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'Does there always have to be a girl? Does she always have to be the prize?' Hailed as provocative, poetic and playwrighting at its peak, this haunting drama, by award-winning writer Elinor Cook, tells of a very modern love-triangle: between feminist academic Rachel, and mountaineering prodigies Dan and Will. Tracing their interwoven trajectories, Pilgrims dramatises the conflicting attractions of freedom and belonging, and interrogates inherited assumptions about gender, storytelling and nature. How far do we all remain trapped in narratives beyond our own making? What might escape cost us?…
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Pilgrims is by City Lit Drama, listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at Greenside @ George Street, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, EH2 2PQ, 24 August to 29 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 14+. Tickets are £15. Content warnings: Scenes of a sexual nature and Strong language.