This Can't Be It
This Can't Be It by Lawrence Dodd is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Gilded Balloon Teviot. It has 26 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 20:40 to Mon 31 Aug, 20:40. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Come and see the show of your lifetime – a special show like no other. Different every time! Powerful and urgent. What is all this, who are we really and how do we stay open to it all? Come, change-guaranteed! This Can't Be It is a happening, it is the crumbling of the old world. Ever rubbed your eye(s)and gone, "what even is this, like, about kinda thing" (I'm talking here about life)? Come and we'll figure it all out in just shy of an hour.
Details
- Performer: Lawrence Dodd
- Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
- Space: Nook
- Genre: COMEDY, Experimental, Stand-up
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- 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 3 published reviews and 23 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.
This is the type of performance which bravely yet sensitively confronts cynicism or bemusement and works a magical act of positive, love-fuelled engagement.
— To Do List (5 out of 5 stars)
‘Audience participation’ is a dirty term in performance. It’s an unwritten rule that audiences would rather pretend that they weren’t there.
— Neurodiverse Review (5 out of 5 stars)
Somewhere in the delicious dance between pretence and authenticity, a magic emerges that opens us to something profound.
— Broadway Baby (5 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £8.00
- Thu 6 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £8.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £8.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £10.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £10.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £10.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £10.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £10.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £10.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 20:40 — Already performed — £12.00
- Mon 31 Aug, 20:40 — Cancelled — £10.00