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Matt Green: Work in Progress

Matt Green: Work in Progress

Online political comedy star Matt has moved house and the world is in chaos. 

Robocop vs The Terminator vs Gabriel Featherstone

Robocop vs The Terminator vs Gabriel Featherstone

‘Wild, inventive comedy for fans of Emo Philips and Nick Lutsko’ (Chris Thorburn, Breaking The News). 

Knickers Cabaret

Knickers Cabaret

Knickers Cabaret is your one-stop shop for fresh, funny and flirty comedy! After a sell-out run at Brighton Fringe in 2024, we’re bringing the chaos to Edinburgh! With a killer lin… 

Daisy Earl: Rattle

Daisy Earl: Rattle

Daisy has always been “too much”. 

Andrew Coleman is a Big Dumb Dumb

Andrew Coleman is a Big Dumb Dumb

A stand-up comedy show about a series of bad decisions! After a big break-up and an underwhelming near-death experience, Andrew Coleman made a whole bunch of mistakes. 

Philip Simpson: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Philip Simpson: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

A new performance of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic poem, delving into themes of spirituality and nature, life and death, and how to be a human. 

NED's Night-Hole Live

NED's Night-Hole Live

Ned Stacie has wisdom to share, whether it makes sense or not. 

Pope Benedict the IX

Pope Benedict the IX

The (mostly) true story of the first gay pope in the Middle Ages. 

RIP Hannah Bitch-Cough-Ski (WIP)

RIP Hannah Bitch-Cough-Ski (WIP)

Hannah Byczkowski digs into death in her hilarious and compelling style – exploring everything from craft projects for loved one’s ashes, funeral faux pas and why she’s not runni… 

Two Right Feet – Tommy J Egan

Two Right Feet – Tommy J Egan

Tommy J Egan transforms the stage into a jazz club-meets-tap jam. 

Ben Van der Velde: Van der Laugh Generator

Ben Van der Velde: Van der Laugh Generator

One of the best improvisers on the stand-up circuit tries to make sense of the chaos of the world. 

BeHeMoth: Enter the Cupboard

BeHeMoth: Enter the Cupboard

This year’s Sketch Off finalists and one of Chortle’s most anticipated acts of 2025, BeHeMoth emerge from their gooey chrysalis with Enter the Cupboard – a debut hour of high-ene… 

Smile, It Might Never Happen

Smile, It Might Never Happen

A whole new meaning to voicing your anxieties: the improvised comedy musical based on your worries about the future. 

Broads in the Attic

Broads in the Attic

A comedy variety show in search of a roommate! Celia and Mavis (Diana Aydin and Mikayla Sherfy) are two zany old NYC broads, who secretly live in an Edinburgh attic and maybe kille… 

Daisy M Stone: Well, This is Sketchy

Daisy M Stone: Well, This is Sketchy

Enjoy a cocktail of comedy monologues, poetry and sketches, all shaken into a one-woman show. 

Liam Tulley: Baldilocks

Liam Tulley: Baldilocks

Honest, relatable, and hilariously self-deprecating, Liam Tulley is grimly aware that life is no fairytale as he navigates the chaos of adulthood. 

Sinead Walsh: Bye Bye Baby

Sinead Walsh: Bye Bye Baby

The world is falling apart, so what better time to break up with your best friend? Join Sinéad Walsh as they navigate the hilarities and hijinx of being alive in a world determine… 

Vacuum Girl

Vacuum Girl

Vacuum Girl is a live presentation of a television pilot that follows a woman living through surreal dissociations in New York. 

A Gerry Christmas Carroll

A Gerry Christmas Carroll

Scrooge is not just for Christmas. 

#IsThisEssex?

#IsThisEssex?

Don’t believe everything you saw on TOWIE. 

Bald 2 in 1

Bald 2 in 1

Blast off into absurdity with Bald 2-in-1, the split-bill stand-up show from the follically challenged Jim Hooker and Mark Moloney! Mark’s surreal deadpan takes you on a journey th… 

Nick Everritt: Shadow

Nick Everritt: Shadow

Nick Everritt (British Comedian of the Year 2023 runner-up) is a weird, alternative, deadpan stand-up comedian who pretends to be a serial killer for the entertainment of others. 

Frank Foucault: Dance

Frank Foucault: Dance

Dance. 

Seducing Your Professor: A Short Guide

Seducing Your Professor: A Short Guide

A one-man comedy show about comedian Ned Arnold and the secret romantic relationship he had with his professor while he was a student in college. 

Bobby Prezinsky Hosts Your Office Christmas Party (WIP)

Bobby Prezinsky Hosts Your Office Christmas Party (WIP)

Follow a desperate and naïve aspiring TV personality as he tries to break into showbiz. 

Hose Water

Hose Water

Hose Water is a lyrical comedy about a girl on the verge of adolescence. 

1 Big Oops

1 Big Oops

Top comedians act out YOUR most embarrassing confessions live on stage and the biggest oops wins a prize! Hosted by Australian comedian Kurt Sterling – Top 10 Jokes of the Week, … 

Great Times at Fringe

Great Times at Fringe

Cory and Kevin bring their hit NYC variety show to Edinburgh – a curated line-up of the best Fringe comedians every night. 

