Venues
Explore the vibrant vivacious variety of C ARTS: a curated programme of international independent work taking place at multiple city-centre locations in our thirty-third year at the Edinburgh Fringe. Our award-winning digital performance and arts programme runs during August and year-round at our online venue C digital.
C ARTS. It’s a festival all of its own. Make sure you see it all.
C aurora (venue 6)
Lauriston Halls
28 Lauriston Street Edinburgh EH3 9DJ A powerhouse of pure performance. From bardic breakfasts to music, dance, circus: we showcase the uplifting, unsettling, side-splitting, thought-provoking at our festival hub with courtyard café-bar. Box office: Box office at this venue in theatre foyer, open from 30 minutes before the first performance each day. Food and drink: Licensed courtyard café-bar serving food and drink all day until late. Aroma café daytime specialities include morning rolls with a choice of bacon, sausage, black pudding, potato scones, tomato and avocado, and toasted wraps and paninnis with a range of fillings including felafel and hummus, chicken, vegetarian and vegan fillings. Enjoy the sunshine and a hand-made coffee, speciality tea, or refreshing fruit juice, Puck’s fizz or Aperol spritz. Access information: Access courtyard and church spaces via slight ramp to courtyard from Lauriston Street. Access main house, studio and accessible toilet via level entrance to halls. from Lauriston Street. Accessible WC located adjacent to main house performance space. Main house: Entrance to main house and accessible toilet is via level entrance to halls to halls from Lauriston Street (slight downward slope to floor in foyer). Accessible toilet off ground floor foyer, adjacent to space. Studio: Entrance to studio and accessible toilet is via level entrance to halls from Lauriston Street. Accessible toilet off ground floor foyer (slight downward slope to floor in foyer). Courtyard: Entrance to courtyard is via ramp from Lauriston Street. Accessible toilet off ground floor theatre foyer, accessed from Lauriston Street. Church: Entrance to church is via ramped pavement from Lauriston Street to courtyard, and slight paved ramp at entrance to church from courtyard. Accessible toilet adjacent to space. On-street blue badge parking bay adjacent to venue on opposite side of Lauriston Street. Assistance animals welcome. For assisted booking and to request assistance, phone 0131 581 5552. |
C aquila (venue 21)
Roman Eagle Lodge
2 Johnston Terrace Edinburgh EH1 2PW From reimagined classics to the very latest new creative work, discover the undiscovered at our original, unfettered Royal Mile festival venue. Nightly live music and cabaret. Box office: Box office at this venue open from 30 minutes before the first performance each day. Food and drink: Licensed venue bar serving teas, coffees, drinks an snacks open all day until late. For food nearby, we recommend the Little Inn coffee shop next door, and the venue café at C alto, Quaker Meeting House Victoria Terrace. Access information: Restricted wheelchair access. Level access to ground floor foyer, to box office, ground floor bar and toilets. Stair-lift with folding chair to upper floors (requires transfer from wheelchair, staff can carry manual wheelchair up the stairs whilst wheelchair user travels in stair-lift). Level access on ground floor and within auditorium on each level. Unadapted WCs on ground floor. Temple: Stair-lift with folding seat to 1st floor from foyer (requires transfer from wheelchair to stair-lift chair at ground level, transfer from one stair-lift chair to another at first floor level, and transfer back to wheelchair at second floor). Staff can carry an unoccupied manual wheelchair up the stairs while the wheelchair user uses the seated stair lift. Electric wheelchairs and heavy wheelchairs cannot be carried upstairs. If not taking the stair lift the space is accessed by one flight of stairs. Unadapted toilets at rear of ground floor foyer. Studio: Stair-lift with folding seat to 1st floor from foyer (requires transfer from wheelchair to stair-lift chair at ground level and transfer back to wheelchair at first floor). Staff can carry an unoccupied manual wheelchair up the stairs while the wheelchair user uses the seated stair lift. Electric wheelchairs and heavy wheelchairs cannot be carried upstairs. If not taking the stair lift the space is accessed by one flight of stairs. Unadapted toilets at rear of ground floor foyer. Foyer: Level access from street to ground floor foyer, box office and bar. Unadapted toilets at rear of ground floor foyer. On-street blue badge parking bay outside St Columba's by the Castle, 14 Johnston Terrace. Assistance animals welcome. Assistance available – advance notice appreciated. For assisted bookings and to request assistance in advance phone 0131 581 5552. |
C alto (venue 40)
Quaker Meeting House
7 Victoria Terrace Edinburgh EH1 2JL Unleash your imagination at our unique new Victoria Terrace venue. Captivating children’s shows. Spellbinding storytelling. Powerful physical performance. Dazzling dance. Masterful music. Energetic ensemble theatre. Box office: Box office at this venue open from 30 minutes before the first performance each day. Food and drink: Café serving teas and coffee, fruit juices and other non-alcoholic drinks, light food and snacks. Access information: Victoria Terrace has level access from the top of Victoria Street, at George IV Bridge, inclined pavement access from the Lawnmarket/Johnston Terrace (Royal Mile) via Upper Bow, and access up public steps from the middle section of Victoria Street. Permanent ramp from Victoria Terrace into venue. Theatre: Enter building from Victoria Terrace using permanent ramp. Take stairs or lift up one level to first floor. There is level access to