Very Hot. Very Messy.
Very Hot. Very Messy. by Georgia Polly-Taylor is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Underbelly, Cowgate. It has 25 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 16:15 to Sun 30 Aug, 16:15. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Georgia Polly-Taylor: Very Hot. Very Messy. takes you on a grungy gondola trip through the kaleidoscopic sewers of celebrity. We find wannabe socialite model, Hot Mess, at her first ever MET Gala – poses are struck, bowels are loose and dreams are crushed faster than you can say nepotism. Part absurd clown, part catwalk diva: Georgia Polly-Taylor's remarkably eccentric character celebrates the often disastrous reality of being human. 'Audiences bellow with laughter... tears streaming down their faces' * (Everything-Theatre.co.uk).
Details
- Performer: Georgia Polly-Taylor
- Venue: Underbelly, Cowgate
- Space: Belly Laugh
- Genre: COMEDY, Theatre, Alternative Comedy
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 125 seats (Belly Laugh) — 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
- Access features: Relaxed performances
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: There are 40 steps into this venue from the cowgate entrance. Stairs: 20+ 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 19 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.
Georgia Polly-Taylor is a talent we should all embrace. She clowns, she farts, she does puppetry, and she leaves the audience in tears of laughter.
— everything theatre (5 out of 5 stars)
Quite simply, Polly-Taylor makes clowning look easy and gives such an unpretentious, grounded performance, it is impossible not to walk away feeling a bit more human.
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £8.50
- Thu 6 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £8.50
- Fri 7 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £8.50
- Sat 8 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sun 9 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Mon 10 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Tue 11 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Wed 12 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £12.50
- Thu 13 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £12.50
- Fri 14 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sat 15 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sun 16 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Tue 18 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £12.50
- Wed 19 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £12.50
- Thu 20 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £12.50
- Fri 21 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sat 22 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sun 23 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Mon 24 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £12.50
- Tue 25 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £12.50
- Wed 26 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £12.50
- Thu 27 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £12.50
- Fri 28 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sat 29 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Sun 30 Aug, 16:15 — Already performed — £13.50