Geek is the new sexy.
Aardvark Comedy returns to the Edinburgh Fringe following a successful run in 2023.
Let me take you on a whistle-stop tour of Robert Burns’ life! From birth to death with stories, poems and songs.
Bored of watching comedians ask the audience questions? Then come to the show where we flip that dynamic and allow you the audience to ask the questions to the comedian on stage.
A huge gala show with all proceeds going to the Sepsis Trust, celebrating 20 years of the Laughing Horse’s Free Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Comedy with an Accent, comedy with a different point of view! Join your host the mischievous Taiwanese comedian Kuan-wen for an hour of brilliant international comedians and the tr…
These three rising stars of the London comedy circuit return to Edinburgh following a sell-out run last year to do two things: blow their life savings on an Airbnb, and perform an …
Rising comedy talent and Tik Tok star Dom Hatton-Woods – national tour support for Daliso Chaponda – brings you his new work-in-progress show Daddy Issues.
16-year-old Brit School pianist, guitarist and singer.
A one-woman show – part comedy, part edutainment, part love letter to the world at large and Europe in particular.
Platonic Sex is the debut comedy split bill from Sadbh Peters (Semi-finalist for Funny Women Stage Awards 2023) and Scott Oswald (Semi-finalist for So You Think You’re Funny and …
A lifetime being a professional f*cking lunatic that enjoys swearing in front of people.
The cult hit is back! The funniest Fringe performers play board/card/party games live on stage.
In spite of everything, Ian Stone is trying to keep it together.
Classically trained pianist and stand-up comedian Aidan Jones plays Chopin’s Nocturne in Eb Major and tells stories about heartbreak, murder, MDMA etc.
Top Derry comic Peter E Davidson returns with his sixth Edinburgh special.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone is welcome.
The best comedians at the Fringe that have caught the eyes of the Jones Bootmaker ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards judges.
Which is the true home of heroes – Marvel or DC? In this interactive show, kids battle it out on behalf of their heroes in games and challenges to decide which franchise has the …
Kirsty Munro has created an engaging show with her delightfully naughty stories in Two Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger, making the whole room cringe in the sweetest way possible.
Scotland’s Best Comedians Live in a fancy ballroom for free!* We have award winners, TV acts, radio stars, Instagram legends, every night! All shows hosted by Ross Leslie, introduc…
Sameer’s gotten to the age where everyone who says they love him seem to want something in return.
Reigning Comedian’s Comedian and human rights advocate Sid Singh (BBC, NBC, Comedy Central, iUmor) returns with a new hit show that has sold-out all over Europe and Asia for two ye…
Join multi award-nominated comedian Adam Greene (writer for BBC’s The News Quiz) for super funny laughs and jokes about fun stuff that is funny and you will laugh.
The night is young and 3’s Comedy: Late Nights is going to bring you an electrifying mix of crowd work and stand-up comedy.
‘Dion Owen is undoubtedly a comedian on the cusp of greatness’ (National Post).
Presented by Laughing Horse Comedy – Las Vegas entertainer Jordan Rooks world premieres his solo show talking about the sh*t we all deal with that we don’t.
From stumbling through language barriers in remote locations fulfilling humanitarian work with hilariously inadequate pre-acquired information, her adventures will have you laughin…
Bone Man has returned to ride once again.
Fresh off his hit (1M+ views!) YouTube special, Brooklyn-based comedian Louis Katz’s Fringe debut Bountiful showcases his trademark blend of highbrow and lowbrow humour.
Transgressive, irreverent, yet adorable and heartfelt, with a touch of political satire.
Warning: Dark comedy zone! Enter at your own risk! Emerging from the ashes of her father’s death, Moni Zhang brings you a dark and hilarious comedy show that will leave you gasping…
In December 2023, Sam See left his home country of Singapore and moved to London because clearly, now’s the best time.
Comedy with philosophical questions.
25 years ago, Soness swapped Florida for Tokyo to become the voice of many well-known animations.
Start your day off with a split hour of stand-up from two award-entering comedians! Jack’s from Blackpool, Jimmy’s from Liverpool.
Fringe legend on the worst day of his life and on drugs! First he did his back in, now he’s tripping on Diazepam watching Life of Pi.
Multi award-winning comedian and star of three Amazon Prime specials on finding fun in a chaotic world.
Crosswords is exactly what is says. Top comedians angry about the news, and top comedians and the audience doing the crossword. Get angry, get the clues and get laughs.