Mushroomification (Legs, Legs, Legs)

Mushroomification (Legs, Legs, Legs)

Mushroomification: Legs, Legs, Legs is a new play that tells the story of a talking mushroom, desperate to break away from the constrictive, authoritarian mycelium and become an in… 

Alfie Dundas: Untitled

Alfie Dundas: Untitled

In the summer of 2020, Alfie Dundas was protesting against police brutality at a Black Lives Matter march in London. 

Jokers: Find of the Fest

Jokers: Find of the Fest

Discover the best of the Fringe in one spectacular show! Featuring an unmissable lineup of top comedy, dazzling cabaret, electrifying music and mind-blowing performances. 

Kris Killed Pop

Kris Killed Pop

Kristin is pretty sure she is the one who killed her dad. 

Adele Cliff: Adele, Adele, Adele... Cliff It Isn't the Consequences of My Own Actions

Adele Cliff: Adele, Adele, Adele... Cliff It Isn't the Consequences of My Own Actions

Adele uses her gag-heavy style and penchant for silliness to tackle the topic of lying and why we do it (or does she?) ‘Guaranteed laughs’ ***** (The Student). 

How to Kill a Mouse

How to Kill a Mouse

The debut comedy show from a scientist reconciling her personal life with her professional one. 

Narin Oz: Inner Child(ish)

Narin Oz: Inner Child(ish)

Narin Oz is not good at real life. 

Encounter

Encounter

Live from New York, it’s Space Weather Girl! What if an alien encounter was more human condition and less lasers? Add some old-time Hollywood charm, a historical “mating program” a… 

Jokers on Deck

Jokers on Deck

Set sail for a night of nonstop laughter as top-tier comedians bring the best of cruise ship comedy to shore! This high-energy show delivers the kind of humour you’d expect on a lu… 

Steve Whiteley: A Mind Full

Steve Whiteley: A Mind Full

A Mind Full is the story of one man’s healing journey, from chasing dopamine and dreams to moving into a Buddhist community and trying (badly) to meditate. 

Scratchcard Comedy

Scratchcard Comedy

Craving lunchtime laughs? You’re in luck! You can bet on Scratchcard Comedy – a variety show starring the UK’s best new comedy talent as seen on Disney+, Channel 4 and BBC Radio … 

My Life as an

My Life as an "Inspirational Porn" Star!

An “inspirational porn” star, Gabrielle Leonore shares her life story in this irreverent one-woman comedy, filled with candid anecdotes about sex, drugs, and the aspects of life no… 

Jokers! Magic Spectacular

Jokers! Magic Spectacular

Step into a world of astonishing magic, breathtaking circus stunts, electrifying music and dazzling cabaret! This high-energy spectacle features world-class magicians, gravity-defy… 

The Electric Head

The Electric Head

Fantastical improvised adventures, filtered through the twisted minds of this Galton and Simpson Godfathers of Comedy Award-winning double act. 

Familiar Strangers

Familiar Strangers

Familiar Strangers is a tender, true storytelling show about death, kindness and the quiet ways we care for each other. 

Comedy Shomedy

Comedy Shomedy

Get ready for a night of non-stop laughter with a comedy show that blends stand-up and improv for an unforgettable experience! Talented comedians take the stage solo, delivering sh… 

Making a Show of Myself

Making a Show of Myself

Making a Show of Myself: deceptively amusing, unexpectedly stirring, ultimately uplifting. 

F This, I'm Moving to Canada

F This, I'm Moving to Canada

Have you ever thought of ditching the UK? Ryan Beverage did just that in 2019, relocating to snowy Canada. 

Jake Cornford – Fair Play To Me

Jake Cornford – Fair Play To Me

Relatable and engaging stand-up comedy from one of Wales’ finest up-and-coming comic talents. 

Caroline McEvoy: Glass Child

Caroline McEvoy: Glass Child

Caroline had a pretty typical childhood. 

Never Date a Comedian

Never Date a Comedian

Looking for love at the Edinburgh Fringe? This show is for the singles, the wannabe singles and the pretending-to-be singles. 

Kim McVicar: Female Comedian

Kim McVicar: Female Comedian

Meet Kim McVicar, the Canadian comedian who was listed among the Top 9 Female Comedians to Watch in 2023 by Incluvie. 

Myriam Sonanini: Maze of Madness

Myriam Sonanini: Maze of Madness

Meet comedian Myriam Sonanini from Switzerland as your too-personal shopper, who will guide you through a “fictional” Swedish furniture store, giving you answers to questions you d… 

Teresa Livingstone: Delighted

Teresa Livingstone: Delighted

Northern Ireland’s premier musical comedian brings her hilarious piano-powered comedy to the Fringe. 

Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby (WIP)

Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby (WIP)

One family, one condition, one helluva hairy baby. 

Cult Classic(k)

Cult Classic(k)

Grab your Kombucha and get ready to live your best life with wellness influencer and the reigning queen of good vibes only, Mia Culpa, as she takes you on her signature transformin… 

Freddy Quinne: In Sickness

Freddy Quinne: In Sickness

Fearlessly uncompromising and ruthlessly funny, award-winning comedian Freddy Quinne delves into the depths of his near-fatal illness, a transformative journey that reshaped the co… 

Blake Everett: Freak Behaviour

Blake Everett: Freak Behaviour

A show about being laughed at. 

