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Ahir Shah: Work in Progress

Ahir Shah: Work in Progress

2023 Sky Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner for Best Show, Ahir Shah returns to Monkey Barrel to try out new material. 

Joshua Bethania: Untitled

Joshua Bethania: Untitled

Winner of So You Think You’re Funny 2022, Joshua Bethania presents an early version of his second hour, exploring how he can be an optimist while being an unapologetic cynic. 

BABYFLEAREINDEERBAG (WIP)

BABYFLEAREINDEERBAG (WIP)

A focus group. 

Luke Rollason: Experiments in Performance Vols 1-3

Luke Rollason: Experiments in Performance Vols 1-3

BAFTA nominee and star of Extraordinary, Luke Rollason presents an experiment that will change live performance forever, and two more experiments that are also okay. 

Laura Smyth: Work in Progress

Laura Smyth: Work in Progress

Fresh off her sold-out debut tour, multi-award-winning comedian Laura Smyth is working and progressing her new show. 

Lara Ricote: I Don’t Yet Know Anything (WIP)

Lara Ricote: I Don’t Yet Know Anything (WIP)

As I write this it’s April 4th not Fools and they’ve said it’s time to register my work. 

Juliette Burton: Rogue Knights

Juliette Burton: Rogue Knights

Prepare for fandom(ination)! Geek is sexy, nerdom necessary, fandom fierce. 

Shaun Guff: Enuff is Enuff (WIP)

Shaun Guff: Enuff is Enuff (WIP)

My name is Shaun Guff and I’ve hit rock bottom so you don’t have to. 

Some Young Boys

Some Young Boys

This split bill showcases the comedic talent of Jon and Osman, two funny fellas that are both youngsters and using their experiences living in England and abroad to make people lau… 

Milo Edwards: Work In Progress

Milo Edwards: Work In Progress

Milo promised himself he wouldn’t do the Fringe this year, after four consecutive Edinburgh solo hours. 

Kirsty Mann – Corpse (WIP)

Kirsty Mann – Corpse (WIP)

A real-life ghost story from award-winning writer-comedian, Kirsty Mann. 

Jordan Brookes: Until The Wheels Come Off (WIP)

Jordan Brookes: Until The Wheels Come Off (WIP)

The Elvis of comedy is back, with something in development. 

Olga Koch: WIP

Olga Koch: WIP

Comedian Olga Koch is going to tell you a scary story over the course of an hour. 

Ania Magliano: Work in Progress

Ania Magliano: Work in Progress

Ania Magliano (Live At The Apollo, Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Awards Best Show nominee 2023) has some new thoughts/jokes/confessions/gossip to share with you before you’ve even had … 

Sue Perkins: A Piece of Work in Progress

Sue Perkins: A Piece of Work in Progress

Sue is a mess; but manages to hide it with long words and a disorientating quiff. 

Juliette Burton: Going Rogue

Juliette Burton: Going Rogue

Geek is the new sexy. 

Seán Burke: Burke in Progress

Seán Burke: Burke in Progress

One of Ireland’s favourite internet comedians, Seán Burke, makes his Edinburgh debut with Burke In Progress. 

Lucas Jefcoate: Will He Won't He, Can't He Auntie?

Lucas Jefcoate: Will He Won't He, Can't He Auntie?

Award-nominated comedian and viral internet sketch-maker Lucas Jefcoate looks like someone’s aunt. 

Maladaptive Mouse

Maladaptive Mouse

Name? Where is here? Where is nowhere? Mouse, by name, but they are still to find out if it’s by nature. 

Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath (WIP)

Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath (WIP)

At some point in every woman’s life, she realises she’s madder than all hell. 

Sikisa... Needs You (WIP)

Sikisa... Needs You (WIP)

Sikisa brings her new work in progress show to the Fringe, exploring the things we do to escape. 

Ian Smith: Work In Progress

Ian Smith: Work In Progress

Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee 2023 Ian Smith returns with a limited work in progress run. 

Helen Bauer: Work in Progress

Helen Bauer: Work in Progress

Helen Bauer has some very messy ideas of her thoughts and feelings on pretty much everything! And boy does she have feelings! Most feelings are surrounding the rules of adult femal… 

Ignacio Lopez: Señor Self-Destruct

Ignacio Lopez: Señor Self-Destruct

Spain’s Best Export™, Ignacio Lopez (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You, QI, Comedy Central), is on a mission to destroy himself and build a better version: Leaner, smar… 

Anna Clifford: Got Jokes? (Work in Progress)

Anna Clifford: Got Jokes? (Work in Progress)

After the successful debut of her comedy hour, I See Deadly People (available on YouTube), Anna is back with new jokes, a nearly there show, and you decide what stays and what goes… 

Elaine Fellows: Sugar and Lies (Work in Progress)

Elaine Fellows: Sugar and Lies (Work in Progress)

Work-in-progress stand-up comedy show from Elaine Fellows. 

James Gardner: Journeyman

James Gardner: Journeyman

James Gardner: Journeyman. 

Peter Jones – Cannot Fail

Peter Jones – Cannot Fail

I’m an Australian comedian. 

Adele Cliff Has Some New Ideas You Might Enjoy

Adele Cliff Has Some New Ideas You Might Enjoy

Leicester Comedy Award nominee, Amused Moose Award shortlist-ee and double Pegasus Comedy Award win-ee, Adele has a year of new ideas to share. 

