An independent app. Not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. Listings data courtesy of the Edinburgh Festivals Listings API.
Calvino’s stunning language springs to life in a cascade of trapdoors, surprises and reveals. As Kublai Khan feels his empire eroding beneath him, Marco Polo forms the slipping sands into the cities of the emperors dreams. This adaptation in miniature casts a dreamlike spell over the audience using live projection, puppetry, paper mechanics and living sculpture as two performers manipulate tiny cameras on a small table. This show has been stunning audiences in theatres and barns across the United States, including a sold-out run at the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival.
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities: A Toy Theater Atlas is by Toy Atlas Theater (Chicago, USA), listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at C ARTS | C venues | C alto, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, above Victoria Street, EH1 2JL, 5 August to 30 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 8+. Tickets from £13.