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45 Degrees of Perspiration

45 Degrees of Perspiration

Prepare for a great show full of laughter and enlightenment as comedian Ben Harrington tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time in his latest comedy show, 45 Degrees of … 

The Comedy Arcade

The Comedy Arcade

The Comedy Arcade: competitive anecdotes game. 

Darren Walsh: 3rd Rock from the Pun 2.0

Darren Walsh: 3rd Rock from the Pun 2.0

Like puns? Like space travel? Like AI? Join Darren for version 2. 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Course

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Course

Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course. 

Eccentrics Assemble – Guerilla Autistics Year 10

Eccentrics Assemble – Guerilla Autistics Year 10

Are you eccentric? Take the test as Quentin Crisp introduces Emily Dickinson, Spike Milligan, Screaming Lord Sutch, Patricia Highsmith and a cast of legendary Outsiders. 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box… 

The Alternative Book Club

The Alternative Book Club

The Alternative Book Club presents a stand-up comedy compilation show about books, where there is absolutely NO required reading. 

Embrace Me: A Solo Show About Dating and Disability That is Also Funny

Embrace Me: A Solo Show About Dating and Disability That is Also Funny

Dating’s tough enough, but try dating when it’s also hard to walk. 

Bex Turner: Bexual Healing

Bex Turner: Bexual Healing

It’s a pun, although some of the characters might be witty and off the wrist. 

Heckling Masterclass, With Diploma

Heckling Masterclass, With Diploma

Heckling Masterclass, With Diploma. 

Around the World in 80 Puns

Around the World in 80 Puns

Glaswegian comedian and author Iain MacDonald embraces the international aspect of comedy as he takes you on a pun-venture around the world in this hilarious show in which he has a… 

Annie and Angela's Dumbgenz and Dragqueenz

Annie and Angela's Dumbgenz and Dragqueenz

Following a disastrous pub crawl, 40-something BFF’s Annie Sup and Angela Bra fall through a lipsync-hole into a parallel dimension of musical comedy tucked full of swords and sa… 

Barbara Fernandez Singing, Sagging and Shagging

Barbara Fernandez Singing, Sagging and Shagging

This show is a cheeky, hilarious, mellifluous romp through one singer’s colourful (and true!) past of cult-loving husbands, vampiric record producers, jailbird exes, shaggable th… 

A Crowdwork Hour

A Crowdwork Hour

Raul Kohli returns for a fourth year with his sell-out cult hit! No material, no plan, no sad bit at the 45th minute where his pet chinchilla dies. 

Comedy Queers

Comedy Queers

A spicy mix of queer comedians, cabaret and drag. 

Alex Mitchell: Tics Towards Puffection

Alex Mitchell: Tics Towards Puffection

Tics Towards Puffection is an in-depth look at Alex Mitchell’s (You Can Laugh, You Know Disabled Comedian of the Year 2023) ever-present desire for perfection, its effect on his li… 

1001 Space Adventures: Breadlove and Poophead – Interactive Children Show

1001 Space Adventures: Breadlove and Poophead – Interactive Children Show

Join Breadlove and Poophead in a cosmic journey where your child isn’t just an audience member – they’re the hero of their own interstellar adventure! Will they save the galaxy? … 

A Chip Off the Gold Block

A Chip Off the Gold Block

A transatlantic middle-aged Jewish atheist divorcee walks into a bar. 

Lee Kyle: Throwing Bottles Into the Sea

Lee Kyle: Throwing Bottles Into the Sea

Lee Kyle (‘Glorious’ (iNews. 

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage

British comedian Rachel takes you on a stroll down Amsterdam’s cobbled streets, where bicycles rule, and everyone embraces the unconventional. 

001– Laughing Matters (Work in Progress)

001– Laughing Matters (Work in Progress)

I left Israel to live in Berlin, because it is ironically safer. 

A Cut Above

A Cut Above

Fancy some hilarious comedy and razor-sharp wit? If so, this is for you. 

Cheekykita: An Octopus, The Universe 'n' Stuff

Cheekykita: An Octopus, The Universe 'n' Stuff

Multi award-winning comedian Cheekykita’s one-woman, tour-de-force nonsense ride from sea to space. 

The Bite – Mixed-Bill Stand-Up

The Bite – Mixed-Bill Stand-Up

A fabulous mixed-bill of new and established acts in a daily changing line-up throughout the Fringe. 

Kieran Flynn and Rachel Baker: Two Reds Are Better Than One

Kieran Flynn and Rachel Baker: Two Reds Are Better Than One

Astute observational humour with an irreverent flair from two of Birmingham’s silliest sausages. 

