A History Comedy Show
A History Comedy Show is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Hoots @ Nicolson Square. It has 24 performances listed, running from Fri 7 Aug, 12:50 to Sun 30 Aug, 12:50. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Comedians do stand-up as their favourite character from history or the time and place in history they’d want to time travel to! So if you've ever wanted to see stand-up comedy from Mahatma Gandhi, Marilyn Monroe or Adolf Hitler? Well now is your chance! Hosted by award-winning comedian and history buff Raul Kohli. * (Guardian). * (AYoungishPerspective.co.uk). * (TheWeeReview.com). * (FringeWorld.com.au/FringeFeed). Edinburgh ISH Awards Best Show Nominee 2024. 'The Bobby Thompson of our times' (Dan Jackson – The Rest is History). 'Funny, moving, powerful' (Mike Reiss, Producer/Writer – The Simpsons).
Details
- Venue: Hoots @ Nicolson Square
- Space: Nic 5 (Nicolson Square Venues Courtyard)
- Genre: COMEDY, Historical, Stand-up
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 32 seats (Nic 5 (Nicolson Square Venues Courtyard)) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 24, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Fri 7 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 12:50 — Cancelled — £5.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 12:50 — Cancelled — £5.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 12:50 — Already performed — £5.00