Fringe: Jeremy Corbyn will discuss why the country needs 'transformed'. PA

UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will appear in an Edinburgh Festival Fringe show this summer.

The MP will speak for an hour with comedian and broadcaster Susan Morrison at the New Town Theatre.

Their on-stage conversation will cover what "makes him tick, how he deals with adversity and why our country and its politics needs to be transformed".

Tickets for the show on August 27 sold out within hours of its announcement with fans rushing online to secure their seat.

A spokesman for the Labour leader said: "The journey from backbench MP to 'PM-in-waiting' has been long and eventful.


"Jeremy will speak to comedian and broadcaster Susan Morrison about what makes him tick, how he deals with adversity, and why our country, and its politics, needs to be transformed.

"Labour's recent general election manifesto offered the most radical arts policy for more than 50 years. Fresh from the advances made at the General Election and appearances at Glastonbury and the Durham Miners Gala, Jeremy will address the world's largest arts festival on why culture must be for the many not the few."


The Labour leader will not be the only political figure at the festival, with former First Minister Alex Salmond hosting a series of shows in the city.