dundee fringe 2022

 

 

Dundee Fringe brings comedy, theatre, music, workshops, events, cabaret and variety, and children's theatre to the heart of Dundee from 13th - 22nd September 2024.
 

Launched in 2021 with a ten-day festival at our pop-up venue, the city's newest arts festival returns this year!

 

Dundee Fringe 2024

  • THEATRE
    Fri 13 September 2024 - Sun 15 September 2024

    Maybe This Time

    16:00 (1hr)

    Love is subjective. What does love mean to you? MAYBE THIS TIME is a story of what love means to different people, with the highs and lows of experiencing love again and again - or for the very first time. The show is a...
  • MUSIC
    Fri 13 September 2024

    FEVER PEACH: Greatest Pits

    19:00 (1hr)

    Guess who's back, back again? What once was rotten now is ripe! Post-punk spoken word duo FEVER PEACH is back from the compost heap with all your favourite low-hanging fruity bangers. Experience a zesty blend of comedy,...
  • THEATRE
    Fri 13 September 2024 - Sat 14 September 2024

    Are You Feart o' the Dark?

    19:15 (1hr)

    Come sit down, let the lights go out and let your imagination take over. Three unique immersive horror short stories performed entirely in darkness. Witness how the Scots do horror, and bring a spare pair...
  • COMEDY
    Fri 13 September 2024

    Icebreaker Bad Movie Night: Zombie Lake

    20:15 (1hr 45mins)

    Come watch the 1981 classic "Zombie Lake" ("Holds a distinctive position in the annals of execrable movie trash" Cinefantastique) with the Icbreaker Comedy team! Expect constant talking over...
  • THEATRE
    Fri 13 September 2024 - Sun 15 September 2024

    HELLCATS

    20:30 (70mins)

    17th Century England. Crops are dying, sickness is on the rise, misfortune lurks around every corner. Secrets. Lies. Rumours. Tensions are high. Anyone could be a witch.

    Starburst Magazine Pick of Durham...
  • CABARET AND VARIETY
    Fri 13 September 2024

    Marvelesque Presents: Tassels & Fringe - A Body Positive Burlesque Show!

    20:45 (1hr 40mins)

    Join Marvelesque, Dundee’s premier burlesque company, for *Tassels and Fringe*! This body-positive show brings the glitz and glamour of burlesque to Dundee Fringe, celebrating every shape, form, and style....
  • FAMILY
    Sat 14 September 2024 - Sat 21 September 2024

    Poppy's Wonderful World of Bubbles

    13:00 (1hr)

    Join Poppy for a scientific adventure through the wonderful world of bubbles. With explosive experiments and messy marvels, you’ll encounter different types of bubbles and their many uses. Top it off by ...
  • MUSIC
    Sat 14 September 2024

    A Tapestry of Life

    14:15 (50mins)

    Songs from Carole King's classic 'Tapestry', interspersed with powerful originals inspired by Andrea Brown's poetry. Universal themes of love, loss, and journeys, sure to touch the heart.
  • FAMILY
    Sat 14 September 2024 - Sun 15 September 2024

    Grimm's Fairer Tales

    14:40 (1hr)

    With Wolves, Witches and Goblins, the story unfolds as the audience are invited to become part of the drama. The Brothers Grimm collected their classic tales many years ago. Today, interactive storyteller Eden has...
  • THEATRE
    Sat 14 September 2024 - Sun 15 September 2024

    I Believe in One Bach

    14:40 (50mins)

    Music was his career, Bach was his passion. As his career falls apart, an ageing musician finds solace in Bach’s sublime B Minor Mass – but is this obsession or madness? A dark psychological...
  • MUSIC
    Sat 14 September 2024

    Pastoral Crisis Ruin More Music

    15:35 (1hr 30mins)

    Scotland's leading ukulele, piano and recorder trio eviscerate popular songs from across the decades and genres and leave them an unrecognisable mess. Accomplished musicianship, a disregard for sacred cows (or...
  • THEATRE
    Sat 14 September 2024 - Sun 15 September 2024

    From Jute to Joysticks

    16:05 (70mins)

    A contemporary one-act play of post-industrial Dundee - picking up where the historical tale ‘O Halflins an Hecklers an Weavers an Weemin’ left off in 1999. Music and performance, featuring new songs by ...
  • COMEDY
    Sat 14 September 2024

    Scott Redmond: Gap Year Wanker

    17:30 (1hr)

    He's been around the world, don't speak the language...

    Critically acclaimed cult poet and comedian Scott Redmond (BBC The Social, FEVER PEACH) has spent a year travelling the world. These...

  • THEATRE
    Sat 14 September 2024 - Sun 15 September 2024

    Someday

    17:35 (40mins)

    Someday, somewhere, someone did something. A story of music, grandparents, family, love, heartbreak and elephants in the fridge.
  • CABARET AND VARIETY
    Sat 14 September 2024 - Sun 15 September 2024

    "Show Us A Card Trick!"

