After an exciting first weekend with lots of amazing shows and meeting new like-minded people, or unlike minded, which is ok. We would like to highlight our family friendly shows, so you can bring all your loved ones, including the miniature ones.
Don Quixote For All Ages All ages
A farcical and musical show about the romantic dreamer and self-appointed Knight, Don Quixote. By his side is the realist, down-to-earth squire, Sancho Panza.
The scenography of the show is in itself a work of art. It consists of a theatrical machine with countless mini-stages, which are revealed through twists, turns and pulleys.
Ove Andersson and Mats Jadin play all the parts, perform all the musical numbers and work the theatre machine expertly.
September 4, 2026 3.30pm – Scen 46
September 5, 2026 1.30pm – Scen 46
Tea at 6 O’Clock All ages
The kettle is boiling, the dishes are in disarray, and the teacups are ready to be sipped. Everything seems completely out of place — and yet, Tea Time is about to begin. A tea party where anything can happen, where the clock never moves past six, and where everyone waits eagerly for the next pour.
Tea at Six O’Clock is a whimsical contemporary dance performance about tea parties, imagination, and the playful chaos of growing up. It is set inside an endlessly repeating tea time where clocks stand still and anything is possible. Inside this alternate reality, tables float, kettles whistle, and dancers transform into curious creatures. Rooms become adventures, furniture becomes playgrounds, and ordinary objects assume lives of their own. As the tea drinkers and tableware continuously rearrange themselves, this seemingly dignified gathering slowly unravels into something increasingly wild, playful, and delightfully unpredictable — reminding us of the childlike imagination still hidden inside everyday life.
September 4, 2026 4.00pm – Scen 46
September 5, 2026 2.00pm – Scen 46
September 5, 2026 5.00pm – Scen 46
Mutual Ages 8+
Besides the two shows specifically listed as family-friendly, there’s a bunch of performances suitable for young Fringe audiences. Among them are several contemporary dance acts. Yun-Chi Lai has choreographed one of this years acts. “Mutual” explores the constraints people put themselves through in their daily struggles in life. The performance showcases dancers tied together by hair. Within these bonds, the dancers constantly negotiate, adjust, and recalibrate their movements, seeking balance between individuality and collectivity. In many Eastern cultures, hair carries profound symbolic meanings – representing vitality, dignity, identity, and spiritual continuity. “Mutual” draws from this cultural significance by physically connecting the dancers through their hair. Join them in an unforgettable evening this week.
September 2, 2026 8.00pm – Scen 46
September 4, 2026 6.30pm – Scen 46
September 5, 2026 9.00pm – Scen 46
Casanova Ages 12+
Casanova is another family-friendly act featuring one of this year’s comedians. Physical comedian and award-winning performer Jon Tilley graces the stage for three nights, taking us on a rollercoaster ride through his retelling of the story of the ultimate real-life lover and original rom-com leading man, Casanova! Jon Tilley won the Prague Fringe Comedy Award for his first solo show, ‘Old Man’. Now he’s back with his new creation. Check him out, along with all our other wonderful acts, and pick your favourite!
September 4, 2026 10.00pm – Dice Theater
September 5, 2026 5.00pm – Dice Theater
September 6, 2026 5.00pm – Dice Theater
22 Stops All ages
22 stops is a non-verbal walking performance that invites a small audience to slow down and experience the city differently. Athens-based performer Katerina Drakopoulou leads the group through Gothenburg, creating brief physical encounters with its streets, surfaces, textures, and hidden details.
At each stop, the everyday comes into focus: a corner becomes a frame, a pavement becomes a stage, a pause becomes an event. Rooted in Butoh-inspired dance and site-responsive performance, 22 stops reveals the quiet beauty and unexpected wonder of the city.
Leave the theatre behind and follow a performance through the streets of Gothenburg.
September 3, 2026 5.30pm – Gathenhielmska Huset
September 4, 2026 5.30pm – Gathenhielmska Huset
September 5, 2026 2.00pm – Gathenhielmska Huset
The Space Between Seeing All ages
A two part contemporary dance performance by Hanna Forsgren and Aina Wahlström. Two choreographic works exploring the space between what is seen and what is felt. An urge to reach for something that cannot be held.
Can something be true without being understood?
September 2, 2026 6.00pm – Scen 46
September 5, 2026 7.00pm – Scen 46
Fakespeare Ages 8+
Patrick Hercamp (SOUND & FURY) performs the Bard’s work like you’ve never seen it before! This award winning comedian condenses some of Shakespeare’s best loved tragedies, characters, and iconic dramatic moments into a blisteringly funny vaudeville romp. This show is for Shakespeare fans and total illiterates.
“Fakespeare smashes right through all the traditional barriers and is presented in a hilarious, fun and enjoyable way. It makes Shakespeare’s work accessible to everyone and will guarantee you enjoy and understand the playwright.” – The West Australian
September 2, 2026 6.00pm – Gathenhielmska Huset
September 3, 2026 8.00pm – Gathenhielmska Huset
Ecotone Ages 8+
Ecotone is a cross-disciplinary trilogy by composer-clarinettist Linus Fung and live visual artist Moon.noon inspired by the dehumanisation of human communications to date. The title Ecotone, an ecological term describing a region of transition between two biological communities, symbolises the collaboration between the two art forms, artists, and the inevitability of communication progression of mankind.
