Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 – our top ten most eye-catching show titles

Every year, thousands of shows play at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Deciding which ones to see? That’s part of the fun! As well as flyers and early tips, it can be a show title that attracts an audience.

Without further ado, here is our annual round-up of the year’s most eye-catching titles!

A Play About Feet

We imagine this one, written by Josie Beer, is exactly what it says on the tin! Described as a dark comedy, it follows a young woman whose life spirals into chaos after an impulsive OnlyFans venture. Will it keep us on our toes?

Venue 45 at theSpace @ Venue 45

Do Astronauts Masturbate in Space?

It isn’t a question I can honestly say I’ve ever considered – though, one quick Google search (not on a work computer!) suggests that plenty of folks have… Joking aside, Briony Martha and Zak Reay-Barry have written about a dystopian future where the Parental Act requires everyone to obtain a license to have children in an overpopulated Britain. In the piece, a young couple attends the week-long “retreat” where their baby’s fate is decided by the State.

Willow Studio at Greenside @ Riddles Court

Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?

A one-man and one-puppet musical journey, this piece from the Woodlouse journeys through a zombie outbreak with live performance, puppetry, and animation. Full of rhetorical questions like its namesake, there are warnings of themes of death throughout, and cartoon violence by and against zombies in the projected backdrop. Spoiler: It isn’t the only zombie-focused title on this list.

Playground 1 at ZOO Playground

I Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven

Expect “Fear and Loathing meets South Park,” apparently, in this monologue performed by Christopher Brett Bailey. When our nameless narrator spots Satan, a washed-up has-been, buying soy milk at the convenience store two miles north of Hell, nobody (except Fringe-goers, perhaps) expects them to fall in love.

Shedinburgh at Shedinburgh

Joan Collins Blocked Me On Twitter

From Our Lad Productions, this Fleabag-esque comedy introduces Theodore Emory Jones, who is chasing a dream of starring in the Dynasty reboot. With “more chaos and camp than all of the Carry On films combined,” the hour-long show is receiving its world premiere in Edinburgh.

Jade Studio at Greenside @ George Street

Royal Pigeon Mail

Should pigeon post be a thing? Meet two Post Office employees on opposing sides of the debate in this new comedy. At only 40 minutes long, it’s a good one to fit in, if you’re out of the Post Office queue in time!

Annexe at theSpace @ Symposium Hall

Seltzer Boy

Can’t get enough of fizzy drinks? This could be the show for you! A one-man show from Connor McKenna, Seltzer Boy doesn’t only look at why one craves an ice-cold seltzer, but also how one accepts their body when all they know is how to hate it.

Snug at Paradise in Augustines

That Show About the Hot Dog

A potentially great two-hander with A Play About Feet, That Show About the Hot Dog is sure to start some conversations in the pub. Puppets, music, dance, visual arts and comedy blend to tell the whimsical journey of hot dog hero, Wee Wennie Wiener.

Forest Theatre at Greenside @ George Street

The Fit Prince (who gets switched on the square in the frosty castle the night before (insert public holiday here))

The lengthiest of Fringe titles this year comes from Awkward Productions in association with King’s Head Theatre! It’s a wonder they have time to create a brand-new show for this year’s festival, while planning their on-stage, but real, wedding. We can’t wait to see what the Fringe faves have in store.

Beyond at Pleasance Courtyard

The Real Housewives of the Zombie Apocalypse

Tears, tantrums, and terrifying truths! But add in some zombies. We told you they’d be back. Clydebuilt Theatre Company’s original musical sees seven Housewives hashing out their drama in the most dramatic reunion episode yet.

Special mentions this year go to: Bipolar Badass, Brits Abroad Banned, Catching a Cheese Pervert – A Frances Francis Mystery, 3 White Guys Named John, A Jaffa Cake Musical, An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo, Bad Immigrant, Drinking with Grandma, Eat the Rich But Maybe Not Me Mates X, How Not to Fund a Honeymoon, How to Kill Your Landlord, How to Win 5 Grand on the Internet, I Killed my Roommate, Lady MacBeth Played Wing Defence, Milk on the Side: A Barista Musical, and Pour Decisions.