    17:55 (50mins)

    Michael Brandie returns to the Dundee Fringe where he will take you on a magical exploration of the past, present, and future with the help of his trusty hourglass, a book, and a deck of playing cards because no...
  • THEATRE
    Sat 14 September 2024 - Sun 15 September 2024

    Chatterbox

    18:45 (1hr)

    Chatterbox is a humorous and touching semi-autobiographical one-woman show looking at the impact of the labels we are given as children, and how they persist into adulthood.

    As a Pakistani girl in school in the...
  • MUSIC
    Sat 14 September 2024

    Arms Against

    19:05 (55mins)

    Described by one reviewer as a "rolling thunder of dark, theatrical rock 'n' roll", Arms Against is a Scottish alternative rock band, with influences including americana, folk, grunge, and much...
  • COMEDY
    Sat 14 September 2024 - Sun 15 September 2024

    Leslie Bloom Solves A Murder

    20:15 (1hr)

    Neighbourhood Watch. What could possibly go wrong? Combining crafted comedy, pure silliness and whimsical improv, Leslie Bloom brings an hour of joyful laughter that celebrates the detective in us all.

    'Leslie...
  • THEATRE
    Sat 14 September 2024 - Sun 15 September 2024

    Buckets of Blood: Fairy Tales Not For Kids

    20:45 (1hr)

    In the 19th century, the original stories of the Brothers Grimm were scarier, more bloodthirsty and disturbing.

    Storyteller Eden retells a collection of some of the darker tales from the Grimms, while letting you...
  • COMEDY
    Sat 14 September 2024 - Fri 20 September 2024

    Imaginary Porno Charades

    22:10 (1hr)

    An hour of unstoppable panel show mayhem. You'll be glad they can last that long!  

    Featuring teams of performers from across Dundee, all of them ready to charade their audiences good and hard.

    With ...
  • MUSIC
    Sun 15 September 2024

    New-fashioned Folk Songs of Dundee

    13:25 (45mins)

    Songs inspired by Dundee, telling stories of the people, places and history - from "High Girders" - telling the fateful tale of 1879, to "Ode to the Kingsway" - a celebration of Britain's oldest ...
  • MUSIC
    Sun 15 September 2024 - Sun 22 September 2024

    Edenbank

    15th: 14:05, 22nd: 13:00 (1hr)

    Dundee-based acoustic duo Edenbank combine acoustic guitars, beautiful vocal harmonies and some quirky instruments with heartfelt, raw and honest songwriting to deliver a delicate yet powerful...
  • COMEDY
    Sun 15 September 2024

    It Just So Happened

    16:05 (1hr)

    Stand-up comedian Richard Pulsford (Top 10 Jokes of the Fringe, 2019, 2021, 2023) hosts this show for history fans, returning to Dundee Fringe! Three guest comedians / history buffs perform short history-themed On This...
  • THEATRE
    Sun 15 September 2024

    Virtual Nonsense Tour of Dundee

    17:30 (1hr)

    Unlike typical tours, we delight in telling made-up stories and letting you guess which parts are true. Best of all, it's entirely virtual, so you won’t need to move from your seat. Join your hosts Albert Street...
  • STORYTELLING
    Sun 15 September 2024 - Mon 16 September 2024

    The Screaming Over Dunluth

    19:00 (1hr)

    "I had been in the garden, smoking a cigarette, when first I heard the screaming over Dunluth, sounding like the honest to god shriek of a banshee..."

    A new, solo, weird horror play set in and around...
  • WORKSHOPS
    Mon 16 September 2024

    BLETHER: A Scots Language in Performance Workshop

    14:00 (2hrs)

    Join the award-winning Elfie Picket Theatre to write a poem, story or monologue in Scots. Gain skills in performing and a new confidence in speaking in your ain tongue. A fun and safe space for folk of all levels of...
  • THEATRE
    Mon 16 September 2024 - Tue 17 September 2024

    'Til Death Do Us Fart

    17:45 (45mins)

    Who says you can’t laugh in the face of death? Come and witness the funeral of a father that will make you both laugh and cry. This newly created piece comes from the minds behind the newly started AD3Theatre....
  • THEATRE
    Mon 16 September 2024

    Flora Macdonald and Zombies

    18:00 (45mins)

    Flora Macdonald – Jacobite heroine, saviour of an exiled prince, face of many shortbread tins … and ferocious zombie hunter. Join Flora for a rollicking and completely untrue adventure into Scotland’s ...
  • THEATRE
    Mon 16 September 2024 - Wed 18 September 2024

    Plasterboard Sandwich

    18:45 (1hr)

    Matthew is trapped in his flat, a rotting box where he listens to his neighbours through the walls, festering in his contempt, until one day he hears the sound of panicked whimpering through the cracks...
  • THEATRE
    Mon 16 September 2024 - Tue 17 September 2024

    Renfield

    19:15 (50mins)

    Yes, I eat insects and arachnids. But a lunatic? Don't be absurd. I see the world far more clearly than you. After all, the Blood is the Life… Follow the descent into madness of Dracula's disciple. ...
  • STORYTELLING
    Mon 16 September 2024 - Tue 17 September 2024

    Down in Colorado: Drugs, Depression, & Other Diversions

    20:15 (55mins)

    You sit on your front porch drunk at 4AM, a gun in one hand, a cigarette in the other. What kills you first?

