Sondheim at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe
If you're heading to Edinburgh this summer, be sure to catch one of the Sondheim productions running in the Fringe...
Company
The Edinburgh University Footlights (Scotland, UK)
On the eve of his birthday, Bobby struggles to find a wish to blow out his candles. Over a series of dinner parties, intimate conversations and first dates, the perpetually single Bobby grapples with the pros and cons of marriage with the ‘good and crazy people’ that are his married friends. After a five-star, sell-out Fringe run in 2019, the Edinburgh University Footlights are thrilled to return to the Fringe with Company. With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth, this groundbreaking musical is an honest and intelligent look at love, vulnerability and relationships.
Author: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by George Furth
Language: Performed in English
Format: Live in-person performance
Genre: Musicals and Opera
3–14 August 2022
3:35 p.m.
105 minutes
12+ (guidance)
C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
Venue 21
Roman Eagle Lodge, Johnston Terrace, EH1 2PW
Into the Woods, Jr
Edinburgh Youth Theatre (Scotland, UK)
Be careful what you wish for, as Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's cockeyed fairy-tale comes to life in this adaptation of their ground-breaking, Tony Award-winning musical. Into The Woods Jr features all of your favourite characters – Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch – in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables. Performed by the next generation of musical theatre talent.
Author: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine
Language: Performed in English
Format: Live in-person performance
Genre: Musicals and Opera
5–12 August 2022
10:25 a.m.
55 minutes
8+
theSpace on the Mile
Venue 39
80 High Street, EH1 1TH
Information: 0131 510 2384
Assassins
Pacifica Christian High School (USA)
Sondheim's classic satire of a culture of violence and political turmoil. This one-act Tony winning musical stands alone in the American musical genre. Performed by the Pacarts ensemble from Los Angeles, California, this inventive production uses movement, reflections, shadow and dance to tell the story of successful and would-be presidential assassins. Staged at theSpaceUK, get up close and personal with some dangerous and dazzling characters from the most turbulent chapters of American history.
Author: music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman
Language: Performed in English
Format: Live in-person performance
Genre: Musicals and Opera
8–12 August 2022
11:40 a.m.
80 minutes
12+ (guidance)
theSpace @ Niddry St
Venue 9
Niddry Street, EH1 1TH
