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VENUE DETAILS

We list shows for 14 different venues in this year’s brochure. For more information, visit www.edcomfest.com ASSEMBLY

PLEASANCE

Assembly Hall

Mound Place EH1 2LU | T. 0131 623 3030

Pleasance Courtyard

Assembly George Square

Pleasance Dome

Assembly Roxy

4 5 6

George Square EH8 9LH | T. 0131 623 3030 2 Roxburgh Place EH8 9SO | T. 0131 623 3030

1 Bristo Square EH8 9AL | T. 0131 556 6550

GILDED BALLOON

Assembly Inverleith Allotments

West Gate, East Fettes Avenue EH4 1DN | T. 0131 623 3030

Assembly St Marks

Gilded Balloon Teviot

Assembly Royal Botanic Gardens

Gilded Balloon at Third Door

Cambridge Street Lane, Edinburgh EH1 2DP | T. 0131 623 3030 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR | T. 0131 623 3030

Teviot Row House, Bristo Sq EH8 9AJ | T. 0131 622 6552 45–47 Lothian Street Edinburgh EH1 1HB | T. 0131 622 6552

JUST THE TONIC

UNDERBELLY 7

60 Pleasance EH8 9TJ | T. 0131 556 6550

Underbelly, Cowgate

(Entrances on Cowgate & Victoria Street) 56 Cowgate, EH1 1EG | T: 0844 545 8252

Underbelly, Bristo Square

Just the Tonic at The Caves

Niddry Street South, Cowgate EH1 1NS | T. 0131 556 5375

Just the Tonic at The Tron

9 Hunter Square EH1 1QW | T. 0131 556 5375

Underbelly, Bristo Square, EH8 9AL | T: 0844 545 8252

USEFUL NUMBERS

CREDITS

The Fringe Box Office T. 0131 226 0000

National Rail Enquiries T. 0845 748 4950

Edinburgh International Festival T. 0131 473 2000

Edinburgh Airport T. 0870 040 0007

Project Manager Chris Perkin

Edinburgh Military Tattoo T. 0131 225 1188

Traveline (Buses) T. 0871 200 2233

Design & Production Heehaw Digital | www.heehaw.co.uk

Edinburgh Book Festival T. 0845 373 5888

Central Radio Taxis T. 0131 229 2468

Cover Design Anna Popova Print Garnett Dickinson Print Ltd Festival Portal Development Richard Jarmain

Tourist Board T. 0845 225 5121

GENERAL INFORMATION Booking Fees

Booking fees vary between venues and booking method. For more information on booking fees please call venue box office, check the website or ask before booking.

Terms and Conditions

Concession prices (where listed) are available to children under 16, students, registered unemployed, Young Scots/Stage Pass holders, Senior Citizens and those claiming disability allowance, unless otherwise stated. Proof of status must be shown when purchasing tickets and collecting tickets. Tickets are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. All credit card bookings must be collected at least 20 minutes before the performance start time. Venues will post tickets up to 19th July. It is not possible to admit latecomers to performances. The Venue Management reserves the right to alter the published programme and to refuse admission. All seats are unreserved. Due to licensing restrictions within the Gilded Balloon, there is no admission after 10pm for 15’s & under. 16-17’s are only admitted after 10pm with a valid show ticket.

HOW TO BOOK

You can book any show in this brochure by visiting www.edcomfest.com ASSEMBLY

PLEASANCE

GILDED BALLOON

BY PHONE

0131 623 3030

0131 556 6550

0131 622 6552

Call the Assembly box office now between 10am and 6pm Monday to Saturday until 30th July and between 9am and 11.30pm from 1st to 27th August.

Call the Pleasance Box Office from 10th May to 31st July 10am to 8pm Monday to Saturday and 12pm to 6pm on Sunday. From 1st August 9am to 10pm (daily).

Call the Gilded Balloon Box Office Pre Fringe between 10am to 8pm Monday to Saturday and 12pm to 6pm on Sunday. From 1st August 9am to 10pm (daily).

ONLINE

www.assemblyfestival.com

www.pleasance.co.uk

www.gildedballoon.co.uk

IN PERSON

Assembly George Square EH8 9LH

Pleasance Courtyard, 60 Pleasance EH8 9TJ

Teviot Row House, Bristo Square EH8 9AJ

Visit Pleasance’s main Box Office from 30th to 31st July 10am to 6pm then 1st to 27th August 9am to Midnight.

The Box Office will be open from 1st of August. Opening hours: 10am – 1am from 1st – 27th August.

Visit Assembly’s main box at Assembly George Square from 18th July to 27th August. This box office will be open from 10am until 10 minutes after the last performance’s start time.

Assembly Hall, Mound Place EH1 2LU This box office will be open 1st - 27th August from 10am until 10 minutes after the last performance’s start time.

Pleasance Dome, 1 Bristo Square EH8 9AL

Assembly Roxy EH8 9SU

This Box Office will open from 1st August to 27th August from 10am to 01:30am.

This box office will be open 2nd - 27th August from 10am until 10 minutes after the last performance’s start time.

SELF SERVICE BOX OFFICE Box Office is open from 1st August 10am to Midnight.

UNDERBELLY BY PHONE

0844 545 8252 Call the Underbelly Box Office Pre Fringe between 10am 6pm Daily. From 1st August 10am - 11pm daily.

ONLINE

www.underbelly.co.uk IN PERSON

Underbelly, Cowgate

FAST TRACK TICKET BOOTH Box Office is open from 1st August 10am to 10pm.

JUST THE TONIC BY PHONE

0131 556 5375 ONLINE

www.justthetonic.com IN PERSON

56 Cowgate, EH1 1EG (Entrances on Cowgate & Victoria Street) From 2nd August 10am - 1am daily.

Just the Tonic at The Caves, Niddry Street South, Cowgate EH1 1NS

Underbelly, Bristo Square

Entrance through the Rowantree Bar, on Cowgate. From 4th August, daily, (except 17th) 11.30am – 12.30am.

Underbelly, Bristo Square, EH8 9AL | T:0844 545 8252. From 1st August 10am - 1am daily.

FACEBOOK

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Contents ACCESS

Venue information

While a great deal of investment has been made in our facilities, our theatres are fitted almost solely for the Festival. We make adjustments to give reasonable access but we are aware that there are still some services we cannot provide, as well as areas where improvements still need to be made. We will continue to upgrade our facilities and would welcome your comments and advice. Much of this provision is new, so we advise you to arrive early, and to let us know you are coming.

Assembly

Wheelchair Access

Wheelchair accessible toilets are available at all venues. Wheelchair access is available at all venues with the exception of the following theatre spaces: • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Assembly Hall Baillie Room Assembly George Square Box Assembly George Square One Assembly George Square Two Assembly Inverleith Allotments Assembly Roxy Upstairs Assembly Roxy Downstairs Gilded Balloon Balcony Gilded Balloon Billiard Room Gilded Balloon at Third Door Pleasance Attic Pleasance Cellar Pleasance at Essential Edinburgh Underbelly Dairy Room

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Underbelly, Cowgate – Belly Dancer, Beer Belly Bar and Cow Cafe are fully accessible including accessible toilet. All other venues have steps and restrictions. Please call 0844 545 8252 to discuss specific requirements. Just The Tonic at the Caves – Just The Big Room is fully accessible including accessible toilet. All other venues have steps and restrictions. Please call 0207 255 6136 to discuss specific requirements.

Please inform the venue box office at the time of booking if you are a wheelchair user and we will assist you in every way possible. • • • •

Assembly Gilded Balloon Pleasance Underbelly

T. 0131 623 3030 T. 0131 622 6554 T. 0131 556 1513 T. 0844 545 8252

access@assemblyfestival.com boxoffice@gildedballoon.co.uk info@pleasance.co.uk boxoffice@underbelly.co.uk

Gilded Balloon

p10

Pleasance

p12

Underbelly

p16

Just the Tonic

p20

Fringe shows Theatre

p21

Dance & Physical Theatre

p48

Children’s Shows

p51

Cabaret & Spoken Word

p56

Music

p60

Musicals, Operas & Exhibitions

p65

Edinburgh Comedy Festival p66

Induction Loops

Induction loops are available at the following venues. Please arrange in advance as headsets are subject to availability: • •

Pleasance Dome Pleasance Courtyard

Shows at a glance All shows listed by time

p140

Signed Performances

For signed performances, please check individual show entry pages for details or check our websites for more information.

SHOW INFORMATION LISTED FOR EACH ENTRY 2 FOR 1 6&7

Available for 6-7 August only

ELIGIBLE FOR A SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AWARD

EUROPEAN PREMIERE UK PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE 00:00 ALL TIMES FOLLOW THE 24 HOUR CLOCK

Shows advertised as starting between midnight and 6am are listed against the previous day.

Index All shows listed by name

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THE BEST OF THE FEST George Square Theatre

Three & Club Bar

Assembly George Square

One & Two

Story Tell South Africa

George Square Bar

Three Food

Salon Elegance

WAK

VENUES Spiegetent Teatro Salon Elegance

Caravan

Bosco Tent

George Square Theatre One Two Three WAK

Info Desk Screens will be showing the Olympics in the Gardens.

BARS

Spiegel Garden Bar

Spiegeltent Teatro

Club Bar George Square Bar George Square Theatre Bar

Box Office

Welcome to the wonderful world of Assembly 2012 and our 32nd year of presenting at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Our line up this year is magnificent playing to Assembly’s strengths – a mix of International Theatre alongside Comedy and almost every other form of performance you can imagine. The programme is led by two Cultural Olympiad Seasons: Russian presented in association with Derevo; and South African. I came to the Festival from university in South Africa 35 years ago and it is a great pleasure to be working with some of the country’s greatest theatre makers from the Baxter Theatre Centre and The Fugard Theatre in Cape Town, The Market Theatre in Johannesburg as well as work from the Grahamstown Festival, with plays including Athol Fugard’s Statements After An Arrest Under The Immortality Act, a new version of Mies Julie, to Woza Albert plus brand new comedy and music. This is joined by a line up of the Best of the Sydney Fringe. At the same time as looking abroad, there is a feast of great work from Scotland and all the UK. The ever inventive Gerry Mulgrew joins us with his great Robert Burns musical Tam O Shanter and Frozen Charlotte’s sweet children’s show Paperbelle comes to us with support from Made In Scotland. If you are after truly physical performance be astounded by the new gem of this year – Knee Deep, performed by Casus, which is made up of performers from the Festival hit Circa! Or for Circus on a grand scale we have Mother Africa, football high jinx with Hi-Kick from Korea and some of the best dancers from television’s dance reality shows with Flash Mob. In the midst of this Comedy abounds with the likes of Jim Jefferies, Frisky and Mannish, Al Murray, Mark Watson, Andrew Maxwell, Adam Hills, Marcus Brigstocke, Greg Proops, Mark Little, Des Bishop, Des Clarke and a great mix of Americans with the return of the Pajama Men and Rick Shapiro and welcoming rising stars Kumail Nanjiani, Rory Scovel and Drennon Davis.

Music and dance from the heart of Cuba with The Bar at Buena Vista, the truly inventive and popular Baby Wants Candy, musical comedy Re-Animator, The Magnets and Mike Oldfiels’s Tubular Bells for Two performed as you’ve never seen it before. And of course who could forget our hit Scandinavian acapella group from last year – Fork. Giving you something for the whole family, start your day with Fringe favourites Hairy Maclary, Dr. Bunhead, or The Amazing Bubble Show. For those of you who can’t decide head for Best of the Fest, our truly great blend of the best late night Comedy, alongside our Daytime version that blends arts forms, or try our new late-night, Variety, led by Miss Behave that celebrates this inventive world. We also have the return of the Scotsman Best of the Fest, presenting the best 4 and 5 star shows across the Fringe direct from the reviewers of The Scotsman . All this and more taking place within our three festival hubs - Assembly Hall George Square - and our new home at the Roxy. In total this year we will be running fourteen theatres. And, of course, Assembly’s joyous world centres around our Spiegel Garden in George Square. To find out more information please visit us at our website assemblyfestival.com. Let me end with thanks – to my wonderful team who create this incredible world – to the University whose support is magnificent – to the performers and companies that gather from around the world and to you the public who we do it all for. Edinburgh’s Festivals combine to make the best live event in the world. Don’t miss this Arts and Entertainment party beyond compare.

WILLIAM BURDETT-COUTTS WWW.ASSEMBLYFESTIVAL.COM

@ASSEMBLYFEST

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STAFF LIST Artistic Director .........................................................William Burdett-Coutts Managing Director ..................................................Guy Hornsby General Manager....................................................Margaret Moll PA to Artistic Director ...............................................Judith Murrell Business Development Manager.........................Kim Acland Programme Manager/Producer ..........................Michael Harris Associate Producer .................................................Lauren Storr Best of the Fest Programmer .................................Amy Shirlaw Programme Consultant ..........................................Heather Ruck South African Season Intern ..................................Inka Jaroszynski Operations Manager ..............................................Nik Whybrew Finance Manager ....................................................Ben Dart Deputy General Manager......................................David Sloan Finance Assistant .....................................................Jana Hradcova Technical Director ....................................................Ruari Cormack Assistant Technical Director ...................................Pete McCabe Technical Administrator ..........................................Gillian Richards Head of Sound .........................................................Douglas Martin Head of Lighting .......................................................Paul Lim Assistant Head of Sound ........................................Martin Craig Assistant Head of Lighting .....................................Alex Lynn Site Manager ............................................................Gareth Baston

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Head of Press ...........................................................Kelly Fogarty Press Manager ........................................................Leigh McGrane

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Quad Bar

Marketing Manager ................................................Rachel Kinchin Marketing Consultants ...........................................EMG – Will Maidwell

Rainy Hall

Head of Box Office ...................................................Louise Acheson

Baillie Room

Bar Manager ............................................................Simon Donne Assistant Bar Manager...........................................Maya Vuckovic Assembly Hall Production and Site Manager ...............................Dominic Rozendaal

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All our supporters over the years. Special thanks to Judith Doherty. Chris Barnes, Lorna Brain, Caroline Fraser and Ruth Fisher at Edinburgh First. Professor Timothy O’Shea, George Boag, Rab Calder and all at University of Edinburgh. Steve Cardownie, Veronica Ross, James Doherty, Malcolm Kennedy, George Russell and all at City of Edinburgh Council. All at Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade. Bill Scott and all at Edinburgh Central Library. Kath Mainland and all at Festival Fringe Society. Graeme Arnott, Sean Doyle, Derek Marr and all Caledonian Heritable. Charlie Palmer, Grace Ayres and all at Channel 4. Michelle Rynne and all at Magners. Chris and Mike Haywood at Haywood & Company. Tony Davey, Ann Russell, Will Tatam, Jose Ferran and all at Red 61. Brian Cleary and all at Sigma Safety. Paul Roughton and all at Stage Electrics. Steve Ullathorne. Jane Healy and all at Red Letter Design. Tom Dearden and all at Wedge Digital. Chris Perkin. Eddie MacNaughtan at Big Byte. Neill Wurmel and all at Hee Haw. Paula Bushell and all at Scotland on Sunday. Chris Fleming, David Graham, Ed Lawlor, Jules Laver, Rebecca Austin, Jonathan Mills, Christopher Richardson and David Michel. William Burdett-Coutts, Margaret Moll and all at Assembly. Karen Koren (our surrogate mother), Sharon Burgess and all at Gilded Balloon. Anthony Alderson and all at Pleasance.

Head Farmers Operations Moonager Festival Producer Production Moonagers Programmer Producer Head of Press Head of Marketing Marketing Assistant

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Bar & Catering Manager Office Manager

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Box Office Moonagers

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Associate Director

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our moo-vellous programme! 10.30am - 12noon

John Peel’s Shed by John Osborne P23 Life Is Too Good To Be True P23 Bye Bye World P23 Deckchair Diaries: The Durham Revue P96 Zombie Prom P69 Graters: Julian Ignores his Friend... P69 Tiddler and Other Teriffic Tales P53

12noon - 1pm

Horse & Louis: The Curse of… P72 Double Edge’s Spring Awakening P28 Double Edge’s Apples P24 Razing Eddie P25 The Fantasist P26 Anne Edmonds in My Banjo’s Name is Steven P70 Graham Rex P70 Bob and Jim: Go P70

1pm - 2pm

Slapdash Galaxy P28 Jay Foreman’s Mixtape P73 Sad Faces Remember it Differently P73 The Night of the Big Wind P29 Letter to the Man (From the Boy) P28 You Obviously Know What I’m Talking About P30 The Magician’s Daughter P55 George Ryegold’s God-In-A-Bag P75 Chris Corcoran & Elis James: The Committee Meeting P74 E4 Udderbelly Podcalf 2012 P72 Gareth Morinan: Truth Doodler P74 Jessica Pidsley’s I Can Make You Thin(k) P75

2pm - 3pm

Satan’s Playground P34 The Man Who P36 Double Edge’s Almost Nothing To Do With Frogs P35 The One Hour Plays P76 The Static P35 Jessie Cave: Bookworm P77 Old Vic New Voices: Chapel Street P35 The Prize P36 The Early Edition P75 Fran Moulds: Significant Human Error P77 Hennessy and Friends: A History of Violence P77

3pm - 4pm

NOLA P37 Through the Looking Screen P80 Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure… For Kids! P63 Punch P38 The Dog-Eared Collective P80 Tumble Circus: This Is What We Do For A Living P38 Kaput P77 Men are From Mars, Women are from Venus P37 Rachel Stubbings is Stubbing Out Problems P77

4pm - 5pm

8pm - 9pm

Discover Ben Target! P87 Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure… For Kids! P63 The Oxford Revue: Prattle Royale P82 Old Vic New Voices: Bitch Boxer P38 Old Vic New Voices: Strong Arm P40 Swamp Juice P41 Hervé: A Collection of Songs, Dances and Stories P40 Matt Forde: Eyes to the Right, Nose to the Left P82 Lights! Camera! Improvise! (The Scat Pack) P86 Shirley and Shirley Unleashed P83 Gráinne Maguire: Where are all the Fun Places... P83

EastEnd Cabaret: Notoriously Kinky P58 Sound & Fury’s ‘Doc Faustus’ P109 Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice P46 The Beast P46 Musical Comedy Awards Showcase P114 Shlomo: Ministry of Mouth P63 Heath Franklin’s Chopper P114 One Man Star Wars P46 One Man Lord of the Rings P46 Richard Herring: Talking Cock - The Second Coming P111 Pete Johansson: Utopian Crack Pipe P113 Naz Osmanoglu: Ottoman Without an Empire P108 Vikki Stone: Hot Mess P110 Nish Kumar: Who is Nish Kumar? P112

5pm - 6pm Old Vic New Voices: Glory Dazed P42 Bad Bread: 2012: The Survival Guide P89 Leads and Stern P87 Old Vic New Voices: One Hour Only P43 Mark Grist: Rogue Teacher P56 The Great Puppet Horn P89 The Vocal Orchestra P61 Laurence Clark: Inspired P89 Benny Boot: Def-con 4 P89 Catriona Knox: Hellcat P90

6pm - 7pm The Pride P44 Helen Arney: Voice of an Angle P95 Mark Nelson: Under the Radar P98 Deckchair Diaries: The Durham Revue P96 Double Edge’s Flames Over New Jersey P44 Luke Wright: Your New Favorite Poet P56 A Real Man’s Guide to Sainthood P44 Sammy J and Randy: The Inheritance P94 Alfie Brown: Soul For Sale P96 The Lonely One P45 Craig Hill: Jock’s Trap P102 Tom Thum: Beating the Habit P62 Susan Calman: This Lady’s Not For Turning Either P93 Totally Tom P98 Basic Training P94 Alistair Barrie: Urban Fogey P98

7pm - 8pm Claudia O’Doherty: The Telescope P106 Paul Foot: Kenny Larch is Dead P104 Tiffany Stevenson: Uncomfortably Numb P107 Catie Wilkins: Joy is My Middle Name P106 Barry Morgan’s World of Organs P101 Cabaret Whore: Her Finest Hour P57 Shane Koyczan: Talk Rocker P56 Jim Campbell: Nine-Year-Old Man P99 The Funeral of Conor O’Toole P103

9pm - 10pm Doctor Brown: Befrdfgth P117 Sexytime! P121 Jonny & the Baptists P118 Tenderpits P46 Luke Toulson: Luke Who’s Talking P118 Truth P121 Michael Winslow: Noizeyman P124 Paul McCaffrey: Pills’n’Thrills and Bellylaughs P121 Armageddapocalypse: Threat Level Dead P121 Iain Stirling: Happy to be the Clown? P123

10pm - 11pm Marcel Lucont: Gallic Symbol P128 Bourgeois & Maurice: Sugartits P58 Shlomo: Ministry of Mouth P63 Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year P130 Foil Arms & Hog: Late Night Sketch Comedy P128 A Guide to Second Date Sex P47 Oyster Eyes Presents: Some Rice P128 Tom Cottle’s ‘These Twisted Folk’ P132 Anthony Rapp: Without You P65 Felicity Ward: The Hedgehog Dilemma P126 Dana Alexander: Breaking Through P130 Movin’ Melvin: Me, Ray Charles and Sammy Davis Jr P63 Tania Edwards: Killer Instinct P132

11pm - 12midnight Guilt & Shame: Up All Night P136 Briefs P59 Voices in your Head P135 Eleanor Conway’s Midnight Rumble P137 Garrett Millerick: Sensible Answers to Stupid Questions P133

12midnight onwards Boom Boom Club P59 Spank! P138 The Late Show P138 Spanktacular! P139

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Old New Voices, Ideas Tap and Underbelly present a season of excellent new writing at Underbelly Cowgate

B*tch Boxer

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2-13 & 15-26 August at 4pm

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STRONG ARM

by Luke Barnes

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Theatre

| DAILY FESTIVAL GUIDE - DAILY COVERAGE OF ALL THE FESTIVALS

10:00 (11:00)

ASSEMBLY GEORGE SQUARE | ONE

Kaya Dreams

Kaya is one of the most prestigious dream interpreters in the world. His consultation is sought by celebrities, dignitaries and leaders. His approach is both inspiring and touching. His unique technique emerged during a period of living like a hermit, giving his full attention to the study and interpretation of his dreams. Kaya developed an extraordinary capacity to interpret dreams, tapping into ancient wisdoms which he has documented and translated in his books that are bestsellers in many countries. Can our dreams help us? Come to discover the power of dreams. This is THE must see show of the fringe.

White Room Theatre

Three brilliant good morning breakfast feasts of delicious 10-15 minute playlets from exciting new international playwrights with coffee, croissant and strawberries. “One of the most important shows you’ll see at the Fringe” Daily Record *****, Fringe Review ***** - Brighton, Edinburgh and Adelaide, WhatsonStage *****, Carol Tambor Award Shortlist, ThreeWeeks Editor’s Award Nomination. Observer/Guardian Picks of the Fringe. Each menu contains a mix of great comedy, eccentricity and the odd drama - all hand-picked from some of the world’s most exciting and new writing talent.

kayadreams.com | Facebook: KAYAOFFICIALPAGE | Twitter: @KAYA_OFFICIAL

£11 (£10)

PLEASANCE DOME | QUEENDOME

THE BIG BITE-SIzE BREAKFAST SHOW

KAYA- DREAM INTERPRETER

£5 £9 (£8)

10:30 (11:30)

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10:00

£7.50 £10.50

6&7

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11:00 & various (1hr)

INVERLEITH ALLOTMENTS

£11.50 S

11:00-19:00 (20mins hourly)

PEEP

Don’t miss this Scotsman Fringe First 2011 winner, returning to the Fringe for one week only! Join Edinburgh company Nutshell for a cuppa, a homemade scone and a moving tale of sibling rivalry played out in the earth of a real allotment. Performed outside whatever the weather - come prepared!

Seek out the PEEP show box, where award winning Natural Shocks present an exclusive experience- three short plays about sex run on the hour, every hour in the Festival’s most intimate venue. Featuring writers Pamela Carter and Kefi Chadwick, directed by Donnacadh O’Briain, PEEP lets you sit alone in the dark and watch others do the work. Note: There are three variations of this show running at different

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electrifying… O’Briain’s production generates an intense, interrogatory intimacy INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ON ‘THE EARLY BIRD’,

real poignancy…witty and sympathetic  THE LIST darkly humorous…wonderfully alive  THREE WEEKS S

times during the day. Check website for details.

www.nutshelltheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @NutshellTheatre

Natural Shocks

Show times: Tuesday - Friday 11.00, 12.00, 13.00 Saturday & Sunday 16.00, 17.00, 18.00

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | COURTYARD

ALLOTMENT Nutshell

£6 S

6&7

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

11:10 (12:20)

ASSEMBLY ROxY | CENTRAL

THE TWO MOST PERFECT THINGS Words and Music Theatre Company

Celebrating the lives and careers of Noël Coward and Ivor Novello. Recognised as the most dazzling entertainers of their glamorous age, their lives intertwined professionally and personally for over thirty years, while at the top of their profession in theatre, film and musicals in the West End and on Broadway. Using their own words, unforgettable music and some imaginary meetings, four singer/ actors and a pianist look back at these two remarkable men. We discover the true story of ‘The Master’ and ‘The Governor’, their extraordinary careers and their legacy to the theatre.

£6.50 F

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6&7

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CAPTAIN FERGUSON’S SCHOOL FOR BALLOON WARFARE by Isaac Rathbone

Enlist with the Captain! Inspired by true events surrounding WWI, this solo-performance blends classical storytelling and multimedia projections as audiences find out what it takes to spy on Kaiser Wilhelm at 1,500 meters. Sound crazy? It is. www.captainferguson.com

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THE BAr AT BuENA VISTA PrESENTS EL rEY, kING Of CuBAN MuSIC World Stage Productions and Assembly

Take a seat at the bar and meet Cuba’s grandfather of music, 94-year-old Reynaldo Creagh, national treasure, inspiration for the Buena Vista Social Club and founder of the Vieja Trova Santiaguera. Relive the magic of 1950s Havana with living legends; Aspirina King of Rumba, Cuban Diva Siomara Valdes and the master of Cuban San, maestro Eric Turro as they conjure the romance of that golden era. Featuring an all star band and sizzling Cuban dancers. www.baratbuenavista.com

Rhythmic fluidity and sophistication, undeniable magic. SYDNEY mORNiNG HERALD

In this joyous show is the secret of almost eternal life. THE HERALD

An intoxicating tribute to Old Havana... A cultural exchange not to be missed. THE AuSTRALiAN

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HOT DuB TIME MACHINE

The talk of 2011’s Fringe returns with a revamped, stripped down production. Twisting a cappella into a late nite groove, FORK mix ingenious arrangements and electrifying vocals with glamour and downright sauciness. Popular numbers from the likes of Lady GaGa, Queen and madonna are reinterpreted vocally (no backing tapes!) with a sassy elegance and tongue-in-cheek humour that will have you dancing in the aisles. Sparkling and intoxicating as a glass of champagne, the Finnish four are on a mission to send the audience home smiling. When too much is not enough!

Step aboard the HOT DuB TimE mACHiNE, the World’s First Time-Travelling Dance Party!

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Laughing Stock Productions

SELL-OuT hit at the Adelaide Fringe, DJ Tom Loud brings his late night interactive dance show to Edinburgh for the first time. using the top-secret carbon neutral energy source, “Hot Dub,” we’ll travel back in time to 1956 where, powered by your boogie, we’ll party our way through music history, back to 2012! At the cutting edge of audio/visual mixing, Tom steers the party through 60 years of awesome music, with live video mash-ups, turntablism, dancing and booty-shaking for everyone!

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If there is one word which sums up their performance, it is the word spectacular!  ONE4REViEW.COm

Now’s the time to bow down at the altar of four-strong a cappella group FORK  mETRO Recreating pop hits in every sonic detail with their mouth music, Fork could be Finland’s answer to Abba.  HERALD £10 £14 (£11) F

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Get on board. Be a Time Traveller! www.laughingstock.com.au | facebook: tomloud

Hot Dub Time Machine is a fantastic party that you should not miss during this Fringe.  ADELAiDE ADVERTiSER

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Yvonne Arnaud Theatre | Written by Kenneth Grahame Adapted by Adam Forde and David Perkins

The audacious Toad leads Ratty, mole and Badger from one madcap adventure to another. But can they join together to beat the sinister Wild Wood plotters and win back Toad Hall? Join us on the River Bank for this exciting new musical adaptation of Grahame’s timeless children’s classic. www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk | facebook: yvonnearnaudyouththeatre | Twitter: @yvonnearnaudyt

The company’s skill, energy and passion... inspiring to behold  EDiNBuRGH SCREENWORKS £9 (£7)

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CLINTON THE MuSICAL Egdoh Theatre

Menier Chocolate Factory Productions

it’s hard enough being the President by yourself. Bill Clinton’s problem is that there are two of him. in 1993, America voted for one Bill Clinton and elected two. What followed was eight years of success and scandal. This is their story, told their way... with songs. A musical comedy about Bill Clinton and Bill Clinton on their quest to save their Presidency and change America. www.clintonthemusical.co.uk | facebook: ClintonTheMusical Twitter: @clintonmusical

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Anthony Rapp presents his turbulent journey through the convergence of two life-changing events: the early days of Rent – including the untimely passing of Jonathan Larson – and the illness and death of his own mother. Based on his New York Times best-selling memoir, Rapp, backed by a 5 piece rock band uses a mix of original music and songs by Larson and R.E.m. in a stunning one-man show about grief, hope, and triumph.

Paulden Hall Productions

The company behind the national sell-out success ‘Fresher the musical’ have teamed up with musicality, the stars of TV’s ‘Don’t Stop Believing’, to present this deliciously dark musical comedy revue. Witness the West End’s greatest hits stripped bare by our scandalous parodies. This is musical theatre alchemy at its finest: no song is safe.

www.menierchocolatefactory.com | www.withoutyoutheshow.com | facebook: menchocfactory Twitter: @MenChocfactory

Deeply moving. NEW YORK TimES

www.thewildwestend.com | facebook: wildwestend Twitter: @thewildwestend

Outrageous humour  BROADWAYWORLD.COm Hilarious, near-the-knuckle GuARDiAN £6.50 £11 (£9.50) F

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STEVE uLLATHOrNE’S ANNuAL PHOTO fEST

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ZIMBABwE SCuLPTurES Assembly

Vhukutiwa Gallery returns for its tenth exhibition of small scale sculpture, presenting a haunting range of work, all with a remarkable tactile quality evoking a world part natural, part spiritoriented, from some of the finest sculptors in the world.

Gilded Balloon

Award Winning photographer Steve ullathorne’s 7th annual exhibition featuring live and studio photography of performers from the Fringe and the world beyond. Picked as one of metro’s best free things to see during the 2011 Festival.

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www.Steveullathorne.com | www.gildedballoon.co.uk

The Annie Lebowitz of Comedy SCOTSmAN Amazing... Life through his lens caps an incredible year mETRO

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Learn musical improv from the best! Internationally renowned uS troupe, Baby Wants Candy invites you to learn to improvise songs and play in a more free, fast and fun style. Suitable for musical and non-musical improvisers.

Can two presenters survive hosting a grueling 24-hour radio show? Listen live as Fresh Fringe - the radio station of the festival - presents an event in aid of Waverley Care.

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Broadcasting live on Fresh Air (‘radio station of the year’ at last year’s Scottish New Music Awards) throughout August, tune in and expect special guests, live music, and city-wide features where you can get involved!

“Truly Amazing! Critics’ Pick!”- The New York Times BabyWantsCandy.com | facebook: babywantscandy twitter: @BabyWantsCandy

www.freshair.org.uk | facebook: freshfringeradio | twitter: @freshfringe

An entertainment phenomenon!  SCoTSMAN Baby Wants Candy is brilliant!  BRoADWAY BABY

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WINNER Best National Artist The Press Critics Choice Award WoRLD BuSKERS FESTIVAL 2012 Increasingly impressive feats... Shows us why he has the right to call himself the Card Ninja EDINBuRGHSPoTLIGHT.CoM £5

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thought provoking  (oN YouR DAYS ARE NuMBERED) CHoRTLE exponentially funny  (oN YDAN) THREE WEEKS

Following the success of last year’s festival Javier Jarquin returns with an all new show for 2012. A fun variety show combining killer wit, fight-of-hand techniques and cards as weapons CARD NINJA: ReDeal brings more comedy, more Ninja and much, much, much more cards.

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Javier Jarquin

Gadgets and old-school mechanics celebrating the triumph of technology over pesky nature: darkness, disease, gravity... The team behind hit show “Your Days Are Numbered” are back to give the same irreverent treatment to Nature, that mean Mother. Also: robots! Supported by R.A.Eng.

CArD NINJA: rEDEAL

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After the success of ‘Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens’ and ‘Zanna Don’t’ Latymer Theatre Company return to the Fringe with another cult musical.

The Sun newspaper’s Comedy Columnist Tommy Holgate has interviewed comic greats from Jerry Seinfeld and Jimmy Carr, to Tim Minchin and Michael McIntyre. This multimedia chat show bash includes big name stand-up, improv, music and dance from all corners of the comedy globe. An alternative comedian by trade, Tommy promises to provide the full gamet of entertainment. Warning: If you’re expecting solely mainstream fodder, you will be disappointed.

Some performances were simply outstanding  (ELEGIES FoR ANGELS, PuNKS AND RAGING QuEENS. EDINBuRGH FRINGE 2008) BoADWAY BABY

With some catchy songs, clever staging and an enthusiastic cast there is much to like about this show.  ( ZANNA DoN’T. EDINBuRGH FRINGE 2010) EDINBuRGH SPoTLIGHT £8 (£6) F

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Clever and Funny AL MuRRAY

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JuLIAN IGNorES hIS frIEND AND tALKS to A PrEttY GIrL Graters are the leading comedy group from university College London. This atypical sketch show follows the flights of fancy of someone desperately trying to maintain a conversation with a pretty girl. Their winning ‘ugly writers meet sexy actors’ formula has kept audiences entertained and aroused. www.cheesegratermagazine.org | facebook: uclcheesegrater twitter: @uCLGraters

Very clever... well-written and shrewdly satirical.  PI NEWSPAPER

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DANCING ABout ArChItECturE Mark Olver

Mark olver hosts a discussion show where comedians talk about comedy. Featuring the best performers at the Fringe talking about how they write and why they love comedy. A show for anyone who loves, or has an interest in, the art of being funny.

Vivienne Smith Management Ltd

Alistair McGowan called this show “sketch comedy at its very best”. The Sunday Express hailed these ladies as “promising”. By their own admission, they’re “worth getting out of bed for”… don’t miss Croft & Pearce’s action-packed, pre-lunch comedy show!

www.markolver.com | twitter: @markolver

A genuine feel-good show  CHoRTLE Olver has a great story to tell THE LIST Cheerful and funny GuARDIAN

www.croftandpearce.com | www.viviennesmith.com

Naturally funny SCoTSGAY These ladies’ energetic sketches are brimming with ideas BRoADWAYBABY.CoM

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A cocktail of dark & twisted sketches, blended with riotous comedy songs and jaw dropping dance sequences.

Named by the Sydney Morning Herald as one of Australia’s fastest rising comedy stars, Anne Edmonds (Best Emerging Comedy nominee, Adelaide Fringe) makes her Fringe debut with a show full of music, charm and the occasional yarn.

Their routine cries out for a chance to shine on television - The Velvet onion

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Simply a fantastic performer  THE AGE, MELBouRNE Banjo-accompanied belly laughs  THE HERALD SuN

www.funbags-comedy.co.uk | facebook: funbagscomedy twitter: @funbagscomedy

www.anneedmonds.com | facebook: theanneedmonds twitter: @anneedmonds1

Featuring So You Think You’re Funny?, Laughing Horse & Funny Women Semi-Finalists.

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fuNBAGS PrESENt “uNuSuAL SuSPECtS” A laugh out loud collection of creations - Remote Goat

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thE ComEDIAN’S ComEDIAN LIvE WIth StuArt GoLDSmIth

‘Graham’ invite you to join them in a hot, dirty bath of fresh sketches pluck’d from the groves of comedy, interwoven with the story of their journey to Edinburgh. A four man sketch group from London bring their first original show to the Fringe. Customers who bought this item also bought: own brand lager and hair removal cream. Any takers?

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Goldsmith grills one headliner per show, in depth, on exactly how they create funny things. Warm, witty, educational - it’s like “Inside The Actor’s Studio” for comedians. But marginally less pompous. Confirmed guests include Rhod Gilbert, Boy With Tape on His Face, Pappy’s.

www.grahamcomedy.tumblr.com | twitter: @grahamcomedy

They could blow the socks off some of the more mature stand-up comics appearing in Edinburgh 

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(PRAISE FoR PREVIouS WoRK) BRoADWAY BABY

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thE BIG vALuE ComEDY’S ‘LuNChtImE CLuB’

Bob and Jim (Musical Comedy Awards Finalists 2012) return with more inspired, feel-good silliness following last year’s highly acclaimed ‘Modern urges’. Charmingly cheeky banter, flangedistorted electric ukulele, a séance, and the odd bit of mime.

