Ambitious Underachiever
Ambitious Underachiever is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at PBH's Free Fringe @ Carbon. It has 22 performances listed, running from Sat 8 Aug, 19:05 to Sun 30 Aug, 19:05. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Part musical memoir. Part cabaret confessional. Part survival howl. Award-winning American vocalist Mychelle Colleary presents a genre-bending, jazz-laced cabaret on brain injury and broken systems. Dark, funny and sharply defiant, the show blends original songs with Sondheim, Chaplin and Strayhorn, performed to backing tracks in an intimate space with nowhere to hide. A raw, self-deprecating mix of storytelling, stunning vocals and hard-won self-awareness. 'Smart, sassy and entirely entertaining' (TheaterMania.com).
Details
- Venue: PBH's Free Fringe @ Carbon
- Space: Room 3
- Genre: CABARET, Storytelling, Musical theatre
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 15 seats (Room 3) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 22, of which 0 still to come and on sale
What the reviewers said
We have captured 1 published review and 5 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.
Having ambition can get you out of many a tricky situation – just ask Mychelle Colleary, for whom it was an exit route from mental health hospitalisation. And how did she convey that burning ambition?
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Sat 8 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 9 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Mon 10 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Tue 11 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Wed 12 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Thu 13 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Fri 14 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Sat 15 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 16 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Mon 17 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Tue 18 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Thu 20 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Fri 21 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Sat 22 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 23 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Mon 24 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Tue 25 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Wed 26 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Thu 27 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Fri 28 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Sat 29 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 30 Aug, 19:05 — Already performed — Free