Juliette Burton: Hopepunk

In a world where everything seems negative, hope can be a rebellion. But is the punk-rocking power of positivity passé? Or is despair a luxury we can’t afford?

Award-winning comedian and activist Juliette Burton finds the funny both in the darkness of desolation and being blinded by the light. Where does hope end and naivety begin? In 2025, what can resolute optimism do for us now?

Join Juliette for a comedy show beloved by audiences and critics alike at Edinburgh Fringe 2024, with geeky, nerdy charts, arty graphs and a narrative to instil hope in us all.

Juliette Burton is an award-winning performer, writer, presenter, and broadcast journalist. She has previously performed six critically acclaimed total sell-out solo seasons (When I Grow Up, Look At Me, Decision Time, Butterfly Effect, Defined and No Brainer) at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with total sold out shows for five years. She has performed at Festivals around the world including Leicester Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and New Zealand International Comedy Festival. In 2015 Juliette won the Argus Angel Award at Brighton Fringe for Look At Me and Voice Magazine Pick of the Fringe in 2017 for Butterfly Effect.

Juliette’s TV and radio credits include The One Show (BBC1), This Morning (ITV), Skin Deep and Feeling Kind of Funny (both BBC Scotland), BBC At Edinburgh Festivals (BBC iPlayer), BBC Tomorrow’s World and Afternoon Edition (BBC Radio 5 Live). She was also listed by The Telegraph in 2019 as one of the top 10 audiobook narrators alongside Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Steve Coogan.

As a writer, Juliette has contributed to The Independent, i Newspaper, Cosmopolitan and BBC News. She is an ambassador for mental health charity ReThink Mental Illness, and supporter of Mind and B-eat.