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The Legends of Them – Here & Now Showcase

The Legends of Them – Here & Now Showcase

A memory: South London reggae pioneer Sutara Gayle AKA Lorna Gee hears her radio debut from Holloway Prison. 

Stick Together

Stick Together

Trapped in a school locker room during a zombie invasion, three misfit field hockey players face a chaotic, unforgettable night of dark humour, secrets, unlikely friendships and ro… 

Shallowspace Cryotech Feverdream

Shallowspace Cryotech Feverdream

A disembodied artificially intelligent voice awakens August deep in space. 

Juliette Burton: Going Rogue

Juliette Burton: Going Rogue

Superheroes save themselves. 

Nicola Macri: Single Entendre

Nicola Macri: Single Entendre

Comedy for linguistic enthusiasts, word nerds and/or prudes. 

The Gay Social Network - A One Woman Show

The Gay Social Network - A One Woman Show

The Gay Social Network is an endeavor to analyse the downfall of democracy in the world as told through the lens of a queer love story. 

Blooming

Blooming

A queer love story but no one dies at the end? Welcome to the world of Blooming! Follow the adventures of Ophelia the hopeless romantic, Zaria the daydreamer, and Dera the compassi… 

Shitebag

Shitebag

The people make the place. 

Down to the Felt

Down to the Felt

In an alternate present, a totalitarian regime has left homosexuality criminalised, with severe punishment for those accused. 

Mark T Cox: Paddy Daddy

Mark T Cox: Paddy Daddy

Paddy Daddy returns. 

Coming Out With Dr Who

Coming Out With Dr Who

Comedian and storyteller SJ brings a bittersweet, interactive show about how Doctor Who helped them come to terms with being a bipolar, queer, neurodiverse, wannabe activist. 

Maria McAveety – A Problem Like Maria

Maria McAveety – A Problem Like Maria

Maria McAveety, an up-and-coming comedian, is bringing her first stand-up show to the Fringe. 

Someone Has Got to Be John

Someone Has Got to Be John

Speakbeast are doing a tribute act – and we think we’re doing a pretty convincing job. 

Mad About the Boys

Mad About the Boys

‘Think of a suave, urbane style that reigned in theatre and the movies during the 20s and 30s. 

Prudence Play

Prudence Play

Prudence Play is a one-woman-many-voices serio-comedy starring a young catholic nun having an identity (gay-as-hell) crisis. 

Play On

Play On

Play On is a dark comedy following two estranged siblings forced to complete an escape room together after attending their mother’s funeral, in order to receive her last will and t… 

What the Flowers Think (About the Apocalypse)

What the Flowers Think (About the Apocalypse)

If the world was ending, where would you go? Sam is going home, only it’s not home anymore, not since they and Jamie broke up two years ago. 

Second Class Queer

Second Class Queer

A bold, witty and moving autobiographical solo performance exploring queer identity, diaspora, racial injustice and the search for belonging. 

Mother, Maiden and Crone

Mother, Maiden and Crone

‘By the receding of my gums. 

Pictures of Willy

Pictures of Willy

When his son’s history class gets a face-full of stormtrooper erotica, gay artist Cal fights to stay true to his queer identity and role as a single parent. 

A Xerox of a Deer

A Xerox of a Deer

Unlikely friendship blooms on a country road at night. 

Okay, Bye!

Okay, Bye!

Rated 4. 

Thirsty

Thirsty

‘All I’ve ever wanted is to be a sexy Irish twink from Manchester. 

BED: A One Man Show

BED: A One Man Show

Set entirely on a bed, Boy attempts to pursue his dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian, travelling the world and finding true love, all whilst confined to his bedroom’s four wall… 

Slomosexual

Slomosexual

Seeking a fresh perspective at the Fringe? Join Nebulous Niang as she navigates life from growing up in 90s Asia to being part of an inter-ethnic lesbian couple raising Gen Z kids … 

Crying at the Meat Raffle

Crying at the Meat Raffle

New-ish comedians Hannah and Rosie bring you a chaotic and heartfelt hour of stand-up comedy. 

Life’s a Drag

Life’s a Drag

Three troubled queers walk into a dressing room: a seasoned veteran of the drag runway, a jaded queen cursed to always play second-fiddle and a newbie on the scene with a bold, con… 

Horatio, in Thy Heart

Horatio, in Thy Heart

Glimpsed through the curtain of Hamlet’s story, scrawled in the margins of Shakespeare’s play, adrift and in love, Horatio draws his breath in pain and laughter to tell the sto… 

A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First

A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First

Boyhood is all about spit-shakes, rope swings, and playing soldiers, but only the good guys of course. 

Who We Become Part 2: Breakfast at the Track / A Poster of the Cosmos by Lanford Wilson

Who We Become Part 2: Breakfast at the Track / A Poster of the Cosmos by Lanford Wilson

Two one-act plays by an acclaimed playwright. 

Achilles, Death of the Gods

Achilles, Death of the Gods

This poetic, critically acclaimed retelling of the myth of Achilles returns to Edinburgh. 

Heidi Regan: Jekyll and Heidi

Heidi Regan: Jekyll and Heidi

Some are calling Heidi Regan’s fifth stand-up hour a beautiful discourse on love, loss, and facing your fears. 

2 Weird Guys Who Are Gay(!!!!)

2 Weird Guys Who Are Gay(!!!!)

A surreal split bill stand-up show with two of London’s weirdest and most exciting queer voices – Dick Denham, ‘a joy to watch’ (Stephen Bailey) and James Murphy, ‘comically off-… 

Jane Does Comedy

Jane Does Comedy

LGBTQIA+ Northern stand-up comedian Jane Postlethwaite comes to Edinburgh for a limited run with some new material. 

Rusk

Rusk

Nik Narain’s debut hour is a synthesis of science facts, embarrassing stories, and dad jokes following the life of a 21-year-old queer Indian-American “physicist”, highlighting the… 

Tales From Your Queer Elder

Tales From Your Queer Elder

An acclaimed performer presents a vibrant, family-friendly show that blends movement and spoken word. 

Roadkill Bambi

Roadkill Bambi

Portia and Alison are driving home from a wedding. 

Out of Character

Out of Character

When reality fails to answer desire, the fictional world becomes home. 

What If They Ate the Baby?

What If They Ate the Baby?

There are three rules every housewife knows: never return a dish empty, always have dinner ready on time, and some things are best kept under the table. 

ROADKILL

ROADKILL

On the 31st October 2019, Cosmo was hit by a car in an act of transphobic hate and violence. 

Locusts

Locusts

Orange Works is proud to present Locusts – a compelling mix of drama and northern humour – in which love, family and faith are put to the test. 

And Then the Rodeo Burned Down

And Then the Rodeo Burned Down

The rodeo is the best place in the world. 

Sauna Boy

Sauna Boy

Dan works at the UK’s most successful and infamous gay sauna. 

King Arthur's Body

King Arthur's Body

Young King Arthur is ready for a wizardly lesson in the erotic arts. 

A Drag Is Born

A Drag Is Born

In a twist of fate, an ordinary man finds himself magically transformed into the Queen of the Carnival. 

Who's Gonna Tell Her?

Who's Gonna Tell Her?

Aubrey and her boyfriend are finally alone together. 

Tell Me Where Home Is (I'm Starting to Forget)

Tell Me Where Home Is (I'm Starting to Forget)

Glinda the good witch is full of shit! We never had the power to go home all along… or did we? From licking Jessica Rabbit’s tits on the TV screen to falling head over heels fo… 

Some Masterchef Sh*t

Some Masterchef Sh*t

Man-meat meets mental health in this dark comedy. 

Small Town Boys

Small Town Boys

A young man embarks on a thrilling journey from his small hometown to the big city, where he finds solace and joy in the vibrant LGBTQ+ scene. 

Grooming My Ass

Grooming My Ass

Picture this: you’re seventeen. 

Jack

Jack

Jack is a queer, gothic and punky new musical based on the tale of Jack the Ripper – the unidentified serial killer who terrorised London in 1888 – and the women he targeted. 

Edie

Edie

Never underestimate the power of a lesbian in love. 

Bare

Bare

At St Cecilia’s Catholic boarding school, we follow the students as they confront their awakening sexuality and all the questions and struggles that it brings. 

The Comedy Arcade

The Comedy Arcade

The Comedy Arcade: competitive anecdotes game. 

Something Like a Brother

Something Like a Brother

SLAB is a two-man 50-minute comedic catastrophe starring Nathan Hatfield and Eryn Rafferty. 

2025 Salem Witch Trial

2025 Salem Witch Trial

Based on the true story of a tarot-reading lesbian forced from her home by Christian neighbours likely in a cult, Gretchen Wylder’s darkly comedic one-woman show explores witches a… 

misSfits

misSfits

Meet Miss Elliot – your favourite primary school teacher. 

UnTethered

UnTethered

An autobiographical comedy that follows a queer, demisexual woman as she attempts to transcend her fears so she can find true love. 

Comedy Queers

Comedy Queers

Comedy Queers is a spicy mix of outrageous queer comedians, cabaret and drag acts. 

Angela Bra: Secret Diary of a Bingo Call Girl

Angela Bra: Secret Diary of a Bingo Call Girl

Get your dabbers ready for playful parodies, polished puns and surreal stories from the frontline of the UK party bingo circuit. 

1 And Done

1 And Done

Two of UK’s newest award-winning stand-up comedians come together for their Edinburgh debuts. 

The Foreskin Diaries

The Foreskin Diaries

For two decades Ron Low helped over 65,000 circumcised men undertake non-surgical foreskin restoration using TLC Tugger devices he invented. 

WANTED

WANTED

It was never meant to get to this point. 

#1 Mexican in Estonia

#1 Mexican in Estonia

Have you ever dreamed of being #1? Ana Falcon’s high-energy, late-night stand-up dives into her journey of becoming the #1 Mexican in Estonia. 

Pigs Fly Easy Ryan

Pigs Fly Easy Ryan

An aviation bimbofication transubstantiation ritual for big-boy audiences 18 and over. 

JEEZUS!

JEEZUS!

Falling for Jesus is a mortal sin. 

Jessica Durand: Over The Top

Jessica Durand: Over The Top

It’s 1914. 

David Ingram: Carrot Top (Memoirs of a Gay)

David Ingram: Carrot Top (Memoirs of a Gay)

Join David, a 40-something retired twink, as he takes you on a journey from humble beginnings as a young, fatherless, introverted gay boy growing up in a small Scottish town in the… 

Sinead Walsh: Bye Bye Baby

Sinead Walsh: Bye Bye Baby

The world is falling apart, so what better time to break up with your best friend? Join Sinéad Walsh as they navigate the hilarities and hijinx of being alive in a world determine… 

Sam Lake: You're Joking!? Not Another One!

Sam Lake: You're Joking!? Not Another One!

A new stand-up hour from ‘. 

June Tuesday: Comic Trans (plus Friend)

June Tuesday: Comic Trans (plus Friend)

June Helen Tuesday is a toxic trans mess and she’s trying to get away with it. 

KINDER

KINDER

An unexpected call from a library derails a performance planned by newly arrived drag artist Goody Prostate, booked to headline a local reading hour. 

Jonny Woo: Suburbia

Jonny Woo: Suburbia

Suburbia is Jonny Woo’s most personal show to date. 

The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave

The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave

The award-winning endurance-based dance work to the booming techno album Nocturbulous Behaviour by Suburban Knight is the atmosphere and culture of a three-day rave condensed into … 

Delusional – I Killed a Man

Delusional – I Killed a Man

A contemporary circus solo that embarks on a trans woman’s journey. 

2 Boys, 1 Bucket

2 Boys, 1 Bucket

It’s not what you think, but it might be just as ridiculous. 

Queer Comedy Chaos

Queer Comedy Chaos

Get ready for Queer Comedy Chaos, a riotous display of laughter featuring the best queer comedians, wild games and unpredictable challenges! With each set more outrageous than the … 

David Ian: Am I Mean?

David Ian: Am I Mean?

With his crowd-work videos generating more than 2. 

Chloe Petts: Big Naturals

Chloe Petts: Big Naturals

Following three sell-out shows, Petts (Live at the Apollo, HIGNFY) returns to the Fringe and she’s delving where she’s never delved before: this is a show about sex. 

Kathy Maniura: The Cycling Man

Kathy Maniura: The Cycling Man

Middle-aged and newly single, he’s spent the salary of an NHS nurse in Decathlon and he’s on the verge of a breakdown. 

A Stan Is Born!

A Stan Is Born!

Born in New York City as a closeted kid, Alexis is forced to follow his family to. 

Best of the Queer Fringe

Best of the Queer Fringe

A mixed bill line-up of the best LGBTQ+ stand-up comedians from across the Fringe from the UK’s first LGBTQ+ stand-up comedy club, The Queer Comedy Club. 

Gag Race

Gag Race

The power to judge comedians in the competition that sells out in London every week! Gag Race is unlike any other comedy competition. 

Just the Two of Us!

Just the Two of Us!

Hit alt-comedy double act Soft Play (Maria Telnikoff and Vidya Divakaran) bring you their debut hour. 

Alex Stringer: Happy Hour

Alex Stringer: Happy Hour

Alex got sober in 2017 when she was 23. 

There's Something Seriously Wrong With Cyrus

There's Something Seriously Wrong With Cyrus

A heartfelt and uplifting one-man show about an Indian-Persian gay man navigating the complexities of his identity. 

Dylan Adler: Haus of Dy-lan

Dylan Adler: Haus of Dy-lan

Haus of Dylan is an hour of high-energy storytelling, musical-comedy. 

Sam Williams: Touch Me Not

Sam Williams: Touch Me Not

Patron saint of bisexuals Sam Williams (Pleasance Reserve, 100m+ views online) has a confession to make. 

