Edinburgh Fringe 2025 is in its final week! So, if you’re in town, here’s a final list of shows we think will be worth a watch. This is a mix of some we’ve already enjoyed, and some that we think sound exciting.

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Seen all these shows? Want more? Check out our earlier list of 2025 Fringe recs.

Tethered

11:10 theSpace Venue 45, til Aug 23

Rose and Taylor narrate their sensations and memories in an attempt to come to terms with their relationship to one another, their past and the world at large. Set in a future dystopia where genetic predispositions to chronic illness have been triggered by a worldwide technological phenomenon, this immersive installation fuses emerging technologies and dance theatre to question the importance of personal care and connection in a world of increasing isolation.

Stampin' in the Graveyard

12:15 @ Summerhall, til Aug 25

ROSE is an AI chatbot that gives advice for the end of the world, powered by a black box of memories from people whose worlds have already ended. Tonight, ROSE unboxes her training data of human memories (and fabricates some in true AI fashion), to learn about the woman who created her. Stampin' in the Graveyard is an immersive headphone experience fusing physical theatre and live music to draw audiences into an ephemeral, apocalyptic world. Developed by the critically acclaimed and award-winning Elisabeth Gunawan and Kiss Witness behind Unforgettable Girl.

**This Sh*t Happens All The Time**

13:20 @ Assembly George Square Studios, til Aug 25

A true story about queer love, about tummy flips and hearts skipping beats. But what if your girlfriend's ex-boyfriend responds with murderous intent? This sexy, darkly funny and powerful one woman show exposes homophobia and coercive control to challenge the inequalities faced by the LGBTQ+ community. Who we love should never become a death threat.

KING

13:40 @ Summerhall, til Aug 25

King tells the story of Geok Yen, a public relations executive who seemingly has it all – a stable job and a boyfriend who is about to propose. This safe stable life gets upturned when on impulse, she attends the party in the guise of a man, Stirling da Silva. Emboldened by the alter ego, Yen discovers a newfound confidence to speak her truth and be whatever she could be without self-judgement. In this one-hander, Jo Tan delivers a tour de force performance playing multiple characters, navigating expertly through a host of social stereotypes.

An East Asian performer with chin-length hair, in a white crop top & trousers. They're standing in front of a spotlight, hands folded in a powerful legs-apart stance. Behind, a projection of someone in the same pose wearing a basketball vest & cap — *KING (photo by Camilo Tariq, Courtesy of T:>Works Singapore)*

Bog Body

14:00 @ Paradise in the Vault, til Aug 24

What would you do for love? Go back in time? Or look underwater? And how far would you go for answers when the man of your dreams died 2,000 years ago? When the grieving Petra begins to trawl through the lonely marshes of Lindow Moss, she finds far more than she bargained for. She finds him. An experimental dark comedy from women-led Itchy Feet Theatre, Bog Body is a solo piece about love, death, decay and desire: the four are closer than we realise.

Lost Girls / At Bus Stops

14:20 @ Assembly George Sq, til Aug 24

One last night at the Fringe, Jess and Iona wander the city looking for that best show, finest view, that perfect moment to confess... everything. Lost Girls / At Bus Stops is a Queer love story and a lost letter to Edinburgh.

June Tuesday: Comic Trans (plus Friend)

14:45 @ Laughing Horse City Cafe, til Aug 24

June Helen Tuesday is a toxic trans mess and she’s trying to get away with it. Her parents don’t accept her, she's in trouble with the law and she’s not turned into the sort of woman she wished she’d be. This is a 45 minute show about taking HRT from the gutter.

Shell

15:05 @ Zoo Southside, til Aug 24

Shell is a fantastical one person show that weaves between realities and awakens a wanting you may have forgotten was there. Hockey bro Andy is leading a new sex ed club to B(reak) R(eproductive) O(ppression). The Peanut in his hockey bag is hungry for your desires. And the performer beneath it all is cracking open. Part play, part interactive workshop, part unleashing, Shell confronts us with what we know and don’t know about our bodies, their power and what happens when we truly ask for what we want.

Baby in the Mirror

15:15 @ Summerhall, til Aug 25

Lena, Ollie and Joey are having a baby. Lena's bought a pinstripe suit. Ollie's gone out on a night he'll regret. Joey's soaking wet. A show about queer family making and what it takes to make one. Baby in the Mirror is the debut show of Second Adolescence, a new theatre company from Stella Marie Sophie and Sammy J Glover, Director and Co-creator of The Last Show Before We Die.

