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Potty the Plant

Potty the Plant

A new dark-comedy musical starring Potty, a singing, talking, tap-dancing pot plant. 

JezO's Car-Crash Magic Show

JezO's Car-Crash Magic Show

Car-Crash Magic is a debut Edinburgh Fringe show presented by JezO, winner of the Family Entertainer of the Year Competition 2022 and member of the prestigious Magic Circle. 

Jesus L'Oreal: Nailed It!

Jesus L'Oreal: Nailed It!

Halle-berry-lujah! Your sassy, dyslexic King of the shoes is heaven scent in a cloud of Febreze to tell you how he came to be the fabulous influencer that he is whilst setting the … 

The Last Romantic

The Last Romantic

This show revolves around a fairly well-trodden premise: idealistic young creative seeks similar to make beautiful art with. 

Schalk Bezuidenhout: I'll Make Laugh To You (Like You Want Me To)

Schalk Bezuidenhout: I'll Make Laugh To You (Like You Want Me To)

Following an incredible Edinburgh Fringe debut in 2019 and fresh from a 2022 Netflix special, Schalk Bezuidenhout is back with love in his heart and jokes in his pocket. 

The Other Guys

The Other Guys

The Other Guys are back again! After being crowned the Scottish a capella champions The Other Guys are making a triumphant return to Edinburgh to show their award-winning moves, be… 

Aquapella

Aquapella

‘Forget Pitch Perfect, Aquapella are the real deal’ (TheWeeReview. 

Paddy Raff: Raff Out Loud

Paddy Raff: Raff Out Loud

Debut Fringe show from one of Ireland’s fastest rising stand-ups, award-winning writer, creator and star of BBC NI sketch series The Paddy Raff Show and host of BBC Three’s Stand U… 

Impromptu Shakespeare

Impromptu Shakespeare

Sad that Shakespeare hasn’t written anything new for over 400 years? Well, hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose. 

An Objectively Hilarious Show

An Objectively Hilarious Show

A big old extravaganza from your new favourite production company. 

The Sneeze by Anton Chekhov, Translated and Adapted by Michael Frayn

The Sneeze by Anton Chekhov, Translated and Adapted by Michael Frayn

Works by Anton Chekhov, translated and adapted by Michael Frayn. 

Jazz Emu: You Shouldn't Have

Jazz Emu: You Shouldn't Have

Have you ever considered how much easier it would be to stop trying to be a nice person and just be a dick to everyone? You will after watching this show. 

The Beatles Were a Boyband

The Beatles Were a Boyband

Violet’s scared walking home. 

Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man

Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man

A Romantic Comedy. 

KITES

KITES

‘Come on Angel, don’t you ever want to fly?’ 1948. 

Les Quizerables

Les Quizerables

An interactive late-night quiz for musical theatre queens. 

International Comedy Jam

International Comedy Jam

You never know who Tehran Von Ghasri’s bringing to his stage. 

Lucy Frederick's Big Fat Wedding

Lucy Frederick's Big Fat Wedding

Here comes the bride, forty-foot wide! It’s the wedding of the century and you’re invited as Lucy Frederick – ‘Eye wateringly honest’ (Scotsman) – walks down the aisle. 

Will Tell and the Big Bad Baron

Will Tell and the Big Bad Baron

Inspired by tales of Sir Lancelot and Robin Hood, plucky heroine Will Tell disguises herself as a knight and rides off on a chivalric quest to rescue her freedom-fighting dad from … 

The Oxford Alternotives

The Oxford Alternotives

The Oxford Alternotives were the first a cappella group set up at the University of Oxford as an alternative to the chapel choirs which dominated the music scene. 

The Improv Musical

The Improv Musical

Now in our 10th year! Smash-hit production, The Improv Musical returns to take the Fringe by storm. 

Almost Adult

Almost Adult

Hope’s leaving her home town up north for the bright lights of London. 