Neurodiversions

Neurodiversions

From seagulls to Shakespeare, from daddy problems to dog podcasts, join Ethan Madds and Emerson Young on a magical mystery meander along the scenic route through their weird-yet-wo… 

The Manchester Revue

The Manchester Revue

At the end of the show, the cast on stage said “If you’ve enjoyed the show, we’ve been The Manchester Revue. 

Phil Henderson: Space Cowboy

Phil Henderson: Space Cowboy

‘Phil has extracted my loudest laugh of the Fringe’ (Scotsman). 

Summoning Sondheim

Summoning Sondheim

The theatre is dying, so Jordana Belaiche and Grace O’Keefe are holding a séance to bring back the legendary musical theatre composer, Stephen Joshua Sondheim. 

A Tale of Two Fitties

A Tale of Two Fitties

Join two of the UK’s most exciting new comedians for a hilarious hour of stand-up comedy. 

The Ballad of Steve Jobs and Buck Taskaroo

The Ballad of Steve Jobs and Buck Taskaroo

Steve Jobs is a visionary. 

Kit Loyd: Frenzy (WIP)

Kit Loyd: Frenzy (WIP)

Oi Oi! Kit Loyd brings you 50 minutes of one-man physical sketch comedy. 

Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day

Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day

Do you ever get déjà vu? Dylan’s last show – ‘an innovative way to experience a quarter-life crisis’ (TheWeeReview. 

Hi. I'm Will.

Hi. I'm Will.

A funny, caustic and vulnerable solo show about who Will Morrison is (aka the gay, genderqueer, sober slut they are) and their journey through alcohol withdrawal and an abusive rel… 

please DON'T see our show

please DON'T see our show

After a group of Zumba-lovers discover that it’s easier to book a Fringe venue than it is to hire out a rehearsal space in their local parish rooms, drastic measures must be taken. 

Adam Bloom: Bloom Mic Moments

Adam Bloom: Bloom Mic Moments

Since last performing in Edinburgh in 2007, Adam has worked on 29 projects with an Oscar nominee. 

Chanel Ali: Break Up With Your Dad

Chanel Ali: Break Up With Your Dad

If you can break up with your dad, you can break up with anyone. 

Hot Concrete: Too Hot (and Too Concretey) for TV

Hot Concrete: Too Hot (and Too Concretey) for TV

It’s not often you get to be in the audience for a pilot TV show, let alone a live chat show witha warm-up act, special guests, commercial breaks and several references to pastco… 

Tom Ward: Choose Your Delusion

Tom Ward: Choose Your Delusion

Tom Ward (Live at The Apollo, QI) is back, and talking all the big topics of our times – masculinity, three-star hotels, erectile dysfunction, reality TV, adverts, mental health … 

Benedict Townsend: Friends With Benedict

Benedict Townsend: Friends With Benedict

After a series of sold-out performances, Benedict Townsend brings his stand-up show to the Fringe for the very first time. 

Michael John Ciszewski: If Memory Serves

Michael John Ciszewski: If Memory Serves

Sobriety, sex and profound stupidity. 

Jane Mumford: Are You OK?

Jane Mumford: Are You OK?

Half-Brit comedian Jane Mumford was born and raised in Switzerland. 

DeliaDelia! The Flat-Chested Witch!

DeliaDelia! The Flat-Chested Witch!

Amando Houser who is ‘particularly funny’ (Vulture) invites you to an unhinged and absurd clown hour of self discovery. 

Becky Cheatle: Starfighter

Becky Cheatle: Starfighter

Becky Cheatle is a rising star of the Irish comedy scene, however her 50 years spent as a man received mixed reviews. 

1 Ball Show: 1 More Encore

1 Ball Show: 1 More Encore

When Terence Hartnett found out that his testicular cancer had spread to his lung, he got out his notebook and started writing jokes. 

Catherine McCafferty: (Not) That Bad

Catherine McCafferty: (Not) That Bad

Catherine McCafferty is (Not) That Bad. 

TBC: A Stand-Up Experiment

TBC: A Stand-Up Experiment

The customer is always right, right? So Rob Alderson wants the audience to write his show, two minutes at a time. 

Benji Waterhouse: Maddening (Work in Progress)

Benji Waterhouse: Maddening (Work in Progress)

NHS psychiatrist, comedian and Sunday Times best-selling author of You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here road-tests more ‘humane, hilarious and eye-opening’ (Guardian) tales from t… 

Olivia Levine: Unstuck

Olivia Levine: Unstuck

Did you masturbate in public as a child and then feel so guilty you stopped touching yourself for two years while your “sins” played on a loop in your head? Ever watch your dad sle… 

3HAMS

3HAMS

3HAMS is produced by Charlie Traisman and Makena Miller. 

Josh Makinda Is Probably Fine

Josh Makinda Is Probably Fine

Josh Makinda is bringing his debut solo show to the Edinburgh Fringe! Australian, Kenyan-ethnicity, but NYC-based, Josh has been wowing audiences the world over with his unique bra… 

999 Problems

999 Problems

Multi award-winning Irish comedian Paul Marsh is back with his new show about turning 50, marriage and firefighting. 

Jenny Hart: Lezard

Jenny Hart: Lezard

Award winner Jenny Hart presents her debut Edinburgh show Lezard! A chaotic and uplifting show of side splitting observational stand-up, killer songs and a kazoo solo or two. 

