Online political comedy star Matt has moved house and the world is in chaos.
‘Wild, inventive comedy for fans of Emo Philips and Nick Lutsko’ (Chris Thorburn, Breaking The News).
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 has always been “too much”.
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…
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.
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.
Ned Stacie has wisdom to share, whether it makes sense or not.
The (mostly) true story of the first gay pope in the Middle Ages.
Tommy J Egan transforms the stage into a jazz club-meets-tap jam.
One of the best improvisers on the stand-up circuit tries to make sense of the chaos of the world.
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…
A whole new meaning to voicing your anxieties: the improvised comedy musical based on your worries about the future.
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…
Enjoy a cocktail of comedy monologues, poetry and sketches, all shaken into a one-woman show.
Honest, relatable, and hilariously self-deprecating, Liam Tulley is grimly aware that life is no fairytale as he navigates the chaos of adulthood.
Making a Show of Myself: deceptively amusing, unexpectedly stirring, ultimately uplifting.
Have you ever thought of ditching the UK? Ryan Beverage did just that in 2019, relocating to snowy Canada.
Relatable and engaging stand-up comedy from one of Wales’ finest up-and-coming comic talents.
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 is a live presentation of a television pilot that follows a woman living through surreal dissociations in New York.
Scrooge is not just for Christmas.
Don’t believe everything you saw on TOWIE.
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 (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.
Dance.
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.
Follow a desperate and naïve aspiring TV personality as he tries to break into showbiz.
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, …
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 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…
Narin Oz is not good at real life.
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.
Kristin is pretty sure she is the one who killed her dad.
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).
The debut comedy show from a scientist reconciling her personal life with her professional one.
Hose Water is a lyrical comedy about a girl on the verge of adolescence.
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…
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…
In the summer of 2020, Alfie Dundas was protesting against police brutality at a Black Lives Matter march in London.
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 …
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…
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…
Fantastical improvised adventures, filtered through the twisted minds of this Galton and Simpson Godfathers of Comedy Award-winning double act.
Familiar Strangers is a tender, true storytelling show about death, kindness and the quiet ways we care for each other.
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…
Caroline had a pretty typical childhood.
Looking for love at the Edinburgh Fringe? This show is for the singles, the wannabe singles and the pretending-to-be singles.
Meet Kim McVicar, the Canadian comedian who was listed among the Top 9 Female Comedians to Watch in 2023 by Incluvie.
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…
Northern Ireland’s premier musical comedian brings her hilarious piano-powered comedy to the Fringe.
One family, one condition, one helluva hairy baby.
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…
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…
A show about being laughed at.
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…
At the end of the show, the cast on stage said “If you’ve enjoyed the show, we’ve been The Manchester Revue.
‘Phil has extracted my loudest laugh of the Fringe’ (Scotsman).
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.
Join two of the UK’s most exciting new comedians for a hilarious hour of stand-up comedy.
Steve Jobs is a visionary.
Oi Oi! Kit Loyd brings you 50 minutes of one-man physical sketch comedy.
Do you ever get déjà vu? Dylan’s last show – ‘an innovative way to experience a quarter-life crisis’ (TheWeeReview.
Since last performing in Edinburgh in 2007, Adam has worked on 29 projects with an Oscar nominee.
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…
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.
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…
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 …
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…
Vinney, a Comedian/DJ, uses a sampler to travel through time, raising the hairs on your neck.
Following a sold out WIP in NYC, Viv Ford makes her Fringe debut.
In a South London police station, Candi relives her recent love affair.
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.
If you can break up with your dad, you can break up with anyone.
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 (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 …
After a series of sold-out performances, Benedict Townsend brings his stand-up show to the Fringe for the very first time.
Sobriety, sex and profound stupidity.
Half-Brit comedian Jane Mumford was born and raised in Switzerland.
Amando Houser who is ‘particularly funny’ (Vulture) invites you to an unhinged and absurd clown hour of self discovery.
Becky Cheatle is a rising star of the Irish comedy scene, however her 50 years spent as a man received mixed reviews.
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 is (Not) That Bad.
The customer is always right, right? So Rob Alderson wants the audience to write his show, two minutes at a time.
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…
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 is produced by Charlie Traisman and Makena Miller.
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…
Multi award-winning Irish comedian Paul Marsh is back with his new show about turning 50, marriage and firefighting.
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 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…
Being a woman! Being over 40! Sex! Kath has found the solution to these problems.
The world is ending.
CrimeLandTown is an affectionate one-man character comedy spoof of the Italian-American gangster epic.
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.
A fully improvised anthology found in the darker corners of your mind.
The show was originally going to be about being diagnosed with Bell’s palsy, unfortunately he made a full recovery.
Jamie Keddie: Twenty Hamsters.
Chappelle’s opener.
A horse walks into a taxi.
Join performance poet Robert Garnham for his new show, Bouncer.
Dad, Playboy and Me.
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!…
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…
Kat wakes up in a stranger’s apartment with an almighty hangover and no recollection of the night before.
Jokes about films.
It’s Sunday.
Join New York comedian Alexis Gay and her funniest comedian friends for an hour of fresh, fun, fast-paced stand-up comedy.
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…
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 is a fast-paced one-hour stand-up showcase, featuring a diverse range of comedians, all performing their own shows at the Fringe.
Patrick has many dead friends, which is a huge bummer.