Just the Tonic

Come and join us for lunchtime laughs at a special Big Value Bargain sized ticket price. We’ve been bringing you the best of the up-and-coming talent for 18 years. These comedians are about to break through so come and catch them here first. This is the place to be, the lunchtime launchpad for future legends! Previous Big Valuer’s include Jon Richardson, Sarah Millican, Micky Flanagan and Seann Walsh.

www.bobandjim.co.uk | facebook: Bob AndJim | twitter: @bobandjimuk

Lashings of triumphant tomfoolery. Truly inspired.  BRITISH CoMEDY GuIDE (CoMEDY.Co.uK)

I laughed like a loon.  FRINGEGuRu.CoM

www.justthetonic.com | twitter: @bigvaluecomedy

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roCK ‘N roLL PoLItICS Steve Richards

The Independent columnist and BBC broadcaster takes you behind the scenes of British politics, bringing the dramas and characters to life. What makes Cameron tick? Can Miliband win? How has Salmond made falls of them all? The most topical show on the fringe. twitter: @steverichards14

Steve is bloody hilarious! NEIL KINNoCK Anyone interested in current affairs and with a sense of humour will love this show. JoHN BERCoW MP, SPEAKER oF THE CoMMoNS

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thE St ANDrEWS rEvuE Hailing from the university of St Andrews (often referred to as the alcoholic Scottish cousin of oxbridge), a rag tag team of scrappy young commoners form The St Andrews Revue. This year they present their debut Fringe sketch comedy show: surrealism and pop culture stitched together with a thread of the macabre. Like the Royal Wedding, but shorter. And this time, you’re invited! facebook: thestandrewsrevue | twitter: @theStAndrewsrev

Laugh-a-minute (or second)… Brilliantly crafted.  THE SAINT

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GorDoN SouthErN’S A BrIEf hIStorY of hIStorY International Word Clown

A mildly ambitious show... Southern tries to cover the complete history of civilisation, with jokes, in one hour. Hurtling through time in his “poetic, joyfully freewheeling” style (**** Chortle) it’s an edu-tainment marvel ToTAL SELL ouT MELBouRNE CoMEDY FESTIVAL 2012. Book Now.

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Top class all round SuNDAY TIMES Stellar stand up THE AGE, AuSTRALIA £5 F

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WINNER – Best Comedy, Adelaide Fringe 2012 In 1960s Cuba a man is exiled for criticising Castro’s regime. Pushed out to sea with nothing but a pile of cabbages, Augustus must conquer his fears to return home. A comedy about family, love and strength, described by the Adelaide Advertiser as being “like a Cuban “Life is Beautiful”. twitter: @workmancomedy facebook: www.facebook.com/officialmichaelworkman

absolute genius… must see TIME ouT SYDNEY £5 £9 (£8) F

Supported through the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund

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JENNY fAWCEtt Live Nation and MHA

I’m doing a show at the Pleasance Cellar. To find out more information come and see it.

Splididly Surreal   TELEGRAPH

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horSE & LouIS: thE CurSE of... Musical Comedy Awards and one-to-Watch finalists Horse & Louis have been struck by a terrible curse. To break it, they must risk their lives and everything they hold dear. They’ll also have to perform a bunch of new songs and sketches for your delectation and amusement. horseandlouis.com | facebook: horseandlouis | twitter: @horseandlouis

Excellent... really is deserving of an hour of your time.  BRITISH CoMEDY GuIDE (CoMEDY.Co.uK) Wryly funny songs and quirky lines… plenty to enjoy. CHoRTLE

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ANthoNY KING: SoNGS of LovE AND DEAth

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E4 uDDErBELLY PoDCALf 2012 Underbelly and Dabster Productions

Join us for our brand new comedy podcast. The best stand up, sketches, music and conversation from across the entire festival hosted by Richard Melvin. Come and watch the live recording before it’s downloaded by millions around the world. Previous guests include Kevin Bridges, Sarah Millican and Tim Minchin.

Experienced comedian Anthony King brings his dark, dead-pan songs and stand-up to the festival for the first time. Some silly songs, some disturbing and ‘wrong’, this elegantly mournful figure pours out his twisted mind with the help of a guitar, some one-liners and surreal moments.

dabsterproductions.com | underbelly.co.uk/podcast

A Must See GuARDIAN

www.akstandup.com | www.youtube.com/dupants twitter: @anthonyjohnking

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mErvYN StuttEr’S PICK of thE frINGE

Everyone’s got problems. Have yours solved by a group of entirely unqualified stand-up comics in this off-the-cuff, improvised advice show. Hosted by tattooed idiot Jim Smallman.

The best and only daily showcase of Fringe talent. Every day Mervyn and his team carefully research the Fringe and bring you live extracts from eight of the best shows in a packed 90 minute lunchtime extravaganza. Every day there is a different selection for you. Pick the ones you like and then go and see them. There’s Comedy, Theatre, Music, Dance, the lot.

www.jimsmallman.com | www.bestmed.co.uk facebook: jimsmallmancomedian | twitter: @jimsmallman

Jim Smallman is a natural-born compere, an instinctive storyteller who draws out the humour in every anecdote

£5 S

A vibrant, stimulating showcase of talent SCoTSMAN Excellent, really really good! oBSERVER £9 (£8)

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21st Year

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Storytellers’ Club presents

A new show by Sarah Bennetto starring her totally sexy comedian friends. Anyone who’s done office temping knows the deal: every day’s your first day, as you metamorphose into the person who replaced. You can get away with murder; just get that timesheet signed at 5pm. twitter: @sarahbennetto

A skillful raconteur, coaxing big laughs, and those moments of poignancy & inspiration to which so many performers don’t even get close.  THREE WEEKS Tales of outrageous fortune, suffused with urbanity and wisdom  THE AGE - MELBouRNE

twitter: @sadfacescomedy

Side-splittingly funny  BRoADWAY BABY

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Journey into the minds of Sad Faces! Witness the destruction of their friendship in one fateful day! Ascertain that they remember that day differently! Wonder at the wobbly cardboard props and flimsy costumes! Enjoy these complimentary and gratuitous exclamation marks! An ambitious show that dares to blend “live sketch comedy” with “a paying audience”, everyone leaves happy (or no-one leaves). As heard on BBC Radio 4Extra.

£6 £8.50 (£7.50)

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AftErNooN DELIGht Charlotte Austin for Just the Tonic

Just the Tonic have 7 venues with 100% comedy this year! Afternoon Delight is a sample show of different acts from within our venues, and maybe the odd special guest. Spend an hour in the company of between 5 and 8 performers and see if you want to go to their full show (cheeky discounts are often available). A little taster show for you, so you can see what we’re offering. It’ll be different every day, it’ll certainly be varied and it’s value for money. www.justthetonic.com | twitter: @justthetonic

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13:20 (14:20) Whipping up a selection of the best comedy acts of the Festival into a delicious lunchtime feast, The Showcase Show returns for its ninth triumphant year. At the heart of the action in the Pleasance Courtyards buzzing Cabaret Bar, this show is perfect for comedy fans looking for some early afternoon laughs. With a new line-up every day including big name headliners and the hottest new up-and-comers, The Showcase Show is the best place to start your day. www.edcomproductions.com

A perfect bite-size flavour of the festival – a must see  THREE WEEKS (2009) A brilliant way to discover new talent  THREE WEEKS (20011)

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WILL mArSh’S ruINAtIoN Britain has broken down and it needs a jump start. Will Marsh has discovered the real causes and salvation comes with shocks. In the time taken for the average roadside recovery this debut show will deliver inventive ways to recover a ruined nation. Start your afternoon with black comedy, satire and observations you have probably never had. www.willmarsh.com | facebook: thisWillmarsh | twitter: @thatWillmarsh

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Fresh from supporting Dave Gorman’s uK tour, multi-award winner Jay combines the best of his sell-out Edinburgh shows and some new bits in an irresistible hour which spans his hilariously melancholic viewpoint, funny songs and startling musical wizardry. Musical comedy has never been this dextrous or catchy.

Sharp and sophisticated… classy and funny. 

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Silliness and sophistication…You’ll be giggling like a moron  LoNDoNISFuNNY.CoM Whip smart and on the button funny LoNDoNIST

Laugh out loud jokes aplenty  THREEWEEKS

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The Milk Monitors/Laughing Horse Free Festival

www.dittoproductions.co.uk | twitter: @jayforeman

thE CouNtING houSE | thE BALLroom

Come and see a new, hilarious Jane Austen novel every day – for free! Watch six exceptionally talented ladies and gentlemen cook up a play full of wit, flirtation and dastardly behaviour, based entirely on your suggestions. Starring 2011 Best Newcomer Nominee Cariad Lloyd.

£10 (£9)

AuStENtAtIouS: AN ImProvISED JANE AuStEN NovEL

Ditto Productions

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BACK to SChooL Arty Kamikaze and Take 3 Management

Relive your student days and return to the 80’s in this hotly anticipated, site-specific, interactive comedy. The school doors open and as enrolling students, you can participate in Life Drawing and Dissection classes, nosh on nostalgic school dinners, run free in the playground and relive those amusingly agonising assemblies minus the Latin Incantation. Ferried between a bonkers cast of teachers, janitors and even a resurrected school hamster, this is a rare chance to relive the good ol days and even learn a thing or two! Please note: 2 performances on August 3-5, 10-12, 17-19, and 24-26 www.backtoschooledinburgh.com | www.clementinewade.com facebook: backtoschooledinburgh | twitter: @back2schooledin

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ChrIS CorCorAN AND ELIS JAmES - thE CommIttEE mEEtING Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Chris Corcoran (Rhod Gilbert Show, Radio Wales) and Elis James (8 out of 10 Cats, CH4) bring their 21st century take on a working-man’s club culture to Edinburgh. Comedy gang show committee style. All members must attend; simply by reading this you are a member. www.pmeedinburgh.com

Hilarious - a totally unique experience £6 £9 (£8)

13:30 & 17:15 (1hr)

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DAvID o’DohErtY PrESENtS 403 SECoND mAStErWorKS

RHoD GILBERT

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thE ShoWStoPPErS’ fAmILY mAtINEES Showstopper Productions - Festival Highlights

Fine & Dandy Productions

An hour of highly informative and factual 403 second presentations, delivered by some of the Fringe’s top comedy talent, on highly specialised topics they have chosen themselves. Get ready to LoL (learn out loud). Please note: the show on 14 Aug starts at 13:30 and the show on 20 Aug starts at 17:15. facebook: actualdavidodoherty | twitter: @phlaimeaux

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uNDErBELLY, BrISto SquArE | CLovEr Special new family-friendly shows from these brilliant musical comedy improvisers, as heard on BBC Radio Four. Five performances only. See separate listing for their main nightly performances at 11pm.

truth DooDLEr Gareth Morinan

Please note different start times: August 7 - 13:30, August 12, 21 - 18:30, August 13 - 17:15, August 20 - 13:30

uniquely innovative debut solo hour featuring: characters, wit, doodles, animation, data-analysis, anti-heightism and free artwork poster with every ticket! As seen on BBC2/HBo in “Life’s Too Short”, “The Culture Show” and “Vexed”. used to work in Government for Michael Gove (prick).

www.theshowstoppers.org | www.festivalhighlights.com | facebook: theshowstoppers | twitter: @theshowstoppers

The show is a blast. It makes your jaw drop in impressed amazement and your ribs ache with laughter. Simultaneously a pastiche, a parody and a paean to musical theatre.  MAIL oN SuNDAY Awe-inspiring – and very very funny.  WHATSoNSTAGE.CoM Astonishing. Showstopper! has everything you could want from a blockbuster musical. It just happens to be made up on the spot.  METRo I’d opt for this show’s wild, inventive energy over The Sound of Music any day. LYN GARDNER,

www.gmorinan.com | facebook: Garethmorinan | twitter: @gmorinan

Going places - see him now  THE SKINNY Extremely enjoyable and original  THREE WEEKS

THE GuARDIAN

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JESSICA PIDSLEY’S I CAN mAKE You thIN(K)

GEorGE rYEGoLD’S GoD-IN-ABAG

98% of people aren’t happy with their bodies. That’s why Jessica Pidsley is 98% convinced you need to see this show. Her unique selfhelp stand-up can’t change your body, but might just change your mind. She’s also less creepy than Paul McKenna*

The winner of Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2011, reveals a different side to everyone’s favourite doctor – love, enduring friendship and a dangerous, earth-shattering new theory. Starring Toby Williams, Hattie Hayridge (Red Dwarf), Dan Mersh (Fresh Meat), Lindsay Sharman and Milo McCabe.

Jessica Pidsley

George Ryegold

*73% of 8 people agreed that Jessica Pidsley is 4% less creepy than Paul McKenna.

www.tobywilliamscomedy.co.uk | twitter: @Georgeryegold

Tremendous fun... it’s stuff like this that makes the Fringe great.  THREEWEEKS

www.icanmakeyouthink.com | facebook: jessicapidsley twitter: @jesspidsley

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thE EArLY EDItIoN Get Comedy

Phone tapping, bribery, extortion, libel and lies. Can the British press get any worse? Well, of course it can, and The Early Edition is back to flag up its faults. Their headlines are our punchlines.

Revunions are back with another cool advert! Having successfully placed an advert in the last 3 years worth of comedy guides we’ve come back to have another go. We also do some sketch comedy and have a show with surreal characters and splendid sketchesbut placing ads is our first love.

Previous guests have included Phill Jupitus, Adam hills, frankie Boyle, Shappi Khorsandi, micky flanagan and John Bishop. Go to www.underbelly.co.uk for 2012 guests www.theearlyedition.co.uk | www.getcomedy.com facebook: theearlyedition | twitter: @Early_Edition

www.bristolrevunions.com | facebook: www.facebook.com/revunions twitter: @brisrevunions

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fuNNY WomEN At thE frINGE Funny Women celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a specially curated show featuring great comedy from the Funny Women Awards and beyond. Embracing all genres: stand up, sketch, musical comedy, character and improv. With complimentary makeuppers and goodies from Benefit Cosmetics and their Benebus, a bespoke mobile beauty salon. Plus two exciting semi-finals of this year’s Funny Women Awards - the best new acts compete for a place in the London final on 24th September.

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hannahgadsby.com.au | facebook: hannahgadsbycomedy

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LArA A KING - PEoPLE PLEASEr Sharp humour, uplifting melodies, lyrical wordsmithery and very clever silliness from award winning comedienne lara A king. She will make you laugh until a little bit of wee comes out. She has to. Her show is in the comedy section. And she’s a People Pleaser.

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www.lukeandharry.tumblr.com | twitter: @lukeandharry

amiable... macabre... an entirely convincing show  THREEWEEKS a unique and original mix of darkly fascinating and frequently hilarious comedy  QX MAGAZINE £5 £8 (£7)

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Luke and Harry perform fifteen nearly realistic sketches detailing an unhealthy home life. Luke finds love at a Toby Carvery; Harry has a bath with his grandad.

feckin brilliant DILLIE KEANE lara A king can sing, swing, joke and spring A. pretty poem on you JoHN HEGLEY utterly hilarious. lara A king won this year’s award by a mile WWW.FuNNYWoMEN.CoM

Luke & Harry

www.laraking.co.uk

LuKE AND hArrY’S Dot Dot Dot

lara A king

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She had a famous son and has been paparazzied by painters for centuries since. Comedian Hannah Gadsby takes you on an historical art tour of the many faces of everyone’s favourite virgin. She directs her wry, mordant wit to matters of serious art intellectualism (kind of).

There’s a treasure trove of great women comics GuARDIAN

Token Events

funnywomen.com | facebook: wearefunnywomen | twitter: @funnywomen

£12 (£10)

hANNAh GADSBY - mArY. CoNtrArY.

Funny Women

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David Johnson & John Mackay

Gravel Comedy

Enticed down from the mountains with the promise of raw meat, these savage creatures were washed, shaved and taught to use stairs. Now dressed like gentlemen and schooled in the twin arts of humour and needlework, they have conspired to craft a slick, hilarious and delightful sketch show. You won’t find anything else like this at the Fringe. Anything. Maybe some things. BEASTS are coming! www.beastscomedy.co.uk | facebook: beastscomedy twitter: @BEAStScomedy

They that dwell on the earth shall wonder, when they behold the Beast that was, and is not, and yet is. THE BIBLE £5 £8 (£7) F

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14:15 (15:30) SANDI ToKSVIG - comedian, novelist, actor, broadcaster, show-off and international treasure - is embarking on her first major uK solo tour in years to celebrate publication of her new novel Valentine Grey. Long-standing host of Radio Four’s News Quiz and Excess Baggage and regular QI panelist, Sandi will be touring a brand new, uniquely witty evening of stand-up, stories and fascinating facts.

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BESt of thE fESt DAYtImE Assembly

Join us for some afternoon delight in the Gardens! The very best of comedy, music and cabaret in the festival, perhaps even the world. Suitable for all ages. Last year featured Barry & Stuart, The Boy With Tape on His Face, The Magnets, Idiots of Ants, Ali McGregor, Pete Firman, Lady Carol, Jason Cook, Briefs, Ian D Montfort, Carl Donnelly, Ali Cook, Le Gateau Chocolat, Jarlath Regan, orkestra Del Sol, Des Bishop, Piff the Magic Dragon, Antonio Forcione, Beardyman, Nina Conti and many, many more!

Sandi will be signing copies of Valentine Grey (Virago) after the show. Directed by Pip Broughton www.sanditoksvig.com

Visit assemblyfestival.com for line ups. www.assemblyfestival.com | twitter: @Assemblyfest

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ErIC’S tALES of thE SEA - A SuBmArINEr’S YArN

You want five comedians for just £3 you say? And a different line up each day? oh… go on then! Here are five hilarious, up and coming comic talents for just £3. That’s less than a pint!

Eric

Award-winning Edinburgh Fringe favourite (5th consecutive year). True-life submariner Eric gives an insider’s view of life on a Nuclear Submarine. unique, riveting, funny and poignant. Eric’s real life story of danger, suspense and true love underwater, leaves the audience scared to breathe at times in case they miss something.

twitter: @gagforattention

Hilariously funny! A must see!  LoVEFRINGE.Co.uK

www.ericdotcom.co.uk | twitter: @Eric_Just_Eric

 THREE WEEKS A quietly wonderful show  THE TIMES £2 £3 F

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thE oNE hour PLAYS

JACK JEromE’S JourNEY of LIfE

Improvised comedy from guerrilla artisans... With help from the audience, our ten-minute plays are conceived, devised, costumed, scripted, musically scored, and staged in only one hour. Anneka Rice meets Art Attack at a gypsy knees-up! As if you needed any further encouragement, the first matey through the door gets a FREE knitted moustache.

“Now what I’m about to say may shock you… I am an actual believer in life!” Join Jack Jerome in his best show yet! This inspirational piece will very probably change your life! With so much to give and yet so little to take, this life coach ‘loves to live and lives to love’. You could leave it, or you could live it.

AlleyKat

Actually Rather Good Ltd

www.jack-jerome.com | facebook: jackjerome1 | twitter: @Jack_Jerome

www.onehourplays.co.uk | facebook: onehourplays twitter: @mateyinstitute

Truly unique and very entertaining THREE WEEKS - EDINBuRGH Brilliant silliness WHAT’S oN STAGE £6 £8 (£7) F

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JESSIE CAvE: BooKWorm

SquArE EYE PAIr

Welcome to Book Club! Solely founded by Harry Potter actress and self-diagnosed bookworm Jessie Cave. High levels of effort have gone into making this Book Club the best Book Club in the history of Book Clubs. Cardboard cut-outs, amateur puppetry, a giant beaver and/or a gingerbread house may feature.

Winner, Best Comedy, 2011 Auckland Fringe Festival.

Live Nation & MHA

Awesomeness Comedy

What happens when bromance gets in the way of romance? A bitingly funny satire on today’s media and entertainment obsessed society, in this anti-bromantic comedy of the year. For anyone who owns box sets of Friends, Seinfeld or has been poked on Facebook.

No snacks or active participation allowed: this bookworm means business.

www.squareeyepair.co.nz | www.awesomenesscomedy.com facebook: squareeyepair | twitter: @SqEyePair

www.pindippy.com | twitter: @pindippycave

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genuinely funny and unpretentious RHYS DARBY

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BEC hILL IS morE AfrAID of You thAN You ArE of hEr!

Vinegar Knickers are on a quest to be the edgiest sketch group on earth. In a laundrette. Yes way! Watch in horror as this living breathing Benetton advert peels itself off the billboard and into your brain. Bring a set square – cos this sh*t just got EDGY.

With a string of YouTube hits and recently named as one of Timeout’s Top 5 Funniest Comedians on Twitter, Bec Hill is back with a brand new show all about her biggest fear: You.

£5 £8 (£7)

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Bec Hill and her side-splittingly funny stand-up routine are a joy to behold…  THREE WEEKS - EDINBuRGH An act to watch out for.  CHoRTLE

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www.bechillcomedian.com | littlerednoise.com facebook: bechillcomedian | twitter: @bechillcomedian

Wouldn’t seem out of place on TV THREE WEEKS A female powerhouse STYLIST MAGAZINE

Innocent Hill

www.vinegarknickers.com | facebook: vinegarknickers twitter: @vinegarknickers

£5 (£4)

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vINEGAr KNICKErS: oN thE EDGE Vinegar Knickers

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hENNESSY & frIENDS: A hIStorY of vIoLENCE.

Debut solo show from Radio 4 comedian, Fran Moulds, featuring six original characters including Dan Riley, a horndog theologian, Ryan, a base-jumping Aussie legend, Morgana Haught, the celeb correspondent for a liberal broadsheet, and Sarah, the teenager from Bolton who’s just converted to Islam. Not controversial.

A man awakes in his own basement - bound, beaten and tormented by a masked figure armed with a finger puppet. So begins a whirlwind of hilarious sketches and characters from Miranda Hennessy (Channel 4’s ‘Phoneshop’, ‘This Just In’, BBC2’s ‘Dick and Dom’s Funny Business’). With David Seymour (Law & order) and Steven Shapland (Harry & Paul). Directed by Natalie Bailey (‘The Thick of It’). There will be blood.

Versatile and accomplished CHoRTLE Beautifully performed. Precise and humane. THE LIST

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www.mirandahennessy.com | facebook: pages/hennessy-andfriends/121330681259634 | twitter: @hennessyfriends

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www.avalonuk.com

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frAN mouLDS: SIGNIfICANt humAN Error Avalon Promotions

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rAChEL StuBBINGS IS StuBBING out ProBLEmS

Strut & Fret and Tom Flanagan

A mix of chaos, comedy and knockabout slapstick in one big acrobatic debacle for all ages. Join Tom Flanagan, the larger-thanlife energetic star of Tom Tom Crew and Circus oz and be swept up in the mayhem as one man’s life is turned upside down. A highly skilled, hilariously funny and beautifully poignant bit of madness.

Something for the Weekend

Bad breath? Lonely as hell? I can help. With my gift for Healing, I set up my online agony aunt business: Stubbing out Problems. Now I’m going live! Come watch me Heal people by every means possible! www.rachelstubbings.com | twitter: @rachelStubbings facebook: rachel Stubbings

facebook: tomisKaput | twitter: @tomiskaput

Tom Flanagan’s silent movie-esque slapstick is elegant buffoonery at its finest. THREE WEEKS

Sharp-witted… destined for greatness TIME ouT An unusually high standard of innovation and comic writing  THE LIST £6 £8 (£7)

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thE SChooL of NIGht Witness a Shakespearean masterpiece be created on the spot, based on audience suggestions. This daring group founded by theatrical maverick Ken Campbell and The Showstoppers returns to the Fringe direct from a London season.

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www.tobyhadoke.com | www.festivalhighlights.com twitter: @tobyhadoke | facebook: festivalhighlights

Utterly hysterical look into the life of someone for whom sci-fi has made the world a better place.  BTG £6 £10 (£9)

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Toby Hadoke’s long-awaited sequel to his Sony Gold Award nominated ‘Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf’. Intimate knowledge of the TARDIS is not required to enjoy this bittersweet comedy of parenting through sci-fi evangelism. This Chortle Awards 2012 nominee has an acid tongue and a warm heart.

Kill for a ticket because this is the secret gem of the festival.  TV BoMB Intelligent, laugh-a-minute fare.  DAILY TELEGRAPH

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www.theschoolofnight.com | www.festivalhighlights.com twitter: @schoolofnight

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The duo return with an adventure story told with panache and homemade props. Marvel as they perform sketches, sing a bit, and do bad impressions of people you don’t know (ie Yasmine’s Mother).

Critically acclaimed sketch comedy. From the silly to the surreal, feast on our tasty spread of comic delights ending in the spectacular Cult The Musical. There will be attempted dancing and up to one song.

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Stark comic quality  REMoTEGoAT Had the audience laughing throughout GuIDE2BATH.CoM

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KAthErINE rYAN: NAturE’S CANDY

Star of Channel 4’s ‘CAMPuS’, seen on BBC2’s EPISoDES.

Striking presence...killer lines...calm confidence SCoTSMAN

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A relentlessly hilarious show, craftsmanlike in concept, writing and delivery  DAILY TELEGRAPH Sheer hilarity... The audience are caught up in the comedy tidal wave  CHoRTLE

twitter: @kathbum

The new kings of seminar-based comedy return with a brand new hour of extreme friendship training. Best friends Kieran and Joe lead an unforgettable crash course aimed at anyone who’s ever bonded with another human being or is thinking about giving it a try.

“Sweeter than that first bite of fresh lemon from the tree, this awardwinning comedian proves things in life that make us bitter can actually be hilariously delicious.

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Oxford Imps

The oxford Imps are back! Fringe veterans from the city of dreaming spires bring you appropriately inspired comedy magic, entirely based on audience suggestions. Prepare for riotous comic adventure with joke-offs, rap battles and spontaneous sketches, all rounded off with a hilarious improvised play or musical. With wit, charm and panache, these cracking comedians will rock your socks off, ‘Whose Line is it Anyway’-style.

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James Grant Comedy

After two phenomenally successful runs at the Fringe, and fresh from their sell-out residency at London’s Leicester Square Theatre, this “big word of mouth underground hit” (Timeout) return to deliver their wildly exuberant, pop-culture obsessed lunacy.

A rattlebag of comic treats… Fantastic! 

Get your hands on a ticket. Suitable for teens and families.

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www.oxfordimps.com | facebook: oxfordimps | twitter: @oxfordimps

Solid hit after solid hit… simply brilliant 

Devastatingly funny EDFRINGE REVIEW 2011

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thE SILKY PAIr: hAPPY to hELP (PLuS SPECIAL GuEStS)

A comic look at love. In all it’s many forms! Romantic. Platonic. The love of a hobby, pet, money or God. You name it, this show explores it! Tomlinson is now recognised as one of the uK’s leading comic improvisers and has had sell out comedy shows all over the world; Canada, America, New Zealand and Hong Kong.

Female duo sell sketches and songs in their comedy shop.The pair display their wares for you, whilst getting distracted from business plans by far more pressing personal matters.

Kepow Theatre Company

www.thesilkypair.com

Their jokes are consistent winners and their songs are well-crafted little gems.  EDINBuRGH GuIDE A new hope for the female double-act. Slick, sexy and stunningly original. JEFF ZYCINSKI, BBC RADIo SCoTLAND

www.kevintomlinson.co.uk | www.pegasustheatre.org.uk

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KEvIN tomLINSoN: SEvEN AGES! A comic look at the seven stages of life! Fresh from a sell out world tour to; Canada, America, New Zealand and Hong Kong! Tomlinson is now recognised as one of the uK’s leading comic improvisers. A truly life affirming show, that is suitable for 6-106 year olds.

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The 32nd Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards

Every year a sell out! The uK’s first and premier award for live comedy. See the 2012 winner and nominees on one bill for one show only. Book early to avoid disappointment. We bring you the stars of tomorrow. Previous Best Show Winners include: Russell Kane, Tim Key, Daniel Kitson, Al Murray – The Pub Landlord, Lee Evans and Frank Skinner. Previous Best Newcomer Winners include: Tim Minchin, Sarah Millican The Mighty Boosh and Harry Hill. For all the latest news and winners announcements follow @ comedyawards

www.kevintomlinson.co.uk | www.pegasustheatre.org.uk

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Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with Dawn Sedgwick Management

Come and jeer at this feckless fool in his homemade canoe. Dave McNeill strives to find answers to questions he is as yet unsure of. And to find the Chinese man responsible for urinating through his letterbox at 1am, a little over two weeks ago. twitter: @mCNEILL_DAvID

Sheer comic gold.  METRo Sharp and gloriously offbeat.  DAILY MAIL £5 £8 (£7) F

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Six ex-cons, one final job. The Hacker. The Smooth Talker. The Mercenary. The Driver. The Architect. And Graham (he does HR, mainly). All are reunited by the Ringleader to conduct one final sting, taking down a sinister oligarch. If we told you any more, we’d have to kill you. Luckily, that’s more or less the plot. Epic narrative sketch-comedy from Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Winners Max and Ivan.

Award-winning comedian and creator of BBC Radio 4’s “It Is Rocket Science”, Helen Keen returns with her esoteric mix of stand-up comedy, science fiction and shadow puppetry to transport you into the exciting, inventive and tinfoil-y world of The Future (by at least an hour!)

www.maxandivan.com | www.pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @maxandivan

Hugely ambitious and impressive GuARDIAN Nothing can stop Max and Ivan on their sketch comedy quest for greatness  BRITISH THEATRE GuIDE

Time Out Critics’ Choice

www.helenkeen.com | www.avalonuk.com | twitter: @helen_keen

Quirky, offbeat and original... clearly someone to watch SuNDAY TIMES

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Anne Chmelewsky

Meet Annabel Clarke, a twenty-seven year old obsessed with her colleague: Sebastian Smith. Annabel is convinced that the only way for her to be united with her colleague is to approach Sebastian online. Empowered with Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, will Annabel ever get her man? Composed, written and directed by Anne Chmelewsky (The office: The opera BBC Comic Relief 2009), starring Clare Presland (‘mesmerising, has an intensity that almost sears the flesh’ - The Times), and accompanied by Elizabeth Challenger on piano.

Mat Ewins presents a fun sketch/character show about legendary movie star Bruce Hammers and his 1982 action blockbuster Bananapocalypse. Which definitely was a real film that happened.

sets the bar high for a relatively new act...never far from a solid punchline CHoRTLE made no attempt to explain where the rest of the cast were, simply claiming they were dead THREE WEEKS £4 £5

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www.alisontheaskot.com | twitter: @alisontheaskot

Original comedy genius  BRoADWAY BABY A terrific new comic creation THE TELEGRAPH £5 £7

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The 2011 Funny’s Funny and 2010 Funny Women Finalist Alison TheaSkot returns with another delightfully batty character comedy show. From the team that brought you The Human Tuning Fork (Telegraph’s Best of the Fringe 2011) comes another surreal adventure into Miss Thea-Skot’s mind of many characters. As seen on BBC2’s Culture Show.

www.climarproductions.com | twitter: @ClimarProd facebook: www.facebook.com/SharronmatthewsSuperstarGold

Alison Thea-Skot and Chris Bennion

Named ‘BEST oF THE FEST’ (Scotsman, 2011). After 2 years of sellout shows and 5 star reviews, the undisputed Queen of Comedy Cabaret returns to rock Edinburgh to its foundations! The European Premiere of GoLD mixes Matthews’ unique style of comedy with her stunning mash-ups by artists such as Queen, Lady Gaga, and more. The result is always hysterical, heart wrenching, shocking, and GoLD.

thEA-SKot’S mISS ADvENturES

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muNfrED BErNStEIN’S CABINEt of WoNDEr

The big, friendly nerd is back with a brand new show all about time.

Witness a cabaret of wild stories collected from the four corners of the globe in this hilarious musical misadventure from a man unhinged. Step into the Cabinet of Wonder! You’ve nothing to lose, except your wallet and keys.

www.tomgoodliffe.co.uk | facebook: tomGoodliffe.Comedian twitter: @tomGoodliffe

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Splendiforous RIP IT uP Quick-witted brillance TVNZ

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www.jamiebowen.com | www.awesomenesscomedy.com facebook: munfredbernstein | twitter: @munfredb

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Hope, fear, love, ambition, innocence, wisdom and cleaning out the fridge. Fifty minutes about the stuff life is made of.

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thE tIm vINE ChAt ShoW The 2011 sell out show returns! It’s a ridiculous hour packed with Tim’s silly jokes and guests’ anecdotes that seem to finish before you expect them to. Watch Vine spin comedy gold from stories like ‘I sold my rollerskates to a murderer’ or ‘A bat got into my handbag’. ‘The man’s a marvel’ (Scotsman). (That last one is a quote not a story.)

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Hilarious SuNDAY TIMES One to watch METRo Simply inspired  ARTS DESK £6 £10 (£9)

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dogearedcollective.co.uk | objectivetalentmanagement.com

EVENING STANDARD

Anarchic funnymongers The Dog-Eared Collective unleash more supercharged silliness. See Girl Guides serve a political hot potato whilst Paddington Bear meets 8 Mile.

Master of the punny one-liner. Boy is it funny. 

Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.timvine.com twitter: @realtimvine

thE DoG-EArED CoLLECtIvE: You’rE AmAZING (NoW LooK At mE)

Bound and Gagged Comedy | Tim Vine

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Join in a day of discussion and debate on some of the big issues in marketing > Full day tickets from £100 Innovation in Marketing and Communications > Assembly Roxy Central, 2 Roxburgh Place > 2.30pm-5.30pm > Tickets £50

Culture and Creativity > Assembly George Square, Elegance > 10am-12.30pm > Tickets from £50

Leaders of the marketing and communications industry will be presenting the latest in thinking and practice in marketing and communications over the last year, focusing on how cutting edge practice and technique has delivered value and growth for brands and services.

This session will be opened by Fiona Hyslop, MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs.

> Hugh Burkitt, CEO,The Marketing Society > Paul Bainsfair, Director General, IPA > Jane Wilson, CEO, Chartered Institute of Public Relations > Justin Cooke, Chairman of British Interactive Marketing Association For information and tickets visit www.eimfest.com The Festival Drinks Reception > Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent Teatro > 6pm-8pm > By invitation only* The reception will be one of main highlights of the Festival and will be attended by leaders from government, marketing and media together with arts and culture, academia and the broad creative industries. *If you are interested in attending please visit www.eimf.com or contact paul@eimfest.com

In the Year of Creative Scotland our panel will discuss the importance of creativity in building the reputation and performance of a country and it’s cities. Speakers include Mallcolm Roughead, VisitScotland, Kenneth Fowler, Creative Scotland and Lucy Bird, Marketing Edinburgh. The key note speaker is Tim Broadbent of Ogilvy & Mather, China. Ogilvy Debate > University of Edinburgh Business School > 2pm- 4pm > Tickets from £30 “This house believes advertising should be more about science than art.” For the motion: Tim Broadbent, Ogilvy & Mather and Tom Gill, Heineken. Against the motion: Ed Morris, Rapier and Gerry Farrell,The Leith Agency.

The Best Ideas in the World? You Judge > University of Edinburgh Business School > 4.30pm-6pm > Tickets from £30 An international panel of judges have selected the best award winning marketing ideas from around the world for presentation and discussion before the audience votes. The panel incudes: Jason Craig, Cutty Sark, Gonzalo Figari Dseis, Angus Walker, Frame and David Proudlock,This is Inkling. Amplify Drinks Reception > Assembly George Square, GST Bar > 6pm-8pm Free to Amplify guests – the chance to network with the movers and shakers in marketing in the liveliest spot at the Edinburgh Festival. For full details and booking visit www.marketing-society.org.uk/amplify Partners:

You cannot be serious! > Assembly George Square, ONE > 9pm-10pm > Tickets £20 Trust me, I’m a marketer ... Inspired by a popular TV show, our panel of marketers and comedians share their secrets and lies. Can you guess who’s telling the truth? Featuring guest presenter Kenny Harris.

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BEArD Joan of Laugh

If you like two-woman comedies, which are called ‘BEARD’, you’ll love this: a new two-woman comedy, which is called ‘BEARD’. Rosa Robson and Matilda Wnek bring you an original hour of comedy as fresh and imaginative as it is funny and entertaining. Combining razor-sharp writing, vivid characterisation, and live music, this duo is a Fringe must-see.

The Cambridge Footlights

Join the Cambridge Footlights for their 50th year at the Fringe. Following sell-out runs at the Pleasance in 2010 and 2011, the Footlights are always a ‘must-have ticket’ (Times). This year’s crop of comedic talent is no exception, bringing you a brand new hour of sketches, surrealism and satire. Don’t miss your chance to see the ‘most renowned sketch troupe of them all’ (Independent).

Exquisite BRoADWAY BABY Sickeningly talented  VARSITY

footlightstour.co.uk/2012 | facebook: footlightstourShow2012 twitter: @footlightstour

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“The Edinburgh Fringe creates many comedians in the same sea. If Jimmy Carr has a cruise ship, Fred Cooke has a canoe with a hole in it.” Share in observations like this, and many more, as Ireland’s most unique comedy export returns to the Fringe. Features a madcap mix of stories, music, delusion, and awkwardness. Don’t miss Ireland’s fastest-rising stand-up’s brand new show.

