Amadan and Mortair Kill the King
Amadan and Mortair Kill the King is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Gilded Balloon Patter House. It has 8 performances listed, running from Fri 7 Aug, 13:00 to Fri 14 Aug, 13:00. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
When two loyal guardsmen accidentally kill their king, they must scramble to set things right. This play is a rollercoaster hour of non-stop gags, demonic jesters and crab rangoon. Will our heroes make it out alive!? Probably not. Amadan and Mortair: Kill the King is the writing debut of Alex Bathe and Josh Aitken, the creatives behind the hit Dungeons & Dragons live show Tartan Tabletop.
Details
- Venue: Gilded Balloon Patter House
- Space: Blether
- Genre: THEATRE, Comedy, Farce
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 56 seats (Blether) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 8, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Access features: Accessible toilet
What the reviewers said
We have captured 3 published reviews and 12 audience reviews for this show from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s own listing. The excerpts below are the reviewers’ words, not ours — follow each link for the full review.
A play that very simply does what it says on the tin needs a wealth of talent to still satisfy an audience that knows what it’s getting.
— Theatre Weekly (4 out of 5 stars)
Amadan and Mortair Kill the King, at Gilded Balloon’s patter house for Week One of the Fringe, is the hilarious writing debut from Alex Bathe and Josh Aitken of the hit Dungeon & Dragons live show, Tartan…
Having seen Tartan Tabletop’s fantastic live D&D show of the same name at last year’s Fringe, I couldn’t wait to see their debut play Amadan & Mortair Kill The King. When two loyal guardsmen accidentally kill their…
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Fri 7 Aug, 13:00 — Already performed — £9.50
- Sat 8 Aug, 13:00 — Already performed — £12.50
- Sun 9 Aug, 13:00 — Already performed — £12.50
- Mon 10 Aug, 13:00 — Already performed — £12.50
- Tue 11 Aug, 13:00 — Already performed — £12.50
- Wed 12 Aug, 13:00 — Already performed — £11.50
- Thu 13 Aug, 13:00 — Already performed — £11.50
- Fri 14 Aug, 13:00 — Already performed — £12.50