Australian stand-up comedian Scout Boxall brings their show, God’s Favourite, to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
“Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025 Most Outstanding Show nominee, Pinder Prize winner. Stranded in regional Victoria without medication for the first time in 12 years, Scout pulls out all the psychological stops to survive the worst night of their life. An exquisite, darkly funny retelling of a harrowing mental marathon through manic withdrawal; Scout imagines life in the Middle Ages, trawls the strange crevices of the internet, makes peace with their own mediocrity and (briefly) surrenders to God. “
Where: The Box at Assembly George Square
When: 5-30 Aug (not Mon)
Ticket link: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/scout-boxall-god-s-favourite
What can you tell us about your show? What is it about and where did the idea come from?
“God’s Favourite” is a show about a night so harrowing that I went back in time and briefly came face to face with God. I was stranded at a live action roleplay event and had to white knuckle my way through a night my bipolar medication for the first time in 13 years.
How would you sell it to audiences in one paragraph?
It’s won awards. It’s got all the stars. It’s sold out everywhere it’s toured. It’s a beautiful, raw, life-affirming show with stunning writing. It’s got history. It’s got an original score and soundscapes. It’s got an insane joke hit rate. Plus you get to see an Australian sweat through a 14th century nun’s replica tunic, wimple and veil for 55 minutes straight.
Do you enjoy participating in the Fringe? And do you have any moments you particularly remember?
This is my very first Fringe as a performer! I came over once in 2018 to do a couple of gigs, hand out flyers for cash and see some shows, but I was still a baby comic and barely had five minutes of material. So I’m very keen to do it for real all these years later.
What are you looking forward to the most in Edinburgh?
Honestly, I’m just so excited to see the full breadth of talent at the festival. I want to see shows from foreign places that are completely unlike anything I’ve ever encountered. I want to see shows that are blindingly good and shows that are stupid and confusing and also shows that are teeth-grindingly bad. I want to see all my beautiful Aussie friends find new audiences and soar.
What’s next for the show?
Once I clear Edinburgh, I’ll take the show to the Soho and then hopefully turn it into something more permanent… a radioplay, a graphic novel, a book, something.