Benny Shakes: Respect

Benny Shakes: Respect

Come along and learn how to be shaky, so you can nail that role on TV as a disabled person! No Blue Badge? Don’t worry, you can fake it until you make it. 

PG Hits! The Best in Family-Friendly Stand-Up Comedy!

PG Hits! The Best in Family-Friendly Stand-Up Comedy!

Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-… 

Disabled Cants

Disabled Cants

A revolving line-up of disabled comedians and friends present an irreverent comedy show for your enjoyment. 

Peter Fleming Meets Doctor Who!

Peter Fleming Meets Doctor Who!

Doctor Who is 60. 

44 and Flippin' Furious

44 and Flippin' Furious

An honest and funny portrayal of a frustrated, forthright and fed-up father of three. 

Alex and Roger Work It Out

Alex and Roger Work It Out

Roger O’Sullivan (BBC New Comedy Awards Regional finalist) has had work featured on BBC One, BBC Three, RTÉ and BBC Radio 4. 

Steph Aritone: Excelf-esteem

Steph Aritone: Excelf-esteem

Steph is a really chill girl. 

4 Big Cs

4 Big Cs

Simon Hall started performing comedy in 2020, yeah, that 2020! Since then, performing has not got any easier and life has continually tried to block his progress. 

3rd Rock from the Pun: Darren Walsh

3rd Rock from the Pun: Darren Walsh

Like puns? Like space travel? Of course you do. 

Class Comedy Craic

Class Comedy Craic

Vix Leyton is hosting five of Liam GreenJacket’s favourite comedians in this one-off showcase! And for no justifiable reason, prizes for the best audience members.  

Fat, Femme and Crippled

Fat, Femme and Crippled

In Fat, Femme and Crippled, Alex drives their mobility scooter on the intersection between disability and queer culture. 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course. 

Man of the Century

Man of the Century

Jay Sodagar returns with his brand-new stand-up show. 

Becky Fury: Identity

Becky Fury: Identity

EdFest award winner presents a left-wing love letter to being queer-ish, mixed race-ish and British-ish. 

Story Builders

Story Builders

How to build a story – for everyone! Want to be the best storyteller you know? Come and join the Story Builders! You’ll learn the secrets of every great story and together we’ll … 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box… 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the best comedians selected from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show in this selection box… 

Married at First Fight

Married at First Fight

You are cordially invited to a comedy show! Comedians and married couple Katharyn Henson (USA) and Mark O’Keeffe (IRE) met at the Fringe in 2019, had a lockdown wedding in Melbourn… 

Old Jewish Jokes

Old Jewish Jokes

10th great year! Edinburgh’s funniest, and most successful ever kosher comedy show. 

American Boy

American Boy

American Boy is a stand-up comedy show about immigrant guilt, gentrified Middle Eastern food, and Barbie. 

Wedding Bingo

Wedding Bingo

You are cordially invited to the union of two great inventions: weddings and bingo. 

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up as He Goes Along

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up as He Goes Along

Raul Kohli returns for a third year with his sell-out cult hit! No material, no plan, no sad bit at the 45th minute where his pet chinchilla dies. 

Around the World in 80 Puns

Around the World in 80 Puns

Glaswegian comedian and author Iain MacDonald embraces the international aspect of the festival as he takes you on a pun-venture around the world in this hilarious show in which he… 

PG Hits! Family-Friendly Comedy Club

PG Hits! Family-Friendly Comedy Club

Three top stand-ups perform their very best routines just as they do in comedy clubs up and down the country and abroad, just without the swearing! PG Hits is a professional stand-… 

Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019

Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019

Did Cerys cause their parents’ divorce? Did they just make that interaction really awkward? Is a new year’s resolution ever going to be enough to fix their personality? In this sur… 

McClaine Beirne: Wheelie Funny

McClaine Beirne: Wheelie Funny

McClaine Beirne in his first 45-minute Edinburgh show. 

The Prince Andrew Tate Appreciation Hour

The Prince Andrew Tate Appreciation Hour

A compilation of some of the worst human beings doing comedy. 

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

Raucous, wild and a little bit different, this one-hour compilation show with a changing daily line-up, gives you a fabulous cross-section of Fringe madness in one crazy bite-sized… 

666 Black Widows: The Web of Dark Comedy

666 Black Widows: The Web of Dark Comedy

The night is dark and full of laughs with Black Widows, where the boldest female comedians come to push boundaries and tackle taboo topics. 

RVG's International Comedy Club

RVG's International Comedy Club

Hello, asalaam alaikum, bienvenido and welcome to RVG’s International Comedy Club! Resident MC of Malaysia’s first comedy cub Rizal Van Geyzel (as seen on Comedy Central) introduce… 

Millwall Jew

Millwall Jew

New show from the UK’s favourite and funniest Jewish comedian. 

