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Sooz Kempner is Ugly

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Sooz Kempner is Ugly

The Counting House

38 West Nicolson Street
The Lounge: JUL 31, AUG 1-24 at 16:15 (60 min) - Free

Sooz Kempner is Ugly

Award-winning comedian Sooz Kempner (Doom in Doctor Who’s Doom’s Day, Amazon Prime’s Dinner With the Parents) takes a millennial look at ever-changing beauty standards, online trolls and growing up weird. In a society dripping with treatments, injectables and filters is it possible for anyone to feel truly beautiful?

‘Kempner has funny bones’ **** (Scotsman)

'Sardonic but breezy...infectious personality' **** (Morning Star)

‘One of the best atmospheres I’ve experienced at an Edinburgh show’ **** (Broadway World)

‘Brilliant’ (LA Times)

This year we have two entry methods: Free & Unticketed or Pay What You Can
Free & Unticketed: Entry to a show is first-come, first served at the venue - just turn up and then donate to the show in the collection at the end.
Pay What You Can: For these shows you can book a ticket to guarantee entry and choose your price from the Fringe Box Office, up to 30 mins before a show. After that all remaining space is free at the venue on a first-come, first-served bases. Donations for walk-ins at the end of the show.


News and Reviews for this Show

August 4, 2025    Fest

On the screen, a vienetta, standing beside it is Sooz Kempner, enthusiastically hopping up and down, eagerly welcoming in her audience. All her life Sooz has been mocked for her appearance and her show Sooz Kempner is Ugly is her way of reclaiming this label in an hour of ironic self-flagellation.

Kempner’s show is at its best when she is pointing to her presentation, analysing the hate comments she receives online or yassifying the only existing image of her great grandmother. Kempner’s ability to poke fun at herself is, at times, side-splittingly funny and her act is well paced... Click Here For Review