Shark Bait Theatre Hope This Helps!
Theatre
14+
Welcome to The Retreat, where guests can log off, detox and connect with nature (or perfectly kept astroturf). Five eccentric internet addicts search for an easy fix for their mounting problems, in the hopes that cucumber peels and trust exercises can buy back their happiness. When a violent storm threatens to uproot their plans, they are forced to question whether you can ever really go ‘off the grid’. Hope This Helps! is a satirical comedy by Shark Bait Theatre about wellness culture, connection in the digital age, and touching grass for once.
❝ Great comedy...funny and relatable. ❞★ ★ ★ ★
Theatre Weekly
❝ Suitably immersive...the increasingly ridiculous situations land. ❞★ ★ ★ ★
The Nerd Party
❝ A hilariously entertaining production. ❞★ ★ ★ ★ ★
All Edinburgh Theatre
❝ a chaotically yet zenful look at the time...we give to technology ❞★ ★ ★ ★
Theatre & Tonic
❝ Funny and well paced show. ❞★ ★ ★ ★
Derek Awards
❝ Incisive, punchy and on-point. ❞FringeReview
❝ Shark Bait continue to put out well-made, impeccably produced shows. ❞★ ★ ★ ★
Binge Fringe
❝ a chaotically yet zenful look at the time and space ❞★ ★ ★ ★
Theatre & Tonic
❝ Totally brilliant! 5 stars. ❞★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The Real Chrisparkle
This show was part of our Edinburgh Fringe Programme 2026