Float

Float

Join Astronaut Indra on a nine-month mission to the moon. 

Jessie Nixon: Don't Make Me Regret This

Jessie Nixon: Don't Make Me Regret This

Jessie Nixon is putting her life on the line for this show. 

Jordan Gray: Is That a C*ck in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Here to Kill Me?

Jordan Gray: Is That a C*ck in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Here to Kill Me?

Three years since her legendary show Is It A Bird?, the cockiest woman in comedy returns, with a guitar on her back and a bounty on her ballbag. 

Midnight at the Palace

Midnight at the Palace

Living your true self is nearly a crime again, so join the OGs of F*ck You Counterculture for a night of radical joy and glitter-encrusted anarchy. 

Homo(sapien)

Homo(sapien)

Joey is a Bad Gay™. 

Rose + Bud

Rose + Bud

Derry Freshers’ Week, closeted Bud is in for a rollercoaster of tequila, tiaras and transitioning. 

Will Owen: Looking Fab at Fifty

Will Owen: Looking Fab at Fifty

26-year-old comedian Will Owen thinks the future looks bright (no further questions). 

ALTAR

ALTAR

Today is Sutton’s wedding day. 

Sugar

Sugar

Theatrical, outrageous, silly and sexy, Tomáš Kantor’s award-winning debut is about Sugar – a gender-queer twink who discovers there’s money to be made from transactional relat… 

The Pink List

The Pink List

1957, West Germany. 

Eggs Aren't That Easy to Make

Eggs Aren't That Easy to Make

‘If I’m in a lesbian relationship when I’m older, I want you to be the sperm donor’ a woman says to her best friend, while drunk at a birthday party in uni. 

An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo

An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo

Bobby Award-winning comedy following Johnny, an 18-year-old at an all-boys boarding school. 

Bryan Safi: Are You Mad at Me??

Bryan Safi: Are You Mad at Me??

Emmy-winner Bryan Safi (star of ABC’s 9-1-1, Netflix’s You, Attitudes!) brings his distinctive voice to this solo comedy spiral all about queerness, confidence and the art of being… 

Ascension

Ascension

After a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 and sold-out performances at Greenwich Theatre, Ascension returns for Edinburgh Fringe 2025. 

Cecilia Gentili's Red Ink

Cecilia Gentili's Red Ink

God won’t give up on Cecilia Gentili. 

Rowling in It

Rowling in It

After surviving last summer’s TERF Wars playing JK Rowling in the show that had ‘Edinburgh running scared’ (Telegraph), award-winning actress/writer, Laura Kay Bailey, returns to t… 

DYKE Systems Ltd

DYKE Systems Ltd

Sally and Susan aren’t your average repressed, suburban American women! They spearhead a community of ‘Dynamic, Young, Knowledgeable Entrepreneurs’, or as they call it, DYKE System… 

The City for Incurable Women

The City for Incurable Women

Ladies and Gentlethem – Feeling a little upset? Have you tried hypnosis, psychoanalysis, smelling salts and it just doesn’t work? Try The City for Incurable Women! Paris, 1880s. 

Tom at the Farm

Tom at the Farm

In a world unravelling under the weight of macho strongmen and repressive systems, Tom na Fazenda is a raw, gripping confrontation with the violence of patriarchy and the crisis of… 

Andrew Doherty: Sad Gay AIDS Play

Andrew Doherty: Sad Gay AIDS Play

A brand-new show from the maker of the award-winning sell-out Gay Witch Sex Cult (‘the funniest fringe horror since Garth Marenghi’ (Guardian). 

Shane Daniel Byrne: Who's a Big Boy?

Shane Daniel Byrne: Who's a Big Boy?

Dublin darling Shane Daniel Byrne is back, just about. 

James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum)

James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum)

Domestic abuse isn’t funny, but this show is. 

Lianna Holston and Michael McPheat: Starter Pack

Lianna Holston and Michael McPheat: Starter Pack

Cute, apologetic and stupid SYTYF 2024 Semi-Finalists, Lianna Holston (Runner Up, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2024) and Michael McPheat (Co-host of sell-out L… 

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms’ infamous late-night cabaret! Intoxicating blend of raucous stage antics, cabaret and cocktails. 

Count Dykula

Count Dykula

Butch loner Count Dykula loves her life, even though she’s technically dead. 

Andrew White: Young, Gay and a Third Thing

Andrew White: Young, Gay and a Third Thing

Described by Joe Lycett as ‘very exciting and very funny’ and by teachers as ‘a pleasure to teach’ (gay), join fast-rising comedian Andrew White on a hilarious and personal journey… 

Morgan Rees: Work in Progress

Morgan Rees: Work in Progress

Off the back of his sell-out international tour in 2024, Welsh queer comedian/internet sensation Morgan Rees is working on his new show delving into his pursuit of a Autism diagnos… 

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story is a joyful reimagining of the Princess of Wales' life, told with wildly speculative poetic licence. 

Andrew White: Young, Gay and a Third Thing

Andrew White: Young, Gay and a Third Thing

Andrew White has been described by Joe Lycett as ‘very exciting and very funny’ and by teachers as ‘a pleasure to teach (gay)’. 

Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here

You’re only as good as your worst day. 

Juliette Burton: Going Rogue

Juliette Burton: Going Rogue

Geek is the new sexy. 

Cherry

Cherry

‘I think I felt so happy in my label up until now that it feels so scary for it suddenly not to fit right any more. 

My God Is Julie Andrews

My God Is Julie Andrews

Mel and Jack, two halves of the punk duo Diatomix, return to their college town after a year of touring the worst venues known to man. 

Holly Redford Jones: I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar

Holly Redford Jones: I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar

Musician-turned-stand-up comedian Holly Redford Jones is dancing in a Lesbian Bar and you’re invited. 

Mamas' Boy – Lesbian Son Comedy Hour

Mamas' Boy – Lesbian Son Comedy Hour

Patrick Moore is a total Mamas’ Boy. 

Anyone Who Had a Heart

Anyone Who Had a Heart

Britain. 

No More Mr Nice Heidi Regan (A Work in Progress)

No More Mr Nice Heidi Regan (A Work in Progress)

Heidi’s new stand-up show about the NHS, spiders, wild drug trips, Australia. 

Happily Ever Poofter

Happily Ever Poofter

Disney fan? Massive raging queer? Then Happily Ever Poofter is for you! Join Prince Henry (the “Only Gay in the Kingdom”) on his hilarious and heart-warming quest for true love! A … 

Bi Hot Welsh Girls Very Cute! (Also Funny)

Bi Hot Welsh Girls Very Cute! (Also Funny)

June Tuesday and Maria Pollard are the best unstable, hot, bi stand-up comedians to come out of Wales and possibly the world. 

Femme Fatigue

Femme Fatigue

An outrageous queer comedy from Channel 4 new writer Ella Evans. 

Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus

Canadian adaption pares Marlowe’s tragedy down to a personal interplay between Doctor Faustus and Mephistopheles, the conjured demon, played by drag king Coyote Ugly. 

The Book of Joan

The Book of Joan

No one understands the complexity and plights of Catholicism like a teenage lesbian, especially one whose only friend happens to be a figment of the 13th-century saint Joan of Arc. 

Gallifrey Cabaret

Gallifrey Cabaret

Jump aboard the queerest TARDIS in time and space for a night of cosmic drag and cabaret, all inspired by the greatest TV show in the universe – Doctor Who. 

Man & Board

Man & Board

At first Man & Board is an unlikely pairing of Rob’s moving body with a ritualised wooden board with which he sings, he dances, he wins and he loses. 

Love Is...

Love Is...

Rom-coms are strange things. 

The Gospel of Joan (Crawford)

The Gospel of Joan (Crawford)

Five would-be somebodies find themselves united in Hell, part of a trial run to solve Hell’s oncoming population problem. 

Cringe

Cringe

It began with a show. 

The Sun King

The Sun King

Each summer, young Jamie comes to the same spot on the same beach and speaks with a mysterious figure – the king of a magical realm far, far away. 

When in Florida and Outside of Kent

When in Florida and Outside of Kent

Framed around Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill, Bex and Phoebe’s relationship falls apart as they discuss the impact this bill could have worldwide for the next generation of the… 

Ever Yours

Ever Yours

When a grieving Olivia is suddenly left alone in her apartment, her only companion is a painting she stole in a desperate demonstration of love for her partner. 

Tide

Tide

Straight from New York City! Enchanting story of female trauma, familial loss, and poetic symbolism. 

Trusty Hogs Live!

Trusty Hogs Live!

Join comedians Catherine Bohart and Helen Bauer for a live tour of Trusty Hogs, the show where we tell stories from our perfect lives, bicker over format points, “solve” audience p… 

13th Morning

13th Morning

Our 13th Morning comes, naturally, after the Twelfth Night. 

4 girls the first letter e

4 girls the first letter e

In 2012, two girls stabbed their friend 19 times at Slenderman’s instruction. 

Holy Monster

Holy Monster

Holy monster by Atrix Cragnotti. 

Dead Animals

Dead Animals

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe can be a brutal environment. 

Malvolio's Fantasy

Malvolio's Fantasy

A Twelfth Night retelling to satisfy your wildest Shakespearian fantasy! Servant Malvolio, a bright and zesty fool, is trying to manifest his rise to Dukedom, to no avail. 

Wet Feet

Wet Feet

Wet Feet tells the story of an encounter between two men in a gay sauna that lasts longer than your typical steamy dalliance. 

Good Boy

Good Boy

Boy is in love with his first boyfriend. 

Mary, Jack and Jane – The Queer Adventure

Mary, Jack and Jane – The Queer Adventure

Queer northern comedians Mary Cross, Jack Horsefield and Jane Postlethwaite bring you a hilarious three-way split bill of stand-up comedy. 

Run

Run

Set over an unforgettable summer and encompassing all of space and time, Run, an amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books, explores what it means to love, to lose and… 

John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown: Born Evil?

John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown: Born Evil?

John Wayne Gacy was one of the worst serial killers in US history: responsible for the rape, torture and murder of at least 33 teenage boys and young men in the 1970s. 

Prev Reddy is a Triple Threat

Prev Reddy is a Triple Threat

Prev Reddy is a Triple Threat: According to South African History, Prev Reddy is a born-free (those born in the year of democracy). 

We Used to be Girl Scouts

We Used to be Girl Scouts

Drew thinks she’s pregnant. 

Stupid Sexy Poem Show

Stupid Sexy Poem Show

The subversive and powerful debut hour from RJ Hunter (Loud Poets Grand Slam Champion 2023). 

No More Mr Nice Gay (Work in Progress)

No More Mr Nice Gay (Work in Progress)

Doug Crossley is diving into his villain era with a work-in-progress comedy storytelling show with songs. 

The Last Five Years

The Last Five Years

A queer adaptation of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years presents an emotionally charged musical following Jamie and Cathy as they fall in and out of love over their turbul… 

Try Not to Worry About It, Death Comes to Us All

Try Not to Worry About It, Death Comes to Us All

In the last few years, poet, performer and slam champion Jonathan Kinsman has lost two grandfathers, a great aunt, a cat and his sanity. 

Sanctified Trash: The Life and Times of Mona Mae

Sanctified Trash: The Life and Times of Mona Mae

Mona Mae is a Juicy Jurassic Southern Belle transplanted in Scotland. 

Dancefloor Conversion Therapy

Dancefloor Conversion Therapy

A history of dance floors and joyful regret. 

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: Teen Edition

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: Teen Edition

Have you heard? Everybody is talking about the amazing show that hit the Fringe a couple of days ago. 

Bent Double

Bent Double

Buckle-up with Ex Jehovah’s Witness Chris for a joy-ride through his teenage wedding, eventual emancipation, and those first car-crash forays onto the gay scene. 

Asshole in Retreat: An Ego's Journey to

Asshole in Retreat: An Ego's Journey to "God"

A smart and funny 50 minutes by formerly Twitter-famous journalist Lauren Duca, who went viral, got cancelled, then ran off to the mountains to join a psychedelic cult. 

F*ckboy

F*ckboy

An exploration of gender dysphoria, bodily autonomy and celebrity crushes from a non-binary perspective. 

Deeptime Atomic Waste Pleasure Party

Deeptime Atomic Waste Pleasure Party

Rey is checking out their neighbour’s 80s record collection when a mysterious recording sends them on a mission to bury nuclear waste in an underground nightclub. 

Cruel Britannia: After Frankenstein

Cruel Britannia: After Frankenstein

Gritty, powerful and daringly revolutionary, Cruel Britannia: After Frankenstein is a transgender reimagining of Shelley’s seminal novel, set in the year of our Lord 1980. 

A Gay Dad Murders Sex

A Gay Dad Murders Sex

Dark obsessions. Evil desires. Twisted kinks. But enough about my priest. Sit back. relax. And enjoy some quality scripted stand-up. Entertaining and fun. 

A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First
BOBBY WINNER

A Letter to Lyndon B Johnson or God: Whoever Reads This First

Xhloe and Natasha have been a Fringe icon for the past couple of years. 

Brett Epstein: Alone on Stage

Brett Epstein: Alone on Stage

Brett Epstein is alone on stage. 

The Selkie's Wife

The Selkie's Wife

From the creator of Roots (Fringe 2019) and cast member of the hit 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Bradán Theatre show My Lover Was A Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse, comes a bewitching ne… 

Three Bed (No Living Room)

Three Bed (No Living Room)

How do you learn everything about being queer as quickly as possible? Beth has some catching up to do. 

What If They Ate The Baby?

What If They Ate The Baby?

There are three rules every housewife knows: never return a dish empty, always have dinner ready by the time he gets home, and some things are best kept under the table. 

