Edinburgh Previews 2024

As she prepares for the audition of a lifetime (playing Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s first East Asian starlet) China Doll must confront and untangle the ingénue’s legacy. A compelling exploration of identity, discrimination, and progress.

A knockout solo show about one woman’s love of pro wrestling. Part confessional, part exuberant oral history of sports entertainment’s greatest matches and most loved characters. Riotously funny, unexpectedly touching, brilliantly human. You will leave a wrestling fan. 

Sam Wilson, Class 8C, is obviously the correct choice for Head Boy. He’s got the PowerPoint to prove it. As the race intensifies, will Sam cause another boy grievous bodily harm? See title. 

Why is the ice melting in the Arctic and where are all the clams? Thor, a young, daring walrus, travels to England to uncover the truth behind climate change, while a satirical news programme reports his progress and other pressing stories.  

Alas, poor Yorick! Though he’s not dead…

Hamlet’s legendary jester is back to dig up his misspent life in this irreverent resurrection of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.

Join Yorick as he reconnects with his lost love of performance, embarking on a high-spirited journey to discover what really happened in Elsinore.

What are Pip’s character flaws? Find out in this fearless, and award-winning, exploration of life with ADHD and understanding queer identity.

A plethora of eye-opening topics, hysterical anecdotes and heartbreaking moments, leave the audience educated, moved, and highly entertained in what British Theatre hailed as “A little Gem” ★★★★★

Jin Hao Li

Work in progress from Chortle Student Awards and BBC New Comedy Awards loser Jin Hao Li. Journey into a world of gritty softness, dry wit and stories from the surreal.

Micky Overman

This year Micky finds her life at the point of no return. It’s too late to change things, no matter how much she wants to, plus she’s too old for the coping mechanisms she had in her 20s (buying a plane ticket and flying away from her problems)

In a closed park at night, a security guard finds a young woman in a ballet dress, making paper swans. In trying to find out what she is doing, he locks them in a continuous never-ending loop.

Escaping the party presents a gruelling choice: endure existential crisis forever? Or learn to stay numb to it all? Combining physical theatre with surrealist horror and cartoon comedy, Birthday Fish asks; are we all out of water?

Performed by an ‘ingenious’ company of seven, this multilayered show tells the story of UK communities battling coastal erosion.

This VAULT Festival 2023 Show of the Week Nominee is a high-energy theatrical cocktail that blends clowning, physical theatre, and live art to explore climate anxiety, what home means, and what we owe to each other.

If you can’t trust your memory what can you trust? Martin has a problem: he can’t make new memories. Since he went to the dentist a decade ago, every morning when he wakes up it’s 2008. He’s a cabbie with The Knowledge, but he can’t remember yesterday.

‘A must see’ – NorthWestEnd.co.uk

“Death is coming for us all. Probably not me though”. Based on real events, OUTPATIENT is the first solo show from award-winning playwright Harriet Madeley: a high energy interrogation of invincibility that will make you laugh… and so live longer.

Join Erika Ehler work out material for her new show. Erika’s razor-sharp, dark and visceral writing paired with precise delivery makes her one of the most exciting young comedians on the circuit.
Erika has also written for Late Night Mash (Dave), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (Sky), Have I Got News For You (BBC1) and Death to 2020 (Netflix).

Olga Koch Comes From Money (WIP)

Star of Mock the Week and QI, Olga Koch is bringing a brand new work-in-progress to Omnibus Clapham. She’s not really sure what it’s about yet, but the title should give you an idea. As seen on Live at the Apollo

Jordan Brookes: Fontanelle (WIP)

A new work-in-progress show from the longest reigning Edinburgh Comedy Award winner (2019-2021). Expect the usual mix of stand-up, clowning and utterly stupid ideas presented as if they mean anything.