Glass Child
Glass Child is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Summerhall. It has 11 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 13:30 to Sun 16 Aug, 13:30. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Powerful, raw and emotional, Glass Child goes beyond fiction and theatre to showcase the extraordinary love of two siblings, Kayah, a young man with Down syndrome and his sister Maitreyah. Expressed through dance, theatre and storytelling Glass Child highlights their connection and how their lives have been affected by other people's perceptions. Maitreyah has watched Kayah be ridiculed or ignored without understanding why. By bravely sharing their own experience they ask the rest of us to look at how we meet others and why we search for difference when we share so much in common.
Details
- Venue: Summerhall
- Space: Old Lab
- Genre: CIRCUS
- Country: AUSTRALIA
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 94 seats (Old Lab) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 11, 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. Walk past the Anatomy Lecture Theatre and through the double doors, take a right; down to the end of the corridor, Old Lab is directly ahead. 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 18 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.
It takes time before anyone realises that they, or their family, might be ‘different’. Innocence in play, dance, and engagement, only really gets held under the microscope of opinion once you hit school. 4 Stars
Astanding ovation is no small feat. As the house lights of the venue went up, I observed no dry eye in sight. To elicit this kind of emotion both in its extremities of joy and pain is why Glass Child is easily one of…
— The Student (5 out of 5 stars)
Anna Whittaker’s sound design and composition provides a bedrock for routines of shifting responsibility, interconnectedness and reflection that are involving and heartwarming.
— alledinburghtheatre.com (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 6 Aug, 13:30 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 13:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 13:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 13:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 13:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 13:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 13:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 13:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 13:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 13:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 13:30 — Already performed — £17.00