Jake Donaldson: Spectacle

Jake Donaldson: Spectacle

Jake is partially blind (or partially sighted, depending on your outlook on life) but what is it really like to be visually impaired? A brand-new hour of stand-up from one of Huffi… 

Yoga and Sex... for Women (Over 40)

Yoga and Sex... for Women (Over 40)

Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to these problems. 

Alfie Dundas and Benjy Wilder: Cold Brew Comedy

Alfie Dundas and Benjy Wilder: Cold Brew Comedy

The world is ending. 

Ben Goldsmith: CrimeLandTown

Ben Goldsmith: CrimeLandTown

CrimeLandTown is an affectionate one-man character comedy spoof of the Italian-American gangster epic. 

Murder Inc

Murder Inc

Every night, it’s a raucous, improvised, made-to-order murder with Murder Inc – where the audience chooses the setting, the characters, and even the motives. 

Bella Humphries: Square Peg

Bella Humphries: Square Peg

Bella Humphries: Square Peg – Hotly anticipated stand-up debut about family, farmers and finding out that being yourself is really hard work! Rising star Bella Humphries ‘oozes c… 

Too Much of a Good Thing

Too Much of a Good Thing

Best known for portraying Mama Cass in Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and Beth in Netflix’s Atypical, Rachel’s over-the-top body and personality are front and centre in … 

Ollie West: Discovery (WIP)

Ollie West: Discovery (WIP)

From one of the creators of Big Zeus Energy (nominated for Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023, sell-out Edinburgh Fringe 2023) and Nightwatchman (sell-out Edinburgh Fri… 

The History of Electronic Music

The History of Electronic Music

Vinney, a Comedian/DJ, uses a sampler to travel through time, raising the hairs on your neck. 

Viv Ford: New Kids On The Blockchain

Viv Ford: New Kids On The Blockchain

Following a sold out WIP in NYC, Viv Ford makes her Fringe debut. 

Sour Candi

Sour Candi

In a South London police station, Candi relives her recent love affair. 

Ross Purdy Dances in the Cultural Sewer

Ross Purdy Dances in the Cultural Sewer

Australian comedian Ross Purdy attempts to perform the most culturally significant show the Earth has ever seen with his chaotic brand of alternative anti-comedy. 

Suggestions of the Unexpected

Suggestions of the Unexpected

A fully improvised anthology found in the darker corners of your mind. 

Jeremy Flynn: In Like Flynn

Jeremy Flynn: In Like Flynn

The show was originally going to be about being diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, unfortunately he made a full recovery. 

Twenty Hamsters

Twenty Hamsters

Jamie Keddie: Twenty Hamsters. 

Red Rum: Glue or Glory

Red Rum: Glue or Glory

A horse walks into a taxi. 

Robert Garnham, Bouncer

Robert Garnham, Bouncer

Join performance poet Robert Garnham for his new show, Bouncer. 

Dad, Playboy and Me... Not Your Average Slideshow

Dad, Playboy and Me... Not Your Average Slideshow

Dad, Playboy and Me. 

The Good, the Bad and the Irish!

The Good, the Bad and the Irish!

The Good, the Bad and the Irish! has been performing all over the UK, Ireland and Europe for the last 14 years, showcasing only the best in Irish comedy! We’re all about the craic!… 

Femme Natale Theatre

Femme Natale Theatre

Hilariously truthful – an unapologetically comic peek into the world of parenting: what comes before, during and after in this rambunctious mix of original songs and sketches fro… 

Blackout

Blackout

Kat wakes up in a stranger’s apartment with an almighty hangover and no recollection of the night before. 

Ashley Barnhill: Texas Titanium (Show 'Bout Gettin' a New Skull)

Ashley Barnhill: Texas Titanium (Show 'Bout Gettin' a New Skull)

Chappelle’s opener. 

Chris Thorburn: Cineman

Chris Thorburn: Cineman

Jokes about films. 

The Coil's Lament

The Coil's Lament

Síomha is in her celibate era. 

Nick Pupo: Addicted

Nick Pupo: Addicted

Witty, raw and powerful, Nick Pupo’s Addicted is a story of trust, friendship, forgiveness and brutality. 

Stay Big and Go Get 'Em

Stay Big and Go Get 'Em

At times hard to follow and at others uniquely resonant, Maggie Widdoes’ one-woman show Stay Big and Go Get ‘Em is the perfect example of how the Fringe brings what you least e… 

Patrick Hastie – My Grandpa's Grandpa's Dad

Patrick Hastie – My Grandpa's Grandpa's Dad

Ancestry takes an unexpected turn when a DNA test, a trip to Ellis Island, and some late-night googling leads American stand-up comedian Patrick Hastie to question the truth about … 

Bryan Berlin: Running Scared

Bryan Berlin: Running Scared

Bryan’s spent the last 10 years of his life running and realized he has no idea if he actually likes it or not. 

Will Hall: Mild Peril

Will Hall: Mild Peril

Will Hall: Mild Peril – Rising star Will Hall (seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) brings 45 minutes of his ‘electrically witty’ (BroadwayBaby. 

Marc Adams: BMW Bavarian's Most Wanted

Marc Adams: BMW Bavarian's Most Wanted

Marc Adams is a multi-talented guy, he’s been in singing competitions, thousands of auditions for many movies, musicals and theatre, one competition after another. 