Canadian Mae Martin (GlobalTV, CBC) mines her neurotic visions of the impending apocalypse - but this show is not a downer. She promises. The Musical Comedy Awards and Hackney New Variety Act of the Year finalist celebrates over a decade of doing comedy (she started at 13) with MAE DAY.

www.lisarichards.ie | www.dangeroverhead.com | twitter: @Cookefred

Full of the confidence of a veteran comedian. 

SCoTSGAY

A one-woman laugh riot! MooNEYoNTHEATRE.CoM £5 £6

www.maemartin.ca | www.maemartin.ca | twitter: @themaemartin

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Musical prowess... highly entertaining! CHoRTLE Elevated to hilarity... stupidly enjoyable SCoTSMAN £5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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frED CooKE - StANDING, tILtED Danger Overhead & Lisa Richards

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Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

The world-famous, critically-acclaimed Revue return, providing a cheaper, considerably slower alternative to the 2012 olympics.

Four and five star reviews! Appearances on Never Mind The Buzzcocks & 8 out of 10 Cats! Crozzers- from sketch favourites Pappy’s- has a new show! He’d love you to join him.

www.oxfordrevue.com | facebook: groups/145619002141797/ twitter: @oxfordrevue

Brilliantly executed  THREEWEEKS An hour of comic genius oXFoRD INFo

www.pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @matthewcrosby

Groucho Marx trapped in the body of Woody Allen EVENING STANDARD

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PuN ruN

Britain’s only pun-based comedy club hits the Fringe! A one night only, pun-orama of special guests including The Axis of Awesome, Phil Nichol and Sara Pascoe. Hosted by one of Timeout’s “Top 10 Funniest Comedians on Twitter”, Bec Hill. All profits donated to the charity Scope.

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One of the friendliest, and funniest, comedy nights in town – punbelievably good fun. TIMEouT

“A shameless sycophantic sell-out with a jelly spine and a mush mind” according to one of his listeners. As heard on talkSPoRT, The News Quiz (Radio 4), The Now Show (Radio 4), 5Live and 6Music. As seen clock-watching at the Pizza Hut buffet.

www.bechillcomedian.com/punrun | littlerednoise.com facebook: thepunrun | twitter: @thePunrun

Avalon Promotions

SoLD ouT LoNDoN RuN. Timeout Critics’ Choice. Book early to avoid disappointment!

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PAuL mErtoN’S ImPro ChumS Mick Perrin for Just For Laughs Live

Paul Merton, Lee Simpson, Richard Vranch, Mike McShane and Suki Webster return to the Fringe for their 9th consecutive year presenting Paul Merton’s Impro Chums. The collective improvisational experience embodied in the Chums is enough to stun an elephant. They flex their improvisational muscles to delight and entertain audiences in this country and abroad, and now they return to Edinburgh. They create a new show every night, based entirely on suggestions from the audience with their finely honed improvisational skills and an almost manic compulsion to show off, the Impro Chums create cascades of fantastic tumbling laughter. Most of the time. www.mickperrin.com

Every year they bring the house down... a testimony to their brilliance and consistency ... you could see this every night and never tire of it  THE MIRRoR

These are masters of their craft and there wasn’t a dull moment. Terrific fun MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS

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DEBorAh frANCES-WhItE: CuLt foLLoWING

Shirley and Shirley filter our world through fabulously twisted minds delivering a ‘mash-up’ of sketch, character and physical comedy. ‘The freshest and most energetic performers in Edinburgh’ ***** James Corden

Atheist comedian Deborah Frances-White used to be a Jehovah’s Witness. This is the surprisingly hilarious story of what she learnt by joining a famous cult, knocking on your door and finally finding a way out. You think doing stand up comedy is scary? At least the audience has left the house.

SO Comedy

www.socomedy.co.uk | twitter: @shirlandshirl

www.socomedy.co.uk | twitter: @deborahfw

These girls are going all the way  HERALD You barely recover from one sketch before you’re clutching your sides at the next  THREE WEEKS £6 £10 (£9) F

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GENEvIEvE SWALLoW IS ShArING Genevieve needs a new roomie. Could it be you? Nightmare housemates have come and gone: one asked her to join a cult; another stole the bed she slept in. Hilarious stories and characters celebrating house-sharing. Funny Women Finalist, Stage Awards Nominee & Fringe Report Best Actress. From BBC’s Red Dwarf and approximately one third of sketch group Domestic Goddi.

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www.grainnemaguire.com | www.avalonuk.com twitter: @grainnemaguire

Incredibly funny THETIMES.Co.uK £6 £8.50 (£7)

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It’s grand. We’ll find where they are, all go, and ruin it. Writer for “8 out of 10 Cats”, Radio 4’s “Now Show” & “News Quiz”.

 WHAT’S oN STAGE She has the audience hooting with glee. SCoTSMAN

Avalon Promotions

www.genevieveswallow.com | twitter: @genswallow

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Genevieve Swallow | PBH’s Free Fringe

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EdCom Productions

While the Master’s away the cats will play with his fantastic, thinkertinkering story bulbs. Adelaide comedy group Gravity Boots present a surreal hour of weird sketches, live music and absurdly believable characters. Nominated for the BankSA Talk Fringe Awards at Adelaide Fringe 2012.

Mick Perrin for Just For Laughs Live

Troubadour follows Asher, from a transient hippy upbringing in the outback to a failed career as a circus performing promotional biscuit mascot. A show that poses the question ‘is my life interesting enough to talk about for an hour?’. Edinburgh Comedy Awards, Best Newcomer Nominee 2010.  The Age  Three Weeks  The Mirror

www.edcomproductions.com | twitter: @edcom_edinburgh

Darkly intelligent, beautifully written, wonderfully performed  TALKFRINGE

www.ashertreleaven.com | www.mickperrin.com

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Comedians Theatre Company/Pleasance Theatre Trust

Festival comedians perform a mixed bag of spanking new Edinburgh 2012 scripts - rehearsed and unrehearsed funny, moving...and sometimes entirely unpredictable!

Bound and Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Beyond Compere

Back for a fourth consecutive year, McCausland confronts the stereotype he’s worked hard to avoid - kicking it squarely in the ‘Balls-out Funny!’ **** (Chortle). ‘A Must See!’ (Sunday Times). ‘Always Excellent’ (The Times). ***** (one4Review). ‘A natural - like his fellow Scouser John Bishop’ ***** (CultureVulture). ‘Truly Brilliant’ **** (ThreeWeeks.)

Note: start times are Aug 13 at 19:00, Aug 14 at 16:30 www.pleasance.co.uk

Comedians doing exactly what they do best: making people laugh! FEST

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.cmstandup.com twitter: @chrismccausland

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Face-achingly funny. Electrifying gags executed with enviable panache.  THREEWEEKS Excellent... destined for great things  FEST

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Wonderfully gritty GuARDIAN Charming stories SuNDAY TIMES

The award-winning double act return triumphantly for a third year after sell-out shows in 2010/11. Come see why critics have compared them to Morecambe & Wise and The Mighty Boosh! 2011 Hackney Empire New Act of The Year Finalists / Top Ten EdFringe Show- 2011 Amused Moose Laughter Awards.

www.jimsmallman.com | www.bestmed.co.uk

Ditto Productions by arrangement with Debi Allen Associates

Stand-up comedian Jim Smallman (BBC 5Live’s Fighting Talk, BBC Radio 4Extra’s The Boat Show, Sports Tonight’s The Slam) has dedicated his life to work, losing friends along the way. Now he wants new ones, and he’s looking at you. Winner, Best Comedy Show - Hollywood Fringe 2010.

mCNEIL AND PAmPhILoN

Best Medicine Management

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16:30 (17:25) Wander into the world of time travelling magicians Morgan & West. uncover a multitude of magical marvels strewn hither and thither. But mostly thither. Enter the workshop of the nineteenth century’s greatest magical duo. Delve deep into the conjouring clutter and discover the curiosities and confoundments concealed within. Be you urchin, industrialist or lady of leisure prepare to cover your ankles - Morgan & West will literally blow your socks off. Sell out show 2009-2011. www.morganandwest.co.uk | facebook: morganandwest | twitter: @morganmagic

thomAS NELStroP: GrEAt(ISh) hItS Ditto Productions by Arrangement with JBJ Management

A barnstorming debut solo hour at the Fringe from Thomas Nelstrop, a man who has quite literally been on television. Expect a euphoric mix of character comedy and songs in this riotous one-man music festival. As seen on The Impressions Show (BBC), Doctor Who, (BBC). dittoproductions.co.uk | twitter: @thomasnelstrop

Simply spiffing! THREEWEEKS A great family spectacle  EDINBuRGHSPoTLIGHT.CoM Feel-good entertainment courses through this show  FRINGEGuRu.CoM £6 £9.50 (£8.50)

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Hilarious THE SuN Gleefully vicious NME

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hoLLY BurN: thE h CLuB Wanna join a private members club but don’t have money, sense of elite-ism or decent shows? Then kick back with Holly et al in Edinburgh’s least exclusive private members club. Door Policy: Lax.

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www.ottokuhnle.de

A very classy performer... someone I could watch for hours  SCoTSMAN £6 (£5) £8.50 (£7.50)

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Yodelmeister, Malcolm Hardee Award Winner and Henning Wehn’s partner in German Humour makes his solo debut at The Fringe in an hour of Teutonic mirth, music and gnome juggling. A variety star in the Fatherland, he ‘is a wealth of talents’ (Scotsman) with four Fringe sell-outs in partnership with Herr Wehn to his credit.

Sexy and bonkers like Twin Peaks EDDIE IZZARD The best of Edinburgh... uniquely bonkers, capturing the spirit of Fringe experimentalism INDEPENDENT

IMWP & Otto Kuhnle

www.hollyburn.org.uk | twitter: @burnholly

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otto KuhNLE: ICh BIN EIN BErLINEr

Holly Burn | Bombshell Productions

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ErICh mCELroY: thE BrIt IDENtItY

Foster’s Best Newcomer Nominee Cariad Lloyd, returns with old favourites, Andrew (the child stand-up), and brand new joys, Mrs. Lynch (David’s mum), Moomin Mama (Scandinavian detective), Joey Béchamel (New girl) and other bizarre delights, in her follow up to last year’s incredible smash hit.

American Erich McElroy is more British than you. Not surprising, he revised for it, swore an oath and learned the national anthem. He’s taken the biggest pub quiz going and won citizenship. See what it takes to become British, other than the relevant documentation. If you wish to complain - join the queue.

www.mickperrin.com | twitter: @ladycariad

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.erichmcelroy.com twitter:@erichmcelroy

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Great gags. STAGE Hilariously insightful. THE LIST £6 £11 (£9.50)

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Bound and Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Beyond Compere

A pocket dynamo of a comic  THE GuARDIAN Breathtaking  THE SKINNY £5 £9 (£8)

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JIGSAW: GEttIN’ JIGGY Avalon Promotions

Dan Antopolski (Triple Perrier Nominee) Tom Craine (Times Top 5) and Nat Luurtsema (Chortle Nominee), stars of ‘Live At The Electric’ (BBC3) and ‘Sketchorama’ (Radio 4) return after last year’s sell-out debut smash. www.jigsawcomedy.com | www.avalonuk.com | twitter: @jigsawcomedy

Full pelt sketch comedy… Makes the Fast Show look languid GuARDIAN A supergroup  FEST Consistent brilliance  NEW CuRRENT £5 £8.50 (£7) F

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16:45 (17:45) After selling 7000 tickets last year and fresh from filming their new BBC pilot, the boys return to bring you a brand new hour of truly uplifting silliness, surrealism and 80’s anthems. Performing the show twice daily at 4.45pm and then again at 7.45pm, there’s now no excuse to miss the biggest selling sketch show at the fringe. So if you like your comedy served extremely funny, order a portion of Ginge, Geordie Geek! www.gingegeordiegeek.com | facebook: the-Ginge-the-Geordie-and-the-Geek/247383719965 twitter: @gingegeordigeek

The pace is relentless, laugh-out-loud moments the rule, and so well rehearsed a beat is never skipped. HERALD Get a ticket while you can - with glittering prizes beckoning, next year might be too late.  SCoTSMAN Brilliant, really brilliant! CATHERINE TATE £7 £9.50 (£8.50)

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Not trEASurE ISLAND Sleeping Trees

This year, Sleeping Trees are in pursuit of treasure...if they can remember where it’s been buried. With mermen, tribesmen, squids and scurvy all trying to stand in their way, the intrepid trio bring together a version of the story the likes of which have never been seen, even by the most ravaged of nautical peepers. www.sleepingtreestheatre.co.uk | twitter: @wesleepingtrees facebook: pages/Sleeping-trees-theatre/124138917648135

The actors enchant the audience in a manner reminiscent of Monty Python  THREEWEEKS £4 (£3) £5 (£4)

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LIGhtS! CAmErA! ImProvISE!

thE PIN

From The Scat Pack in association with Mischief Theatre

Pleasance Theatre Trust

The award-winning, improvised movie; live on stage. oscar has every film ever made… every film you could ever imagine. You choose the genre, location and title and a brand new, brilliant blockbuster is created before your very eyes. Edinburgh Fringe Sellout 2009-2011. www.thescatpack.co.uk | facebook: thescatpack | twitter: @theScatPack

Outstanding. Highly recommended  BRoADWAYWoRLD.CoM

The final word in improvised comedy. Breathtaking.  NEW CuRRENT £6 £10 (£8)

The ocean. Dark. Mysterious. Forbidding. Elsewhere, The Pin are an exciting new sketch trio making their hotly tipped fringe debut. www.pleasance.co.uk | facebook: pages/the-Pin/158970437528734 | twitter: @thepincomedy

Brought the house down INDEPENDENT A flawless show, one polished to perfection BRoADWAY BABY Particularly inspired TELEGRAPH

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Phil McIntyre Management

The words ‘genius’, ‘unique’ and ‘the best’ are often misused. Ben Target is a comedian. He will be with you for 53 minutes.

Alan Hudson

Alan was too lazy to get a proper job so he became a magician. Was this a mistake? Alan explores his route to professional magic after a chance encounter with a fellow wannabe wizard at school. Quirky illusions and hilarious tales from Alan’s magical life, mainly about tricks going horribly wrong. ITV’s Penn & Teller: Fool us. WARNING: May contain LoLs, oMGs and WTFs. No refunds.

www.bentarget.com | www.pmeedinburgh.com

A hugely gifted prop comic whose shows are in equal parts delightful and unsettling GuARDIAN Impressively funny SCoTSMAN Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2011

www.notsosecret.co.uk | www.alanhudson.net | twitter: @alanmagician

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The Trap - Festival Highlights

The worst musical ever written! From The Trap, creators of the most excruciatingly bad shows ever conceived (the hit Edinburgh BAD PLAY series) comes the culmination of a decade creating theatrical cack. For the first time anywhere, witness the horror and sing along to the last word in entertainment poison.

Diane Spencer

Award-winning comedian Diane Spencer returns with her hilarious new show about perspective. Part autobiographical, all stand-up from a rising star compared to Joan Rivers and Sarah Millican. This is Diane’s third Edinburgh show after her wildly successful 2011 show “All-pervading madness”. Diane won the Chortle Best Newcomer 2011. Possibly offensive.

www.thetrap.co.uk | www.festivalhighlights.com

One of the funniest and most inventive sketch groups ever. CHoRTLE Deliciously subversive... sheer comedic genius 

www.difunny.com | twitter: @dianespencerfun

a staggering storyteller  SuNDAY EXPRESS

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thE LEEDS tEALIGhtS: SExY ChuBBY

LEADS & StErN Two girls once decided they might like each other enough to be a double act. Were they right? Join Leads & Stern as they explore their tumultuous comedic relationship. Expect tears, laughter and cathartic role play. Directed by Lee Griffiths (Late Night Gimp Fight).

The Leeds Tealights

After sell out shows last year, the Tealights are back with a brand new sketch comedy show! Current holders of the title Best Student Sketch Group (National Student), the Tealights return with infectious energy and charming wit. Prepare yourselves for a fine spread of sketches with The Leeds Tealights: Sexy Chubby.

facebook: leadsandstern | twitter: @leadsandstern

True comedic chameleons  REMoTE GoAT If you don’t love them you have a cold, black heart

www.leedstealights.co.uk | facebook: the Leeds tealights twitter: @leedstealights

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Fine writing, tight performances and guaranteed jets of wee from laughter. RuSSELL KANE

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I believe everything Peppiatt said was true. SIR ToM SToPPARD The newspaper industry’s greatest Jerry Maguire moment THE MEDIA BLoG

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Hilarious... A superior kind of chaos.  DAILY TELEGRAPH Beyond the capability of mortals.  THREEWEEKS

Rich Peppiatt’s Leveson Inquiry evidence ‘reduced the public gallery to hysterics’ (Guardian). Now the ex-hack, ‘a petulant scoundrel’ (Telegraph) and ‘a self-confessed liar’ (David Wooding, Sun on Sunday) pursues redemption by hilariously turning-the-tables on the tabloid power players. Career suicide at its most scandalous.

www.thenoisenextdoor.com | www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com facebook: noisenextdoor | twitter: @noisenextdoor

Rich Peppiatt/Something for the Weekend

The uK’s premier improv comedy troupe are back with their mindblowing new show. Razor-sharp, lightning-fast and funnier than ever, this year the guys in ties crank up the laughs for their most inventive show yet. Sell-out Show 2008-2011!

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Bound and Gagged Comedy | Comic Voice Management

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NIChoLAS PArSoNS’ hAPPY hour

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Nicholas Parsons | The Pleasance

Paul F Taylor brings his ramshackle sitcom pilot to the stage, convinced it is going to be picked up for TV. Watch his plans collapse spectacularly. The Pauly Show is filmed before a live studio audience! www.what-the-f.co.uk | twitter: @paul_f_taylor

Beautifully crafted one liners... astute observational comedy GQ The show is brilliant SNIPE £5 £7 F

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PLEASANCE CourtYArD | BESIDE Celebrating 12 consecutive years on the Pleasance stage, Fringe veteran Nicholas Parsons brings you his most flamboyant show ever! Parsons’ interactive and unique comedy chat show ‘Happy Hour’ is a Fringe favourite, selling-out in previous years. The legendary west-end and screen star, host of Radio 4s Just a Minute, and winner of The Gold Award at the Sony Radio Academy Awards 2012, invites you to come and join in the fun and laughter with a myriad of popular guests that will surprise and delight you! Past guest have included: Jason Byrne, Michael McIntyre, Shappi Khorsandi, Micky Flanagan and Russell Kane. Not to be missed.

ShEEPS: DANCING WIth LISA CKP

Skits and sketches ***** “Extremely talented” (Edinburgh Guide) **** “Terrific” (Telegraph) **** “Big buzz” (Metro) “one of the most exciting sketch acts to emerge in years” (Time out)

www.pleasance.co.uk | twitter: @thePleasance | facebook: thePleasance

www.sheepscomedy.com | facebook: sheepscomedy twitter: @sheepsofcomedy

Icon of post modern cool INDEPENDENT Funny, heart-warming and just a delight to watch THREE WEEKS Parsons will leave you happy, whatever happens SCoTSMAN

One of the strongest new acts around SuNDAY TIMES Something quite different and very exciting indeed  INDEPENDENT £5 £10 (£8.50)

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mAN 1, BANK 0 Glynis Henderson Productions Ltd

Michael Redmond

Amazing, hilarious and true. Patrick Combs deposited a fake $95,093.35 junk mail cheque into his bank account as a joke. It cleared. This is an outrageously funny David and Goliath tale of Man vs Bank, told by the man it actually happened to. It’s a must-see comedy adventure that will appeal to anyone who has ever wanted to get one over on the bankers.

Is Redmond the only person in the world with a female mannequin and a fishmonger as flatmates and why is guacamole in the title? This is a brand new stand up show from Redmond returning to the Fringe for his tenth time following his hugely successful show in 2010 at the Gilded Balloon... ” IT’S NoT FATHER SToNE...IT’S MICHAEL REDMoND”

www.man1bank0.com | twitter: @man1Bank0

Combs has refined his storytelling to an art...Priceless TIME ouT, NEW YoRK An extraordinary and highly entertaining evening  IRISH MAIL oN SuNDAY This guy’s got star power VARIETY

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A masterful, hilarious show  SCoTSMAN.CoM Deadpan genius  GuARDIAN Oh my God, it’s Father Stone! AuDIENCE MEMBER

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LAurENCE CLArK: INSPIrED

2012 – The Mayans predicted the end of the world, but sketch trio Bad Bread are too young to die! Join them in their bunker (theatre), where they intend to cheat death, deliver plenty of laughs and answer all of your pre-apocalyptic questions.

How come a Paralympic football team losing in the first round will still be thought inspirational; but when the regular England team does the same they’re a bunch of bastards? In his inimitable style that’s earned him numerous **** and ***** reviews, Laurence flips our idea of what’s inspirational on its head. Expect absurd logic, death-defying stunts and unusual varieties of crisps... just don’t expect to come away ‘inspired’!

Bad Bread

CKP in association with Beyond Compere

Ever wondered if... the apocalypse was free for oAPs and kids under 4? or if mushroom clouds count as one of your 5 a day?

Inspired has been commissioned by the unlimited programme, part of the London 2012 Cultural olympiad.

www.badbread.co.uk | facebook: badbreadcomedy | twitter: @badbreadcomedy

www.laurenceclark.co.uk | facebook: LaurenceClarkComedian | twitter: @Laurence_Clark

I’m not sure if I’d kill for a ticket but I’d certainly maim for one  THREEWEEKS A must see!  FRESH AIR Wonderfully funny - three excellent comedians  BRITISH CoMEDY GuIDE (CoMEDY.Co.uK)

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Star of BBC1’s We Won’t Drop the Baby Blackly funny TELEGRAPH Brilliant observational comedian  EDINBuRGHGuIDE.CoM

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Take two comedians: one sweet, one sour, add a classic double act dilemma, a touch of variety and sprinkle with irony. Bake for 55 minutes. Add laughter, to taste. Best served with tongue firmly placed in cheek.

unexpectedly available after failing the heats of the olympic synchronised slimming event when Barry refused to surrender his pie at the weigh-in. With new songs of rioting, protest, mobility scooters and Ronnie’s epic struggle with his Cornetto hell.

Guaranteed to satisfy most appetites.

www.gildedballoon.co.uk

Try it. You’ll probably like it.

Two of comedy’s most fabled masters  FEST Golden’s technically brilliant musical ability complements Cryer perfectly CHoRTLE

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Considered to be one of the best joke writers of his generation, Boot delivers the perfect combination of one-liners, observations and non sequitur statements. “Brilliant gags” - The Guardian

Cardboard stuck to a stick at its best! Cutting comedy from Britain’s leading satirical shadow-puppet duo. Delight as hundreds of characters animated at break-neck speed critique everything from global finance to polar bears. As politicians fly by you, marvel at shadowy characters who speak, beat-box and pole-dance for your entertainment.

The Great Puppet Horn

Get Comedy

www.getcomedy.com | facebook: benny.boot | twitter: @bennyboot

Boot possesses an incredible sharpness of wit.  EDINBuRGH GuIDE

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Benny Boot is the real thing. Charming, disarming, and proper fucking funny. TIM MINCHIN £6 £9.50 (£8.50)

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Bound and Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Glorious Management

Prepare to enlist as international mega-myth Nick Helm takes you on a blood-spattered tour of duty through the carnage filled battlefields of his love-life with the most epic and romantic show ever attempted at this or any Festival. **** (Time out). **** (Scotsman).

Bound and Gagged Comey by arrangement with Old Man Management | Sean Hughes

Since his father’s death, Sean’s dealing with it in the only way he knows. Here’s a comedy performance like you’ve never seen before, resulting in the feelgood show of the year. This hilarious, yet poignant tale is a beautiful insight into the lighter side of dying, highlighting how ridiculous life is and how quickly it can be taken away.

www.nickhelm.co.uk | www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com facebook: Nick-helm | twitter: @NtPhelm

Genuinely exciting.  THE TELEGRAPH Funniest show on the Fringe.  EVENING STANDARD

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.oldmanmanagement.com twitter: @mr_seanhughes

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A creative blend of stand up comedy and science. Lee is a comedian with a Ph.D. who’s become an internet sensation with more than 4 million YouTube views and a feature in the NY Times.

What’s it like being the son of a comedian? A fascinating, funny show from multi-character award-nominated Milo based around the life of his father, old school comic and New Faces finalist, Mike. Chris Henry hosts.

Undeniably funny  CHoRTLE Genius. A very funny and very satisfying hour  SCoTSGAY

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Very cerebral comedy NEW YoRK TIMES Like what would happen if you crossed your high-school chem teacher with George Carlin BoSToN PHoENIX

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SCIENtISt turNED ComEDIAN tIm LEE Tim Lee and Assembly | Best of the Sydney Fringe

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Live Nation and MHA

Back after last year’s critically acclaimed hit show. This time the volume’s been turned up even higher. Acutely well-observed and high octane, this is the ultimate in red-blooded character comedy including eighty rare-breed dogs, a cavalcade of dancing monkeys and one hellcat.* *line-up is subject to change. **** BroadwayBaby, **** New Current www.catrionaknox.com | www.mickperrin.com | twitter: @catrionaknox

Hilariously executed  CHoRTLE Knox inhabits her characters like squatters in an Islington townhouse  FEST £6 £9 (£8) F

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PLEASANCE CourtYArD | BENEAth ‘one of the uK’s best emerging sketch troupes’ (The Scotsman) return to Edinburgh for a blistering third year after sell-out shows in 2010 (‘A breath of fresh air’, British Comedy Guide) and 2011 (‘Brilliant’, The Times). In their joyously silly and heart-warming style ‘reminiscent of an updated Monty Python’ (ThreeWeeks), the Englishmen present SQuARES - an unmissable new hour of sketches and music to put a smile on every face. oh, and there’s four of them. As seen and heard on BBC2, BBC3 and BBC Radio 4. Recommended by The Times, Time out, Fest and The List.

thE BEtA mALES IN... thE SPACE rACE Ditto Productions

Critically acclaimed sketch-storytellers return after two sell-out Fringes with the secret history of the British Space Programme and why you’ve never heard of it. A sketch-comedy blasting off in T-minus...1969. Chortle Award Nominees and Amused Moose Laughter Awards Top 10 EdFringe Show 2011.

www.thethreeenglishmen.co.uk | twitter: @threeenglishmen

Charismatic and side-splittingly funny  THREE WEEKS Crackingly original  THE LIST Go see them or you’d be totally mad  BRoADWAY BABY

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ChrIS BrAIN: A BEttEr PLACE Awesomeness Comedy

Winner NZ Billy T Award for Comedy 2009. Booze, drugs, gambling, exercise, food, you name it, I tried it in excess. Who becomes a goth just to feel superior to the rest of the group? ME! Come and join me for an hour as I give you a lesson on how not to self medicate oneself normal.

Fluid Thinking

Award-winning debut solo show (‘Best Show’ Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2012) from Chris Stokes. Recently seen supporting Milton Jones on tour and heard on Radio 4, Chris is nothing but a disappointment to his macho manly family. Come and see why.

www.chrisbrain.co.nz | www.awesomenesscomedy.com facebook: ChrisBrainComic | twitter: @Chris_Brain

www.fluid-thinking.co.uk | twitter: @_chris_stokes

Hilarious SCoTSMAN Very smart material, very skilful, a gag at each step CHoRTLE

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Writer and performer in sketch group Clever Peter (BBC Radio 4) presents a collection of characters in his debut one man character sketch show. Come and see the CHAMPIoNS!

Recreates the unique spirit of 1940’s radio plays, evoking a dinnerjacketed age of casual imperialism and stiff upper lips. Fresh from a sell-out West End transfer of last year’s Fringe hit, Fitzrovia are back with all-new scripts: ‘Ava Carter- Girl Pilot!’, ‘Cycle of Violence’ and ‘The Day Dorking Stood Silent’.

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mAff BroWN’S PArADE of thIS ooooh, a sketch show this year from the award winning comedian and writer of Mock the Week/Shooting Stars. Directed by Marek Larwood (We Are Klang). What to expect? Quick fire gags with a smidgen of surreal and a soupçon of brilliance. Frank Skinner described Maff as a Material Machine!

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Pete scares me. And then there’s his magic... RICH FuLCHER, THE MIGHTY BooSH

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Clearly prolific writing with skilled delivery CHoRTLE Howl out loud funny and refreshingly honest METRo

Surreal, irreverent and downright amazing hour of comedy magic from lanky charmer Pete Heat. May contain eloquence, delight and posh weasels. A hilarious and genuinely mystifying collection of jokes, award-winning magic and other assorted absurdities...

www.maffbrown.com | www.edcomproductions.com facebook: maffbrown | twitter: @maffbrown

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Suffering little in comparison to Peter Cook SCoTSMAN Have you thought about teaching? ED’S MuM

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www.whiteboneproductions.com | twitter: @edealeswhite facebook: edewChampions

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JoSIE LoNG: romANCE AND ADvENturE

our 18th year as the recognised launchpad for future legends, featuring four top comedians.Tomorrow’s stars are born here. Every year we strike gold. Come speculate. In previous years Big Value has brought you these people before they were famous: Sarah Millican, Jason Manford, Seann Walsh, Charlie Baker, Pat Monahan, Jim Jeffries, Josie Long, Milton Jones, Adam Bloom, Jon Richardson, Glenn Wool, Mickey Flanagan, Steve Hughes, Matt Kirshen, Justin Moorhouse, the list goes on

This is my 6th solo show and I’m going to try and make it the best one. Just writing the title is making me excited, so that’s got to be a good thing, right? Come along, it’s going to be silly and fun and I’ll try to swear less this time. Twice Best Comedy Award Nominee. Best Newcomer Award Winner. Novice climber. Ranter.

Just the Tonic

www.josielong.com | twitter: @JosieLong

Josie Long is poised to become the most relevant voice in British Comedy  THE SKINNY

www.justthetonic.com | twitter: @BigvalueComedy

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After her knockout 2010 Edinburgh show, Loretta had to take a year off while her liver regenerated. Now Country’s grungiest singer returns from the uS with her new band, PenisEnvy, and a fresh bunch of songs including ‘These Ain’t My Tits’ and the infamous ‘Chicken Shop’. Join Loretta as she explores the two sides of her personality; angry and REALLY ANGRY. Expect awesome tunes, self-harming, cheap eyeliner, the smell of damp and obviously, lots of screw-top wine. www.lorettamaine.com | www.chambersmgt.com | twitter: @Lorettamaine

The finest female character comic around TIME ouT Wicked musical comedy in every conceivable way THE LIST Brilliantly observed GuARDIAN

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thE AxIS of AWESomE: CrY YourSELf A rIvEr The Axis of Awesome and Gilded Balloon

Modern musicians are so demanding, always asking for more love, more dancing and more feelings. The Axis of Awesome are fighting back. Get your own love! If I’m sexy and you know it put your own damn hands in the air like you just don’t care! Cry Yourself a River! After four sold-out seasons at The Fringe, Jordan Lee and Benny are back with a brand new hour of worldclass musical comedy. They’ve performed to sell-out crowds across the globe and on countless telly shows including Comic Relief and Comedy Rocks and have had over 50 million hits on YouTube (that’s more than double the population of Australia). If you’ve never seen them before, you’ll soon join the likes of Ashton Kutcher, Journey and one guy from Duran Duran as lifelong fans. If you have seen them before, see them again; they are all slightly older. axisofawesome.net | www.gildedballoon.co.uk | facebook: axisofawesome | twitter: @axisofawesome

Fringe legends!  THREEWEEKS Brilliantly witty, the laughs come thick and fast.  BRITISH THEATRE GuIDE If you don’t laugh until your jaw aches and you’re clutching your sides begging them to stop then I have no polite way to finish this sentence.  BRoADWAY BABY £10 £14 (£12) F

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oh Lord, look who’s back?! All new character comedy from the critically-acclaimed star of Radio 4, BBC2’s Life’s Too Short and Channel 4’s 10 o’Clock Live. www.nickmohammed.com | twitter: @mrsWallow

An absolute master character comic ... Genuinely astounding TIME ouT One of the funniest, most enjoyable things I’ve seen INDEPENDENT

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Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

Multi-award winning comedian and rising star; Rob Beckett presents his debut stand-up show. He’s from South East London, was in Fresh Meat (C4) and has nice teeth. Best Newcomer nominee - Adelaide Fringe 2011. Amused Moose Winner 2010. www.robbeckettcomedy.com | www.pmeedinburgh.com twitter: @robbeckettcomic

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Bound and Gagged Comey by arrangement with Glorius Management | Stephen Carlin

Why must there be all this fighting? Why must there be all this tension? Why can’t we all get along? Like cats and dogs or English and Scots? Stephen Carlin hopes he can redefine gross oversimplifications to a simple, universal principal. www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.thestephencarlin.com

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SuSAN CALmAN: thIS LADY’S Not for turNING EIthEr Underbelly Productions

Susan (News Quiz) knows her own mind and she wants to share it with you. She’s shooting from the hip in her most personal and political show yet. Don’t come if you think “women aren’t funny”. Ages 18+ www.underbelly.co.uk/productions | twitter: @SusanCalman

Sharp, warm and massively entertaining, Calman’s show is not one to miss.  CHoRTLE A dead cert, one to watch... comedy gold GuARDIAN £8 £11 (£10) F

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Tales of social ineptitude, overbearing parents and desperately trying to fit in. www.suziruffell.co.uk | offthekerb.co.uk | facebook: suzifuffell twitter: @suziruffell

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SAmmY J AND rANDY: thE INhErItANCE Get Comedy

18:10 (19:10) A brand new adventure from everyone’s favourite multi-award-winning, toe-tapping, song-singing, HepC-riddled duo! When Randy discovers he is heir to an enormous fortune, he seeks to reclaim his rightful throne. Will Sammy J stand in his way? Probably. Winners of Best Show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Creators of the 2011 Fringe hit “Ricketts Lane”. “The best skinny-man, purple-puppet double act in the world right now.” - Fringe Review, Edinburgh, “You really shouldn’t miss this show” - Edinburgh Festivals. www.getcomedy.com | www.sammy-j.com | www.heathmcivor.com

The funniest, smartest, rudest show on the Fringe  THE HERALD One of the Fringe’s best double acts... your face will hurt from laughing so much. 

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BASIC trAINING Underbelly Productions

Hip-hop, a family secret, the uS Air Force, mambo and non-stop laughs all come together as Kahlil Ashanti’s Fringe-First winning production returns to the festival. www.kahlilashanti.com | twitter: @kahlilashanti

Flawless, dynamic, utterly captivating, life-affirming.

EDINBuRGH EVENING NEWS

A wild, silly, slickly performed romp... one of the most exciting performances you’ll find on the fringe  BRITISH CoMEDY GuIDE

A razor-edged roller coaster of a show that will leave you breathless with its energy, dumbstruck at its drama and touched by the very human heart beating at its core. METRo

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New York City’s most lurid funnyman - a real star NY PRESS ...searingly honest, the most transgressive comedian in America today. He’s hilarious PENTHouSE MAGAZINE

BRoADWAYWoRLD.CoM

www.assemblyfestival.com

More jaw-dropping than Derren Brown’s Svengali

4-Years following an amnesia causing car-accident, uS Comic, Rick Shapiro returns to Edinburgh. CRASH. SILENCE. BooM. BooM!. Three hits to erase a memory. Four years to rebuild one comedian’s jazzstyled lyricism. A unique voice on stage revitalized, regenerated, reborn. Welcome to return, the REBIRTH of Rick Shapiro. Author. Survivor. Equal parts Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor and Lou Reed.

www.2faceddeception.com | facebook: facebook.com/tvmagician

Assembly and Marshall Cordell

From ITV’s ‘Penn and Teller: Fool us’, and his critically acclaimed West End show of magic and mind-control, experience the cheek and charm of Dugdale’s devious deceptions. From over 100 appearances at the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas to a private audience with HM The Queen, Dugdale has stunned audiences worldwide. He is the creator and star of the Britain’s Got Talent Stage Magician Kit.

rICK ShAPIro: rEBIrth

Middleton Enterprises

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I’m a comedian and for years I’ve been going around calling myself ‘Smug Roberts’. Then I realised it was absolutely ridiculous. What was I thinking? After two years involvement with the incredibly successful Mrs Browns Boys TV series and live tour I am returning to stand up. www.andywilky.com

Uncommonly exciting performer THE BIG ISSuE A brillant act, he defies description and has to be seen CITY LIFE £5 £8 (£7)

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Politically incorrect! Uncomfortably funny! Twisted! Chilling! NEW YoRK TIMES Astonishingly creative and hilariously lewd! NEW YoRK PoST £4 £6

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www.billythemime.net | facebook: billythemime | twitter: @Billythemime

The perfect sketch show!  THREE WEEKS - EDINBuRGH

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The world’s sickest and funniest mime. Not for the easily offended. Routines include: The Priest & The Altar Boy, Anna Nicole, The Abortion, Life & Death of Princess Diana, A Gay Bar 1979, The Navy Seal & osama Bin Laden.

www.abetrayalofpenguins.com | www.dangeroverhead.com facebook: abetrayalofpenguins | twitter: @abopenguins

Paul Provenza & Barbara Romen & Bonehead Productions

Comedy’s sweatiest three men return with their most white-knuckle, frenetic hour yet, as they (consensually) take you places you’ve never been before. Expect dizzying highs, expect the building’s very foundations to rock, expect substantial damage to the venue as a result of this, but more importantly, expect their best show yet. 11 performances only - book early to avoid disappointment!

