Underbelly

What's On @ Underbelly

Comedy

Improv

Abandoman: Afterglow

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Underbelly and Rob Broderick Abandoman is back – and this year, it's a party. Blending hip-hop with euphoric dance music, Rob Broderick's award-winning improvised comedy show turns your suggestions into original bangers, live and unrepeatable every single night. Razor-sharp wit, genuine warmth and unstoppable audience interaction make this one of Edinburgh Fringe's most joyful, unpredictable nights out. 'Clever, quick-witted and audacious' \*\*\*\* (Scotsman). 'Raucous, expansive, and relentlessly hilarious' \*\*\*\* (Times). Audience participation, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

Georgia Polly-Taylor: Very Hot. Very Messy.

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Georgia Polly-Taylor Georgia Polly-Taylor: Very Hot. Very Messy. takes you on a grungy gondola trip through the kaleidoscopic sewers of celebrity. We find wannabe socialite model, Hot Mess, at her first ever MET Gala – poses are struck, bowels are loose and dreams are crushed faster than you can say nepotism. Part absurd clown, part catwalk diva: Georgia Polly-Taylor's remarkably eccentric character celebrates the often disastrous reality of being human. 'Audiences bellow with laughter... tears streaming down their faces' \*\*\*\*\* (Everything-Theatre.co.uk). Audience participation, Nudity, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Fractured

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Shona Graham / BJA Productions Eva’s falling through time. We join her as she struggles to piece together her reality following the crash that changed everything. Fractured is a story about memory, shame and grief. It’s about the little bad things that inexorably lead to the big bad thing. It’s about the magnetism of the past to anyone refusing to face it. Don’t miss the trippy, pacy Edinburgh Fringe debut play from Bill Cashmore Award-winning writer Shona Graham (Lyric Hammersmith, Old Vic Theatremakers, London Library). Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, More information Addiction, mental health and head injury Age category: 12+

Theatre

Puppet shows

Comedy

Book of Shadows

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Book of Shadowz Two puppeteers cast giant shadows to conjure a hilarious occult mystery. Teenage sceptic Vi is forced to live with her grandmother, who claims to be the 200-year-old mystic and spiritual guru Madam Blavatsky. When Vi's friends begin to disappear, she reluctantly teams up with Granny to uncover a conspiracy of séances, unhinged cultists and suspiciously interested government agents. A visually striking dark comedy. Based on a possibly true story. Learn real magic. Summon demons. Impress your friends. Sceptics welcome. Spirits optional. From the award-winning Japanese company behind Shunga Alert and Space Hippo. \*\*\*\*\* (ThreeWeeks). None Age category: 14+

Comedy

Adam Riches: The Critic's Way

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Adam Riches Wanna be a comedy reviewer? Think you have what it takes to sit in a dark room watching something on your own without falling asleep? Then come join Caliban Munroe, 'the single most influential critic of our times' (The Caliban Munroe Podcast), and best-selling author of industry bible The Critic's Way, as he hosts his award-winning once-in-an-afternoon seminar on how to live your dream and crush everyone else's. NB there will be no press tickets available for this show. Previous Praise for Adam Riches: \*\*\*\*\* (Times). \*\*\*\*\* (Telegraph). \*\*\*\*\* (Independent). \*\*\*\*\* (Scotsman). \*\*\*\*\* (Chortle.co.uk). Audience participation, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

Cabbage the Clown: Cinemadrome

5 Aug 2026 - 17 Aug 2026

BIGHEAD Comedy It's the return of multi award-winning cinematic drag chaos in stunning CinemaScope vision! Minimum wage cinema employee turned multi award-winning tragic fool, Cabbage the Clown's debut hour marries genres in polygamous holy matrimony in their 'Gen-Z, loudly queer and thoroughly hilarious' (BingeFringe.com) debut. With over 8 million views online for their genre-busting brand of multimedia drag-clowning, Cabbage presents the return of their critically-acclaimed Fringe hit. So talk through the trailers, sit back and enjoy this Bechdel Test-passing, BBFC-unapproved hit. \*\*\*\*\* (BroadwayBaby.com). \*\*\*\*\* (The Student). \*\*\*\*\* (BingeFringe.com). \*\*\*\*\* (EdFringeReview). Audience participation, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

BATSU!

