Edinburgh Joint Venue Brochure 2015 by Edinburgh Comedy Festival

ONE STOP SHOP FOR OUR TICKETS

5 - 31 AUGUST 2015

THE BEST COMEDY, THEATRE AND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE

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WHERE TO FIND US

1000’s of 2 for 1 tickets!

Edfest.com has partnered with The Times and The Sunday Times to offer readers 2 for 1 tickets across our entire programme. Visit edfest.com before May 31st and use offer code TIMESEDFEST. Check out The Times and join Times+ for more exclusive offers throughout the festival. A limited number of 2 for 1 tickets are available per show.

VENUE DETAILS

We list shows for 17 different venues in this year’s brochure. For more information, visit www.edfest.com. ASSEMBLY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

PLEASANCE

Assembly Hall

Mound Place EH1 2LU | T. 0131 623 3030

Assembly George Square Gardens

George Square EH8 9JU | T. 0131 623 3030

Pleasance Courtyard

60 Pleasance EH8 9TJ | T. 0131 556 6550 Potterrow, Bristo Square EH8 9AL | T. 0131 556 6550

50 George Square EH8 9JU | T. 0131 623 3030

GILDED BALLOON

George Square EH8 9JU | T. 0131 623 3030

Assembly Roxy

2 Roxburgh Place EH8 9SU | T. 0131 623 3030

Assembly Checkpoint

3 Bristo Place EH1 1EY | T. 0131 623 3030

Gilded Balloon Teviot

Gilded Balloon at the Edinburgh Playhouse

Assembly Murrayfield Ice Rink

Pleasance Dome

Assembly George Square Studios

Assembly George Square Theatre

UNDERBELLY

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Teviot Row House, Bristo Sq EH8 9AJ | T. 0131 622 6552 18 – 22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh EH1 3AA T. 0131 622 6552

Underbelly George Square George Square EH8 9LH | T: 0844 545 8252

Underbelly Potterrow

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

Underbelly Med Quad

Medical School, Teviot Pl, EH8 9AG | T. 0844 545 8252

Underbelly, Cowgate

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

Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows

Middle Meadow Walk, The Meadows, EH9 9EX | T: 0844 545 8252

Riversdale Crescent EH12 5XN | T. 0131 623 3030

Assembly at George Heriot’s School Lauriston Place, EH3 9EQ | T. 0131 623 3030

USEFUL NUMBERS

CREDITS

The Fringe Box Office T. 0131 226 0000

Tourist Board T. 0845 225 5121

Edinburgh International Festival T. 0131 473 2000

National Rail Enquiries T. 0845 748 4950

Edinburgh Military Tattoo T. 0131 225 1188

Edinburgh Airport T. 0870 040 0007

Edinburgh Book Festival T. 0845 373 5888

Traveline (Buses) T. 0871 200 2233

Central Radio Taxis T. 0131 229 2468

© 2015 Assembly, Gilded Balloon, Pleasance and Underbelly. Project Manager Chris Perkin Edfest.com Partnerships and Brand Manager Candida Alderson Design Neil Wurmel Cover Design Loondesign.co.uk Print Wyndeham Group

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 nonrefundable. 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, Teviot, there is no admission after midnight for 15’s and under. 16-17 year olds are only admitted after midnight with a valid show ticket, until 3am.

HOW TO BOOK

You can book any show in this brochure at any of our box offices, or by visiting www.edfest.com. ASSEMBLY

UNDERBELLY

PLEASANCE

BY PHONE

0131 623 3030

0844 545 8252

0131 556 6550

Call the Assembly Box Office from midday - 6pm Monday to Saturday until 17th July and between 9am and 11:30pm from 17th July to 31st August.

Call the Underbelly Box Office pre-Fringe between 10am - 6pm daily. From 5th August 10am - 10pm daily.

Call the Pleasance Box Office from 10th May to 29th July 10am to 6pm daily. From 31st July 9am to 10pm daily.

ONLINE

www.assemblyfestival.com

www.underbellyedinburgh.co.uk

www.pleasance.co.uk

IN PERSON

Assembly George Square George Square, EH8 9JU

Underbelly, Cowgate

Pleasance Courtyard 60 Pleasance EH8 9TJ

Visit Assembly’s main Box Office, open from 17th July to 31st August. Open from midday from 17th July and from 10am from 5th August, until 10 minutes after the start of the last performance.

Assembly Hall Mound Place EH1 2LU From 5th August daily, open from 10am until 10 minutes after the start of the last performance.

Assembly Roxy 2 Roxburgh Place EH8 9SU From 5th August daily, open from 10am until 10 minutes after the start of the last performance.

Assembly Checkpoint 3 Bristo Place EH1 1EY Open from 11.30am from 5th August, until 10 minutes after the start of the last performance.

56 Cowgate, EH1 1EG (entrances on Cowgate & Victoria Street). From 6th August 10am - 1am daily.

Underbelly, George Square George Square, EH8 9JZ From 5th August 10am - 1am daily.

Underbelly’s Circus Hub Middle Meadow Walk, The Meadows, EH9 9EX From 7th - 29th August.

GILDED BALLOON BY PHONE

0131 622 6552 Call the Gilded Balloon Box Office now between 10am-6pm, Monday to Saturday and 12noon - 6pm on Sundays. From 31st July, please call 9am - 10pm daily.

ONLINE

www.gildedballoon.co.uk IN PERSON

Teviot Row House, Bristo Square EH8 9AJ Visit our Box Office at Teviot Row House, between 31st July - 26th August. Opening hours: 10am - 1am.

Visit Pleasance’s main Box Office from 28th to 29th July 10am to 6pm then 30th July to 25th August 9am to 00:30am.

Pleasance Dome 1 Bristo Square EH8 9AL This Box Office will open from 30th July to 25th August 9am to 00:30am. SELF SERVICE BOX OFFICE Box Office is open from 30th July 10am to midnight. FAST TRACK TICKET BOOTH Box Office is open from 30th July 10am to 10pm.

ACCESS 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 please arrive early, and to let us know you are coming.

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 One Assembly George Square Two Assembly Roxy Upstairs Assembly Roxy Downstairs Assembly Checkpoint Gilded Balloon Balcony Gilded Balloon Billiard Room Pleasance Attic

Assembly Gilded Balloon Pleasance Underbelly

T. 0131 623 3030 T. 0131 622 6554 T. 0131 556 6550 T. 0844 545 8252

Assembly

Pleasance Cellar Pleasance Pop-Up: The Pub

Gilded Balloon

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Underbelly, Cowgate

Pleasance

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Underbelly

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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.

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

Induction Loops

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

Venue information

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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. • • • •

CONTENTS

Pleasance Dome Pleasance Courtyard

Fringe shows Kid’s Shows

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All Shows

p32

Shows at a glance All shows listed by time

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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

Available for 4-5 August only

ELIGIBLE FOR A SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AWARD 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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WWW.AssemblyFestivAl.com

@AssemblyFest

/AssemblyFestivAl

best oF the Fest

George Square Theatre One & Two

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Four & Five

Underground The Container Bar

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Welcome to Assembly FestivAl 2015 And our 35th progrAmme For the edinburgh FestivAl Fringe Our aim at Assembly is to stand out as a centre of excellence at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and our programme represents an incredibly diverse range of international work. Comedy headliners this year include Jason Byrne, Trevor Noah, Adam Hills and Milton Jones, plus the Pajama Men, Luisa Omielan, Patrick Kielty, Mark Steel, Andrew Maxwell and David O’Doherty. For the best comedians at the festival don’t miss Best of the Fest. For circus and physical performance check out 7 Fingers’ smash hit Traces; alongside Casus following on from the hit Knee Deep with Jerk; 360 ALLSTARS including breakdancers, a basketball freestyler, and a BMX flatlander; Gandini Juggling and the Royal Ballet collaborate to present the sublime 4X4 Ephemeral Architectures; Le Haggis revs up the Spiegeltent, followed by late night frivolity from The Best of Burlesque. For the wee ones there is a new Hairy Maclary, the return of Ali McGregor’s Jazzamatazz, alongside 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Panel Prize winners Funz and Gamez. For theatre, we have the World Premiere of RAZ by Jim Cartwright; Stellar

Quines present the final instalment of the Jennifer Tremblay Trilogy, alongside the Fringe First Award winning first two plays; Nick Payne’s One Day When We Were Young starring Valorie Curry (Twilight) and Sam Underwood (Dexter, Homeland), and Stoirm Òg’s SpectreTown. Assembly plays host to our first Korean season, with a mix of traditional and modern work from large scale drumming with PAN to Brush Theatre’s presentation for families. We are also hosting four shows from Quebec including the ice skating sensations Le Patin Libre. Music abounds with Lennon: Through a Glass Onion; Urinetown from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; a giant clown in Puddles Pity Party; the sublime Christina Bianco with Party of One; last summer’s smash hit Margaret Thatcher: Queen of Soho returns, as do festival favourites Out of the Blue. Our Best of the Fest Daytime also showcases work from around the festival every day. This is the greatest festival in the world and we are proud to play our part in it.

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Chairman ..............................................Luke Johnson Artistic Director .....................................William Burdett-Coutts Managing Director ..............................Sharon Burgess Operations Director .............................Nik Whybrew Head of Programming........................Heather Ruck PA to Artistic Director ...........................Judith Murrell

Rainy Hall

Company Secretary .............................Guy Hornsby Associate Producer .............................David Sloan Finance Manager ................................Jana Dearn Assembly Roxy Manager ...................Caroline Fraser

Baillie Room

BOX OFFICE IN QUAD

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Underbelly George Square

Violet has moo-ved! In 2015, our upside-down purple cow will be grazing in George Square, surrounded by the pasture containing a herd of outdoor bars and food stalls, and real grass!

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Underbellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Circus Hub on the Meadows

Brand new for 2015, Circus Hub is the Fringeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first dedicated circus venue, presenting an eclectic programme of inspiring international circus.

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Underbelly Med Quad

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The Lafayette The Beauty

Underbelly Potterrow

Between George Square and Teviot Place, the Med Quad is where you can find venues presenting theatre, comedy, cabaret and family shows early til late.

The stunning studio at the Festival Theatre presenting the very best in fringe theatre, comedy and cabaret.

venues:

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Topside

our moo-vellous programme Before 12noon Family Circus Workshops p32 The Piper p21 Rebounding Hall p33 The Hogwallops p33 Gruffalos, ladybirds and other Beasts with Julia Donaldson p25

12noon - 1pm What the Dickens! p36 Islands p36 Scaramouche Jones p39 Othello: an all-female production p38 Dead Man’s Cell Phone p39 Trash Test Dummies p27 The Hollywood Canteen Hereafter p39 The Underbelly Radio Shows p40 Some Big Some Bang p40

1pm – 2pm Daniel Cainer: 21st Century Jew p41 TES p43 Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel p43 Billy Through the Window p44 Jennie Benton Wordsmith p44 Ockham’s Razor: ‘Arc’ and ‘Every Action…’ p45 Pale Face Cold Blood p47 Foolball p47 The Durham Revue: Cirque du Silly p48 My Beautiful Black Dog p49 So It Goes p49

2pm – 3pm CUT p49 The Dead Secrets Present… The Curiositorium p50 Tether p50 Fully Committed Starring Marcus Brigstocke p49 Morgan & West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show for Kids (and Childish Grown-ups!) p29 Checkpoint 22 p52 Les Inouis p52 Laughing Stock p55 Everything That’s Wrong with the Universe p55 The Eulogy of Toby Peach p56 Megan Ford: FEMINASTY p56 The Scarecrows’ Wedding p29

3pm – 4pm Lily Bevan – Pheasant Plucker p57 The Lost Art of Lost Art p58 Bruce p59 Acts of Redemption p60 Much Further Out Than You Thought p60 Dolls p61 Walking the Tightrope: The Tension Between Art and Politics p63 Raisin’ the Hoof p63

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2015: Love Handles p64

4pm – 5pm Jack Rooke: Good Grief p65 Laura Lexx: Lovely p67 Brute p67 Kitten Killers: Woof p67 Wil Greenway – For the Ground that Grew Me p69 B-Orders p69 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot p71 Gobsmacked! p70 CELL p71 Sad Faces Present The Dawn Chorus p72 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Family p72

5pm – 6pm Thünderbards: Chapter III p75 Jon Cozart – Laughter Ever After p75 Marny Godden: Flap ‘Em On The Gate p76 Patrick Morris: Fairly Premature Bucket List p76 La Meute (The Wolf Pack) p76 Jessie Cave: I Loved Her p76 Nick Hall: Dodekahedron p79 Christian Talbot is Shite at being Irish p80 Man to Man p80 Gary Busey’s One-Man Hamlet as Performed by David Carl p82

6pm – 7pm CUT p49 Trygve Wakenshaw: Kraken p85 Keith Farnan: Anonymous p84 Rhymes with Orange p86 If I Were Me p86 Dillie Keane p85 Abandoman p85 Luke Wright: Stay-at-Home Dandy p86 Bromance p87 John McKeever: Multifarious p88 Jody Kamali – Spectacular p90 Shit-Faced Showtime p90 COSMOnaut by Ryan Good p90 Richard Soames Does The Right Thing p91

7pm – 8pm Dan Lees: Brainchild p94 Ronny Chieng: Chieng Reaction p98 Paul Foot p98 Rhymes with Orange Night + Daze p97 LIMBO p98 64 SQUARES p99 Tina C: Herstory p101 Musical Comedy Awards Showcase p100 QI Presents: No Such Thing As A Fish p101 Heidi O’Loughlin: A Woman Talking p102

8pm – 9pm Joey Page: Catastrophe Party p104 Close Up p103 Hackney Colliery Band p104 Wilting in Reverse p107 Pop Pop p107 James Freedman: Man of Steal p108 Munch p109 Rhys Nicholson - Forward p109 The Elephant In The Room p111 Sing For Your Life p111 John Robertson - The Dark Room: Symphony of a Floating Head p111 Penny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer p112 Where Do Little Birds Go? p113

9pm – 10pm Gay Furnish Flirt Coach p113 Sam Simmons: Spaghetti for Breakfast p114 Zoe Coombs Marr: Dave p116 Garrett Millerick: A Selection of Things I’ve Said to Taxi-Drivers p116 Gabriel Bisset-Smith tells the most original & funny joke in the universe! p118 Goodbear p119 Shit-faced Shakespeare p120 St George is Cross p120 BARBU electro trad cabaret p122

10pm – 11pm Ivy Paige: Filthy Rich p122 Skiddlywup p123 Kyle Kinane: Ghost Pizza Party p123 Blake Remixed p123 Mixtape p124 Diane Chorley: Duchess of Canvey p125 Chaos Theory p127 Piff the Magic Dragon - Breakfast At Piffany’s p127 The Labour Of Laugh p129 The Gideon & Hubcap Show p130

11pm onwards Lydia King: A Date with Density p132 Edinburgh Comedy Allstars p131 Hackney Colliery Band Weekend Rockstars p133 Skiddlywup p123 Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year p134 Get Your Shit Together p135 Kinetic Comedy - Edinburgh Special p135 Spank p136 Pole p136 Spanktacular p136

underbellyedinburgh.co.uk | 0844 545 8252

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CUT SAM SIMMONS SPAGHETTI FOR BREAKFAST

8.20PM (9.20PM)

The Piper

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in association with underbelly BRUTE

THE EULOGY OF TOBY PEACH

presented by Izzy Tennyson

Kyle Kinane

Ronny Chieng

Penny Arcade

Zoe CoombsMarr

presented by Toby Peach

MUCH FURTHER OUT THAN YOU THOUGHT presented by theMolinoGroup

THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE FAMILY presented by Ben Norris

& The Underbelly Radio Shows

ASSEMBLY

Children’s Shows

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PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE ABOVE

GILDED BALLOON

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

10:00 (10:45)

0844 545 8252

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE TWO

CINDER-ELLA

ROSIE'S MAGIC HORSE

Krazy Kat Theatre

Peaceful Lion Productions

If an ice lolly stick can dream of being a horse, what magic might follow? A fantastic story based on the book by Russell Hoban and mischievously illustrated by Quentin Blake. A heart-warming tale of aspiration, friendship, adventure and a little bit of mischief, this is the perfect treat for everyone aged three and up. PeacefulLion.com | Twitter: @thePeacefulLion

The audience... were enraptured and all left wiping tears of joy, nostalgia and happiness IPSWICH SPY Fun for the whole family A YOUNGER THEATRE £6 £8 (£7)

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THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA

Nick Brooke Ltd & Kenny Wax Ltd

Once there was a Grandfather who was left holding a rather leaky baby. Whilst tidying toys he creates a world of fantasy as he tells his favourite tale. With dolls, magic tricks and an old pram, he even gets to sing... Join Kinny Gardner (BBC Arts Community Hero Award 2014) in imaginative silliness with puppetry, sign language and even an aria! Krazy Kat Theatre's mastery of visual storytelling bristles with creativity and ingenuity, but what's all this about nappies? www.krazykattheatre.co.uk

Kinny Gardner brings an authentic vaudeville tang, liberally sprinkling his fairy dust. It is a coup de theatre indeed! FINANCIAL TIMES Brilliant. So visual, and in sign. Great! BBC SEE HEAR Variety, wit and pace. Heavenly child's play! CHICAGO LIFE USA £5 £6.50 (£5.50)

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The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger! Following a smash-hit West End season, the tea-guzzling tiger comes to the Edinburgh Festival in this delightful family show; packed with oodles of magic, sing-a-long songs and clumsy chaos! A stunning stage adaptation of the classic tale of teatime mayhem... expect to be surprised!

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LORANGA, MASARIN AND DARTANJANG

ACE-Production

www.thetigerwhocametotealive.com | Twitter: @TigersTeaLive This Tiger is the cat's meow BBBB TIMES

A rare and grrreat achievement BBBB MAIL ON SUNDAY Roar talent... Old fashioned values shine in this children's classic BBBB SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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PITSCHI, THE KITTEN WITH DREAMS

Theatre Fideri Fidera

Come and enjoy a tale that has delighted generations of children and cat lovers all around the world. Little Swiss kitten, Pitschi, would rather be any other animal on the farm - a chicken, a goat, a rabbit... anything as long as it isn't a cat! Full of song, music and adventure, this is the perfect show for young children and their families.

www.starttofinnish.fi | Twitter: @LorangaFringe Wildly imaginative... Extraordinary! BBBBB HELSINGIN SANOMAT, HELSINKI Unstoppable fantasy... BBBB HBL, HELSINKI

www.komedia.co.uk/pitschi | Twitter: @_pitschi A heart-warming children's show BBBB STAGE 45 minutes of pure magic FRINGE REVIEW £20

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Welcome to the joyful, chaotic world of Loranga, Masarin and Dartanjang, a play for families based on Barbro Lindgren's award-winning novel dramatized by Otto Sandqvist. If daddy-Loranga isn't listening to pop music and eating ice cream and fish-paste sandwiches then he's out riding his giraffe, getting himself arrested and thrown into jail. Meanwhile semi-demented grandpa-Dartanjang can't decide if he's a Tiger Tamer, a First Nation tribal Chief, or a master painter and/or plumber today. So the brightest of the three, child-Masarin, must always watch their backs; even when they turn themselves into dogs...

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edfest.com 10:30 (11:30) Mon-Fri, 11:30 (12:30) Sat-Sun

GEORGE SQUARE THEATRE

HAIRY MACLARY'S CAT TALES

Children’s Shows

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UNDERBELLY POTTEROW | TOPSIDE

THE PIPER

Nonsense Room Productions, Matthew Gregory & ABA International Touring

Underbelly Productions and Marguerite Pepper Productions

My Darling Patricia's immersive retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin is a unique theatrical journey. This Pied Piper is a bear - a dancer with a rebel soul. Yet there is an even more unusual twist: part of the audience is invited on stage and into the story. With video, puppetry and innovative stagecraft, get in quick to be part of the action. Winner: Sydney Theatre Award Best Children's Theatre 2014 This show includes a special participation experience for a limited number of ticket holders. Visit underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/thepiper for more information. £6

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Following the huge success of The Hairy Maclary and Friends Show, Nonsense Room return with a new set of stories featuring your favourite characters, including Hairy's feline friends. The show features Hairy Maclary, Hercules Morse, Bottomley Potts, Muffin Maclay, Bitzer Maloney and Schnitzel Von Krumm - as well as, Slinky Malinki, Scarface Claw, Stickybeak Sid and more! Enjoy the same mix of interactive fun, storytelling and catchy songs which made the original so hugely popular.

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Brush Theatre LLC | Korean Season presented by AtoBiz Ltd.

www.hairymaclaryshow.co.uk | Twitter: @nroomproduction

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Join Joshan and Thomas, founding members of the worldfamous Bobalong Club, as they spin together worlds of adventure, fairy tale clumsiness, forest bogs, and forest frogs, and the clickety-clack of your bobalong-clogs. Start the day with a brand new children's show, brought to you by two members of the Cambridge Footlights. Twitter: @twitter.com/BobalongClub

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BRUSH is a delightful and inventive family show direct from Korea. Paintings are created live on stage and brought to life before your eyes to tell a bewitching story filled with weird and wonderful characters, live music, dance, fanciful puppets and a company of engaging performers. Brush Theatre's home-made, eco-friendly production will have your children itching to draw, colour and create. And the members of the Brush Theatre will show them the way! Winner of the 2014 Asian Arts Award. A magical adventure SCOTSMAN Drawings are dancing on the wallpaper BBBB LIST Incredibly beautiful and subtle BBBB BROADWAY BABY

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Radio Forth Ltd

New English Ballet Theatre

Returning for a third year, Kids Do Forth on the Fringe presents a morning of some of the best names in children's entertainment. Hosted by Bec Hill and Tom Goodliffe. For more information and full line-up visit

A beautiful new ballet adaptation of Prokofiev's classic children's score, Peter and the Wolf. Meet Peter, his Grandfather and an array of animals as NEBT's dancers perform a wonderfully funny, timeless piece to delight audiences of all ages. Choreographed by Matthew Hart. www.nebt.co.uk | Twitter: @nebt_tweets

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RELEASE YOUR INNER CARTOONIST

Harry Venning

Cartoons are great and so are cartoonists. Join this elite branch of the arts at one of award winning Guardian cartoonist Harry Venning's workshops. Learn how to transform a sheet of paper into a riot of laughs, an explosion of adventure and a gobsmack of disbelief. Suitable for adults and broadminded children. www.harryvenning.co.uk | Twitter: @harrymvenning

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THE MARVELLOUS IMAGINARY MENAGERIE

Les Enfants Terribles

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in his quest to discover how many legs a Decapus has? Is the fabled Massive Paw a myth? Has anyone even seen a Bumblewasp? And what do you feed Whistling Panks? Packed with puppets, music and magic and from the makers of The Terrible Infants and Alice's Adventures Underground comes the world's weirdest wonder emporium! And a cow that looks like Brian May.

Alice House Theatre & RG Media

The impossible voyage of an improbable crew to find an imaginary creature! A magical musical comedy about a ragtag gang of adventurers all trying to catch the Snark, inspired by the poem by Lewis Carroll.

www.lesenfantsterribles.co.uk | Twitter: @LesEnfantsTerr

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Greenlight Theatre

Albee's back and he's still 'everything that children's theatre should be' (Broadway Baby). An epic tale of love, adventure and a sound-hoover called Mustard. Help him make noises and collect them into jars for this enchanting, interactive show. www.greenlighttheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @GreenlightTheat Vivid, imaginative, downright funny BBBBB BROADWAY BABY £6 £8 (£7)

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MR TIGER GOES WILD

Ali McGregor

Goblin

This award-winning show of jazzy beats and trashy pop treats returns to get your kids moving and grooving. Direct from sell-out international festivals, McGregor with her dancers and incredible jazz trio ensure the whole family will enjoy themselves. From 'Who Let the Dogs Out?' to 'A-Tisket A-Tasket', everyone will be shuffling to the be-bop beats!

Mr Tiger lived a perfectly proper life in the city and everything was perfectly fine . . . until the day he had a wonderfully WILD idea! Meet the tiger who came to PARTY on a rocking adventure full of laughter and live music for ages 3+. Adapted from the book by Peter Brown.

www.jazzamatazz.com.au | Twitter: @jazzamatazzali

An unmissable musical delight... makes the kids in the packed audience scream with incredulous laughter

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Come to a wonderful world of mysterious marvels to meet Sheherazade, the greatest storyteller of them all. Hear the tales of Ali Baba, Aladdin, the Little Beggar and the Fisherman and the Genie, told with music, madcap comedy, puppetry and theatrical magic. For 5 years plus.

Riotous fun for the whole family, an interactive game show where celebrity captains lead their half of the audience to win litres of slime to pour over the other captain! Winner Best Kids Show Sydney Fringe 2013!

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TIMMY FAILURE: MISTAKES WERE MADE

JULIUS CAESAR

Walker Books

Take Thou That with Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

A modern twist on Shakespeare's tragedy by one all-male and one all-female cast. Contemporary language is woven with the original text in this exciting world of power, politicians and 24-hour news. With music and audience interaction throughout expect a hubbub of media personalities, voice and instruments. Adapted for ages 7+ #BewaretheIdesofMarch www.takethouthat.com | Twitter: @takethouthat Burns with energy PUBLIC REVIEWS Would watch again with glee BEN, YEAR 6 £6

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FAIRLY TALES

'AndOn Theatre

The land of The Fairly Tale: a twist and a blend of your fairytale friends. See well-known and beloved stories spring from the page in this fast-paced scribble of a show. Full of fun and adventure, Fairly Tales shows you how illustrations tell stories, how stories come to life, and how life leads to learning through the journeys we take.

www.timmyfailure.com | Twitter: @WalkerBooksUK

Timmy Failure is a winner! JEFF KINNEY, AUTHOR OF DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Will prompt constant laughter. NICOLETTE JONES, SUNDAY TIMES Fabulously fun... original and quirky, with real heart. PHILIP ARDAGH, GUARDIAN

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Meet Timmy Failure, founder of the 'best' detective agency in town - Total Failure, Inc. With the help of his polar bear, Total, the clueless, comically self-confident Timmy already has plans for world domination. Plans that will make his mother rich and unpaid bills a thing of the past. And plans that will defeat Corrina Corrina, 'The One Whose Name Shall Not Be Uttered'. But she's not going away. Hilarious storytelling show based on the best selling book by Stephan Pastis.

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The Tiger Who Came to Tea

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Children’s Shows

OLIVIER AWARD NOMINEE

In this brand new interactive show the UK's best-selling children's author acts out her stories and sings her songs with a cast of five including guitar-playing husband Malcolm. Come watch the plucky mouse outwit the fearsome Gruffalo, and meet your favourite characters from What the Ladybird Heard, Zog, A Squash and a Squeeze and Jack and the Flumflum Tree. After the show there is a chance to meet Julia at the daily book-selling and signing. Most suitable for ages 4-10. www.juliadonaldson.co.uk

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CAT IN THE HAT

Paul Taylor-Mills Ltd

From the moment his tall, red and white striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that The Cat in the Hat is the funniest, most mischievous cat they have ever met. With the trickiest of tricks and craziest of ideas, he turns a rainy afternoon into an amazing adventure. But what will mum find when she gets home? Based on the much loved book by Dr Seuss, The Cat in the Hat is a lively and engaging first theatre experience for young children aged 3+. Expect towering hats, mischief and fun that is funny! Originally produced by The National Theatre of Great Britain. Twitter: @CatintheHat_UK

Triumphs as the maestro of mischief BBBB THE STAGE A sharp, vibrant and deliciously daft story told beautifully and perfectly for children... brimming with energy and childish laughs BBBB BROADWAY BABY Fantastic first theatre experience BBBB LONDONIST Everything about this show screams fun BBBB THE PUBLIC REVIEWS Dazzling PRIMARY TIMES

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Comedytricks Productions

Unusual Productions

Wild west action comedy straight out of Portland, Oregon. Slapstick cowboy superstar Leapin' Louie throws a giant lasso, cracks a crazy whip, and makes audiences roar with laughter in 30 countries worldwide. Scotland makes 31. Kids get roped, play instruments, and have big fun.

Edinburgh's 'best children's show' (ThreeWeeks) is back for more treacherous trickery. Your little monsters guest star in this award winning magic show that's fun for kids and adults. Every child 8+ helps with the magic. Live music! Champagne for moms! Tons of magic!

comedytricks.com | Twitter: @comedytricks

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YOU LOOK TASTY! (A PLAY BY A. TIGER)

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THE LAST OF THE DRAGONS

Manhattan Children's Theatre

Were dragons real? Or, do they just live in our imaginations and games like Dungeons & Dragons and Dragon City? What would you want to know about the very last dragon living on earth? Find out in this fast paced, comedic adaptation of E. Nesbit's (Railway Children) cherished tale.

by Aloysius Tiger & Stewart Pringle

The London Zoo Players are staging a play. But with a tiger on the loose and their dedicated/delicious cast missing, will the show still go on? A carnivorous comedy for brave children aged 5+ and their families.

www.lastofthedragons.org

www.supportingwall.com | Twitter: @SupportingWall

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Funny Bones/Gilded Balloon

Moulded Theatre

Funny Bones gets awesomely creative, turning everyday items into mini-stunts and gags that will keep the entire audience captivated. Silent comedy, extensive facial expressions, giant puppetry, and a huge catalogue of props makes for one very fast paced and high energy show. 2015 Adelaide Fringe Winners 'Best Comedy'

The world sneezed and everything fell to pieces, revealing a mysterious landscape. Come and join Bridget and Cindy in this theatrical adventure, as they go exploring through locations they quickly discover are inhabited by a range of creatures. Featuring physical theatre, puppetry and vibrant characters, it's suitable for the whole family and fuel for the imagination.

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A POCKETFUL OF GRIMMS

Katie Cooper & Worboys Productions

Story Pocket Theatre

You have been cordially invited to Mrs McMoon's house... but this is no ordinary tea party. A naughty squirrel, a Scottish jig and lots of noisy fun are all just a door knock away in this anarchic, interactive heart-warming show. 'Outstanding show' ***** (Fringe Review). www.mrsmcmoon.com | Twitter: @MrsMcMoon

Let the Storyteller take you to a land of weird, dark, funny, fantastical adventures collected by the Brothers Grimm. These tales come to life in a high-energy mix of clowning, physical theatre, puppetry and music. From the same team that created Arabian Nights, winner of the 2014 Primary Times Children's Choice Award. Suitable for 5 years plus.

We were smiling like Cheshire cats from start to finish

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Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

Lords of Strut: The Family Show

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Little Red Riding Hood

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Comedy Club 4 Kids

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FLIGHT

Underbelly Productions

Curbside

Acrobatics and storytelling twist into a whimsical world where twinkling stars transform into splashing waves as our favourite pilot searches for his lost friend. Told by a troupe of acrobats who spin the story upside-down, Saint-Exupéry's Little Prince soars to new heights in this adventurous sequel for the whole family! www.flighttheplay.com | Twitter: @flighttheplay

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Tonight's bin night! Everyone put your bins out! The Trash Test Dummies are on duty! The Trash Test Dummies are as full of laughs as their bins are full of surprises. Three dexterous dummies deliver a dump truck full of hilarity. These world class circus performers and their household wheelie bins take fun to new heights with riotous stunts and an astonishing display of balance, acrobatics, slapstick and juggling. For audiences of all ages, be prepared for a great time! www.trashtestdummies.com | Twitter: @TrashDummies

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Shakespeare's Globe and Seabright Productions

Celebrate the Fringe debut of London's world-renowned venue Shakespeare's Globe by seeing this double bill of shows from their family-friendly series, based on Romeo and Juliet and Titus Andronicus. Save £5 on single ticket prices. Strictly limited availability. Created by Globe Education, producers of the award-winning Muse Of Fire. www.ShakespeareUntold.com | Twitter: @ShakesUntold

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SHAKESPEARE UNTOLD: ROMEO AND JULIET (THE PARTY PLANNER'S TALE)

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The story of Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, as seen by the Capulet Ball's party planner. This family-friendly series from an award-winning team marks the Fringe debut of London's world-renowned venue, Shakespeare's Globe. www.ShakespeareUntold.com | Twitter: @ShakesUntold

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This brand new musical adaptation, based on James Mayhew's best-selling book, follows Katie's extraordinary adventures inside a series of famous works of art. Katie wonders why Mona Lisa is smiling and, to her delight, she comes to life! But Katie soon discovers that Mona Lisa is lonely and that, in fact, her smile is starting to fade. They set off into the gallery for a magical adventure through a series of famous Renaissance paintings, searching for someone who can restore Mona Lisa's smile. But what will happen when the characters from the pictures spill out into the gallery? This thrilling journey through art is a visual tour de force as Katie and her new friend explore the worlds beyond the picture frame. www.katieandthemonalisa.com | Twitter: @KatieLive2015 A really classy musical for children BBBBB CROYDON GUARDIAN £6

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www.hellotheatre.org | Twitter: @HelloTheatre

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'Mirror Mirror 1-2-3, I'm going to be you and you're going to be me.' What if you could swap places with the person in the mirror? Join Ani and her talking Parrot on an adventure full of mischief, music and mayhem as they find out what happens when you do. Splenditickletacious!

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Ireland's most lovable idiots bring their mischief and mayhem with a show for the whole family. Charm, sharp wit, and good humour, with acrobatic skills and just enough naughtiness to keep kids and adults guessing... BONKERS! WINNER - Children's Award 2015 - Perth Fringeworld

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'They say you can get lost in a good book. But it's worse to get lost in a bad one... ' From an award-winning NZ company comes a story of mystery, magic and mayhem. It weaves shadowplay, paper art, puppetry, and music into an inventive performance for curious children and adventurous adults. Best in the Fringe - NZ Fringe, 2014 BDO Children's Theatre Award - Fringe World, 2015

www.ShakespeareUntold.com | Twitter: @ShakesUntold

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Shakespeare's goriest tragedy, as seen from the kitchen of Titus's piemaker. This family-friendly series from an award-winning team marks the Fringe debut of London's world-renowned venue, Shakespeare's Globe.

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The iconic clay character Morph is back on TV and he's at the Fringe! Learn how to make Morph with help from an expert from Aardman in this hands-on modelmaking workshop, and join us on Saturday 29th when Morph's creator Peter Lord shares his favourite Morph moments.

Hilarious family adventure following inept private detective Tim Diamond and his quick-witted younger brother Nick on their first case. An absolute treat for old and young alike don't miss it

www.amazingmorph.com | Twitter: @AmazingMorph

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Tall Stories

Corrie McGuire for Electric Talent

Time travelling Victorian magic duo Morgan & West unload another boxful of bafflement and impossibility. Mixing brain busting illusion and old fashioned tom-foolery, the dashing duo present a show for all the family where magic and silliness abound! Brilliantly funny BBBBB THREEWEEKS £6

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Alfie White is crazy about space. And his dad is training to be the first man on the moon. At least that's what Alfie tells his schoolmates. In fact, Alfie's dad has disappeared without trace... Together with his best friend Meg, Alfie sets out on a daring mission to find his dad. But where on earth - or in space - is he? A cosmic tale of adventure and discovery for everyone aged 5 and up in the latest show from Fringe favourites Tall Stories, the company behind 2014's sell-out success Emily Brown and the Thing - 'Vibrant, fun and poignant' ***** (List).

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www.tallstories.org.uk | Twitter: @tallstoriesnews

Tall Stories sets the benchmark for children's theatre SUNDAY TIMES

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TALL TALES FOR SMALL PEOPLE: AMERICAN FOLK STORIES AND SONGS

Good Company in Association With Ditto Productions

We all love a good story! Multi award-winning singersongwriter Mike Willis and his rovin' band transport you from the streets of Edinburgh to the smoky mountains of America. Songs, folklore and very tall tales for all the family, tall and small.

£9 (£8)

www.scamptheatre.com | Twitter: @scamptheatre

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Following five-star hits 'Stick Man' and 'Tiddler', Scamp Theatre present a truly heartwarming adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's best-selling new book. Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay are excellent scarecrows (they scare a lot of crows) and they are in love. Harry sets off to search for some wedding day essentials but, when the farmer notices he is missing, he replaces him with the devilishly smooth but dangerous Reginald Rake. Can Reginald persuade Betty that he is the scarecrow for her? Will Harry make it back in the nick of time before Reginald ruins their special day?

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Nonsense Room Productions, Matthew Gregory & ABA International Touring

The Mason Sisters @ PBJ

Phil Ellis returns with a brand new hour of family fun and a new, much better girlfriend. He's joined by all the gang: Bonzo the Dog, Jim the Elf but not Uncle Mick because he's dead. His brother, Uncle Rick, fills that void. Winning the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Panel Prize, FAGZ was the undisputed anarchic cult hit of 2014 Twitter: @funzandgamez

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For ten years at the Fringe, we've persuaded the very best stand-ups and sketch acts to perform for family audiences. Our shows are just like any normal comedy club, but on in the day, no-one swears and kids aged 6+ are allowed in. Our shows might even be better than a normal comedy club. Wilder, certainly. And often much, much louder.

www.nonsenseroom.co.uk | Twitter: @nroomproduction

At its heart, it's a clever, funny, well-written musical... BBBB SCOTSMAN A magical mix of puppetry and live music ensure this performance from Nonsense Room Productions is a treat for the captive audience. PRIMARY TIMES What stands it head and shoulders above other children's shows doing the rounds in Edinburgh is that Nonsense Room Productions clearly understand their audience. BBBB BROADWAY BABY (ON HAIRY MACLARY AND FRIENDS)

www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk | Twitter: @ComedyClub4Kids Really funny. BBBBB FEST The ethos is just right. BBBB DAILY TELEGRAPH

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From the Edinburgh-based creative team behind the hugely popular Hairy Maclary Show - Little Red Riding Hood is a fun, original musical for children, with live music and loveable characters. Join Scarlet and her sidekick Stanley the Squirrel as they try to out-wit Walter the Wolf and discover that it's not just the enchanted forest that has magical powers... A forest full of family fun this show is a joyous new version of the classic fairytale.

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HIGH JINX MAGIC AND ILLUSION SHOW

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JAY FOREMAN'S DISGUSTING SONGS FOR REVOLTING CHILDREN (AND OTHER FUNNY STORIES)

High Jinx Entertainments Ltd & Trends Entertainment Ltd

Ditto Productions

Total sell out Fringe 2014! As heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra. The multi award-winning comedian is back with charmingly sickable songs, stories, poems and more for everyone from small children to massive children (grown ups). Reminiscent of Roald Dahl BBBB BROADWAY BABY Victoria Wood for the Spotify generation BBBB CHORTLE £6

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Fresh from a European Tour with the Festival International de Magie and a sell out UK theatre tour, the unique creativity, passion and talent of Michael Jordan brings together audiences of all ages for this fantastic fast paced family show, which will leave you amazed and puzzled, but above all entertained. Michael has appeared on ITV's Penn and Teller 'Fool Us' and had three successful years with his own show in Blackpool. Royal Command Performances for the Princess Royal at St James's Palace and the Duchess of Cornwall at the International Horse Show were just some of the highlights of 2014. Don't miss this festival debut! www.highjinx.co.uk | Twitter: @highjinxmagic Unmissable. Great family fun. BBBBB BLACKPOOL GAZETTE High quality entertainment. BBBBB HUDDERSFIELD EXAMINER

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Award Winning Photographer Steve Ullathorne's 10th annual exhibition featuring live and studio photography of performers from the Fringe and the world beyond! www.steveullathorne.com | Twitter: @steveullathorne

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Now parents and kids can run away to the circus... together! Enter the exciting big top and have a go at a variety of different circus skills. From trapeze to juggling. From hula hooping to acrobatics. There's all the fun of the fair in these great taster sessions designed for parents and their kids. Taught by experts from Edinburgh's new centre for circus arts, Full Cirqle, isn't it time you joined the circus? Places are limited so book now! Workshops last for 80 minutes and each ticket admits one adult and one child. For ages 8+.

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A series of portraits of some extraordinary men by Londonbased photographer Dee King, featuring colourful closeups, including characters from front and back stage at the Fringe and across our contemporary culture. An exploration of the male face, questioning the relationship between power, masculinity and vulnerability. www.deeking.com | Twitter: @DeeKing3

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White Room Theatre Ltd

Vhukutiwa Gallery return, presenting a beautiful and haunting range of sculptures, all with a remarkably tactile quality evoking a world part natural, part spirit-orientated. The pieces are sourced with a discerning eye directly from some of Zimbabwe's finest sculptors. There are gems to be found here... prepare to be charmed. THREEWEEKS

A fresh Good Morning Edinburgh experience. 3 daily 'menus' of delicious UK/international 10-15 min comedies, eccentricity and drama. Plus, coffee, croissant and strawberries. 'Best Theatre Performance' (Latest Magazine Award). Also see our 12.10pm Lunch Hour show! www.bite-size.org | Twitter: @bitesizeplays

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The Pleasance

Learn musical improv from the best! Internationally renowned, award-winning Chicago troupe Baby Wants Candy invites you to learn to improvise songs and play in a more free, fast and fun style. To find out more or to register for the longer 4-day Improv Intensive workshop visit the website.

Join us for a very special sneak peek at some of the exciting shows in our 2015 programme and help us kick start our 31st year on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe!

www.babywantscandy.com | Twitter: @BabyWantsCandy

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GREEN POEMS FOR A BLUE PLANET

Cahoots Theatre Company

Martin Kiszko

Dramatisation of De Profundis, Oscar Wilde's letter from gaol to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. Two years previously, Wilde had been imprisoned, amongst a media frenzy, for acts of gross indecency with other men. A glimpse into the titanic, bruised soul of one of literature's greatest geniuses. Performed by Olivier Award nominee Gerard Logan. Directed and dramatised by Gareth Armstrong.

Dramatic stand-up performance poetry, accompanied by Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park's images, based on their books Green Poems for a Blue Planet and Verse for the Earth. The show has been performed LA to India and Malta to the Isle of Man and was 2014 Climate Week Awards Winner - Best Artistic Response! www.greenpoemsforablueplanet.com | Twitter: @martinkiszko A big hit! BBBBB MUMBAI FESTIVAL OF LITERATURE. Sheer environmental magic! BBBBB GREEN APPLE AWARDS.

www.gerardlogan.com | Twitter: @gerardlogan

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Twitter: @disparattheater

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Paris 1945. Christiane waits for a ticket to England that will reunite her with her fiancé. A tender, comic portrayal of one woman's experience of love and war. Best Solo Performer, the Stage Awards, 2010. Olivier Award nomination, 2013

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Once upon a time there was a girl who lived in a room filled with unfinished books. One day a new book appeared. She wanted to read it, but the voice in her head told her not to. And shouldn't you listen to those who know better? A fairytale for the curious. Shortlisted for the Les Enfants Terribles Award 2015.

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A MORNING WITH MORPH

Lost in Translation Circus

Aardman

A brilliant new show by one of the UK's most exciting young companies. The domestic adventures of a family of misfits told through the virtuosity of highly-skilled and creative aerial and floor acrobatics. Seamlessly combined with physical comedy, text, and a specially composed score this show has thrills, gasps, laughs and drama all rolled into one. A truly funny and slightly twisted world. Ages 5+.

The iconic clay character Morph is back on TV and Morph's creator Peter Lord joins us at the Fringe with a special guest host to share some of his favourite Morph moments, old and new. www.amazingmorph.com | Twitter: @AmazingMorph

www.litcircus.com | Twitter: @lostintranslationcircus Good old fashioned family fun ALT BLACKPOOL Reminiscent of the noblest clowning CRRE D'LO SPETT £6

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In a series of free interviews, leading journalist Mark Fisher gets inside the heads of some of the festival's finest. With previous guests including Miriam Margolyes, Art Malik and Robert Vaughn, this is a unique opportunity to get an intimate insight into the stars of stage and screen. Visit pleasance.co.uk for line-ups and to download the podcast. Fisher... the perfect host BBBBB THREEWEEKS Unique insight to life behind the Fringe EDINBURGH

Everyone in Misterne knows the legend of The Sands, and the houses that disappeared beneath the sea years ago. No-one could live there. Except ghosts. But Jessie and her Father live there in secret. Where does Jessie really belong? The Sands; the mainland; or somewhere in between?

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SHAUN KEAVENY: LIVE AND LANGUOROUS

Pelican's Briefs Theatre Company

The Pleasance and PBJ Management

An unmissable priapic plate-spinning panoply of live entertainment! You want the biggest names in comedy? You want fab music guests too? You want stand-up satire and sassy chat show moves from the nation's most beloved radio presenter? [sic] If the answer is a tepid maybe to at least two of these questions, pop along to Shaun Keaveny: Live and Languorous! Also available on iTunes. FREE

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I, ELIZABETH

Dyad Productions

Britain. 1965. Welcome to paradise: austerity has given way to posterity, and history's heroes lie forgotten as the post-war baby boomers come of age in this brave new world. A world of happy, medicated mothers; hard-working fathers who always come home when the clock strikes six, and eternal sunshine. Until a child goes missing, and the suburban idyll is dismantled, piece by piece. But then childhood always was a dangerous place, a place you can never go back to, and never fully escape from... averybritishchildhood | Twitter: @childhood1965

It's always reassuring to see a student age company wittily trashing the junk culture fed to them elsewhere BBB LIBBY PURVES, TIMES ON 15 MINUTES, 2013 A lively visually accomplished romp BBBB TIME OUT CRITICS' CHOICE FOR CREATIVE TEAM OF ELEPHANT 21 ROYAL COURT THEATRE LOCAL

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1568: At a vital crossroads in history, a young queen steps from the shadows to confess her thoughts on marriage, succession, religion and war - but time is against her. Using only Elizabeth's words, the much-loved 2010 hit returns to Assembly for a limited run. Its political parallels still acutely relevant, this critically acclaimed production explores the eternal tension between desire and duty to reveal the woman beneath the crown. From Dyad Productions (Dalloway, Austen's Women, The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe, Female Gothic). Adapted & performed by Rebecca Vaughan (Dalloway, Austen's Women, Female Gothic) Directed by Olivier Award winner, Guy Masterson.

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www.dyadproductions.com | Twitter: @dyadproductions An absolute masterclass BBBBB FRINGE REVIEW

One of the most exciting young performers on the British stage BBBBB BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE (ON AUSTEN'S WOMEN)

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ANGEL IN THE ABATTOIR

Comedians' Theatre Company

Angel teeters on the edge - will he fly or fall? 2005 Stage Award winner Phil Nichol performs a incandescent monologue, by turns humorous and dark. Bringing together, once again, the Fringe First Award winning team from 2011, including playwright Dave Florez, and director Hannah Eidinow.

URINETOWN is a rampant riot of a show that tells the tale of a town fit to burst. Peeing is a privilege and no relief is rent free until hero Bobby Strong arrives to start a revolution. A resonating tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution set in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. Twitter: @RCSfringe

Faultless performances... make it feel as if you're watching a full scale, West End or Broadway musical. BBBBB WHAT'S ON STAGE (ON RCS'S THE ADDAMS FAMILY, 2014) The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has really produced the goods with its crisply funny production BBBBB HERALD (ON RCS'S THE ADDAMS FAMILY, 2014) Hilarious, tuneful, insightful, excellently staged and brilliantly performed

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CHINA DOLL - A NEUROPERA IN FOUR SEASONS

Racing Minds

Bad Habit Theatre

'If your lover birthed a China Doll, would you believe it to be real?' This LET Award Finalist Opera is witty and dark, with a moving original score and larger than life characters. Join us as we explore the loves and lives of a small Eastern European village many years ago. Twitter: @BadHabitTheatre

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2013 and 2014 sell-out show. Book now to avoid disappointment. Clever, funny and satisfying SUNDAY TIMES Crafted by the gods of comedy BBBBB THREEWEEKS

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Fuel, David Rosenberg and Glen Neath

A surreal, immersive experience taking place in total darkness. Fiction explores the areas where sleep and wakefulness meet. The audience don headphones for an anxiously intimate, disorientating, journey through the sprawling architecture of dreams as the hyper-realistic binaural 3D sound puts you in the centre of the show. The second show from the makers of the acclaimed Ring. fueltheatre.com | Twitter: @FuelTheatre

Terrifically clever, cunningly manipulative, and fun GUARDIAN (ON RING)

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12:00 (13:00) Fringe sensations Racing Minds return for a sixth year! An improvised comic adventure based entirely on audience suggestions -- unique every day. With your help, a ripping yarn stuffed with hilarious characters, whip-smart wit and breathtaking twists will take hasty shape before your very eyes. Anything could happen, but excitement is guaranteed! As heard on BBC 6 Music. Suitable for all ages.

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GEORGIE CARROLL: NURSE CASE SCENARIO

Liberi Di... Physical Theatre

Julz Hay proudly presents

Georgie's nursing show guides you through 15 years of nursing on the front line, which proves that the nurses are oftentimes a lot sicker than the patients. A must for nurses or anyone who ever needed one. Sold out Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne festivals. Best Comedy nomination, Perth Fringe 2015. Best Emerging Comedy nomination, Adelaide Fringe 2013. A very relaxed, unaffected approach... her instinctual wit comes forth. CHORTLE £5

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ONE FINE DAY

EDx2 Dance Company | Korean Season presented by AtoBiz Ltd.

Two exuberantly stylish, sensitive and intense dance pieces from one of Korea's most celebrated dance companies, that have been acclaimed in more than 30 countries. Based on the true story of two dancers. MODERN FEELING captures their long heartfelt relationship. WHAT WE'VE LOST is a playful story full of imagination that reminds us of many things we've forgotten from our ordinary lives.