BILLY thE mImE

Danger Overhead

£5 £9.50 (£8.50)

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GorDoN SouthErN’S A BrIEf hIStorY of hIStorY

After a successful Fringe debut last year, Frimston and Rowett return to Edinburgh with their difficult second album ‘Huge Mistakes’, a collection of brand new sketches the like of which no man has seen and lived.

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Top class all round SuNDAY TIMES Stellar stand up THE AGE, AuSTRALIA £12 (£10)

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gordonsouthern.com

A whirl of tight sketches... brilliant.  THREEWEEKS Fresh and irresistibly funny. RoB GRANT, Co-CREAToR oF RED DWARF

International Word Clown

www.frimstonandrowett.com | facebook: frimstonAndrowett twitter: @frimstonrowett

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Charming, witty and warm, with great one-liners  THE LIST

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www.helenarney.com | twitter: @helenArney

Sharp dressed and even sharper witted. LA TIMES Is there anything in comedy that Greg Proops hasn’t done? TIME ouT

Le Geek, c’est chic! New show of stand-up science, songs and silliness from multi-faceted Geek Songstress, Festival of the Spoken Nerd-ette and purveyor of the finest musical comedy. In Dave TV’s ‘Top 10 stand-ups to see in 2011’ Helen recently toured with Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince in ‘uncaged Monkeys’.

www.gregproops.com | twitter@GregProops www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com

MZA & HAP

Greg Proops is a stand-up comic from San Francisco. He lives in Hollywood. It’s not that bad. Really. His new stand-up show is an hour of vitriol and profanity. With breaks for pointed commentary. Greg supports ‘occupy’ and hates what you hate.

hELEN ArNEY - voICE of AN ANGLE

Bound and Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Talented Artists Ltd Greg Proops

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CArL hutChINSoN: ACCEPtABLE?

Join Irish comedian Caimh (Bafta nominee and writer on the Sarah Millican Television Programme) on a whistle-stop tour of his own social ineptitudes. If small talk is your kryptonite, then this is the show for you! An hour of stand-up comedy about people and how they’re really not worth the effort.

Maybe young but no skinny jeans or fancy hair for this rising star of the comedy circuit. World Series winner, Mangers Comedian of the Year, SYTYF Finalist & Mercury Nominee. As seen on ITV’s FHM Stand-up Hero. Join Carl as he tries to make sense of the world he feels isolated from.

www.fluid-thinking.co.uk | twitter: @caimh

It’s quite simply jam packed with astute observations and razor sharp stand up from one of the UK’s best up and coming comedians. DAVE’S LEICESTER CoMEDY FESTIVAL 2012

Carl Hutchinson

Outstanding TELEGRAPH Superb EVENING NEWS

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Marek Larwood, (We are Klang BBC3, Fast & Loose BBC2) believer and understander of mankind, performs a show where he battles the stigma of being typecast. Watching this show simultaneously cures all sexually transmitted diseases and also racism.

Like a battering ram to the funny-bone, stars of BBC3’s ‘Live at The Electric’ rocket back to the Fringe with a lavish parade of sketch magnificence. Hotly tipped as ones to watch for the future, why not catch them now, in the present?

www.bigpotatoproductions.com | facebook: mareklarwood twitter: @mareklarwood

www.wittank.com | www.avalonuk.com | facebook: wittank twitter: @wittank

A blast of unadulterated comedy, brilliantly delivered.

A dazzling display of sketch genius...exhilaratingly perfect  THE LIST A definite must see BRITISH CoMEDY GuIDE

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ALfIE BroWN: SouL for SALE Something for the Weekend

Alfie Brown is an observational comedian. He observes (occasionally screaming) the hypocritical standards of censorship in popular music, the unscrupulous homogenization of comedy, a world where greed comes before truth and how the culture industries keep us addicted for profit. Alfie Brown is truly funny. www.alfiebrown.com | twitter: @manAndBeast

An immensely self assured and stylish comic. GuARDIAN Crackling with wit, his vile images instead illustrate an attack on an intellectually stagnant culture.  THREE WEEKS

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18:30 & 11:40 (1 hr) Guinness world record-breaking, Fringe favourites mock the year’s news events, mercilessly lampooning those in the public eye. No one is safe: politicians and celebrities alike come under fire in a turbo-charged barrage of bladder-threateningly funny songs and sketches that are so close to the bone you can almost see white. The sing- off between Cameron and Salmond in a hilarious re-working of Beyonce’s ‘Independent Woman’ make it worth the ticket price alone. This award-winning sketch show is flawlessly delivered by 4 outstanding performers at lightning speed accompanied by an on-stage musical director. one of the best-reviewed shows, Edinburgh 2011. www.newsrevue.com | facebook: Newsrevue | twitter: @newsrevue

uNDErBELLY, CoWGAtE | BELLY LAuGh

DECKChAIr DIArIES The Durham Revue

Enjoy the Great British Summer with an hour of “sublime” (Three Weeks) sketch comedy from the multi award-winning Durham Revue. Expect laughs, larks, and lashings of ice cream. No sock/ sandals combos please. Remember to pack all the essentials: but mostly deckchairs, you’ll need to sit down amidst all the hilarity. 18:30 on the 2-11, 19-21 11:40 on the 12-14, 16-18 and 22-26

Laugh riot. Unmissable. Awesome reputation.  BRoADWAY BABY Miss this show at your peril.  WHATSoNSTAGE.CoM I love NewsRevue. Its almost too funny for Edinburgh. JoAN RIVERS £8 £12.50 (£11)

Must-see! THE STAGE Exceptional PALATINATE Stand Out Stars VARSITY

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DENISE SCott - rEGrEtS This is multi-award winning Australian comedian Denise Scott’s Fringe debut. She’s sold out shows at home for years, becoming a household name, now it’s time for Edinburgh to see why Scotty is Australian comedy’s next big thing (even though she’s been around for a while).

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Gag-suffused show about brave words, new words and brave new words. As exciting as the last day of school and twice as much fun. Featuring unscientific guesses of future words that your grandkids will use, handy for wills, time travel etc

www.token.com.au | facebook: officialdenisescott

www.jessicafostekew.com | facebook: jessicafostekew twitter: @jessicafostekew

a fresh, funny and exquisitely delivered masterclass of frill-free stand-up CHoRTLE

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Doesn’t embark on a path unless there’s funny at the end of it CHoRTLE £5 £8 (£7)

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Confident, colourful, compelling comedy... very funny… highly innovative  SCoTSMAN £5 £7 (£5)

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www.kerrygilbert.co.uk | facebook: profile.php?id=558666410 twitter: @kerrygilbert1

An astonishing finale that leaves everyone in the audience shaking their heads in disbelief .. this show is an absolute treat  METRo

Re-live childhood dreams, overcome failures and celebrate small triumphs with multi-character stand-up and life-affirming acts of idiocy.

www.edcomproductions.com | twitter: @EdCom_Edinburgh

Aged 7, comedian Kerry Gilbert (‘Jimmy Carr: Stand up’, ‘Tittybangbang’ BBC3) wanted to be a popstar, get married and own a pet unicorn. But life doesn’t always turn out how you planned…

Ian D Montfort B.Sc. (Pseudo) will not only have jaw dropping messages from beyond the grave but will use Pseudoscientific methods to prove ESP, Homeopathy and Past Life Regression aren’t rubbish.

KErrY GILBErt trIumPhS

Tom Binns | EdCom Productions

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mArK NELSoN - uNDEr thE rADAr MZA & Amity Productions

uncompromisingly funny, hilariously hardhitting new show from Scotland’s acclaimed rising stand-up comedy-star and 2011’s DAILY TELEGRAPH, CRITICS CHoICE. The List said Nelson possesses “a talent that’s simply obscene” and called him “a star in the making with wonderfully crafted gags and a profanity that’s utterly charming”. Soldout 2010/11! mza-artists.com | facebook: mark-Nelson | twitter: @marknelsoncomic

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www.chortle.co.uk | twitter: @chortle

www.totally-tom.com | www.pbjmgt.co.uk facebook: mrtotallytom | twitter: @totallytom

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uNDErBELLY, BrISto SquArE | thE WEE Coo

Sample 12 top comedy and variety acts in one speedy showcase, selected by Britain’s leading comedy website, Chortle.co.uk. There’s a different line-up every day, offering the funniest and most entertaining acts on the Fringe. Check www.chortle.co.uk daily for who’s on. Last year’s guests performing ridiculously short sets included Mark Watson, Richard Herring, Todd Barry, Tom Stade, Terry Alderton, The Boy With Tape on His Face - and literally hundreds more. The most fun ‘lucky dip’ of the festival.

Fantastic  THREEWEEKS

The Mason Sisters @ PBJ in association with Underbelly Productions

After a total sell-out last year, the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Newcomer nominees 2011 return with a brand new sketch show.

Refreshingly original  TELEGRAPH Warped, clever, funny and well acted TIMES

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Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

Winner: Three Weeks Editors’ Award - Top 10 Fringe Experiences. Selected travel tales (the funny ones). May include traces of uFos, truckers, cockneys, the Nevada desert, bean festivals and the Dutch. From the man who brought you the international hit shows ‘A R*ddy Brief History of Swearing’ and ‘A Surprisingly Tasteful Show About Nudity.’ www.alexisdubus.com

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www.andrewbirdcomedian.com | facebook: andrewbirdcomedian twitter: @a_tweety_bird

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Comedy gold SCoTSMAN A natural comedian THE STAGE Superb TIME ouT

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Following last year’s critically acclaimed sell out run Andrew Bird returns to banish the gloom of the modern world with the delightful madness of the village. Total sell out 2011. There will be a raffle.

Brilliantly fascinating  THREE WEEKS Utterly charming TIME ouT

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www.alexisdubus.com | objectivetalentmanagement.com facebook: pages/Alexis-Dubus

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ALExIS DuBuS: CArS & GIrLS

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Alistair is getting that little bit older, and lives in a city. He rather likes good tailoring and nice shoes, but sometimes wishes he was down with the kids, which proves he isn’t. The List called him a ‘comic dandy’, he prefers ‘urban Fogey’. The Independent went with ‘excellent’.

Dan Nightingale

Dan Nightingale; one time regular warm up for Jonathan Ross, Chortle award nominee for best compere and cycling proficiency badge holder presents: “The 11 & a 1/2 ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale” AKA. Can’t pick one concept? Then it’d be funny to attempt them all. AKA. A fractured insight into the brilliance/ idiocy of a frustrated comic.

www.alistairbarrie.com | facebook: alistairbarrie | twitter: @AlistairBarrie

Mightly impressive CHoRTLE A class act SCoTSMAN

www.gagreflex.co.uk | facebook: DanNightingale | twitter: @gag_reflex

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Something for the Weekend

The smallest thing can change a life. In 2010, the award-winning Aussie comic moved to London and learned the word ‘bellend’. This and other stories. As seen on the Rob Brydon Show and Russell Howard’s Good News. **** from Scotsman, Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Time out, Chortle.

Adam Kay sings smutty songs. He has had 20 million YouTube hits (including the iconic London underground Song) and three number one albums in the iTunes comedy charts. Telegraph Pick of the Fringe 2011.

www.celiapacquola.co.uk | facebook: Celia Pacquola twitter: @CeliaPacquola

www.amateurtransplants.com | www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com facebook: amateurtransplants | twitter: @amateuradam

One of the more uplifting, delightfully funny hours I’ve spent at the festival  SCoTSMAN a rare gift for comic storytelling  THE TELEGRAPH

Wonderfully funny – a comedy classic. SCoTSMAN This made me very, very happy. STEPHEN FRY

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DANIEL SImoNSEN ChAmPIoNS The Mason Sisters @ PBJ

Fresh from Russell Howard’s Good News, the Simon Amstell tour and the benefits office in Bethnal Green. www.pbjmgt.co.uk | twitter: @daniel_simonsen

You knew he was funny before he even opened his mouth SCoTSMAN

Brilliantly offbeat upcoming Norwegian stand-up GuARDIAN

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ELIS JAmES: SPEAKING AS A mothEr Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Star of 8 out of 10 Cats, Dave’s one Night Stand, Russell Houward’s Good News and The Rob Brydon Show returns to Edinburgh. Combining story telling, characters and stand – up with the charming delivery that makes him a favourite on the circuit. ‘Complete Joy’ Time out www.elisjames.com | pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @elisjames

Excruciatingly funny SCoTSMAN Hugely appealing GuARDIAN £5 £10 (£8.50) F

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JoSh WIDDIComBE: thE furthEr ADvENturES of...

Can you become an adult without growing up? In this highly anticipated début, Jim attempts to become a real person in a scary world where 30 is the new 20, money is broken and normal people are all weird. As seen on BBC Comedy online.

Star of Live at the Apollo, Stand up for the Week, 8 out of 10 Cats and The Rob Brydon Show performs his hotly anticipated follow-up to last year’s debut show which earned him a nomination for the Foster’s Newcomer Award.

www.dittoproductions.co.uk | twitter: @jimcampbelltfr

www.joshwiddicombe.co.uk | www.offthekerb.co.uk facebook: josh-widdicombe | twitter: @joshwiddicombe

Ditto Productions

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Exquisite. Rich with beautifully phrased jokes... original and literate. CHoRTLE His performance goes from strength to strength. SPooNFED £6 £9 (£8) F

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BBC Radio 1 DJ and award-winning comedian Tom Deacon (Rob Brydon Show, Dave’s one Night Stand) returns to Edinburgh. Tom talks gap yahs and stag dos, bank robbery and potentially causing Greece’s economic crash (oops).

Trevor Browne - the greatest folk-rock singer of all time takes a break from fame to go on a journey of self-discovery. Browne returns to Edinburgh with his hit songs, acclaimed poetry, and now, the meaning of life. Trevor Browne - Musician. Poet. Proselytizer. Man.

www.tomdeacon.co.uk | www.avalonuk.com facebook: tomdeaconcomedy | twitter: @tomdeaconcomedy

www.itstrevorbrowne.com | www.dangeroverhead.com twitter: @brownetj

With looks, confidence, charm and great material, expect other comics to lynch him SuNDAY TIMES

WEEKS - EDINBuRGH

Danger Overhead

Brilliantly funny and perfect... Hilarious.  THREE Cracking lyrics... Genuinely funny

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AAA Stand-Up is comedy the way it should be: A laugh a minute which leaves the audience wishing the show was just a little bit longer.  FEST True talent HAIRLINE

Fantastically innovative and astonishingly funny  THE LIST A hugely entertaining and intelligent piece of character comedy  METRo

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com twitter: @tomtoal | @rhysjamesy | @joewellscomic

www.edcomproductions.com | twitter: @EdCom_Edinburgh

Total sell-out 2005-2011, returns with a brand new line-up. Tom Toal: ‘True Talent’ (Hairline). Rhys James: ‘Highly amusing’ (The Stage). Joe Wells: ‘A star of the future’ (Guardian). Book early!

Barry Castagnola (Cyderdelic, 11 o’Clock Show, The Swingers) is late for his gig… “Character comedy at it’s best” (Independent). “Straight down the line, old-fashioned hilarious” **** (Chortle)

Bound and Gagged Comedy

EdCom Productions

£10.50 (£9.50)

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BArrY CAStAGNoLA IN WhErE’S BArrY?

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Off The Kerb Productions in association with Debi Allen Associates

Mick Perrin for Just for Laughs Live and Eddie Izzard

Stand up from award-winning Comedian,Singer,Actor,Writer and Tap Dancer. Also Husband,Father,Son,Runner, Devonian and overeater. www.charliebakerlive.com | www.offthekerb.co.uk facebook: Charlie-Baker-Stand-up-Comedian | twitter: @tCharlieBaker

A fresh comedy hour from Devon’s answer to Frank Sinatra GuARDIAN  SCoTSMAN

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PLEASANCE CourtYArD | hut Well, not really. Trevor Noah is an award winning, smash-hit South African comedian making his long awaited and highly anticipated debut at the Edinburgh Festival.

mArLoN DAvIS: ENtEr thE DAvISm

Following his appearances all over the world, his own talk show and a recent appearance on Jay Leno, Trevor is bringing his show about coming of age in post-appartheid South Africa with this exploration of race and place.

Off The Kerb Productions

An anticipated debut show from one of comedy’s rising stars. Winner of FHM Stand up Hero, Bursts onto the stage like breath of fresh air (Chortle).

Co-presented by the world reknowned Eddie Izzard. www.mickperrin.com www.trevornoah.com

www.marlondavis.co.uk | www.offthekerb.co.uk | facebook: marlondavis twitter: @marlon_davis

Charming Observationalist TIME ouT  THREEWEEKS £5 £10 (£8.50) F

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BArrY morGAN’S WorLD of orGANS Strut & Fret and Liblab Music

Barry Morgan, Australia’s ‘fast-becoming-a-celebrity’ organ salesman, is packing up his Toyota Crown and crossing the Pacific! He will delight and entertain you with the Golden Syrup sounds of his 1981 Hammond Aurora Classic. Sit back, relax and be swept away by the mesmerising power of Barry’s Zither Arpeggiator, his Fascinating Fingers and his celebrated one Finger Method. Barry knows exactly what Edinburgh has been waiting for - to rediscover the joy of the organ! www.mrbarrymorgan.com | facebook: mrbarrymorgan twitter: @mrbarrymorgan

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DAvID o’DohErtY: SEIZE thE DAvID o’DohErtY EdCom Productions

Winner: 2008 Edinburgh Comedy Award Life is a marathon, not a sprint. But it is a sort of marathon that you really have to sprint. And there are hurdles and weights to lift. And swimming. And shooting. Life is basically The olympics. But at the end you don’t get a medal, you die. www.edcomproductions.com | facebook: EdComProductions twitter: @EdCom_Edinburgh

A national treasure IRISH TIMES £6 £14 (£12) F

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JohN roBINS: INCrEDIBLE SCENES! John Robins

Fresh from Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3) “Comedy’s best kept secret” (The Skinny) recounts childhood innocence and adult shenanigans. “Effortlessly entertaining” (Chortle), “one of the most naturally gifted comedians I’ve seen” (Telegraph). *****(ThreeWeeks) ****(Chortle) ****(Fest) ****(List) www.johnrobins.net | facebook: johnrobinscomedian twitter: @nomadicrevery

A complete and utter natural RuSSELL HoWARD £5 £9 (£7) F

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www.justthetonic.com | twitter: @BigvalueComedy

This is what watching stand-up is all about…pretty good value THREE WEEKS £5 £7

£10 (£9) £9 (£8)

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Four acts for the price of one! The hottest comedians on the first step to success. We audition all year round for these shows and have so much great talent that we’ve added this Middle show alongside the existing Early and Late ones. Come and see who we’ve picked. We love them. We guarantee you will too.

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Just the Tonic

BWC, The Full Band Improvised Musical returns to the Fringe! BWC is one of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world. With runs in NYC, Chicago and internationally touring, BWC has performed over 2,000 completely improvised musicals and has spawned the careers of top comedic actors and writers in the u.S. Based on an audience suggestion, the show is a roller coaster ride of spontaneously choreographed dance numbers, rhyming verses and witty, jaw-dropping comedy. £15 (£13)

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Baby Wants Candy and Assembly with Marshall Cordell

£6 £13 (£11)

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ComEDY GALA 2012: IN AID of WAvErLEY CArE

The man who can fill a tight white jumpsuit like no other, Carl-Einar Häckner brings his new show to Edinburgh, jam-packed with more silliness than ever before. Guaranteed to tickle you with more than just his Ikea props, marvel at this Swedish sorcerer as he performs underwhelming feats of magic, sings completely ridiculous songs and proves that foreign accents are almost always funny.

Edinburgh’s biggest comedy event featuring an all-star cast, hosted by Seann Walsh and Josh Widdicombe. With special guests Mark Watson, Paul Chowdhry, Russell Kane, Shappi Khorsandi, Jason Byrne and Jimeoin among many others. Book Early. Recorded for Television. www.offthekerb.co.uk

Gilded Balloon

Off The Kerb Productions

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Tommy Cooper meets Björn Again. If I laugh more at anything this Christmas, call me an ambulance. THE TIMES £5 £9.50 (£8.50) F

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CrAIG hILL - JoCK’S trAP!

DEANNE SmIth: LIvIN’ thE SWEEt LIfE

Indulge yourself in a deliciously wicked evening of gloriously camp, no-holds-barred comedy and pure, unadulterated fun. Hilarious, sometimes wickedly provocative and always outrageously cheeky, The Scotsman called Craig a revelation and the Evening News reported that Craig actually had to wait until his audience stopped laughing before he was able to continue the show and that it was absolutely hilarious. Sold out 2002-2011!

Life’s great when your richer than most people on the planet. This is a show about how sweet life is, and could be. (Also includes ukulele tunes and free candy).

MZA & CHiLL Productions

Little Red Noise

www.deannesmith.com facebook: pages/DeAnne-Smith/23034519128 twitter: @DeAnne_Smith

www.mrcraighill.com | facebook: mrcraighill | twitter: @mrcraighill

Wickedly subversive… Funny, charming and charismatic METRo This is one Highland Fling you’ll never regret… or forget! (4.5 stars) ADELAIDE ADVERTISER Absolutely hilarious… An hour with Hill makes for a cracking show… He has the rare ability to make any audience feel like part of an intimate gathering… Magical! THE LIST Funny as hell SCoTLAND oN SuNDAY £7.50 £10 F

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Effortless charm lets her get away with murder.  THE TELEGRAPH This gal’s ready for the big leagues  TIME ouT, SYDNEY Brilliant.  THE SKINNY

£5 £9 (£8)

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thE fuNErAL of CoNor o’tooLE Danger Overhead

Conor o’Toole, 1991-2012, was/is a very particular comedian. He is/was planning his post-demise festivities. Please attend the rehearsal. Note: this show will be moving, so bring a coat. The procession begins at the underbelly Box office in Bristo Square and leads to a different venue every night. Also, there’ll be a spring. www.conorotoole.com | www.dangeroverhead.com | twitter: @conorotoole

Nothing short of amazing  THE NEW CuRRENT Crafts humour from the unlikeliest of places  CHoRTLE £5 £8 (£7) F

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StuArt GoLDSmIth: PrICK CKP in association with Red Comedy and DAA Management

Stand-up comedy for anyone who used to have principles. Selfishness, narcissism, double standards, the abdication of responsibility, and one shocking act of real violence, whilst smiling. This show will make you a worse person. Prick prick prick prick prick prick prick prick prick prick prick prick prick. www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk | facebook: StuartGoldsmithComedy twitter: @stugoldsmith

Consistently, dependably and utterly funny.  THREEWEEKS

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tIm fItZhIGhAm: StoP thE PIGEoN Get Comedy in association with PBJ Management

True spirit of the fringe, multi-Award Winning, Perrier Nominated comedian, author, explorer, Tim FitzHigham is back with a new show and greatest gamble ever. Last year’s bets led to broken bones and almost losing his house…now he’s after a pigeon. Come, laugh - the results are live. www.getcomedy.com | www.fitzhigham.com | twitter: @timfitzhigham facebook: timfitzhigham

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frISKY & mANNISH: ExtrA-CurrICuLAr ACtIvItIES Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with United Agents

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HorNE AND KEY AND... Alex Horne and Tim Key

Alex horne and Tim Key will be asking very searching questions to comedians and other types of celebs. The sort of people we’re talking about getting on are people like Simon Amstell, although it looks like he can’t do it, but that sort of thing anyhow. There’ll be music and dry ice under the questions to paper over the cracks. There’ll also be microphones and chairs. www.alexhorne.com | www.timkey.co.uk

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School? College? Job? YAWN. Life isn’t about spreadsheets, it’s abut joy and laughter and POP MUSIC. F&M, London’s resident experts of pop hermeneutics and “fully blown superstars” (Time Out) are back at the Fringe to let their hair down and let rip. Expect the bestest bits from the last three years (see your local YouTube if unsure) plus some brand new boomting. They are excited. You defs should be.

PAuL foot: KENNY LArCH IS DEAD

www.friskyandmannish.co.uk | pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @friskynmannish

deep within the sinking sands of the perspex jungle of youth, in the forgotten nebula of nothingness, just off the warm waste waters of New Norfolk, comes an objet d’esire: a trombone fruit. Needless to say, it’s another warm year.

IMWP

A constantly evolving force of musical nature  METRO A riotous night out GUARdIAN  ChORTLE, EvENING NEWS, hERALd, LIST, TIME OUT, MAIL ON SUNdAY

www.paulfoot.tv | facebook: paulfootcomedy | twitter: @paulfoot

Unobtrusively masterful stuff  SCOTSMAN One of the most ingenious nights of comedy you’ll ever see  hERALd SUN £6 £10.50 (£9.50)

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ADAm HILLS: mESS ArouND

Jen’s cup is half empty and she’s struggling to fill it. heading inexorably towards middle age Brister is looking to change her ways. Join her Now as she contemplates life growing up with 3 brothers, her inability to take responsibility & her hope that one day she’ll learn to love camping more than she did back Then.

In 2010 Adam based his show around the audience, made a stuffed toy and raised cash for the Sick Kids. he’s back to do it all again. Sundays with BSL interpreter.

www.jenbrister.co.uk | facebook: JenBrister | twitter: @JenBrister

Hills never fails to impress... He is astonishingly good at what he does  ChORTLE Hills is comedy sunshine and it’s rather nice to bask in his glow  SCOTSMAN

This is as near perfect stand up as I have seen  SCOTSGAY

£10 £12 (£11)

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www.adamhills.com | offthekerb.co.uk | facebook: officialadamhills twitter: @adamhillscomedy

ThE LIST

£10 (£8)

Off The Kerb Productions by arrangement with The Lisa Richards Agency

A splendid hour of laughing till your face hurts 

£5 £9 (£7)

ASSEmBLY HALL | rAINY HALL

JEN BrIStEr - NoW & tHEN Jen Brister

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CHrIS rAmSEY: fEELING LuCKY

Irishman Andrew Ryan thinks life is one big board game, but are we rolling the dice? do we need to take back control of our lives? Andrew explores how money can move us to places we might not want to go in his hilarious and incisive debut show.

Foster’s Award Nominee and panel show regular returns to the Festival with another hour of feel-good stand-up. how did we end up here? Was it pre-planned or just pure fluke? do you feel lucky? Perhaps you should…

www.andrewryancomedy.com | twitter: @andrewryan_

www.chrisramseycomedy.com | www.avalonuk.com facebook: chrisramseycomedy | twitter: @IAmChrisramsey

Utterly brilliant, going to be a huge star  TIME OUT MUST SEE ThE STAGE

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A brilliantly engaging natural storyteller EvENING STANdARd Frighteningly talented…tearing up every stage he lands on GQ MAGAzINE £5 £8.50 (£7)

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tHE Not QuItE QuArtEt

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

Take a musical maestro, integrate spontaneous comedy, inject wit and intelligence and you get The Not Quite Quartet - a duo of unforgettable and unforgivable talent! The NQQ are celebrating three births, a decade of partnership, and a brand new show. Family, fatherhood, and linguistic acrobatics fuse with astute observations of life’s beautiful and hilarious moments - painkillers prior to attendance are required as jaw ache’s guaranteed. www.theNotQuiteQuartet.com | twitter: @theNQQ

The laughs - and awe - just kept coming! ThREE WEEKS £5 £7.50 F

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Fresh from a sell-out tour of Australia, Mark Watson - as seen on Live At The Apollo and heard on his own Radio 4 show - presents a brand new hour of frenetically delivered jokes, stories and non-aggressive audience interaction. The show’s about the Internet. Email markwatsonspreview2012@gmail.com for preshow briefing

SCHooL of ComEDY - tHE NExt GENErAtIoN

www.markwatsoncomedian.com | pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @watsoncomedian

The club behind the hit Channel 4 show introduces it’s amazing new cast! All aged between 9 and 16, they bring to life characters including a lascivious Boris Johnson, cockney tearaway Tracey Emin, a teenage African dictator, structured reality stars, Olympic hopefuls and a deranged meteorologist. It’s Bugsy Malone on speed. Mary Whitehouse would be spinning in her grave.

A kind of unstoppable funny superhero. SUNdAY TIMES Simply exhilarating dAILY TELEGRAPh

School of Comedy

www.schoolofcomedy.com

an audacious success and a masterclass in comic timing.  TIMES £7.50 £15

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CLAuDIA o’DoHErtY - tHE tELESCoPE The Invisible Dot Ltd.

Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

did the name your parents chose for you reflect their unrealistic expectations? hope? Faith? Moon Unit? Catie Joy Wilkins (FhM’s Stand Up hero, ITv4) hates smiling. her middle name makes things worse. Find out what to do if your tooth snags during fellatio and how men created a feminist Swiss Army Knife (basically by adding a sewing kit). www.catiewilkins.com | www.objectivetalentmanagement.com twitter: @Catiewilkins

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GILDED BALLooN tEvIot | tHE turrEt No more jokes. No more laughter. Everyone is changed once they look into The Telescope.

mICHAEL DoWNEY - StANDING uP AGAIN

Please join Claudia for her first foray into confronting, upsetting theatre. This show will not be funny.

EdCom Productions

Please note: for ages 16+

Michael downey was a finalist in the BBC & “So You Think You’re Funny” Comedy finals alongside Alan Carr, Russell howard & John Bishop. Unlike his contemporaries he didn’t follow the Tv route to increase his profile. Michael was forced down the car crash and hospital route, which was less productive and explains why you don’t know him. These days he takes the bus but hE’S BACK!

www.theinvisibledot.com | twitter: @ClaudiaoDoherty

Wickedly funny… stunning and bizarre GUARdIAN Refreshingly different and outlandishly funny ThE LIST Intricately devised hilarity SYdNEY MORNING hERALd

www.edcomproductions.com | facebook: EdComProductions twitter: @EdCom_Edinburgh

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tHE GINGE, tHE GEorDIE AND tHE GEEK- ALL NEW SHoW 2012

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tHE HIStorY GIrLS PrESENt: A SummArY of tHINGS So fAr Best Show Award nominees at dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2012, Laughing horse Finalists and winners of the CoFilmic Festival Audience vote, The history Girls take their skewed version of history and put a wig on it. historygirls.tumblr.com/ | facebook: pages/the-History-Girls/191125253262 twitter: @thehistorygirls

A sort of Brontë Python...appealingly daft wit ChORTLE a firm command of the ridiculous ChORTLE £6 £11 (£9.50)

After selling 7000 tickets last year and fresh from filming their new BBC pilot, the boys return to bring you a brand new hour of truly uplifting silliness, surrealism and 80’s anthems. Performing the show twice daily at 4.45pm and then again at 7.45pm, there’s now no excuse to miss the biggest selling sketch show at the fringe. So if you like your comedy served extremely funny, order a portion of Ginge, Geordie Geek! www.gingegeordiegeek.com | facebook: the-Ginge-the-Geordie-and-the-Geek/247383719965 twitter: @gingegeordigeek

The pace is relentless, laugh-out-loud moments the rule, and so well rehearsed a beat is never skipped. hERALd Get a ticket while you can - with glittering prizes beckoning, next year might be too late.  SCOTSMAN Brilliant, really brilliant! CAThERINE TATE £7 £9.50 (£8.50) F

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PAttIE BrEWStEr’S frIENDSHIP vENturE (for SomE frIENDS)

SEANN WALSH: SEANN to BE WILD

Oh hi guys! Just a normal (not creepy!) girl called… Pattie! I’m a YouTube film-maker and the author of several self-help books (not for publication, just for me). It’s 2012 these days, so I’m investigating how to make friends, because at the moment I mainly know cats. Anyway, enough about cats!

Star of BBC1’s Live at the Apollo, Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week and dave’s Argumental is back with an all-new hour.

Off The Kerb Productions

Amy Hoggart as Pattie Brewster

offthekerb.co.uk | www.seannwalsh.com | twitter: @seannwalsh facebook: seannwalshcomedy

Sharp, creative observational comedy from a precocious newcomer. See him now, before the stadium tour SUNdAY

www.pattiebrewster.co.uk | twitter: @pattiebrewster

Knits me the biggest stuff! I know I love her :)  CAT Oh hey guys! PATTIE BREWSTER Nifty ChORTLE

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The battle against ageing is more than skin deep. The star of ITv’s Show Me The Funny goes beneath the grimy epidermis to uncover class hatred, racism and sexism. Maybe it’s time to start giving a shit... ‘Mouthy, cynical and sexually frank, she left us wanting more’ The Guardian

Following his critically-acclaimed 2011 sell-out show, Andrew doyle returns to Edinburgh for another hilarious hour of fresh and irreverent stand-up. he’s been described as “fantastic” by the Metro, “effortlessly enjoyable” by Chortle, and a “cunt” by Laurie Penny of the New Statesman.

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Britain’s hottest young comedian GQ One of the funniest, sharpest, cruellest comedians out there INdEPENdENT

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Kumail Nanjiani is an American comedian that moved to the US from Pakistan when he was 18 years old. Some of his comedy is about that, most of it is not. Most of his comedy is about the things he loves - video games and horror movies - and the things he’s afraid of - loud noises, strangers, horror movies.

www.desclarke.com | www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com twitter:@des_clarke

Assembly and Marshall Cordell

Scotland’s star of stand-up and the Capital Breakfast Show takes us on a wild journey of enlightenment and jokes. From bus trips to long haul flights, every adventure has a story. Find out what they all mean in the guiding hands of ‘Scotland’s next comedy superstar’ (daily Record). Will we ever reach our Final destination? Chortle Award Winner.

KumAIL NANJIANI

Bound and Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Debi Allen Associates | Des Clarke

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DWINK.com presents

Enjoy six free spirits as the discerning drinking duo hail hooch’s influence on history. The perfect aperitif to any Edinburgh evening.

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A stroke of genious. Witty, well constucted and full of jokes  SUNdAY TELEGRAPh £6 £10 (£9)

JuSt tHE toNIC At tHE CAvES | JuSt out of tHE Box

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BoB DoWNE - SmoKIN’ Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Avalon Promotions

Turkish Prince. Stand-up comic. Tragically exiled. With appearances on BBC3’s ‘Live at The Electric’ and ‘Russell howard’s Good News’, the hairy one from sketch trio WitTank returns with another sweatfuelled, energy-packed show. he may have blue blood but his true majesty lies in making you laugh… www.nazosmanoglu.com | www.avalonuk.com | twitter: @naz_osmanoglu

Buckets of wit and charm  ThE TELEGRAPh Inspired... original... star potential METRO £6 £8.50 (£7) F

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20:00 (21:00) More Classic hits! More Great Prizes! Same hair! Lighter in the loafers and funnier than ever, Australia’s Clown Prince of Polyester was top of the Edinburgh pops in 2011 and now he’s back by popular demand! direct from blitzing Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Adelaide Fringe, you’ll laugh yourself silly as you singalong with Bob. pmeedinburgh.com

Bob Downe is a treasure...blessed with a mellifluous voice and a gift for parody like no other. MELBOURNE hERALd SUN Never better. His show is a great highlight - funny, tuneful, entertaining. AdELAIdE SUNdAY MAIL

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PAtrICK moNAHAN - SHootING from tHE LIP! Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with Vivienne Smith Management Ltd

Brilliant material from ThE fastest rising comedy star! Winner 2012 Loaded LAFTA’s Best Newcomer, winner 2011 Forth Radio Best StandUp People’s Choice! As seen on Comedy Annual (ITv1) and Let’s dance (BBC1) ‘Born to be a stand-up’ Metro www.patrickmonahan.co.uk | pmeedinburgh.com twitter: @patrickjmonahan

High energy and conviction, his material is great: he’s going to go far SUNdAY TIMES £6 £12.50 (£10.50)

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20:00 (21:00) Bound and Gagged Comedy | Rhys Darby

Murray from ‘Flight of the Conchords’. Some say the world could end in 2012. But Rhys darby has a plan. he’s fairly sure the superpowers each have a spaceship ready to launch on the eve of Armageddon. The trick is … to get onboard! This new stand-up show accompanies Rhys’ first novel, This Way to Spaceship, ‘a handy autobiographical end of world companion’. The show promises to combine everything Rhys is known for, surreal musings, hilarious stories from his life and a healthy dollop of nonsense and fantasy. www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | facebook: rhysdarby | twitter: @rhysiedarby

He’s just absolutely brilliant. He’s got that Peter Sellers madness inside him. JIM CARREY The more important question was, is he as funny without the Conchords? The answer is a resounding yes! PERTh NOW Endearingly surreal… thoroughly enchanting.  METRO

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INTERNATIONAL STAND-UP STAR DANNY BHOY PRESENTS HIS HOMECOMING GIG FILMED AT EDINBURGH’S FESTIVAL THEATRE

The boys from L.A. who brought EdFringe hit-shows ‘Cyranose’ (2008) & ‘Sherlock holmes’ (2009), now triumphantly return with a parody mash-up play of Faust and every Western movie ever made. Full of song, silliness and sex... ual innuendo!

