EDINBURGH FRINGE 2026

Spoken Word

161 shows

Spoken word at the Fringe covers poetry, storytelling, live literature and shows that don't fit anywhere else. Intimate rooms, powerful hours — mapped by venue and date.

• A Brief History of Northumbria (WIP)Spoken Word · Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant · 5:15pm£7.50
• A Cosmologist's Guide To Life and LoveSpoken Word · The Royal Scots Club · 12:45pm£10
• A Meditation on MemorySpoken Word · theSpace @ Niddry St · 2:35pm£1.50
• Address to a HaggisSpoken Word · Scottish Storytelling Centre · 12:30pmFree
• ADEYSpoken Word · theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 9:40pm£13
• Adorable Comedians Performing Funny Poetry and Telling Lovely StoriesSpoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ Pizza Geeks Easter Road · 1:20pmFree
• Alice Hawkins – Working Class SuffragetteSpoken Word · Paradise in The Vault · 11:20am£9
• An Audience with Marvin HerbertSpoken Word · C ARTS | C venues | C aurora · 10:20pm£3
• Andy Macleod's Soho Days and Camden NightsSpoken Word · Just The Tonic at The Mash House · 2:25pm£10
• Attercliffe Stupid ClubSpoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ Central Youth Hostel · 1:25pmFree
• Attila the StockbrokerSpoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ Bannermans · 4:30pmFree
• Ben Macpherson Does Poems at AdultsSpoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies · 2:45pmFree
• Brian Bilston: How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside Spoken Word · Assembly Rooms · 4:40pm£16
• Burke and Hare: Body Snatchers, Serial Killers, UlstermenSpoken Word · Greenside @ Riddles Court · 11:25am£10
• Comedians Do PoemsSpoken Word · Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint · 6:45pm£1
• Connecting in a Connected WorldSpoken Word · Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters · 3:45pm£2.50
• Craig Chalmers: That's That OneSpoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ Strathmore Bar · 9:00pmFree
• Darren McGarvey: Performative MaleSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club · 2:35pm£15
• Dave Rowntree (of Blur) – No One You KnowSpoken Word · La Belle Angele · 1:00pm£20
• Echoes of SelfSpoken Word · Greenside @ Riddles Court · 6:30pm£15
• Elvis in ChaosSpoken Word · Greenside @ George Street · 5:15pmFree
• Folklore of the Scottish HighlandsSpoken Word · artSpace@StMarks · 2:30pm£12
• Hiding Behind the Mask: Jesters, Jokers and ClownsSpoken Word · C ARTS | C venues | C digital · 11:55pm£4.50
• I'm The One Your Mother Warned You AboutSpoken Word · Just The Tonic at The Hive · 3:10pm£7.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Baroness Gillian Shephard and Lord Robin ButlerSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 12:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Baroness Jacqui SmithSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 2:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Jess Phillips MPSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 12:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Joanna Cherry KCSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 2:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Kemi Badenoch MPSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 12:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Kieran Maguire and Kevin DaySpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 2:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Matt Forde, Rosie Holt and Susie McCabeSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 4:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Richard RatcliffeSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 12:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Nicola SturgeonSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 12:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Sarah Vine and Andrew PierceSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 4:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Sir John Curtice, Brian Taylor and Michael CrickSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 4:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Stephen Flynn MPSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 4:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Wes Streeting MPSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 2:00pm£18.50
• Iain Dale: All Talk with Zack PolanskiSpoken Word · Pleasance at EICC · 4:00pm£18.50
• In Conversation with... Amanda DwyerSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... Andy BurnhamSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... Bobby BluebellSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... Chris Brookmyre and Marissa HaetzmanSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... Gordon StrachanSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... Ian RankinSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... Jackie KaySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... Jeremy CorbynSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... John DavidsonSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... Josie LongSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... Mark ThomasSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... Stuart Cosgrove and Tam CowanSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• In Conversation with... Vittorio AngeloneSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• Let People Like YouSpoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ CC Blooms · 1:45pmFree
• Life of PieSpoken Word · Paradise in The Vault · 12:15pm£10
• Loft ClearanceSpoken Word · theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 12:05pm£10
• Loud PoetsSpoken Word · Scottish Storytelling Centre · 8:30pm£16