When hurdles try to stop us, when problems appear to be unsolvable, we seek something to carry on. Liberi Di presents its acrobatic answer to the crisis. It's when we fall to the ground, that we discover just how strong we really are. 'Something' is a good reason to laugh every day. It will take you to different tableaus, that will make you dream, that will leave you breathless, and that will make you laugh! From everyday situations to unreal atmospheres, 'Something' is the backstage of an insane dream. www.liberidi.net

Acrobatic, funny and amazing! APPUALAND.TUMBLR.COM Poetic and thrilling! FOTOINFUGA.IT A perfect mix of circus, dance, and theatre GUFETTO.IT

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THE 56

Desiree Burch & Platt Productions

FYSA Theatre

Can America only dream in Black & White? Huffington Post 'Favorite Female Comedian' Desiree Burch decides in this funny, inclusive and insightful solo show about the scary and divisive topic of race. Burch brings 'kinetic showmanship' (NY Times) and a few carnival games to her perspective on America's growing majority of minority experiences.

On the 30th anniversary of the Bradford City Fire, adapted from real-life testimonies, this piece of documentary theatre pays homage to the supporters who lost their lives in one of the darkest days in British footballing history. Winner of the Spotlight Most Promising Actress Award, Judges Award for Best Ensemble (NSDF) and The Director's Guild Award 2015.

www.tarbabytheplay.com | Twitter: @tarbabyplay

www.fysatheatre.com | Twitter: @fysatheatre

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The 56 packs profound emotional power SUNDAY TIMES A highly recommended flawless show BBBB ED FRINGE

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KAFKA'S APE

Cambridge Impronauts

Infinithéâtre (Montreal)

Improvised comedy with a Twist. Six performing urchins, inspired by audience suggestions, create an all-new Dickensian classic. Whether it contains plucky orphans, ruthless businessmen or tyrannical step-parents; each story has never been seen before, and will never be seen again.

Captured by mercenaries on Africa's Gold Coast and imprisoned in a cage, Redpeter's only chance of escape was to himself become a walking, talking, spitting, harddrinking member of the peace industry. An unnerving satire on otherness and the growth of private military companies, inspired by Franz Kafka's short story Report to an Academy.

impronauts.com | Twitter: @impronauts Crazy, unexpected & hilarious BBBBB TAB It was the best of times... CHARLES DICKENS

www.infinitheatre.com | Twitter: @Infinitheatre

Fascinating, provocative, and funny. Don't miss it. MONTREAL GAZETTE

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Two touching and powerful plays for/with lunch. In UKIMWI, an American oil worker meets a young prostitute, in a stunning exploration of the ignorance surrounding HIV in Africa. In VEILS, an African-U.S. student clashes over the practice of wearing the veil... or not. Two exciting new plays from an award winning team. Combination ticket with Bite-Size Breakfast Show available from the venues priced at £23 (£21 conc.)

A couple plot their own journey to self-destruction. Successful, young workaholics, they seem untouchable and are used to getting what they want. Sophie wants to get married. Magnus wants to keep secrets. They both want to win. Islands exposes the hidden truths of a relationship. They've earned a spot right at the top of my list of mustsees BBBB FRINGEGURU.COM Vivid, disturbing and artfully told BBBB AYOUNGERTHEATRE.COM

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A+E

Asian Music Circuit

Hounded

In Mughal India a young girl is kidnapped and sold to the Madame of a Courtesan house who trains her in the traditional art forms of poetry, singing and dance to entertain the elite men of society. Her life as a courtesan becomes one of refined grandeur, but her story is tinged with tragedy and loss. Written by Simon Mundy. Directed by Alby James. Produced by The Asian Music Circuit.

'Robyn fell, now we're here. That's the facts.' At the end of a long party three girls wait in A+E for answers. Two people meet in a wasteland, sharing thoughts that no one else understands. One will fall in love, one will just fall. Or jump. Written by Lottie Finklaire, Directed by Gabrielle Sheppard and Designed by Sara Hjördís Blöndal. houndedtheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @houndedtheatre

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MY NAME IS SAOIRSE

Buckle Up Theatre

Sunday's Child

When two people collide can their lives become entangled? In this fast-paced, highly physical piece, Eliana and Ian seem to move in harmony as we watch their happiness and struggles on a very intimate level. Bump provides plenty of humour with many twists and turns along the way.

1987: Johnny Logan has just won Eurovision, mobiles are about to be invented, and in Limerick, Saoirse O'Brien is sick of her best friend calling her frigid. Winner of the First Fortnight Award, Dublin Fringe 2014. www.sundayschildtheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @sundayctheatre

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THE ESCAPADE OF THE BURMESE BURGLARY

Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company

Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Murder! Now we've got your attention ... there has actually been a murder and the magnificent diamond, the Burmese Star is at risk. Ebenezer Erskine-Crummet is dispatched to investigate. But is this a case too far for London's greatest detective? Find out in this utterly absurd and wonderfully comical new musical. www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk | Twitter: @YAEdfringe

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VANITY BITES BACK

Helen Duff

A 'bold, subversive and very funny' comedy cooking show about searching for self-worth in a cheesecake. Treat yourself to 'a cross between Alan Partridge and Margaret Thatcher... fresh, quick-witted and supremely empowered' **** Scotsman FRINGE FIRST nominated 2014

Starring Philip Bretherton and inspired by the diaries of Tony Benn, one of Britain's most respected, inspiring but divisive politicians. This critically acclaimed new play examines the struggle of a man who knows it may be time to withdraw from the fight, to let others take over, but doesn't know how. An old man sits in a room faced with a collection of recording devices. He takes out a pipe, peels a banana and pours himself the first cup of tea of the day... Twitter: @TonysLastTape Superb BBBB PUBLIC REVIEWS

Compelling... funny, and heart-warming BBBBB PLATFORM MAGAZINE Philip Bretherton delivers a wonderful performance NOTTINGHAM POST

www.vanitybitesback.com | Twitter: @VanityBitesBack

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Based on true events. 'Wasted' explores the grey area in consensual sex and how outside pressures can blur the truth. This dark drama puts the audience in the jury seat and forces us to make a judgement. Starring Will Merrick (Skins, About Time) and Serena Jennings. From the writer of 'Belfast Boy', 2014. Fringe Outstanding Theatre Award.

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othello2015.com | Twitter: @SmoothFacedGent #allfemaleOthello A universally strong cast FRINGE GURU

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The award-winning all-female company return with their distinct blend of tragedy, comedy, and scorching action. In an irreverent, razor-sharp take on Shakespeare's psychological thriller, Iago engineers a twisting plot of revenge and jealousy. A shadowy tale of passion, secrets, and misdirection, reimagined with style and sparkling wit.

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No Prophet Theatre Company

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SCARAMOUCHE JONES

The Gonzo Theatre Company (Ireland)

EMX Management

An Irishman's odyssey through the nightmare landscape of a world set ablaze by 9/11. Dublin to California to Newfoundland, Christopher embarks on a wild pilgrimage home for the birth of his son but is relentlessly thwarted by outside forces. Simply stunning HERALD A meticulously crafted piece of writing BBBB IRISH

Starring Thom Tuck; Penny Dreadfuls, Radio 4. It's 1999. Sixty minutes until the new millennium; the ancient clown Scaramouche gives his final performance and retires to his dressing room to open his mouth for the first time in fifty years. 'A consummate storyteller' WhatsOnStage turlygod.com | Twitter: @turlygod

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A woman struggles to adjust to an isolated new life and a troubled marriage. Her growing obsession with lists and a favour asked by a friend leads to tragic consequences. Winner of Scotsman Fringe First and Herald Angel, 2012.

Nothing can stop the carousel. A woman is on an emotional journey into her past. Can she reconcile herself with her discoveries? Winner of Scotsman Fringe First Award 2014.

www.stellarquines.com | Twitter: @Stellarquines

Maureen Beattie gives a mesmerizing and thrillingly unforgiving performance BBBB GUARDIAN

A stunning turn from Maureen Beattie BBBB TIMES Second play in Tremblay's trilogy is triumphant torrent of emotion BBBB LIST

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Fight Back at 50 is the ultimate antidote to the middle-age crisis; this show is for anyone who is stuck in a rut and wants to climb straight out. If you crave excitement and believe your best is yet to come, then come and spend an hour with successful in-demand motivational speaker and entrepreneur Joe Wenborne who will entertain and inspire you. Be defiant and push back the years, there's plenty of life beyond your skinny jeans.

ucludeadmanscellphone.blogspot.co.uk | Twitter: @ UCLUDeadMan Nothing short of perfect BBBBB EDFRINGEREVIEW Utterly sublime from start to finish BBBBB FRINGEGURU

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ROSS & RACHEL

'I can't stop staring at the couples. Who will leave. Who will cheat. Who will die first. Her. Her. Him.' A dark and uncompromising new play about romance, expectation and mortality, Ross & Rachel tells the mindbending, heartbreaking story of what happens when a couple that was always meant to be together, gets together. And stays together. In this disquieting duologue for one performer, 2015 Olivier Award nominee James Fritz (4m12s, Hampstead) takes an unflinching look at the myths of modern love. £6

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Red Locks Theatre

A mundane canteen situated in the unusual location of heaven itself, full of Hollywood legends trying to get a bit of peace in the afterlife. Will heaven be big enough for all of them? www.redlockstheatre.com | Twitter: @RedLocksTheatre

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THE HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN HEREAFTER

by James Fritz. Produced by MOTOR

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UCLU Runaground reimagines Sarah Ruhl's dark comedy, combining the boldly bizarre with the bizarrely moving. Experience this poetic, Edward Hopper tinted fantasy that explores the isolating effects of our technologically obsessed world.

GILDED BALLOON | WEE ROOM

SPOKEN WORD

Corrie McGuire for Electric Talent

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THE JENNIFER TREMBLAY TRILOGY PART II: THE CAROUSEL

Stellar Quines | Translated by Shelley Tepperman. Starring Maureen Beattie. Directed by Muriel Romanes.

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Stellar Quines | Translated by Shelley Tepperman. Starring Maureen Beattie. Directed by Muriel Romanes.

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0131 622 6552 UNDERBELLY MED QUAD | ERMINTRUDE

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THE UNDERBELLY RADIO SHOWS

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0844 545 8252 GILDED BALLOON | NIGHTCLUB

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WHAT WOULD SPOCK DO?

Fubar Radio and Underbelly Productions

Seabright Productions

FUBAR RADIO and Underbelly present The Underbelly Radio Shows. Recorded live from 12.30pm each day at Ermintrude, Underbelly hosts a series of live radio broadcasts brought to you by the UK's biggest uncensored comedy radio network, FUBAR Radio. With a selection of the station's presenters and a wealth of special guests, join in the fun for what promises to be a series of live broadcasts like no other on UK radio. A clever way of getting round broadcasting regulations and full of addictively funny shows BBBB HEAT

An uplifting new comedy about love, Star Trek, and learning to accept who you are - no matter how much of a loser it makes you. Written and directed by Jon Brittain (Margaret Thatcher Queen Of Soho). Starring Sam Donnelly (The Bunker Trilogy, Quasimodo in Belt-Up's 'Hunchback'). www.WhatWouldSpockDo.co.uk | Twitter: @WhatWouldSpock

Brittain's razor-sharp script keeps the audience in gales of laughter. STAGE ON 'SEXUAL AWAKENING OF PETER MAYO' As hilarious as it is well observed. Truly excellent. ONE STOP ARTS ON 'MY IMAGINARY FRIEND PATRICK STEWART'

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... AND THIS IS MY FRIEND MR LAUREL

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LABELS

Worklight Theatre

Drawing on autobiographical experiences of mixed heritage and racism, this new solo show examines our use of words within personal prejudices. Amid the statistics and soundbites that surround the immigration debate, Labels offers an honest, human story about multicultural Britain.

KPS Productions and The Finishing Touch Company

Jeffrey Holland (Hi-de-Hi, You Rang M'Lord) returns in his sell-out one-man show about friendship, memories and a couple of remarkable lives. A humorous and touching look at one of the great cinematic partnerships of the last century.

www.worklighttheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @worklight_uk Powerful, important and funny EMMA THOMPSON Stunning BBBBB BROADWAY BABY (ON HOW TO START A RIOT)

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LOVE BIRDS

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TWO SORE LEGS

KPS Productions & MusicWorld (UK) Ltd

Green Shoot Productions

Set in Belfast, Brenda Murphy's autobiographical play tells the story of her mother Bridie, who had six children to a married man who lived nearby. Feisty and naïve, Bridie's story is raucous, hilarious and uplifting. This story will stay with you long after you've left the theatre. Twitter: @GreenShootNI

Rarely has a theatrical experience wormed its way under my skin like this did and continues to do days after I've seen it. Highly entertaining. BBBBB BELFAST TELEGRAPH £8

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It is the age of Vaudeville. A quartet of penguins and a trio of parrots sing and dance, dazzling and delighting their audiences, night after night in this one of a kind, all avian revue. But when the show's temperamental cracker-crazed macaw star mysteriously goes missing, it threatens to close down the show for good. From the same team that brought you A Spoonful of Sherman, Robert J. Sherman's new musical follows closely in his father and uncle's (The Sherman Brothers') Oscar™ winning footsteps (Mary Poppins). Fantastic, feathery, fun! www.lovebirdsthemusical.com | Twitter: @lovebirdsmusic Leaving the theatre with a spring in my step BBBB WHATSONSTAGE (ON A SPOONFUL OF SHERMAN) One joyous hit after another BBBB TIMES (ON A SPOONFUL OF SHERMAN)

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SOME BIG SOME BANG

Ugly Collective

There are stars in the sky and oranges on the tree. A beautiful family gathers and an ugly baby is born. It's a family nightmare accompanied by live electronic music about the struggle to reach perfection. Twitter: @UglyCollective

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TOM BINNS: THE CLUB SETS

All your tickets in one place

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CABARET AND VARIETY

ECCE HOMO

Cheerful Earful Productions

The Lavender Spectrum

Hospital Radio DJ Ivan Brackenbury, Psychic Ian D Montfort and Tom's new act his Uncle Jim perform in this one man comedy gala. Tom Binns has concentrated the best bits of his five star international award winning comedy shows into three club sets and polished them to a hilarious shine.

Ecce Homo... a hom-com in song. Naughty Nickers of Bloolips sings stories of their USA debut, his life's big romance and his subsequent life with AIDS. thelavenderspectrum.co.uk

An astonishing feat... as entertaining as it is significant... funny, deeply moving and full of joy!

www.tombinns.com | Twitter: @tombinns

laughs per minute the funniest show at the Fringe

PREVIEW AUDIENCES AT HOMOTOPIA, 2014

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top-quality entertainment with practically universal appeal. BBBB GUARDIAN £6 £6

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THE SOAKING OF VERA SHRIMP

Arsalan Sattari Productions

Rosie & Me

Texas, 1969. Dragged back to the small-town values of a home she's outgrown, disgraced hell-raising rock singer Jeannie fights for her chance at immortality before it slips away. An extraordinary glimpse at the collateral damage of a life led in search of a legacy. Directed by Whitney Mosery.

During an almighty rainstorm, Vera Shrimp discovers an extraordinary ability. But as her family disintegrates, Vera's gift develops a darker and more urgent significance. A poignant and playful solo-show about love, grief and hope. Written by Alison Carr (Traverse 50/Fat Alice). Directed by Rosie Kellagher.

www.arsalansattari.com | Twitter: @GFN_Play Powerful.. a definite must-see BBBB EVERYTHING THEATRE Extraordinary... a memorable hour BBBB LONDONTHEATRE1

Twitter: @VeraShrimp

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A CINEMA IN SOUTH GEORGIA

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DANIEL CAINER: 21ST CENTURY JEW

The Braw Buoys

Daniel Cainer / Something for the Weekend

Share laughs, sorrows and songs as Eyemouth whaling men Jim, Archie, Fraser and wee Robbie tell the moving story of life among the Antarctic ice floes. Based on first-hand accounts they recreate the experiences; bitter, hilarious, rueful and heart-warming, of some of the last men to follow the millennia-old tradition of hunting the whale.

Brand new stories-in-song from this award-winning master songwriter. Funny, thought-provoking and profound. Firm Fringe favourite Daniel Cainer explores the challenges and contradictions of being Jewish in Britain today. A show for anyone who has ever wrestled with their heritage and their heart... Jewish or not.

www.acinemainsouthgeorgia.uk | Twitter: @whalingplay

danielcainer.com | Twitter: @danielcainer Artistic brilliance... Genius! BBBBB THREE WEEKS BBBB TIME OUT

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HAIR PEACE

When Victoria competed in beauty pageants for a previous show a hairdresser advised she wear hair extensions. Freaked out by wearing a piece of somebody else's body she embarked on an extraordinary adventure to find whose hair this was. The outcome is a true story about the search for three unrelated strangers from distant lands connected by DNA. www.victoriamelody.co.uk

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BBBBB TIMES FOR MAJOR TOM £11 (£10)

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So many shows. How do you choose? Each day Merv's team carefully research the Fringe and bring you live extracts from 7 top shows in a packed 90 minute lunchtime extravaganza - with different shows every day. Just pick the shows you like - then go and see them. Simple! Brilliant! The best way to start your day.

A truly winning comedy... . I laughed till I cried

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Mervyn Stutter - 24th consecutive year!

www.victoriamelody.co.uk | Twitter: @victoriamelody #hairpeace

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Victoria Melody/Farnham Maltings

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INSTITUTE

Gecko in association with the Pleasance

Critically acclaimed physical theatre company Gecko return with an intimate, funny and moving exploration of what it means to care. Gecko has a reputation for generating unique worlds, exquisite stage craft and breath-taking choreography. As well as being visually captivating, Institute is extremely intimate. An incisive dissection of the way we nurture and care for ourselves and each other. 'Bravery and physical distinctiveness has always distinguished Gecko's work' (Lyn Gardner). www.geckotheatre.com/project/institute | Twitter: @GeckoTheatre

The choreography is wonderfully eclectic and expressive, and performed by all four men with exquisite precision and feeling BBBB FINANCIAL TIMES It's what we all dread: at a moment of crisis, when we need someone to care nobody does. Institute brings that dread centre-stage and then pokes at it, kicks it, laughs at it and even ignores it when it flinches or cries out HERALD, SCOTLAND Institute is a piece of physical and visual theatre capable of swallowing you whole BBBBB EXEUNT

Institute offers up sometimes comic, sometimes beautiful imagery. A visceral, physical, intriguing treat BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE £8.50 £10.50 (£9.50)

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JAPAN MARVELOUS DRUMMERS

13:00 (14:00)

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE THIS

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TO SHE OR NOT TO SHE

NPO Kawasuji Japan Marvelous

joue le genre

'Frailty thy name is woman?! Oh get stuffed Will!' Emma Bentley dons the trousers in her debut solo show tackling the trials and tribulations of playing Shakespeare's men ... without a codpiece. jouelegenre.wix.com/jouelegenre | Twitter: @tosheornotoshe

Fantastically endearing, incredibly funny; joue le genre has Shakespeare dancing in his grave SLEEPING TREES

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Having performed in over 20 countries across the globe, Japan Marvelous Drummers' eight performers use the traditional instruments of Japan including drums of all sizes, the Koto harp, bamboo flutes and clarinet to create a truly unique show. Combining the power of these instruments with dance, humour and beauty, this intense rhythmic show has the power to change the way you think about Japan forever. japanmarvelous.com | Twitter: @japan_marvelous

This musical extravaganza displays phenomenal strength, co-ordination and stamina. A true spectacle of Japanese music. BBBBB THREEWEEKS Everything I hoped for. Intense, engrossing, and mesmerising. BBBBB ZURIKA.COM

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EATING SEALS AND SEAGULLS' EGGS

Little Wolf

Dublin Fringe sell-out. About Ireland's most hated woman. And being a fish out of water. In your own country. A show about nationality, language, loneliness, drawing on autobiography, archive & rare film footage. A taboo-busting multimedia tsunami from award-winning collaborators Caitríona Ní Mhurchú & visual artist Adam Gibney with original sound from rocker collective Bird in Snow. A great piece of work. I was mesmerised from start to finish ARENA RTÉ RADIO 1 £6

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GILDED BALLOON | BILLIARD ROOM

THEATRE

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13:10 (14:10)

COMEDY

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BEST OF EDINBURGH SHOWCASE SHOW

BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY VOICE

Joss Jones for EdCom Productions

Play The Spotlight Theatre

Inspired by the life of Nina Simone, Apphia Campbell's hit show follows the life of Mena Bordeaux, a successful singer seeking redemption after her father's death. During a three-day spiritual cleanse, Mena reflects on the journey that took her from a piano prodigy destined for a life serving the church to a renewed jazz vocalist at the forefront of the Civil Rights movement. www.playthespotlight.tumblr.com | Twitter: @ptstheatre

Top honours belong to Campbell's quietly moving portrayal of determination and survival. BBBB TIMES £6

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AUSTENTATIOUS: AN IMPROVISED JANE AUSTEN NOVEL

Austentatious and Underbelly Productions

The best and brightest of this year's Fringe comics in a great value lunchtime compilation showcase. With a new line-up every day including big-name headliners and the hottest newcomers, this is the best way to start the day for comedians and festival comedy fans alike. Now in its 12th successful year. Previous comics read like a who's who of Fringe comedy - see EdComProductions.com website for daily listings and news. www.edcomproductions.com | Twitter: @EdCom_Edinburgh A brilliant way to discover new talent BBBB THREEWEEKS

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Improvised comedy ensemble Austentatious returns to the Fringe in resplendent fashion! Every day the all-star cast performs a brand new Jane Austen work, based on an audience suggestion. Previous 'lost works' have included Sixth Sense and Sensibility, Double 0 Darcy and Mansfield Shark. Fresh from two national tours, a total Fringe sell-out 2014 and appearances on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 Extra, this Chortle Award-winning show is not to be missed. Performed in Regency costume with live musical accompaniment, Austentatious is a Regency treat - romantic, dramatic and totally hilarious. Swooning guaranteed.

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RUN

Engineer Theatre Collective

austentatiousimpro.com | Twitter: @austenimpro

A potboiler of a parody, joyously performed BBBBB TIMES One of the most enjoyable 60 minutes on the Fringe BBBB GUARDIAN Supersmart and terrifically funny BBBB SCOTSMAN

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SPOKEN WORD

TES

Steve Larkin

TES - Tess of the D'Urbervilles re-imagined. Spoken word theatre from poet and Hammer & Tongue poetry slam founder Steve Larkin. Hardy classic reinvented for the 21st Century. A teenage hoodie is found to be descended from a famous Romantic poet.

RUN is an exhilarating story of four investment bank interns chasing a career in the City. Inspired by the true story of Moritz Erhardt, a 21-year-old intern who died at his London flat after reportedly working 72 hours straight, RUN exposes the glamour and grind of the Square Mile. Using striking physicality, sound and contemporary design, award-winning Engineer Theatre Collective give an authentic voice to our brightest young bankers. They confront the taboos of violence, lust and death that underpin our relationship with money and offer a gripping exploration of the universal urge to want more. www.engineertheatre.com | Twitter: @engineertheatre

stevelarkin.com/TES.html | Twitter: @steve_larkin

An astonishingly accurate portrayal of the lives of young City workers. A brilliant dramatisation GATEWAY An incredibly important piece of theatre BBBBB SKINNY (ON MISSING)

An Orwellian portrayal of Britain's rotting underbelly that slices like a rusty razor. BBBBB VICTORIA TIMES Prepare to leave stunned and inspired by the power of Larkin's spoken word. BBBBB EDMONTON SUN, CANADA

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CultureClash and Greenwich Theatre

At a children's care home, Joe and Billy meet. The boys do everything together, so when Billy gets ill, Joe can't bear to be different. He takes Billy to a secret hide out and sets two rules: no more medicine, nobody needs to know. A thrilling and tender new play from Bristol Old Vic writerin-attachment Tabitha Mortiboy.

Having fled her homeland, Hanna, 16, from Kosovo meets Hannah, 16, from Margate. Can a shared love of karaoke bring about an unlikely friendship or will the racist tensions of small-town Britain prevail? John Retallack's pulsating classic with razor-sharp dialogue and an uplifting karaoke score remains as relevant today as it was when it premiered in 2001.

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Fuel and Racheal Ofori

A frank and funny look at the trials and tribulations of modern existence seen through the eyes of a young black woman. Candid and satirical, this playfully compelling one-woman show uses music, poetry and dance to ask the critical question: just how does a girl make it these days? An exciting debut solo show from rising talent Racheal Ofori. www.fueltheatre.com | Twitter: @fueltheatre

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Seances, spirituality, immortality and magic. The true story of the deadly feud between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Starring Phill Jupitus as Conan Doyle and Alan Cox as Houdini. Written by Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky, writers of previous Edinburgh sell-out hits COALITION, MAKING NEWS and KINGMAKER. Directed by the multi award-winning Hannah Eidinow. Magic consultant: Marc Spelmann.

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Movin' Melvin Brown

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JENNIE BENTON WORDSMITH

Movin' Melvin Brown is a toe-tapping throwback to the golden era of song and dance men. A must-see show celebrating the genius of Ray Charles and Sammy Davis Jr, filled with singing, dancing, tap, comedy and mime. Performing soul classics and originals, Melvin's vocal range is incredible. Oozing charisma, versatility, talent and sheer joy, he turns classic entertainment into an electrifying performance. Movin' Melvin Brown is an award-winning international entertainer, playing to packed houses from Las Vegas to Edinburgh and sharing stages with BB King, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, James Brown and more.

Susan Harrison

Jennie, a young spoken word artist from Tunbridge Wells, is on a quest to bring her show about love and words to anyone who will listen. With best friend Auburn Joe by her side she covers an eclectic mix of subjects, from her stick insect 'Skrillex' to the nature of true love. A sweet and funny show by award-winning Character Comedian Susan Harrison.

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OCKHAM'S RAZOR: 'ARC' AND 'EVERY ACTION... '

Turtle Key Arts

Leading UK aerial theatre company Ockham's Razor bring their award winning and critically acclaimed double bill of Arc and Every Action to the Edinburgh Festival for the first time. They combine circus and theatre to make work that is arresting, entertaining and at the forefront of re-defining circus. Specialising in creating physical theatre on original pieces of aerial equipment, they create stories from the vulnerability, trust and reliance that exists between people in the air. www.ockhamsrazor.co.uk | Twitter: @AlexOckhams

Watch out for British circus company Ockham's Razor LYN GARDNER, GUARDIAN Aerial artistry with ingenuity & theatrical flair TIMES The moves are physically thrilling, the accompanying fluctuations of mood and relationships succinctly developed SUNDAY TIMES The delightfully light-hearted Every Action... really raises the roof, great entertainment STAGE Their real vulnerability and strength becomes part of the story INDEPENDENT £10

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Aurora Nova

Back by popular demand. A different actor each performance and a script in a sealed envelope on stage, this internationally acclaimed show by Iranian writer Nassim Soleimanpour is a potent reminder of the transgressive and transformative power of theatre. List of performers to be announced on www.auroranova.org A truly captivating and powerful piece of theatre

Peter York

Peter York, co-inventor of the Sloane Ranger and author of 'Authenticity Is A Con' introduces his deeply subversive idea of Niceness. York's Guide to Life explains what not to wear, what not to say and what not to think. Hugely entertaining GUARDIAN Fascinating and often very funny. SPECTATOR

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RBM Comedy

Here come the girls: sisters, head girls, lonely hearts and future rockstars. Some of them have their paths planned for life, others don't know what they're doing at the weekend. Based on verbatim interviews with teenagers from across the UK and set to song, Broken Windows is an exploration into what it means to be young and female today.

With thirty approaching like the Grim Wrinkler, Maddy Anholt goes online to find her perfect prince. In this outrageous one-woman comedy, Maddy reveals every hilarious detail of a whirlwind year of dating, mating and hating. 'Make sure you see this' (Funnywomen.com) Kindly sponsored by MySingleFriend.

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www.maddyanholt.com | Twitter: @maddyanholt1

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Drum Tribe/GildedBalloon

South Africa's top drummers join forces in bringing you an EXPLOSIVE interactive drumming experience like no other! Having performed over 5000 shows in more than 20 countries, this energising production is guaranteed to rock anyone, anywhere! EVEN THE AUDIENCE PLAY DRUMS! www.drumtribe.co.za | Twitter: @drumtribesa

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Lisa Gornick draws in real time as she tells the heartwarming story of her Grandma Ray, an east end cockney who sometimes went posh. A multimedia show with drawing, storytelling and DJing. Pictures unfurl as we learn about the interaction of the past and present. Comedy and pathos combine in this tale of immigrant life, secrets and dreams.

Celebrating the life & work of Wales' most revered writer, Dylan Thomas, Hannah Ellis gets to the heart of her genius grandfather's story featuring rare family images and live excerpts from his poems, stories and letters performed by the multi-award winning master of his words, and 'Fringe Legend' Guy Masterson (also performing Under Milk Wood)

www.lisagornick.com/edinburgh | Twitter: @lisagornick Smart and provocative BBC

Sheer unadulterated pleasure. Thomas's words brought wonderfully to life BBBBB SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY

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OF MICE AND MEN

Stoirm Òg in Co-Production with Cumbernauld Theatre

Fringe Management

John Steinbeck's compelling story set in the great depression tells of drifters George and his simple-minded friend Lennie, two outsiders striving to find their place in an unforgiving world. Tackling universal themes of friendship and shared vision, this iconic work gives an original voice to America's lonely and dispossessed. Twitter: @fringeman

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Inspired by the bothy ballads of Scotland's North East, playwright Elspeth Turner ('The Idiot at the Wall', 2012) and acclaimed director Matthew Lenton (Vanishing Point) explore the fraying boundaries between past, present, and future. Weaving poetry, Doric, wild horses, and song, this courageous new play deftly wrestles with tradition, power, and the loneliness of modern life. 'Your dignity - I've been trying to save/ your hypocrisy - I've been trying to conceal/ to right your wrongs/ and sing the songs of managing strife/ but life/ is no horse-taming/ woman- shaming/ system-blaming picnic./ And I'm the Heidbummer today.' www.stoirm-og.com | Twitter: @StoirmOg

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Guy Masterson - Theatre Tours International

Guy Masterson's globally acclaimed solo performance of Dylan Thomas' masterpiece in 60 minutes! Llareggub's ebullient inhabitants are hilariously conjured in an amazing feat of memory and virtuosity. Featuring a stunning original soundscape by Matt Clifford, it's bawdy and beautiful, sad and sensual leaving indelible, unforgettable images of humanity. Over 2,000 performances worldwide! 22nd year! www.theatretoursinternational.com | Twitter: @TheatreTours A remarkable performance BBBBB TIMES £13 (£11)

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FOOLBALL

Mina Mokhtarani

Foolball

Pale Face Cold Blood is a bold new piece of physical theatre by Mina Mokhtarani. It tells the story of Zara - an Iranian translator - who has witnessed something terrible at Manus Detention Centre. She is at war with herself, struggling to come to terms with her strange new life in Australia.

There may be no 'I' in 'Team', but this absurd romp through the history of the greatest club that never existed is performed by one man. Tom Skelton brings to life the founding heroes, foreign stars, tea ladies and traitors of Red Star Belgravia. You don't have to like football to love Foolball: the beautiful game as you've never seen it before.

mokhtaranimina.com | Twitter: @minamokhtarani

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Grav is a remarkable story of a man called Ray Gravell. A man who embodied what it is to be passionate about his homeland. A rugby player whose career was defined by two numbers, 9-3, a broadcaster who was defined by his warm humour but first and foremost a father, son and husband who was defined by his enormous heart.

Charles Hawtrey was one of the leading lights of the Carry On film franchise, but as his career waned so his behaviour became more outrageous. See him regale stories of 50 years in the film industry, hilarious run-ins with Kenneth Williams and a relentless disdain of the Carry On film producers. Performed here in the centenary year of Hawtrey's birth.

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www.torchtheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @TorchTheatreCo

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I WOULD: A HYPOTHETICAL SKETCH SHOW

Three's Company & KPS Productions

Britain's favourite comedy-politician takes a summer recess from his two part-time jobs to present a play about his life at the Edinburgh Fringe. But ancient divine prophecy suggests a story as-yet unfinished. A gaffe-a-minute satire, as the thinking man's idiot newly wobbles on the brink of power.

No Mean Feet

The new show from irrepressible sketch troupe No Mean Feet, the team behind the 2014 fringe hit 'The Canon'. Bet on mischief and (mis)fortune in an hour of hilarious possibiities. Wouldn't you? Twitter: @bynomeanfeet

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INES WURTH PRESENTS

A personal trip across America's confusing sexual landscape. Touching on suppressions and obsessions, Lisa Verlo talks about things we don't talk about when we talk about sex. What's up with having a gazillion monikers for our sex organs when can't even seem to tell our partner what feels good. No subject is taboo as this wild and revealing journey stretches from childhood masturbation to ovarian innuendos through song, soliloquy, and a few rants, to highlight hypocrisy that promotes sex and condemns it all in one blow.

Fundamental Theater Project

This time shifting story of would-be romance follows two people from the hope of youth, to the hindsight of old age. With his trademark wit, Payne earnestly explores the ideas of love, fate, and ultimately, the ties that truly bind us. Starring international TV hit The Following's Valorie Curry (Twilight, House Of Lies) and Sam Underwood (Dexter, Homeland). www.fundamentaltheaterproject.com | Twitter: @OneDay_Fringe

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VICTORIA WOOD + ME

Travelling Light Theatre Company

Mo Shapiro

Birmingham 1985: ballroom dancing, public poetry and catechism, and no-one getting his name right, ever. There are werewolves in the playground, nuns in the corridors and tangerines in the dancehall... Join Saikat as he dances precariously through his dual-identity childhood on his way to discovering how to be British.

If you love Victoria Wood, you'll love 'Victoria Wood + Me'. A hilarious celebration of comic genius performed with Wood's permission. Gladys Winter is Victoria's number one fan, their lives have a spooky synchronicity. Gladys has developed the uncanny knack of morphing into one of Wood's crazy characters at the slightest sign of trouble.

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A Hollywood producer helps a group of writers create the crowning line of their careers: Neil Armstrong's first words as the USA fakes the 1969 moon 'landing'. A punchy, fast-talking, foul mouthed comedy-drama: 'Glengarry Glen Ross' meets 'The Thick of It' dressed in 'Mad Men' clothing. Written by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, directed by Alexander Lass, and starring comedians Tom Stade and Phil Nichol. Wry and perceptive... An acidic, unforgiving skewering of, well, pretty much everyone in it TIMES (GREGOR)

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Alchemy! Booming-voiced comedian Will Seaward attempts to create the Philosopher's Stone, live onstage. Genuinely. This is actually happening. He'll also be trying to transmute base metals into gold, make the elixir of life, and so on. He's pretty nervous. Warning: May break natural laws.

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IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT

Young Pleasance

Sherman Cymru

'What gets me through is knowing I took this pain, and saved all of you from suffering the same.' Effie's life spirals through a mess of drink, drugs and drama every night, and a hangover worse than death the next day - till one night gives her the chance to be something more. Written by Gary Owen and directed by Rachel O'Riordan, this powerful adaptation of the enduring Greek myth drives home the high price people pay for society's shortcomings. www.shermancymru.co.uk | Twitter: @ShermanCymru

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Pleasance's own 'breathtakingly skilful ensemble' (Scotsman) present a brilliantly inventive 1920's crime thriller that sets its tongue firmly in its cheek. High Court Justice Sir Horace Fewbanks has been found dead in his Hampstead home. Will Detective Inspector Chippenfield of Scotland Yard unravel the tangled threads of the case before he is upstaged by the celebrated, suave gentleman detective Montague Crewe? An ensemble of 30 ingeniously reinvent detective fiction as the plot gets thicker and thicker. Young Pleasance 'makes many of the adult ensembles at the Fringe squirm with envy' (Skinny). www.pleasance.co.uk/yp | Twitter: @YoungPleasance

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The Durham Revue

Come and see the nationally renowned sketch comedy troupe, and Edinburgh Fringe favourite, the Durham Revue return this year with their own brand of 'masterful' (Three Weeks) sketch comedy. Known for their irreverent style, witty writing and peerless chemistry, enjoy an hour of entertainment, showcasing student comedy at its finest. www.thedurhamrevue.com | Twitter: @TheDurhamRevue Genuine comedy BBBB THEATREGUIDELONDON

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SO IT GOES

Brigitte Aphrodite and Boom Shakala Productions

Show And Tell present a show by On The Run

Gig meets theatre meets tidal wave of glitter. A poetically wild musical exploring the beauteous and difficult complexity of our fragile minds. Depression is at its heart, but it's not depressing - it's joyous, funny and hopeful (I hope... ) I believe in hope. This electrifying show challenges the urgent stigma around depression whilst channelling infectious dance moves, swagger-boss costumes and banging tunes!

The wordless, 2014 sell-out hit returns for one week only: Hannah has always wanted to talk about her dad. But in the seven years since he died, she hasn't quite managed it. Not one to be defeated, she's enlisted her friend David to tell a true story about love and loss. **** Telegraph, Independent, Stage, Evening Standard, Scotsman, Time Out. My favourite show of the Edinburgh Festival 2014... I've never seen a depiction of grief that is quite as deft, daring, amusing and moving as this one. An extraordinary debut BBBBB TIMES

www.brigitteaphrodite.co.uk | Twitter: @bbbrigitte An adrenaline shot to a bruised heart MATT TRUEMAN £6

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BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES

Assembly Festival

People You May Know and New Wolsey Theatre

Join us for some afternoon delight in the Gardens. The very best of comedy, circus, music and more from across the Festival. Suitable for all ages. Previous guests have included Fred MacAulay, Boy with Tape on His Face, Nina Conti, Camille O'Sullivan, The Magnets, Puddles Pity Party, Ali McGregor, Lady Rizo, Le Gateau Chocolat, Bromance, Des Bishop, Piff the Magic Dragon, Beardyman and many more! Superior line-ups listed daily on our website.

Four young people, four big decisions... one long night! A call-to-action for a lost generation from the company that produced the triple award-nominated Party Piece (Total Theatre/The Stage/Holden Street Theatres). Time to grow up and take charge. www.wolseytheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @PYMK_TheatreCo

... genuine, energised, fresh curiosity, about both theatre making and the world EXEUNT

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FULLY COMMITTED STARRING MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE

CUT

Chocolate Factory Productions

Underbelly Productions

A woman prepares for work. In her image a series of chilling events unfold. She is hunter and hunted. Elaborate fantasy? Or real threat? Prepare to be sealed into this intimate, unforgettable thriller. The psychological equivalent of extreme turbulence. Underbelly Adelaide Award Winner Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award Winner www.hannahnorris.com.au | Twitter: @hazzynorris

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GOODSTOCK

Lost Watch in association with Greenwich Theatre

I'm 26. Three women in my family have a cancer-causing genetic mutation*. One is old, one is me and the other is dead. In four years time, I have some options**. Basically this is a play written about my relatives without their permission. They won't mind***. *BRCA1. **Involves a scalpel. ***I hope. WINNERS: NSDF Emerging Artist Award, 2013 & 2014

Blackmail... Harassment... Humiliation... How far would you go to get a table at the smartest restaurant in town? Sam Peliczowski is in demand, he mans the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan's number-one eatery and everyone wants a piece of him. As he juggles scheming socialites, name-dropping wannabes, fickle celebrities and an egomaniacal boss, Sam also has to find space to sort out his own life and flagging career. This blisteringly funny play features over forty characters in an unforgettable comedy tour-de-force. fullycomitted.com | Twitter: @marcusbrig

An immensely entertaining, scalding funny play about the bad behaviour that good food can inspire NEW YORK TIMES A thunderously funny show! EVENING STANDARD Fight for a reservation! BBBBB TIMES

www.lostwatchtheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @LostWatchTC The kind of thing I come to the fringe for LYN GARDNER £6 £7.50 (£6.50)

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A riotous adaptation of a classic (For School for Scandal) BBBB TELEGRAPH

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Marriage: Institutional. Inevitable. Inescapable. Awful, isn't it? Gogol's delirious classic gets a fresh twist in a new adaptation by Tom Parry (Pappy's). Starring an all star sketch comedy super-group including Adam Riches (Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner) Ben Clark (Pappy's), Lazy Susan and The Beta Males.

www.norianmaro.com | Twitter: @NorianMaro

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Ditto Productions in association with DLT and Comedians' Theatre Company

A magical Korean performance combining powerful drumming with healing dances. An energetic and multitalented cast conjures the fantasy island LEODO, reviving 'Kut', an indigenous Korean shamanistic seance art dating back about 5,000 years. With drumming dance, colourful costumes and enchanting songs, the performance generates an exciting atmosphere to heal 'han' (sadness) and boosts 'heung' (joy), bringing euphoric harmony between performers and audience.

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MARO | Korean Season presented by AtoBiz Ltd.

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TETHER

Amy Molloy and Kibo Productions

Lost Sock Company

Christmas,1999. A young woman minds elderly Mrs. A, discovering the secret of her recent trauma. An absorbing and compelling story capturing what it is to be lonely or misplaced and the devastating choices this leads us to. Truthful company tackling big ideas.Terrific performance, furious, distraught, tautly watchful LISSY

A powerful story of ambition, trust, friendship and the fight to the finish line from Royal Court Young Writers' Programme graduate Isley Lynn. When Mark doesn't qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games, he becomes a guide for blind marathon runner Becky. But it's not easy being someone else's eyes, or giving up your dreams for theirs...

LOVETT, F-WORD

www.lostsockcompany.com | Twitter: @LostSockCompany

Twitter: @KiboProductions and @AmyMolloyAct

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THE DEAD SECRETS PRESENT... THE CURIOSITORIUM

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Avalon Promotions Ltd

The Humble Quest for Universal Genius makes a triumphant return to Edinburgh. Witness two top comedians going head-to-head against each other in a battle of ingenuity, wit and skill. It's been 500 years since Da Vinci and Galileo. It's time to find a new Universal Genius... The bastard child of QI and Shooting Stars CHORTLE

www.thedeadsecrets.com | Twitter: @TheDeadSecrets Scripted comedy of the highest quality BUXTON FRINGE I was simply left wanting to watch more BBBB THREE WEEKS

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www.portmanteauLDN.co.uk | Twitter: @portmanteauLDN Lovely, lyrical device... poetic script BBBB SCOTSMAN

Fringe First Award Nominees 2014

TRILOGY TICKET £33 F

Blue, Action Man & boxing it in. Pink, Barbies & being boxed in. A set of twins retrace the journey from childhood that shaped them into the man and woman they have become. Inspired by your stories and the HeForShe campaign, Boxed In combines movement and storytelling to ask what is the right way to be a man or a woman, and who says so?

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The highly anticipated premiere of the final instalment of Tremblay's double Scotsman Fringe First Award-winning trilogy. A woman struggles to fulfil her dying mother's last wish, to see the son torn from her at a young age. Will her journey end in redemption?

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Stellar Quines | Translated by Shelley Tepperman. Starring Maureen Beattie. Directed by Muriel Romanes.

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THE HUMBLE QUEST FOR UNIVERSAL GENIUS

Buxton Fringe 2014 Best Comedy Show winners and London SketchFest 2015 finalists bring you a brand new, labyrinthine sketch comedy adventure. Join a whirlwind odyssey through the wondrous, terrifying exhibits of the Curiositorium: a secret museum like no other.

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The Dead Secrets

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HEARTBEATS & ALGORITHMS

Written & performed by Jenny Lee, directed by Valentina Ceschi

Does your computer know about your embarrassing web searches? Does it know that, despite your claim to be fluent in German, you use Google Translate? Does it know you better than your friends? Or yourself? A dark, heart-achingly funny story that conjures up a seductive, inescapable world of information use and abuse. www.heartbeatsandalgorithms.com | Twitter: @banksheartbeats Intelligent and poignant GUARDIAN Beautifully conceived SCOTSMAN £6 £7 (£6)

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IDIOTS

Caligula's Alibi

Dostoyevsky is on benefits. He's also dead. Stagnating in 130 years of writer's block, the novelist is forced to justify his flawed existence. Idiots is a darkly funny, existential parable about the cost of life; humanity and being a speck of dust on the sleeve of the cosmos. Caligula's Acclaim: ***** (Scotsman), Pick of the Week Award (Vault Festival), Experts Choice (Stage), **** (ThreeWeeks), **** (London Theatre), **** (LDNcard), **** (Broadway Baby). www.alibitheatre.com/productions/idiots | Twitter: @alibitheatre Wild, Fresh and Frantic BBBBB SCOTSMAN £6 £9 (£7.50)

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Out of the Blue

Now embarking on their twelfth run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Out of the Blue will captivate you with their unbeatable mixture of vibrant vocals, outrageously unprofessional choreography and often unintentional comedy. With their recent online hits, these floppy-haired Oxford undergraduates conjure up a relentless level of energy and enthusiasm that has left audiences beaming around the world. Out of the Blue is proud that their show is supporting Helen and Douglas House, the world's first children's hospice, which was also founded in Oxford. ootboxford.com | Twitter: @ootboxford Hilarious and contagious BBBBB EDINBURGH FRINGE MAGAZINE

Out of the Blue is awesome! SHAKIRA Thank God for you SIMON COWELL

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STEWART LEE

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THE TERRIBLE TALE OF THE TWIDDLY WIDDLIES

Clem Garritty and Ollie Jones

A ROOM WITH A STEW

MORE SKILFUL AND PLAYFUL THAN EVER

PLEASANCE

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Entangle yourself in the dingy town of Lagging Gallows, accompanied by two bandage-faced narrators, their dressings acting as screens for eye-popping projection. Two fifths of critically acclaimed, multi-award winners Kill The Beast (The Boy Who Kicked Pigs, He Had Hairy Hands) lure you down a dark garden path with a meaty slice of bonkers, blood thirsty poetry. £6 £7.50 (£6.50)

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ADAM LONG'S DICKENS ABRIDGED

THE MISFIT ANALYSIS

Access All Areas and Cian Binchy

Newbury Productions (UK) Ltd

Cian has autism. He likes to spin tin openers. But he's not an idiot. Journeying through the mischievous mind of a fascinating man, The Misfit Analysis takes us through a world of wheelchairs and blow up dolls in a captivating exploration of an autistic mind. Using multi-media, video projection and his unique brand of performance poetry, Cian playfully questions the place of disability in today's world.

From Adam Long, founding member of The Reduced Shakespeare Company and co-creator of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) comes Dickens Abridged - a fast-paced musical comedy. An absurdly talented cast of four bring hundreds of the great author's best-loved characters to life in 70 minutes of madcap Dickensian mayhem. A singing, dancing love-letter to the life and works of the great man - Charles Dickens... like you have never seen him before.

www.accessallareastheatre.org | Twitter: @AAATheatre

Philosophical, mischievous, and exuberantly accessible STAGE (ON EYE QUEUE HEAR) The power to change theatre GUARDIAN (ON ACCESS ALL AREAS' PERFORMANCE MAKING DIPLOMA)

Busting disability arts out of its ghetto DISABILITY ARTS ONLINE (ON EYE QUEUE HEAR)

dickensabridged.com | Twitter: @dickensabridged

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Dave and Joel Productions

T1J

Glastonbury, 2009. Joel and Dave, two uni graduates with zero job prospects are working security: miles from the action, guarding a tree. One wants to leave, one wants to stay. From the twisted minds of David Ellis and Joel Ormsby. A new comedy about the 'lost generation of uni leavers', friendship and A GIANT SQUIRREL. Welcome to Checkpoint 22.

Les Inouis speaks about humanity without words! Five artists from different backgrounds tell the tragic story of a migrant's deafening silence. They tell about his dreams of freedom, washed up on the shores of a 'free' country. Just as the wolf in a fairytale, the Other is a reality one can't put aside in the context of a complex and manipulated world. A world premier of a new work, from the creator of 2014's critically acclaimed L'Enfant Qui.

Twitter: @checkpoint22

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ERNIE

Lisa Richards

'Just because someone is indeed ordinary doesn't mean they can't lead an extraordinary life.' James Craze brings to life the true story of his Grandad, Ernie Hort who was born in East London 1924. Craze plays over thirty four characters in fifty minutes in this physical, fast paced and wonderfully comical One Man Play. www.ernieplay.com | Twitter: @james_craze

Charming biography of heart and honesty... with an exceptional performance BBBBB GRUMPY GAY CRITIC

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FLANDERS AND SWANN

TFH / The Pleasance / Something for the Weekend

The songs and wit of those masters of mayhem, mirth and Madeira - timeless comedy legends, Flanders and Swann. Join multi award-winning comic Tim FitzHigham and Radio 4's musical maestro Duncan Walsh Atkins for all the favourites - The Hippopotamus (Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud), The Gnu, The Gas Man Cometh and many more. An Edinburgh phenomenon, now in its tenth tremendous year at the Pleasance with a new song selection. Following international tour dates and appearances on Friday Night Is Music Night, now see it live. flandersandswann.info | Twitter: @flanders_swann

Muddy marvellous EVENING STANDARD, CRITICS' CHOICE Joyously frivolous SUNDAY TIMES, CRITICS' CHOICE BBBBB WHATSONSTAGE £6 £10 (£8.50)

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INSTANT SUNSHINE

Instant Sunshine

The members of this unique musical comedy team celebrate forty years since their first Fringe performance with brilliantly crafted songs and hilarious routines. They have a refreshing style all their own singing witty, tonguetwisting lyrics in a riot of harmony and humour - timeless comedy brightening the dullest of days. www.instantsunshine.co.uk

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PAN

KTDI | Korean Season presented by AtoBiz Ltd.

