Soho Theatre has announced the 18 shows it is taking to this year's Edinburgh Fringe.
Two Edinburgh Fringe DEBUTS from comedians who have had hits at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival: TARANG HARDIKAR with IF I’M NOT WRONG, about his later-in-life autism diagnosis and hyperfixations and FRANKIE MCNAIR making their debut with HUGE ASS MINDSET, nominated for Most Outstanding Show at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
THEATRE WORLD PREMIERES: Following FITTER, HOTTER, and The Last Show Before We Die, Fringe faves HOTTER PROJECT are back with HAM, a kinky eco-hijacking of Shakespeare’s Hamlet; the tornado of talent that is TEMI WILKEY will paint the town red with LOVER GIRL, the second of her Main Character trilogy, charting the surrealist journey of a Black Bisexual in her search for romantic love; we’re co-producing cult Fringe theatre duo and triple Fringe First recipients (and very recent Drama Desk Awards winners) XHLOE & NATASHA’s new show about Bigfoot and fake news with 80s/90s VHS aesthetics; comedian MAX OLESKER adapts his hilarious best-selling memoir MAKING THE CUT about his conversion to orthodox Judaism into a one-man play.
COMEDY WORLD PREMIERES: 2024 Best Newcomer nominee DEMI ADEJUYIGBE returns to the Fringe with a new show about selling out, featuring Demi’s trademark songs and Robbie the beloved robot; following smash hits CAttS and Body Show, clown performer FRANKIE THOMPSON presents all the HORRIBLE THINGS she’s going to do, including a selection of men in chairs and things that aren’t AI but should be; SPENCER JONES’ newest show DOGS about dogs, dog owners, dog lovers and dog haters, and his EXPERIMENTAL KIDS SHOW; and last but not least, LA-based clowns MAX BAUMGARTEN, DEE MARCUCCI, JOHN NORRIS, BILL O'NEILL and CLAIRE WOOLNER present for the first time the full-fledged unhinged version of UNDERGROUND MONK SHOW, a show that has to be seen to believed.
UK PREMIERES: HOW STRANGE IT IS, from New York cabaret performer SALTY BRINE, forms part of his Living Record Collection, mixing Neutral Milk Hotel’s seminal 90s indie rock album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea and Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl, exploring the universal experience of first love; and superstar comedian from India KANAN GILL will perform NOT THIS AGAIN featuring his trademark existential angst and signature observational comedy.
EDINBURGH PREMIERE: SH!T THEATRE bring EVITA TOO, the greatest story never told about Argentina’s first ever female president, to Edinburgh, after a run at the Southbank Centre last December.
Irish comedian CATHERINE BOHART will present a new work in progress before launching her show at Soho Theatre in September and touring the country.
Also: Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab alumnus JACK ROOKE performs GOOD GRIEF for the show’s tenth anniversary, following two sold out runs at Soho Theatre; PATTI HARRISON returns to the Fringe to wreak havoc for a limited time only, after a two-week run at Soho Theatre.
Jessica Draper, Soho Theatre Head of Creative Engagement, said: ‘We back new talent all year round through our Labs programmes - we love to see our alumni take work to the Fringe. As Jack Rooke pointed out at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards, fringe theatre and live comedy aren’t optional extras – they’re the proving ground for the whole industry.’
LONDON TRANSFERS: confirmed for CATHERINE BOHART (and on tour), FRANKIE THOMPSON, KANAN GILL (and on tour), MAX OLESKER, TARANG HARDIKAR, TEMI WILKEY, SALTY BRINE, and XHLOE AND NATASHA, touring dates for JACK ROOKE, and more/dates to be announced.
Sh!t Theatre picture bottom right by Christa Holka.
LISTINGS
Wed 5 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
(not 12, 19, or 26)
14:40 (60 mins)
Pleasance Courtyard (Upstairs)
From £12 (previews £10)
Previews:
Mon 27 – Tue 28 Jul
Soho Theatre Upstairs
Soho Theatre Transfer:
Mon 2 – Sat 21 Nov
Soho Upstairs
THEATRE
Soho Theatre in association with Bobby Harding presents
TEMI WILKEY: LOVER GIRL
Written by and starring Temi Wilkey
Temi is a Lover Girl but, somehow, always single! After sell-out shows across the country, she thought she'd be fighting suitors off. But, no. So, she's made another one! Will you love her as much as she loves herself? Sexy, surreal and gloriously self-indulgent – Temi is back. And this one’s for the lovers.
