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Sarah Roberts: Work in Progress

Sarah Roberts: Work in Progress

Sarah Roberts (BBC New Comedy Awards, The Guardian’s Funniest Comedians of the Fringe, Rolling Stone’s Rising Stars of 2024 and 2025 Chortle Award Nominated Shitposter) is conc… 

Mark Nelson: Nearly Liquid Gold

Mark Nelson: Nearly Liquid Gold

After his sell-out first nationwide tour, multi award-winning Mark Nelson returns to do a last polish up of his brand-new tour. 

Sergi Polo: Spanish Work in Progress

Sergi Polo: Spanish Work in Progress

This show will be fully performed in Spanish. 

Eleanor Conway: No Phones in the Hot Tub

Eleanor Conway: No Phones in the Hot Tub

Eleanor Conway is a multi award-winning comedian with over 200 million views and 330k followers for her relatable takes on sex, dating and being a childfree badass. 

Sergi Polo: English Work in Progress

Sergi Polo: English Work in Progress

As seen on BBC One, BBC Three, Spanish national TV and as heard on BBC Radio 4. Sergi Polo is a multi award-winning one-liner comedian coming to the Fringe to try some jokes. 

Elliot Steel: Guard

Elliot Steel: Guard

Elliot Steel returns to the Fringe with his signature dark humour and cutting wit to make sense of a world that’s most likely already destroyed itself because Trump antagonised C… 

Adam Riches Presents Sean Bean Reading Le Morte d’Arthur Out Loud for an Hour

Adam Riches Presents Sean Bean Reading Le Morte d’Arthur Out Loud for an Hour

Not sure what else I can add here? Medieval heartstab Sean Bean is going to read 15th century Middle English tome Le Morte d’Arthur out loud, for an hour. 

Celya AB: Work in Progress

Celya AB: Work in Progress

Following multiple sell-out runs and a UK tour, Celya AB (Live At The Apollo, Off Menu, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Just For Laughs) is working on her brand new show. 

Jena Friedman: Motherf*cker

Jena Friedman: Motherf*cker

Critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated comedian Jena Friedman makes her long-awaited return to the Fringe with a timely and deeply personal exploration of grief, motherhood and the … 

Tony Law: Law and DisOrganizeder

Tony Law: Law and DisOrganizeder

It’s a crazy world am I right. 

Johnny White Really-Really: am/pm

Johnny White Really-Really: am/pm

Writing blurbs isn’t easy. 

Sally-Anne Hayward: Older. Bolder.

Sally-Anne Hayward: Older. Bolder.

Sally has never felt more comfortable in her own skin. 

Tiff Stevenson: Post-Coital

Tiff Stevenson: Post-Coital

Everything you think about after the deed is done. 

Carl Donnelly: Another Round

Carl Donnelly: Another Round

The two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee (as seen on Mock The Week, Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central and more) returns with a brutally funny dive into a year like no other. 

Eric Rushton: Innkeeper

Eric Rushton: Innkeeper

In 2004, Eric Rushton was cast in his primary school Nativity. 

Marise Gaughan: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Marise Gaughan: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Critically acclaimed comedian and Irish bestseller Marise Gaughan debuts a story about addiction (but not the serious TED-Talk kind, swear. 

Bella Hull: Doctors Hate Her

Bella Hull: Doctors Hate Her

The Hullk of standup returns with a new hour of howling into the abyss and hoping for a reply. 

Ed Night: Your Old Mucker

Ed Night: Your Old Mucker

Multi award nominated Ed Night has cooked up another scorching stand-up hour. 

Zara Gladman is… Aileen: Cameron’s Gap Year Fundraiser

Zara Gladman is… Aileen: Cameron’s Gap Year Fundraiser

Ageing millennial Zara Gladman and her alter-egos – including everyone’s favourite Glasgow West end mum Aileen – take centre stage for a worthy cause: to raise funds for Aile… 

Jonny Pelham: Is It Me?

