What’s On – Hoots Fringe

FRINGE 2026

Big Naked Comedy Show
By Paul Savage
Hoots @ Potterrow — Big Yurt
7 Aug - 10 Aug
Start times: 23:45
60 mins
Age: 18+
The sell-out hit returns! Host Paul Savage, 'the perfect anchorman' (BroadwayBaby.com), presents a revolving line-up of brilliant comedians as you've never seen them before (unless you've been very lucky). Raw and uncensored. They also have no clothes on. 'A riotous show. A fantastic experience from the get-go' ***** (@SuchClicheTheatre). 'Funny as f*ck' ****½ (One4Review.co.uk). 'Guaranteed unpredictable fun. No matter who graces the stage, expect relentless nudity and outrageous, unapologetic laughs' ****½ (MissMandamedia.com). 'Exactly as wild, unpredictable and funny as the name suggests. Bold, bizarre and unapologetically honest' **** (QultureMagazine.com).
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David Ian: Bad Decisions
By David Ian
Hoots @ Potterrow — Wee Container 2
7 Aug - 29 Aug
Start times: 23:45
60 mins
Age: 16+
Everybody has one. A message they should never have sent. A purchase they definitely shouldn't have made. A decision that still keeps them awake at night. Following multiple sold-out Edinburgh Fringe runs, David Ian returns with a brand-new crowd work comedy show where the audience's most questionable decisions become the night's entertainment. Every show is different as audience members confess regrets, terrible decisions and gloriously bad judgement. 'His crowd work is exemplary' **** (One4Review.co.uk). 'A true masterclass in crowd work' **** (NorthWestEnd.co.uk). It seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Carnival of Light
By Consignia
Hoots @ Potterrow — Wee Container 1
24 Aug - 26 Aug
Start times: 23:55
60 mins
Age: 18+
Almost 60 years after The Beatles composed and played the avant-garde piece Carnival of Light at the Million Volt Light and Sound Rave, an event held at the Roundhouse in London on 28 January and 4 February 1967, Consignia bring their interpretation to the Edinburgh Fringe. Nothing is real. ****** (Chortles.co.uk) **** (Chortle.co.uk). **** (Scotsman). Leicester Comedy Festival Best Musical or Improvised Comedy Award nominee 2019 and 2022. 'A sort of Brechtian Ketamine Clown Orgy' (Stuart Goldsmith).
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Princess Sparkles
By Lily Maryon
Hoots @ Potterrow — Wee Container 1
7 Aug - 31 Aug
Start times: 23:55
60 mins
Age: 16+
Step into the not-so-glittery world of Princess Sparkles, a professional princess-for-hire who’s very available, a teeny bit unstable and just that little bit too much. Appearing at five-year-old's birthday parties somewhere near you, she’s flustered, running late and it seems more than just her costume is coming apart at the seams. Lily Maryon’s debut show is an unhinged hour of character comedy with a theatrical twist, casting the audience in the role of the children as Sparkles fights to keep the party and herself together.
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2 White Guys Rapping: Macshane and Delby
By Stian Macshane and Daniel Delby
Hoots @ The Apex — Hoot 1
7 Aug - 31 Aug
Start times: 00:00
60 mins
Age: 18+
'The fastest freestyle rap I've ever seen in my life!' (Simon Cowell). 'One of the best shows this Fringe season' **** (AdelaideFringe.com.au / FringeFeed). As seen on Britain's Got Talent: Macshane and Delby's 2 White Guys Rapping is an explosive freestyle-comedy-rap show, where the audience fuels the chaos and no two shows are ever the same. With over a decade of live performance experience, Stian Macshane and Daniel Delby blend razor-sharp improv with lightning-fast rap, transforming crowd suggestions into hilarious challenges, games and spontaneous moments. Expect high-energy interaction, unpredictable twists and big laughs.
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A Comedian's Drinking Game
By Presented by Raul Kohli
Hoots @ The Apex — Hoot 6
7 Aug - 30 Aug
Start times: 00:10
60 mins
Age: 18+
Four comedians try and make you laugh, but every time they fail, they have to do a shot of vodka! The sets usually start well, but four shots in five minutes mean they end all over the place! Come see the show regularly described at the Adelaide Fringe Festival as the most unhinged show at the Fringe! Either you laugh, or you watch an alcohol infused breakdown! 'Riotous' (EdFestMag.com). 'The audience laughed their socks off' (OnTheMic.co.uk). 'The worst comedy I have ever seen' (Audience Review).
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