What happens when a crazed madman takes an Edinburgh show and its audience hostage? Packed to the brim with escape attempts, hostage negotiations, and intriguing backstory, the aud…
Improvised Harry Potter from Chortle Award-winning Jericho Comedy.
A tenth consecutive year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! An hour of sharp gags, quick wit and high-energy hijinks from three of the circuit’s funniest performers.
An interactive show where the audience finds themselves in the hands of three friendly faces of a demonic cult.
Fraser Gibson spends his time shamelessly promoting himself about town as a way to make a living. But it’s time to channel his comedic efforts into something more meaningful. Drawing on his minor in Sociology and major in student debt, the debut show Self-ish is an attempt to dissolve his own self by making light of the absurdity of first world problems and the silly things we all do in modern life…
The Victorian era is long gone, but to think people once suppressed their inner sick f*ck is a point of fascination for this comedian.
If you’re ever feeling stressed or exhausted by the craziness of the Edinburgh Fringe, just remember this: the Lunar God Nallagog loves you, and he wants you to join him on his g…
This unique comedy experience returns to the Edinburgh after sell-out shows across the UK and Europe.
Alex Kealy’s latest Fringe performance is a politically charged, self-deprecating show based on sound political analysis and funny life anecdotes.
Please Forget is a one-man show by American comedian Steve Rannazzisi that takes an comedic look into public shaming. What happens in cases where you have been legally acquitted but you are still judged as an undesirable?
A stand-up showcase featuring purveyor of one-liners and ‘Long Man’, Josh Massen, and storyteller and ‘Short Man’, Phil Green. With their different styles and surreal minds they get their comedic claws stuck into the big issues of anxiety, identity, family dysfunction, unemployment and Paddington Bear…
Dan Cadey and Gary Knightley’s multipurpose chicken box boasts a lunchtime set menu of succulent ‘not-so-secret recipe’ stand-up, along sides of ‘should this be in here’ musical comedy, “refreshed” game show formats and ‘I don’t think I ordered this’ fridge magnet philosophy…
The greatest tales are only told once… With no script, no plan and only a map you’ve drawn to guide us, the ‘hilarious’ (TheReviewsHub.com) Hivemind will improvise an epic adventure full of blood and wine, honour and treachery, fellowships and actual ships – a tale that has never been told before and will never be told again…
It’s Twonkey’s tenth year on the Fringe and he’s here to celebrate with a show that may or may not be the most baffling yet.
Google Me is the new offering from 2018 Fringe debut comedian Eleanor Colville.
Join UCL’s premiere utensil-based sketch group for their eighth year at the Fringe. Fresh out the washer, this play/sketch hybrid explores all manner of laughs that lurk in the depths of a student laundry pile…
‘Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country’ (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and mooch about and make you laugh at midnight.
Join award-winning comedian James Alderson as he takes a hilarious double A-sided trip down memory lane to see if it really is better now than in the 80s, before he gets much older and forgets what actually happened! Whether you get there on roller skates, your Sinclair C5 or in your Cortina, backcomb that hair, pull on your leg warmers and prepare yourself for a show jam-packed with laughs and nostalgia! ‘Lights up the room like a pyromaniac in a fireworks shop!’ (Russell Kane).
An Evening with Lee Trundle, with Francis Breen: Lee Trundle is cancelled. His replacement? Absurdist stand-up Francis Breen, a comedian for the @dril generation. Alternative comedy which is definitely not about former Swansea City strikers…
How many comedy sketches does it take to screw in a light bulb? 30? 50?! 100?! Well we’ve gone one better, literally. Join The Scribbling Ape as we embark on a brain-boggling quest to deliver 101 hilarious sketches in just 50 minutes! Audiences can expect a maelstrom of gags that strike with the precision of a scorpion’s tail, erupt with the vigour of a solar tsunami and sparkle with the flavours of aurora borealis…
Following her critically acclaimed debut show Woman of the Year, meet Anna's brand-new characters and join some returning favourites all trying to Get Happy. Winner of Best Comedy Weekly at Adelaide Fringe 2019…
‘Unfailingly entertaining!’ (Chortle.co.uk). Fresh from a sell-out arena tour supporting Jason Manford, Vince Atta’s hilarious, live-looping new show crashes headfirst into love, health, music and Hollywood via the only strategy Vince knows…
Award-winning storytelling. Real-life submariner gives a unique insider view of life aboard a nuclear submarine. Heart-warming personal stories of danger, suspense and true love underwater…
Legs* are what most humans stand on. They also allow humans to walk, crouch and lunge. If at any point in your life you have used your legs, thought about legs or if you know someone with legs, then this is the show for you…
Coming to Terms is an hour of stand-up comedy featuring two award-nominated and winning acts. Morgan Rees is a Welsh comic as seen on BBC iPlayer and heard on BBC Radio 4. He reached the Chortle Student Final 2016, BBC New Comedy Final 2017 and was second runner-up in So You Think You’re Funny 2017…
From BBC Radio 1’s The Andy Field Experience, ITV2’s The Stand Up Sketch Show and Comedy Central’s Ones To Watch. Andy may have tragically died before he could realise his abundant potential but miraculously, he still has more to give…
Award-winning comedian Samantha Baines (Lee Nelson’s Well Funny People) brings you a supersized cup of comedy with TV names, the very best new comedians and brilliant guest MCs. ‘The gift that’s keeps on giving’ (Huffington Post)…
A fast-paced hour of the cream of the up-and-coming crop! Sean Lynch (MTV’s Death Match), Ben Keenan (Amused Moose semi-finalist), Adam Elmi (SYTYF semi-finalist) and Kimberley Datnow (Warner Brothers Young Talent finalist, Bridget Jones for the modern millennial)…
Nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom (nom) nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom nom. A very funny stand-up comedy show about food…
As seen on BBC Three and Channel 4. Two rising stars of the stand-up world Will Hall (ex-Cambridge Footlights, ‘Phenomenally funny’ (TheBubble.org.uk) and Laura McMahon (Get Up Stand Up finalist, 2Northdown semi-finalist)) present a split bill of comedy…
A stand-up game show. If you remember MSN and video game soundtracks from the 90s, then you won’t forget this show (round of applause everyone for that filthy tag line). With the country (nay, the world?) more than ever feeling nostalgic for “the good old days”, Daniel Nicholas, the ‘Prince of Peculiar’ (GreatCentral…
An hour of comedy and truth from English Comedian of the Year winner Josh Pugh. ‘Wonderfully off-kilter’ (List). In this brand-new show, Josh dispels any rumours that you may have read online (genuinely didn’t know he was a police officer) and talks about his dreams for the future…
A presentation of visionary (ridiculous) ideas from an apocalyptic clown man. A comedic assault on “woke” ideology, with plenty of nonsense along the way. The show will look for truth in a post-truth world, for meaning in absurdity and for humour wherever she lies…
Harry Stachini, ‘a must-see act with oodles of onstage charm and compelling, inventive storytelling’ (Spotlight Comedy), invites you into the worlds of a rebellious classroom, an office cubical filled with dashed hopes and an honest peep behind the curtains of a loving relationship…
Technology is making life easier, but at what cost? Join James Bran on a comedic exploration of phone addiction, privacy paranoia and his take on the "disruption" of democracy by a handful of data-snatching tech firms…
For those who want more from their comedy than one guy standing still on a stage with a microphone. Confront the mystery of our lives, deaths and afterlives in a show full of interactive bits, vulnerable personal stories and surreal comedy rituals…
Nina Gilligan has broad shoulders but where did they come from? Join her on a journey of discovery from her adoption (primarily for being ginger) to present-day search for her birth family with DNA swabbing*, genealogy trawling and red hair spotting…
Watch in awe as a man in a suit demonstrates his mastery of every genre of comedy. Puns? I’ve got ‘em. Satire? Sure! Observational comedy? Indubitably buddy. A wide range of miscellaneous comedic genres in which the tropes and cliches of comedy are deconstructed and subverted for the audience’s amusement? Well yes, that’s basically the premise of the show…
No script, Sherlock! Stars of the Edinburgh, Adelaide and Perth Fringes take you on a thrilling improvised romp through the underworld of Victorian Britain, packed with shady villains, red herrings and the brilliant deductions of London’s greatest detective…
Sketch comedy double act Mark and Haydn have been described as ‘brilliant’ by their guardian. They bring their fast-paced, gag-filled show Llaugh to Edinburgh. Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off! finalists 2019…
The recovering songwriter now hooked on happiness, the sketch show absurdist with an identity crisis and the deadpan(sexual), Manson Family-friendly entertainer: Keith Carter is dog man stars…
Daniel Craig has pulled out of the next James Bond film. Tom Hiddleston’s busy. Idris Elba said no. Even Pierce Brosnan refuses to get involved… For a fifth consecutive year, Shaken Not Stirred is back with a bang! Armed only with your suggestions, a stellar new cast weave together a totally original film in the style of the world’s favourite spy…
Why do geese fly south for the winter? Why does it always rain on a bank holiday? What’s really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, and watch as the myth of its origin comes to life! From the roaring thunder of Mount Olympus to the frozen tundra of Scandinavia, it’s Horrible Histories meets Whose Line is it Anyway? meets Clash of the Titans! If you love improv, this is not a show to myth!
Lanky sketch duo Jackman and Bones debut at the Edinburgh Fringe with an hour of madcap, energetic, Oscar-worthy shenanigans, answering the questions you never knew you had: Is Doctor Who a racist? How do you catch a criminal using carrot sticks and guacamole? Just how hairy is Old Aunt McGurk’s face? An exciting new show starring a ‘simultaneously imaginative and instinctive’ (EdFringeReview…
Every case in Sweden is a cold case… Stand-up/sketch tycoon, Naz Osmanoglu, does true-crime Nordic noir (at last). Detective Lats Johansson revisits the case he never solved (mainly because he wants his own podcast): brutal murders, far-fetched twists, red herrings, actual herring and, of course, overwhelmingly polite and reasonable law enforcement officers…
‘I reiterate my request for a full refund and look forward to your theatre’s explanation [for] why you chose to market this show as suitable for 16-year-olds’ (Audience review).