Jonny Pelham: Is It Me?

Award-winning comedian Jonny Pelham is newly single, he’s moved to London and is being encouraged by the government to take speed everyday. 

Morgan Rees: Work in Progress

Morgan Rees: Work in Progress

Off the back of his sell-out international tour in 2024, Welsh queer comedian/internet sensation Morgan Rees is working on his new show delving into his pursuit of a Autism diagnos… 

Thomas Green: Calm Before the Brainstorm (Tour Warm-up)

Thomas Green: Calm Before the Brainstorm (Tour Warm-up)

One of Australia’s best exports, Thomas Green storms back onto the Edinburgh stage to electrify audiences with a brand-new hour, following his sell-out debut tour. 

Richard Brown: If You Wait by the River Long Enough, the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By

Richard Brown: If You Wait by the River Long Enough, the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By

Award-winning Scottish comedian and writer Richard Brown is known for his thoughtful, intelligent and dark alternative comedy. 

Chris Forbes: Collywobble

Chris Forbes: Collywobble

Star of hit BBC shows such as Scot Squad, The Farm and The Other Murray Brother, Chris Forbes returns to the fringe to deliver another hour of feel-good comedy. 

Tez Ilyas: Before Eight

Tez Ilyas: Before Eight

One of the most celebrated stars in British comedy, Tez Ilyas (Live At the Apollo, Mock The Week, Comedy Central, Comic Relief) and Sunday Times best-selling author (Secret Diary o… 

Sikisa... Needs You (WIP)

Sikisa... Needs You (WIP)

Sikisa brings her new work in progress show to the Fringe, exploring the things we do to escape. 

Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath (WIP)

Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath (WIP)

At some point in every woman’s life, she realises she’s madder than all hell. 

Joz Norris: You Wait. Time Passes. (Work-in-Progress)

Joz Norris: You Wait. Time Passes. (Work-in-Progress)

Comedians’ Choice Award-winner Joz Norris has completed his life’s work, and he’s finally ready to unveil it to the world. 

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase!

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase!

Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue, Chortle Awards 2023 and 2024, welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2024! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barr… 

Rachel Fairburn: Side Eye

Rachel Fairburn: Side Eye

Rachel Fairburn is back with seven deadly characters. 

Rosco McClelland: Sudden Death

Rosco McClelland: Sudden Death

Step into the wild world of McClelland’s Sudden Death, where old friendships collide with the unexpected in a comedic whirlwind set in the heart of Scotland. 

Tiff Stevenson: Husband Material

Tiff Stevenson: Husband Material

You can always rely on three things from the Edinburgh Fringe: a huge, purple, upside-down cow, a ton of flyers everywhere and Tiff Stevenson giving us a hilarious show. 

Tony Law: The Law Also Rises

Tony Law: The Law Also Rises

Multi award-winning super loon Tony Law returns to Edinburgh with a new show of nonsense and absurdity. 

Eric Rushton: Real One

Eric Rushton: Real One

Channel 4 Sean Lock Award winner Eric Rushton is a comedian with a chequered past. 

Mark Nelson: Getting Better Man

Mark Nelson: Getting Better Man

Multi award-winning comedian Mark Nelson returns with a new show exploring whether it’s really possible to become a new and improved person. 

Marjolein Robertson: O

Marjolein Robertson: O

There will be blood. 

Ed Night: The Plunge

Ed Night: The Plunge

The spectre returns to the feast for a fresh new hour of wailing and moaning. 

Yuriko Kotani: The Meanings of Life

Yuriko Kotani: The Meanings of Life

Join BBC New Comedy Award winner, UK-based Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani. 

