Toast
Toast is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Summerhall. It has 17 performances listed, running from Thu 6 Aug, 12:10 to Mon 31 Aug, 12:00. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
A dark and unrelenting comedy about starving for your art. As negotiations with employers, agents and Universal Credit crumble, one actor drags you into a brutal and absurd takedown of the UK benefit system, the Cost of Living Crisis, and whether we value the art more than the people who make it. They'll go down swinging, but they will go down – maybe making a play about food poverty is the only way out of it? After all, closed mouths don't get fed. Winner of the Shedload-of-Future Fund 2026. 'Impeccably written... a completely captivating performer' (Liv Ello, Body Show).
Details
- Venue: Summerhall
- Space: Old Lab
- Genre: THEATRE, New writing, Absurdist
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 94 seats (Old Lab) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 17, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Accessible entry: Once in the Courtyard, standing facing the Royal Dick, enter through the ground floor double doors to your left. Walk past the Anatomy Lecture Theatre and through the double doors, take a right; down to the end of the corridor, Old Lab is directly ahead. Wheelchair access type:Level Access Stairs: None 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 6 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £10.00
- Fri 7 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sat 8 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sun 9 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Mon 10 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Tue 11 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Wed 12 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 13 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Fri 14 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sat 15 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 12:10 — Already performed — £13.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 12:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 12:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 12:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 12:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 12:00 — Already performed — £13.00
- Mon 31 Aug, 12:00 — Already performed — £13.00