Award-winning comedian, writer and co-creator of Comedy Central's Modern Horror Stories, Daniel Audritt brings his much-anticipated debut hour to the Fringe. Having previously written for 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Mock the Week, Comic Relief, The News Quiz, Dead Ringers, NewsJack and many more, the show will be punchline-heavy stand-up comedy show that questions love, relationships, modern masculinity and what it takes to be a good guy…
Matt Hobs is a proud Bristolian, Doctor of Science and silly sausage. Join Matt (‘Brilliant. What a fantastic act’ (CheekyComedy.co.uk)) in this stand up comedy show as we travel through the world of science, sharing Matt’s love of biochemistry and the ups and downs of life in the lab…
Arrested and kicked out of France, this is a show about the misadventures of a comedian in the Calais Jungle. It’s about how friendships can change you forever. It’s about humanity and where to find it, who controls the narrative and how to fight the power with a hangover…
Escape from stress, forget about your failures and let Sam and Horatio indulge you in a world of well-being, rejuvenation and harrowing anecdotes about stress and failures. An hour of uncomfortably relaxing stand-up from two scared men…
If the title of this show doesn’t let you know that Alistair Williams (as seen on Comedy Central) is a real stand up comedian, I don’t know what will. Come and see this show live, because real stand up comedy ain’t dead x
I stole the hit songs that our favourite artists play in parallel universes. Through a freak accident, I travelled to parallel universes, to worlds almost exactly like ours but subtlety different…
Spain’s best export, Ignacio Lopez (as seen on BBC Sesh) slams Spanish and British culture in a relentlessly funny show about invasions, history and tapas. An armada of sarcasm, silliness and songs! ‘Unique and hilarious’ (Buzz)…
Glowed Up is an anecdotal anti-romcom from stand-up comedian Nathan Roberts. This is a show for anyone who’s ever fallen in love with the wrong person. Or fallen in love with the right person…
Jim Campbell descends from the infamous Scottish clan who inspired one of Game of Thrones’ most brutal moments. They were not the good guys, and they’re said to be cursed… 300 years down the line Jim is an anxious stress-head with their fiery temperament and a pattern of chaotic relationships…
How personal is too personal? What topics are off limits? American comedians Jeanne Whitney, Carter Morgan and Mike Lemme met in Paris trying to answer those very questions. In this unique American comedy club style show, the comedians take turns hosting, featuring and headlining every night to give the audience a fresh experience…
Growing up on an estate near Lands End with a dangerous father and a disabled mother, Tamsyn dreamed of one day moving to London to become a total badass with enough money to buy fancy food and drink espresso martinis…
A ninth year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! An hour of sharp gags, quick wit and high energy hijinks from three of the circuit’s funniest performers. Don’t miss out on one of the Fringe’s most popular all-ages comedy shows…
Brand-new hour of opinionated, no holds barred stand-up from Liverpool Comedian of the Year Winner, English Comedian of the Year Finalist and Dave’s Best Joke of the Fringe Winner 2018…
Will Penswick is Pætur Pætursson: a brooding, troubled detective and a semi-legendary DJ from the Faroe Islands who is going toe-to-toe with Scandinavia’s most dangerous criminals and he needs your help…
The smash-hit show returns for a sixth year with top TV comedians improvising rants on topics suggested by the audience. Want to see them hate on Trump? Millennials? Or the mating rituals of gerbils? It’s up to you! Anarchic and surreal, this show has the audience on the edge of their seat as the comedians try to walk the line…
Award-winning comedian, impressionist and internet sensation Steff Todd presents her debut solo show. Hailing from Yorkshire, Steff has gained worldwide attention with her viral impressions of stars ranging from the Kardashians, Love Island, The X Factor and many more, making her one of the hottest emerging talents in comedy…
Sam Lake and Chloe Petts are Household Essentials. Think of them like a scented candle. They make everything seem lovely, whilst being ultimately pointless. With talent as bright as a fresh pair of marigolds, Chloe and Sam present a split-bill showcase, each performing a 30-minute set, including stories about modern love, life and a jar of marbles on the back of the toilet…
David’s not for everybody, but is being an acquired taste an advantage? And after 38 years on the planet, is this daily-blogging comic any closer to finding his niche? Among best jokes lists 2017/18: Daily Telegraph, Comedy Central, i newspaper, Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News…
Northern powerhouse Tales of Whatever (@talesofwhatever) returns for 2019 with changing daily line-ups of seasoned Fringe comics and performers, all going off-script to share true stories of first-hand experiences…
As a child, George Rigden (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the year nominee 2017) was friends with Uri Geller for two years. This is the bizarre but true story of that friendship. In the wake of Operation Yewtree and the #MeToo movement, this is a tale that is as relevant as it is profitable (TBC)…
Jonny has something to say that’s usually off-limits for dating, family gatherings, hanging out with mates and most social situations really… So what better place to talk about it than in a comedy show with a bunch of strangers? Off Limits is a personal, provocative and hilarious hour that should not be missed this festival…
I was nine when my Dad taught me to cycle… on a cliff. He has nearly killed me three times on his wildly planned misadventures – but as a sedentary lifestyle can greatly shorten life expectancy, is staying on the brink of survival the best way to keep alive? Join me as I explore cycling, life, death, pollution and my Dad on my quest to discover The Golden Path…
Uxbridge’s third hardest man: Mad Ron. Freshly released from an extended holiday at Her Majesty’s pleasure, he delivers a motivational talk for the young. Live life without the menial distractions of work and responsibility…
Have you ever wondered: what is Russia like? Do they laugh there? Why is it run by a shirtless man on a horse? Let some of Russia’s finest comedians answer these questions and a few others with an hour of stand-up about Russia, Britain and, er, outer space…
After three years of one-off genre-bending shows to sold-out crowds in Bristol, the cult smash Chubby White’s Variety Night make their Fringe debut. Join mythical 1970s comedian Chubby White as he takes an absurd adventure through his own failed career…
A fully improvised show created using your favourite TV programmes. Breaking Bad meets The Sopranos? Westworld meets Peppa Pig? The choice is yours. Six actors. Infinite possibilities.
Debut show from AAA Late 2017 compere. In the year when Tony Basnett (previously five-time competition finalist) got sacked, dumped and made homeless… He can finally see why rock stars don’t make it past 27…
Joe Jacobs is back like he left his car keys. Why? To swiftly shank away your negative thoughts. Mixing sardonic stand-up with live rap, reach a zen mood guaranteed to offend prudes…
The University of York’s Dead Ducks take to the Fringe with their brand-new sketch show: York du Soleil. Dive into this carnival of comedy and enjoy an hour of original and hysterically funny sketches which are sure to leave you wanting more…
In a unique mix of mind-melting magic and bonkers character comedy, one performer plays four contestants in a hilarious and somewhat manic magic competition. This is debut show from Paul Aitchison, as seen/heard performing on BBC Radio 4, West End stages and on your tellybox…
Steve helped his single mum find her Prince Charming all while learning his times tables. (He was seven). The host of Radio 4’s Economics with Subtitles returns following four critically-acclaimed shows…
Impressionist, comedian and singer Naomi brings to life all your favourite stars in her brand-new show. It’s your chance to see celebs as you’ve never seen them before! Adele croons over custard creams, Nigella Lawson defrosts meals in her bathtub and Melania Trump hits the bottle hard…
On the second floor of The Caves, in an arched, brick room with streamers cascading down either side, stands Frank. He wears a Mr. Bean-synonymous suit and a pained facial expression...
Mark Vigil presents four characters, each delivering a Ted Talk sort of thing, ish. You will laugh, you may cry, you will learn as you are taken on a journey exploring the world, the future of technology and falling in love with strippers...
Edinburgh Award nominee Mat Ewins returns with another hour of nonsense and multimedia. 'Refused to explain where the rest of the cast were, merely claiming they were dead' (ThreeWeeks)...
As you enter the cavernous, tunnel-like venue, the scene is set with cool music playing, whilst the stage is strewn with various artistic accoutrements: an easel, paints, brushes and Warhol images...
Wish you could see all the shows at the Fringe? Now you can – almost. Comedy septet Hivemind are stealing the show. Every show. All you need to do bring us any show\'s flyer and using nothing but the show title, and whatever other information we can find, we\'ll stage a faultless reproduction...
A comedy show about sport by someone who hated it. As heard on BBC Radio 2 and 4 Extra. Nominated for BBC New Comedy Awards. Best Cricket Bowler in Sussex 2000 (Third place in Girls Under-12s)...
Sanspants Radio present Plumbing the Death Star Live. One of Australia's most popular pop culture podcasts will be performing for the first time at Edinburgh Fringe, in which we ask the important questions in pop culture and dissect fictional universes...
Are you having a bad month? Us too. Instead of a Fringe First. we'll award a Fringe Worst to the person with the worst review and the person who's lost the most money. This is a safe space where we crown failures and celebrate shitness...
Pigs in Residence is a comedy collective established in 2017 by comedians Arianna Beadie, Serafina Cusack and Steph Van Geete, who carefully curate line-ups to present the best and most diverse emerging talent they see around them...
Once upon a time, British people would know they had to go to bed when the TV stopped showing programmes and started showing still images of the programmes they were going to show in the future accompanied by music to make them feel like they were in an elevator that they needed to get out of...
It's the hilarious frustration of a clown who tries to leave the stage but never manages to complete his departure. He doesn't want to be funny anymore, he would prefer to go to Cuba to drink a mojito with Fidel Castro...
Does That Mean We’re Not Going Bowling? may be the best debut comedy show at the Fringe this year. Telling a tale of painfully embarrassing experiences with a poignant conclusion, Simon Fraser will leave you laughing, amazed and most definitely not jealous...
'Consistently boasting the most interesting line-ups in the country' (Times). The best acts from the Fringe come and muck about and make you laugh at midnight.
Come join the brilliant Boogie Shoes Silent Disco on an immersive dance-walk through the crazy throngs of the Fringe. Feel-good uplifting dance classics with a hilarious Scottish twist...
Award-winning storytelling. A real-life submariner gives a unique insider view of life aboard a nuclear submarine. Heart-warming personal stories of danger, suspense and true love underwater...
Witness the Cowgate's famed flatulating resident let rip. Four times daily this boffing bovine releases its spectacular gaseous emissions. Just a load of hot air? You be the judge.
After their five-star run (TheWeeReview.com) at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017, the Tealights are back presenting an hour of fast-paced, absurd comedy in their brand-new show, Souls For Sale...
Junky Fam, Edinburgh's summit of groove excellence, take the drums, bass and guitar to their limits in delivering the heaviest, hardest, fastest, weirdest funk you've ever heard. Join the power trio on a cosmic odyssey through worlds of psychedelia, 70s fusion and odd-time math-metal, all infused with their manic funky energy...
Ever wondered how to get the most out of the desolate obelisk that is your body? Using paint, placards and xylophone sticks, Ian Lane takes you on an annotated, colour-coded and possibly misleading tour of all the hidden features, cheat codes and easter eggs you never noticed within your body in this rare fusion of stand-up comedy and live body art...
More perverted, more depressed, more jokes... the gays are back! 'The first true gem of the 2017 Fringe' ***** (BroadwayBaby.com). Mark's parents are dead. That's not a joke, though it is really funny...
Award-winning comedian and ex-banker's explosive show exposes the secrets behind the 2008 crash. It was all down to him. If he did it. 'Such a safe pair of hands... here he ambitiously suggests he might have been responsible for the 2008 financial crash – using the same 'what if?' logic that underpinned OJ Simpson's If I Did It book...
Prepare for loud and get ready for louder with some shouty thrown in for good measure. You will be amazed as this fantastical duo thrill your senses with a seamless, seam-bursting blend of comedy, magic, escapology, mind reading, cannibalism and lion-taming (pending permission from Edinburgh Zoo)...
