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Engaging, moving and hopeful, this one-person show examines links between what magicians do and what child sexual abusers do – and how secrets can be powerful in positive and destructive ways. Based on the performer’s true-life story from 1970s Boston to today, Keeping Secrets combines acting, visuals and a magic trick or two. A riveting performance, the show explores how traumatic experiences can be transformed into positive action. Creator Jim Vetter has enchanted fans internationally as a magician, mime and actor. Preview audiences call Keeping Secrets: Amazing, riveting, raw, funny,…
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Keeping Secrets is by Balancing Act Theatre and Jim Vetter Productions, listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall, Surgeons Quarter, Nicolson Street, EH8 9DW, 7 August to 29 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 14+. Tickets from £8. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes.