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Returning after a Fringe First award-winning, sold-out run, as a Rolling Stone Top 10 Show. This is a universal story of resilience and imagination, written and performed by comedian and actor Alaa Shehada. Blending storytelling, mask and stand-up, the show follows a boy growing up in Jenin, Occupied Palestine, who just wants to play. After a 2002 invasion, local children and a German artist built a five-metre horse from debris – a symbol of freedom and resistance. Destroyed in 2023, Shehada rebuilds the Horse on stage from fragments of memory, loss and hope. ***** (Guardian).
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The Horse of Jenin is by Alaa Shehada in association with Palestine Comedy Club and Pleasance, listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ, 18 August to 30 August.
The show runs 75 minutes and is suitable for ages 12+. Tickets from £17. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes and Strong language.