The Olivier Award-winning producers behind Fleabag and Baby Reindeer, Francesca Moody Productions today announce the full programme for Shedinburgh 2026, as the acclaimed venue returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 7–30 August 2026 before making its London debut with a season presented in association with the Young Vic Theatre in their Maria Studio from 19 September – 10 October 2026. 

Flo & Joan

Bringing together theatre, comedy, music, live art and new writing, Shedinburgh’s expanded 2026 programme will present more than 75 shows in Edinburgh and over 40 in London.  

Following its acclaimed 2025 launch, the intimate, purpose-built venue returns to Edinburgh this summer in a new home at Assembly Checkpoint, in partnership with Assembly Festival, before heading to Young Vic for a three-week London residency. Expanding in response to overwhelming demand, the 2026 season cements Shedinburgh as one of the Fringe’s most exciting curated destinations – bringing together iconic returning artists, cult-hit revivals, ambitious work-in-progress shows and bold new writing in an intimate, stripped-back setting.

Highlights across both Edinburgh and London include, Jessie Cave’s Sunrise, Sam Nicoresti’s Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture, Jade Franks’s Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x), Bryony Kimmings’ Sex Idiot, Tim Crouch’s Truth’s a Dog Must to Kennel, Gary McNair’s McGonagall’s Chronicles, Lucy McCormick’s Lucy & Friends, Flo & Joan’s Songs You’ve Never Heard (Sung By People Who Can Sing), Jon Brittain & Matthew Floyd Jones’ A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad), Kemah Bob’s FOC IT UP!, Jordan Brookes’ Body Of Work, MANWATCHING by An Anonymous Woman, Lucy Moss’ some songs I wrote, Inua Ellams’ An Evening with an Immigrant, RashDash’s There Were Goddesses, ThisEgg’s A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here and Stuart Laws with Nish Kumar’s Stuart Laws as Michael Caine and Nish Kumar as Christopher Nolan Doing Something For An Hour.

The programme also features major work-in-progress presentations from some of the UK’s most celebrated artists and companies who began their careers at the Edinburgh Fringe, including We Have A Problem by Mischief, Anyone But Me by Rosie Jones, Bad Lesbians by Selina Thompson Company, Everything’s Fine by Bourgeois & Maurice, Jazz by Sara Pascoe, Save the Queen? by Sabrina Mahfouz, Echo Echo Beach by Sh!t Theatre, It Will Always Hurt a Bit by Nick Helm and America’s Kingdoms by The Javaad Alipoor Company.

The Edinburgh season will also host Forest Fringe’s specially curated takeover, marking the legendary organisation’s first return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a decade – the programme includes Action Hero’s A Song and Dance, Made in China’s Sex Yacht, Rachel Mars’ THREE QUEER DAUGHTERS, Ira Brand’s Like the party has been cancelled, Deborah Pearson’s Like You Were Before, Tim Etchells’ Holding Pattern and Alisa Oleva’s And then we walked.

Andy Field from Forest Fringe said: “We’re really excited to be returning to the Fringe 20 years after we first started. We’ve always been centred around giving emerging artists space to grow and perform, which is why we’re so grateful to be invited to join Shedinburgh this year.”

Birmingham Hippodrome’s New Musical Theatre department – a vital pipeline for musical talent development – will present a two-day programme celebrating the best of musical theatre including Elbow Deep by Elinor Peregrin, Sappho: The Poetess by Hayley Canham, and two mixed bill nights:  An Evening with Anoushka Lucas and An Evening with Jack Godfrey, both featuring surprise guest performers.

Tim Crouch, ©Stuart Armitt

Shedinburgh continues its commitment to platforming new writing through Shed Originals, its script development programme, delivered in partnership this year with Abbey Theatre (Dublin), Theatr Clwyd (Flintshire), Lowry (Salford) and Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh). The 2026 Shed Originals line-up includes BULK by Shaun Dunne, A Ghost in the Throat by Ursula Rani Sarma, We Have Been Here For… by Ella Langley, The Gap by Victoria Gimby & Stuart Matthew Price, Dancing Shoes by Stephen Christopher & Graeme Smith, To Be A Bat by Ellen Ritchie and The Dark I Swim by Rebecca Jade Hammond.

Francesca Moody, Executive Producer said: “I’m thrilled to be launching this year’s Shedinburgh programme. With more than 75 shows in Edinburgh and 40 in London we’re bringing an incredible line-up of artists to our shed, up close, stripped back, and bursting with the very best in theatre, comedy, music and so much more. Shedinburgh began as a love letter to the Edinburgh Fringe, and we continue in that spirit, celebrating iconic shows that started life in dripping caves, pub back rooms and university lecture theatres in Scotland’s capital, while backing bold new voices. I’m proud that our artist-first model remains non‑negotiable, with box office guarantees plus travel and accommodation covered so creatives can focus on their work”

Crybabies Shedinburgh

Since its inception as a digital response to the cancellation of the Fringe, Shedinburgh has rapidly evolved from livestreamed performances at the Traverse Theatre and Soho Theatre in 2020 and 2021 into one of the festival’s most distinctive live venues, last year delivered in partnership with Gilded Balloon.

Shedinburgh is both a celebration of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and an investment in its future. All artists are paid guarantees and offered travel and accommodation, with Pay What You Can tickets available for every performance. The initiative also supports the next generation of creatives through its annual Shedload of Future Fund and SHEDx, a programme of free talks and events.

At the heart of this growth is a commitment to directly supporting artists. In 2025, Shedinburgh provided £15,000 of funding through the Shedload of Future Fund. Returning in 2026, the fund has expanded to offer five £5,000 bursaries, supporting artists with costs including travel, marketing, accommodation, set, and creative development time. The 2026 winners will be announced later today. 

Alongside Shedinburgh, Francesca Moody Productions will also present cult favourite Garry Starr: Classic Penguins at the Pleasance Grand, horror comedy The Scaring from Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees Crybabies in Pleasance Two, and brand new one woman show ROLEPLAY by Hannah Reilly at Summerhall, completing the company’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe season.