Leah Lamarr: NFTs (Nice F%cking Titties)

Leah Lamarr: NFTs (Nice F%cking Titties)

A ‘new comedy phenomenon’ (Hollywood Times), this Fringe debut is a stand-up hour showcasing Lamarr’s trademark brand of edgy comedy; complete with a splash of tech, NFT’s and Broa… 

Lippy

Lippy

It’s the Fringe. 

Patrick Spicer: Who's This All of a Sudden?

Patrick Spicer: Who's This All of a Sudden?

Debut hour from one of the most exciting acts on the UK comedy circuit and one of the most pathetic cringing worms (as seen on The Mash Report (BBC2), BBC3 and Channel 4 Online. 

Ignacio Lopez: El Cómico

Ignacio Lopez: El Cómico

Spain’s best export, Ignacio Lopez, scrutinises his family tree and his immigrant upbringing in a relentlessly funny show about clashing cultures, legacies, and never fitting in. 

Drag Queens vs Zombies

Drag Queens vs Zombies

Blood-curdling, side-splitting, wig-snatching extravaganza! Award-winning drag stars Kate Butch and Crudi Dench have their star-studded cabaret show crashed by brain-hungry zombies… 

The Dirty Thirty PLUS

The Dirty Thirty PLUS

A new valiant attempt to perform 30 plays in just one hour! Chaotic and courageous, gleeful and gamified, The Dirty Thirty PLUS is the live-est of live theatre exploding the conven… 

Bird With Kylie Vincent

Bird With Kylie Vincent

How does a queer, GenZ comedian survive her past, the pandemic, and the indignities of a stand-up career? Vincent (aka Bird) takes the audience on a (seriously) funny flight, often… 

What the Heart Wants

What the Heart Wants

A new comedy by Bert Tyler-Moore co-creator of The Windsors. 

Pirates and Princesses vs Sea Monsters

Pirates and Princesses vs Sea Monsters

A family show filled with singing, dancing, comedy and even a sea monster. 

The Oxford Imps

The Oxford Imps

Oxford’s wittiest minds return with their spectacular smorgasbord of devastatingly funny improvised comedy! Attacking the stage with made-up-on-the-spot games, stories and songs, c… 

Paddy Young: Laugh, You Rats!

Paddy Young: Laugh, You Rats!

The Yorkshire scamp has had enough! Time to take a stand against housemates, homeowners and the North/South divide. 

REDEEMher – How I Screwed Up My Perfect Mormon Life

REDEEMher – How I Screwed Up My Perfect Mormon Life

Tatum, a university student, becomes the virgin bride of her sweetheart, entering an eternal marriage in the the Mormon church. 

General Secretary

General Secretary

One of the Scotsman’s Best Duos at the Fringe, Thick ‘n’ Fast return to take on the world. 

Lizard Boy

Lizard Boy

During a bizarre childhood accident, Trevor was drenched head to toe in dragon’s blood. 

The Cambridge Impronauts Present: Keeping Up with the Kimprov

The Cambridge Impronauts Present: Keeping Up with the Kimprov

Tired of all the scripted “reality” TV? Keeping Up With the Kimprov is your daily dose of reality TV, but actually unscripted! What minor inconvenience could lead to drama for this… 

Mythos: Ragnarok

Mythos: Ragnarok

In this high-impact dark comedy half-brothers Odin and Loki must overcome primordial giants, rival Gods and Goddesses, and their own ambitions – in their quest to seize power ove… 

Fruit Flies Like a Banana

Fruit Flies Like a Banana

Three performers. 

Will Mars: My Life in One-Liners

Will Mars: My Life in One-Liners

Will used to think his life was a joke – but he was wrong, it’s more like 300. 

PASH

PASH

Sweet sixteen would’ve been alright. 

Spoons

Spoons

Brenda (Jacqueline King), a marriage counsellor, is faced with multiple challenges. 