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Underbelly and BATSU! Moon Edinburgh, are you ready? Warriors, are you ready? The cult hit from New York and Chicago, BATSU! returns to the Fringe after a wildly successful, sold out 2025 run. This high-energy spectacle pits fearless comedians against each other as they compete to avoid hilarious, jaw-dropping punishments. Inspired by Japanese-style game shows, expect the unexpected in this late-night Fringe hit. With visits from Sake Ninjas to shocking twists like paintball guns, electric shocks and even a giant chicken – don’t miss the chaos, the laughter and the unforgettable madness that is BATSU! – the wildest show at the Fringe! Audience participation, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing

Comedy

Sketch

Sci-Fi

Will BF: Moon Team IIIV

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Best Before Productions Hang onto your space hats (technical term) for a surreal sketch odyssey through the best worst film you've never seen! BBC New Comedy Awards 2025 semi-finalist and Buxton Fringe Best Comedy Show 2025. In Moon Team IIIV (2 if you think about it), Apollo Moon is just a humble prince on a mission to stop a space tax. To pull it off, he'll need a team... a Moon Team. 'Brilliant, bonkers, and totally fringe!' \*\*\*\*½ (BruceOnTheFringe.blog). 'Not just a performance but a Fringe experience – so weird it's unmissable' \*\*\*\* (EdFringeReview.com). Audience participation Age category: 16+

Theatre

Raves R Us

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Naughty Corner Productions As seen at Glastonbury – the show that turns into a rave is back. Toys"R"Us has shut its doors for good. Charlie and his mates are left jobless, skint and spiralling in a crumbling, bigot-led Britain. With nothing left to lose and nowhere left to go, Charlie has a vision. An abandoned warehouse. An abandoned nation. It's time to create a sanctuary. An escape. A rave. After playing Glastonbury Festival five times, sold out London's Vault Festival and sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022. Now... it's coming back to Underbelly Cowgate. \*\*\*\*\* (StageDoor.com). Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Nudity, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

The Secret Society

8 Aug 2026 - 16 Aug 2026

The Chandeliers An immersive comedy experience. Step into the world of a very serious, very secret, very important secret society. As a member of the society, you are privy to astonishing secrets and command powers beyond all imagination. But as you enter the chambers for the weekly meeting, all is not as it seems. Mysteries unravel, rifts form and the wrong choice could mean the end of the society itself. So you'd better make the right decision... no pressure! From the team behind multi award-winning comedy CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation a brand new comedy immersive experience like no other! Audience participation, Audience required to walk or move around during the performance, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

DeepFake

6 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

404 Theater You are the Head of Public Relations at MirrorMinds, a company preparing for the launch of their newest product that allows anyone to create fake videos that look perfectly real. As sole audience member and active participant in this immersive theatrical experience, you will video chat with co-workers, investigate the materials in your office and argue for your own perspective on the appropriate use of AI. It's up to you to make this launch a success... or not. Part puzzle room, part quiet horror story. Audience participation

Comedy

Ethan & Gigi Present: THE MOVEMENT

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Ethan & Gigi Believing themselves to be revolutionary leaders, two overconfident artists attempt to liberate the masses through the power of theatre. Ethan & Gigi are here to upstage fascist pigs and break legs (literally). The revolution will not be televised, it will be live! Alt-comedian legend Chris Gethard says: 'These kids are funny, brave, some of the hardest workers I've ever met and also might be legitimately unwell in a mental sense. Either way, huge fan. Restores my faith and makes me believe in the connective power of comedy.'. Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Audience required to walk or move around during the performance, Nudity, Scenes of violence, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing Age category: 14+

Comedy

Stand-up

Paul Foot: The Future

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Plosive Live Remember when people were excited for the future? With visions of jetpacks, friendly robots wheeling around and solar-powered bidets. Well, we don’t have visions like that anymore, do we? But the universe is not over. The light has not gone out. Here’s a candle in the dark. Contagious and whispering. And you can take it with you when you leave. A new stand-up show from pioneering alt-comedy hero and star of Cats Does Countdown. (ISH) Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show winner, 2023. ‘Has the audience laughing so hard they’re about to leave their bodies’ \*\*\*\*\* (Chortle.co.uk). Strong language/swearing Age category: 14+