Noam Shuster Eliassi: Coexistence My A**

Noam Shuster Eliassi: Coexistence My A**

An international Jewish comedian in a new solo show. 

AL! The Weird Tribute (And How Daniel Radcliffe Got Mixed Up in This Nonsense)

AL! The Weird Tribute (And How Daniel Radcliffe Got Mixed Up in This Nonsense)

Combining two of his great loves – Weird Al Yankovic and Harry Potter – Steve Goodie creates an all-out musical performance with some killer lyrics and accordion skills. 

Rachel Morton-Young: Organised Chaos

Rachel Morton-Young: Organised Chaos

Raising kids is tough; add to the mix puberty, cultural differences and a complicated language, topped with questionable organisational skills and the comedy show writes itself! Aw… 

Rizal Van Geyzel: Arrested

Rizal Van Geyzel: Arrested

Rizal Van Geyzel (as seen on Comedy Central Asia) was put in jail for telling jokes about his Islamic heritage. 

Disabled Cants

Disabled Cants

A revolving lineup of disabled comedians and friends present an irreverent comedy show for your enjoyment. 

Scandinavian Jesus

Scandinavian Jesus

After a few years away from the comedy stage, the Scandinavian cult comedian Tomas Ahlbeck returns to the Edinburgh Fringe. 

A Cut Above

A Cut Above

Fancy some razor-sharp wit? If so, this is for you. 

UK Pun Off

UK Pun Off

The hit online show has made the transition to a live show and is coming to Edinburgh! Four top comics will have three jokes on different topics and it is up to the audience to dec… 

Spring Day: Exvangelical (Work in Progress)

Spring Day: Exvangelical (Work in Progress)

As seen on BBC’s Live at the Apollo, American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people. 

Nathan Cassidy: Fifty

Nathan Cassidy: Fifty

Multi award-winning comedian Cassidy wanted to perform the show of his life for his grandma’s 100th birthday, but must make his stand-up “Instagrammable. 

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Returning for its fourth year, Henry Ginsberg presents a possibly anarchic, probably slightly depraved and almost certainly alcohol-fuelled showcase of the best stand-up comedy fro… 

Eccentrics Unite! The Guerilla Autistics and Neurodiverse Show – Year Nine

Eccentrics Unite! The Guerilla Autistics and Neurodiverse Show – Year Nine

Quentin Crisp! Florence Jenkins! Einstein! Patricia Highsmith! William McGonagall! Through the centuries, secret Neurodivergent or Autistic people have found respect and love in th… 

Vampire's Ball: Ultimate Halloween Party!

Vampire's Ball: Ultimate Halloween Party!

Brad’s 12-year-old daughter came home from the Halloween dance and said, ‘They only played three total Halloween songs!’ Three? Brad was incensed, so he and Steve wrote nine origin… 

Spontadeity: Whomst Let the Gods Out?! (Improv)

Spontadeity: Whomst Let the Gods Out?! (Improv)

An improvised comedy extravaganza of tales of gods and monsters, heroines and heroes, mundane and mythological beings all made up on the spot each day from audience suggestions. 

Toast, Pudding Lane

Toast, Pudding Lane

Thomas Farriner (the one who burnt London to a crisp in 1666?) is a fantastic (albeit dead) baker, and we have resurrected him. 

Melting Pot

Melting Pot

Good people do bad things and bad people do good things. 

Vappow!

Vappow!

Vappow! consists of four up-and-coming comedians, who perform regularly across the UK, in their own one-hour show. 

Diary of an Australian Outback Woman

Diary of an Australian Outback Woman

Meet Australian Outback restaurant owner Sheila and journey through her life with stories, song, bush verse, photographs and mouth-watering recipes. 

All-American Snack Attack

All-American Snack Attack

Americans are fat, find out why. 

Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty to Me

Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty to Me

Following her first US tour and millions of views over lockdown for her blunt takes on dating and being a child-free badass, this award-winning stand-up is back with a sex-positive… 

Angela Bra: Life Lessons

Angela Bra: Life Lessons

Singer/songwriter, rising star on social media and part-time primary school music teacher, Miss Angela Bra invites you to share in her words of wisdom as an international online su… 

Performers Mental Health Training Sessions

Performers Mental Health Training Sessions

Are you struggling to cope with the Fringe? Overwhelmed by producing a show? If you have any anxiety or concern then these sessions are for you, along with anyone looking for help … 

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Learn the skills and art of performing stand-up comedy on this two-day intensive comedy course. 

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

See the very best comedians from across the Fringe alongside hot new talent and fresh Fringe newcomers, with a different comedy line-up daily at each show – in this stuffed selec… 

Are We All in a Cult?