Praise for Temi’s 2024 hit MAIN CHARACTER ENERGY:
‘The perfect send up of the one woman show’ ★★★★ The Guardian
‘Of all the shows to see... this must be top of your list’ ★★★★★ The Skinny
‘A five star triumph’ ★★★★★ Diva Magazine
Wed 5 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
(not 17)
18:00 (60 mins)
Pleasance Courtyard (Attic)
From £12 (previews £8)
Previews:
Thu 30 Jul – Sat 1 Aug
Soho Upstairs
Soho Theatre Transfer:
Tue 1 – Sat 5 Sept
Soho Downstairs
COMEDY
Soho Theatre presents
TARANG HARDIKAR: IF I’M NOT WRONG
Fresh, fearless, and laugh-out-loud funny, rising star Tarang Hardikar brings his sharp wit to the Fringe for the first time.
His Edinburgh debut takes on life’s contradictions, cultural chaos, and his habit of questioning every minute aspect of life.
Why has no one ever seen a growing coconut tree? Why is the biggest prize in sports a cup? Why didn't you keep the paneer in the fridge? For all of these pressing questions and more, catch Tarang in Edinburgh before everyone else claims they saw him first.
Wed 5 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
(not 17)
18:45 (60 mins)
Pleasance Dome (Queen Dome)
From £ 15 (previews £10)
COMEDY
Soho Theatre presents
DEMI ADEJUYIGBE SELLS OUT
DEMI ADEJUYIGBE SELLS OUT is a brand-new hour of original jokes, songs, and bits in which Demi Adejuyigbe abandons all sense and desperately attempts to become famous.
Demi returns to the Fringe following his 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer nomination. He is best known for his former podcasts PUNCH UP THE JAM and GILMORE GUYS, as well as his popular September 21st video series, and as a writer/producer on NBC’s THE GOOD PLACE, Netflix’s NEON, Apple TV’s STRANGE PLANET, and more.
Praise for Demi’s previous work:
‘I haven’t laughed more at anything this year’ ★★★★ The Times
★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ The Scotsman
Wed 5 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
(not 6, 8, 15, 22, 29)
18:50 (60 mins)
Pleasance Dome (10 Dome)
From £14 (previews £10)
Previews
Wed 29 – Thu 30 Jul
Soho Upstairs
Soho Theatre Transfer
Tue 3 – Sat 21 Nov
Soho Upstairs
THEATRE
Soho Theatre presents
MAX OLESKER: MAKING THE CUT
Edinburgh. 2am. Max falls for Eliana – but to marry her he must convert to Orthodox Judaism… despite already being Jewish. Confused? Imagine how he feels.
A hilarious, heartbreaking true story about love, identity and belonging, from one half of comedy double-act Max & Ivan. Adapted from Max’s critically acclaimed memoir MAKING THE CUT: AN UNORTHODOX LOVE STORY (Ebury/Penguin).
'Britain’s answer to David Sedaris' Andrew O’Hagan
Praise for Max & Ivan:
★★★★★ The Times
Wed 5 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
19:00 (60 mins)
Gilded Balloon Teviot (The Den)
From £12.50 (previews £10)
COMEDY
Soho Theatre presents
FRANKIE MCNAIR: HUGE ASS MINDSET
After a lifetime of anxiety, complex PTSD, and low self-esteem, Melbourne International Comedy Festival Best Newcomer Frankie McNair is finally done making themselves small. So now whenever self-doubt creeps in, they ask themselves one simple question: ‘What would someone with a huge ass do in this situation?’
A chaotic love letter to comedy, delusional optimism, resilience & becoming the ass you want to see in the world!
