Ingenious Fools

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 😊 @edfringe @monkey.barrel.comedy @assemblyfest @hootsfringe @freefringefestival

😱 Flippin’ heckn! It’s almost time for the festival of dreams! Right here in the Midlands where cold, February comedy is blossoming and booming. I can’t wait for these delightful comedy shows, and to see friends, colleagues and yet to be enchanted audiences! See you soon ✨✨✨ #leicestercomedyfestival

What does Ingenious Fools do? 👀 Scroll ⬅ Ingenious Fools is a Comedy Agency and Live Production Company representing some of the best talent on the UK circuit, with a focus on diversity. The company’s ethos is to provide a friendly service and honest advice in a competitive industry and to put artists and their wellbeing at the forefront. We offer: 👉 Talent Management 👉 Producing 👉 Arts Council Bid Writing 👉 Access Support 👉 Project Management and more! See the link in our bio for more about us and our incredible clients ✨ #IngeniousFools #TalentAgency #ComedyAgency #Producing #ArtsCouncil #AccessSupport #ProjectManagement #BoutiqueAgency

Slugageddon is coming to @parallelglobal festival 5 July! We’re so excited to be part of their Festival of Inclusivity this year. Join award winning disabled comedian and host Benny for an accessible, interactive family show where kids and adults can get green fingered and learn all about the role of our slimy friends in protecting our ecosystem 🌱 #ParallelFestival #Windsor #BlueBadgeBunch #Slugageddon #KidsShow

I am once again returning to the so-called “Edinburgh Festival Fringe” with a new show all about my parents’ horny letters from the 80s. The show will once again be at the wonderful @monkey.barrel.comedy and directed by the inimitable @delythajones and you tickets are of course available on the festival website. Artwork as always by @haiminh_ Photo by @bekor_ #standup #comedy #edfringe

Slugageddon is coming to @nottmcentrallibrary this #halfterm Wednesday 27 May! Join our green-fingered show ahead of #TheGreatBigGreenWeek, where you can see award winning comedian Benny Shakes - who shares some terrifying big slug facts here 😱 Fun for the whole family - interactive games for kids with plenty of top gardening tips too 👀 Ticket link in our bio! #Slugs #KidsComedy #Nottingham

I want to say a huge thank you to @actiondeafness for their amazing Deaf awareness and BSL Training and @bluebadgebunch and @ingeniousfools for arranging it! It was so cool to be able to learn a few basic signs as I know how much of an impact this will have on my communication. I’m still very much a rookie (the sign for ‘sorry’ will come in very handy!) and it was a challenge to get my fingers to behave as a result of my Cerebral Palsy (as you can see in the video!) but I’m excited to continue learning! What signs should I try next? Or what Deaf creators should I follow? #bsl #cerebralpalsy #communication #learning #grateful

To celebrate Live Comedy Day, here’s the poster for the first ever gig I put on, In 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 @bennett.arron is a superstar these days, but I’m not sure what that Joel guy is doing now. Anyone seen him anywhere? 😁 #myfirstcomedygig #livecomedyday

The next tour date is in (roughly, roughly) TWO weeks. This tour started SO WELL and then the universe had other ideas but we are back on the road, baby, and thanking you for your patience. I am so excited to be performing @komedia_brighton because it is The Best venue and (if you get tickets [which you can via the link in my bio]) we are gonna have a simply excellent time. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I think I'm going to be back on solid foods by then (dental surgery don't even ask) and so I'm (quite literally) going to be full of beans and also (I hope) something crunchy, like crisps.

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

As part of our outreach for the Queer 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.

Queer Tales For Autistic Folk continues its merry tour next month at @komedia_brighton 🌿 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