An eighth year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! An hour of sharp gags, intelligent observations and blisteringly quick improvised raps from three of the circuit's funniest performers, hosted by award-winning comedian and rapper Chris Turner...
People want others to care about them too much. Too many issues currently taking up peoples time aren't real issues and should and will be joked about. This show is for those that think comedy has no limits...
Surely the German Comedy Ambassador hasn't botched out yet another new show? And what's he still doing here anyway? Come and find out. Or else. Henning's most recent television and radio appearances include BBC Two's Live at the Apollo, BBC One's Have I Got News For You and Would I Lie to You, BBC Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk and BBC Radio 4's The Unbelievable Truth...
Feel like you\'re stuck outside the box? Then how do you think inside it? Through heartfelt storytelling, clowning and double-walled chipboard, Unboxed promises more \'brilliant, unique and boundary-bending comedy\' (TalkFringe...
They say a loose pair of lips could sink a ship, but you've gotta talk truth to give reality a flip. And reality in 2018 needs the hard word, so there's never been a better time to get lippy...
As discovered at Murrayfield, Wimbledon and Russia, the English aren't used to winning. Each year the Glaswegian organiser sends the ECOTY winner to sunny Australia for two months....
Voted at school 'Most Likely to be Forgotten'. The reunion was in February, apparently. BBC New Comedy Award winner returns following three critically acclaimed shows. This year he’s on at 15:30 because he doesn’t like late nights...
For a fourth killer year, Alexander Fox and Dom O'Keefe are back with a bang! Armed with your suggestions, they weave together a brand-new film in the style of Britain's favourite spy...
What does it take to become undeniably good at what you do? Fresh from a sell-out UK tour; Liverpool Comedian of the Year winner and English Comedian of the Year nominee Adam Rowe, presents his hilarious new stand-up show about his working-class roots and the determination, arrogance, selfishness and sacrifices it takes to become undeniable...
Kinkens is old Scots for the evasive answers to the questions of overly curious children. A one-woman tragicomedy inviting you to ponder who we are, where we are and how we are regarding all things mind, body and soul...
Tom and Ollie are ‘creative, witty, sketchsmiths’ with ‘a sackful of promise’ (Chortle.co.uk). Following Tom winning the 2016 Chortle Student Award, our 2017 Fringe debut Wasps was a soul-bearing meditation upon what happens when one member of a double-act finds success, and Ollie doesn’t...
Popular nerd Adele Cliff presents her gag-packed debut hour, all about individuality, searching for friends, following, fitting in and actual sheep. Dave's Funniest Jokes of the Fringe 2016 and 2017...
The Stuntman returns after last year\'s sell-out run with his surreal off-the-wall tale of triumph. High-energy physical comedy, clowning, characters, real onstage stunts... It\'s Evel Knievel meets Looney Tunes! Debut solo show from the host of London\'s beloved alternative comedy night Lost Cabaret, half of sketch duo Jon & Nath, and Pinhead from Neighbours...
To make James Veitch better for you, he brings regular updates to improve speed and reliability. The latest update includes small visual changes, general bug fixes and performance improvements providing a more consistent user experience...
Since the end of the last Fringe, Andy Field has been keeping a diary full of his thoughts, feelings and silly ideas. Now he's going to perform the best bits in an odd combination of bleak personal confessions and fun, lighthearted jokes and stories...
Welcome to Carabet, a world furnished with creatures, characters and bizarre objects. This trio of international Gaulier-trained comedians takes you on an absurd journey. 'Those prepared to leave reality should look no further' (List)...
The UK's only courtroom-based improvised comedy is back for a sixth year. New venue, new time, same 'perfect bit of improv mayhem' ***** (Mirror). Guest comedians as lawyers, prosecuting and defending charges set against you...
From the questionable mind of Rory Jones comes a show of galactic proportions. Combining spoken word, comedy, music and a positively brazen disregard for convention, Return of the Wizword is poetry Jim, but not as we know it...
Megastar millennial messiah, thinkfluencer and idiot Jacob Hatton (BBC Radio 4, Soho Theatre Young Company) cordially invites you to a riotous morning of stand-up, sketches and silliness about life, death, loss and legacy...
Are you, or someone you love, pretending you're not losing your hearing? Well at 31, Tom GK is losing his. Where's it going? What's this like? The former music critic and current comedian explores this in the only way that feels right: a musical...
In 2010, the island of Herm (the Channel Islands' smallest island) declared a state of emergency. Helicopters went up. Divers went down. It was all Sasha's fault. A stand-up show about how Sasha brought a part of the world to a halt...
Josh Pugh: The Changingman. What are the things that define us? The clothes we wear? The jobs we do? The people we hate? Hilarious newcomer and English Comedian of the Year 2016 Josh explores all through his unique brand of stand-up...
There’s always someone worse off than you, isn’t there? Someone that you regularly thank your lucky stars that you’re not like. But what if all isn’t as it seems? After a critically acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe 2017, Conran returns with a show about presumption, misunderstandings and misgivings...
Winner of the 2017 Brighton Fringe Best Comedy Award, critically acclaimed character comedian Alice Marshall returns with a brand-new show. Join Maria, the world's angriest air stewardess, as she welcomes you on board a non-stop flight direct to the fifth dimension...
After a sell-out world tour, Michael Hackett brings his unique brand of storytelling and wild comedy to the 2018 Fringe. The Late Mike Show is the perfect antidote for the late-night reveller – guaranteeing daring insights, absurd banter and, of course, outrageous fun.
Meet the nominees for Woman of the Year in Anna Nicholson’s debut character-comedy show. 'Sharp and witty, a gifted mimic... Victoria Wood in a smartphone age' **** (TheReviewsHub...
Join Lily and Patrick at the premiere of their brand new, live dating show that connects singles and tests couples. This real-life couple offers up their relationship and dating advice, plus there's comedy and sketches in this unique gameshow! Lily is an actress most known for playing Rachel in The Inbetweeners TV series and film...
Ever worried about the noises coming from next door? Meet the neighbours! Akin Omobitan, Max Turner Prize winner 2017 and Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year finalist 2017, and Lew Fitz: 'smart material...
Forty-five minutes of free (or £5 guaranteed entry) stand-up from a comedian who's fresh out of the Cambridge Footlights and hoping this isn't all a terrible mistake. At 22, Will's found his first grey hair: this is his story...
Ange Lavoipierre and Jane Watt have prepared a luxurious hour of stand up comedy. Ange and Jane grew up together in a small Australian town and finally, almost ten years later, Ange has bullied Jane into a comedy tour...
A beatboxing and storytelling comedy show. Charlie Partridge tried to be cool while falling in love. This mistake and others took him on an adventure. Charlie has appeared on BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Three...
This is a comedy/theatre/spoken word show about talking. Following on from previous shows about hair, sleep, water, faces, the sky and yellow, Rob now turns his attention to talking because he is ready to talk...
'It's difficult I think, being a human person. It's alright when you're in the house with the curtains closed, but when you have to step outside...' Enjoy this debut hour from BBC Radio New Comedy Award finalist 'with a slick relaxed delivery that packed the gags in' (Chortle...
Fifty-eight minutes of jokes from one of the UK comedy scene's most vaginary binaries. Sally guarantees this show will change your life, even if only by making it an hour shorter – come and feel the wrath of her mirth! 'Exceptionally funny' (Independent)...
Step aside Ricky and Bianca, there's a new duo in town. Sketch Off! 2018 finalists Bread and Geller bring their sell-out debut show to the Fringe, a prime-time hour of character comedy, observational sketch and musical parody...
Married to a corporate lawyer, owner of a pitch perfect Elmo impression and being the very definition of straight, white, male privilege... Sam is one lucky bastard... and he feels very guilty about that...
2017. I'm an angry insufferable mess. I don't leave the flat for six months. 2018. Same. Now I call it working from home. A comedy show for hermits. James Meehan is a comedian and ex-member of Gein's Family Giftshop...
'Do you believe in love... afterlife?' (Ghost of Cher). Presenting the late, great Ghost Whisperer... Séayoncé! Join this mismatched mystic as she explores the spirit world (her drinks cabinet) and chats with those on the other side...
Breakfast of champions? Brunch of runner-ups. After a delightful 2017, Neil Harris and Julie Grady Thomas return with a new set of jokes, stories and observations to help you start your day right...
The family-friendly version of the UK's only comedy court returns with a new venue! An improvised show where Steve Bennett invites top comedians to be lawyers, prosecuting and defending members of the audience accused of "crimes"...
Max and Anna filmed themselves writing silly sketches for a year to make sure they didn't miss a trick. See their funniest ideas from the last 12 months and get a peak behind the curtain of their intense friendship...
The devilishly addictive live music experience is back! Join TV presenters and best friends Tim and Gendle for their high-paced game that gives you a show and a party rolled into one! The game is simple – step up and sing along to the first line of a famous song and win over our panel of guest judges...
People have never been more scared to say what they really think. It's time to tell the truth. Join award-winning Williams as he presents his own brutally hilarious interrogation of the most dividing subjects today; race and gender...
Multi award-winning physical comedy duo, The Kagools, are unstoppable as they propel silent comedy into the 21st century with pure joy, anarchic buffoonery and unique \'wit and imagination\' ***** (TheWeeReview...
Bursting with love, poetry, comedy, tragedy, mistaken identity and everything in-between, Impromptu Shakespeare brings you an entirely new and unique Shakespeare play inspired by audience suggestions to delight Shakespeare nerds and newbies alike...
The 1991 holiday camp talent show winner, frontman of Best Hertfordshire Band 1998 and Most Promising Student 2002 pinpoints where things went wrong. Among the Daily Telegraph's 20 Funniest One-Liners and Comedy Central's 35 Funniest Jokes from the 2017 Fringe...
They're raw. They're wild. They're asleep 16 hours a day. For Adam, money's tight. So tight he's had to go out and find a job. And beg his girlfriend to take it. As for Currer, he was the first person in his family to go to university – and not graduate...
Agenda Benders presents Witty Gritty Bitty Fitty Committee. Are you prepared for an hour of hys-queeria and comedy aplenty? A sketch show on steroids by the irreverent Isa Bonachera and the irrelevant Dan Wye, finalists of Sketch Off! 2018...
Maddie Campion has always wanted to be in a double act. LD, a lovedoll, is tired of being seen as a sex object. Together they join forces to form the first ever human-lovedoll comedy duo...
Stand-up comedians Neil O'Rourke (Irish Comedian of the Year 2017 finalist) and Patrick Spicer (Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2018 nominee) are (p)residents of the coolest island off the coast of Edinburgh: Cool Dude Island...
Alex Hylton is unique. Just like everybody else. Join one of Huffington Post's Must See New Acts of the Fringe as he tries to find out what makes him so special in this hilarious new show...
