First Steps Into the Gay-niverse
First Steps Into the Gay-niverse by Dr Jimmy is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey (Drummond Street). It has 18 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 11:15 to Sun 23 Aug, 11:15. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Dr Jimmy has one aim: to discover the ultimate Theory of Everything (or become the first gay man to win a Nobel Prize in Physics). Why are waves gay? Particles straight? And quantum mechanics the ultimate textbook guide to being bisexual? Why are quarks queer? Tops difficult to observe? And bottoms are literally EVERYWHERE!! Dr Jimmy collides hardcore physics with hardcore queerness (and existential dread) as he scales the peak of all knowledge. So, join Dr Jimmy at the frontier of physics and prepare to be blown (away)!!!
Details
- Performer: Dr Jimmy
- Venue: Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey (Drummond Street)
- Space: Cinema Room
- Genre: COMEDY, Science and technology, LGBTQ+
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
- Running time: 45 minutes
- Room size: about 30 seats (Cinema Room) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 18, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Step into venue, and 2 further steps into performance space 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 1 published review and 41 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.
Doctor Jimmy’s First Steps into the Gay-Niverse explores the strange parallels between elementary particles and the men he has encountered in his life, strange, charming, often unstable, their behaviour changing…
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 6 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Fri 7 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Sat 8 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Sun 9 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Mon 10 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Tue 11 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Wed 12 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Thu 13 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Fri 14 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Sat 15 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Sun 16 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Mon 17 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Tue 18 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Wed 19 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Thu 20 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Fri 21 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Sat 22 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50
- Sun 23 Aug, 11:15 — Already performed — £2.50