Erika Ehler: I Got Some Dope Ass Memories With People That I'll Never F*ck With Again

Erika Ehler: I Got Some Dope Ass Memories With People That I'll Never F*ck With Again

Erika Ehler navigates the disturbing reality of what it’s like to be young, hot and yet so alone; platonic relationships and the bittersweet transition of hangouts becoming reuni… 

Michael Odewale: Of Mike and Men

Michael Odewale: Of Mike and Men

BAFTA award winner, star of Live at the Apollo and Dave Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Michael Odewale returns to the Fringe. 

Stuart Laws Has to Be Joking?

Stuart Laws Has to Be Joking?

Last year Stuart started telling the truth on stage and was diagnosed autistic: he got the best reviews he’s ever got and his show was a must-see. 

Alex Kealy: The Fear

Alex Kealy: The Fear

It’s not quite clear whether Alex Kealy’s The Fear is a confessional or a general self-reflection that spirals into a cyclone, but what occurs onstage is a steady deluge of mat… 

Tarot: Work in Progress

Tarot: Work in Progress

The best show of 2019 according to Chortle. 

Pearman then Palamides (WIP)

Pearman then Palamides (WIP)

Natalie Palamides and Lucy Pearman are two very normal girls who will share an hour. 

Harriet Dyer: Mother

Harriet Dyer: Mother

Keeping stand-up weird since 2013, Harriet Dyer is everything I love about the Fringe. 

Zach Zimmerman: Purple Smiling Face with Horns Emoji (WIP)

Zach Zimmerman: Purple Smiling Face with Horns Emoji (WIP)

Brooklyn-based comedian Zach Zimmerman (The Late Late Show, The New Yorker) returns to the Fringe for one week only with an hour full of whip-smart gags, jokes and plenty of naught… 

Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!

Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!

Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Lara Ricote comes back to Edinburgh to work out her next show. 

Soup Group: Art Show!

Soup Group: Art Show!

Visual jokes and creative messing about from this absurd double act. 

Sunil Patel: WIP

Sunil Patel: WIP

Patel. 

Open Comedy

Open Comedy

Open Comedy: The Chortle Award-winning open mic from the Edinburgh comedy circuit comes to Monkey Barrel Comedy for one night, and one night only! A compilation of some of the show… 

Helen Duff: Lullabies

Helen Duff: Lullabies

It’s Duff’s first show post-baby and. 

Dane Baptiste: Bapsquire

Dane Baptiste: Bapsquire

Most of us are supposed to mellow with age and Dane shouldn’t be the angry black man the media portrays him to be at times. 

Yuriko Kotani: This Is My Work

Yuriko Kotani: This Is My Work

BBC New Comedy Award winner, UK-based Japanese comedian. 

Tiff Stevenson: WIP

Tiff Stevenson: WIP

Tiff Stevenson: WIP. 

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes. 

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2023!

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2023!

Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy… 

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes. 

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2023!

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2023!

Scotland’s Best Comedy Venue (Chortle Awards 2023) welcomes back its Fringe showcase for 2023! A new line-up every night presenting the very best acts from the Monkey Barrel Comedy… 

Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show

Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show

Phil Ellis. 

Chris Forbes: Court Jester

Chris Forbes: Court Jester

The Hive is not the most pleasant venue to endure during a Fringe show. 

Adam Flood: Remoulded

Adam Flood: Remoulded

Ay up ducks, it’s me (fella doing the show). 

Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp

Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp

The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp is a mom-centred stand-up set that unpacks the trauma of being raised by a bi-polar parent with a balance of darkness and sharp humour. 

Ed Gamble: Work in Progress

Ed Gamble: Work in Progress

Co-host of Off Menu, Taskmaster champion and as seen on his stand-up special Blood Sugar (Amazon Prime), join the ‘consistently eye-wateringly hilarious’ (i Newspaper) Ed Gamble fo… 

Alison Spittle: Soup

Alison Spittle: Soup

Soup is a stand up hour kicking off with tales of a ‘Soup Sharing’ WhatsApp group and its tyrannical leader. 