PAN is a Korean word meaning festival. Thrilling audiences with a fusion of modern and traditional drumming and dance, PAN excites your senses with its colourful exuberance and folksy sensibility. A passionate celebration of life, this spectacular dance-drama commands all your attention with its explosion of movement and its symphony of drums. Performed by a cast of 12 virtuoso artists that dance and drum simultaneously, this beautiful production by KTDI (Korea Tourism Development Institute) has been hailed as a masterpiece the world over. KTDI was established to promote the value of 'Leading Light Korea! Shining Bright Korea! ' KTDI contributes in national brand building by promoting Korean tourism, and the beauty and value of Korean culture to the world. The world will discover beautiful Korea through KTDI. www.atobiz.co.kr | Twitter: @AtoBiz_Info

Magical and magnificent, a riot of movement, sound and colour, moving in its majestic beauty... EDAILY.CO.KR Breathtaking spectacle... Staggering beauty... FINANCIAL NEWS, SEOUL

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THE GIRL WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH THE MOON

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CAPTAIN MORGAN 1: THE SANDS OF TIME

The Human Zoo Theatre Company

Ben Behrens / Tap Tap Theatre

Luna's tragic tale is unravelling... But why tonight? A Tim Burton-esque patchwork of puppetry, poetry, movement and live music stitched together with The Human Zoo's explosive visual imagination. Award-winning company.

All the spectacular monsters, sword fights and shivered timbers of a Hollywood blockbuster, delivered by two actors and one musician in an outrageous whirlwind of breakneck comedy theatre. Had the audience rolling in their seats and in the aisles

www.thehumanzootheatrecompany.co.uk | Twitter: @ humanzootheatre

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One of the year's hottest tickets at the festival... leaves you feeling a little awestruck BBBBB NEW CURRENT Captain Morgan is astounding BBBBB ED FRINGE

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www.finemesstheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @finemesstheatre

They've earned a spot right at the top of my list of must sees BBBB FRINGEGURU.COM

REVIEW (ON SANDS OF TIME) £6.50

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Winner of the Les Enfants Terribles Award 2015. Damien and Adam are in love. With The Supremes, The Ronnettes, Dolly Parton and Cher. They. Love. Divas. A pin-sharp examination of how we perceive relationships, accompanied by a live a cappella trio, Divas examines two sides of an uplifting yet heartbreaking love story.

www.captainmorganshow.co.uk | Twitter: @TapTapTheatre

£10 (£8.50)

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DIVAS

Captain Morgan's second voyage brings the grizzled sea captain face to face with giants, sirens and gunslingers in a brand new comedy adventure.

Fine Mess Theatre

Ben Behrens / Tap Tap Theatre

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LAUGHING STOCK

Irreverent. Unnerving. Pointless. Fresh from London Sketchfest 2015, four Fringe debutants bring you a sketch show unlike no other. Colourful, absurd and largely pointless sketches from absurd and pointless misfits in colourful polo necks. Don't tell our parents.

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Join Elspeth as she battles literary snobbery, her mother's nerves and the unfortunate digestions of Cousin Horatio, armed with excellent ukulele skills and being quite bright, well... for a girl. Weekly Best Theatre Award, Adelaide Fringe. www.hotpink.co.nz | Twitter: @pennypink A delight to behold BBBBB CBC, CANADA Somewhere, Jane is smiling BBBBB EDMONTON SUN £6

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Penash Productions - New Zealand

laughingstockcomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @LaughingStockUK

£6

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14:45

PROMISE AND PROMISCUITY: A NEW MUSICAL BY JANE AUSTEN AND PENNY ASHTON

Laughing Stock

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All your tickets in one place

PLEASANCE DOME | QUEENDOME

THEATRE

UNMYTHABLE

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Winner: Three Weeks Editors' Award 2012, 'Expertly performed and stupidly entertaining' (Guardian). After a sell-out world tour, Unymthable is back. All the greatest Greek myths in one show - an unforgettable blend of sketch comedy, cross-dressing, stories and songs. Prepare to be a legend.

Mickey and his team of cornermen never seem to have much luck in the boxing world. Until, that is, they manage to sign a talented young boxer who turns their fortunes around. But at what point will their luck run out? Both tragic and funny, Smoke & Oakum return to the Fringe with this fast paced show.

www.unmythable.co.uk | Twitter: @templetheatre Flawless. Unmissable BBBBB BROADWAY BABY Utterly entertaining BBBBB THREEWEEKS

Truly something different for the Fringe... A must see show FRINGE REVIEW ON THE COW PLAY, 2013

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EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH THE UNIVERSE

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JOE HART: DIRTY ROTTEN APPLES

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www.oldtrunk.co.uk | Twitter: @oldtrunktheatre Compelling SCOTSMAN Twisted genius GQ

A chirpy delivery, stage confidence and a quirky imagination CHORTLE

£6

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PRAMKICKER

www.joehartcomedy.com | Twitter: @joehart A big echo of classic Eddie Izzard BEYOND THE JOKE

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Meet Pramkicker. 'I am the Edith fucking Piaf of the empty womb. Je ne regrettay fucking rien.' Acclaimed Old Trunk present their hard-hitting new play about what it means to be a modern woman by awardwinning Sadie Hasler. In association with Arts Council England. Directed by Sarah Mayhew.

£10 (£9)

Apples are the most important fruit in the world; think the Garden of Eden, the discovery of gravity, the advent of computers! Join Joe Hart ('So You Think You're Funny?' finalist 2014 and 'Tickled Pig' champion 2014) on his debut solo show. Prepare for a hilarious ride through the history of the world... according to apples.

Old Trunk

£9 (£8)

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COMEDY

Joe Hart

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www.anarchistcook.info | Twitter: @georgeegg

The greatest female comedy actor of the 21st century says Vic Reeves VIC REEVES £10.50 (£9.50)

£10 (£9)

Comedian George Egg is a fanatical cook with an anarchic approach to making meals. Dissatisfied with the quality of room-service while touring the comedy clubs of the world George embarks on a project to take matters into his own surprisingly capable hands. An absurd mix of stand-up comedy and striking innovation. Best Comedy Show Nominee - Brighton Fringe 2014

gemmaarrowsmith.com | Twitter: @mmaarrow

£9 (£8)

GEORGE EGG: ANARCHIST COOK

If this universe were a school project, it would receive a C+ at most. Gemma Arrowsmith presents human folly at its finest in this rogues' gallery of quacks and con artists. Sketches and characters exploring such depths as homeopathy, plastic surgery and even shampoo adverts.

£6

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Gemma Arrowsmith

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CORNERMEN

Smoke & Oakum Theatre

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Temple Theatre

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COMEDY

THE CLINIC

14:45 (15:45)

An hour of stand-up comedy performed by our Universal Comedy course graduates supported by our team of professional comedic tutors. See how comedy can help people with ill health and mental health problems rediscover the lighter side of life. Come along and witness our life-changing work.

The seven time sell-out comedy sensation returns to Edinburgh with an anarchic afternoon show for just about everyone. Join The Noise for an epic hour of outlandish characters, perfect punch lines and awesome songs. www.thenoisenextdoor.co.uk | Twitter: @NoiseNextDoor Sublime BBBB CHORTLE Incredible BBBBB BROADWAY BABY

Thank you for coming in and making staff and clients laugh. It is a gift, 4 minutes of laughter is equivalent to 1 ¾ hours in the gym BBBBB MOMENTUM SKILLS £5.50 (£4.50)

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CKP

www.universalcomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @universalcomedy

0844 545 8252

THE NOISE NEXT DOOR: THE REALLY, REALLY GOOD AFTERNOON SHOW

Universal Comedy

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550

TONIGHT WITH DONNY STIXX

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COMEDY

MEGAN FORD: FEMINASTY

Philip Ridley Produced by Supporting Wall

Ditto Productions

Donny has committed an act that shocked everyone. Tabloids call him 'The Most Hated Boy Alive'. But Donny doesn't want forgiveness. All he wants is... his own TV show. The brand new companion piece to Philip Ridley's sell-out 2013 Fringe First Award winner Dark Vanilla Jungle

Debut solo show all about the stupid media from a piece of American trash. Performing horrible characters, dumb sketches, and incredible rap songs, Ford takes down the patriarchy with nothing but her bare hands and some fabulous wigs. Overthrowing the dominant paradigm just got even more fun.

www.supportingwall.com | Twitter: @SupportingWall Riveting... vivid and audacious BBBB INDEPENDENT (ON DARK VANILLA JUNGLE) Breathtaking BBBB FT (ON DARK VANILLA JUNGLE)

www.dittoproductions.co.uk | Twitter: @themeganford Bursts with talent SCOTSMAN Hilarious BBBB WHAT'S ON STAGE

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THE ALLEYCATS: A CAPPELLA 2.0

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The Alleycats return to invite you on an audiovisual journey through the technological era. From the invention of the wheel to the dawn of Tinder, the 'Cats will delight with their velvety blend and light-hearted progressive brand of a cappella. Get excited as The Alleycats you know and love (or don't, whatever) take on a new adventure.

Toby is delivering his Eulogy. Join him as he enters the (not so) exclusive Cancer Club, complete with chemotherapy cocktails and Willy Wonka stem cells. An honest and inspiring journey with cancer, discovery of self-mortality and celebration of life. Winner of the Ideastap Underbelly Award 2015.

www.thealleycats.co.uk | Twitter: @thealleycatsuk

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TRIBUTE ACTS

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It's Derby Day and the Ballard brothers are in town for their father's funeral. Soon, they find themselves at the racetrack drinking, cursing, and fighting. In the end, they have to decide how much they're willing to wager on one last chance at finally becoming a family.

£8

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The most combustible fraternal rapport since Sam Shepard's TRUE WEST! BBBBB MARGARET GRAY, LOS ANGELES TIMES

www.theatrestate.co.uk | Twitter: @theatrestate

DERBY DAY

Are we all a tribute act of our fathers? Cheryl and Tess share their dads' idealism and limited musical ability. But after years of miscommunication, their tribute act has lost its way. Time to break up. However when their actual fathers are onstage, they find that letting go is harder than it seems. A darkly comic, strikingly honest exploration of absent fathers and false memories.

GILDED BALLOON | DINING ROOM

THEATRE

Camisade Theatre Company

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Stunning harmonies, intriguing phrasing and a broad range BBBB BROADWAY BABY Undeniable vocal talent BBBB THREEWEEKS

THE EULOGY OF TOBY PEACH

Toby Peach

£5

UNDERBELLY COWGATE | IRON BELLY

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The Alleycats

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A fearless play! BBBBB NY PRESS £6

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EDFEST.COM

edfest.com 15:00 (16:00)

DANCE PHYSICAL THEATRE AND CIRCUS

All your tickets in one place

15:00

GILDED BALLOON | DEBATING HALL

SONICS IN TOREN

SONICS

Welcome to the World Premiere of Toren, the amazing new show from the italian acrobatic group SONICS. Witness a live show in which five extraordinary performers twist, spin and fly through the air in gravity-defying acrobatics. Toren is an artistic playground designed to arouse and satisfy the soul's dreams and desires. Toren is a magical land where strange and funny creatures live and where a caress turns into a beautiful love story suspended in the air. Daring costumes combine with circus acts and acrobatic pas de deux to unravel dreams and realise whishes ... because often the journey is more intriguing than the destination itself. So, wish away! www.sonics.it | Twitter: @twitter.com/SonicsAcrobati

The clever use of light and gasp-inducing acrobatics still make this a memorable show BBBB THREE WEEKS Whenever I see an acrobatics show of this style I am awed by the capabilities of the human body BBBB ARTSAWARDVOICE.COM £6

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THEATRE

LEPER + CHIP

15:00 (16:00)

UNDERBELLY MED QUAD | DAISY

COMEDY

LILY BEVAN: PHEASANT PLUCKER

Bitter Like A Lemon

The London Collective

Boy meets girl, at quite possibly the wildest house party ever, and then, smack: mortal enemies become... Lovers? Avengers? This frantic, funny, breakneck two-hander vibrates with an ultra-violent vision of young Dublin. Blink and you'll miss it.

Is laughter really the best medicine? Isn't medicine the best medicine? Yoga? Scandinavian design? Buns? Sticking to your guns? Plucking pheasants till the pheasant pluckings done? Imaginative. Not about Tinder. Worth a look. Debut solo show from the writer of 'Talking to Strangers' - BBC Radio 4, 'Mock Tudor' - Pleasance '14.

Twitter: @BitterLikeALemn

Twitter: @lilybevan Ingenious THE TIMES

A remarkable writing debut from Dublin's Lee Coffey BBBB SUNDAY TIMES, IRELAND

Gets the biggest laughs of the show... a brilliantly talented comedian THREE WEEKS

Hilarious, fast-paced and deeply heartfelt MARK O'ROWE £5

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GILDED BALLOON | TURRET

COMEDY

LIZ FRASER'S LIFESHAMBLES

What the heck just HAPPENED??! One woman. One hour. 200,000 years of human relationships and child-rearing ineptitude dissected, ridiculed and sent to its room to think about what it's done. Breakups, breakdowns, love, loss, drunk teens, career melt-down and... knee wrinkles?! You said it would never happen. And then it did. THIS is midlife.

£11 (£10)

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The secret Belgian love child of Stephen Fry and Dara O'Briain BBBBB HUMO MAGAZINE

£5

www.lievenscheire.com | Twitter: @lievenscheire

10&11 Aug

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Science stand up comedian Lieven Scheire will lead you in his own inimitable way from Einstein's Special Relativity to the Belgians being the hobbits of Europe. Don't miss out on Belgium's funniest physicist and TV host.

Sharp, edgy, rude, sexy, clever and like nothing else out there. Perfect! RORY MCGRATH. £10 (£9)

£11 (£10)

Nerdland

www.liz-fraser.com | Twitter: @lizfraser1 I am crying with laughter! TANYA BYRON

£5

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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF LIEVEN SCHEIRE

Lifeshambles

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THE TIMES

THREEWEEKS.CO.UK

THE BRISTISH THEATRE GUIDE

PHEASANT PLUCKER Lily Bevan

THE STAGE (on Stephen & The Sexy Partridge)

3PM (3.50PM)

www.louconran.com | Twitter: @louconran Naturally funny SARAH MILLICAN

£5

THEATRE

ASSEMBLY GEORGE SQ. GARDENS | CARAVAN

Lou Conran talks to dead people. (And live ones too if pushed.) Brought up with a clairvoyant mother, she hasn't got much choice. In her new show, Lou reluctantly talks about finding dead bodies, phantom ukuleles and giving readings via the medium of food. Comedy clairvoyance in a caravan, why wouldn't you go?

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15:00 (16:30)

COMEDY

0844 545 8252

LOU CONRAN: SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE

“Ingenious”

THREEWEEKS.CO.UK

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550 15:00 (16:00) & 19:00 (20:00)

“A brilliantly talented comedian”

CRITICS’ CHOICE – TIME OUT

PLEASANCE

0131 622 6552

PLEASANCE COURTYARD | UPSTAIRS

TRANS SCRIPTS

£8 (£7)

10&11 Aug

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GILDED BALLOON | SPORTSMAN

COMEDY

THE OXFORD IMPS

Paul Lucas Productions, in Association With Gail Winar and the Pleasance

The Oxford Imps

Wielding your suggestions, we attack the stage for a highenergy improvised comedy show. From Broadway musicals to Shakespeare plays to Bond films, each performance is a wholly original blend of clever, family-friendly 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' style comedy. There's something for everyone at an Imps party. Our mums aren't the only ones who think we're funny. www.oxfordimps.com | Twitter: @oxfordimps Devastatingly funny BBBBB ED FRINGE REVIEW Dynamic and talented BBBBB OXFORD MAIL £5

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The struggles and triumphs of six transgender women unfold with honesty, intelligence and wit in this groundbreaking exploration of gender and identity. Created from actual interviews, Trans Scripts provides a rare and intimate glimpse into the lives of people embracing their authentic selves, and offers testament to the resilience of the human spirit. A powerhouse cast from Broadway, television and film includes Calpernia Addams (Beautiful Daughters), Bianca Leigh (Transamerica) and Rebecca Root (BBC2's Boy Meets Girl). Written by Fringe First and Herald Angel Award-winning producer Paul Lucas and directed by two time Fringe First Award-winning director Linda Ames Key.

£12 (£10)

10&11 Aug

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WINTER IS COMING. AGAIN.

Backwards Anorak

Walls. Dragons. Incest. Eurovision. In the tradition of 'Waiting for Guffman', Backwards Anorak return with the newly revamped Winter is Coming. Again. www.backwardsanorak.com | Twitter: @backwardsanorak Hilarious musical spectacle. BBBBB THREE WEEKS George R. R. Martin would be proud. BBBB THE SKINNY

www.transscripts.org | Twitter: @transscripts

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A FINE LINE

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Rita and Angie have been best friends for more than sixty years. Together, they've experienced every milestone, every setback. Now, as Rita says goodbye to her lifelong companion, a surprising journey of self-discovery unfolds: there's a fine line between following your desires and conforming to expectations. A heart-warming story of devotion, loyalty and a love which transcends all else.

The theft of art is an art in itself, and Molly and Lee think they're masters of the craft. They've stolen Munch's 'The Scream' and it's hanging on their safe-house wall. It's worth £74million... if only they could sell it! A dark and bloody comedy.

WHATSONSTAGE (ON 'OF SOUND MIND')

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A fine and utterly compelling piece of drama BBBBB

thelostartoflostart.wordpress.com | Twitter: @lostartlostart

www.ronniedorsey.com | Twitter: @afinelineshow

THE LOST ART OF LOST ART

Raspberry Tart

£6

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Ronnie Dorsey Productions

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EDFEST.COM

edfest.com 15:10 (16:05)

ASSEMBLY CHECKPOINT

MUSICAL

UNDER THE GROUND

All your tickets in one place

15:10 (16:05)

15:15 ASSEMBLY CHECKPOINT

MUSICAL

WILLY'S BITCHES

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

A brand new musical following the seemingly simple journey of a girl on a single Glasgow Subway, forced to face her fears and overcome private demons on this very public platform, surrounded with characters on journeys of their own. Under the Ground explores the phenomenon of loneliness on a train packed with strangers, stories and secrets.

Why doesn't Shakespeare just say what he means? Celebrate the best of the Bard's bitches in this bold new piece of music theatre. With original songs and contemporary verse, see fierce females plot murder, fight over men and cut off the occasional head... #bitchesgettingshitdone! Willy's Bitches takes Shakespeare to the extremes in this reimagining of female bad-arsery.

www.rcsatthefringe.com | Twitter: @RCSfringe

rcsatthefringe.com | Twitter: @RCSfringe

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UNDERBELLY COWGATE | BELLY BUTTON

BRUCE

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COMEDY

DAPHNE DO EDINBURGH

Underbelly Productions and The Last Great Hunt

The Invisible Dot Ltd.

Daphne are a brand new sketch trio, who are Phil Wang, Jason Forbes and George Fouracres. The group has appeared in various incarnations on Channel 4; BBCs One, Two and Three; and BBC Radio 4. Witness the wise wit of Wang, the flawless physicality of Forbes, and also George, in the group's premiere hour. theinvisibledot.com | Twitter: @daphnecomedy Manic vaudeville spirit BBBB THE SKINNY

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The creators of award-winning international smash hits The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik and It's Dark Outside are back with a new lo-fi puppetry spectacular that bends time and melts your heart. BRUCE will sweep you away on an epic adventure of love and revenge. He may be just a yellow block of foam, but BRUCE is out to prove he's got a heart of pure gold. Fusing mime & puppetry, BRUCE is a non-stop rollercoaster of action, adventure and low-fi nostalgia. Created and performed by Tim Watts and Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd. Originally supported by The Blue Room Theatre.

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Familie Flöz in association with Aurora Nova

www.thelastgreathunt.com

Bruce is brilliant... funny, heart-warming and simply a joy to watch OUTINPERTH Its dizzying audacity is a marvel throughout... Glorious stuff THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

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THE WONDERFUL DISCOVERY OF WITCHES IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER

Dawn State Theatre Company

An incendiary new play about power, fear and fanaticism, from the company behind the Fringe 2014 smash-hit The Man Who Would Be King.

Award-winning Berlin-based masters of mask theatre return to the Fringe with this hilarious black comedy tale of a family hotel set in an Alpine resort. In this international hit, previously performed over 500 times across 20 countries, everyone has got a secret to hide. There are four stars adorning the gate but dark clouds on the horizon as they struggle to keep the business alive and the corpses hidden. The son daydreams of finding his true love, the kleptomaniac maid relieves the guests of more than their troubles and the chef has his own solution for combatting the growing number of dearly departed. Demise is only a matter of time in this cross between Fawlty Towers and the Bates Motel. www.floez.net | Twitter: @twitter.com/FamilieFloez

www.dawnstate.co.uk | Twitter: @dawnstate A striking adaptation... Superb BBBB SCOTSMAN, 2014 Dramatic & tension-filled... Flawless BBBB STAGE, 2014

Splendid and immensely skillful character comedy! GUARDIAN No words. Just applause! THREE WEEKS One of the most extraordinary theatre projects of our time SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG £6

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ACTS OF REDEMPTION

Cahoots Theatre Company

Unrestricted View

Unrestricted View present a selection of funny, bittersweet and deeply moving monologues about loss, self-discovery, loneliness, hope, regret and not being able to get in to your house. Written by The New York Times' Ken Jaworowski. Directed by James Wren (Greedy, Umbrage Swain, Spank!) www.unrestrictedview.co.uk | Twitter: @ActsR (For Greedy) Imagination in spadefuls. BBBBB THREE WEEKS (For Umbrage Swain) A surprise gem BBBBB BROADWAY BABY £6

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Alone in his cramped study among thousands of showbusiness artefacts, film stock and memories, the comedian's comedian ponders his life. This new solo play delves into the life and mind of the man called Bob Monkhouse. Alex Lowe (Barry from Watford BBC R4) writes and Bob Golding (Olivier Award winning Morecambe) directs Simon Cartwright in the part he was born to play. What happens when the unique handwritten joke books are stolen? An hilarious and poignant delve into one of this country's best loved and possibly most misunderstood comedians. Not to be missed.

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I AM BEAST

Sparkle and Dark

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So Comedy by arrangement with Troika

Sweaty one-man cartoon. Breakneck poly-character comedy from an MDMA marionette. You won't know what's hit you but you'll like it. 'Theatrical mastery and comic innovation' **** (Fest) 'Inspired' **** (List) 'Maverick comedy... one of the most indescribably wonderful pieces of theatre I've ever seen' ***** (Three Weeks).

What happens when the wildest parts of our imagination take control? Yearning for escape, Ellie journeys through a flickering world of bewitching strangers and comic book superheroes. But as the walls of her new world begin to crumble, Ellie must finally face the truth behind her fantasies. Following on from the acclaimed success of Killing Roger, Sparkle and Dark return with a visually stunning exploration of the power of grief and childish imagination, using original live music and life-sized puppetry. www.sparkleanddark.com | Twitter: @sparkleanddark

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'You can't even shit... you're being outskilled by the most primitive life forms on Earth'. Repressed rage; entrenched isolation; compacted bowels. The writer of Awkward Conversations With Animals I've F*cked and director of Captain Amazing invite you to stare deep into the dark heart of modern man. www.thiswillendbadly.co.uk | Twitter: @willendbadly

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THIS WILL END BADLY

Lance Corporal James Randall left tours of duty in Helmand six years ago. But as he's about to discover, Helmand is still very far from leaving him. On Remembrance Sunday, whilst attempting to repair the broken relationship with his young son, the worlds of civilian Britain and front-line Afghanistan brutally and catastrophically collide. Much Further Out Than You Thought shines a different light on the very human cost of war. Winner: IdeasTap Underbelly Award 2015 £10 (£9)

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Aurora Nova presents Cirk La Putyka

Award-winning contemporary circus company Cirk La Putyka present stories of obsession, joy, insecurity and longing through masterful trapeze, acrobatics, dance and powerful original music. Nominated for a Total Theatre Award at the Fringe in 2011, the Czech company is back at the Fringe for the UK debut of their energizing, intensely vibrant new show from director Rostislav Novak and choreographers Jozef Frucek and Linda Kapetanea. DOLLS looks at our relationships to objects as our representation of the perfect human, be it friend, child or lover. What are you longing for? www.laputyka.cz www.auroranova.org | Twitter: @CirkLaPutyka

La Putyka is a Fringe gem SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY Champions of their idiosyncratic world TOTAL THEATRE £12.50

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Patch of Blue with Renegade Theatre and Tel-One Productions

Bound & Gagged Comedy / James Wilson-Taylor

Cosmo makes a promise to Granddad to visit Blackbrick, a forgotten corner of a distant past that Granddad has, strangely, never spoken of. Here, in a place of new beginnings, everything is still possible... This adaptation of Sarah Moore Fitzgerald's beautiful novel weaves memories and tales of time travel with a live folk score.

Join Bat-Fan James Wilson-Taylor for stand up, sketches and songs as he guides you through 75 years of the Dark Knight. Expect all of the bat films recapped and the world's first 'Batsical' (batman musical) as James pitches himself as the next in line to play the Caped Crusader. Directed by Jon Brittain. James is the writer/performer of award-winning Fringe comedy I Need A Doctor: The Whosical.

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JENNY BEDE: DON'T LOOK AT ME

FOSTER'S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARDS SHOW

Jenny Bede

Join the Guardian's 2015 Rising Star and winner of the 2013 Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer for an hour of insightful, bizarre and often brilliantly dark pop-culture inspired songs and stand up. PS. You can totally look at her. In fact she'd really rather you did.

Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards

Every year a sell out! The UK's first and premier award for live comedy. See the 2015 winner and nominees for Foster's Best Show 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, 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.

jennybede.com | Twitter: @jennybede Rising star GUARDIAN Inspired TELEGRAPH

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BLIND MAN'S SONG

THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES...

Theatre Re

Tangram Theatre Company

... BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION OR THE SURVIVAL OF (R)EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES IN THE FACE OF SCIENTIFIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL OBJECTIONS: BEING A MUSICAL COMEDY ABOUT CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882) Big ideas, physical comedy and songs about barnacles. Fringe sell-out 2009. Bring your monkeys and get evolved! www.tangramtheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @tangramtheatre

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ALBERT EINSTEIN: RELATIVITIVELY SPEAKING

Tangram Theatre Company

Join Albert, the genius with the übercool moustache, for a multi-award winning hour of comedy, peer-reviewed science experiments, songs... and bombs. Ages 11-111.

After a sell-out run at the 2015 London International Mime Festival, critically acclaimed company Theatre Re (The Gambler, The Little Soldiers) presents a wordless tale about the power of imagination blending physical theatre, mime, illusions and a live musical score. '... like a Samuel Beckett play designed by Magritte' (The Stage). While a blind man walks around his room with unsteady steps a story of love, hope, courage and unquenchable vision unfolds. www.retheatre.com | Twitter: @TheatreRe

www.tangramtheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @tangramtheatre

Superb... Full of fear and tenderness BBBB STAGE A tremendous show BBBBB LONDON THEATRE 1 Supernatural, fragile and transient DISABILITY ARTS ONLINE

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The clearest - and certainly the funniest - explanation of the Theory of Relativity I know. JOHN LLOYD (CREATOR OF QI)

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LOTTO: KARMA OF THE ALCHEMIST

The Patron | Korean Season presented by AtoBiz Ltd.

Tangram Theatre Company

Tangram completes its Scientrilogy with the incredible story of the discoverer of radium, replete with breathtaking breakthroughs and seriously silly songs. Ages 11-111. www.tangramtheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @tangramtheatre

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GARDEN

Lucy Grace

'I stick my tongue out a tiny bit. Just a tiny bit. To see what the soil, the ground, the earth tastes like'. At Insignia Asset Management Lucy is in charge of the photocopier, printer, scanner, shredder and binder. She's starting to wonder how this fits into The Grand Scheme Of Things. One day Lucy rescues the abused office pot plant and her world alters. Inside her flat 24 floors up, she starts to plant, cultivate, nurture her own personal wilderness.

While buying a lottery ticket, an overworked office worker meets a host of Wizard of Oz-esque characters. The magic act of buying the ticket and the ensuing kerfuffle that follows is a kaleidoscopic revelation of the characters' dreams. This fantastic journey features a team of amazing illusionists, including Juno Moon, who recently won the prestigious Magic Association of FISM award. The Alchemist meets Charlie Chaplin wrapped in a narrative bubble worthy of a scene from Taxi Driver. Produced and developed by the creators of the Fringe's No. 1 hit Cookin' (aka Nanta) and Jump. www.atobiz.co.kr | Twitter: @AtoBiz_Info

A delight to watch! Funny and Ingenious... ASIA ECONOMY, SEOUL An absolute joy EDAILY.CO.KR Heart-warming... a masterpiece of invention, staging and performance. DAILY NEWS, SEOUL

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WALKING THE TIGHTROPE: THE TENSION BETWEEN ART AND POLITICS

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A darkly comic new thriller from Fishamble and written by Donal O'Kelly, both double Fringe First winners. An ex-con and nun are chased across Ireland for a roll of film - why the bleedin' fuss? Supported by Culture Ireland

www.fishamble.com | Twitter: @Fishamble

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RAISIN' THE HOOF

Giraffe are back! And they're stampeding through the Underbelly with their third offering of charming silliness. The trio are just waiting to tickle your imagination with another rollercoaster sketch show. Their unique performance style and fast paced, twisted antics will whisk you away in a whirlwind of colourful character comedy. Don't miss their delightful brand of funny.

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State-of-the-art magic fused with incredible science, from the scientist-turned-magician who was tutored by Penn and Teller. Understand Quantum Physics in four minutes, have your thoughts projected into reality and witness an impossible levitation from inches away.

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Explosive political short plays exploring the issues surrounding censorship and freedom of expression by Caryl Churchill, Ryan Craig, Omar El-Khairy, Tim Fountain, Neil LaBute, Gbolahan Obisesan, Mark Ravenhill and Timberlake Wertenbaker. Followed by energetic post-show discussions with stellar panels exploring Freedom of Expression in the UK arts today. £11

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SIRO-A

Amuse Inc.

Described by critics as Japan's answer to the Blue Man Group, SIRO-A is a revolution in live entertainment, fusing mime, ground breaking visual effects and a techno soundtrack to create a mind-blowing theatrical experience that is a feast for all the senses. Through dance, mime and puppetry, the company of six Siro-performers interact with technology in a way never seen before. Featuring spectacular video projection, light animation, stunning laser effects and a pulsating techno beat, SIRO-A is family entertainment like no other. SIRO-A is fast becoming a worldwide phenomenon and following sold-out German and American tours and two hugely successful London seasons, we return to the Fringe where it all began. www.siro-a.co.uk | Twitter: @SiroAUK

A mind blowing show! BBBB METRO A mesmerising mix of techno, high-tech light engineering, performance art, dance, comedy, animation and futuristic shadow-puppetry BBBB DAILY STAR An hour of crazy happy moments HEART FM A mad, clever, bonkers, whirlwind of crazy and fun activity. There is never a dull moment. A feel-good show for all ages. ENTERTAINMENT-FOCUS.COM £10 (£5)

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ELECTRIC DREAMS

Dumbshow

Rose can't remember the first 18 years of her life. But what happened to her? Inspired by the ideas in Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine, Electric Dreams uses live music and video to interweave fragmented memories in a thrilling story of personal and political intrigue.

The Cambridge Footlights

Following critically-acclaimed sell-out runs, the Cambridge Footlights return for their 53rd year at the Fringe. www.footlightstour.co.uk | Twitter: @footlightstour

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BUZZOLOGY

The Buzztones

Buzztones back... alright?! London's premier vocal showmen return to Edinburgh (following their five-star 2013 debut) to serve up an a cappella aperitif that'll shake/ stir up your Fringe. Nestled in the sweet spot between your afternoon play and evening stand-up, The Buzztones will mix you a cocktail of music, laughs and mediocre banter.

Avalon Promotions Ltd

Up-to-the-minute satire inevitably affected by the outcome of an election, which at the time of writing had not taken place and when a Green/BNP coalition was just a pipe dream. www.mattforde.com | Twitter: @mattforde

www.thebuzztones.co.uk | Twitter: @TheBuzztones A great sound... just wonderful. BARRY MANILOW You'll enjoy this. THE ONE SHOW

Single-handedly fulfilling comedy's brief of taking our political masters to task. Combining spot on impressions with up-to-the-minute observations BBBB MAIL ON SUNDAY £6

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COUNTING STARS BY ATIHA SEN GUPTA

Incognito Theatre and the Pleasance

Ecclesia

Delving into the deep underworld of Britain's nightclubs, Counting Stars examines the degrading working conditions of some of Britain's most exploited people through the prism of the doomed love story of Abiodun and Sophie. Twitter: @EcclesiaTheatre

A writer with a future MICHAEL BILLINGTON, GUARDIAN One leaves the theatre impatient to discover what Atiha Sen Gupta will do next CHARLES SPENCER, TELEGRAPH £6

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'The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... ' So the lascivious Lord Henry teaches the impressionable Dorian Gray in a desperate bid to maintain his youthful beauty, and experience all the pleasures the world has to offer. Dorian unwittingly sells his soul and sets himself on a path of lavish debauchery and secret sin from which there may be no coming back... Following their sell-out 2014 debut, Incognito Theatre return to the Fringe to conjure a darkly satirical and physically playful take on Wilde's gothic fable. 125 years after first scandalising the world, this new adaptation starkly questions our obsessive modern idolisation of youth and beauty. www.pleasance.co.uk/yp | Twitter: @incognito107

Deliciously infectious BBBBB BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE Highly recommended BBBB SCOTSGAY Spectacular... one of the most exciting productions of the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival HUFFINGTON POST

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DIAL MEDICINE FOR MURDER

Emma Brünjes Productions

This is the story and juxtaposition of the two most notorious British physicians of the 20th Century, Dr Harold Shipman & Dr John Bodkin Adams. The production compares and contrasts the background, arrest, trial, legacy and psychopathology of both individuals interspersed with film footage and contemporaneous news items. 'Dial Medicine for Murder' will be presented as a consultation with forensic psychiatrist Dr Andrew Johns and Dr Harry Brünjes. www.emmabrunjesproductions.com | Twitter: @ejbrunjes

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FREDDIE FLINTOFF: 2ND INNINGS

All your tickets in one place

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GYLES BRANDRETH: WORD POWER!

Emma Brünjes Productions

Bound & Gagged Comedy

Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff, hero of the historic 2005 victorious Ashes England team, is hitting the road to celebrate the 10-year anniversary and share his memories of that long hot summer, as well as some behind the crease insights to the game. Freddie is joined on stage by comedy writer and producer, Clyde Holcroft, his podcast partner in crime. Featuring a little bit of Elvis and couple of googlies, it's unscripted, unedited, unguarded and unleashed... buckle in.

Language is power. Words are magic. Join wit and wordmeister, former MP and star of Just A Minute, One Show, QI, Pointless and Countdown on an uproarious magic carpet ride around the world of words. Whether you're after global domination or getting some nookie on a Friday night, you need the right words to get there. www.gylesbrandreth.net | Twitter: @GylesB1 A master raconteur BBBBB SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Absolute joy BBBBB SCOTSMAN

www.andrewflintoffofficial.co.uk | Twitter: @flintoff11

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ISMO LEIKOLA: OBSERVING THE OBVIOUS

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JOE STILGOE: SONGS ON FILM - THE SEQUEL

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JULIETTE BURTON: LOOK AT ME

EMX Management in association with Andrew Roach Talent

Is who we are who we appear to be? Award-winning performer Juliette Burton's been fat, thin and everything between. Now, she'll change even more! From dressing sexily to wearing the hijab, being male, obese, old and nude: can changing our outsides change who we are inside? As seen on ITV's This Morning.

Emma Brünjes Productions

Back by popular demand! Joe Stilgoe, pianist, singer, songwriter and film nerd, pays tribute to 100 years of Hollywood cinema through the music that aided and abetted its legend. Joe and his remarkable band perform songs written for, and inspired by some of the greatest films over the last century.

www.julietteburton.co.uk | Twitter: @julietteburton

An important show... seriously very funny. A must-see

www.JoeStilgoe.com | Twitter: @JoeStilgoe

BBBBB DAILY MIRROR Powerful stuff BBBB SUNDAY EXPRESS

Sheer joy. A terrific, natural rapport with all age groups. A hugely enjoyable class act. BBBBB SCOTSMAN £15 (£12)

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Scandinavian Mitch Hedberg; an oddball with a few extra twists BBBB LIST £9 (£8)

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With a coffin full of sympathy snacks, Jack Rooke and his 85year old Nan invite you to their weird and wonderful world of bereavement. Blending comedy, film and storytelling, Rooke's debut hour celebrates lost loved ones and finding happiness after tragedy. As featured on BBC Radio 1's 'Guide To Happiness', The Independent's 'New Review' and The Sunday Times.

www.ismoleikola.com | Twitter: @IsmoLeikola

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JACK ROOKE: GOOD GRIEF

Winner of Laugh Factory's Funniest Person in the World 2014, Finnish comedian Ismo brings his unique gift of seeing the hidden obvious to the Fringe. He reveals the simplest of things that have for so long been lurking in plain sight. All this with a second language (It's English, don't worry!). **** ThreeWeeks

£17 (£15.50)

thegoodgriefproject.com

EMX Management

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LUCIE POHL: CRY ME A LIVER

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NEIL HENRY'S MAGICAL MINDSQUIRM

Great Pretender Productions

From the creator of Ed Fringe '14 smash-hit 'Hi, Hitler' 'crazily funny' (Broadway Baby) NYC comedian Lucie Pohl takes you on a soul-twerking character comedy joyride as she tries to find out who she really is. 'A breath of fresh comedic air' (Edinburgh Evening News). 'Laugh out loud funny' (The Scotsman).

Stuart Piper for Cole Kitchenn/ROAR Group

Mind melting magic, brain bending impossibilities... This is not pulling a rabbit from a hat but more pulling a rabbit from himself. Experience moments of genuine astonishment as Neil performs his unique, award winning, style of magic.

www.luciepohl.com | Twitter: @luciepohlcomedy An absolutely hilarious master-class! BBBBB MIRROR Destined for stardom! BBBB METRO

www.neilhenrymagic.com | Twitter: @magicneil Neil Henry is a Star BBBBB NEW YORK TIMES Neil Henry defies ALL logic BBBBB WHATSONSTAGE £6

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COMEDY

PAUL MERTON'S IMPRO CHUMS

Mick Perrin Worldwide

Paul Merton, Lee Simpson, Richard Vranch, Suki Webster and Mike McShane return to the Fringe for their 12th 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. Creating a new show every night based entirely on suggestions from the audience, the Impro Chums, using their finely honed improvisational skills and an almost manic compulsion to show off, generate cascades of tumbling laughter. www.mickperrin.com | Twitter: @mickperrin

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

A masterful demonstration of improvised comedy DAILY TELEGRAPH The best ad-lib ensemble in the UK EVENING STANDARD

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TUBULAR BELLS FOR TWO

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RAZ BY JIM CARTWRIGHT

Shortwalk & Glynis Henderson Productions

Assembly Festival and Riverside Studios

'Friday night, first thing, the tanning shop, a good nineminute blaster!' Shane is another 30-year-old weekend millionaire, still living at home with his parents. Tonight, he's hitting the town. On Monday, he'll start again. A bitingly comic new play for a boozed up Britain, by Olivier Award winner Jim Cartwright (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Road). www.assemblyfestival.com | Twitter: @AssemblyFest

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One album, two men, too many instruments. The multi-award winning hit show returns! In a tense and thrilling ride, two crazy Aussies perform Mike Oldfield's masterpiece, Tubular Bells, with a twist. They are run off their feet as they tackle over 20 instruments to accomplish a feat that usually requires an entire entourage of musicians. Be taken on an epic journey, from the eerie theme from The Exorcist, to the raucous sound of 'The Caveman'. This physically demanding performance has mesmerised sellout audiences worldwide. It is not to be missed!

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THE SOLID LIFE OF SUGAR WATER

Graeae Theatre Company and Theatre Royal Plymouth

www.tubularbellsfortwo.com | Twitter: @tubularbells42 A tour de force in every sense of the phrase BBBBB EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS A must see and hear! BBBBB SCOTSMAN

'It's not like riding a bike. Sex. It's far more complicated.' Tender and compelling, this world premiere from awardwinning playwright Jack Thorne (Glue, Skins, Shameless) is an unsettling play about hurt, loss and love. All performances include audio description and captioning. This play contains strong language and themes of an adult and sexual nature. Suitable for ages 18+

Truly virtuosic BBBBB BROADWAY BABY

www.graeae.org | Twitter: @graeae

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EDFEST.COM

edfest.com 16:05 (17:05)

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COMEDY

LAURA LEXX: LOVELY

EMX Management in association with Andrew Roach Talent

A charming debut hour about finally coming to terms with being happy. Join Laura on an expedition across continents with David Attenborough, to the depths of despair via Walt Disney and to sincere satisfaction courtesy of pesto. Paramount and Chortle Student Competition finalist. 'Real comedic steel' Guardian Weekend. Twitter: @lauralexx

One of the most delightful performers you're ever likely to see GQ Next generation Lucy Porter CHORTLE £6

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BLOFELD AND BAXTER: ROGUES ON THE ROAD

Emma Brünjes Productions

Blowers and Backers are back with brand new, outrageous reminiscences. Henry 'My Dear Old Thing' Blofeld is one of Britain's most loved broadcasters - delighting audiences of Test Match Special and beyond, while legendary TMS producer, Peter Baxter has been corralling lost passports and errant broadcasters for over 34 years. Come ready to be shocked and entertained by good men behaving badly. www.HenryBlofeld.co.uk | Twitter: @BlowersH BBBB TIMES £11 (£10)

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BRUTE

16:10 (17:10)

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MOBY ALPHA

Poppy Tennyson

Charles in association with Fringe Management

Brute is based on the true story of a rather twisted, horrible schoolgirl. Set in a girls' school, in a provincial English town far away from cosmopolitan and cultural influences, this exciting piece of new writing explores memories of the protagonist's passionate female friendships as they escalate into violence. Winner: IdeasTap Underbelly Award 2015.

An hilarious homage to classic sci-fi and literature, Moby Alpha is the story of a mad captain's quest for revenge on the energy cloud that took his leg. More simply, Moby Alpha is Moby-Dick in space. But funny. Performed in the dark, illuminated only by the duo's custom-built, million colour LED space helmets.

Twitter: @izzytennyson

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www.mobyalpha.com | Twitter: @CharlesComedy WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

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The Foster's Golden Jesters Award finalists, Laughing Horse New Act of the Year semi-finalists, and Brighton Fringe Best Comedy Show nominees are back with their hotly anticipated second show. Expect delightfully awkward characters, endearingly grotesque sketches and memorable songs. 'Great fun' SCOTSMAN.

When death looks you in the eye, whom do you turn to? Your psychologist? God? ... Or Lance Armstrong? Reflecting on his real life (and almost death) experiences, this is a tragi-comedy about faith, sex, identity and ritual, created and performed by Daniel Tobias. Featuring original songs from the award-winning writers of Die Roten Punkte.

www.kittenkillerscomedy.com | Twitter: @kittenkillers Brilliant physical comedy and surreal skits BBBB FEMALE ARTS Outrageously funny BBBB FOURTHWALL MAGAZINE

www.orchidandcrow.com | Twitter: @_daniel_tobias_ Whip-smart, hilarious and deeply moving BBBB AGE Turns divine vengeance into comedy gold BBBB SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

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KITTEN KILLERS: WOOF

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Kitten Killers

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DANCE PHYSICAL THEATRE AND CIRCUS

360 ALLSTARS Onyx Productions

A phenomenal physical performance exploring all forms of rotation, 360 ALLSTARS connects the street with the elite to deliver a radical urban circus. Boasting a stellar international cast, including the two-time World Champion BMX Flatlander, two World Champion breakdancers, an internationally acclaimed basketball freestyler, and an exceptional roue cyr artist, 360 ALLSTARS is a spectacular fusion of the extraordinary artistry that emerges from street culture. With a stunning live soundtrack delivered by award-winning musicians, 360 ALLSTARS is a revolutionary production that will leave you dizzy with excitement! www.onyx-productions.com/360allstars

A supercharged show THEATERMANIA, NEW YORK Absolutely electrifying and totally engaging PEARL MAGAZINE As a modern circus performance this is as slick as it gets STAGE WHISPERS A fast, furious & astounding defiance of gravity & equilibrium 10 DAYS ON THE ISLAND £10

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BARRY CRYER AND RONNIE GOLDEN - OLD MASTERS

16:15 (17:30)

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I AM NOT MYSELF THESE DAYS

Fuel and Tom Stuart

A surprising tale of love and loss, set amidst the excesses of 1990s New York, adapted from Josh Kilmer-Purcell's bestselling autobiography. By turns brutal, funny and heartfelt this one man show recounts a time when Josh found himself working as a drag queen, battling alcoholism, and desperately trying to make a relationship work with Jack, a high-class rent boy addicted to crack.

Gilded Balloon

Expect comedy songs and gags galore from the well-loved duo, back at The Fringe to prove they're still alive and old's cool. Barry will have an aviary of new parrot jokes and Ronnie will be cleaning up after them. www.gildedballoon.co.uk

fueltheatre.com | Twitter: @FuelTheatre

Two of comedy's most fabled masters FESTIVAL TIMES I laughed incontinently GUARDIAN

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KARL SPAIN: A TIME FOR JOKES

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A man struggles with his compulsion to tell jokes at the worst possible moments. The show is very funny and proceeds will go to getting Zayn back in to One Direction, will also help curb the evil that is ISIS. Should you fail to attend you will be seen as a smelly bum and won't win any prizes. Ed Sheeran will probably attend. Maybe.

One of last year's best-reviewed shows (British Comedy Guide) returns with another hour of slick sketch comedy. Fresh from this year's London SketchFest, book ahead to avoid disappointment. Quite unlike any other sketch show you will see BBBB SCOTSMAN

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www.comedynight.ie | Twitter: @karlkingov Achingly funny SUNDAY TIMES

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MINOR DELAYS

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex

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Lisa Richards

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GILDED BALLOON | TURRET

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RAY BRADSHAW: I DARE RAY TO...

All your tickets in one place

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STEPHEN BAILEY: SHOULD'VE BEEN A POPSTAR

Ray Bradshaw

Scottish Comedian Ray Bradshaw has given up a year of his life to undertake dares sent to him by strangers on the internet. Find out if he succeeded, and where he ended up on his year long adventure.

So Comedy by arrangement with PBJ Management

www.raybradshaw.co.uk | Twitter: @comedyray Has a clear comedy gift EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS Brilliant grinning storyteller SKINNY

www.stephenbaileycomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @stephencomedy A great addition to the comedy scene BBBB EXPRESS

The 'Guilty pleasure' (Daily Record) returns with one of his infamous gossips in a show less about becoming a popstar, more about finding your own X Factor (like Katy Perry's World Tour, with less songs!) So beautifully comfortable in his self that the show he's created is rich with positivity BBBB NEW CURRENT £5

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STEPHEN K AMOS TALK SHOW

Bound & Gagged Comedy / Glorious Management

Festival favourite Amos chats with guests hand-picked from the worlds of theatre, comedy and music. 'Gets laughs by the bucket load... Amos is flirtatious, comfortable and inclusive' ED FEST, 'Provocative, thoughtful and wickedly funny' STAGE, 'Hilarious... comic genius' THREEWEEKS. www.stephenkamos.com | Twitter: @stephenkamos

Great variety show featuring a diverse range of performers, gloriously presided over by the immensely funny charismatic host. BBBB ED FEST MAGAZINE He's so sharp that one day he will cut himself. SCOTSMAN £7

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WIL GREENWAY - FOR THE GROUND THAT GREW ME

Wil Greenway

That rich taste when you bite your tongue? It's those quiet stories in your blood, passed down from generations before you. These are mine. A new set of truths, fears and lies from the creator of Vincent Goes Splat (an absurd and yet utterly human story - Daniel Kitson), A Night to Dismember (**** Time Out) and The Lounge Room Confabulators (Winner of the Underbelly Edinburgh Award). Bittersweet, hilarious and heartbreaking BBBBB THREE WEEKS £6

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CIRCUS

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B-ORDERS

10x10x10

A stunning contemporary circus and dance performance by Ashtar Muallem and Fadi Zmorrod featuring the absence of freedom and the desire to escape the multitude of codes, orders and borders dominating the Palestinian society. A poetic search for inner peace and the liberation from prejudice. B-Orders highlights the predestined burdens put upon us by history, society, gender, religion, nationality and education. Can we really get rid of our preconceived ideas?

Exciting new writing. Ten 10-minute long theatrical monologues written by ten comedians and performed by ten different comedians to celebrate 10 years of the Comedians' Theatre Company. Curated by Maggie Inchley and Phil Nichol. Two different shows in rotation. See both!

Palestinian Circus Company in association with Aurora Nova

Comedians' Theatre Company and the Pleasance

Twitter: @ComediansThtrCo Clever stuff BBBBB WHAT'S ON STAGE

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

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GOBSMACKED!

Anton Benson Productions Ltd

Nic Doodson, Andrew Kay, The TCB Group and Underbelly Productions

Get Your Own Back: Live! is a gunge tank game show based on the long running classic children's TV series. Come and re-discover your inner child as DAVE BENSON PHILLIPS hosts this live version of the fast paced, slapstick show where teams compete in a series of fun games and challenges for the chance to gunge their opponents. And with contestants being selected from other Edinburgh Fringe shows, you never know who will be appearing for the chance to get their own back!

