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It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with performer Hannah Docherty and producer Aila Swann about Matchstick Production’s new musical Perfect Match. This was on at the space on the mile from 18th-22nd August. Huge apologies to the Matchstick team that due to Elaine being ill the day after recording this episode we were not able to get this episode out before their run ended....

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025 series Elaine chats with writer and performer of Cvntclave Arden Fitzroy. CVNTCLAVE Greenside @ George Street (Lime Studio) Dates: 7-29 August (not 16, 23) Time: 20:45 (60 mins) “What’s the one secret that would destroy you, if it got out?” CVNTCLAVE follows the confessions of Cardinal Cvntvs in the lead-up to a conclave electing a pope, as the previous one...

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with Edininburgh born working class queer writer Kari Hall about their new play hame.teeth. CLUB. hame.teeth. CLUB. Underbelly Cowgate 5 - 30 August 2026 17:10 “A dark-comedy about survivor-hood, female friendships, and working-class Scottish identity” Iona Bremner Productions and Sláinte! Theatre are delighted to present HAME. TEETH. CLUB., a bra...

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with writer Corinne Sailsbury and Director Jo Rush of Slayers about Corinne’s new eclectic play Slayers. SLAYERS Assembly George Sq Studios - Studio 5 18-30August 12:15 “He takes hold of my wrist. His thumb is on the vein. His eyes into my eyes. I don’t pull away. Then I do, I pull away.” Liane is a single mother, a survivor of abuse, now trying d...

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with Penny Chivas about her show Where we Choose to Stand which has finished it’s official run at the festival but is part of the Fringe Fragments. Where we Choose To Stand @ Fringe Fragments Assembly Dance Base 24/25 August 13:15-14:15 & 17:30-18:30 both days Where We Choose to Stand is an ambitious dance-theatre work inspired by climate activism...

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with the brilliant Tessa Parr about their show I am Johnny. I am Johnny Summerhall, Red Lecture Theatre Dates: 6 - 31 August (not 17, 24) Time: 18:15 (60 mins) “Boys, are you shirkin for a gherkin?” Tessa Parr is Johnny the Biblical Rapper. I AM JOHNNY sees the acclaimed actor and theatre-maker transform into a white male 30-something poet-manchil...

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with co-founder of Cutty Sark Theatre and writer Eve Miller. They are joined by Molly Cavanagh who is sound designer and technician on Turn the Cloth Turn the Cloth Gilded Balloon Teviot, Turret 5-31 Aug (not 12, 26) 2:30pm (50 mins) “A queer Scottish folk horror about tradition, superstition, and Elvira” 1989. The first storm of winter hits a sma...

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats comedian Han Whyte about their debut at the Edinburgh Fringe with their show Roger Prick: Sexopolis. Roger Prick: Sexopolis Underbelly Cowgate (Jelly Belly) Dates: 5-30 August (not 18) Time: 18:55 (60 mins) “How could I be sexist? I’ve got tons of girls in my books” Sexy, seedy Soho in the 70s. What a time to be alive. And what a time to be Roger...

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with performer, writer and clown Bruna Longo about her show Whale Fall Or Song To Dance With My Death which is currently playing t the Edinburgh Festival 2026. WHALE FALL OR SONG TO DANCE WITH MY DEATH Part of São Paulo Showcase 2026 Lindisfarne Room at St Cuthbert’s Church Dates: 10 - 27 August 2026 Time: MON-THRU 12:00, FRI-SUN 20:00 (80 mins) W...

Elaine chats with writer and performer Sarah-Louise Young about her latest show The Bob Ross Effect which is curretnly at the Edinburgh Festival. THE BOB ROSS EFFECT Assembly Gardens, Piccolo Wednesday 5th - Monday 31st August 2026 (not 18th) 4:05pm (70 mins) “We don’t make mistakes, we have happy accidents” Fringe favourite actor, writer, director and internationally renowned cabaret performer Sa...

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with writer and performer Farah Asraf about her show Pink Rabbit. PINK RABBIT Underbelly (Daisy) Dates: 5 - 30 August 2026 Time: 16:15 (60 mins) “Validation is addictive, what could go wrong?” At its heart, Pink Rabbit is a story about a mother and daughter who love each other deeply but cannot speak honestly about the things that matter...

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with writer and performer Sophie Smyth about her show The Subplot: A Hyperfixation on the Titan Submersible which is a Best Theatre, Melbourne Fringe 225 nominee. The Subplot: A Hyperfixation on the Titan Submersible Summerhall - Former Women's Locker Room 6- 31st August (Not 12,17,24) 15:20 (60 minutes) “Get in, babes, we’re going to the...

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with writer and performer Michelle Renee Johnson about her new show Extra Dry. EXTRA DRY Willow Studio at Greenside Dates: 7-29 August 2026 Time: 15:05 (60 mins) “MJ dives headfirst into a chaotic and destructive romance with alcohol. As her nights spiral and the blackouts escalate, her stories become memorable to others - hazy or nonexis...

