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So, you’re seventy, you’ve retired and you’re getting your pension. What do you do? Loosen your truss, binge Countdown and suck Mintoes? Not if you’re Phil Osborn, no! You take fifty years’ worth of droll, indignant and acerbic poetry, accept the offer from PBH Free Fringe and hot tail it to Edinburgh to try to make the world laugh in hard times. After a slight hiatus of 40 years Phil is back performing his poetry at the Fringe. Catch him now before he's dead!
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Wild and Whirling Words is by Phil Osborn / PBH's Free Fringe, listed under Spoken Word in the Fringe programme. It plays at PBH's Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 50 Lothian Rd, EH3 9BY, 8 August to 18 August.
The show runs 45 minutes and is suitable for ages 16+. Entry is free. Content warnings: Strong language.