Leila Navabi: Relay

15:35 @ Pleasance Courtyard, til Aug 25

Writer and multi-disciplinary rebel Leila Navabi returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with her sophomore show, Relay following a sell-out debut hour, Composition. With sharp wit and tender sincerity, she dives into the wild ride of making a baby at home with her partner, a best mate as the sperm donor, and, naturally, his boyfriend cheering from the sidelines. Navabi unpacks love, ambition, and the chaos of building a family on her own terms. Equal parts absurd and profound, Relay is proof that family is not just what you make it, but how.

*Leila Navabi: Relay (photo: Chillee Noir)*

Shitbag

16:15 @ Summerhall, til Aug 25

Why is it easier to talk about a bowel disease than mental illness? Darkly comedic and life-affirming, this one-person play reveals the reality of living with chronic mental and physical health conditions. We follow a young genderqueer person through a Crohn's Disease diagnosis, hypo-manic episode, colostomy bag fears, queer sex, group sex, morality, mortality, blood, shit, laughter and tears. Hayley Edwards brings their multi award-winning debut play to Summerhall with the Edinburgh Touring Award after two highly acclaimed, sold-out, extended seasons in Melbourne. Think Fleabag but with more queer shit (literally).

**A Northern Tr*nny Hootenanny**

16:25 @ C Aquila, til Aug 24

‘Once upon a time, a milkmaid wished upon a star…’ Join trans artist Hunter King on his journey of gender self-discovery. This brand new uplifting queer parody musical, Maid in the Wild, Wild, North West is based on a true story. It explores themes of belonging, self-discovery and joy through storytelling and music. Expect Disney songs as you’ve never heard them before, bad puns, terrible tropes, a damsel in distress, an animal sidekick, villains galore and a hero! Feel the Pride, live the magic, and cheer as the story unfolds...

C U Later Simulator

16:30 @ Just The Tonic Legends

'Hello, and welcome to this non copyrighted, nondescript life SIMulator game. Press shift, alt, C to begin...' Join drag artist Curly as they play the game of life, levelling up in love, work and community and along the way, attempt to answer life's big questions such as: Can they tell I'm not really speaking in tongues? Does she look too much like me to be my girlfriend? And is it all pointless? Play along to laugh, cry and feel sexually confused by this new genre-bending musical comedy.

Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings and Roundabouts

16:45 @ Pleasance Courtyard, til Aug 24

The much-anticipated debut show about suffering (and smiling) from Nigerian stand-up Ayoade Bamgboye. Burdened by the gift of sight, a primeval awareness that something is not quite right, and almost three accents, she'll ask life's big questions and provide absolutely no answers. Born in London, raised in Lagos, sacked in Budapest, the poor woman has been there and done that – and to what end? Swings and Roundabouts is about going nowhere fast, being too British to stop apologising, and too Nigerian to stop shouting.

Big Red

17:10 @ ZOO Playground, til Aug 24

Georgina Musgrave is Big Red: Queensland's terrifying, hilarious, disgusting, lesbian ex-wrestling sensation!! This adopted Queenslander (via London) brings the pain, maim and brain to the "ring" (stage). Bloody delights, cutting insights and hilarious smackdowns ensue. Expect oversharing, delusion and jokes that make you pause and then go: ohh... ha. The Big Red persona is an exploratory vehicle for the all too true and vulnerable facts of queerness, s*x and trying to survive an acute awareness that modern society's collapse is nigh.

*The Legends of Them (photo: Harry Eletson)*

The Legends of Them – Here & Now Showcase

17:25 @ ZOO Southside, til Aug 24

A memory: South London reggae pioneer Sutara Gayle AKA Lorna Gee hears her radio debut from Holloway Prison. Another: She's engulfed in the Brixton uprising sparked by the police shooting of her sister. And now she is here, a silent retreat, seeking spiritual guidance from her brother Mooji and ancestor Nanny of the Maroons, and a moment of transcendence. Powered by high-octane musical numbers and a virtuoso performance, the critically acclaimed, award-winning The Legends of Them is a breathtaking, roof-raising chronicle of Sutara's singular, extraordinary life.

COME. SEE. SAW.

