RON PLACONE BRINGS ‘ANTI-FASCIST PASTA NIGHT’ TO THE 2026 EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL AUGUST 6-30, 2026
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Winner of the 2026 Inspiring Social Justice Award
at the Inspire Performing Arts Festival
EDINBURGH – Comedian, writer, producer, and filmmaker Ron Placone is set to
premiere his new stand-up show Anti-Fascist Pasta Night at the 2026 Edinburgh
Fringe Festival. The show will run August 6-30 at 15:45pm (3:45pm) as part of
the Free Fringe. Admission is free and non-ticketed with a pay-what-you-can
collection at the end. Full event details and venue information are available on
Anti-Fascist Pasta Night is a political stand-up hour that takes audiences on a
journey through politics, culture, travel, relationships, and the small coping
mechanisms that keep us from fully losing it. The title was inspired by real
anti-fascist pasta nights in Italy, a little-known post-Mussolini tradition rooted in
another little-known bit of trivia: Mussolini hated pasta and felt it was at least one
of the causes of society’s ills that he sought to correct with his authoritarian
regime. Therefore, pasta is anti-fascist. Also, Ron is Italian so is obviously
uniquely qualified to speak on both topics. You’ll learn to love cats and hate
capitalism, if you don’t already. Ron has been a political comic since 2007,
tracing the country’s long decline from the Iraq War to whatever fresh hell we’re
calling the present, and he invites you to join him in a show for the lefties, the
weirdos, the freethinkers, the peaceniks, the dreamers, or anyone who wants to
reclaim pasta’s anti-fascist roots while also fighting the power.
Before he heads across the pond, Ron will bring preview performances to Los
Angeles and New York.
LA Preview: May 16 @ Flappers Comedy Club, Burbank. Get tickets.
NYC Preview: June 5 @ QED Astoria. Get tickets.
Ron’s previous solo-show Balding Is Punk Rock earned four stars at the 2023
Edinburgh Fringe Festival and drew praise from critics and audiences alike:
“Ron delivers a worthy and enthusiastic performance that deserved a bigger
venue. Those that attended this show thoroughly enjoyed themselves.” –
ABOUT RON PLACONE
Ron Placone is a comedian/writer/producer/filmmaker seen on Discovery
Channel, HBOMax, Hulu, AppleTV, Tubi, CrossTalk, Redacted Tonight, Status
Coup News, and more. A joke-slinging vagabond, he’s toured nearly everywhere
in the US, Australia, Canada, and his solo-show, “Balding is Punk Rock”,
premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023 (****). He will be returning to
the Edinburgh Fringe in 2026 with his new stand-up show, “Anti-Fascist Pasta
Night.” His co-headlining tour with Graham Elwood sold out venues in
Melbourne, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Miami.
In 2022, Ron took the dive into production. Since then, he’s released the
webisode/pilot, Loner, his vertical series, Frank Azurri, premiered in Rome and
then was later released on Status Coup News, and his debut feature, Left At
Wall, enjoyed sold out screenings in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh, an international
screening in London, and is out NOW on a bunch of platforms. Ron recommends
watching it on Tubi because it’s free there. Bit by the bug, he wrote and produced
the stage play, Termination Fee. Termination Fee premiered at the Hollywood
Fringe in 2025, it sold out 60% of its run and was nominated for Ink Well
Theater’s Playwright’s Promise Award. Termination Fee is currently in
post-production as a feature film.
He also co-produced the web-comic Lucy & Ron and hosts the podcast called
1000 w/ Ron Placone, where, as he puts it: “Each week I interview somebody
who is living a creative, fulfilling life, and doing inspiring work amidst the
backdrop of a society in decline. For the freethinkers and those going against the
tide.”
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