We Love and Then We Drown
We Love and Then We Drown is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Greenside @ George Street. It has 12 performances listed, running from Mon 17 Aug, 11:30 to Sat 29 Aug, 13:50. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
The world is on the brink. Few can doubt that. But what are any of us really willing to do – or to give – in order to hold back the tide? Charting the course of one all-too-possible 21st-century life, Ruth Gilligan's thrilling, audacious, new play encourages us to think the unthinkable: to save the world as we know it, how much are we each prepared to sacrifice – not just for ourselves, but for those we love? And, what if we fail? Will those sacrifices still then seem worth it?
Details
- Venue: Greenside @ George Street
- Space: Lime Studio
- Genre: THEATRE, New writing, Drama
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 55 minutes
- Room size: about 70 seats (Lime Studio) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 12, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet, Hearing loop
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Through wheelchair access entrance, and up through first lift audience will come to, and along corridor. Lift dimensions: Doorway: 660mm x 1980mm Internal Dimensions: 920mm x 770mm Capacity: 410kg (6 people) Wheelchair access type:Level Access, Lift (Building Lift) 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 2 published reviews and 14 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.
Witty and cynical, you cannot help but fall in love with Catford’s character. Amapola and Dourado are satisfactory counterparts to Catford’s character as they both portray different perspectives of love and life in…
— ED Fringe Reviews (4 out of 5 stars)
The play as a whole is truly worth it for the resolution in the last fifteen minutes or so. All the timelines converge into one cohesive and powerfully relevant story.
— ED Fringe Reviews (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Mon 17 Aug, 11:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 11:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 11:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 11:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 11:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 11:30 — Already performed — £15.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 13:50 — Already performed — £15.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 13:50 — Already performed — £15.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 13:50 — Already performed — £15.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 13:50 — Already performed — £15.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 13:50 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 13:50 — Already performed — £15.00