I Was Never Here. There Is No Spy Show.
Everybody be normal.A blundering sleeper agent has lost his memory. You — an audience of initiate spies — must help him get it back: crack codes, defuse doomsday devices, and try to follow one simple rule. Don't talk about spy show.
AUG 7–25, 2026 · THESPACE @ NIDDRY STREET STUDIO
World Premiere — Edinburgh Fringe 2026
Leo Lion, an NYC game-theatre artist known for interactive/immersive experiences, returns to Edinburgh Fringe with the world premiere of I Was Never Here (There Is No Spy Show). In a fusion of absurd clown and escape room, audiences race against the clock to help a blundering sleeper agent recover his lost memories and save the world. An hour of retro thriller meets looney tunes meets ASMR, jam-packed with bizarre and frenetic crowdwork, as an audience of initiate spies cracks codes, defuses doomsday devices, and tries to follow one simple rule.
Don't talk about spy show.
Lion's second Edinburgh Fringe outing follows the 2025 hit run of HELP ME!!!! (An Interactive Mime Seance), which toured to 10+ US festivals and stages in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle & more. This show is created with Matthew Schott, creator of Saga of the Shining Emblem and A Thousand Rainy Mornings.
Dates
theSpace @ Niddry Street Studio
Rose Hall, Prohibition River
Past Dates
BAH — EdFest by Duces Wild
For Leo Lion's HELP ME!!!! (2025)
"A remarkably nimble and emotional performance… Interactive, hilarious, and touching, this hidden gem of Fringe theatre is an existential must-see, must-do theatrical experience."
BingeFringe Magazine"It's perhaps what it might feel like to be trapped in an escape room with an excellent mime performer… It's clever stuff, and he's very funny in his spontaneous interactions."
The ScotsmanBest Theatre — nominated at The Spooky Awards.
The Spooky AwardsCreative Team & Company
Produce Spy Show
Interested in producing or booking I Was Never Here? Too bad. There is no spy show.
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