Approaching the milestone of 50, teetering on the brink of singledom, yet on the cusp of happiness.
Deage Paxton returns this year with a follow up to his critically acclaimed debut show.
The comedy show comedians take their kids to is back and even more stupider! Join stupid comedian and children’s author Olaf Falafel for an hour of kid’s comedy which will be the s…
Last year Dave won an award who’s title felt like a back-handed compliment.
This ‘memorable’, ‘dynamic and vibrant’ show fills the stage with ‘charisma’ and ‘boundless energy’ as ‘natural-born performers’ dance to ‘an upbeat tune of elation’ (Entertainment…
The Comedy Rooms New Act of the Year 2022 and without doubt one of best musical acts currently on the northern comedy circuit is bringing his solo show to Edinburgh for the first t…
Ever sat in a comedy show about falling in love and wanted to speed run through to the breakup? Sometimes it takes years to find out why it all went wrong.
She’s the comedian, the mother and the owner of a bunch of frozen embryos.
Ashley Haden is back with his satirical eye, angry words and caustic wit.
Henry Ginsberg returned to the Fringe to discuss on toxic masculinity, loneliness and whether it’s possible for individual body parts to be racist? ‘Hinting at emotional bleaknes…
Got an opinion? Got a story? Seen a show you liked or didn’t? Want to pop content into the brain of the UK’s most manic comic? Grab a seat and play along with the new interacti…
A stupendously silly, high-octane stand-up comedy show.
Rozarina Larsen presents: White Fishing – a work-in-progress comedy about finding your authenticity.
Raucous, wild and an incy bit different – this one-hour compilation show with a changing nightly lineup, gives you a fabulous cross section of Fringe mayhem in one wild bite-size…
BattleActs! is an award-winning, five-star, late-night improvised comedy show that has been tickling Fringe audiences’ funny bones for more than a decade! Featuring an all-star cas…
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Vibe Shift is a late-night alternative comedy night.
Genre-bending voyage for every inquisitive soul and smart alec; for the adventurous, the yarn spinners.
2 nights of hilarious stand up comedy in aid of the Scottish Huntingtons Association, with excellent Scottish up and coming comedians at the ready to make you laugh whilst raising …
From the crazy mind of Sid Singh (Comic Relief, Muzlamic) comes the most diverse show on the whole Fringe! Its half comedy show and half game show as every night a brand new lineup…
Fresh off his first comedy album, Abbas Wahab makes his Fringe debut with an original stand-up show about leaving the corporate world, poorly navigating your 30s and balding.
Long-Distance Roommates is an hour of stand-up comedy, split between up-and-coming comedians Casey Filips and Ollie West.
A raw and unfiltered musical comedy show, tackling difficult and often taboo subjects.
The Honourable Tom Houghton is back at the fringe hot off his starring role in The Circle (Netflix) to work through a bunch of new ideas for his upcoming tour of the UK, Europe and…
Guilty or innocent? You decide.
You enter a tavern.
One of Australia’s most exciting new comedians is coming to Edinburgh! You might know Michael Shafar from his debut special (A)Live on Amazon Prime or be one of the 70+ million peo…
An Aussie vagabond’s gruelling pilgrimage: 1,000km+ Camino de Santiago, surviving 40 days of blisters, snorers and dodgy WiFi in search of life’s answers and wine! Award-winning co…
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone welcome.
As seen on Channel 4, BBC and Netflix.
Andrew Silverwood went to Australia for an eight-week working holiday in January 2020 and he got back this May.
Kevin Precious used to be a teacher.
Jon Lawrence has entertained thousands of children all over the world over the last ten years with his collection of silly songs which encourage the children to sing, dance, laugh …
Can we get better or should we just be wiped out? Darker, more honest, and still wearing a hat.
Derry comedian Peter E Davidson returns for his fifth Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The history of Western philosophy but fun! Think Horrible Histories for philosophy.
Dion Owen is a professional Canadian comedian and true Cyclopath.
I gave you Politics for Bitches and What Would Beyonce Do?! Now brace yourself for my female Book of Mormon.
Notorious spoilt brat, Sascha LO, presents a very silly comedy show featuring 45 minutes of massive ego, self-entitlement and gen Z feminism.
