Diary of a Mad Man
Diary of a Mad Man is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Assembly Roxy. It has 26 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 13:20 to Mon 31 Aug, 13:20. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Diary of a Mad Man is a darkly comic one-man drama tracing the psychological collapse of a corporate worker whose status craving mutates into obsession. Adapted from Nikolai Gogol and relocated to contemporary Ireland, the play immerses us inside a mind where professional failure breeds paranoia, rage and terrifying logic. Consumed by race, hierarchy and fixation on his CEO’s daughter, his inner voice grows seductive, persuasive and lethal. As reality fractures, the audience becomes trapped inside his reasoning, forced to confront how ambition corrodes identity and madness feels disturbingly justified, dark, funny and deeply unsettling.
Details
- Venue: Assembly Roxy
- Space: Roxyboxy
- Genre: THEATRE, Drama, Comedy
- Country: IRELAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 74 seats (Roxyboxy) — 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: ramp
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet, Captioned performances
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Cobbled area surrounding the venue Wheelchair access type:Temporary Ramp Stairs: 1 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 1 published review and 30 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.
Gogol’s Diary of a Madman, first published in 1835, is considered to be the first story to portray a genuine decline into insanity, specifically through schizophrenia, showing the narrator’s delusions of grandeur,…
— The Real Chrisparkle (5 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £8.50
- Thu 6 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £8.50
- Fri 7 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £13.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £13.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £13.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £13.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £13.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £13.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £15.00
- Mon 31 Aug, 13:20 — Already performed — £13.00