Shows at Bannermans

Absolutely (Not) Free – An Evening of Zappa

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
13th - 14th Aug 2019

A smorgasbord of Frank Zappa classics hand-delivered by those finest purveyors of conceptual continuity, Pygmy Twylyte! Expect pickles, poodles, dental floss, muffins, snowballs and stinky feet!

Attila the Stockbroker – Ancient and Modern

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Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
20th - 24th Aug 2018

Of course, this show will be based around Attila’s powerful, poignant, personal, political performance poetry – still evolving after 37 years. But there will be unusual music as well...

Book Shambles Live at the Fringe with Robin Ince

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Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
17th - 23rd Aug 2018

The acclaimed hit podcast Book Shambles, recorded in front of a live audience! Hosted by Robin Ince who‘ll be joined by a different amazing guest each show. Using books as a springboard into shambolic, often ludicrous and always passionate conversations into literature, science, philosophy, comedy, politics and, well, everything and anything...

The Full Irish

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Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
9th - 26th Aug 2018

Chris O Neill presents the increasingly annual showcase of excellent Irish talent. The funniest place to be before noon in Edinburgh. You will have fun and get to see acts who have full shows that you can choose to see later...

The Trevor Lock Experience

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Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
4th - 26th Aug 2018

New and improved for 2018! If you think you've seen it before, look again. Is it stand-up, improv, performance art or a situationist prank? It certainly is joyful and hilarious. 'A masterclass in comedy performance...

Phill Jupitus: Freeviously

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
4th - 26th Aug 2018

Very much doing what it says on the tin, Freeviously is the revival of last year’s show, Up The Stand. Think of it as watching a DVD of Phill with a shoddy memory, and the commentary track on all the time...

The Second Annual Black Comedy Showcase

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Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
4th - 26th Aug 2018

After the success of the First Annual Black Comedy Showcase, we're back – bigger, better and blacker. Featuring the best black comics from around the globe with a different line-up every day, the show is what it would look like if MLK and Bernard Manning had a bastard love child who put on a stand-up comedy cabaret...

Attila the Stockbroker – Undaunted

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Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
16th - 25th Aug 2017

Brexit, Trump and a diagnosis of bladder cancer. Deal with that, Attila! Here he does: head-on. Powerful, poignant, political, personal punk performance poetry and songs. Laughs, tears, anger – and a big cheer for Jeremy Corbyn...

Trevor Lock's Community Circle

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
5th - 27th Aug 2017

The no-two-shows-the-same, expectation defying Fringe classic that never actually starts... continues... exactly as before. Warning: this show contains nothing. 'The most fun you can have without taking your clothes off' ***** (Mirror)...

Paul F Taylor: Sour Apes

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Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
7th - 28th Aug 2016

Offbeat one-liners, flights of fancy and a totally absurd storyline from surrealist fool and NATY 2013 winner, Paul F Taylor. 'Brilliantly funny nonsense' (List). 'Talks about everyday observations but with a wonderful edge of surrealism' (Chortle...

Can't Adult, Won't Adult

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
6th - 28th Aug 2016

Come and join adulthood denier James Farmer (writer for Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks) for his debut solo hour. There will be jokes, stories and possibly biscuits...

Pippa Evans: Same Same but Different

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Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
6th - 28th Aug 2016

Pippa Evans returns from winning an Olivier (Showstopper! The Improvised Musical), some bits on TV (Drunk History, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled) and a sitcom on BBC Radio 4 (Josh Howie's Losing It) to tell jokes and sing at you...

Pippa Evans: There Are No Guilty Pleasures

Review
★★★★
Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
26th Aug, 2015

Pippa Evans is probably the most infectious person you’ll meet at this year’s Fringe. Leaning on strangers as if they were old friends, making fun at her own expense (“posh voice, no money” she describes herself) and generally being utterly charming, you fall in love with Evans within the first 5 minutes...

James Farmer: Ultimate Worrier

Listing
Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
8th - 30th Aug 2015

Join James (writer for 8 Out of 10 Cats, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You) as he worries about worrying too much, about worrying too much... about worrying. Think Inception, but with a lot more worrying...

Patrick Turpin: A Brother for Jonathan

Review
★★★★
Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
31st Aug, 2014

Patrick Turpin cuts a vulnerable figure on stage, baring his soul (and, without giving too much away, his nipples) to the world in his debut hour that delves into childhood memories and insecurities...

Pippa Evans: Don't Worry, I Don't Know Who I Am Either

Review
★★★★
Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
31st Aug, 2014

Pippa Evans has something of the music hall about her - and thankfully, by that I don't mean dubious mother-in-law jokes and a touch of old fashioned racism. In her one-woman variety act, Evans delivers songs, characters and stand up comedy with charm and style, all ably accompanied by Yshani Perinpanayagam on the piano...

The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Independence Performed by Paul B Edwards – Free

Review
★★★
Edinburgh Fringe
Bannermans
7th Aug, 2014

The Story of Medieval England From 1066 to 1485 at Roughly Nine Years and Two Jokes Per Minute Incorporating The Hundred Years War as a Football Match and of Course Scottish Independence or as the staff of Bannerman’s Bar paraphrased on their chalkboard, Medieval Bollocks, is essentially titular...

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