The Speakeasy Experience

The Speakeasy Experience is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Summerhall. It has 52 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 17:45 to Mon 31 Aug, 19:45. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.

About this show

Hidden within the Old Dick Vet School lies a clandestine tavern where Edinburgh's rogue doctors and veterinarians gather. Surrounded by animal skulls and illicit research, you are invited into the medical underground's inner circle. Sign the ledger and swear a binding oath of secrecy before being administered two potent, gin-based trials. From an eerie tonic designed to stir the senses to a controversial elixir inspired by bizarre early-century surgical grafts, this immersive experience blends local history with forbidden anatomy.

Details

Venue: Summerhall
Space: Summerhall Lobby
Genre: THEATRE, Food and Drink, Storytelling
Country: UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
Running time: 60 minutes
Room size: about 120 seats (Summerhall Lobby) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
Performances listed: 52, of which 0 still to come and on sale

Accessibility

Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
Venue notes: Accessible entry: Follow the access ramp from the courtyard into the main reception/lobby. If not taking the ramp there are 6 steps into the lobby. Stairs: 6 - 10 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 2 published reviews and 6 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.

A trip into a spooky "speakeasy" inside Summerhall. You are taken into a bone filled waiting room before being allowed entry to the secret, and really quite small, speakeasy space where tales of mad medical experiments…
— UK Theatre Web (4 out of 5 stars)
If gothic horror in the tradition of Mary Shelley is your poison, The Speakeasy Experience is essential Fringe medicine.
— Broadway Baby

Performance dates and ticket availability

Thu 6 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Thu 6 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Fri 7 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Fri 7 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sat 8 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sat 8 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sun 9 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sun 9 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Mon 10 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Mon 10 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Tue 11 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Tue 11 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Wed 12 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Wed 12 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Thu 13 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Thu 13 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Fri 14 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Fri 14 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sat 15 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sat 15 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sun 16 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sun 16 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Mon 17 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Mon 17 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Tue 18 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Tue 18 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Wed 19 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Wed 19 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Thu 20 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Thu 20 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Fri 21 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Fri 21 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sat 22 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sat 22 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sun 23 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sun 23 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Mon 24 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Mon 24 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Tue 25 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Tue 25 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Wed 26 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Wed 26 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Thu 27 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Thu 27 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Fri 28 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Fri 28 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sat 29 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sat 29 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sun 30 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Sun 30 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Mon 31 Aug, 17:45 — Already performed — £20.00
Mon 31 Aug, 19:45 — Already performed — £20.00

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