It Will Always Hurt a Bit (WIP)

It Will Always Hurt a Bit (WIP) by Nick Helm is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at a venue to be confirmed. It has 1 performance listed, running from Sun 16 Aug, 15:15 to Sun 16 Aug, 15:15. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.

About this show

An evening of funny, heartfelt and gloriously overdramatic poetry about love, failure, anxiety, music, growing older and trying to survive modern life whilst screaming into the abyss. Blending stand-up, storytelling and spoken word, this is a show about finding beauty in the mess. Some poems are uplifting. Some are ridiculous. Some are angry. One of them might accidentally change your life. Or at the very least ruin your mascara. This is a chance to see a brand-new piece of work from a Fringe legend as a part of Shedinburgh.

Details

  • Performer: Nick Helm
  • Venue: a venue to be confirmed
  • Space: Shedinburgh (Venue 322)
  • Genre: SPOKEN_WORD, Poetry
  • Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
  • Running time: 60 minutes
  • Room size: about 286 seats (Shedinburgh (Venue 322)) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
  • Performances listed: 1, of which 0 still to come and on sale

Accessibility

  • Access features: Accessible toilet
  • Venue notes: Accessible entry: Large flight of stone steps up to the performance venue, which is on the first floor. Stairs: 20+ Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.

Performance dates and ticket availability

  • Sun 16 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £9.50

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