On March 20th, 7:13pm. Ross Smith received a message from a stranger, with an even stranger invitation. What followed is the incredible true story of an ordinary name leading to an extraordinary adventure...
Being present and authentic in the moment, it's all he's ever wanted to be but the world had other ideas... Step into the comedy that is Jody and his ridiculous take on life. Let him play with you and show you a world of hilarious characters...
What happens when the beguiling meets the bewildered? When the underwhelmed meets the overexcited? A whole lot of hoo-ha, that's what. Join award-winning comedians Stephen Trumble and Lily Phillips for an hour of no-holds-barred, all-souls-bared stand-up comedy...
Show about family, taking risks and embracing change. Michelle's a Canadian stand-up comedian who unexpectedly fell into the world of comedy. She went to university and worked full-time, then one day was brought into the lunch room and laid off...
On April 1st 2017, following a 10 year career in the music biz, recording artist Jordan Gray announced a sudden and surprise leap into stand-up comedy... Why? In her debut comedy special People Change, the transgender comic attempts to justify the second-biggest change of her life...
Totally sold-out shows across the globe. Three top Irish comics from the ICOTY finals. 'Sit down and roar with laughter for 60 minutes... side-splittingly funny' ***** (TheWest.com...
The award-winning sketch duo is back to bring their trademark high-energy nonsense to a variety of news topics. Expect shouting, quizzes, and maybe even a musical finale. But mind your manners...
To fully appreciate Curse of the Mummy, one cannot take it seriously as a musical or a drama, which may have been a source of contention amongst some audience members on the night I viewed, who were under the strong impression that it was a fully-fledged recreation of the original 1964 film...
Data Night is a fun, frothy feminist fable mixing clever and silly in the same test tube. Olga Koch and Catherine Brinkworth come together as creator and creation in a modern take on Frankenstein...
Forty something years into a lifetime of looking great but feeling fake, Cally Beaton is ready to come out about her double life in her hilarious brand-new stand-up show, Super Cally Fragile Lipstick...
The zombie apocalypse rages outside, but we are relatively safe and quite warm in the last bastion of civilisation – a radio station run by two cats. They are definitely, definitely cats, we are told, and not just two comedians wearing fluffy ears...
There are comedians that are laugh out loud funny, every couple of minutes a big laugh; but the stuff in between is dead air and tumbleweed. There are some comedians that are excellent storytellers, and hold your attention...
Rob Mulholland assures us that he’s a popular comedian and then launches into a tirade against the so-called middle class comedians who sell out at the Fringe. It could seem like a less successful standup suffering from a bit of jealousy and having a pop at the comedy establishment but Mulholland’s points are well made and, most importantly, funny...
Jokes can be heard anywhere, but for comedy fans who want more bang for their buck, The Obscurist is the show to see this summer. Bringing off-the-wall and surrealist humour in the guise of a troubled artist's plans for world dominance, this new comedy tour-de-force wrings every last ounce of laughter from the audience...
Sandra Hale presents herself as kind of a Bad Grandma type. She may have reached her late 60s, but that doesn’t mean she can’t drink, smoke and explore dalliances with other men if she wants...
David Huntsberger’s stand-up show is problematic as a comedy show as it has very little resembling a joke. The humour throughout seems to consist only in pointing out how strange it would be if such and such a strange thing came about...
The beardy babes are back, baby! Atop broomstick horses we ride, offering up unto you Fandango! – an hour of surreal, stupid, knee-slappin’ sketches that’ll make you scream Yeehahaha! (sorry)...
Join the 18th-century’s wildest nuns as they act out the story of their Mother Superior: a young lady forced to don increasingly ridiculous disguises to seduce the same man over and over again...
Tom Mayhew’s charmingly awkward persona hides a fantastic alternative comic mind. This show is a 40-minute work in progress, working through the sadness of a dead relationship. The humour has a strong and unrelenting undercurrent of tragedy and rather than self-deprecating, the material appears to veer into the realm of self-loathing...
Returning for yet another year at the Fringe Impromptu Shakespeare bring us a fun little romp of an hour, packed a plenty with witty one-liners and every Shakespearean trope under the sun...
If I were to condense this review into a single word, it would unfortunately have to be the title. Gayshit is a queer cabaret and comedy night, created by Wayne Carter in response to a lack of job opportunities for other like-minded performers...
Alice Marshall is a master of character comedy. Her new show Blood (Best Comedy Award winner at this year’s Brighton Fringe) introduces us to a whole host of fascinating individuals: Greta, an anti-love ‘relationship guru’; Maria, a Spanish airline hostess; Unity, elderly, rich and writing her memoirs; Louise, socially awkward to almost inhuman levels; and Simon, a fully inhuman bird of paradise...
It’s incredibly hard to place Rob Auton’s new show at the Edinburgh Fringe but then again, it’s hard to place Rob Auton. He’s the perfect example of when the lines are blurred between comedy and spoken word – two genres that can be hard to tell apart...
This show is so much more than a tale of two gays: it is a tale of success. As I came out of the small auditorium at Just the Tonic, it dawned on me that I had just experienced my first true gem of the 2017 Fringe...
Stand-up comedian Sam Gore has been taking down celebrities and politicians with his cutting, satirical, absurdist diatribes on Facebook since 2014 and garnered over fifty thousand followers who are quick to click ‘like’ on each of his weekly I See You articles...
The king of late-night comedy is back. Like Ellie Goulding said: 'anything could happen'. The maddest show you will see all Fringe. In the show will be... I'm writing this in January so it will have to be vague...
Award-winning show. True-life submariner and gifted raconteur Eric gives an insider’s view of life aboard a nuclear submarine. This show is not to be missed – it is truly unique...
No one knows who the killer is, not even the cast! Following 2016's Edinburgh Fringe sell-out, CSI returns with its improvised, witty and absurd murder mystery. Help the CSI identify the victim and what caused his or her grizzly death...
‘I collect bags of sugar from cafes and restaurants I'm in. I have a big collection. Often, I forget that I've taken them with me home and somehow, if you apply time and pressure, they have the tendency to explode...
Bill Beteet, a Laugh Factory comedian from Chicago, will lead you through an existential comedic journey that will have you laugh about life, love, and your inevitable death.
Greet the midnight hour with Dutch comedian Arna Spek and special guests. Can Arna survive in Brexit Britain? Join this BBC Radio 4 New Act competitor for awkward tales of trying to fit in...
With over a decade's experience in the casino industry, Matthew Harrison reveals his hand on what really goes on inside a gambler’s paradise. After the success of last year's hit show A Girl With Two Dicks, Matthew returns to Edinburgh to debut his first solo show! His high-energy performance combined with his natural ability to read the room and cover risky topics without causing offence make him a crowd favourite on the London comedy circuit...
Luke brings his world of fantasy and ridiculousness to Edinburgh, keen to ignite pure idiocy out of nowhere. This clown takes us on an absurd adventure in a show about vulnerability, our imperfections and what is beautiful about not being quite normal...
In this one woman show, Ellyn Daniels takes us on an intoxicating ride from Orlando to Togo, from ballet to bulimia, from walking the runways of Paris to blacking out in Hollywood mansions, and from sitting on the precipice of suicide to finding salvation through stand-up comedy...
Imaginative, imbalanced and imbecilic sketch duo Dirty White Boys are proud to present a brand-new show for 2017! The boys bring their trademark fast-paced idiocy to a whole new selection box of skits...
A seventh year at the Edinburgh Festival! An hour of sharp gags, intelligent observations and blisteringly quick improvised raps from three of the circuit's funniest performers, hosted by award-winning comedian and rapper Chris Turner...
Ninety-four word limit? Well, better not waste any. Funny Australian kid talks millennials, family, dating, sponsor children, sings a bit, laughs at himself; is relatable, sweet, honest, wrote this himself and always lies...
Cold Hard Cache is the debut comedy adventure from double act The Delightful Sausage – AKA Chris Cantrill, ‘Simple and bizarre punchlines with unerring skill’ ***** (EdFestMag...
Leeds-based comedian, musician and social commentator Micky P Kerr has been hotly tipped for stardom. This, however, is unlikely to come to pass because Micky suffers from a disease called laziness...
A show for anyone who ever worried they weren't normal. Hanna Stanbridge (BBC’s River City) is perfect. Now she'll teach you how to be perfect too! No matter what. A new solo character-comedy performance from one of Scotland's most exciting new comic actresses and winner of the BAFTA New Talent Award...
Are you an 18 to 80-year-old employed or unemployed middle-income earner, from an urban or rural area who shops online or in store? Ambitious fame-hungry comedians Lola and Jo wanted to stop their day jobs before the Fringe but with therapy bills, an Uber dependency and lack of self-control at their local Wetherspoons – they can’t...
Raucous, fraternal comedy from award-winning sketch trio. After their cult hit debut show Mothers stirred up a media breeze at Edinburgh last year, they’re back with their totally unique brew of tight writing, banging tunes and sixth-form soul-searching...
Everybody has a shadow side. The part of themselves they don’t want other people to see. Tracey Tracey is Nicola Cross’. And she’s made a comedy show about it. Join lovable outsider, Tracey Tracey, as she spends her birthday party alone...
Heather Shaw and Olga Koch present a high-octane hour of one-liners, personal anecdotes and, most importantly, good vibes! Many people like to party but only the chosen few really know how...
A hilarious, outlandish character romp, guaranteed to take you on the most thrilling ride of your life. Deirdre is here to show the world how awesome it is, one person at a time, starting with you...
Ever wanted to know how to break into the world of erotic fiction? Self-published erotic authoress, Pamela DeMenthe, is throbbing her way to Edinburgh to present her hotly anticipated novel Sticky Digits...
Have you ever dreamt about what it would be like to escape Debra from accounting? Bob from payroll? Candice from HR? Leave your life behind and start anew? Michelle went from slinging solar to a couch-surfing comedian, leaping from fringe to fringe...
Welcome to the Comedians' Surgery, take your seat, we'll be with you shortly. Following a highly successful debut, comedian and junior doctor Ed Patrick brings a unique second show to the Edinburgh Fringe – comedians talking health...
Daddy and Beeje, two self-absorbed, dysfunctional TV presenters, are getting ready for their live chat show. This tacky spectacle is a tale of two halves. Part one is a calamitous backstage tour of the TV studio, where you will meet a selection of awkward characters...
Having moved 5,437 miles for love, award-winning Egyptian-American comedian Maria Shehata presents her debut hour of playfully sardonic stand-up. Charmingly conversational and brutally honest, Maria divulges the realities of giving up a glamorous LA lifestyle to discover that saying 'I moved here for you' does not win every argument...
Family-friendly sample show of different shows within the venue's 14 performance spaces. Spend over an hour in the company of five to eight performers and see if you want to go to their full show...
