The Virtuous Burglar

by Dario Fo
directed by Jenny Tamplin

18:45 Mon 04 – Sat 09 Aug 2025
The Royal Scots Club, Hepburn Suite

Tickets £15 on EdFringe.com; £12 for EGTG Members through TicketSource

EGTG presents The Virtuous Burglar at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe; a classic farce by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Dario Fo, full of mishaps, misunderstandings and mayhem.

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The Ruffian on the Stair

by Joe Orton
21:00 Mon 5 – Sat 10 Aug 2024, The Royal Scots Club

Mike and his van work odd hours for irregular contracts; Joyce has given up her profession for a home. Enter Wilson, a cocky young man seeking help in exacting a violent and idiosyncratic revenge. Joe Orton was known for his scandalous black comedies and in this, one of his earliest plays, the themes of sex, violence and death are shown playing themselves out in the everyday lives of Mike and Joyce and in Wilson, whose love for and loss of the man he calls his brother provides the catalyst for the disruption that unfolds.

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A Singular Deception by Hilary Spiers

19:00 Mon 5 – Sat 10 Aug 2024, The Royal Scots Club

Illuminating the astonishing true story of Dr James Barry, A Singular Deception will premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with a run at The Royal Scots Club Monday 5 – Saturday 10 August 2024. Compelling new writing by Hilary Spiers about a shamefully forgotten nonpareil.

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