7:30pm
Taskmaster Champion, Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee and retired sugar daughter Sophie Duker is back with a brand-new 2026-2027 stand-up tour, ‘Hot Beef Injection’.
In her latest hour, Sophie dares to get both sexy and political, reflecting on hypermasculinity, heavy-handed handymen and that old-chestnut Would You Rather: 'Man or Bear?’.
Hot Beef Injection reckons with the primal fear driving Duker’s distrust of heterosexual he/hims, and out of a challenging comedy club encounter a new question emerges: what would she say if she spoke to men, instead of shutting them out?
Edinburgh 2026 Reviews:
The Guardian – “bad encounters with men spun into great comedy”
The Skinny – “the Taskmaster star proves that she remains a comedic powerhouse”
https://www.theskinny.co.uk/festivals/edinburgh-fringe/comedy/sophie-duker-pleasance-courtyard-2026
Fest Mag – “offers a fresh and charming voice to the discourse on male loneliness”
https://festmag.com/2026/08/10/review-sophie-duker-hot-beef-injection/
“Obscenely good… Charisma to burn” Rolling Stone “extremely funny” ★★★??
The Scotsman “she is clearly going places” ★★★??
Evening Standard “on sparkling form… a smart, purposeful and very funny hour… the audience is entirely under her spell… Duker’s presence is all good-time joy and delight, and this is a show so neatly crafted and intelligent” ★★★★ The Guardian
“On the best form of her career, Duker owns the stage with charm and assurance” ★★★??
Ashley Davies, The Scotsman “a comedic powerhouse” ★★★??
The Skinny “Duker is really very good at this. Her comedy is pointed, but it’s also generous and bawdy… Duker is on top of her game.” ★★★??
The Herald “a fresh and charming voice… a punchy hit… quick-wit… mid the hilarity, Duker offers us some gems of wisdom; we’re lucky to have them, and the laughs” ★★★??
Fest “fierce and fun hour” ★★★??
The List
“Playfully toying with the male ego… Duker is wittily flip” ★★★??
Chortle