Superhero Porn / Hookers for Jesus
Superhero Porn / Hookers for Jesus by The Provocateurs is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4. It has 1 performance listed, running from Thu 27 Aug, 17:35 to Thu 27 Aug, 17:35. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Dr Hailey Austin (Abertay University) undresses the secret origins of superhero comics, revealing how 19th-century nude photography and 1920s erotic pulp magazines created iconic superhero characters like Superman, Wonder Woman and Spider-Man, and influenced their revealing spandex costumes. Dr Jo Thor (The University of Edinburgh) journeys from Annie Lobert’s Hookers for Jesus ministry in modern Las Vegas to Victorian Scotland’s Magdalene asylums – prayer, work, refuge. Were they pioneering social care for prostitutes, or moral control? What should we borrow today?
Details
- Performer: The Provocateurs
- Venue: The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4
- Space: Stand 4
- Genre: SPOKEN_WORD
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - SCOTLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 35 seats (Stand 4) — 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
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Stand 4 is accessible from the pavement with steps leading to a courtyard. The venue is situated in the basement part of the building. There are 15 steps in total with a 90 degree turn on a stone staircase with handrails. Once inside the venue, it is level access to stand 4 with a right turn. Staff are always available to assist, however we cannot help to carry customers. Stairs: 11- 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
- Thu 27 Aug, 17:35 — Already performed — £12.00