18:00 @ Paradise in the Vault, til Aug 24

Alex's Jigsaw journey started as a bit in 2023 when she binge watched SAW I through IX to prepare for the release of SAW X. It was during this period that Alex began to lose sense of where she ended and Billy the Doll began. Her neighbours began noticing their tools missing and strange traps set up in their mailboxes and sheds. COME. SEE. SAW. is an absurd character-based show about the untold “true” story of Billy the Doll. Who was Billy before SAW, and where is Billy now? Are you ready to play the game?

Alice-India: See You In Hell

19:15 @ Underbelly Bristo Sq, til Aug 25

Alice-India is a sweet widdle baby cherub. But, biblically speaking, so was the devil... In this debut hour, Alice-India explores moral relativism and being "one of the girls". Arrested only 10 days before receiving an autism and ADHD diagnosis, often misunderstood, Alice swan dives into good and evil. Black and white. Whether good people exist at all. And, if they do, does anyone want to sleep with them anyway? Fresh from a break-up and a miraculously clean DBS, Alice-India pays the ferryman and takes you across the River Styx. See you in hell, assholes.

Thought Daughters: Erika Ehler and Kiran Saggu

19:30 @ Hoots Potterow, til Aug 25

Erika Ehler and Kiran Saggu ponder their thoughts and being daughters. Expect razor-sharp wit, unfiltered honesty and chicks being chicks. What's cooler than that?

Dangerous Goods

20:05 @ Assembly George Sq Gardens, til Aug 24

Dangerous Goods is an unapologetic and hot-as-hell cabaret of provocative performances, jaw-dropping physical feats and powerful acts of rebellion. Featuring a world-class line-up of circus, aerials, drag, burlesque and power vocals (including artists from the award-winning smash-hit Hot Brown Honey), performance renegades Polytoxic bring you an unforgettable evening of high-octane entertainment that is fully loaded and flammable AF. This is cabaret for the brave new world, ready to blow minds and shift paradigms.

**Jordan Gray: Is That a C*ck in Your Pocket or Are You Just Here to Kill Me?**

21:05 @ Assembly George Sq Gardens, til Aug 24

Three years since her legendary show Is It A Bird?, the cockiest woman in comedy returns, with a guitar on her back and a bounty on her ballbag. After a BAFTA-winning strip-off live on Channel 4, bigots around the globe went ballistic. Luckily... so are her tits. Jordan Gray's rootin-est, tootin-est, shootin-est hour of musical comedy yet.

Betty Grumble: Enemies of Grooviness, Eat Shit!

21:15 @ Assembly Roxy, til Aug

Australia's high priestess of eco-sexual rebellion delivers a genre-defying spectacle. As the world experiences climate collapse and patriarchal violence, Grumble emerges as weapon and balm. This collision of performance art, raw physicality and rock'n'roll is a radical act of revenge, reclamation and release. After triumphing across Australia, Grumble brings her acclaimed show to Edinburgh – an unforgettable love letter to the transformative power of the flesh.

Something Like A Brother

22:20 @ theSpace Surgeons’ Hall, til Aug 23

SLAB is a two-man 50-minute comedic catastrophe starring Nathan Hatfield and Eryn Rafferty. Laugh, cry and throw tomatoes while enjoying sketches, puppets and poorly choreographed, but earnest, dance numbers. From humble beginnings in Chicago as a college podcast exploring the trans experience and a love of comedy, SLAB has grown into a variety show bursting with character. If you’ve ever wanted to see two grown men throw comedic spaghetti at a metaphorical wall for nearly an hour, now’s your chance. (Please don't throw actual tomatoes at the performers, we promised them not to worry about it).

Get Off

22:50 @ Summerhall, til Aug 25

Queer performance legend Katy Baird has spent the last decade chasing pleasure, trying to make sense of the chaos. Fusing pounding techno, personal footage and razor-sharp humour, Get Off rips into what we crave, what we hide and the lengths we'll go to feel something in a world that won't slow down. This isn't theatre for the faint-hearted. It's a confession booth with a bassline. A party at the edge of collapse. A raw, funny, painfully honest trip through desire, distraction and survival. If you've ever felt you're raving through the apocalypse, this late-night show is for you!

Delia Delia! The Flat Chested Witch!

23:10 @ Underbelly, Cowgate, til Aug 24

Amando Houser invites you to their unhinged clown hour of self-discovery. Inspired by the "witch hunt" on trans rights in the United States, DeliaDelia happens to be as nasty on the eyes as she is on the basketball court. On a quest to become a "real girl" and also join a human basketball team, will she finally get her shot at greatness or will she be cursed forever?

EdFringe ‘25: More to see

Shows to See: Aug-Oct 2025