Embro
Embro is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Outside Scottish Poetry Library. It has 10 performances listed, running from Fri 7 Aug, 11:00 to Wed 26 Aug, 11:00. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Poet Ken Cockburn presents, on and around the Royal Mile, 'an Edinburgh alive with literature' (BroadwayBaby.com). Stroll quiet historic closes, bustling contemporary streets and open green spaces, all to a soundtrack of poetry 'deftly and lovingly performed by Cockburn' (AYoungishPerspective.co.uk). If you're new to Edinburgh you'll see some key sights, and if you know the city you’ll experience it afresh by slowing down and listening to the words of poets writing across the centuries. 'Highly informative, thoughtful and a great way to discover bits of Edinburgh we’d never seen before' (Audience Review).
Details
- Venue: Outside Scottish Poetry Library
- Space: Meeting Point
- Genre: EVENTS, Poetry, Walk
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
- Running time: 90 minutes
- Room size: about 20 seats (Meeting Point) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 10, of which 0 still to come and on sale
What the reviewers said
We have captured 1 published review and 4 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.
a lovely and enlightening excursion
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Fri 7 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £3.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £3.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £6.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £6.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £6.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £6.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £6.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £6.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £6.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £6.00