From the producers of The Magnets and Soweto Gospel Choir comes the most anticipated show of 2015's Fringe Festival, Gobsmacked! - the all-singing, all-amazing theatrical experience that redefines the limits of the human voice. A cappella like you've never experienced before - from traditional street corner harmonies to cutting edge live looping, these multi-talented performers will produce mind-blowing soundscapes with songs and a production that simply has to be heard to be believed. Featuring world champion beatboxers and some of the finest singers from London's West End and the live music scene, Gobsmacked! tells an urban tale, intertwining the lives of the characters, revealing their stories of hope, love, loss & triumph - all told in a completely unique a cappella style. Set to do for a cappella what Stomp did for drumming, catch the world premiere of Gobsmacked! before it heads off for a tour of Asia and Australia.

www.antonbensonproductions.com | Twitter: @gyoblive

That feels great! KEVIN BRIDGES (IN REACTION TO BEING GUNGED BY DAVE BENSON PHILIPS) Getting gunged is actually the best fun I've had in years ANONYMOUS HEADTEACHER

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JOHN LLOYD: EMPEROR OF THE PRAWNS

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LOLLY

Feature Spot Productions Ltd

Lolly Adefope presents her debut hour - join her as she masquerades her deep-rooted insecurities as character comedy! If you see one show this Fringe then please, please, take her with you? Leicester New Comedian of the Year 2015 nominee.

So Comedy by arrangement with Quite Interesting Limited

Find out what the hell this means as the bloke behind QI, Blackadder and Spitting Image, and host of BBC Radio 4's Museum Of Curiosity, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe on the back of his 2013 sell out run. Book early.

itgcomedy.com | Twitter: @lollyadefope Promising Newcomer INDEPENDENT

www.qi.com

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THE BAD ARM: CONFESSIONS OF A DODGY IRISH DANCER

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Olivier Award nominee Gerard Logan returns with his internationally-acclaimed performance of Shakespeare's astonishing narrative poem, for which he won The Stage Award for Best Solo Performance at the 2011 Fringe. Directed by Gareth Armstrong.

www.maireclerkin.com | Twitter: @FringeMan2015 A gifted writer-actor. Critic's Pick BACKSTAGE Deep dish from the real deal - very funny. NEW YORK IRISH ARTS

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Raw rhythms. Tall tales. Arse-clenching comedy. In this outrageous antidote to Riverdance, Clerkin recounts her woes of being English in Ireland, Irish in England, and a pink-haired punk in a grey city.

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WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT

Written and performed by Rebecca Crookshank

Directed by Jessica Beck 'Happy 17th Birthday Crookshank... how 'bout a cup of SUCK IT THE F**K UP?!' Based on Rebecca's time in the Royal Air Force, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot charts her journey from basic training to the Falkland Islands. Join Crookshank for this hilarious, heartwarming adventure. Warning: Contains weapons, strong language and penguins. www.wtftheplay.co.uk | Twitter: @WTFtheplay £6

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CELL

Smoking Apples and Dogfish

After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime... and so does his pet fish. He rushes to experience the world, from the markets of Lille to the romance of Venice. Humorous, heartwarming and uplifting, CELL features charming puppetry, physical theatre and an original score to tell the story of one man's final adventure. www.cell-show.co.uk | Twitter: @cellshow

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TANIA EDWARDS: ELECTRIFYING

Squint and the Pleasance

Live Nation

This is the hotly anticipated and hilarious new show from Tania Edwards; stand up comedian (BBC1, Radio 4), and writer (Mock the Week, BBC2, Stand Up For The Week, Channel 4). Tania was a finalist in the Hackney Empire, Amused Moose, Leicester Square, Latitude, and Funny Women competitions. www.taniaedwardscomedy.com | Twitter: @taniaedwards

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FANFICTION COMEDY

FanFiction Comedy

New Zealand's cult comedy show returns with all new geek stories and special guests.

'My teachers called me extraordinary. Mum called me strong-willed. My boss said I was a great asset. Now everyone calls me evil'. Molly's different, but is she a monster? Fringe sell-out company Squint return with a warped and exhilarating journey through the mind of a sociopath. Produced in association with Etch and Pleasance, supported by Pleasance's Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund.

www.fanfictioncomedy.com | Twitter: @FanFicComedy

www.squintonline.com | Twitter: @squinttweet

It would be impossible not to be blown away by this staggeringly impressive line-up of New Zealand's brightest young comedy writers. BBBBB FEST If this talented troupe of Kiwis decided to turn their wits to writing real fiction for the screen, the future of New Zealand comedy would be in very safe hands. BBBBB

Sexy as hell-pulsating with energy TIME OUT (ON LONG STORY SHORT, 2014) One of the many exciting new theatre companies to emerge in the last few years

Excellently performed by a versatile ensemble BBBB SUNDAY EXPRESS (ON LONG STORY SHORT, 2014)

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SAD FACES PRESENT THE DAWN CHORUS

Ditto Productions

Sad Faces challenge themselves and you with their adaptation of the devastatingly heartbreaking novel. Special First World War centenary (+ 1 year) performance. Three men. One hour. A million tears jerked. As heard on BBC Radio 4Extra. Directed by John Luke Roberts. www.dittoproductions.co.uk | Twitter: @sadfacescomedy An excellent sketch trio BBBB THREE WEEKS

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THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE FAMILY

Ben Norris

A one-man show about love, loss, and motorways. Ben battles the country's most notorious service stations and the perils of lower-league football in search of his father. WINNER - IdeasTap Underbelly Award 2015. thehitchhikersguidetothefamily.com | Twitter: @BenNorris7

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WE CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY

HOUSE OF BLAKEWELL / Vicky Graham Productions

Multi award-winning duo HOUSE OF BLAKEWELL want to make you happy. They sing and dance their way through positive psychology, Greek philosophy and the 5:2 diet, but will they find what they are looking for? Featuring woodwind duels, dance-offs and original, toe-tapping showstoppers, this hilarious cabaret musical will make you feel slightly better about the world. www.houseofblakewell.com | Twitter: @blakewellhouse Pick of the Fringe BBBBB THE NEW CURRENT Hilarious & heart-warming BBBB EDFRINGECRITIC £8

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JAMES VEITCH: GENIUS BAR

Live Nation in association with MHA

Join an ex-Apple Genius for misguided forays into onlinedating, unrequited love and what it's really like to work for Steve Jobs. Expect music, mischief and the Legend of Zelda; iCloud, Macbooks and 80's nostalgia. A clumsy tale of broken hearts and broken iPhones. A show for anyone who's ever wished they could just reboot. veitch.me | Twitter: @veitchtweets I laughed my ass off NEW YORK TIMES Tears-down-the-face funny BBBB SUNDAY HERALD £6 £7.50 (£6.50)

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BEASTS: LIVE DVD

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MID-BROW

DAA Management

Mid-Brow

After a blistering London run and festival tour this year, Fringe debutants Mid-Brow have been attracting many plaudits along the way with their self-titled sketch show; one even describing their show as possessing the extreme quality/finish you'd normally associate with a Kinder Bueno. This smart and insightful pair are the ones to watch. www.mid-brow.com | Twitter: @Mid_Brow

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Big time sketch heroes BEASTS are returning to Edinburgh to film a live DVD of their best ever show. Audience needed, also camera. Total sell-out 2013 & 2014. Book now to avoid lifelong regret. 'The new breed of sketch show' GUARDIAN. As heard on BBC Radio 4. Directed by Tom Parry (Pappy's). BEASTScomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @BEASTScomedy Unforgettably nutty BBBB TIMES

Delightfully entertaining BBBB TELEGRAPH Pure, unabashed silliness BBBB METRO

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RHYS JAMES: REMAINS

Live Nation in association with Glorious Management

There's good news and there's bad news. The good news is Rhys James is back with another classic hour of stand-up comedy and definitely-cool-and-not-pretentious poetry to smash your jaws to the floor once again. The bad news is you're going to struggle to get a ticket. 'Destined for great things... Charismatic, clever and self-aware' (Guardian). Twitter: @Rhysjamesy BBBB INDEPENDENT BBBB SCOTSMAN

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LE GATEAU CHOCOLAT: BLACK

Ebdon Management

Assembly Festival, Soho Theatre and nitroBEAT

What do UKIP supporting Lord Ponsanby, ex Burberry model Sulky Waterboat and alcoholic do-gooder Vanessa the Undresser have in common? Nothing... except a postcode. Acclaimed character comedian Sophie Pelham, (Miranda, Reggie Perrin BBC1) turns a joyous and satirical eye on village life in all its curtain twitching glory.

The cabaret legend has a story to tell... Featuring a repertoire ranging from Wagner to Whitney Houston, Black is an intimate and confessional portrait of Nigerian singer Le Gateau Chocolat's life: his hopes, his fears and his battle with depression.

www.sophiepelham.co.uk | Twitter: @spelhamcomedy

Entertaining yet intimate... destined for greatness

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BACKSTAGE IN BISCUIT LAND

Touretteshero

Revenge is best served radge! A new dark comedy from the creator of the critically acclaimed shows Big Sean, Mikey and Me, Bath Time and Boxman: 'Phenomenal. Must See!' **** Stage

Jess Thom has Tourettes, a condition that makes her say 'biscuit' 16,000 times a day. Her unusual neurology gives her a unique perspective on life; one she's joyfully unleashed on the world. This two-woman solo show weaves comedy, puppetry, singing, and incredible tics to explore spontaneity, creativity, disability, and things you never knew would make you laugh.

www.ruaraidhmurray.co.uk | Twitter: @ruaraidhmurray1 Quentin Tarantino meets Irvine Welsh BBBB SCOTSMAN Firecracker of a show BBBB HERALD Murray's bravura performance BBBB METRO

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DANZA DEL CARIBE: ITARA

Blind Summit Theatre

Danza Del Caribe

Once upon a time in a far off imaginary place... a giant fell out of the sky. 'There were roofs down, windows blown in' - says Puppet Granny, Tina Henderson - 'It wasnae funny.' Blind Summit, the makers of Fringe First award winning show The Table, return to Edinburgh with a puppet-docudrama which tells the true story of Jack and the Beanstalk. They look behind the scenes and uncover a tale of gambling, greed, theft and murder.

Feel the vibrations from Santiago de Cuba, the Capital of the Caribbean with these brilliant, passionate and sensual dancers and musicians. Itara, meaning burning desire in the Yoruban language of West Africa, combines the elements which make Danza del Caribe unique. The disciplined virtuosity brought by the company's legendary Maestro Rivero harmonises classical technique with raw, undulating Afro movements. The mezmerizing live score combines drumming, singing and symphonic cello, featuring DJ Soundstrider and The Metabards. From Sulkary, an exaltation to fertility, to the spectacular fire-limbo in Los Elementos, you'll be spellbound.

www.blindsummit.com | Twitter: @1blindsummit

www.danzadelcaribe.com | Twitter: @danzadelcaribe

Dazzling SCOTSMAN A weird feel good delight TELEGRAPH Blind Summit are the UK's puppet masters GUARDIAN

Every one of the dancers are possessed of prodigious skill and enviable facility SFWEEKLY.COM, SAN FRANCISCO

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THRONES! THE MUSICAL

Sleeping Trees

Baby Wants Candy

What happens when comedy meets jazz? What happens when physical jokes meet musical notes? Where do babies come from? Well the Sleeping Trees have the answers to at least two of those questions. This year, the award winning comic trio team up with jazz-fusion outfit The Physics House Band, to bring you two brand new shows. No Gangster or Western film is safe, as the Sleeping Trees apply their surreal, physical and unrelenting comic style to both genres. Co-directed by Tom Parry (Pappy's)

From the twisted minds of Baby Wants Candy. Ridiculously handsome men battling White Walkers, ridiculously beautiful women riding fire-breathing dragons, and everyone trying to either kill or shag each other... Thrones! is a racy, gory, hilarious parody of HBO's phenomenally successful Game of Thrones. Expect whip-smart writing, a catchy original musical score and super-special special effects. Nudity? Maybe. Laughs? For sure. Brothers and sisters f*cking? No comment. Appropriate for 14+, if you don't mind explaining a few things to your 14 year old after the show.

www.sleepingtreestheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @wesleepingtrees

The birth child of Monty Python and the League of Gentleman BBBB TIME OUT This has to be the start of something like Pegg & Frost, Mitchell & Webb, except they are a trio BBBBB FRINGE REVIEW Perfect comic timing, razor sharp writing BBBBB BROADWAY BABY

www.thronesmusical.com | Twitter: @BabyWantsCandy

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THÜNDERBARDS: CHAPTER III

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TITUS ANDRONICUS

Avalon Promotions Ltd

Smooth Faced Gentlemen | all-female shakespeare

Critically acclaimed sketch duo Thünderbards ('Without question one of the funniest sketch shows on the Fringe' - GQ) return to Edinburgh with their third hour of comedy. Tipped as 'one of the UK's most promising emerging sketch acts' (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine), Thünderbards create surreal scenes, vibrant characters and off-beat jokes, as silly as they are scholarly.

The award-winning all-female company revive their vibrant, visceral retelling of Shakespeare's bloodiest tragedy. Two families intertwine in a brutally farcical tale of revenge. Winner: Mervyn Stutter Spirit of the Fringe Award titus2015.com | Twitter: @SmoothFacedGent #allfemaleTitus

Brought to life with vivid brushstrokes... ferocious, creative, and unflinchingly bloody SKINNY Both side-splitting and stomach churning... inventive and incredible BROADWAY BABY

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SPILLIKIN - A LOVE STORY

The Pleasance / Nicholas Parsons

Pipeline Theatre Company

Sally's confused. She's mislaid her husband. But there's a robot in her kitchen. And the voice is familiar. Spillikin is both funny and heartbreaking with live music and a real robot. pipelinetheatre.com | Twitter: @theatrepipeline

Pipeline Theatre creates work of such startling depth and rawness that it is impossible to come away from it unchanged. Fantastic writing, innovative design BBBBB UPCOMING £6 £7.50 (£6.50)

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Celebrating 15 years on the Pleasance stage join West End, screen and radio star Nicholas Parsons for his most magnificent show yet! The host of BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute invites you to come and join the fun and laughter at his sell-out improvised comedy and chat show with a host of special celebrity guests. Past guests have included Jason Byrne, Michael McIntyre, John Bishop, Sue Perkins, Shappi Khorsandi, Gyles Brandreth, Micky Flanagan and Russell Kane. Not to be missed. www.pleasance.co.uk | Twitter: @ThePleasance

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

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ABIGOLIAH SCHAMAUN: POST COITAL CONFESSIONS

Troll Productions

NYC comic, Abigoliah Schamaun, reflects her own amorous affairs then asked people: What's the weirdest thing you've been told post-coitus? Sometimes it's bizarre, other times it makes you fall in love. But it's always interesting and just a bit wrong. WINNER: Moth StorySLAM

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Vivienne Smith Management

Take a walk on the wild side with the hilarious Lucy Frederick who takes you on a trek around the world of pets and creatures from ponies to porpoises! There's something for everyone in this animal based standup show!

Fringe With Benefits

YouTube Superstar Jon Cozart brings his one man show to Edinburgh. Star of the Disney parody 'After Ever After' videos, Jon has over 2.8 million subscribers to his YouTube Channel PAINT. 'After Ever After' has had over 48 million hits. Jon's show, through music and comedy, will give you an insight into his rise to YouTube Superstardom. Brilliant BBBB AUSTIN CHRONICLE

Twitter: @LucyFrederick Delightful! BROADWAY BABY

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HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI: BIG MOUTH STRIKES AGAIN

Graham Clark produced by the Pajama Men

So Comedy

In an era where the phone book is going extinct, Graham Clark Reads the Phonebook serves as a fitting eulogy to the tome everyone used to own. Clark will leave no stone unturned while focusing his observational lens on the subject at hand.

When you've a mouth this big, is it any wonder you get into trouble? The fringe favourite explains all in a brand new 'immensely funny' (Daily Express) show. www.socomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @misterhsk

A master of pace, mixing stories with fantastic quickwitted patter BBBB SKINNY Something quite special... in between the laughter are stories of genuine power BBBBB BROADWAY BABY

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Stephen Tobolowsky is that guy. You know, that guy. The insurance guy from Groundhog Day? The guy who was in Memento? That guy! USA Today listed Stephen as the ninth most frequently seen guy in films. And that's a fact; it's on Wikipedia. So you do know him. That guy! Anyway, that guy, Stephen Tobolowsky, will be sharing some of his hilarious, moving, and profound stories about life, love and the entertainment industry. Fourteen Performances Only. One guy.

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As part of hugely popular cult comedy show The Grandees, Marny Godden has brought to life a collection of very colourful characters. In this, her debut solo show, she mixes clowning and storytelling taking the audience on an uplifting fun-packed adventure. Meet The Little Wula, The Hoover Lady and Wilmot Brown, the finest actor in London Town to name a few. Perfectly executed comedy BBBBB EDINBURGH £6

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YVE BLAKE: LIE COLLECTOR

Underbelly Productions and La Meute

Show And Tell with PBJ Management

Yve Blake asks the internet 'What's the biggest lie you've ever told?' The answers become bold, spectacular musical comedy. And costumes. And dancebreaks. Prepare to hear about a faked pregnancy, to behold a gown made of pizza, and to be both dazzled and disturbed. Send a confession to: WhoWereWe.com. So far over 2000 people in 154 cities have. As lively as a BuzzFeed list of cat GIFs EVENING STANDARD Sheer ingenuity BBBB TIME OUT £6.50 £8 (£7)

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PATRICK MORRIS: FAIRLY PREMATURE BUCKET LIST

So Comedy by arrangement with John Noel Management

Regrettably well behaved as a child, Patrick became concerned that he had not lived the rock'n'roll youth that would make a thrilling memoir. So over the last 6 months he's made up for lost time.

Hunt with a joyful pack of six daredevils as they astonish with the rarely-seen, spectacular circus skill of French Swing. A catch-your-breath hour of madcap humour and beyond belief stunts. This talented team of irreverent acrobats dice with danger, human catapulting themselves high into the air from a giant metal swing, and dodging junk onstage with alarming dexterity. Take a walk on the wild side with the joyful La Meute, where six playful performers test each other to see how far they can go... www.cielameute.com

www.patrickmorriscomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @patrickmorristv Inventive wit GUARDIAN

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AIDAN STANGEMAN: HORSEY

Aidan Strangeman

Winner of So You Think You're Funny? 2014, Irish musical comedian Aidan Strangeman is his kids' favourite superhero. Can he grow up before they do? Aidan and his comedy songs have previously featured in the theatre show 'Singlehood' which has played to thousands of people in some of Ireland's largest venues, including The Olympia and Vicar Street www.aidanstrangeman.com | Twitter: @aidanstrangeman Hilarious IRISH TIMES So worth checking out ABANDOMAN £5

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ALFIE MOORE: A FAIR COP STANDS UP

Mick Perrin Worldwide

The world's finest police force is collapsing around us. Cuts, scandals, looming privatisation and the politicians throttling the life out of the British Bobby. Cop-turnedcomedian Alfie, star of BBC Radio 4 comedy 'It's a Fair Cop', returns following his 2014 sell-out Edinburgh show with a dynamic and hilarious plan to resuscitate the thin blue line. www.alfiemoore.com | Twitter: @alfiemoore

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THE TITANIC ORCHESTRA

Sarah Stribley Productions in association with AHP and the Pleasance

John Hannah (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Sliding Doors, The Mummy) stars in this madcap comedy of illusion. Four tramps huddle together at an abandoned railway station, full of vodka-fuelled dreams of escaping on one of the passing trains. But the trains never stop. Until one day, a dishevelled stranger is thrown into their midst. He reveals himself to be the great illusionist Harry Houdini and promises that together they will perform the most improbable vanishing act the world has ever seen. A UK premiere by celebrated Bulgarian playwright Hristo Boytchev (British Council International Playwriting Award for The Colonel Bird) in a new translation by Steve King. An extraordinary play... subverting all our conventional definitions of madness and sanity GUARDIAN (ON THE COLONEL BIRD)

Wonderful... a telling comedy about barmy idealism INDEPENDENT (ON THE COLONEL BIRD)

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4X4 EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURES Gandini Juggling

Tracing pathways in space, 4 jugglers and 4 ballet dancers share a stage for the first time. Both these formalised systems are ephemeral journeys through time and space, leaving an unseen trace, like an imaginary architecture. 4 x 4 is a celebration of where these paths meet. 4 x 4 sees the sensational Gandini Juggling returning to its love affair with pure patterns and mathematics. Following the international success of Smashed, this new work takes us on fleeting journeys through time and space in a unique dialogue between jugglers and ballet dancers. Directed by world renowned juggler Sean Gandini, choreographed by the Royal Ballet's Ludovic Ondiviela, with original composition 'Suspended opus 69' by Nimrod Borenstein. www.gandinijuggling.com | Twitter: @gandinijuggling

A show of elegant, wistful beauty BBBB GUARDIAN A splendid blend of talents imbued with both elegance and wit BBBB TIMES A clever, cool and wondrous show that gives delight BBBB STAGE A phenomenal display BBBB EVERYTHING THEATRE £10

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FILLS MONKEY: INCREDIBLE DRUM SHOW

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BEC HILL: CAUGHT ON TAPE

Stories in Theatre Productions

Ditto Productions

What do you regret? Bec only has one life regret and it haunts her. But now it's time to change that... WINNER: The Barry Performers' Choice Award for BEST SHOW, Edinburgh Fringe 2014. You definitely won't regret seeing this show! www.bechill.flavors.me | Twitter: @bechillcomedian Brilliantly conceived... BBBBB SUNDAY HERALD Exuberant, daft and inventive. BBBB SCOTSMAN

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Fills Monkey comes to Edinburgh for its UK premiere! The illegitimate French sons of Stomp meet The Muppet Show's Animal in this mischievous drumming extravaganza. Fresh from their sell-out international tour, this visually spectacular show, bursting at the seams with energy and originality will have you leaving the theatre on a high, air drumming your way home. Great rhythm is worth a thousands words, this is a show everyone can enjoy. fillsmonkey.com | Twitter: @Fills_Monkey If there is one show to see, it's this! BBBBB LE PARISIEN Humour and virtuosity BBBBB LE MONDE

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ECHOES BY HENRY NAYLOR

Henry Naylor/Gilded Balloon

The tales of two Britons, born 175 years apart. One's a jihadi schoolgirl; the other, a Victorian blue-stocking. Both travel to the East to build Empires; both encounter horror in blood-soaked lands... Timely drama, by lead Spitting Image writer Henry Naylor whose last play, The Collector, recieved nine 4 & 5 star reviews and won a Fringe First in 2014. www.echoestheplay.com

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UNDERBELLY COWGATE | IRON BELLY

JESSIE CAVE: I LOVED HER

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LARRY DEAN: OUT NOW!

Pindippy.com

Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Beyond Compere

Scottish Comedian Of The Year returns to the Fringe with his debut hour. Join Larry as he struggles with shame and stereotypes, 'pride' and prejudice... not the book. As seen on BBC Presents: Edinburgh 2014. Tour support for Stephen K Amos & Eddie Izzard. www.larrydeancomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @larrydeancomedy

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Jessie Cave returns to Edinburgh with her second show after a sell-out 2012 debut. Confessional and brutally honest, I LOVED HER is about an obsession with exes, motherhood and texting (amongst other considerably neurotic things). A stage version of her much liked illustrations as seen in her first book LOVESICK, published by Ebury July 2015. www.pindippy.com | Twitter: @pindippycave

A charming hour of character comedy and loving literary silliness BBBB INDEPENDENT

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Milwaukee People's Theatre Academy

Noun [Doh-dek-uh-hee-drun]. Definition; A one-man character comedy from the brain of Nick Hall. As seen on BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Radio 4. 'Brilliant' The Times 'One not to miss' **** The Skinny www.thisisnickhall.com | Twitter: @NickHallSays Side splittingly funny BBBBB THREEWEEKS Crackingly original BBBB LIST

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THE OXFORD REVUE: ISSUES

Tshwane Gospel Choir

The Oxford Revue

The critically-acclaimed Oxford Revue returns to the Fringe for its 51st year, bringing an hour of hilarious sketch comedy, written and performed by this year's finest student comedians. The Oxford Revue has been the starting point for many of the UK's best-loved comedians, including Rowan Atkinson, Alan Bennett and Michael Palin. Twitter: @oxfordrevue

Pure, unrelenting hilarity. BBBBB BROADWAY BABY Witty, inventive and extremely clever. BBBBB THREEWEEKS £5

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Returning to the Fringe following a successful debut in 2014, Tshwane Gospel Choir bring you urban African gospel with jazzy beats and Sophiatown inspired sounds all accompanied by the African drum - the Jembe. The show is a display of the rich and diverse culture of South Africa with a message of peace, unity and hope for all of Africa. For the Festival's ultimate African experience, look no further than the beautiful harmonies, joyful rhythms and drumbeats of Tshwane Gospel Choir. www.tshwanegospechoir.com | Twitter: @tshwanegospel

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WILL DURST: BOOMERAGING FROM LSD TO OMG

Will Durst/Gilded Balloon

An uproarious tribute to the joys, achievements, frustrations, and looming doom of the Baby Boom Generation. It's what happens when acid flashbacks meet dementia. A celebration of the maturation of the Boomer Nation: culminating in an extra, added special treat- the Meaning of Life. A unique theatrical event delivered with standup timing and no less than a modicum of poetry. www.willdurst.com | Twitter: @willdurst Hysterical!! BBBBB SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER £5

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THE VERY GREY MATTER OF EDWARD BLANK

Familia de la Noche

Edward Blank is extraordinary. A mousey audiotypist, he rarely leaves his magnolia one-bed flat. But Edward is never alone. His tiny world overflows with an imaginary entourage of maniacal friends all vying for attention and adventures. Edward is happy in his ordinary-extraordinary life until a soft voice on an audio tape changes everything. www.familiadelanoche.com | Twitter: @familiadelanoch

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CHRISTIAN TALBOT IS SHITE AT BEING IRISH

Christian Talbot

Ireland! Home of the black stuff and the Craic. The whole world wants to be Irish and sure why wouldn't they? So what happens if you actually are and you're shite at it? Christian Talbot looks awful in all 40 shades of green and he's allergic to Guinness and rain. He can't speak the language and he's afraid of potatoes. www.trappedinnorthernireland.com | Twitter: @TheTall_Bot An absolutely engaging performer SCOTSMAN

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ZIK'R

MAN TO MAN

Karen Ruimy Productions in association with Neil O'Brien Entertainment

Wales Millennium Centre

Compromising her identity for survival, Ella is plunged into a masculine world of beer and schnapps; an existence dominated by fear of discovery and the changing face of authority in 20th century Germany. From the play Jacke Wie Hose by Manfred Karge, in an English translation by Alexandra Wood. www.wmc.org.uk | Twitter: @theCentre

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THE SUNSET FIVE

DugOut Theatre

After the rip-roaring success of Inheritance Blues, DugOut Theatre return to delight audiences with this hilarious new comedy. Faced with losing their beloved watering hole, a pub quiz team stage a casino heist. Hailing from the rundown seaside town of Chipworth, this band of ordinary misfits come together in an attempt to pull off something truly extraordinary. Think Hot Fuzz meets Ocean's Eleven.

ZIK'R is a heady mix of original traditional and contemporary music including reinterpretations by Groove Armada, Mr Scruff and 4 Hero. Charting the mystical path of Sufi where the Middle East, Africa and Spain collide, creating wild, untamed flamenco. The mystical roots of Sufi and Flamenco have been intertwined as part of a centurieslong journey. An ensemble of extraordinary multi- talented performers offers a soundclash of Qawwali, Egyptian and Moroccan traditional sounds and explores the vibrant traditions through spectacular and powerful dance. karenruimy.com/dance/zikr

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CHRISTIAN O'CONNELL: YOU'VE RUINED MY MORNING... AND OTHER FAN MAIL

Fringe Favourites and Winners of the 2014 Mervyn Stutter 'Spirit Of The Fringe' Award are back with a shiny new show! They have recently recorded their first series for BBC Radio 4 - listen out for 'The Croft & Pearce Show'. 'Sketch comedy at its very best' (Alistair McGowan) 'Head flingingly funny' **** Three Weeks. 'Loads of laughs' ***** One4Review.

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He's collected multiple awards as a national Breakfast show DJ, and also collected multiple death threats, hate mail and abusive complaints. Join Christian for a journey into a world of offended clowns and angry cat lovers.

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So Comedy by arrangement with Troika

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HARRIET KEMSLEY: PUPPY FAT

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex by arrangement with PBJ Management

Live Nation in association with MHA

With 1,000,000 YouTube hits and counting, Damien Slash brings his character comedy creations to Edinburgh in glorious 4D. Meet his 'wonderful, distinct, impressive' (Chortle) creations including Mineral Water Critics, Mythical Shamans, Hardcore Gamers, Gambling Addicts, Corporate 'Creatives' and more. As seen on BBC1 and C4.

Award winning idiot and quirky rising star Harriet Kemsley brings her much anticipated debut hour to the Fringe. Isn't she brave? As seen on the BBC3 Comedy Marathon, the Radio1 Comedy Lounge, Funny Rotten Scoundrels on London Live and as Tour Support for Katherine Ryan and Stephan Merchant.

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www.harrietkemsley.com | Twitter: @harrietkemsley A very funny new stand-up TIME OUT

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THE BEAU ZEAUX: AN IMPROVISED COMEDY

Flabbergast Theatre

So Comedy by arrangement with The Spontaneity Shop

From the creators of Boris & Sergey comes a one man show featuring puppetry, physical comedy, and mime. In this hilarious, absurd and often magical show that juxtaposes themes of loneliness and belonging with joy and exhilaration, we are invited to witness one man's quest for a friend. Pathos, dark humour and Victorian aesthetics combine to create a wonderful and mysterious backdrop to a poetic and surreal journey.

Panic is the mother of invention. The identity of the father of invention awaits a paternity test. Meanwhile, Marcus Brigstocke, Pippa Evans, Thom Tuck, Rachel Parris, Ed Coleman, Milly Thomas and Brendan Murphy, plus some special guests, will become characters you won't forget no matter how hard you try. Those characters will meet with reckless abandon and stories will happen. Wrangled live by Deborah Frances-White. From the team behind Fringe hit Voices In Your Head.

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Gavin & Gavin

PM2 Entertainment, Richard Jordan Productions, ProjectY

Life doesn't always turn out how you hope. Two divorces, a rare autoimmune disease and both becoming single mums wasn't part of the life plan. In this hilarious look at their lives, finding the funny in the darkest of moments the sisters re-examine what makes them happy and relish laughing in the face of adversity. www.gavinandgavin.co.uk | Twitter: @gavin_and_gavin

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Having triumphed in Celebrity Big Brother, survived Celebrity Rehab with Dr Drew, and taken on Meatloaf and Donald Trump, Keanu Reeves' favourite co-star now undertakes his biggest challenge yet: performing all the parts in Hamlet at the Edinburgh Fringe using songs and homemade puppets - anything could happen! Written by David Carl (after Shakespeare), Co-Created and Directed by Michole Biancosino.

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Bound & Gagged Comedy / UTC Artist Management

Ed Eales-White and Jon Pointing

Sarah Callaghan feels trapped. In her highly anticipated debut hour, this refreshingly honest rising star discusses small worlds and trying to break free. 'No-nonsense rising star' (Time Out Class of 2014). Up the Creek One to Watch Winner 2013. As seen on Virtually Famous (E4). www.sarahcallaghan.com | Twitter: @sarahecallaghan

This new double act slam down a new character/sketch show. Two straight talking white brothers from two different mothers. Writers & Performers of BBC mini series Life Guru. As seen on BBC Three, E4 and Channel 4. Writer and Performer of award winning sketch group Clever Peter (BBC Radio 4).

Magnificent performance... an absolute natural, Callaghan is definitely one to catch FEST The real deal... unaffected authenticity CHORTLE

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CLASS CLOWNS 2015: THE FINAL

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FIN TAYLOR: STINK

Gilded Balloon

Live Nation in association with MHA

The FIRST and ONLY stand-up comedy competition for high school students at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! Pioneered by Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Class Clowns lands on Scottish soil to unearth the best in young home-grown talent. Come and support the next generation of comedy superstars as they battle it out in the Grand Final for the title of Class Clowns champion 2015!

A friend once told Fin that his stand-up is like 'a party, after the dancing'. We're talking a kitchen full of smoke and cold pizza. So that's the show! Observational comedy for slackers. This is Fin's second hour of comedy after his acclaimed 2014 debut. Included in The Guardian and Independent's Top 10 Jokes of the Fringe 2014. fintaylor.com | Twitter: @fintaylorcomedy

Taylor is on the cusp of something big SKINNY All the makings of a world quality stand-up LIST

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BLAM!

Kristján Ingimarsson / Neander and Glynis Henderson Productions

THE RUNAWAY HIT OF 2013 RETURNS! 'Just saw BLAM! One of the greatest, most exciting and brilliant shows I have ever seen' (Ricky Gervais) In this hilarious and explosive show where ordinary life is put through the shredder, a tedious workplace is transformed into a world of superheroes and blockbuster movie villains. Stuffed with neck-breaking stunts, breathtaking physical feats and heaps of attitude, BLAM! will take you on an extraordinary riotous adventure. www.blamtheshow.com | Twitter: @BLAMtheshow

Thrilling... mesmerising... astounding! BBBBB SCOTSMAN Funny, wildly dangerous and irresistible BBBBB FINANCIAL TIMES An eye-popping orgy of athletic physical impossibility BBBBB INDEPENDENT An adrenaline rush that blasts the nine-to-five blues into outer space. Go and see it - you'll have a BLAM! BBBBB METRO 75 minutes of gob-smacking high-voltage physical theatre mastery BBBBB EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS £9 £12.50 (£10.50)

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IVO GRAHAM: NO FILTER

The Pleasance in association with Troika

Off The Kerb Productions

Album three (The Queen is Dead, OK Computer, etc) from Graham after 2014's 'joyous show' (Evening Standard), and this year there's apparently a bit more bite to the boy's bark. Can this be true? Definitely worth investigating. As seen/heard on BBC Three's Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live, and Sweat the Small Stuff; Comedy Central at the Comedy Store; BBC Radio 5 live's Fighting Talk; and XFM's Josh Widdicombe show. www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @ivograham Beautifully constructed comedy GUARDIAN £7 £8.50 (£7.50)

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Lucky pup Elms is back with a show that seems to be about marriage and adulthood, but actually it's about compromise and then at the end you find out it's all been about love. Musical Comedy Awards winner 2014, Best Actor nominee - Los Angeles Short Film Festival 2015, Chortle Awards Finalist 2012, Mr. Goldsworth in smash hit show Dracula, Mr. Swallow. 'Original, intelligent and madcap' **** (What's On Stage). 'Staking out his own comedy territory' (Guardian). 'Intelligently comic and joyously silly' **** (Broadway Baby). www.davidelms.net | Twitter: @davehasmates

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JERK

Casus Circus, Assembly Festival and Droles de Dames

Internationally acclaimed creators of Knee Deep, Casus Circus, present their multi award-winning premier solo work. A provocative and exquisite piece of circus, theatre and dance; the intimate journey of a woman at the edge; falling forward into the unknown, or jerking back to the familiar? She builds an equation where movement equals energy equals emotion, and manipulates it expertly. BBBBB WEST AUSTRALIAN

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ONE MAN BREAKING BAD: THE UNAUTHORIZED PARODY

KEITH FARNAN: ANONYMOUS

Keith Farnan/ Sukie Productions/GetComedy

Liberty. Privacy. Comedy. Irish comedian Keith Farnan (Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow) combines these three elements before the first two disappear. Every day more of our privacy is given away, yet we keep buying gadgets that broadcast our personal information like blissed-out data-hippies. Worse still, we may already be giving away the next generation's privacy as well.

Miles Allen

keithfarnan.com | Twitter: @keithfarnan

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SWEET DREAMS: SONGS BY ANNIE LENNOX

Sixty Episodes. Sixty minutes. One Show. Yo! Join us on a rip roaring ride through the greatest television show ever made. LA actor Miles Allen's does incredible impersonations of Walter, Jesse, Saul, Skyler, Hank, Walt Junior, Mike and Gus and breaks all five seasons down into one, exhilarating, hilarious tour-de-force parody performance. Completely sold out in 2014. Book early! Miles Allen is Bitchin BBBB EDINBURGH REPORTER Laugh out Loud, beautifully executed homage! BBBBB WHAT'S ON STAGE Pure Genius BBBB HERALD SUN

Michael Griffiths

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Best Cabaret Adelaide Fringe Award winner Michael Griffiths IS Annie Lennox. From the gender bending early days as one half of Eurythmics through to her stunning solo career. Featuring unforgettable songs including Why, Thorn In My Side, Walking On Broken Glass and There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart).

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In Your Face & King's Head Theatre

Twitter: @griffiths_micky

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PHIL WANG: PHILTH

Avalon Promotions Ltd

Wang, 'master of the intellectual dick joke' (Time Out), is back with another cracking hour if he's being honest. Whether it's race, family, love, satire, or sex - this suave dork is full of surprises. As seen on Top Coppers (BBC3) and Russell Howard's Stand-Up Central (Comedy Central)

Returning to Edinburgh after a critically acclaimed sold out London run, In Your Face Theatre's punchy, immersive production recaptures the passion and controversy of Irvine Welsh's cult generation-defining novel. For this 21st anniversary production, the Scottish cast have created a snappy, vibrant retelling that channels the power and humour of the piece. www.assemblyfestival.com | Twitter: @KingsHeadThtr

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TRACES

Les 7 Doigts de la Main (7 Fingers) and Assembly Festival

Fresh, urban and seriously high-energy, contemporary circus trailblazers 7 Fingers triumphantly return to Edinburgh with their hit show TRACES. The multi-talented performers from the Montreal-based collective tumble through hoops, leap up giant poles and balance effortlessly on each others' heads in a show that mixes spectacle with storytelling. TRACES is more than just a display of acrobatic brilliance; through film clips and narration, the artists' lives are revealed and by the dramatic finale you'll be rooting for them to pull off the seemingly impossible! TRACES has dazzled critics and audiences around the world; don't miss this thrill-aminute show that will leave you begging for more. www.assemblyfestival.com | Twitter: @7doigtsdelamain

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DILLIE KEANE

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TRYGVE WAKENSHAW: KRAKEN

Fascinating Aida's Dillie Keane

Underbelly Productions and Don't Be Lonely

Last year's multi-award-winning, critically acclaimed total-sell-out returns. From award-winning Gaulier-trained clown comes Trygve Wakenshaw's physical comedy, Kraken. Beautifully strange stream-of-consciousness idiocy. Winner: 2014 Edinburgh Underbelly Award. Winner: Best Comedy Perth Fringe 2015. Winner: Best Comedy Adelaide Fringe 2015. www.dblpresent.com/kraken | Twitter: @Trygve123 Blissfully funny BBBBB TIME OUT Delirious and surreal BBBBB THE AGE (AUS) £7.50

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Fascinating Aida's very own Dillie Keane in her first solo show in 557 years. Brand new songs, grand old favourites, gorgeous songs of love and hilarious songs of disgraceful filth. Dillie will break your heart, mend it again and have it sent to the cleaners for pressing. And she'll give you her recipe for chutney while she's at it. Written by Dillie Keane and Adele Anderson. Keane, whose piano-playing remains as sprightly and inventive as ever, prompts gales of laughter with merely the raising of a quizzical eyebrow BBBBB TIMES Her worldview is laconic, her lyrics lacerating, her voice now capable of going deeper than a Chilean miner BBBB TELEGRAPH Exudes faded glamour, a bit like Brighton sea front BBBBB MAIL

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ABANDOMAN: HOT DESK

Underbelly Productions and Dawn Sedgwick Management

Back by popular demand, Ireland's top comedy hip hop improv team bring 2014's show, Hot Desk, to Edinburgh for three nights only! Using their trademark blend of audience interaction and razor-sharp improvisation, Abandoman will take you on a magical journey, transforming the audience's likes, loathes and daydreams into hit songs and captivating tales. www.abandoman.com | Twitter: @abandoman

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THE LETTER: TO BE OR TO MBE

ANTLER

Jonzi D Projects in association with Sadler's Wells

It's spring. The world is blossoming. Phillip's potted daffodil is dying. Phillip doesn't want to be Phillip- but what if he never really has been? ANTLER return to Edinburgh with If I Were Me, a playfully surreal portrayal of the performance of identity.

Jonzi D, artistic director of Breakin' Convention and hip hop theatre legend presents his charismatic solo about being awarded an MBE. Told through the eyes of a colourful cast of characters, Jonzi uses choreopoetic language, politics and wit to take an intensely personal look at one man's dilemma: To be or to MBE.

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DORIS, DOLLY AND THE DRESSING ROOM DIVAS

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KEVIN DAY: HAIRLINE

Sharon Burgess Productions by arrangement with Òran Mór

So Comedy by arrangement with Troika

There are some terrible things happening in the world that only comedy can resolve. But sod that, Kevin's losing a bit of hair, which is far more important. 'A beautifully crafted, cleverly paced, hugely funny show' (Scotland On Sunday) Twitter: @kevinhunterday

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Secrets, songs and love lives of five legendary divas. Three make-up girls bitch, compete, harmonise and laugh as they entertain us with hilarious, heartbreaking, irreverent tales from backstage. Morag Fullarton, double Scotsman Fringe First winner and creator of 'Casablanca, the Gin Joint Cut' presents another smash hit with a line-up of top talent: Gail Watson (Bar Flies, Sunshine on Leith), Clare Waugh (Casablanca), Frances Thorburn (Marilyn, Citizens Theatre) and award winning Musical Director, Hilary Brooks. Genius ROBBIE COLTRANE One of the most brilliant shows I've ever seen.. shivers up the back time

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COLIN CLOUD: KILLS

In his brand new show, Cloud will deduce everything about you and explain how he did it, accurately predict your behaviour and, quite literally, get away with murder right before your very eyes. ***** (Edinburgh Spotlight) ***** (Edinburgh Reporter) ***** (Edinburgh Evening News) ***** (Broadway Baby)

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Baby Wants Candy

Students of Baby Wants Candy's Improv Fringe Intensive Workshop strut their stuff in this showcase performance. Be amongst the first to see the next generation of improv stars! To find out more or to register for the 4-day Improv Fringe Intensive workshop visit the website.

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SPOKEN WORD

www.lukewright.co.uk | Twitter: @lukewrightpoet Visceral, poignant and riotously funny. BBBBB SCOTSMAN The real deal... exquisite hour BBBBB THE LIST

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'Starched cravat and vampish slap / Stay-at-Home Dandy what a chap!' Captivating stories in visceral verse of ordinary people having extraordinary moments. Poems that get you in the gut and linger in your brain for years.

Master of deduction ... Incredible Sherlock Holmesesque detection skills EDINBURGH 247

£9.50 (£8.50)

Luke Wright

www.gagreflex.co.uk | Twitter: @colin_cloud

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Lee Martin for Gag Reflex

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DAVEY CONNOR: SO, THERE YOU GO

Underbelly Productions by arrangement with DREAM present Barely Methodical Troupe

Vivienne Smith Management

An hour of uncompromisingly hilarious stand-up from 'one of the best upcoming Scottish Comedians' The List. Signed to Universal for a DVD development deal, Davey is very much one to watch! 'Wonderful!' Susan Calman. daveyconnor.com | Twitter: @daveyconnor

Part philosopher, part-observer, part-surrealist with an incredulous eye for the ridiculous SCOTSMAN He hits the nail on the head HERALD

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Rebecca Perry Productions

Bromance - Noun (informal) 1. a close but non-sexual relationship between two men. Early 21st cent.: blend of brother and romance. Frenetic but friendly. Captivating but casual. Audacious but awkward. Barely Methodical Troupe return to the Fringe having wowed audiences in Edinburgh, London, Sao Paolo, Tokyo and Adelaide. A dazzling tour-de-force of cutting-edge circus prowess and physical theatre mayhem. Winner! Best Circus Weekly Award Adelaide Fringe 2015 | Winner! Total Theatre and Jacksons Lane Award for Best Circus 2014 | Winner! Circus Maximus 2013 www.barelymethodical.com | Twitter: @bmtroupe Smartly crafted and highly entertaining BBBB TIMES Incredible... An exhilarating performance BBBBB ADVERTISER (AUS)

Gorgeous... A touching, thoughtful show BBBB FINANCIAL TIMES £11

Meet Joanie Little: feisty redhead, recent anthropology graduate, ready to take on the world! But... she's stuck working as a barista. Determined to use her vocational skills, Joanie turns her local cafe upside down, reporting on the 'creatures' (customers) as if she were Jane Goodall herself, bushwhacking through the jungle to study chimpanzees! In her very own 'Coffee Shop Jungle', hilarity ensues, with jazzy tunes, co-worker showdowns, and... maybe even a little bit of romance! As seen on TV (taped live for Bell Canada) & awarded Best Musical (2014) by BroadwayWorld.

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DOWN & OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON

New Diorama Theatre/PIT/Greenwich Theatre in association with the Pleasance

www.redheadedcsg.com | Twitter: @redheaded_csg

Solo performance at its best, with Perry rolling out a cast of characters like a wild kingdom field guide! I dare you not to fall in love with Joanie Little and, by extension, Rebecca Perry. TORONTO STAR I loved every minute of her singing and storytelling BBBB EDMONTON JOURNAL BBBBB CBC I TORONTOIST I STAR PHOENIX £5

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NOT JUST A FUNNY TURN

Stroke Association Scotland/Gilded Balloon

Join us for a gala night of comedy, compered by funny man Stephen K Amos, with a myriad of the biggest names on the Fringe coming together to raise funds for the Stroke Association in Scotland. Help us raise awareness that a stroke is not just a funny turn - it's a medical emergency. The money raised will be used to help prevent strokes and provide support to people who have had a stroke in Scotland.

Having survived Eton, young George Orwell disappears into the underworld of 1920s Paris in search for something to write about, while a modern-day journalist goes undercover on a London council estate at the turn of the millennium. Multi-award winning PIT return to Edinburgh after their 2013 sell-out Fringe run with a new modern satire inspired by Orwell's famous novel. Winners: Writers' Guild and List Magazine Award for Drama and Les Enfants Terribles Prize. www.downandoutinparisandlondon.com | Twitter: @newdiorama Imaginative and bitingly funny BBBB METRO

Brilliance BBBB THE TIMES The funniest show I saw all week OBSERVER

www.stroke.org.uk | Twitter: @StrokeScotland

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0844 545 8252 PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE BEYOND

NEWSREVUE 2015

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Canal Cafe Theatre/Emma Taylor

The science comedy phenomenon returns, and this time they're off the chart! Join acclaimed stand-up mathematician Matt Parker, experiments maestro Steve 'Danger' Mould & geek songstress Helen Arney for fun on an unprecedented linear scale.

Nobody is safe: from Farage to the royal foetus, politicians and celebrities alike come under fire in a turbo-charged barrage of bladder-threateningly funny songs and sketches brimming with punchlines. One of the best-reviewed shows on the Fringe. The longest-running live comedy show in the world is flawlessly delivered by four outstanding performers at lightning speed, expertly accompanied by an on stage musical director, a post previously held by Bill Bailey. NewsRevue's exceptional writing, superlative performances and ever-original takes on current affairs have made it a Guinness World Record-breaker, Fringe First winner and Perrier finalist.

www.festivalofthespokennerd.com | Twitter: @FOTSN

The nerd show to end all nerd shows BBBB LIST

www.newsrevue.com | Twitter: @newsrevue2015

Great, funny, clever... even the heckles at this terrific show are smart BBBB

Makes the viewer grateful for freedom of speech BBBBB EDINBURGH EVENING

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I love NewsRevue! It's almost too funny for Edinburgh. It's the first show I went to see JOAN RIVERS

The geeks have inherited the earth in a show that's smart and funny BBBB SKINNY

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VERTICAL INFLUENCES

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The iconoclastic ice-skaters return with a double-bill featuring their signature mix of movement, wit, speed and grace. In 'Influences', performers explore how our body language can subtly change others. In 'Vertical', audiences witness an intense glide performance up close, with seating on the ice. The virtuosity of figure skating, attitude of the streets and sophistication of contemporary dance.

Back for his fourth year, Chris questions whether he's still chasing his dream, or just too lazy to get a proper job. Recently married, Chris resents adulthood, and fears if there is an afterlife, he might not fit in... Voted within the Top Five Irish Comedians (Hot Press Magazine 2013), along with storming the Irish and UK festival scenes; Kent is effortlessly original - a truly natural born comedian. Soon to be seen on Russell Howard's Stand Up Central.

www.lepatinlibre.com | Twitter: @LePatinLibre BBBBB GUARDIAN FAMILY: £42

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A pure body rush of liberation and space. Astounding.

CHRIS KENT STOP STALLING

Mick Perrin Worldwide

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FAST FRINGE

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JOHN MCKEEVER: MULTIFARIOUS

Chortle

John McKeever

Bite-sized performances from 12 comedy/variety acts (plus a top stand-up host) in one ridiculously speedy showcase. Different performers daily, specially selected by leading comedy website Chortle - check www.chortle.co.uk for line-ups. Previous acts have included Mark Watson, Robin Ince, Abandoman, Rubberbandits, Tony Law, Showstoppers, Richard Herring... and literally hundreds more.

