One Man Poe

Technical Operator

Django Holder

Greenside (EdFringe) | 2025

Music Designer

Joseph Furey

LX/Sound Operator

Jess Crabtree

Winner of Best Overall Show at The Derek Awards 2025

Produced by ThreeDumb Theatre and performed in rep during the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Poe was a pioneer in establishing the horror genre. Although his works are nearly 200 years old, Poe’s stories have stood the test of time and have inspired a countless number of horror writers.

Using Poe’s original text from the 1840s, one actor faithfully brings his words to life on stage, performing four of the most terrifying examples of gothic literature:

The Black Cat & The Raven

The Tell Tale Heart & The Pit and the Pendulum

Edgar Allan Poe’s horror-infused catalogue is a perennial favourite at the Fringe .. there’s deep richness in how the stories are told, and how the four narrators are portrayed – making this, perhaps, the definitive Fringe interpretation of these already much-loved works.
Richard Stamp

The wee review

Images by Alya Sayer & Cat Humphries