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Part musical memoir. Part cabaret confessional. Part survival howl. Award-winning American vocalist Mychelle Colleary presents a genre-bending, jazz-laced cabaret on brain injury and broken systems. Dark, funny and sharply defiant, the show blends original songs with Sondheim, Chaplin and Strayhorn, performed to backing tracks in an intimate space with nowhere to hide. A raw, self-deprecating mix of storytelling, stunning vocals and hard-won self-awareness. 'Smart, sassy and entirely entertaining' (TheaterMania.com).
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Ambitious Underachiever is by Mychelle Colleary / PBH's Free Fringe, listed under Cabaret and Variety in the Fringe programme. It plays at PBH's Free Fringe @ Carbon, 208 Cowgate, EH1 1NQ, 8 August to 30 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 16+. Entry is free.