Comedy

Harvey Cobb: Pink Boots and an Alcoholic Sock Puppet

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Harvey Cobb 'Harvey Cobb is a born performer, a funny and idiosyncratic improvisational talent' (De Volkskrant). After a wild goose chase for European citizenship, he will be returning to the UK with his debut show – a chaotic and hilarious hour filled with pink boot juggling, ridiculous characters, silly songs, contemporary art, and one Alcoholic Sock Puppet. A Fringe debut not to be missed. Audience participation, Strong language/swearing Age category: 14+

Comedy

Chris Martin Lied To Us

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Will Spence Chris Martin lied to us. He said it was all yellow. But that isn’t true! Will has rewritten Coldplay's breakout hit song Yellow eight times, to more accurately represent the entire visible spectrum of light. Now he's become embroiled in a conspiracy of missing impersonators and something ominous is coming for him. In this debut comedy hour, Will Spence (A Night of Drama, Poltergeist Theatre) takes you on a hyperactive trip into the rainbow, using PowerPoint and a karaoke track. Suitable for Coldplay lovers, Coldplay haters and everyone ambivalently in-between. 'Beguiling silliness' (WhatsOnStage.com). Audience participation, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Comedy

haim. teeth. CLUB.

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Iona Bremner Productions and Sláinte! Theatre Every weekend has been the same for the past six months, and Morgan Shields wouldn't change it for a f*cking thing. Currently thrilled to be at a loss for direction and lacking in motivation, Morgan finds herself every weekend at Dalkeith Miners Club without fail. It's the place to be. Every Saturday night. haim. teeth. CLUB. is a visceral darkly comedic one-woman play that places a working class Scottish young woman at the centre of her own narrative – as a living, breathing, contradictory person. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes Age category: 14+

Theatre

Rip Her to Shreds

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Haston House After the horror of being dumped by her boyfriend for the shiny new freshmen, wannabe queen bee Beth and her two unruly dorm-mates Mercy and Bo, spiral down a path of competitive obsession. When each of them discover their own unruly magical powers, pressure hits a boiling point, exploding into a surreal and haunting conclusion – a roller coaster ride into the secret world of girlhood: with all its ups and downs, twists and turns: alliances always shifting and personalities revealing themselves more and more each second. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of violence, Strong language/swearing Age category: 14+

Theatre

Musical

Comedy

2ShoulderPads: Galaxy Train

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

2Shoulderpads Sold out for its entire run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2025. Winner of the Spirit of the Fringe Award. A poetic musical inspired by Japanese classical literature. The male performers wear only two shoulder pads as their costume – playful, never sexual. What begins as laughter at wriggling bottoms soon releases the audience's imagination, revealing countless costumes and worlds. By the final scene, many are moved to tears. Overflowing with the joy and power of theatre, it explores life and death, parting, and human connection through humour, songs and Kabuki-inspired physical expression. Nudity Age category: 12+

Theatre

The Pigeon Factory

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Oh!Scare Wilde Productions Walden has a pretty good life. Happily married to his mannequin wife, he works his pigeon children into the ground and feasts upon their eggs for sustenance. Walden is doing everything he's supposed to do – so why does he feel so empty? Can his fantasies about his pigeons sustain him? Or must he face up to a great hurt done to him in the past? The Pigeon Factory is a darkly absurd one-man show that explores work, family and finding purpose in a broken society. 'Ingenious, consistently entertaining' \*\*\*\* (Irish Times). Scenes of violence, Strong language/swearing Age category: 12+

Comedy

Jill's Tupperware Party

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Asparagus Mousse productions starring Coral Bevan and Ricky Hunt You're invited to Jill's Tupperware Party. A perfect world where plastic lids click, smiles almost never falter and microwaves hum with divine purpose. Jill's Tupperware Party is an auspicious afternoon where sales records, hearts and bones could all be broken. This interactive comedy-horror blends retro suburban camp with B-movie terror all sealed in a pastel fantasy. Come join the party. What's the worst that could happen? You're in the company of friends... Audience participation, Audience will be standing throughout, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Audience required to walk or move around during the performance, Strobe lighting, More information Dark comedy and satirical cult themes, mild horror elements (comedic), references to cannibalism (comedic). Audience will be standing throughout, however there will be chairs available for those that require chairs. Age category: 16+