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with performer and writer SJ Hodges about her new show which is on now at the Edinburgh Fringe. Already Here Dram at Gilded Balloon Patter House 5–30 August (not 17 ) 1:00pm ALREADY HERE “What happens when grief gets horny, tech gets spiritual, and love refuses to die?” “There’s nothing artificial about love.” As artificial intelligence becomes in...

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with performer and writer Emmeline Hartley. WE HAD FUN Old Lab at Summerhall 6–31 August (not 18 or 25 18:00 WE HAD FUN “It could have been a rom-com… Where did it all go wrong? Well, it depends who you ask” Close friends Oscar and Ela attempt to navigate the fallout of a drunken sexual encounter, as their conflicting versions of events are replay...

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with writer and performer Bridie Connell and perfumer Clara Harrison of their show Fuccbois: Live In Concert which is on now at the Edinburgh Festival. FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT Assembly George Square Studios Studio Two 5-31 August (not 12, 19, 26) 5:05PM (60 min ) FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT ‘A riotous comedy-boyband spectacular takes on t...

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with Ariana DiLorenzo about her debut at Edinburgh Festival with her show The Breakup Variety Hour. THE BREAKUP VARIETY HOUR ASSEMBLY GEORGE STUDIOS – 5-31 AUGUST 17:20 (65 MINS) THE BREAKUP VARIETY SHOW ‘Ariana and the Rose The Breakup Variety Hour brings glitter, catharsis and pop anthems to Edinburgh Fringe’ Ariana DiLorenzo, better kn...

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with Broadway star Grace McLean about her new show Penelope which is currently running at this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival. PENELOPE UNDERBELLY COWGATE 5-30 AUGUST 15:45 (65 MINS) PENELOPE “A myth reimagined through longing, love and lockdown, this bold new musical comes to Edinburgh Fringe direct from New York City” Penelope, a strik...

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with the performer and one of the creative team of Puttana, Beatrice Elena Festi PUTTANA Red Lecture Theatre at Summerhall 6 - 31 August 2026 21:15 (60 mins) PUTTANA ‘A girl needs money, a man needs sex. This trade follows the rule of any market: I pay, therefore I can’ You’ve put on the headphones, now PUTTANA wants you to sit in the wit...

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with the performer and creator Letícia Rodrigues about her show 116 Grams: A Play to Lose Weight which is at the Edinburgh festival this year. - TW small discussion around eating disorders. 116 Grams: A Play to Lose Weight Part of São Paulo Showcase 2026 Studio at ZOO Southside 7 - 30 August 2026 20:20 (60 mins) 116 Grams: A Play to Lose...

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with the wonderful Cheeyang Ng about their new musical Legendary. Legendary Friesian, Underbelly Bristo Square Wed 5 - Mon 31 Aug (not 17) 15:35 (75 mins) LEGENDARY ‘In the beginning, there was a God named Pan Gu, and a ravishing Goddess named Nü Wa…’ In the world of Yin and Yang, what happens for those in between?’ A retelling of Chinese...

It’s the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with the Althea Young the creator and performer of The Dreaming. The Dreaming Summerhall, Old Lab Dates: 19 - 31 August (excluding Tue 25) Time: 13:30 (60 mins) THE DREAMING How do you justify bringing a child into this world? When she was a teenager, she vowed she never would. Yet, when babies start appearing in her dreams, her resolve i...

MINI EPISODE - a track from - MAN!FEST: A DRAG BOYBAND MUSICAL Pleasance Courtyard, The Green 5 – 31 August (not 12,17, 26) 16:00 (60 mins) MAN!FEST: A DRAG BOYBAND MUSICAL The world’s biggest boyband has one huge secret: they’re played entirely by women. OnTheNose Productions, Chichester Festival Theatre and Pleasance present MAN!FEST: THE DRAG BOYBAND MUSICAL, a riotous drag musical taking Edinb...

Elaine chats with creatos and cast of the new musical. MAN!FEST: A drag boyband musical. MAN!FEST: A DRAG BOYBAND MUSICAL Pleasance Courtyard, The Green 5 – 31 August (not 12,17, 26) 16:00 (60 mins) MAN!FEST: A DRAG BOYBAND MUSICAL The world’s biggest boyband has one huge secret: they’re played entirely by women. OnTheNose Productions, Chichester Festival Theatre and Pleasance present MAN!FEST: TH...

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2026 series Elaine chats with performer and writer Maddie Rice about her new show Goodbye Dandelion which has been co-crated with Maddie’s brother Marcus. Goodbye Dandelion Underbelly (Belly Dancer) 5-30 August @16:10 (60 mins) GOODBYE DANDELION “Goodbye Dandelion blends storytelling and live music to explore life, loss and the unexpected connections that change us” Goodb...