Ian Lynam: Autistic License

Ian Lynam: Autistic License

This personal account from Ian Lynam draws on his own experiences and research to break down the superficial stereotypes, misleading media presentations, and poor psychological pra… 

Land – A Scottish Musical

Land – A Scottish Musical

This new folk musical seeks to explore our heritage and legacy, weaving two parallel stories; one of a crofter and a wandering soldier in the 18th Century, and one of an old pensio… 

Angel by Henry Naylor

Angel by Henry Naylor

The multi award-winning story of Rehana, Angel of Kobane, returns to Edinburgh in a new production from Torch Theatre. 

The Oxford Gargoyles: Jazz A Cappella

The Oxford Gargoyles: Jazz A Cappella

Internationally renowned jazz a cappella group The Oxford Gargoyles make their return to the Fringe. 

Kylie Brakeman Presents: Linda Hollywood's Big Hollywood Night

Kylie Brakeman Presents: Linda Hollywood's Big Hollywood Night

Official Selection: New York Times Great Performers List (2020). 

The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns

The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns

The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns by Gillian Duffy. 

Pernille Haaland: Resting Confused Face

Pernille Haaland: Resting Confused Face

When the pandemic hit, comedian Pernille Haaland found herself moving back home to her parents in rural Norway. 

Grav by Owen Thomas

Grav by Owen Thomas

The award-winning production Grav returns for 2022. 

Harriet Dyer: Trigger Warning

Harriet Dyer: Trigger Warning

Harriet Dyer (as seen on Russell Howard Hour) is an award-winning comedian, mental health advocate and an experience to behold. 

Business Casual: FERAL

Business Casual: FERAL

No imaginary babies are safe in Business Casual: FERAL, a slice of enjoyably daft sketch comedy from American trio Jeremy Elder, Hunter Saling, and Corey Peter Lane. 

Viva Your Vulva: The Hole Story

Viva Your Vulva: The Hole Story

As the crescendo of complaints and controversy was rising over the comedy circuit I was persuaded to abandon the safe confines of the theatre category and go in at the deep end, so… 

Magic Roman's Summer Holiday

Magic Roman's Summer Holiday

After far too long, Magic Roman is finally off on the trip of a lifetime and he couldn’t be more excited! He’s packed the essentials: a toothbrush, a camera and plenty of magic tri… 

RuneSical

RuneSical

From Gigglemug comedy duo Sam Cochrane and Alex Prescot, Runesical is an amusing, action packed quest based on the role-palying game Runescape. 

Men With Coconuts

Men With Coconuts

The multi award-winning Scottish improv troupe are back! Men With Coconuts use audience suggestions to create an hour of emotional balladry, lyrical wizardry and musical husbandry. 

Biddy O'Loughlin: Funny Girl, Sad Songs

Biddy O'Loughlin: Funny Girl, Sad Songs

From the girl who brought you The Girl Who Thought She Was Irish (Edinburgh, 2011), comes Funny Girl, Sad Songs. 

Swallowed

Swallowed

A young couple are separated by an outbreak they cannot speak of. 

Weegie Hink Ae That?

Weegie Hink Ae That?

From sketches to songs aboot aw things Scottish, come see these wee comical dafties dae what they dae best. 

Eve: All About Her

Eve: All About Her

Award-winning actor and cabaret artist, Keith Ramsay, blends live music and and spoken word to deconstruct the concepts of camp and queer mythology for a post-Stonewall generation. 

Simon David: White Gay

Simon David: White Gay

Simon David belongs to the most toxic, self-destructive (and annoying!) demographic there is: the white gay. 

I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical

I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical

Alexander S. 

Christy Coysh: Bangarang!

Christy Coysh: Bangarang!

What happens when you give a bearded, northern lad with a voice of silk and an ass that won’t quit a loop station and a room at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe? You get an hour of R’… 

Jen Ives: Peak Trans

Jen Ives: Peak Trans

As the discourse on trans people becomes more toxic in the UK – comedian, trans woman and nuisance Jen Ives is here to sort it all out, hun. 

Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Kids!

Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Kids!

Three Performers. 

