dundee fringe 2022

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Dundee Fringe brings comedy, theatre, music, workshops, events, cabaret and variety, and children's theatre to the heart of Dundee from 12th - 21st September 2025.
 

Launched in 2021, we're proud to present the fifth edition of our ten-day festival at our pop-up venues and bar as the city's most diverse arts festival returns this year!

 

Dundee Fringe 2024

  • THEATRE
    Mon 15 September 2025 - Tue 16 September 2025

    Note of Concern

    16:30 (45mins)

    Childhood friends, distant strangers now, trapped in their least favourite teachers classroom during a school reunion, poke their noses where they don’t belong. Following clues left by their teacher, they...
  • THEATRE
    Mon 15 September 2025 - Tue 16 September 2025

    Do Astronauts Masturbate in Space?

    17:30 (60mins)

    In a dystopian Britain where you need a license to have children, a young couple is put to the test in this electric dark comedy.
  • THEATRE
    Mon 15 September 2025 - Tue 16 September 2025

    Her Raving Mind

    18:00 (60mins)

    The critically-acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe show comes to Dundee with a solo production!

    EL is not well. Lost in the narcissism of her mother, she confronts the tangled, toxic connections that have shaped her...
  • THEATRE
    Mon 15 September 2025 - Tue 16 September 2025

    For An Eye?

    18:30 (50mins)

    Make sure to bring an offering for the shopkeeper- he plans to barter his way out of this place by any means. It matters not who visits him, or what he stands to lose- trade must persist in this new one-man horror.
  • THEATRE
    Mon 15 September 2025 - Tue 16 September 2025

    The Constant Storm

    19:00 (60mins)

    The Constant Storm is a contemporary performance that blends clowning, physical theatre, and collaborative storytelling. It explores the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes that shape the complex...
  • THEATRE
    Tue 16 September 2025 - Wed 17 September 2025

    Bothy Tales

    17:20 (50mins)

    Join John D. Burns in a remote Highland bothy and travel to a world where all you have is your rucksack, a pair of boots and a handful of dreams. With comedy and adventures in wild places, John takes his audience on...
  • THEATRE
    Wed 17 September 2025

    Nae Guid

    14:30 (60mins)

    Dylan is a troubled teen who keeps getting into trouble at school, Tasha is a PCS teacher who wants to help. But their relationship takes an unexpected turn.
  • THEATRE
    Wed 17 September 2025 - Fri 19 September 2025

    The Snow Dance

    16:00 (45mins)

    The Snow Dance is a heart felt drama, based around Christmas time in Dundee. It centres around a little boy named Jeremy who has to grow up fast, having lost his father and his mother having become a bed ridden...
  • THEATRE
    Wed 17 September 2025

    Moonswing

    17:30 (60mins)

    Leanne, Lucy and Richard spent their childhoods wondering about the moon and promised to one day live there, together. As their lives play out before our eyes, we see them grow, always together and always under the...
  • THEATRE
    Wed 17 September 2025

    Ladies Who Lunch

    18:00 (60mins)

    Claire is fast approaching her 40th birthday and experiencing an existential crisis after the death of her mum. Lena is trying to navigate the dating scene while her son’s love life is looking was more positive...
  • THEATRE
    Wed 17 September 2025

    Dundee Playwrights Group Scratch Night

    18:00 (60mins)

    The amazing talent of Dundee's writing community bring their plays back with exciting local actors to show you the next stages of their work!

    A collection of work in progress and rehearsed readings from our...
  • THEATRE
    Wed 17 September 2025 - Thu 18 September 2025

    read me

    19:00 (60mins)

    When three strangers attend a queer book club and find the leader absent, they decide to run it themselves. In their search for community, their assumptions of one another are challenged as they struggle with...
  • THEATRE
    Wed 17 September 2025

    Upstaged

    19:30 (60mins)

    Royalty Green is running for Prom Queen.

    Like any sensible person, her campaign will include the murder of her competitors.

    However, in the...

