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A backstage farce follows a struggling community theatre attempting to stage a melodramatic mystery while everything goes hilariously wrong. Miscast actors, clashing egos and a playwright who keeps rewriting create chaos as opening night approaches in Rick Abbott's Play On!
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Play On! is by Purple Summer Theatre, listed under Comedy in the Fringe programme. It plays at Central Hall, 2 West Tollcross, EH3 9BP, 7 August to 10 August.
The show runs 80 minutes and is suitable for ages 14+. Tickets are £7.