Biswa Kalyan Rath: Live

Biswa Kalyan Rath: Live

One of the most established comedians in India, Biswa brings his trademark observational comedy to the Edinburgh Fringe for the very first time. 

Johnny White Really-Really: Catland

Johnny White Really-Really: Catland

Once upon a time I was the best blurb writer in the business – really, I was a wonder! But as time weighed down on me and all my afternoons began to expand and contract, I starte… 

Rosco McClelland: Bring Out Your Dead

Rosco McClelland: Bring Out Your Dead

Glaswegian comedian and popular Twitch streamer Rosco McClelland enters clad in a denim biker vest and a spider’s web tattoo coning one elbow. 

Micky Overman: The Precipice

Micky Overman: The Precipice

Micky Overman’s The Precipice is an in-depth look into the concept of motherhood and the role a mother plays in society, and pursues this subject with carefully structured jokes … 

Stuart Laws? Is That Guy Still Going?

Stuart Laws? Is That Guy Still Going?

Stand-up comedy about getting married, being middle of the road and trying to be more honest. 

Mark Nelson: Bits & Pieces

Mark Nelson: Bits & Pieces

In his 10th show, the multi award-winning stand-up returns with new stuff, greatest hits and bits and pieces from his decade at the Fringe. 

Marc Jennings: Original Sound

Marc Jennings: Original Sound

Scottish Comedian of the Year winner, viral video star and regular panellist on BBC Scotland’s Breaking the News, Marc Jennings returns to the Fringe following his sold-out debut i… 

Rob Kemp: Agenda

Rob Kemp: Agenda

I saw a Mario-themed stag do yesterday. 

MC Hammersmith: One Man Eight Mile

MC Hammersmith: One Man Eight Mile

MC Hammersmith is the world’s leading freestyle rapper to emerge from the ghetto of middle-class West London. 

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2022!

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy's Fringe Showcase 2022!

Edinburgh’s best-rated, award-winning comedy club welcomes back last year’s sold-out Fringe showcase for 2022! A new line-up every night showcasing the very best acts from the Monk… 

Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa: Monsoon Season

Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa: Monsoon Season

In 1999, Vidura’s family left war-ridden Sri Lanka in search of a better life. 

Josh Glanc: Vrooom Vrooom

Josh Glanc: Vrooom Vrooom

Adelaide Fringe Best Comedy Weekly award winner 2018 and 2019. 

Larry Dean: Fudnut

Larry Dean: Fudnut

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and star of Live at the Apollo returns with a brand new hour of ‘confessional storytelling at its funniest’ ***** (Herald). 

Luke Rollason: Bowerbird

Luke Rollason: Bowerbird

Welcome to the great indoors. 

Jacob Hawley: Bump

Jacob Hawley: Bump

Men will literally do a 55-minute show about identity, social class and drinking olive oil, instead of going to therapy :/ Award-winning wide boy Jacob Hawley considers whether amp… 

Lara Ricote: GRL/LATNX/DEF

Lara Ricote: GRL/LATNX/DEF

Lara’s a small Latin American girl (woman?) who won the Funny Women 2021 (right, “woman”) Stage Award and is now doing her first hour about what it’s like to be Latin and deaf and … 

Alex Kealy: Winner Takes All

Alex Kealy: Winner Takes All

Braving the smells and humidity of the Niddry Street Hive, Alex Kealy’s The Winner Takes All explains the inner workings and purpose of Silicon Valley and tech monopolies better … 

Rosco McClelland: Goblin Mode

Rosco McClelland: Goblin Mode

Multi award-winning Scottish comedian and top 1% global Twitch streamer Rosco McClelland presents his latest collection of works. 

Micky Overman: Small Deaths

Micky Overman: Small Deaths

One of Britain’s most exciting female voices brings you a blisteringly funny new show that’s got it all: Patrick Swayze! Other stuff… It answers burning questions like, how d… 

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