Theatre

KINDER

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Ryan Stewart Winner, Best LGBTQIA+ Edinburgh Fringe Award (List). An unexpected call from a library derails a performance planned by newly arrived drag artist Goody Prostate, booked to headline the local reading hour. But as they race against the clock to scramble together a new act in real time, they spiral into a chaotic interrogation of childhood, memory and a long overdue examination of what it means to grow up. The library is open – sit down, be quiet and listen. Because sometimes, reading is what? Fundamentalist. \*\*\*\*\* (List, BingeFringe.com, TheatreWeekly.com, AYoungishPerspective.co.uk, WhatsTheShow.com.au, SeeDoEatReview.com). Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing, More information Occasional mild sexual references, references to homophobia/queerphobia. Audiences are invited to participate in brief moments it is not expected. Age category: 16+

The Durham Revue: Raiders of the Lost Laughs

Comedy

Sketch

The Durham Revue: Raiders of the Lost Laughs

6 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

The Durham Revue The Durham Revue are on an expedition. An expedition for what you ask? An hour of raucous sketch comedy! The group that brought you Ed Gamble, Stevie Martin, Nish Kumar, Ambika Mod and more return. Dubbed Best Sketch Show by the Derek Awards last year, join the Durham Revue, one of the UK's top student comedy groups, for an hour of hilarious, cutting-edge sketches and laughs for everyone! 'Raucously funny with sublimely clever writing' (FringeBiscuit.co.uk ). 'The Durham Revue are back and wackier than ever' (Palatinate). Audience participation, Strong language/swearing, More information Possible references to sex and violence within the context of sketch comedy. Age category: 14+

Comedy

Zoe Wohlfeld: Dog Funeral

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Zoe Wohlfeld Take the "fun" out of "funeral" and throw the rest away! Zoe W is holding a funeral for her childhood dog, and you're invited! Yay! Dressed in Victorian mourning garb and ready to cry on command, she'll teach you how to properly perform your grief. All she wants is your sympathy, your tears and a goddamn glass of wine (please). Sadness is Zoe's passion and this dog was Zoe's best friend. It's gonna be a rough one, so join the solemn ceremony and pay your respects with the good boys (may they rest in peace). Audience participation, More information Sexual references, themes of death and suicide. Flour and chocolate cake will be used/consumed on stage. Age category: 16+

Comedy

Stand-up

Alex Franklin: Kiss Me x

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Alex Franklin What if we kissed? Right now? Xx xXx Xx xxX X X x x (*kissing*). Wow. That was wonderful. Until we meet again. As seen / heard on Channel 4 / HBO Max / BBC Radio 4. 'Deeply affecting and incredibly funny' \*\*\*\*\* (TheWeeReview.com). 'A one-woman multiverse of gleeful possibility' \*\*\*\*½ (The Reviews Hub). 'Fabulously funny, absurd and intelligent' \*\*\*\* (Everything-Theatre.co.uk). Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, More information Mentions of transphobia

Comedy

Horror

Hudson Hughes: At Your Service

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Liebenspiel Presents For nearly 20 years, Rev Derek Gritt has brought a little bit of holy into Britain's homes with his TV show At Your Service – now only available online (which is FINE!). Mega-fan Jane Plemley's last wish was to have her funeral delivered by the Reverend, so this week he's heading to the quaint village of Godsby-Upon-Treen. As usual, he'll lead the service, chat church and answer your burning questions. Except the ones about Jane. She's NOT a witch. From the creator of cult Fringe hit Hot Rubber. \*\*\*\*\* (BroadwayWorld.com). Audience participation, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Blackbox

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Andy Jordan Productions and Hindsight Productions A play disguised as a magic show where history and illusion intertwine. Enslaved in America, Henry 'Box' Brown conjures his life and reenacts his daring 1849 escape when he shipped himself to freedom inside a wooden crate. Each illusion mirrors a chapter of his journey: love, loss, confinement, faith and defiance. Gospel-infused soundscapes and stagecraft transform the theatre into a site of both sanctuary and reckoning. As boxes appear, vanish and break apart, Henry's story becomes more than spectacle – it becomes testimony, inviting audiences to witness liberation not as legend but as lived and embodied resistance. None Age category: 14+

