The ★★★★★ smash-hit show FAKE returns to Edinburgh Fringe 2026.

It’s pretty, but is it art? This is a show about trickery. About fraud. About lies.

Magician and storyteller Chris Cook weaves a true tale of deception, where lives across centuries are bound together by illusion. Through magic, comedy and storytelling, Chris shares the story of a faker so skilled he had to forge his way to freedom, an artist so talented he may himself be a fraud, a magician whose promise conceals a lie, and a mysterious figure who may not exist at all.

This is a story only a magician could tell.

Dates: 1.40-2.40pm, Wednesday 5 August - Monday 31 August (every day, except 17th)
Venue: Gilded Balloon Teviot