Are We All in a Cult?

Top leaders, love bombing, results driven expectations, endless tasks – is your family a cult? Is society a cult? Is the lollipop lady the benign face of cultism? Are we all in t… 

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up as He Goes Along

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up as He Goes Along

Raul Kohli does an hour of crowd interaction because after 24 months selling himself on webcam like a budget pornstar, he’s come to the realisation that comedy means nothing with… 

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

Raucous, wild and a little bit different – this one-hour compilation show with a changing daily line-up, gives you a fabulous cross section of Fringe madness in one crazy bite-si… 

Stranded

Stranded

Having spent the past year stranded in India, the host of the wildly popular podcast I’m Quitting Alcohol is in town with an hour of dark, irreverent stand-up comedy.  

Guerilla Autistics Year 8 – Scenes From an Undiagnosed Life

Guerilla Autistics Year 8 – Scenes From an Undiagnosed Life

For the eighth year of this universally unique, neurodiversifying, audience-participatory solo show, Paul Wady has changed the name to Guerilla Autistics and wants to take you all … 

An American Comedy Showcase. Free!

An American Comedy Showcase. Free!

Gabe Mollica brings New York-style comedy line-ups every night to Bar 50. 

Katharyn Henson and Ollie Horn: Pure Filth

Katharyn Henson and Ollie Horn: Pure Filth

Fringe favourites – New York City comedian Katharyn Henson, ‘kicking some serious comedy ass’ (Scotsman), and internationally touring Ollie Horn, ‘a natural’ (BroadwayBaby. 

Science Magic XXX

Science Magic XXX

Science! Sex! Stand-up! Triple award-winning Irish comedian and scientist, Donal Vaughan has done stand-up for 10 years. 

Paul Dennis: Ashes to Mashes

Paul Dennis: Ashes to Mashes

The continuing story of PD’s perpetually interrupted life. 

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Why aren’t you rich yet? How come there are people at the top nowhere near as smart, talented or good looking as you? Stanley Brooks is here to help you teach yourself the skills y… 

Spontadeity: Who Let the Gods Out?

Spontadeity: Who Let the Gods Out?

An improvised comedy extravaganza of tales of gods and monsters, heroines and heroes, mundane and mythological beings all made up on the spot each day from audience suggestions. 

Disabled Cants

Disabled Cants

A revolving line-up of disabled comedians and friends present an irreverent comedy show for your enjoyment. 

Boy: Looking for Friends

Boy: Looking for Friends

Award-winning Polish performer Piotr Sikora has created a beautiful hour of family storytelling which uses clowning, mime, ukulele and audience participation to paint the journey o… 

Nik Coppin: Shark

Nik Coppin: Shark

The affable, internationally well-travelled comedian returns to the Fringe with more hilarious anecdotes, observations, audience interaction and banter as well as some insightful c… 

AMJ Entertainer

AMJ Entertainer

The true story of one man’s ambition to become the greatest holiday park entertainer in England. 

PG Hits! Stand-Up Comedy That's Everyone's Cup of Tea!

PG Hits! Stand-Up Comedy That's Everyone's Cup of Tea!

A hilarious stand-up comedy compilation show that leaves out the really rude bits so the whole family can enjoy the show. 

Oleg Denisov: Escaped Artist

Oleg Denisov: Escaped Artist

You can (and should) get a comedian out of Russia, but can you get Russia out of a comedian? Oleg Denisov, a critically acclaimed satirical stand-up and philosopher by training, go… 

Horrible History for Adults (Or Those That Think They Are!)

Horrible History for Adults (Or Those That Think They Are!)

We all love a good story. 

A Morning with Woody Allen (ish)

A Morning with Woody Allen (ish)

A Morning with Woody Allen (ish). 

Love and Sex on the Spectrum

Love and Sex on the Spectrum

It’s four years since George Steeves brought his Magic 8 Ball show to Edinburgh, winning the heart and mind of at least this reviewer with such an honest, bold theatrical collage… 

Gabe Mollica: A Show About Friendship

Gabe Mollica: A Show About Friendship

New York Comedian Gabe Mollica started comedy the day after he got broken up with. 

Oy Gay! The Queer Jewish Comedy Show

Oy Gay! The Queer Jewish Comedy Show

‘Oy Gay! is hilarious, clever and filthy! These talented comedians charm and entertain whilst exploring faith, community and life, with some classic material that still makes me la… 

Come Sit on the Couch With Me

Come Sit on the Couch With Me

Come Sit on the Couch With Me: is this a therapy couch or a casting couch, and is there a difference? The show is a cocktail of a comical – but true – look at communication in … 

David Sheeran: Carpe Your Diem!

