Doughboys
Doughboys is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Greenside @ Riddles Court. It has 15 performances listed, running from Fri 7 Aug, 18:25 to Sat 22 Aug, 18:25. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
With America entering the Great War, Private Sandes has finally arrived at the Western Front with just one problem. A problem that must be kept secret from the bumbling Sergeant... Sandes is a woman. Disguised as an American Doughboy, Sandes isn’t the only drag king in the trench. Bianconi, a desperate bachelorette, has come to No Man’s Land to land... a man. And Furse, an orphan, is looking for her MIA brother. With battle looming and the Sergeant’s second-in-command threatening to reveal them, the women have just hours to find love, family and themselves before all hell breaks loose.
Details
- Venue: Greenside @ Riddles Court
- Space: Thistle Theatre
- Genre: THEATRE, Farce, LGBTQ+
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 70 seats (Thistle Theatre) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 15, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Access features: Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Stairs: 2 - 5 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 4 published reviews and 16 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.
A deliberately broad wartime farce involving Americans arriving to help a rather clueless British officer. Big performances. Big comedy. And considerably more going on underneath than you might initially expect.
— Pride Nomad's 2026 Edinburgh Fringe Rundown (4 out of 5 stars)
A dugout in Belgium, 1917. A square-shouldered figure is planted front and centre, radiating the limitless confidence of a self-defined leader of men.
What follows is a gleeful romp of slapstick humour, sight gags, mistaken identities and drag shenanigans. Anchoring this well-written script is excellent direction and an all-round talented cast.
— Broadway Baby (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Fri 7 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £8.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £8.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £8.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 18:25 — Already performed — £16.00