Sex, Camp, Rock'n'Roll

Sex, Camp, Rock'n'Roll

Sex, Camp and Rock and Roll is an uninhibited hour of cabaret starring Ryan Patrick Welsh aka the 8th best legs in San Fransisco. 

Jack Goes to Therapy: A (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy

Jack Goes to Therapy: A (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy

Jack is a 29-year-old Kindergarten teacher and a hopeless romantic. 

Jess

Jess

They say loneliness is the leprosy of the modern day. 

Lads of the Flies

Lads of the Flies

When some teenage boys (played by female-presenting actors) get lost in the wilderness on Duke of Edinburgh, they feud, flirt and fornicate in a way that forces us (and them) to as… 

The Freemartin

The Freemartin

Speakbeast are doing an agricultural conference, and it’s got all the things we think agricultural conferences usually have. 

Something To Believe In

Something To Believe In

It’s like confession without the guilt. 

I Cut My Nipples Off Today

I Cut My Nipples Off Today

How do you look non-binary? Everyday your brain is bombarded by images and opinions about your body. 

Morag, You're a Long Time Deid

Morag, You're a Long Time Deid

Morag’s death left a silence in her place. 

Disco Dick

Disco Dick

What’s a more embarrassing way to come out? Your mum walking in on you and your secret girlfriend in bed, or you dad finding your new strap on? How about both? Fran’s unfortunate m… 

A Little Treat

A Little Treat

Every day at 7pm, Greg Hurst has a little treat. 

Alexis Sakellaris: A STAN IS BORN!

Alexis Sakellaris: A STAN IS BORN!

A love letter to the divas and the gays who stan them! Welcome to an original queer comedy musical about Alexis’s childhood as a stan. 

Long Distance

Long Distance

Long Distance is a new play which explores intimacy and connection through a series of text messages. 

MILF and the Mistress

MILF and the Mistress

Ali is living the rainbow family dream – but something is missing. 

Accidentally on Purpose

Accidentally on Purpose

Want to know who murdered my theatre company? Me. 

A Naff Play About Spies

A Naff Play About Spies

Three agents are given a vital mission. 

Mish Mash

Mish Mash

A hodge-podge of comedians, clowns, and weirdos of every variety: a playful potpourri of all the hysterical humans we’ve befriended during the Fringe. 

Dummy in Diaspora

Dummy in Diaspora

Chicago-based American actor and writer Esho Rasho is the child of an Assyrian-Iraqi refugee and an Assyrian-Lebanese immigrant, both of whom are war survivors. 

Transparency

Transparency

Transparency is a relatable, funny and brutally honest solo show about growing up trans in a northern, working-class family in the UK. 

The Kaye Hole Hosted by Reuben Kaye

The Kaye Hole Hosted by Reuben Kaye

Late-night, done right. 

Monkey Sermon

Monkey Sermon

A surreal, multimedia comedy odyssey from autistic, non-binary comedian Andrew Frank. 

TERF

TERF

Jo led a blessed life. 

Queer Eye for the Silly Straight People

Queer Eye for the Silly Straight People

Do you wish you were as fabulous as a queer person? Do you have a problem you need help with? Your boyfriend’s cheating? You fancy your best friend? Stuck in a dead-end job? Well o… 

Binocchio the Bisexual Liar

Binocchio the Bisexual Liar

Lock up your garden chairs, dismantle your altar tables, nothing is safe around Binocchio the bisexual Christian! She’ll sleep with anything with legs – after Bible Study, natu… 

Made of Magic – Poetry of Rage and (Be)longing

Made of Magic – Poetry of Rage and (Be)longing

For anyone who’s ever been made to feel like a freak for simply being themselves… Following the success of last year’s sold-out Queer Cabaret at Shrub Coop, genderqueer poet … 

Sian Davies: Band of Gold

Sian Davies: Band of Gold

A brand new show from award-winning, working-class queer comedian Sian Davies. 

Me For You

Me For You

‘Choosing sperm is weird. 

Intelligent Bisexual Woman

Intelligent Bisexual Woman

Gay panic. 

Olivia Levine: Unstuck

Olivia Levine: Unstuck

Did you masturbate in public as a child and then feel so guilty you stopped touching yourself for two years while your “sins” played on a loop in your head? Ever watch your dad sle… 

Michael John Ciszewski: If Memory Serves

Michael John Ciszewski: If Memory Serves

Sobriety, sex and profound stupidity. 

Totally Totally Totallyyy

Totally Totally Totallyyy

A girls night for women, gay guys, straight men who are cool with LGBT, non-binary baddies, and anyone who’s ever enjoyed a white wine. 

Titi Lee: Good Girl Gone Baddie

Titi Lee: Good Girl Gone Baddie

Lifelong goody-two-shoes Titi Lee is breaking all the rules, and you are invited. 

Beast

Beast

It’s Jordan Barr’s Edinburgh Fringe debut! She’s a Melbourne-based stand-up and Triple J presenter. 

Alex Franklin: Gurl Code

Alex Franklin: Gurl Code

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what it is about Alex Franklin’s Gurl Code, but this show is an example of really great comedy, constantly shifting from one gag to another, as Fr… 

Tea Wade: MANDRILL

Tea Wade: MANDRILL

Tea Wade’s MANDRILL is an hour where we find ourselves learning as well as laughing as we’re taken on a journey through time that becomes a compilation on how social norms that… 

Ugly Sisters

Ugly Sisters

On the day The Female Eunuch is issued in America, a transgender woman in flapping draperies rushes up to Germaine Greer and says: thank you - thank you so much for all you’ve done… 

Rat Tails (WIP)

Rat Tails (WIP)

We don't normally review works in progress, but that description is more a mark of Jeremy McClain’s honesty and humility than a reflection of his solo show Rat Tails at the F… 

Comedy Queers

Comedy Queers

A spicy mix of queer comedians, cabaret and drag. 

DISCOunt: The Disco Variety Show

DISCOunt: The Disco Variety Show

DISCOunt: The Disco Variety Show featuring disco dance numbers, comedy, drag, burlesque, music and did we mention disco?! Based on a love and deeply inaccurate knowledge of the 70s… 

DIVA: Live From Hell!

DIVA: Live From Hell!

Following a critically acclaimed, sell-out run at the Turbine Theatre, Luke Bayer gives a tour-de-force performance in this blood-stained love letter to Broadway – a solo musical… 

Is the WiFi Good in Hell?

Is the WiFi Good in Hell?

Lyndon Chapman’s debut play directed by Will Armstrong, Is The Wifi Good in Hell? is an evocative coming of age play where identity and environmental displacement collide. 

Otter Lee: Princess Syndrome

Otter Lee: Princess Syndrome

At four, Otter was so moved by Princess Diana’s death that he wept outside the palace while his father took pictures and laughed. 

YUCK Circus

YUCK Circus

YUCK are back with their sell-out show. 

Sam See: And I Can't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Sam See: And I Can't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

In December 2023, Sam See left his home country of Singapore and moved to London because clearly, now’s the best time. 

Dragonory: Magic and Music at Edinburgh Fringe!

Dragonory: Magic and Music at Edinburgh Fringe!

Dive into Dragonory, the captivating family show at the Edinburgh Fringe, hosted by the charismatic George. 

That's Drag Bingo

That's Drag Bingo

That’s Drag Bingo takes your granny’s favourite gambling addiction and adds some zhuzh by throwing in the occasional dance break, lip-synch competition, naff prizes, and a whol… 

plewds

plewds

A queer clown goes to therapy to help them through their breakup. 

Conversations We Never Had, As People We'll Never Be

Conversations We Never Had, As People We'll Never Be

A couple has thirty minutes to decide whether to erase the memory of their failed relationship. 

The Disappeared

The Disappeared

The Disappeared – A wild, fun and sexy burlesque cabaret that tells the true story of a queer Latinx voice robbed of their freedom and forced into exile during a government coup … 

Diary of a Gay Disaster

Diary of a Gay Disaster

Ellis wakes up in a turbulent fever dream created by the Gods of Sapphic Desire. 

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms’ infamous late-night cabaret returns for its 10th year at the Fringe! An intoxicating blend of crushed red velvet, cuddly toys, neon, strong cocktails and loveable r… 

MESSY FRIENDS

MESSY FRIENDS

Explore the world of enchanting glamour with the return of the MESSY FRIENDS! Fresh from their acclaimed Australian tour, witness outrageous drag, breathtaking burlesque, mesmerisi… 

Puddles and Amazons

Puddles and Amazons

A mother dies. 

BI-TOPIA

BI-TOPIA

Join Sam, a self-confessed people-pleaser, on the battlefield as he embarks on his biggest mission yet. 

TERF

TERF

Jo led a blessed life. 

An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo
BOBBY WINNER

An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo

Not the longest-titled show at the Fringe, but surely in the top ten, An Adequate Abridgement of Boarding School Life as a Homo, at Just the Tonic, Cave, must also rate as one of t… 

Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations!

Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations!

On this, the year of our Lord 2024, it’s a brand-new, hour-long, stand-up comedy concert from your ol’ pal Rhys Nicholson. 

Gwyneth Goes Skiing

Gwyneth Goes Skiing

Linus Karp and Joseph Martin of Awkward Productions have an innate talent for honing in on the most ludicrous point of any given situation and turn it into a non-stop laugh-a-secon… 

Chloe Petts: How You See Me, How You Don't

Chloe Petts: How You See Me, How You Don't

We’ve seen shows that deliver hard on shock value yet manage to stay fresh and original; shows that blunt the woes of trauma and refashion them into a source of laughter; shows t… 

Character Flaw

Character Flaw

Alight with a wholesomely chaotic energy from the start, Philippa ‘Pip’ Dawson opens with a late dash onto the stage, as the opening lights and music fade into the background. 

Dee Allum: Deadname

Dee Allum: Deadname

As we walk in to Dee Allum: Deadname at Pleasance Courtyard , Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson is playing. 

James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum)

James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum)

As we enter Buttercup at Underbelly there’s a range of musical choices – Ava Max, Rihanna and Kelis to name a few, all intercut with each other. 

Juniper and Jules

Juniper and Jules

Stephanie Martin’s Juniper and Jules is an intimate exploration of a lesbian relationship that examines the nuances to queer relationships and the many hurdles they have to overc… 

Sophie Garrad and Leigh Douglas: Daddy's Girls

Sophie Garrad and Leigh Douglas: Daddy's Girls

Sophie and Leigh are Daddy’s Girls on the loose. 

Chris Weir: Well Flung

Chris Weir: Well Flung

Chris Weir's Well Flung is a self-proclaimed gay romantic comedy that tells tales from the world of the comedian's own love life. 

Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?

Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?

Have you experienced the intensity of being famous without any of the perks? Been doppelgäng-banged to the point you no longer exist? Lube up for this deep dive into fame and misf… 

Sorry (I Broke Your Arms and Legs)

Sorry (I Broke Your Arms and Legs)

Sam Wilson, Class 8C, is obviously the correct choice for Head Boy. 

Andrew Doherty: Gay Witch Sex Cult

Andrew Doherty: Gay Witch Sex Cult

A sticky, spooky horror comedy about gender-reveal parties, demons from hell, and a Gay Witch Sex Cult (a sex cult for gay witches). 

Hamstrung

Hamstrung

So, it turns out Yorick’s Ghost is Hamlet’s Father – confused? It’s not poor Yorick’s fault. 

Bi-Curious George: Queer Planet

Bi-Curious George: Queer Planet

Award-winning drag king and London’s loveable nature boy, Bi-Curious George, invites you into a raucous celebration of queerness and the animal kingdom. 

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Christopher Hall may have started out as a social media star, but he has really earned his stand-up credentials in the past few years, and it's wonderful to see his confidence … 

Tit Swingers

Tit Swingers

Causing mayhem onstage rather than on the seven seas, Tit Swingers is a show that recounts the tale of the pirate queens Mary Read (Abey Bradbury) and Anne Bonney (Sam Kearney-Edwa… 

Seconds to Midnight

Seconds to Midnight

What would you want to say to your best friend if the world was about to end? Exploring queer friendship, platonic love and nuclear anxiety, Seconds to Midnight asks what happens i… 

Aaron Twitchen: Himbo

Aaron Twitchen: Himbo

Dumped during his best friend’s wedding, Aaron has decided to laugh it off. 

Ascension

Ascension

I think, for now, let’s stick to my life, if you don’t mind. 

The Old Queen's Head

The Old Queen's Head

Who’s your go to? Your ride or die? Your best friend? Your mum? Not David. 

Mark T Cox: Paddy Daddy

Mark T Cox: Paddy Daddy

An Irish Gay Guide to Romance. 

Ni Mi Madre

Ni Mi Madre

An over-the-top Brazilian with too much botox scrambles to raise her queer son in a backwards American culture where children get time outs instead of chancletas. 

Alex Hines: Putting on a Show

Alex Hines: Putting on a Show

Welcome to the camp and chaotic world of multi award-winning comedian Alex Hines. 

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

All the Fraudulent Horse Girls

This feral equine fantasia follows 11-year-old Audrey who is telepathically linked to all the other horse-girls in the world. 

The Book of Mountains and Seas

The Book of Mountains and Seas

In this new play from award-winning writer Yilong Liu, a California dad arrives in New York to visit his late son’s last boyfriend to propose an impossible mission: visit all 179 r… 

Kim Blythe – Might As Well

Kim Blythe – Might As Well

Embracing her innate comedic flair, Kim Blythe, aka Kimbo from TikTok, ventures into the world of stand-up comedy in her twice sold-out show Might as Well. 