David Sheeran: Carpe Your Diem!

Under Covid, every day is like Groundhog Day. 

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Annie and Angela's Disco Divorce Party

Forty, single and ready to mingle; join lifelong friends, Annie Sup and Angela Bra, for a drag-infused comedy of musical mirth celebrating friendship and new beginnings on a bar cr… 

Comedy for Hot People

Comedy for Hot People

A comedy showcase for hotties! No uggos allowed! Previous acts have been Alfie Brown, Olga Koch, Phil Ellis, Stephen Bailey, Aurie Styla, Aaron McCann and Sophie Duker. 

A Cut Above

A Cut Above

Fancy some razor sharp wit? If so, this is for you. 

Come See – Evan Desmarais

Come See – Evan Desmarais

Come See. 

Old Jewish Jokes

Old Jewish Jokes

2019 Pick of the Fringe award sell-out sensation. 

Ollie Horn: Before / After

Ollie Horn: Before / After

After a critically acclaimed debut hour, Ollie Horn returns with a new hour of stand-up about what happens when you let yourself try new things. 

2020 Re-Vision – Vladimir McTavish

2020 Re-Vision – Vladimir McTavish

A comedy review of the year that was cancelled from ‘one of the finest acts on the Scottish comedy circuit’ (Guardian). 

Eleanor Conway: Vaxxed and Waxxed

Eleanor Conway: Vaxxed and Waxxed

Hot girl summer is finally here and Eleanor Conway is ready for some post lockdown dating – she’s Vaxxed and Waxxed (and ready to climax!) Join her for a TMI post-pandemic catch-… 

A Cut Above

A Cut Above

A showcase new to Edinburgh Fringe with some of the best comedians from around the Fringe with new and established material, doing things a bit differently with a few surprises, so… 

Ireland's Full of Mullarkey

Ireland's Full of Mullarkey

Eddie Mullarkey brings you on a hilarious, almost entirely honest and wild journey of growing up as a mama’s boy in the west of Ireland, being a failed Catholic, and coming to term… 

Phil Kay: Alphalfa Male

Phil Kay: Alphalfa Male

‘Phil sweeps the audience on an exhilarating never-ending stream-of-consciousness loaded with laughter. 

Old Jewish Jokes

Old Jewish Jokes

Pick of the Fringe award winner (2019). 

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Take a gonzo dive into a world of sex dungeons, meth and so much more with New York City comedian, Katharyn Henson. 

This is Not a Subject for Comedy

This is Not a Subject for Comedy

Pick of the Fringe award winner Ivor Dembina, presents a revised and updated version of his solo Jewish comedy show – a story with jokes about Israel, Palestine and the Jews. 

Nathan Cassidy: Bumblebee

Nathan Cassidy: Bumblebee

Thought your 2020 was bad? You get home, the door is smashed and a burglar flees. 

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

See the very best comedians selected from across the Fringe, with a different top-notch comedy line-up every night – as this show returns to Edinburgh for its 18th year. 

Adele Cliff: In the Dark (WIP)

Adele Cliff: In the Dark (WIP)

In her work-in-progress show, In the Dark, Adele ponders the power of knowledge, the power in refusing it, and all things that go on when the lights go off. 

Best of Fringe Stand-Up

Best of Fringe Stand-Up

It’s been a long time since we could go see live comedy, but it’s back! Award-winning comic Ben Clover presents a different bill of top stand-ups each evening. 

Aaaaaaargh It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Aaaaaaargh It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Feast on five of the tastiest up-and-coming comedians on the circuit in this stand-up comedy showcase including your award-winning host, Masai Graham (UK Pun Champion 2016). 

Eliott Simpson: (A)sexy and I Know It

Eliott Simpson: (A)sexy and I Know It

Eliott has never cared for sex. 

Rogue Two: Burns and Moore

Rogue Two: Burns and Moore

Join two of The Oxford Revue’s brightest talents as they take you through an hour of rogue, wild and laugh-out-loud comedy. 

My Mother's Shoes

My Mother's Shoes

Some women aspire to wearing their mother’s shoes. 

I'll Be Broken Home for Christmas with Jeffrey Baldinger

I'll Be Broken Home for Christmas with Jeffrey Baldinger

I’ll Be Broken Home for Christmas is a dark comedy musical written by Jeffrey Baldinger and Jessica Michelle Singleton. 

Wit and Mirth

Wit and Mirth

In 1698 Thomas d’Urfey published the smash-hit book of comic songs, Wit and Mirth. 

Working Class Zero

Working Class Zero

Back in 99, Tony Blair said ‘We’re all middle class now’. 