This is a show for everyone who feels a lack of fulfilment. This is a show for anyone who struggles with perseverance. This is a show about commitment... maybe. As seen on BBC iPlayer and as not seen on BBC Radio 4, stand-up Gary Tro – ***** (ThreeWeeks) – brings his hilarious, joyously angry debut show, SupercalifragilisticexpiGARYTROcious, back to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the second consecutive year...
Winners of the 2015 Derek Award for Best Sketch Show, the Tealights are back, presenting an hour of fast-paced, absurd comedy in their brand-new show, Fix Us. ‘Slickly choreographed, highly creative, frequently fantastic' **** (BroadwayBaby...
Silly, surreal and cerebral stand-up from two rising stars, one the winner of So You Think You’re Funny 2016 the other who should be commended for his persistence. See them now or go to your grave filled with regret...
At 36, David is still unable to function in society. Every midday, the daily blogging comic will dissect his awkward life when he should be having lunch. His wife threatened to take a show with this title to Edinburgh, so David got in first...
Multi award-winning stand-up and absolute mess Harriet Kemsley has survived another year and returns with her best show yet. Credits: Damned for Channel 4, Kevin Hart's LOL Live, tour support for Katherine Ryan and Isy Suttie...
Bristol Revunions are a surreal, playful, energetic bunch of sketch comedians that have put together a brand-new show for you, full of original funny material. Back for the ninth year in a row this 'fantastically talented' (Epigram...
These 'improvising geniuses' (FunnyWomen.com) guarantee a kaleidoscopic adventure of surreal proportions. 'Sensual, spiritual, baffling, staggering... hilariously unpredictable' ***** (ThreeWeeks)...
Loud, outspoken and very accessible political comedy from a Northern working-class prospective. Likened to a hybrid of Jerry Sadowitz and Johnny Vegas, Chris is opinionated and a tour de force...
Richard Stott was born lopsided. Poland syndrome, a rare birth defect, caused his left hand, arm and chest to be underdeveloped. He's decided to go out on a limb and do what Jeremy Beadle didn't – a whole show about having a small hand...
Lolly (Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe) explores our digital footprint in her third satirical stand-up show. How does Amazon know what we need before we do? How does Facebook predict our future friends? Lolly became a fugitive on Channel 4’s Hunted to experience the public scrutiny of her internet search history but what does the government’s Snooper’s Charter mean for the rest of us? Funny Women finalist 2016...
Offbeat sketchlings Fish Pie! permit you to disregard political satire, a cappella groups and men noticing things then pausing for laughter in favour of compulsory mirth. Fresh from sell-out success in Cambridge, Fish Pie! bring their uniquely good-natured and up-to-the-minute absurdity to Edinburgh...
Is Putin's Russia in fact a closer-than-it-looks, post-fact global future? Can it be avoided? And are we really that different? Fringe's first Russian alternative comedian, Oleg, cuts to the cheese of information politics...
Money. Cash. Dollar. Cheddar. Dough. Skrilla. Call it what you like (and people clearly have), Daniel Cook doesn't have any of it, but would things be better if he did? He returns to the Fringe with another hour of manic, gangly-man-child stand-up comedy...
When an innovation guru is faced with the problem of death, drastic attempts to innovate his way out of the problem result in a catastrophic shattering of the matrix. A multi-character meltdown of madcap personalities and extraordinary vocal variations...
An hour of comedy from two up-and-comers, Micky Overman – ‘a keen comic mind’ (Chortle.co.uk) – and Helen Bauer – ‘Bauer is so funny’ (NPRBerlin.de) – about life and all their feelings, which they're super excited to share with you...
Watch a 'marvellous stand-up' (Skinny) funnify the slow-motion explosion that is 2017 liberal democracy. Politics, amirite?! 'Hilarious... fresh, insightful and original... a great hour of cerebral stand-up comedy – and Alex Kealy is a name to watch' **** (FringeGuru...
Homo Disco is a disco dance party for all who want to act a fool to camp classics. Dance into the early hours with drag queens and more. Get your tickets fast.
Jonny Awsum promised his daughter he’d play live on stage at the O2. It wasn’t as easy as he’d hoped. Did he do it? Come along and find out in a true tale packed with celebrity encounters, numerous dignity-sapping incidents and an incredible final twist… 'A hilarious and heart-warming tale' (Jason Manford)...
Award-winning improvisers The Maydays present this skin-prickling tale full of black comedy and haunting music, inspired by the warped imaginations of Tim Burton, Lemony Snicket and the Brothers Grimm...
Heavyweight sketch maestro (WitTank) and award winning stand-up veteran, Naz, charges back to the Burgh to punch out his first solo sketch show. Characters grotesque, sketches inspired and laughs aplenty...
Take a deep breath and join me on a multimedia rampage. I’ll stare down the world’s most disturbing kids animation, smart forks and mattresses, virtual bedtimes, robosex, gay cakes, international hummus day and the European light bulb directive...
Quite possibly the best/only show about blobfish you’ll ever see. Scott Barnett’s debut comedy show, blends surreal silliness with thoughtful gems of wisdom, mined from the ore of nonsense mountain...
Caroline’s memory isn’t what it once was. Or so she assumes. Join her as she desperately tries to memorise the 103 allowable two-letter Scrabble words, in this joyful, addled meander through self-help, holistic dance and learning to love the disappointment of truly being yourself...
Matt was a DJ (Secret Garden Party, tracks played on XFM), then a doctor, but he decided that was making his parents too proud, so now he’s a comedian. The questionably named ‘DJ Chocolate Thunder’ invites you to a comedy house party – expect laughs, hip-hop and amazing guests! Featuring Joe Jacobs (Channel 4, BBC Radio 4, 6 Music, 1Xtra, ‘Always funny and entertaining’ (Bruce Dessau)) and Ali Woods.
This is the story of how changing the food you eat changes your life. It's also an hour of old school stand-up comedy. I do not cry at any point during this show. Thank you x. www.alistairwilliams...
Based on his 2016 prediction of Trump's election during his last special, Prophet of Doom is award-winning Chicago-based stand-up Brendon Lemon's examination of the absurd nature of life, prophetic soothsaying on how the world is probably going to end and whether or not that would even be that bad...
Following killer runs in 2015 and 2016, Alexander Fox and Dom O’Keefe are back with a bang! Armed with your suggestions, they weave together a brand-new film in the style of Britain’s favourite spy for your eyes only...
A very well-structured and well-performed show, delivered from a fantastic up-and-coming comedian. Here Robin Morgan shows that he is both a phenomenal comic and storyteller and that he is someone to expect many great things from in the future...
Is Komischer, starring Doug Walker, of Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised fame, too clever for it’s own good?This one-man sketch show, with a yoghurt-based theme running through the middle of it, is an extremely refined, high-concept show that stands on its sheer variety and its high-brow ideas, suspended between the sketch format and something a little more experimental...
Quartet, Mixed Doubles, have brought a comedy sketch show to this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, framed with four peculiar characters from the peaceful UKIP-voting Middle England village of Little Comberton, who are attempting to raise money within a fundraiser for a new village pavilion...
A History, w Nowell Edmurnds is a surreal examination of celebrity culture which is by turns extraordinarily captivating and deeply funny.It takes the form of a one-man sketch show which follows the life of a fake Noel Edmunds, chosen for the particular class of B-list celebrity which he embodies...
What links a pensioner pick-up artiste, single malt, vlogging and flies? Nothing. Until now. A split bill of experimental comedy: stand-up, characters, spoken word, music, mime! From two acts fresh from the Soho Theatre Young Company.
What’s for breakfast today? Another stand-up show? Or instead a connective journey through mind/body, love/loss, power/vulnerability, sound/silence and timeful/timelessness? Immersive theatre meets improvised dance meets childlike play! Explore a different world each day with XX...
Fringe newcomers, Dude Looks Like A Lady, bring their award-winning sketch show to Edinburgh with heaps of enthusiasm, a fluctuating quality of comedy and an abundance of false (and sometimes malfunctioning) moustaches...
The Australian outback, a French sheep and a lonely convict on the run. It may sound like all the ingredients for a very dubious sort of production, but throw in some Spanish guitar pop song covers, plenty of dressing (and undressing) and a healthy dash of clowning and you have the fantastically silly creation that is Plague of Idiots’ Waltzing Matilda...
Sheep Soup in association with Nottingham’s BAFTA award-winning Television Workshop is back with a brand new sketch show. Three humans discover The Invention of Acting, and the possibilities are endless...
The Brighton-based beardy babes are back, baby. We've brought with us an hour of surreal, fast-paced sketch comedy ridiculousness for your delectation, so tuck in. It's not a kids show, though...
Jay has Asperger's, so he lacks empathy. Which is another way of saying he doesn't give a f*ck about you or your problems. He couldn't be happier! Autism Spectrum Disorder is often misunderstood...
Alistair Williams is a bit of a lad. Among what appears to be a generation of young male stand-ups struggling to work out what it means to be a modern man in the 21st century, his pre-show music is the unashamed 1980s hokum of Guns ’n’ Roses and Welcome to the Jungle...
People are vicious. People are arseholes. Alice Marshall knows this and she’s used it to fashion an hour of intelligent and very funny character comedy.The host for this exploration of human cruelty is Greta Medina...
The Funny Women Awards have left a massive impression on the UK comedy map, with previous winners and finalists including Bridget Christie, Sara Pascoe, Katherine Ryan, Kerry Godliman and Zoe Lyons, to name but a few...
Every single audience member is given a ping pong ball with Shakespearean tropes written on them upon entry. The audience then have to throw these balls into the baggy breeches of one of the cast...
David Ephgrave enters the room in an endearing manner, commanding the audience’s attention with music and his upbeat persona. If his name sounds familiar, it might be because he is the rear end of the comedy duo, Doggett and Ephgrave - a duo whose talent he promptly assures the audience of: “We’re not shit- If you remember nothing else from this morning, remember that, write it down!” he hurriedly explained...
To borrow from one of Glenn Moore’s own references, this show is a tale of two cities... well, actually it’s the tale of one city, a remote village in West Sussex, and the journey of a socially awkward young man between the two locations...
Interactive theatre is a tricky beast. Too often the interactive element revolves around tokenistic nods to the audiences, or at other times it's difficult to lose yourself in the drama that’s unfolding as it’s painfully obvious you're watching actors...
Attention all shipping. Viking. Humber. Dogger. Narnia. Sex. Puss in Boots. Angry Birds. Eight rising nine. Good. Join Jacob, the (amateur) rock star weatherman in his struggle between fantasy and reality...
Huge is a musical comedian from Asia. Sam is a stand-up from Cornwall. Sam has been gay for seven years. Huge has been Asian for quite a long time. Huge is a qualified piano teacher...
Enthused? Inspired? Vibing? You love the Fringe, so participate! Precocious poppy or shrinking violet, you could be on stage making mediocre scripts into something great... or at least unique...
Family friendly showcase of different performers within the venue’s 14 spaces. Spend over an hour in the company of a selection of performers for a taster of their full shows. How jolly! Just the Tonic has over 120 acts this year...