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

When his mother was diagnosed with cancer, Ricky was faced with a question: Is now the right time to come out? After rave reviews at Edinburgh Fringe 2023, Ricky Sim returns with t… 

Dylan Mulvaney: F*GHAG

Dylan Mulvaney: F*GHAG

Hilarious yet poignant F*GHAG explores Dylan Mulvaney's life at different stages. 

Will Shea, Won't Shea?

Will Shea, Won't Shea?

Inspired by the will-they-won’t-they relationships of our time (think Harry and Sally, Ross and Rachel), Shea orchestrates the one-woman romantic comedy of her dreams. 

Annie Boyle: Annie Are You OK?

Annie Boyle: Annie Are You OK?

A one-woman show about grief, self-discovery, a cow named Madonna and Delta Goodrem. 

Will Owen: Like, Nobody's Watching

Will Owen: Like, Nobody's Watching

I’ll start this review with what I really want to say to the gays out there: if you see one stand-up comedy show this Fringe, see this one. 

Joyfully Grimm: Reimagining a Queer Adolescence

Joyfully Grimm: Reimagining a Queer Adolescence

1988. 

Pop Off, Michelangelo!

Pop Off, Michelangelo!

Get ready to meet a version of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci like never before in Pop Off, Michelangelo! Travel back to Renaissance Florence, where the two young artists are b… 

Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It

Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It

Eliott has never cared for sex. 

Drag Queens vs Zombies

Drag Queens vs Zombies

Haus of Dench’s monstrous Fringe hit rises from the grave for two nights only! Drag superstars Kate Butch and Crudi Dench have their cabaret show crashed by brain-hungry zombies. 

Lemma (The Band)

Lemma (The Band)

Imagine boarding a spaceship travelling at the speed of light with nothing but a guitar. 

HEART

HEART

Jade Anouka’s debut play is a raw and honest exploration of love, loss, and self-discovery. 

Shakesqueer

Shakesqueer

Shakesqueer: two houses, both alike in indignity. 

Happily Ever Poofter

Happily Ever Poofter

Disney fan? Massive raging queer? Then Happily Ever Poofter is for you! The legendary smash-hit parody musical is back! Join Prince Henry – the only gay in the Kingdom – on his… 

Happily Ever Poofter

Happily Ever Poofter

Disney fan? Massive raging queer? Then Happily Ever Poofter is for you! The legendary smash-hit parody musical is back! Join Prince Henry – the only gay in the Kingdom – on his… 

I've Never Met Anyone Quite Like You Before

I've Never Met Anyone Quite Like You Before

Dave’s relationship with art is not going well, in more ways than one. 

Hole

Hole

Hole by Drew Gill. 

Horizon Showcase: TOM

Horizon Showcase: TOM

In a holding room, participants wait. 

The Grammar of Witchcraft

The Grammar of Witchcraft

Caliban, a young transsexual recovering from the boozy wedding reception of two lesbian witches, will need more than the magic of pronouns to survive this truly surreal odyssey int… 

The Bite, Late-Night (A Mouthful of Fringe Mayhem)

The Bite, Late-Night (A Mouthful of Fringe Mayhem)

Raucous, wild and an incy bit different – this one-hour compilation show with a changing nightly lineup, gives you a fabulous cross section of Fringe mayhem in one wild bite-size… 

What If They Ate The Baby?

What If They Ate The Baby?

There are three rules every housewife knows: never return a dish empty, always have dinner ready by the time he gets home, and some things are best kept under the table. 

The Psychic Tests

The Psychic Tests

Guardian journalist Gary Nunn’s theatrical storytelling adventure into psychics, mediums and astrologers is a combination of character-driven scenes, verbatim theatre and narrati… 

We Are, in Fact, the Problem

We Are, in Fact, the Problem

That most middle class of events, the dinner party, can be a night of stimulating conversation, wonderful company and dramatic revelation. 

That Don't Hurt My Feelings None

That Don't Hurt My Feelings None

In this hilarious and heartfelt one-woman show, comedian Kassie Thornton goes on a rollercoaster of self-discovery, as she navigates coming out and coming into herself. 

Oasissy: Don't Look Back in Anger, Babes

Oasissy: Don't Look Back in Anger, Babes

Slip’n’slide inside a rock’n’roll fantasy party of joy, chaos and catharsis as genderqueer drag-clowns Oasissy (‘Ones to watch’ (List)) invite you into their madferrit, monobro… 

Lawrence Chaney – Overweight and OVER IT!

Lawrence Chaney – Overweight and OVER IT!

Overweight and OVER IT is about the trials and tribulations of being plus size! Lawrence Chaney made history as the first plus-size winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. 

Gate Number 5

Gate Number 5

A half-live, half-virtual interracial lesbian love story between a white European and a black former refugee. 

O Tusitala: Tellers of Tales

O Tusitala: Tellers of Tales

This new one-person play by leading Samoan writer Sia Figiel vividly tells, through the voices of never-before-heard indigenous characters, the extraordinary story of Robert Louis … 

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down

The rodeo is the best place in the world. 

Waiting for Champagne

Waiting for Champagne

Waiting for Champagne follows former friends and roommates, Annie and Frances, who haven’t spoken to each other in more than a year. 

Sunanda Loves Britney

Sunanda Loves Britney

MICF’s Best Newcomer nominee, Sunanda, loves Britney (Spears, duh), but it took them till 30 to realise they never wanted to be Britney so much as do Britney. 

Queer Diary

Queer Diary

LGBTQIA+ adults read aloud from their real teenage diaries, poetry, fanfic and more! After gaining a cult following in London and online, Queer Diary tours the UK for the first tim… 

how to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit musical 'cats'

how to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit musical 'cats'

How to live a jellicle life: life lessons from the 2019 hit musical ‘cats’ is as bonkers as it sounds, whilst still adding to the philosophical debate on how to live a good lif… 

For you: wicked

For you: wicked

Fimbo Butures (Maya Williams and Lizzy Tan) bring For you: wicked to the Fringe after a world premiere at VAULT Festival 2023. 

He Kept Me Safe

He Kept Me Safe

Join us for a groundbreaking play that gives voice to the unheard experiences of gay men’s experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV). 

Hot Queer Magic

Hot Queer Magic

Are you ready for some hot queer magic?! Join the award-winning cabaret artist and Indian dancer, Pink Lotus, for the Edinburgh debut of Hot Queer Magic – an iconic South London … 

James Barr: Chains and WIPs Excite Me

James Barr: Chains and WIPs Excite Me

After a five-star, sell-out run at Edinburgh 2022, James is popping to the Free Fringe for an out-of-control hour of jokes. 

Declan

Declan

Vulnerability and sexual awakening go hand in hand in Declan, an unnerving one-man play set in rural Wiltshire. 

An(dre)a Spisto: El Dizzy Beast

An(dre)a Spisto: El Dizzy Beast

Are you just a teenage dirtbag, baby? Wanna watch weird vids and drink morning coffee with me, maybe? This is a show about a queer, autistic, latinx caterpillar, on the edge. 

50 and Some Change(s)

50 and Some Change(s)

This year, Nile Seguin decided to try 50 new, potentially life-changing experiences (nothing crazy: pansexuality, ethical non-monogamy, bubble tea). 

Skies in the Cloud

Skies in the Cloud

After experiencing a sighting of suspected life in the clouds as a child, Zee becomes infatuated with the idea of a world above. 

Kitchen Underwear

Kitchen Underwear

How far can you push a sex metaphor, a romantic friendship, and questionable interior décor choices? When Ash and Zee move into their tiny Edinburgh apartment, they begin to navig… 

Locusts

Locusts

We begin, as most trauma does, in the distant past. 

Modern Witches

Modern Witches

Lesbian actor Kate struggles to create a self-tape audition as Virginia Woolf, revealing that she is frozen in the midst of running away from her healthy relationship. 

Paper Walls

Paper Walls

Have you ever wondered what the people on the other side of your wall are talking about? Two couples separated by a paper-thin wall, Max and Billie have been friends forever but is… 

Burnt Lavender

Burnt Lavender

Burnt Lavender is a queer cabaret, devised and presented by students from the University of Worcester's Masters in Touring Theatre degree. 

Only Hitmen and Scammers Make Phone Calls

Only Hitmen and Scammers Make Phone Calls

“Who just sits and waits?” Nate and Quinn take residence in an abandoned warehouse to await details of their next job, just a phone and each other for company, wiling away the time… 

What If They Ate The Baby?

What If They Ate The Baby?

There’s something really unsettling about 1950s suburbia, and What If They Ate The Baby? really taps into that feeling as it plunges deeply into the aesthetic of a stereotypical … 

MacBeth

MacBeth

Some say that when actor-managers were struggling for money, they used to turn in desperation to the one play that could always guarantee an audience. 

Zoe Coombs Marr: The Opener

Zoe Coombs Marr: The Opener

We regret to inform you that Dave is back. 

Losing the Plot

Losing the Plot

Losing The Plot is a new queer jukebox musical comedy, jam-packed with top hits from the 70s and 80s, Originally performed in Manchester and has now come to the Fringe this year. 

Aidan Sadler: Melody

Aidan Sadler: Melody

Join award-winning queer cabaret icon Aidan Sadler as they take you on a journey to the end of the world! Nothing is safe from ridicule, so be led on an exploration of normalising … 

An(dre)a Spisto and Joana Nastari: 50 Ways to Kill a Slug

An(dre)a Spisto and Joana Nastari: 50 Ways to Kill a Slug

Don’t you know how busy and important they are? Dre and Jo have had their double espresso, pressed their vests and are going straight to the top. 

The Town Cryer

The Town Cryer

Brooke Finegold is masterful in her hour of live poetry, spoken word and stand up comedy. 

Fat, Femme and Crippled

Fat, Femme and Crippled

In Fat, Femme and Crippled, Alex drives their mobility scooter on the intersection between disability and queer culture. 

Oy Gay! The Queer Jewish Comedy Show

Oy Gay! The Queer Jewish Comedy Show

Two queer Jews. 

A Bit Too Much Hair

A Bit Too Much Hair

This gender euphoric cabaret is a musical paradise for thems, mens, femmes, and everyone in between. 

A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me

A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me

It’s hard to imagine that any show called, in full, A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me could be weirder or more fun than it sounds. 

14-18 Cyrano de Bergerac

14-18 Cyrano de Bergerac

Students from Westcliff High School for Boys, Essex, have arrived in Edinburgh with 14-18 Cyrano de Bergerac, an exciting re-imagining of Edmund Rostand’s 1897 classic tale writt… 

Fruit Salad Airlines Presents: Jet Lag

Fruit Salad Airlines Presents: Jet Lag

Edinburgh’s home-grown queer cabaret is back at the Fringe with a high altitude, scripted comedy! Take your seats on board a real, replica aircraft and enjoy some in-flight enterta… 

Marcus Megastar: Live and Controversial

Marcus Megastar: Live and Controversial

‘Like an O2 concert on a budget!’ (Miss Hope Springs). 

Nancy: On Drag

Nancy: On Drag

The candid and comical tale of a mad tranny from Burnley in the north of England; how a little boy who secretly wore their sister’s dresses, moved to Berlin, became a Drag King, gr… 

Awake, Gay and Writing a Play

Awake, Gay and Writing a Play

Preaching the word to thousands in football stadiums and evangelising undercover in China, amidst 30 years of door-knocking, and all the while the sound of sexuality was knocking l… 

'78 Things I Don’t Want to Tell You About the Love of My Life

'78 Things I Don’t Want to Tell You About the Love of My Life

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is famous for glitz, glitter and glamour, but it started with megaphones and violence. 

Faces of Glasgow

Faces of Glasgow

Vile, vulgar and scabrous, there is an indefatigable and irrepressible sense of humour that accompanies the Glaswegian working class and their spirit. 

A Trilogy: blood (line)

A Trilogy: blood (line)

Many people wish to be famous, successful, or simply stand out from the crowd. 

The Fruity Prince

The Fruity Prince

The Virgin Queen? I don’t think so! Lizzy I has got a son and he might just be a little bit fruity. 

Queer Folks' Tales

Queer Folks' Tales

Storytellers from a range of backgrounds, ages and cultures share stories of LGBTQ+ lives past, present and future. 

Shelf: Teenage Men

Shelf: Teenage Men

In their last show, Hair, Shelf joked about being mistaken for teenage boys. 

Heidi Regan: Finding an Inner Peace That All Your Friends Will Envy

Heidi Regan: Finding an Inner Peace That All Your Friends Will Envy

Join me as I put the fun back into searching for meaning in a chaotic universe, if we agree to spell universe as ‘fun-iverse’ which I believe we agreed to. 

The Ocean And The Star

The Ocean And The Star

A writer urges a star to come down to earth and collaborate with him on a play. 

Ivories

Ivories

What do you get when A24’s golden renaissance of horror is captured through a propulsive and urgent tragicomedy? This haunting, bitingly funny thriller theatre follows nonbinary pl… 

Lino

Lino

A story of admiration seeping into identity, Em walks the tightrope of what he knows to be true and what he wishes were true. 

A Gay Dad

A Gay Dad

If you can’t hate yourself, how the hell you gonna hate anyone else? Makes you laugh. Makes you think. 

Becky Fury: Identity

Becky Fury: Identity

EdFest award winner presents a left-wing love letter to being queer-ish, mixed race-ish and British-ish. 

Nicola Macri: Single Entendre

Nicola Macri: Single Entendre

I’m taking sexy away again. 

Ben Hodge: It's a Boy? (WIP)

Ben Hodge: It's a Boy? (WIP)

It’s a Boy? is from the wildly creative comic mind of Ben Hodge, Liverpool Echo’s Top 30 under 30 and winner of Into Film Documentary of the Year 2020. 