A raucous hour of comedy from a new kind of comedian. With only his voice, body and trusty clothes rack, he effortlessly morphs from persona to persona, blurring the lines between stand-up, storyteller and multiple personality disorder. Come and meet the multifarious mind of John McKeever. www.john-mckeever.com | Twitter: @JGMcKeever

Tremendously funny; a wonderfully unique and uplifting show HACKNEY ATTIC

chortle.co.uk | Twitter: @chortle £5 £6.50 (£5.50)

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ASSEMBLY ROXY | CENTRAL

K'RD STRIP: A PLACE TO STAND

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18:40 (19:40)

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18:45 ASSEMBLY GEORGE SQUARE STUDIOS | THREE

THE PIE-EYED PIPER OF HAMILTON

Okareka Dance Company

Òran Mór in association with Ayr Gaiety

Ancient Māori mythology, history and intoxicating tales saturate the stage as the allqueer cast skilfully entice you and leave you wanting more. Misfits of society have roamed Auckland's infamous Karangahape Road since the early 1970s. A road deeply rooted into the veins of New Zealand's counter-culture. A road of extremes where we've laughed our heads off and cried our hearts out, where we've been flattered and rejected, excited and scared, loved and lost. A place where we proudly stand in the sun and shamefully lurk in the shadows. Sexy, provocative and humorous, K'RD STRIP is a stream of consciousness that twists dramatic scenes with haka, drag queens, live music and contemporary dance.

Òran Mór and Ayr Gaiety bring Panto to the Fringe with traditional ingredients, plot twists, and rats! The Mayor is very worried: the City has become a victim of its own success. With great wealth has come great excess. And with great excess has come danger! Danger from vermin... we're talking rats! The Mayor's concerned about finding a husband for his 'beautiful' daughter... it's a pantomime! There's a peasant from a hamlet called Hamilton who's famed for working miracles in pest control - but he comes with issues...

www.okareka.com | Twitter: @OkarekaDance

Clever, confronting, funny and deeply sexy! Q THEATRE, AUCKLAND A poignant piece of theatre, which incorporates a number of genres in a very slick and believable fashion BBBBB DANZ MAGAZINE, NEW ZEALAND £10

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THE THINKING DRINKERS' GUIDE TO THE LEGENDS OF LIQUOR

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TOM NEENAN: THE ANDROMEDA PARADOX

Ditto Productions

The ideal aperitif to any Edinburgh evening! Sip several free drinks and embark on a hilarious, intoxicating journey through the liquid lives of history's most extraordinary elbow-benders including Dorothy Parker, James Bond and Jesus Christ. (Strictly 18 years, ID may be required)

When a mysterious artifact is unearthed Professor Bernard Andromeda believes it is evidence of alien technology. A brand new comedy sci-fi thriller from the break-through star of critically acclaimed sell out The Haunting At Lopham House. Directed by David Reed (The Penny Dreadfuls).

www.thinkingdrinkers.com | Twitter: @thinkingdrinks

www.dittoproductions.co.uk | Twitter: @TNeenan Hilariously chilling BBBB METRO Neenan positively shines as an artist BBBB FEST

Terrific ... it has to be the best value for money in town. BBBB SCOTSMAN £7

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Rising comedy star Amy Howerska was raised by a pack of wild skydivers... in Swansea. With a family consisting of trained killers and extreme sports idiots, comedy is not 'brave' compared to going home for Christmas. In the Howerska household it's not a party until everyone discusses their head injuries. Sasspot contains stories of death, skydivers and Swansea.

Award-winning comedian Diane Spencer's hilarious new stand-up show about love, money and DIY. Based on her real life experiences of 2014, when she was trying to find a dream home, Diane faces airplane turbulence, celebrities and stubborn dead men in her quest. This is an hour of brilliant storytelling combined with dark humour and sparkling wit.

www.amyhowerska.com | Twitter: @Howerska

www.difunny.co.uk | Twitter: @dianespencerfun

Sharply observed... her comic timing is wickedly accurate VENUE MAGAZINE

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difunny.co.uk

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JODY KAMALI - SPECTACULAR!

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JONNY PELHAM: BEFORE AND AFTER

Jody Kamali

'Brilliant, original visual comedy' Harry Hill. A one-man character comedy show set in a dysfunctional travelling circus. Expect high doses of inventive physical comedy and a variety of wondrous characters who thrive to be nothing but... spectacular!

Feature Spot Productions Ltd

When he was 16 The NHS asked Jonny if he wanted cosmetic surgery. Having been happy with his looks this came as a shock. Come and hear what happened next. itgcomedy.com | Twitter: @jonnypelham22 The laughs are explosive CHORTLE Jonny Pelham has a big future BRUCE DESSAU, BEYOND THE JOKE

www.jodykamali.com | Twitter: @jodykamali

There's a genuineness to Kamali's performance which is inspiring STAGE A glass beaker full of hilarity and fizzing with the bizarre BROADWAY BABY

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SARAH KENDALL: A DAY IN OCTOBER

Kendall is a thoroughly captivating teller of an expertly constructed story BBBB CHORTLE £12 (£11)

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www.MagnificentBastard.co.uk | Twitter: @shitfacedshow £7

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From the team who brought you Shit-faced Shakespeare comes an all new, all singing, all drinking, musical show! Shit-faced Showtime is the hilarious combination of an entirely serious musical revue with an entirely shit-faced cast member. Side-splitting, raucous and completely interactive, this show combines the very best of harmonious Broadway with a healthy dose of fermented barley... Guaranteed 100% Lloyd Webber free!

www.mickperrin.com | Twitter: @Sarah_Kendall

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SHIT-FACED SHOWTIME

Having won the Comic's Choice Award at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, multi award-winning comedian Sarah Kendall is back with a new hour of storytelling. Sarah's story will take audiences back to a pool party she went to in 1989 that was so disastrous that the ramifications are still being felt today. It was a pretty bad pool party.

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WOMANZ: JOU'RE WELCOME

Ryhmäteatteri

Tessa Waters

A riotous but touching comedy about a middle-aged man (Billy Mack), whose lust for life is re-awakened when he embarks upon an epic and dreamlike adventure with a very unusual hare (Karen Fishwick). It is a story about living in a rapidly changing world with more and more problems, but seemingly fewer and fewer solutions.

Spandex, sequins and killer dance moves collide in Tessa Waters' new feisty physical comedy. Like the manic pixie love-child of Diana Ross and Mr Bean, WOMANz is a sexually liberated character with an accent that comes from the Gods. WINNER: Most Outstanding Comedy, Melbourne Fringe & Best Comedy Weekly Award, Adelaide Fringe VOTED: Best of the Fest (The Age) Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

www.ryhmateatteri.fi

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CHRIS DUGDALE: SLEIGHTLY DISHONEST

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Twitter: @SexWithAnimals

That's the essence of why Good's show works so well... his stories about sex both avoid cheap gags and pan out in a different direction from what you might expect. He puts heart ahead of smut. STEVE BENNETT, CHORTLE

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I wanted to write a song about heartbreak so epic it would get her back. But I'm rubbish at guitar. And I've been crying lots. And reading too much Reddit. So, instead, I went on a mission to find the worst sex tip ever. You're welcome. Love, Ryan (award-winning, sold out show 'Sex With Animals')

www.thinkofacard.com | Twitter: @chrisdugdale

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COSMONAUT BY RYAN GOOD

There's just one rule: do not believe your eyes. BBC, ITV and NBC favourite, Chris Dugdale, returns to disarm, deceive and downright confound as he weaves together the past, present and completely implausible. Would you play cards with this man? We wouldn't. Twelve Royal Command Performances.

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Lucy Tafler Presents

Chris Dugdale / Something for the Weekend

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MASSIVE DAD 2.0: STEP UP 2 MASSIVE DAD

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JURASSIC PARK

The Pleasance

Superbolt Theatre

Celebrated Lecoq company present their award-winning five-star sell-out spin on Spielberg's classic. Winner of VAULT Festival's Pick of the Week Award and the Origins Award for Outstanding New Show. The Park family welcome you to Lyme Regis for their dinotastic DIY adventure. Raptors may be defeated, but every family has its monsters. www.superbolttheatre.com | Twitter: @superboltplays Very funny... powerfully touching STAGE

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RICHARD SOAMES DOES THE RIGHT THING

Ditto Productions

Richard (of Fringe favourites The Beta Males; BBC Radio 4; Chortle Award Nominees) is having a public moral crisis. Join him as he questions his life choices, relives his wrongs and tries to make it right. Stand-up. Sketches. Group tea.

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ALEX WILLIAMSON:THAT GUY FROM THE INTERNET

ALEX HORNE: MONSIEUR BUTTERFLY

more-comedy.com

Avalon Promotions Ltd

Nominated for last year's Comedy Award, Alex is back with his stupidly ambitious, logistically problematic and potentially disastrous DIY comedy show. Now bigger and even less likely to succeed, this is Monsieur Butterfly. www.alexhorne.com | Twitter: @AlexHorne Absolutely enthralling SCOTSMAN Funny, fresh and original TIMES

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DAN LEES: BRAINCHILD

Dan Lees

Life's weightier questions are thoroughly demolished in this award-winning physical comedy. A host of eccentric characters explore the futility of our existence, from a cheese-loving Pope to a lonely cowboy with only a goldfish for a friend. It'll all make perfect (non) sense on the night. Directed by Mick Barnfather (Complicite, Told By An Idiot)

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Internet sensation and self-confessed 'Loosest Aussie' Alex is back in the UK after selling out his Edinburgh Fringe seasons 2 years in a row! He's got over 53 million views on his Youtube channel, which includes UK favourite 'Bogan Aussie football commentary.' Don't miss the chance to catch 'that guy from the internet' in the flesh and experience the music, mayhem and comedy that is his new show!

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JACK BARRY: THIS TITLE CAME TO ME IN A DREAM

CKP in association with DAA Management

Berk's Nest and the Pleasance

It's the debut hour of Jack Barry, (James Acaster's Tour support and Alumnus of Comedy Zone, Comedy Reserve) and it's time for you to watch him. Unless you're a square, in which case there's probably a beige party in beigeville that you could go to instead. Losers. www.berksnest.com | Twitter: @JBazzler A distinctive wit STEVE BENNETT, CHORTLE Instantly likeable THREE WEEKS £6 £7 (£6.50)

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After two hugely successful shows, award-winning comedian Ian Smith (BBC1's The Ark, BBC3's Sweat The Small Stuff ) returns with his third hour. It's about whereabouts things are and whatabouts they're doing there. While others sleep, Ian is knocking back 35p energy drinks, spinning on his swivel chair and searching for the answers. Join Big Smiddy for another hour of stories, talking and attempts at theatre. It'll be a lot of fun. ***** ThreeWeeks **** Metro **** Skinny **** Broadway Baby www.iansmithcomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @Iansmithcomedy

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JAMIE WOOD - O NO!

Jamie Wood

Fringe First award winner Jamie Wood's show about reckless optimism, avant-garde art and what we might learn from the hippies. Brilliantly bonkers. A vital dose of joy. BBBB FEST MAGAZINE ON BEATING MCENROE

A lecture in weird humour, delivered by an expert natural clown. BBBB A YOUNGER THEATRE ON BEATING MCENROE

As funny as the best comedy, super-theatrical & entirely unlike anything else BRIAN LOGAN ON BEATING MCENROE

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JUSTIN MOORHOUSE: DESTINY CALLING

Winner of Best Comedy Show, Brighton Fringe Awards. Two alien ambassadors have travelled millions of miles to find out if love is the drug they need to save their dying planet, but what on Earth is love? www.allintheatre.com | Twitter: @allintheatreco

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LOVE SICK

Justin is back to charm the Fringe. Expect big laughs & a great night out from this comedic powerhouse. From BBC1's Live at the Apollo, a regular on 5 Live's Fighting Talk and TalkSport, and the record breaking PHOENIX NIGHTS LIVE show for Comic Relief 2015

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RAP GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHAOS

Off The Kerb Productions

Soho Playhouse Inc

In his debut show at the Edinburgh Festival, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year nominee and winner of Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival Best Debut 2015, Phil Jerrod unravels the mess that is modern life. Come and watch this eloquent bearded weirdo persuade you there's really not that much to worry about after all. As seen at the Pleasance Reserve 2014.

How bad can global warming really be? That depends on who's asking. Some species (and people) will thrive on it while others face certain extinction. Chaos: it's more fun on stage than in society. Fringe First winner Baba Brinkman entertains as he informs, bringing his signature 'peer reviewed rap' to the hottest topic on the planet. www.bababrinkman.com/climate | Twitter: @bababrinkman Funny and fascinating BBBBB CHORTLE.CO.UK Awe-inspiring BBBBB SCOTSMAN

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TIM FITZHIGHAM:THE GAMBLER

The Pleasance

Brett Vincent for Get Comedy

Spirit of the Fringe, multi award-winning, Perrier nominated comedian Tim FitzHigham is a man with bad ideas - he rowed the Channel in a bathtub, now he's taking on more of the world's weirdest wagers. Star of his own Radio 4 show; come find out if this is his winning year! www.fitzhigham.com | Twitter: @timfitzhigham

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The Pin are Ben Ashenden and Alex Owen. On the back of recording their own Radio 4 series, selling out a run at the Soho Theatre, and appearing on Comedy Central, BBC3 and Dave, this 'super-smart and super-inventive' (Chortle) duo return to the Fringe with a brand new show. www.thepincomedy.com | Twitter: @thepincomedy

Reinventing sketch comedy before our very eyes BBBBB LIST A very classy, very funny show indeed BBBB TELEGRAPH Eviscerating their chosen form completely BBBB SUNDAY TIMES

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DANNY WARD - ST VITUS DANCE

EdCom and Cosmic Comedy Management

Slick, quick and packed with funny material - an hour of high-octane stand-up with sneaky puns and well-hidden one-liners. Invoking the patron saint of comedy, this is a brilliantly delivered high energy show from a slightly manic and always hilarious award winning comic. 'Delightfully clever punchlines' (Chortle, 2014). edcomproductions.com | Twitter: @danwardcomic Hilarious and slightly daft BBBB THREEWEEKS

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WHEN BLAIR HAD BUSH AND BUNGA

Bungabunga Productions in association with the Pleasance

Written and directed by Patrick Ryecart We're all going on a summer holiday... 2001. Tony and Cherie Blair are holidaying at Cliff Richard's sumptuous pad in Barbados. Joining them is Tony's close friend and advisor Alastair Campbell, along with Cherie's life guru Carole Caplin and her Aussie beau Shane. Silvio Berlusconi and Michael Winner drop in for the party while President Bush is pumped to find a guy called Al Kida. The Pope's on the phone, the maids are being chased and there's a dead body in the pool. Don't miss the hilarious first play by the director of hit comedy Jus' Like That before we get sued!

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DANE BAPTISTE: REASONABLE DOUBTS

Bound & Gagged Comedy

Total sell-out 2005-2014 returns with a brand new line-up. Sam Gore: 'A class act indeed' (Chortle), writer for Good News (BBC3). Dave Green: 'Fantastically original gags' (Bruce Dessau), 'Contender to follow in the footsteps of Milton Jones' (Chortle). Freddy Quinne: 'Uncompromising... a natural comic' (Manchester Wire), 'Hilarious' (eFestivals).

Bound & Gagged Comedy / UTC Artist Management

Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominee 2014 presents a new show about doubt. 'Observational comedy at its finest' (Independent). As seen on Sweat the Small Stuff (BBC3) & Live at The Comedy Store (Comedy Central).

www.boundandgaggedcomedy.com | Twitter: @BandGComedy

www.danebaptiste.co.uk | Twitter: @danebaptweets Baptiste is a comical genius BBBB ED FEST MAGAZINE A thunderingly charismatic comic GUARDIAN

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DAVID O'DOHERTY: WE ARE ALL IN THE GUTTER, BUT SOME OF US ARE LOOKING AT DAVID O'DOHERTY

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IN CAHOOTS: TWO WHITE GUYS

Corrie McGuire for Electric Talent

Join In Cahoots for an inventive hour of sharp, silly sketches as they take on life's greatest mysteries and mundanities. A uniquely British sketch comedy show from a hotly tipped duo, and there's only one white guy. As seen on the BBC.

Lisa Richards in association with Chambers Management

David O'Doherty, the Lidl Enya, the broken Bublé, is delighted to present a new hour of talking and songs played on a stupid keyboard from 1986. Life is like a box of chocolates, but one where somebody else has eaten all the chocolates. And replaced them with mouse heads and dishwasher tablets.

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NISH KUMAR: LONG WORD... LONG WORD... BLAH BLAH BLAH... I'M SO CLEVER

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Stand-up comedy from someone who has been described as 'the Asian answer to John Oliver' (Chortle) and 'a clever boy' (Nish Kumar). Host of Newsjack (BBC Radio 4 Extra). www.mcintyre-ents.com | Twitter: @MrNishKumar

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TEZ ILYAS: TEZ TALKS

Bound & Gagged Comedy / UTC Artist Management

The highly anticipated debut show from BBC New Comedy Award finalist. Join Tez as he leads you on a truly unique journey through this silly, smart and subversive take on life in his Britain. As heard on BBC Radio 4's The Now Show and star of the Pleasance Comedy Reserve. www.tezilyas.com | Twitter: @tezilyas

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ALFIE BROWN: -ISM

AL MURRAY: THE PUB LANDLORD'S SUMMER SALOON

The Mason Sisters @ PBJ with Password Productions

Avalon Promotions Ltd

The nation's favourite pub landlord turns pop-up publican with special guests, comedy, music and variety all on tap! 2014 sell-out returns for a strictly limited run - ladies and gents place your orders now! www.thepublandlord.com | Twitter: @almurray Wickedly witty stuff DAILY TELEGRAPH Firing from both comedy barrels BBBB METRO

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NIGHT + DAZE

412 Productions with Richard Jordan Productions

A wild night out for a top lad on a mission, to party hard and catch a girl from heaven! Through city streets and nightclub beats, join Sheffy on a trip to another world, full of idiots, stimulants, booze and birds. Night + Daze is a new play for anyone who's ever had a BIG NIGHT OUT.

www.alfiebrown.com | Twitter: @abrowncomic

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Alfie Brown is a white man from London, shockingly. He is currently the only comedian working in the UK to not have appeared on Sunday Brunch with Ocado. 'You are an -ist and I am an -ist, I hate -ists because I believe in -ism which is surely the only thing that a morally serious person can believe.' Is ideology inherited? Does it inculcate through socialization? Are wordy blurbs repellent? Why? This show is about the tribalism of -ism. In an age when conformity appears to be a prime commodity, Alfie Brown creates work that is truly intoxicating and a boon to those who want their stand-up to actually mean something. BBBB LIST

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CHRISTINA BIANCO: PARTY OF ONE

PAUL FOOT

Theatre Bench

IMWP

A caboodle of burning church keys flying through the debonair strike Clumpy Claud in his unclerical face. Seaside divorcees clatter as a parliament of owls descends. Shower gel pens were fine; mandatory mandarins is too far. www.pauloot.tv | Twitter: @paulfoot

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CIRCUS

UNDERBELLY’S CIRCUS HUB ON THE MEADOWS | THE LAFAYETTE

LIMBO

Underbelly Productions, Strut & Fret Production House and Southbank Centre

Broadway performer and YouTube sensation Christina Bianco takes you on a hilarious musical-comedy journey, showing you what has led her to become a multi-faceted, multi-voiced party of one! Christina performs an eclectic selection of your favourite pop, standard & Broadway tunes in her own voice as well as impersonating the great divas who have inspired her. Expect celebrity readings, unlikely musical interpretations and an A-to-Z of 26 'bonus' impressions during the show! From Britney Spears to Celine Dion to Barbra Streisand, no celebrity is safe. This is one party you won't want to miss! Must we trot out the phrase 'tour de force?' Yes we must! Bianco's work is something to see NEW YORK TIMES A comic firecracker with a pyrotechnic voice, drives the audience wild TIME OUT Humour, charm, and an incredibly powerful voice rivalling the very divas she impersonates BROADWAYWORLD £8

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The show so hot, Madonna saw it twice. At last, the show that took Edinburgh's Christmas by storm returns! LIMBO will fire up the Edinburgh Fringe with circus as you've never seen it: wild, wicked and out of this world. Take your seats for the hottest party ever between heaven and hell. Hot on the heels of a world tour including an incredible run at Edinburgh's Christmas and two smash-hit seasons at London Wonderground at Southbank Centre, enter this deliciously dark world of jaw-dropping contortion, gut-churning aerial acrobatics, nail-biting stunts and staggering illusions. Directed by Scott Maidment and set to Sxip Shirey's thrilling live score.

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Come See Entertainment

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RONNY CHIENG: CHIENG REACTION

Soho Theatre & Century Entertainment in association with Underbelly

Australia based Malaysian comedian Ronny Chieng is bringing his multi award-winning stand-up comedy back to the UK. One of the biggest acts at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Ronny's comedy is confrontational, direct and hilarious.

www.isabellegeorges.com | Twitter: @Isa_Georges

She's every inch a star. Georges' magnetic energy has everyone in the palm of her hand. Sexy and mellifluous. BBBB SCOTSMAN The best antidepressant ever! LE MONDE, PARIS An enthralling presence, her voice drops onto the notes like water. STAGE

ronnychieng.com | Twitter: @ronnychieng

Hilarious... A quick, testy, quietly subversive act. BBBB TIMES Fresh, sharp. BBBB TIME OUT £6

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Fantastique and féline, Parisian cabaret star Isabelle Georges returns with her trademark soaring vocals, theatrical delivery and a stunning five-piece band. She'll lead you on a passionate journey through the French repertoire and beyond, featuring the music of Brel, Bécaud, Piaf, Aznavour and more. Along with musical director and vocalist Frederik Steenbrink she bursts through stories of love, survival and dreams in an unbeatable mixture of jazz, cabaret and pop.

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64 SQUARES

Rhum and Clay Theatre Company

'You might have noticed there are four of me. Don't worry. You'll get used to it.' B wants to tell you about his life and the choices he's made. The problem? He's been split into four and can't remember what happened. A tale of madness, memory and chess with a live percussive score. Adapted from Stefan Zweig's 'The Royal Game'. www.rhumandclay.com | Twitter: @rhumandclay

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PUDDLES PITY PARTY

Show and Tell

With more than 100k fans worldwide on Facebook and over 20 million views on YouTube, the unique and critically lauded Puddles Pity Party is a must-see for the music and comedic talents of one of the world's most famous clowns. Star of the Olivier Award winning production of 'La Soiree', Puddles continues to trot the globe, singing his sad anthems for all the party people and finally bringing his comedy cabaret to Edinburgh!

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GILDED BALLOON | DEBATING HALL

ALAN DAVIES: WORK IN PROGRESS 2

Alan Davies/Gilded Balloon

Facebook: PuddlesPityParty | Twitter: @PuddlesPityP

Without a single spoken word Puddles can muster more audience chemistry than most... it is an enthralling performance BBBB ADELAIDE ADVERTISER Obscure melancholic gems..edgy and captivatingly dynamic. Puddles' rich soaring baritone is unfailingly impressive BBBB ADELAIDE DAILY £10

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ADAM HILLS: CLOWN HEART

Off The Kerb Productions by arrangement with Lisa Richards Agency

Fringe favourite and star of Channel 4's The Last Leg and BBC One's Live at the Apollo, Adam Hills returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with a new hour of spontaneity and joy. (Sundays with BSL Interpreter).

For one week only Alan will try to sift through the frazzled hollow mass of his head for new stories and jokes. There will be work but will there be progress? In the event of a lull he will show you what you could have won by doing some old stuff that's properly funny. After this he's back on the road for more dates with his successful Little Victories tour. www.gildedballoon.co.uk | Twitter: @alandavies1

Deeply personal and wryly funny stuff from a comedian hitting his prime BBBB SCOTSMAN

www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @adamhillscomedy Friendlier than a drunk labrador BBC RADIO 6 MUSIC

Well observed material. Great energy and stage presence BBBB SKINNY

Hills delivers stand up so effortlessly brilliant you wonder why some comedians even get out of bed GUARDIAN £14 (£13)

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MILTON JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DAFT

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with NRH Management

Yes him with the loud shirts and messed up hair from Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyre's Roadshow and multiple series on BBC Radio 4. An hour in the company of an idiot. Or is he? Yes he is. Only come if you like jokes though. If not you'll be cross. www.miltonjones.com | Twitter: @themiltonjones

Beautiful one-liners so skilfully sculpted, you don't know whether to laugh or put them on your mantelpiece. BBBB GUARDIAN Pun-derful Jones leaves audience gagging for more. BBBBB METRO Jones's one-liners reach a new height. BBBB TIME OUT

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JO BRAND

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BARRY CRYER'S 80TH BIRTHDAY ROAST

Jo Brand/Gilded Balloon

Barry Cryer/Gilded Balloon

For centuries, he's written for the biggest names in comedy. Now he's 80, it's time to get our own back. Eric Morecambe, Tommy Cooper, Bob Hope and Richard Pryor are just some of the people we wish could be here instead. Join Baz and special guests as we tear strips off a comedy legend. www.gildedballoon.co.uk | Twitter: @gildedballoon £12

Jo Brand returns to the Fringe to celebrate Gilded Balloon's 30th Anniversary! Long established as one of the UK's best female comics, this BAFTA and four time British Comedy Award winner takes a break from her regular TV appearances on prime-time panel shows such as the BBC's QI and Have I Got News for You, and makes a welcome return to the Gilded Balloon! Jo starred and wrote the BBC's BAFTA award winning Getting On set in a hospital geriatric ward, which was partly inspired by her former career in nursing. Jo has also written 8 commercially successful books including her autobiography parts one and two, Look Back in Hunger and Can't Stand Up for Sitting Down! www.gildedballoon.co.uk | Twitter: @gildedballoon

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MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS SHOWCASE

Avin a Larf Ltd

Music + comedy x outstanding talent = MCA Showcase! Now in its seventh year, the MCA has provided a launch pad to superstar acts like Frisky and Mannish and Abandoman. This is your ticket to see the best established and emerging musical comedy acts at the Fringe! Sell Out Show 2009-14. www.musicalcomedyawards.com | Twitter: @musicalcomedyuk

As the Musical Comedy Awards demonstrate, the genre is currently bursting with talent. TIME OUT £15

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PLAGUE OF IDIOTS

PLAGUE OF iDiOTS

This summer, for the first time in the history of the world, PLAGUE OF iDiOTS bring their simple, beautiful idiocy to Edinburgh. A fist-full of Gaulier-trained clowns from France, Italy, England and Australia storm the Fringe with a display of such ridiculousness you will never again question your own intelligence. www.plagueofidiots.net | Twitter: @plagueofidiots Simple, strange and hilariously stupid WEST AUSTRALIAN A feast for the young at heart BBBBB GOSSAMER MAGAZINE £5

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QI PRESENTS: NO SUCH THING AS A FISH

Quite Interesting Ltd

Live recording of the hit podcast. QI's Dan Schreiber, James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray and Anna Ptaszynski serve up bizarre, extraordinary and hilarious facts. A new show every day. Limited run - book early! iTunes 'Best New Podcast', 2014. Chortle Award winner, 2015. nosuchthingasafish.com | Twitter: @QIPodcast

The QI Elves drop so many facts your head will spin GUARDIAN

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TOMMY TIERNAN ALIVE IN EDINBURGH

THE JIVE ACES: SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS

Mick Perrin Worldwide

The Jive Aces

The UK's No.1 jive and swing band return to the Fringe for another show of swingin' classics as well as their superb originals from their latest feel-good album, 'Spread A Little Happiness'. Combined with their trademark yellow suits and showmanship this is one not to miss! www.jiveaces.com | Twitter: @jiveaces Hugely charismatic performers! BBBBB EDINBURGH SPOTLIGHT Absolutely brilliant! SIMON COWELL £12 (£10)

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TINA C: HERSTORY

Underbelly Productions and Christopher Green

Complete & Utter Country, the long awaited new volume of memoirs from Country Music Legend Tina C, is finally here. Thrill at the epic journey from white trash roots to White House aspiration with a multitude of eye-popping, hearthurting, tear-jerking stories about everyone from Tammy to Taylor, Mother Teresa to Bashar al-Assad - beautiful songs and the best legs in the business.

www.tommytiernan.com | Twitter: @Tommedian

Extraordinary EVENING HERALD There is a spirituality to Tiernan that makes him stand out. The church's loss is comedy's gain... Imperious STANDARD Tommy Tiernan tore it apart and stole the show with some intense and painfully funny storytelling. IRISH TIMES

www.christophergreen.net | Twitter: @kit_green

Christopher Green's Tina C is one of the great comic creations of the age STEPHEN FRY £10

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TOMMY TIERNAN ALIVE IN EDINBURGH is a full length free form improvised show. No games, no audience suggestions, no picking on the front row, just one man, his mind and his mouth spontaneously combusting. TIERNAN'S mastery of stand-up allows him to take risks other comedians dare not, and here he pushes himself to the very limits of his creativity.

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BABY WANTS CANDY: THE IMPROV ALL STAR EXPLOSION!

UNDERBELLY

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0844 545 8252 UNDERBELLY COWGATE | BELLY LAUGH

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HEIDI O'LOUGHLIN: A WOMAN TALKING

Baby Wants Candy

Don't Be Lonely

Award-winning Fringe favourite musical improvisers present an evening of spontaneous music, monologues, mayhem and hilariously insane fun. Special guest stars to be announced! Two nights only!

Delightfully oddball stand-up featuring stowaways, unsung heroes and a woman talking. Fresh from supporting Josie Long on tour and adored for creating cult festival favourite FanFiction Comedy, O'Loughlin is one of 'New Zealand's brightest young comedy writers' (Fest). Nominee: Best Newcomer, Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2015

www.babywantscandy.com | Twitter: @BabyWantsCandy

It's pretty damn brilliant, it's pretty damn hilarious, and it was made up on the spot! HUFFINGTON POST Fully entertaining, gone-bonkers aesthetic.

www.dblpresent.com/#/awomantalking | Twitter: @heidiol Perfect... comedy with substance BBBB HERALD SUN

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IAIN STIRLING: TOUCHY FEELY

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Edinburgh's very own double BAFTA nominated Iain Stirling is back at the festival following three successive sell-out runs. A show about post-referendum Scotland and that time he annoyed the armed forces! Credits include; Russell Howard's Stand Up Central (Comedy Central), The Now Show, Dilemma (Radio 4), Russell Howard's Good News (BBC3),The Josh Widdicombe Show (XFM) and The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC).

Facing skyrocketing rent and forced relocation, 29 young mothers united to confront Newham Councils gentrification of their hometown. Two years on, adapted from real-life testimonies, this pertinent piece of theatre examines Britain's housing crisis, the Focus E15 movement and the women who refused to be marginalized. Winner of the Spotlight Most Promising Actress and The Director's Guild Award 2015.

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GEAROID FARRELLY: GEAROID LESS TRAVELLED

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NATASHA NOMAN: NOMAN'S LAND

kNaVe Productions

This autobiographical one-woman comedy about Natasha's experience working in Pakistan as a journalist centers around a lesbian Tinder date there. Things get a little complicated when it turns out the date's father was kidnapped by the Taliban...

Lisa Richards

By the end of this stand-up show it is guaranteed that you will be able to pronounce Gearoid, rapidly exit awkward conversation and even save a life ... if you so choose. This is Gearoid's second Edinburgh show. He has toured with the biggest names in Irish comedy, as well as supporting Joan Rivers and Sarah Millican in the UK.

www.nomanslandfringe.com | Twitter: @Nomans_Land15

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ANDREW RYAN: PERFECTLY INADEQUATE

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Assembly Festival

Award-winning guitar virtuoso Antonio Forcione joins dynamic Brazilian percussionist Adriano Adewale to form a breath-taking duo, who masterfully blend soul-jazz and Brazilian guitar with African and Latin rhythms. Passionately melodic, inventive and uplifting. Original world class music.

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www.antonioforcione.com | Twitter: @AntonioForcione

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www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @andrewryan_ Going to be a huge star BBBB TIME OUT £10 (£8)

ANTONIO FORCIONE & ADRIANO ADEWALE

Irishman Andrew Ryan has accepted that he makes mistakes every single day in his life. Watch a man come to grips with his faults as he realises... it's good not to be perfect... just be yourself and enjoy the ride. Star of BBC3's Russell Howard's Good News, Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live and Comedy Central at The Comedy Store. BEST NEW SHOW NOMINEE - Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival 2015.

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Off The Kerb Productions

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ASSEMBLY HALL | RAINY HALL

BE-DOM: THE BEAT BANG!

ASSEMBLY GALA LAUNCH

be-dom

Assembly Festival

Join us as we celebrate and launch our 35th Festival Fringe season. Come along for a sneak peek of some of the biggest and most exciting shows we have on offer at this year's Festival. Always a sell out, so be sure to book early! www.assemblyfestival.com | Twitter: @AssemblyFest

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Underbelly Productions and Circa

be-dom's infectious rhythmic recipe: People enter the room, we get ready. People sit, we get dressed. Lights go down, we get on stage. Lights go up! Boom!... Pum... tak... tak... pim... pim... wow!! People get on stage, people dance, some fail... Sound! We dance like a boy band! We fail. More tak tak tum! People laugh. People jam. Bang!!! People cheer. People leave the room smiling. Their kids won´t stop drumming. Success. We drink. We make love, we fail. www.be-dom.com | Twitter: @bedom

Be-dom is a fabulous recipe for one of the most original and fun-filled hours on the Fringe... had the crowd on their feet at the close in rapturous applause and welldeserved it was too. BBBB HERALD It's hilarious, the group's warm, accessible and fun manner, also allows them to talk to every generation, without actually ever saying a word BBBB LIST A total theatre experience of epic proportions... BBBBB SKINNY £8

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How close do you want to be? Four extraordinary circus artists. Acrobatic mastery at its most extreme. Circa, the company behind five-star productions Beyond and multi award-winning Wunderkammer, challenge everything you've ever thought about circus with the world premier of their glorious, chaotic abstraction Close Up. See. Hear. Feel. EVERYTHING - Close Up is developed specifically for the Udderbelly to ensure you've never been closer. In their most intimate show, interactive video and powerful music set the scene for moments of raw beauty, unbearable tension and savage physical intensity.

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PLAYHOUSE

GILDED BALLOON 30TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

Gilded Balloon

www.underbellyedinburgh.co.uk | Twitter: @followthecow

Watching Circa has become my new favourite Fringe pastime BBBBB SCOTSMAN (ON CIRCA'S BEYOND)

Spectacular circus from Australia's sharpest acrobats BBBBB LIST (ON CIRCA'S BEYOND) £11

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EMMA SIDI: CHARACTER BREAKDOWN

Berk's Nest and the Pleasance

Character comedian Emma Sidi hurricanes through some serious characters in her debut solo show; characters who are intent on justifying their existence. In doing so, she may well fail to justify her own. www.berksnest.com | Twitter: @EmSid1 Highly talented... extraordinary BBBB BROADWAY BABY Truly brilliant BBBB EDFRINGE REVIEW

The Gilded Balloon has been bringing entertainment to Edinburgh for 30 years and we are celebrating with a spectacular Comedy Gala with performers from the venue's past and present. Hosted by Adam Hills and Fred MacAulay. Artist's already confirmed include Alan Davies, Ross Noble, Johnny Vegas, The Umbilical Brothers, Barry Cryer, Boy with Tape on His Face, Jeff Green, Stephen K Amos, Irish comedy legends Sean Hughes, Tommy Tiernan, Ed Byrne and Aisling Bea. Also a rare special appearance of Scotland 's Greg McHugh as Gary Tank Commander. Line ups correct at the time of print, more guests to be announced! www.gildedballoon.co.uk | Twitter: @gildedballoon

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HAL CRUTTENDEN: STRAIGHT OUTTA CRUTTENDEN

HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND

CKP

hackneycollieryband.co.uk

London's brass juggernaut makes its Fringe debut for THREE SHOWS ONLY, fresh from floor-filling gigs across Europe. With collaborators including Amy Winehouse and airplay all over the world, expect high-octane brass, beats and some very special guests. This is the most enjoyable, fun music that I know of OBSERVER

Reinventing the brass-band format for the 21st century BBBB TIMES £12 (£9)

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HUB FRESH

The Pleasance

The best place for discovering new comedy on the Fringe! Join us for a weekly line-up of comedians, all making their Pleasance debuts this year. See established acts performing alongside the best comedy newcomers. Expect sketch, characters, stand-up and everything in between! Hosted by 'funny, clever and utterly engaging' (Scotsman) David Elms. Line-ups will be hand-picked by the Pleasance and announced online.

Host of Live At The Apollo and star of Radio 4, the great Hal is back ranting about the real evils of the modern world - over sharing on social media and the 5:2 diet. The hungrier he gets the funnier he becomes. Book Early. As seen on The Royal Variety Performance, Would I Lie To You? The Great British Bake Off; An Extra Slice, Live At The Palladium and Have I Got News For You. www.halcruttenden.com | Twitter: @Halcruttenden Hugely talented BBBB TIMES

An absolute joy to watch BBBB SCOTSMAN He'll make you laugh... a lot BBBB DAILY MIRRROR

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JOE LYCETT: THAT'S THE WAY, A-HA A-HA, JOE LYCETT

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JOEY PAGE: CATASTROPHE PARTY

Live Nation UK Music Ltd

Alternative comedian, Joey, 30, one previous owner, with all of his own teeth and hair, has been on television (as seen on Nevermind the Buzzcocks, BBC3 Comedy Presents and Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy) yet he still lives at his mum's house. Here he is moaning about it in a fun way, whilst simultaneously looking at how awful the modern world is and celebrating his 10th year as a stand-up comedian.

Chambers Management Touring

The self-proclaimed 'absolute lad' returns, following an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination, his appearance on Live at the Apollo, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and a wine tour of the French Riviera. There's a good chance you'll Lycett. joelycettcomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @joelycett Cheeky, warm and super-funny. TIME OUT Entertainingly mischievous. GUARDIAN

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JOHN ROBINS: SPEAKEASY

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All new show from comedian, firebrand, sometime DJ and all-time vibe magnet. One half of The Elis James and John Robins Show on XFM. As heard on The News Quiz (BBC Radio 4). As seen on Russell Howard's Stand-Up Central (Comedy Central) and Alan Davis: As Yet Untitled (Dave).

High-octane, happy-go-lucky, Geordie stand-up and writer, Kai is one of comedy's hottest rising stars. Huffington Post blogger and star of Comedy Central's 'Comedy Store', he's toured the UK, Australia and Europe. Scotsman said 'his stories are a hoot!' & Fest called Kai 'side-splittingly funny'.

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KAI HUMPHRIES: HOW TO BE HAPPY

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NATHAN CATON: STRAIGHT OUTTA MIDDLESEX

U.N.I.T. Productions

Off The Kerb Productions

After stellar performances on BBC1's Live at the Apollo, BBC Radio 4's Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothin' and wowing audiences in comedy clubs up and down the UK, this rising star is back with his unique blend of charming, charismatic and intelligent on-point comedy in a show not to be missed! www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @nathancaton

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A hilarious look back at the best period of your life. Clown sisters Morro and Jasp are at that age where the hormones are always flaring, the telephone keeps ringing, and the punk rock can never be too loud. As Morro attempts to hide from feminine hygiene products, Jasp longs for womanhood and the boy of her dreams. This smash hit explores the trials and tribulations of growing up. Canadian Comedy Award winner! Best of Fringe winner!

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Phil McIntyre Entertainments arranged with Corrie McGuire at Electric Talent

www.morroandjasp.com | Twitter: @morroandjasp Must See BBBBB EYE WEEKLY

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PATRICK KIELTY: HELP

Mick Perrin Worldwide

Patrick Kielty returns to his stand up roots with a brand new show. But he can't do it on his own - he needs your help. Join the former psychology graduate and star of Live At The Apollo, Dave's One Night Stand and host of The BBC New Comedy Awards as he attempts to write his new rulebook for love, life and happiness. Bring him your lovers, your advice and a crayon. He promises to do the rest.

After sell-out performances in 2014, the UK's leading comedy magician (Time Out) returns to Edinburgh with an astonishing new show. Star of BBC1's The Magicians and guest on BBC2's The Sarah Millican Television Programme and C4's Comedy Mash-Up. Expect Pete's trademark blend of crowd-pleasing comedy and jaw-dropping magic, it's a show not to be missed! www.petefirman.co.uk | Twitter: @petefirman

Impressive, well-executed illusions delivered with the same speed and lightness of touch as his surgically-precise one-liners LIST The new poster-boy for British comedy magic TELEGRAPH The man from Middlesbrough sets the pace for comedy-meets-magic in the 21st century TIMES

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ROB BECKETT: MOUTH OF THE SOUTH

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SPARROW-FOLK: SUBIRDIA

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Beckett's back with a brand new hour of funnies and he's taking on the big issues like Kit Kats and flatbread! Star of BBC One's Live at the Apollo, BBC Two's Mock the Week, Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats and ITV2's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now.

With over 600,000 hits on Youtube, Award-winning duo Sparrow-Folk are bringing sexy back to suburbia in a musical-comedy smash-hit. Thermomix-ing together hysterical songs, the deceivinglysweet pair are jaw-droppingly naughty and terrifyingly sexy... it's Mel & Sue on (citric) acid!

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REGINALD D HUNTER: BITCHPROOF

Mick Perrin Worldwide

Following his successful BBC2 documentary series, Reginald D Hunter's Songs of the South, Reginald returns to his first love - performing live - with a brand new show packed with his distinctive comedy. Brutally honest, frequently controversial, always meticulously measured and never ever dull. www.reginalddhunter.com | Twitter: @reginalddhunter

In an age when comedians tend to hammer audiences with material, and play the self-promotion game for all it's worth, he's a refreshing change, stand-up comedy's coolest customer TELEGRAPH Searing social commentary, deep south wisdom and juicy punchlines INDEPENDENT Poised, provocative, brilliantly funny TIMES Crackles with anticipatory atmosphere I NEWSPAPER

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THE CHURCH OF MALCOLM

The Pleasance

Morsecode Management and Malcolm Doherty

The Church of Malcolm is a live rock gig sprinkled with a Kurt Vonnegut like worldview. Malcolm's returned from the brink of death with certain revelations on the Cosmos and the very nature of being Malcolm and his band of disciples engage you the audience as a non-denominational congregation, spreading love and positivity through the vibrations of music! Like a more positive take on the Rocky Horror Show. The band will be joined, live on stage and on screen, by special celebrity guests. £7

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ANDREW LAWRENCE: UNCENSORED

RBM

One of the most subversive and intelligent comedians to emerge in recent years, about to record his fourth series for BBC Radio 4. With his outspoken views and a propensity for telling uncomfortable truths, Lawrence returns to the Fringe for his tenth show in consecutive years - an hour of honest, fearless and uncompromising stand-up. www.andrewlawrencecomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @andrewlawrence You owe it to yourself to see him. BBBBB MIRROR He is in a class of his own. BBBBB EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

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LAZY SUSAN: DOUBLE ACT

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POP POP

Ditto Productions

Giant Dwarf

The 2014 Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer Nominees and stars of Radio 4's Sketchorama return with their hotly anticipated second show. Lazy Susan stand side by side, sling on some wigs and take a few long shots at triumph. Character comedy that shoots straight from the hip: come get a slice of the zeal.

Newcomer Penny Greenhalgh is dropping her debut show POP POP like it's hot - a hot mess of sketch, stand-up and ice dancing. POP POP takes the arena spectacular to new heights as Greenhalgh presents a raucous and joyful hour of comedy. 'Hella funny' and 'a big ball of delight', this is one show not to miss. WINNER - Adelaide Fringe Emerging Artist Award 2015

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A strangely compelling story with live music, understandable words and a fair bit of profound (probably life-changing) body movement. From the maker of Before Us, She Was Probably Not A Robot, Doctor Brown and His Singing Tiger and The Lounge Room Confabulators. 'An isolated fringe species who defies theatrical logic and description' ***** (Adelaide Advertiser).

ABI ROBERTS' MUSICAL CID is the cult comedy confessional show that delves into what a comedian has on their iPod. It's funny, raucous and revealing and it's back by popular demand for a very limited run! There's a special guest comedian in each show and previous guests have included: Pub Landlord Al Murray, Hardeep Singh Kohli, Jo Caulfield, Seann Walsh, Luisa Omielan and Romesh Ranganathan, so book early!

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Off The Kerb Productions

Following 2014's sell-out debut, the star of Ch4's Stand Up For The Week, BBC2's Mock The Week, BBC3's Russell Howard's Good News and Radio 4's News Quiz is back and has decided to embrace who she is. You are cordially invited to join her, just Come As You Are.

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GREG PROOPS: THE SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD

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JARRED CHRISTMAS IS HOTFOOT PAPA

Talented Artists Limited

Jarred Christmas/Gilded Balloon

It's just Proops and you. There's no fanfare. Proops takes centre stage at small table and chair setup with a single microphone. Then he's off. An hour of great conversation that flies by at a break neck clip. He crams the feeling of a great two-way conversation into the lecture-style format of a one-way conversation. Part professorial, part crazed comedian, Proops forms the show around his talent and passions. The show flows like a love letter to tangents.

Jarred Christmas is laying his comedy smack down in the form of energetic storytelling, pumped full of jokes and banter. Issues will be dealt with, feelings will be kicked in the teeth, current affairs will be smacked round the head, hype will be used in the blurb and tall tales will be told. www.jarredchristmas.com | Twitter: @jarredchristmas One of the funniest men to pick up a mic TIME OUT

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An exhilarating hour... firecracker wit, sophistication and luminous humanity BBBBB GUARDIAN £14 (£12)

ANGELA BARNES: COME AS YOU ARE

Your No.1 GPRL (Gimmicky Pantsless Rape Lady) is back with more gimmicks and more hair, in a sometimes naked hour-long wrestle with jokes, performance art, irony, hookers, comedians, a dress and the difference between being a one-trick pony and a horse's ass. Comedy isn't for pussies, so she's throwing hers back in the ring.

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JAMES FREEDMAN: MAN OF STEAL

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JOEL CREASEY: THE HURRICANE

Chocolate Factory Productions

more-comedy.com

Australia's hottest comedian, Joel Creasey, brings his new show to Edinburgh, after critically acclaimed seasons in New York and Montreal, and a stint in the African jungle for the Australian I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! He's got a LOT to tell you, so strap in... a hurricane is coming... www.more-comedy.com | Twitter: @JoelCreasey An inevitable star BBBBB TIME OUT NEW YORK A comedy superstar BBBBB UNDER THE GUN, USA

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Persuader. Showman. Thief. Freedman will steal a whole lot more than you might expect. Funny and fast-fingered, his unique and extraordinary show exposes how the bad guys really work, sharing a life-time spent studying hustlers, street criminals and con-men. Hailed a genius in his field by Derren Brown, stealth-crime expert James Freedman is the only man to have picked the pockets of the Mayor of London, the Chancellor and the Governor of the Bank of England. No wonder then that his hands have been insured for £1 million. You can't afford to miss this show! www.manofsteal.com | Twitter: @jamesfreedman

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JOSEPH MORPURGO: SOOTHING SOUNDS FOR BABY

The Invisible Dot Ltd.

Acclaimed multimedia comic Joseph Morpurgo returns with an outlandishly funny new hour of excavated vinyl and throttled hyperkonzept. theinvisibledot.com | Twitter: @josephismissing

An exhilarating trip into the tirelessly inventive mind of an obvious talent BBBB TIME OUT Thrillingly inventive BBBBB FEST

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MARK STEEL: WHO DO I THINK I AM?

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Critically acclaimed star of BBC1's Have I Got News For You and BBC Radio 4's Mark Steel's in Town, Steel makes his glorious return to Edinburgh after 19 years away from the Fringe after discovering who he really is.

Heartfelt, poignant examinations of life, love, Hogwarts, incest and plant genitalia, Nailed It! is about when you are (or really aren't) ... nailing it. Featuring the Green Room Award-winning original songs of Loclan Mackenzie-Spencer (Associate Musical Director, Wicked) and Andrew Strano (nominated: Best Male Cabaret Performer, TheatrePeople.com.au) and a very sparkly jacket.

www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @MrMarkSteel

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SEAN MCLOUGHLIN: WHATEVER IT TAKES

Vivienne Smith Management

Live Nation in association with MHA

The Festival's Family Favourite Funny Man and occasional disco dancer returns with a brand new stand up show! Directed by Phil Nichol this is a 'DEFINITE MUST SEE!' Edinburgh Festivals Magazine ****

Another calamitous year. Another hour of blisteringly funny stand-up from a man 'on the cusp of far greater recognition' (List). Nominated by fellow comedians for the Best Performer Barry Award, Edinburgh Fringe 2014.

