The Sonic Joy Orchestra
The Sonic Joy Orchestra by Dan Lees and Tom Curzon is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at PBH's Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth. It has 13 performances listed, running from Mon 17 Aug, 22:10 to Sun 30 Aug, 22:10. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Award-winning duo Dan Lees and Tom Penn present The Sonic Joy Orchestra, an explosive blend of clowning and musical joy. These two clowns set out to summon music so divine it could make the heavens quake. 'A miracle... uproariously funny... an absolute riot' * (BeyondTheJoke.co.uk). 'Good times guaranteed' (Everything-Theatre.co.uk). Winner of the Malcolm Hardy Award for Comic Originality 2022 for The Flop.
Details
- Performer: Dan Lees and Tom Curzon
- Venue: PBH's Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth
- Space: Cinema Room
- Genre: COMEDY, Clown, Music
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 60 seats (Cinema Room) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 13, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: ramp
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: The venue is halfway down a steep hill. This venue has a temporary ramp into the venue. As this venue has lots of internal stairs, staff are available to carry wheelchairs over the steps to the various performance spaces. If you require staff assistance, please book ahead & speak to staff beforehand. Wheelchair access type:Temporary Ramp Stairs: 6 - 10 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 6 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.
Off the rails musical masterwork. Chaos. Chaos is almost the strongest element of this show, as Dan Lees and Tom Curzon set each scene for each section as easily and as certainly as they end up smashing it apart, with…
— everything theatre (4 out of 5 stars)
It’s a comedy masterwork that can impart a wonderfully good mood on even the sourest of attendees (who may or may not have been drowned in the biblical Edinburgh rains this week), and in doing so, the band live fully up…
— Everything Theatre (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Mon 17 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Tue 18 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Wed 19 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Thu 20 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Fri 21 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Sat 22 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 23 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Mon 24 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Wed 26 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Thu 27 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Fri 28 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Sat 29 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 30 Aug, 22:10 — Already performed — Free