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Hit Me Baby One More Lame!

Aug 5 – Aug 30, 2026

Cult alt-drag superstar Baby Lame returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as Britney Spears in a sci-fi, punk odyssey cabaret comedy. The show reveals an intergalactic story of a chaotic pop icon, blending space travel, ambition, murder, romance, and Britney Spears songs in an...

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EDINBURGH 2026: Review: BERNIE DIETER'S CLUB KABARETT, Underbelly

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: BERNIE DIETER'S CLUB KABARETT, Underbelly

by Natalie O'Donoghue · August 15, 2026

Join kabarett provocateur Bernie Dieter as her gin-soaked haus band soundtracks a debauched night of breathtaking circus, gender-bending aerial and fire-breathing sideshow at its most rebellious and hilarious best. Club Kabarett is more than just a show; 'it's an exuberant, juicy, guns-blazing perfo…

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: CHIP AND GUS: A COMEDY WITH BALLS, Venue 45 at TheSpace

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: CHIP AND GUS: A COMEDY WITH BALLS, Venue 45 at TheSpace

by Clementine Scott · August 14, 2026

Earlier this year, Marty Supreme made a case for ping pong as a metaphor for life’s constant ebbs and flows, and an outlet for a particular type of obsessive striver. In New York-based Fat Knight Theatre’s two-hander Chip and Gus: A Comedy with Balls, we hardly need the sport to be there at all,…

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: LEGENDARY, Friesian At Underbelly, Bristo Square

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: LEGENDARY, Friesian At Underbelly, Bristo Square

by Clementine Scott · August 14, 2026

“I’ve been thinking about my childhood” is how the Singaporean performer Cheeyang Ng begins Legendary, a show preoccupied with the idea of childhood, and particularly with queer Asian childhood. This overarching theme involves both the messages we learn as a child, and what we pass on to our f…

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: TOM READ WILSON: THE A-Z OF ME, Gilded Balloon

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: TOM READ WILSON: THE A-Z OF ME, Gilded Balloon

by Natalie O'Donoghue · August 15, 2026

Join television presenter, author, actor and singer Tom Read Wilson (Celebs Go Dating, I'm A Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here) for A-Z of Me – an irreverent, whistle-stop tour of the alphabet. The alphabet reveals the revue – and Tom – letter by letter, word by word: Through songs and sonnets, th…

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT, Assembly

EDINBURGH 2026: Review: FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT, Assembly

by Natalie O'Donoghue · August 15, 2026

From award-winning writer Bridie Connell and director Richard Carroll, FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT is a massive comedy-boyband-extravaganza: an irreverent satire of toxic dating culture and, most importantly, the music is banging.…

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