Megasquirt: Fully Loaded review – how to combat existential angst? A comedy rave at an ungodly hour
Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh Ashley Blair and Drew Reilly send up gen Z anomie with hardcore ditties about awkward dinners, megachurches and centaur boyfriends ‘How to feel whole in an empty world?” There are many possible answers to that question, and Megasquirt’s late-night comedy rave workshops a good few of them. But there’s probably no better way than putting on a banging show and performing it to an adoring a
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- 23 Aug 2026, 19:00 UTC
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- Brian Logan
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- Edinburgh festival 2026
Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh Ashley Blair and Drew Reilly send up gen Z anomie with hardcore ditties about awkward dinners, megachurches and centaur boyfriends ‘How to feel whole in an empty world?” There are many possible answers to that question, and Megasquirt’s late-night comedy rave workshops a good few of them. But there’s probably no better way than putting on a banging show and performing it to an adoring a
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Megasquirt: Fully Loaded review – how to combat existential angst? A comedy rave at an ungodly hour
Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh Ashley Blair and Drew Reilly send up gen Z anomie with hardcore ditties about awkward dinners, megachurches and centaur boyfriends ‘How to feel whole in an empty world?” There are many possible answers to that question, and Megasquirt’s late-night comedy rave workshops a good few of them. But there’s probably no better way than putting on a banging show and performing it to an adoring a
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