Burning Down the Horse

Great fun, plentt audience participation, clever and funny script, laughs for all the family, and even some smart references for smug classical scholars! This was a last-minute choice by my granddaughter, but turned out to be posdibly the best show I've seen this year!

It's finished for this year, but I'll watch out for Fishing4Chips in future.

Brilliant show. Funny and entertaining with well developed characters and audience participation which added to the show. Hope to see you next year!

Stop scrolling now and get tickets. Hilarious, and tons of fun. Book tickets NOW!

Good fun - fast paced and amusing. Thoroughly enjoyed.

This was a spur of the moment booking for me and I am so glad to have scored a ticket - I believe it was sold out. What a funny - inventive and fast moving show - amazing performances - super high energy and thank you for a fun time

Loved it! Brilliant and imaginative, so funny and clever. That's what the Fringe is about.

One of my favourite shows I’ve ever seen, not just at the fringe but in general. Hilarious, great acting, and the audience interaction was just perfect. Won’t forget this any time soon. 5 stars

Come aboard the horse! This show is so much fun for those who know their Greek history as well as for those who don’t know anything yet (as I was last year when I saw the show for the first time). Heaving read the Odyssee, I feel like they totally nailed Odysseus’ megalomaniac and brutish personality. The other performers are also excellent and play off each other so well and evoke lots of laughter. The show is really an experience, the interactive bits are no reason to be scared of it, and yet it is truly immersive and gives a sense of being together in his … well horse-ish building. Totally recommend. 5/5

I, for one, identify as a "discerning theatre goer" and thoroughly enjoyed this show. Very witty and funny.

A fantastically funny show. Twisting Trojan wars with comedy and audience involvement. I am sure being inside the real horse wasn’t this much fun. Go and see it if you can!

A silly show for kids. Not really for the discerning theatre goer.

Loved this show! Really funny, clever and engaging. It had been recommended by a friend and now it’s my top recommendation too!

One of my favourites of this year’s fringe! I saw this show last year as well, and am happy to say it’s got even better since then. The show is so funny and very cleverly written, and it fits really well in the space. The characters are all well fleshed out and you begin to really care about all of them as they clash with their corrupt, hypocritical leader who only cares about praise, adoration and trinkets (there might be a little bit of a message about current politics in the show too..!) It’s a very fun, silly, occasionally thought-provoking and very enjoyable show.

A real highlight of our fringe! My daughters (7 & 9) and I thoroughly enjoyed the performances, the interactive and immersive elements, and all the humor. One not to miss!

A really enjoyable way to spend an hour, trapped inside a trojan horse which may or may not be heading to Troy! Fun audience participation, excellent actors with very individual characters. It's reminiscent of Operation Mincemeat's kind of humour, it's all very silly but you really do enjoy the ride. My only bugbear is the fact it sold extremely well we were all absolutely packed in (hot!!) and we had to stand up at least 3 times as part of the story which I was struggling to do based on space available. Still, I'd recommend this as a really fun family show which is a very enjoyable way to spend an hour.

Absolutely definitely our favourite Fringe show. Great writing perfectly executed- as was Odysseus!

Great show and acting. Everybody in my party enjoyed it!

An hour of horsing around, you think it might leave you unstable. Neigh I say! To hoofs(t) it may concern, this show will leave you giddy and up, rearing and champing at each bit this harras of performers has for you. Trot on soldiers! For GrEeeeeeeeece *horse whinny sound*

Every year we blame the one who chose the least enjoyed shows. This year thanks to this show I took the trophy for best pick. A stand-out show we all thoroughly enjoyed. Great cast, brilliant one-liners and an hour we didn't want to end. This one is highly recommended

One of the best shows on the fringe. Every dialogue is written and performs is comedy genius. Absolutely hilarious

Absolutely loved the show, might have been our favourite this year! The play already started in the queue which was very entertaining and funny. The audience participation was brilliant and made us part of the show. Characters were hilarious and well developed. Would definitely recommend!

You and the rest of the audience are inside the Trojan Horse waiting to go into battle, but not everyone is enthusiastic about the prospect. Riotously funny, with some standout performances especially by Ajax. Five stars.

Brilliant! You are the soldiers in the belly of the beast. Fantastic family-suitable fun. No need to really know the myth, just enjoy it. Very funny.

