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Cheryl was a big hit at the 1991 Fringe and Attila and Otway thought we'd revive it for its 35th anniversary. An everyday tale of Satanism, trainspotting, drug abuse and unrequited love set on a station platform. Based, of course, on Otway's show-stopping song Cheryl's Going Home. Why is she going home – to Slough of all places – and who's her horny friend Billy? Attila knows. He spills the beans in stentorian Chaucerian verse. Otway responds with a series of ever more pathetic excuses in song. Then MC Trainspotter turns up...
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Cheryl – A Rock Opera is by Attila the Stockbroker and John Otway / PBH's Free Fringe, listed under Music in the Fringe programme. It plays at PBH's Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 212 Cowgate, EH1 1NQ, 11 August to 15 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 18+. Entry is free.