The Song of Lip and Tarantula
The Song of Lip and Tarantula is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at PBH's Free Fringe @ CC Blooms. It has 21 performances listed, running from Sat 8 Aug, 18:45 to Sun 30 Aug, 18:45. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
Violence tears Lip and Tarantula’s chosen family apart and the two trans women become estranged. Lip languishes in solitude, clinging to the past and her dream of making things exist by speaking. Tarantula enters cis-het society – marrying a man, getting a good job and undergoing surgery so that she can bear her own child. After a tragic “accident” leaves Tarantula dead, Lip takes Tarantula’s corpse home, steals her unborn child and begins to make a Shabbat dinner she believes will bring back Tarantula and their 26 children.
Details
- Venue: PBH's Free Fringe @ CC Blooms
- Space: LAB
- Genre: THEATRE, LGBTQ+, Dark comedy
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Performances listed: 21, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: There are 3 steps into the bar and 20 steps down into the performance space. The bar is accessible by a Temporary Ramp. Please speak to staff if required. 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.
What the reviewers said
We have captured 1 published review and 14 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.
It is deliberately, poetically impossible to pick the stylization apart from the supernatural apart from the schizophrenic.
— Luvvie With A Rollaboard (5 out of 5 stars)
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Sat 8 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 9 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Mon 10 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Tue 11 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Thu 13 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Fri 14 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sat 15 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 16 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Mon 17 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Tue 18 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Thu 20 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Fri 21 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sat 22 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 23 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Mon 24 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Tue 25 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Wed 26 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Thu 27 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Fri 28 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sat 29 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free
- Sun 30 Aug, 18:45 — Already performed — Free