Ecotone was composed in an overlaying manner – where two artists took turns to respond and extend the piece musically/visually until completion, just like penpals.
September 3, 2026 6.00pm – Symbiont
Bumbled Ages 12+
Bumbled is a fastpaced, hilarious, and unexpectedly touching one-person play following Pascal, an earnest Irish honeybee on a mission to save the world — and maybe fall in love. The show blends comedy, physical theatre, and heartfelt storytelling as Pascal navigates the dangers of beelife, his romance with his French girlfriend Marion, and his desperate attempts to warn humans about the fragile state of the natural world. Described as a “bee twerking, Irish slowdancing, sexdodging odyssey”, the play balances big laughs with environmental resonance.
September 3, 2026 8.00pm – Symbiont
The Twin of the Clone Is the Rat That Lives Here Ages 12+
This exploratory dance work offers instant intrigue both visually and aurally. It has initial overtones of ‘some kind of horror,’ a glowing green substance on a shelf and a body in a claw-foot tub with golden locks pouring morbidly over the edge. The body sinks and body parts are thrown out in contorted positions. Another dancer is physically trapped by her own hair, tied to a post.
A TV screen flickers in a corner, depicting parts of the action as seen on stage, which is picked up later with live video recording during the piece which can be viewed on the flip out screen of the camera. The unusual soundscape adds to the uneasy atmosphere, sucking noises, chainsaws? Whirs and ticks not musical but rhythmic. Large shadows dance across the back wall and the dancers hair is splayed behind them as they move against the force of a wind tunnel. The duet becomes one contorted body, a series of disconnected isolations, like jigsaw pieces that don’t quite fit together.
This is a strange union. They find themselves moving in unison, but was that her motion or the others? Will they be friends or foes?
Anna Hallquist says the piece “Explores the theme of renewal. In a performative landscape, two bodies depict different forms of purification where movement meets the pragmatic. The background to the theme comes from an interest in people’s desire for renewal through self-help. The work presents physical objects as part of the space. The work wants to create a space of constant renewal and the pursuit of the innermost. It becomes a comment on a superficial focus in society. How do we purify ourselves? Do we want to purify ourselves?”
How would you react if you came face to face with your doppelganger?
– Clare O’Brien
September 2, 2026 8.00pm – Symbiont
Buryak Ages 12+
A piece by Ida Osten and Sofiia Butiaga
Beetroot. BuryaK. The unsung hero of Eastern European cuisine. Tastes like home.
This duet navigates the uneasy terrain between autonomy and oppression. What binds us and how we can move forward? As two women growing up in two different countries – Ukraine and Austria – we are still dependent on each other, no matter if we want it or not. Chains link our bodies, both as a metaphor and material. Did we fasten them ourselves or were they placed on us?
We are all creatures of habit. Carved slowly by repetition, rhythm, silence.
In the ritual of the renown dish ‘Borscht’ we see not just sustenance, but memory. We become each other’s mirror and a refugee.
They feed and wash one another. They nourish each other.
September 4, 2026 9.00pm – Scen 46
September 6, 2026 4.00pm – Scen 46
Pascol – Vocal Performance Ages 12+
Pascol is a participatory vocal and movement performance exploring what human connection can look like in an increasingly digital and AI-mediated world.
Created by a women-led ensemble with diverse cultural backgrounds, Pascol brings together vocal improvisation, movement, storytelling and participatory art. Each performance begins with an invitation: audience members are welcome to share a personal story, memory or moment from their lives. In response, the ensemble listens, moves and sings together, transforming these stories into spontaneous compositions using only voices and bodies.
There are no instruments, no script and no digital enhancement. Every rhythm, harmony and movement is created live in the room. In a culture shaped by algorithms, digital fatigue and growing social fragmentation, Pascol creates space for collective imagination and radical human presence. Every performance is created collectively in real time and exists only once: fleeting, intimate and deeply human.
September 4, 2026 8.00pm – Dice Theater
September 5, 2026 3.00pm – Dice Theater
September 6, 2026 1.00pm – Dice Theater
Thor’s A Dick – Viking Legends Not for Kids Ages 12+
Join British storyteller Eden as he returns to Gothenburg to tells some of the darker tales from the old north. Today we see Thor and the Norse gods as heroes, but like a lot of the ancient gods they were full of faults and more human in their anger, jealousy, and spite.
Hear of murderous gods taking revenge by pouring snake venom into their enemies’ eyes. And parents taunting their offspring with the death of their loved ones. Back in dark ages these tales were for everyone, and scaring the life out of kids was not a problem. It’s as simple as a tale as old as time, one man, a few stories all that’s missing is the fire we won’t be sat around.
From the creator who brought the award-winning Buckets Of Blood – Fairy Tales Not for Kids.
“Eden – a natural storyteller with a twinkle in his eye.”
September 2, 2026 7.30pm – GEST
September 4, 2026 7.30pm – GEST
September 5, 2026 5.30pm – GEST