  • THEATRE
    Wed 17 September 2025 - Thu 18 September 2025

    Hope You're Doing Well

    21:30 (45mins)

    Join Ellie and Sophia as they move with expression and discover words to explore a friendly, informal greeting. They like to keep things professional - but what happens when things get personal? This work invites you...
  • THEATRE
    Thu 18 September 2025

    Ladies Who Lunch

    14:30 (60mins)

    Claire is fast approaching her 40th birthday and experiencing an existential crisis after the death of her mum. Lena is trying to navigate the dating scene while her son’s love life is looking was more positive...
  • THEATRE
    Thu 18 September 2025 - Fri 19 September 2025

    Tay View

    17:20 (50mins)

    Jamie died only a few weeks ago. Taken by the Tay. He was 17. All that remains is the quiet madness if his Father, Des. With a view of the Tay always in sight, how does one grieve the loss of a son?
  • THEATRE
    Thu 18 September 2025

    Nae Guid

    18:00 (60mins)

    Dylan is a troubled teen who keeps getting into trouble at school, Tasha is a PCS teacher who wants to help. But their relationship takes an unexpected turn.
  • THEATRE
    Thu 18 September 2025 - Fri 19 September 2025

    Love Hurts

    18:30 (50mins)

    An ageing Dominatrix is visited by Death – but he’s had a rebranding. In spite of his purple suit, his customer satisfaction survey and his user-friendly vibe, she’s not going to be beaten into ...
  • THEATRE
    Fri 19 September 2025

    The Lonely Hearts Theatre Company

    16:30 (60mins)

    A hapless group of wannabe performers form a new theatre company. They soon learn that putting on a show is easier said than done. Battling egos, schedules & creative differences.

    Lonely Hearts Theatre...
  • THEATRE
    Fri 19 September 2025 - Sat 20 September 2025

    Almost Famous

    19:00 (55mins)

    Emily Benton is back in the UK after a glittering career in Broadway and Hollywood. With her pedigree, she should be in Downton Abbey, not auditioning for a part in a devised play. What cruel fate has brought her to...
  • THEATRE
    Sat 20 September 2025 - Sun 21 September 2025

    The Masterplan

    16:00 (60mins)

    THE MASTERPLAN: Drugs, Sex, Theatre, Oasis, and how all of them got me to Edinburgh Fringe. This is the story of what happens when you try to fuse theatre with the rock 'n' roll life style. Will my ambition to be the...
  • THEATRE
    Sat 20 September 2025 - Sun 21 September 2025

    Uncle Vincent

    16:05 (70mins)

    When Vincent van Gogh dies at the age of 37, shortly followed by his brother Theo, it is left to Theo’s widow Jo to carry on his legacy. Thanks to Jo and her son Vincent Willem the painter of Sunflowers is one...
  • THEATRE
    Sat 20 September 2025 - Sun 21 September 2025

    Secret Staging - come along to find out more!

    18:00 (60MINS)

    Meet a woman who is truly an expert at micromanaging her day(s).  Not that she has a choice. Or much in the way of resources: a few props of uncertain origin and a collection of assorted memories and ...
  • THEATRE
    Sat 20 September 2025 - Sun 21 September 2025

    Thor's a Dick - Viking Legends Not For Kids

    18:30 (60mins)

    Today we see Thor and the Norse gods as heroes, but like a lot of gods they were full of faults and more human in their actions.  This are not kid-friendly stories; they’re about taking revenge by pouring ...
  • THEATRE
    Sat 20 September 2025 - Sun 21 September 2025

    BAD BIRDS (or Kleptoparasite)

    18:50 (45mins)

    Birdsnipers. Vermin of the skies. Violent, over-sized pigeons. Your screeching, screaming, morning alarm. Dylan’s worst nightmare. Dylan’s strange secret.
  • THEATRE
    Sun 21 September 2025

    The Fives King

    14:10 (80mins)

    Meet Marcus A.K.A- The Fives King. He rules the roost at his local five-aside club. One day, things begin to change and folk aren’t too keen to play for his team any more. 

    A dark comedy about toxic...