2026 looks to be another exciting year at EGTG as we unveil our 72nd season, woven together with themes of passion, ambition and the intricacies of human behaviour.
SCDA One Act Festival 2026
Euripedes’ Medea, translated by Ian Johnston
Directed by Eirini Stamkou
The story of a woman laid bare by grief and rage, and her terrible quest for revenge against the men who have abandoned her.
w/c 16 February 2026
Church Hill Theatre
Saturday 14 March 2026
Dunbar Battery
Spring
Daisy Pulls it Off by Denise Deegan
Directed by Kate Stephenson
A parody of wholesome adventure stories about life in a 1920s girls’ English boarding school.
Monday 27 April – Friday 1 May 2026
Hill Street Theatre
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026
Sweet
Written and directed by Hilary Spiers
New writing inspired by the sugar embargo implemented by women who supported abolition.
Monday 10 – Saturday 15 August 2026
Hepburn Suite, Royal Scots Club
The Bear by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Alexander Cook
A farce-vaudevilles about the taming of men’s boorish behaviour.
Monday 10 – Saturday 15 August 2026
Hepburn Suite, Royal Scots Club
PLANO by Will Arbery
Directed by SaraBeth Samuels
A surreal and poignant exploration of the way women make themselves small to make space for men.
Monday 10 – Saturday 15 August 2026
Hepburn Suite, Royal Scots Club
Autumn / Winter
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, Adapted by Dan Rebellato
Directed by Hannah Bradley Croall
The travels and travails of Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov as he seeks his fortune.
Tuesday 3 – Friday 6 November 2026
Pianodrome at St Oswalds, Bruntsfield
Artwork (excl. The Bear) by Ella Kinver-Tait.
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