Linda: Easy Killing

Linda: Easy Killing

The world is filled to the brim with pain, anger and death. 

Andrew Frank: Cognitive Goof

Andrew Frank: Cognitive Goof

Andrew Frank: Cognitive Goof is an hour of stand-up comedy exploring the hilarity and profundity of perception, belief, identity, time and space. 

Kevin James Doyle: Loud Blond Bald Kid

Kevin James Doyle: Loud Blond Bald Kid

You can never be entirely sure if the material a comedian is sharing is true, based in truth, or completely fabricated. 

Huggers

Huggers

The popular show with a revolving line-up of performers of all varieties to entertain all the family returns after more shows at festivals worldwide. 

Tales from the Balkans

Tales from the Balkans

A brutally honest show about growing up in the Balkans, then somehow moving to Malta, and finally ending up in London to become a pizza boy. 

Stephen Carlin: Post Rational Carlin

Stephen Carlin: Post Rational Carlin

A greatest-hits show with a difference. 

Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely

Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely

Stephanie and Paul bring you a silly hour of silliness with zero artistic merit but a shockingly high volume of Maltesers. 

Never Heard of It

Never Heard of It

Never-before-seen nonsense on stage. 

Which Princess Are You?

Which Princess Are You?

Sunjai Arif can show you the world as he shares his memories of nostalgic pop culture all while attempting not to be sued by Disney. 

I'm Here, All Weak

I'm Here, All Weak

Suren Jayemanne (Aus) has made a splash on the Australian scene, with his debut TV stand-up special featured as part of ABC’s Comedy Next Gen series. 

Bollywood and Birmingham to Berlin and Brexit

Bollywood and Birmingham to Berlin and Brexit

Growing up, I was too brown for white kids and the wrong kind of brown for brown kids. 

Comedy Gobbledygook Showcase / Free Festival

Comedy Gobbledygook Showcase / Free Festival

London Bermondsey’s beloved local comedy show comes to Edinburgh! Hosted by a podgy gay comic from the remote island of Taiwan, this comedy show has, for month after month, enterta… 

Passport and Prozac

Passport and Prozac

Canadian stand-up Byron Bertram hilariously explores being a black sheep in an all-Chinese high school, dating a Japanese celebrity and travelling to 20 different countries while d… 

Stephen Carlin: Pickwickian

Stephen Carlin: Pickwickian

Anecdotal, episodic, lacking an overarching theme, lighthearted, tittle tattle, way too many characters… Think Charles Dickens but better. ***** (Herald). 

The Mars & Lee Show

The Mars & Lee Show

A no-holds-barred comedy show starring Will Mars (FOX’s Showtime at The Apollo) and Sarah Lee (Jewish Comedian of the Year finalist 2018). 

Revenge of the New World

Revenge of the New World

A motley assortment of North American comedians each deliver their polished 7-15 minute sets. 

Raul Kohli: The Greatest Hits

Raul Kohli: The Greatest Hits

Conceptual art, dance, theatre, somebody sh*tting on stage. 

Calum Ross Presents Ross: After the Screaming Stops

Calum Ross Presents Ross: After the Screaming Stops

As a teenager, Calum asked a famous comedian how to get into comedy. 

Immoral Maze

Immoral Maze

As more and more subjects aren’t being talked about, the Immoral Maze deals with them in the most honest way morally possible: by getting comedians to rip them apart. 

Erich McElroy: Radical Centrist

Erich McElroy: Radical Centrist

With politics moving to extremes and into every aspect of our lives, Erich McElroy finds another way. 

Confessions of a Taxi Driver

Confessions of a Taxi Driver

Ever wake up after a heavy night of booze and think, what did I do last night? You rarely remember the taxi journey. 

Broken Toys

Broken Toys

Comedians are, like, soooo the broken, unused toys in a toy box and we’ve been, like, really trying to use comedy to repair ourselves and survive in the toy box of life. 

Eh?

Eh?

From a no-holds-barred dissection of his own laughable life to a skewed look at the absurdity of the everyday. 

Aaron Twitchen: Can't Stop a Rainbow...

Aaron Twitchen: Can't Stop a Rainbow...

Sun, sea and stand-up. 

Grave St Claire: Hard Bop

Grave St Claire: Hard Bop

New Zealand comedian, Grave St Claire, brings his multimedia comedy show to Edinburgh for the first time. 

Matt Jones: Pandora's Box – Free

Matt Jones: Pandora's Box – Free

What would you do if you could go back in time and hand-pick who you would become? One day a man encounters a strange spirit and is offered the opportunity to become someone else, … 

Stealth Aspies – Autistic People Speaking

Stealth Aspies – Autistic People Speaking

Unlike anything you have ever experienced before. 