Marcus Dean – Foreigner

Marcus Dean – Foreigner

Putting on Mulan 64 times when you’re too hungover to teach. 

jD Shapiro: If It Ain't Woke Don't Fix It – Stories from the Hood to Hollywood

jD Shapiro: If It Ain't Woke Don't Fix It – Stories from the Hood to Hollywood

jD Shapiro is the writer of Robin Hood: Men in Tights. 

Alex Kitson: Fired Up! Ready to Go! (WIP)

Alex Kitson: Fired Up! Ready to Go! (WIP)

Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian. 

Dirty Laundry: Spin Off

Dirty Laundry: Spin Off

Following their sell-out show in 2022, former Cambridge Footlights Emily, Robbie and Maddie are now also former housemates. 

Murder Inc

Murder Inc

Every night, it’s a raucous, improvised, made-to-order murder with Murder Inc – where the audience chooses the setting, the characters, and even motives. 

Brit-ish?

Brit-ish?

Born from the three most violent places on earth (Northern Ireland, America and Essex), Ciara Jack, expresses her political rage by impersonating her disappointed parents. 

Eva Bindeman: Semi Killer

Eva Bindeman: Semi Killer

Eva Bindeman has made it to every comedy semi-final there is and absolutely no further. 

Andy Bucks and Low Effort Sketches: Combined Effort

Andy Bucks and Low Effort Sketches: Combined Effort

Andy Bucks and Low Effort Sketches present a split hour of award-winning stand-up and sketch comedy! Both acts feature silly and nerdy humour. 

Amy Webber: No Previous Experience

Amy Webber: No Previous Experience

Amy is an award-winning comedian as heard on BBC Radio 4. 

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

With such an emotionally heavy title as An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People, I was a little worried what to expect from this comedy show. 

Peter Flanagan: Meditations

Peter Flanagan: Meditations

An hour of blisteringly funny, personal comedy from a rising Irish talent. 

1990 Child from Wuhan: Trauma, Love, Diarrhoea

1990 Child from Wuhan: Trauma, Love, Diarrhoea

From the sweatshops of Wuhan to the stages of Berlin, Moni Zhang is bringing you a show that’s equal parts comedic and cathartic. 

Big Zeus Energy

Big Zeus Energy

Nominated Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023. 

1 Ball Show: 1 Lung Less

1 Ball Show: 1 Lung Less

This sequel to 1 Ball Show began three months after the 2022 Fringe favourite ended it’s sold-out run, when NYC comedian Terence Hartnett (Caroline’s on Broadway) found out that hi… 

Reuben Solo: Palindrome

Reuben Solo: Palindrome

Winner: Adelaide Fringe 2023 Weekly Award – Best Comedy. 

A Leftie's Guide to Why Everyone Hates Lefties

A Leftie's Guide to Why Everyone Hates Lefties

Jack is an unashamedly stereotypical left-wing, working-class, socialist comedian. 

Joy's Bed and Breakfast

Joy's Bed and Breakfast

Joy (Jessy Morner-Ritt) is the deranged, desperate owner of a dilapidated Bed and Breakfast. 

Thenjiwe – The Mandela Effect

Thenjiwe – The Mandela Effect

In her debut show, Thenjiwe, the Queen of deadpan, discusses how the world has collectively misremembered facts and events that have led to Africa being in the state that it’s in. 

Ross Leslie: Unfit for a King

Ross Leslie: Unfit for a King

A lot has happened to Ross since last year’s Fringe. 

Nightwatchman

Nightwatchman

Oi Oi! Nightwatchman is a 55-minute split-bill from Kit Loyd and Ollie West. 

Katy Berry: Diamond Goddess Crystal Pussy

Katy Berry: Diamond Goddess Crystal Pussy

With riotous stand-up, jaw-dropping improvisation, smashing vocals, enchanting storytelling, sparkles and bubbles, Diamond Goddess Crystal Pussy is jam-packed with delights. 

It's All Gravy

It's All Gravy

It’s Sunday. 

Alexis Gay & Friends

Alexis Gay & Friends

Join New York comedian Alexis Gay and her funniest comedian friends for an hour of fresh, fun, fast-paced stand-up comedy. 

Ollie Horn: Not Much

Ollie Horn: Not Much

Following a sell-out 12-country tour for his critically-acclaimed 2021 show, one of the UK’s most exciting storytellers is back with a candid new hour about the remarkable unimport… 

The Chocolate Scot

The Chocolate Scot

Wait till you get a taste of The Chocolate Scot! Cyrus McQueen cooks up comedy gold in this gut-busting hour! Audiences can’t get enough of his rich, dark and wildly delicious take… 

Sounds Proper Comedy's Hot Picks

Sounds Proper Comedy's Hot Picks

Sounds Proper Comedy’s Hot Picks is a fast-paced one-hour stand-up showcase, featuring a diverse range of comedians, all performing their own shows at the Fringe. 

Patrick Susmilch: Texts from My Dead Friends

Patrick Susmilch: Texts from My Dead Friends

Patrick has many dead friends, which is a huge bummer. 

Crone

Crone

Enter the witch’s lair in a horrifying and hilarious interactive horror comedy show. 

Accost Your Imposter and Empower Your Power: An Interactive Life Coaching Seminar With Genevieve de Beauvoir

Accost Your Imposter and Empower Your Power: An Interactive Life Coaching Seminar With Genevieve de Beauvoir

Troubled? Weak? Feel like a fraud? Good. 

