Going The Distance
Going The Distance by TWELVE is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Summerhall. It has 11 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 14:10 to Sun 16 Aug, 14:10. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Twelve rounds. Five women. No holding back. Set inside the charged atmosphere of a boxing gym, this high-impact theatrical dance follows a rising superstar, a fading referee and the figures who orbit them. Sweat meets spectacle as pounding beats collide with sweeping classical strings. Characters clash, alliances form and ambition burns through every round. Raw, physical and fiercely human, this 47-minute contemporary dance asks what it really costs to go the distance.
Details
- Performer: TWELVE
- Venue: Summerhall
- Space: Dissection Room
- Genre: CIRCUS, Dance, Physical theatre
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 50 minutes
- Room size: about 165 seats (Dissection Room) — 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: ramp
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Once in the Courtyard, follow the signs up the access ramp, pass in front of the decking bar and into the main reception. The Access Route requires Duty Manager Assistance from the reception of the main building, consisting of an escort up the main lift, through the galleries, into a platform lift, through to the Dissection room. Please contact boxoffice@summerhall.co.uk if you would like to use this accessible route. Wheelchair access type:Permanent Ramp, Lift (Other) 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 4 published reviews and 10 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.
Founded in NYC, Ballaro Dance is a company devising works which fuse classical technique with high-energy contemporary movement.
— Fernyhough Arts Reveiw (4 out of 5 stars)
New York choreographer Marisa F Ballaro makes a strong Edinburgh debut with TWELVE: Going The Distance, staged inside a boxing gym and following five women through twelve rounds of shifting rivalry and alliance.
— The Smu Reviews (4 out of 5 stars)
Twelve: Going the Distance brings together the beauty of dance and the savagery of boxing in a way where both don't clash but provide a beautiful merger of style and substance, of technique and beauty.
— British Theatre Guide (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 6 Aug, 14:10 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 14:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 14:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 14:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 14:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 14:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 14:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 14:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 14:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 14:10 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 14:10 — Already performed — £17.00