Thor Stenhaug’s Grateful For The Opportunity is a brief overview of his life in Norway and the United Kingdom as he comments on his relationships and the culture shock that he ha…
From the East to Edinburgh, it’s The Asian Comedy Showcase! Catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! Our acts have been seen on the B…
Sam Jacobsen is an acclaimed writer, penning award-winning scripts for the three S’s.
***** (Dircksey.
Yes-Ya-Yebo! is a celebration of the 12 official languages of South Africa, all explored through the medium of song and dance.
Multi award-winning comedian Cassidy has been told he must make his stand-up ‘TikTok ready’.
Emerging from the ashes of her father’s death, Moni Zhang brings you a dark and hilarious comedy show that will leave you gasping for air.
Sanity? Overrated! Let your inner-psycho run wild! Our line-up of audacious comedians takes on the wild world of mental health with humour, wit and raw honesty.
The night is young and 3’s Comedy: Late Nights is here to make you laugh with an electrifying mix of crowd work and stand-up comedy.
Dark jokes only! An irreverent comedy show where comedians push boundaries, slice and dice edgy topics and are not afraid of taking the risk.
Child of Sunday examines the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the ‘ordinary people’ in our communities.
If Motörhead had sex with Cirque du Soleil and Dita Von Teese this is what you’d get! From the team that brought you the highly acclaimed Dirty Tattooed Circus Bastards Show –…
“The primary school teacher vibes don’t end here,” Sasha Ellen jokes lightheartedly at the start of When Life Gives You Ellens, Make Ellenade.
Feel like life is getting you down? Ian Stone will make it better.
I never met my biological father.
A huge amount of fun and laughs are to be had with James Cook’s new stand-up show, Anonymously Viral.
***** (On The Mic, podcast) **** (FestMag.
The cult hit is back! The funniest Fringe performers play board/card/party games live on stage.
Comedians explore big ideas through stand-up comedy.
A show featuring the best comedians from North America.
Elliot Wengler, host of Lolbot Wars (‘Nice ideas, likeable performer.
A hilarious stand-up comedy compilation show that leaves out the really rude bits so the whole family can enjoy the show.
Warped telly nostalgia from award-winning character comedian Tom Burgess.
The quiz with just one question! Ollie Horn challenges a different comedian friend each show to a deceptively difficult game of putting things in order.
Apradhini is a collection of stories about women who have been incarcerated for life for crimes including armed robbery, dacoity and murder.
Hyenas! won Pick of the Fringe at Edinburgh Fringe 2021 and is a dark comedy jaw dropper.
Fantasy, escapism, stand-up comedy.
This is it.
Come and hear an EdFringe podcast recorded live and listen to the backstage chat and meet the Edinburgh legend/veteran/star.
The best comedy comes from tragedy.
Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock The Week) has an hour of new jokes and stories.
The role of the weather girl is one of the most iconic in the TV landscape.
A Choose Your Own Adventure comedy show! Mary Flanigan makes the jokes, you make the choices.
Back by popular demand, Comedy Boxing triumphantly returns to Edinburgh with all-new comedic competitors! Comedians will compete over four hilarious rounds of stand-up, improvisati…
Circuit stand-up Kevin is creating a new show and he’s bringing it to the Fringe so you can watch it for free! ‘Shepherd is an open and honest performer.
Come traverse the world with me! No hotels to book.
Free shots on entry! The title says it all, three comics from Berlin and the UK come in to do an hour of crowd work where the audience is encouraged to heckle – the louder the be…
The Late Late Irish Show is a compilation show featuring Ireland’s best comedians.
International comedian Long Hu has returned from Beijing bringing his vaudeville style comedy with him.
The night is young and three of the best stand-up comedians from Australia are ready to make you laugh, stay up late and definitely have one more drink.
You’ve seen football.
A show about mental health, not just mental illness.
With Vladimir McTavish and friends.
‘There’s real steel in his comedic bones’ **** (BroadwayBaby.
The 2018/19 cult, sell-out queer kiki returns! A spicy late-night mix of outrageous queer comedians, cabaret and drag acts.
So many wrongs, so little time.
Daniel Willis attempts to show his audience and his digital therapist that his life is absolutely, definitely fine, with an hour of quick, quirky comedy sketches.
Saucy stand-up comedian Diane’s ninth stand-up show exploring themes of deficiency, such as the inappropriate board game her mother made, having anaemia when you’re ginger and marr…
This is the pre-drinks magic show.
