Avalon Edinburgh Previews 2026
Avalon presents a staggering line-up of comics, previewing new stand-up shows ahead of the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Be the first to see this hilarious material due to set the Fringe alight.
Mon 29 Jun: Glenn Moore & Jonny Pelham
Tue 30 Jun: Ahir Shah & Bella Hull
Wed 1 July: Matt Forde & Jess Carrivick
Thu 2 Jul: Sara Barron & Bilal Zafar
Fri 3 Jul: Rob Auton & Huge Davies
Sat 4 Jul: Katie Norris & Cecily Hitchcock
Avalon Promotions in association with Park Theatre.
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Evenings
19.00
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Duration
140 minutes including an interval
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Tickets
£15.50
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Genre
Comedy
In the press
"An absolutely brilliantly-crafted joy from start to finish"
Mail On Sunday for Glenn Moore
"The most important stand-up of the year, if not decade"
The Guardian for Ahir Shah
"Laugh-a-minute stuff"
The Daily Telegraph
"Beautifully wrought... a joy to watch"
The Guardian for Bella Hull
The Herald for Jonny Pelham
"Masterclass"
Get Your Coats On for Jess Carrivick
"Outstanding"
The Independent for Cecily Hitchcock
Broadway World for Huge Davies
"A genuine original"
The Guardian for Rob Auton
Upcoming line-up
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Glenn Moore
Glenn Moore
The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill on the Fringe” (Guardian). Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Glenn Moore has written too many jokes again. As seen on Live At TheApollo, Have I Got News For You, Mock The Week, Cats Does Countdown. As heard on The Dave Berry Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio, The News Quiz, Just A Minute, and his own Radio 4 series Glenn Moore’s Almanac.
“An absolutely brilliantly-crafted joy from start to finish” ★★★★★ Mail On Sunday
“This is classy, gag-driven comedy at its most intense and funniest” ★★★★★ Chortle
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Jonny Pelham
Jonny Pelham
Award winning comedian Jonny Pelham comes to sunny Machynlleth armed with some, hopefully hilarious, new jokes.
As seen on Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week and Alan Davies As Yet Untitled.
★★★★ The Herald ★★★★ The Guardian ★★★★ The Times ★★★★ The Telegraph ★★★★ The Sunday Times
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Ahir Shah
Ahir Shah
Ahir Shah discusses love, money, family, responsibility, fear, forever and frogs. His last show, Ends, won the Edinburgh Comedy Award, toured to international acclaim and is streaming on Netflix. As seen on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, QI, that sort of thing. ‘The most important stand-up of the year, if not decade’ Stephen Armstrong ★★★★★Guardian, Independent, Telegraph, Standard, Chortle
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Bella Hull
Bella Hull
All quiet on the frontal lobe. This is the latest offering from Bella Hull. As seen on Have I Got News For You (BBC One), The Last Leg (Channel 4). Writer for SNL UK. ‘Beautifully wrought… a joy to watch’ ★★★★ (Guardian). ‘Hugely entertaining’ ★★★★ (Evening Standard). British Comedy Guide Next Big Thing Award nominee, Chortle Award Best Show nominee.
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Matt Forde
Matt Forde
Fresh from wrapping up his biggest tour yet and a second series of The Matt Forde Focus Group on BBC R4, leading political comedian and satirist Matt Forde (The Royal Variety Performance, Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal) embarks on a mission with impossible odds: find joy amid global political turmoil, the rising tide of populism, and his own ongoing health challenges – several years on from a bone cancer diagnosis.
“laugh-a-minute stuff…he deserves his inevitable standing-ovation as never before.” ★★★★★ Dominic Cavendish, The Daily Telegraph
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Jess Carrivick
Jess Carrivick
The Academy invites you to witness every single movie the Carrivick siblings ever made between 1995–2001…ish. Digitised, dramatised and unlawfully re-edited into a kaleidoscopic hour of nostalgic cinematic characters.
This BBC New Comedy Award and Sketch Off finalist is “gearing up to conquer” (Dawn French).
A “fun hour” (Chortle) from an “extremely likeable and engaging performer” (Phoenix Remix) and a ★★★★★ “masterclass” (Get Your Coats On), directed by the award-winning Elf Lyons.
Expect parody, pastiche and popcorn.
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Sara Barron
Sara Barron
Sara’s planned a series of high kicks, insults for your granny, and thoughts on Jeffrey Dahmer’s Netflix special. Then – separate but adjacent – some thoughts on Gary Barlow. A sense of “This hour is flying!” from a woman who is unusually present and regularly wild.
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Bilal Zafar
Bilal Zafar
Bilal (Leicester comedy fest best new show nominee 2024 and other stuff) is back with a brand new show about his time working with Special Education needs children, his own school life, his ego, class and race but in a way that’s actually funny and interesting haha.
As seen/heard on BBC 1, BBC 2, Channel 4, BBC Radio 4 and loads of other stuff that you might not find as interesting etc.
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Rob Auton
Rob Auton
Following on from his 2025 Edinburgh hit show CAN- The story of a man called Can, writer and performer, Rob Auton is writing his second story for the stage, it is called JUPITER. JUPITER is a story about Rob being an estate agent on the planet Jupiter. One day a couple come into the estate agents and ask Rob what Earth is like to live on.
‘A genuine original’ Guardian
‘We need him’ Scotsman
‘Very hilarious’ David Shrigley -
Huge Davies
Huge Davies
Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Huge Davies is writing a new show and you’re all invited to watch him perform at his most vulnerable. As seen on Cats Does Countdown, House of Games, Roast Battle and Live at the Comedy Store and of course Off Menu. Ed Fringe Reviews ★★★★ Telegraph ★★★★ To Do List ★★★★★ Chortle ★★★★ The List ★★★★★ Scotsman ★★★★ Broadway World ★★★★★
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Katie Norris
Katie Norris
Fresh from a string of major comedy accolades, including Winner of the Musical Comedy Awards 2023, Leicester Comedy Festival Best Show 2025, Nominee for Best Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2025 and British Comedy Guide’s Next Big Thing 2025, Katie Norris brings a brand-new hour of something she genuinely hopes will be good.
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Cecily Hitchcock
Cecily Hitchcock
In her highly-anticipated debut stand-up hour, Cecily takes you on a nostalgic dive into 2000s Britain, opening her book of disgusting yet comforting family recipes for the Fringe.
Born into the wobbling promise of the new millennium, like a jelly at her family table, in a new-build town that multiplies overnight, terrorised by an evil swan, raised by oddball parents, where Blair and Brown played in her child mind like a Greek tragedy.
It’s offbeat, it’s high-energy, it’s the 2008 crash. Dinner’s ready kids, come to the table.
‘Outstanding’ – The Independent
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Displaying 6 performances for Avalon Edinburgh Previews 2026
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