space. Accessible toilets at rear of ground floor foyer. Studio: Enter building from Victoria Terrace using permanent ramp. Take stairs or lift up two levels to second floor. There is level access to space. Accessible toilets at rear of ground floor foyer. Library: Enter building from Victoria Terrace using permanent ramp. Take stairs or lift up one level to first floor. There is level access to space. Accessible toilets at rear of ground floor foyer. Bow: Enter building from Victoria Terrace using permanent ramp. Space is at rear of ground floor (Victoria Terrace level), accessed by one step up (assistance available). There is level access to space. Accessible toilets at rear of ground floor foyer. Foyer: Enter building from Victoria Terrace using permanent ramp. Space is on ground floor (Victoria Terrace level), with level access. Accessible toilets at rear of ground floor foyer. The nearest place for vehicle drop off is the top of Upper Bow (restricted traffic access) or the top of Victoria Street/George IV Bridge. On-street blue badge parking bay outside St Columba's by the Castle, 14 Johnston Terrace, 100m beyond Upper Bow. Assistance animals welcome. Assistance available – advance notice appreciated. For assisted bookings and to request assistance in advance phone 0131 581 5552. |
C arbor (venue 34)Doubletree by Hilton Conference Centre 34 Bread Street Edinburgh EH3 9AF Engage with the action and discover the unknown at our new venue on Bread Street, specialising in immersive, interactive, and installation performance. Box office: Box office at this venue open from 30 minutes before each performance. Box office open all day until late during the Festival at C aurora, very near to this venue, at 28 Lauriston Place. Food and drink: Licensed bar and restaurant at the adjacent Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, serving food and drink all day until late. Access information: Enter venue via Conference Centre foyer to right of DoubleTree hotel entrance. Level access, with lift to upper and lower floors from conference centre foyer. Venue is on lower ground level. Accessible toilet on lower ground floor, off main access corridor. Immersion: Space is on lower ground floor. Enter by conference centre entrance to right of hotel entrance, take stairs or lift one level down to lower ground floor. Space has level access. Accessible toilet on lower ground floor, off main access corridor. On-street blue badge parking bay approx 100m from venue on Lauriston Street, opposite C aurora. Assistance animals welcome. For assisted booking and to request assistance, phone 0131 581 5552. |
C cubed (venue 50)
Celtic Lodge
2 Brodie’s Close 304 Lawnmarket Edinburgh EH1 2PS A unique setting at the sixteenth-century Celtic Lodge at Brodie's Close, one of the original Fringe venues on the Royal Mile. Captivating children’s shows. Spellbinding storytelling. Powerful physical performance. Dazzling dance. Masterful music. Box office: Box office at this venue open from 30 minutes before the first performance each day. Food and drink: Licensed venue bar open all day until late. For food nearby, we recommend the Deacon's House Café, Brodie's Close and the Little Inn coffee shop, next door to our C aquila venue, at the top of Johnston Terrace. Access information: Access Brodie's Close through archway at 304 Lawnmarket. From courtyard, café to right, venue entrance and toilets to left, on ground floor (up one step from courtyard). Access to box office, bar, and performance space up one flight of stairs to first floor (no lift). Unadapted toilets on ground floor, off ground floor corridor. Main space/studio: Access to box office, bar, and performance space up one flight of stairs to first floor (no lift). For this performance space: Space is up full flight of stairs and one quarter-flight of stairs up from courtyard, 25 steps in total, the main full flight approx 1m wide, and the final quarter flight approx 0.8m wide. Unadapted toilets on ground floor, off entrance corridor. On-street blue badge parking bay outside St Columba's by the Castle, 14 Johnston Terrace, on same side of street 200m along pavement (100m beyond Upper Bow). Assistance animals welcome. For assisted booking and to request assistance, phone 0131 581 5552. |
C piccolo (venue 58)
Edinburgh Press Club
30 Cockburn Street Edinburgh EH1 1NY This venue's central location on Cockburn Street makes it easily accessible from the Old Town and the new. Catch up with culture at Edinburgh Press Club, an intimate café-cabaret space of stories on Cockburn Street. Scintillating spoken word. Veracious verbatim theatre. Cutting-edge comedic talent. Box office: Box office at this venue open from 30 minutes before the first performance each day. Food and drink: Licensed café-bar serving food and drink all day until late. Access: Level access to performance space. WC unadapted and up one flight of stairs. On-street blue badge parking bay on Cockburn Street Assistance animals welcome. For assisted booking and to request assistance, phone 0131 581 5552. |
C place (venue 19)
Place Hotel
34 York Place Edinburgh EH1 3HU Ideally located in York Place in the New Town, close to other New Town venues, and Princes Street’s East End. Discover new dimensions at our new hub in the heart of the New Town, with live theatre, music and cabaret, immersive experiences, digital performance and film. . Box office: Box office at this venue open from 30 minutes before the first performance each day. Food and drink: Licensed café-bar and restaurant serving food and drink all day until late. Access: Stepped access to performance space only. WC unadapted and accessed via stairs only. On-street blue badge parking bay York Place South Lane Assistance animals welcome. For assisted booking and to request assistance, phone 0131 581 5552. |