Comedy

Jessica Barton: Dirty Work

19 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Jessica Barton Mary Floppins has cracked the sh*ts. Wipe the wee from the toilet seat and pick up your dirty undies, because the perfect nanny is back to teach all you little boys – and girls – a thing or two about running a prim and proper household. Hailed 'a rising star and quadruple threat' (TheSpyInTheStalls.com) and returning after a completely sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run in 2025, Jessica Barton combines a spoonful of song, dance, clowning and deep-cleaning to present a skanky and empowering comedy debut. Newly directed by Dan Wye. Audience participation, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Basic Bald B*tch

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Emily Glaze Hair is everything. Until it's not. This one-hour, one-woman, one-night stand of a show is about Amy. Everyone wants to be Amy. Until her hair falls out in all the wrong places. What follows is a knotty mess of swimming caps, cat shit and four-finger foreheads. Things buried threaten to rear their ugly bald head. She can't stop thinking about the door. Her bedroom door. And the man hiding behind it. Now Amy attempts to take back her body, one fake eyebrow at a time. This show uses drag and comedy to explore sexuality, alopecia and assault. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing, More information References to sexual assault, body shaming and body hatred, alcohol and sex. Age category: 14+

Theatre

Comedy

Physical Theatre

Deluge

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Gabi Flares and Andrea Maciel A comic exploration of grief, inspired by a break-up and over 40 interviews gathered via a social media call-out. In the wake of a relationship, a woman tries to contain the overflow of her thoughts…She ends up stuck in a ladder, fighting against komodo dragons, house leaks, holes and jam jars that only seem to multiply. Deluge puts a magic realist spin on dealing with and overcoming grief. Blurring imagination with real stories by invoking a surreal, tender and humorous dreamscape. ‘Intense physicality and irresistible charm’ \*\*\*\* (BritishTheatreGuide.info). ‘Incredibly beautifully written’ \*\*\*\* (TheSpyInTheStalls.com). \*\*\*\*½ (AYoungishPerspective.co.uk). None Age category: 12+

Comedy

Sketch

Megasquirt: Fully Loaded

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Megasquirt Second City Mainstage alums Ashley Blair and Drew Reilly are Megasquirt, an experimental comedy music project from Brooklyn. Fully Loaded is the unhinged hybrid concert/sketch show of your wet dreams – a high-octane flood of gay brain rot set to a sickening beat. Imagine being at an underground rave that is also hilarious and maybe illegal. That's the vibe. Featuring hit songs like Butt of the Bread, Gooning in the DJ Booth, Centaur Boyfriend and more! Come thirsty. Leave fully loaded. Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing

Comedy

How to Art

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Ratbags Theatre Two bananas wake up duct-taped to the wall of an art gallery. Three artists, two auctions, one audience. Get ready to bid! An award-winning clown-fruit mash-up about making art, surviving and chasing mass a-peel. In a world that values youth, perfection and mass production, can two bruised bananas go the distance? Ripe with potential, can they find their place before they're put up for sale? Find out how starving these artists truly are. Winner of the Melbourne Fringe Tour Ready Award and nominated for Best in Theatre, 2025. 'Clowning at the 11th level of intensity' \*\*\*\*1/2 (TheatreThoughtsAus.com). Audience participation, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strobe lighting Age category: 14+

Theatre

The Faustus Project

17 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Half Trick Theatre in association with Benjamin Alborough An actor makes a deal with the devil. This new version of Christopher Marlowe's Doctor Faustus features a rotating cast of brave guest performers taking on the challenges of a devilish ensemble. One problem... they've never rehearsed with the rest of the cast. The Faustus Project is funny, a little dangerous and an actor's worst nightmare. With a fresh victim every night, this will be the ultimate theatrical torture. Funny, dangerous, devilish. 'Uproarious' \*\*\*\* (BroadwayBaby.com). 'Wonderfully silly fun' \*\*\*\*\* (AllEdinburghTheatre.com). 'Camp, outrageous and utterly unexpected' \*\*\*\*½ (The Student). Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Nudity, Scenes of a sexual nature, Scenes of violence, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

Stand-up

Alfie Brown: The Entertainer

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Alfie Brown Brand new show. A show so entertaining you can scarcely believe it. Written and performed (both!) by a man in crisis, desperate to find meaning in life. What is stand-up comedy for? Buy a ticket and find out, let me amuse you like you’ve never been amused before; I doubt you’ll ever need amusing again. 'The best thing I saw last year' (Stewart Lee). 'Wow! F**k! Wow!' \*\*\*\*\* (Scotsman). 'Totally compelling' \*\*\*\* (Guardian). 'Forensically funny' \*\*\*\* (Times). Chortle Best Show Award Winner 2022. Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee 2022. None Age category: 16+

