Venues

Our award winning Edinburgh Festival theatres have become widely established as one of the Festival's best known multi-space and largest destination venues for audiences and the media alike. Located at the heart of the festival in Old Town, with an 11 space hub at Surgeons Quarter and another 8 theatres on the Royal Mile where thousands of fringe audiences gather daily. We are very proud to continue to host a good number of the Festival's most talked about and award winning shows.

Where gems emerge. Fringe First Award winning companies such as Breach Theatre and Little Bulb found their first Edinburgh homes at theSpaceUK
The Scotsman

As ever, theSpaceUK has an enthusiastically varied programme .... the kind of lovely, unheralded work that will surprise audiences once more on Edinburgh stages
The Stage

No other venue offers as much diversity as theSpaceUK
Broadway Baby

"I would go nowhere else but theSpaceUK venues with one of my shows"
Glenn Chandler Award winning playwright & creator of 'Taggart '

Interested in performing with us? See our Perform With Us pages for further details of what we offer. If you need further information, don't hesitate to contact Charles on +44 (0) 131 510 2399 or bookings@thespaceuk.com

theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall

We are again proud to present one of the Fringe's most diverse and successful performance programmes at theSpace @ Surgeons' Hall. The bustling courtyard bar has become well known for its unique festival buzz and hosts tens of thousands of theatergoers during every Fringe.

  • Venue 53

  • Nicolson St, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW

  • 141 seats (Grand Theatre)

  • 60 seats (Theatre 1)

  • 49 seats (Theatre 2)

  • 42 seats (Theatre 3)

  • 117 seats (Fleming Theatre)

  • 49 seats (Haldane Theatre)

  • 47 seats (Stephenson Theatre)

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theSpace @ Niddry St

theSpace @ Niddry St

theSpace @ Niddry St proudly boasts three large distinctive yet intimate performance spaces. The lower theatre has been extremely popular and we have added a new in-the-round space in 2015 and studio space in 2023. We encourage companies wanting to perform in this venue to apply early for these exceptionally popular theatres.

  • Venue 9

  • Niddry St, Edinburgh, EH1 1TH

  • 102 seats (Lower)

  • 73 (thrust) or 92 (in the round) seats (Upper)

  • 50 seats (Studio)

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theSpace @ Venue 45

theSpace @ Venue 45

theSpace @ Venue 45, tucked away just beneath the Royal Mile, is one of the Fringe's oldest venues. It has developed into a central venue for theatre of originality and excellence from across the globe, with its distinctive thrust space having a unique ambience all of its own.

  • Venue 45

  • 63 Jeffrey Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1DH

  • 89 seats

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theSpace @ Symposium Hall

theSpace @ Symposium Hall

Another high calibre venue. This wonderful space in a converted church is located between the Pleasance and Bristo Square and right next door to theSpace Triplex. It offers a fantastic custom built 158 seat amphitheatre.

  • Venue 43

  • Hill Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW

  • 156 seats (Main Theatre)

  • 55 seats (Annexe)

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theSpace on the Mile

theSpace on the Mile

A venue since 2002, theSpace on the Mile boasts the Festival's most central location. Situated right at the heart of the Fringe on the bustling Royal Mile, the venue offers performing companies immediate access to a ready-made Fringe crowd, seconds from their performance space.

  • Venue 39

  • Radisson Hotel, 80 High St, Edinburgh, EH1 1TH

  • 52 seats (Space One)

  • 55 seats (Space Two)

  • 58 seats (Space Three)

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theSpace Triplex

theSpace Triplex

theSpace Triplex is a unique venue split over three floors, unique performance spaces and a social hub offering daily events and a late night music/cabaret showcases.

  • Venue 38

  • The Prince Philip Building, 19 Hill Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9DP

  • 130 (thrust) or 90 (end-on) seats (Big)

  • 65 seats (Studio)

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