Most Outstanding Show nominee, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2026
‘A proud, powerful and hilarious show’ ★★★★★ Chortle ‘Fearless, funny and unexpectedly moving’ ★★★★★ Glam Adelaide
★★★★ List.
Wed 5 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
(not 17)
20:15 (60 mins)
Pleasance Dome (Queen Dome)
From £ 15 (previews £10)
Previews
Thu 24 – Sat 26 Jun
Soho Upstairs
COMEDY
Soho Theatre presents
SPENCER JONES: DOGS
BAFTA-nominated and double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Spencer Jones brings his brand-new show to Edinburgh. As seen on CATS DOES COUNTDOWN, MIND OF HERBERT CLUNKERDUNK, TED LASSO, MR WINNER, LIVE AT THE APOLLO.
A show for people who love dogs and for people who don’t. They’ll be all new characters, stupid songs, visual comedy, stories and maybe an answer to the question: Are dogs better than humans?
★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★★ The Times
‘The most insanely funny moments at the festival’ Chortle
Wed 5 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
(not 17)
20:45 (60 mins)
Pleasance Courtyard (Beside)
From £13 (previews £10)
Previews
Mon 20 – Wed 22 Jul
Soho Upstairs
Soho Theatre Transfer
Mon 12 – Sat 24 Oct
Soho Downstairs
COMEDY
Soho Theatre presents
FRANKIE THOMPSON: HORRIBLE THINGS
Acclaimed clown Frankie Thompson has been collecting horrible things. Things found down the back of the sofa and floating in her soup, things found in the bins of the people in power, things found in your mum’s daydreams and your dad’s past, things found dusting your grandmother's bedside cabinet (you don’t want to know) and things your uncle uploaded on YouTube in 2008 (you really don’t want to know).
Find out if something horrible you’ve done is included, and come to the formal presentation of all horrible things found thus far.
‘Wonderfully, confoundingly funny’ ★★★★ The Guardian
Wed 5 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
(not 17)
22:15 (60 mins)
Assembly Courtyard (Piccolo)
From £13 (preview £11)
COMEDY
Soho Theatre presents
UNDERGROUND MONK SHOW
Monks find magic water. Magic water makes dreams come true. Monks go crazy.
Starring acclaimed clowns and monks Max Baumgarten (OPIUM), Dee Marcucci (ABSINTHE), John Norris (MR CHONKERS, PIGGY TIME), Bill O’Neill (THE AMAZING BANANA BROTHERS), and Claire Woolner (A RETROSPECTION). Come to a tent at night and rejoice with them. Co-created with Sam Fishman. Co-directed by Corey Podell (MR CHONKERS, VANESSA 5000) and John Norris.
‘Genuinely astonishing, shrieks of laughter’ ★★★★★ The Skinny (for MR CHONKERS)
‘Joyously bizarre and bewilderingly funny’ ★★★★★ Time Out (for THE AMAZING BANANA BROTHERS)
Thu 6 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
(not 18 or 25)
19:30 (60 mins)
Summerhall (Old Lab)
From £14.50 (previews £10)
THEATRE
Hotter Project, Speakerphone Productions and Soho Theatre present
HAM
A grief-stricken vegan seeks revenge for the death of a pig. First, he thinks for a long time. Second, he blames his mother. Finally, he wreaks the ultimate vengeance… by putting on a play. HAM is a kinky eco-hijacking of Shakespeare’s Hamlet about meat, madness, and the power of shame. The ‘vividly, viscerally alive’ (★★★★★ THE GUARDIAN) Hotter Project twists this high-brow tragedy into a sordid wrestle between a vegan and a sausage-lover.
As we hurtle towards the end of humankind, every one of us must decide: to eat, or not to eat? That is the question.
Thu 6 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
(not 18 or 25)
21:10 (60 mins)
Summerhall (Main Hall)
From £14.50 (£10 previews)
Soho Theatre Transfer
Mon 7 – Sat 26 Sept
Soho Theatre Main House
THEATRE
Xhloe and Natasha, Soho Theatre and SoHo Playhouse present
XHLOE & NATASHA: BIGFOOT RIPPED MY DOG IN HALF I SAW IT
Two teenagers perform fake Bigfoot sightings in their Appalachian town until a neighbour's dog turns up torn to pieces. Aside from sparking a panic that spirals out of their control, it forces them to question what might actually be terrorising their under-resourced and already superstitious community.
