The Song of Thetis
The Song of Thetis by Iliad is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Scottish Storytelling Centre. It has 12 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 20:30 to Tue 18 Aug, 20:30. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
An incendiary retelling of Homer’s Iliad, sung through the voice of Thetis, Achilles’ mother. Two performers fluidly shifting: god/mortal, mother/warrior, goddess/lover, masculine/feminine, collapsing the boundaries of gender, power and fate. Love – maternal, erotic, spiritual – collides with the brutal machinery of war. Developed through international residencies and informed by artistic exchange with Lebanese and Palestinian artists working amid ongoing conflict, the production refuses nostalgia. Olympus is not distant; it is political, volatile, human. Nearly three millennia later, the epic burns with the same question: who wages war, and who pays the price?
Details
- Performer: Iliad
- Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre
- Space: Netherbow Theatre
- Genre: THEATRE, International, Storytelling
- Country: ITALY
- Running time: 90 minutes
- Room size: about 99 seats (Netherbow Theatre) — 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: lift
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet, Hearing loop
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: There is level access into the Centre from the John Knox House entrance. If entering using the main SSC entrance there are 9 steps up. Once inside there is a lift that can take customers down to the -1 floor which is the top of the raked seating. If not it is 16 steps down to the top of the raked seating. Wheelchair access type: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.
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 6 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £16.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £16.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £16.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £16.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £16.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 16:45 — Already performed — £16.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £16.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £16.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £16.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £16.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 20:30 — Already performed — £16.00