Tom Waits War Songs
Tom Waits War Songs is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Just The Tonic Nucleus. It has 33 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 12:30 to Sun 30 Aug, 12:30. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Tom Waits fans are leaving stunned – and newcomers are finally getting it. Tom Waits War Songs tears open songs by Waits/Brennan and stitches them together into a raw, dark, rock 'n' roll experience with live band, original animation and fever-dream storytelling. More than a tribute concert, the show transforms a carefully curated collection of war songs into one theatrical story arc. Gritty, visual and emotionally charged, Tom Waits War Songs is an immersive live performance for the Waits faithful, the curious and the unconvinced.
Details
- Venue: Just The Tonic Nucleus
- Space: Just The Atomic Room
- Genre: MUSIC, Live Music, Theatre
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 280 seats (Just The Atomic Room) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 33, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: ramp
- Access features: Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: There’s a lift between the bar and venue street entry. Then, from venue entry level to the main performance space ("Atomic") there is an up-and-over style of lift to carry a wheelchair over the 4 steps to get in. Wheelchair access type:Permanent Ramp, Lift (Platform Lift) Stairs: 2 - 5 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 19 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.
Full disclosure: this review comes from a fully clued-up Tom Waits obsessive, the kind of man who wants ‘Anywhere I Lay My Head’ played at his funeral (just as the casket is going down; there won’t be a dry eye in the…
— The List (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 6 Aug, 12:30 — Already performed — £9.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 12:30 — Already performed — £9.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 12:30 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 9 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Mon 10 Aug, 12:30 — Already performed — £18.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 12:30 — Already performed — £18.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Thu 13 Aug, 12:30 — Already performed — £15.50
- Fri 14 Aug, 12:30 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 15 Aug, 12:30 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 16 Aug, 12:30 — Already performed — £15.50
- Mon 17 Aug, 12:30 — Already performed — £15.50
- Wed 19 Aug, 12:30 — Already performed — £15.50
- Thu 20 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Fri 21 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Sat 22 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 22 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Sun 23 Aug, 11:00 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 23 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Mon 24 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Mon 24 Aug, 16:00 — Already performed — £15.50
- Tue 25 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Tue 25 Aug, 16:00 — Already performed — £15.50
- Wed 26 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Wed 26 Aug, 16:00 — Already performed — £15.50
- Thu 27 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Thu 27 Aug, 16:00 — Already performed — £15.50
- Fri 28 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Fri 28 Aug, 16:00 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 29 Aug, 12:00 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 29 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50
- Sun 30 Aug, 12:00 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 30 Aug, 12:30 — Cancelled — £15.50