Award-winning powerhouse, House of Oz, returns to Edinburgh this summer with a dynamic season of eight incredible works. House of Oz showcases the vitality and brilliance of Australian talent on the world’s stage. This season sees a mix of hot ticket companies and artists returning to the Fringe, including Gravity & Other Myths, The Listies, Circa and Lewis Major as well as exciting newcomers such as House of Oz Purse Prize winners Crash Theatre Co, who have just stormed the Adelaide Fringe with their electric new musical and FLICK, another Adelaide sell out, a one-woman tragicomedy.
You’re An Instrumentcomes to the Pleasance Courtyard. This family show, is an interactive , musical science experiment which turns people into instruments! Two scientists take kids on a wild ride where movement is magically wired for sound, turning anything and everything into music. A surprising workshop for all-ages, exploring the history of sound and music. Kids love it. Every Monday features relaxed performances designed to create a welcoming and inclusive environment.
Back by POOPular demand, The Listies: Make Some Noise comes to Assembly George Square Studios. For over a decade, kids’ comedy maestros, The Listies, have toured the world doing shows for literally gazillions of kidults (that’s kids and their adults). Now it’s your turn in this side-splittingly funny show for humans aged 4-400. Join Rich and Matt, as they belt out a bunch of bangers and clangers with the LOLs turned up to 11. Hilarious, fabulous fun for the whole family!
Girl power musical, Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defencewill have you happily ear-worming their original pop synth tunes all day . Set in the cut-throat world of competitive netball, the show explores the consequences of unchecked ambition and the fierce determination of teenage girls. This energetic production coming to Assembly George Square Studios breathes new life into a literary classic, underpinned by an electropop soundtrack. Met with resounding acclaim, and hailed as the five-star ultimate Fringe show, this multi-award-winning Australian musical serves hot, sporty girl power like never before.
Festival favourites Gravity and Other Myths return to Assembly Hall with their international smash hit, Ten Thousand Hours. The creators of A Simple Spaceand Backbonebring you an ode to the countless hours of sweat and joy needed to achieve great things. Don’t eat your dins beforehand as the thrilling death-defying acrobatics served up with Aussie verve and wit will have your heart in your mouth. Get your tickets fast. This will sell out!
We are so excited to announce that multi-year Fringe darlings, Circa, are elevated to the lofties of the Edinburgh International Festival. Journey to the underworld and back with Circa’s collaboration with Opera Australia, presenting Opera Queensland’s production of Orpheus and Eurydice. Heartbroken Orpheus has the chance to rescue his wife Eurydice from the underworld. But there’s one condition: he mustn’t look at her during their long journey home. Can he resist the temptation to gaze into his true love’s eyes? Soaring vocals, hypnotic visuals and acrobatic feats plunge you into an ancient tale of love, lust and loss. As Orpheus descends into insanity, Eurydice’s own descent into the underworld takes magnificent, aerial form. Circa joins with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and a chorus from Scottish Opera for the European premiere of this electrifying production of Gluck’s seminal opera. Expect thrills.
FLICKfrom Mad Nun Productions comes to Summerhall. FLICK is a nurse, Mark has cancer, the kind you can’t come back from. He’s also dangerously attractive. When Mark asks FLICK for a favour it doesn’t take long for boundaries to blur and lives to intersect. From award winning writer/performer, Madelaine Nunn, FLICK is a darkly funny thriller about life, death, and really bad decisions. Shortlisted for the 2022 Rodney Seaborn Playwright’s Award.
For those that missed Lewis Major’s entirely sold-out run in 2024, you’re in luck – his, “life changingly beautiful” show is back, reduxed – if you managed to snag a ticket last time, to this multi-award winning, highly decorated work, you’re in for a surprise: Lewis has choreographed a new opening so the triple bill is now wholly his. See TRIPTYCH Reduxat Zoo Southside for the last time before Lewis answers the call of the International Festival. A collocation of sound, light, movement, space, shape and form guaranteed to stir the emotions.
Backed by a powerhouse band, multi-award-winning vocalist and cabaret performer Michelle Pearson dishes up a joyous blend of pop anthems, soaring ballads, and raw, real storytelling in Skinnyat Underbelly. With stunning vocals and eye-opening interviews on screen, this new inspiring work unpacks society’s toxic obsession with diet culture urging us to rethink what beauty truly means. Heartfelt, relatable, and uplifting, it’s a celebration of every shape, every size, and every person who’s ever looked in the mirror and wondered, “Is this slimming?”
Georgie Black, House of Oz Founder and Creative Director, comments : I am thrilled to announce our 2025 season, and am beyond excited to see our acts ignite Edinburgh this year.Lady Macbeth Played Wing Defence is already getting must-see buzz.The Listies: Make Some Noise is so funny it’s painful (just ask Frank Skinner). Back after being called, “my favourite show at the fringe” countless times,Ten Thousand Hours is literally awesome (when awesome really used to mean something).Triptych Redux will see people weeping in the dark at its sheer beauty. FLICKis the kind of drama to end up on tv– say you saw it first, at Edinburgh.You’re An Instrument will have the kids clamouring for more raucous fun,Skinnyis an important, inspiring and compelling show from megavoice, Michelle Pearson andOrpheus and Eurydice will knock everyone’s socks off with its sheer scale, sumptuous visuals and technical thrills. What links all of these amazing shows, apart from being Australian? They all have ground breaking, genre busting, ceiling-smashing spirit. They are all, in their own way, Australian cultural pioneers with pluck, depth and damn fine entertainment value.
House of Oz is an award-winning philanthropic production house dedicated to promoting Australian creative arts on international stages. Offering vital funding for production, marketing, and PR resources, as well as covering travel and accommodation costs, their festival and industry expertise produces life-changing formulas for the artists. By reducing financial barriers, House of Oz enables Australian performers, who have the furthest to venture to the world’s largest arts marketplace , to present their talents in the most impactful way, winning awards, receiving 100s of onward touring offers, thus fostering cultural exchange and elevating Australia’s artistic presence worldwide. With a remarkable track record of producing over 1,000 performances and facilitating international tours for Australian artists, House of Oz showcases the rich diversity and excellence of Australian talent on the world’s stage.
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