Venue 30
Scottish Storytelling Centre
43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR
Venue website: scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/events — for directions, access and food & drink. Fringe tickets are booked from each show’s page.
2026 marks twenty years since the opening of the Scottish Storytelling Centre (SSC), the world's first purpose-built centre for oral storytelling and a space for creatives to explore culture and traditions from the ancient to the contemporary. You're invited to become part of the story all year round, whether enjoying a show, browsing the bookshop or refreshing yourself at the Haggis Box Café.
Accessibility
https://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2024/02/SSC-Access-Statement-2024.pdf. Full venue site is accessible, Wheelchair accessible toilet, No reserved accessible parking, No on street blue badge parking, Assistance dogs welcome in all areas. There are 9 steps outside the SSC entrance. Level access is via John Knox House entrance. The Café, bookshop, box office and Storytelling Court are on the same level as entrance. There is Lift access to the other performance spaces. Full Access Statement: https://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2024/02/SSC-Access-Statement-2024.pdf
Eat & drink nearby
What’s on at Scottish Storytelling Centre — Fringe 2026
Exhibition: Craigmillar Tapestry · Exhibitions · Free
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The Elves and the Shoemaker · Children's Shows · £10–£16
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Through the Shortbread Tin · Theatre · £10–£18
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Irrational · Theatre · £10–£14
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Iliad: The Song of Thetis · Theatre · £10–£16
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Romeo and Juliet for Bairns · Children's Shows · £14
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Telling the Bees · Children's Shows · £14
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Address to a Haggis · Spoken Word · Free
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A Wolf Shall Devour the Sun · Theatre · £16
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Step One · Events · Free
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Troubled Waters · Theatre · £14
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Common Tongue · Theatre · £16
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Hamlet (an experience) · Theatre · £14
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Thunderstruck · Theatre · £16
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Forge · Theatre · £10–£14
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Traditional Tales · Spoken Word · £14
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The Ostrich Principle · Theatre · £14
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Morna Burdon: Bonnie Fechters · Theatre · £16
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Queer Folks' Tales · Spoken Word · £16
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Loud Poets · Spoken Word · £16
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Alan Bissett: When Billy Met Alasdair · Theatre · £16
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Aderyn / Bird · Theatre · £14
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Morna Burdon: Gie's Peace · Theatre · £16
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Selkie: Past, Present, Future · Theatre · £16
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The Corpse Road · Theatre · £16
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Singing Willows and the Magical Bed · Children's Shows · £16
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An American Love Letter to Edinburgh · Theatre · £16
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Spinster · Theatre · £14
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The Dark Pool · Theatre · £14
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Marjolein Robertson: Shetland Folklore · Theatre · £16
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Morna Burdon: The Sound of My Own Voice · Theatre · £16
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Our Martin in the Background · Theatre · £14
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