Alphabet Soup – Serving Hot LGBTQIA+ Comedy Brunch

Alphabet Soup – Serving Hot LGBTQIA+ Comedy Brunch

Queer Comedy Brunch unlike any other! Strap-in and strap-on because Alphabet Soup is taking over Le Monde Hotel’s Shanghai Nightclub and serving up world-class LGBTQIA+ comedians, … 

The Museum Trip

The Museum Trip

The young intellectual Nico is uncontrollably addicted to museums. 

The Real William Shakespeare... As Told by Christopher Marlowe

The Real William Shakespeare... As Told by Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe is forever fated to be associated with his peer and likely chum William Shakespeare. 

Alan Turing – Guilty of Love

Alan Turing – Guilty of Love

Everyone knows about the code-breaking genius of Alan Turing, but behind the mathematical genius lay a man of great passion. 

The Wonderful Everyday

The Wonderful Everyday

Welcome to everyone’s favourite flat-pack megacorporation’s new reality TV show! The premise is simple – people are profitable. 

RENT

RENT

La vie Bohème! I can’t believe it’s been nearly 30 years since the rock musical RENT hit the stage and almost 20 years from the film version. 

Antonio!

Antonio!

Our first impression when seeing Antonio! is that it’s chaotic and hedonistic, a impression that is quickly proven to be correct, but in a gloriously celebratory way. 

DARLING BOY

DARLING BOY

On the surface, this is yet another 'coming out' story. 

Andrew Frank: Ecstatic Blasphemy

Andrew Frank: Ecstatic Blasphemy

Named one of the Best Undiscovered Comedians in America by Thrillist Magazine, Seattle comedian Andrew Frank delivers a hilarious set about growing up as a pastor’s kid, finding qu… 

Elle Fire: Queen of the O-Rings

Elle Fire: Queen of the O-Rings

Let the Queen of the O-rings take you on an epic quest! In the face of mortal danger from repressive forces she must engage in a cosmic battle to fight for the survival & freedom o… 

Hipsteria by Josefina Lopez

Hipsteria by Josefina Lopez

Single mother, community activist and advocate, Lucha, and her teenage son Freddie are evicted from their apartment in East Los Angeles to make room for a Doggie Day Care. 

Gerard Noir

Gerard Noir

This is a glorious experience from the opening theme tune, through commercial breaks, down to the 'traditional' preview of the next episode. 

Character Flaw

Character Flaw

Step into the world of neurodivergence with Pip and experience a captivating journey through her life with ADHD. 

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down

The show is performed by a brilliant pair of queer, tumbling, absurdist clowns. 

Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go

Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go

In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye… 

Queer Street

Queer Street

Once upon a time, a load of gays and their cishet best friend walk into a bookshop, looking for love. 

Nail Polish

Nail Polish

New Year’s Eve, London. 

Kissing a Fool

Kissing a Fool

Kissing a Fool is a queer clown-cabaret musical tribute to George Michael. 

He Wears It Well

He Wears It Well

Roleplay, costume and fanfiction form an intimate and fundamental spark within a new queer relationship. 

Spend the Night with Tiffany Black

Spend the Night with Tiffany Black

A WIP comedy-cabaret show, tracking one woman’s life from the same night every year of her life, from childhood sleepovers to first sexual experiences and her changing relationship… 

May Contain Traces of Nuts.

May Contain Traces of Nuts.

In an isolated village, a group of teenagers seek to find their place in the world. 

Packed House

Packed House

A cocksure and impassioned performance. 

Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go

Hi Ho Hi Ho, It's Off To Work I Go

In this biographical burlesque, a confessional cabaret, Phillipe will sing and dance you through his boyhood on the Broadway stage, teenage nights in the discos of Hollywood, 20 ye… 

Becoming Virgin

Becoming Virgin

Heavily influenced by his alter ego Quentin Crisp, seasoned raconteur Robert Inston charts family, career, education and domestic nightmares – aspects of how their lives converge… 

Dean Misdale – Life's a Drag

Dean Misdale – Life's a Drag

Winner of Best Cabaret and Variety Show at Fringe World 2022, Life’s a Drag takes you on a reality-shaking rollercoaster ride of what it really takes to be a queen! Vocal powerhous… 

Drag Queen Story Hour

Drag Queen Story Hour

Drag Queen Story Hour: the theatrical experience is here! (Oh no they aren’t?) Oh yes they are! What do you get when you cross fabulously inclusive stories and fabulously dressed d… 

Drag Queens vs Vampires

Drag Queens vs Vampires

There is nothing campier than flying to Transylvania to perform in the Eurovision Song Contest. 

Sam See: Government Approved Sex

Sam See: Government Approved Sex

***** (On The Mic, podcast) **** (FestMag. 

Joe Sutherland Is Cancelled

Joe Sutherland Is Cancelled

Fresh from a TV appearance two years ago, Joe Sutherland returns with a brand-new PR strategy. 

David Ian: (Just a) Perfect Gay

David Ian: (Just a) Perfect Gay

In his debut hour, David Ian attempts a huge feat: to answer the question that many gay men think about their entire lives. 

Comedy Queers

Comedy Queers

Comedy Queers is a spicy mix of outrageous queer comedians, cabaret and drag acts. 

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms Late-Night Cabaret

Paradise Palms’ infamous late-night cabaret returns with the usual intoxicated blend of raucous stage antics, cocktails and beautifully behaved rowdiness. 

Daniel-Ryan Spaulding: Power Gay!

Daniel-Ryan Spaulding: Power Gay!

After a decade of performing all over the world, in over 50 countries and countless viral videos, European-Canadian comedy star Daniel-Ryan Spaulding brings his new solo show to th… 

52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals

52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals

Taking verbatim theatre into a new realm, 52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals is interested in how real life becomes performance and vice versa. 

The Rotting Hart

The Rotting Hart

A young man spends years in isolation when a stranger bursts into his life. 

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

With such an emotionally heavy title as An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People, I was a little worried what to expect from this comedy show. 

Mark Bittlestone: Poofs

Mark Bittlestone: Poofs "R" Us

‘Do I like being gay or should I just get straight conversion therapy?’ is the big, bold question that Mark attempts to answer over the course of 45 minutes. 

Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked

Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked

A young Jehovah’s Witness comes to terms with his sexuality and finds his feet (and high heels. 

After The Act (A Section 28 Musical)

After The Act (A Section 28 Musical)

After The Act (A Section 28 Musical) is an eye-opening performance about Section 28 a series of laws introduced to the UK in the 1980s that prohibited the “promotion of homosexua… 

Twinkle

Twinkle

Arriving at his latest theatre, long-standing pantomime dame Harold Thropp finds that he’s been moved to a dilapidated dressing room. 

Love is Blue

Love is Blue

City trader, Olly, still recovering from the death of his boyfriend, Sam, has a chance encounter with homeless teenager Aaron. 

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story

Do you know the story of Diana? Probably. 

Tickle

Tickle

Davina scouts scallies. 

Boys in the Buff

Boys in the Buff

Have you ever felt judged for not having the right body shape? Not eating the right foods or going to the gym? Our Photoshopped world is not always kind to our feelings of self-wor… 

Sian Davies: This Charming Man

Sian Davies: This Charming Man

Where do you go when your role models let you down? Join award-winning comedian and jumped-up pantry boy Sian on a journey through masculinity and gender identity via Salford Lads … 

Poof!
BOBBY WINNER

Poof!

There is wonder here in Edinburgh, and it is being ignored. 

Kathy Maniura: Objectified

Kathy Maniura: Objectified

Kathy Maniura is ready to be objectified – by which she means pretend to be a bunch of objects live on stage!! In her debut solo show, this award-winning character comedian bring… 

Sing, River

Sing, River

The magic and mystery of midsummer combine with things past and present in Sing, River, written and performed by Nathaniel Jones of Love Song Productions at the Pleasance Courtyard… 

Jodie Mitchell: Becoming John Travulva

Jodie Mitchell: Becoming John Travulva

Award-winning ‘brilliant. 

Four Felons and a Funeral

Four Felons and a Funeral

Whatever you may think Four Felons and a Funeral is going to be when booking the ticket, I can guarantee that it is wildly different than what happens onstage. 

Sam Lake: Aspiring DILF

Sam Lake: Aspiring DILF

Sam Lake wants to be a Daddy. 

Paul Sinha: Pauly Bengali

Paul Sinha: Pauly Bengali

Acclaimed comedian, daytime TV star and global TikTok sensation, Paul Sinha is at least two of these. 

Break Up With Your Boyfriend

Break Up With Your Boyfriend

Cassie is a hot mess. 

Liz Guterbock: Geriatric Millennial

Liz Guterbock: Geriatric Millennial

Dual national. 

MEMBER

MEMBER

Life is swell, until Corey finds himself by his son’s hospital bed, the victim of a brutal attack. 

Mary O'Connell: Money Princess

Mary O'Connell: Money Princess

Mary O’Connell is conflicted: she hates capitalism but she loves to shop. 

Kuan-wen Huang: Ilha Formosa

Kuan-wen Huang: Ilha Formosa

In his debut hour, Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show nominee and ‘Taiwanese force of nature’ (Chortle. 

YUCK Circus

YUCK Circus

Staged in George Square’s magical spiegeltent, YUCK puts a feminist spin on traditional circus, packing out the space with shrieks of laughter. 

The Disney Delusion

The Disney Delusion

The Disney Delusion is an off-beat stand-up hour from Leif Oleson-Cormack about a less than magical trip to Disneyland, that explores identity, the nature of love and parasocial re… 

Sophie Santos… is Codependent

Sophie Santos… is Codependent

Sophie Santos…Is Codependent details Santos’ journey through their breakup, narrating the tale combining both comic storytelling and song, embodying conversations with their pe… 

Good Morning, Faggi

Good Morning, Faggi

Good Morning, Faggi is a vulnerable and hilarious autobiographical musical where a gay actor in his prime tries to understand why he suffered a sudden nervous breakdown. 

Fabulett 1933

Fabulett 1933

Berlin, February 1933. 

30 and Out

30 and Out

‘Mum, I’m a lesbian. 

Buff

Buff

The Edinburgh Fringe is increasingly awash with solo shows – primarily because of spiralling accommodation costs. 

Split Lip

Split Lip

Ginava just can’t seem to get their head straight. 

You and Me

You and Me

Man meets man. 

Lachlan Werner – Voices Of Evil

Lachlan Werner – Voices Of Evil

The horrifying debut from the award-winning poof prince of puppets. 

Clown Sex

Clown Sex

Join Gary Strange in the London sewers as he encounters stories of bad sex, sad sex and clown sex. 

Actually, Love

Actually, Love

Goya Theatre’s new musical Actually, Love manages to find the sweet spot between being softly tender and incredibly rousing, as it pokes fun at and dismantles various rom-com tro… 

Are You There Margaret? It’s Me, Gahd

Are You There Margaret? It’s Me, Gahd

Uma Gahd, everyone’s favourite unofficial auntie, brings you her one-woman drag comedy. 

Blossoming (You Undo Me)

Blossoming (You Undo Me)

Blossoming (You Undo Me) is a straightforward one-person musical about a young Chinese man growing into his queerness and yet it weaves several narrative threads and theatrical for… 

Party Scene: Chemsex. Community. Crisis.

Party Scene: Chemsex. Community. Crisis.

Journey into the underbelly of queer culture and experience a sweaty pulsing dance theatre show exploring the complexities of desire, intimacy, isolation and addiction. 

Blowhole

Blowhole

Meet Him. 

Hot as Hell

Hot as Hell

Becky, whose best (and only) friend is a demon in a Ouija board, takes us to her first high-school party: filled with horror, karaoke, and awkward interactions. 

Baklâ

Baklâ

Baklâ: noun, Tagalog. 

Looking for Fun?

Looking for Fun?

Navigating growing up gay in a straight world, Looking for fun? explores overcoming gay shame, queer nightlife and dealing with the agony of online gay dating. 

Cara Connors: Straight for Pay

Cara Connors: Straight for Pay

As seen on Just For Laughs, Hulu and Apple TV, Cara Connors is an LA-based comedian, actor, writer and multifaceted homosexual with an ass that won’t quit. 

What You See When Your Eyes Are Closed / What You Don't See When Your Eyes Are Open

What You See When Your Eyes Are Closed / What You Don't See When Your Eyes Are Open

Monster vs Hero, TV Camera vs Reporter, Husband vs Husband: their battles and rituals. 

Trash Salad

Trash Salad

Sex. 

Tana

Tana

Embark on a captivating journey of desire, liberation, and pursuit of queer utopia in a surrealistic tale rooted in reality. 

Public – The Musical

Public – The Musical

Public looks like it could be the next big musical phenomenon to have passed through the Fringe. 

Junk Monkey

Junk Monkey

Have you ever had an all-consuming infatuation? Have you ever lied to a crush? Have you ever betrayed your boyfriend for a woman?Junk Monkey’s Olivia Mcleod has. 

Sea Words

Sea Words

Chris and Christine are a seasoned seaside double act. 

Pitch

Pitch

A bold, joyful, goal-scoring exploration of the relationship between football and the queer community. 

A Gay and a NonGay

A Gay and a NonGay

James Barr and Dan Hudson present the UK’s funniest LGBTQ+ podcast live, with iconic special guests. 

Hands And Flowers

Hands And Flowers

Attachment styles, Yiddish drag, Bergson’s theory of time. 

Sound Cistem

Sound Cistem

Two transgender performers say ‘up yours!’ to the gender binary and invite you to their radical dance party! Under disco lights, over pulsing music, a queer celebration takes place… 

Grecian Idolatry

Grecian Idolatry

A young man, Adam, wakes up one day no longer sure if he’s what he says he is. 

