Grandma's Shop
Grandma's Shop is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall. It has 12 performances listed, running from Fri 7 Aug, 10:50 to Wed 19 Aug, 10:50. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Clothes, cats and counterculture. Sheffield, 1989. Loveable, eccentric septuagenarian, Hilda, has run a second-hand clothes shop for decades. The profits feed 30 stray cats. One day, a journalist from The Guardian walks in... Hilda's granddaughter, Julie Flower, returns with her 5-star Fringe 2024 hit! A solo, multi-character show about family history subverting expectations. Step inside Grandma's shop, a nostalgic world of old carrier bags, pools coupons and vintage clothes... presided over by an unlikely punk icon. * (ThreeWeeks). (List). 'You will leave bathed in the warm glow of humanity at its best' (TheEdinburghReporter.co.uk).
Details
- Venue: theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall
- Space: Theatre 3
- Genre: THEATRE, Comedy, Storytelling
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 42 seats (Theatre 3) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 12, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Up shallow ramp from the external courtyard, then level access into the theatre 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 1 published review and 12 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.
Grandma’s Shop is a warmly observed social history, but its truths about identity, dignity and belonging look just a good in modern clothes.
— The Wee Review (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Fri 7 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 10:50 — Already performed — £12.00