Keeping Secrets
Created and performed by Jim Vetter
Secrets are all around us
This one-person show examines links between what magicians do and what child sexual abusers do – and how secrets can be powerful in positive and destructive ways.
“This is theatre that looks directly at something most people look away from, and it emerges hopeful. It asks what courage looks like, what healing looks like, and what we can do with our own pain. It’s a show that takes real risks and knows how to land them. This is a must-see show.“ - Simon Wilson
Critic’s Review
Audiences applaude Keeping Secrets
Jim is no longer holding on to a life-long secret.The magic in this show is not an illusion; it is real. Keeping Secrets is one of best pieces of autobiographical theatre that I've ever seen. It is tender, dark, honest and ultimately redemptive. Go see it.
9 August 2026 - Edinburgh Fringe
Quietly precise and rippingly honest, Keeping Secrets is Jim Vetter’s tale of child sexual trauma in all its complexities. It’ll break your heart and put it together again. See it.
16 August 2026 - Edinburgh Fringe
Fantastic show. Courageous, important, hopeful, and deeply felt. A truly revelatory piece of theater that presents a much needed callout on the nature and cycle of abuse.
14 August 2026 - Edinburgh Fringe
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