TWITCH
TWITCH is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Underbelly, Bristo Square. It has 25 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 18:55 to Sun 30 Aug, 18:55. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Pam searches obsessively for her missing son, accompanied by a twitch no one else can see. Searching for her son, Pam follows clues to the pound, computer store, a missing person's group, airport, and other crevices of her splitting psyche. In tracking her son's vanishing steps, she also chases hope.
Details
- Venue: Underbelly, Bristo Square
- Space: Clover
- Genre: THEATRE, New writing, Experimental
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 50 minutes
- Room size: about 60 seats (Clover) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 25, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Level access with a slight ramp to enter the building.Queuing will begin outside the venue in the Med Quad courtyard. A staff member will then escort the queue inside. Wheelchair access type:Level Access Stairs: None 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 8 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.
Joslyn DeFreece impressively portrays Pam and thirteen other characters in this play that, on the surface, is about a mother searching for her missing son, but is really an unsettling portrait of a disturbed woman,…
— New York Theatre (3 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £8.50
- Thu 6 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £8.50
- Fri 7 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £8.50
- Sat 8 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50
- Sun 9 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50
- Mon 10 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50
- Tue 11 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50
- Wed 12 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £11.50
- Thu 13 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £11.50
- Fri 14 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50
- Sat 15 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50
- Sun 16 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50
- Mon 17 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £11.50
- Wed 19 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £11.50
- Thu 20 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £11.50
- Fri 21 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50
- Sat 22 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50
- Sun 23 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50
- Mon 24 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £11.50
- Tue 25 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £11.50
- Wed 26 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £11.50
- Thu 27 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £11.50
- Fri 28 Aug, 18:55 — Cancelled — £12.50
- Sat 29 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50
- Sun 30 Aug, 18:55 — Already performed — £12.50