SEE DANNY LIVE

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at the EICC (Venue 150) 3rd - 8th August, 19:25 0844 847 1639

Comic genius! All the panache and clever wit of the best British comedy writers of the 20th century!  EdINBURGh EvENING NEWS

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‘Subtle, Intelligent, perceptive, observant and very, very funny’

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‘One of the most sparkling wits in the world’

tHE tArtAN rIBBoN ComEDY BENEfIt

MONTREAL GAZETTE

The Pleasance Theatre Trust

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A top night of comedy with all proceeds going to Waverley Care – a charity supporting people living in Scotland with hIv. Previous line-ups have included: Michael McIntyre, Stephen K Amos, Russell howard, Ivan Brackenbury, Jason Byrne and many more. The night promises to be the cream of the whole Edinburgh programme with all profits going to Waverley Care. Beg, borrow or steal a ticket as it’s sure to sell out! Line up to be announced.

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tom StADE totALLY roCKS! CKP by arrangement with Comedy Store Management & 4DVD

Star of BBC1’s LIvE AT ThE APOLLO, MIChAEL MCINTYRE’S COMEdY ROAdShOW, LEE MACK’S ALL STAR CAST, Ch4’s STANd UP FOR ThE WEEK and dave’s ONE NIGhT STANd. Following a sell-out UK tour, don’t miss Canadian émigré Tom Stade with a brand new live show. One of the country’s most exciting talents. Catch him before he’s a household name. www.tomstade.co.uk | facebook: tomStade | twitter: @tom_stade

SO COOL HE COULD WELL BE THE ANSWER TO GLOBAL WARMING. GLORIOUSLY FUNNY  SCOTSMAN SUBLIME, IMAGINATIVE, ORIGINAL & HILARIOUS RhOd GILBERT STAND-UP ELITE…GENUINELY CLASSY…INCREDIBLY FUNNY ChORTLE

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HANNAH GADSBY - HANNAH WANtS A WIfE

Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

Award winning musical comedy and stand up from the ‘hilarious and brilliant’ (heat) vikki Stone (MTv’s Flashprank/BBC3’s Britain In Bed/ITv1’s This Morning) following her smash hit debut (Top 5 Acts of 2011 – Observer/Top 10 To Watch – Independent)

Token Events | Gilded Balloon

This is a show about women as wives. It’s a surprisingly funny show given that dinner won’t cook itself. Who wouldn’t want a wife? They do things for you. If hannah had a wife this might have been a better blurb.

www.vikkistone.com | www.objectivetalentmanagement.com facebook: vikkiStoneComedy | twitter: @vikkistone

WINNER – directors’ Choice Award, Melbourne Comedy Festival

Terrific... a woman to watch  SCOTSMAN The audience were almost crying with laughter GUARdIAN

www.hannahgadsby.com.au | facebook: hannahgadsbycomedy twitter: @Hannahgadsby

genuinely superb TIME OUT, SYdNEY £5 £9.50 (£8.50)

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AL PItCHEr - tINY trIumPHS

2011 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, and one third of BBC Radio 4’s The Penny dreadfuls, Thom Tuck returns to the Fringe with a brand new show about animal instincts, gender… and gymnastics. ‘Shades of Stewart Lee’ Chortle **** Three Weeks **** The List

Now living in Sweden and following a five year absence from Edinburgh, it’s time for the Kiwi who has won comedy awards in Australia, the UK and Sweden to make you laugh once more. he has missed you, now don’t miss him. Come and experience this ‘hysterical comedy force’ (Time Out) and his TALL tales of tiny TRIUMPhS

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Fruity, befuddled and increasingly melancholy GUARdIAN A watchable, charming performer INdEPENdENT

Gilded Balloon in association with JBJ Management

www.socomedy.co.uk | twitter: @turlygod

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GEArÓID fArrELLY: turBuLENCE

After twenty years on the circuit eating pies from petrol stations, there is no doubt he has expanded. And this summer, the Scot escapes London, a city full of sport freaks, religious nutters and wretched politicians, so as to come back home and expand on them all! Alan’s performed at the festival many times, appearing in the acclaimed deep dark Cuts (2009), and the sell-out Cul-de-Sac.

Gearóid makes his Edinburgh debut with “Turbulence”, a stand-up show about life’s little bumps and major stresses. Turbulent events covered include break-ups, career-choices, childhood addiction to Kinder Surprise eggs, school reunions and sibling rivalry. Gearóid was a finalist in “So You Think You’re Funny” in 2008. Since then he has toured with the biggest names in Irish comedy and appeared on numerous Tv shows. BOOK EARLY ANd FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT!

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Intelligent, reflective comedy ThE IRISh TIMES £5 £8.50 (£7.50)

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Timing that would give Accurist a run for its money  SCOTSMAN  SUNdAY hERALd

Danger Overhead and Lisa Richards

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JAmES ACAStEr - PromPt James Acaster returns to Edinburgh with a show full of comedy. For real.

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Blissfully whimsical  TIME OUT Deliciously daft and no slouch in the surprises department  EvENING STANdARd

Joel dommett - MTv News, Russell howard’s Good News (BBC3) returns to Edinburgh with his hotly anticipated new show. do you have what it takes to be a nunchuck silver medallist? Joel did.

jamesacaster.com | pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @jamesacaster

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

Seen on ‘Russell howard’s Good News’, ‘Show and Tell’, ‘dave’s One Night Stand’ and ‘Live at The Comedy Store’.

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rICHArD HErrING: tALKING CoCK - tHE SECoND ComING Avalon Promotions

An object of shame and pride; inspiring laughter and fear; a symbol of power, yet incredibly fragile; it creates life, it can condemn us to death... and it can do wees! For his 25th anniversary Fringe, herring exposes the truth about the porridge gun. www.richardherring.com | www.avalonuk.com | twitter: @Herring1967

Man’s answer to the Vagina Monologues GUARdIAN An impassioned and thoughtful disquisition on masculinity OBSERvER

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roB DEErING - tHE oNE Bound and Gagged Comedy | Rob Deering

There have been other Rob deering shows, but this is The One; a one-man-supergroup live-music stand-up comedy event about the ultimate in anything and everything. It’s the Best Rob deering Album In The World … Ever. www.robdeering.com | www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com facebook: robdeering | twitter: @Deeringrob

An evening in his company is nothing less than a joy. INdEPENdENT

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Bound and Gagged Comedy by Arrangement with Old Man Management Sean Hughes

The Pleasance Theatre Trust

Still with his trademark irreverent style, Sean‘s now more mature (closer to death), with issues he wants to discuss (has anyone seen his keys?). Topics covered include religion, economics, race, his dodgy knee and his disappointment at discovering, since giving up drinking, he’s still a bit of an arsehole. Catch him now before his faculties go. www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.oldmanmanagement.com twitter: @mr_seanhughes

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AmuSED mooSE ComEDY AWArDS SHoWCASES

Fresh off the back of their debut hit E4 series, Cardinal Burns return to their spiritual home of the Pleasance for a special six night run. Mixing favourite characters from the television show alongside a variety of sketches, stand up, music and more. Seb Cardinal and dustin demri -Burns invite you into their surreal and offbeat minds. Special Guests: Worm hotel

Grab your hot ticket to talent spot future stars amongst this year’s Amused Moose Laugh Off and Laughter Award’s crop of “industry approved” discoveries, plus some who are now rather famous who featured in our past decade of sell-out hot Starlet Gangshows; last year these included Sarah Millican, Andi Osho and Jack Whitehall. Every showcase is unique so see them all to enjoy the very best of this year’s Fringe offerings, featuring outstanding comedians and highlights from excellent Fringe shows. The line-up for each date is listed on our website, Facebook, Twitter and at Pleasance Box Offices.

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A.M. Entertainments in Association with 2entertain

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Rare comic energy and control. Very Funny  ThE TIMES The Interplay of silliness and dark intelligence is perfectly pitched  ThE GUARdIAN Tremendous Stuff  SCOTSMAN A rare treat: a funny sketch show BOB MORTIMER  MELBOURNE AGE

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Mick Perrin for Just For Laughs Live

Two comedy legends together. One night only.

Two brand new shows on alternate nights from danielle Ward (News Quiz/Mock the Week), Time Out Award winning comic and writer of cult hit musical ‘Gutted’. Speakeasy: An hour of stand - up about sex, politics and Ryan Gosling (Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat) Play dead: Extremely silly tales of horror (Sun/Tues/Thurs)

With nearly 70 years experience of treading the boards between them they are showing todays comics exactly how it’s done.

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex Management

Tv credits include “The Royal variety”, “IdEAL”, “Comedy Rocks”, “Comic Relief”, “Kings of Comedy”, “And There’s more”, and erm, more! www.gagreflex.co.uk | twitter: @gag_reflex

www.mickperrin.com

A very funny man and a true gent ROY WALKER A master of the art ThE STAGE

...silly, sick, surreal or just plain showbiz glitzy. Great fun  ChORTLE

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CArL DoNNELLY: DIffErENt GrAvY

Stand up comedian? British Asian? Idiot? The answer is all three. A show about being proud of your roots and ashamed about everything else.

Join Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl donnelly (as seen on Mock The Week, Russell howard’s Good News, and Stand Up For The Week) as he reads and discusses choice excerpts from his unpublished and hugely embellished autobiography. Why wouldn’t you book a ticket?

pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @mrnishkumar

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Gripping, unmissable stand-up GUARdIAN £7 £10 (£9)

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Phil McIntyre Entertainments

danny McLoughlin is one of the best young talents breaking from the comedy circuit. Come join him for his debut hour of stand-up and see why he’s widely tipped as a name to look out for. pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @dannymccomic

Brilliant, just brilliant...he’s going to be massive JASON MANFORd

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PLEASANCE CourtYArD | Hut Edinburgh Award Nominees, Chortle Award and Loaded LAFTA winners, Pappy’s return with a brand new show full of sketches, songs and silliness! But is this really the end for “the funniest sketch troupe on the fringe”? (Scotsman) After appearances on Channel 4, Radio 4 and BBC3; 5 hit Edinburgh shows; 3 national tours and 2 award winning podcasts are they finally throwing in the towel?

JoE LYCEtt: SomE LYCEtt Hot Chambers Management

highly anticipated debut hour from multi-award-winning comedian Joe Lycett, ‘one of the strongest emerging comedy talents we’ve seen in a long time’ (Time Out). BBC New Comedy Award Finalist 2011 and Chortle Best Newcomer 2010. As seen on E4’s Show and Tell and C4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats.

www.pappyscomedy.com | pmeedinburgh.com

Masterful comic invention ThE GUARdIAN A jaw-dropping, laugh-a-second spectacular from three young men who are supremely talented writers and performers  ChORTLE

www.joelycettcomedy.co.uk | www.chambersmgt.com facebook: joelycett | twitter: @joelycett

Imaginative and cheekily subversive comedy. GUARdIAN Already possesses the relaxed, homely charm of an old campaigner. TIMES £5 £8.50 (£7) F

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Bound and Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Glorious Management

What the heck’s a Patopotamoose? It’s a title. You don’t like it? You do a show and call it whatever the heck you want. This stand-up comedy show is called Patopotamoose. deal with it. Pat will address any further issues at the actual show. he is Canadian. www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.patburtscher.com twitter: @PatBurtscher

...imaginatively off-beat ideas. ChORTLE The Fringe needs more of this!  ThE LATEST 7 £6 £11 (£9.50) F

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Groundbreaking ventriloquist Nina Conti introduces her daughter, her handyman, her local laundry proprietor, her oldest friend and a stray dog in a show that refuses to go as rehearsed. Expect a thoughtful meditation on love, life and the edge of existence. And once you’ve bought your ticket, let that expectation go. “I laughed until I couldn’t breathe” Melbourne Age

Perrier Award Nominee, Time Out London Comedy Award Nominee and herald Angel Award Winner, Sarah Kendall returns to Edinburgh after her sold out Australian tour. ‘Get Up, Stand-Up’ is Sarah’s most political show to date. hilarious but not haranguing, this is intelligent and considered comedy.

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Mick Perrin for Just For Laughs Live

Uproariously hilarious SCOTSMAN Put simply, Nina Conti is a genius ThE MIRROR A mighty imagination at work SUNdAY TIMES

www.mickperrin.com

This is brilliant observational comedy SUNdAY TIMES A truly brilliant show that’s just got to be seen  ChORTLE

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When she was little, Shappi dreamed impossibly romantic dreams. She still does. But a love affair with a Rockstar left her thinking what on earth she was doing, thinking and in heaven’s name wearing?

2011 Fosters Nominees Chris O’Neill and Paul valenti return to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with an all-new show. The Chris and Paul Show Presents volume II will have audiences captivated with a full hour of sketches that charm with balloons, entice with surprise gifts, delight with a romantic childhood romp gone wrong -- and for dessert, seduce with a forbidden but tasty treat.

Makes live comedy thrilling EvENING STANdARd

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A fast-paced, refreshing and exciting talent with an engaging and original world view ThE SUNdAY TIMES Her initial success was no fluke – blending gag-packed, self-deprecating stories and neat observational humour GUARdIAN

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This is observational, anecdotal, autobiographical comedy at its best. SCOTSMAN

Foster’s Comedy Award Winner 2010 for Best Newcomer presents her new show. Everyone in life is looking for something: to belong, to love, to forget, and also keys.

www.getcomedy.com | facebook: comicpete | twitter: @escarius

Avalon Promotions

After the analysis that Pete gave his body in the Edinburgh Comedy Nominated 2009 show ‘Naked Pictures of my life’, his latest show now focuses on his changing values of getting older and his addiction to trying to make the world a better place for people like himself. Tall, good looking efficient people.

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Luke Benson is a rubbish hero! See what happens when a Giant is hunted by a mortal & why. A modern-day tale of david & Goliath; where david is a cabbie going loco and Goliath is a 6’7”Geordie comic. Can our hero use his powers of “joke” &“story” to save himself? Book now to find out and see this much anticipated debutshow! Star of Big value & Pleasance’s Comedy Reserve.

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

After a debut sell out show, Chris (as seen on dave’s One Night Stand) returns with a brand new show, explaining how to wind up squirrels and showing techniques to confuse a pervert. www.chrismartincomedy.co.uk | pmeedinburgh.com facebook: chrismartincomedyfan | twitter: @chrismcomedy

www.rbmcomedy.com | twitter: @lukebensoncomic

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Destined for greatness SUNdAY TIMES Hilarious METRO £5 £10 (£8.50)

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Off The Kerb Productions by arrangement with The Lisa Richards Agency

Combining his love of hip hop, beatboxing, audience participation

Laughing Stock Productions and Underbelly Productions

and a newfound passion for drumming, the Queens native, bred in

Australia’s MOST WANTEd comedian and comedy icon, Chopper is headbutting his way back to Edinburgh. From the Olympics to anal bleaching, mangoes and Switzerland to anti-smoking ads, nothing’s safe from a punch in the soft guts by the International Ambassador of hard. So take off your skirt, and grow a moustache. It’s no holds barred, and no bars to hold him back, so jump bail, skip parole and tell your alibi to take the night off. As seen on The Ronnie Johns half hour, and now live, and in stabbing distance.

dublin, has fun playing with words in this brand new show. desbishop.com | offthekerb.co.uk | facebook: desbishop twitter: @Desbishop

 GUARdIAN Funny, erudite and effortlessly delivered SCOTSMAN

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CHECKLEY & BuSH’S ComEDY rIot! The brilliantly boisterous sketch duo are back funnier and bolder than ever. With dark witty sketches, snappy banter and kick arse song parodies their fast pace and charm will leave you feeling like you’ve had one of the best nights out of your life. Only to find you’ve woken up in between Frankie Cocozza and denise Welch. So wrong, but oh so right! www.checkleyandbush.co.uk

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muSICAL ComEDY AWArDS SHoWCASE The Time Out London Critics‘ Choice and Guardian Pick of the Week show returns for two exclusive showcases of the UK’s best emerging and established musical comedy acts. Sell Out Final 2009/10/11. Full line ups at www.musicalcomedyawards.com. www.musicalcomedyawards.com | facebook: musicalcomedyawards | twitter: @musicalcomedyuk

As the Musical Comedy Awards demonstrate, the genre is currently bursting with talent TIME OUT £14 (£13)

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‘An hour of stand-up so joyous the clinically depressed should get it on prescription’ METRO

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ANDrEW LAWrENCE IS ComING to GEt You Chambers Management

Star of BBC 1’s Live at the Apollo, now a regular on Channel 4’s Stand Up for the Week, the phenomenal rise of Andrew Lawrence continues as he stops off in Edinburgh following a sell-out fifty date tour of the UK. Formerly a Sony Award nominee, you might have heard his celebrated BBC Radio 4 show What To do If You’re Not Like Everybody Else, you may also have seen him on BBC1’s Ask Rhod Gilbert or Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. An internationally acclaimed stand-up, he has performed to audiences all over the world from Montreal’s Just For Laughs to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Twice nominated Best UK headline Act at the Chortle Awards 2010/11 and previously a double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Lawrence arrives in Edinburgh to debut a prodigious all-new hour of top-class stand-up comedy. www.andrewlawrencecomedy.co.uk | www.chambersmgt.com | twitter: @andrewlawrence

He unleashes a torrent of beautifully worded, rhythmically aesthetic invective that is entirely his own. SCOTSMAN

He discharges kamikaze philosophies a-hundred-to-the-dozen. And it is outstanding. ThE LIST

His almost Victorian blend of rage and good grammar is still a delight. SUNdAY TIMES

Anyone who gives this spikily inventive performer the time of day will realise they’re in the presence of an A-list talent. GUARdIAN

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A mash-up comedy show with the headliner hosting a mix of standup comedy, comedic shorts, sketch comedy and character bits. Originally hailing from Los Angeles, the show combines the best of live comedy.

Britain’s favourite pub philosopher, Al Murray – The Pub Landlord, will be polishing his brass neck banter in two weeks of special Edinburgh previews, ahead of his brand new 2012 stand-up tour.

www.superseriousshow.com | facebook: SuperSeriousShow twitter: @seriousshow

www.thepublandlord.com | www.avalonuk.com facebook: thepublandlord | twitter: @ajhmurray

The Super Serious Show has reverse-engineered the alternative comedy scene, and it didnt take long for comedians - and their audiences - to notice. LAIST

A National Treasure  dAILY TELEGRAPh His interaction with the front few rows is legendary ThE SUN

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Six malt whiskies to be tasted, many laughs to be had. hae a dram, some cheeky banter and learn about Scotland’s greatest export.

Established as one of the most exciting shows at the Fringe, Big value brings you the best of the breakthrough talent. We’ve been showcasing fantastic newer acts for the past 18 years and 2012 is no different. These shows are ‘top comedy, at top value’ (The List). Featuring four different acts to the earlier shows, these guys really are the cream of the up-and-coming crop.

very humourous sermon on the origins of whisky... A definite must for whisky lovers and a good night out for anyone who’s not afraid of a tipple.  AdELAIdE

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ALAN ANDErSoN : WHISKY fIr DummIES 2.0 Ha Ha Comedy & Hireacomedian.co.uk

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‘What do you get when you cross a burnt out Electrician with a Stand-Up Comedian?’ – You get the most high voltage act on the Irish comedy circuit at the moment. Multi-Award winning Comedian Chris Kent brings his positively charged, distinct humour to the Fringe, in his exhilarating debut show ‘Plugged in’. www.lisarichards.ie | www.dangeroverhead.com | twitter: @kentychris

Compelling storyteller … truly surprising … beautifully delivered SCOTSMAN Highly impressive ThE IRISh TIMES £5 £8.50 (£7.50) F

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Soho Theatre and The Mason Sisters @ PBJ Management in association with Underbelly Productions

2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Barry Award Winner and 2011 Total Theatre Award-nominee doctor Brown returns with a brand new hour of absurd visual humour.

Turn this.

facebook: drbrowncomedy | twitter: @drbrowncomedy

Deliciously unpredictable… His combination of clowning, oddity and low-level menace constitute one of the funniest shows on the Fringe.  GUARdIAN Extraordinary... so visceral it is addictive.  SCOTSMAN £6 £10.50 (£9.50) F

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NEIL DELAmErE: DELAmErE mortAL

Off The Kerb Productions in association with The Lisa Richards Agency

Newspapers said by now Neil’d be mature. Why don’t he, his biker nemesis or the chicken-killing people in his flat agree? offthekerb.co.uk | facebook: neildelamere

If you’ve yet to see Delamere live, make this the year…. a master.  SCOTSMAN

Into this. Whether you want to improve your employability, follow your passion or fast track your career, Edinburgh Napier has a postgraduate course to suit. One of Scotland’s top universities for graduate employability - 93.3% of our postgraduate students are in work or further study within six months of graduating*. Over 140 industry-relevant postgraduate courses to help you focus on your future, your career and your prospects. Choose from opportunities in: • The Business School • Engineering, Computing & Creative Industries • Health, Life & Social Sciences

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No PANtS tHurSDAY: t’IL DEAtH Do uS PArtY Join NPT for a high spirited tale that contains little death, and less partying. These Irish boys don’t shy away from asking difficult questions: Can Jonathan Rhys Meyers go through an airport without fighting? Were 80s sitcoms promoting domestic abuse? Is ‘twisting the milk’ a phrase? www.nopantsthursday.net | facebook: nopantsthursday twitter: @NoPantsthurs

NPT are fantastic any day of the week  ThREEWEEKS £5 £7.50 (£6.50)

For more information visit: www.napier.ac.uk/postgraduate (*Figures taken from Destination of Leavers of Higher Education 2009/10, HESA)

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CAUSTIC, ChARMING, CONTROvERSIAL.... Call him what you will, but stand-up phenomenon Jim Jefferies is acknowledged as the fastest rising, most hilarious cutting edge comic ever to claw his way to the top of the comedy world. hailed by critics and loved by his legions of fans, Jefferies’ glorious roasting of society’s most sacred cows has made him a headlining sensation throughout the globe. Book Early! “Better than Jesus” The Scotsman www.getcomedy.com | www.jimjefferies.com | facebook: www.facebook.com/jimjefferies | twitter: @jimjefferies

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Britain’s most offensive stand-up comedian Q MAGAzINE

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Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and writer for comics appearing on Live at The Apollo and Mock The Week, presents “a gimmick free hour of rock-solid comedy” (Chortle) about the two women in his life: a French actress girlfriend and an 8 year old daughter from a previous relationship. he’s never won an argument with either, and it’s time to set the record straight! luketoulson.com

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One of the most dazzling displays of comedy theatre I’ve ever seen. It’s weird. And it’s wonderful.  ThE TIMES Did you miss the Pajama Men? Then you f**ked up  TIME OUT, SYdNEY If you haven’t seen them before, you must go and see them now  SCOTSMAN £7 £14 (£13)

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JoNNY & tHE BAPtIStS Jonny & the Baptists

The world’s first ever comedy blues band bring their acclaimed mix of surreal, satirical and occasionally sexy songs to Edinburgh. www.jonnyandthebaptists.co.uk | facebook: jonnyandthebaptists twitter: @Jonny_Baptists ON FRONTMAN JONNY dONAhOE OF ThE ROARING BOYS:

Unrelenting joy... Hilarious  ChORTLE Brilliant  EdINBURGh EvENING NEWS Spot-on musical satire SCOTLANd ON SUNdAY £6 £9 (£8)

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Edinburgh’s most bankable act returns after 2011’s Edinburgh Comedy Award Nomination, his 2nd. Renowned for his cutting edge comedy and intrepid social commentary, star of BBC’s LIvE AT ThE APOLLO & Sky’s WALL OF FAME. Maxwell was one of the first comics to react to the London riots and the Arab Spring and evolve his act accordingly to rave reviews. A requisite for comedy fans - you’ve seen him on Mock The Week, Celebrity Juice, have I Got News For You, Argumental, Sky Atlantic’s Morgan Spurlock’s New Britannia, Alexander Armstrong’s Big Ask & BBC3’s 9/11 Conspiracy Road-trip. Now see him live… www.andrew-maxwell.co.uk | www.getcomedy.com | www.unitedagents.co.uk | twitter: @andrewismaxwell

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Fiercely, intelligent, comedy OBSERvER

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Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with Corrie McGuire at Objective Talent Management

Assembly and Marshall Cordell | South African Season 2012

Catch not one, but two, of South Africa’s very best comedians in an exciting double bill featuring Loyiso Gola (South African Comedy Award winner) and dave Levinsohn. www.assemblyfestival.com

A group of young, black comics are breaking taboos, cracking controversial jokes and taking South Africa by storm. Loyiso Gola is one of them! ThE WALL STREET JOURNAL £10 £13 (£12) F

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don’t miss Pete Firman, ‘the new poster-boy for British comedy magic’ (The Telegraph), as he returns to Edinburgh with an all-new box of tricks.

No less than the total restructuring of every aspect of life in Britain organised through the medium of jokes. See this show - WIN a free hospital or school! Second prize - a major high St bank. www. offthekerb.co.uk

www.petefirman.co.uk | pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @petefirman

Fresh from BBC1’s ‘The Magicians’, with his own trademark blend of comedy and jaw-dropping magic, this is a show not to be missed!

Off The Kerb Productions in association with Corduroy Productions

The man from Middlesbrough sets the pace for comedy-meets-magic in the 21st century ThE TIMES

The best magic tricks in the Universe INdEPENdENT

www.offthekerb.co.uk | facebook: marcus-brigstocke | twitter: @marcusbrigs

One ot the cleverest and most engaging stand-ups you’ll see  ThE MIRROR £10 £12 (£11) F

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Gobsmacked... Blows the audience away 

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German Comedy Ambassador henning Wehn is a fountain of knowledge; he knows there’s no shortcut to success, hard work will eventually pay off and ‘life’ should mean life. But even henning doesn’t know which separatist idiot decided to schedule the Olympic Games to coincide with the Fringe.

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Mind-blowing sketch show full of magic, mentalism and comedy wrapped up in a big ball of rock ‘n’ roll silliness. Created in 2010 by three of the world’s top performers, every show so far has been a complete sell out. 2012 - Year of the ham.

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Assembly and Marshall Cordell

Rory Scovel performs an hour of stand-up for all members of the prestigious Illuminati during the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. do not be afraid to visit your Secret Brother of the Secret Brotherhood as he dissects the very thoughts of his own mind and external experiences. Open to all who are established members of the Illuminati or within one month of their official initiation. Please dO NOT attend if you are not at minimum within one month of official initiation, you won’t understand any of the bits.

Token Events

NOMINEE - BEST COMEdY, Edinburgh Fringe 2011. Australia’s maestro of suburban absurdism is back - chaotic, innovative, adventurous. A man is standing next to another man, they have nothing in common and nothing to speak of, perhaps they can talk about the weather. WINNER - BEST COMEdY, Adelaide Fringe 2011. NOMINEE - BEST COMEdY, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2011. www.samsimmons.com.au | facebook: samsimmonscomedy twitter: @samsimmonss

www.roryscovel.com | www.assemblyfestival.com

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Best Medicine Management

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with Dawn Sedgwick Management

danny Buckler rises from his lair beneath the opera house for his debut show, an hour of killer theatrical comedy only he can deliver. As seen on Secrets Of Magic (BBC One), 50 Greatest... (Five) and Simple Minds (discovery Channel). www.bestmed.co.uk | facebook: profile.php?id=683606706 twitter: @DannyBuckler

A Hancockian treasure RUSSELL BRANd An endearing air of parodic grandeur METRO £5 £9 (£8) F

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GILDED BALLooN tEvIot | BILLIArD room The uplifting tale of ‘Sara’ who lived from the 1980’s to 2012. Sara was born as a baby, meaning she could neither talk nor walk, until she faced adversity in the face, and grew up. The show includes catchy tunes and many morals.

DAvE tHorNtoN - tHE SomE of ALL tHE PArtS

Sara’s life includes being on Tv in Stand Up For the Week & Campus (C4); The Thick of It, Being human & Twenty Twelve (BBC).

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Success is like a tan - people can usually tell when it’s fake. Australian comedy’s star on the rise, dave Thornton was invited to inspire a class of 12-year-olds; picking a stand-up comedian may have been a mistake. Catch this honest, engaging and damn funny show about the good, the bad and the everything in between.

pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @sarapascoe

An enjoyable fusion of silliness and intelligence ChORTLE Always clever and sometimes exquisite INdEPENdENT She has an obvious flair for comic timing... Nothing less than full mega-watt charisma

davidthornton.com.au | facebook: davethorntoncomedy twitter: @dave_thorno

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Avalon Promotions

You can take the boy out of Glastonbury… Paul seeks to emulate bands reforming for 20th anniversary classic album tours by reuniting his mates at a festival. What could possibly go wrong? Anecdotal and hugely engaging stand-up. As seen on Russell howard’s Good News. www.paulmccaffrey.com | www.avalonuk.com | twitter: @paulmccaffreys

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“ShIMMERS WITh STAGE PRESENCE…COMIC TIMING IS ShARP ENOUGh TO BURST BALLOONS.” Independent

Tessa Waters and Kai Smythe

“A CONSUMMATE STANd-UP WITh A PUNChY dELIvERY ANd COMIC TIMING TO dIE FOR” List

A vERY physical comedy exploring the ever-changing definitions of what it means to be sexy. Combining clown, dance and outrageous costumes with cheeky improvisations and ‘educational reenactments’, your bold and adventurous hosts ‘Man’ and ‘Woman’, will delve deep into the methods of the past to extract the raw ingredients of sexual magnetism for the would-be lovers of today.

“NEARER ThE KNUCKLE ThAN AN OvER-SIzEd SOvEREIGN RING” Metro “ChALLENGING OPINIONS… MESMERISING dELIvERY” Chortle “CONSISTENTLY AT hIS BEST dELIvERING dRY ANd UNEXPECTEd OBSERvATIONS” Edinburgh Evening News www.mickperrin.com

ONE OF THE MOST SKILLED, POWERFUL, CHARISMATIC COMIC PERFORMERS AROUND

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trutH From the multi award-winning creators of ‘The hermitude of Angus, Ecstatic’ comes this off-beat collection of dancing characters all bound together by a true story. One of The Guardian’s highlights of the 2011 Fringe, Slow Clap present another full-throttle mix of storytelling, character comedy and clowning.

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www.lousanders.com | twitter: @lousanders

Hugely enjoyable  BRITISh COMEdY GUIdE One of the most exciting new comics to emerge from the Fringe  SPOONFEd £5 £9.50 (£8)

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The sort of comedy you’d expect from someone who’s been to over 4 countries. Now includes a compliment section for anyone who needs it. Plus flying is attempted but in a very understated way. “Crazy, offbeat surrealism. Something new is happening in comedy” The Independent

Delightfully weird, effervescent and deep, this highvoltage performance will entertain at every level  AdELAIdE AdvERTISER

Lou Sanders

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ArmAGEDDAPoCALYPSE: tHrEAt LEvEL DEAD Exploding Fist Productions Written by James Moran and Lucien Young

Maverick agent Jack Lang has 24 hours to save the world – and 23 of them are already gone. It’s the doomsday scenario: Armageddon is happening during the Apocalypse. And in a world where TRUTh is a LIE, things are about to get a whole lot worse… www.armaged.com | facebook: Armageddapocalypse

Don’t wait for the DVD - see this show  ChORTLE Inspired… The jokes hit all the right spots  ThE SKINNY

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tHE ComEDY rESErvE

The Blanks, aka Ted’s Band from the hit Tv show “Scrubs”, make their Edinburgh debut. Mixing a cappella, a knock about comic tale and sketches into an unashamedly feel good show. Not only appealing to fans of Scrubs, it has the silliness of Tv Burp, the vocal powers of Glee and the timelessness of the Marx Brothers giving them a universal appeal.

Pleasance presents it’s 8th year of the Comedy Reserve, showcasing four of the hottest new acts on the circuit; supported by the Charlie hartill Special Reserve.

Pleasance Theatre Trust

CKP in association with Hyper Agency and Sloat Entertainment

With over 8 million YouTube views and hit shows from Melbourne to Montana, book now to avoid disappointment.

www.pleasance.co.uk | facebook: thePleasance | twitter: @thePleasance

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www.theblankswebsite.com | twitter: @theblanks | facebook: theblanks

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This year’s group of outstanding newcomers include Matt Rees, Suzy Benett, John Kearns and Chris Turner.

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DAN WrIGHt: mICHAEL JACKSoN touCHED mE

An electric hour of arse-kicking comedy.

dan’s (Big Cook Little Cook, Big Brother’s Big Mouth C4) hilarious story about how being an obsessive ambassador for Jacko affected his relationships with everyone around him.

www.mickperrin.com

You’ve seen him on Mock The Week, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Argumental, dave’s One Night Stand, and dancing as Madonna on Let’s dance For Comic Relief. he’s the guy with the sideburns and the glasses...That’s right, it’s Jarred Christmas.. Fast, funny and in-demand. Let’s Go MoFo!

CKP by arrangement with CHP Artist Management

One of the funniest men to pick up a microphone  TIME OUT Christmas is robustly funny, his delivery confident and his show not to be missed  ThE LIST Likeable, intelligent and full of unpredictable energy SCOTSMAN

‘Best Show’ Nomination, Leicester Comedy Festival 2012. www.danwrightcomedy.com | facebook: DanWrightComedian twitter: @danwrightginger

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Jeff Leach, the UK’s fearless new face of stand-up, has had a busy year. he has worked as a prostitute (‘Male hookers Uncovered’ Current Tv), explored his sex addiction (‘Confessions Of A Sex Addict’ BBC3) and searched for true love. Will this hilarious lothario’s boyfriend experience ever result in happiness? www.jeffreyleach.com | twitter: @jeffleach

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BBC New Comedy Awards finalist Mark Restuccia is one of the most prolific internet daters in his weight class. A world-class online dater of 10 years, now he’s sharing his secrets with you... They might prove too powerful to guarantee an actual relationship but they’ll certainly up your click-thru rate. www.markrestuccia.com | facebook: markrestucciaComedy twitter: @markrestuccia

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Mick Perrin for Just For Laughs Live and Eddie Izzard

Off The Kerb Productions

Featured on Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Mock the Week and Radio 4 regular. www.simonevanscomedianetc.com | offthekerb.co.uk facebook: simonevans | twitter: @theSimonEvans

Sizzlingly entertaining ... Beautifully crafted devastatingly funny gags ... Deliciously haughty contempt. GUARdIAN Magnificent... Sardonic wit dripping disdain from every perfectly pronounced word ChORTLE £5 £11 (£9.50) F

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21:40 (22:40) Michael Mittermeier, Germany’s best-selling comic makes his long awaited Festival debut. Co-produced by Eddie Izzard, he arrives ready to explore his experiences as a tourist and stand up all over the world - two decades as a German on Safari. Now after entertaining millions of Germans, Michael’s ready to take on Scotland. After all, as a Bavarian lover of beer, meat and a rocky history with the English, he thinks they’re natural allies. www.mickperrin.com

A fast-paced show that will make you laugh your head off FRANKFURT GENERAL NEWSPAPER He is very very very funny and I’m his biggest fan … all 5ft 8 of me. BONO (U2)

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IAIN StIrLING: HAPPY to BE tHE CLoWN? Avalon Promotions

Ever wondered why your life ended up the way it did? Iain does. Trains, hinduism, Cliff Richard and clown shoes will all be discussed to varying degrees of hilarity in his hotly anticipated, debut stand-up show. BAFTA and Chortle Best Newcomer nominee. Russell Kane tour support. As seen on Russell howard’s Good News (BBC3). www.iaindoesjokes.com | www.avalonuk.com | twitter: @iaindoesjokes

Exceptional talent hERALd Hugely talented rising star TIME OUT £5 £9 (£8)

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tHE BoY WItH tAPE oN HIS fACE - morE tAPE Boy with Tape on his Face

The Boy is back with a BRANd NEW ShOW! Mime with noise. Stand-up with no talking. drama with no acting. As Seen on: The Royal variety Performance, BBC2’s Comedy Prom, ITv1’s Comedy Rocks and BBC3’s Live at the Fringe. What does he do? The less you know, the more you will enjoy! But if you must know, he will have a gunfight, battle darth vader and bring John Lennon back to life. All this and more...MORE TAPE. Total Sell out 2010 & 2011. do not miss out. See the Boy. Winner Best Breakthrough Act – Chortle Awards 2011. Nominated Best Newcomer – Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010. www.theboywithtapeonhisface.com | www.gagreflex.co.uk | facebook: tapefaceboy | twitter: @tapefaceboy

Utterly spectacular! Hysterically funny – fight for a ticket!  TIME OUT A truly magical experience  ChORTLE slapstick virtuoso  ThE LIST £6 £12.50 (£10) F

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PEACoCK & GAmBLE DoN’t EvEN WANt to BE oN tELLY ANYWAY

Underbelly Productions and Brett Vincent For GetcComedy.com

Avalon Promotions

That’s right! Everybody’s favourite comedy nice boys, Ray and Ed, return with another hour of fun, idiocy and very handsomeness. Chortle Comedy Award Nominees in 2011 and 2012, off of Radio 4 Extra and Russell howard’s Good News (loads). www.peacockandgamble.com | www.avalonuk.com twitter: @PeacockGamble

Incessantly hilarious GUARdIAN £5 £8.50 (£7) F

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21:40 (22:40) A hilarious whirlwind of staggering special effects, astounding sounds and extraordinary noises, from the star of Police Academy, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Spaceballs, Gremlins and many more. A brand new show from 2011’s total sell out, don’t miss your chance to spend an hour with a true hollywood legend. www.michaelwinslow.net | www.underbelly.co.uk/productions | twitter: @michael_winslow

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JoHN SHuttLEWortH: out of our SHEDS John Shuttleworth

Truly Incredible  EdINBURGh EvENING NEWS World Class  BRITISh ThEATRE GUIdE A Masterclass  METRO Breathtaking  ThE hERALd Hilarious  dAILY RECORd Impressive  SCOTSMAN £8 £12.50 (£11.50)

Twenty years after his first appearance on The Edinburgh Fringe, the Perrier and Sony nominated Shuttleworth ventures beyond the garden gate to tread the mean streets of Britain.Which is better; city life or country living? Supermarket or village shop? The star of Tv’s 500 BUS STOPS and IT’S NICE UP NORTh. ONLY EIGhT ShOWS! www.shuttleworths.co.uk | www.rbmcomedy.com

His stand up is second to none, his timing impeccable and you can practically warm your hands on his good nature GUARdIAN  LONdON EvENING STANdARd

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Abandoman is writing a hit single for the radio – and you’re providing the lyrics! Fresh from touring with Ed Sheeran, the award winning rapper is looking to score his own chart topper – and as always, audience participation is essential. drop your suggestions in the ring and watch as Abandoman makes musical magic.