• Louis de Bernières: Poetry, Stories and SongsSpoken Word · Valvona & Crolla · 3:30pm£16
• Love Light and LabelsSpoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ Strathmore Bar · 1:40pmFree
• Mariella Frostrup: Cracking the MenopauseSpoken Word · Gilded Balloon Teviot · 2:30pm£20
• Mistakes on MapsSpoken Word · Library of Mistakes · 3:00pm£8
• Nick Helm: It Will Always Hurt a Bit (WIP)Spoken Word · Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint · 3:15pm£1
• Poems for People Who Don't Like PoetrySpoken Word · Greenside @ George Street · 5:15pm£8
• Queer Folks' TalesSpoken Word · Scottish Storytelling Centre · 8:30pm£16
• Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at Canongate Kirk: Young Religious Poets Competition FinalSpoken Word · Canongate Kirk · 1:15pmFree
• Sacred Arts Festival Poetry at Canonmills Church: The Shamrock and the Cross – Spectators Under HeavenSpoken Word · Canonmills Church · 1:15pmFree
• Sasha Graham's Ghost Stories and TarotSpoken Word · Just The Tonic at The Caves · 12:00pm£6
• ScotlandsFest: A Scottish Football OdysseySpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 1:30pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: A Wee Bit Zen – When Less Is MoreSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 12:00pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: Ancient Voices, Living Landscape – Scotland’s GeomythographySpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 12:00pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: Art Without Borders – Demarco’s EuropeSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 12:00pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: Between the Stones: Scotland Through OutlanderSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 11:30am£10
• ScotlandsFest: Brave New Music – The Martyn Bennett StorySpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 12:00pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: Choose Life Choose Leith – Trainspotting on LocationSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 10:30am£10
• ScotlandsFest: Donald Dewar – An Incomplete Legacy?Spoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 3:00pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: Farmyard FolliesSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 10:30am£10
• ScotlandsFest: Fortunes from Flesh – Scotland and SlaverySpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 1:30pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: Heel for Heel – Scottish Dance FeverSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 3:00pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: In Search of Scottish ArchitectureSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 10:30am£10
• ScotlandsFest: Iona with LoveSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 3:00pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: No Scotland No Party!Spoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 3:00pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: Northern Spirits, Restless HeartsSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 1:30pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: Scotland’s Darkest PastSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 12:00pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: Talking Two Millennia (of Scotland’s History)Spoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 10:30am£10
• ScotlandsFest: Tea and TalesSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 10:30am£10
• ScotlandsFest: Trust Issues, Fake News, Real PoemsSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 3:00pm£10
• ScotlandsFest: Unfinished Business – Scotland’s Political CrossroadsSpoken Word · St Columba's by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church · 1:30pm£10
• Scott Manley Hadley Exposes Themselves and the Shape of the Earth (It's Flat)Spoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth · 4:30pmFree
• Scottish Comedy Legends: Arabella WeirSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• Scottish Comedy Legends: Greg HemphillSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• Scottish Comedy Legends: Jack DochertySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• Scottish Comedy Legends: Jane McCarrySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• Scottish Comedy Legends: Jim SmithSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• Scottish Comedy Legends: Jonathan WatsonSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• Scottish Comedy Legends: Raymond MearnsSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• Scottish Comedy Legends: Sanjeev KohliSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 12:15pm£15
• Sharath Jeevan OBE – Meek Inheritance: Are Me and My Kids Doomed?Spoken Word · Panmure House · 7:00pm£15
• She Named It Coyote Ugly – An Evening with Lil LovellSpoken Word · Coyote Ugly Edinburgh · 7:00pm£10
• Smut SlamSpoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth · 9:30pmFree
• Steve Richards Presents Rock and Roll PoliticsSpoken Word · theSpace @ Symposium Hall · 11:55am£14.50
• Tales from the Shoulders of GiantsSpoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ Greek Gyros Grill · 10:00pmFree
• Tales of Haunted EdinburghSpoken Word · Arthur Conan Doyle Centre · 7:30pm£10
• The Art of Not Letting GoSpoken Word · Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey · 2:00pmFree
• The Dolphins Are Still Singing. Can You Hear Them? The Epic of Lee, Me and the TreeSpoken Word · theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 10:55am£11.50
• The Eazy ClubSpoken Word · C ARTS | C venues | C alto · 4:15pm£3
• The Fringe StorySpoken Word · The Pend · 11:00am£10
