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Get Your Geek On: A Nerdy Comedy Showcase

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Get Your Geek On: A Nerdy Comedy Showcase

West Nic Records

32b West Nicolson Street
Main Cellar: AUG 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 at 15:45 (50 min) - Free

Get Your Geek On: A Nerdy Comedy Showcase

Join the geekiest comedians celebrating all nerd culture has to offer. From video games to table-top, LPs to larping, film franchises to fantasy novels, and comic books to cosplay. We’ve got your fandom covered!

Battle it out alongside your fellow audience members to determine who holds the most useless knowledge: the crowd or the comics. Embrace your geeky side, unleash your inner nerd, and you might just be crowned the biggest geek in the room. The highest accolade we can bestow! (Plus, there might even be prizes.)

Hosted by uber-nerd Juliette Burton (“A huge nerd; a safe space. Simply marvellous.” ★★★★★ Starburst Magazine) and supported by her geekiest friends.

A daily, fun-filled, fanatical comedy hour!

This year we have two entry methods: Free & Unticketed or Pay What You Can
Free & Unticketed: Entry to a show is first-come, first served at the venue - just turn up and then donate to the show in the collection at the end.
Pay What You Can: For these shows you can book a ticket to guarantee entry and choose your price from the Fringe Box Office, up to 30 mins before a show. After that all remaining space is free at the venue on a first-come, first-served bases. Donations for walk-ins at the end of the show.


News and Reviews for this Show

August 12, 2026    The Scotsman

The Geek comes in many forms and this nerd-friendly show celebrates and welcomes all of them. My knowledge of the world of online gaming, cosplay and even Pokemon is minimal, and so I fail utterly to score on the ongoing interactive competition fun, but somehow that doesn't matter. This is a clever and brilliantly executed format with suitably impressive tech (thank you Ally Haig).

Juliette Burton is an effervescent and sweetly geeky host, addressing us as “my sweethearts” and keeping up a necessarily hectic pace as there is a lot to fit in. Three guest comics share their obsessions – today bees (Rachel Creeger), cult films (Hanna Platt) and disco music (Chaz Redhead) – which makes for a fascinating break from the many worlds of the virtual. Although I do not really understand the lure of the screen as a playground, the sheer enjoyment and enthusiasm that is obvious in the room is infectious and I almost feel moved to download Space Invaders. Juliette, you may have changed my life. If you are a geek, this is the show for you. If you are not, it is a great gateway experience of Geekdom, my sweethearts. Kate Copstick Click Here For Review