With just over a month to go now until the start of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we’ve taken a look at the best theatre shows to check out in August.
The world’s largest arts festival has, as always, got hundreds of great theatrical treats to choose from, performing across the city in our theatres, function rooms, gym halls and even pubs.
Among the 42 theatre shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe we’ve highlighted are a great mix of returning shows, debuts and even some world premiere runs in Edinburgh.
Check out our galley below to help you choose which theatre shows you will be watching in Edinburgh this August.
41. Legendary
Award-winning, New York-based Singaporean singer-songwriter, Mandopop and queer icon, Cheeyang Ng, brings solo musical Legendary to the Edinburgh Fringe, retelling Chinese myths from a queer and immigrant perspective. A retelling of Chinese mythologies, Legendary is a life-affirming musical tale of queer joy and identity. International award-winning singer-songwriter and Mandopop icon Cheeyang Ng, joins forces with acclaimed director Emilio Ramos, to bring this electrifying solo ritual musical to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Through call-and-response and circle singing, Legendary examines the myths Cheeyang was raised with, but never saw themselves reflected in. Friesian, Underbelly, August 5-31, not 17th, 3.35pm. | Storytelling PR
42. Goodbye Dandelion
This August at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, a remarkable story takes centre stage at Underbelly as Goodbye Dandelion blends storytelling and live music to explore life, loss and the unexpected connections that change us. Goodbye Dandelion is the story of an unlikely friendship with a 50-year age gap. Oh, and death! Told by real-life siblings Maddie Rice (on the mic) and Marcus Rice (on the keys), this poignant and sharply funny new work follows the final years of 87-year-old Darcy seen through the eyes of a new friend, bound by an extraordinary 50-year age gap. What unfolds is an unlikely friendship that is as life-affirming as it is heartbreaking. Goodbye Dandelion, by Maddie Rice and Marcus Rice, August 5-30, Underbelly (Belly Dancer), 4.10pm. | Michelle Mangan PR