Late Night Nonsense: Variety Show

Late Night Nonsense: Variety Show

A variety show of absurdist comedy. 

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica 4 – Free

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica 4 – Free

For the 4th year, American atheist Bronston Jones reacts to the chaos of his country with a prayer: God Bless ‘Merica, because it’ll take a miracle to fix it. 

Suzanne Lea Shepherd: You're Okay!

Suzanne Lea Shepherd: You're Okay!

Thanksgiving with your family in the most eye-popping of places. 

Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely

Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely

The dumbest game show ever to grace a stage on God’s green Earth. 

Kemah Bob: Bob and Buds

Kemah Bob: Bob and Buds

Rising star Kemah Bob and special guests present a shared hour of laid-back stand-up comedy. 

Will Mars: Candid Cafe

Will Mars: Candid Cafe

Star of FOX’s Showtime at the Apollo, finalist on season eight of NBC Comcast’s knockout television show, Trial By Laughter and runner-up for the woman he loves. 

Kevin Precious Unholier Than Thou: The Non-Believing Religious Studies Teacher

Kevin Precious Unholier Than Thou: The Non-Believing Religious Studies Teacher

Kevin Precious is a former religious studies teacher. 

Dave Green: Melt

Dave Green: Melt

Award-winning Dave Green does his highly anticipated debut hour. 

Guerilla Aspies Year Four – Autism. Amusement. Conversion.

Guerilla Aspies Year Four – Autism. Amusement. Conversion.

The show that the greater media cannot entirely accept as real. 

Dino Wiand – Yorkshire Ripper / Free Festival

Dino Wiand – Yorkshire Ripper / Free Festival

Dino Wiand plays the Yorkshire Ripper, who has been allowed out of prison on a rehab program to perform a stand-up comedy routine, which he uses to discuss his plans for orchestrat… 

Bare Jokes

Bare Jokes

Late-night one-liners from Phil Pagett, ‘One of the country’s best new gag writers’ (Gary Delaney, Mock the Week), ranging from the absurd to the twisted. 

Stealth Aspies: Autistic People Speak

Stealth Aspies: Autistic People Speak

Autistic people speak for themselves in this ensemble show, written from surveys completed only by Autistic people. 

Andrew Roper's Superhero Secret Origins: The Movies

Andrew Roper's Superhero Secret Origins: The Movies

If you like superheroes; if you want to learn more about their history; if you’ve ever seen a movie that had superheroes in it… if you’ve read this far already – you should… 

Henry Ginsberg: Molesting the Corpse of Traditional Masculinity Since 1987

Henry Ginsberg: Molesting the Corpse of Traditional Masculinity Since 1987

Henry Ginsberg spent most of his adult life envious of his male friends scoring on the weekend. 

Conor Drum: All My Friends Are Dead

Conor Drum: All My Friends Are Dead

A show about being the only remaining singleton in a world full of weddings, mortgages, children, security and a lack thereof. 

Markus Birdman's Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea

Markus Birdman's Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea

Deliciously dark re-workings, told through stand-up and live art. 

Always Be Rolling – Free

Always Be Rolling – Free

How board games can change your life and save the world. 

Guerilla Aspies - Third Autism and Aspergers Converting Year

Guerilla Aspies - Third Autism and Aspergers Converting Year

Revised by audience feedback throughout, your chance to contribute to the interactive audience autism conversion phenomenon has returned. 

Zahra Barri: Talk Like an Egyptian

Zahra Barri: Talk Like an Egyptian

Zahra’s a bit like the country of Turkey, in that she’s a mix of Eastern and Western culture, and also she is a bird. 

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

In its fifth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. 

Comedian's Guide to Autism

Comedian's Guide to Autism

Kirk Smith is the author of Rice Krispies with Ketchup, and his podcast Autastic is ranked number four on the iTunes self-help charts. 

Phil Mann: Nothingism – Free

Phil Mann: Nothingism – Free

The latest craze is literally nothing. 

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

In its fourth year, the best comics of the Fringe are brought together for this premier comedy showcase. 

Robyn Perkins (is a) Work in Progress

Robyn Perkins (is a) Work in Progress

Robyn Perkins, **** (ThreeWeeks), is the only American to become an English Comedian of the Year finalist. 

Knock Knock

Knock Knock

‘Some names and identifying details have been changed to protect the innocent’ reads a screen at the back of the stage. 

Sarah Bennetto: I Love You All and I Mean That Sincerely

Sarah Bennetto: I Love You All and I Mean That Sincerely

A new stand-up and sketch show by Sarah Bennetto. 