Jungle Door

Jungle Door

Jungle Door invites its audience to indulge in the joyous, disheartening, and hopeful moments over a year shared by ex-lovers Michelle and Louise as they rekindle their friendship. 

Game Night

Game Night

One night. 

Wil Hodgson: Barbicidal Tendencies

Wil Hodgson: Barbicidal Tendencies

Comedian, barber, barstool philosopher. 

Abby Wambaugh and Bronwyn Sweeney

Abby Wambaugh and Bronwyn Sweeney

Funny Women finalist and runner-up share the hour in this split bill. 

birthday girl

birthday girl

This is a play about birthdays. 

Why I Hate My Penis

Why I Hate My Penis

Because Grindr hookups never quite go to plan. 

Cottage

Cottage

One man walks into a public bathroom. 

Water Fruit Loops

Water Fruit Loops

You know that friend that just won’t stop sleeping with their ex? Theatre Paradok presents a new piece all about that ex. 

Don't Shoot the Albatross

Don't Shoot the Albatross

Pop music meets poetry in this new monologue about city lights, queer night life and large seafaring birds. 

Simon Fanshawe: The Power of Difference

Simon Fanshawe: The Power of Difference

Perrier Award-winning comedy legend Simon Fanshawe is returning to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in decades with the live show based on his book, The Power Of Difference. 

Andrea Spisto: El Dizzy Beast

Andrea Spisto: El Dizzy Beast

Are you just a teenage dirtbag, baby? Wanna watch weird vids and drink morning coffee with me, maybe? This is a show about a queer, autistic, Latinx, caterpillar on the edge. 

Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith

Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith

For centuries philosophers have asked the question, Who am I? But it’s now time to ask, Am I Sam Smith? Through the camp ecstasy of comedy cabaret, Dan Wye, creator of Séayoncé, … 

Gayboys

Gayboys

Two gay men are here to perform for your pleasure. 

Constellations

Constellations

Theatre Paradok presents a fresh, LGBTQIA+ take on Constellations by Nick Payne. 

KC Finn: Free Agent

KC Finn: Free Agent

Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s. 

Julie: The Musical

Julie: The Musical

Worshipped opera singer. 

Angela Bra: Life Lessons

Angela Bra: Life Lessons

Singer/songwriter, rising star on social media and part-time primary school music teacher, Miss Angela Bra invites you to share in her words of wisdom as an international online su… 

Carmilla

Carmilla

Before there was Dracula, there was Carmilla. 

How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Movie Musical CATS

How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Movie Musical CATS

A show that provides a jellicle discussion about the jellicle aspects of the jellicle cats in CATS and how you can apply them to your life in order to make it truly jellicle. 

Adventures of Straker

Adventures of Straker

Peter Straker has one of the greatest, sweetest voices in British theatre, a unique performer who has starred in original productions of Hair and Tommy. 

Love and Piss

Love and Piss

Love and Piss is both a carnival of rebellion and a celebration of queer identity. 

Hart

Hart

A transgender doctor in early 20th-century America is outed in the newspapers by his best friend. 

Real, Mad World

Real, Mad World

Real, Mad World is a brilliant piece of new writing following the joys and heartbreaks of trans life. 

Bella Donna

Bella Donna

From award-winning director and acclaimed playwright, Laura J Harris, Bella Donna is an original queer comedy filled with unexpected twists and turns and more than its fair share o… 

Jodie Mitchell and Hannah Platt: Thanks for Sharing

Jodie Mitchell and Hannah Platt: Thanks for Sharing

Split hour of stand-up from rising stars ‘brilliant. 

Robert Garnham, Yay!

Robert Garnham, Yay!

Robert is a poet. 

The Silver Bell

The Silver Bell

A tale as old as time: boy meets boy, boy loses boy, boy punches hole in universe to get boy back. 

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down

The rodeo is the best place in the world. 

Creepy Boys

Creepy Boys

Twin orphans The Creepy Boys are throwing their very first birthday party. 

The Stones

The Stones

In the aftermath of a terrible break-up, Nick takes a job out of town as a private tutor to two young children. 

Gigless Live

Gigless Live

Lockdown phenomenon Gigless goes live! New material from your favourite comedians, as always, presided over by Catherine Bohart, Helen Bauer and Andrew White. 

Gigless Live

Gigless Live

Lockdown phenomenon Gigless goes live! New material from your favourite comedians, as always, presided over by Catherine Bohart, Helen Bauer and Andrew White. 

KC Finn: Free Agent

KC Finn: Free Agent

Life is filled with the queerest things, none more so than the machinations of a mind like KC Finn’s. 

Reclaiming Harry

Reclaiming Harry

You‘ve read the books and seen the movies. 

Miss DQ Prides Again

Miss DQ Prides Again

Drag, LGBT, Inclusive, Gay 

Late-Night Tropical Cabaret

Late-Night Tropical Cabaret

Paradise Palms’ infamous buffet of raucous cabaret and queer performance alongside comedy, spoken word and the darn-right ridiculous. 

A Two Woman Hamlet

A Two Woman Hamlet

It’s pretty much what it sounds like! Two women using nothing but their imaginations, a skull and a couple of fancy scarves bring a fast-paced, inventive and surprisingly joyful pr… 

Queenz – The Show With Balls!

Queenz – The Show With Balls!

The trailblazing drag extravaganza taking the UK by storm. 

Geriatric Millennial (Work in Progress)

Geriatric Millennial (Work in Progress)

Liz Guterbock (2022 Union Jack Radio Ones to Watch, 2021 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee, 2020 British Comedy Guide Pro Performance Award nominee, 2019 Funny Women A… 

Heidi Regan Gives Birth Live on Stage Every Night or Your Money Back

Heidi Regan Gives Birth Live on Stage Every Night or Your Money Back

Fade In: Heidi sits at her desk writing the blurb for this show. 

The Bleeding Obvious

The Bleeding Obvious

What happens when you tumble out of the big pink closet and across the LGBTQ+ spectrum in a sprawling queer heap? Well, life is never quite as straight as it seems. 

The Virgin Travels

The Virgin Travels

‘Mea culpa. 

Clandestina Queer Comedy Triple Bill

Clandestina Queer Comedy Triple Bill

Clandestina is a queer women, trans and non-binary-led comedy show. 

Faces of Glasgow

Faces of Glasgow

Faces of Glasgow is a scabrous and salacious satire of modern Glaswegian city life and its idiosyncratic inhabitants. 

Twinkle

Twinkle

A one-man revenger’s comedy chronicling a forgotten history and a dying art. 

Audrey's Art Club

Audrey's Art Club

Expect sticky lips, foil dinosaurs and a whirligig of love in Audrey’s Art Club. 

A Two Woman Hamlet

A Two Woman Hamlet

It’s pretty much what it sounds like! Two women using nothing but their imaginations, a skull and a couple of fancy scarves bring a fast-paced, inventive and surprisingly joyful pr… 

Fabulett 1933

Fabulett 1933

A queer one-person musical featuring music, ideas and lives classified as ‘degenerate’ by the Nazis as well as original songs. 

Soho Boy

Soho Boy

Young, trendy Spencer leaves home and hits Soho like a whirlwind in a journey of love, laughter, heartbreak and happiness. 

Brother's Keeper

Brother's Keeper

About courageous survival, the play tracks the journey of the central character, William, from ten years old to middle age. 

The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck

The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck

Completely sold out in 2014 and 2018. 

Blink and You'll Miss It

Blink and You'll Miss It

Blink and You’ll Miss It is the incredible, one-man show from Terry Geo, writer and director of Blink of an Eye. 

Snog! Marry! Kill!

Snog! Marry! Kill!

Hungry for a three-course meal? Join the unholy trinity of drag deities – Persephone Porcelynn, Velvet Caveat and Charlene Collins – for an interactive evening of chaos and deb… 

Let's Try Gay

Let's Try Gay

The Edinburgh Fringe may have a porn addiction. 

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down

The rodeo is the best place in the world. 

The Disgraceful Club

The Disgraceful Club

On tour from London’s Bush Hall, The Disgraceful Club is a wild Friday night of comedy hosted by the audacious queen of no shame, critically acclaimed, ‘one of the funniest women i… 

Horrible Herstories

Horrible Herstories

Oi! You! Think you know your history? Well you’ve got it all wrong, buster! Let us show you how things really were – Churchill? Abe Lincoln? Guy Fawkes? Boring! Who you really … 

Speaking From The Body

Speaking From The Body

‘A dancer of tremendous joy’ **** (Fest, 2014). 

The Gay Train

The Gay Train

‘They said it’s your fault. 

Rob Kemp: Agenda

Rob Kemp: Agenda

I saw a Mario-themed stag do yesterday. 

I just like you | a gay myth

I just like you | a gay myth

An intimate two-hander about the messy complexities of the contemporary gay dating experience. 

Becoming Chavela

Becoming Chavela

Iconic Mexican singer Chavela Vargas – a trailblazer who constantly broke the mold – was edgy in the 1990s and is totally relevant today because her story pushes so many hot to… 

Don’t Take That Tune With Me!

Don’t Take That Tune With Me!

International comedian Long Hu has returned from Beijing bringing his vaudeville style comedy with him. 

Some Other Mirror

Some Other Mirror

A solo show about a gender identity crisis, in the high-pressure isolation of lockdown. 

Fallen Rose

Fallen Rose

Look through the smoke. 

Wilf

Wilf

Calvin is going to revolutionise his life. 

TV Apocalypse

TV Apocalypse

The world will end in seven days. 

Becoming Austin Nation

Becoming Austin Nation

Becoming Austin Nation. 

Comedy Queers

Comedy Queers

The 2018/19 cult, sell-out queer kiki returns! A spicy late-night mix of outrageous queer comedians, cabaret and drag acts. 

Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It

Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It

Eliott has never cared for sex. 

Sam See: Government-Approved Sex

Sam See: Government-Approved Sex

‘There’s real steel in his comedic bones’ **** (BroadwayBaby. 

Rob Madge: My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do)

Rob Madge: My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do)

When Rob was 12, they attempted a full-blown Disney parade in their house for their grandma. 

Andrew White (But Not in a Gay Way)

Andrew White (But Not in a Gay Way)

Sex. 

Kate Butch: Wuthering Shites

Kate Butch: Wuthering Shites

Kate Butch, the Comic Sans of Drag, is back in Edinburgh. 

The LOL Word

The LOL Word

Love queer comedy? Bored of cis male comedians? Don’t worry, the queer women, trans and non-binary stand-up sensation is back with another epically gay show featuring incredible LG… 

Ganesh and Cydney's Clinic

Ganesh and Cydney's Clinic

Imagine if Prince and Mae West were best friends. 

Marrow

Marrow

Marrow is a love letter to memory and to what makes us: us. 

Horseplay: Bareback

Horseplay: Bareback

Absurd character comedy. 

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Forty, single and ready to mingle; join lifelong friends, Annie Sup and Angela Bra, for a drag-infused comedy of musical mirth celebrating friendship and new beginnings on a bar cr… 

Angela Bra: Life Lessons

Angela Bra: Life Lessons

Singer/songwriter, rising star on social media and part-time primary school music teacher, Miss Angela Bra invites you to share in her words of wisdom as an international online su… 

Tom DeTrinis: I HATE NEW YORK

Tom DeTrinis: I HATE NEW YORK

I HATE NEW YORK is a gay-tastic solo debut from self-professed rage-a-holic, Tom DeTrinis, that offers up a non-stop, hilarious litany of grievances. 

Fabulous Father Lee

Fabulous Father Lee

Father Lee has left the confines of your TikTok For You Page and is alive and, well. 

Make Me Your Queen

Make Me Your Queen

Game changer of an act Sam Serrano showcases their trademark self-deprecating and dark style in their debut show, Make Me Your Queen. 

Existential Queer

Existential Queer

An hour of raucous queer comedy hosted by award-winning comedians Kate Martin and Daniel Foxx. 

Gash Theatre Needs Some Space

Gash Theatre Needs Some Space

Boy, you’re an alien. 

Lottie Plachett Took a Hatchett

Lottie Plachett Took a Hatchett

A camp play on the Lizzie Borden case, Lottie Plachett Took a Hatchet is a comedy about axe murder, sexual depravity, and the installation of a toilet. 

One Bite Only

One Bite Only

Alternative comedy extravaganza from two bizarre characters! See The Daft Duo as their solo performance personas in this double-bill. 

Joseph Parsons: Equaliser

Joseph Parsons: Equaliser

Swept up by the Lionesses’ historic win at the Euros, I booked to see Joseph Parsons: Equaliser. 

How to Build a Wax Figure

How to Build a Wax Figure

Girl meets anatomical wax sculptor. 

Chris Hall and Mark Bittlestone: Two Sour Gays

Chris Hall and Mark Bittlestone: Two Sour Gays

One of the (many) great things about Fringe is that new comics, who don’t yet have an hour’s worth of material, can buddy up to put on a show — Chris Hall and Mark Bittleston… 

Lee Brophy: False Prophet

Lee Brophy: False Prophet

‘False Prophet’ is the backstory of how an Irish comedian accidentally convinced millions of people across the world into believing that he was a fun, forgiving, and – most imp… 

Paul Black: Self-Care Era

Paul Black: Self-Care Era

Writer and performer Paul Black brings his theatre show Self-Care Era to the Fringe for the first time. 

Who Murdered My Cat?

Who Murdered My Cat?

Following sell-out shows at VAULT Festival, Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, award-winning storyteller and professional over-sharer Roann Hassani McCloskey returns with another f… 

Laugh Etc: Parisian Comedy Night

Laugh Etc: Parisian Comedy Night

Unfiltered compilation show, where the hecklers are being heckled. 

Happy Meal

Happy Meal

By Tabby Lamb (they/she). 

