Lions
Lions is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Summerhall. It has 23 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 19:30 to Sun 30 Aug, 19:30. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Fringe First winners return with a sweaty mustache of a comedy about the business of letting our dads die. With a dose of Kafka and 'A Christmas Carol,' Lions disassembles the myths our fathers told themselves about becoming great men. Part clown show and part deconstructed eulogy, Lions honors our fathers by not denying them the humanity they could not offer themselves. 'Lions made me laugh, cry and consider my doomed legacy' (8 Best Shows at Philadelphia Fringe, Philadelphia Inquirer). From the creators of UNDERGROUND RAILROAD GAME (Fringe First Award, The Stage Award, Obie Award, Guardian, * Stage).
Details
- Venue: Summerhall
- Space: TechCube 0
- Genre: THEATRE, Comedy, True-life
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 114 seats (TechCube 0) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 23, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet, Hearing loop
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Once in the Courtyard, follow the signs up the access ramp, pass in front of the decking bar and into the main reception. Follow signage down the corridor, past the Café turning left at the neon corridor. Once past the double doors, go past the Red Lecture Theatre and through the next set of double doors and Tech Cube 0 is directly ahead of you. Wheelchair access type:Permanent Ramp, Level Access Stairs: None 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 7 published reviews and 7 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.
Lions, playing at Summerhall, comes from the award-winning American company Lightning Rod Special, the creative team behind the Fringe First-winning Underground Railroad Game. Written and performed by Scott R.
Hard to describe this show, part physical clowning, part narrative and part confessional might just about cover half of it.
— UK Theatre Web (5 out of 5 stars)
For a play about grief, it’s riotously physical – and frequently very funny. The pictures they paint of their fathers gradually become more complex and fallible.
— The Stage (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 6 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 19:30 — Already performed — £17.00