In A Bad Way
In A Bad Way is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Gilded Balloon Patter House. It has 26 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 14:20 to Mon 31 Aug, 14:20. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Grá is sick. With what, she's not sure. Blood clots, maybe? Foreign Accent Syndrome, possibly? Bum cancer – most definitely; the ginger one from Desperate Housewives has it, like. In a GP in Dublin, she's with the Doctor (for the fifth time this month) and she won't rest until she has a diagnosis. A darkly comedic, touching, fast-paced one woman show about hypochondria.
Details
- Venue: Gilded Balloon Patter House
- Space: Blether
- Genre: THEATRE, Comedy, New writing
- Country: IRELAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 56 seats (Blether) — 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: Accessible toilet
What the reviewers said
We have captured 1 published review and 12 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.
At 50 minutes, In a Bad Way is a short and sweet piece of theatre, but thanks to a consistent and confident performance from Fenton all the way through, you’re made to feel strangely comforted in the knowledge that…
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £9.00
- Thu 6 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £9.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £9.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £10.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £10.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £10.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £10.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 14:20 — Cancelled — £10.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £11.00
- Mon 31 Aug, 14:20 — Already performed — £10.00