EdFest 2025

Glinda the good witch is full of shit! We never had the power to go home all along… or did we? From licking Jessica Rabbit’s tits on the TV screen to falling head over heels for his straight best friend, Michael DeBartolo takes you through the pubescent anguish of his formative years, a journey that exposes the dark recesses of the queer mind. Will he ever learn that home isn't somewhere over the rainbow?

Thank goodness you're here! A dead mime needs help. At this interactive seance, audiences must think outside the box to help a family of ghosts resolve their unfinished business. Play charades, solve puzzles and pierce the veil between life and death on a madcap quest for forbidden knowledge.

In this absurdist comedy from writer-performer Emily Weitzman, boyfriends are armchairs, lampshades and futons. Hailed as 'hilarious', 'weirdly poignant' and 'loopily, luminously charming' (BuzzPei.com), Furniture Boys explores how furniture endures, but boyfriends – not so much. Blending theatre, comedy, clown, spoken word and furniture showroom, this one-woman show has been called 'imaginative, thoughtful, playful, hilarious and relentlessly, infectiously joyous' (BuzzPei.com). Winner of Theatre’s Choice at Off-Broadway’s SoHo Playhouse in NYC, the Fringiest Show Award at the 2025 Orlando Fringe FestN4, and the 2024 Jilline Ringle Solo Performance Award. 'Furniture,' writes one reviewer, 'has never been more moving'.

An amnesiac time traveler needs the audience's help to recover the defining moments of his life. A lighthearted and sentimental exploration of the beauty of human relationships. Who is worth remembering and who would you rather forget?

Microsoft Word’s writing assistant, Clippy, has seen the future—and it is bleak. Determined to prevent the impending techno-dystopia brought about by artificial intelligence, Clippy travels back in time to warn humanity in a thrilling, time-traveling adventure through the internet.

Sam and his dead grandpa have a conversation about everything from resisting fascism (in the US, in Europe, and in Palestine) to growing up with mobsters – all with the help of a mystical creature from Yiddish folklore. Developed from the private journals of Saul N. Sherman, a Jewish WWII veteran, blended with the writings from his grandson, Sam Sherman ""kaddish (how to be a sanctuary)"" explores what our ancestors can teach us about the messy path towards standing up for what is right.

NYC-born clown and woman Funmi swims in Fish, a one-woman clown show about a fish (played by Funmi) who wants to be a human (played by Funmi playing Fish). Part of EdFest, a festival of NYC Edinburgh Fringe previews produced by Jess Ducey, with technical director Jen Leno. Catch this and 11 other shows before they head to Scotland.

The forgotten story of Amadeus’ genius sister, who performed alongside him to equal acclaim. Set in a stunning 18-foot dress, this multi award-winning production ushers you into a world of opulence and delight – obscured by restriction and prejudice. Inspired by the Mozart family’s hilarious and heartbreaking letters, Nannerl Mozart finally tells her story. Nathan Davis and Phyllis Chen (Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival) bring Nannerl’s musical imagination to life with an award-winning original music using clavichords, music boxes, teacups and fluttering fans. Performed, in rotation, by Sylvia Milo and Daniela Galli. ‘Strikingly beautiful’ (New York Times).

With her co-star unaccounted for, Lizzy Sunshine must carry a double act... alone. A positively chaotic comedy hour by addiction's (fun!) little sister. It's like Glee unwilling to admit it's Baby Reindeer. But don't worry it's not sad!!! This show-within-a-show features: audience participation, big characters, big feelings and your very own rose-coloured glasses. After a sold-out run in NYC and US tour, Liz Coin (Amazon Prime, The Second City) makes her Fringe debut! Directed by Makena Reynolds.

In a twist of fate, an ordinary man finds himself magically transformed into the Queen of the Carnival. With advanced age, abundant body hair and limited talents, he is an unlikely candidate. Praised as a 'whimsical tour de force' (Orlando Weekly), this non-verbal blend of clown, drag and queer joy reminds us it's never too late to embrace your true self. Created and performed by Edu Díaz, a Fulbright-awarded artist from the Canary Islands, A Drag is Born has won five awards, including Best Solo Clown (NYC Fringe) and Best Solo Show (Orlando Fringe).

Based on the true story of a tarot-reading lesbian forced from her home by Christian neighbours likely in a cult, Gretchen Wylder's darkly comedic one-woman show explores witches as healers, the patriarchal systems that burned them and the modern dangers of organised religion. Living a double life – reading tarot in Salem while living in a creepy cottage town run by zealots – her personal horror show becomes a fierce reclamation of spirituality. Reinterpreting Biblical women’s stories and exposing the ongoing persecution of the divine feminine, all while trying not to get burned at the stake.

Hockey bro Andy is leading a new sex ed club to B(reak) R(eproductive) O(ppression). The Peanut in his hockey bag is hungry for your desires. And the performer beneath it all is cracking open. Part play, part interactive workshop, part unleashing, Shell confronts us with what we know and don’t know about our bodies, their power and what happens when we truly ask for what we want.