Edinburgh, are you ready? Warriors, are you ready? Created in New York and Chicago, BATSU! returns to the Fringe after a riotous, sell-out 2024. Witness comedians compete to avoid electric shocks, paintballs, a giant chicken and more hilarious, jaw-dropping punishments. Long, long ago, in the Land of the Rising Sun, four warriors used the power of laughter to capture Batsu no Akuma, the Spirit of Punishment, within a sacred gong. The evil spirit has once more emerged at the Fringe and the Comedy Warriors must rise again! 'This is truly our favourite thing we've ever seen, anywhere' (Playbill Magazine).