When he was ten years old Gareth’s parents went to disneyland without him. he never recovered. Join the 2010 Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee for his brand new show of jokes and songs about being an introvert in an extrovert’s world.

Bound and Gagged Comedy | Rob Broderick

Avalon Promotions

www.garethrichards.net | www.avalonuk.com facebook: garethrichardscomedy | twitter: @garethrichards

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | www.robbroderick.com facebook: ABANDomAN | twitter@Abandoman

A delightful hour of comedy GUARdIAN A quietly clever craftsman with a big future EvENING STANdARd

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HANNIBAL BurESS : StILL SAYING Stuff

hal returns for his 4th Edinburgh debut. As seen on ‘The Royal variety Performance’, ‘Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow’ and ‘The Rob Brydon Show’ **** Scotsman, ***** Three Weeks, **** Metro. Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee

Brand new, razor sharp stand-up show from 2011 Foster’s Newcomer nominee, star of ‘The Secret Policeman’s Ball’ and ‘30 Rock’ writer: hannibal Buress. he’ll be saying everything you’re hearing.

www.halcruttenden.com | facebook: halcruttenden twitter: @halcruttenden

twitter: @hannibalburess

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A must-see  SCOTSMAN Worth getting excited about  GUARdIAN Never less than hilarious  LONdON EvENING STANdARd

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Hugely Talented ThE TIMES An incredibly talented comedian ChORTLE £5 £9 (£8)

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ALfIE moorE - I PrEDICtED A rIot

2hoots Productions

Australian Jon Bennett brings his Just for Laughs - Best Comedy Award nominated show of over 200 pretend cocks to Edinburgh! A unique stand-up experience, Pretending Things Are A Cock is part photographic display, part pot-holed journey into the idiosyncratic world of Jon Bennett.

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Serving cop Alfie’s thrilling insight into life on the front line will alter your perspective on the boys in blue and reveal what it’s (really) like to be on the other side of the riot shield. www.alfiemoore.com | pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @alfiemoore

www.jonbennettcomedy.com | www.2hootsproductions.com facebook: Pretending-things-are-a-Cock | twitter: @pretendcocks

He’s an instinctively witty, affable bloke, with an engaging conversational style ChORTLE

No one seems to want to leave the room  EdMONTON JOURNAL

True brilliance  vUE WEEKLY, CANAdA £5 £9 (£8) F

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PAuL CHoWDHrY - WHAt’S HAPPENING WHItE PEoPLE?

A star-in-the-making dAILY TELEGRAPh One of the sassiest, subtlest and most cerebral on the circuit… EvENING STANdARd

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www.backtoschooledinburgh.com | www.clementinewade.com facebook: backtoschooledinburgh | twitter: @back2schooledin

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Polish those dancing shoes and reward your good behaviour, with this rollickingly retro, School disco! By arrangement of Mrs Stoakes’ Music department, the best in cheesy Pop provides a jovial soundtrack for a truly rambunctious reunion and a chance to impress your sweetheart. As well as Prize Giving, the voting of Prom King and Queen and Pass the Parcel, Father Giles’ potent punch should also get things swinging. This is an excellent occasion to relax and make new friends outside the classroom - but lewd conduct will not go unpunished! dJ’S to be announced.

www.paulchowdhry.com | offthekerb.co.uk | twitter: @paulchowdhry facebook: pages/Paul-Chowdhry/10979649795

Arty Kamikaze and Take 3 Management

Star of C4’s Stand Up for the Week returns with his brand new show. Strap yourself in for this hard-hitting and unique take on modern Britain. Good clean fun for all the family. No under 16s

£12 (£10.50)

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Mick Perrin for Just For Laughs Live

It has taken 8 shows before I felt ready to write this, my 9th show. do you have a problem with me? I’m here to help. A maelstrom of sanity brought to you by Carey Marx. www.gagreflex.co.uk | twitter: @Careymarx

It’s a real joy to see a comic at his gleeful best  EdINBURGh EvENING NEWS

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22:00 (23:00) hey Edinburgh, As I’m really enjoying getting older, I’d like to filter the audience somewhat. I would just like to stress that in my show there will be no:

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CASuAL vIoLENCE: A KICK IN tHE tEEtH Casual Violence! Comedy

1) Transparent pandering to pseudo pundits. 2) Tedious deconstruction… Or will there? do you see how clever I’m being? do you? Look at my smug face. Recognizing how clever I’m being makes you nearly as smug as me. Let’s find somewhere quiet so we can grow ironic beards and wank into them. 3) Talking about what I don’t do… Ah, Bugger Warning! May contain comedy.

The award-winning comedy troupe (“the next stars of the genre” ***** ThreeWeeks) return with new tales of tragicomedy sketch terror. Murder, mystery and MB Games abound in a brand new set of uniquely twisted stories. Join our cast of outcasts on a quest for happiness - then laugh as they’re relentlessly battered with the misery stick. www.casualviolencecomedy.co.uk | jameshamiltoncomedy.co.uk | facebook: casualviolencecomedy | twitter: @casualviolence

www.mickperrin.com

Simply a legend in the making - Danny Wallace, ‘97 ThE SUN Respect sir. And not a little awe  - Kate Copstick, ‘07 SCOTSMAN £12.50 (£11)

Ludicrously inventive  ThREE WEEKS - EdINBURGh

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Get Comedy

What is it: Trying to wear tiny jackets over your spikes? Or every time you get close to somebody, you might get hurt. Sound familiar? Nominee - Best Show - Melbourne Comedy Festival 2012 Nominee - Best Comedy – Adelaide Fringe Festival 2012 Winner - Best Local Act – Sydney Comedy Festival 2011 & 2012 www.getcomedy.com | facebook: felicityward | twitter: @felicityward

Side-splittingly funny & so honest it hurts  ThE AGE £7 £10 (£9) F

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22:00 (23:30) The Country’s most exciting Sketch group are back with their biggest, boldest and best show yet. The Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Nominees and Chortle Award Winners have created an hour of mindblowingly funny sketches, inspired songs and outrageously imaginative set-pieces. ‘Their sheer verbal, physical and visual inventiveness leaves you breathless’ (Edinburgh Evening News) Total Sell-out 2010, 2011. www.latenightgimpfight.com | pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @gimpfight

A gloriously funny spunkstorm of bad taste  ChORTLE Sketch comedy doesn’t get much better than this  SCOTSMAN

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StorYtELLErS’ CLuB Sarah Bennetto

Every night comedians gather round the campfire to tell witching hour tales. Our special guests are festival stars from all over the world just telling stories. Brilliant ones. Simple as that really. You show. We tell. www.twitter.com/sarahbennetto | facebook: StoryClub twitter: @StoryCLB

Just go and see it. TIME OUT CRITICS’ ChOICE Shows like Storytellers’ Club are what make the Festival so special AUSTRALIAN COMEdY REvIEW £6 £12.50 (£11)

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Old Man Management

Taking his first steps out of the primordial soup, Whitney provides a guide to sex, drink and violence and not getting away with it. A frank account of human desires, foibles and defects, attempting to offer excuses for man’s fragility. Not designed to be especially touching or moving, just honest and hilarious.

A legend in the comedy world as one half of the hugely popular Umbilical Brothers, Shane dundas is doing a show all by himself, so he’ll have to believe in something. In the Umbilical Brothers, Shane fell down a lot. Now he’s going to have to stand-up. Are you with him? Can he make you believe? Take the leap: nirvana or train wreck, you’ll want to be there when it happens.

www.davidwhitney.org

Genuine spirit of fun ChORTLE Huge laughs....Silver-tongued warrior SPECTATOR

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Outstanding! Better than Green Wing. A life-affirming and buoyant experience.  ThREE WEEKS - EdINBURGh A must see! They make the oddly familiar comically surreal.  FUSEd MAGAzINE

brilliant  BRITISh COMEdY GUIdE stylish, alternative, funny  ChORTLE

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www.thejohnrobertson.com | facebook: johnrobertsoncomedy twitter: @robbotron

Welcome to the democratic Republic of KWAT. Left off the world atlas after missing the application deadline. Journey with us as we explore the dirty under-carriage of our suburban dystopia. A sketch comedy act.

in 1950, John Robertson slept with Queen Elizabeth II. he is not sorry. Can a man sow his seed in the ashes of a dynasty? Scandalous storytelling from the manic Australian troublemaker.

KWAt: GrEEtINGS from KWAt

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Mark Little dances his way through the upheavals of the modern #wikileaks #Twitter #murdoch #arabspring #nuclear #doomsday epoch with his own unique comedy take on ‘EARTh 2012’ and its unnerving popularisms with a funny little dog in this black and white, silent comedy romp. More MINd BENdING than Schwarzenegger in ‘Total Recall’. More POWERFUL than Stallone in ‘Rocky 4’ and ‘5’. Mark Little is ThEbullshitARTIST.

Funny isn’t enough? Okay, try this hilarious stand-up instead. Promoters, agents and punters have all given me advice on comedy. I’ve taken it onboard and written this skewed, joke laden, view on consumerism, politics, race and tight trousers.

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weird and wonderful... should be given his own TV show  ThE STAGE Very funny  ThREE WEEKS

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www.paulrickettscomedian.com

Tear streamingly funny. Buy a ticket. ThE LIST

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Paul Ricketts

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | twitter: @themarklittle

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by James Everett

This show sees the performance of two sitcoms staged back to back. First is house Group – about a ‘radical’ group of Christians who believe the church of the 21st century should be in our own homes - God’s casa su casa. Join them in their mission to bring the good news to the world. Well, Paignton. Second up is The deborah, about a middle-aged control freak who’s trying to take early retirement. deborah – and all those around her are about to learn it’s hard work doing nothing…

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Matt Roper in association with Trudi Stevens

Jesus, lock up your pets - he’s back! Big teeth, tight pants and a vibrato to die for: the iconic singer performs a new show of original poptastic tunes, peppered with anecdotes from a life well lived. A musical character comedy phenomenon and a hit of last years Fringe. Unmissable. facebook: clubwilfredo | twitter: @wilfredotweets

Go see this show and take everyone you know with you  ThREE WEEKS

www.onebigmop.com | facebook: oneBigmop | twitter: @oneBigmop

James Everett: Funny, Charming and Sexy... OMId dJALILI £10 (£9)

tHE WoNDErfuL WorLD of WILfrEDo

tHE SItCom DouBLE BILL

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www.oystereyes.com | facebook: oyster Eyes | twitter: @oysterEyes

Fresh, accessible and hilarious GUARdIAN Superb stuff  TIME OUT

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Oyster Eyes are doing it again and this time they’re really doing it. Breakthrough stars of ‘Where did all the dogs go?’, ‘The Chicken Gang’ and ‘daddies Chocolates!’ bring you their really great new sketch show. Come on down, wash your hands and enjoy some rice for God’s sake.

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Oyster Eyes

Top 25 Best Rated Comedy Shows 2011 – British Comedy Guide. Witty acerbic Frenchman seeks audience for one hour only, for fun, adventure and maybe more. Must have own underwear, socks and breath, but be prepared to have these charmed off, laughed off and taken away respectively.

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Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

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See the very best of previous contestants and winners from the UK’s biggest and best comedy competition. A great night of Fringe favourites spanning 24 years of So You Think You’re Funny?

hundreds entered, only eight survive. Who will be crowned Britain’s funniest student comedian? Leading comedy website Chortle has scoured the nation’s campuses and now presents the most promising young comedians, all vying for the £2,500 top prize and industry acclaim. Previous finalists include Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners), Tom Rosenthal (Friday Night dinner), Lloyd Langford (Ask Rhod Gilbert) and Tom deacon (Radio 1). Powered by The Sims 3. Play with Life

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foIL ArmS AND HoG - LAtE NIGHt SKEtCH ComEDY

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Trapped in his house, with nothing to entertain him, dan Mitchell has no option but to let his mind free. Once free, it wanders up a hill and down dale, poking squirrels and visiting some strange places along the way. Fate. destiny. Breakfast.

Danger Over Head

www.danmitchellcomedy.co.uk | pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @specileptic

Absolutely brilliant ROSS NOBLE A joy to watch BOB MORTIMER

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DEAD CAt BouNCE... HoWL of tHE SHE-LEoPArD

Irish sketch-comedy, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, pot of gold, potato. You racist. Sold-out Edinburgh shows ‘09, ‘10, ‘11. Ireland’s top comedy trio present a fast paced mix between sketch comedy and stand-up. Wickedly twisted characters, unpredictable scenes and high energy performances. In just four years, Foil Arms & hog’s blend of bizarre, ridiculous and surreal sketches have carved them a loyal cult following. Winners of Amused Moose Ireland 2012. Total sell-out Brighton Fringe. Warning: Sketches may contain traces of nuts.

Off The Kerb Productions by arrangement with the Lisa Richards Agency

The comedy-rock powerhouse return to rock Edinburgh’s knickers off. Winners Sydney Comedy Festival People’s Choice 2011. As seen on Channel4 and BBC3.

“deliriously funny and at times unexpectedly dark” - The List

www.deadcatbounce.ie | www.offthekerb.co.uk facebook: deadcatbounce | twitter: @Deadcatbounceie

www.foilarmsandhog.ie | facebook: foilarmsandhog | twitter: @foilarmsandhog

The antidote to revive all jaded fringe goers  FEST Foil Arms and Hog are pure brilliant TOMMY TIERNAN Three naturally talented performers. It’s original, well written and really funny KEvIN BRIdGES

One of the funniest damn acts on the planet.  TIME OUT

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Bound and Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Talented Artists Ltd Greg Proops

It’s just Proops and you. There’s no fanfare. Proops takes centre stage at a small table and chair, set up with a single microphone. Then he’s off. An hour of great conversation that flies by at breakneck speed. Be there and experience joy for once in your life. download for free at: Proopcast.com www.gregproops.com | twitter: @GregProops www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com

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The Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees and two time Chortle award winners return to their spiritual home with a marvellous compendium hatched from 5 years of sell-out Edinburgh Festival shows. The Ants (BBC One, Radio 4 and E4) present their greatest hits in this ‘all killer, no filler’ hour of fast paced comedy. Old and new sketches collide and emerge refreshed and remixed for the biggest blockbuster comedy show at the fringe. www.idiotsofants.com | facebook: idiotsofants | twitter: @idiotsofants

The funniest sketch show in Edinburgh. ThE TIMES It’s simply sketch comedy how it should be done. ChORTLE  SCOTSMAN  TIME OUT

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22:30 (00:00) From his elaborate characters and impressions, to his provocative songs and animation, drennon davis is quickly making a name for himself as one of the most innovative young minds in today’s comedy scene. his performances of the Imaginary Radio Programme combine live-looped songs and beat-boxing with oneman sketches and an array of special guests into a show that the Los Angeles Comedy Bureau writes “not only lives up to its name, but exceeds expectation in what you could possibly think it is.” his new animated show “The Long Legs” can be seen on MTv’s rebirth of Liquid Television. www.drennondavis.com

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The best stand-up comedy competition in the UK for the last 25 years - after nationwide showcases we are now down to the best from hundreds of entries - see them battle it out to the Grand Final. Previous winners include dylan Moran, david O’doherty, Tommy Tiernan, Lee Mack, Peter Kay and loads more.

Tim Payne Presents

Following his critically acclaimed smash hit Edinburgh shows and national tours in 2010 and 2011 award-winning comedian Terry Alderton is back for 7 nights only! The star of Michael McIntyre’s Roadshow, dave’s One Night Stand, Let’s dance For Sport Relief and the Sun’s ‘Comedian Of The Year 2011’ returns with a brand new show. A spellbinding combination of noises, the voices, the shoes, incredible physicality and a mind-blowing insight into the inner workings of a fantastic comedy mind.

Please note: Grand final - Debating Hall 20.00 (22.30) thursday 23rd August www.gildedballoon.co.uk | www.soyouthinkyourfunny.co.uk

The final was the biggest gig I had ever done. Peter Kay hosted it and Russell Howard, Jimmy Carr, Andy Zaltzman and Josie Long were in the final. Winning it definately gave me the confidence to keep writing the sort of crappy jokes and songs I still do dAvId O’dOhERTY SYTYF? was the first competition I entered. I’d been doing stand up for about six months. Getting to the final was probably the most exciting moment of my life. It was the moment when I thought, ‘I’m not as bad at this as I thought’. RhOd GILBERT

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The crème de la crème of sketch comedy acts are bringing together the very best skits and sketches that live comedy has to offer. The Joy of Sketch has arrived.

Their riotous, satirical hit single hORSE OUTSIdE became a global 10m hit YouTube sensation with follow-ups SPASTIC hAWK, BLACKMAN showing that these boys were no one trick ponies.

Past line-ups have included: E4 comedy duo Cardinal Burns (“Original and funny” – Metro), phenomenally talented physical act the Pajama Men (“A dizzyingly smart, endlessly creative mini-masterpiece” - **** The Telegraph), Chortle Best Sketch Act 2012 winners Idiots of Ants, erudite Radio 4 regulars The Penny dreadfuls, Channel 4 stars Anna & Katy, the ultimate shambolic trio Pappy’s , and five-star quintet Late Night Gimp Fight.

With sold-out shows from New York to Newcastle and a Chortle Award under their belts, now these urban ‘hib-hop’ plastic-bag-heads from Limerick make their Fringe debut with the funniest, filthiest comedy rave in festival memory.

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David Johnson & John Mackay with CWB.ie and Roisin Dubh

www.pleasance.co.uk | twitter: @thePleasance | facebook: thePleasance

Check out youtube and book early! www.therubberbandits.com

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WHo’S Your DADDY Is Johnny O’Callaghan’s comedic true story about the against all odds struggle to adopt, a Ugandan Orphan. No one expected the single, gay, out of work actor (Stargate Atlantis), to ever become a father. But a documentary shoot in Africa turns into a nine-month adventure during which he found a son…and discovers himself. It’s a passionate and heartfelt infectious comedy with irreverent insights that will touch you deep in your gut, while making you belly laugh.

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As seen on Russell howard’s Good News and nominated for 3 awards in the last year, including Chortle’s “Best Club Comic”, dana is back and one year wiser. From media scandal to national riots, “Breaking Through” is a funny, fresh and foreign perspective on Britain’s turbulent year, because if we don’t laugh, we’ll cry! www.getcomedy.com | facebook: bigblackbadmammajamma twitter: @Comediandana

A gift from the comedy gods  ThE hERALd £6 £9.50 (£8.50)

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Armed with a ‘highly developed sense of the absurd’ (New York Times), Will Franken mines the ludicrous depths of the subconscious, creating an hilarious panoply of satirical solo sketches akin to a one man ‘Monty Python’ (San Francisco Chronicle). Franken has been featured on BBC America’s ‘The World Stands Up.’

The biggest selling showcase of multi award winning Scottish Comedy talent. Alan Anderson “hilarious” (ChORTLE) introduces previous SCOTY winners & finalists. hahacomedy.co.uk | www.hireacomedian.co.uk twitter: @hahacomedygigs

www.willfranken.com | www.fringemanagement.com facebook: Will franken | twitter: @Willfranken

genuinely prestigious affair... with a genuine sense of occasion. ChORTLE sense of excitement and occasion  SCOTSMAN

Stone cold funny SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY Best alternative to psychedelic drugs SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARdIAN £11 (£10)

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O’Callaghan’s buoyant solo-show celebrating the adoption of his son is a charmer. This infectious comedy with irreverent insights keeps the evening sharp. LA TIMES £12 (£11)

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From Glasgow’s East End comes Scotland’s newest and hottest comedy talent, 2011 Scottish Comedy Champion Jamie dalgleish. Glasgow Comedy Festival sell out show 2012. hahacomedy.co.uk | twitter: @jamiedalgleish

Comic timing of Jack Milroy and Hector Nicol, with a big dollop of Kevin Bridges thrown in for good measure. GLASWEGIAN

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22:40 (23:40) Comic Strip returns to the Assembly Gardens after a sell-out season in 2011. Featuring the hottest Burlesque guests and the funniest comedians from the Fringe. Previous guests include The Pajama Men, Jason Byrne, zoe Lyons, Jimeoin, Lada Redstar, Captain Kidd, Agent Lynch and Gypsy Wood.

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tHE SCottISH fALSEtto SoCK PuPPEt tHEAtrE - Boo LINGErIE Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre

Comic Strip is the best late night out you’ll have at the fringe, ha-ha’s and ta-ta’s, bada bing and boom ching. www.assemblyfestival.com | www.baxter.co.za | facebook: assemblyfestival | twitter: @assemblyfest

Perhaps one of the most striking things about Comic Strip is how much fun both performers and audience seem to be having OBSERvER

Brand new Socky horror Show from the stars of stage, screen, YouTube and doctor Who dvds. Back after 4 sellout Edinburgh Fringes and a world tour with songs, sketches, socks and violence. And maybe zombies. comicfestival.co.uk | facebook: ScottishfalsettoSocks twitter: @falsettosocks

An absolute triumph combining the best bits of standup with revue and musical comedy - 4-and-a-half stars  ThE PUNCh (AdELAIdE FRINGE 2012) £10 £12 (£10)

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Absolutely hilarious. NEIL GAIMAN Comedic brilliance. TIME OUT

Riotous sketch comedy from this critically acclaimed, feelgood funconfederacy. Late-night, party-style and jam-packed with jokes and silliness. Stars of BBC Radio 4’s Sketchorama, these girls radiate so much energy you’ll need sunglasses. ***** ‘hilarious’ (Argus), ***** ‘Be blown away by The Boom Jennies’ (Scotsgay), **** (List), **** (ThreeWeeks), **** (FringeReview).

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The Boom Jennies

Borderline Add sufferer Andrew O’Neill tries to stop looking at Slayer videos on YouTube long enough to write another very funny, very odd show. As seen on ‘Stewart Lee’s Comedy vehicle’ and heard on Radio One and Radio 5 Live. Sponsored by ‘Withered Claws’.

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Three shining young stars of the circuit join funny forces to give the best stand up comedy deal in town! 3 different acts in 1 festival hour. Each one destined to be houshold names! Catch them now!

Comedy’s finest new additions OBSERvER The Fringe’s leading stand-up showcase ThE TIMES

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DAvEY CoNNor, LuCY BEAumoNt & ED PAtrICK - tHE BIG ComEDY SHoWCASE SHoW

The Fringe’s longest-running comedy showcase is renowned for bringing the future stars of UK comedy to its stage - dave Gorman, Russell howard, Al Murray and Russell Kane all started here on their rise to the top. This year’s ones-to-watch are Kieran Boyd, hayley Ellis, Ahir Shah and Mark Smith.

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DAvID trENt - SPoNtANEouS ComEDIAN

SPLIttING tHE BILL – mICHAEL WorKmAN & tommY LIttLE

david Trent makes phenomenal comedy using a computer and a projector. This is his Edinburgh debut. It will blow your mind. he wrote this himself.

They’re a long way from home so two of Australia’s funniest are splitting the bill fresh from sell out seasons at the Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Perth Festivals.

davidtrent.co.uk | pmeedinburgh.com | twitter: @mistertrent

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A creator of bold, category-defying comedy ThE STAGE His use of video, animation and repetition is brilliant and unique…genuine originality. ChORTLE

(on Michael Workman) absolute genius...don’t miss this

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(on Tommy Little) hilarious...buoyantly fun, slightly twisted BEAT MAGAzINE

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Four comics every night!

A real master of the comedian’s craft.  ChORTLE An excellent line in comedy. GUARdIAN

Angela Barnes (Russell howard’s Good News, BBC3), Patrick Morris (So You Think You’re Funny, Semi-Finalist), Romesh Ranganathan (Comedy Store, Comedy Central), Matt Richardson (So You Think You’re Funny, Finalist), Ellie Taylor (8 Out Of 10 Cats, C4), Paul Sweeney (Edinburgh Fringe 2010).

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Phil McIntyre Entertainments with Lisa Thomas Management

James is an imaginative storytelling comedian who combines deft stand-up with daft stories. As seen on Russell howard’s Good News (BBC), Celebrity deal Or No deal with Jimmy Carr (C4), Ricky Gervais’ Extras (BBC), The World Stands Up and Edinburgh & Beyond (Paramount).

LAtE NIGHt LAuGHS

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tom CottLE’S ‘tHESE tWIStED foLK’

tHE SPECIAL rESErvE ComEDY BENEfIt The Pleasance Theatre Trust

Future-Future Productions

Michael Twist was born with baby girl’s hands. Sad! has this affected his life? Yes! Join this 87 year old charmer at his flat, (The Iron Belly) for an evening of twisted tales and strange happenings. Roald dahl meets Samuel Beckett with some League of Gentlemen muddled in for good measure... www.tomcottle.com | www.prosperoarts.co.uk facebook: tom Cottle - these twisted folk

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22:50 (23:50) Join some of the best comedians at this year’s Fringe for this annual comedy bonanza, all in aid of the Charlie harthill Special Reserve – an initiative to bring new comedy and theatre to Edinburgh each year.

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The Charlie harthill Special Reserve Fund has supported top comedians including Jack Whitehall, Greg davis, Idiots of Ants, holly Walsh, Simon Brodkin and BAFTA winner daniel Rigby.

Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent

Now in its seventh successful year! Support this, and support the stars of tomorrow!

In this Faustian epic of middle class proportions that opens with an unsuccessful casting for a Tena Lady commercial and closes catastrophically in a cement mixer, Tania Edwards examines just how far we should go to get ahead. hotly anticipated new show from 5 x comedy finalist (including hackney NATY).

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Bound and Gagged Comedy

BBC Comedy

Total sell-out 2010-2011, returns with a brand new line-up. Lloyd Griffith: ‘The next big thing’ (FhM). ‘Inherently funny ... very neat lines in his comic repertoire’ (Chortle). Tom Webb: Three Weeks Editors’ Award Winner 2011. ‘hilarious ... A comedy treat’ (Edinburgh Evening News). Tommy Rowson: Winner ‘So You Think You’re Funny’ 2011. ‘Great lines’ (Chortle). Book early! www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com twitter: @LloydGriffith | @tomWebb | @ginriot

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uNDErBELLY, BrISto SQuArE | DAISY BBC Comedy presents another month of fantastic late-night comedy, including special themed shows, stand-up, musical laughs, sketch, improv and more. With several acts on the bill every night, this is the must-see comedy event of the fringe.

GArrEtt mILLErICK: SENSIBLE ANSWErS to StuPID QuEStIoNS

Featuring the biggest names and the hottest new talent, the show sells out every year so be sure to book early to avoid disappointment.

Question: Should we go and see Garrett Millerick’s new show?

Previous line-ups have included Stewart Lee, daniel Kitson, Stephen K Amos, Sarah Millican, French and Saunders, Ardal O’hanlon, vic and Bob, Omid djalili, Russell howard and Noel Fielding.

Answer: Yes of course you should, don’t ask stupid questions. P.S. please don’t prepare your own questions, I have that covered.

Check the BBC Comedy website for details of the nightly line-ups.

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tHE SHoWStoPPErS Showstopper Productions - Festival Highlights

Mark Watson Productions Ltd

International teams of comedians (including david O’doherty, Adam hills and Mark Watson) compete in a variety of disciplines not recognised by the so called ‘real’ Olympics. different, mostly stupid events each night. Full schedule at www.markwatsonthecomedian. com www.markwatsonthecomedian.com | twitter: @watsoncomedian

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roB DEErING’S BEAt tHIS

Fifth Edinburgh Fringe season for this unmissable troupe, who make up a new musical comedy every night based on audience suggestions. See separate listing for special family matinee performances.

Bound and Gagged Comedy | Rob Deering

www.theshowstoppers.org | www.festivalhighlights.com facebook: theshowstoppers | twitter: @theshowstoppers

The live music-based game show from Rob deering returns to the Pleasance. ‘Employing live music mash-ups, megamixes (not enough of them nowadays) and music trivia, the nimble-fingered deering pits comedians and the audience against each other’ (Comedy Central). It’s the perfect end – or middle, if you’re that badassed – to your Festival weekend evening. New show and topnotch guests every time; check Twitter for up-to-date listings.

Having now seen Showstopper! twice, I can testify that not only is each performance achingly funny, it’s a genuinely new full-length musical every time. Top-class creativity in action. Worth seeing again and again.  TIME OUT - CRITICS’ ChOICE This show crammed in everything, from political satire to parodies. See The Showstoppers. See them again and again and again.  BRITISh ThEATRE GUIdE Spontaneous and hilarious. Referential of and reverential to the classics, evoking and reworking our greatest composers in witty and imaginative ways. 

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StEvE SHANYASKI’S LIfESurvIvAL BIBLE Lee Martin for Gag Reflex Management

Is everyone’s life better than yours on Twitter? Were you forced to leave the pub after accidentally saying “amazeballs”? have you won the Ugandan Lottery without buying a ticket - again? Surviving modern life requires immeasurable luck, a famous dad… or being smoothly guided by Steve Shanyaski’s Life-Survival Bible. As seen on ITv1’s “Comedy Rocks”, and “Comedy Store” on Comedy Central. www.steveshanyaski.com | www.gagreflex.co.uk facebook: SteveShanyaski | twitter: @SteveShanyaski

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BArBErSHoPErA: tHE tHrEE muSKEtEErS Barbershopera

Barbershopera are back. And this time they have swords. Reinventing the classic adventure story with four-part harmonies, the multi award-winning three guys and a girl sing you through this epic tale. The 17th century just got cool again. All for fun and fun for all! www.barbershopera.com | facebook: barbershopera twitter: @barbershopera

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moNKEY toASt: tHE ImProvISED CHAt SHoW Ditto Productions

Six-time Canadian Comedy Award-Winning show hits Edinburgh with an all-star UK cast including humphrey Ker, Sara Pascoe, Cariad Lloyd, Phil Whelans, Richard Soames, david Shore, Rob Broderick. Onstage interviews with real celebrity guests become hilarious improvised scenes in front of your eyes- and theirs! Number 1 Fringe Comedy Show to See, NOW Magazine (Canada) www.dittoproductions.co.uk | facebook: dittoproductionslondon

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HumPHrEY KEr IS.. DYmoCK WAtSoN: NAZI SmASHEr! FOSTERS EdINBURGh COMEdY AWARd WINNER 2011 (Best Newcomer). In 1943 dymock Watson was parachuted into Romania on an extremely dangerous secret mission. In 2012 his grandson humphrey Ker (BBC1’s have I Got News For You) gives his story hilarious life. The last chance to see this smash-hit show following sell out runs in Edinburgh, the West End & Los Angeles. facebook: humphreyker | twitter: @thehumphreyker

A gag-a-line-show from a star-in-the-making.  TELEGRAPh

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I Am, I Am

tHE HorNE SECtIoN - LIvE At tHE GrAND!

I Am, I Am

Avalon Promotions

Two of Cambridge’s favourite Footlights play an anarchic hour of late-night musical comedy. These rakish troubadours catapult through a raucous repertoire of their finest songs, boasting unequalled panache and vast amounts of pizazz (pizzazz? pizaz? no, pizaz definitely looks wrong). See this show. iamiamcomedy.tumblr.com | facebook: iamiamcomedy twitter: @iamiamcomedy

A definite one to watch WhAT’S ON STAGE Positively shattering the world of Cambridge comedy vARSITY

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23:20 (01:30) The festival’s favourite late-night comedy happening sees Alex horne mix five musical maestros with some true stand-up royalty. In the past they’ve hosted Tim Minchin, david O’doherty, harry hill, Tim Key, dave Gorman and Greg davies, now they’re back with a brand new extravaganza, hot on the heels of their own Radio 4 series and three years of sell out shows in the West End and across the world. www.thehornesection.com | www.avalonuk.com | facebook: Hornesection twitter: @hornesection

A toe-tapping and uproarious cabaret affair ThE LIST A feelgood funfair of an evening BRITISh COMEdY GUIdE  TIME OUT  MELBOURNE hERALd SUN  FRINGE REvIEW

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Gag Reflex Management & Fluid Thinking

COMX returns with late night comedy from the best of the Fringe in the wonderful Caves. Last years performers included Richard herring, The Boy With Tape On his Face, dr Brown, Piff The Magic dragon. 2012’s pool of regulars includes Steve Shanyaski (ITv’s Comedy Rocks), Caimh Mcdonnell (writer Sarah Millican Television Programme), Chris Stokes (Best Show Winner - dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2012) and dan Nightingale (“Lightning quick” – Time Out). www.gagreflex.co.uk | www.fluid-thinking.co.uk

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Okay, so we’re going to take the Festival’s best stand-up and sketch comics and freak them out with the ‘voice of god’, who’ll get them improvising like you’ve never seen them before – uncensored, hilarious and out-of-control. Follow creator deborahFW on Twitter for daily-changing line-up including Thom Tuck, Sara Pascoe, dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema and Matthew Crosby. www.socomedy.co.uk | twitter: @deborahfW

Wild, witty and majorly entertaining ThREEWEEKS

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So Comedy & Deborah Frances-White

www.comedy.co.uk/pfs-dtrt

voICES IN Your HEAD

2 hit panel game podcasts / 4 dates each: On 5/6/7/12 August: PAPPY’S FLATShARE SLAMdOWN hosted by Pappy’s, winner of the Loaded Lafta for ‘Funniest Podcast’. On 8/9/13/14 August: dO ThE RIGhT ThING hosted by danielle Ward, Michael Legge and Margaret Cabourn-Smith and nominated for Chortle and Sony ‘Best Internet Show’ Awards. For more info and to hear both podcasts visit...

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Directly descended from Bill Hicks. Av CLUB £5 £8

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Strap yourselves in: this lady takes you on a comedy rollercoaster LEE SIGERSON, GLEE CLUB

Eddie Pepitone is an Apocalyptic-American master of the dark art of stand-up. hailed as don Rickles meets Eckhart Tolle, “The Bitter Buddha” shifts between social rage and self-doubt. Credits include Flight of the Conchords, Conan, and Old School. his “A Great Stillness” debuted on Billboard’s Comedy Top 10 and he’s chronicled in the documentary “The Bitter Buddha”.

www.la2edinburgh.info | www.taylorglenncomedy.com

Paul Provenza and Barbara Romen

Ever feel like you’re the craziest person in the room? That’s not a good sign when you’re a psychotherapist. An American comic based in the UK, Taylor is a former therapist who realised she had better follow her dreams before she started practicing material on patients instead of therapy. A frank, revealing and utterly hilarious journey from one delightfully insane profession to another.

EDDIE PEPItoNE’S BLooDBAtH

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AL murrAY tHE PuB LANDLorD: tHE Guv’S oLYmPIC PuB QuIZ

The Invisible Dot Ltd.

Avalon Promotions

On your marks, get set and go get yourself tickets to the ultimate Olympic pub quiz – strictly limited to three nights only. don’t miss the gold medal standard of pub quizzes, all in aid of CamKids. Pub quiz questions, Pub Landlord rules! www.thepublandlord.com | www.avalonuk.com facebook: thepublandlord | twitter: @ajhmurray

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23:45 (00:45) Key (‘Newswipe’, etc.) is doing poetry and getting sodden in the same manner as he did last year. A fusion of Radox, talking, standing around and aquatic filmage. Winner: Best Show, Chortle Awards, 2012. Please note: performances on 16-21 August take place at Pleasance Dome (Queen Dome) at 23:30 (00:30)

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DENIS KrASNov’S Hour of INtELLECtuAL fILtH So filthy it’s poetic. Some ideas simply cannot be expressed without profanity. The uncontested king of this genre, New York based Krasnov returns to Edinburgh with his best of 10 years show. don’t come if mentioning human body parts makes you squirm. don’t expect simple dick jokes, expect dick jokes about the Large hadron Supercollider.