• The Life of Eric LiddellSpoken Word · Eric Liddell Community · 10:30am£10
• The Naked TruthSpoken Word · Paradise in Augustines · 10:50am£4
• The Provocateurs: A Disease by Any Other Name / Forget the Alzheimer’s Test?Spoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: A Disease by Any Other Name / It All Went Wrong at LegsSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Age-Old Story / Molecular MatchmakingSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: AI and Economics / Forensic JewellerySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: AI and Economics / Midwife Crones Fight BackSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Artificial Wombs / Panic! at the CortexSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Brain Health Roulette / Satellites Destroy PrivacySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Bridget Jones Meets the Existentialists / Forensic JewellerySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Ethical Innovators? / Satellites Destroy PrivacySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Forget the Alzheimer’s Test? / Artificial WombsSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Good Predictions, Good Decisions? / Galactic ArchaeologySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Good Predictions, Good Decisions? / Human-Robot Uncanny CollisionSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Hard Drugs / When Superbugs KillSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Haven from Fascism? / Ms InformationSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Haven from Fascism? / SpermageddonSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Horror Therapy / Ethical Innovators?Spoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: I Like Big Peaks / Hookers for JesusSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: I Like Big Peaks / Pax PhysicaSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: It All Went Wrong at Legs / Age-Old StorySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Memory Management / Breathe. Sleep. Wee.Spoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Memory Management / Bridget Jones Meets the ExistentialistsSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Midwife Crones Fight Back / When Superbugs KillSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Mini Brains / Birthing BraverySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Mini Brains / Women Can’t Be Doctors?Spoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Mixed Signals / Breathe. Sleep. Wee.Spoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Mixed Signals / Horror TherapySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Ms Information / This Dermatologist Recommends SunshineSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: No Booze, No Boogie? / What’s the Point of Trees?Spoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Performing Possibility / 200 Monks, 1 Dead FrogSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Performing Possibility / No Booze, No Boogie?Spoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Resistance Is Not Futile / 999 WTFSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Resistance Is Not Futile / Human-Robot Uncanny CollisionSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Should You Trust Anyone? / 200 Monks, 1 Dead FrogSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Superhero Porn / Hookers for JesusSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: The Weakness of Vulnerability / Brain Health RouletteSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: The Weakness of Vulnerability / Should You Trust Anyone?Spoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: This Dermatologist Recommends Sunshine / SpermageddonSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: This Library Needs a DJ / Hard DrugsSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: This Library Needs a DJ / Superhero PornSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: What’s the Point of Trees? / Pax PhysicaSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: When Silence Listens / Galactic ArchaeologySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: When Silence Listens / Your Robot BestieSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Women Can’t Be Doctors? / Birthing BraverySpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Your Mind's World / Molecular MatchmakingSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 2 · 1:45pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Your Mind's World / Panic! at the CortexSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Provocateurs: Your Robot Bestie / 999 WTFSpoken Word · The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4 · 5:35pm£12
• The Umbrella Man: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK AssassinationSpoken Word · theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 9:45am£10
• The Umbrella Man: What We Talk About When We Talk About the JFK AssassinationSpoken Word · theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 11:50am£10
• The World at 15mph... ishSpoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd · 12:15pmFree
• Traditional TalesSpoken Word · Scottish Storytelling Centre · 1:10pm£14
• Ulster's Doctor Death: The Killer Case of John Bodkin AdamsSpoken Word · Greenside @ Riddles Court · 1:45pm£10
• Unexplained LiveSpoken Word · theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall · 10:05pm£12.50
• Wild and Whirling WordsSpoken Word · PBH's Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd · 2:35pmFree
• Witch? Women on TrialSpoken Word · Museum of Magic, Fortune-Telling and Witchcraft · 6:30pm£15
• You Can Write a Book!Spoken Word · Greenside @ Riddles Court · 6:20pm£10