LGBTQ+, Storytelling

Queer Folks' Tales

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025

(6-20 Aug: 8:30pm)

The 5-star hit LGBTQ+ storytelling show returns for its third Fringe; hilarious, moving, outrageously queer stories galore!

Host Turan Ali takes time out from his BBC shows to scour the Fringe for the best queer talent, creating a diverse line-up of artists to share hilarious, surprising, sobering tales, songs and epic poems. Expect jaw-dropping insights into LGBTQ+ lives past, present and future.

Captioned: 20 Aug (open captioning by Claire Hill)

'Edinburgh's most vibrant, authentic and exciting storytelling event' ★★★★★ (TheWeeReview.com)
'Utterly fabulous' ★★★★★ (TheQR.co.uk)
‘A note-perfect evening filled with warmth and queer joy’ ★★★★★ (BroadwayBaby.com)
'Full of humanity, pathos, humour and wit' Highly Recommended Fringe 2023 & 2024 (FringeReview.co.uk)

Line-ups

Wed 6 Aug: Welsh comedian Morgan Rees, Mexican raconteur Ana Falcon, stand-ups James Barr, Jane Postlethwaite, and US/Scottish singer-songwriter Hope London.

Wed 13 Aug: Emmy award-winner US comic Bryan Safi, Singaporean stand-up Nebulous Niang, Tamil actor Kumar Muniandy and songwriters Holly Redford Jones (UK) and Eyve (Zimbabwe).

Wed 20 Aug: US musical actor Dylan Adler, stand-ups Maddie Fernando (Sri Lankan/Italian), Sam Williams (UK), comedian/writer Kuan-Wen Huang (Taiwan) and Irish comic Sinéad Walsh* plus Scottish singer-songwriter Mike McKenzie.

*Due to illness, Sinéad will be replaced by local Edinburgh stand-up Jade Stein.