Edinburgh Fringe
Gail Porter: Hung, Drawn and Portered
Gail can laugh at her life now she's won a BAFTA for "being mental" (Being Gail Porter, 2020). She's been famous, homeless and sectioned with two guys both claiming to be Jesus. She's even lost her hair, but no need for sympathy, she gets so many travel upgrades as people assume she's dying. By sharing the stories of her mental life and mental mind she hopes to show how, with love and kindness, we can all thrive. She's a wee Scottish ninja back in her home town - it's time to go Gail force.
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Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing.
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Press articles
Our pick of the best things to see at the Edinburgh Fringe
Lorraine Wilson offers her selection of the very Best of Scotland performing at one of the planet's biggest cultural events, the Edinburgh Festival.
Lorraine Wilson, The National (Scotland), 31st July 2023Edinburgh Festival: Gail Porter set for no holds barred show
Any day now Gail Porter will get the train at King's Cross to travel up to Edinburgh to spend August at the Fringe. And the very first thing she is going to do when she gets off the train at Waverley, she tells me, is to find someone to cuddle.
Teddy Jamieson, The Herald, 27th July 2023Gail Porter on mental health: 'I think I've pretty much told everyone everything by now'
From TV darling to homelessness, bankruptcy and well-documented battles with alopecia and mental health, there's not much that life hasn't flung at Gail Porter. As she prepares for her Fringe stand-up debut, we find the likeable and no-bullshit Edinburgher just wants others to know they're not alone.
Claire Sawers, The List, 20th July 2023Gail Porter on her stand-up debut: 'I'm going to go from childhood to being sectioned'
In the 1990s, Gail Porter was a household name - then her luck ran out. Ahead of her first live comedy shows, she reveals what happened .
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 11th July 2023Edinburgh 2023: pick of the programme - debuts
Comedians making their debut hour at this year's festival.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 14th June 2023A flavour of the Fringe: 10 shows to whet your appetite
Barry Didcock, The Herald, 8th June 2023Performances
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| 2nd Aug | 19:00 | Assembly George Square Studios (Studio Two) |
| 3rd Aug | 19:00 | Assembly George Square Studios (Studio Two) |
| 4th Aug | 19:00 | Assembly George Square Studios (Studio Two) |
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| 20th Aug | 19:00 | Assembly George Square Studios (Studio Two) |
| 22nd Aug | 19:00 | Assembly George Square Studios (Studio Two) |
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| 28th Aug | 19:00 | Assembly George Square Studios (Studio Two) |