Glenn Moore: Work in Progress

Glenn Moore: Work in Progress

Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee and one of the greatest joke writers of his generation, Glenn Moore (Live At The Apollo, Cats Does Countdown, Mock The Week, Glenn Moore’s … 

Tarot: Work in Progress

Tarot: Work in Progress

The best show of 2019 according to Chortle. 

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

Sarah Keyworth (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, House of Games) delivers a brand-new hour of comedy every day as they work up a new show. 

Rhod Gilbert: Work in Progress

Rhod Gilbert: Work in Progress

He has been away having cancer; now he’s back with a work-in-progress show. 

RGB Monster's Format Factory

RGB Monster's Format Factory

Get your smartphones, bring your ideas, and get ready to laugh! We’re RGB Monster and we make daft game-shows, quizzes, escape rooms and panel shows and the software that runs them… 

Tegan Marlow: Jeans and a Nice Top x

Tegan Marlow: Jeans and a Nice Top x

Tegan Marlow brings her campy, “hun” style of comedy to Edinburgh in this work-in-progress show. 

Zach Zimmerman: Purple Smiling Face with Horns Emoji (WIP)

Zach Zimmerman: Purple Smiling Face with Horns Emoji (WIP)

Brooklyn-based comedian Zach Zimmerman (The Late Late Show, The New Yorker) returns to the Fringe for one week only with an hour full of whip-smart gags, jokes and plenty of naught… 

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

Sarah Keyworth (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, House of Games) delivers a brand-new hour of comedy every day as they work up a new show. 

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Work in Progress

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Work in Progress

Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You) is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to do a work in progress of her 2024 tour show – yep, she’… 

Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress

Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress

Edinburgh Comedy Award winner and creator of hit sitcom Starstruck (BBC/HBO) Rose Matafeo returns with an hour of work-in-progress stand-up. 

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Work in Progress

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Work in Progress

Comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean (Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News for You) is coming to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to do a work in progress of her 2024 tour show – yep, she’… 

Al Porter: A Work in Progress

Al Porter: A Work in Progress

2016 Edinburgh Best Show nominee. 

Tiff Stevenson: WIP

Tiff Stevenson: WIP

Tiff Stevenson: WIP. 

Giggles From Glesga – WIP

Giggles From Glesga – WIP

We are a group of very funny female/non-binary show-offs who originate from across Europe and cover four decades, so while we share a common home we bring six very different perspe… 

David Baddiel – Trolls: Not the Dolls (WIP)

David Baddiel – Trolls: Not the Dolls (WIP)

David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the. 

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes. 

Mara's Story of Arabella

Mara's Story of Arabella

A tale about life, loss and love after the well-known happily-ever-after. 

Stuart Mitchell: Cost of Living (WIP)

Stuart Mitchell: Cost of Living (WIP)

Join the longest-running panellist from BBC Scotland’s Breaking The News as he runs through brand-new material following the incredible announcement that BBC Radio 4 have commissio… 

Kathleen Hughes: One of the Girls (WIP)

Kathleen Hughes: One of the Girls (WIP)

Queer feminist and bloody lefty Kathleen has fallen into a settled life with a nice boy who can do maths. 

Mawaan: Songs About Birds (WIP)

Mawaan: Songs About Birds (WIP)

Think guineafowl. 

Still Connecting…

Still Connecting…

A collaborative multimedia project where African students across the diaspora navigate time zones, rising data costs, and perpetually loading screens in the name of connection. 

Field

Field

A priest blesses a bucket of mud in a lawyer’s office. 

David Baddiel – Fame: Not the Musical (WIP)

David Baddiel – Fame: Not the Musical (WIP)

David Baddiel presents work-in-progress revivals of his smash-hit stand-up trilogy of ‘Not the. 

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes. 

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes. 

Alvin Liu: First World Eyebrows (Work in Progress)

Alvin Liu: First World Eyebrows (Work in Progress)

London-based Chinese comedian Alvin Liu’s debut show delivers distinctive cultural humour with his playful views on China and the UK. 

Glenn Moore: Work in Progress

Glenn Moore: Work in Progress

‘The best showcase of pure joke-writing skill on the Fringe’ (Guardian). 

Ben Fallaci: Shower Chair

Ben Fallaci: Shower Chair

Comedian Ben Fallaci strips down and gets vulnerable in Shower Chair, a one-man show about stepping out of shadows and stepping into yourself. 

Cobin Millage: Lewis Capaldi is Invited and Absolutely No One Else (WIP)

Cobin Millage: Lewis Capaldi is Invited and Absolutely No One Else (WIP)

If we’re technically speaking, there is one (1) person invited to this show, but you (yes, you) are allowed (and inarguably encouraged) to come to the debut Fringe show from Canadi… 

Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)

Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)

Part-time naked butler, full-time Ariana Grande super fan Sam Williams has quickly become British comedy’s brightest ‘good-looking chap’ (Chortle. 

Jessie Nixon: Damsel

Jessie Nixon: Damsel

Jessie Nixon introduces her new work-in-progress show, Damsel. 

Tarot: Work in Progress

Tarot: Work in Progress

The best show of 2019 according to Chortle. 

Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress

Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress

The giddy inner workings of a comedy show in its beginnings. 

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