Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand artists are once again strongly represented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, with performers and companies appearing across comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, music, physical theatre and family work.

This year also sees House of Oz return as a major platform for Australian creativity at the Fringe, with a dedicated 2026 programme spanning eight shows across 27 days.

Across the wider Fringe programme, confirmed Australia and New Zealand-linked listings include the following artists, companies and shows. (Please note these are subject to changes nearer the date.)

Australian comedy and cabaret

Solo shows and performers

• Jimmy Rees — In Reel Life

• Alice Fraser — Oh Man!

• Josh Glanc — Work in Progress / Something / Musical

• Tom Ballard — Be Funny Challenge (Impossible)

• Reuben Kaye — Hard to Swallow

• Emma Holland — The Dog Dies at the Start

• John Robertson — The Dark Room

• John Robertson — Excitable Boy!

• Tom Cashman — NPC (Nearly Proficient Comedian)

• Lizzy Hoo — Says Hoo?

• Grace Jarvis — Getting Dragged Backwards Through a Hedge

• Hypnotist Matt Hale — Funbelievable! 90s Rewind

• Zachary Ruane — Comedy

• Casey Filips — What a Character

• Sashi Perera — Pear Tree

• Harry Jun — Inside Jokes, Outside Voice

• Claire Robin — NUN SLUT

• Annabelle James — Annabalism

• Frankie McNair — Huge Ass Mindset

• Kate Dolan — Trout

• Jeromaia Detto — Giuseppe’s Love Quest

• Jarryd Goundrey — Australia’s Least Decorated Soldier

• Dan Willis — Australia: A Comedian’s Guide

• Lewis Garnham — Work in Progress

Showcases and group comedy

• Nick Schuller and He Huang — 2 Wongs and a White

• Kurt Sterling — 1 Big Aussie Showcase

• Ty Gray / Free Festival — 4 Aussies, For Aussies

• 3’s Comedy — Mornings; Afternoons; Nights; Late Nights

• Lachy Skindog Comedy / Wild West Comedy Clubs — 100% F***ed Up and Far From Home Comedy Showcase

Australian theatre, circus, family and music

Theatre, circus and physical performance

• Eva Seymour — The Understudy

• One Fell Swoop Circus — By a Thread

• Circa — Wolf

• Marcel Cole — Smile: The Charlie Chaplin Story

• Paperfolk Theatre — Our Seventh String

• Hannah Reilly — ROLEPLAY

• String Telephone Theatre Company — Couture

• one step at a time like this, Richard Jordan and Traverse — Transmission: Into the Dark

• Girlhood Productions — Girlhood in the Bathroom

• Riley Fitzgerald — Everybody’s Got a Bomb

• Melissa Western — Sip Sparkle Skull

• Last Dodo Entertainment — Supervillain

• Charlaina Thompson and Yellow Brick Theatre Company — DUST

Family, music and large-scale entertainment

• Onyx Productions — 360 ALLSTARS

• Monski Mouse — Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall

• The 60 Four — 70s Jukebox by The 60 Four

• Hot Dub Time Machine — Hot Dub Time Machine Presents House Party

Aotearoa New Zealand comedy

Solo shows and performers

• Sully O’Sullivan — A Complete Idiot’s Guide to New Zealand

• Sully O’Sullivan — A Kiwi Idiot’s Guide to Great Britain

• David Correos — Noise Zealand

• Hoani Hotene — Hoani Hoani Hoani Must Be Funny in a Rich Man’s World

• Danny Sewell — New Zealand Comedian, New Zealand Comedian, New Zealand Comedian

• Jack Ansett — Looks Like A Bit Of Me!

• Rose Matafeo — Work in Progress Morning Hour

• Chris Parker — Take A Good Hard Look At Me

• Tom Sainsbury — Lessons Not Learnt

• Ray O’Leary — I Can See O’Leary Now The Ray Has Gone

• Guy Williams — Rich people are stealing from you and blaming brown people and trans people and some people believe them aaahhhhhh!

• Sarah Bradley — How to Write a Romcom

Showcases

• Danny Sewell, Hoani Hotene and a special Kiwi guest — Lord of the Zings: A Kiwi Comedy Showcase

Aotearoa New Zealand theatre, music, family and physical performance

• Nick Tipa — Babyface

• Alchemy Theatre and Jewel Box Productions — ALONE

• Artsense Productions — HR The Musical

• Ratbags Theatre — How to Art

• Only Bones Project — Only Bones – Daniel Nodder

• The Barden Party — Macbeth: Blood and Bluegrass

• The Barden Party — Heracles: Of Men and Beasts

• Duces Wild & Hugo Grrrl — Hugo’s Rainbow Show

• Daisy Chain Productions (New Zealand) — The First 8; Cleo

• Terracotta Productions — Sitting (In Silence) (executive-produced by New Zealander Shelley Hasseldine)

• Michael Hockey / Charlotte Pleasants — TO BE FRANK

• Charles Whitehead — Piano Masterworks 2026

Across the Fringe

With artists from both sides of the Tasman appearing across so many genres, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 offers a rich snapshot of contemporary Australian and New Zealand performance on one of the world’s biggest arts stages.

Listings can change and additional shows may be added, so audiences should check the official Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme for the latest dates, venues and ticket information.

Further information and tickets