We had opportunities for young people and practitioners alike for Fringe Days Out 2026.
To help you narrow down the options and take the pain out of organising a group outing, check out our Picks of the Fringe list, where we’ve scoured through the billions of pages of Fringe shows so you don’t have to.
Fringe Days Out: Youth Theatre Day Trips
For 2026, our Organisation: Plus members could apply for £100 vouchers to take their young people to the Fringe. There were six vouchers in total, and members could apply for a maximum of two per organisation. Tickets were open to all Organisation: Plus members across Scotland, and we were particularly interested in applications from groups who have not benefited from the programme before.
Fringe Days Out: Artist Trips
We didn’t forgot about the leaders! We know that seeing theatre is such an important part of the creative process, but that tickets are not always affordable. As with previous years, YTAS wanted to help you to see more shows.
Fringe trips were open to Individual members and Organisation: Plus members, and there were three occasions in August to join YTAS and around eight other artists to see two shows, have a drink, and chat about the work.
These informal events were a great way to meet other artists and to see work that you might not otherwise book for yourself.
The dates and shows were…
- Wednesday 12 August: After Party
- Thursday 20 August: The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey
- Friday 21 August: The Singer
Feedback from young participants
“The Fringe was great. It was good to see all the shows and how different the performances were from each other.”
“The last show was great and funny and the acting felt really real and good.”
“The acting in the last show was surreal. I had a lot of fun watching the last one!”
“Not only because like the set and the acting was incredible, but just the dialogue in the show was just amazing and I was very like, I was shaking at the end, like it was like, I’ve never had that in a show before so that was really good.”
“I love The Fringe!”
“The show was really awesome, and I really enjoyed watching it.”
“It was interesting how they had the music guy also be part of the show, and I thought it was really good.”
“10 out of 10 would recommend.”
“Actually wonderful fun. It was wonderful. It was wonderfully fun.”
