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How the Other Half Loves

By Alan Ayckbourn

As Bob and Fiona clumsily try to cover up their affair, their spouses' intervention only adds to the confusion. William and Mary Featherstone become stuck in the middle, falsely accused of adultery and with no idea as to how they've become involved. The plot culminates in two disastrous dinner...

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Death Note: The Musical

From the manga by Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata — Reimagined by Frank Wildhorn & Jack Murphy

Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, Death Note tells the story of Light Yagami, a bright but dissatisfied student in Tokyo. When he comes across a discarded notebook owned by Ryuk, a mythological god of death, he discovers that...

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Angels in America

By Tony Kushner. Reimnagined by Peter van Kraaij

Tony Kushner's Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is an epoch-defining work of American theatre. Set at the height of the AIDS crisis, yet enduringly relevant, we follow the story of two very different people grappling with their diagnoses – former drag queen Prior and vindictive lawyer...

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Recent Openings

Exit

By Piet Van Dycke

ZOO Southside - Main House, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Fringe 2026

Previews18 August 2026
Closes30 August 2026
Running Time1 hour
Presented ByEXIT by Circumstances / Piet Van Dycke

Four circus artists move through a shifting world of revolving walls and floating doors. In EXIT, choreographer Piet Van Dycke blends circus and dance into a thrilling physical performance where movement, partner acrobatics and balance form one shared language. With backgrounds in bascule, aerial belts, trapeze and acro-dance, they create a dynamic interplay of trust, risk and transformation. They propel, catch, climb and balance as they search for their own path, yet need one another to keep moving. A powerful, visually striking exploration of independence, connection and fragile balance. Four bodies. One path. No way out alone.

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Love in the Cracks

By Central Academy of Drama (Beijing)

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora - Main House, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Fringe 2026

Previews17 August 2026
Closes23 August 2026
Running Time1 hour
Presented ByCentral Academy of Drama (Beijing)

Inspired by the ancient Chinese myth of Nüwa mending the sky, Love in the Cracks explores the bond between a terminally-ill mother and her daughter. Seeking to extend her care, the mother transfers her memories and habits into an embodied AI presence. Through human-machine performance, the global boundaries of contemporary theatre are redefined as the nature of human intimacy, loss and identity are closely examined in the light of interaction with artificial intelligence. Ultimately the play asks whether, in an age where technology can replicate memory and behaviour, can love remain unique?

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Four Walls and a Roof

By Lina Majdalanie, Rabih Mroué & Bertolt Brecht

Studio Theatre, Edinburgh
Edinburgh International Festival 2026

Previews14 August 2026
Closes17 August 2026
Running Time1 hour 40 minutes
Presented ByFestival d'Automne à Paris, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Residenz-Schauspiel, HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berliner Festspiele within the 'Performing Exiles' festival, Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik, Kustenfestivaldesarts & Forum Freies Theater

In 1933, German playwright Bertolt Brecht fled Berlin, eventually settling in the United States, where he would be tried by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) for communist affiliations. Ten years ago, artist duo Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué emigrated from Beirut to Berlin. Their new play weaves these two stories together, exploring historical and contemporary censorship of free speech, the rise of the far right, and exile. Accompanied by a pianist playing songs from Brecht and Hanns Eisler, Majdalanie and Mroué bring their characteristic humour to question whether our liberal democracies are truly free, or if we're all sitting in a gilded cage.

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