SLAY
SLAY is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Gilded Balloon Teviot. It has 26 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 15:00 to Mon 31 Aug, 15:00. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
PTSD and a phone full of coping mechanisms. Compulsive fantasist Kit flees the North-East, convinced London will fix everything. When a text from her ex detonates her recovery, she spirals through therapy, chaos and increasingly elaborate fantasy scenarios. In the age of doomscrolling, trauma-dumping and curated identities, Kit is determined to stay the main character - because if she doesn't laugh, she'll cry and post it. SLAY is a darkly funny North-East reckoning by Offie-nominated writer-performer Lois-Amber Toole, directed by Fringe First winner Anna Morris, and produced by award-winning producers Katy Koren and Gina Lyons.
Details
- Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot
- Space: The Den
- Genre: THEATRE, Comedy, LGBTQ+
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 60 seats (The Den) — 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
- Wheelchair access: ramp
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Wheelchair access type:Permanent Ramp, Lift (Building Lift)
What the reviewers said
We have captured 4 published reviews and 13 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.
5 weeks. the touch throughout is deft, and though suppressed anger forms the core of the piece, there’s much else to this well-formed play, including a clever and possibly redemptive denouement.
Lois-Amber Toole’s solo show SLAY balances light and shade, in an unflinching confrontation of trauma, misogyny, and the North-South divide.
— The Student (5 out of 5 stars)
Writer-performer Lois-Amber Toole gives a beguiling performance as Kit in Slay, a funny, touching and increasingly revealing exploration of trauma, self-worth and what we need to do to survive in this modern world of…
— One4Review (5 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £11.00
- Thu 6 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £11.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £11.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £13.50
- Thu 13 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £13.50
- Fri 14 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Tue 18 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £13.50
- Wed 19 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £13.50
- Thu 20 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £13.50
- Fri 21 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £13.50
- Tue 25 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £13.50
- Wed 26 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £13.50
- Thu 27 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £13.50
- Fri 28 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £14.00
- Mon 31 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £13.50