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A boy jumps from a thirty-foot oak tree and survives unmarked. It's the first day of the evangelical summer festival, The Orchard, and newcomer Lucas immediately makes an impression among the other children. The younger kids believe he’s a miracle maker. But Benji is the pastor’s son, and he won’t give up his assumed leadership easily. Meanwhile eldest girl, Ruth, isn’t sure that what Lucas is doing are acts of God. But as the "miracles" grow in extremity, so too does Lucas’s influence.
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Orchardist is by Magdalen College School Drama, listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall, Surgeons Quarter, Nicolson Street, EH8 9DW, 18 August to 22 August.
The show runs 50 minutes and is suitable for ages 12+. Tickets are £10. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes and Scenes of violence.