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Tickets available
About Gilded Balloon at the Museum
We are ready to play host to Fringe legends Gilded Balloon once again. Start your day with on a musical note, enjoy a bit of politics at lunchtime and slide into evenings filled with comedy, plus everything in-between from Friend(s), magic, and musicals.
Find the full line-up, more information, and how to book on the Gilded Balloon website.
How to get to the Auditorium
To get to the Auditorium, please use the entrance on Lothian Street.
Image gallery
Venue programme
![Christopher Hall standing holding a bunch of flowers.](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/GildedBalloon-Christopherhallgirlforallseasons-2024.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720518382&s=952a5121bd4d18f8585668628dc240bc)
![Advert that reads "So you think you're funny?"](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/GildedBalloon-soyouthinkyourefunnycompetition-2024.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720518533&s=c96516d724599b5b9b16bbb6464947fb)
![Deborah Frances-White standing talking into a microphone](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/GildedBalloon-theguiltyfeminist-2024.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720518852&s=4fb66002170195fd8d2f38a0639a4b3f)
![Portrait of Mhairi Black](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/GildedBalloon-mhairiblackpoliticsisntforme-2024.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720518827&s=c47091613a90520a65a44afaeba1e0a4)
![Matt Forde in navy suit sitting on a sofa.](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/GildedBalloon-thepoliticalpartywithmattforde-2024.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720519050&s=e42e0d54b52ca868dd1adfc3e0fe3b80)
![Grace Gampbell wearing a light blue gown and holding onto the leads of three spaniels](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/GildedBalloon-gracecampbellisonheat-2024.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720519254&s=7b1f196c19563c9b3a240640b7050a0a)
![James B Partridge standing with his arms out whilst pages of sheet music fall around him](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/primaryschoolassemblybangerslive_1080x1080.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720519778&s=b3affc087eb9907054f71967505f8425)
![A birdseye view of a coffee cup with 'Friend (the one with Gunther)' written in the coffee](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/GildedBalloon-friend-theonewithgunther-2024.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720519957&s=664cbe1f6cc0046e93e704efdf20bdf5)
![Advert for "I wish my life were like a musical".](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/iwishmylifewerelikeamusical_1080x1080.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720520187&s=9c83229193e2cb028e3dbc681861b8d7)
![Martin Brock in a suit, flashing four Ace playing cards hidden up his left sleeve. There are two smaller versions of himself sitting on his shoulders, one with a magic wand, the other with a smoking finger gun.](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/GildedBalloon-almostimpossiblemartinbrock-2024.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720522909&s=080f8e8547092d7db40b1cddf75d2c4c)
![A group of singers dressed in black singing on a stage.](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/GildedBalloon-theoxfordgargoyles-2024.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720523087&s=60babb21dcc5369041a1629944f95967)
![A coyboy rides a hospital bed next to the words "Chemo Savvy"](https://nms-supercool.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/Images/National-Museum-of-Scotland/Events/Gilded-Balloon-2024/GildedBaloon-chemosavvy-2024.jpg?w=1123&h=670&q=100&auto=format&fit=fill&fill=solid&fill-color=000000&dm=1720523223&s=187e0b9675bbb60dc0a94c6cb79eb183)
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