Performances on 23-25 August take place at Pleasance Courtyard (Pleasance Grand) at 23:15 (00:15) www.theinvisibledot.com | twitter: @timkeyperson

In any other sphere apart from comedy, we’d probably class this way of looking at the world as certifiable. Here it feels like genius. dAILY TELEGRAPh At times it’s like a wind up; elsewhere it’s so lovely you could bathe in it.  GUARdIAN Sublime, busy and evocative work from a man who keeps getting better and better.  ThE LIST

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Cobain, hendrix, Winehouse... Why did so many of the world’s most talented musicians meet their deaths at 27? Was the fame too much? Or not enough?

The Guardian is a daily newspaper for pinkos, Marxists, treehuggers, hippies, pacifists, proud-sluts, upper-middle class pseudo-intellectuals and me. This is a stand-up show about what we believe. One man’s loving and satirical portrait of himself; the ultimate liberal wannabe: the “Guardian Reader”.

SPOONFEd.CO.UK

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One hour of laughter  FRINGE REvIEW An all-round effortlessly entertaining and witty show

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facebook: Guardianreader | twitter: @Willlloyd

www.friskyandmannish.co.uk | pmeedinburgh.com twitter: @friskynmannish

Baby Chimp Productions: William Hanmer-Lloyd

As analysts of pop, it’s natural that Frisky & Mannish should look at this rather macabre phenomenon, and as they turn 27 themselves, it is perhaps timely. Expect a darker show than usual - there will be no bouncing around to Cheryl Cole. Probably.

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frISKY & mANNISH: 27 CLuB Phil McIntyre Entertainments by Arrangement with United Agents

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www.avalonuk.com

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Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Russell Kane, hosts a live special of the new BBC Three late-night comedy series, featuring a different line-up of stand-up, sketch and musical comedy from the show’s stars each night.

Inspired  FRINGE BISCUIT Brilliant ThE GAY TIMES Clever... nightmarish, Hangover style farce ThE SUNdAY TIMES

Avalon Promotions

www.guiltandshame.co.uk | facebook: Guilt&Shame twitter: @guiltnshame

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LIvE At tHE ELECtrIC: LIvE At tHE frINGE

depraved comedy duo for every bad decision you’ve ever made. With an onstage dJ, dance numbers, talking penises and a banging soundtrack, Guilt & Shame return after their 2011 sell-out shows with one unmissable late night comedy party.

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ELEANor CoNWAY’S mIDNIGHt rumBLE

The live comedy panel show that pits top stand-ups against each other in rounds such as poetry, science, languages, etiquette, wit and hunting. Yes, hunting. Previous contestants include stars of Tv’s Live at the Apollo, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, QI, Mock the Week and Peep Show.

Popstar stalker and BBC 5Live regular, Eleanor Conway hosts this unpredictable late night chatshow with a punch. Expect knock out chat from top fringe guests, audience banter and raucous, candid chit chat that will undoubtedly unearth some quite astounding revelations. The only rule is to expect the unexpected.

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www.eleanorconway.com | www.oxygenonline.tv

The bastard child of QI and Shooting Stars ChORTLE

Miss Conway is guilty of several things, amongst them – laughter, confession, exposure and entertainment.  ThE LIST

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John Conway and Michael Burke

Assembly

It’s like Michael organised a space party and Conway arrived with a variety of lizards and everyone got worried that Conway and the lizards were going to ruin the party; but it turned out that the lizards were amazing dJ’s and Conway is a mad MC. www.newconwaystation.com

Balancing the well-crafted with the pleasingly bewildering, he generates enough bonhomie to bring hilarity to the masses  ThE LIST This shit is live  hERALd SUN £10 (£9) W

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GILDED BALLooN tEvIot | SPortSmANS The biggest and best line-ups in Edinburgh! This festival favourite returns and maintains its status as the place to be come midnight.

A LIttLE PErSPECtIvE WItH ImAAN

2011 featured the likes of; Sarah Millican, Jack Whitehall, Omid djalili, Andi Osho, Fred MacAulay, david O’doherty, Michael Winslow, Josh Widdicombe, The Pajama Men, daniel Sloss, Frisky & Mannish, hannibal Buress, Jason Byrne, Andrew Lawrence, Seann Walsh, Jimeoin, Stephen K Amos & Greg Proops!

Imaan Hadchiti

A multimedia show exploring the reactions of the public towards his short-staturedness. Imaan would like you to come to his show because he is fascinated by how impressively tall you all are. Seriously, like totally WOW!

Stellar line ups listed at assemblyfestival.com www.assemblyfestival.com

The jewel in the crown of the Fringe SCOTSMAN Fringe Powerhouse EdINBURGh EvENING NEWS

Provocative, hilarious, challenging, mischievous, original, it never stops. RIP IT UP Do yourself a favour and go see Imaan’s show.  hERALd SUN £5 £9 (£8) F

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SEt LISt: StAND uP WItHout A NEt A ”Whose Line...” type challenge for comics. Top comedy stars get a never-before-seen “set list” of twisted topics as they walk onstage to create spontaneous stand-up under pressure and in the moment.

The MUST SEE show of the festival! - Kate Copstick  SCOTSMAN Lays bare the inner workings of comedy for all to see!

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Just the Tonic is back, stronger than ever before, on a mission from God! STEWART LEE £10 (£8)

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www.justthetonic.com | twitter: @justthetonic

ThREE WEEKS

At the end of a long day’s Fringe festivities, this club is “Just the Tonic” (Scotsman). Come to the Caves and witness one of the greatest late night mixed bill shows on offer. Just the Tonic have “secured a reputation as a champion of high quality left-field stand up” (Guardian). The best acts from the Fringe come and muck about at midnight to make you laugh, for only a tenner!

www.setlistshow.com | facebook: SEtLIStSHoW | twitter: @SEtLIStSHoW

Charlotte Austin for Just the Tonic

Note: there are two shows on fridays and Saturdays, 23:59 (1hr) and 01:00 (1 hr 15)

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Susquehanna Hats and Rational Entertainment

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www.schoolnig.ht | facebook: SchoolNightComedy | twitter: @School_Night

Not only gobsmacking but a great yarn and funny to boot.  WhATSONSTAGE

0844 545 8252

Brilliant school-based comedy night, featuring the comedy circuit’s greatest tackling their chosen subject. Previous School Nights have included award winners humphrey Ker, Pappy’s Matthew Crosby, danielle Ward, Jessica Ransom, Richard Sandling, and all three Festival of Spoken Nerd stalwarts. School Night’s monthly London shows have quickly become a sell-out success and attract a loyal returning fan-base. Each day’s line-up will be posted on our Twitter account. Tuck shop!

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Actually Rather Good Ltd

Witness dastardly deceptions and staggering sleight of hand from naught but three feet away. Strictly limited capacity.

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SCHooL NIGHt

Morgan & West invite you to join them at the card table for an intimate evening of shams, scams and good old fashioned cheating.

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Danger Overhead

Underbelly Productions and Neil Masters

Ireland’s top alternative comedy night takes a holiday to Edinburgh for the Fringe and a series of very special midnight shows. Expect the night to be fresh, experimental, a little weird, and very wonderful. With regular performers of musical comedy, off-the-wall stand-up, and hilarious sketches, along with a special guest every night, this show is not to be missed. www.thedeathofcomedy.com | www.dangeroverhead.com facebook: thedeathofcomedy | twitter: @death_of_comedy

Features the most promising performers in the capital TOTALLY dUBLIN

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uNDErBELLY, CoWGAtE | BELLY DANCEr Underbelly’s very own late-night stand-up show, now in its 11th year, is moving to Bristo Square.

SPANK!

See www.underbelly.co.uk for daily listings.

James Wren & Leon Fleury with Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent & Underbelly

Previous acts include Micheal McIntyre, Bill Bailey, Ross Noble, Russell howard, Jason Byrne, dara O’Briain, Reginald d hunter, Adam hills, Stephen K Amos, Flight of the Conchords and oh, so many more. www.underbelly.co.uk

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tHE BEtA mALES’ mIDNIGHt movIE tHEAtrE

For line-ups visit www.underbelly.co.uk

don your Terrorvision specs and scream yourself hoarse with a galaxy of Fringe stars and critically acclaimed hosts, The Beta Males, at this special shriek-tacular, as they use patented IMMERSO-vISION to transport you inside a late-nite horror-movie! WARNING: The first two rows may get dead...of thrills!

Everything you could hope for in a late night comedy showcase... An absolutely must-see show!  ThREEWEEKS Comedy and legendary party night... Get down there right away! TIMEOUT

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James and Leon bring their stellar 5 star sell-out nights of comedy mayhem back to Edinburgh for yet another sensational year. With sketch, character, stand-up, musical comedy, occasional gratuitous nudity and a bar in the venue open ‘til 3am, there’s a reason Spank! was voted BEST WILd NIGhT OUT (Scotland on Sunday) at the festival! SPANK! YOU LOvE IT! Sell out 2005/ 06 / 07/ 08/ 09/ 10/ 11 www.spankcomedy.com

Ditto Productions

www.thebetamales.com | dittoproductions.co.uk twitter: @betamalescomedy

Slick, hilarious... Genius ThE SUNdAY TIMES A furnace of invention  ChORTLE £10 (£8)

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Bring your plastic spoons and come to George Square Theatre to experience the cult phenomenon that is The Room! Written, directed, produced and starring Tommy Wiseau, this 2003 film is loved by fans worldwide for being so bad that it’s good.

Bolt the doors and draw the curtains for the funniest new late show at the Fringe, The Secret Comedy Lock-In. Come join us for a raucous selection of after-hours stand-ups, sketch acts and the best comedy at the Fringe.

www.theroommovie.com | www.assemblyfestival.com

After the live show get locked in with the best dJ’s in town.

The awful movie everyone wants to see TIME MAGAzINE This has truly been the highlight of my Fringe. 

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An absolute must-see ThE SCOTSMAN Extremely funny ThE TIMES

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The Pleasance and Amused Moose Comedy

Gilded Balloon

Songs about nature documentaries, pasty etiquette and the challenges of swimming in the sea, with extreme dance moves. They will have you dancing in the aisles to the directions of a sat-nav. www.hedluvandpassman.wordpress.com

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01:00 (05:00) Legendary and unmissable, ‘AFTER hOURS’ celebrates its 10th anniversary with another laughter packed sell-out season, showcasing this year’s biggest and best stand-ups and comedy entertainment in its unique comedy club setting.

GILDED BALLooN tEvIot | DEBAtING HALL

LAtE’N’LIvE Gilded Balloon

Special surprise guests (sometimes unannounced) who’ve included Jimmy Carr, Noel Fielding, Michael Macintyre, dara O’Briain, Tim Minchin, Jason Byrne, Reginald d hunter, Rhod Gilbert, Greg davies, John Bishop, Kevin Bridges, Rufus hound and Flight of the Conchords, plus breakthrough emerging talent who rise from obscurity during the Fringe and are handpicked to delight you. Ask Pleasance Box Offices for tonight’s line-up. www.pleasance.co.uk | www.amusedmoose.com/shows | facebook: thePleasance | twitter: @thePleasance

The best late night show on the Fringe - brilliant! JASON BYRNE Awesome late night hilarity ThREE WEEKS - EdINBURGh Stellar! SCOTSMAN £9 £10.50 (£9) F

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SPANKtACuLAr!

The longest running and best of all the Edinburgh Festival Fringe late night shows presents it’s 26th year of unadulterated comedy mayhem...expect the unexpected from the very best comedy acts on the fringe! Comperes will include Jarred Christmas, Patrick Monahan and dave Thornton amongst others. After all the comedy, live music from our house bands dead Cat Bounce and Saskwatch will have you dancing till 5am.

James Wren and Leon Fleury with Corrie McGuire for Objective Talent & Underbelly

ThE late night show of the Fringe takes over Udderbelly for three nights only, following 8 sell out years! Expect the very best of our Spank! favourites from awesome comedians to amazing cabaret artists and occasional gratuitous nudity. SPANK! YOU LOvE IT!

Now a BBC1 televison series! www.gildedballoon.co.uk

No fringe experience is complete without a visit EdINBURGhFESTIvALS.COM The most exciting late night cabaret on the Fringe...where anything can happen and most probably does! ChORTLE The celebrated comedy abbatoir that has slain a thousand comics SCOTSMAN

For line-ups visit www.underbelly.co.uk www.spankcomedy.com | www.underbelly.co.uk

Comedy and legendary party night... Get down there right away! TIMEOUT Go see Spank. You will love it! ONE4REvIEW.COM

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11:00 11:30 1:00 10:00 11:15 11:30 11:30 11:30 11:15 11:20 11:30 11:30 11:30 11:40 23:00 12:00 12:00 12:00 19:00 12:00 12:20 12:20 12:15 12:05 12:20 12:40 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:45 12:20 12:35 12:35 12:55 13:00 12:45 12:30 13:15 12:40 12:50 13:20 13:15 13:30 13:00 13:00 13:00 13:00 13:00 13:00 13:30 13:00 13:10 13:00 13:35 13:10 13:10 13:30 13:15 13:15 13:15 13:15 13:10 13:20 13:55 13:25 13:30 13:30 13:40 13:30 13:40 13:40 13:40 13:40 13:40 13:40 13:35 13:45 13:35 13:45 13:45

Kaya- Dream Interpreter Baby Wants Candy Workshop Steve Ullathorne’s Annual Photo Fest Fresh Fringe’s 24-Hour Challenge - Free The Machine Hairy Maclary & Friends Dr. Bunhead’s Blast Off! Paperbelle Petya And The Wolf Mil’s Trills Music & Stories The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Humans V Nature: Engineering Ftw Golden Cowpat Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall Zimbabwe Sculptures Allotment Mr Snot Bottom’s Stinky Silly Show Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Chunky Woollen Nits Peep Andy And Mike’s... Tick Tock Time Machine The Wind In The Willows The Two Most Perfect Things Captain Ferguson’s School For Balloon Warfare Tiddler And Other Terrific Tales Card Ninja: Redeal Superjohn Ta Daaa! Nick Cope Family Songs And Music Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide: Live! Pleasance Bytes Seeing Double: Figures Seeing Double: Vision Zombie Prom Luminous Tales John Peel’s Shed By John Osborne Life Is Too Good To Be True / Bye Bye World Candida Female Gothic Tommy Talks Hell’s Bells By Lynne Truss Thin Ice Circus In Hand Julian Ignores His Friend And Talks To A Pretty Girl Ragged Trousered Philanthropists An Audience With The Duke Of Windsor - Bob Kingdom Tam O’Shanter Bubblewrap And Boxes Croft & Pearce - Do It Like A Lady Dancing About Architecture Funbags Present “Unusual Suspects” Horrible Histories - Barmy Britain As Ye Sow The Life And Sort Of Death Of Eric Argyle Double Edge’s Apples Razing Eddie Amazing Bubble Show Continuous Growth Anne Edmonds In My Banjo’s Name Is Steven Graham Rex Statements After An Arrest Under The Immorality Act Virginia Ironside: Growing Old Disgracefully Treasure Island The Comedian’s Comedian Live With Stuart Goldsmith The I Hate Children Children’s Show Us Beef Bob And Jim - Go Death Of Chatterton The Fantasist Rock ‘N’ Roll Politics Soldiers’ Wives The Big Value Comedy’s ‘Lunchtime Club’ Would Be Nice Though... My Elevator Days St Andrews Revue Fat Jubilate The Silencer - David Calvitto Maroon Balloon Dr. Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown And His Singing Tiger Michael Workman - Mercy Uncoupled Dorothy Squires: Mrs Roger Moore Gordon Southern’s A Brief History Of History

Assembly George Square, One Assembly George Square, Theatre Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Pleasance Courtyard, Courtyard Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Assembly George Square, Theatre Assembly George Square, Theatre Royal Botanic Garden, Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Pleasance Dome, Queendome Assembly George Square, Three Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly George Square, Foyer Inverleith Allotments, Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Pleasance Courtyard, Courtyard Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Pleasance Courtyard, Above Assembly Roxy, Central Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Assembly George Square, Bosco Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Pleasance Courtyard, Below Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Assembly George Square, One Assembly George Square, Three Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Forth Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly George Square, Two Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Assembly Hall, Main Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Pleasance Dome, Kingdome Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Assembly George Square, Theatre Pleasance Dome, Queendome Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Pleasance At Essential Edinburgh, Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Above Pleasance Courtyard, Below Assembly George Square, Bosco Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans

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The Boy With The Cuckoo Clock Heart Punch & Judy Jenny Fawcett Double Edge’s Spring Awakening Horse & Louis: The Curse Of... Everything Else Happened Leo Slice By Mel Giedroyc Clinton The Musical Anthony King: Songs Of Love And Death Jim Smallman’s Group Therapy Monsters Got Talent Robin’s Ukulele Extravaganza Mervyn Stutter’s Pick Of The Fringe The Temps E4 Udderbelly Podcalf 2012 Slapdash Galaxy Sad Faces Remember It Differently The Trench Best Of Edinburgh - The Showcase Show Letter To The Man (From The Boy) Educating Ronnie Love Child Afternoon Delight The Magician’s Daughter The Night Of The Big Wind Will Marsh’s Ruination Dirty Great Love Story Jay Foreman’s Mixtape And The Girls In Their Sunday Dresses Dirty Barbie Big Sean, Mikey And Me Simple Matters The Lad Himself David Odoherty Presents 403 Second Masterwork Showstoppers’ Family Matinees Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel Back To School Camille Claudel As You Like It Chris Corcoran And Elis James - The Committee Meeting Gareth Morinan: Truth Doodler You Obviously Know What I’m Talking About Botallack O’clock Jessica Pidsley’s I Can Make You Thin(K) Perle Two Worlds Of Charlie F George Ryegold’s God-In-A-Bag Othello - The Remix Hand Over Fist The Half Endure: A Run Woman Show James Campbell’s Comedy 4 Kids Robert Wells - Closeup Classics Out Of The Blue Funny Women At The Fringe Lara A King - People Pleaser Mies Julie Donkey And A Parrot Martin Dockery: Wanderlust Hannah Gadsby - Mary. Contrary. Bristol Revunions: Destination Adventure Luke And Harry’s Dot Dot Dot World’s Greatest Walking Tour Of Edinburgh Anything But (A One-Woman Play) Bottleneck Exterminating Angel - An Improvisation Proof Mon Droit Sandi Toksvig Live: My Valentine Coalition Mayday Mayday The Early Edition Wheelchair On My Face Scotsman Best Of Fest Best Of The Fest Daytime Agony And The Ecstasy Of Steve Jobs By Mike Daisey Gagging For Attention Beasts Mother Africa Love All Eric’s Tales Of The Sea - A Submariner’s Yarn Jack Jerome’s Journey Of Life

Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Assembly Roxy, Central Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly George Square, Three Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Underbelly, Cowgate, Big Belly Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Assembly George Square, One Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall The Counting House, The Ballroom Pleasance At Braidwood Centre, Back To School Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Forth Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Assembly George Square, Two Assembly George Square, Meeting Point Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly George Square, Theatre Assembly George Square, Bosco Assembly George Square, Bosco Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Leaves From Outside Pleasance Dome, Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Above Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Dome, Queendome Pleasance Dome, Kingdome Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Assembly Hall, Main Hall Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron

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Satan’s Playground The One Hour Plays Time For Fun Visiting Time Square Eye Pair Miriam Margolyes - Dickens’ Women Ronnie Le Drew’s Brilliant Bag Show Flanders And Swann Comedian Dies In The Middle Of A Joke Jessie Cave: Bookworm CountryBoy’s Struggle The Sewing Machine Vinegar Knickers: On The Edge The Static Dylan Thomas: Return Journey Thread Bec Hill Is More Afraid Of You Than You Are Of Her! Winston On The Run The Gambler Peter Panic The Prize Fran Moulds: Significant Human Error Hennessy & Friends: A History Of Violence Chapel Street Double Edge’s Almost Nothing To Do With Frogs The Man Who The Day The Sky Turned Black Miss Havisham’s Expectations The Snail And The Whale Rachel Stubbings Is Stubbing Out Problems School Of Night Kaput My Stepson Stole My Sonic Screwdriver Katherine Ryan: Nature’s Candy I, Tommy Murder, Marple and Me The Oxford Imps The Intimate Strangers Ford & Akram: Bamp! Kieran & Joe: Friends Of Steel Maurice Roëves ‘Just A Gigolo’ Four Screws Loose In #Screwtheworld Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love! Kevin Tomlinson: Seven Ages! A Boy Growing Up - Starring Rodney Bewes Silky Pair: Happy To Help (Plus Special Guests) Molly Naylor & The Middle Ones: My Robot Heart Nothing Is Really Difficult Anda Union - The Wind Horse Oliver Reed: Wild Thing Dave Mcneill Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Show Helen Keen: Robot Woman Of Tomorrow Max & Ivan Are... Con Artists Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus Nola Bruce Hammers’ Bananapocalypse Through The Looking Screen Rhythmic Circus: Feet Don’t Fail Me Now! Thea-Skot’s Miss Adventures Tom Goodliffe: All In Good Time A Clockwork Orange Sharron Matthews Superstar: Gold After The Rainfall Tumble Circus: This Is What We Do For A Living Punch Waiting For Stanley Munfred Bernstein’s Cabinet Of Wonder The Tim Vine Chat Show The Dog Eared Collective: You’re Amazing (Now Look At Me) Mother To Mother A Midsummer Night’s Dream Woza Albert! Beard Hangman How’s About That Then? Fred Cooke - Standing, Tilted Pun Run Mae Day A Modern Town Matthew Crosby Is Matthew Crosby In Matthew Crosby... Paul Merton’s Impro Chums Kemble’s Riot

Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Assembly Roxy, Central Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Assembly George Square, Three Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Underbelly, Cowgate, Big Belly Assembly Hall, Baillie Room St Mark’s Unitarian Church Hall, Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Assembly George Square, One Assembly George Square, Bosco Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Assembly George Square, Two Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Pleasance Courtyard, Below Assembly George Square, Box Assembly George Square, Elegance Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Assembly George Square, Theatre Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Forth Pleasance Courtyard, Above Pleasance Dome, Kingdome Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly George Square, Three Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Assembly Roxy, Central Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Dome, Queendome

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Rod Is God The Cambridge Footlights: Perfect Strangers Bitch Boxer The Oxford Revue: Prattle Royale Hi-Kick Matt Forde: Eyes To The Right, Nose To The Left Shirley And Shirley Unleashed Strong Arm Deborah Frances-White: Cult Following Genevieve Swallow Is Sharing Juana In A Million Gravity Boots Gráinne Maguire: Where Are All The Fun Places And Are Lots... Maurice’s Jubilee Hervé - A Collection Of Songs, Dances And Stories Shopping Centre by Mathew Osborn Asher Treleaven: Troubadour Jim Smallman: Let’s Be Friends Morgan & West: Clockwork Miracles Gilbert And Sullivan In Brief(S) Chris Mccausland: Not Blind Enough Mcneil And Pamphilon Itch: A Scratch Event Thomas Nelstrop: Great(Ish) Hits Swamp Juice Otto Kuhnle: Ich Bin Ein Berliner Holly Burn: The H Club Joyced! Formby Not Treasure Island Ginge, The Geordie And The Geek- All New Show 2012 Cariad Lloyd: The Freewheelin’ Cariad Lloyd Erich Mcelroy: The Brit Identity Jigsaw: Gettin’ Jiggy Pin Lights! Camera! Improvise! Vocal Is Lekka Alan Hudson’s Not So Secret World Of Magic Discover Ben Target Bad Musical Diane Spencer: Exquisite Bad Taste The Leeds Tealights: Sexy Chubby The Pauly Show - Episode One The Noise Next Door: Bring The Noise One Rogue Reporter Glory Dazed Leads And Stern A Soldier’s Song Sheeps: Dancing With Lisa Nicholas Parsons’ Happy Hour Mark Grist: Rogue Teacher Dirty Paki Lingerie Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut Man 1, Bank 0 Michael Redmond: Mannequins, Fishmongers, Guacamole... The Vocal Orchestra Keira Daly: Ladynerd Hanks And Conran: Pigs In Blankets Bane 1, 2 & 3 One Hour Only Laurence Clark: Inspired Bad Bread: 2012- The Survival Guide Don Quixote! Don Quixote! Translunar Paradise Scientist Turned Comedian Tim Lee Barry Cryer & Ronnie Golden - Going Gaga Sean Hughes - Life Becomes Noises Nick Helm: This Means War! Benny Boot: Def-Con 4 The Great Puppet Horn Milo Mccabe: Kenny Moon This Is Your Life I Heart Peterborough Educating Rita The Three Englishmen: Squares Catriona Knox: Hellcat The Magical Adventures Of Pete Heat Chris Brain: A Better Place Fitzrovia Radio Hour Maff Brown’s Parade Of This Beta Males In... The Space Race Chris Stokes: An Opera Written On Napkins Ed Eales-White: Champions The 27 Club

Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Assembly Hall, Main Hall Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Pbh’s Free Fringe, Shanghai - Le Monde Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Assembly George Square, Bosco Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Assembly George Square, Two Assembly George Square, One Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Below Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Assembly George Square, Elegance Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, Above Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Assembly George Square, Three Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Pleasance Dome, Kingdome Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Forth Pleasance Dome, Queendome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Assembly George Square, Theatre Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro

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Flash Mob Peter Straker’s Brel Mr. Carmen Big Value Comedy Show - Early Loretta Maine: Bipolar David Hasselhoff Live: An Evening With The Hoff Josie Long: Romance And Adventure Axis Of Awesome: Cry Yourself A River Nick Mohammed Is Mr. Swallow: 2012 Rob Beckett’s Summer Holiday Stephen Carlin - Pandas Vs Penguins Suzi Ruffell:let’s Get Ready To Ruffell Susan Calman: This Lady’s Not For Turning Either Up & Over It - Back On Our Feet Sammy J And Randy: The Inheritance Rick Shapiro: Rebirth Chris Dugdale’s 2 Faced Deception Basic Training Edward Reid: Living The Dream One Song At A Time Greg Proops Andy Wilkinson: My Name Is Not Smug Roberts A Betrayal Of Penguins - Harmed And Dangerous Billy The Mime Frimston And Rowett: Huge Mistakes Helen Arney - Voice Of An Angle Carl Hutchinson: Acceptable? Caimh Mcdonnell: The Art Of Conversation Marek Larwood - Typecast Wittank Newsrevue Double Edge’s Flames Over New Jersey The Pride Alfie Brown: Soul For Sale Denise Scott Rubies In The Attic Fascinating Aida:cheap Flights Jess Fostekew: Brave New World Luke Wright - Your New Favourite Poet Deckchair Diaries - The Durham Revue Ian D Montfort - Unbelievable Unhappy Birthday Kerry Gilbert Triumphs Chortle Presents: Fast Fringe Totally Tom A Real Man’s Guide To Sainthood Mark Nelson - Under The Radar Alexis Dubus: Cars & Girls Lady Sings It Better Tom Thum - Beating The Habit Andrew Bird’s Global Village Fete Wild West End Dan Nightingale: The 11 & 1/2 Ill Concieved Edinburgh Shows... Alistair Barrie: Urban Fogey The Lonely One Barry Castagnola In Where’s Barry? Doug Segal: How To Read Minds And Influence People Celia Pacquola - Delayed Trevor Browne - I Think...I Am Daniel Simonsen - Champions Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay’s Bum Notes Elis James: Speaking As A Mother Josh Widdicombe: Further Adventures Of... Tom Deacon: Deaconator Jim Campbell: Nine-Year-Old Man Xxxo Piff The Magic Dragon In... Jurassic Bark Aaa Stand-Up Charlie Baker: Freshly Baked Marlon Davis: Enter The Davism Trevor Noah: The Racist John Robins: Incredible Scenes! David O’doherty: Seize The David O’doherty Barry Morgan’s World Of Organs People Show 121: The Detective Show Les Clöchards: Dirty But Nice Baby Wants Candy The Completely Improvised Full Band... The Magnets: Homegrown Frisky & Mannish: Extra Curricular Activities Carl-Einar Häckner: Handluggage Deanne Smith: Livin’ The Sweet Life Big Value Comedy Show - Middle Comedy Gala 2012: In Aid Of Waverley Care Tim Fitzhigham: Stop The Pigeon

Assembly Hall, Main Hall Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Assembly Roxy, Central Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Assembly George Square, Bosco Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Assembly George Square, Two Assembly George Square, One Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly George Square, Elegance Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Courtyard, Above Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Assembly George Square, Three Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Cowgate, Big Belly Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Pleasance Dome, Queendome Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Forth Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Pleasance Dome, Kingdome Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Assembly George Square, Two Assembly George Square, Bosco Assembly George Square, One Assembly Hall, Main Hall Assembly Hall, Main Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Pleasance Courtyard, The Green

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Stuart Goldsmith: Prick Horne And Key And... The Funeral Of Conor O’toole Shane Koyczan - Talk Rocker Cabaret Whore - Her Finest Hour Craig Hill - Jock’s Trap! Paul Foot: Kenny Larch Is Dead Knee Deep Jen Brister - Now & Then Antonio Forcione - Sketches Of Africa Mark Watson: The Information Adam Hills: Mess Around School Of Comedy - The Next Generation The Not Quite Quartet Andrew Ryan: Ryanopoly Chris Ramsey: Feeling Lucky The History Girls Present: A Summary Of Things So Far Michael Downey Standing Up Again Ginge, The Geordie And The Geek- All New Show 2012 Claudia O’doherty - The Telescope Catie Wilkins: Joy Is My Middle Name Death Boogie Pattie Brewster’s Friendship Venture (For Some Friends) Seann Walsh: Seann To Be Wild Tiffany Stevenson: Uncomfortably Numb Des Clarke: Final Destination Assembly Gala Press Launch Mephisto Waltz Kumail Nanjiani Patrick Monahan - Shooting From The Lip! Bob Downe - Smokin’ Andrew Doyle: Whatever It Takes Rhys Darby - This Way To Spaceship The Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit Tom Stade Totally Rocks! Captain Ko And The Planet Of Rice Naz Osmanoglu: Ottoman Without An Empire Sound & Fury’s ‘Doc Faustus’ Hannah Gadsby - Hannah Wants A Wife Thom Tuck Flips Out Vikki Stone: Hot Mess The Beast Alan Francis Expands Al Pitcher - Tiny Triumphs Gearóid Farrelly: Turbulence Sean Hughes Stands Up James Acaster - Prompt Joel Dommett - Nunchuck Silver Medallist 2002 Rob Deering - The One Richard Herring: Talking Cock - The Second Coming Amused Moose Comedy Awards Showcases Danielle Ward: Speakeasy/Play Dead Cardinal Burns Mick Miller & Jimmy Cricket Pappy’s: Last Show Ever! Nish Kumar - Who Is Nish Kumar? Carl Donnelly: Different Gravy Danny Mcloughlin -The Truth, The Half Truth And Nothing... Joe Lycett: Some Lycett Hot Pat Burtscher’s Patopotamoose Sarah Kendall: Get Up, Stand-Up Shappi Khorsandi: Dirty Looks And Hopscotch Nina Conti: Dolly Mixtures The Chris & Paul Show Presents: Volume Ii Roisin Conaty: Lifehunter Pete Johansson: Utopian Crack Pipe Chris Martin - Spot The Difference Luke Benson- Backseat Hero Des Bishop Likes To Bang Andrew Lawrence Is Coming To Get You Heath Franklin’s Chopper In A Hard Bastard’s Guide To Life Eastend Cabaret: Notoriously Kinky Shlomo: Ministry Of Mouth Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventures... For Kids! Al Murray - The Pub Landlord: The Only Way Is Epic The Super Serious Show Checkley & Bush’s Comedy Riot! One Man Star Wars / One Man Lord of the Rings Musical Comedy Awards Showcase Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells The Pajama Men’s Improv Show Confessions Of A Grindr Addict Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional

Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Dome, Queendome Site Specific, Meet At Udderbelly Box Office, Bristo Sq Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Assembly @ George Street, Drawing Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly George Square, Theatre Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, Above Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly Roxy, Upstairs The Counting House, The Ballroom Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Assembly George Square, Three Assembly Hall, Main Hall Assembly Roxy, Central Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Pleasance Dome, Acedome Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Pleasance Dome, Acedome Pleasance Dome, Acedome Pleasance Dome, Queendome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Forth Pleasance Dome, Kingdome Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Assembly George Square, Two Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Assembly George Square, Bosco Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Assembly George Square, One Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Assembly Hall, Main Hall

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Chris Difford & Norman Lovett: It’s All About Me! Chris Kent - Plugged In Big Value Comedy Show - Late No Pants Thursday: T’il Death Do Us Party Alan Anderson : Whisky Fir Dummies 2.0 Neil Delamere: Delamere Mortal Andrew Maxwell: That’s The Spirit Doctor Brown: Befrdfgth Luke Toulson: Luke Who’s Talking Ali Mcgregor: Alchemy Marcus Brigstocke: The Brig Society Barely Legal: 18 Years Of South African Comedy Pete Firman - Hoodwinker Jonny & The Baptists Sara Pascoe - The Musical! Rory Scovel: Illuminati Only Sam Simmons - About The Weather Colour Ham Henning Wehn: Henning Knows Bestest Dave Thornton - The Some Of All The Parts Danny Buckler: The Phantom Reginald D Hunter: A Work In Progress. With Support From... Paul Mccaffrey: Pills’n’thrills And Bellylaughs Sexytime! Truth Mark Restuccia: How To Succeed At Internet Dating Dan Wright: Michael Jackon Touched Me The Blanks’ Big Break Jarred Christmas: Let’s Go Mofo Jeff Leach: Boyfriend Experience And Now For A Nice Evening With Wallan Simon Evans: Friendly Fire Michael Mittermeier Comedy Reserve Tenderpits Armageddapocalypse: Threat Level Dead The Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape Peacock & Gamble Don’t Even Want To Be On Telly Anyway John Shuttleworth: Out Of Our Sheds Iain Stirling: Happy To Be The Clown? Michael Winslow: Noizeyman Gareth Richards: Introvert - Never Been To Disneyland Hannibal Buress : Still Saying Stuff Pretending Things Are A Cock Hal Cruttenden: Tough Luvvie Abandoman - Party In The Key Of C Major Alfie Moore - I Predicted A Riot Paul Chowdhry - What’s Happening White People Carey Marx In Sane Casual Violence: A Kick In The Teeth Back To School’s Disco Folk At The Pleasance Storytellers’ Club Late Night Gimp Fight Brendon Burns, Home Stretch Baby! Felicity Ward: The Hedgehog Dilemma Believe - Starring Shane Dundas From The Umbilical Brothers Movin’ Melvin: Me, Ray Charles And Sammy Davis Jr John Robertson: The Old Whore Medea Hardcore David Whitney - Struggling To Evolve Kwat: Greetings From Kwat Bourgeois & Maurice: Sugartits Lady Rizo Mark Little: Thebullshitartist Paul Ricketts - Ironic Infinity Wonderful World Of Wilfredo Sitcom Double Bill Fork - Electrovocal Circus Marcel Lucont: Gallic Symbol Oyster Eyes Presents: Some Rice Jonny Woo: Wonder Woo-Man The Bar At Buena Vista Presents El Rey, King Of Cuban Music Who’s Your Daddy Dan Mitchell - Free Egg Imaginary Radio Programme Best Of So You Think You’re Funny? Greg Proops Podcast: The Smartest Man In The World Terry Alderton So You Think You’re Funny? Rubberbandits The Table Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, Above Assembly George Square, Theatre Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Assembly George Square, Three Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Pleasance Dome, Queendome Pleasance Courtyard, Beside Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Pleasance At Braidwood Centre, Back To School Disco Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Pleasance Courtyard, The Green Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Forth Pleasance Dome, Kingdome Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Assembly George Square, Two Underbelly, Bristo Square, Ermintrude Assembly Hall, Baillie Room Assembly Roxy, Central Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Stairs Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Assembly George Square, Bosco Assembly George Square, One Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Just The Tonic At The Tron Pleasance Courtyard, Above Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Button Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Assembly George Square, Three Assembly Hall, Main Hall Assembly Hall, Rainy Hall Assembly Roxy, Downstairs Assembly Roxy, Upstairs Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One

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Dead Cat Bounce... Howl Of The She-Leopard Idiots Of Ants: Antology Joy Of Sketch Anthony Rapp - Without You Foil Arms And Hog - Late Night Sketch Comedy Things We Did Before Reality Dana Alexander: Breaking Through Re-Animator The Musical Comic Strip Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Boo Lingerie Scottish Comedian Of The Year 2011 - Jamie Dalgleish Best Of Scottish Comedian Of The Year Scales Of The Unexpected Davey Connor, Lucy Beaumont & Ed Patrick - The Big Comedy... Splitting The Bill - Michael Workman & Tommy Little Late Night Laughs Vive Le Cabaret Andrew O’neill Is Easily Distracted The Comedy Zone David Trent - Spontaneous Comedian James Dowdeswell : Urban Wurzel Boom Jennies: Mischief A Guide To Second Date Sex The Special Reserve Comedy Benefit Tom Cottle’s ‘These Twisted Folk’ Tania Edwards: Killer Instinct BBC Comedy Presents The Showstoppers Boris & Sergey’s Vaudevillian Adventure Aaa Stand-Up Late Mark Watson’s Edinborolympics Rob Deering’s Beat This Steve Shanyaski Lili La Scala: Another F*Cking Variety Show Garrett Millerick: Sensible Answers To Stupid Questions Barbershopera: The Three Musketeers Monkey Toast: The Improvised Chat Show Humphrey Ker Is.. Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher! I Am, I Am Horne Section - Live At The Grand! Briefs Comx Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown & Do The Right Thing Voices In Your Head Taylor Glenn - Reverse Psycomedy Tim Key - Masterslut Eddie Pepitone’s Bloodbath Chaz Royal’s Sexy Circus Sideshow Al Murray The Pub Landlord: The Guv’s Olympic Pub Quiz Frisky & Mannish: 27 Club Denis Krasnov’s Hour Of Intellectual Filth Guardian Reader Guilt & Shame: Up All Night Live At The Electric: Live At The Fringe! The New Conway Dimension Humble Quest For Universal Genius Eleanor Conway’s Midnight Rumble Best Of The Fest Variety Marcel Lucont: Cabaret Fantastique Best Of The Fest Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net Hot Dub Time Machine A Little Perspective With Imaan Morgan & West: Lying, Cheating Scoundrels The Death Of Comedy Just The Tonic Comedy Club’s Midnight Show School Night Spank! The Late Show Beta Males’ Midnight Movie Theatre The Room Hedluv + Passman: Two Cornish Rappers And A Casiotone Boom Boom Club The Secret Comedy Lock-in After Hours Comedy Spanktacular! Late’n’live

Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Laugh Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Assembly George Square, Theatre Assembly George Square, Elegance Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Underbelly, Cowgate, White Belly Gilded Balloon, Third Door Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Pleasance Courtyard, Baby Grand Pleasance Courtyard, Cabaret Bar Pleasance Courtyard, Attic Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Beneath Pleasance Dome, Jackdome Underbelly Cowgate, Big Belly Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Underbelly, Cowgate, Iron Belly Underbelly, Bristo Square, Clover BBC @ Potterrow, Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall Pleasance Courtyard, Below Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar Pleasance Courtyard, Beyond Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Pleasance Courtyard, Hut Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly, Bristo Square, Daisy Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Pleasance Dome, 10Dome Pleasance Dome, Queendome Gilded Balloon Teviot, Balcony Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Grand Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Fancy Room Pleasance Courtyard, Upstairs Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Dairy Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, The Turret Pleasance, Various Venues Just The Tonic At The Tron Assembly George Square, Threeassembly @ George Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Assembly George Square, Bosco Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Out Of The Box Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Wee One Underbelly, Cowgate, Delhi Belly Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance One Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Billiard Room Underbelly, Bristo Square, The Wee Coo Assembly George Square, Spiegeltent - Teatro Assembly George Square, Elegance Assembly Hall, Main Hall Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just The Big Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Nightclub Gilded Balloon Teviot, Sportsmans Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wee Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, Dining Room Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Just The Tonic At The Caves, Just Up The Road Underbelly, Cowgate, Belly Dancer Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Cow Barn Pleasance Courtyard, Pleasance Two Assembly George Square, Theatre Gilded Balloon Teviot, Wine Bar Underbelly, Cowgate, Top Floor Gilded Balloon, Third Door Pleasance Dome, Acedome Underbelly, Bristo Square, E4 Udderbelly Gilded Balloon Teviot, Debating Hall

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A A BETRAYAL OF PENGUINS - HARMED AND DANGEROUS 95 A BOY GROWING UP - STARRING RODNEY BEWES 37 A CLOCKWORK ORANGE 38 A GUIDE TO SECOND DATE SEX 47 A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE WITH IMAAN 137 A MODERN TOWN 39 A SOLDIER’S SONG 42 AAA STAND-UP 100 AAA STAND-UP LATE 133 ABANDOMAN - PARTY IN THE KEY OF C MAJOR 125 ADAM HILLS: MESS AROUND 104 AFTER HOURS COMEDY 139 AFTER THE RAINFALL 38 AFTERNOON DELIGHT 73 AGONY AND THE ECSTASY OF STEVE JOBS BY MIKE DAISEY 33 AL MURRAY - THE PUB LANDLORD: THE ONLY WAY IS EPIC (SPECIAL PREVIEWS)116 AL MURRAY THE PUB LANDLORD’S OLYMPIC PUB QUIZ 136 AL PITCHER - TINY TRIUMPHS 110 ALAN ANDERSON : WHISKY FIR DUMMIES 2.0 116 ALAN FRANCIS EXPANDS 110 ALAN HUDSON’S NOT SO SECRET WORLD OF MAGIC 87 ALEXIS DUBUS: CARS & GIRLS 98 ALFIE BROWN: SOUL FOR SALE 96 ALFIE MOORE - I PREDICTED A RIOT 125 ALI MCGREGOR: ALCHEMY 63 ALISTAIR BARRIE: URBAN FOGEY 98 ALLOTMENT 21 AMATEUR TRANSPLANTS: ADAM KAY’S BUM NOTES 99 AMAZING BUBBLE SHOW 54 AMUSED MOOSE COMEDY AWARDS SHOWCASES 111 AN AUDIENCE WITH THE DUKE OF WINDSOR - BOB KINGDOM 24 AND NOW FOR A NICE EVENING WITH WALLAN 121 AND THE GIRLS IN THEIR SUNDAY DRESSES 29 ANDA UNION - THE WIND HORSE 60 ANDREW BIRD’S GLOBAL VILLAGE FETE 98 ANDREW DOYLE: WHATEVER IT TAKES 107 ANDREW LAWRENCE IS COMING TO GET YOU 116 ANDREW MAXWELL: THAT’S THE SPIRIT 119 ANDREW O’NEILL IS EASILY DISTRACTED 131 ANDREW RYAN: RYANOPOLY 104 ANDY AND MIKE’S... TICK TOCK TIME MACHINE 52 ANDY WILKINSON: MY NAME IS NOT SMUG ROBERTS 95 ANNE EDMONDS IN MY BANJO’S NAME IS STEVEN 70 ANTHONY KING: SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH 72 ANTHONY RAPP - WITHOUT YOU 65 ANTONIO FORCIONE - SKETCHES OF AFRICA 62 ANYTHING BUT (A ONE-WOMAN PLAY) 31 ARMAGEDDAPOCALYPSE: THREAT LEVEL DEAD 121 AS YE SOW 24 AS YOU LIKE IT 29 ASHER TRELEAVEN: TROUBADOUR 84 ASSEMBLY GALA PRESS LAUNCH 107 AUSTENTATIOUS: AN IMPROVISED JANE AUSTEN NOVEL 73 AXIS OF AWESOME: CRY YOURSELF A RIVER 92

B BABY WANTS CANDY THE COMPLETELY IMPROVISED FULL BAND MUSICAL! BABY WANTS CANDY WORKSHOP BACK TO SCHOOL BACK TO SCHOOL’S DISCO BAD BREAD: 2012- THE SURVIVAL GUIDE BAD MUSICAL BANE 1, 2 & 3 BAR AT BUENA VISTA PRESENTS EL REY, KING OF CUBAN MUSIC, THE BARBERSHOPERA: THE THREE MUSKETEERS BARELY LEGAL: 18 YEARS OF SOUTH AFRICAN COMEDY BARRY CASTAGNOLA IN WHERE’S BARRY? BARRY CRYER & RONNIE GOLDEN - GOING GAGA BARRY MORGAN’S WORLD OF ORGANS BASIC TRAINING BBC COMEDY PRESENTS BEARD BEAST BEASTS BEC HILL IS MORE AFRAID OF YOU THAN YOU ARE OF HER! BELIEVE - STARRING SHANE DUNDAS FROM THE UMBILICAL BROTHERS BENNY BOOT: DEF-CON 4 BEST OF EDINBURGH - THE SHOWCASE SHOW BEST OF SCOTTISH COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR BEST OF SO YOU THINK YOU’RE FUNNY? BEST OF THE FEST BEST OF THE FEST DAYTIME BEST OF THE FEST VARIETY BETA MALES IN... THE SPACE RACE BETA MALES’ MIDNIGHT MOVIE THEATRE BIG BITE-SIZE BREAKFAST SHOW, THE BIG SEAN, MIKEY AND ME BIG VALUE COMEDY SHOW - EARLY BIG VALUE COMEDY SHOW - LATE BIG VALUE COMEDY SHOW - MIDDLE BIG VALUE COMEDY’S ‘LUNCHTIME CLUB’, THE BILLY THE MIME

144 | INDEX

102 69 74 125 89 87 43 64 134 119 100 89 101 94 133 82 46 76 77 127 89 73 130 128 137 76 59 90 138 21 29 91 116 102 70 95

BITCH BOXER BLANKS’ BIG BREAK, THE BOB AND JIM - GO BOB DOWNE - SMOKIN’ BOOM BOOM CLUB BOOM JENNIES: MISCHIEF BORIS & SERGEY’S VAUDEVILLIAN ADVENTURE BOTALLACK O’CLOCK BOTTLENECK BOURGEOIS & MAURICE: SUGARTITS BOY WITH TAPE ON HIS FACE: MORE TAPE, THE BOY WITH THE CUCKOO CLOCK HEART, THE BRENDON BURNS, HOME STRETCH BABY! BRIEFS BRISTOL REVUNIONS: DESTINATION ADVENTURE BRUCE HAMMERS’ BANANAPOCALYPSE BUBBLEWRAP AND BOXES

38 122 70 108 59 131 47 30 31 58 124 27 126 59 75 80 54

C CABARET WHORE - HER FINEST HOUR CAIMH MCDONNELL: THE ART OF CONVERSATION CAMBRIDGE FOOTLIGHTS: PERFECT STRANGERS, THE CAMILLE CLAUDEL CANDIDA CAPTAIN FERGUSON’S SCHOOL FOR BALLOON WARFARE CAPTAIN KO AND THE PLANET OF RICE CARD NINJA: REDEAL CARDINAL BURNS CAREY MARX IN SANE CARIAD LLOYD: THE FREEWHEELIN’ CARIAD LLOYD CARL DONNELLY: DIFFERENT GRAVY CARL HUTCHINSON: ACCEPTABLE? CARL-EINAR HÄCKNER: HANDLUGGAGE CASABLANCA: THE GIN JOINT CUT CASUAL VIOLENCE: A KICK IN THE TEETH CATIE WILKINS: JOY IS MY MIDDLE NAME CATRIONA KNOX: HELLCAT CELIA PACQUOLA - DELAYED CHAPEL STREET CHARLIE BAKER: FRESHLY BAKED CHAZ ROYAL’S SEXY CIRCUS SIDESHOW CHECKLEY & BUSH’S COMEDY RIOT! CHORTLE PRESENTS: FAST FRINGE CHORTLE STUDENT COMEDY AWARD FINAL CHRIS & PAUL SHOW PRESENTS: VOLUME II, THE CHRIS BRAIN: A BETTER PLACE CHRIS CORCORAN AND ELIS JAMES - THE COMMITTEE MEETING CHRIS DIFFORD & NORMAN LOVETT: IT’S ALL ABOUT ME! CHRIS DUGDALE’S 2 FACED DECEPTION CHRIS KENT - PLUGGED IN CHRIS MARTIN - SPOT THE DIFFERENCE CHRIS MCCAUSLAND: NOT BLIND ENOUGH CHRIS RAMSEY: FEELING LUCKY CHRIS STOKES: AN OPERA WRITTEN ON NAPKINS CIRCUS IN HAND CLAUDIA O’DOHERTY - THE TELESCOPE CLINTON THE MUSICAL COALITION COLOUR HAM COMEDIAN DIES IN THE MIDDLE OF A JOKE COMEDIAN’S COMEDIAN LIVE WITH STUART GOLDSMITH, THE COMEDY GALA 2012: IN AID OF WAVERLEY CARE COMEDY RESERVE COMEDY ZONE, THE COMIC STRIP COMX CONFESSIONS OF A GRINDR ADDICT CONTINUOUS GROWTH COUNTRYBOY’S STRUGGLE CRAIG HILL - JOCK’S TRAP! CROFT & PEARCE - DO IT LIKE A LADY

57 96 82 29 23 21 46 69 111 126 85 112 96 102 42 126 106 90 99 35 100 59 114 98 128 113 91 74 63 94 117 114 84 104 91 54 106 65 32 120 34 70 102 122 131 131 135 46 26 35 102 70

D DAN MITCHELL - FREE EGG DAN NIGHTINGALE: THE 11 & 1/2 ILL CONCIEVED EDINBURGH SHOWS OF DAN NIGHTINGALE. DAN WRIGHT: MICHAEL JACKON TOUCHED ME DANA ALEXANDER: BREAKING THROUGH DANCING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE DANIEL SIMONSEN - CHAMPIONS DANIELLE WARD: SPEAKEASY/PLAY DEAD DANNY BUCKLER: THE PHANTOM DANNY MCLOUGHLIN -THE TRUTH, THE HALF TRUTH AND NOTHING LIKE THE TRUTH DAVE MCNEILL DAVE THORNTON - THE SOME OF ALL THE PARTS DAVEY CONNOR, LUCY BEAUMONT & ED PATRICK - THE BIG COMEDY SHOWCASE SHOW DAVID HASSELHOFF LIVE: AN EVENING WITH THE HOFF DAVID O’DOHERTY: SEIZE THE DAVID O’DOHERTY DAVID ODOHERTY PRESENTS 403 SECOND MASTERWORK DAVID TRENT - SPONTANEOUS COMEDIAN DAVID WHITNEY - STRUGGLING TO EVOLVE DAY THE SKY TURNED BLACK, THE DEAD CAT BOUNCE... HOWL OF THE SHE-LEOPARD DEANNE SMITH: LIVIN’ THE SWEET LIFE DEATH BOOGIE DEATH OF CHATTERTON

128 98 122 130 70 99 112 120 112 79 120 131 61 101 74 132 127 36 128 102 56 26

DEATH OF COMEDY, THE DEBORAH FRANCES-WHITE: CULT FOLLOWING DECKCHAIR DIARIES - THE DURHAM REVUE DENIS KRASNOV’S HOUR OF INTELLECTUAL FILTH DENISE SCOTT DES BISHOP LIKES TO BANG DES CLARKE: FINAL DESTINATION DIANE SPENCER: EXQUISITE BAD TASTE DIRTY BARBIE DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY DIRTY PAKI LINGERIE DISCOVER BEN TARGET DOCTOR BROWN: BEFRDFGTH DOG EARED COLLECTIVE: YOU’RE AMAZING. NOW LOOK AT ME., THE DON QUIXOTE! DON QUIXOTE! DONKEY AND A PARROT DOROTHY SQUIRES: MRS ROGER MOORE DOUBLE EDGE’S ALMOST NOTHING TO DO WITH FROGS DOUBLE EDGE’S APPLES DOUBLE EDGE’S FLAMES OVER NEW JERSEY DOUBLE EDGE’S SPRING AWAKENING DOUG SEGAL: HOW TO READ MINDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE DR. BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN BROWN AND HIS SINGING TIGER DR. BUNHEAD’S BLAST OFF! DYLAN THOMAS: RETURN JOURNEY - BOB KINGDOM, ORIGINAL DIRECTION BY ANTHONY HOPKINS

138 83 96 136 97 114 107 87 30 29 42 87 117 80 43 31 56 35 24 44 28 57 54 51 35

E E4 UDDERBELLY PODCALF 2012 EARLY EDITION, THE EASTEND CABARET: NOTORIOUSLY KINKY ED EALES-WHITE: CHAMPIONS EDDIE PEPITONE’S BLOODBATH EDINBURGH FRINGE SURVIVAL GUIDE: LIVE! EDUCATING RITA EDUCATING RONNIE EDWARD REID: LIVING THE DREAM ONE SONG AT A TIME ELEANOR CONWAY’S MIDNIGHT RUMBLE ELIS JAMES: SPEAKING AS A MOTHER ENDURE: A RUN WOMAN SHOW ERICH MCELROY: THE BRIT IDENTITY ERIC’S TALES OF THE SEA - A SUBMARINER’S YARN EVERYTHING ELSE HAPPENED EXTERMINATING ANGEL - AN IMPROVISATION

72 75 58 91 135 22 44 28 56 137 99 32 85 76 28 32

F FANTASIST, THE FASCINATING AIDA:CHEAP FLIGHTS FAT FELICITY WARD: THE HEDGEHOG DILEMMA FEMALE GOTHIC FITZROVIA RADIO HOUR FLANDERS AND SWANN FLASH MOB FOIL ARMS AND HOG - LATE NIGHT SKETCH COMEDY FOLK AT THE PLEASANCE FORD & AKRAM: BAMP! FORK - ELECTROVOCAL CIRCUS FORMBY FOSTER’S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARDS SHOW FOUR SCREWS LOOSE IN #SCREWTHEWORLD FRAN MOULDS: SIGNIFICANT HUMAN ERROR FRED COOKE - STANDING, TILTED FRESH FRINGE’S 24-HOUR CHALLENGE - FREE FRIMSTON AND ROWETT: HUGE MISTAKES FRISKY & MANNISH: 27 CLUB FRISKY & MANNISH: EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FUNBAGS PRESENT “UNUSUAL SUSPECTS” FUNERAL OF CONOR O’TOOLE, THE FUNNY WOMEN AT THE FRINGE

26 57 27 126 24 91 60 49 128 63 78 64 42 79 78 77 82 69 95 136 104 70 103 75

G GAGGING FOR ATTENTION GAMBLER, THE GARETH RICHARDS: INTROVERT - NEVER BEEN TO DISNEYLAND GARRETT MILLERICK: SENSIBLE ANSWERS TO STUPID QUESTIONS GEARÓID FARRELLY: TURBULENCE GENEVIEVE SWALLOW IS SHARING GEORGE RYEGOLD’S GOD-IN-A-BAG GILBERT AND SULLIVAN IN BRIEF(S) GINGE, THE GEORDIE AND THE GEEK- ALL NEW SHOW 2012 GINGE, THE GEORDIE AND THE GEEK- ALL NEW SHOW 2012 GLORY DAZED GOLDEN COWPAT GORDON SOUTHERN’S A BRIEF HISTORY OF HISTORY GRAHAM REX GRÀINNE MAGUIRE: WHERE ARE ALL THE FUN PLACES AND ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE HAVING BETTER FUN? GRAVITY BOOTS GREAT PUPPET HORN GREG PROOPS GREG PROOPS PODCAST: THE SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD GUARDIAN READER GUILT & SHAME: UP ALL NIGHT

76 48 125 133 110 83 75 40 86 106 42 52 71 70 83 84 89 95 129 136 136

SHOW INDEX H HAIRY MACLARY & FRIENDS HAL CRUTTENDEN: TOUGH LUVVIE HALF, THE HAND OVER FIST HANGMAN HANKS AND CONRAN: PIGS IN BLANKETS HANNAH GADSBY - HANNAH WANTS A WIFE HANNAH GADSBY - MARY. CONTRARY. HANNIBAL BURESS : STILL SAYING STUFF HEATH FRANKLIN’S CHOPPER IN A HARD BASTARD’S GUIDE TO LIFE HEDLUV + PASSMAN: TWO CORNISH RAPPERS AND A CASIOTONE HELEN ARNEY - VOICE OF AN ANGLE HELEN KEEN: ROBOT WOMAN OF TOMORROW HELL’S BELLS BY LYNNE TRUSS HENNESSY & FRIENDS: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE HENNING WEHN: HENNING KNOWS BESTEST HERVÉ - A COLLECTION OF SONGS, DANCES AND STORIES HI-KICK HISTORY GIRLS PRESENT: A SUMMARY OF THINGS SO FAR HOLLY BURN: THE H CLUB HORNE AND KEY AND… HORNE SECTION - LIVE AT THE GRAND! HORRIBLE HISTORIES - BARMY BRITAIN HORSE & LOUIS: THE CURSE OF... HOT DUB TIME MACHINE HOW’S ABOUT THAT THEN? HUMANS V NATURE: ENGINEERING FTW HUMBLE QUEST FOR UNIVERSAL GENIUS HUMPHREY KER IS.. DYMOCK WATSON: NAZI SMASHER!

L 51 125 32 31 39 89 108 75 125 114 139 95 79 23 77 120 40 49 106 85 104 135 24 72 64 39 69 137 134

I I AM, I AM I HATE CHILDREN CHILDREN’S SHOW, THE I HEART PETERBOROUGH I, TOMMY IAIN STIRLING: HAPPY TO BE THE CLOWN? IAN D MONTFORT - UNBELIEVABLE IDIOTS OF ANTS: ANTOLOGY IMAGINARY RADIO PROGRAMME: DRENNON DAVIS PRESENTED BY PAJAMA MEN INTIMATE STRANGERS, THE ITCH: A SCRATCH EVENT

135 54 43 36 123 97 129 129 78 84

J JACK JEROME’S JOURNEY OF LIFE JAMES ACASTER - PROMPT JAMES CAMPBELL’S COMEDY 4 KIDS JAMES DOWDESWELL : URBAN WURZEL JARRED CHRISTMAS: LET’S GO MOFO JAY FOREMAN’S MIXTAPE JEFF LEACH: BOYFRIEND EXPERIENCE JEN BRISTER - NOW & THEN JENNY FAWCETT JESS FOSTEKEW: BRAVE NEW WORLD JESSICA PIDSLEY’S I CAN MAKE YOU THIN(K) JESSIE CAVE: BOOKWORM JIGSAW: GETTIN’ JIGGY JIM CAMPBELL: NINE-YEAR-OLD MAN JIM JEFFERIES: FULLY FUNCTIONAL JIM SMALLMAN: LET’S BE FRIENDS JIM SMALLMAN’S GROUP THERAPY JOE LYCETT: SOME LYCETT HOT JOEL DOMMETT - NUNCHUCK SILVER MEDALLIST 2002 JOHN PEEL’S SHED BY JOHN OSBORNE JOHN ROBERTSON: THE OLD WHORE JOHN ROBINS: INCREDIBLE SCENES! JOHN SHUTTLEWORTH: OUT OF OUR SHEDS JONNY & THE BAPTISTS JONNY WOO: WONDER WOO-MAN JOSH WIDDICOMBE: FURTHER ADVENTURES OF... JOSIE LONG: ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE JOY OF SKETCH JOYCED! JUANA IN A MILLION JUBILATE JULIAN IGNORES HIS FRIEND AND TALKS TO A PRETTY GIRL JUST THE TONIC COMEDY CLUB’S MIDNIGHT SHOW

76 110 55 132 122 73 123 104 72 97 75 77 86 99 118 84 72 112 110 23 127 101 124 118 58 99 91 130 42 40 27 69 137

K KAPUT KATHERINE RYAN: NATURE’S CANDY KAYA- DREAM INTERPRETER KEIRA DALY: LADYNERD KEMBLE’S RIOT KERRY GILBERT TRIUMPHS KEVIN TOMLINSON: CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE! KEVIN TOMLINSON: SEVEN AGES! KIERAN & JOE: FRIENDS OF STEEL KNEE DEEP KUMAIL NANJIANI KWAT: GREETINGS FROM KWAT

77 78 21 56 39 97 79 79 78 50 107 127

LAD HIMSELF, THE LADY RIZO LADY SINGS IT BETTER LARA A KING - PEOPLE PLEASER LATE NIGHT GIMP FIGHT LATE NIGHT LAUGHS LATE SHOW LATE’N’LIVE LAURENCE CLARK: INSPIRED LEADS AND STERN LEEDS TEALIGHTS: SEXY CHUBBY, THE LEO LES CLÖCHARDS: DIRTY BUT NICE LETTER TO THE MAN (FROM THE BOY) LIFE AND SORT OF DEATH OF ERIC ARGYLE, THE LIFE IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE / BYE BYE WORLD LIGHTS! CAMERA! IMPROVISE! LILI LA SCALA: ANOTHER F*CKING VARIETY SHOW LIVE AT THE ELECTRIC: LIVE AT THE FRINGE! LONELY ONE, THE LORETTA MAINE: BIPOLAR LOVE ALL LOVE CHILD LUKE AND HARRY’S DOT DOT DOT LUKE BENSON- BACKSEAT HERO LUKE TOULSON: LUKE WHO’S TALKING LUKE WRIGHT - YOUR NEW FAVOURITE POET LUMINOUS TALES

N 30 58 57 75 126 132 138 139 89 87 87 48 62 28 24 23 86 58 136 45 92 34 29 75 114 118 56 53

M MACHINE, THE 51 MAE DAY 82 MAFF BROWN’S PARADE OF THIS 91 MAGICAL ADVENTURES OF PETE HEAT, THE 91 MAGICIAN’S DAUGHTER 55 MAGNETS: HOMEGROWN, THE 62 MAN 1, BANK 0 88 MAN WHO 36 MARCEL LUCONT: CABARET FANTASTIQUE 59 MARCEL LUCONT: GALLIC SYMBOL 128 MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE: THE BRIG SOCIETY 119 MAREK LARWOOD - TYPECAST 96 MARK GRIST: ROGUE TEACHER 56 MARK LITTLE: THEBULLSHITARTIST 127 MARK NELSON - UNDER THE RADAR 98 MARK RESTUCCIA: HOW TO SUCCEED AT INTERNET DATING 123 MARK WATSON: THE INFORMATION 105 MARK WATSON’S EDINBOROLYMPICS 133 MARLON DAVIS: ENTER THE DAVISM 100 MAROON BALLOON 54 MARTIN DOCKERY: WANDERLUST 32 MATT FORDE: EYES TO THE RIGHT, NOSE TO THE LEFT 82 MATTHEW CROSBY IS MATTHEW CROSBY IN MATTHEW CROSBY (THE SHOW) 82 MAURICE ROËVES ‘JUST A GIGOLO’ 37 MAURICE’S JUBILEE 41 MAX & IVAN ARE... CON ARTISTS 79 MAYDAY MAYDAY 33 MCNEIL AND PAMPHILON 84 MEDEA HARDCORE 47 MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS 37 MEPHISTO WALTZ 50 MERVYN STUTTER’S PICK OF THE FRINGE 72 MICHAEL DOWNEY STANDING UP AGAIN 106 MICHAEL MITTERMEIER 123 MICHAEL REDMOND: MANNEQUINS, FISHMONGERS, GUACAMOLE AND ME...AND OTHER THINGS 88 MICHAEL WINSLOW: NOIZEYMAN 124 MICHAEL WORKMAN - MERCY 71 MICK MILLER & JIMMY CRICKET 112 MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM 39 MIES JULIE 33 MIKE OLDFIELD’S TUBULAR BELLS 63 MILO MCCABE: KENNY MOON THIS IS YOUR LIFE 90 MIL’S TRILLS MUSIC & STORIES 51 MIRIAM MARGOLYES - DICKENS’ WOMEN 34 MISS HAVISHAM’S EXPECTATIONS 36 MOLLY NAYLOR & THE MIDDLE ONES: MY ROBOT HEART 37 MON DROIT 33 MONKEY TOAST: THE IMPROVISED CHAT SHOW 134 MONSKI MOUSE’S BABY DISCO DANCE HALL 52 MONSTERS GOT TALENT 55 MORGAN & WEST: CLOCKWORK MIRACLES 85 MORGAN & WEST: LYING, CHEATING SCOUNDRELS 138 MOTHER AFRICA 48 MOTHER TO MOTHER 39 MOVIN’ MELVIN: ME, RAY CHARLES AND SAMMY DAVIS JR 63 MR SNOT BOTTOM’S STINKY SILLY SHOW 52 MR. CARMEN 43 MUNFRED BERNSTEIN’S CABINET OF WONDER 80 MURDER, MARPLE AND ME 37 MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS SHOWCASE 114 MY ELEVATOR DAYS 26 MY STEPSON STOLE MY SONIC SCREWDRIVER 78

108 117 137 96 88 53 90 93 29 113 112 117 87 37 105 86 37

NAZ OSMANOGLU: OTTOMAN WITHOUT AN EMPIRE NEIL DELAMERE: DELAMERE MORTAL NEW CONWAY DIMENSION NEWSREVUE NICHOLAS PARSONS’ HAPPY HOUR NICK COPE FAMILY SONGS AND MUSIC NICK HELM: THIS MEANS WAR! NICK MOHAMMED IS MR. SWALLOW: 2012 NIGHT OF THE BIG WIND, THE NINA CONTI: DOLLY MIXTURES NISH KUMAR - WHO IS NISH KUMAR? NO PANTS THURSDAY: T’IL DEATH DO US PARTY NOISE NEXT DOOR: BRING THE NOISE, THE NOLA NOT QUITE QUARTET, THE NOT TREASURE ISLAND NOTHING IS REALLY DIFFICULT

O 37 43 76 46 87 31 85 60 78 82 128

OLIVER REED: WILD THING ONE HOUR ONLY ONE HOUR PLAYS, THE ONE MAN STAR WARS / LOR ONE ROGUE REPORTER OTHELLO - THE REMIX OTTO KUHNLE: ICH BIN EIN BERLINER OUT OF THE BLUE OXFORD IMPS, THE OXFORD REVUE: PRATTLE ROYALE, THE OYSTER EYES PRESENTS: SOME RICE

P PAJAMA MEN’S IMPROV SHOW PAPERBELLE PAPPY’S FLATSHARE SLAMDOWN & DO THE RIGHT THING PAPPY’S: LAST SHOW EVER! PAT BURTSCHER’S PATOPOTAMOOSE PATRICK MONAHAN - SHOOTING FROM THE LIP! PATTIE BREWSTER’S FRIENDSHIP VENTURE (FOR SOME FRIENDS) PAUL CHOWDHRY - WHAT’S HAPPENING WHITE PEOPLE PAUL FOOT: KENNY LARCH IS DEAD PAUL MCCAFFREY: PILLS’N’THRILLS AND BELLYLAUGHS PAUL MERTON’S IMPRO CHUMS PAUL RICKETTS - IRONIC INFINITY PAULY SHOW - EPISODE ONE, THE PEACOCK & GAMBLE DON’T EVEN WANT TO BE ON TELLY ANYWAY PEEP PEOPLE SHOW 121: THE DETECTIVE SHOW PERLE PETE FIRMAN - HOODWINKER PETE JOHANSSON: UTOPIAN CRACK PIPE PETER PANIC PETER STRAKER’S BREL PETYA AND THE WOLF PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON IN... JURASSIC BARK PIN PLEASANCE BYTES PRETENDING THINGS ARE A COCK PRIDE, THE PRIZE, THE PROOF PUN RUN PUNCH PUNCH & JUDY

118 51 135 112 113 108 107 125 104 121 83 127 88 124 21 45 31 119 113 36 60 51 57 86 22 125 44 36 33 82 38 27

R RACHEL STUBBINGS IS STUBBING OUT PROBLEMS RAGGED TROUSERED PHILANTHROPISTS RAZING EDDIE REAL MAN’S GUIDE TO SAINTHOOD RE-ANIMATOR THE MUSICAL REGINALD D HUNTER: A WORK IN PROGRESS. WITH SUPPORT FROM JOHN GORDILLP RHYS DARBY - THIS WAY TO SPACESHIP RHYTHMIC CIRCUS: FEET DON’T FAIL ME NOW! RICHARD HERRING: TALKING COCK - THE SECOND COMING RICK SHAPIRO: REBIRTH ROB BECKETT’S SUMMER HOLIDAY ROB DEERING - THE ONE ROB DEERING’S BEAT THIS ROBERT WELLS - CLOSEUP CLASSICS ROBIN’S UKULELE EXTRAVAGANZA ROCK N ROLL POLITICS ROD IS GOD ROISIN CONATY: LIFEHUNTER RONNIE LE DREW’S BRILLIANT BAG SHOW ROOM, THE RORY SCOVEL: ILLUMINATI ONLY RUBBERBANDITS RUBIES IN THE ATTIC

77 25 25 44 47 121 108 49 111 94 93 111 133 60 55 71 39 113 55 139 120 130 44

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SHOW INDEX S SAD FACES REMEMBER IT DIFFERENTLY SAM SIMMONS - ABOUT THE WEATHER SAMMY J AND RANDY: THE INHERITANCE SANDI TOKSVIG LIVE: MY VALENTINE SARA PASCOE - THE MUSICAL! SARAH KENDALL: GET UP, STAND-UP SATAN’S PLAYGROUND SCALES OF THE UNEXPECTED SCHOOL NIGHT SCHOOL OF COMEDY - THE NEXT GENERATION SCHOOL OF NIGHT SCIENTIST TURNED COMEDIAN TIM LEE SCOTSMAN BEST OF FEST SCOTTISH COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR 2011 - JAMIE DALGLEISH SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE - BOO LINGERIE SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE - CHUNKY WOOLLEN NITS SEAN HUGHES - LIFE BECOMES NOISES SEAN HUGHES STANDS UP SEANN WALSH: SEANN TO BE WILD SECRET COMEDY LOCK-IN SEEING DOUBLE: FIGURES SEEING DOUBLE: VISION SET LIST: STAND-UP WITHOUT A NET SEWING MACHINE, THE SEXYTIME! SHANE KOYCZAN - TALK ROCKER SHAPPI KHORSANDI: DIRTY LOOKS AND HOPSCOTCH SHARRON MATTHEWS SUPERSTAR: GOLD SHEEPS: DANCING WITH LISA SHIRLEY AND SHIRLEY UNLEASHED SHLOMO: MINISTRY OF MOUTH SHOPPING CENTRE BY MATHEW OSBORN SHOWSTOPPERS’ FAMILY MATINEES SHOWSTOPPERS, THE SILENCER - DAVID CALVITTO, THE SILKY PAIR: HAPPY TO HELP (PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS) SIMON EVANS: FRIENDLY FIRE SIMPLE MATTERS SITCOM DOUBLE BILL SLAPDASH GALAXY SLICE BY MEL GIEDROYC SNAIL AND THE WHALE, THE SO YOU THINK YOU’RE FUNNY? SOLDIERS’ WIVES SOUND & FURY’S ‘DOC FAUSTUS’ SPANK! SPANKTACULAR! SPECIAL RESERVE COMEDY BENEFIT, THE SPLITTING THE BILL – MICHAEL WORKMAN & TOMMY LITTLE SQUARE EYE PAIR ST ANDREWS REVUE STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY ACT STATIC, THE STEPHEN CARLIN - PANDAS VS PENGUINS STEVE SHANYASKI STEVE ULLATHORNE’S ANNUAL PHOTO FEST STORYTELLERS’ CLUB STRONG ARM STUART GOLDSMITH: PRICK SUPER SERIOUS SHOW SUPERJOHN SUSAN CALMAN: THIS LADY’S NOT FOR TURNING EITHER SUZI RUFFELL:LET’S GET READY TO RUFFELL

SWAMP JUICE TA DAAA! TABLE, THE TAM O’SHANTER TANIA EDWARDS: KILLER INSTINCT TARTAN RIBBON COMEDY BENEFIT, THE TAYLOR GLENN - REVERSE PSYCOMEDY TEMPS, THE TENDERPITS TERRY ALDERTON THEA-SKOT’S MISS ADVENTURES THIN ICE THINGS WE DID BEFORE REALITY THOM TUCK FLIPS OUT THOMAS NELSTROP: GREAT(ISH) HITS THREAD THREE ENGLISHMEN: SQUARES, THE THROUGH THE LOOKING SCREEN TIDDLER AND OTHER TERRIFIC TALES TIFFANY STEVENSON: UNCOMFORTABLY NUMB TIM FITZHIGHAM: STOP THE PIGEON TIM KEY - MASTERSLUT TIM VINE CHAT SHOW, THE TIME FOR FUN TOM COTTLE’S ‘THESE TWISTED FOLK’ TOM DEACON: DEACONATOR TOM GOODLIFFE: ALL IN GOOD TIME TOM STADE TOTALLY ROCKS! TOM THUM - BEATING THE HABIT TOMMY TALKS TOTALLY TOM TRANSLUNAR PARADISE TREASURE ISLAND

146 | INDEX

73 120 94 76 120 113 34 58 138 105 78 90 34 131 131 52 90 111 107 139 22 22 137 34 121 56 113 80 88 83 63 41 74 133 27 79 123 30 127 28 28 55 129 27 109 138 139 132 132 77 71 25 35 93 134 65 126 40 103 116 53 93 94 41 53 47 25 132 109 135 73 46 129 80 23 130 110 85 35 90 80 53 107 103 136 80 48 132 100 80 109 62 69 98 43 54

TRENCH, THE TREVOR BROWNE - I THINK...I AM TREVOR NOAH: THE RACIST TRUTH TRUTH DOODLER TUMBLE CIRCUS: THIS IS WHAT WE DO FOR A LIVING TWO MOST PERFECT THINGS, THE TWO WORLDS OF CHARLIE F

28 100 100 121 74 38 21 30

U UNCOUPLED UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY UP & OVER IT - BACK ON OUR FEET US BEEF

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V VIKKI STONE: HOT MESS VINEGAR KNICKERS: ON THE EDGE VIRGINIA IRONSIDE: GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY VISITING TIME VIVE LE CABARET VOCAL IS LEKKA VOCAL ORCHESTRA, THE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD

110 77 26 34 58 61 61 135

W WAITING FOR STANLEY WHEELCHAIR ON MY FACE WHO’S YOUR DADDY WILD WEST END WILL MARSH’S RUINATION WIND IN THE WILLOWS, THE WINSTON ON THE RUN WITTANK WONDERFUL WORLD OF WILFREDO WORLD’S GREATEST WALKING TOUR OF EDINBURGH WOULD BE NICE THOUGH... WOZA ALBERT!

38 33 130 65 73 65 35 96 127 33 27 40

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