From 2022, 2023, and 2024 Fringe First Award winners and ‘the Fringe’s most dynamic theatrical duo’ (The Telegraph) Xhloe and Natasha comes a Brechtian puppet show ripped in two about conspiracy, misdirection, and seeing something with your own eyes.
Thu 6 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
(not 12, 17, 24)
21:30 (90 mins)
Summerhall (Dissection Room)
From £14.50 (previews £10)
Soho Theatre Transfer
Mon 7 – Sat 19 Sept
Soho Theatre Downstairs
THEATRE
The Living Record Collection and Soho Theatre present
HOW STRANGE IT IS (The Neutral Milk Hotel Show)
Written by and starring Salty Brine
Neutral Milk Hotel's indie-rock triumph IN THE AEROPLANE OVER THE SEA and Anne Frank's stunning and candid THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL fuse with confessions from Salty's adolescent longings in this genre-defying cabaret with wit, spectacle and heart. Sparks fly, time bends, and the ghosts of our past return to us in this hilarious and devastating work from Salty's acclaimed and expansive Living Record Collection.
Praise for Salty’s previous work:
'Astounding' ★★★★★ The Stage
★★★★★ The List
'A storyteller in total command of voice, a cocked eyebrow and his audience' ★★★★ The Guardian
Fri 7 – Sun 16 Aug
11:00 (60 mins)
Pleasance Courtyard (Green)
From £11 (previews £9)
CHILDREN’S
Soho Theatre presents
SPENCER JONES EXPERIMENTAL KIDS SHOW
BAFTA-nominated Spencer Jones, twice Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominated, unleashes an hour of wild, no-story visual comedy—daft music, surreal props, bonkers energy—where anything can happen and usually does. Expect a chaotic mix of clowning, silly stories, puppets, nonsense and unpredictable mayhem from one of the Fringe’s most gloriously silly minds. Kids will love it, adults will laugh just as hard—no family required. If you like your comedy strange, joyful and completely unhinged, this is the show for you. A rare chance to see pure imagination run riot on stage.
Fri 7 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
(not 10, 17, 24)
18:25 (75 mins)
ZOO Southside (Main House)
From £15 (previews £15)
On tour Autumn 2026
THEATRE
Judith Dimant Productions in association with Soho Theatre present
EVITA TOO
Sh!t Theatre
'There is truly nobody out there like Sh!t Theatre' (Time Out).
The greatest story never told of the first ever female president of a country in the history of the world... whose name is... um... er...
2 x Fringe First winners Sh!t Theatre travel across Argentina and Spain chasing the story of the record-breaking president, endeavouring to write a musical to match Tim and Andrew's. Truth! Justice! Songs! Wizards! And, if you insist, naked roller-skating.
★★★★★ The Stage
★★★★★ Broadway World
★★★★★ The Reviews Hub
★★★★★ Theatre and Tonic
'Unnecessary and irrelevant nudity' ★★★★★ The Spy In The Stalls
Sat 15 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
12:00 (60 mins)
Monkey Barrel 3
From £11.50 (incl. £1.50 booking fee)
Tour:
Mon 21 Sep – Sat 3 Oct
Soho Theatre Downstairs
Wed 7 Oct
City Varieties Music Hall, Leeds
Thu 8 Oct
The Stand, Newcastle
Sat 10 Oct
1532 Performing Arts Centre, Bristol
Thu 15 Oct
West End Centre, Aldershot
Fri 16 Oct
Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Brighton
Fri 23 Oct
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge
Sat 24 Oct
The Y Theatre, Leicester
Thu 29 Oct
The Glee Club, Birmingham
Fri 30 Oct
The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
Thu 5 Nov
Fri 6 Nov
Vicar Street, Dublin
Sun 8 Nov
Wed 11 Nov
The Glee Club, Glasgow
Thu 12 Nov
Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh
Wed 18 Nov
Frog & Bucket Comedy Club, Manchester
Wed 25 Nov
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
COMEDY
Soho Theatre presents
CATHERINE BOHART (WORK IN PROGRESS)
Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Catherine Bohart returns to the Fringe to build a brand-new show about her birthright –all-encompassing, generational worry. But it’s a laugh! As seen and heard on LIVE AT THE APOLLO, QI, THE LAST LEG, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, MOCK THE WEEK, THE MASH REPORT, THE NEWS QUIZ, LAST ONE LAUGHING IRELAND and her Amazon Prime special IMMACULATE. Co-host of hit podcasts TONSIL HOCKEY and TRUSTY HOGS.