The People vs The Oxford Revue

The People vs The Oxford Revue

After almost two years of silence, Oxford’s critically acclaimed student sketch troupe are making a triumphant return to the Edinburgh Fringe with The People vs. 

I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical

I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical

From voice-straining high notes to limb-spraining high kicks, via on-stage smooches and offstage feuds, award-winning musical revue I Wish My Life Were Like A Musical reveals ever… 

Shazia Mirza: Coconut

Shazia Mirza: Coconut

What have I been doing this past two years? Apart from sitting on the settee in my pyjamas, squeezing my ingrowing hairs whilst watching documentaries on Ted Bundy? I have been sta… 

Tinted

Tinted

‘There’s no access guide to sex; how to consensually sh*g your blind girlfriend. 

Two's Company

Two's Company

Two’s Company is Gillian Duffy’s take on rekindled romance and finding new direction in later life, following 55-year-old Maureen as she navigates life after her second divorce… 

Notflix: Binge

Notflix: Binge

The Spice Girls of improv return for a fifth triumphant year in their five-star, sell-out, totally improvised musical comedy. 

Will Tell and the Big Bad Baron

Will Tell and the Big Bad Baron

Fringe favourites Theatre Fideri Fidera are back with a hilarious comic reimagining of the tale of Wilhelm Tell. 

Notflix: Binge

Notflix: Binge

The Spice Girls of improv return for a fifth triumphant year in their five-star, sell-out, totally improvised musical comedy. 

Men With Coconuts

Men With Coconuts

The multi award-winning Scottish improv troupe are back! Men With Coconuts use audience suggestions to create an hour of emotional balladry, lyrical wizardry and musical husbandry. 

Fruit Flies Like a Banana

Fruit Flies Like a Banana

3 performers. 

The Actress

The Actress

Charles II has returned to England, the theatres have been reopened and a woman is about to take the stage for the first time. 

The Sneeze

The Sneeze

Works by Anton Chekhov, translated and adapted by Michael Frayn. 

Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Kids!

Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Kids!

What’s it like to play the flute while hanging upside down? How loud is the trombone? Jazz accordion?!? Music, theatre, and dance collide in this madcap variety show, and YOU cho… 

Now That's What I Call... Getting Brexit Done!

Now That's What I Call... Getting Brexit Done!

The perpetrators of 2019’s satirical smash hit Now That’s What I Call Brexit – ‘Searing satire’ **** (BritishTheatreGuide. 

Piñata

Piñata

Piñata! That DIY alternative comedy variety art party sell-out sensation from South London. 

Sarah McGuinness: Back to Blacks

Sarah McGuinness: Back to Blacks

Sarah McGuinness welcomes you Back to Blacks, the eclectic live music and chat show streaming regularly from Blacks Club, Soho. 

The Other Guys: Making Waves

The Other Guys: Making Waves

The Other Guys: Making Waves. 

Dramspotting

Dramspotting

Dramspotting: The Ultimate Whisky Podcast, Live. 

The Oxford Gargoyles

The Oxford Gargoyles

The Oxford Gargoyles is Oxford University’s internationally renowned jazz a cappella group. 

Pitch Purple

Pitch Purple

The winners of the Youth Voice Festival UK Pitch Purple are back at the Fringe for their third year, bringing you more award-winning a cappella! In addition to their success at the… 

An Objectively Funny Night

An Objectively Funny Night

A fundraiser for your new favourite production company’s mental health partnership with CALM, providing and raising awareness for services to support performers at the Fringe. 

Scotland Bingo! with The Latebloomers

Scotland Bingo! with The Latebloomers

Join The Latebloomers for some late-night Bingo. 

Limbo: The Twelve

Limbo: The Twelve

Limbo: The Twelve is one of the latest pair of musicals from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, allowing a group of talented young performes the opportunity to perform an origina… 

FOC It Up: The Femmes of Colour Comedy Club

FOC It Up: The Femmes of Colour Comedy Club

FOC It Up is a comedy collective aiming to showcase the talents of women and non-binary people of colour, in a comedy world that is mostly made up of straight white men. 

