Family Recipe
Family Recipe by Cecily Hitchcock is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Pleasance Courtyard. It has 26 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 20:10 to Sun 30 Aug, 20:10. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
In her highly-anticipated debut stand-up hour, Cecily takes you on a nostalgic dive into 2000s Britain, opening her book of disgusting yet comforting family recipes for the Fringe. Born into the wobbling promise of the new millennium, like a jelly at her family table, in a new-build town that multiplies overnight, terrorised by an evil swan, raised by oddball parents, where Blair and Brown played in her child mind like a Greek tragedy. It's offbeat, it's high-energy, it's the 2008 crash. Dinner's ready kids, come to the table. 'Outstanding' (Independent).
Details
- Performer: Cecily Hitchcock
- Venue: Pleasance Courtyard
- Space: Cellar
- Genre: COMEDY, Stand-up
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 46 seats (Cellar) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 26, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: lift
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet, Hearing loop
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Queue in cobbled courtyard. Access to space via locked lift, please notify venue ahead of your visit if you require use of the lift and ask at Info Shed upon arrival for access. Lift dimensions are 1200mm x 1000mm, max. weight 630kg. Performance space is in Basement down 15 steep steps on a permanent stone staircase, with handrails. Wheelchair access type:Lift (Building Lift) Stairs: 11- 20 Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 2 published 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.
Cecily Hitchcock’s family recipes do feature in her debut Fringe hour of comedy but there is so much more her to unpack.
The performance succeeds when Hitchcock gets specific. Her family’s penchant for grotesque 1970s cuisine, such as banana wrapped in ham, produces the evening’s biggest laughs, while her expressive impressions of her…
— The List (3 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £9.00
- Thu 6 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £9.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 20:10 — Cancelled — £14.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 20:10 — Already performed — £14.00