Questions answered by Mariann (DorisCrea Collective).

Q1: Aside from this Quickie, what is the most desperate marketing tactic you plan on using to get bums in seats this August? 280 chars

Burn a burqa on the royal mile. Just kidding! We’re hoping to team up with a Scottish tea brand and hand out free samples with our show’s branding and a QR code. In other words, we’re relying on the oldest marketing trick in the book: bribing people with food and drink.

Q2: If your show walked into a cocktail bar, what would it order?

It would be boring to say tea after the first question. We think LANDSFRAU would order a glass of water. It strips everything back to something universal: no garnish, just what everybody needs to survive.

Q3: If your show suddenly developed a massive ego and became the biggest diva in the 2026 Fringe, what absurd, hyper-specific item would be mandatory on its dressing room rider?

A huge silver samovar filled with Scottish Breakfast tea, served by someone who can explain the difference between integration and assimilation without starting an argument.

Q4: If all the shows running right now were at a massive Fringe house party, what is your show doing?

LANDSFRAU is the person sitting on the kitchen floor at 3 a.m., making you laugh one minute and question your entire life the next. You only meant to stay for five minutes, but somehow you’re still there an hour later, discussing your biggest fears and deepest secrets.

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LANDSFRAU

Date(s): Week 1 (Fri 7th to Thurs 13th Aug) • Week 2 (Fri 14th to Thur 20th Aug) • Final week(s) (Fri 21st to Mon 31st Aug)

Time(s): Afternoon (Between 12-noon and 6pm)

Ticket type: Paid

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Questions answered by Frank Buytendijk.

Q1: Aside from this Quickie, what is the most desperate marketing tactic you plan on using to get bums in seats this August? 280 chars

Stroopwafels. I will bring lots of stroopwafels from The Netherlands. Who could possibly resist.

Q2: If your show walked into a cocktail bar, what would it order?

single malt, 2 dashes of orange bitter, sprinkled with crushed stroopwafels.

Q3: All shows will have their tough days. What sophisticated self-care strategies will you employ to survive?

Eat all the stroopwafels myself. Duh.

Q4: How will the audience remember you the morning after?

Easy. The stroopwafels.

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Always A Silver Lining

Date(s): Final week(s) (Fri 21st to Mon 31st Aug)

Time(s): Afternoon (Between 12-noon and 6pm)

Ticket type: Free

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Questions answered by Robin Grainger.

Q1: Aside from this Quickie, what is the most desperate marketing tactic you plan on using to get bums in seats this August? 280 chars

The show is incredible so it will sell itself. Seriously though, I love anything I can do to push the show; writing articles for newspapers and magazines, tv and radio interviews and appearances and lots and lots and lots of showcase gigs. It’s all a joy to do!

Q2: Cancel culture has finally come for your show. What sins has it committed?

It’s almost *too* funny so has become dangerous to people’s actual health.

Q3: The Fringe is horribly expensive. How are you financing this run? Did you remortgage your house, sell your granny, or start an illicit side hustle?

I collect rare shoes and have put a bunch up on my Vinted page, along with some other really cool bits of clothing. Check it out!

Q4: All shows will have their tough days. What sophisticated self-care strategies will you employ to survive?

Genuinely, go for a walk, speak to someone normal (non comedian) and realise how silly and amazing the festival is. Also, no one forced you to do your show- you chose to, put in time, effort and money so enjoy it! 🙂

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Lemonade

Date(s): Previews week (Fri 31st July to Thurs 6th Aug) • Week 1 (Fri 7th to Thurs 13th Aug) • Week 2 (Fri 14th to Thur 20th Aug) • Final week(s) (Fri 21st to Mon 31st Aug)

Time(s): Evening (Between 6pm and 10pm)

Ticket type: Paid

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Questions answered by Brian Walters.

Q1: Aside from this Quickie, what is the most desperate marketing tactic you plan on using to get bums in seats this August? 280 chars

We shall unleash Mr. Chicken and our BATSU! shinobis upon the cobbled streets of Edinburgh, and show the masses what “batsu” really means! As soon as the sun goes down, listen for the sound of the BATSU! gong!

Q2: All shows will have their tough days. What sophisticated self-care strategies will you employ to survive?

We’d start the day with delicious omelettes made by Mr. Chicken himself, cooked in the BATSU! gong and stirred with the mallet.

Q3: We all have weird pre-performance rituals. What is yours, and how confused would a normal person be if they walked in on you doing it?

In our shared green room, you’ll hear shouts of “FIRE IN THE HOLE” as we test our paintball marker, you’ll see an adult baby preparing their own milk bottle, and our stallion Cinnamon slipping into their harness.

Q4: How will the audience remember you the morning after?

Audiences tend to wake up with sore cheeks from laughing so much with a bit of a sake hangover, and might find a video of their best friend eating body sushi onstage!

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BATSU!

Date(s): Previews week (Fri 31st July to Thurs 6th Aug) • Week 1 (Fri 7th to Thurs 13th Aug) • Week 2 (Fri 14th to Thur 20th Aug) • Final week(s) (Fri 21st to Mon 31st Aug)

Time(s): Late (After 10pm)

Ticket type: Paid

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Questions answered by Donna Oblongata.

Q1: Aside from this Quickie, what is the most desperate marketing tactic you plan on using to get bums in seats this August? 280 chars

To be completely honest, my goal going into this festival is to not have to do anything that feels desperate. I suppose that’s easy to say in June. But maybe check in with me in August when I’m delivering for Just Eat and handing people paper comps with every order.

