44 Minutes
44 Minutes is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Assembly @ St Andrew Square. It has 23 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 21:05 to Sun 30 Aug, 21:05. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Four Strangers. Trapped in a cage. Desperate, they try to piece together what their captors might want from them. Soon enough, they discover that they've been thrown into a perverse psychological experiment: they must choose one of them to die so the others might live. Whose life is more valuable and who should be sacrificed? And why these four men? Featuring an all-star cast with John Billingsley (True Blood, Star Trek), Dorian Missick (Better Call Saul, Luke Cage), Christopher Ryan (American Horror Story) and Matthew Petrick (The Florida Project) a debut from Iowa Playwriting alum Lev Steinberg.
Details
- Venue: Assembly @ St Andrew Square
- Space: Front Room
- Genre: THEATRE, New writing, Thriller
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Performances listed: 23, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Venue is built on astroturf. Wheelchair access type:Level Access Stairs: None Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 10 published reviews and 33 audience reviews for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.
This show is a thriller theatre production performed by 4 professional actors in a small, caged venue which is brilliantly part of the show.
Four strangers are trapped inside a cage. They soon discover they have been thrown into a disturbing psychological experiment.
“Hell is other people,” as Sartre famously wrote, and his Huis clos seems to meld with the grimy torture porn of the Saw franchise in first-time writer Lev Steinberg’s brutal but gripping four-hander.
— The Scotsman (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 6 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £9.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £13.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £13.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £13.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £13.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £13.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 21:05 — Already performed — £15.00