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WILLIE AND SEBASTIAN

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COREY WHITE: THE CANE TOAD EFFECT

Gilded Balloon

Soho Theatre and Century Entertainment

Winner - Best Newcomer 2015, Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Corey White sifts through the wreckage of a broken home, mental illness and failed love, delivering an hour of sparkling stand-up comedy that affirms the power of the human spirit and the glory of being alive. www.coreywhite.com.au | Twitter: @MrCoreyWhite

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Willie and Sebastian were friends. Willie was a theatre producer, Sebastian was, well... Sebastian. Both squandered vast fortunes. Both were hopeless romantics. Both were crack addicts. Did I mention they happened to fall in love with the same girl? Well they did. Hopelessly, of course. If you'd like to see how that worked out, do join us. Oh, and check your morals at the door. Written by Rab C Nesbitt creator Ian Pattison, starring Andy Gray, Grant Stott, Michelle Gallagher and directed by Sam Kane. www.gildedballoon.co.uk | Twitter: @gildedballoon

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JIMMY MCGHIE - WINGED GODDESS OF VICTORY

CKP

Jimmy McGhie flys through Edinburgh like a Winged Goddess of Victory with his new solo show - confronting masculinity, mortality, the sins of the father and his complete inability to resist a good salesman. www.jimmymcghie.co.uk

Andy Gray delivers a masterclass in comic acting BROADWAY BABY Grant Stott is a revelation ALL EDINBURGH THEATRE Scotland's most seasoned comic performers SCOTSMAN

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Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with Dawn Sedgwick Management

Sitch'n'Kink

The A-Z of S&M - a raucous ride through leather, leashes and all things kink. This compelling blend of poetry, puppetry and music will have you rolling in the aisles and gagging for more. By award-winning playwright Ben Richards. Prodigiously Talented SCOTSMAN Wonderful storytellers... The poetry is incredible

Welcome to Sudley-on-Sea. Take a look around. You don't have long. Seriously. Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award and Melbourne Barry Award nominees Max and Ivan (BBC One's W1A, Radio 4's Casebook of Max and Ivan) return to the Edinburgh Fringe to tell an epic tale of a small town, on the day of its destruction. As the end approaches, there are choices to be made...

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Rhys Nicholson's back in Edinburgh with a new show. You should come. People seemed to be liking it in other places, so you probably will too. Look, just come. You haven't got anything else on. Even if you don't like it, you'll get to complain about something, and that's fun. No Refunds.

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The shape-shifting double act return with a live, comic existential meltdown that takes place as two comedians attempt to stage an epic, historical, romance novel in under an hour. Strictly not for children.

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Underbelly Productions with Century Entertainment

Assembly Festival in association with Soho Theatre

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ALEX EDELMAN: EVERYTHING HANDED TO YOU

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CARL DONNELLY: JIVE ASS HONKY

Avalon Promotions Ltd

Double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly returns to the fringe with his all new show about therapy, depression, relationships, body issues and family. Carl has appeared on various TV and radio shows (Mock The Week, Russell Howard's Good News, 5live, Talksport).

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

New York-based upstart and winner of 2014's Foster's Comedy Award for Best Newcomer, returns with another gosh-darned show comprised of jokes and stories about him and other neurotic, terrified young people.

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Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Darren Walsh

Last year, Darren Dundee right thing and adopted the love child of the Loch Ness Monster and a Werewolf. This year he's trying to raise a Were-Ness. If you're at a Leith end at Edinburgh, thistle be worth a loch. After publishing his first book of over 1000 jokes, Darren debuts his firth foollength stand-up show, combining his talents using 1-liners, animations, sounds, drawings and ad-libbing. 'Very funny' (Kate Copstick, Scotsman). 'A tall guy with a big talent for short jokes' (The Stage). darrenwalsh.co.uk | Twitter: @DarrenWalshPuns £6 £7 (£6)

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LLOYD GRIFFITH: GREAT GRIMSBY'S BIG TURN ON

Live Nation / Lisa White at Glorious Management

Back to prove why he's Great Grimsby's most talented export. Expect jokes, singing, dancing and the usual flirting. As seen on BBC3's Sweat The Small Stuff and BBC One's Songs of Praise. As heard on BBC Radio 1's Comedy Live Lounge, Rob Beckett's Absolute Radio show (and also Rob's tour support), and BBC Radio 3's Choral Evensong.

'Love is the absence of judgment' (Dalai Lama XIV). Running his mouth off about a bunch of stuff nobody even cares about - it's James Acaster. Nifty. Snazzy. 30 years old. Doing his best to improve his posture. Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2014, 2013 and 2012. www.mcintyre-ents.com | Twitter: @JamesAcaster

This is stand-up of the highest, most playful order GUARDIAN Stitched together and overlaid with such grace TELEGRAPH One of comedy's most original voices EVENING STANDARD

lloydgriffith.com | Twitter: @LloydGriffith Expect to hear more from Griffith EVENING STANDARD £6

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TOM TOAL IN SUNSHINE ON BEXLEYHEATH

Live Nation in association with Glorious Management

‘‘The best late night hang-out’ (The Independent)

One of Amused Moose's top ten shows of 2014, TT returns with another gleeful hour of comedy. An absorbing and affectionate love letter to family and hometown. Expect to have your funny bone tickled and your heart strings plucked. 'Master of storytelling' (Punchline). Daniel Kitson-esque heart-on-sleeve comedy LIST Forget the misery and cold of the outside as the Tom Toal comedy glow warms us all SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY £6

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CHARLIE BAKER: JUST THE ONE

Off The Kerb Productions

Charlie Baker brings the funny with his award-winning blend of stand up and song. Live! 'One hit wonders' underscore jokes about life as a husband, comfort eater and besotted father of one son. So good you'll go out and download 'Shaddap a your face'. Star of Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live 2012 and 2014, and Comedy Central at The Comedy Store. www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @bakerstweet

Pure, undiluted barmy musical fun not to be missed not even by you BBBBB THREEWEEKS £6

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THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

Underbelly Productions and Cirque Le Roux

The UK premier of this unique and hilarious fusion of world-class Circus, Film Noir and physical theatre. Circus meets theatre on the luxurious estate of Miss Betty in Autumn 1937. Our hostess slips away from her wedding reception to a secluded smoking lounge where she finds three men and the elephant in the room... Cirque Le Roux transform the circus tent into a smoky world of intrigue, with physical feats, stinging slapstick and alluring mystery, all for your delight and amazement. Featuring a spectacular cast of acrobats who have traveled the world with companies including The 7 Fingers, Circus Monti and Vague du Cirque, and performed in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical revival of PIPPIN. www.cirqueleroux.com | Twitter: @cirqueleroux

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JOHN ROBERTSON - THE DARK ROOM: SYMPHONY OF A FLOATING HEAD

FearCorp

The Fringe's best and most demented game show upgraded with new rules, prizes and... torments. DARREN! £1000 grand prize. (Live-action videogame + comedy = DARREN.) ***** FringeReview, **** List **** Chortle **** Edinburgh Spotlight (4,000,000 YouTube hits, 250,000 Twitch views, as seen on SKY.) WINNER - ARGUS ANGEL, BRIGHTON FRINGE 2014 www.thejohnrobertson.com | Twitter: @Robbotron £6

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ALI COOK: THE ART OF ASTONISHMENT

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CHRIS RAMSEY: ALL GROWED UP

Avalon Promotions Ltd

Critically acclaimed stand-up comedian, Celebrity Juice regular and the man who once got pizza delivered to a moving train returns to Edinburgh with a brand new show. Join him as he explores getting older, taking responsibility, and all of the other terrifying realisations that come with being dragged kicking and screaming into modern adulthood.

Off The Kerb Productions

Star of ITV1's Penn & Teller: Fool Us, BBC1's Now You See It, Ch4's Dirty Tricks and Ch5's Monkey Magic, witness breathtaking trickery from a master of his craft. Ali Cook delivers 'Mischief of the slickest kind' (Telegraph). 'Supremely talented' (Time Out). 'You blew us way' (Penn & Teller).

www.chrisramseycomedy.com | Twitter: @IAmChrisRamsey Stand-up gold GUARDIAN Terrifyingly talented GQ

www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @ali_cook

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JEFF GREEN: HAPPINESS

Returning with a limited season celebrating Gilded Balloon's 30th anniversary, Jeff Green takes us on an personal journey to discover happiness. Is it Yoga, a virtuous life, or new socks? Let Jeff confer upon you his musings on Aristotle's obsession. With jokes, rhymes and hilarious insights from a comedy craftsman, this show isn't to be missed.

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You'll have the time of your life and you'll owe it all to her BBBBB CHORTLE £16.50

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Am I Right Ladies is fresh, hilarious and brilliant! Another signature 'party with jokes' from Luisa Omielan. An empowering manifesto regarding sex, mental health and body image. It's back for a second year for three nights only. Come and see why Luisa keeps getting sell-out runs. #AmIRightLadies.

Jeff Green is fast becoming a national treasure.

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Live Nation in association with DAA Management

www.more-comedy.com | Twitter: @jeffgreen007

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NINA SIMONE: SOUL SESSIONS

STUCK!

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The RH Experience

Three strangers - trapped by fate. Who are they? Where are they? You decide! Three stories unfold - sometimes joyous, sometimes tragic, always absurd. An entirely improvised comedy with music from The RH Experience. www.therhexperience.co.uk | Twitter: @therhexperience

The RH Experience are not the pioneers of tomfoolery: they are the masters BBBBB THREEWEEKS A masterful, magical adventure from truly gifted improvisers BBBBB JOKEPIT

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PENNY ARCADE: LONGING LASTS LONGER

Soho Theatre and London Artists Projects in association with Underbelly

From Apphia Campbell, creator of 2014's Fringe hit 'Black Is the Color of My Voice', comes a musical journey honouring soul icon Nina Simone. Following Campbell's life from New York to Shanghai in pursuit of artistic transformation, Soul Sessions features renditions of the very best of Nina Simone's catalogue of classic songs, in a soul searching and intimate musical journey. www.apphiacampbell.com | Twitter: @PTSTHEATRE

New York's undisputed queen of the underground presents an exuberant performance anthem on love, longing and loss. Penny Arcade's magnetic rock 'n' roll energy creates a crack in the post-gentrified landscape where you can think, laugh and dance at the same time.

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ED BYRNE, OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

WHERE DO LITTLE BIRDS GO?

Vivienne Smith Management

Duckdown Theatre & Heavy Weather Theatre

Winner of the People's Choice Award at Vault Festival 2015, this 'uplifting and utterly beautiful' (Broadway Baby) onewoman play tells the story of Lucy Fuller, an 18-year-old girl abducted by the Kray Twins in 1960's London. Written by Camilla Whitehill and based on a true story, Lucy's journey is presented with 'razor-sharp clarity, humour and sense of the sinister' (Culture Whisper). www.wheredolittlebirdsgo.com | Twitter: @LittleBirdsGo A gripping and haunting triumph BBBBB GRUMPY GAY CRITIC £6

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FELICITY WARD: WHAT IF THERE IS NO TOILET?

That bloke. You know. The Irish guy. No, not the bald one. The other one. You know him. The one Carol from work really likes. Wait, that might be Jason Byrne. Anyway. Funny chap. Has a new show! www.edbyrne.com | Twitter: @MrEdByrne Comedy's Holy Grail... Go See! BBBB SUNDAY TIMES

Brett Vincent for Get Comedy and Independent Talent

Multi-award winning comedian Felicity Ward (Russell Howard's Good News, As Yet Untitled) returns with a new stand-up show about mental illness, irritable bowel syndrome and her search for the nearest toilet. Anxiety can be cruel, but very, very funny.

It is rare for a comic to merit the word 'masterful', in this case it is no overstatement! BBBB SCOTSMAN

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FRESH BLOOD

Fresh Blood introduces two of the hottest new acts around: described as one of Scotland's top up and coming comedians, Chris MacArthur-Boyd is joined by former Cambridge Footlights President, Ben Pope, for a split bill!

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GAY FURNISH FLIRT COACH

Charlotte McDougall (Bearded Ladies, Radio 4) is Gay Furnish, sexologist and dating guru. 'Do you have zero charisma? Are you sweaty and awkward but yearn for intimacy? Are you an introvert, an extrovert or a pervert? Don't criticise yourself, spend time with yourself, play with yourself. I can change your life. No, seriously. I can.'

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The Edinburgh Fringe sensation, Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho, returns after a total sell-out run in 2014 (and at London's Leicester Square Theatre) in the drag comedy musical extravaganza about gay rights, the 80s and disco!

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MARGARET THATCHER QUEEN OF SOHO

Bound and Gagged Comedy

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Winner of the Amused Moose Laugh Off and the Leicester Square Theatre New Act of The Year. Funmbi brings his highly anticipated stand-up debut to the Fringe, the story of a 10 year old Hackney boy leaving London for Lagos...

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FUNMBI OMOTAYO: LEGAL IMMIGRANT

Gilded Balloon Productions

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JASON BYRNE: 20 YEARS A CLOWN

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with Lisa Thomas Management

Byrne's verbose, organised chaos and near legendary stock-in-trade audience participation has seen him coined 'the outright king of live comedy' (The Times). And now he returns for his 20th Fringe. It's been a busy few years for Byrne. In addition to his extensive touring worldwide, his BBC Radio 2 show was awarded the UK radio industry's prestigious Sony Radio Gold Award. As well as fronting his brand new chat show, Jason Byrne's Snaptastic Show, for TV3 in Ireland, he is co-host of the hugely popular Wild Things on Sky 1. Also seen on The Royal Variety Show (ITV), Live at the Apollo, John Bishop's Christmas Show and Father Figure (all BBC One) of which he is the creator and star. www.jasonbyrne.ie | Twitter: @theJasonByrne

Watching a new Jason Byrne Show is a bit like witnessing lightning in a bottle Jason Byrne could do no wrong EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS Unmissable EVENING STANDARD An Edinburgh Institution GUARDIAN BBBBB MIRROR BBBBB METRO

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NINA CONTI: IN YOUR FACE

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UNDERBELLY POTTEROW | TOPSIDE

SAM SIMMONS: SPAGHETTI FOR BREAKFAST

PBJ

Underbelly Productions with The Mason Sisters @ PBJ, Token Events & Soho Theatre

Nina creates a new show each night by plucking inspiration from the audience. Strap into the mask as Nina gets in your face. With the help of Monkey and a bag of tricks, truly anything can happen in this unmissable improvised adventure of hilarious witchery. She's won a British Comedy Award, stormed Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard's Good News, Sunday Night at the Palladium, and made a BAFTA nominated film - all without moving her lips. *Please note, the additional show on Monday 17th August at 18:00 will be a relaxed performance.

WINNER Barry Award 2015 | WINNER Underbelly Adelaide Award 2015 | WINNER Best Comedy Performance, Helpmann Awards 2014 | NOMINEE Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award 2014 A return to pure, full throttle stupid, from comedy's bestest little dickhead.

www.ninaconti.net | Twitter: @ninaconti

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www.samsimmons.com.au | Twitter: @samsimmonss

What your dreams look like when you've drunk too much absinthe, and I loved it TIMES

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SEAN CULLEN: I HAVE RETURNED... BRIEFLY

21:00 (22-29), 21:15 (14-15) 60m

The live chemistry between renowned virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and acclaimed Russian visual artist Maria Rud, delivers a sound and image fusion that is truly unforgettable. Maria's evolving paintings are beamed live, by projection artist Ross Ashton, onto the walls of the quadrangle of George Heriot's School - a 17th-century architectural gem revealed for the first time to Festival audiences. www.auroranova.org | Twitter: @AuroraNovaOrg A mesmerising visual and aural feast SCOTSMAN

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I Have Returned. Briefly! No those aren't the words of General Douglas McArthur in the Phillipines. No it's award winning comedian Sean Cullen in Edinburgh for one night only. He will never liberate the Phillipines but he's a lot funnier than McArthur who was by all account a sour a-hole. Come see the comedic music, improvisation and weird that made him a legend at the fringe .

21:15

Presented by Aurora Nova

Gilded Balloon

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JAMIE MACDONALD: OBLIVIOUS

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Britain's hottest blind comedian, the Paralympian of the comedy world... That Funny Blind Guy Jamie MacDonald returns to the Fringe with his outrageously hilarious new show. One man, one mic, one white stick and lots of fun.

'Al Porter Is Yours' is the irreverent debut show from Ireland's newest comedy Star. At 22, Al falls in love twice daily, has been sued by a Presidential candidate, had a fling with a Priest and is still a Mammy's boy! In this candid hour he pours over the details of it all in his playful style that has been described as council-estate camp.

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AL PORTER IS YOURS

Lisa Richards

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MARK SIMMONS - LAUGH YOURSELF THIN

Live Nation in association with MZA

Acclaimed, award-winning Scottish stand-up with some thoughts on life now that he is officially older than Jesus. Uncompromisingly hilarious new show from Star of BBC's 'Don't Drop the Baton', 'Nelson's Guide to Marriage' and Telegraph's Critic's Choice. 'Talent that is simply obscene' (List)

EdCom and Cosmic Comedy Management

'Charmingly goofy' (Time Out) Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year runner-up. A brand new show packed full of delightfully daft but carefully crafted jokes, punctuated by absurdly self aware set pieces. Seann Walsh tour support 2015. 'Perfectly-timed, clever one-liners' (Leicester Mercury).

Twitter: @marknelsoncomic

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NEEL KOLHATKAR: TRUTH BE TOLD

After sellout seasons across all major festivals, Australian comic Neel Kolhatkar returns with his unique brand of sharp, honest and charismatic commentary on the media, youth and race. Truth be told, you cannot afford to miss this rising young star.

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WINNER: Best Newcomer, Melbourne Comedy Festival. Tom is a star of Australian TV and radio and has supported the likes of Stephen Merchant and Wil Anderson. This is a blistering hour of stand-up about love, sex, loneliness and finding the courage to be one's self from one of Australia's finest young comedians. Please go see Tom Ballard; I think he is amazing

Neel kept the audience laughing throughout one hour of hilarity with his impressively wide-ranging impressions. FRESH AIR, EDINBURGH £10 (£8)

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Token Events

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more-comedy.com

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GLENN WOOL - 'CREATOR, I AM BUT A PAWN'

UNDERBELLY

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0844 545 8252 PLEASANCE COURTYARD | PLEASANCE TWO

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IAN D MONTFORT: UNDER SCIENCEY CONDITIONS

Brett Vincent for Get Comedy

Tom Binns at Cheerful Earful Productions Ltd

A pseudoscience lecture from an international award winning comedy and magic phenomenon. www.tombinns.com | Twitter: @tombinns

The character remains hilarious even as the tricks become remarkable BBBBB TIME OUT Intelligent, magical, fantastically original and funny enough to kill you from asphyxiation BBBBB THE MAGIC CIRCLE MAGAZINE £6 £11.50 (£10.50) £13.50 (£11.50) £14.50 (£13.50)

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Is Glenn alone in his escapades around the world or is there an unseen companion travelling with him during these adventures? Is it an inner monologue or a heckling demigod? Is he the author or the passenger of a cosmic joke? All things considered in this triumphant return with 'Creator, I Am But A Pawn'. Glenn currently co-hosts the Freestyle podcast alongside Frankie Boyle. He has also appeared on many US podcasts including a hat trick on Marc Maron's WTF. Book early! www.glennwool.com | Twitter: @glennwool

It's a masterclass in how to take it to the line, when words matter, and when they don't. You might not notice it at the time because you're busy laughing BBBBB SCOTSMAN

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ROMESH RANGANATHAN: IRRATIONAL

Off The Kerb Productions

Nominated for Fosters' Best Newcomer in 2013, and then for the Fosters' Main Award in 2014, Romesh Ranganathan (BBC1's Live at the Apollo, BBC Two's Mock the Week, ITV1's Sunday Night at The Palladium, BBC Radio 4's Newsjack) presents a hotly-anticipated new hour of stand-up. www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @romeshranga

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A STORM IN A D CUP

ZOE COOMBS MARR: DAVE

Lady Liberty Enterprises

Soho Theatre and the Mason Sisters @ PBJ with Underbelly

What's the deal with pizza? Single with cats? Finding Nemo's girlfriend. Lesbian totem tennis?! My dad's a good guy! Sex turducken. Fresh from Sydney's Laugh Hole it's Dave! A stand-up drag parody that is exactly what it looks like and nothing you expect. zoecoombsmarr.com | Twitter: @zoecoombsmarr

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GARRETT MILLERICK: A SELECTION OF THINGS I'VE SAID TO TAXI DRIVERS

EMX Management

Millerick returns with his most acerbic and painfully-funny hour yet. Things you didn't realise were annoying, analysed in detail that you never thought was necessary.

www.ameliaryan.com | Twitter: @AmeliaERyan

One of the most flawless performances around. BBBBB RIP IT UP, ADELAIDE There's a big heart behind that impressive front. BBBB ADELAIDE NOW One of the most superbly written shows I've seen in recent years. BROADWAY WORLD

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With sell-out seasons in Australia and New York City, multi-award winning cabaret sensation AMELIA RYAN makes her Edinburgh debut! When a girl's been blessed with a gay father, a transgender step-mother, has caused the spectacular demise of five automobiles, and can add exotic dancer to her resume, she gets it all off her chest in a candid and hilarious cabaret! With razor-sharp humour and heart-warming honesty, Ryan cleverly parodies artists such as 4 Non Blondes, Belinda Carlisle and Rogers & Hammerstein, inviting us to brave the storm.

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ASSEMBLY GEORGE SQUARE STUDIOS | ONE

BABY WANTS CANDY: THE COMPLETELY IMPROVISED FULL BAND MUSICAL

Baby Wants Candy and Assembly

All your tickets in one place

21:30 (22:20)

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AISLING BEA: PLAN BEA

Feature Spot Productions Ltd

British Comedy Award Winner (Best Female TV Comic) 2015, Foster's Best Newcomer Nominee 2013. From Live At The Apollo, 8 Out of Ten Cats, QI, Cardinal Burns. 'You'll enjoy it, if she's your thing' - her mother www.itgcomedy.com | Twitter: @weemissbea She's got being funny in the bag. BBBB THE GUARDIAN A masterclass in high impact entertainment. BBBBB EVENING STANDARD

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21:30 (22:45) One of the best known, longest running and most celebrated improv shows in the world. With runs in NYC, Chicago and internationally touring, Baby Wants Candy has performed over 2,500 completely improvised musicals and has spawned the careers of top comedic actors and writers in the US. Based on a title suggested by a member of the audience, the cast and band improvise a brand new musical each night right in front of your eyes. Join them for a roller-coaster ride of spontaneously choreographed dance numbers, rhyming verses and witty, jawdropping comedy.

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For one night only! A decade of jaw-dropping vocals, sensational song interpretations and sparkly gowns from cabaret superstar Ali McGregor. From her first season with legendary show La Clique, to her cult Variety-Nite, Ali has become an unmissable feature of the Fringe.

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ALI MCGREGOR: DECADENCE

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The Ballet Revolucion Company in association with the Pleasance

Direct from Havana, unmistakably the world's most exotic city, standby for the world premiere of this new, innovative and dynamic production, Balletronic. A deconstructed and unique fusion of classical and contemporary music driven by a DJ and 12 of Cuba's finest musicians and singers. Witness the sheer power, skill and effortless grace of 11 of Cuba's finest classical and contemporary dancers, as they elegantly groove, pointe and pivot to super cool DJ loops, soundscapes and electronica ensuring a sizzlingly hot-blooded evening of ferocious sensuality and athletic skill. Balletronic will shake ballet and the Pleasance to its core. With music by Avicii, Daft Punk, Afrojack, Sam Smith, Paloma Faith... and a little Chopin!

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BETTE MIDLER AND ME

UNDERBELLY

0131 556 6550 21:30 (22:30)

0844 545 8252 PLEASANCE COURTYARD | BENEATH

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BRETT GOLDSTEIN: BURNING MAN

Aria Entertainment

Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with Dawn Sedgwick Management

The life and songs of the Divine Miss M. West End diva Sue Kelvin takes a roller-coaster ride through Bette's career, covering such songs as 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy', 'The Rose', 'I'm A Woman' and 'Wind Beneath Your Wings'. Plus a fabulous three minute puppet show version of 'Beaches'. With Tony Award winning Sarah Travis at the piano. Simply divine!

Drugs, fetishes, juggling - just another day in the desert... Brett (award winning comic, star of Derek, Drifters, Superbob) went to Burning Man to find himself. He wasn't there. But he did leave a message... Another show Brett's mum shouldn't see. Please buy all the tickets so she can't get one. www.mickperrin.com | Twitter: @brettgoldstein BBBB SCOTSMAN BBBB EVENING STANDARD

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CALYPSO NIGHTS: JUAN, TWO?

Juan Vesuvius - The Venezuelan DJ idiot who brought you last years' cult hit Calypso Nights (Winner of Skinny Magazine Fringe Genius Award) brings his record collection and surreal humor back to Edinburgh for more Caribbean madness. Physical DeeJay Cultural Mash-Up Comedy. There is nothing like this Juan... wow, beautifool.

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Multi-award winning performer Gabriel Bisset-Smith will take you on a journey of intergalactic travel, strange sexual positions, bizarre dance routines, Kanye West and unhinged murder to deliver you ultimate hilarity (or will he?).

Bizarre, sexy and very, very funny BBBBB BROADWAY

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Twitter: @barnie_juancan

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GABRIEL BISSET-SMITH TELLS THE MOST ORIGINAL & FUNNY JOKE IN THE UNIVERSE!

Theatre Beating

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LE HAGGIS

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MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE: WHY THE LONG FACE?

Electric Theatre Workshop

Off The Kerb Productions / Corduroy Productions

I was born with a long face and now there's UKIP and Putin and being single and Islamic State and George Osborne and Paul Dacre of the Daily bastard Mail and tax dodging corporations and the bloody election and did I mention being single? www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @marcusbrig

Rare is the stand-up show that makes you laugh, think and then fight back the tears. This is it BBBB DAILY TELEGRAPH £10

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Scotland's sexiest cabaret show, LE HAGGIS, makes its Edinburgh festivals debut. Jam-packed with international artists, and featuring the hottest local talent like you've never seen them before, it's one of the most cutting edge shows anywhere in Scotland. LE HAGGIS is set to a live contemporary traditional Scottish soundtrack, performed by some of the finest pop-folk troubadours around. See the Spiegeltent in all its glittering glory for one of the steamiest shows on the Fringe. www.lehaggis.com | Twitter: @lehaggis

Beautiful & spellbinding - highly sexual but never tawdry... Phenomenal physical strength, artistic agility and seductive sensuality. BBC SCOTLAND Provocative acrobatics performed to inspired musical folk arrangements. BBBB LIST

Scotland's risqué burlesque turns heads in a different direction DAILY RECORD £10

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MARK FORWARD PRESENTS MARK FORWARD

Mark Forward/Gilded Balloon

If you want to see something different, then this show's for you. Mark's appeared on John Oliver's New York Stand up show on Comedy Central, has two appearances on the Late Late show with Craig Ferguson and is just coming off his 6th appearance at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. www.markforward.com | Twitter: @markforwardd

Nobody else could do this material, sign of a great comic BBBBB NOW MAGAZINE He was perfectly Irreverent NATIONAL POST £5

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THEATRE

NOW LISTEN TO ME VERY CAREFULLY

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PIERRE NOVELLIE IS ANXIOUS PETER

Bootworks Theatre

CKP

Terminator 2 was all Andy had to guide him through adolescence. Combining comedy, storytelling, and participation, Andy and Jimmy transport you back to a time when girls were a mystery, make-believe was everything, and the future was unwritten.

At last! The combination of early medieval Norse history and observational comedy the masses have been praying for. You might recognise Pierre from BBC3, or if you had a child in South Africa between 1992-1998. www.ckproductions.co.uk | Twitter: @pierrenovellie The dawn of a major talent GUARDIAN One to watch TIME OUT

www.bootworkstheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @bootworks

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SKETCH CLUB: THE FINAL

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TATS NKONZO: THE AFRICAN WITH WIFI

Gilded Balloon/Sketch Club

Welcome to the Grand Final of the Gilded Balloon and Sketch Club's exciting new competition to find the very best new sketch performers. Winners from the six UK wide heats battle it out in front of a live audience and panel of comedy industry judges, to be crowned the funniest! See the stars of the future, today!

Mick Perrin Worldwide

www.gildedballoon.co.uk | Twitter: @gildedballoon Mesmerising... flashes of true brilliance TIME OUT

www.tatsnkonzo.com | Twitter: @TatsNkonzo

Fresh from the ebola ward (joking). And now performing his UK and Edinburgh debut (not joking), Tats Nkonzo: The African With Wifi will have you laughing whilst changing your perspective on everything you thought you knew about the continent of Africa. And yes, there's wifi. Unlimited. One of the best acts to happen to South African comedy ARGUS

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DOUG ANTHONY ALLSTARS (DAAS) LIVE ON STAGE!

The Pleasance

Avalon Promotions Ltd

Having stormed the UK, USA, Europe and Australia in the 80's and 90's, Australia's most controversial export return to the Fringe for a sublime night of songs, sex, violence, feminism (and sex). Following a 2014 sell-out international run, come and witness the world's first and most feared, loathed and adored comedy rock stars. Age has only made them angrier. £15 (£14)

Catch four of the hottest new acts on the comedy circuit in the eleventh year of the Pleasance Comedy Reserve, supported by the Charlie Hartill Special Reserve Fund. Sample the best outstanding new comedians to hit this year's Fringe, handpicked for you by the Pleasance. This year's line-up boasts newcomers Malcolm Head, Tom Little, Jamali Maddix and Joe Sutherland. Previous winners include Jack Whitehall, Holly Walsh, Joe Lycett, Simon Brodkin and Daniel Rigby. Don't miss your chance to see the freshest comedy talent of 2015! www.pleasance.co.uk | Twitter: @ThePleasance

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Goodbear

A brand new character-led sketch show which contemplates the big issues: life, death, our very existence. Accompanied by an original score, directed by George Chilcott, 'ingenious direction' (Sunday Times) and produced by award-winning company Dugout Theatre. Join Joe Barnes and Henry Perryment for an hour of dramatic and moving sketches that promises to leave you in stitches. www.goodbearcomedy.com | Twitter: @goodbearcomedy Pure comedy gold dust BBBBB SCRIBE MAGAZINE Very very funny BBBBB BROADWAY BABY

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BEN RUSSELL: THE TOKYO HOTEL

Magnificent Bastard Productions Ltd.

Fanny Pack

Shit-faced Shakespeare is the brilliant combination of an entirely serious Shakespeare play with one entirely Shit-faced actor. Side-splitting, raucous and completely interactive, the international hit is back with an all new show for 2015... The Merchant of Venice!

Check yourself into the Tokyo Hotel. You have now become Ben Russell's guest as he guides you to your room on a tour of LA's grandest and most historically infamous hotel. Meet the hotel guests and staff through a series of masterful sketches and comedically intertwined story telling.

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JESS ROBINSON: THE RISE OF MIGHTY VOICE

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JOHN HASTINGS: MARKED FROM THE START

Phil McIntyre Entertainments by arrangement with NRH Management

CKP

John is a premature born, sorta dyspraxic, agnostic 30 year old who recently became a godparent. How could this event help his relationship with his father? From BBC3's Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular. Runner up Martin Sims Award for Best Comedy Show 2015 www.johnhastingscomedy.com | Twitter: @thejohnhastings BBBBB MIRROR BBBBB BROADWAY BABY £6 £8 (£7)

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Following 2014's sold out five-star hit, Jess (star of Dead Ringers, Newzoids, Little Voice) returns with an all new show! Amazing mimicry, stunning singing, cheeky wit and a different show every night, thanks to the legendary Wheels of Sixty-Four Tunes. Showstopping musical mash-ups, incredible vocal gymnastics and irreverent celebrity impressions make the perfect feelgood show. www.jessrobinson.co.uk | Twitter: @JessieRobinson Stunning... incredibly talented BBBBB EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

Remarkable... pitch-perfect BBBB TELEGRAPH A star is born... breathtaking BBBB METRO

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NICK CODY: BEARD GAME STRONG

Brett Vincent for Get Comedy

In 2014, Nick performed at the invite-only Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, filmed his debut stand-up special and was hand-picked to support comedy superstars Bill Burr and Jim Jefferies around Australia. Nick makes his highly anticipated Fringe debut with an hour of hilarious stand up... and a kickass beard. www.nickcody.com.au | Twitter: @TheNickCody Nick Cody is a revelation BBBB HERALD SUN, AUS A man destined for big things BBBB DAILY TELEGRAPH

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Like Britain? Too bad, asshole. The EU is invading - and only one man can stop the onslaught of cafe culture, flatpack furniture and emotionally intelligent films. Praise for the cast: 'Comedic perfection' (The Skinny), 'Hilarious' (Timeout), 'Beautifully performed' (The Scotsman).

A night of spine-chilling horror in Henry James' classic ghost story. Two beautiful children. A spectacular estate. Is it all too perfect? A young governess is sent to a country manor to care for two orphans, Flora and Miles. She grows to love them, but the house hides a dark secret. A corrupting evil lurks in the shadows and she must protect the children at all costs.

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THE TURN OF THE SCREW

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CHRIS BETTS: SOCIAL ANIMAL

The Pleasance

EMX Management in association with Andrew Roach Talent

Edinburgh Debut; Chris Betts loves to watch people, and his favourite view is from behind the bar. Betts has studied mankind at our watering holes and come back hopeful. Think Jane Goodall polishing glasses! Comedy Reserve 2014, NATYs finalist 2015, Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year finalist 2014. chrisbettsisntfunny.com | Twitter: @bettsaintfunny

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CHRIS TURNER: XXV

Fluid Thinking and Brillstein Entertainment Partners

Let's get ready to Volfsball as the Queen Dome Centaurs battle the Courtyard Lizards in the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner's brand new show that just so happens to be the greatest frickin' sports movie you ever done saw, LIVE on stage! ***** Telegraph ***** Independent ***** Time Out ***** Scotsman ***** Chortle Twitter: @TigcoRiches

A triumph of cunningly crafted, high-energy character comedy TIME OUT Will make you laugh yourself silly and what could be better than that? TELEGRAPH I rule in this COACH COACH

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Lanky award-winner celebrates reaching his quarter-century - the age a doctor diagnosed he'd die at. At the time of writing, he's 24 and brimming with youthful hubris. He hopes to see you there, for both your sakes. Best Comedy Show (Nominee), Fringe World, 2015 People's Champion, Amused Moose Laughter Awards, 2014 Sell-out show Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised, 2013 & 2014

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EtF Productions

www.christurnercomedy.com | Twitter: @ChrisPJTurner

Truly masterful gags, crafted with intellectual panache CHORTLE Unashamedly clever and sparklingly original BBBB ARTS DESK Turner makes it all seem rather effortless. He mines for laughs in esoteric places, and consistently digs up comedy gold BBBB WEST AUSTRALIAN £6 £8 (£7)

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LUKE MCQUEEN: DOUBLE ACT

The Invisible Dot Ltd.

Luke McQueen was once part of a very promising double act. Where did it all go wrong? 'McQueen makes the room crackle with life' (Guardian).

The story of a stage-weary trouper at the end of his tether. We are invited backstage into a magical realm where his memories and dreams become real. Witness these flickering visions as the old master fights for his sanity and ultimate liberation. Original film, music and puppetry seamlessly combine with live action to create an enchanting world of slapstick, tragedy and joy. www.ericthefred.co.uk | Twitter: @ericthefredshow

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A wild clown in a class of his own. TIMES Surreal unhinged quality which makes for comic greatness. GUARDIAN Repeatedly impressive with creative ideas brilliantly executed, including stand-out set pieces that hilariously flip expectations. CHORTLE

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ZAZU: A FÊTE WORSE THAN DEATH

The Invisible Dot Ltd.

zazU comedy

Comedic lump Key (38) plonks himself in a room for a couple of weeks and tries out some new specks of poetry. Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner 2009.

Visit zazU! A land of opportunity and absolutely no mole infestation problems whatsoever. Last year, visitors to zazU had a lovely time and found that as well as a splendid holiday they also got a 'side splittingly funny' (Broadway Baby) narrative character comedy show. Someone else said: **** (ThreeWeeks). This year they bring you a show which is even stranger, even more dangerous and ever more epic.

theinvisibledot.com | Twitter: @timkeyperson

This is one art house form-buster who can really give you a good time TIMES 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 TELEGRAPH

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AUNTY DONNA

Underbelly Productions and Cirque Alfonse

Corrie McGuire for Electric Talent

Aussie Edinburgh favourites return with a killer new show. Unique, tight, fresh, filthy, but best of all flat out, laugh 'til your face hurts funny. Hold onto your seats, don't blink! You won't want to miss a beat. Expect 60 minutes of pure sketch comedy that transports you into the warped world that is Aunty Donna - turning the ridiculous into the sublime. www.auntydonna.com | Twitter: @auntydonnaboys

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Stray dangerously close to the edge in this exuberant circus rave as Canada's Cirque Alfonse fuse the traditional and the contemporary. A cabaret where spectators are left spellbound by remarkable performances, outrageous feats, simple curiosities and unexpected eccentricities. Circus, music, video and mayhem collide to wow you with an adventure of spectacular skills, backed by a frenetic electrotrad band. Don't miss this incredible show. www.cirquealfonse.com/en | Twitter: @CirqueAlfonse

Cirque Alfonse astonishes and amuses in equal measure LE DEVOIR, MONTREAL Verges on comic perfection LA PRESSE, MONTREAL You will marvel at their prowess JOURNAL METRO, MONTREAL

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CHORTLE STUDENT COMEDY AWARD FINAL

Chortle

Hundreds entered our nationwide search. Eight survive and now one will be crowned Britain's funniest student of 2015. Previous Chortle Student Comedy Award finalists include Simon Bird, Chris Ramsey, Tom Rosenthal, Ed Gamble, Tom Deacon and many more familiar comedy names. Who will be next? Find out in this exciting final, always a must-see highlight of the Fringe. Host: Mark Watson. www.chortle.co.uk | Twitter: @studentcomedy

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Want to get rich quick? Let 'Queen of Burlesque' (MAIL ON SUNDAY) Ivy Paige show you how to live the dream* (which quite frankly is more than you deserve) in a heady mix of cabaret, comedy and song. Experience the highs, lows, bright lights and dark underworld and discover what it takes to be the woman on top. *dreams may vary

1000 Songs in 1 hour! Mac Geniuses Elena Gabrielle and Grant Busé present an epic musical adventure inspired by your favourite and most embarrassing iTunes playlists. From The Beatles to Beyoncé, this show has something for everyone.

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THE SHUFFLE SHOW

Elena Gabrielle & Grant Busé

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TRYGVE WAKENSHAW: NAUTILUS

Foil Arms and Hog

Don't Be Lonely

The highly anticipated follow-up to sell-out physical comedies Kraken and Squidboy from an award-winning idiot. Time Out Best Comedy of 2014; Best Comedy Adelaide Fringe 2015; Best Comedy NZ Comedy Festival 2014. www.dblpresent.com/#/nautilus | Twitter: @trygve123

Delirious and surreal physical comedy... Boundlessly absurd BBBBB AGE Blissfully funny physical stream-of-consciousness... like watching a live cartoon BBBBB TIME OUT £7 £10 (£9)

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Irish comedy... potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato, potato. You racist. Foil Arms and Hog are Ireland's top comedy trio. They have sold out the Edinburgh festival for the past six consecutive years, have over 4 million hits on YouTube, and recently completed a World Tour. The best way to describe it is as a fast paced mix between sketch comedy and stand up, with twisted characters and unpredictable scenes. Extra Shows Friday and Saturday. www.foilarmsandhog.ie | Twitter: @foilarmsandhog

Excellent show, really enjoyed it ROWAN ATKINSON For sheer, unadulterated entertainment, and a great night out, you'd be hard pressed to find better BBBBB EXAMINER I have never laughed so much in one hour, ever BBBBB BROADWAYBABY EXTRA SHOWS EVERY FRI & SAT AT 23:20 (00:20) - BELLY BUTTON £7

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KYLE KINANE: GHOST PIZZA PARTY

Soho Theatre & United Talent Agency in association with Underbelly

This show is about ghosts having a pizza party. Or maybe it isn't. Maybe one story is but the rest is just that guy in the picture telling stories. One of America's fastest rising comedy stars and 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Barry Award nominee makes his Edinburgh Fringe debut. kylekinane.tumblr.com | Twitter: @kylekinane Kinane is like a comedy god to us. TIME OUT CHICAGO Dark and delightful. BBBB THE AGE, AUSTRALIA £6

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DIE ROTEN PUNKTE - HAUS PARTY

West Yorkshire Playhouse, LittleMighty and Testament

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

World Record-holding beatboxer and acclaimed rapper Testament smashes together UK Hip Hop with the poetry of William Blake. Celebrating the greatest counter-cultural voices in British history, Blake Remixed fuses music and storytelling with a live DJ and interactive video. Made in collaboration with Scratch DJ World Champion DJ Woody, this is a coming of age story with a difference.

For the first time, Die Roten Punkte's Otto and Astrid bring their late-night cult hit to Edinburgh! A 'ganz-toll' lineup of musical comedy, variety and party game madness from Berlin's self-proclaimed best band ever! Ich Liebe HAUS PARTY! Praise for Die Roten Punkte A beautifully grotesque, glam-rock punk-pop riot

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JONNY AWSUM: EVERYTHING IS AWSUM

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex

Join Jonny for the follow up to his 2014 debut hit as he returns to Edinburgh with a show celebrating all things awsum! You're guaranteed to leave with a smile on your face after this laugh-packed hour of musical comedy and feel-good factor.

EPIC. ENTHRALLING. INTIMATE. A BRAND NEW PROGRAMME OF INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS AT THE FRINGE.

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www.kevinj.co.uk | Twitter: @kevinjchats

A refreshing and important comedy voice STEPHEN ARMSTRONG, SUNDAY TIMES

The gags are relentless, and delivered with energy, in a show rammed full of laughs SKINNY

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The star of MTV's Comedy Funhouse, and winner of the prestigious Black Tie Comedy Best Newcomer Award, brings his debut hour to the fringe with tales of his unique journey from one of London's most notorious council estates to the stages of Africa, via the O2 arena.

The nation's favourite octogenarian, star of BBC Radio 4's forthcoming series Barry's Lunch Club and regular on BBC R2's Steve Wright in the Afternoon, returns to Edinburgh with his iconic regular London club night that celebrates variety and bingo! Part stand-up, part old style variety and part bingo, it's a show not to be missed if you just like your comedy really funny and not thought provoking!

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MISS BEHAVE'S GAMESHOW

Miss Behave

A Renegade Gameshow for the Austerity Generation. Important: Bring-Briiiiing Your PHONES! Part Gameshow, Variety show... and Disco. Prizes! Special Guests! Surprises! www.stillmisbehaving.com | Twitter: @stillmisbehavin An anarchic delight. TOTAL THEATRE

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Bound & Gagged Comedy by arrangement with Noel Gay

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Omar's childhood was full of mysteries: How did men ruin everything? What is love? Why's depression such a downer? Almost entirely constituted of energy, enthusiasm and wit, Omar excavates the mummy issues of the lesser-spotted Egyptian-Welshman. BBC regular and Russell Kane's support.

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Join the Mixtapers for their hilarious bite-sized theatre inspired by music. Part comedy show and part music quiz. Guess the songs inspiring these short sketches to be in with the chance of winning tonight's highly coveted Golden Mixtape. The Mixtapers perform from themes including Number 1s, The 80s, Brit Pop, Girl Bands Vs Boy Bands and Rock 'n' Roll.

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ANDREW MAXWELL - YO CONTRAIRE

Brett Vincent for Get Comedy by arrangement with United Agents

Your friend and ours Andrew Maxwell is back and funnier than ever for his 21st appearance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. He just can't get enough of you and we know you feel the same! One of the planet's most natural comics returns to Edinburgh for yet another thoughtprovoking, charming and hilarious hour. A masterful show where anecdotes and observations are interwoven with razor sharp political and social commentary. As seen on an exclusive 'One Night Stand' for Dave, 'Live at the Apollo' and 'Conspiracy Roadtrip' for the BBC, '8 Out of 10 Cats' for Channel 4, and so many more we just don't have space to name them all! BOOK EARLY! www.andrewmaxwellcomedian.com | Twitter: @andrewismaxwell

Stand up is rarely this politically well informed or thought provoking BBBBB SCOTSMAN

Fiercely funny and utterly invigorating BBBBB TIMES One of the most significant comedians working in the country today BBBBB INDEPENDENT

The best I've seen both in terms of comedy and vision BBBBB MIRROR Utter magic! BBBBB LIST £7

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DIANE CHORLEY: DUCHESS OF CANVEY

Live Nation

Show And Tell supported by Soho Theatre

Angelos Epithemiou (BBC 2's Shooting Stars) and Barry from Watford (Radio 2's Steve Wright In The Afternoon) record their award winning iTunes Best Of 2014 podcast in front of a live studio audience. In a world of confusion and media bombardment, it's good to know the great philosophers' tradition still exists. It's your chance to join two of the world's deepest thinkers as they discuss global events, ideological dilemmas and forgotten characters from Gladiators. Entirely improvised silly soddery.

Join Diane, former owner of 80's Essex nightclub The Flick, and her band The Buffet, for a glitzy, late-night musical spectacular, amongst comic tales of her troubled and infamous past. www.dianechorley.com | Twitter: @Diane_Chorley

Diane Chorley, fronting a tight indie pop band whilst recounting her 80's fall from grace, was the most fun I had in a comedy show this Summer STEWART LEE (2014)

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FAIRY TALE THEATRE: 18 & OVER

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A collection of original fairy tales with morals and lessons for adults (i.e. The Tale of the Bipolar Bear and the Codependent Eskimo), told with a mix of live actors in animal costumes and puppets. The show has played to sold-out crowds for the past five years at theaters all over Los Angeles, and features performers from the world-famous Groundlings Theatre.

Aussie comic and Internet Superstar Frenchy's sold out every show he's done in the last two years - so don't let Edinburgh be the place to drop the ball! The World's Worst Adult, Frenchy, covers such topics as speed-dating, crazy girls, wizards, muggles, substitute teaching like a boss and more...

fairytaletheatre.net | Twitter: @FairyTale18over

Crude, rude and lewd, Frenchy is a true blue comedian in every sense of the word. RIP IT UP

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LENNON: THROUGH A GLASS ONION

GO Productions

Following its Off-Broadway New York success! LENNON: THROUGH A GLASS ONION celebrates the genius, music and phenomenon of John Lennon. Part concert and part biography, the show reveals the true essence of the life and astonishing talent of one of the world's most treasured icons. Featuring 31 hits of Lennon and Lennon/McCartney including 'Imagine', 'Strawberry Fields Forever', 'Revolution', 'Woman' 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' 'Working Class Man' and 'Jealous Guy'. www.lennononstage.com | Twitter: @LennonOnStage

LENNON soars with joy and greatness! ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (USA) Lennon's spirit shines through! NEW YORK POST A stirring celebration of a genius. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Part biography, part music - this homage to John Lennon is sure to make you shed a tear. TIME OUT SYDNEY EXTRA SHOWS AUGUST 10, 17 & 24 AT 19:30, 17 & 24 AT 14:30, 24 AT 21:00 £12

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SATAN SPEAKS: 'WHY I DON'T EXIST' A TED-ISH TALK.

The Showstoppers / Something for the Weekend

Sympathy for the Devil? Satan takes us down the Memory Lane of his history for surprising revelations. Thought provoking, dramatic and comedic. With an unexpected visitor... bartmccarthy.com/satanspeaks

(RE: Lincoln Play) ... a magnificent portrayal... McCarthy creates a wholly persuasive character. LONDON TIMES Moving... most absorbing... theatre conceived in a fresh way. BBBBB STAGE MAGAZINE £5

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A brand new musical is created from scratch at every single performance of this multi award-winning show. Audience suggestions are transformed instantly into all-singing, all-dancing productions, with unpredictable and hilarious results. Eighth year as an Edinburgh must-see show, now at the Pleasance for the first time! With a BBC Radio 4 series and four West End seasons to their name, The Showstoppers have delighted audiences around the world with their ingenious blend of comedy, musical theatre and spontaneity. Whether you fancy Sondheim on a ski lift, or Cole Porter in Poundland - you suggest it and The Showstoppers will sing it! www.theshowstoppers.org | Twitter: @TheShowstoppers Achingly funny. Worth seeing again and again BBBBB TIME OUT, CRITICS' CHOICE A shining example of how good improv can be BBBBB CHORTLE

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Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre

Some criminals put stockings on their heads, now Earth's funniest Socks get their heads around crime. Doing every genre from TV Detectives & Film Noir to Scandi-crime & Breaking Bad, the Socks bring you brand new songs, sketches, socks and violence. www.comicfestival.co.uk | Twitter: @falsettosocks

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THE COLOUR HAM - ONE. LAST. TIME. (A BEST OF)

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THE SONS OF PITCHES

The Sons of Pitches

With over one million YouTube hits and a growing international reputation, this multi-award winning British vocal group has 'given a cappella a kick up the backside' (ThreeWeeks) combining soaring solos, impeccable harmonies and sensational beatboxing to stunning effect.

The Colour Ham

**LAST EVER SHOW - WILL SELL OUT** The multi-award winning sketch group are back for one last show. Magic, Mindreading and Comedy all wrapped up together in a big ball of rock and roll silliness. It's Hammertime!!

www.thesonsofpitches.co.uk | Twitter: @TheSOPitches incredibly talented BBBBB BROADWAY BABY

Twitter: @thecolourham Astonishing BBBBB EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

the cutest thing we've ever seen THE SCISSOR SISTERS

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Mick Perrin Worldwide in association with Chambers Management

Ditto Productions

John Henry Falle (of BBC Film's Bill, BBC3's The Tape Face Tapes and Chortle-nominated, Radio 4 sketch idiots, The Beta Males) is The Story Beast. Behold this 'bearded force of nature' (Guardian) as he opens his rattle-bag of demented tales, terrifying ritual and unrelenting Anglo-Saxon LOLz... dittoproductions.co.uk | Twitter: @thestorybeast Excellent BBBB TIMES Wonderfully grotesque and hilarious OUTSIDER COMEDY

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Jonathan Choat

A Vampirissimo cabaret packed with swinging satirical popular songs, jumping live band and spectacular dancing. Be tempted by the deadly, seductive songstress Vampi and her sisters of the night... and gaze in wonderment at Igor's amazing illusions!

www.trevornoah.com | Twitter: @Trevornoah

Slick, intelligent, blissfully funny... This is insightful, warm, classy comedy. BBBBB TIME OUT

Noah is an immensely likeable performer - warm, upbeat, with an inquiring, irreverent approach to other people's prejudices... OBSERVER

Twitter: @vampicabaret

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CHAOS THEORY

25 sketches performed in a random order, decided each night by shuffling a deck of cards. Delve into the warped mind of a noir detective, the covert mission of a sole surviving human in a world run by robot overlords, a duel between gentlemen in an alternate 1800, the business woes of a caveman fighting to keep his artistic integrity and at least 21 more things. Chaos Theory is a fast paced Irish comedy that explores an unpredictable and absurd universe where chaos reigns.