Matt and Rosa with John Hurt as the Voice of the Dragon

Matt and Rosa with John Hurt as the Voice of the Dragon

Matt and Rosa with John Hurt as the Voice of the Dragon is the debut sketch show of Bristol Revunions alumni Matthew Wilson and Chortle Student Comedy Award finalist Rosa Richards. 

Frank Foucault: Songs

Frank Foucault: Songs

Frank Foucault is a serious musician now. 

Edy Hurst's Comedy Version of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of HG Wells' Literary Version (Via Orson Welles' Radio Version and Steven Spielberg's Film Version) of the War of the Worlds

Edy Hurst's Comedy Version of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of HG Wells' Literary Version (Via Orson Welles' Radio Version and Steven Spielberg's Film Version) of the War of the Worlds

If you’re not convinced by the title I have no idea what this is going to do. 

Jon Long: Still a Planet Killer

Jon Long: Still a Planet Killer

Jon Long (star of Radio 4’s Extinction Compendium) is back with more stand-up and songs about our impending doom, with thoughts on how we might yet avoid it. 

Found Our Funny at the Fringe

Found Our Funny at the Fringe

After searching far and wide, Barcelona’s finest comedic talents have Found their Funny, packed it in a bag and brought it all the way to the Edinburgh Fringe for your amusement! B… 

Milo Edwards: Voicemail

Milo Edwards: Voicemail

Filled with classically and subtly nihilistic British humour, Milo Edwards’ Voicemail is full of intelligent and thought provoking commentary that turns Mash House into a safe sp… 

Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach

Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach

Teacher-by-trade Jack’s guide to everything the classroom may throw at you. 

Bomb and Get Bombed: A Stand-Up Comedy Show

Bomb and Get Bombed: A Stand-Up Comedy Show

The only comedy show in town with actual consequences for bad jokes. 

A Rush of Laughter Showcase

A Rush of Laughter Showcase

A Rush of Laughter Showcase is a chance for you to see a wide selection of the incredible roster of talent at A Rush of Laughter Comedy Management. 

How to Record the Greatest Album of All Time

How to Record the Greatest Album of All Time

Comedian Tom GK has decided to record the greatest album of all time and he has just 50 minutes to prove he’s up to the job. 

Two Paul Johnsons Build a Better Sitcom

Two Paul Johnsons Build a Better Sitcom

Father-son stand-up comics Paul and Paul wish life was more like television and they had the power to rewrite and recast the characters in their lives. 

Casey Balsham: Inconceivable

Casey Balsham: Inconceivable

Inconceivable comes from the mind of wannabe mama and stand-up comedian Casey Balsham. 

Laugh Etc: Parisian Comedy Night

Laugh Etc: Parisian Comedy Night

Unfiltered compilation show, where the hecklers are being heckled. 

Ryan Mold: Generation Gap (WIP)

Ryan Mold: Generation Gap (WIP)

In the mid-80s, at 6 months old, my grandparents become my legal guardians. 

Caroline McEvoy and Farah Sharp: 60 Minutes to Self-Destruct

Caroline McEvoy and Farah Sharp: 60 Minutes to Self-Destruct

Northern Irish comic Caroline McEvoy and Arab comic Farah Sharp are used to conflict. 

Joseph Parsons: Equaliser

Joseph Parsons: Equaliser

Swept up by the Lionesses’ historic win at the Euros, I booked to see Joseph Parsons: Equaliser. 

Sheraz Yousaf: The Google Man

Sheraz Yousaf: The Google Man

A Google search is possibly the most used thing out of all the things you use after toilet paper, but what’s it like to work there? And are the people all weirdo IT people? And are… 

Kiran Saggu and Sarah Roberts: Cake

Kiran Saggu and Sarah Roberts: Cake

A split bill stand-up hour with a cherry on top. 

Eric Rushton: I Had a Dream and You Were All in It

Eric Rushton: I Had a Dream and You Were All in It

Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020, Eric Rushton brings his highly anticipated debut hour to the festival. 

Anthony DeVito: My Dad Isn't Danny DeVito

Anthony DeVito: My Dad Isn't Danny DeVito

All little boys want their dads to be superheroes. 

Free Footlights

Free Footlights

Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) for an hour of stand-up, sketch, song and much more. 

Mad Ron: Crime School

Mad Ron: Crime School

Uxbridge’s third-hardest man shares his views on the modern world with a few tips and tricks thrown in. 

Dalia Malek: Another Castle

Dalia Malek: Another Castle

With Dalia Malek, enlightenment can be silly and the gallows can be fun. 

Vix Leyton: Pedestrian

Vix Leyton: Pedestrian

A whirlwind show examining the multiple roles you play in your life and what happens when you break out of them. 

Good Kids: Appetite

Good Kids: Appetite

The new award-nominated show from the lively double act – Kieran and Tom bring you the most unimportant hour of your life. 

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Ted Hill is incredibly brave for putting on his show, All The Presidents Man, which in itself is a very clever title. 

Alex Hylton: Love, Probably

Alex Hylton: Love, Probably

Alex Hylton is almost absolutely certain he’s in love. 

Tudur Owen: Alive Huw

Tudur Owen: Alive Huw

Welsh stand-up and Fringe veteran Tudur Owen returns to Edinburgh with a true-ish tale of a man he once knew called Alive Huw. 

