Baby Reindeer is one of the biggest television hits of the year – wowing viewers around the world who have streamed it in their millions on Netflix.
The show is based on the incredible real-life experiences of writer and performer Richard Gadd, who now seems destined for stardom, which originally played out on stage at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - in Summerhall’s Roundabout venue.
It’s just the latest show to achieve great success after enjoying a run in Scotland’s Capital during August.
Here are 10.
It’s just the latest show to achieve great success after enjoying a run in Scotland’s Capital during August.
![The Shark Is Broken had it's first major run at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it played at the Assembly George Square Studios. Telling the story of the behind-the-scenes drama that took place during the filming of the 1975 film Jaws, it was a sell-out success. It transferred to London's West End, where it was nominated for an Olivier Award, before a Canadian run, then moving to Broadway.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/04/25/14/20/shark.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
9. The Shark Is Broken
The Shark Is Broken had it's first major run at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it played at the Assembly George Square Studios. Telling the story of the behind-the-scenes drama that took place during the filming of the 1975 film Jaws, it was a sell-out success. It transferred to London's West End, where it was nominated for an Olivier Award, before a Canadian run, then moving to Broadway.
![Widely considered to be one of the best plays of the 20th century, Tom Stoppard's tragicomic masterpiece 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' made its stage debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966. It tells the story of Hamlet from the point of view of the two titular often-confused minor characters. Since that premiere it has enjoyed numerous runs in countries around the world, won numerous awards including Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle, and has been turned into a film starring Tim Roth and Gary Oldman.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/04/25/14/01/GettyImages-1497775148.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
10. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Widely considered to be one of the best plays of the 20th century, Tom Stoppard's tragicomic masterpiece 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead' made its stage debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966. It tells the story of Hamlet from the point of view of the two titular often-confused minor characters. Since that premiere it has enjoyed numerous runs in countries around the world, won numerous awards including Best Play from the New York Drama Critics Circle, and has been turned into a film starring Tim Roth and Gary Oldman.