Al Lubel talks about his name for fifty-six minutes and about something else for four minutes.
Family workshop suitable for children aged 3-7 years with parents or carers, but everyone welcome.
Take a chill pill! Stay calm! Relax! I know, the exclamation marks aren’t helping! Over the last two years, Jacob somehow predicted the pandemic in his 2019 show, got hitched and w…
No Limits – an irreverent stand-up comedy show where comedians push boundaries, slice and dice edgy topics and are not afraid of taking the risk.
Do you ski? The social media sensation comes to Edinburgh off the back of his first sold-out national tour with a limited run of Work In Progress.
The Genocidal Liberal is back with his fifth show On the Outside Pissing in, looking at everything from discrimination to mental health to politics.
Award-winning character comedian Anna Morris (Channel 4’s Lee and Dean, BBC’s Outnumbered, The First Team, Count Arthur Strong) brings her BBC Radio 4 special to life in this debut…
A spoof true-crime documentary* with all the ingredients of your favourite true-crime docs! The mysterious murder of a victim, pushed down the stairs and hidden in the town’s wat…
Stand-up philosophy is like stand-up comedy – except it’s philosophical.
Top Derry comic Peter E Davidson* is above average! (In that humans are only supposed to sleep an average of one third of their life… and he really has gone beyond the call of du…
Winner of Best Magic Adelaide Fringe 2022.
Daniel Muggleton is an Australian stand-up comedian wearing a tracksuit.
Dan Tiernan is a gay, Mancunian, dinner lady with dyspraxia but he’s also the sweetest little angel that ever lived.
Joyful, daring and undeniably sharp, God Damn Fancy Man is the hotly anticipated new show from critically acclaimed, internationally award-winning comedian James Nokise.
Live! Laugh! Liquidate! is the message 8-year-old Charmian got from Hammer film She.
The best Estonian comedians are at the Fringe for the second time and they have their own show! Come and listen to an hour of Estonian stand-up, performed in English, that is relat…
Sameer Katz bring his sixth show to the Fringe! Three-quarters of a PhD from Cambridge has taught Sameer that most things in life aren’t based on facts, but beliefs.
Can we still laugh at this? Let’s find out. This is 10 years of material, rubbed and polished into pristine comedy and premiering at this year’s Fringe.
‘German, but funny’ (Der Spiegel).
Circus Sonas are Northern Irish father and son Martin and Logy.
Following last year’s sell-out run, the return of the extraordinarily original and marvellously funny comedy about about Israel, Palestine and the Jews.
Winner of Best Weekly Award for Circus and Physical Theatre at Adelaide Fringe in 2020.
You enter a tavern.
Direct from their UK tour, Martin Mor and Logy Logan bring their unique brand of comedy and circus back to the Edinburgh Fringe.
A crowd-funded, profit-sharing show that champions working-class comedians.
Covering artists from all across the pop music spectrum, Accordion Ryan will sing and play your favourite bangers in a way you’ve never heard them before! Having played in venues a…
A delightful mess of a show combining the electrifying skills of award-winning comedian Jarred Christmas and the vocal genius of world-champion beatboxer Hobbit.
Father Lee has left the confines of your TikTok For You Page and is alive and, well.
Icebreaker presents Dundee’s finest comics (not including those actually from Dundee) featuring Luis Alcada, Andy Bullick and Scott Redmond.
It’s a fact of life that any standup on the Fringe who is neither white nor straight is likely required to spend at least part of their show addressing it.
Wonderfully unexpected opportunities can occur at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; even more so at the 'Free' variety.
When you’re considered the best at what you do, some of us might rest on our laurels but Mat Ricardo wants (indeed, needs) new challenges.
Ivor Dembina is very funny and manages to entertain the audience for an hour by conforming to as many stereotypes of a Jew as he can.
The Breakup Monologues is billed as a comedy chat show hosted by BBC Radio 4 regular Rosie Wilby, discussing all things breakup with ‘other top comedy, theatre and spoken word ac…
Peter Michael Marino greets the audience as we arrive.
Armed with exhaustive statistics, a wild imagination and a uniquely hilarious take on current events and systemic conspiracies, Don Biswas delivers a frantic hour of lighting-fast …
In order to snare the attention of an average jaded and time-poor festival-goer, you’re going to need a pitch that can stop them in their tracks on the Royal Mile and accept the …
I had really high hopes for C’est La Vegan, principally because it’s a subject matter I know about.