101 – What Women Want!

101 – What Women Want!

What if men could really understand what women want? Is it even possible? And if it was, would their heads implode? Join comics Kimberley Datnow and Peter Bazely this summer, as th… 

Alfie Packham and Luke Chilton: Hot New Talent

Alfie Packham and Luke Chilton: Hot New Talent

Tssss. 

Sascha LO and Friends

Sascha LO and Friends

Sascha LO (Chortle Student and Brighton Komedia finalist, character comedian and shockingly still single) presents a split bill featuring some of the biggest rising stars of the UK… 

1 Ball Show

1 Ball Show

NYC comedian Terence Hartnett (Caroline’s on Broadway) was diagnosed with testicular cancer last year and it was the first bad thing that has ever happened to him. 

gosh!

gosh!

‘Thanks for coming to audition. 

Lil Saffron: Ragu to Riches

Lil Saffron: Ragu to Riches

Award-winning performer Michael Kunze makes his Edinburgh solo debut as the world’s greatest rapping pasta chef: Lil Saffron, aka the King of the Kitchen. 

Ollie Horn: Pig in Japan

Ollie Horn: Pig in Japan

Occasionally you will see a TV star wandering the Festival crowds during August in Edinburgh, but at A Pig in Japan you can see real-life Japanese TV star, Ollie Horn perform his d… 

Alan Shed's Music, Comedy and Everything Else Interactive Quiz Show

Alan Shed's Music, Comedy and Everything Else Interactive Quiz Show

If you’re looking for fun and interactive quiz formats that work well as hour long Edinburgh Fringe shows, then pickings are comparatively slim. 

Chris Washington: Dream Big (Within Reason)

Chris Washington: Dream Big (Within Reason)

Chris Washington is an ordinary guy; he explains this to us from the very beginning. 

Lou Conran: I Love Lou C

Lou Conran: I Love Lou C

Conran’s conversational stand-up tells the story of her biological clock. 

Kev's Komedy Kitchen – The Second Cumin

Kev's Komedy Kitchen – The Second Cumin

Kevin Dewsbury plays the hapless host in Kev’s Komedy Kitchen, an entertaining parody of a Saturday morning TV cookery show that was thoroughly enjoyable. 

Eleanor Colville: Bigamous

Eleanor Colville: Bigamous

Of all the things one expects to see when attending the Edinburgh Fringe, a public tying of the knot is likely to be towards the end of the list. 

Good Girl

Good Girl

The desire to please is instilled into children from an early age, but the side-effects that this can have on their development is often not felt until it’s too late. 

Alice Devlin: Extra-Curricular

Alice Devlin: Extra-Curricular

Standing on a stage adorned with all the necessary equipment to run a fully-fledged activity holiday, Alice Devlin is poised and ready to welcome us to her Edinburgh Festival Fring… 

Help

Help

Think you’ve had quite enough of women in activewear shouting at you for one lifetime? Think again: Help, the comedy self-help seminar from London comedy duo, Bae, is the most fu… 

Naz Osmanoglu: Exposure

Naz Osmanoglu: Exposure

Liberated from sketch group WitTank, English-Turkish comedian and Naz Osmanoglu (a self-monikered ‘posh twat’) airs his own dirty linen in a no-holds-barred solo show around th… 

Samantha Pressdee: Sextremist

Samantha Pressdee: Sextremist

“Every woman is a riot,” is roughly painted on the wall behind the stage area of this hidden-away New Town bar’s seldom used attic space. 

Tony Cowards: Daft Pun

Tony Cowards: Daft Pun

The title says it all: this is a seriously ‘punny’ show. 

Laura Lexx: Tyrannosaurus Lexx

Laura Lexx: Tyrannosaurus Lexx

Any good joke can fall flat on its face if the delivery is rubbish, but for Laura Lexx with her bubbly personality, infectious smile and merry sense of wit, this is never going to … 

Character Tålks

Character Tålks

Pernilla Holland’s debut solo show is an ambitious but bumpy foray into character comedy. 

Scarlet SoHandsome and Fiends

Scarlet SoHandsome and Fiends

For a drag queen, Scarlet SoHandsome is a real sweetie. 

Suzi Ruffell: Common

Suzi Ruffell: Common

Suzi Ruffell greeted the audience at the door with a charming and cheeky smile on her face, perfectly setting the tone for her hour of standup. 

Jack Barry: You Don't Know Jack

Jack Barry: You Don't Know Jack

Jack Barry has the potential to be an electric comic. 

Peter White: Straight White Male

Peter White: Straight White Male

Peter White made a controversial decision to write a stand-up show about the problems faced by straight, white men, and it’s unclear whether this is quite brave or a terrible mis… 

Pete Otway: Six Years from Then

Pete Otway: Six Years from Then

Pete Otway takes the opportunity in his first Edinburgh solo show to get audiences up to speed with what’s been happening in his life up to now. 

Devil's Door Bell

Devil's Door Bell

In her stand up show The Devil’s Door Bell, Njambi McGrath presents an hour of satirical shaming, teasing the audience into reflecting on colonialism’s legacy in Africa. 

Ally Houston: Shandy

Ally Houston: Shandy

It’s hard to find an adjective that fully describes Ally Houston’s Shandy. 

Love in the Time of Gilmore Girls

Love in the Time of Gilmore Girls

Sometimes love comes to you and sometimes you have to make it happen. 

