Cabaret

Cabaret Shows

Have a look through our selection of Cabaret Shows! We are sure To have something you'll want to see in Edinburgh this August - from children's shows to cabaret; standup comedy to tragic drama. There's something for everyone at the Free Festival!


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Ashley Haden: Genocial Liberal WIP.

Ashley Haden: Genocial Liberal WIP.

Cabaret

Ashley Haden: Genocial Liberal WIP.

Cabaret

The Walrus / Raised Room
MAY 24-26 at 20:15 (60 min) - FREE

The Genocial Liberal is back. The world is shit but can be better. Ashley may not have all of the answers, but he certainly has the right questions. ***** Radio Haha **** Three Weeks **** Broadway Baby "He is absolutely merciless" The Scotsman...


Bax - The legend of the man with superglue fingers

Bax - The legend of the man with superglue fingers

Cabaret

Bax - The legend of the man with superglue fingers

Cabaret

The Walrus / Basement Room
MAY 13-14, 21 at 16:00 (60 min) - PAID - Tickets from £8

Way out west there was this fella, a fella by the name of Bax. Join Bax on his journey through towns, where he has to escape muggers, has brush-ins with the law and connects with strangers through his mysticism, magic and mentalism. Many rumours and myths surround Bax as he travels from town to town, follow him on his journey but be sure to have a quick wit and an even quicker eye as Bax changes the properties of metal, predicts the future and answers your most burning questions. They don’t call him the legend with superglue fingers for nothing. ...


Boyz Nite

Boyz Nite

Cabaret

Boyz Nite

Cabaret

The Temple Bar / Upstairs
MAY 19 at 20:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can - Tickets from £5

Boyz Nite is a new variety night celebrating trans men, trans masc and butch non-binary performers. Are you ready to make some noize for the boyz? It's time for the first ever Boyz Nite, a cabaret celebrating trans men, trans masc and butch non-binary performers. We have comedy. We have drag. We have poetry and we have much, much more. Our bill is chock full of the best performers in town (and also outside of town) including: MC Cerys Bradley, Darren Ely, Amelia Stubberfield, Dan Load (aka Beth Watson), Trinidad and TooGayThough (aka Emily Aboud), Aleks Jagielski (Line up subject to chan...


ILLUSIONATI - A Magical Conspiracy

ILLUSIONATI - A Magical Conspiracy

Cabaret

ILLUSIONATI - A Magical Conspiracy

Cabaret

The Walrus / Basement Room
MAY 29-31, JUN 1-2 at 18:45 (50 min) - PAID - Tickets from £8
JUN 3-4 at 14:45 (50 min) - PAID - Tickets from £8

The Great Baldini (‘Emperor of Illusion’, ‘Prince of Prestidigitation’, and ‘Maharajah of Mystery’) is a magical legend, a music hall relict and an old school theatrical performer. Baldini is a Magic Circle member and award-winning member of Bristol Society of Magic and Wessex Magical Association. Baldini is also the head of the shadowy and sinister ILLUSIONATI - a group of elite magicians influencing the world through the use of magical dark arts. ILLUSIONATI reveals how this cabal use MAGIC to win at gambling, rig elections and steal and eliminate enemies. The next wholly (im)plausi...


Kuan-wen: Ilha Formosa (WIP)

Kuan-wen: Ilha Formosa (WIP)

Cabaret

Kuan-wen: Ilha Formosa (WIP)

Cabaret

The Caroline of Brunswick / Upper Lounge
MAY 27-29 at 15:15 (60 min) - PAID - Tickets from £3

"Taiwanese force of nature" (Chortle) Kuan-wen traded his beloved island for the rainy British isles, for "Taiwanese" symbolises generations of migration and shifting identities. Kuan-wen as heard and seen on BBC Three, BBC Radio 4 and Comedy Central UK. The WIP show, also featured in last year's programme, has been significantly re-written in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 ...


Talk Radio

Talk Radio

Cabaret

Talk Radio

Cabaret

The Walrus / Raised Room
MAY 27, 29 at 15:15 (60 min) - Pay What You Can - Tickets from £5
MAY 28 at 21:30 (60 min) - Pay What You Can - Tickets from £5

Don’t touch that dial, it’s time to tune into Talk Radio! Inspired by a vast library of tunes that have never existed before (and will never be heard again), DJs Bird and Tax Collector will find just the right songs for you, their live studio audience. This brand-new, highly interactive improvised musical show turns stories into songs and conversations into catharsis, based on everyone’s favorite road trip and insomnia companion: the late-night Talk Radio Show....


Viggo Venn: Clown (work in progress)

Viggo Venn: Clown (work in progress)

Cabaret

Viggo Venn: Clown (work in progress)

Cabaret

The Walrus / Raised Room
MAY 11 at 19:00 (60 min) - FREE and unticketed
MAY 19 at 22:45 (60 min) - FREE and unticketed
The Walrus / Basement Room
MAY 18 at 21:15 (60 min) - FREE and unticketed

Viggo Venn is an award winning clown from Norway. WINNER: Best Comedy Brighton Fringe 2016 (Zach&Viggo) “Nordic Prince of Clowning” - The List In 2019 Viggo did a mime show “Viggo The Viking”, in 2022 he did a Stand up show “Viggo Venn: Club Comedian”… As a trained clown you often get the question “Do you have Big shoes and a squirty flower?” After growing tired of endlessly answering “No” to this question Viggo decided it is time to get some BIG shoes and a squirty flower. 2023: Finally it is time for the clown to do a clown show. Viggo Venn: Clown (work in progress) ...