A Very Serious Comedy!
A Very Serious Comedy! by The Librarians is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Pleasance Courtyard. It has 25 performances listed, running from Wed 5 Aug, 15:15 to Mon 31 Aug, 15:15. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
The staff at Plumstanton Library are clinging to tradition as the shelves collapse around them. The roof leaks, the stacks are bare and they haven’t issued a new library card in years. When a new head librarian arrives and they learn the building could be condemned and sold, panic spreads fast! Can they save the library and themselves before it’s too late? From the team behind Spy Movie: The Play! (Fringe sell-out show 2024 and 2025) comes a brand new, laugh-out-loud state of the nation farce for the whole family.
Details
- Performer: The Librarians
- Venue: Pleasance Courtyard
- Space: Pleasance Two
- Genre: THEATRE, Satire, Farce
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 158 seats (Pleasance Two) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 25, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: lift
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet, Hearing loop, Audio described performances
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Queue in cobbled courtyard. Access to space via locked lift, please notify venue ahead of your visit if you require use of the lift and ask at Info Shed upon arrival for access. Pleasance Two is on the ground floor however the audience enters the space from the back of the seating rake via an external enclosed staircase. Wheelchair access type:Lift (Building Lift) Stairs: 20+ 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 4 published reviews and 29 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.
The Librarians proves that the fight for public services is best fought with sharp writing, physical brilliance, and total comedic commitment.
— Broadway World (4 out of 5 stars)
Watching the latest comedy from Cabbage Productions, I found myself thinking quite carefully about where my local library actually is, having not stepped foot inside it since moving to the area more than a decade ago.
— Theatre Weekly (3 out of 5 stars)
Cabbage Productions present a cunningly woven farce set in a failing rural library where the structure is crumbling and no one knows where the safe is.
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Wed 5 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £8.50
- Thu 6 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £8.50
- Fri 7 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 8 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 9 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Mon 10 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Tue 11 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Wed 12 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Thu 13 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Fri 14 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 15 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 16 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Tue 18 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Wed 19 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Thu 20 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Fri 21 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 22 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 23 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Tue 25 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Wed 26 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Thu 27 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £13.50
- Fri 28 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sat 29 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Sun 30 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £15.50
- Mon 31 Aug, 15:15 — Already performed — £13.50