Crying At My Podiatrist
Crying At My Podiatrist is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Paradise in Augustines. It has 19 performances listed, running from Sat 8 Aug, 19:40 to Sun 30 Aug, 19:40. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
When Julia Atkin loses her big toenail, she gains an unlikely spiritual advisor: her Ukrainian podiatrist. In this preposterous, dark comedy, Julia revisits the worst three years of her life-medical mishaps, identity crises and giggling through grief. Crying At My Podiatrist blends absurd body horror with a reluctant search for meaning in the world's least spiritual office. Existential dread and unexpected tenderness collide in an Edinburgh Fringe debut.
Details
- Venue: Paradise in Augustines
- Space: Snug
- Genre: THEATRE, Solo show, Dark comedy
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 30 seats (Snug) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 19, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Access features: Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: The audience enter from George IV Bridge, with a couple of steps to enter the building. A temporary ramp is also available. The Snug is located downstairs, via a single width staircase. The audience enter in the side of the auditorium. The front row is all level access. Stairs: 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 and 26 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.
4.5 Stars. Atkin’s sharp writing is only amplified by her wonderful ability to perform stories in a conversational way that feels reminiscent of meeting a stranger at a bar and learning their whole life story.
A poignant hobble through one journey of body acceptance.
— A Youngish Perspectivee (5 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Sat 8 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 19:40 — Already performed — £12.00