Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull (Cellar)
Venue 332 · 161 Lothian Road, EH3 9AA · 0131 228 5558
Aug 6–12 · 12:25pm (40m)
Aug 13–23 · 1:40pm (40m)
Pay-what-you-can from £2.50 to £10
Edinburgh Fringe 2026
An IQ137 Cheerio
stand-up comedy, work-in-progress · by Bilee J.
6–30 Aug (skip 24th)
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A 24-Day run!
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40 minutes
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Gentle · Absurd · Alien
6–30 Aug · A 24-Day run!
40 min · Gentle · Absurd · Alien
Edinburgh Fringe 2026!
This comedian, Bilee J, overprepared, so she wrote a book.
This is a “BOOK ME” moment.
Aug 6–23 · Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull · 12:25pm (from Aug 13: 1:40pm)
Aug 25–30 · Just The Tonic at The Caves · 11:30am
Or just show up — ticket holders get priority for seats.
01 The show
An IQ137 Cheerio · Fringe 2026
Last year, Bilee debuted in a split-bill show at the Edinburgh Fringe; this year, she returns with a solo work-in-progress. “Where are you from?” “I’m from the south, the Global South.” From the Far East to Edinburgh, she has left a global carbon footprint and gained an even longer train of random thought.
“Our job is to observe, not to interrupt,” her Oxbridge professor once said. This profound quote interrupts here simply to suggest that she might have developed a mind of her own through education, one that lives just behind her gorgeous, sad eyes.
An IQ of 137 made her life… her life. She has been clouded by unresolved doubts about our ways of living—doubts she really shouldn’t have, yet carries anyway. This year, she has finally reached 160.
Pounds. As you can tell by this uninvited self-revelation, she is genius, or genuine, or at the very least, gentle.
COME CHILL, CHEERIO!
02 In print · the A6 flyer
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Spotted on the Royal Mile.
03 Dispatches from the run
Work-in-progress writing project
Daily Update: The Fringe Diary
6–30 Aug, 24-Day run!
Hope you are enjoying the Fringe Festival, because I certainly am!
Thank you to everyone who joined this journey: for your attendance, your participation, your kind words, and your support. Bless you!
Day 1 (6 Aug): Full dress rehearsal. The venue’s owner is the sweetest person ever, so helpful and so kind. Grateful to have found a great helper who helped with flyering and stayed for the show. Feeling great, and the script is coming together.
(Added: galaxy projectors and speaker.) (Jet lag.)
Day 2 (7 Aug): Opening day! Felt great. Timing and delivery are getting sharper. Grateful to have an audience, and hearing giggles means a lot to me.
(Gradually recovering from jet lag.)
Day 3 (8 Aug): Break, then went to the Meet the Media event.
(Battery dropped to 0%.)
Day 4 (9 Aug): Lovely audience, all ladies! Chinese sisterhood, plus some valuable audience input that helped verify and enrich my material in the American context. Lots of love.
(Added: a portable lamp.)
Day 5 (10 Aug): A very sweet audience — a wonderful group of gentlemen! Brilliant, incredibly intelligent, celebrating a beautiful lifelong friendship. I learnt a lot. Very blessed.
(Added: revised music tracks.)
04 Her new book
The Alien’s Guide to British Comedy · a space report by Aliena Pinkoma
A space guide to the jokes, rooms and social codes that refuse to translate. A love letter with footnotes :)
/Limited free book giveaways at the show!
alienapinkoma.com · #AlienaPinkoma
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06 Media & listings
Where to find the show
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Official programme listing · An IQ137 Cheerio (work-in-progress)
Free Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Laughing Horse show page · The Raging Bull, Cellar · Aug 6–23
Just The Tonic
Edinburgh Fringe 2026 brochure (PDF) · The Caves · Aug 25–30
Chortle — The UK Comedy Guide
Show listing · Edinburgh Fringe 2026
Press & bookings
Interviews · review tickets · enquiries
07 The listings
Two venues · one gentle alien
Get a ticket, or just show up*!
Just The Tonic at The Caves (Just The Fancy Room)
Venue 88 · 8–12 Niddry St. South, EH1 1NS · underneath South Bridge · (EdFringe) 0131 226 0000
Aug 25–30 · 11:30am (40m)
Pay-what-you-want £8.00 (concession £3)
*Ticket holders will be given priority for seats.