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After a successful 2025 festival, Duces Wild will present the second edition of EdFest, a festival of previews of shows bound for Edinburgh Fringe later this year. The 2026 festival will be held at Brooklyn Art Haus from 14-19 July, with two shows per weeknight, plus more on the weekend.

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'The Fringe is magical, but it's also expensive and can be overwhelming,' says Jess Ducey, EdFest curator and producer. 'EdFest is an experiment in collective ways of sharing the risks of making art - and hopefully making some friends along the way.'

Fifteen shows were selected from a pool of 42 applicants, and each will present a one-night-only preview before they leave for the world's largest theatre festival, running from 7-31 August 2026 in Edinburgh. Much like the Fringe, shows run a broad gamut of themes, genres, and styles. "Whether you're in the mood to reckon with fame, process grief, lament capitalism, start a revolution, search for love and connection, clown around, dance, paint, immerse yourself in sound and light, or laugh yourself silly, we've got something to tickle your fancy,' Ducey says.

Audiences are invited to support indie artists and discover the next breakout Fringe hit at Brooklyn Art Haus this summer.

EdFest runs from 14-19 July 2026 at Brooklyn Art Haus, 24 Marcy Avenue at 7pm and 9pm, plus 2pm matinees on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets start at $20, available at https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/edfest-2026-4846419 .

by Giuliana Mancini (14 July @ 7pm)

Esther knows she's destined to be a pop star. The Pop Princess Programme of Prestige Produces Protégés. Will she become the pop star of her dreams? Or a nightmare like you've never seen?

by Undiscovered Countries (14 July @ 9pm)

Judy Garland Is Fat at Carnegie Hall resurrects the biggest night in show business history as a messy, virtuosic, experimental lip-sync extravaganza. Sixty-five years after Judy's iconic performance, NYC drag artists Xena Fauxbia and Soda Pressed worship at the altar of a queer icon, examining Judy's experience to mine their own relationship to hunger and societal fatphobia. It's a wacky, aching exploration of weighty desire and the absurdity of never quite fitting into "The Costume."

by Aarushi Agni (15 July @ 7pm)

Sold out at the NYC Fringe Festival 2025. Part love letter, part stand-up set, part concert and part iPhone advert (jk!), the show explores whether emojis are a uniquely universal shorthand or merely digital crumbs of connection in a fractured society. In this hilarious, heartfelt, ADHD-friendly show packed with energetic musical numbers, sparkling visuals and audience participation, Aarushi Agni delivers a chaotic TED Talk/musical about emoji and risky texts blending sharp comedy, cultural insight and impressive vocal dynamism.

(15 July @ 9pm)

She's a professional matchmaker who accidentally set up her college boyfriend with her high school bully. Sorta like if Ron set up Hermione with Malfoy. Or Romeo set up Juliet, with someone who bullied Romeo. You know. Like that. You get it. Comedy.co.uk recommended show. Top Ten Solo Shows of Hollywood Fringe (StageTakes.com). 'Side-splitting comedy' (TheEdinburghReporter.co.uk). 'Hypersonic physicality' **** (MumbleComedy.net ). Top 9 Shows to See: Edinburgh Reporter. Featured: BBC, NPR and Off-Broadway. From the creator of Faking It, a five-star, award-winning, FringeReview.co.uk Highly Recommended Show and Off-West-End hit.

(16 July @ 7pm)

Before age ten, Marina di Marzo was an unstoppable romantic force. After eleven? A cautionary tale. This New York comedian digs into her early 2000s childhood - armed with MS Paint, Sharon Stone , and her Italian heritage - to figure out exactly when and why it all went wrong. Expect real stories of Austen-level passion from primary school, Dickensian heartbreak from middle school onward and a Disney channel inspired pop song you didn't see coming. Oh, and at some point she flashes her bra. It makes sense in context. Mostly.

by Joyce Lao (16 July @ 9pm)

Dr Kara Kibara sells her services through a hybrid TED talk, workshop, transformation-improv performance style as the best dating and relationship guru. Dr Kara unintentionally reflects on her past to find out why she is still single as she offers advice on manifesting love. Featuring her unreleased original songs recorded when she was under a Columbia Records mentorship years ago. Edinburgh Fringe Talk 2025's Hottest Preview in Town.

by Kento Morita (17 July @ 7pm)

Kento the clown missed his grandmother's funeral in Japan due to Covid restrictions. He's trying to recreate the traditional rites, but it keeps going wrong. Can the audience help him achieve closure in this gentle, heartwarming comedy? Blending clown and storytelling with Japanese and Okinawan funeral customs, Kento attempts to process 108 of his grandma's memories, along with unresolved thoughts and small, stubborn facts about her life, in a show that is both deeply personal, yet widely relatable. What begins as a failed ceremony becomes a gentle, intimate invitation to laugh, remember and let go.