Winners of the 2015 Derek award for Best Sketch Show, the Tealights return with Tension. Combining unpredictability, absurdity and unparalleled timing for a dazzling hour of sketch comedy...
Comedian Paul Johnson guides his two sons through first loves, playground fights, youth sports and the timeless longing to fit in and be one of the cool kids – an urge Paul still isn't sure he's outgrown...
Just the Tonic Comedy Club showcases the best of the new talent from the Edinburgh Fringe. An opportunity to see the rising stars of the circuit. Guest comperes include Matt Richardson, Eric Lampaert, and Danny McGoughlin.
Award-winning show. True-life submariner and gifted raconteur, Eric, gives an insider’s view of life aboard a nuclear submarine. This show is not to be missed – it is truly unique...
‘Consistently boasting some of the most interesting line ups in the country’ (Times). With six established clubs around the UK, a nightly mixed bill of the best of established and newer comedians in Edinburgh...
New York-based Irish comedian Colum Tyrrell brings you the best international acts from around the world. Guests have appeared on Conan, Live at the Apollo and MTV. Different line-up daily.
A dark and twisted musical tale inspired by the warped imaginations of film director Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Beetlejuice) and the Brothers Grimm. Award-winning improvisers The Maydays take your suggestion and allow a unique tale to unfold, exploring the world of strange possibilities that flows from it...
Minky [mijnki] 1. Reminiscent of a semi-aquatic stoat-like carnivore. ‘Hmm, minky.’ 2. A coating of soft downy hair. ‘That minky’s really growing on me.’ 3. The smallest finger on a male human hand...
Honest, unflinching and delightfully dark: the award-winning American comedian tackles everything from prenatal pandas to postnatal depression in a tale about surviving the never-ending...
What do you do when your singing partner vanishes? For twee Scottish children's entertainer, Gerald Wee Gerry Hoots Galbraith, he grew a beard and went full art folk. Can he achieve the greatness he thinks he already has? Join Gerald for an evening of poetry and songs from his new album Troubadour and hear his story...
The Bristol Revunions are back at the Fringe for the eighth year running and they bring you the Dolce Vita. And it turns out it's a sketch comedy show. Join us for original writing, belly laughs and maybe more...
What do a filthy aristocrat, a gynaecologist, a vlogger, a dominatrix and you have in common? Limescale. And this show. ‘Extracting laughs one moment, gasps the next’ (Exeunt Magazine)...
Gabby is nearly 30 and has achieved absolutely nothing apart from a string of failed relationships, a lot of debt and a few unwelcome pets along the way. Morning After explores just what it feels like to be a young lady struggling to leave her mark on the big smoke – in every sense of the word! The show delves into the depths of Gabby Rankin’s life, which may seem hysterically sad or funny depending on your mood...
The Cutlery Crew wants everyone to have fun, feel uplifted and bang stuff joyfully. But a crime has been committed and all hope rests upon PC Pauline, a worrisome policewoman searching for suspects...
German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn is back at the Caves and like every year, Westphalia is not an option. Come along. Or else. Recent TV and radio appearances include Live At The Apollo (BBC Two), Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You, and Room 101 (BBC One)...
Based on the six degrees of separation concept, all actors are said to be linked to Kevin Bacon in less than six steps. But, after acting with the big KB himself, would Lolly feel more connected to the world? A tale of surprise associations, magic truffles and getting dumped by your f*ck buddy.
Join Danny as he goes through a year that has seen him dumped by his girlfriend on the set of a BBC drama, nearly get beaten up by his dad, discover internet dating, have a health scare that saw him pass out and urinate on himself live on stage, and tell a story that other comics love but audiences find repugnant...
Claire hates her job. Beth is questioning her romantic choices. Their boss is in a relationship with his Blackberry. Life is tough at Land of Laminates. The employees are depressed, the work is boring and nothing they do really matters...
Armageddon is imminent. And no one saw it coming. A sketch show for the end of days, starring speed daters, ghost dinosaurs and cockroaches. The end is nigh! Directed by Lee Griffiths of Late Night Gimp Fight (Chortle Award for Best Character of Sketch Act)...
A horse tried for murder? A nonsensical idea, surely? Well not after the great Animal Rights and Responsibilities Act 2031 is passed into law. After MP's expenses, the financial crash and phone hacking, it was always likely that our farming methods would cause the next scandal...
A stand-up show based on a true story about how a man (me) went from being an idiot to a (spoiler alert) Nobel Peace Prize winner. Award-winning comedian Daniel Cook brings a show to Edinburgh in the vain attempt to make sense of the world...
Winner – Best Comedy, Moors Theatre Awards! Leicester Square Theatre Sketch Off finalists! Sketch comedy duo, frequent enemies and occasional friends Cook and Davies find themselves in an empty room with no idea how they got there...
Following 2015's Character Activist, Funny Women Variety Award winner Sooz Kempner is back with four more characters/figments of her imagination for you to meet. She is really showing that she can do different accents, wear wigs and even write and perform songs in this multi-character extravaganza...
A sixth family-friendly year at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! An hour of sharp gags, intelligent observations and blisteringly quick improvised raps from three of the circuit's funniest comedians, hosted by Amused Moose award winner Chris Turner...
Award-winning double act, Revan and Fennell, return to the Fringe after making their critically acclaimed Edinburgh debut last year. 2016 New Act of the Year finalists, 2015 Foster’s Golden Jester finalists and 2013 Best New Sketch Act finalists...
Lynn Ruth Miller is the poster girl for growing old disgracefully. She’s 82 years old and the only thing that frightens her is her own reflection. She’s feisty though and tells tales about dating octogenarians, what it’s like being the oldest stand-up in the business (RIP Joan Rivers) and why she got her nipple pierced...
Adventure Quest is a dark comedy modelled on the style of old-school Sierra On-Line computer adventure games. A hero is tasked with rescuing the mayor’s daughter from an evil wizard but soon begins questioning the very nature of the quest itself...
A madcap stand-up hour that bats around from interactive games to surreal one-liners and some longer bits. Brought to you by a twisted (but oblivious) child in a mid-twenties, asthmatic, white middle class body...
Being a teenager in the 90s was hard (is your favourite band Blur, Oasis or Throbbing Gristle?), but now there's a whole new set of things to worry about. What is the correct amount of pubic hair? Can feminists enjoy twerking? Why is fruit suddenly bad for you? Let the host of hit podcast Do the Right Thing guide you through this difficult time with stand-up, songs and one explicit mime...
As yet undiscovered comedians, Chazz Redhead and Jack Robertson love making jokes almost as much as they hate each other. Together they have joined forces to create kick-ass sketch duo Dirty White Boys! From surreal to downright silly, this truly odd couple comically tackle everything from office rivalries to the politest way to eat a baguette...
Do your other senses get stronger? Is it wrong to fancy your doctor? Will I get a new eye that shoots lasers? Just some of the questions our heroine answers whilst telling us how she went blind but now she can see...
The Amused Moose Comedy Award Best Show Nominee and ‘guilty pleasure’ (Daily Record) returns with one of his infamous gossips as he continues on his quest to become the nation’s sweetheart and he attempts to bring back the art of conversation...
Intelligent, alternative comedy from one of Scotland's rising stars. ‘David Simon who made The Wire was told his show put off the casual viewer. “F*ck the casual viewer,” he replied...
Manchild autocorrect nightmare Feilder returns after his ‘delightful debut hour’ **** (Metro), with another hot batch of jokes, films, sounds and stupidity. And probably a rap FFS...
Who is that strange Frenchman signalling from the island? What's in Aunt Fanny's famous fish pie? Has anyone actually seen Timmy? The Famous Five are back! Shedload presents Robert Eyers' milk-squirtingly hilarious spin on a childhood favourite! With thick-knit short shorts all round, and an irresponsible amount of hammy-hampered picnics, this promises to be ‘…a surrealist, satirical, silly marsh of comedy genius’ ***** (Varsity)...
Fresh from their hit Australian tour, UK silent comedy duo, The Kagools, return to Edinburgh Fringe. Expect the usual award-winning combination of physical comedy and interactive film as your weatherproofed guides take you on a brand new adventure...
From award-winning character comedians Andrew McBurney (SYTYF finalist 2013) and Jack Kirwan, plus filmmaker Damien Hyde, comes a dark, original and very funny live show. Join broadcasting stalwart Boabby Roaster for his final appearance on his long-running chat show as he reluctantly hands over the reins to the young showbiz whipper-snapper, Jackie Allstar...
This is the way the world ends... not with a bang, but with a sniffle. Gaulier graduate Neil Sinclair presents a new show about how to go viral, the old-fashioned way. Featuring clown-like storytelling and medical utensils, Neil paints a picture of a city in the grip of a pandemic...
Although still in his early 20s, newcomer Adam is already one of the most sought after acts in the country and is fast becoming a favourite at the UK’s biggest comedy clubs and festivals...
From a mind behind 2015's Footlights International Tour Show Love Handles, and 2014's Fringe hit The Canon: A Literary Sketch Show, comes a two-man whirlwind of whimsical storytelling and madcap characters...
After a blockbuster 2015, Alexander Fox and Dom O’Keefe are back with a bang. Armed with your suggestions, they weave together a brand new film in the style of Britain’s favourite spy for your eyes only...
Multi award-winning idiot Harriet Kemsley keeps making mistakes and she might be about to make the biggest one of her life... She's performed stand-up on The One Show and the Radio One Comedy Lounge, and been tour support for Katherine Ryan and Isy Suttie...
Live podcast recording and variety show in aid of Peruvian Kettle Syndrome. Previous guests include Wig Silly and Ham Adams. 'Heaps of promise' (Independent). 'Imagine local talk radio teamed up with Inside the Actors Studio...
There’s something refreshing about seeing a stand-up show with a title that accurately reflects the content of the act. The show’s called My Girls and over the course of an hour Smallman explores the relationships he has with the most important ladies in his life – principally his wife and young daughter, but also his mother...
The Bristol Revunions are a first class example of what a student sketch comedy show can be. The six-strong troupe from Bristol University bring an impressive energy and creativity to the stage in Cream, making this year’s offering a solid afternoon’s entertainment...
Libby Northedge begins Twisted Loaf: Stale Mate on her hands and knees, crawling onto the darkened stage, starkers but for her underwear, smudged make-up, and a pair of glittery high heels...
Swingerella used to be Cinderella until her last Prince Charming got her self-harming and she became Swingerella – goddess of fabulousness and high priestess of voodoo. Join her and her burlesque freak Allouetta La Zouch on a quest for world domination and cake...
Nicola Wren’s one-woman show describes the hundreds of modern-day anxieties we all face in the dating world due to social media and technology. In her solo performance, Wren plays a woman who, whilst on the tube, meets a man after a conversation is struck when he asks her why she isn’t eating the green Starbursts...