Table Manners with Jessie Ware

Table Manners with Jessie Ware

Uber ratings, patisserie and misophonia. 

Limbo: City of Dreams

Limbo: City of Dreams

Limbo: City of Dreams charges itself with the difficult task of cramming an entire world into its hour-long runtime. 

Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair

Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair

Beach Comet return with a double bill of batshit, smash-hit B-musical comedy featuring never-before-seen material, a live band, nuns and the end of the world. 

Grant Busé: Touché Busé

Grant Busé: Touché Busé

When you’re duelling with life – it’s the blows that make shows! Australian comic and ex-Neighbours star Grant Busé is set to satirically serenade Edinburgh with his ‘ingenious … 

Vulvarine: A New Musical

Vulvarine: A New Musical

Fat Rascal Theatre should be pleased with their Fringe so far. 

Daisy Earl: Fairy Elephant

Daisy Earl: Fairy Elephant

Hotly anticipated debut from promising newcomer. 

The Kagools: Cirque du Kagool

The Kagools: Cirque du Kagool

The multi award-winning physical comedy duo bring a brand-new hour of pure joy and anarchic buffoonery ‘brimming with wit and imagination’ ***** (TheWeeReview. 

Louisa Fitzhardinge: Comma Sutra

Louisa Fitzhardinge: Comma Sutra

Louisa Fitzhardinge’s magnum opus, Comma Sutra, promises to twang on the heartstrings of all us self-appointed vigilante protectors of the fundamental principles of the English L… 

Me and My Doll

Me and My Doll

This interesting two-hander from writer and director Lucy Bird paints a raucous, vivid picture of a lonely life, that of wage-slave Kate, played by Dru Stephenson, and what happens… 

Cambridge Impronauts: Improv Actually

Cambridge Impronauts: Improv Actually

Let the Cambridge Impronauts steal your heart with a brand-new romantic comedy created on the spot, where you can be the star. 

Fred Cooke: Fred Space

Fred Cooke: Fred Space

Fred Cooke is leaving his twinkle toes behind him after Dancing with the Stars and is coming to Edinburgh with his new show of musical madness. 

Tom Stade: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Tom Stade: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

All new material from prolific Canadian superstar. 

Sumit Anand: Nothing About Godzilla

Sumit Anand: Nothing About Godzilla

A rising star of the Indian stand-up comedy scene, Sumit Anand makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with a show that has no jokes about Godzilla. 

Hot Flush

Hot Flush

It’s 11:24am and day two of Sinead’s hereto disastrous hen party. 

The Crown Dual

The Crown Dual

The Crown Dual is a play within a play. 

Whose Mind is it Anyway?

Whose Mind is it Anyway?

“An improvised cinematic musical using a cast of actors performing alongside untested hypnotised volunteers expected to act, dance and even rap under the same impromptu condition… 

If You're Feeling Sinister: A Play with Songs

If You're Feeling Sinister: A Play with Songs

He was exhausted by life. 

Pete Heat: Massive Wizard

Pete Heat: Massive Wizard

When Pete isn’t teaching Jude Law magic for Fantastic Beasts or starring in his own show on Sky, he likes kicking back with a biscuit, forcing a beard out of his chin follicles, tu… 

Fudge

Fudge

A gay themed Friends for the Grindr generation, Fudge, playing now at the Gilded Ballroom Patter House, is a funny slice of gay life play. 

Scream Phone

Scream Phone

After the success of 2 Become 1, Swipe Right present their deliciously dark musical Scream Phone – directed by Pappy’s Tom Parry! The girls are having a sleepover and you’re like… 

Madame George by Keir McAllister

Madame George by Keir McAllister

Madame George is a psychic in a slump. 

A Partnership

A Partnership

Some assert that homophobia, for the most part, has been eradicated. 

