Come Back Home
Come Back Home is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Summerhall. It has 24 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 13:15 to Mon 31 Aug, 13:15. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Come Back Home explores ongoing grief and how the past continues to inhabit the present. It moves through self-criticism, fear and the unknown, through absurdity and the logic of the subconscious. Through text, video and sound, Palestinian artist Fadi Murad questions how loss shapes ambition, identity and the idea of return through personal experience and memory. The performance shifts between humour and catharsis, exposing doubt, ego, tenderness and contradiction, while asking what it means to carry home within you.
Details
- Venue: Summerhall
- Space: Anatomy Lecture Theatre
- Genre: THEATRE, Absurdist
- Country: PALESTINE
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 58 seats (Anatomy Lecture Theatre) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 24, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet, Hearing loop
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Once in the Courtyard, standing facing the Royal Dick, enter through the ground floor double doors to your left. Anatomy is directly ahead. 10 steps to top of theatre space. 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 5 published reviews and 10 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.
The Mythography Collective returns to the Fringe after being singled out by many as a company for the future. Ed Robson in his role at the McRobert Arts Centre is well known for supporting and helping young companies…
3.5 Stars Fadi Murad’s exploration of grief and memory feels deeply personal – but the broader picture is tantalisingly elusive.
Vulnerable without ever feeling self-indulgent, Murad draws the audience into an intensely private world. Come Back Home may be difficult to describe, but its emotional impact is undeniable.
— one4review (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 6 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00
- Mon 31 Aug, 13:15 — Already performed — £17.00