Fringe First winners
Winners of the Scotsman’s Fringe First awards, for outstanding new writing premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe, announced each Friday.
This is the full list, with the final winners announced 28 Aug 2026.
Summerhall
15.00, 21.10 (depending)
6–30 Aug (not 18, 25)
Bigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It
Xhloe and Natasha, Soho Theatre and SoHo Playhouse
Traverse @ The Lyceum Studio
13.30, 16.00 (depending)
18–23, 25–30 Aug
Little Animals
Paul Ready and Fern Culture
Summerhall
21.30
6–30 Aug (not 12, 17, 24)
Salty Brine: HOW STRANGE IT IS (The Neutral Milk Hotel Show)
The Living Record Collection and Soho Theatre
Summerhall
18.00
6–31 Aug (not 18, 25)
The Distance
Global Creative, Grace Dickson Productions and Nic Doodson Productions
Traverse Theatre
Various
4, 8, 9, 11–16, 18–23, 25–30 Aug
The Singer
Dundee Rep Theatre, Solar Bear collaborating with Aberdeen Performing Arts
The Scottish Parliament
Various
12–15, 17–22, 24–28 Aug
One Hundred Voices
National Theatre of Scotland
Gilded Balloon Patter House
17.40
5–31 Aug (not 17, 24)
Parasocial Activity
Gallus and Silly Mission Productions
Pleasance Courtyard
16.25
5–31 Aug (not 17)
Amnesia
Kimberly Hart-Simpson, Queenie Miller (Hat Trick Productions), UA, Sherman, Pleasance
Summerhall
19.30
6–30 Aug (not 18, 25)
HAM
Hotter Project, Speakerphone Productions and Soho Theatre
