Bed Five
Bed Five is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Gilded Balloon Teviot. It has 6 performances listed, running from Tue 18 Aug, 11:50 to Tue 25 Aug, 11:50. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Darkly comic solo show written and performed by Nikki Fagbemi (Netflix, C4, Sky Arts, Amazon Prime), based on her lived experience of invisible illness. Shade is a young woman with sickle cell disease whose life depends on the blood of strangers. Between hospital admissions, emergency transfusions and a family that expects her to keep going no matter the cost, she’s become an expert at hiding her pain. But when a near-death crisis and the loss of a friend force her to confront her mortality, the cracks begin to show. Unforgettable characters bring this chaotic hospital ward to life.
Details
- Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
- Space: Dining Room
- Genre: COMEDY, Solo show
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 120 seats (Dining Room) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 6, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Entrance via level access after taking stairs or lift to level 2. Wheelchair access type:Level Access, Lift (Building Lift) Stairs: None Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Tue 18 Aug, 11:50 — Already performed — £13.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 11:50 — Already performed — £13.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 11:50 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sat 22 Aug, 11:50 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sun 23 Aug, 11:50 — Already performed — £13.50
- Tue 25 Aug, 11:50 — Already performed — £13.00