Doing Time with Lavinia
Doing Time with Lavinia is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at C ARTS | C venues | C digital. It has 13 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 20:35 to Mon 31 Aug, 23:55. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Lavinia Draper, alcohol-soaked performer of a certain age, maintains her dream despite the struggle. The strife of ageing artists, most particularly women, facing unrepentant discrimination and harassment, and the resultant dysphoria and substance use, is profound. But Lavinia is the rare hopeful dreamer who never gives up on herself and inspires the audience to do the same. A one-woman show performed by Susan Campanaro that shatters genre as deftly as the title character severs the comic/ tragic line. Brimming with hysterical comedy, dark sensitivity and harsh reality, the play features a moving score by Lynn Portas.
Details
- Venue: C ARTS | C venues | C digital
- Space: portal – on demand
- Genre: OPERA, Dark comedy, Cabaret
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 53 minutes
- Performances listed: 13, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: This is a digital online venue, and can be accessed from any location with a suitable internet connection using most digital devices, such as tablets, computers, mobile phones or internet-enabled televisions running a current or recent web browser software. Stairs: None 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 4 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.
It’s one of the few shows that’s being presented both in person in Scotland, and also online. It deserves credit for at least partially solving a widespread problem for New York theatergoers, one the trendy editors at…
Great tunes, brilliant lyrics.
— Musical Theatre Review (5 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £10.00
- Thu 6 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £14.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £14.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £14.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 20:35 — Already performed — £14.00
- Mon 31 Aug, 23:55 — Already performed — £14.00