Wealth and fame haven’t yet been bestowed on young Irish comedian Cormac Friel. But the high quality of his writing and his whip-smart performance in Breakfast Epiphanies are evidence that with the right breaks, he shouldn’t have to wait too much longer for both those things...
Sketch duo That Pair offer warped children’s entertainment that all adults can enjoy. They’re the unhinged double act who arrived drunk at your niece’s fifth birthday party and had to be escorted off the premises after flashing your elderly uncle...
Eric is a friendly, unassuming man whose Tales of the Sea take you through his time spent on submarines in the Royal Navy. He recounts funny, interesting and occasionally terrifying stories, teaching you as much about submarines themselves as he does life onboard...
Your Aunt Fanny have been performing their unique brand of comedy throughout the North East to sellout audiences since 2013. Showcasing characters from all walks of life, this skillful young all-female sketch group from Newcastle's Live Theatre storm the stage in this hour of hilarity...
The Leeds Tealights show off considerable performance skills in this slickly choreographed, highly creative, and frequently fantastic hour of sketch comedy. Variety and unpredictability fizzes through the show’s entire length...
Brilliantly acted and superbly written, Bismillah! is one of the best shows I have ever seen at the Fringe or anywhere else. Matthew Greenhough’s side-splitting and touching script shows us an hour in the life of Dean (Greenough), a British Army soldier being held prisoner in an Iraqi basement guarded by ISIS mujahid “Danny” (Nate Birdi)...
It's been a big year for Kids With Beards. Since their last Edinburgh Fringe show, they have gone away and worked really, really hard. They used all the bucket money to buy their own TV station in the home of sketch comedy – Mexico...
Book of Love is without a doubt a special show: Lindsay Benner is sexy, silly and completely charming. Her show is a fast-paced mixture of cabaret, comedy, juggling and tricks that is quirky, flirty and wonderfully weird...
Bill shows (where the show is made up of several guest acts) can be a mixed bag especially when the format is to showcase one venue’s acts from across their programme. Another difficulty can be when your afternoon show is marketed as being family friendly but many of your acts have shows that are far from that description...
When Norris – one half of the outstanding comedy duo Norris and Parker (Katie Norris and Sinead Parker, directed by Lucia Fox) – learns that she was lured here labouring under false pretences and will not in fact be performing in a contemporary dance piece at the Traverse theatre, all hell breaks loose...
Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens follows the unfolding story of a group of misfits working the infamous den of iniquity – Saucy Jacks space bar. Terror strikes at the heart of this community of outcasts when an old nemesis – the Sling Back killer, strikes again...
I'm pretty certain this is the first comedy show I've ever been to with an audience dance break. That's all thanks to peppy duo Samantha Baines and Helen Sorren, who greet the audience like old friends and spread enthusiasm like wildfire through the venue...
Based upon the life of the influential and acerbic comedian, Bill Hicks: Dark Poet is a fusion between traditional storytelling monodrama and modern stand-up. Framed as a typical Bill Hicks stand-up gig, the play depicts Hicks at the end of his short but action-packed life, ruminating on a variety of topics...
‘The epitome of bizarre hilarity and joyous absurdity’ ***** (Tab.co.uk). Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that makes up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped up contents before swallowing...
What is love? Is it the crazy infatuations of our teenage years, the strength to make a failing marriage work or the instant bond between parent and child? Or is it something else, completely unique and unexplainable? Steakshed Productions attempt to answer this age-old question in We’re Not Dogs...
Javier Jarquin hosts guest comedians baring all and telling you about their worst, soul destroying times on stage. Great comics telling their worst experiences in front of understanding crowds: because really, who wants to hear the good stories anyway?
Come and witness one of the greatest late-night mixed bill shows on offer. We put on comedy every weekend all year round. We've done it for 21 years! Some of the best acts from the Fringe and a couple of surprises thrown in...
Daphna Baram, an Israeli human rights lawyer turned journalist, a bleeding heart and an inadvertent anthropologist of British life gets herself leave to remain in the UK, builds a New Jerusalem in East London and plans to become Nigel Farage's worst nightmare...
Can comedy change Western misconceptions about Islam? Join Aatif as he makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut with a show that drew critical acclaim and packed houses to the Leicester Square Theatre in London...
If you got your idea of adulthood from F.r.i.e.n.d.s but reality hasn't met expectations, if you fail to be in the moment and find yourself living through your phone, and if you feel connected online and profoundly disconnected from people offline, this is the show for you.
'At the end of a long day's Fringe-going, this club is Just the Tonic' (Scotsman). Featuring the best comedians in Edinburgh for £10 or less. 'The most interesting line-ups in the country' (Times)...
Micky Bartlett is back at the Edinburgh Festival with his new show Narcissilly. Come hear him talk about himself for an hour! ‘One of the most consistently funny people I've ever worked with… In years to come, people will be talking about the time they first saw Micky Bartlett’ (Adam Hills)...
Annie has the face of an angel and the mouth of a gutter. She is one half of double act Twins (not yet seen on TV) and is half a person in her own right. 'Spot-on delivery’ (The Tab...
Back in the day, Saturday night TV was the thing to stay in for. What happened to programmes like Blind Date, Gladiators and Stars in their Eyes? From the creator of Britain's Got F*ck All Talent, Jellybean Martinez has created his own Saturday night TV show of pure entertainment, madness and lots of fun...
There have only ever been nine Dr Deaths, but with most of his namesakes dead, and the Russian serving 12 life sentences in Siberia, Australia’s own euthanasia doctor Philip Nitschke is now master of ceremonies, teaching the funny side of the right to die debate...
Scottish BAFTA nominated character comedian Katia Kvinge (as seen on BBC, MTV and Channel 4) hits Edinburgh with her fast-paced, one-woman, multi-character, debut hour comedy show! Fresh from performing at the Second City, Groundlings and UCB theatre Los Angeles...
Funny Women Finalists 2014: Sam Baines and Helen Sorren bring you a selection of the best comedians at the Fringe. A super-sized cup of comedy with TV names as well as the very best new comedians...
‘The damn sea rolls on as it always has... I mean it: It really bloody does’. A small Southern town gathers at the funeral of Old Tom Gallagher, but when it’s time for the eulogies, no one’s interested in the man in the coffin...
Are you happy? No, of course not. You’re not supposed to be. The only human beings who're truly happy sit around the war memorial drinking shoe polish. Forget trying to be being happy, embrace the misery and try to enjoy the simple things in life, such as an hour of unpretentious, brutally honest stand-up comedy that's way better than you think it’s going to be...
Get ready for a perfect afternoon of musical fun! Johnny and the Raindrops are a sensational family friendly live band who play jump up and down, rocking and rolling, can’t sit down, best time ever music for cool kids...
What connects Monmouthshire, the efficacy of Lucozade, and leviathan-lunged pop princess Adele? Absolutely nothing. But it doesn’t stop aspiration seeker James Huntington and piss-taker Joanna Hutt cut 'n' pasting it all together and using it as a plan for life...
From the writers of the Footlights International Tour Show 2014 comes a triumphantly fun new double act. Jamie Fraser and Alex MacKeith serve up a lunchtime special of fast flowing sketches, freeform conversation and catchy tunes...
Born out of 500 talks to students about what they want from life, Moj Taylor is seriously in the pursuit of crappiness. He's adopted a possessed cat, shown the nation his bottom on ITV's Dinner Date, and once had a crack and sack wax spontaneously...
Award-winning comedians play classic, rare and brand new videogames in the battle to become Edinburgh’s Games Master. Face-offs, rants and the minimum necessary actual physical violence – with different guests every show...
Desperately hunting last minute leading man, Lucy Frederick reluctantly presents her father, keen rambler and tropical fish enthusiast Peter Henderson in the lost Russian classic Coughing Sheep...
Following sell-out performances in 2014, UCL Graters, University College London's award-winning comedy group, returns to the Fringe with a fresh hour of sketches. Join four of the University's brightest young comedians on a journey through time and space...
Charmingly anarchic breakthrough duo LetLuce were wholly responsible for 2014 word of mouth hit Show Pony. Put your lovely armbands on for an absurdist, magical voyage and more 'excellent surreal mayhem’ (Sunday Times)...
An hour of unapologetic satirical sketches performed by QMU ComSoc, a group who blended together would create the ethnicity of off-white. In an industry where comedy tries to appease the general public – they missed the memo...
A fifth family friendly year at the Fringe! An hour of sharp gags, intelligent observations and blisteringly quick improvised raps from three of the circuit's funniest comedians, hosted by Amused Moose award winner Chris Turner...
A man who’s recently had a heart transplant thinks that his new heart is talking to him. Is he going insane, suffering side-effects from the medication, or is it possible? Could this really be happening? When his new heart persuades him to embark on a major quest, his life and his world are turned upside down and inside out...
For 30 years Ewins has been the top sales rep at the Plymouth Pie Factory. Tonight there's a talent show. Tonight Ewins quits his day job. 'Unquestionably a very strange man... while delivering massive hilarity' (Guardian).
“Instagram is a fast, beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends and family.”“Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them...
Paper Rain by Youth Theatre Georgia is one of those Fringe gems that one can only be glad to discover. Bringing back old-school clowning, the show presents a number of tragic-comic vignettes about love, what shapes it can take and between whom...
Overwhelming as the Festival is, it's a good to try a pick-and-mix of shows. A little stand-up, a little bit of sketch comedy, maybe a little bit of magic. Just the Tonic's daily taste of Afternoon Delight showcases some of the venue's best acts, and from the awkward British Lucy Frederick meeting her boyfriend's mother to the cynical American Russel Hicks trying to make sense of a Glesgae accent, you're sure to find a second show to slope off to afterwards to escape the rain...
The Church of Zirconium is a piece of new writing by Will Farrell and Milo Gough which invites us into the world of a poorly run cult populated by the charmingly gormless, the easily led and the downright stupid...
Brian is a stressed out therapist to the stars and deities. He has to help Thor, who is a regular to the failing agency, to bring back his hammer. Let us not mention the thorn in Brian's side, Thor's absent bank account...
Not another student sketch show?! Bear with me, this one’s above the rest. Instead of attempting to reinvent the art of comedy, this quartet keep it simple by repackaging every inside joke of the 90s-baby generation you’ve ever heard and sending it right back at us...
After three previous Edinburgh shows and supporting Alun Cochrane on two UK Tours, Mike Newall performs an hour of stand up. He's here all week (almost). ‘In much the same way as a dressage rider can make a horse do spectacular tricks without appearing to move, Mike manages to invoke involuntary guffaws from his audience’ (Chortle...
The fallen 80s icon and Canvey Island nightclub owner, has chosen Edinburgh to reclaim her crown of stardom. In this intimate show, she recounts her story of love, loss and the events that led to her eventual incarceration.
Miss Fletcher Sings the Blues is a fabulously facetious musical comedy produced by New Zealand’s Cuba Creative. Think Glee but darker and more twisted, with the songs bearing a satirical spirit similar to the likes of Tim Minchin and Flight of the Conchords...
