theSpaceUK is gearing up for a second week of Fringe, offering a hundred-plus shows ranging from theatre to cabaret to musicals
After an incredible opening week of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we are thrilled to be going into week 2. Here’s just a taste of the exciting new shows that you can catch in Week 2 at theSpaceUK …
Musicals & Operas
Fantasy World Adventures Mega Park! The Musical
(theSpace @ on the Mile, 17-29 August) Hot off the tracks from a 5-star debut, this hilarious original musical comedy will take you on the rollercoaster that is love, loss and being a constant disappointment to your parents.
Vote: The Musical
(theSpace Triplex, 17-23 August)
A bold new historical musical set in 1908 Britain, charting the rise of the suffragette movement. This urgent tribute confronts the past to ignite the present.
A Traitors Pantomime
(theSpace @ Niddry Street, 17-22 August)
Delight in all the melodrama we know and love, with some added panto pizzazz. A devious trio of traitors, a Romeo-and-Juliet love story, and a predictable parody (or two); this series will be unlike any other.
Heracles: Of Men and Beasts
(theSpace @ Niddry Street, 17-29 August)
Acclaimed New Zealand theatre company’s international premiere of this powerful, original folk musical shedding new light on an ancient tale. Greek myth blended with 1940s Hollywood aesthetic through a groundbreaking live-looping musical landscape.
Trains in the Night
(theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17-29 August)
A sapphic musical following best friends Celine and Margot, who teeter between love and fear. When life, lovers and timing pull them apart, the songs they leave unsung begin to tell the truth.
Music
Full Score Barbershop Choir Presents: Brace for Impact!
(theSpace Triplex, 17-22)
Join Durham University’s award-winning barbershop choir for an a capella concert full of rich harmony arrangements of your favourite numbers! Featuring musical theatre, jazz, Disney and classic barbershop, there’s something for everyone!
Comedy
Not Black Enough
(theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 17-22 August)
This show mines the depth of human identity while deftly exploring all sides. Who am I kidding? This show is just me proving how Black I am. Because I am so Black.
No Ducks Left To Give
(theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 17-22 August)
The University of York Dead Ducks are invited to a remote stately home by a former colleague. As punchlines and bodies pile up, the choice is simple: commit to the bit or die trying.
Merlesque: How an Adult Woman Became a Mermaid
(theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 17-22 August)
Merlesque is a tale about a tail. A policy expert uprooted by America’s 2024 presidential election, Merlesque is the true story of how a statistician turned into a birthday party mermaid.
Theatre
JOSIAH
(theSpace Triplex, 17-29 August)
Who was the real Uncle Tom? This new Canadian play dramatises the journey of Josiah Henson from the depths of slavery to the heights of freedom. One actor, 36 characters. No set. No props. Just your imagination.
The Unsolvable Case of Keir Starmer
(theSpace Triplex, 17-22 August)
Through imagined conversations with a therapist, Keir Starmer grapples with the transformation from lawyer to national leader – ‘Oh God, you know I don’t do this self-analysis thing very well.’
Eight Hours
(theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 17-28 August)
Strangers, eight hours, one connection they can’t quite explain. Following two queer women through the only night they’ll spend together, it might mean everything – or nothing at all. Is eight hours long enough to fall in love?
It Happened on a Tuesday
(theSpace @ Niddry Street, 17-22 August)
Six employees. One Tuesday in the office. £60,000 stolen. To solve the mystery, the boss asks each of his employees to walk him through their day, resulting in absurd recreations and ridiculous revelations.
Nude
(theSpace on the Mile, 17-29 August)
A university student poses nude at a life drawing class for all the wrong reasons. A funny, devastating solo play about desire, fantasy and the seductive idea that being seen is the same as being empowered.
Dead Wrong
(theSpace Triplex, 17-29 August)
Fiadh and Nolan were your normal uni students until one murderous night changes everything. Come join these best friends in hiding as they figure out their next move. Will they betray one another or accept defeat?
Halfway Home
(theSpace on the Mile, 17-22 August)
Davie, newly released from prison, moves in with his policeman-hopeful brother, Freddie, and his fiancee Laura, an overworked NHS nurse. Past mistakes resurface and clashing beliefs expose deep family fractures in austerity-hit Scotland.
Hope This Helps!
(theSpace @ Venue 45, 17-29 August)
Five internet addicts visit The Retreat in search of an easy life fix, hoping cucumber peels and tst exercises can buy back their happiness and spontaneity. A new satirical comedy about wellness, digital connection, and touching grass.
Pigeon Syndrome
(theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17-22 August)
When a hapless husband accidentally steps on a bee that his wife was saving, it seems their marriage finally hits rock bottom. But when he rescues an injured pigeon, he discovers a way to restore their former passion.
Nocturnal Is The New Sexy
(theSpace on the Mile, 17-22 August)
Nocturnal Is The New Sexy follows a couple fractured by NHS night shifts, post-it notes and modern labour, blending ensemble movement and dark humour to expose love, exhaustion and the cost of being seen.
The Powerpop Girls: A New Diva Religion
(theSpace @ Niddry Street. 17-22 August)
A camp workplace comedy set in a celestial bureaucracy where pop divas are treated as religious figures. Madness ensues when a rogue employee accidentally merges the religions of three modern pop icons.