Spinster
Spinster is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Scottish Storytelling Centre. It has 5 performances listed, running from Sat 22 Aug, 18:15 to Sun 30 Aug, 18:15. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Witch! Hag! Spinster! Words are powerful – even one can tell a whole story. This storytelling show welcomes you into the spinster's cottage, but what will you find there? A financially independent woman with a honed skill and craft, or an evil-doing hag waiting to snatch your child? Journey through three Scottish folktales that illustrate the change in the meaning of the word spinster, and thus the changing role of women in the Middle Ages. Spin together the threads of ancient tales and unpick the tapestry of the demonisation of women with storyteller Frankie Regalia.
Details
- Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre
- Space: George Mackay Brown Library
- Genre: THEATRE, Storytelling, Traditional
- 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: 5, 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 11 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.
Regalia ends on a note of hope, observing that the world is never one thing for very long and is always in flux – we can change it.
— Broadway Baby (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Sat 22 Aug, 18:15 — Already performed — £14.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 18:15 — Already performed — £14.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 18:15 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 18:15 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 18:15 — Already performed — £14.00