Mixed Messages
Mixed Messages by Fab Goualin is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Gilded Balloon Teviot. It has 25 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 17:40 to Sun 30 Aug, 17:40. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Edinburgh debut from BBC New Comedy Award 2025 semi-finalist, Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year 2025 finalist and So You Think You're Funny? 2024 finalist, Fab Goualin. A show about being mixed-race, middle class, and misunderstood. Growing up, Fab often being the only person of colour in the room meant a lifetime of awkward assumptions, accidental anthropology, and people confidently explaining his own identity to him. Too "something" for certain crowds, not "something enough" for others, he became a master of the code-switch. But the real confusion wasn't just external, it was internal.
Details
- Performer: Fab Goualin
- Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
- Space: Wee Room
- Genre: COMEDY, Stand-up, Storytelling
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 50 seats (Wee Room) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 25, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: All venues and bars are accessible by level access or internal lift. Ramp access available via both the front Bristo Square entrance and the rear Charles Street Lane entrance Wheelchair access type:Level Access, Lift (Building Lift) 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.
He has a fluid, confident delivery and sets up a very warm rapport with the audience. For me, his material is a little on the slight side; a bit safe and comfortable rather than challenging us into the big belly laughs.
— The Real Chrisparkle (3 out of 5 stars)
With a wide grin and a penchant for berets, French Nigerian comic Fab Goualin has an easy charm that makes his gig feel more like a chat with your (slightly bitchy-but-we-love-it) mate than a polished routine.
— The List
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £9.00
- Thu 6 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £9.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £9.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sun 9 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Mon 10 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Tue 11 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Wed 12 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £12.50
- Thu 13 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £12.50
- Fri 14 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sat 15 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sun 16 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Mon 17 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £12.50
- Wed 19 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £12.50
- Thu 20 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £12.50
- Fri 21 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sat 22 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sun 23 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Mon 24 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £12.50
- Tue 25 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £12.50
- Wed 26 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £12.50
- Thu 27 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £12.50
- Fri 28 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sat 29 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sun 30 Aug, 17:40 — Already performed — £13.50