TIM HONNEF / JONAS MÜLLER · EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2026
This Play Shouldn't Exist (and I was supposed to be on holiday) — Tim Honnef — Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026
Last year, retired playwright Jonas Müller received a box from an unknown sender. It contained an enormous handwritten book, a pink flash drive and a firm but friendly threat. This is the tale of what happened next....
It's also about Marcel the Elephant
↑ That’s Marcel!
↑ Catch the fish
A VERY SCIENTIFIC SCREENING PROCESS
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE · 2026
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PREVIOUS PRAISE
Previous Praise
“A magical journey into one of the most fascinating experimental theatrical minds at the Fringe.”
The Things I Never Told You
“Arriving into his extraordinarily layered and complex world of story with no knowledge of what is to come is the sort of experience we all come to the Fringe in search of.”
This Is Not A Play (it's a pathetic cry for help)
ABOUT TIM AND JONAS
About Tim and Jonas
Tim Honnef is a renowned playwright and theatre-maker, making work which blurs the boundaries between solo narrative storytelling, poetry and multimedia. His work focuses strongly on truth and fiction, reality and unreality and identity and belonging.
More about Tim →Jonas Müller is a playwright and storyteller. Truth be told, he was supposed to be on holiday.