hour of stand-up comedy from the Antipodes' most verbose and melancholy good time gal. Grace Jarvis is excited to regale audiences with her tales of living overseas, falling in love, working in a sex shop and getting into notable scrapes on public transport. In the midst of her obligatory move to the UK from Australia,  

30 July - 24 August 2025, 5:50 pm

Underbelly George Square

A person dressed in chainmail in front of a light blue background. They are looking off in the distance as a crown is placed on their head from above.

Comedy

Knight, Knight

A knight pulls a sword from a stone and, as the prophecy foretold – becomes king. No, not that king. Another one. Totally different one. This one is in love with his horse. A clown tale of courage, duty, determination, brotherhood (shoutout to the round table!), grief, and most of all, horses. A wild romp through a medieval world you thought you knew. A ye olde show brought to you by Madeleine Rowe. Madeleine Rowe (they/them) is a clown, artist, and teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Madeleine recently sold out a run of their clown solo show Honey, I’m Home at Open Eye Theatre. Other theatrical credits include clown opera, Orpheus in the Underworld -a Spymonkey co-production at the Vienna Volksoper- as well as shows with Four Humors, Clarence Brown Theater, and Yellow Tree Theater. Madeleine’s training includes renowned clown teacher Philippe Gaulier, acclaimed British comedy troupe Spymonkey, MFA Actor training from the University of TN, and a BA in performance from Augsburg University.

30 July - 25 August 2025, 7:20 pm

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Eli matthewson stares at the camera terrified in bed at night.

Comedy

Eli Matthewson: Night Terror

In 2023 my boyfriend tried to kill me in my sleep. We are still going strong. This is a story about theft, anxiety and unforgettable biscuits. A new hour of comedy from one of NZ's best. As seen on Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, Have You Been Paying Attention? NZ, Celebrity Treasure Island. Winner – Best Comedy Dunedin Fringe 2024. Winner – Fred Award 2021 NZ International Comedy Festival.

30 July - 24 August 2025, 8:50 pm

Underbelly George Square

A man with an orange ruff, his upper half is undressed and his lower body is the body of a penguin.

Comedy

Garry Starr: Classic Penguins

Literature! Literature! Literature! It might not rhyme with anything but it's still very important.​ Garry Starr is back and he's hell-bent on saving books from extinction by performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written. Mostly naked (but with flippers). Comic wunderkind Starr takes us on a literary adventure through the world's most iconic works of fiction. From The Little Prince to Moby Dick and everything in between, nothing is safe from being lampooned with the utmost nincompoopery. 'A very funny man who is peculiarly averse to wearing trousers' ***** (Scotsman).

30 July - 25 August 2025, 9:30 pm

Underbelly George Square