Comedy

Roger Prick: Sexopolis

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

BIGHEAD Comedy It's Roger Prick! The 1970s pornographer, erotic novelist and lecherous Casanova is back for 2026. Now it's time to relaunch his dirtiest novel, revised and edited for the feminist era. Bringing together character comedy, drag, time travel, cardboard props, drawings and all the sex of 70s Soho, this is an alternative comedy extravaganza. Han Whyte is a drag king, character comedian and Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off finalist 2025. She participated in Soho Comedy Plus Lab in 2025. 'A soft porn Alan Partridge' (MorningStarOnline.co.uk). 'Archetype of puffed up machismo' (Chortle.co.uk). Audience participation, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

Crudi Dench: Someone Help Her!

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Crudi Dench *Ring ring* Who is it? It's comedian, actor, cabaret star, delusional diva and all-round cheeky northern piglet Crudi Dench! You've been invited to the live taping of her new light-entertainment TV show Someone Help Her! featuring surprise celebrity guests helping to solve the problems of those phoning in. Chaos ensues in this long-awaited debut hour from the star and writer of award-winning, sell-out Fringe shows Drag Queens vs Zombies and Drag Queens vs Vampires. Expect stand-up, audience interaction and a drag queen bravely answering a telephone. 'Riotously funny and surprisingly poignant' \*\*\*\*\* (SussexOnlineNews.co.uk). Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Comedy

Theatre

Musical

Mothman: A Romance Musical

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Finger Guns and Liebenspiel Present It's 1943, and the Nazis are winning. Luckily, America has one last trick up its sleeve – a super soldier! But uh oh! A moth snuck into the machine! It's mutating! It's becoming a... moth... man!? Written and performed by Alex Franklin (as seen on Channel 4 and HBO Max) and Nikola McMurtrie (Sketch Off 2025 Third Place, Funny Women Shorts winner), with Alex Prescot (Musical Comedy Award finalist) and Hudson Hughes (Double Sketch Off finalist). Prepare for the ultimate romantic comedy musical that no one asked for. Mothman! None Age category: 12+

Theatre

Goodbye Horses: An Unauthorised Solo Retelling of The Silence of the Lambs

5 Aug 2026 - 29 Aug 2026

Michael Kinnan From the mind that brought you Never Let Go in 2022, prepare yourself for his newest tale spin based on Jonathan Demme's Oscar-winning cinematic romp. 'Good evening, Clarice.' Now sink your teeth into this wild homage to Hannibal, Clarice, Buffalo Bill and see them as you never have before. One man – one twisted mind. This ain't your mama's Hannibal... be careful what you eat beforehand! Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of violence, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Comedy

Bad Boy

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Nerve Creations When do we give up on a dream? Jack is a musician with just enough charm and confidence to get himself into trouble. Slightly unhinged, he throws himself into dates, bar hopping and song writing determined to become the star his ex will regret leaving. Over a few pivotal days, one performer multi-rolls a world of characters with precision and warmth, with live music woven through the story. Bad Boy is a fast, darkly funny and unexpectedly tender solo show about love, ambition and the damage we don't mean to cause. Come for laughs. Stay for the wreckage. Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Comedy

Perudo

24 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Marmalade Orbit Productions It's Jamie's birthday, and you're invited... A new comedic drama maps the trajectory of a friendship in glorious decline. Over the course of a single evening – and an ill-fated game of Perudo – Jamie's birthday party spirals into a night of romantic misfire, performative politics and physical conflict. Amidst rolling dice and bluffing partners, Perudo poses a more fraught gamble: that of admitting that nostalgia is an inadequate currency for friendship. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing Age category: 14+

Comedy

Variety

LEMONFACE

14 Aug 2026 - 28 Aug 2026

LEMONFACE Productions London's smash-hit comedy show, LEMONFACE, returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe after sell-out runs in 2024 and 2025! This unique show brings together some of the funniest comedians and clowns from around the world, delivering a fresh take on alt-comedy that promises to be your new favourite comedy night. Expect laughs, expect lemons and expect strangers to quickly become friends. Previous guests include comedy stars Elf Lyons, Josh Glanc, Rob Copland, Julia Masli, Frankie Thompson, Viggo Venn, Spencer Jones, Jordan Brookes and more! None