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What do Shania Twain, David Copperfield and Penn & Teller have in common? They've all had Breakfast at Piffany's, and this year you can too. Direct from Las Vegas, Piff the Magic Dragon and Mr Piffles return to the Fringe with new tricks, old snacks and sweet, sweet prizes. www.getcomedy.com | Twitter: @ThePiff The right amount of wrong LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL Deserves national recognition for ingenuity BBBBB SUNDAY MAIL

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Following a sell-out debut UK tour with his critically acclaimed show 'The Racist', South African megastar & newly announced 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah returns to Edinburgh with a brand new show. His sharp wit, intelligent commentary & unmistakable charm have established him as one of the foremost comedians of his generation. As seen on 'The Royal Variety Performance' 'Live at the Apollo' & 'QI'.

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ALONE - LOREN O'BRIEN

Loren O'Brien

Loren and Amy are sketch partners, but they've had a falling out. Loren would do stand-up, but she's not very funny; Amy is. At least that's what the reviews say. Will Amy turn up? Or is Loren going to have to do sketch comedy: aLOne. Pick of the Week at Vault Festival.

Avalon Promotions Ltd

The only band to ever host Never Mind The Buzzcocks and stars of 8 out of 10 Cats are back with their very own quiz show featuring the world's finest comedians. www.thehornesection.com | Twitter: @hornesection An absolute blast BBBBB METRO

lorenobrien.wix.com/alone | Twitter: @leobrien2

Close to perfection... you'd have to search high and low to find a comedy show of this calibre... masterfully written and performed and genuinely leaves you wanting more. BBBBB NEW CURRENT

We cant recommend The Horne Section highly enough. BBBBB TIME OUT

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Winning SYTYF? was a great experience. Being part of a final like that gave me a lot of confidence. Looking back it seems ridiculous that I won that year, but hey ho! MILES JUPP £10

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A modern eclectic mix of jazz, chanson and swing junk guitar. Helene's raw and seductive voice is uniquely her own with flirting echoes of Fitzgerald, and the street spirit of Piaf. Helene has appeared at leading concert halls including the Royal Albert Hall and British Film Institute. A devilish personality with powerful, dangerous and heart warming musical magic. Truly unmissable! BBBBB TIME OUT LONDON A mesmerising talent! BBBBB STAGE

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BONSOIR MONSIEUR NIGHTFALL

See the very best of previous contestants and winners from the UK's biggest and best comedy newcomers competition. A great night of Fringe favourites spanning 28 years of So You Think You're Funny!

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Helene (previously known as the artist Patti Plinko)

Gilded Balloon

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CHRIS STOKES: ALTRUISM IN BIRDS

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DAVE CALLAN - A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION 2: A LITTLE MORE LESS CONVERSATION

Phil McIntyre Entertainments

Chris (Dave's One Night Stand, BBC Radio 4) was a comedian, then a van driver and now he's a comedian again. He tried to convince himself a change was as good as a rest but, looking back, it was clearly a breakdown. Now he's back finding the funny. A story about love, crisis, recovery and a seagull.**** (The Skinny) **** (ThreeWeeks)

LLC Productions

Dave Callan, Irish born Australian based comedian brings the sequel to last years must see comedy dance spectacular to Edinburgh. Twitter: @davecallantwit

Twitter: @_chris_stokes Very gifted BBBB LIST

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THE CHRISTMAS & THE HOBBIT: THE GREAT COMEDY BEAT BOX PARTY

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex

Jarred Christmas & Jack Hobbs/Gilded Balloon

Foster's Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominees, Chortle Award & London SketchFest award winners Ed, Kath, Jim and Kiri (the one you never see) return with an hour of brand new sketches that aren't for everyone but might just be for you. More blood, less jizz (still some jizz though).

A stand-up comedy and beat box collaboration. Hobbit is an award winning beat boxer, Jarred Christmas is an award winning comic. When their powers combine, they create a very fun and daft show. Music from the mouth, jokes from the mouth, a loop station, a tubby man dancing, theme tunes, 8 mile style beat box battles, games, prizes and shit loads of laughter. Its party time! What time is it? Its Party time! What time is it? seriously mate, I've told you already... its party time.

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JOSH WIDDICOMBE'S XFM SHOW LIVE!

22:45 (23:45)

You may have seen him host Live at The Apollo or caught him singing on The X Factor. Now Lee Nelson returns to the place where it all started. Only this time he's bringing a new look, a new outlook and a brand new show to this overpriced, overlong festival. www.leenelson.com | Twitter: @RealLeeNelson Comedy legend THE SUN

www.offthekerb.co.uk | Twitter: @joshwiddicombe

Never less than ingenious... A seamlessly entertaining touring show TIMES

Winner - iTunes Best Audio Podcast 2013

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LEE NELSON: SUITED & BOOTED

After a sell-out run at the Fringe in 2014 Josh and Producer Neil return with their award winning XFM Podcast... and all the regulars have been assembled. Contains: James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Matthew Crosby, Ivo Graham, John Robins, Producer Neil and more...

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Off The Kerb Productions

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SO YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY?

LIZ FRASER'S PODLAUGHS... LIVE!

Gilded Balloon

Liz Fraser

How do comedians write? How has comedy changed in the last 20 years? Where is it going? Can ANYONE be a comedian? What IS 'funny'? Join Edinburgh's top comedy acts for the live culmination of Liz Fraser's popular Podlaughs series. www.liz-fraser.com | Twitter: @lizfraser1

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THE JEST: THE FIVE HUMOURS

The Jest

Comedy quintet and stars of BBC Radio 4's Sketchorama The Jest are back. A brand new, delightfully dark hour from a sketch group who BroadwayBaby.com described as caring 'more about being comical than seeming cool'. But hey, who's to say we can't be both, right guys? Guys?

www.soyouthinkyourefunny | Twitter: @sytyfunny

For me it was the single most important thing I did in my career... it gave me the extra push I needed but it also changed my life forever, JASON BYRNE SYTYF? provides a thrilling arena for new comedians to compete! REGINALD D

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HUNTER

Getting to the final was probably the most exciting moment of my life. RHOD GILBERT PLEASE NOTE: THE GRAND FINAL IS IN THE DEBATING HALL, THURSDAY 27th AUG 19.30 (22.30)

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Welcome to the 28th year of the UK's biggest and best comedy newcomers competition. After months of regional showcases, we are down to the very best from hundreds of applicants! Previous winners include Dylan Moran, Lee Mack, David O'Doherty and Peter Kay! Who will be crowned the funniest this year, find out after the heats at the Grand Final on Thursday 27th August!

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THE LABOUR OF LAUGH

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THE WOW WOW SHOW! WITH DAN CLARK

Smirk Experience

The Labour Of Laugh features the cracks in careers and the jokes in jobs, including incompetence, time wasters, blaggers and more. If you have a job, have had a job, or plan to get a job you will love it.

Live Nation

Star of BBC3's cult hit sitcom 'How Not To Live Your Life' Dan Clark, presents 'The Wow Wow Show!' A very British take on the American late night talk show, with Dan playing host to an evening of comedy sketches and set-pieces from the new wave of comic talent in the UK, including Natasia Demetriou as the show's announcer, the Wow Wow House Band and some very special guests.

www.facebook.com/labouroflaugh | Twitter: @samiamgc

I love Sam's laid back observations, interspersed with mad links and thoughts BBBB SADIE NINE BBC ESSEX Sam is a vey funny man. CARL DONNELLY

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THE NOISE NEXT DOOR'S COMEDY LOCK-IN

Assembly Festival in association with Soho Theatre

CKP

Drawing on their huge catalogue of classic bits, always introducing new material and lacing it all together with bizarre improvised tangents, the Pajama Men create an anarchic night of jubilant and inventive comedy. Whether you've been watching them for years or are seeing them for the first time, attending one of the Pajama Men's Pterodactyl Nights will get you where you need gettin'.

It's back... A totally unique entertainment experience every night with the quickest wits in comedy and astonishing special guests. Side-splitting gags! Mind-blowing songs! Finely tuned anarchy! As seen on BBC1 and BBC3. www.thenoisenextdoor.co.uk | Twitter: @NoiseNextDoor A superior kind of chaos BBBB DAILY TELEGRAPH Masterpiece BBBBB THREEWEEKS

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Groundswell Theatricals / Something for the Weekend

Bound & Gagged Comedy

Direct from NYC, Gideon & Hubcap serve up their unique brand of Stove-Top Folk (on no fewer than ten instruments!), sharing tales of love, apocalypse and deathdefying friendship. Having toured over 300 of America's living rooms with their home-made home-show, they now welcome you into their world of belly laughs, outrageous stories and sad songs. Prepare to encounter New York's own twenty-first century vaudevillian duo!

Total sell-out 2010-2014 returns with a brand new line-up. Paul McMullan: 'The next big thing' (Miles Crawford), 'Very funny!' (Brian Damage). Robyn Perkins: 'Sharp, insightful, really funny' **** (Three Weeks), 'Effortlessly funny' (Patrick Monahan). George Rigden: 'A name to watch out for' (Bristol Culture), Laughing Horse New Act 2014 Finalist.

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ARI SHAFFIR: THIS IS NOT HAPPENING

Hils Jago for Amused Moose comedy

Avalon Promotions Ltd

Comedian Ari Shaffir brings his hit Comedy Central story-telling TV series This Is Not Happening to the stage! Nothing is off limits, as Ari welcomes some of his favourite comics to tell their most embarrassing, or just plain funniest true-life stories in front of a live audience. www.arishaffir.com | Twitter: @AriShaffir

Comedy Central's new comic of the moment UPROXX

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Laughter packed, legendary and unmissable every Saturday night. In an awesome roost and shimmering plumage, the Fringe's tip-top comedy show will delight you every time by showcasing the highest flying stand-ups around the Fringe, plus we've plucked 2015's brightest fledglings from obscurity to charm you, as they soar towards stardom. Afterhours features famously entertaining, quality comedians who have included Jimmy Carr, John Bishop, Sarah Millican, Jack Whitehall, Michael McIntyre, Noel Fielding, Josh Widdicombe, Trevor Noah, Dara O'Briain, Flight of the Conchords and Greg Davies, the same as at awardwinning Amused Moose Soho in London. Afterhours line-ups are on www.amusedmoose.com | Twitter: @AmusedMoose

The Fringe's best late night show - brilliant! JASON BYRNE Awesome late night hilarity THREEWEEKS Stellar! SCOTSMAN

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CARIAD & PAUL: A TWO PLAYER ADVENTURE

C&P Productions

Cariad Lloyd (BBC3's Crims, C4's Toast) and Paul Foxcroft, 'Full of fresh ideas' (Scotsman) present their critically acclaimed improvised adventure. Taking one word from the audience and immersing them in a world of bizarre scenes and bold characters. Fusing comedy and heart-wrenching drama into a mixture of absurdity, tragedy and pure delight. www.cariadandpaul.com | Twitter: @cariadandpaul

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EDINBURGH COMEDY ALLSTARS

The Pleasance

Underbelly Productions

Underbelly presents four of the biggest and brightest comedians all in one huge show, staged in the famous Udderbelly. A one-stop shop for your comedy fix in the beating heart of the festival every weekend. Previous guests include Al Murray, Chris Ramsey, Alan Davies, Sara Pascoe, David O'Doherty, Tommy Tiernan, Mark Watson, Zoe Lyons and Kerry Godliman. For nightly line-ups check underbellyedinburgh.co.uk underbellyedinburgh.co.uk | Twitter: @EdinComAllstars

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HUB is taking up a weekly residency on the Fringe! Catch the sell-out, smash-hit comedy night, with some of the most exciting names at this year's festival, hand-picked especially for you by the Pleasance. HUB is the best place to see all your favourite comedians showcasing their finest material. Expect sketch, characters, stand-up and everything in between. Previous HUB acts include The Pin, Elis James, Nish Kumar, Aisling Bea, Colin Hoult, Brett Goldstein, Matthew Crosby, Lolly Adefope and Idiots of Ants. The line-up show to rival all others! Our brilliant line-ups will be announced online. www.pleasance.co.uk | Twitter: @HUB_COMEDY

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FOLIE À DEUX

High-wire improvised comedy from Austentatious stars Andrew Hunter Murray (QI's No Such Thing As A Fish) and Charlotte Gittins (Grand Theft Impro). Riffing on one word from the audience, the two unleash an hour of hilariously inventive character improv. Expect razor-sharp comic timing, stunning emotional chemistry and really smart stupidity. Five nights only - book early!

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LATE NIGHT VARIETY WITH THE MARTINI ENCOUNTER

The Martini Encounter & Special guests nightly

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GILDED BALLOON 30TH ANNIVERSARY COMEDY WALK

Gilded Balloon

Gilded Balloon veterans Arthur Smith and Steve Frost take you on a tour of their old haunts (or what is left of them). Walk through the Cowgate and hear tales of madcap antics, hilarious comedy escapades and who did what, where... and with whom! Your ticket also gives entry into the Gilded Balloon's flagship comedy show Late'n'Live! www.gildedballoon.co.uk | Twitter: @gildedballoon

Arthur's tours inject a unique wild and hilarious excitement into the streets of Edinburgh READERS DIGEST £12.50

PLEASANCE LATE NIGHT VARIETY! A cheeky dollop of late-night variety, hosted by the witty and playful ukulelestrumming, close-harmony singing trio - The Martini Encounter. Featuring special guests nightly on a bill which bulges with the best, naughtiest cabaret and variety acts from the Fringe. A cacophony of cocktails, sequins and agreeably small instruments, The Martini Encounter bring a whiff of threadbare sophistication to the Fringe, as they bask in sublime vocal harmonies and their often surprising repertoire from The Muppets to Blur. Bottoms up! www.themartiniencounter.com | Twitter: @tweetmartinis

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LILI LA SCALA: ANOTHER F*CKING VARIETY SHOW

Lee Martin for Gag Reflex

The hottest ticket of the Fringe is back! Treat yourself to a late night date with Lili la Scala and her glittering cavalcade of Cabarati. Previous guests include Jason Manford and The Boy with Tape on his Face. www.gagreflex.co.uk | Twitter: @lili_la_scala

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LYDIA KING: A DATE WITH DENSITY

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PRINCES OF MAIN

Lydia King

Princes of Main

If at first you don't succeed, try online dating. Unless they start talking about their sex toys, then stop online dating. Join Lydia King as she abandons her standards and takes you on a horribly hilarious and frequently musical romp through the most ridiculous dates you've never been on.

New sketch trio Alex MacKeith, Ben Pope and Jamie Fraser, hot off the success of their last project, the Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2014: Real Feelings ***** (Tab) and the acclaimed Fringe 2013 hit Dressing Down **** (List) present almost an hour of dangerous, fast-paced and viscous sketches prior to midnight. Three geeks trying to start a party.

Twitter: @lydialicious

joie de vivre in the face of utter adversity ... affable, deliciously crude and vivacious stand-up

Twitter: @MainPrinces

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THE FREE ASSOCIATION

Presenting the finest and funniest improvised comedy on the Fringe! This 'supergroup' (Time Out) features members of Austentatious, Max & Ivan, Showstoppers, Lazy Susan, Boom! Chicago and the world famous UCB Theatre. The FA will spin an entirely new, entirely hilarious show every night, with help from some very special guests...

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www.kinseysicks.com | Twitter: @kinseysicks The hottest ticket in town. NEW YORK TIMES

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Hit Off-Broadway & Vegas runs, 2 feature films, & now a Fringe debut! Join our offbeat heroines in an unforgettable hour of 'dragapella': stunning 4-part harmonies, wicked parodies, brilliant original songs, & over-the-top drag!

Hugely talented... expect high-quality made-up-on-thespot funnies TIME OUT

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The Kinsey Sicks

www.thefreeassociation.co.uk | Twitter: @faimprov

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THE KINSEY SICKS: AMERICA'S NEXT TOP BACHELOR HOUSEWIFE CELEBRITY HOARDER MAKEOVER STAR GONE WILD

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VEGAS NOCTURNE

The Pleasance, Max & Ivan, Ditto Productions and Dawn Sedgwick Management

Spiegelworld

The biggest spectacle in town just got bigger. The Wrestling returns to the Pleasance Grand, with a main event of epic proportions. No teams, no captains, no allies - it's all against all, as 20 wrestlers and comedians go to war in an over-the-top-rope Battle Royale to crown the first ever Champion. One night only. Book now.

Born in a Spiegeltent at New York's Fulton Fish Market, Spiegelworld created the controversial comedy-circus hit Absinthe. It is now in its fifth sold-out year in Las Vegas and on tour in Australia. You're welcome. (Or we're sorry). In Vegas Nocturne, Spiegelworld continues to explore the dark corners of contemporary physical comedy. Originally launched in Las Vegas in 2014, Vegas.com named it 'Best New Show'. The critics raved. The casino executives did not. We were kicked to the kerb. (True story). What happens in Vegas... comes to Edinburgh.

www.the-wrestling.co.uk | Twitter: @maxandivan

Genius TIMES Genius BBBBB LIST A truly awesome event BBBBB CHORTLE

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Disorienting, overwhelming and so much damn fun it feels like you must be getting away with something LAS VEGAS WEEKLY Spiegelworld is not so much Cirque du Soleil's evil twin, it's more a distant relative who's served prison time and is off the Christmas card list FAIRFAX MEDIA, AUSTRALIA £6

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WEEKEND ROCKSTARS

Mick Perrin Worldwide

Middle Child Theatre

Terry's having a bad week. He's lost his job, his girlfriend and he's just killed his dealer's cat - but he'll still be going out on Saturday night. Made in Hull and proud of it, theatre meets gig in Middle Child's electric and unapologetic telling of three young lives living for the weekend. www.middlechildtheatre.co.uk | Twitter: @MiddleChildHull

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CASUAL VIOLENCE: OM NOM NOM NOMINOUS

Casual Violence Comedy

Critically acclaimed sketch villains and stars of BBC Radio 4's Sketchorama return to fling their darkest, weirdest, strangest bits at you - in their multi award winning best-of show. Four nights only!

TOTAL SELL OUT 2013 and 2014. Travelling at the speed of thought in his music production spaceship, the world-class multi award-winning musician and comedian transcends mere mimicry to produce studio quality compositions faster than most could imagine them. The vocal shaman emits and manipulates any conceivable sound with a manic wit that will have you rocking with laughter and shaking your tail feather as a whole album is created live, based on your suggestions. www.beardyman.co.uk | Twitter: @beardyman

An hour of dazzling skill... The bar for improv has been raised BBBB CHORTLE Breath-takingly talented TIME OUT Britain's got no talent, Beardyman has it all STV

casualviolencecomedy.co.uk | Twitter: @casualviolence Leading the new wave of sketch comedy SUNDAY TIMES Dark, twisted and superb BBBBB SKINNY

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Takomo

Kirsty Mac

We're all a bit confused about stuff right now. Like who pays for dinner on the first date? Do I walk first through doors so you can check out my arse? And does a short haircut matched with great arm definition make me a lesbian? So jump on board the humanist adventure ride where we all get off it feeling sexy. www.kirstymac.com | Twitter: @MacKirstys Mac succeeds in taking on the world BBBB HERALD SUN A hero for women everywhere BBBB ADVERTISER £5

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Dark Side Of the Mime is an audacious, dark and dirty romp that will have Marcel Marceau turning in his grave. Its raunchy subversive humour will take you by surprise. Actor and mime artist Marc Gassot is joined by his accompanist Karl Sinkkonen, to bring you this multi award-winning late night physical show. A sell-out hit in Finland, it'll have you roaring with laughter. Are you bold enough to enter the Dark Side of the Mime? Winner - Best Theatrical Event of the Year 2015, Finland. Winner - Best Actor of the Year 2015, Finland. For audiences aged 18+ www.teatteritakomo.fi

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BEST OF BURLESQUE

Chaz Royal and World Burlesque Games

Fringe favourite Best of Burlesque returns to Assembly Festival for a third triumphant year in the beautiful George Square Gardens with a special World Burlesque Games 'Euro Semi-Finals' edition. Produced by internationally acclaimed impresario Chaz Royal of London Burlesque Festival fame, this prestigious event is a purveyor of the art of superior strip... tease. Breathtaking burlesque artists and vivacious variety stars battle it out for spots in the World Burlesque Games 2015 finals in London, hailed as Europe's largest competing burlesque event. All-star international guests accompany the must-see extravaganza, appearing in the spectacular Spiegeltent Colombino. Burlesque doesn't get more Olympic, so get ready to rumble! www.worldburlesquegames.com | Twitter: @BestofBurlesque

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BEST OF SCOTTISH COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR

Impatient Productions

Ha Ha Comedy & Hireacomedian.co.uk

Last year in the Pleasance Courtyard Flaws sold every ticket. The show then went on a triumphant 100-date UK/Australia tour. Now, the most personal, best-reviewed and most popular show of Watson's career comes back to the place where it began, for two final, enormous, special-edition performances including a chunk of new material alongside last year's big hitters. If you missed it, and you miss it again this time, you're acting very oddly.

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NATHAN CASSIDY: BACK TO THE FUTURE II

FROST AND IRELAND: BLUE OCTOBER

The Rat Pack Productions Ltd

Frost and Ireland

Fast paced, surreal, theatrical comedy from resident headliners at Noel Faulkners Comedy Cafe and Martins Soans PTOO London. Two submariners contemplate the meaning of life, death and everything. So deep it's funny. Twitter: @FrostAndIreland

Cinematic in style, technicolur in character..absolutely hilarious MARTIN SOAN, OWNER OF PTOO Brilliant show! Go! NOEL FAULKNER, OWNER OF COMEDY CAFE £5

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THIS IS YOUR TRIAL

Brett Vincent for Get Comedy

Malcolm Hardee Award Nominee, host of Edinburgh sell-out hit The Rat Pack stand-up comedy and Best Show Winner Buxton Fringe 2014 with the second part of his trilogy of new shows for 2015. If your life had a sequel, would it be better, or would you waste that second chance on a story with no soul? 'Gloriously entertaining' Chortle. www.nathancassidy.com | Twitter: @nathancassidy

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The critically acclaimed late night improvised show is back, where top comedians play lawyers prosecuting and defending charges set against YOU. This is the court where everyone is guilty until proven innocent. Book your seat for Jury service! Starring Tim Fitzhigham as Judge and Thom Tuck Court Clerk plus a plethora of amazing talent each and every night.. BOOK EARLY! Previous acts include: Al Murray, Marcus Brigstocke, Rufus Hound, Janey Godley, Phill Jupitus, Sara Pascoe, Fred MacAulay, Pippa Evans, Andrew Maxwell, Angela Barnes, Jessica Fosketew and many many more... Want to get in on the action? Go to our website to find out more!

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GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

Deadpan Theatre

www.thisisyourtrial.co.uk | Twitter: @thisisyourtrial

Proper off-the-rails anarchic humour and wit BBBBB MIRROR The only court where the law isn't an ass, but the lawyers are! AL MURRAY £6

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COMEDY

KINETIC COMEDY EDINBURGH SPECIAL

Kinetic Comedy / UTC Artist Management

Multi-award nominated Inel Tomlinson is back with his sell out show, Kinetic Comedy. Expect a night like no other with the UK's best multicultural comedians, games & DJs. It's the ultimate party night! Previous acts include Dane Baptiste, Romesh Ranganathan, Luisa Omielan & Nish Kumar.

Alex's life has fallen apart. His girlfriend has left him for TV's 'Breakfast Dave', he's been fired and he can't afford his rent. As he prepares to move into a damp new flat above a pub, the future looks bleak. His youngest sister, Annabelle, is determined that he won't go through it alone. She rallies her reluctant older sister Lana, and the three siblings set out to spend the weekend together; helping their big brother move in and move on. But it turns out they all have far more to learn than they initially thought. Twitter: @Deadpan_Theatre

Howard and Salt: Bristol's hottest comedy duo! BBBBB EPIGRAM Imaginative and fantastically observed, this is stage based comedy at its very best! BBBBB INTER:MISSION

www.kineticcomedy.com | Twitter: @kineticcomedy

Keeps the laughs coming! BBBB SCOTSMAN

Probably the liveliest comedy night in all of London LONDON IS FUNNY

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MICHELLE BRASIER: SPACE TORTOISE

Assembly Festival

Michelle Brasier

Michelle Brasier of Backwards Anorak (Winter Is Coming) presents Space Tortoise. In 1968 the Soviet Union sent the first tortoise into deep space. That tortoise was my daddy. I'll sing about it. Powerhouse vocals had me utterly mesmerised from start to finish. RIP IT UP (AU) Reminiscent of Miranda Sings - she has every tone and expression perfected. PUBLIC REVIEWS £5

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DANCE AND PHYSICAL THEATRE

POLE

Bent Theatre Company

3 poles, 3 performers and a whole lot of juice. This verbatim piece challenges the preconceptions of femininity through pole dancing, physical theatre and words. Re-telling the real life accounts of various women for whom pole dancing is a means of expression, fitness or forced entertainment. Pole turns the Vagina Monologues upside down... literally.

www.assemblyfestival.com | Twitter: @AssemblyBOTF

The jewel in the crown of the Fringe SCOTSMAN A comedy showcase done right. Genuinely top of the range. BBBBB THREEWEEKS

Twitter: @pole_show

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The biggest and best comedy line-ups in Edinburgh! This Festival favourite returns and maintains its status as the only place to be come midnight. Recent years featured the likes of Sarah Millican, Jack Whitehall, Dylan Moran, Adam Hills, Milton Jones, Trevor Noah, Chris Ramsey, Michael Che, Andrew Maxwell, Josh Widdicombe, David O'Doherty, Shappi Khorsandi, Daniel Sloss, Sara Pascoe, Jimmy Carr, Jason Byrne, Stephen K Amos, Seann Walsh and more. Stellar line-ups listed daily on our website.

COMEDY

UNDERBELLY COWGATE | BELLY DANCER

SPANK

£14 (£13)

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COMEDY

THE BETA MALES: ALPHA SKETCHES

Underbelly, James Wren, Leon Fleury and Corrie McGuire for Electric Talent

Ditto Productions

The Betas are back. For 4 nights only, the Chortle Award nominated Fringe veterans are dusting off their waistcoats to present their very best sketches from 5 sell-out Edinburgh Fringe shows. As heard on BBC Radio 4. dittoproductions.co.uk | Twitter: @betamalescomedy Excellent BBBB TIMES

Genuinely hysterical... the cleverest, funniest exercise in stupidity and precision timing you'll see BBBB EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS

£9

Spank! returns for an incredible 12th year with sexy hosts, awesome comedians and the inevitable gratuitous nudity, with the most exciting stand-up, magic, sketch, musical comedy and cabaret talent at the Fringe. This year you can also see Spank!taculars in the big purple cow on 15/22/28/29 Aug. EXCITING. Don't miss 'The Best Wild Night Out' (Scotland on Sunday) at the festival! SPANK! You love it! For lineups follow @spankcomedy www.spankcomedy.com | Twitter: @spankcomedy

This is what the festival should be about THE LIST Legendary party night... get down there right away! TIME OUT

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COMEDY

THE ROOM

Assembly Festival

Bring some plastic spoons and enjoy a Sunday night screening of the cult phenomenon that is The Room. Written, directed, produced by and starring Tommy Wiseau, this 2003 film is loved by fans worldwide for being so bad that it's good. www.assemblyfestival.com | Twitter: @AssemblyFest The awful movie everyone wants to see TIME MAGAZINE

This has truly been the highlight of my Fringe BBBBB CHORTLE.CO.UK

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WILL SEAWARD'S SPOOKY MIDNIGHT GHOST STORIES II

Frank Olivier

Frank Olivier gathers the best and weirdest variety artists from around the globe. On the night of the big show all the artists get stopped at the border. Now, aided only by his hunchback assistant, and the shadow of a woman, Olivier must do the show of his life; playing all the roles to save the Cabaret. The funniest show at the fringe and the most bizarre as well. Wickedly Funny NY TIMES The grace of a stoned Rhinoceros BOSTON HERALD

Will Seaward

Will Seaward's smash-hit five-star ghoststravaganza is back for a second year! And now there's new stuff and EVEN MORE TERROR! Aargh!! Join Will on the stroke of midnight for a mighty dose of late-night torch-wielding comedy spookiness... IF YOU DARE! Blood! Ghouls! Creaky doors! Wailing! Hurrah! Not suitable for exorcists. www.willseaward.co.uk | Twitter: @willseaward

Utterly absurd and belly-achingly funny BBBBB THREE WEEKS

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FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE PRESENTS: MASSAOKE

Neil Masters for Comedy Zoo

Friday I'm in Love

This is a club night like no other. Forget karaoke - join the MASSAOKE revolution! Our brilliant house band plays classic anthems and the crowd sings as one, guided by lyrics on screen. Expect special guest stars... Al Murray, Tim Vine and Phill Jupitus are among the converts. www.fiilclub.co.uk | Twitter: @FiiL_Club An amazing night out! AL MURRAY

Massaoke is where the real fun starts! TIME OUT LONDON £6 £6 (£5)

Late Show's 15th anniversary: Edinburgh's best late night comedy show returns to the Pleasance Cabaret Bar - the fringe's favourite venue of comedians and audiences alike for over 30 years! The hottest comedians love this intimate comedy enclave. Past performers include, Sarah Millican, Flight of the Conchords, Jack Whitehall, Romesh Ranganathan, Michael McIntyre, Russell Howard and many more. Only 10 shows and they will sell-out, so book now to make your friends envy you and because our audiences are the best, the in room bar remains open throughout the show - snap!

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Gilded Balloon

www.comedyzoo.com | Twitter: @CZlateshow BBBB SCOTSMAN

... A diversity of performances with moments of brillace ... BBBB BROADWAY BABY £10 (£8.50) £11 (£9.50)

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MUSIC

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The Mac Twins

The DJ battle that gives the power-ups to the people! Identical DJ's, very different music tastes, so you have to choose the tunes. Stop dancing and it's game over. The Mac Twins are taking clubbing to the next level - Don't miss your turn.

www.latenlive.co.uk | Twitter: @latenliveGB

Still the best late night show on the Fringe SCOTSMAN The most exciting late night cabaret on the Fringe... where anything can happen and most probably does! CHORTLE The celebrated comedy abattoir that has slain a thousand comics SCOTSMAN

www.themactwins.com/play | Twitter: @themactwins Scotland's Next Big Thing THE SCOTSMAN

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The original and best late night comedy presents its 29th year of unadulterated comedy mayhem! Expect the unexpected from the very best comedians on the Fringe! Comperes will include Patrick Monahan, John Hastings, Mickey D and many other top names. After all the comedy, enjoy live music and dance the night away with our fabulous house bands!

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Cabaret and Variety 12:45

14:00

Ecce Homo

Pleasance Courtyard

20:15

21:15

Nailed It!

Assembly Roxy

Downstairs

108

14:00

15:15

Best of the Fest Daytime

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 49

The Cellar

20:15

21:15

James Freedman: Man of Steal

Underbelly Med Quad

Ermintrude

108

16:00

17:10

Joe Stilgoe: Songs on Film - The Sequel

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 65

21:30

22:45

Ali McGregor: Decadence

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 117

16:40

17:40

We Can Make You Happy

Assembly George Square Gardens Bosco

21:30

22:30

A Storm in a D Cup

Assembly Roxy

18:00

19:00

Sweet Dreams: Songs By Annie Lennox

Assembly George Square Gardens Bosco

21:30

22:45

Le Haggis

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 118

Upstairs Belly Button

116

18:05

19:10

Dillie Keane

Underbelly George Square

Udderbelly

22:00

23:00

Ivy Paige: Filthy Rich

Underbelly Cowgate

18:20

19:20

Colin Cloud: Kills

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Above

22:30

23:30

Vampire Cabaret

Assembly George Square Gardens Bosco

122 127

18:40

19:50

K'rd Strip: A Place to Stand

Assembly Roxy

Central

22:55

23:55

The Gideon & Hubcap Show

Underbelly George Square

The Wee Coo

130

19:20

20:20

Christina Bianco: Party of One

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 98

23:00

00:30

Lili la Scala: Another F*cking Variety Show

Pleasance Dome

Queendome

131

19:25

20:35

Puddles Pity Party

Assembly George Square Gardens Bosco

23:00

00:10

Late Night Variety with The Martini Encount... Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker One

131

19:25

20:25

Oh Là Là! Starring Isabelle Georges

Assembly Checkpoint

23:30

00:30

Best of Burlesque

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 134

20:00

22:00

Assembly Gala Launch

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

103

00:00

01:05

Twisted Cabaret

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

137

Children's Shows 10:00

11:00

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

11:45

12:45

You Look Tasty! (a play by A. Tiger)

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Below

10:00

10:45

Cinder-Ella

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

11:45

12:45

I Hate Children Children's Show

Pleasance Courtyard

Beside

10:00

10:50

Rosie's Magic Horse

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Above

12:00

13:00

The Last of the Dragons

Pleasance Courtyard

Beneath

10:00

11:00

Hairy Maclary's Cat Tales

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

12:15

13:15

Geometric City

Pleasance Courtyard

The Green

10:15

10:55

Pitschi, the Kitten with Dreams

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

12:15

13:00

Mrs McMoon's Tea Party

Pleasance Courtyard

The Green

10:25

11:25

Loranga, Masarin and Dartanjang

Pleasance Dome

Jackdome

12:15

13:05

Funny Bones Trash

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

10:30

11:30

The Piper

Underbelly Potterow

Topside

12:25

13:25

Trash Test Dummies

Circus Hub on the Meadows

The Beauty

12:30

13:20

Shakespeare Untold: Romeo and Juliet (The P...

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Beyond

12:30

13:20

Flight

Assembly Roxy

Downstairs

12:30

13:30

A Pocketful of Grimms

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

12:30

14:30

Shakespeare Untold: Double Bill

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Beyond

12:50

13:50

Katie and the Mona Lisa

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance One

13:40

14:30

The Bookbinder

Assembly Roxy

Downstairs

10:30

11:30

Hairy Maclary's Cat Tales

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

11:00

11:45

Bobalong

Assembly George Square Studios Four

11:00

12:00

The Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Beyond

11:00

11:55

Brush

Assembly Roxy

Central

11:00

11:50

Funny Bones Trash

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

11:00

12:15

Kids Do Forth on the Fringe

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

11:00

11:35

Peter and the Wolf

Pleasance Courtyard

Forth

11:00

12:00

Release Your Inner Cartoonist

Pleasance Courtyard

The Attic

11:00

11:55

The Hunting of the Snark

Pleasance Courtyard

The Green

11:10

12:00

Ali McGregor's Jazzamatazz!

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 24

11:10

12:00

Albee Vector The Sound Collector

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Above

11:10

12:10

Mr Tiger Goes Wild

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

11:15

12:15

Grossed Out Game Show

Assembly George Square Gardens Bosco

11:15

12:10

Julius Caesar

Assembly George Square Studios Two

11:15

12:15

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made

Assembly George Square Theatre The Box

11:15

12:15

Arabian Nights

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

11:30

12:30

Gruffalos, Ladybirds And Other Beasts - Wit...

Underbelly George Square

Udderbelly

11:30

12:30

Fairly Tales

Pleasance Courtyard

The Cellar

Pleasance One

13:40

14:30

Shakespeare Untold: Titus Andronicus (The P... Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Beyond

14:00

14:45

Mirror Me

Pleasance Courtyard

The Green

14:00

15:00

Lords of Strut: The Family Show

Assembly George Square Gardens Bosco

14:00

15:00

Morph Modelmaking Workshop

Pleasance Courtyard

The Green

14:00

15:00

The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz

Pleasance Courtyard

Forth

14:05

15:00

Alfie White: Space Explorer

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

14:15

15:05

Morgan & West's Utterly Spiffing Specta...

Underbelly Med Quad

Ermintrude

14:50

15:50

The Scarecrows' Wedding

Underbelly George Square

Udderbelly

15:15

16:15

Tall Tales for Small People: American Folk...

Pleasance Courtyard

The Green

15:20

16:20

Funz And Gamez Tooz

Assembly George Square Gardens Bosco

15:40

16:30

Little Red Riding Hood

Assembly Roxy

Central

16:15

17:15

Comedy Club 4 Kids

Assembly Roxy

Upstairs

17:00

18:00

Morph Modelmaking Workshop

Pleasance Courtyard

The Green

17:00

18:00

Jay Foreman's Disgusting Songs for Revoltin... Pleasance Courtyard

The Green

17:40

18:40

High Jinx Magic and Illusion Show

11:30

12:10

Cat in the Hat

Pleasance Courtyard

11:30

12:30

Hairy Maclary's Cat Tales

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

11:30

12:20

Leapin' Louie's Wild West Spectacular

Pleasance Courtyard

Upstairs

12:50

Shaun Keaveny: Live and Languorous

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Above

13:50

14:50

The Durham Revue: Cirque du Sillý

Underbelly Cowgate

12:00

13:00

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvi...

Pleasance Dome

Queendome

14:00

15:00

The Humble Quest for Universal Genius

Assembly George Square Gardens Bosco

12:00

13:00

Georgie Carroll: Nurse Case Scenario

Gilded Balloon

Billiard Room

14:00

15:00

The Dead Secrets Present... The Curiositori...

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Dancer

12:00

13:00

What the Dickens!

Underbelly Cowgate

Delhi Belly

14:20

15:30

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance One

126

12:30

13:30

The Underbelly Radio shows

Underbelly Med Quad

Ermintrude

14:30

15:30

Instant Sunshine

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

12:30

13:30

The Hollywood Canteen Hereafter

Underbelly Cowgate

White Belly

14:40

15:40

Laughing Stock

Underbelly Cowgate

Delhi Belly

12:40

13:40

Tom Binns: The Club Sets

Assembly George Square Gardens Bosco

14:45

15:45

The Clinic: An Afternoon of Serious Stand-U...

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

13:00

14:30

Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe

Assembly George Square Studios Three

14:45

15:45

Everything that's wrong with the universe

Underbelly Med Quad

Clover

13:10

14:10

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

14:45

15:45

George Egg: Anarchist Cook

Gilded Balloon

Balcony

15:45

The Noise Next Door: The Really, Really Goo... Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

13:15

14:15

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen No...

14:45

Underbelly George Square

Udderbelly

14:45

15:35

Joe Hart: Dirty Rotten Apples

Gilded Balloon

The Study

13:25

14:25

Jennie Benton Wordsmith

Underbelly Med Quad

Clover

14:50

15:50

Megan Ford: FEMINASTY

Underbelly George Square

The Wee Coo

13:30

14:30

Diary of a Dating Addict

Gilded Balloon

The Study

15:00

16:00

The Oxford Imps

Gilded Balloon

Sportsman

13:40

14:40

Foolball

Underbelly Med Quad

Daisy

15:00

16:00

Winter Is Coming. Again.

Gilded Balloon

Nightclub

13:45

14:45

I Would: a hypothetical sketch show

Gilded Balloon

Turret

15:00

16:00

Lou Conran: Small Medium at Large

Assembly George Square Gardens Caravan

13:45

14:45

Will Seaward has a really Good Go at Alchem... Gilded Balloon

Sportsman

15:00

16:00

Liz Fraser’s Lifeshambles

Gilded Balloon

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 30

Comedy 11:50

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SHOWS AT A GLANCE

15:00

16:00

Lily Bevan - Pheasant Plucker

Underbelly Med Quad

Daisy

17:45

18:45

Harriet Kemsley: Puppy Fat

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance That

15:00

16:00

The Wonderful World of Lieven Scheire

Gilded Balloon

Wee Room

17:45

18:45

Damien Slash: Übermen

Pleasance Courtyard

The Attic

15:15

16:15

Daphne Do Edinburgh

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance That

17:45

18:45

The Beau Zeaux: An Improvised Comedy

Pleasance Courtyard

Beneath

15:20

16:20

Goose: Kablamo

Assembly George Square Theatre The Box

17:45

18:45

Croft & Pearce - There's Always Somethi...

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

15:30

16:20

Jenny Bede: Don't Look at Me

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance This

17:50

18:50

Sarah Callaghan: Elephant

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker One

15:30

16:30

Bat-Fan

Pleasance Courtyard

Beside

18:00

19:00

Trygve Wakenshaw: KRAKEN

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Button

15:30

17:00

Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards Show

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

18:00

19:00

Ivo Graham: No Filter

Pleasance Courtyard

Beside

15:40

16:40

Raisin' the Hoof

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Laugh

18:00

19:00

Phil Wang: Philth

Pleasance Courtyard

Upstairs

15:45

16:45

Kevin McMahon - Quantum Magic

Gilded Balloon

Billiard Room

18:00

19:00

Keith Farnan: Anonymous

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Dancer

15:45

16:45

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour... Underbelly Med Quad

Ermintrude

18:00

19:00

David Elms: Mister Boy

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Below

15:50

16:50

Matt Forde: Get the Political Party Started

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

18:00

19:00

Fin Taylor: Stink

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance This

16:00

17:00

Paul Merton's Impro Chums

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

18:00

19:30

Class Clowns 2015: The Final

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

16:00

17:00

Ismo Leikola: Observing the Obvious

Gilded Balloon

The Study

18:00

19:00

Bucket

Pleasance Courtyard

The Cellar

16:00

17:00

Gyles Brandreth: Word Power!

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance One

18:00

19:00

One Man Breaking Bad: The Unauthorized...

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

16:00

17:00

Lucie Pohl: Cry Me A Liver

Gilded Balloon

Balcony

18:05

19:05

Abandoman

Underbelly George Square

Udderbelly

16:00

17:10

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance One

126

18:15

19:15

Kevin Day: Hairline

Gilded Balloon

Billiard Room

16:00

17:00

Neil Henry's Magical MINDSQUIRM

Pleasance Dome

Acedome

18:20

19:20

Baby Wants Candy: The Graduation Show

Assembly Checkpoint

16:00

17:00

Juliette Burton: Look At Me

Gilded Balloon

The Study

18:30

19:30

Davey Connor: So, There You Go

Gilded Balloon

The Study

16:05

17:05

Laura Lexx: Lovely

Underbelly Med Quad

Clover

18:30

20:30

Not Just a Funny Turn

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

16:10

17:10

Moby Alpha

Assembly George Square Studios Five

18:30

19:30

Festival of the Spoken Nerd: Just For Graph...

Assembly George Square Studios One

16:10

17:10

Kitten Killers: Woof

Underbelly George Square

The Wee Coo

18:30

19:30

NewsRevue 2015

Pleasance Courtyard

16:15

17:15

Minor Delays

Gilded Balloon

Sportsman

18:35

19:35

Chris Kent Stop Stalling

Assembly George Square Studios Four

16:15

17:30

Stephen K Amos Talk Show

Gilded Balloon

Nightclub

18:40

19:40

John McKeever: Multifarious

Underbelly Cowgate

Delhi Belly

16:15

17:15

Stephen Bailey: Should've Been a Popstar

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker Two

18:40

19:40

The Thinking Drinkers' Guide to the Legends... Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

16:15

17:15

Karl Spain: A Time For Jokes

Gilded Balloon

Wee Room

18:40

19:40

Fast Fringe

Pleasance Dome

Acedome

16:15

17:15

Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden - Old Masters

Gilded Balloon

Nightclub

18:40

19:40

Tom Neenan: The Andromeda Paradox

Pleasance Dome

10dome

16:15

17:15

Ray Bradshaw: I Dare Ray To...

Gilded Balloon

Turret

18:45

19:35

Jonny Pelham: Before and After

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker Two

16:30

17:20

Lolly

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance That

18:45

19:35

WOMANz: Jou're Welcome

Gilded Balloon

Sportsman

16:30

17:30

John Lloyd: Emperor Of The Prawns

Assembly Checkpoint

18:45

19:45

Amy Howerska: Sasspot

Gilded Balloon

Turret

16:30

17:30

Get Your Own Back: Live!

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

18:45

19:45

Sarah Kendall: A Day in October

Assembly George Square Studios Five

16:35

17:35

Tania Edwards: Electrifying

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker One

18:45

19:45

Diane Spencer: Power Tool

Gilded Balloon

Wee Room

16:40

17:40

Sad Faces Present The Dawn Chorus

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Dancer

18:45

19:45

Jody Kamali - Spectacular!

Underbelly Med Quad

Clover

16:40

17:40

FanFiction Comedy

Assembly George Square Theatre The Box

18:45

19:45

Shit-faced Showtime

Underbelly Med Quad

Ermintrude

16:45

17:45

BEASTS: Live DVD

Pleasance Courtyard

Upstairs

18:50

19:50

Richard Soames Does The Right Thing

Underbelly George Square

The Wee Coo

16:45

17:45

Sophie Pelham: Country File

Pleasance Courtyard

The Cellar

18:50

19:50

Massive Dad 2.0: Step Up 2 Massive Dad

Pleasance Dome

Jackdome

16:45

17:45

Rhys James: Remains

Pleasance Courtyard

Beside

18:50

19:50

COSMOnaut by Ryan Good

Underbelly Cowgate

Iron Belly

16:45

17:45

Mid-Brow

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance This

18:50

19:50

Chris Dugdale: Sleightly Dishonest

Assembly George Square Studios Two

16:45

17:45

James Veitch: Genius Bar

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Below

19:00

20:00

Dan Lees: Brainchild

Underbelly Med Quad

Daisy

17:00

18:00

Thrones! The Musical

Assembly George Square Studios One

19:00

20:00

Jack Barry: This Title Came to Me in a Drea...

Pleasance Courtyard

The Attic

17:00

18:00

Sleeping Trees: Mafia?/Western?

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

19:00

20:00

Justin Moorhouse: Destiny Calling

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

17:00

18:00

Thünderbards: Chapter III

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Laugh

19:00

20:00

The Pin: Ten Seconds with The Pin

Pleasance Dome

Queendome

17:10

18:20

Nicholas Parsons' Happy Hour

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

19:00

20:00

Alex Horne: Monsieur Butterfly

Pleasance Courtyard

Forth

17:15

18:15

Lucy Frederick, In The Wild

Gilded Balloon

The Study

19:00

20:00

Alex Williamson: That Guy From The Internet

Gilded Balloon

Nightclub

17:15

18:15

Jon Cozart - Laughter Ever After

Underbelly Med Quad

Ermintrude

19:00

20:00

Lou Conran: Small Medium at Large

Assembly George Square Gardens Caravan

17:15

18:15

Abigoliah Schamaun: Post-Coital Confessions

Gilded Balloon

Balcony

19:00

20:00

Tim FitzHigham - The Gambler

Pleasance Courtyard

The Green

17:20

18:20

Marny Godden: Flap 'Em On The Gate

Underbelly Cowgate

Delhi Belly

19:00

20:00

Love Sick

Assembly Hall

Baillie Room

17:20

18:20

Yve Blake: Lie Collector

Pleasance Dome

10dome

19:00

20:00

Ian Smith - Whereabouts

Pleasance Courtyard

Beneath

17:20

18:20

Graham Clark Reads the Phonebook

Assembly George Square Studios Four

19:00

20:00

Phil Jerrod: Neanderthal

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance That

17:20

18:20

Hardeep Singh Kohli: Big Mouth Strikes Agai... Pleasance Dome

Acedome

19:05

20:05

Danny Ward - St Vitus Dance

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker One

17:25

18:25

Patrick Morris: Fairly Premature Bucket Lis...

Underbelly Med Quad

Clover

19:15

20:15

AAA Stand-Up

Pleasance Courtyard

The Cellar

17:30

18:30

Aidan Strangeman: Horsey

Gilded Balloon

Wee Room

19:15

20:15

Dane Baptiste: Reasonable Doubts

Pleasance Courtyard

Beside

17:30

18:30

Bec Hill: Caught On Tape

Gilded Balloon

Turret

19:15

20:15

Tez Ilyas: TEZ Talks

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Below

17:30

18:30

Jessie Cave: I Loved Her

Underbelly Cowgate

Iron Belly

19:15

20:15

In Cahoots: Two White Guys

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance This

17:30

18:30

Larry Dean: Out Now!

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker Two

19:15

20:15

David O'Doherty: We Are All in the Gutter,...