    Told with songs, dark humour, and compassion, "Drugs, Depression, & Other Diversions"...
  • COMEDY
    Mon 16 September 2024

    Dundee's Strange and Silly

    20:30 (1hr)

    Anyone who has lived in Dundee knows that it has a habit of collecting very strange and wonderful people. This year at the Dundee Fringe, join some of the funniest voices this city has to offer for an hour of the weird...
  • CABARET AND VARIETY
    Mon 16 September 2024 - Tue 17 September 2024

    Morgan Black: Stories of the Night

    20:45 (1hr)

    Morgan Black weaves tales of bittersweet experience inspired by elements of cabaret, burlesque and theatre. Multiple characters speak across time and space of vanished worlds and other eras, travelling from the back...
  • WORKSHOPS
    Tue 17 September 2024 - Thu 19 September 2024

    Improv Characterisation Workshop with David Colligan

    14:00 (2hrs 30mins)

    Workshops to help develop people, either as an actor wanting more experience, or for someone wanting to experience it and learn new skills.

    David Colligan is a professional actor wwith 15 years of...
  • THEATRE
    Tue 17 September 2024 - Wed 18 September 2024

    "Our Martin in the Background"

    17:45 (1hr)

    What happens when you move the camera away from the leading players? Everyone‘s an extra in other people's lives, but a star in their own. "Our Martin in the Background" turns the spotlight onto a supporting...
  • SPOKEN WORD
    Tue 17 September 2024 - Wed 18 September 2024

    Faovale Imperium

    19:00 (1hr)

    Join Samoan/Welsh comedian James Nokise and DJ Don Luchito for a funny and thought-provoking exploration of The McManus and its collections.
    Faovale Imperium (New Zealand) was originally inspired by the National...
  • COMEDY
    Tue 17 September 2024

    Richard Pulsford: Get Rich Quick

    19:00 (55mins)

    One-liners and light-hearted jokes from the Scottish Comedian Of The Year runner-up 2021, UK Pun Championships Winner 2022, You Must Be Joke King winner 2024, and Top 10 Edinburgh Fringe jokes writer 2019/2021/2022....
  • COMEDY
    Wed 18 September 2024

    Dicebreaker: A Live D&D Adventure

    19:00 (1hr)

    A cast of local comedians band together as reluctant heroes, pitted against a fantastical world of beasts, magic, and dubious attempts at character voices - in an unscripted, live play Dungeons & Dragons adventure....
  • THEATRE
    Wed 18 September 2024

    Upstaged

    19:15 (1hr)

    Royalty Green is running for Prom Queen. Like any sensible person, her campaign will include the murder of her competitors. However, in the middle of executing her plan, and executing them, Royalty finds herself...
  • THEATRE
    Wed 18 September 2024 - Thu 19 September 2024

    He's Not Gay, He's Just My Brother!

    20:15 (1hr 15mins)

    What happens when the happiest day of your life is at risk of being ruined at every turn? Sudden storms, crazy in-laws and a surprise visit from his estranged brother tests Peter’s patience and blood ...
  • MUSIC
    Wed 18 September 2024

    Instrumentalisms

    20:30 (1hr)

    "Instrumentalisms" is an enchanting solo guitar performance featuring jazz standards and originals. Join in for an immersive musical journey that blends melodic lyricism with improvised experimentation, ...
  • STORYTELLING
    Wed 18 September 2024 - Thu 19 September 2024

    Philosophy Storytime: Erotic Tales of and for Lovers of Wisdom

    20:45 (1hr)

    True philosophers, lovers of wisdom, are guided by Eros. Revel in these lovers’ sensual tales of erotic education to learn if they will climax in truth or madness. Experimental performance philosophy that unites...
  • STORYTELLING
    Thu 19 September 2024 - Fri 20 September 2024

    Highland Mystic Poetry & Stories

    17:15 (1hr)

    Mystic poetry & stories from the shores of Loch Ness & beyond. The Last Wolf, Lady of the Falls, Into The Mystic. Beast of Barry Mill & The Old Guard, famously read on BBC. Ride The Black Unicorn, join ...
  • COMEDY
    Thu 19 September 2024 - Fri 20 September 2024

    =EXCEL(IS_FUNNY)

    19th: 17:45, 20th: 16:05 (45mins)

    Excel YouTuber and blogger Dave combines stand-up comedy with practical spreadsheet tricks. Dave, who advises Microsoft on ideas regarding the future of Excel, has been making audiences laugh and...
  • THEATRE
    Thu 19 September 2024 - Fri 20 September 2024

    The Life & Rhymes of Archy & Mehitabel

    18:45 (1hr)

    Poor Archy - trapped in the body of a cockroach - reflects on the insanity and inanity of humanity as he records his memoirs on a newly-discovered typewriter. Celebrating the humour and satire of New York's Jazz Age as...
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