For thousands of years in Australia, understanding of the world came from dreamtime stories, song lines, and oral histories, all of which are still relevant to many Australians. Our environment is riddled with the hypocrisies of a culturally diverse past lingering in the wake of a globalised present. 

Common Dissonance

New College, The University of Edinburgh

Walking on stone and cement it can be hard to remember what it feels like to have earth beneath our feet. Na Djinang Circus hopes to re-discover a connection we once had. Following the journey of three contemporary Australian circus artists with distinct relationships to Country; an indigenous Australian, a descendant of migrants, and a descendant of colonial settlers. As we question what it means to be where we are.

Of The Land On Which We Meet

Assembly Checkpoint

Multi-award-winning live music sensation direct from Australia makes its Edinburgh debut with a celebration of Aussie hit-makers and songs that spurred change throughout history. Australian music is vast and varied. It captures the beauty and brutality of the land with storytelling at the forefront. With powerhouse vocals by acclaimed songstress, Michelle Pearson and a incredible five-piece band this nostalgic homecoming will have you on your feet with classics from INXS, Midnight Oil, ACDC, Tina Arena and more, while reminiscing about Australia’s musical history and the artists’ guts and determination.

Down Under: The Songs That Shaped Australia

Assembly Rooms

A History of Dance-floors and Joyful Regret. How a repressed Christian Youth Minister swapped out Jesus for Disco and found a new religion on the Dance-floor. Jonny Hawkins was once on the straight-and-narrow, but now they’re on the queer and wide. In their early 20’s Jonny helped start a church, went to Bible College and was preaching the Gospel in front of thousands of people, but since has become one of Australia’s most loved DJs, dance floor icon, queer party promoter and a disciple of Joy. The only show with a built-in After Party.

Dancefloor Conversion Therapy

Community Church Edinburgh - King's Hall

Riotous, gratuitous and possibly hazardous, kids comedy duo The Listies return to EdFringe for the eleventeenth time with a new show. ROFL tackles the most torturous family situation of all time: BEDTIME! 

The Listies: ROFL

Studio One @ Assembly George Square Studios

Janet recounts her summer of ’84 when on a gap year in London she finds herself housekeeper for the playwright Harold Pinter. Gareth is an embittered ceramicist who, tonight, takes revenge on his rival.  Rae and Jonathan meet at a lookout in the Blue Mountains - for the last time.

Summer of Harold

Grace was a high-class sex worker, who rose to meteoric fame on social media. She was an activist and modern-day maverick, until suddenly, she died... Award winning artist Michaela Burger (A Migrant’s Son, Exposing Edith) explores her legacy in this one-woman show. Through Grace’s writing – unpublished hip hop lyrics, monologues, and musings – Burger unveils her multifaceted life. Her outrageously funny wit and charm, fearlessness and ‘f*ck it’ outlook on life will seduce you into marching with this social justice warrior who was determined to decriminalise the sex industry.

The State of Grace

Solo Edinburgh debutante, Aussie Yozi, has been called many things - "Mesmerising" ***** (Mindshare.com), “Dynamite” ****1/2 (Advertiser), “Fearless” **** (The Age) - but never “rule breaker”, and for good reason. This by-the-book bad binch holds one rule above all others: every baby must GET OUT OF THE SAUNA RIGHT NOW! Witness this multi-award-winning creature perform absurd-sketch-clown-comedy-theatre like you almost-definitely have never-ever-ever seen before. Spirit Of The Fringe Award Winner Melbourne Fringe. Winner of SACBA Bilby Award | South Australian Community Broadcasters Association.

Yozi: No Babies in the Sauna

Therapy, a game the whole family can play. Australia’s reigning Queen of comedy cabaret, Dolly Diamond works through decades of problems, peculiarities and personal challenges live on stage with her ever-supportive (and unsuspecting) audience. This colourful midlife crisis - live on stage - promises to be camp cabaret gold with more than a touch of honesty. 

The Unburdening of Dolly Diamond

Assembly Roxy

A new, one-on-one performance that embodies the beauty of human connection and the power of shared moments. In the gentle embrace of solitude, Lien emerges as a testament to community and empathy, born as an antidote to the distancing and isolation that has shaped our recent history. In this intimate exchange, one audience member and one dancer come together on an otherwise empty stage for a singular ten-minute encounter that will never be repeated. Lien reimagines shared performance as a deeply personal, spiritual event.

Lien

A unique collaboration performance between the rising star of Australian dance, choreographer-director Lewis Major, and his company, with his mentor “Britain’s leading modern dance creator” (The Daily Express), the legendary Russell Maliphant OBE. Three unique repertoire pieces investigate various poetic possibilities, universal rhythms and cycles performed by Major's company of dancers. This is a captivating evening of dance, of connection between internal and external worlds - of non-duality - all set within a whirling maelstrom of movement, sound and light.

Triptych

A castaway is saved from the surging seas. Conversation is sparse and he comes face to face with a startling kind of hook-up culture. An absurdist fable begins as a story of rescue and unfolds as an unsettling dissection of dreams and desire. Have you ever grappled with dating apps?  This is physical and visual theatre which creates a world that spins a different kind of net and has us caught - hook, line, and sinker!

Plenty of Fish in the Sea

Following the hit sell-out sensations Macro and The Pulse at the Edinburgh International Festival, and Fringe-favourite smash-hit A Simple Space, Gravity & Other Myths return with their critically acclaimed, brand-new show Ten Thousand Hours. This is an ode to the countless hours needed to achieve great things. Eight acrobats investigate physical skill: how we obtain it, how we perfect it and how it can transform our lives. This family-friendly acrobatic extravaganza is filled with everything you love about Gravity & Other Myths and a tribute to the dedication required to become a world-class acrobat.

House of Oz

Aug 25, 2025

Of The Land On Which We Meet

Aug 27, 2024

Common Dissonance

Aug 25, 2024

Of The Land On Which We Meet

House of Oz