Dan Tiernan: Cherub

Dan Tiernan: Cherub

Dan Tiernan is a gay, Mancunian, dinner lady with dyspraxia but he’s also the sweetest little angel that ever lived. 

In PurSUEt

In PurSUEt

Woman is sat in a therapist’s office. 

Love and Sex on the Spectrum

Love and Sex on the Spectrum

It’s four years since George Steeves brought his Magic 8 Ball show to Edinburgh, winning the heart and mind of at least this reviewer with such an honest, bold theatrical collage… 

Confetti

Confetti

Uptight and unlucky in love, Felix is the ‘mate of honour’ for his best friend’s wedding. 

Shelf: Hair

Shelf: Hair

Shelf are a musical comedy double act. 

Eve: All About Her

Eve: All About Her

Award-winning actor and cabaret artist, Keith Ramsay, blends live music and and spoken word to deconstruct the concepts of camp and queer mythology for a post-Stonewall generation. 

Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not

Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not

50% Polish, 50% Italian, 100% legend. 

Séayoncé: Res-Erection (Seayonce)

Séayoncé: Res-Erection (Seayonce)

The baddest b!tch in the spirit world is back, the legendary Ghost Whisperer Séayoncé! What better way to feel alive again than with a big throbbing res-erection? Ghouls just wan… 

The MP, Aunty Mandy and Me

The MP, Aunty Mandy and Me

Award-winning writer and actor Rob Ward returns to the Fringe with his latest creation The MP, Aunty Mandy & Me. 

Aidan Sadler: Tropicana

Aidan Sadler: Tropicana

Join queer cabaret icon Aidan Sadler as they take you on the award-winning journey to Tropicana! Nothing is safe from ridicule so be led on an exploration of body image, heteronorm… 

Lizard Boy

Lizard Boy

During a bizarre childhood accident, Trevor was drenched head to toe in dragon’s blood. 

Never Let Go: An Unauthorized Retelling of James Cameron’s Titanic

Never Let Go: An Unauthorized Retelling of James Cameron’s Titanic

Never Let Go is a thrilling, hilarious one-man show the New York Times calls ‘a feat of ingenuity’. 

Jen Ives: Peak Trans

Jen Ives: Peak Trans

As the discourse on trans people becomes more toxic in the UK – comedian, trans woman and nuisance Jen Ives is here to sort it all out, hun. 

Blood, Sweat and Vaginas

Blood, Sweat and Vaginas

Blood, Sweat and Vaginas is Paula David’s fantastic journey of self-discovery, sexuality and comedic blunders. 

Delicious Fruit

Delicious Fruit

Ayden and Lizard want to be cool, sexually-liberated queers. 

No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home

Watching No Place Like Home was an experience unlike any other I’ve had so far at the Fringe. 

Sap

Sap

After an uncomfortable fling with an average guy, a woman falls in love in one of the few remaining lesbian bars that haven’t yet been colonised by Pret. 

Simon David: White Gay

Simon David: White Gay

Simon David belongs to the most toxic, self-destructive (and annoying!) demographic there is: the white gay. 

Robyn Perkins: Million Dollar Maybe

Robyn Perkins: Million Dollar Maybe

Think you’re tough? Funny? Bisexual? Prove it. 

Wreckage

Wreckage

‘I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you. 

Something in the Water

Something in the Water

‘Enter into a wacky world of sea monsters in high heels and angry mobs with tiny pitchforks’ (InDaily. 

Jeena Bloom: The Homecoming Queen

Jeena Bloom: The Homecoming Queen

This is the funny and sad story store of one transgender woman’s journey through America from both sides of the gender line. 

Ode to Joy (How Gordon got to go to the nasty pig party)

Ode to Joy (How Gordon got to go to the nasty pig party)

Playwright/director James Ley first gained some attention as a co-producer and writer of Leith-based The Village Pub Theatre, which provided performing space to a fresh band of act… 

Chloe Petts: Transience

Chloe Petts: Transience

Join rising star and ‘very funny’ (Guardian) Chloe Petts, as she presents her debut show at the Edinburgh Fringe. 

Ryan Lane Will Be There Now in a Minute

Ryan Lane Will Be There Now in a Minute

An investigation into Welsh and queer identity or a show for anyone with a complex relationship to home. 

Grandmother's Closet

Grandmother's Closet

An autobiographical musical adventure that promises mischief and mash-ups, dresses and divas, and a whole lot of heart. 

The Chosen Haram

The Chosen Haram

A graduate of London’s National Centre for Circus Arts, Sadiq Ali brings humour, sensuality, and skill to this tale of boy meets boy, boy gets into the club scene and chemsex, bo… 

Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy

Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy

Dealing with grief is something that is very difficult because it’s so personal and particular to the individual. 

In PurSUEt

In PurSUEt

Woman is sat in a therapist’s office. 

Britney: Friends and Nothing More

Britney: Friends and Nothing More

Fresh from their universally adored BBC Three pilot, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson make their long-awaited return to the Fringe with a sketch show about love. 

Rajesh and Naresh

Rajesh and Naresh

A feel-good love story. 

Sex With Friends (and Other Tiny Catastrophes)

Sex With Friends (and Other Tiny Catastrophes)

We’ve all been there. 

Run

Run

Jonathan Smeed is making his Edinburgh Festival Fringe debut in Run by Stephen Laughton at Lauriston Halls, courtesy of No Frills Theatre Company. 

Femme Ta Bouche

Femme Ta Bouche

Femme Ta Bouche: a gender-bending cabaret star with cancer, cooped up in rural Arkansas, wants to make a statement. 

Tropicana

Tropicana

Billed as ‘the future of queer comedy cabaret’ Tropicana is Aidan Sadler’s 80’s solo show of classic queer hits at the suitably late hour of 23:15 at theSpaceTriplex. 

The Mannequin

The Mannequin

Das Stuck’s The Mannequin is a contemporary Edda of intertwining tales: bohemians enwrapped in the fashion industry whilst isolated in the LGBTQ+ community. 

Dark Play or Stories for Boys

Dark Play or Stories for Boys

Nick is 14 years old. 

The Heresy Machine

The Heresy Machine

The Heresy Machine, by Seth Majnoon, claims to be about Alan Turing. 

HOTTER

HOTTER

Making a show with your ex must be awkward, right? Maybe. 

Sad Eyes to Smile With

Sad Eyes to Smile With

Activising For Change are an Edinburgh-based theatre group and the brains behind 2018’s emotive performance of 147Hz Can’t Pass, an intimate window into the experiences of livi… 

In PurSUEt

In PurSUEt

A show about a Sue Perkins stan who has a life-size cardboard cut-out of the former Great British Bake Off presenter and an unwavering belief that she “will be glad to have someb… 

Suicide Pact

Suicide Pact

Any piece of art that tackles a complicated subject like mental health is worthwhile. 

Marrow

Marrow

Another Fringe day, another single figure on a stage dissecting a “big issue of today”. 

Meatball Séance

Meatball Séance

As the caffeine levels increase and you approach the final week of the Festival Fringe, it is a fair observation to make that your shock tolerance increases. 

Misfit Warrior

Misfit Warrior

It would seem a contradiction in terms that an autobiographical show about one man’s experience with HIV, cancer and mental health issues could have an audience laughing quite so… 

Le Monocle

Le Monocle

Tiff Milner (writer/director) presents a well-researched retelling of a lesbian herstory, set in twentieth century Paris, at the eponymous the lesbian bar Le Monocle. 

Bitch, Antigone

Bitch, Antigone

Noises Off meets Antigone with a lot of great dick jokes thrown in for good measure! Bitch, Antigone from Australia’s Out Cast Theatre and writer Steven Dawson, is a hilarious go… 

Thief by Liam Rudden

Thief by Liam Rudden

The Edinburgh Fringe programme’s standard listing format provides a simple yet clear message about Thief at the Hill Street Theatre. 

Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger

Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger

It is often a challenge to take a piece of original writing that has already achieved success at the Fringe and do something new with it. 

Andrea Spisto: Butch Princesa

Andrea Spisto: Butch Princesa

Here's a new twist on the cabaret variety show: one woman performs the whole variety. 

For Only an Hour

For Only an Hour

I can guarantee that you aren’t ready for For Only An Hour, the brain- and body- and life- and love- child of dancer Phil Sanger. 

Too Pretty to Punch

Too Pretty to Punch

There are 36 shows at the Fringe by trans performers, according to the TransFringe hashtag on Twitter, and Edalia Day’s Too Pretty to Punch might be the only one that’s both ce… 

Polaris

Polaris

Hannah Raymond-Cox brings an intricate mix of storytelling and poetry to take us on a tour of her life – growing up in three different countries, being queer, and all the complex… 

Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist

Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist

Tilda Swinton (pronounced Swin-tone): human actress, alien from Jupiter or mystical spirit guide? Perhaps we’ll never know – this show certainly does little to provide us with … 

Tom Lenk Is Trash

Tom Lenk Is Trash

Rarely is a title so apt. 

Pink Lemonade

Pink Lemonade

Writer and performer Mika Johnson delivers a powerful, poignant and relatable queer narrative, which voices the story of a masculine-identifying lesbian, navigating life and love t… 

Sketch You Up!

Sketch You Up!

Sketch You Up! bills itself as “Catherine Tate meets Little Britain”, and mostly manages to replicate the character-driven performances that made Tate, Walliams and Lucas house… 

Yours Sincerely

Yours Sincerely

Will Jackson is in a bit of a pickle. 

Shattered

Shattered

As a reviewer, there are several situations that I normally hope to avoid while covering the Fringe: it may surprise you, given that essentially I’m here to force my opinion on you… 

James Barr: Thirst Trap

James Barr: Thirst Trap

James Barr is single. 

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Meet Sam Morrison: a 24-year old American comedian with a theatrical flair and a penchant for daddies. 

Son of Dyke

Son of Dyke

I have a slight confession of bias. 

John Pendal: Monster

John Pendal: Monster

Known better for his kink-based comedy, John Pendal returns this year to the Fringe with a different angle to a similar style he employs, one that combines his witty sexual quips w… 

Since U Been Gone

Since U Been Gone

No one ever said that life was easy, but it’s what you make of it which defines who you are. 

Collapsible

Collapsible

Collapsible follows the story of Essie, who at the outset feels like she’s crumbling. 

Zach Zimmerman: Clean Comedy

Zach Zimmerman: Clean Comedy

New Yorker Zach Zimmerman packs a breath-taking number of laughs into his 50-minute slot; delivering a narrative about the relationship with his mother at a speed that leaves no ti… 

Bi-Cycle

Bi-Cycle

Bi-Cycle is the low-cardio, sweat-drenched sexual awakening you never knew you needed. 

Algorithms

Algorithms

This raucous monologue from Sadie Clark gives us a tale of dating and identity from the bleeding edge of the 21st century. 

The LOL Word

The LOL Word

Edinburgh Fringe – and let’s be honest, the comedy world in general – is saturated with male comedians. 

A Very British Lesbian

A Very British Lesbian

Fiona Goodwin has written and performed this piece as the ultimate coming out story. 

Confirmation

Confirmation

Part-biographical, part-political, part-musical, part-magical. 

Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous

Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous

There’s a delightful pantomime-esque quality to Alfie Ordinary, who welcomes us into his world for this hour of song, dance, puppetry and even a spot of gymnastics. 

Fudge

Fudge

A gay themed Friends for the Grindr generation, Fudge, playing now at the Gilded Ballroom Patter House, is a funny slice of gay life play. 

Piano_Play

Piano_Play

While watching Piano_Play it is easy to be taken in by the illusion which the show sets up. 

Traumgirl

Traumgirl

Traumgirl explores the myths and stereotypes around sex work, laying bare the women behind the industry in a bold narrative which will change the preconceptions of anyone who didn�… 

Like a Sturgeon

Like a Sturgeon

Edinburgh-raised drag queen Ripley makes his Fringe debut this year with Like A Sturgeon. 

James Dean Is Dead! (Long Live James Dean)

James Dean Is Dead! (Long Live James Dean)

Springing up from the wreckage of his famous car (a Spider), James Dean talks honestly, candidly and sometimes with discomfort about his life. 

From Today Everything Changes

From Today Everything Changes

Before Chris’s wife died, she made him promise to be himself. 

Queer Words

Queer Words

Three performers on stage present an intriguing blend of poetry and dance. 

Red and Boiling

Red and Boiling

Red and Boiling is an entertaining cabaret-style show with some serious undertones. 

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Curious Pheasant Theatre reinvents the Bard’s most famous tale of ‘star-cross’d’ lovers in a bare-bones, twisted production that will have purists running for shelter and a… 

The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck

The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck

Melbourne’s Out Cast Theatre company, using ‘bits of Mr Oscar Wilde’, as stated on the flyer, return a sort-of version of The Importance of Being Earnest to the Edinburgh Fri… 

Sod's Law

Sod's Law

From the humid and dark recesses of Greenside Infirmary Street, a particularly fabulous member of the aristocracy takes us through a rollicking and camp-filled history of homosexua… 

Gypsy Queen

Gypsy Queen

Hope Theatre Company bring us this brutal and beautiful production exploring sexuality through the lens of two boxers. 

Artcoholic

Artcoholic

As you enter the cavernous, tunnel-like venue, the scene is set with cool music playing, whilst the stage is strewn with various artistic accoutrements: an easel, paints, brushes a… 

Free and Proud

Free and Proud

Perhaps it is because of the multi-show venue, or just the financial realities of bringing any production to the Edinburgh Fringe nowadays, but Peter Darney’s production of Charl… 

Dandy Darkly's All Aboard!

Dandy Darkly's All Aboard!

When you step into the venue for Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard, you don’t expect much. 