‘A firecracker’ ★★★★★ The Guardian
‘A real delight’ ★★★★ Chortle
‘Cynically hilarious’ ★★★★ The Scotsman
Tue 18 Aug – Sun 30 Aug
21:10 (60 mins)
Pleasance Courtyard (One)
From £15 (previews £10)
Tour:
Thu 3 Sep
The Y Theatre, Leicester
Sat 5 Sep
The Eventim Apollo, London
Sun 6 Sep
The Glee Club, Glasgow
Wed 9 Sep
The Glee Club, Leeds
Thu 10 Sep
Town Hall, Birmingham
Sun 13 Sep
New Century Hall, Manchester
COMEDY
Soho Theatre in association with UTA presents
KANAN GILL
One of India’s most prominent stand-ups returns with a brand-new show. Blending everyday insight with a global sensibility, Kanan’s comedy crosses cultures, headlining sold-out auditoriums worldwide.
“Exceptional, intelligent comedy”★★★★ Skinny
★★★★ Scotsman
★★★★ List
Mon 24 Aug – Sat 29 Aug
22:00 (70 mins)
Pleasance Courtyard (Forth)
From £15
Soho Theatre Run
Mon 3 – Sat 15 Aug
Soho Theatre Main House
COMEDY
Soho Theatre in association with UTA presents
PATTI HARRISON: JUST IRONING SOME THINGS OUT!
Do you like to laugh? Haha! Patti Harrison (“I Think You Should Leave”, “Shrill”, “The Tonight Show”) is back with a new HORRIBLE show that will probably give you “DIARHEOAHA of THE MIND”. She doesn’t know how to spell Diarhreoaha, but hopes you understand she means like the stinky dark water. The show is 1 part stand-up, 1 part variety show, horrible guests, and some other crap too. Each night is different, like a snowflake. Did you know that? Every snowflake is different. Like this show. I feel like you’re not understanding me.
Thu 27 Aug – Sat 29 Aug
19:00 (60 mins)
Underbelly (McEwan Hall)
From £18
Thu 3 Sept
The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford
Fri 4 – Sat 5 Sept
The Lowry, Salford
Thu 10 Sept
Bristol Old Vic
Mon 14 Sept
Norwich Playhouse
Wed 16 Sept
City Varieties, Leeds
Wed 30 Sept
Òran Mór, Glasgow
Thu 1 Oct
Northern Stage, Newcastle
Tue 13 – Wed 14 Oct
The Old Market, Brighton & Hove
Thu 22 Oct
Epstein Theatre, Liverpool
COMEDY
Berk’s Nest in association with Soho Theatre and Curtis Brown
JACK ROOKE: GOOD GRIEF
BAFTA winner and recovering spoken-word artist Jack Rooke (Creator of Hulu/C4's Big Boys), revives his debut comedy-theatre hour, a decade on from its first Fringe run.
Featuring the original show (co-written with his nan) and new content, this retrospective explores grief, milking having a dead dad for personal/professional gain, the innocence of writing just for oneself before the interference of "telly wankers" and the palpable regret of his own decline into becoming said "telly wanker".
Directed by Gabriel Bisset-Smith.
‘A delight... cheerily but sensitively tackling the most painful of subjects and finding hope in them’ ★★★★ The Scotsman.
‘Good Grief 2.0 [is] a delightful and still affecting watch’ The Guardian.
‘Engaging, frank and humorous’ New York Times