The intimate feel of the basement studio at the Caves adds to the atmosphere of the performance of Planet Earth and All Who Sailed in Her. We are travelling through space on a shuttle...
Al Donegan is a terrible human being who should be alone forever. How do we know this? From the rather damning voice message that plays at the beginning of this show.The Five Worst Things I Ever Did came to be as a result from Donegan reviewing his life for six months following that voice message...
For those who run at the mere mention of the phrase ‘musical comedy’, this sketch show is for you. The trio aim themselves at those ‘sick of always seeing the same old student sketch comedy tropes, with their meaningless repetition and turgid self-reference’ before going on to repeat and make reference to themselves in turgid fashion, naturally...
The future is beardless, a group negotiate a quest to find the meaning of beards. Dictator roleplay, sexism in the hostage workplace and a disillusioned wally. Bringing sketchy back (cough).
Seamlessly shifting between a medley of characters at an alarmingly fast rate, Will Franken’s caustic satire at times verged on the unbalanced, crazed side of affairs, but beneath the surface he was always in control...
Join Kitty (‘the puuuurfect burlesque beauty' Leicester Mercury, ‘a singularly dazzling performer’ FringeReview.co.uk) for the critically acclaimed UK sell-out revue returning to Edinburgh for one night! With award-winning comedians, TV faces, international burlesque beauties and sensational cabaret and circus stars, there’s tease, tassels and titters guaranteed at this stunning spectacle of fringe fun...
Bringing Renaissance comedy to a modern audience is a tricky undertaking at the best of times. These plays don’t have the universal draw of the tragedies, the ever contextual political intrigue of the histories, or the wacky appeal of the mystery plays...
Grab your sailor’s hat, pick up your cutlass and pop on your sea legs because the Narwhal is here; the grandest ship the world has ever seen, and like LSD in the 60s - “if you’re not on it, you’re probably a loser”...
Welcome to Jill’s cookery show! Well, technically it’s a pilot, but let’s be honest, it’s going to be a sure-fire hit. After her latest efforts to launch a TV career went south (turns out people didn’t go nuts for the daytime talk show about Islamabad) Jill is determined to become the new Nigella...
Eric is a sailor and performs his Tales of the Sea in an appropriately dark and dank venue; Just the Wee One at The Caves is, impressively packed out for this Submariner’s Yarn.Beginning with a projection of quotations from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson and Sir Winston Churchill, one would be forgiven for thinking that the subsequent hour would be dry and pedestrian...
Undercut Theatre's debut production. How in control do you think you are? Are your thoughts even your own? A devised piece of physical theatre, exploring the limits of human morality...
Back for their third year, the Comedy Ferrets bring a tasty buffet of stand-up, comedy magic and sex advice to brighten your lunchtime. This fabulous London trio provides a fun hour of rip-roaring laughter along with audience participation, the much loved fig rolls and a big bucket of love...
Ever wanted to be a walk-on part on a film set? Well, now’s your chance - sort of. The White Eagle film project has come to Edinburgh and they want their audience to participate with them...
Charity Chuckle started out as a regular Brighton comedy night, raising money for local charities. For the first week of the festival only, the format and project have moved up to Edinburgh...
The Birmingham Footnotes Have A Plan provided ample entertainment for a student sketch group. Yet there was evidence of original thought and some examples of surreal thinking by the six person troupe who performed the sketches to a decent standard...
‘These are my tits,’ says the woman on stage wearing nothing but a pair of black high heels and a red pillbox hat, ‘Feel free to look at them.’ Strutting her way from Tunbridge, Miss Glory Pearl takes to the stage with literally nothing else but her comedy...
Billing itself as "The Rocky Horror Show for the new millennium", this is a raucous, glitter-fuelled ride through a disco universe. It's a cocktail of neon, false eyelashes and very thorough bikini waxes, shaken over electronic beats and served in a glass with a twirly pink straw...
Take four comics and ask them to perform their own stand up routines. Then, in the second half of the show, each comedian is given a partner and performs the other comic's routine. Joke Thieves is an enjoyable enough evening, although it's hard to see past the gimmick to enjoy the bare bones of the comedy being performed...
Jim Holland is an introvert who likes hats and two-toned shoes. He also likes metal music but doesn’t like the lighthouse family. He had a girlfriend but she left him but its ok because he’s got a new one now and she bought him a pair of tap shoes and even paid for some lessons for him...
Colin Cloud strolls confidently on stage and announces that he already knows what we’re thinking. It’s easy to believe him; he’s every inch the Forensic Mind Reader inspired, as he claims to be, by the greatest forensic detective, Sherlock Holmes...
This show has rightfully picked up a bit of a cult following over the past few years and on the night I was in the audience it was completely sold out. This was a thoroughly entertaining madcap hour of absurd humour, magic tricks and some very nifty illusions...
The dedicated, hard-working and committed cast of six actors worked hard to bring this piece alive on a cramped stage. Unfortunately, this new piece of writing, billed as a 'zany new Musical Comedy', has little music, little comedy and wasn't very zany...
Award-winning Ladies Live Longer return with a brand new cult... er... show. Let the Volunteerology Society recruit you! Disclaimer: no conclusive proof that non-concealed propaganda by an organised cult is not in fact used at any point...
There are only two jokes in A Kitchen Nightmare. 1) “Irish stereotypes are funny, aren't they?” and 2) Gordon Ramsay. As is probably clear just from this brief description, it's barely enough to carry pub banter, never mind a 50 minute show...
Oliver Meech’s offering to this year’s Fringe is intriguingly listed under “Cabaret (Magic, Science)”. One could be forgiven for thinking that, just as in one of the opening tricks, the show’s producers opened a dictionary at random and haphazardly selected three words in order to form their concept...
Sweep Up The Stars charts the bittersweet journey of Bill/William, who is determined to become a writer when, at the age of eight, his older self appears to him through the power of time travel...
Javier Jarquin looks almost surprised that we’re here to see him. Coming from relative obscurity, he says, he has been observing the many quirks of life around him from his native New Zealand all the way to our blustery shores, and trying to make sense of it all...
Hubbard's Cupboards junk shop becomes a place of magical mayhem when a storybook comes to life! Join Hubbard and son on a riotous, rip-roaring adventure of brave knights, creepy castles and wicked witches...
Sam Avery wanted to be a rock star. It nearly happened. Signed by BMG Records at the age of 17, forcing him to give up his beloved paper round - he toured with Motörhead and Ice-T until the story took a familiar turn...
Mary Shelley is likely turning in her grave at Last Chance Saloon’s rendition of Frankenstein, but no doubt she’s also struggling to stifle a giggle at their heartfelt whack at adapting her masterpiece for the modern stage...
Starry-eyed students embark on a badly thought-out theatre tour to Sao Paulo in the football drenched summer of 2014. As the rest of the world glues itself to the television, a group of giddy, privileged youths attempt to tell Brazilian kids their way out of poverty is through Shakespeare, not their right foot...
A comedy variety show, with sold out houses in Los Angeles for over nine years is making its debut at the Fringe. Host Ron Lynch, brings acts of comedy music weirdness magic to the stage...
A stand-up show in which Imaan unravels his experiences in entering the comedy world at age 15 and discusses the evolution of religion, freedoms and his comedy. In a world falling apart running out of resources, Imaan offers a sustainable solution that can be applied through evolution...
A man once said: 'Life is a rollercoaster, just gotta ride it'. So what next if it derails taking your identity with it? Tell everyone ... one person's pain is another's joy. Warning: this show contains references to his wife, a squid, passport photos, statistics, slippers and his children...
A Bacon number is the smallest amount of actors it takes before a person has starred with Kevin Bacon in a film. Join Brian Dunwoody as he talks about how he managed to get as low a Kevin Bacon number as possible.
Two of LA's gutsiest comedians - Tamer Kattan and Toby Muresianu - bring intelligent, hard-hitting laughs from the world's favorite country to the Fringe after performing in 32 nations between them.
'Delightfully crude, gleefully nasty' (Chortle.co.uk), Kate Lucas's original comic songs are the perfect compliment to Dave Green's 'highly watchable deadpan style' (WhatsonLondon.co...
Last year's cult hit is back! A director has written a musical about some snakes on a plane. He thinks it's going to be a massive hit. He just needs £50m to produce it! Join us as we take you through what you can expect when the extravaganza transfers to the Palladium...
Join the One-Eyed Men's new cult today! They've dedicated their lives to the worship of the great prophet Barry Ashworth, inventor of long-life milk! It's just a matter of time until Prophet Barry returns to Earth on his nuclear-space-boomerang to save the righteous and pasteurise the wicked! He hasn't shown up yet but he will, any day now, honest...
Winner of Ireland's RTE New Comedy Awards, Sean Nolan uses the €5,000 prize to fund his debut Edinburgh show, The Joke Manifesto, a huge collection of non-sequential razor sharp observational one-liners and ingenious witty drawings...
Ronnie Golden - New Age Pensioner: 30 years on the Fringe 1984-2014. An hour of comedy, songs and salacious stories from his showbiz past. He's lived a life of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll so you don't have to! For over ten years he's shared an uncivil partnership with Barry Cryer, but this is his brand new solo show...
The NaSTA award-winning Bristol Revunions return to the Fringe for their sixth year. This ‘terrifyingly hilarious’ **** (IntermissionBristol.co.uk) sketch comedy troupe bring you another smorgasbord of comedy delights...
After more than a decade in Britain, the German Comedy Ambassador has groan to like puns ... though he still couldn't eat a whole one. As Henning's assimilation is not yet complete, he hasn't lost his sense of Westphalian wonderment at the foibles of British society...
Marigold has an IQ of 212, a social-awareness of zero, and one big mission to meet her idol, Angela Merkel! But can she find her way out of the small Wiltshire village she grew up in? An eccentric and poignant new comedy from Sophie Pelham (Miranda BBC, Reggie Perrin BBC)...
Sometimes from great tragedy comes dazzling entertainment. Double the tragedy, double the entertainment. This one's for you Jenny. An hilarious journey of sexual awakening and grief...
Five comedians for just £3, you say? And a different line up each day? Oh go on then! Here are five hilarious, up-and-coming comic talents for just £3: that's less than a pint!
Jed Marshall, Joe Hart, Liam Gardiner Webber, Danny McNamee and Aidan Pittman are the Masters of None. Five seasoned comedians who helped co-write and starred in three sell-out comedy extravaganzas in Southampton's Annex Theatre, you can be sure of a professional comedy experience as they make their debut trip to the Edinburgh Fringe...
A new character show from the TV warm up to The Graham Norton Show and Mock The Week. 'For people who like their comedy funny' (Matt Lucas). As seen on Dave. The Scotsman's Top 21 Jokes of The Fringe 2013.
Jonny has something to say that’s usually off-limits for dating, family gatherings, hanging out with mates and most social situations really… So what better place to talk about…