Holly Burn: I am Kirsty K

Holly Burn: I am Kirsty K

Holly Burn, or Kirsty K as she’s known for the purposes of this show, immediately drops her audience into a bizarre and high-energy scenario. 

Charlie and the Philosorappers

Charlie and the Philosorappers

If someone had told me months ago that, not only was I going to see a man perform rap battles, beat poetry and strange silent skits based on philosophy, but that I was actually goi… 

Oliver Meech's Improvised Magic Show

Oliver Meech's Improvised Magic Show

Oliver Meech is no stranger to the Edinburgh Fringe, having brought his show When Magic and Science Collide in previous years. 

1 Given Head

1 Given Head

Tim Dingle is an extraordinarily clever man. 

Dan Nicholas: Reverb (The Love Story of Terrance the Crocodile and Julia the Mannequin)

Dan Nicholas: Reverb (The Love Story of Terrance the Crocodile and Julia the Mannequin)

It’s your classic love story, really: inflatable crocodile meets mannequin head, they fall for each other but soon enough cracks show and they fall apart. 

Franks and Skinner Present: Myself and Myself

Franks and Skinner Present: Myself and Myself

If life gives you lemons you stuff them in a German’s face and make a joke about sauerkraut. 

Steve Bugeja: Day Release

Steve Bugeja: Day Release

The title of Steve Budeja’s show is misleading. 

Invisible Woman

Invisible Woman

A superb one-woman show from Kate Cook, Invisible Women tells of the thrilling adventures of a repressed housewife and sometime poet turned WWII operative. 

Scott Bennett: About a Roy (Stories About Me Dad)

Scott Bennett: About a Roy (Stories About Me Dad)

Scott Bennett’s patter feels designed for a larger audience. 

Have Fun

Have Fun

“I never went to school,” Richard Fordham tells us. 

The Cleek

The Cleek

The Cleek, an all-female sketch troupe, formed after its members met at Chicago’s Second City Training Center. 

Private View

Private View

 Plunge Theatre’s Edinburgh debut unflinchingly explores 21st century femininity in this confrontational piece of modern feminism in which three women explore perceptions of… 

Ride of the Wagnerian

Ride of the Wagnerian

There’s nothing I would like to do more than go for a pint with Giacinto Palmieri and discuss Wagner. 

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist: Big O Finds Her Soul

Adventures of the Singing Acupuncturist: Big O Finds Her Soul

Thankfully, there was no combination of singing and acupuncture. 

The Bearpit Podcast Podcast

The Bearpit Podcast Podcast

Imagine local talk radio teamed up with Inside the Actors Studio. 

Tomas Ford Stop Killing People

Tomas Ford Stop Killing People

With a strange, original and interesting production, Tomás Ford brings his Patrick Bateman of the Fringe to the Mash House to tell a one-man-musical tale of double crossing deceit… 

Wilkinson Ford: Kagoolio

Wilkinson Ford: Kagoolio

Wilkinson Ford is the collective machination of Nicola Wilkinson and Claire Ford, combining their twin talents as actresses and comedians in an enchanting sketch comedy, Kagoolio. 

Dr Professor Neal Portenza Performs His Own Autopsy Live On Stage. One Night Only. (Obviously).

Dr Professor Neal Portenza Performs His Own Autopsy Live On Stage. One Night Only. (Obviously).

To tell the truth, I’m a little bit scared of Dr. 

Lisa-Skye: Bunny and Mad Dog Get High

Lisa-Skye: Bunny and Mad Dog Get High

In Australian comedian Lisa-Skye’s “love letter to the sex-and-drug-soaked 70s” she tells the tale of Melbourne hedonism in the 1970s star-crossed hippy lovers Bunny and Mad Do… 

Tom Short and Will Hutchby: Only Child Syndrome

Tom Short and Will Hutchby: Only Child Syndrome

At the meagre price of four pounds per ticket, and at one of the smallest venues in town, you get what you expect from Tom Short and Will Hutchby’s Only Child Syndrome: self-cons… 

Mrs Thundercünt's Splooge Adventurers!

Mrs Thundercünt's Splooge Adventurers!

I think it’s fair to say that there are issues with your sketch show when the funniest thing that happens is that a man fingers a swiss roll. 

Lockdown

Lockdown

In this year’s concoction, The Tealights have brewed up another fast paced set of sketches. 

Paperback Time Machine: Book to the Future

Paperback Time Machine: Book to the Future

Some Fringe clichés exist for a reason. 

Going Out West

Going Out West

Four men and a duck make up AsaNisiMasa’s Going Out West. 

#meetandtweet

#meetandtweet

In January 2013, writer Declan Dineen decided, more or less on a whim, to see what would happen if he tried to meet as many of his Twitter followers as possible. 

Fat Girl Slim

Fat Girl Slim

Helen Orton used to be an overweight woman with confidence issues stemming from her body. 

Fearnot Wood

Fearnot Wood

Robert Thomson’s Fearnot Wood is some of the best and most fully-realised student writing I have ever come across. 

Who Shot Hitler?

Who Shot Hitler?

It’s the question on everyone’s lips. 

You're Never Too Old

You're Never Too Old

There is no doubt that an audience of a certain age will fondly remember the two famous actors starring in You’re Never Too Old, although audiences of any age could not fail to e… 

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