This year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe has more than 4000 shows, all jostling for your attention and attendance, plus over 100 learning and engagement events at Fringe Central. So where do you start? If the idea of this much choice is making you hyperventilate, don’t panic – we’ve got you covered. The team at YTAS have put together a list of shows to get you started that we think look intriguing, exciting, or just plain weird. Enjoy!
YOUNG COMPANIES
Strange Town – Dr Korczak’s Example https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/dr-korczak-s-example
Inverclyde Youth Theatre – 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/25th-annual-putnam-county-spelling-bee
Edinburgh Youth Theatre – Annie Jnr https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/annie-jr
Aquila Youth Theatre – Lord of the Flies https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/lord-of-the-flies
Aquila Youth Theatre – Goodnight Mr Tom https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/goodnight-mr-tom
Aquila Youth Theatre – Grease https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/grease
Trinity Youth Theatre – Pronoun https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/pronoun
Newbury Youth Theatre – Wizard of Winterbourne https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/wizard-of-winterbourne
Northern Youth Theatre Project – [BLANK] by Alice Birch and NYTP https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/blank-by-alice-birch-and-nytp
Parker and Snell Youth Company – Chatroom https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/chatroom
Oasties in association with Trinity Youth Theatre – Ben Hur https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/ben-hur
The Georgian Theatre Royal Youth Theatre – Dorian Gray https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/dorian-gray
National Youth Theatre of Great Britain – F. Off https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/f-off
Bluebird Youth Musical Theatre Company – Triplex Adventures https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/triplex-adventures
Scotland PRIME, Lothian Youth Dance, TIM Company and guests – Fear Less Age Less https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/fear-less-age-less
A’ Team Arts Nemisis 2 – The Game Changer https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/nemesis-2-the-game-changer
PACE Rep Company – Avalanche https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/avalanche
PACE Rep Company – Little Wings https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/little-wings
Grid Iron, SDTN and Pleasance Theatre Trust – The Brunch Club https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/brunch-club
Young Pleasance – A Grave Situation https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/grave-situation
THEATRE
Bryony Kimmings – I’m a Pheonix, Bitch https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/bryony-kimmings-i-m-a-phoenix-bitch
Traverse Theatre – Breakfast Plays: The Future Is […] https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/breakfast-plays-the-future-is
Middle Child – The Canary & The Crow https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/canary-and-the-crow
Cardboard Citizens – Bystanders https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/cardboard-citizens-bystanders
Barrel Organ – Conspiracy https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/conspiracy
Traverse Theatre – Crocodile Fever https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/crocodile-fever
Leyla Josephine – Daddy Drag https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/daddy-drag
Underbelly – Do Our Best https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/do-our-best
Wild Card – Electrolyte https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/electrolyte
SUPERFAN – Like Animals https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/like-animals
Keisha Thompson – Man on The Moon https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/man-on-the-moon
Activising for Change – Sad Eyes to Smile With https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sad-eyes-to-smile-with
Roundabout – Square Go https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/square-go
Raw Material and Traverse Theatre – What Girls are Made of https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/what-girls-are-made-of
LUNG – Who Cares https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/who-cares
Creative Electric – The Happiness Project https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/happiness-project
DANCE & CIRCUS
Danny MacAskill’s Drop and Roll Live https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/danny-macaskill-s-drop-and-roll-live
Java Dance Theatre – Back of the Bus https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/back-of-the-bus
Underbelly – Filament https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/filament
Robbie Synge & Lucy Boyes Emsemble https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/ensemble
All or Nothing Ariel Dance Theatre – Heroes https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/heroes
James Wilton – Dance The Storm https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/storm
Underbelly – YUCK Circus https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/yuck-circus
EXPAND YOUR MIND
Network of Independent Critics – Critical Wellbeing https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/critical-wellbeing
Boundless Theatre – Developing Young Adult Audiences https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/developing-young-adult-audiences
Creative and Cultural Project Management- Forgotten Regions: Developing Theatre Through Rural Creative Hubs https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/forgotten-regions-developing-theatre-through-rural-creative-hubs
Youth Theatre Arts Scotland – Youth Theatre on an International Stage https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/youth-theatre-on-an-international-stage
CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER
Complicite and Polka Theatre – I’ll Take You to Mrs Cole! https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/i-ll-take-you-to-mrs-cole
Java Dance Theatre – Chocolate https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/chocolate
Tove Applegren – Honey https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/honey
The New Victorians – MARA https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/mara
YTAS TEAM TOP PICKS
We asked some of the friendly faces in the YTAS family what show they’re most looking forward to seeing this August:
Kenny – Activising for Change – Sad Eyes to Smile With https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sad-eyes-to-smile-with
Helen – Leyla Josephine – Daddy Drag https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on#q=%22daddy%20drag%22
Catherine – BAC Beatbox Academy – Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/frankenstein-how-to-make-a-monster
Vikki – Cardboard Citizens – Bystanders https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/cardboard-citizens-bystanders
Andy – Puppet State – The Man Who Planted Trees https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/man-who-planted-trees