My Grandpa Doesn't Follow Me On Instagram

Theatre

Comedy

My Grandpa Doesn't Follow Me On Instagram

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Yoz Mensch They drove from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands: one grandparent, one grandchild, one unspoken truth. Multi award-winning Aussie storyteller Yoz Mensch returns with her (spoiler) autobiographical one-woman (spoiler) show: a vivid pilgrimage through familial grief to queer joy (promise). Drawn from hundreds of Instagram stories posted during the trip, Yoz revisits what they shared with their grandpa, and secrets they didn't, unravelling what it means to hide yourself from people you love. 'Incredible' \*\*\*\*\* (TheUpsideNews.com). 'Gorgeous' \*\*\*\* (List). 'Hilarious' \*\*\*\*½ (GlamAdelaide.com.au). Winner: Adelaide Fringe Tour Ready Award. Winner: Best Comedy Prague Fringe 2024. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Dance

Final Queen

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Harrison Sweeney A drag circus horror-comedy. Join Australia’s own circus queen Grace Lightning as she embarks on a road trip through the Outback, dodging deadly snakes and spiders, bigoted cryptids and chainsaw-wielding bushrangers on a murderous rampage. But are these monsters really what they seem...? Think Priscilla Queen of the Desert meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre under the Big Top! Expect haunted acrobatics, blood soaked hula hooping and a whole lot of hair-raising hilarity, oozing with all your favourite horror tropes on the small stage. Scenes of violence, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Musical

Penelope

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Grace McLean Penelope waited twenty years for Odysseus to return from the Trojan War. Now she's ready to share her side of the story – but she's going to need a drink first. Starring Broadway's 'phenomenal' Grace McLean (New York Times), this contemporary chamber musical brings one of history's greatest epics to life through a Richard Rodgers Award-winning folk-pop score. Sharp, funny and unexpectedly moving – this is The Odyssey as Penelope always meant it to be told. 'The way this show's music wraps itself around the book and lyrics feels so thoroughly intimate it's nigh on sexual' (WashingtonPost.com). Strong language/swearing Age category: 12+

Theatre

Goodbye Dandelion

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Maddie and Marcus Rice, Charlotte Pleasants and Underbelly This is a story of an unlikely friendship with a 50-year age gap. Oh, and death! Told by real-life siblings (Maddie on the mic, Marcus on the keys) it follows 87-year-old Darcy’s last years on earth through the eyes of a new friend. Blending storytelling and live piano, this bold and witty new show tries to make sense of the un-make-sense-able and asks what’s stopping us from really living. From the team behind Fringe hit Pickle Jar. ‘Maddie Rice oozes presence and exquisite comic timing' \*\*\*\*\* (FEST: Fleabag). ‘Brilliantly written and highly relevant’ \*\*\*\*\* (Three Weeks: Pickle Jar). Audience participation, Strong language/swearing, More information Conversations around death and assisted dying Age category: 14+

Theatre

Steve Burns: Alive

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Benson Drive Productions What happens when the world thinks you're dead but you're very much alive? From 1996 to 2002, Steve Burns was America's beloved problem-solver on Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues. When he left the show, the internet decided his fate: car crashes, drug overdoses, murder conspiracies. Steve Burns was dead... except he wasn't. In Steve Burns Alive, Burns dissects the bizarre phenomenon of being mourned while alive. This isn't just his story, it's an excavation of how parasocial relationships shape reality, digital mythology replaces truth and what happens when millions of strangers grieve a version of you that never existed. Audience participation, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, More information Discussions of suicidal ideation and mental health, alcoholism. Age category: 16+

Theatre

Make Your Mirror Be Me

7 Aug 2026 - 16 Aug 2026

Bad Dukes Theatre A festival seeps through the town. People gather. Masks watch. Something moves in the woods. And Kate is gone. Drawn into a shifting, ritualised landscape, a group of young people search for answers, but certainty slips through their fingers. What is community when it's imposed, inherited or unknowable? And what can be built in its place? Written by Kirsty Housley (Fringe First and Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust winner) – this urgent piece fuses live music, mask and ensemble storytelling to explore the stories we tell ourselves and the communities we dare to imagine. None Age category: 12+

