QFWFQ
QFWFQ is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Summerhall. It has 27 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 11:40 to Mon 31 Aug, 11:40. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
You are reading about QFWFQ, winner of Best Solo Show at the 2025 Hollywood Fringe. A surrealist labyrinth that stretches time and space. Inspired by Italo Calvino's If On a Winter's Night a Traveller, this razor-sharp, absurdly funny and deeply personal show breaks all genres and has no fourth wall. Join trans artist Gregory Nussen as they rummage through the power and peril of storytelling, growing up Jewish and queer, grappling with geopolitics, and art that saves your life. QFWFQ neither begins, nor ends. How does it come together? I can't explain, but it does. Directed by Hannah Pilkes.
Details
- Venue: Summerhall
- Space: Former Gents Locker Room
- Genre: THEATRE, LGBTQ+, Solo show
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 45 seats (Former Gents Locker Room) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 27, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: lift
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet, Captioned performances
- Venue notes: Wheelchair access type:Lift (Building Lift) Stairs: 6 - 10 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 6 published reviews and 25 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.
That stories have real power is exemplified by the fascinating way this production careers along its apparently unfinished route; in truth, Nussen and director Hannah Pilkes are in complete control.
— All Edinburgh Theatre.Com (4 out of 5 stars)
3.5 Stars. We had no idea what the plot was. No idea what had happened. No idea what we’d just spent an hour watching. Apparently other people understand it because the thing has been selling out.
Striking, innovative and delightfully nerdy
— The Skinny (4 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Thu 6 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 10:10 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 10:10 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 10:10 — Already performed — £15.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00
- Mon 31 Aug, 11:40 — Already performed — £15.00