On the Richter Scale of humour, if your threshold doesn’t reach the level of sick and sadistic then Carmen Lynch is probably not for you.
I have never played Dungeons and Dragons.
Perhaps the definition of late-night Fringe; the ever-talented and always vulgar Myra DuBois will have you reeling off your chair – both from laughter and from shock.
Andy Stedman’s son Freddy has been gifted a stand-up set in his honour.
It did not take long for Sunil Patel to win me over.
From a small attic room in the Counting House, Jane Hill is on a mission to prove that she is not the ‘lovely’ lady in a cardigan which review after review has branded her as i…
Matthew Giffen is a charming whirlwind of a man, commanding the audience with his larger-than-life on-stage persona.
Rahul Kohli is not just a skilled comic; he has brains, heart, and guts enough to make Newcastle Brown Male something truly special.
Learning difficulties, the truth in conspiracy theories and politics are the topics of a brave stand up.
Pussy is nothing if not provocative.
Milo McCabe’s latest hour - and his first in the one-man sketch format - is incredible.
How difficult is comedy when you’re a nice guy who’s had a nice life? What well can you draw from for your material? It’s a problem that Sy Thomas has grappled with, and one …
Rik Carranza tells us he has been doing stand up comedy for five or six years and one word that has been continually used to describe him in reviews is ‘charming’.
Rob Coleman’s Ocean Going Idiot is less of a piece of theatre and more an hour’s friendly chat about a largely failed adventure in the top room of a pub.
Andrew Watts’ latest hour, How To Build A Chap, is partly a follow-up to last year’s verbose and considered explanation of modern day gender politics, Feminism For Chaps.
The Double Life of Malcolm Drinkwater is a play about secrets, recycling, and the industry of murder.
If pirates wore signet rings and possessed anything in the way of eloquence, I’d feel as if I were watching a one-man shanty as Ahir Shar (aka Shit Shag, via autocorrect) sways a…
Punch and Judy has been a long running stalwart of beachside entertainment for the whole family – but whatever you do, don’t bring the kids to this live-action adaptation.
When an audience is laughing, they are listening.
This devised two-hander attempts to confront the social stigma faced by those with mental illnesses.
Following on from last year’s Drunk Lion, Chris Davis’ Bortle 8 is nothing if not strange.
Lance Jonathan (Peter Michael Marino) has had enough of sitting around as understudy on his dads’ ship the S.
Having been turned away from a packed venue on the day I was originally scheduled to attend, I was anticipating great things on my return the next day.
As I walk into Honest to Godley, Janey Godley is already onstage, hand on hip and chatting to her audience.
Twayna Mayne’s default setting is overwhelmingly unimpressed.
It seems arbitrary, if not foolish, to award a star rating to something like the Malcolm Hardee Awards Show.
This show combines lighthearted, clean comedy with some spooky mentalism and a little bit of silliness.
You are in for a treat with Kwame Asante’s Basket Case.
The Shit of the Fringe is a weird show to review.
Occasionally the odd masterpiece arrives at the Free Fringe; such is the case with this gloriously atmospheric fantasy adventure tale.
Like many Free Fringe shows, this one is hard to categorize.
Eric Lampaert makes no claims to be tackling the big issues - in Testiculating (Waving Your Arms Talking B*ll*cks), he talks about everything and anything that catches his eye from…
Richard Gadd is a deeply disturbed young man.
Ellie’s first foray into the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is certainly a treat.
After the success of her previous show, What Would Beyoncé Do?! Luisa Omielan has returned to Edinburgh with a brand new stand-up act, Am I Right Ladies? It’s a loud and crude t…
Feminism For Chaps is a divisive title.
We are all, surely, familiar with the phenomenon of the choose your own adventure novel.
At the beginning of this bizarre show, we are told by comic duo Matt Francis and Russ Haynes that over the course of the performance we would do two things as an audience.
Oh, boy.
Cariad Lloyd prefaced the show with an announcement - her double act partner, Louise Ford, had left Edinburgh in the last few days due to unforeseen circumstances.
With an enviable variety of excellent voices and a real commitment to his physicality, Simon Jay skilfully portrays the various characters crammed into the tragic life story of his…
This is a two-hander written and performed by Peter Henderson.
In the recent explosion in popularity of a cappella it seems like you can’t walk up the Royal Mile without tripping over a group of symmetrically dressed singers who’ve lost th…