(17 July @ 9pm)

Believing themselves to be revolutionary leaders, two overconfident artists attempt to liberate the masses through the power of theatre. Ethan & Gigi are here to upstage fascist pigs and break legs (literally). The revolution will not be televised, it will be live!

by Elizabeth June (18 July @ 2pm)

Award-winning solo show by Elizabeth June (Blackish, Hightown), Notes from a Narcissistic Negro and Other N Words is a dramedy detailing her childhood and clergy sexual abuse and cancer survival. All songs, stories, spoken word and stand-up sets are a testimony of her triumph over trauma. Explicit language and situations.

by Nadia P Manzoor (18 July @ 7pm)

After her mother's death, a British-Pakistani woman moves to Boston - where a 6'5" Puerto Rican hip hop dancer from the Bronx teaches her how to dance, how to take up space, and how to battle. She doesn't realise she's being trained to fight him. A darkly funny solo show featuring electrifying hip hop and astonishing character transformations.

by Leo Lion (18 July @ 9:30pm)

This sleeper agent is on his most important mission ever. Your mission: make him remember what the hell it is. From the clown/game show creators of last year's Edinburgh Fringe hit HELP ME!!!! (an interactive mime séance) comes I WAS NEVER HERE: a highly interactive, gonzo spy thriller featuring an overzealous secret agent searching for activation phrases which will help him regain sections of his memory. Play along, decode cyphers, answer phones and most importantly remember - you never saw any of this.

(19 July @ 2pm)

Alex La is bringing his debut stand-up comedy special, Fool as Hell, to the Edinburgh Fringe this year. He'll be doing bits about puzzles and dragons, but he'll also be getting personal about his parents' marriage and his dating life, from his most recent breakup to his current relationship with an older woman. It's got a bit of everything! 'Whimsical, fun, a bit different' (James Mattern, comedian). 'Can't wait to see more' (also James Mattern, comedian).

by Donna Oblongata (19 July @ 7pm)

It's a sip and paint. It's Sotheby's. It's karaoke night. Strap in, because whatever it is, Van Gogh is back and he has a side hustle. This is the real Van Gogh Immersive Experience. Emphasis on immersive. Donna Oblongata (Leeway Transformation Award, Jilline Ringle Solo Performance Award) is 'brimming with compassion and monstrously funny' (PlayOnMKE.com). She has sold out theatres in NYC and LA and performed internationally in Slava's Snowshow. 'A delightfully unhinged gem' ***** (ShinyLife.co.uk). 'An uproariously good time... side-splittingly funny' **** (AdventuresInTheatreland.com). 'Inspired lunacy' (TalkinBroadway.com).

by RnL Productions (17 July @ 9:30pm)

Astrid Fisher is an influencer who goes from tradwife to trapped-wife when her husband locks her in their attic. She says she's soooo happy to be up there, but some of her viewers aren't so convinced. When one of those concerned viewers breaks into the attic to try and rescue her, she is forced to question if the life she's made as a "traditional woman" is as perfect as she's always claimed... or if she's in serious danger.

by Wet Hands (18-19 July @ 12:30, 3:15, & 5pm)

Step inside a transformed studio and enter a fully immersive, interactive electronic soundbath designed for deep rest and radical listening. Beginning with a restorative sonic reset, the experience gradually weaves live audience-contributed sounds into an evolving ambient composition. Over 75 minutes, drift between wakefulness and hypnagogic dream states. Part installation, part gathering space, this work invites you to reclaim your attention in a world of overload. With intimate capacity, intentional prompts and an environment shaped around choice and comfort, it feels less like a show and more like a service. A rare space to pause.

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