Friendliest
Friendliest is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Gilded Balloon Teviot. It has 26 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 18:00 to Mon 31 Aug, 18:00. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Drew Lausch grew up gay in Fargo, North Dakota. So he did what any emotionally stable teenager would do: invented the world's first gay superhero. Years later, he's still trying to save himself. Friendliest is a dark, funny and quietly devastating solo show about first love, small-town repression and the creative impulse to rewrite your own origin story. Blending biting stand-up with raw storytelling, Drew unpacks the boy he hurt, the hero he built, and the mess in between. It's sharp, intimate and occasionally feral. Written and performed by Drew Lausch. Directed by Jenny Leon.
Details
- Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
- Space: Nook
- Genre: COMEDY, Solo show, LGBTQ+
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 46 seats (Nook) — 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
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
What the reviewers said
We have captured 2 published reviews and 29 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 one-man show written and performed by Drew Lausch, Friendliest is personal, painful and hilarious, directed by Jenny Leon and with a jangly guitar soundtrack which channels Kevin Smith’s early films of the romantic…
Friendliest is an overall positive, LGBTQIA+ coming-of-age comedy with some sharp edges; and relatable to many. If you’ve ever asked yourself who you are in someone else’s story, and haven’t always liked the results, it…
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £10.00
- Thu 6 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £10.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Mon 31 Aug, 18:00 — Already performed — £12.00