A Titanic Story
A Titanic Story by CQD to SOS is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Greenside @ Riddles Court. It has 6 performances listed, running from Mon 17 Aug, 17:30 to Sat 22 Aug, 17:30. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
It's 12:15AM, April 15th, 1912. Titanic has hit an iceberg. In approximately two hours, over 2,000 people will be in the freezing water of the Atlantic Ocean, with survival counted in minutes. Their lives depend on three men – Titanic radio operators Jack Phillips and Harold Bride, and Carpathia radio operator Harold Cottam – and the radio set that broke the day before. Fate has placed Phillips, Bride and Cottam, three working men doing a job, at the centre of one of the biggest peace-time tragedies of the twentieth century.
Details
- Performer: CQD to SOS
- Venue: Greenside @ Riddles Court
- Space: Willow Studio
- Genre: THEATRE, Historical, New writing
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
- Running time: 55 minutes
- Room size: about 60 seats (Willow Studio) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 6, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: lift
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Wheelchair access type:Lift (Building Lift) 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 4 published reviews and 8 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 story is told through impressively thoughtful and historically erudite performances. Nonetheless, there is a tension between the play’s noble aim of celebrating the operators’ heroism and the audience’s desire to…
— Tychy
Where the play does shine is when Cottam, on the Carpathia, suddenly becomes the only voice on stage and the two Titanic operators sit in silence.
— The Recs (4 out of 5 stars)
The story of the Titanic has many working heroes: the stokers, the engineers, the musicians who famously played until the ship went down.
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Mon 17 Aug, 17:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 17:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 17:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 17:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 17:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 17:30 — Already performed — £15.00