Forge
Forge is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Scottish Storytelling Centre. It has 14 performances listed, running from Fri 7 Aug, 20:00 to Sat 29 Aug, 20:00. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Multi-instrumentalist Tom Oakes returns with Forge, a new work building on the award-nominated The Hearth. Traditional music is set against live composition and improvisation, threaded with archive broadcast and new writing by Kolbrún Björt Sigfúsdóttir. Stories of resistance surface in sound and speech, carried in music that changes from night to night. The Hearth was nominated for Best New Work at the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards and premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe before appearing at major festivals including Celtic Connections in Glasgow.
Details
- Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre
- Space: George Mackay Brown Library
- Genre: THEATRE, Music, Storytelling
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 35 seats (George Mackay Brown Library) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 14, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: There is step free access at the John Knox House entrance of the building, the main entrance door for Storytelling Centre has 9 steps leading up to to it from street level. If not taking the lift there is then a total of 17 steps up to the library (9 steps, a landing, and then 8 additional steps). All guests enter library through same door once inside the building. Wheelchair access type:Level Access, Lift (Building Lift) 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 1 audience review 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.
Both thought-provoking and toe-tapping, this show deserves – and hopefully will find – a large and understanding audience.
— All Edinburgh Theatre (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Fri 7 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed
- Sat 8 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed
- Mon 10 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 20:00 — Already performed — £14.00