Multiple international circus companies and theatrical performers are preparing to showcase their productions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2026, featuring acts ranging from high-octane acrobatics to family-friendly magic.
Notable Productions
East-London contemporary circus company The Revel Puck Circus is bringing its animal-free production, The Wing-Scuffle Spectacular, to The Lafayette Big Top at Underbelly's Circus Hub on the Meadows from August 8 to August 29, 2026, excluding August 17 and 24.
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The production features physical comedy, aerial feats, a wheel of death, rola bola balancing, teeterboard acrobatics, and swinging chainsaw escapes, following their three previous Fringe shows performed in 2025.
Meanwhile, Showmen Productions is returning with CIRCUS: The Show at the Palais Du Variete Spiegeltent in Assembly George Square Gardens at 1:25 p.
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m. from August 5 to August 31, 2026, excluding August 24.
The Australian production company, which also produces The Greatest Magic Show and Adults Only Magic Show, achieved sell-out seasons and was named the highest-selling show across the 2024 and 2025 Adelaide Fringe Festivals.
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Along with circus troupes, solo theatrical performers are bringing historical character portrayals to the festival venues across Edinburgh, which officially runs from August 7 to August 31, 2026.
