Manic
Manic is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo. It has 9 performances listed, running from Sun 16 Aug, 21:20 to Thu 27 Aug, 21:20. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Manic is a one-woman comedy cabaret written, directed and performed by Roxana Baldovin. A successful music video director, she fuses cinematic pre-recorded sketches with live performance, blurring theatre and film into an electric experience. A millennial fever dream of pop culture, nostalgia and Hollywood, unfolding within a surreal game show of fame. Through 14 shapeshifting characters – from burlesque mermaid to a drag embodiment of insecurities – her inner voices and inner child take centre stage. Campy, cerebral and inspiring, Manic explores ambition, identity and the cost of being seen, asking: which voices in our heads deserve the microphone?
Details
- Venue: Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo
- Space: The Saloon Bar
- Genre: CABARET, Character Comedy, Multimedia
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 45 minutes
- Room size: about 130 seats (The Saloon Bar) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 9, of which 0 still to come and on sale
What the reviewers said
We have captured 1 published review and 8 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.
Manic is written, directed and performed entirely by Roxana Baldovin, it’s a one-woman comedy, cabaret and burlesque show all rolled into one, but what is the meaning of manic, well in simple terms it’s to be alive with…
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Sun 16 Aug, 21:20 — Already performed — £22.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 21:20 — Already performed — £22.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 21:20 — Already performed — £22.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 21:20 — Already performed — £22.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 21:20 — Already performed — £22.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 21:20 — Already performed — £22.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 21:20 — Already performed — £22.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 21:20 — Already performed — £22.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 21:20 — Already performed — £22.00