Andrew Roper – Superhero Secret Origins: Special Edition

Andrew Roper – Superhero Secret Origins: Special Edition

It’s back! The interactive comic book knowledge bomb. 

Erich McElroy’s (US) Electile Dysfunction

Erich McElroy’s (US) Electile Dysfunction

This is political stand-up at its best. 

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy. 

Lies. All Lies.

Lies. All Lies.

Through a series of devised monologues, pieces of physical theatre and slam poetry, Lies. 

Hydrophobia (Free)

Hydrophobia (Free)

A new human colony, but full of idiots. 

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy

Tiny Horse Comedy. 

Sam Gore: The Cryptid Crossword

Sam Gore: The Cryptid Crossword

Cryptozoology is the posh word for ‘the pursuit of hidden animals’ – those creatures that are theorised to exist, but haven’t yet been proven to by science. 

Erich McElroy's Imperfect Guide to Picking the Perfect President

Erich McElroy's Imperfect Guide to Picking the Perfect President

American comic Erich McElroy presents a brand new hour of stand-up. 

Sarah Bennetto: Fritters Away an Hour of Your Life... Mmm, Fritters

Sarah Bennetto: Fritters Away an Hour of Your Life... Mmm, Fritters

A new stand-up and character solo show by the London-based Melbourne comedian and host of Storytellers’ Club. 

Love Hate Relationship

Love Hate Relationship

Stand-up comedians Carmen Ali and Jake Pickford have decided to put their relationship to the ultimate test by doing a show together. 

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica – Free

Bronston Jones: God Bless 'Merica – Free

With the accompanying subtitle, this show becomes God Bless ‘Merica, Because It’ll Take A Miracle To Fix It; whilst that’s quite a mouthful, it certainly encompasses the sent… 

Maff Brown – On Demand, Live

Maff Brown – On Demand, Live

From the writer of Shooting Stars and Mock the Week comes a brand new show with some of the sharpest one-liners you are likely to hear! Like the True or False section from Shooting… 

SomeNews: The Misstakes

SomeNews: The Misstakes

Don’t learn from your mistakes, enjoy the mistakes of others. 

Kevin Precious: Gecko

Kevin Precious: Gecko

Gecko finds former RE teacher Kevin Precious falling out with a Brighton New Age type, bemoaning a Facebook request from a former associate who’s doing very well (and is keen to sh… 

Bryan Lacey: Bry Hard!

Bryan Lacey: Bry Hard!

An hour of fun-filled stand-up and gag-filled songs from comic live wire Bryan Lacey! With a knack for pulling a punchline from the unexpected, join Bryan and his blend of observat… 

Nymphonerdiac

Nymphonerdiac

Nymphonerdiac: one’s a nymph, the other’s a nerd and here’s where the twain shall meet. 

James Dowdeswell: Wine, Ale and I

James Dowdeswell: Wine, Ale and I

James jokes about booze. 

Bob Blackman's Local

Bob Blackman's Local

“And now the moment you’ve all been waiting for!” Fringe Festival folklore is replete with tales of life-changing shows witnessed in less-than-life-changing venues – seeing… 

Good Morning, Campers

Good Morning, Campers

‘I do say, give us another!’ is the tragic cry of mediocrity from an improv show that is several decades too late for salvation. 

50 Shades of Smay

50 Shades of Smay

When one turns 30 it is generally agreed upon that shopping, binge eating and crying into one’s cat is just the ticket for transitioning out of those pesky 20-somethings. 

Always Be Rolling - Free

Always Be Rolling - Free

How board games can change your life and save the world. 

Rut

Rut

Being a single girl of 30-something with a worryingly high dependency on chocolate and cats is never easy. 

Nick Dixon and Sunil Patel: Two Wrongs

Nick Dixon and Sunil Patel: Two Wrongs

Nick Dixon ‘Well worth looking out for’ (Jason Manford) and Sunil Patel (BBC New Comedy Awards) perform half an hour each of finely-crafted hilarity. 

Harriet Dyer: Barking at Aeroplanes

Harriet Dyer: Barking at Aeroplanes

From the get-go, it’s evident that Barking at Aeroplanes is going to be a little bit strange and out of the ordinary. 

AAA Batteries (Not Included) - Free

AAA Batteries (Not Included) - Free

Back for a fourth year at the Fringe - an hour of sharp gags, intelligent observations and blisteringly quick improvised raps from three of the circuit’s best comedians. 

Tom Goodliffe: Thug Liffe- Free

Tom Goodliffe: Thug Liffe- Free

Tom’s an award-winning comedian, thirty-something accountant and big, friendly nerd. 

Rainbow Rabbits with Rabies

Rainbow Rabbits with Rabies

The Free Fringe is a chaotic world. 

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