The Best Laughs You Can Get for a Tenner?
In a festival where a pint costs more than your dignity after a bad open mic, 5 Headliners for £10 is an oasis of affordability and pure comedic joy. The premise? Simple. Five top-tier comedians, one after another, no host, no awkward audience interrogation—just relentless, high-caliber stand-up. It’s like speed dating for comedy, except you’ll definitely leave laughing instead of emotionally drained.
The genius of the format is in its efficiency. There’s no compère filling time, no forced crowd work—just five comics delivering their best material, back-to-back. The lineup changes nightly, but the quality stays sky-high, meaning you could come back for another round without hearing the same joke twice. Well, except maybe the one about how expensive everything is at the Fringe.
The beauty of 5 Headliners for £10 is its variety. You might get a razor-sharp satirist followed by an absurdist one-liner merchant, then a master storyteller, and maybe even someone who can turn their existential crisis into comedy gold. It’s a guaranteed buffet of funny—without the risk of food poisoning.
Audiences love it, and for good reason. It’s fast, it’s funny, and at just £10, it’s the best deal you’ll find at the Fringe that doesn’t involve a suspiciously cheap kebab. If you want top-drawer stand-up without breaking the bank (or being dragged into some interactive nightmare), this is your show. Laughter per pound, nothing else comes close.
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