Síomha is in her celibate era.
Witty, raw and powerful, Nick Pupo’s Addicted is a story of trust, friendship, forgiveness and brutality.
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…
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’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 – Rising star Will Hall (seen on BBC Three and Channel 4) brings 45 minutes of his ‘electrically witty’ (BroadwayBaby.
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.
Putting on Mulan 64 times when you’re too hungover to teach.
jD Shapiro is the writer of Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Alex Kitson is an award-winning comedian.
Following their sell-out show in 2022, former Cambridge Footlights Emily, Robbie and Maddie are now also former housemates.
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.
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 has made it to every comedy semi-final there is and absolutely no further.
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 is an award-winning comedian as heard on BBC Radio 4.
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.
An hour of blisteringly funny, personal comedy from a rising Irish talent.
From the sweatshops of Wuhan to the stages of Berlin, Moni Zhang is bringing you a show that’s equal parts comedic and cathartic.
Nominated Best Debut Show Leicester Comedy Festival 2023.
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…
Winner: Adelaide Fringe 2023 Weekly Award – Best Comedy.
Jack is an unashamedly stereotypical left-wing, working-class, socialist comedian.
Joy (Jessy Morner-Ritt) is the deranged, desperate owner of a dilapidated Bed and Breakfast.
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.
A lot has happened to Ross since last year’s Fringe.
Oi Oi! Nightwatchman is a 55-minute split-bill from Kit Loyd and Ollie West.
With riotous stand-up, jaw-dropping improvisation, smashing vocals, enchanting storytelling, sparkles and bubbles, Diamond Goddess Crystal Pussy is jam-packed with delights.
Enter the witch’s lair in a horrifying and hilarious interactive horror comedy show.
Troubled? Weak? Feel like a fraud? Good.
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.
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.
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…
Frank Foucault is a serious musician now.
If you’re not convinced by the title I have no idea what this is going to do.
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…
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.
‘Thanks for coming to audition.
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.
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…
Teacher-by-trade Jack’s guide to everything the classroom may throw at you.
The only comedy show in town with actual consequences for bad jokes.
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.
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.
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.
Inconceivable comes from the mind of wannabe mama and stand-up comedian Casey Balsham.
Unfiltered compilation show, where the hecklers are being heckled.
In the mid-80s, at 6 months old, my grandparents become my legal guardians.
Northern Irish comic Caroline McEvoy and Arab comic Farah Sharp are used to conflict.
Swept up by the Lionesses’ historic win at the Euros, I booked to see Joseph Parsons: Equaliser.
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…
A split bill stand-up hour with a cherry on top.
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2020, Eric Rushton brings his highly anticipated debut hour to the festival.
All little boys want their dads to be superheroes.
Join ‘the most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent) for an hour of stand-up, sketch, song and much more.
Uxbridge’s third-hardest man shares his views on the modern world with a few tips and tricks thrown in.
With Dalia Malek, enlightenment can be silly and the gallows can be fun.
A whirlwind show examining the multiple roles you play in your life and what happens when you break out of them.
The new award-nominated show from the lively double act – Kieran and Tom bring you the most unimportant hour of your life.
Ted Hill is incredibly brave for putting on his show, All The Presidents Man, which in itself is a very clever title.
Alex Hylton is almost absolutely certain he’s in love.
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.
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…
Tssss.
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…
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 is an ordinary guy; he explains this to us from the very beginning.
Conran’s conversational stand-up tells the story of her biological clock.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
“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.
The title says it all: this is a seriously ‘punny’ show.
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 …
Pernilla Holland’s debut solo show is an ambitious but bumpy foray into character comedy.
For a drag queen, Scarlet SoHandsome is a real sweetie.
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 has the potential to be an electric comic.
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…
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’s patter feels designed for a larger audience.
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.
It’s hard to find an adjective that fully describes Ally Houston’s Shandy.
Sometimes love comes to you and sometimes you have to make it happen.
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.
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 is no stranger to the Edinburgh Fringe, having brought his show When Magic and Science Collide in previous years.
Tim Dingle is an extraordinarily clever man.
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.
If life gives you lemons you stuff them in a German’s face and make a joke about sauerkraut.
The title of Steve Budeja’s show is misleading.
“I never went to school,” Richard Fordham tells us.
The Cleek, an all-female sketch troupe, formed after its members met at Chicago’s Second City Training Center.
Plunge Theatre’s Edinburgh debut unflinchingly explores 21st century femininity in this confrontational piece of modern feminism in which three women explore perceptions of…
There’s nothing I would like to do more than go for a pint with Giacinto Palmieri and discuss Wagner.
Thankfully, there was no combination of singing and acupuncture.
Imagine local talk radio teamed up with Inside the Actors Studio.
Helen Orton used to be an overweight woman with confidence issues stemming from her body.
Robert Thomson’s Fearnot Wood is some of the best and most fully-realised student writing I have ever come across.
It’s the question on everyone’s lips.
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…
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 is the collective machination of Nicola Wilkinson and Claire Ford, combining their twin talents as actresses and comedians in an enchanting sketch comedy, Kagoolio.
To tell the truth, I’m a little bit scared of Dr.
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…
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…
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.
In this year’s concoction, The Tealights have brewed up another fast paced set of sketches.
Some Fringe clichés exist for a reason.
Four men and a duck make up AsaNisiMasa’s Going Out West.
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.