Julius 'Call Me Caesar' Caesar

Julius 'Call Me Caesar' Caesar

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Andrew Maxwell (Live at the Apollo; winner: Time Out Live Award, ***** (Herald, for Showtime)) makes his theatre debut playing. 

Men With Coconuts

Men With Coconuts

Tinder, TGI Friday’s and haunted houses; Men with Coconuts throws the witty and the wild into a wonderful hour of improv comedy. 

Bubble Show: Milkshake and the Winter Bubble

Bubble Show: Milkshake and the Winter Bubble

A packed room at Gilded Balloon’s new Patter Hoose venue shows that even a rainy Friday morning can’t dampen the enthusiasm for bubbles. 

Trump the Musical

Trump the Musical

Edinburgh’s 2018 smash hit returns! 2020. 

Alex Cofield: Supernova

Alex Cofield: Supernova

Faced with the grim reality of life in the genteel English countryside, Alex’s dreams of youthful urban living seem light years away and when a nefarious village plot is revealed, … 

The Good, the Bad and the Irish

The Good, the Bad and the Irish

We’ve been entertaining audiences all over Europe and Ireland since 2012, with sell-out shows in Holland, Germany, Belgium, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and many more. 

Kevin Quantum: Neon Future

Kevin Quantum: Neon Future

This year Kevin examines our evolution using the only discipline able to illustrate our incredible possible futures, here, in the present: magic. 

Gone Full Havisham

Gone Full Havisham

Catapulting Dickens into the 21st century, this masterstroke genius of spin-offs introduces Emily Halloran, live streaming to us from her penthouse honeymoon suite. 

Now That's What I Call Brexit

Now That's What I Call Brexit

May. 

Leave a Message

Leave a Message

Two friends, Ed and Sarah, travel to the small squalid bedsit where Ed’s father passed away a few days earlier. 

Zach Zimmerman: Clean Comedy

Zach Zimmerman: Clean Comedy

New Yorker Zach Zimmerman packs a breath-taking number of laughs into his 50-minute slot; delivering a narrative about the relationship with his mother at a speed that leaves no ti… 

R'n'J: The Untold Story of Shakespeare's Roz and Jules

R'n'J: The Untold Story of Shakespeare's Roz and Jules

Perhaps the end of Romeo & Juliet wasn't quite as tragic as we remembered. 

Naughty Boy

Naughty Boy

Eddy Brimson hasn’t been on his best behaviour. 

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Roll Up!

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Roll Up!

Edinburgh Fringe has a number of shows that have a real cult status among festivalgoers, and up there with the cultest of them is the self-explanatory Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet… 

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

All the King’s Men are a world-renowned, award-winning all-male a cappella group based in the heart of London. 

Sukh Ojla: For Sukh's Sake

Sukh Ojla: For Sukh's Sake

Debut stand-up show from the star of The Big Asian Stand Up (BBC Two), Life on Egg and Newsjack (BBC Radio 4). 

Harriet Dyer: The Dinosaur Show

Harriet Dyer: The Dinosaur Show

An hour with Harriet Dyer is an hour of absurdism where literally anything can happen. 

Not Quite

Not Quite

It’s a secret epidemic, one that affects every new generation of young people. 

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

B-movies typically have negative connotations. 

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Culture

Baba Brinkman's Rap Guide to Culture

Music, poetry, art, science, politics, relationships, strange behaviors found in a species of (mostly) hairless primate. 

Henry Box Brown

Henry Box Brown

2018 Best Musical nominee (MusicalTheatreReview. 

Got a Text: A Musical Parody

Got a Text: A Musical Parody

Ahh, Love Island. 

From Judy to Bette: The Stars of Old Hollywood

From Judy to Bette: The Stars of Old Hollywood

Rebecca Perry’s one-women tribute to four icons of the Golden Age of cinema is a cheery and bouncy hour celebrating Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Betty Hutton and Lucille Ball. 

David Correos: Better Than I Was the Last Time

David Correos: Better Than I Was the Last Time

Returning after bringing all of the noise in 2018, David’s had time to reflect on one heck of a year. 

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