James Barr: Thirst Trap! – Free

James Barr: Thirst Trap! – Free

Wonderfully unexpected opportunities can occur at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; even more so at the 'Free' variety. 

Really Want to Hurt Me

Really Want to Hurt Me

Self identity, depression, sexual awakenings and The Smiths are all topics central to writer/director Ben SantaMaria’s incredibly touching and heartfelt play about growing up gay… 

Clay Nikiforuk: Fun to Be Around

Clay Nikiforuk: Fun to Be Around

Fun to be Around is an authentic, no-holds-barred narrative about triumphing over psychosis. 

Cazeleon: The Movies in My Mind

Cazeleon: The Movies in My Mind

Cazeleon, the self-proclaimed ‘cabaret chameleon’ – resplendent in monochrome make-up and a jaunty red, wide-brimmed hat - opens her show with a pitch perfect rendition of �… 

Polaris

Polaris

Holly & Ted’s Polaris opens with a slow explanation of the characters the two actors will be playing, frustratingly broken up by the use of a tablet to control an impressive … 

Love Song to Lavender Menace

Love Song to Lavender Menace

We in the L. 

Sirens

Sirens

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if figures from Greek myth were around today? Well, Zoo Co Theatre Company have got you covered. 

Fronting

Fronting

A bold and convention-bashing introspection on the impact of HIV, through the medium of two young gay men. 

Marmite

Marmite

Marmite: it’s the breakfast spread that we apparently love or hate, and the word has – in that way the English language often does – subsequently evolved far wider metaphoric… 

Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist

Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist

Some shows are a must-see simply because of the title, and Tilda Swinton Answers An Ad On Craigslist is about the best title for a play I’ve encountered in several years of revie… 

A Generous Lover

A Generous Lover

A Generous Lover is La JohnJoseph’s heartfelt account of caring for a bipolar partner. 

Scorch

Scorch

Welcomed back to Edinburgh after its rave performances last year, Scorch is new writing for one performer. 

Courtney Act: The Girl from Oz

Courtney Act: The Girl from Oz

From a shared sovereign and a shaky colonial past, to endless daytime reruns of Neighbours and Home and Away on channel 5, plus cricket, Kylie and Rupert Murdoch; Australian export… 

You've Changed

You've Changed

Fitted out in an elegant tuxedo, in an echo of Marlene Dietrich’s revolutionary turn in 1930’s Morocco, Kate O’Donnell is every inch the smooth Old Hollywood dame. 

Big Fat Gay

Big Fat Gay

It was an inauspicious beginning for Martin J Dixon’s new stand-up show, with only 11 audience members, some of whom were loud and rowdy throughout the show. 

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

It’s impossible to miss the irony in the name of the production company behind Priscilla: Queen of the Desert – Car Crash Productions. 

I Am My Own Wife

I Am My Own Wife

One of the good things about the Fringe is that the small scale of most of its venues lead to a sort of intimacy in performance that you get almost nowhere else. 

Commons

Commons

In an upmarket hotel room, two men – one a disgraced politician, the other an ex-rent boy – meet to rekindle old loves and re-open old wounds in this darkly comedic character s… 

A Different Way Home

A Different Way Home

In A Different Way Home we hear from two estranged members of the same family as they share their sides of a complex family story with us – chiefly how they manage grief after lo… 

Bleach

Bleach

There are downsides to most jobs and many come with dangers, hidden or otherwise, but there are usually compensatory factors as well. 

Hans: Mein Camp

Hans: Mein Camp

Certain thoughts are inevitable when you hear the title Hans: Mein Camp, and the chances are they will probably be accurate. 

Gayshit

Gayshit

If I were to condense this review into a single word, it would unfortunately have to be the title. 

Pity Laughs: A Tale of Two Gays

Pity Laughs: A Tale of Two Gays

This show is so much more than a tale of two gays: it is a tale of success. 

Aaron Twitchen: Curtain Twitchen

Aaron Twitchen: Curtain Twitchen

Aaron Twitchen combines aerial circus performance with stand-up comedy. 

Gypsy Queen

Gypsy Queen

Despite Hope Theatre Company’s name, this production did not leave me very hopeful about the issue it was raising – that of discrimination against LGBT people in sport. 

Skin

Skin

Last year, 201 Dance Company shattered the stereotypes associated with hip-hop dance with the critically acclaimed Smother. 

How to Be a Sissy with Percy Q Shun

How to Be a Sissy with Percy Q Shun

The Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight prompts an evening of light-hearted, harmless, 80s-inspired fun. 

Sarah, Sky and Seven Other Guys

Sarah, Sky and Seven Other Guys

“Ah yes. 

5 Guys Chillin'

5 Guys Chillin'

Many an article’s been written on how the gay scene appears dominated by drugs and sex. 

Submission

Submission

Liver and Lung Productions have created something extraordinary in Submission, a new play about the conflict between religion and sexuality. 

Let Me Look at You

Let Me Look at You

Starving Artists are back with a compelling show about homosexuality in which Mark Pinkosh shares how being gay has affected his life. 

The Elephant Girls

The Elephant Girls

Forget lovable rogues and artful dodgers, this uncomfortable monologue tells the true story of a London awash with criminal gangs in the interwar years. 

OUT

OUT

We are presented with two bodies: a loud Jamaican dance hall music and disco lights. 

Smut Slam Cabaret: where sex and storytelling collide

Smut Slam Cabaret: where sex and storytelling collide

Smut Slam is a raucous celebration of sex in all it’s glorious, awkward and heart-warming forms. 

Joe Black: Meet Me At The Eldorado

Joe Black: Meet Me At The Eldorado

In this lushly hilarious show, noir superstar Joe Black conjures up the atmosphere of the Eldorado; the Berlin nightclub that served as a regular haunt for gay men and women before… 

Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous

Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous

It shouldn’t take long for you to notice that despite his name, Alfie Ordinary is as far from the boy next door as you’re likely to get. 

Nicole Henriksen: Techno Glitter Penguins

Nicole Henriksen: Techno Glitter Penguins

My first venture to the Marlborough could not have been more welcoming. 

Canon Warriors

Canon Warriors

Punch, Fleur, Dog and Sid. 

Dive and Summerhall Present... C U Next Tuesday Cabaret

Dive and Summerhall Present... C U Next Tuesday Cabaret

Sometime in between Jak Soroka cracking eggs on her naked body and Sam Reynolds dry humping someone in the audience, you realise nights at Dive’s C U Next Tuesday cabaret can get… 

Panti: High Heels in Low Places

Panti: High Heels in Low Places

Panti Bliss has had a whirlwind of a few years and, naturally, she has more than a few fabulous stories to share. 

Sexual Fears of a Modern Day Virgin

Sexual Fears of a Modern Day Virgin

Sexual Fears of A Modern Day Virgin. 

The Gayest Thing You've Ever Seen

The Gayest Thing You've Ever Seen

Claiming to be the gayest thing in a room full of LGBT people in a gay bar (although straights are welcome too) is quite the boast. 

Dandy Darkly's Myth Mouth!

Dandy Darkly's Myth Mouth!

Louis CK is undoubtedly backstage in the Edinburgh Playhouse, prepping for his show while his audience stretches around the block. 

Pussyfooting

Pussyfooting

Pussyfooting is a project that has been evolving over the course of a year, and, presumably, could continue to go on evolving with its bright new company from Oxford University: Kn… 

Deal with the Dragon

Deal with the Dragon

It’s a familiar scene to many a Fringe-goer: a black-box stage, a chair and an actor with his story. 

Irons

Irons

Irons the new play from writer Colin Chaston certainly pushes the envelope of believability. 

Scorch

Scorch

One of the things I’ve noticed about this year’s Fringe is the number of stellar one-woman shows, and Prime Cut Productions’ Scorch is the best so far. 

Smother

Smother

Hip Hop is a strange medium with which to tackle the homosexual experience. 

John Pendal: International Man of Leather

John Pendal: International Man of Leather

If you think you have seen and done it all, try John Pendal on for size. 

Wayne Carter Teaches You to Be Fabulous

Wayne Carter Teaches You to Be Fabulous

The word “fabulous” is defined as being extraordinary and wonderful, and having no basis in reality. 

Saturday Night Forever

Saturday Night Forever

I’ve left theatres in all sorts of states from elation to depression, anger to jubilation, in tears and totally numb. 

Taiwan Season: Solo Date

Taiwan Season: Solo Date

Looking like a cyberpunk priest, Tsai Pao-Chang’s hero is swamped in technology — AI, encrypted files and dating sites. 

5 Guys Chillin'

5 Guys Chillin'

If your idea of chillin’ is sitting in the armchair with a cup of cocoa and a novel, you probably won’t feel at ease with this play. 

The Elephant Girls

The Elephant Girls

This is the forgotten story of a controversial gang that robbed the streets of London for over a hundred years. 

Callisto: A Queer Epic

Callisto: A Queer Epic

Callisto: A Queer Epic is a thoughtful piece of theatre which explores social conflicts that coincide with the queer lifestyle. 

Company

Company

Company is a musical so of its time that a string of directors over the past decade have struggled with the problem of whether to present it as an unchanged period piece or contemp… 

A Boy Named Sue

A Boy Named Sue

A Boy Named Sue written by Bertie Darrell provides an interesting insight into the experiences of members of the LGBT+ community, played with great energy by the cast of three. 

Homophobe

Homophobe

It’s very difficult to dislike Tommy, the narrator of this one man show. 

4D Cinema

4D Cinema

Mamoru Iriguchi performs live, rigged up with a screen around his face and a projector above his head. 

Queer Side Story

Queer Side Story

As he shimmied onto stage, Gregoire Aubert’s performance of Queer Side Story could be nothing other than entertaining. 

Mawaan Rizwan: Gender Neutral Concubine Pirate

Mawaan Rizwan: Gender Neutral Concubine Pirate

Quite why Mawaan Rizwan describes himself as a Gender Neutral Concubine Pirate remains a bit of a mystery throughout the show. 

About a Goth

About a Goth

When little in your life seems to be easy then perhaps, for some, the only way to take control is to adopt a persona. 

Joan

Joan

Thoroughly entertaining, cleverly written and immaculately performed. 

Dusty Limits: Grin

Dusty Limits: Grin

For one sensational night only, cabaret legend Dusty Limits graced the stage of a very chilly Republic venue on Brighton’s seafront. 

Rosie Wilby: The Conscious Uncoupling

Rosie Wilby: The Conscious Uncoupling

We’ve all been dumped. 

JoJo Bellini's Kitchen Cabaret

JoJo Bellini's Kitchen Cabaret

May 6 marked the official opening of Brighton’s famous Fringe Festival, with glorious sunshine all day and a wonderfully warm evening, the British weather played its part in… 

Naked Boys Reading: La Femme

Naked Boys Reading: La Femme

Ascending the back stairs of the Marlborough to be greeted by the towering and magnificently coiffed Dr Sharon Husbands, doesn’t quite give an accurate taste of what follows. 

Icons (Preview)

Icons (Preview)

Brighton Fringe 2016 is here: bigger, better and fringier than ever! And who could be better to kick things off at the Warren than Le Gateau Chocolat, the powerhouse baritone wr… 

Piers & Queers

Piers & Queers

Why is Brighton the LGBTQ capital of the United Kingdom? That’s the question tour guide Ric Morris poses at the start of Piers & Queers, a queer-historical walking tour that span… 

By the Bi

By the Bi

By the Bi is a show that offers to tackle the heady subject matter - of the difficulties of being bisexual - head on. 

Donald Does Dusty

Donald Does Dusty

Donald Torr was, apparently, the best big brother any little girl could have, especially growing up on the outskirts of 1960s’ Aberdeen. 

Odd Shaped Balls

Odd Shaped Balls

‘The last 12 months have been very difficult for me. 

Dive and Summerhall Present… C U Next Tuesday Cabaret

Dive and Summerhall Present… C U Next Tuesday Cabaret

This show is wondrously delightful. 

Five Drinks

Five Drinks

It might be a good idea to take five drinks into the auditorium, to see you through a play that has moments of wit and humour but contains nothing profound. 

Distinguished Gentlemen (But Really Just a Couple of ***ts)

Distinguished Gentlemen (But Really Just a Couple of ***ts)

This is a lewd, ridiculous and over the top show that will leave you stunned and cackling. 

To Kill a Machine

To Kill a Machine

Performed by a superb cast, this is a painful and tragic exploration of Alan Turing’s life and the many attempts to break him as a person. 

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

John Cameron and Stephen Trask’s big, ballsy, gender-bending musical detonates upon Greenside’s Royal Terrace stage with a blast that can be heard clear across Edinburgh. 

Breakfast Epiphanies

Breakfast Epiphanies

Wealth and fame haven’t yet been bestowed on young Irish comedian Cormac Friel. 

I Went To A Fabulous Party...

I Went To A Fabulous Party...

During the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe, What A Gay Play gained a certain amount of attention, given that its late-night scheduling and blatant use of the cast’s flesh on the flyers sug… 

Divas

Divas

Divas charts the relationship of two men from first meeting to last parting. 

Trans Scripts

Trans Scripts

One of the challenges of reportage theatre – works in which the words and experiences of real people are edited and put into the words of actors – is to justify the process as … 

K'rd Strip: A Place to Stand

K'rd Strip: A Place to Stand

K’Rd Strip: A Place to Stand is a bizarre yet beautiful blend of Māori culture, contemporary dance, vocals and music, drag and real life stories. 

As Is

As Is

New York, 1985. 

These Troubled Times

These Troubled Times

Troy Diana’s comedy These Troubled Times focuses on Charles (John Curtis), an openly gay man who arrives at his brother’s family home to babysit his niece and nephew. 

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