Amanda Knox standup on raising girls in a violent world hits Edinburgh Fringe
Updated: Aug 7
Amanda Knox first made headlines when she was wrongly convicted of killing Meredith Kercher, but after her subsequent acquittal, is now sparking debate by leading her new standup show on motherhood at Edinburgh Fringe.
Amanda Knox new show tackles motherhood
Amanda Knox's new standup comedy show, Cartwheel, addresses the perils and pitfalls of raising girls in a dangerous world. It runs between 7 and 17 August as one of the most talked-about shows at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
Being held at the Gilded Balloon Teviot wine bar, Cartwheel will riff on Amanda Knox's own experience of motherhood and the difficulties she has faced as an exoneree, wrongly convicted of the murder of her roommate in 2009.
Knox's comedy show mixes relatable tales of parenting with dark jokes about her incarceration and her ensuing criminal justice reform advocacy. Knox's show has faced controversy, accused by Kercher's family of insensitivity.
Kercher was subject to a brutal femicide
After Knox's false incarceration, Kercher's killer was eventually identified as Rudy Guede, who was released from prison in 2021 after serving 13 years of a 16-year sentence. Guede broke into the home Kercher shared with Knox and raped and killed her.
After this home invasion in Perugia, Italy, Guede found himself back in court in November, 2025, facing accusations of sexual assault and violence against a former girlfriend.
Knox was wrongly convicted
US comedian and exoneree Amanda Knox was wrongly convicted of the murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher in Italy in 2009. Knox was arrested and put in an Italian prison on November 6, 2007 and remained in custody for four years.
She was released in 2011 before being acquitted in 2015.
Knox often speaks on her experience of coercive police practices, campaigning for a justice system that enables the innocent to get their case across without harm or fear of punishment.
