The Flyting CANCELLED
The Flyting CANCELLED is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Scottish Storytelling Centre. It has 11 performances listed, running from Fri 7 Aug, 20:00 to Thu 27 Aug, 20:00. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Enlightenment Edinburgh. Robert Burns and Walter Scott meet only once, at a salon in the Sciennes home of Adam Fergusson. Or so history tells us. In the School of Scottish Studies archives, a Scottish Traveller recounts another version – a fantastical gathering of 'all the great writers', locked in poetic flyting – until tragedy strikes. Scots folksinger Kirsty Law weaves together documented fact, imagined rivalry and a childhood memory of hearing the tale in the very building where it happened. A meditation on truth and fiction, and on the ordinary people who quietly carry on Scotland's
Details
- Venue: Scottish Storytelling Centre
- Space: George Mackay Brown Library
- Genre: THEATRE, Folk, 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: 11, 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.
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Fri 7 Aug, 20:00 — Cancelled — £14.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 20:00 — Cancelled — £14.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 20:00 — Cancelled — £14.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 20:00 — Cancelled — £14.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 20:00 — Cancelled — £14.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 20:00 — Cancelled — £14.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 20:00 — Cancelled — £14.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 20:00 — Cancelled — £14.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 20:00 — Cancelled — £14.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 20:00 — Cancelled — £14.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 20:00 — Cancelled — £14.00