Cleo
Cleo is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at C ARTS | C venues | C aquila. It has 4 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 17:25 to Tue 11 Aug, 17:25. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
An exciting feminist reimagining of a woman long reduced to myth. New musical Cleo reclaims the story of Cleopatra VII, following her rise from teenage queen to one of history’s most formidable political leaders. Forced to rule beside her brother and later driven into exile, Cleopatra refuses erasure, and returns to Egypt to reclaim her throne through intelligence, strategy and determination. Cleo is not a story of seduction, but of power. Navigating alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, Cleopatra restores her place in history by balancing love, ambition and survival to fight for her children and her kingdom.
Details
- Venue: C ARTS | C venues | C aquila
- Space: temple
- Genre: OPERA, New writing, Historical
- Country: NEW ZEALAND
- Running time: 70 minutes
- Room size: about 85 seats (temple) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 4, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Stair-lift with folding seat from ground floor foyer (requires transfer from wheelchair to stair-lift chair at ground level, transfer from one stair-lift chair to another at first floor level, second stair lift stair-lift with folding seat from first floor to second floor, then transfer back to wheelchair at second floor). Staff can carry an unoccupied small or folding manual wheelchair up the stairs while the wheelchair user uses the seated stair lift. Electric wheelchairs, heavy wheelchairs and bulky wheelchairs cannot be carried upstairs. If not taking the stair lift the space is accessed by two half flights and one full flight of stairs. Stairs: 20+ 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 1 published review and 2 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 is a musical that feels like it has a way to go (there is no choreography here, the production is little more than a performance of a soundtrack), but there is a lot of potential.
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 17:25 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 17:25 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 17:25 — Already performed — £14.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 17:25 — Already performed — £14.00