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Fringe 2025 – Celebrating the Edinburgh National Partnerships programme

The Pleasance teams up with theatres from all over the UK to support artists bringing their work to the Fringe. This is about more than money – it involves practical support to ensure the success of those shows which the various theatres would like to promote. The 2025 shows which have benefited include those by theatre companies and playwrights which explore complex themes – everything from surviving a natural disaster, to creating your identity, finding a place to belong, when making a baby takes a miracle, and facing your long-forgotten past. Alright Sunshine looks at the underside of Edinburgh and the safety of women in public spaces through the eyes of a police woman with a dark history. Our review is here. this is a Wonder Fools production. Wonder Fools are a deeply passionate and creatively restless young theatre company. They are based in Glasgow, but their impact extends across Scotland, the UK, and around the world. Wonder Fool's work spans various communities in Scotland with strategic focus in areas including East Lothian, Dumfries & Galloway, Ayrshire, Perthshire and the Highlands. Down to Chance from Maybe You Like It, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Pleasance, follows the efforts of a part-time radio reporter and full-time mum to unite a community devastated by one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the US. Meanwhile, LEI – LDN from Na-keisha Pebody, Mya Onwugbonu,Leicester Curve & Pleasance explores identity through the eyes of a 17-year-old girl starting a new life in London. The joy and adventure of creating your own family on your own terms (with help from your best mate's sperm) forms the basis of Relay from Leila Navabi, Sherman Theatre, Pleasance and TEAMCollective Cymru. And, Rose + Bud from Commedia of Errors in Partnership with Lyric Belfast and Pleasance is a hilarious coming-of-age story about transitioning, tequila and tiaras. Actors from all five companies met up at Middle Meadow Walk on Monday morning to celebrate the opportunity they have had. Plymouth Belfast Cardiff Pitlochry Leicester All five companies involved in the Edinburgh Partnership Like this: Like Related