Never Let Go: An Unauthorised Retelling of James Cameron's Titanic

Theatre

Comedy

Never Let Go: An Unauthorised Retelling of James Cameron's Titanic

18 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Michael Kinnan 'A feat of ingenuity' (New York Times) Mr. Kinnan returns to Edinburgh due to popular demand! When he isn’t performing The Silence of the Lambs, catch his sensational one-man retelling of Titanic. He recreates the beloved tragic 1997 blockbuster melodrama in one affectionately uproarious hour. He plays all of the roles. Yes, all of them. Extremely limited performances. Rose! Jack! Rose! Scenes of a sexual nature, Scenes of violence

Theatre

Pecking Order

17 Aug 2026 - 23 Aug 2026

Double Edge Drama Five actors. Two puppets. An ostrich? A man enters a waiting room with no memory, only the overwhelming notion that he has to speak to someone, and soon. A man enters a waiting room with no memory, only the overwhelming notion that he has to speak to someone, and soon. Again. In a series of bizarre encounters, Pecking Order confronts the feeling of being ostracised by those you'd least expect. Prepare for: dance breaks, custard creams, a bikini wax, sassy receptionists and confetti. Lots of it. Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of violence, More information Reference to gun violence Age category: 12+

Comedy

Things That Go Eek!

27 Aug 2026 - 28 Aug 2026

Things That Go Eek Six perfect gorgeous talented acts, two freaky hosts, one hot sound technician and lots of silly, risky, boring, sexy, stupid-type art. A night of spoken-word, clowning, burlesque, performance art and other undefinable nonsense. Described by audiences as 'hilarious', 'best variety night in London', 'emotional equivalent of a forehead kiss' and 'honestly, a bit much'. Expect optional audience participation, planned and unplanned nudity and a wholesome bit at the end where we do karaoke. It's about getting the hiccups and having such a good time that a little wee comes out. Audience participation, Nudity, Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

The Late Utopians

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

COGGIA Emma moves between two worlds. By day she is a journalist; by night she disappears into a hidden subculture. Set against the backdrop of an unravelling America, rave culture and heartbreak, she finds a community that gives her something the outside world can't – a vision of a different future. Following the success of last year's Offie-nominated This Blighted Star \*\*\*\* (BroadwayBaby.com), \*\*\*\* (TheReviewsHub.com), \*\*\*\* (CorrBlimey.co.uk), award-winning company COGGIA returns with another ambitious piece of theatre-making. This Charlie Harthill-shortlisted play urgently asks: what is the cost of searching for a better future? Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of violence, Strobe lighting, Strong language/swearing Age category: 14+

Theatre

Comedy

Dirty Dancer

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Resolve Productions A one-woman parody with a lift, this bold, funny riff on the 1987 cult classic Dirty Dancing is packed with sharp wit, physical storytelling and playful audience connection. The colourful crew from Kellerman’s Resort comes to life with a twist, fuelling this fast-paced, high-energy ride: no partner required. Dirty Dancer invites you to relive the nostalgia, revel in the joy and have the time of your life... because nobody puts this Baby in a corner. Audience participation, Scenes of a sexual nature Age category: 12+

Comedy

Theatre

Desperate Wee Gay Boy

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Fraser Kelsey with Iona Bremner Productions and Slainte! Theatre Dive headfirst into the whirlwind life of Ollie, a chaotic but lovable Scot navigating London's queer nightlife. From tequila-fuelled dance floors, to messy encounters with geezers on Grindr. To the high school crush he ached to get with, to Phil Mitchell in a sauna? How iconic can one gay boy be! Join Ollie on a sexy-ass odyssey of a night out in this not-so-one-man show exploring what it means to crave connection in a world of fleeting thrills. Scenes of a sexual nature, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

Theatre

Play Dead

5 Aug 2026 - 30 Aug 2026

Betyl Theatre Echo has a broken heart. A gutted-from-the-inside, cut-off-your-toes broken heart. Help is just a phone call away, but he opts for a classical (feral) form of revenge. This queer, unruly adaptation of Ovid features a dog crate, two microphones and seventeen grapefruits. 'A powerhouse performance' (TheatreWeekly.com). 'A truly haunting and exciting hour of theatre' (NorthWestEnd.co.uk). Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Scenes of violence, Strong language/swearing Age category: 16+

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