Such a fantastic show. The actors are so engaging and lively, the jokes are witty and very funny, just an all around excellent choice if you're looking for something to see. I'll be looking out for them next year without a doubt

We have seen nearly 60 shows at the Fringe this year and this is one of the highlights. The cast are very talented. Witty and fast paced. We will be looking out for this company next year. A throughly entertaining hour. Everyone left with a smile on their face. Very Monty Pythonish! Go see this show!

What a treat! Everything works perfectly, from the theatre itself to the costumes and of course the acting and the very witty script. Dare I say I got vibes of Operation Mincemeat, albeit centuries earlier? The casting is perfect and the wordplay is great fun. We got the last two tickets available on the day and are so glad we got to see it.

Fantastic! Saw it last year and loved it. Even better this year!

The cast was having fun. Pretty silly. We felt this show probably best for ages 4-16.

Very silly; very entertaining. Lots of fun

I loved this show and went back with my 22 year old son to see it a second time.
Funny, well written and excellent performances from the cast.
5 stars without a doubt.
A perfect fringe show - if you can only see one show this fringe - see this one (and I have seen 24 shows this fringe so far!)

As a 16 year old, I felt the performance was aimed more at a younger audience, however, the performance worked well to include audience in the storytelling and was very well received by both kids and most adults. A good show for families and those interested in an alternative telling of the classic myth.

I absolutely loved this show. Definitely my top one of the fringe. Superb acting and writing. It was very funny from start to finish.
A lot of fun audience participation that felt right for the show and was really well done.

This really felt like a fringe show of old - funny, literate, interactive... proper event comedy.

Missed out on this show last year, and prioritised it at this year's fringe, and thank (Greek) gods we did!! Great fun for all ages, with the complete right amount of audience interaction and participation. Will leave you ready to charge into battle, even if you don't know exactly what wooden animal you're actually in...

Ecce!
Craftily funny with the perfect mix of audience participation and entertainment, 10/10 recommend you enlist and stand beside your fellow Grecian soldiers.

Great fun! Bit of history, great characterisation, right level of audience participation.
5 stars

Very funny, loved the inclusiveness a must see Classics show

Brilliant! Loved the audience participation. Very funny! Would definitely recommend.

Absolutely loved this show! In my top two of this year's Fringe. Loved the audience participation and the actors are first class from start to finish!! Highly recommended as a must see!!

A stellar comedic ensemble shines in a timely story (despite its source material) about standing up to bullies and rising against the establishment. Exceptional audience interaction bits provide the sauce for a meaty power powder plot peppered with witty wordplay. This show has also had the dumbest (read: my favorite) joke of the Fringe this year.

A very interesting concept well executed! The cast was brilliant, and there was humour accessible for all ages.

Don't miss this show!! These performers are mega-talented and the way they make the audience a part of the show is very special - it never feels heavy-handed, burdensome, or awkward, it's just FUNNY AS HELL! The show is superbly written and exquisitely executed. I was blown away, and I know you will be too!

This is by far my favourite show of this years Fringe. Brilliantly acted, written, and styled, it fully immerses you in the tensions and comedy of being inside a giant wooden horse.

This show has everything you could want - a clever premise, lots of jokes, and the right amount of tension. Definitely recommend

Very funny and well performed. You could take your children to this and they find it fun

A very entertaining hour inside a wooden horse! I do not enjoy slapstick-type comedy and was glad this play elevated itself above that with great audience interaction, participation and great punchlines! 4/5 and recommended!

My favourite of the day - optimal audience participation carried out with tact and sensitivity, great characters and funny script.

Very funny, great cast!

Thoroughly enjoyable comedy play. I took my family of “non-theatre goers” and all of them really enjoyed it. There is just the right balance of audience interaction, and the cast work very well together.

Hilarious - really well performed, and had me thoroughly entertained all show. Highly recommended

So much fun! Immersive theatre for all ages, we loved it! Go and get locked in a wooden horse with a Greek demigod, I promise it’s worth it!

Compelling, vivacious Greek story set in a horse/rabbit/chicken/duck? Doesn't matter...Charge! towards your nearest box office!

In 2023 I saw 45 shows and Burning Down the Horse was in my top eight. Light, clever, and really funny I highly recommend seeing this show. The troupe's comedic timing was really first rate.