Q2: The Fringe is horribly expensive. How are you financing this run? Did you remortgage your house, sell your granny, or start an illicit side hustle?

Selling hand-printed t-shirts that say “All Clowns Are Beautiful” (will be available as merch at the show, too!) And we did a fundraising event where we auctioned off dates with some clowns. They didn’t bring in much, but we sold a lot of raffle tickets to win free ice cream.

Q3: If you brought this show home for the holidays, how would your parents react to them?

Hide the good silver.

Q4: If all the shows running right now were at a massive Fringe house party, what is your show doing?

Dancing on the coffee table, lampshade on head, drinking beer from some kind of hose-and-funnel situation and yelling incoherently, but in a way that’s just trying to make sure everyone has a good time.

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The Van Gogh Shogh

Date(s): Previews week (Fri 31st July to Thurs 6th Aug) • Week 1 (Fri 7th to Thurs 13th Aug) • Week 2 (Fri 14th to Thur 20th Aug) • Final week(s) (Fri 21st to Mon 31st Aug)

Time(s): Evening (Between 6pm and 10pm)

Ticket type: Paid

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Questions answered by Jonathan Laury.

Q1: Aside from this Quickie, what is the most desperate marketing tactic you plan on using to get bums in seats this August? 280 chars

Parading around Edinburgh with a haunted doll. I’m still deciding whether to bring a pram up for her or not. The brain says no, the heart says oh god yes.

Q2: Cancel culture has finally come for your show. What sins has it committed?

Well the audience starts the show dead, so mass murder, I guess. Being cancelled for that is pretty uncontroversial (or you’d hope so). My show probably also has a podcast extolling the health benefits of bathing in fresh virgin’s blood. You can’t say anything any more…

Q3: The Fringe is horribly expensive. How are you financing this run? Did you remortgage your house, sell your granny, or start an illicit side hustle?

Redundancy! Hurrah for AI taking my job. I’m sinking my redundancy money into my Edinburgh run, and I’ll worry about what comes next in September. Maybe World War 3 will properly kick off and then I won’t have to worry.

Q4: If you brought this show home for the holidays, how would your parents react to them?

They would nod and smile politely, then as soon as it went out of the room to freshen up they’d say very pointedly, “Gosh, he’s a bit… enthusiastic… isn’t he? Quite full of beans. Looks lovely, but a bit overdressed for the occasion.”

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The Vampire Run

Date(s): Week 1 (Fri 7th to Thurs 13th Aug) • Week 2 (Fri 14th to Thur 20th Aug) • Final week(s) (Fri 21st to Mon 31st Aug)

Time(s): Evening (Between 6pm and 10pm)

Ticket type: Pay what you can

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Questions answered by David Aldred.

Q1: Aside from this Quickie, what is the most desperate marketing tactic you plan on using to get bums in seats this August? 280 chars

Rockbeth is our most shameless ploy: a heady brew of witchcraft, thunderous rock, and spellbinding storytelling. Expect curses, chaos, and killer tunes—basically we’re conjuring every dark art we can to pack the house this August.

Q2: If your show walked into a cocktail bar, what would it order?

A smoky Black Sabbath – dark, fiery, and slightly cursed – served in a cracked goblet with a rosemary sprig “for the witches” and a guitar pick garnish. It insists on shouting “Encore!” after every sip.

Q3: Cancel culture has finally come for your show. What sins has it committed?

Rockbeth’s been cancelled for reckless use of witches, excessive guitar shredding, and glamorising “yelling at ghosts.” Also cited for summoning storms without a permit and putting Macbeth in leather trousers. We regret nothing – except maybe the trousers.

Q4: How will the audience remember you the morning after?

Like a glorious hangover: a bit dizzy, slightly haunted, humming riffs they can’t quite place – plus a lingering sense they may have accidentally pledged allegiance to a coven. And somehow… they’ll want to do it all again.

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Rockbeth

Date(s): Limited run

Time(s): Afternoon (Between 12-noon and 6pm)

Ticket type: Paid

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Questions answered by Sammy J.

Q1: Aside from this Quickie, what is the most desperate marketing tactic you plan on using to get bums in seats this August? 280 chars

I’m going to replace Greyfriars Bobby with an actual terrier, who I’ve trained to hand out flyers for my show. It’s been a nightmare dealing with UK quarantine but I’m confident I’ll have him in place by opening night. Unrelated but please DM me if anyone wants a statue of a dog.

Q2: We all have weird pre-performance rituals. What is yours, and how confused would a normal person be if they walked in on you doing it?

I tend to arrive early, say hi to my venue staff, do some gentle vocal warm ups with a lemon and ginger tea, FaceTime my children back home in Australia, do a few gentle stretches, put on my microphone for soundcheck, then snort twelve lines of cocaine.

Q3: If you brought this show home for the holidays, how would your parents react to them?

They would be absolutely charmed. They would laugh at all its stories. Then they would encourage it to perform a full season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It would be like, “oh no I couldn’t possibly” but they’d be like “go on do it!” and it would be like “FINE OK I WILL.”

Q4: How will the audience remember you the morning after?

I don’t need them to remember me specifically. We may never see each other again. I just want them to have the best time of their lives between 7:40pm and 8:40pm, so that when they check their credit card statement a few weeks later they’re not filled with regret.

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Sammy J – Hero Complex

Date(s): Previews week (Fri 31st July to Thurs 6th Aug) • Week 1 (Fri 7th to Thurs 13th Aug) • Week 2 (Fri 14th to Thur 20th Aug)

Time(s): Evening (Between 6pm and 10pm)

Ticket type: Paid

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