Join the Club! A Story About the Sex You Never Wanted
Join the Club! A Story About the Sex You Never Wanted is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Paradise in Augustines. It has 22 performances listed, running from Fri 7 Aug, 23:00 to Sun 30 Aug, 15:50. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
One woman’s journey to reclaim agency after trauma, blending humour and heartbreak to transform silence, shame and survival into connection and empowerment. Between hook-ups, vibrators and Tinder, she navigates the chaotic hellscape of modern dating. With wit and no-holds-barred honesty, it confronts a culture of sexual misbehaviour while celebrating resilience and desire. Raw, funny and disarmingly intimate, it asks the unaskable – like whether survivors should wear matching sashes – and invites audiences to laugh, reflect and heal alongside her as she rewrites her story on her terms.
Details
- Venue: Paradise in Augustines
- Space: Snug
- Genre: THEATRE, Solo show, True-life
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 45 minutes
- Room size: about 30 seats (Snug) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 22, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Access features: Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: The audience enter from George IV Bridge, with a couple of steps to enter the building. A temporary ramp is also available. The Snug is located downstairs, via a single width staircase. The audience enter in the side of the auditorium. The front row is all level access. 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 1 published review and 24 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.
Through humour and heartbreak Kate has created a show that shows that being assaulted is not the end of your journey and encourages every to come together and support each other which is a very important message…
— Rhys Reviews. (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Fri 7 Aug, 23:00 — Already performed — £5.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 15:50 — Cancelled — £10.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 15:50 — Already performed — £10.00