Ingenious Fools

To celebrate Live Comedy Day, here’s the poster for the first ever gig I put on, I’m around 2010
I think. My mum had this up on her office wall until she retired ❤️

As I recall it went well, but the majority of the audience turned up about 15 minutes after the start time 🤣

It was named after a joke book I had as a child, and the design was by an amazing artist called Flo who went on to be a tattoo artist.

Obviously .arron is a superstar these days, but I’m not sure what that Joel guy is doing now. Anyone seen him anywhere? 😁

No April Fools here, only Ingenious ones! 👌

We are beyond delighted to today announce our line up for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026 🎉🎉🎉

The work that has gone into these shows in the last year or more is incredible and we absolutely cannot wait to bring them to you.

We’re currently previewing across the country, so even if you’re not heading up this year - look out for opportunities to catch them in a town near you 😊

Blue Badge Bunch
Benny Shakes
Cerys Bradley
Aidan Jones Comedy
Milo Edwards
Katie Zoe Mitchell
Stephen Catling
Disabled Cants

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Don’t miss Aidan Jones at this year’s festival! One of a limited number of chances to catch a preview of this award winning show 🎼

As part of our outreach for the Q***r Tales For Autistic Folk project, we’re offering free workshops for community and youth groups in our next tour locations - Brighton and Havant.

Suitable for young people 14+ or adults, these inclusive, creative sessions are 1-2 hours long and for up to 12 people. They can be run online or in person.

Please dm or email [email protected] for more information.

Explore how to create your own choose-your-pathway short story - one in which the reader chooses the direction. Plot the different possible outcomes and see where it lands.

Led by comedian and theatre maker Cerys Bradley - Outstanding Neurodiverse Performance Award Nominee Brighton Fringe 2025, Neurodiverse Review Autistic Excellence Award Winner 2022.

Activities include discussion, solo writing, drawing, collage - any creative way you choose to tell your story!

Cerys’s mission is to develop more inclusive audience participation practice for the neurodiverse community, radically reimagining what it means for performers to work with audiences to create a unique and inclusive comedy experience.

Q***r Tales For Autistic Folk continues its merry tour next month at 🌿 8th April at 8pm. One of three last chances to catch this show before the mysterious door closes forever… 🚪😱

★★★★★ ‘I really loved this show’ On The Mic
★★★★ ‘Refreshingly inventive and joyfully subversive’ A Youngish Perspective
‘A great storyteller’ The Guardian

Congratulations to for making the Top Ten Clean Jokes at 2026!
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The only decent meal we’ll have together this year! EdFringe plans are well underway 🎉🎉🎉
Big up our assistant producer Jen Swan, couldn’t do it without you! 💖

are at today for two fantastic shows! With all our new point of sale promo materials, books and even Benny’s Birdboxes 🐦‍⬛😂
Pop by and say hello!