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

17:30

18:30

Will Durst: BoomeRaging From LSD to OMG

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

19:15

20:15

Nish Kumar: Long Word... Long Word... Blah... Pleasance Courtyard

17:30

18:30

The Oxford Revue: Issues

Assembly George Square Studios Two

19:20

20:50

Al Murray: The Pub Landlord's Summer Saloon Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 97

17:30

18:30

Alfie Moore: A Fair Cop Stands Up

Assembly George Square Studios Five

19:20

20:20

Paul Foot

Underbelly Cowgate

17:30

18:30

Nick Hall: Dodekahedron

Underbelly George Square

The Wee Coo

19:20

20:20

Alfie Brown -ism

Assembly George Square Theatre The Box

17:40

18:40

Christian Talbot is Shite at Being Irish

Underbelly Med Quad

Daisy

19:20

20:20

Ronny Chieng: Chieng Reaction

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Button

17:45

18:45

When the Sh*t Hits the Fan

Assembly Hall

Baillie Room

19:30

20:30

Adam Hills: Clown Heart

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

17:45

18:45

Christian O'Connell: You've ruined my morni... Gilded Balloon

Nightclub

19:30

20:30

QI Presents: No Such Thing As A Fish

Underbelly Potterow

Topside

101

17:45

18:45

Tatterdemalion

Downstairs

19:30

20:30

Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

Underbelly Potterow

Topside

100

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19:30

20:30

Jo Brand

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

100

21:00

22:00

Gay Furnish Flirt Coach

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Laugh

19:30

20:30

Barry Cryer's 80th Birthday Roast

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

100

21:00

22:00

Funmbi Omotayo: Legal Immigrant

Gilded Balloon

The Study

113 113

19:30

20:30

Milton Jones and the Temple of Daft

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

100

21:00

22:00

Sean Cullen

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

115

19:30

20:30

Alan Davies : Work In Progress 2

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

21:00

22:00

Nina Conti: In Your Face

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance One

114

19:30

20:30

TOMMY TIERNAN ALIVE IN EDINBURGH

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

101

21:00

22:00

Jason Byrne: 20 Years A Clown

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

114

19:30

20:30

PLAGUE OF iDiOTS

Gilded Balloon

Billiard Room

101

21:00

22:00

Felicity Ward - What If There is no Toilet

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Above

113

19:30

20:30

Tina C: Herstory

Underbelly Potterow

Topside

101

21:00

22:00

Sam Simmons: Spaghetti for Breakfast

Underbelly Potterow

Topside

114

Pleasance Courtyard

Debating Hall

113

19:40

20:40

Iain Stirling: Touchy Feely

Pleasance Above

102

21:00

22:00

Ed Byrne, Outside Looking In

Gilded Balloon

19:40

20:40

Baby Wants Candy: The Improv All Star Explo... Assembly Checkpoint

Assembly Checkpoint

102

21:05

22:05

Jamie MacDonald: Oblivious

Assembly George Square Studios Four

115

19:40

20:40

Heidi O'Loughlin: A Woman Talking

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Laugh

102

21:15

22:15

Tom Ballard - Taxis & Rainbows & Ha...

Assembly George Square Studios Five

115

19:45

20:45

Gearoid Farrelly: Gearoid Less Travelled

Gilded Balloon

The Study

102

21:15

22:15

Al Porter Is Yours

Gilded Balloon

Turret

115

19:45

20:45

Natasha Noman: Noman's Land

Gilded Balloon

Balcony

102

21:15

22:15

Mark Nelson: Older than Jesus

Gilded Balloon

Sportsman

115

19:50

20:50

Andrew Ryan: Perfectly Inadequate

Assembly George Square Studios Four

102

21:15

22:15

Neel Kolhatkar: Truth Be Told

Gilded Balloon

Wee Room

115

20:00

21:00

Rob Beckett: Mouth of the South

Pleasance Dome

Acedome

105

21:15

22:15

Mark Simmons - Laugh Yourself Thin

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker Two

115

20:00

22:30

Gilded Balloon 30th Anniversary Gala

Playhouse

103

21:20

22:20

Ian D Montfort: Under Sciencey Conditions

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

116

20:00

21:00

Pete Firman: Super Duper

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Beyond

105

21:20

22:20

Glenn Wool - 'Creator, I am but a pawn'

Assembly George Square Studios Three

20:00

21:00

Nathan Caton: Straight Outta Middlesex

Pleasance Dome

10dome

105

21:20

22:20

Zoe Coombs Marr: Dave

Underbelly Cowgate

Delhi Belly

116

20:00

21:00

Joey Page: Catastrophe Party

Underbelly Cowgate

Delhi Belly

104

21:20

22:20

Romesh Ranganathan: Irrational

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

116

20:00

20:55

Sparrow-Folk: SuBIRDia

Gilded Balloon

Wee Room

105

21:25

22:25

Garrett Millerick: A Selection of Things I'...

Underbelly Med Quad

Clover

116

20:00

21:00

Joe Lycett: That's The Way, A-Ha A-Ha, Joe...

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

104

21:30

22:20

Aisling Bea: Plan Bea

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

117

21:30

22:30

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised...

Assembly George Square Studios One

117 119

20:00

21:00

Kai Humphries: How to be Happy

Gilded Balloon

Sportsman

104

20:00

21:00

Reginald D Hunter: Bitchproof

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

106

Pleasance Two

20:00

21:00

Hal Cruttenden: Straight Outta Cruttenden

Pleasance Courtyard

20:00

21:00

The Church of Malcolm

Assembly George Square Studios Three

106

104

20:00

21:00

Patrick Kielty - Help

Assembly George Square Studios Three

105

20:00

21:00

John Robins: Speakeasy

Assembly George Square Studios Five

104

20:00

21:00

Emma Sidi: Character Breakdown

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker Two

103

20:00

21:30

The Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

106

20:00

21:00

HUB Fresh

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

104

20:10

21:00

Pop Pop

Underbelly Med Quad

Clover

107

20:10

21:10

Lazy Susan: Double Act

Pleasance Dome

Jackdome

107

20:10

21:10

Andrew Lawrence: Uncensored

Assembly Roxy

Upstairs

106

20:15

21:15

Patrick Monahan The Disco Years

Gilded Balloon

Nightclub

108

20:15

21:15

Joseph Morpurgo: Soothing Sounds for Baby

Pleasance Courtyard

Beneath

108

20:15

21:15

Greg Proops: The Smartest Man In The World

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

107

20:15

21:15

Jarred Christmas is Hotfoot Papa

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

107

20:15

21:15

Abi Roberts' MUSICAL CID

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

107

20:15

21:15

Joel Creasey: The Hurricane

Assembly Roxy

Downstairs

108

20:15

21:15

Angela Barnes: Come As You Are

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance That

107

20:15

21:15

Mark Steel: Who Do I Think I Am?

Assembly George Square Studios Two

108

20:15

21:15

Sean McLoughlin: Whatever It Takes

Pleasance Courtyard

The Attic

108

20:15

21:15

ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT'S A ONE-TRICK PONY

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

107

20:20

21:20

Max and Ivan: The End

Pleasance Dome

Queendome

109

20:20

21:20

Corey White: The Cane Toad Effect

Assembly Hall

Baillie Room

109

20:20

21:20

Pajama Men: 2 Man 3 Musketeers

Assembly Roxy

Central

109

20:20

21:20

Rhys Nicholson - Forward

Underbelly George Square

The Wee Coo

109

20:20

21:20

Jimmy McGhie - Winged Goddess of Victory

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker One

109

20:30

21:30

Tom Toal in Sunshine on Bexleyheath

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance This

110

20:30

21:30

Carl Donnelly: Jive Ass Honky

Pleasance Courtyard

Upstairs

110

20:30

21:30

James Acaster: Represent

Pleasance Courtyard

Forth

110

20:30

21:30

Alex Edelman: Everything Handed To You

Pleasance Courtyard

Beside

110

20:30

21:30

Lloyd Griffith: Great Grimsby's Big Turn On

Pleasance Courtyard

The Cellar

110

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Below

110

White Belly

111

20:30

21:30

Darren Walsh: Punderbolt

20:40

21:40

John Robertson - The Dark Room: Symphony... Underbelly Cowgate

20:40

21:40

Charlie Baker: Just the One

Assembly George Square Theatre The Box

111

20:45

21:45

Ali Cook: The Art of Astonishment

Pleasance Dome

Kingdome

112

20:45

21:45

Jeff Green: Happiness

Gilded Balloon

Billiard Room

112

Billiard Room

20:45

21:45

Stuck!

Gilded Balloon

20:45

21:45

Chris Ramsey: All Growed Up

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

112 112

20:45

22:00

Luisa Omielan: Am I Right Ladies?!

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

112

21:00

22:00

Fresh Blood

Gilded Balloon

113

21:00

22:10

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho

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Balcony

113

21:30

22:30

The Comedy Reserve

Pleasance Dome

Jackdome

21:30

22:30

Calypso Nights: Juan, Two?

Assembly Roxy

Downstairs

118

21:30

22:30

Tats Nkonzo: The African With Wifi

Pleasance Courtyard

The Attic

119

21:30

22:30

Marcus Brigstocke: Why The Long Face?

Assembly Hall

Rainy Hall

118

21:30

22:30

Pierre Novellie is Anxious Peter

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance That

119

21:30

22:30

The Doug Anthony Allstars( DAAS) Live on St... Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Beyond

119

21:30

22:30

Gabriel Bisset-Smith tells the most origina...

Underbelly Cowgate

Iron Belly

118

21:30

23:00

Sketch Club: The Final

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

119

21:30

22:30

Brett Goldstein: Burning Man

Pleasance Courtyard

Beneath

118

21:30

22:30

Mark Forward Presents Mark Forward

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

118

21:35

22:35

Shit-faced Shakespeare

Underbelly George Square

Udderbelly

120

21:35

22:35

Goodbear

Underbelly George Square

The Wee Coo

119

21:40

22:40

Jess Robinson: The Rise of Mighty Voice

Pleasance Dome

Acedome

120

21:40

22:40

John Hastings: Marked from the Start

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker One

120

10dome

21:40

22:40

Ben Russell: The Tokyo Hotel

Pleasance Dome

21:40

22:40

Nick Cody - Beard Game Strong

Assembly George Square Studios Two

120

21:40

22:40

St George is Cross

Underbelly Med Quad

Daisy

120

21:45

22:45

Tim Key: Work-in-Slutgress

Pleasance Courtyard

Upstairs

122

21:45

22:45

Adam Riches is Coach Coach

Pleasance Dome

Queendome

121

21:45

22:45

Chris Turner: XXV

Pleasance Courtyard

The Cellar

121

21:45

22:45

Chris Betts: Social Animal

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance This

121

21:45

22:45

Luke McQueen: Double Act

Pleasance Courtyard

Beside

121

21:45

22:45

zazU: A FĂŞte Worse Than Death

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Below

122

22:00

23:30

Trygve Wakenshaw: NAUTILUS

Pleasance Courtyard

Forth

22:00

23:00

The Shuffle Show

Assembly George Square Theatre The Box

22:00

23:00

Skiddlywup

Underbelly Cowgate

White Belly

123

22:00

23:30

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Beyond

122

123 122

22:00

23:00

Aunty Donna

Gilded Balloon

Billiard Room

122

22:10

23:10

Kyle Kinane: Ghost Pizza Party

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Dancer

123

22:15

23:45

Die Roten Punkte - Haus Party

Assembly Checkpoint

123

22:15

23:15

Kevin J: Council Estate Of Mind

Gilded Balloon

The Study

124

22:15

23:15

Jonny Awsum: Everything Is Awsum

Gilded Balloon

Balcony

124

22:15

23:45

Miss Behave's Gameshow

Assembly Checkpoint

124

22:20

23:20

The Angelos and Barry Show: Live Podcast

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Above

125

22:20

23:20

Omar Hamdi: In The Valleys Of The Kings

Assembly George Square Studios Four

124

22:20

23:20

Barry from Watford's Bingo Bonanza

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Above

124

22:20

23:20

Mixtape

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Laugh

124

22:30

23:30

The Story Beast

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker Two

22:30

23:30

Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over

Assembly George Square Studios Five

125

22:30

23:30

Trevor Noah: Lost In Translation

Assembly Hall

127

Main Hall

127

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23:30

Diane Chorley: Duchess of Canvey

Underbelly Potterow

22:30

23:30

Andrew Maxwell - Yo Contraire

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

Topside

125 125

22:30

23:30

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Min... Gilded Balloon

Sportsman

126

22:30

23:45

The Colour Ham - ONE. LAST. TIME. (A Best O...

Debating Hall

127

Gilded Balloon

22:30

23:40

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance One

126

22:30

23:30

Frenchy: Live'n'Lanky

Gilded Balloon

Wee Room

125

22:40

23:55

The Horne Section's Questions Sessions

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

128

22:40

23:40

Chaos Theory

Underbelly Cowgate

Delhi Belly

127

22:40

23:55

Piff the Magic Dragon - Breakfast At Piffan...

Circus Hub on the Meadows

The Beauty

127

22:45

23:45

Dave Callan - A Little Less Conversation 2:...

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

128

22:45

23:45

aLOne - Loren O'Brien

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance That

128

22:45

23:45

Gein's Family Giftshop: Volume 2

Pleasance Courtyard

Beneath

128

22:45

23:45

Liz Fraser's Podlaughs... Live!

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

129

22:45

00:15

Josh Widdicombe's XFM Show Live!

Assembly George Square Studios Three

129

22:45

00:00

The Wow Wow Show! with Dan Clark

Assembly George Square Studios Three

129

22:45

23:45

Jarred Christmas & Hobbit: The Great Co...

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

128

22:45

00:00

So You Think You're Funny?

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

129

22:45

23:45

The Labour Of Laugh

Underbelly Med Quad

Clover

129

22:45

23:45

Lee Nelson: Suited & Booted

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

129

22:45

00:00

Best of So You Think You're Funny?

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

128

22:45

23:45

Chris Stokes: Altruism in Birds

Pleasance Courtyard

The Attic

128 129

22:45

23:45

The Jest: The Five Humours

Pleasance Dome

Jackdome

22:50

23:50

The Noise Next Door's Comedy Lock-In

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

22:50

23:50

Pajama Men: Pterodactyl Nights

Assembly George Square Studios One

130

23:00

00:00

Lydia King: A Date with Density

Underbelly Med Quad

Daisy

132

23:00

00:00

Edinburgh Comedy Allstars

Underbelly George Square

Udderbelly

131

23:00

00:00

The Free Association

Pleasance Courtyard

Upstairs

132

23:00

00:00

Cariad & Paul: A Two Player Adventure

Pleasance Courtyard

Upstairs

130

23:00

00:00

AAA Stand-Up Late

Pleasance Courtyard

The Cellar

130

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Gilded Balloon 30th Anniversary Comedy Walk Gilded Balloon Meeting Point

Gilded Balloon Meeting 131 Point

23:00

00:00

THE KINSEY SICKS: America's Next Top Bachel... Gilded Balloon

Nightclub

23:00

00:00

Princes of Main

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Below

132

23:00

00:00

Ari Shaffir: This is Not Happening

Pleasance Dome

Acedome

130

23:00

132

23:00

01:00

Best of HUB

Pleasance Dome

Acedome

131

23:00

00:00

Folie à Deux

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance This

131

23:00

01:00

The Wrestling

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

132

23:00

00:30

Afterhours Comedy

Assembly Roxy

Upstairs

130

23:00

00:00

Vegas Nocturne

Pleasance Courtyard

Beside

132

23:15

00:15

Dark Side of the Mime

Assembly Roxy

Central

133

23:15

00:15

Casual Violence: Om Nom Nom Nominous

Pleasance Courtyard

Upstairs

133

23:15

00:15

Beardyman: One Album Per Hour

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

133

23:15

00:15

Mark Watson: Flaws

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

134

23:15

00:15

Feminazi

Gilded Balloon

Billiard Room

133

23:20

00:20

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Underbelly Cowgate

White Belly

134

23:20

00:20

Skiddlywup

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Button

23:30

00:30

This Is Your Trial

Assembly George Square Theatre The Box

135

123

23:30

00:30

Nathan Cassidy: Back to the Future II

Gilded Balloon

Balcony

135

23:30

00:20

Frost and Ireland: Blue October

Gilded Balloon

The Study

135

23:40

01:10

Kinetic Comedy - Edinburgh Special

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Laugh

135

23:45

00:45

Michelle Brasier: Space Tortoise

Gilded Balloon

Turret

136

Underbelly Cowgate

00:00

03:00

Spank

Belly Dancer

136

00:00

01:00

Will Seaward's Spooky Midnight Ghost Storie... Gilded Balloon

Wee Room

137

00:00

01:15

Best of the Fest

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

136

00:00

01:40

The Room

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

136

00:00

01:00

The Beta Males: Alpha Sketches

Pleasance Courtyard

Beneath

136

00:10

02:00

Late Show

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

137

01:00

05:00

Late'n'Live

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

137

Dance Physical Theatre and Circus 11:25

12:25

The Hogwallops

Circus Hub on the Meadows

The Lafayette

17:40

18:40

ZIK'R

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 80

12:00

13:00

Something

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

18:00

19:00

Traces

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

12:00

13:00

One Fine Day

Assembly Hall

Rainy Hall

18:00

19:00

Jerk

Assembly Checkpoint

13:25

14:25

Ockham's Razor present 'Arc' and 'Every Act...

Circus Hub on the Meadows

The Lafayette

18:25

19:20

Bromance

Circus Hub on the Meadows

The Beauty

14:00

15:00

Leodo: The Paradise

Assembly George Square Studios One

18:30

19:45

Vertical Influences

Assembly Murrayfield Ice Rink

The Ice Rink

14:25

15:25

les INOUIS

Circus Hub on the Meadows

19:00

20:15

Vertical Influences

Assembly Murrayfield Ice Rink

The Ice Rink

The Beauty

15:00

16:00

Something

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

19:25

20:35

LIMBO

Circus Hub on the Meadows

The Lafayette

15:00

16:00

Sonics in Toren

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

19:30

20:30

Something

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

15:15

16:30

Hotel Paradiso

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Beyond

20:00

21:00

Close Up

Underbelly George Square

Udderbelly

103

15:25

16:25

Dolls

Circus Hub on the Meadows

The Lafayette

20:30

21:45

Vertical Influences

Assembly Murrayfield Ice Rink

The Ice Rink

15:45

16:45

Siro-A

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

20:35

21:50

The Elephant In The Room

Circus Hub on the Meadows

The Beauty

111

16:15

17:15

360 ALLSTARS

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

21:00

22:15

Vertical Influences

Assembly Murrayfield Ice Rink

The Ice Rink

16:25

17:25

B-Orders

Circus Hub on the Meadows

The Beauty

21:30

22:40

Balletronic Sinfonietta

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

117

17:00

18:00

Danza Del Caribe: Itara

Assembly Roxy

Central

21:50

23:30

BARBU electro trad cabaret

Circus Hub on the Meadows

The Lafayette

122

17:25

18:25

La Meute (The Wolf Pack)

Circus Hub on the Meadows

The Lafayette

00:00

01:00

Pole

Underbelly Cowgate

Delhi Belly

136

17:30

18:40

4x4 Ephemeral Architectures

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

11:30

12:30

A Morning with Morph

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

Events 09:00

10:20

Family Circus Workshops

Circus Hub on the Meadows

11:00

13:00

Baby Wants Candy Workshops

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 32

The Lafayette

Exhibition 08:00

12:00

Steve Ullathorne's Annual Photo Fest

Gilded Balloon

The New Amphion Café 32

10:00

14:00

Zimbabwe Sculptures

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

08:00

11:40

Pål Hansen Exhibition

Gilded Balloon

Teviot

10:00

10:01

All The King's Men Photo Exhibition

Pleasance Dome

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13:50

Japan Marvelous Drummers

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

20:00

21:00

be-dom: The Beat Bang!

Assembly Hall

13:25

14:40

Movin' Melvin Brown: Me, Ray Charles and...

Assembly Checkpoint

20:00

21:00

Antonio Forcione & Adriano Adewale

Assembly George Square Studios One

Rainy Hall

103 102

13:30

14:30

Drum Tribe

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

20:00

21:00

Hackney Colliery Band

Underbelly George Square

Udderbelly

104

14:15

15:05

Out of the Blue

Assembly George Square Theatre The Theatre

20:50

21:50

Nina Simone: Soul Sessions

Assembly Checkpoint

112

14:30

15:35

Lennon: Through a Glass Onion

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

126

21:00

22:05

Lennon: Through a Glass Onion

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

126

14:30

15:30

Flanders and Swann

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

21:00

22:00

The Animotion Show

George Heriot's School

Quad

115

14:50

15:40

The Alleycats: A Cappella 2.0

Assembly George Square Studios Three

22:30

23:35

Lennon: Through a Glass Onion

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

126

16:00

17:00

Tubular Bells for Two

Pleasance Courtyard

Forth

22:30

23:30

The Sons of Pitches

Gilded Balloon

Debating Hall

127

16:00

17:00

Buzzology

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

22:45

23:45

Bonsoir Monsieur Nightfall

Assembly Roxy

Downstairs

128

17:30

18:20

Tshwane Gospel Choir

Assembly George Square Studios Three

23:00

00:00

Hackney Colliery Band

Underbelly George Square

Udderbelly

104

19:30

20:35

Lennon: Through a Glass Onion

Assembly Hall

126

00:30

02:30

PLAY

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

137

19:30

20:50

The Jive Aces: Spread A Little Happiness

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 101

00:30

03:00

Friday I'm In Love presents: MASSAOKE

Gilded Balloon

Nightclub

137

Main Hall

Musicals and Opera 11:45

14:00

Urinetown

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

15:10

16:05

Willy's Bitches

Assembly Checkpoint

12:00

13:00

China Doll - A Neuropera in Four Seasons

Pleasance Dome

10dome

15:10

16:05

Under the Ground

Assembly Checkpoint

12:35

13:35

Love Birds

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

16:30

17:30

Gobsmacked!

Underbelly George Square

Udderbelly

14:40

15:50

Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by J... Assembly George Square Studios Five

23:35

00:35

Get Your Shit Together

Underbelly Cowgate

Big Belly

135

Theatre 10:30

11:30

Big Bite Size Breakfast Show

Pleasance Dome

Queendome

13:00

14:00

To She or Not to She

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance This

11:00

11:50

Bump

Gilded Balloon

The Study

13:00

14:20

Institute

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

11:00

12:10

Pleasance Opening Gala

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

13:00

14:00

Daniel Cainer: 21st Century Jew

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Laugh

11:00

12:00

Wilde Without the Boy

Assembly Hall

Baillie Room

13:00

14:00

A Cinema in South Georgia

Pleasance Courtyard

Beside

11:20

12:20

You're Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy

Pleasance Courtyard

The Attic

13:05

14:10

Eating Seals and Seagull's Eggs

Pleasance Dome

Jackdome

11:20

12:20

Rebounding Hail

Underbelly Cowgate

Big Belly

13:15

14:15

Black Is The Color Of My Voice

Gilded Balloon

Billiard Room

11:30

12:30

Pleasance Bytes

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

13:15

14:30

RUN

Pleasance Courtyard

Beneath

11:45

12:45

A Very British Childhood

Pleasance Dome

Jackdome

13:20

14:20

Portrait

Pleasance Dome

10dome

11:45

12:45

The Sea Child

Gilded Balloon

Billiard Room

13:20

14:20

Billy Through the Window

Underbelly Cowgate

Delhi Belly

11:45

13:00

I, Elizabeth

Assembly Roxy

Upstairs

13:20

14:30

Hannah and Hanna

Assembly George Square Studios Four

12:00

13:00

Fiction

Pleasance Dome

Kingdome

13:20

14:20

Impossible

Pleasance Dome

12:00

13:30

Tar Baby

Gilded Balloon

Turret

13:25

14:25

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

Assembly George Square Studios Five

12:00

13:00

Angel in the Abattoir

Gilded Balloon

Sportsman

13:30

14:30

Under Milk Wood (Semi Skimmed)

Assembly Roxy

Upstairs

Queendome

12:00

13:05

The 56

Assembly George Square Studios Four

13:30

14:30

Dylan Thomas - The Man, The Myth

Assembly Roxy

Upstairs

12:05

13:10

Kafka's Ape

Assembly George Square Studios Five

13:30

14:50

SpectreTown

Assembly Hall

Rainy Hall

12:10

13:10

Islands

Underbelly Cowgate

13:30

14:30

Of Mice and Men

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

12:10

13:30

Umrao - The Noble Courtesan

Assembly George Square Studios One

13:30

14:30

Lisa Gornick's Live Drawing Show

Gilded Balloon

Balcony

12:10

13:00

Big Bite-Size Lunch Hour

Assembly Checkpoint

13:30

14:30

Broken Windows

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker Two

Iron Belly Assembly Checkpoint

12:15

13:15

Wasted

Gilded Balloon

Balcony

13:35

14:25

Pale Face Cold Blood

Underbelly Cowgate

Iron Belly

12:15

13:05

Bump

Gilded Balloon

The Study

13:40

14:55

Oh Hello!

Assembly Hall

Baillie Room

12:15

13:15

My Name is Saoirse

Assembly Hall

Baillie Room

13:40

14:55

Grav

Assembly Hall

Baillie Room

12:15

13:15

The Escapade of the Burmese Burglary

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

13:45

14:45

Victoria Wood + Me

Gilded Balloon

Wee Room

12:15

13:15

A+E

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker Two

13:45

15:00

One Day When We Were Young by Nick Payne

Assembly George Square Theatre The Box

12:15

13:15

Vanity Bites Back

Gilded Balloon

The Study

13:45

14:45

Strictly Balti

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

12:15

13:35

Tony's Last Tape

Pleasance Courtyard

Forth

13:45

14:45

Boris: World King

Pleasance Courtyard

Upstairs

12:20

13:20

The Jennifer Tremblay Trilogy Part II: The...

Assembly Roxy

Central

13:45

14:45

Sex Rated G

Gilded Balloon

Nightclub

12:20

13:35

Scaramouche Jones

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Button

13:50

15:05

Giant Leap

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker One

12:20

13:40

Pilgrim

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Above

13:50

15:00

The Hampstead Murder Mystery!

Pleasance Dome

Kingdome

12:20

13:20

The Jennifer Tremblay Trilogy Part I: The L...

Assembly Roxy

Central

13:50

15:00

Iphigenia In Splott

Pleasance Dome

Kingdome

12:20

13:30

Othello: an all-female production

Underbelly Potterow

Topside

13:55

14:55

My Beautiful Black Dog

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Button

12:25

13:40

Dead Man's Cell Phone

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Dancer

13:55

14:55

So It Goes

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Button

Nightclub

12:30

13:30

What Would Spock Do?

Gilded Balloon

14:00

15:05

CUT

Underbelly George Square

Underbelly Box Office

12:30

13:30

Ross & Rachel

Assembly George Square Theatre The Box

14:00

15:10

Fully Committed starring Marcus Brigstocke

Underbelly Potterow

Topside

12:35

13:35

Two Sore Legs

Assembly George Square Studios Two

14:00

15:10

Marriage

Assembly George Square Studios Two

12:35

13:30

... And This Is My Friend Mr. Laurel

Pleasance Courtyard

14:00

15:00

Births, Deaths & Marriages

Pleasance Courtyard

Upstairs

Pleasance Above

12:35

13:35

Labels

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker One

14:00

15:00

Teaset

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance That

12:40

13:40

Some Big Some Bang

Underbelly Cowgate

Big Belly

14:00

15:00

The Jennifer Tremblay Trilogy Part II: The...

Assembly Roxy

Central

12:45

13:45

Girl from Nowhere

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance That

14:00

15:00

The Jennifer Tremblay Trilogy Part III: The...

Assembly Roxy

Central

12:45

13:45

The Soaking of Vera Shrimp

Pleasance Courtyard

The Attic

14:00

15:00

Tether

Underbelly Cowgate

Big Belly

13:00

14:00

Hair Peace

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Below

14:00

15:00

Goodstock

Pleasance Courtyard

The Attic

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14:15

15:15

The Misfit Analysis

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Below

16:30

17:30

The Rape of Lucrece

Assembly Hall

Baillie Room

14:15

15:15

Heartbeats & Algorithms

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance This

16:30

17:30

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Underbelly Cowgate

White Belly

14:15

15:15

Boxed In

Pleasance Courtyard

The Cellar

16:30

17:30

10x10x10

Pleasance Courtyard

The Attic

14:15

15:15

The Terrible Tale of the Twiddly Widdlies

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Below

16:30

17:30

The Bad Arm: Confessions of a Dodgy Irish D... Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

14:15

15:15

Idiots

Pleasance Courtyard

Beside

16:35

17:35

CELL

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Button

14:20

15:20

Checkpoint 22

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Laugh

16:40

18:00

Molly

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Above

14:20

15:30

Adam Long's Dickens Abridged

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance One

16:40

17:45

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Family

Underbelly Cowgate

Big Belly

14:30

15:30

Ernie

Gilded Balloon

Billiard Room

16:50

17:50

Le Gateau Chocolat: Black

Assembly Hall

Rainy Hall

14:30

15:50

Institute

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

17:00

18:00

Backstage in Biscuit Land

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

14:30

15:30

PAN

Assembly Hall

Main Hall

17:00

18:00

Citizen Puppet

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Beyond

14:30

15:30

The Girl Who Fell in Love With the Moon

Pleasance Dome

Jackdome

17:00

18:15

Titus Andronicus: an all-female production

Pleasance Dome

Kingdome

14:40

15:45

UNMYTHABLE

Pleasance Dome

Queendome

17:00

18:00

Allie

Gilded Balloon

Billiard Room

14:40

15:40

Captain Morgan 2: The Sea of Souls

Pleasance Dome

Acedome

17:10

18:30

Spillikin - A Love Story

Pleasance Dome

Jackdome

14:40

15:40

Divas

Pleasance Dome

10dome

17:25

18:35

The Titanic Orchestra

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance One

14:40

15:40

Captain Morgan 1: The Sands of Time

Pleasance Dome

Acedome

17:30

18:30

Fills Monkey: Incredible Drum Show

Pleasance Courtyard

Forth

14:45

16:00

Tonight with Donny Stixx

Pleasance Courtyard

Beneath

17:30

18:30

Echoes by Henry Naylor

Gilded Balloon

Sportsman

14:45

16:00

Cornermen

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker Two

17:35

18:30

The Very Grey Matter of Edward Blank

Assembly Roxy

Upstairs

14:45

15:45

Pramkicker

Assembly George Square Studios Four

17:40

18:55

Man to Man

Underbelly Potterow

Topside

14:50

15:50

Tribute Acts

Assembly Roxy

Downstairs

17:40

18:40

The Sunset Five

Pleasance Dome

Queendome

14:50

15:50

The Eulogy of Toby Peach

Underbelly Cowgate

Iron Belly

15:00

16:30

Trans Scripts

Pleasance Courtyard

Upstairs

17:50

19:00

Gary Busey's One-Man Hamlet as Performed by...

Underbelly Cowgate

White Belly

17:55

19:10

BLAM!

Pleasance Courtyard

The Grand

Underbelly Box Office

15:00

16:00

Derby Day

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

15:00

15:50

Leper + Chip

Assembly Roxy

Upstairs

15:10

16:10

A Fine Line

Assembly Hall

Baillie Room

15:10

16:10

The Lost Art of Lost Art

Underbelly Cowgate

White Belly

15:15

16:25

The Man Called Monkhouse

Assembly Hall

Rainy Hall

Underbelly Cowgate

15:15

16:15

Bruce

Belly Button

15:15

16:15

The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in The C... Pleasance Courtyard

The Attic

15:20

16:20

Much Further Out Than You Thought

Big Belly

Underbelly Cowgate

15:20

16:20

I Am Beast

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Above

15:20

16:20

This Will End Badly

Pleasance Courtyard

Bunker One

Belly Dancer

15:20

16:20

Acts of Redemption

Underbelly Cowgate

15:30

16:30

LOTTO: Karma of the Alchemist

Assembly George Square Studios One

15:30

16:30

Garden

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Below

15:30

16:30

Back to Blackbrick

Pleasance Courtyard

The Cellar

15:30

16:30

The Element in the Room: A Radactive...

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

15:30

16:30

Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

15:30

16:30

The Origin Of Species...

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

15:30

16:30

Blind Man's Song

Pleasance Dome

Kingdome

15:35

17:05

Walking the Tightrope: The Tension...

Underbelly Potterow

Topside

15:40

17:00

Little Thing, Big Thing

Assembly George Square Studios Two

15:40

16:40

The Jennifer Tremblay Trilogy Part III: The...

Assembly Roxy

Central

15:50

16:50

Electric Dreams

Pleasance Dome

Jackdome

16:00

17:20

The Solid Life of Sugar Water

Pleasance Dome

Queendome

16:00

17:00

RAZ by Jim Cartwright

Assembly George Square Studios Three

16:00

17:00

Jack Rooke: Good Grief

Underbelly Cowgate

Delhi Belly

16:00

17:00

Counting Stars by Atiha Sen Gupta

Assembly George Square Studios Four

16:00

17:00

Dorian Gray

Pleasance Dome

10dome

16:10

17:10

Brute

Underbelly Cowgate

Iron Belly

16:10

17:25

The Orchid and the Crow

Assembly Roxy

Downstairs

16:15

17:30

I Am Not Myself These Days

Pleasance Courtyard

Beneath

16:20

17:20

Wil Greenway - For the Ground that Grew Me

Underbelly Med Quad

Daisy

18:00

19:05

CUT

Underbelly George Square

18:00

19:15

Trainspotting

Assembly George Square Studios Underground

18:05

19:05

If I Were Me

Underbelly Cowgate

18:10

19:00

The Letter: To be or to MBE

Assembly George Square Theatre The Box

18:15

19:30

Doris, Dolly and The Dressing Room Divas

Assembly Hall

Rainy Hall

18:30

19:30

Down & Out in Paris and London

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance Two

Balcony

Big Belly

18:30

19:30

Confessions of a Redheaded Coffeeshop Girl

Gilded Balloon

18:40

19:40

The Pie-Eyed Piper of Hamilton

Assembly George Square Studios Three

18:45

20:00

The Year of The Hare

Pleasance Dome

Kingdome

18:50

19:50

Jurassic Park

Assembly Roxy

Upstairs

19:00

20:00

Jamie Wood - O No!

Assembly Roxy

Downstairs

19:00

20:00

Rap Guide to Climate Chaos

Gilded Balloon

Wine Bar

19:00

20:30

When Blair had Bush and Bunga

Pleasance Courtyard

Pleasance One

19:20

20:20

Night + Daze

Underbelly Cowgate

White Belly

19:30

20:40

64 SQUARES

Underbelly Cowgate

Big Belly

19:45

20:45

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Gilded Balloon

Balcony

102

20:00

21:00

Morro and Jasp do Puberty

Gilded Balloon

Turret

105

20:10

21:10

Wilting in Reverse

Underbelly Cowgate

Iron Belly

107

20:15

21:15

Willie and Sebastian

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

109

20:20

21:20

Munch

Underbelly Med Quad

Daisy

109

20:30

21:45

Trainspotting

Assembly George Square Studios Underground

20:50

21:50

Penny Arcade: Longing Lasts Longer

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Dancer

112

20:55

21:55

Where Do Little Birds Go?

Underbelly Cowgate

Big Belly

113

21:30

22:30

Bette Midler And Me

Gilded Balloon

Nightclub

118

21:30

22:45

Now Listen To Me Very Carefully

Pleasance Courtyard

The Green

119

21:40

22:40

The Turn of the Screw

Assembly Hall

Baillie Room

120

21:45

22:40

ErictheFred

Assembly Roxy

Central

121

22:15

23:15

Blake Remixed

Underbelly Cowgate

Big Belly

123

22:30

23:30

SATAN SPEAKS: 'Why I Don't Exist' A TED-ish...

Gilded Balloon

Turret

126

23:10

00:30

Weekend Rockstars

Underbelly Cowgate

Iron Belly

133

Wine Bar

Spoken word 11:15

12:05

Green Poems for a Blue Planet

Gilded Balloon

Dining Room

16:00

17:00

Dial Medicine for Murder

Gilded Balloon

12:30

13:30

Joe Wenborne: Fight Back at 50

Gilded Balloon

Wee Room

16:10

17:10

Blofeld and Baxter: Rogues on the Road

Assembly George Square Gardens Spiegeltent Colombino 67

Underbelly George Square

The Wee Coo

13:15

14:30

TES

17:20

18:20

The Tobolowsky Files

Pleasance Courtyard

Cabaret Bar

13:25

14:25

Peter York: How To Become A Nicer Type of P... Assembly George Square Studios Five

18:20

19:20

Luke Wright: Stay-at-Home Dandy

Underbelly Cowgate

Belly Laugh

16:00

17:00

Freddie Flintoff: 2nd Innings

Pleasance Courtyard

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A+E AAA STAND-UP AAA STAND-UP LATE AAAAND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY IMPROVISE... ABANDOMAN ABI ROBERTS' MUSICAL CID ABIGOLIAH SCHAMAUN: POST-COITAL CONFESSIONS ACTS OF REDEMPTION ADAM HILLS: CLOWN HEART ADAM LONG'S DICKENS ABRIDGED ADAM RICHES IS COACH COACH ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT'S A ONE-TRICK PONY AFTERHOURS COMEDY AIDAN STRANGEMAN: HORSEY AISLING BEA: PLAN BEA AL MURRAY: THE PUB LANDLORD'S SUMMER SALOON AL PORTER IS YOURS ALAN DAVIES : WORK IN PROGRESS 2 ALBEE VECTOR THE SOUND COLLECTOR ALBERT EINSTEIN: RELATIVITIVELY SPEAKING ALEX EDELMAN: EVERYTHING HANDED TO YOU ALEX HORNE: MONSIEUR BUTTERFLY ALEX WILLIAMSON: THAT GUY FROM THE INTERNET ALFIE BROWN -ISM ALFIE MOORE: A FAIR COP STANDS UP ALFIE WHITE: SPACE EXPLORER ALI COOK: THE ART OF ASTONISHMENT ALI MCGREGOR'S JAZZAMATAZZ! ALI MCGREGOR: DECADENCE ALL THE KING'S MEN PHOTO EXHIBITION THE ALLEYCATS: A CAPPELLA 2.0 ALLIE ALONE - LOREN O'BRIEN AMY HOWERSKA: SASSPOT ... AND THIS IS MY FRIEND MR. LAUREL ANDREW LAWRENCE: UNCENSORED ANDREW MAXWELL - YO CONTRAIRE ANDREW RYAN: PERFECTLY INADEQUATE ANGEL IN THE ABATTOIR ANGELA BARNES: COME AS YOU ARE THE ANGELOS AND BARRY SHOW: LIVE PODCAST THE ANIMOTION SHOW ANTONIO FORCIONE & ADRIANO ADEWALE ARABIAN NIGHTS ARI SHAFFIR: THIS IS NOT HAPPENING ASSEMBLY GALA LAUNCH AUNTY DONNA AUSTENTATIOUS: AN IMPROVISED JANE AUSTEN NOVE...

B-ORDERS BABY WANTS CANDY WORKSHOPS BABY WANTS CANDY: THE COMPLETELY IMPROVISED F... BABY WANTS CANDY: THE GRADUATION SHOW BABY WANTS CANDY: THE IMPROV ALL STAR EXPLOSI... BACK TO BLACKBRICK BACKSTAGE IN BISCUIT LAND THE BAD ARM: CONFESSIONS OF A DODGY IRISH DAN... BALLETRONIC SINFONIETTA BARBU ELECTRO TRAD CABARET BARRY CRYER AND RONNIE GOLDEN - OLD MASTERS BARRY CRYER'S 80TH BIRTHDAY ROAST BARRY FROM WATFORD'S BINGO BONANZA BAT-FAN BE-DOM: THE BEAT BANG! BEARDYMAN: ONE ALBUM PER HOUR BEASTS: LIVE DVD THE BEAU ZEAUX: AN IMPROVISED COMEDY BEC HILL: CAUGHT ON TAPE BEN RUSSELL: THE TOKYO HOTEL BEST OF BURLESQUE BEST OF EDINBURGH SHOWCASE SHOW BEST OF HUB BEST OF SCOTTISH COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR BEST OF SO YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY? BEST OF THE FEST BEST OF THE FEST DAYTIME THE BETA MALES: ALPHA SKETCHES

36 96 130 35 85 107 75 60 99 52 121 107 130 77 117 97 115 99 22 62 110 94 94 97 77 29 112 24 117 32 56 73 128 89 40 106 125 102 34 107 125 115 102 24 130 103 122 43

69 32 117 86 102 61 73 70 117 122 68 100 124 61 103 133 73 81 78 120 134 43 131 134 128 136 49 136

BETTE MIDLER AND ME BIG BITE SIZE BREAKFAST SHOW BIG BITE-SIZE LUNCH HOUR BILLY THROUGH THE WINDOW BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES BLACK IS THE COLOR OF MY VOICE BLAKE REMIXED BLAM! BLIND MAN'S SONG BLOFELD AND BAXTER: ROGUES ON THE ROAD BOBALONG BONSOIR MONSIEUR NIGHTFALL THE BOOKBINDER BORIS: WORLD KING BOXED IN BRETT GOLDSTEIN: BURNING MAN BROKEN WINDOWS BROMANCE BRUCE BRUSH BRUTE BUCKET BUMP BUZZOLOGY

CALYPSO NIGHTS: JUAN, TWO? THE CAMBRIDGE FOOTLIGHTS INTERNATIONAL TOUR S... CAPTAIN MORGAN 1: THE SANDS OF TIME CAPTAIN MORGAN 2: THE SEA OF SOULS CARIAD & PAUL: A TWO PLAYER ADVENTURE CARL DONNELLY: JIVE ASS HONKY CASUAL VIOLENCE: OM NOM NOM NOMINOUS CAT IN THE HAT CELL CHAOS THEORY CHARLIE BAKER: JUST THE ONE CHECKPOINT 22 CHINA DOLL - A NEUROPERA IN FOUR SEASONS CHORTLE STUDENT COMEDY AWARD FINAL CHRIS BETTS: SOCIAL ANIMAL CHRIS DUGDALE: SLEIGHTLY DISHONEST CHRIS KENT STOP STALLING CHRIS RAMSEY: ALL GROWED UP CHRIS STOKES: ALTRUISM IN BIRDS CHRIS TURNER: XXV CHRISTIAN O'CONNELL: YOU'VE RUINED MY MORNING... CHRISTIAN TALBOT IS SHITE AT BEING IRISH CHRISTINA BIANCO: PARTY OF ONE THE CHURCH OF MALCOLM CINDER-ELLA A CINEMA IN SOUTH GEORGIA CITIZEN PUPPET CLASS CLOWNS 2015: THE FINAL THE CLINIC: AN AFTERNOON OF SERIOUS STAND-UP CLOSE UP COLIN CLOUD: KILLS THE COLOUR HAM - ONE. LAST. TIME. (A BEST OF) COMEDY CLUB 4 KIDS THE COMEDY RESERVE CONFESSIONS OF A REDHEADED COFFEESHOP GIRL COREY WHITE: THE CANE TOAD EFFECT CORNERMEN COSMONAUT BY RYAN GOOD COUNTING STARS BY ATIHA SEN GUPTA CROFT & PEARCE - THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING CUT

DAMIEN SLASH: ÜBERMEN DAN LEES: BRAINCHILD DANE BAPTISTE: REASONABLE DOUBTS DANIEL CAINER: 21ST CENTURY JEW DANNY WARD - ST VITUS DANCE DANZA DEL CARIBE: ITARA DAPHNE DO EDINBURGH DARK SIDE OF THE MIME DARREN WALSH: PUNDERBOLT DAVE CALLAN - A LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION 2: A...

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118 32 36 44 49 43 123 83 62 67 21 128 28 47 50 118 45 87 59 21 67 82 38 64

118 64 54 54 130 110 133 25 71 127 111 52 35 122 121 90 88 112 128 121 81 80 98 106 20 41 74 82 56 103 86 127 30 119 87 109 55 90 64 81 49

81 94 96 41 95 74 59 133 110 128

DAVEY CONNOR: SO, THERE YOU GO DAVID ELMS: MISTER BOY DAVID O'DOHERTY: WE ARE ALL IN THE GUTTER, BU... DEAD MAN'S CELL PHONE THE DEAD SECRETS PRESENT... THE CURIOSITORIUM DERBY DAY DIAL MEDICINE FOR MURDER DIANE CHORLEY: DUCHESS OF CANVEY DIANE SPENCER: POWER TOOL DIARY OF A DATING ADDICT DIE ROTEN PUNKTE - HAUS PARTY DILLIE KEANE DIVAS DOLLS DORIAN GRAY DORIS, DOLLY AND THE DRESSING ROOM DIVAS THE DOUG ANTHONY ALLSTARS( DAAS) LIVE ON STAG... DOWN & OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON DRUM TRIBE THE DURHAM REVUE: CIRQUE DU SILLÝ DYLAN THOMAS - THE MAN, THE MYTH

E15 EATING SEALS AND SEAGULL'S EGGS ECCE HOMO ECHOES BY HENRY NAYLOR ED BYRNE, OUTSIDE LOOKING IN EDINBURGH COMEDY ALLSTARS ELECTRIC DREAMS THE ELEMENT IN THE ROOM: A RADIOACTIVE MUSICA... THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM EMMA SIDI: CHARACTER BREAKDOWN ERICTHEFRED ERNIE THE ESCAPADE OF THE BURMESE BURGLARY THE EULOGY OF TOBY PEACH EVERYTHING THAT'S WRONG WITH THE UNIVERSE

102 42 41 78 113 131 64 62 111 103 121 53 38 56 55

24 125 29 32 71 88 113 133 88 35 78 82 58 36 53 27 131 47 61 78 65 132 125 113 137 135 49 113 26 30

FAIRLY TALES FAIRY TALE THEATRE: 18 & OVER THE FALCON'S MALTESER BY ANTHONY HOROWITZ FAMILY CIRCUS WORKSHOPS FANFICTION COMEDY FAST FRINGE FELICITY WARD - WHAT IF THERE IS NO TOILET FEMINAZI FESTIVAL OF THE SPOKEN NERD: JUST FOR GRAPHS FICTION FILLS MONKEY: INCREDIBLE DRUM SHOW FIN TAYLOR: STINK A FINE LINE THE 56 FLANDERS AND SWANN FLIGHT FOLIE À DEUX FOOLBALL FOSTER'S EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARDS SHOW 4X4 EPHEMERAL ARCHITECTURES FREDDIE FLINTOFF: 2ND INNINGS THE FREE ASSOCIATION FRENCHY: LIVE'N'LANKY FRESH BLOOD FRIDAY I'M IN LOVE PRESENTS: MASSAOKE FROST AND IRELAND: BLUE OCTOBER FULLY COMMITTED STARRING MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE FUNMBI OMOTAYO: LEGAL IMMIGRANT FUNNY BONES TRASH FUNZ AND GAMEZ TOOZ

87 83 96 39 50 56 64 125 89 45 123 85 54 61 64 86 119 87 46 48 46

GABRIEL BISSET-SMITH TELLS THE MOST ORIGINAL... GARDEN GARRETT MILLERICK: A SELECTION OF THINGS I'VE... GARY BUSEY'S ONE-MAN HAMLET AS PERFORMED BY D... GAY FURNISH FLIRT COACH GEAROID FARRELLY: GEAROID LESS TRAVELLED GEIN'S FAMILY GIFTSHOP: VOLUME 2

118 62 116 82 113 102 128

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HACKNEY COLLIERY BAND HAIR PEACE HAIRY MACLARY'S CAT TALES HAL CRUTTENDEN: STRAIGHT OUTTA CRUTTENDEN THE HAMPSTEAD MURDER MYSTERY! HANNAH AND HANNA HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI: BIG MOUTH STRIKES AGAIN HARRIET KEMSLEY: PUPPY FAT HEARTBEATS & ALGORITHMS HEIDI O'LOUGHLIN: A WOMAN TALKING HIGH JINX MAGIC AND ILLUSION SHOW THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE FAMILY THE HOGWALLOPS THE HOLLYWOOD CANTEEN HEREAFTER THE HORNE SECTION'S QUESTIONS SESSIONS HOTEL PARADISO HUB FRESH THE HUMBLE QUEST FOR UNIVERSAL GENIUS THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK

I AM BEAST I AM NOT MYSELF THESE DAYS I HATE CHILDREN CHILDREN'S SHOW I WOULD: A HYPOTHETICAL SKETCH SHOW I, ELIZABETH IAIN STIRLING: TOUCHY FEELY IAN D MONTFORT: UNDER SCIENCEY CONDITIONS IAN SMITH - WHEREABOUTS IDIOTS IF I WERE ME IMPOSSIBLE IN CAHOOTS: TWO WHITE GUYS INSTANT SUNSHINE INSTITUTE IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT ISLANDS ISMO LEIKOLA: OBSERVING THE OBVIOUS IVO GRAHAM: NO FILTER IVY PAIGE: FILTHY RICH

JACK BARRY: THIS TITLE CAME TO ME IN A DREAM JACK ROOKE: GOOD GRIEF JAMES ACASTER: REPRESENT JAMES FREEDMAN: MAN OF STEAL JAMES VEITCH: GENIUS BAR JAMIE MACDONALD: OBLIVIOUS JAMIE WOOD - O NO! JAPAN MARVELOUS DRUMMERS JARRED CHRISTMAS & HOBBIT: THE GREAT COME... JARRED CHRISTMAS IS HOTFOOT PAPA JASON BYRNE: 20 YEARS A CLOWN JAY FOREMAN'S DISGUSTING SONGS FOR REVOLTING...

26 55 35 70 135 48 130 131 103 41 54 116 70 119 49 60 76 47 33 107 24 25 65

104 41 21 104 48 44 76 81 51 102 30 72 33 39 128 59 104 50 22

60 68 26 47 34 102 116 94 51 86 44 96 53 42 48 36 65 83 122

94 65 110 108 72 115 94 42 128 107 114 30

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JEFF GREEN: HAPPINESS JENNIE BENTON WORDSMITH THE JENNIFER TREMBLAY TRILOGY PART I: THE LIS... THE JENNIFER TREMBLAY TRILOGY PART II: THE CA... THE JENNIFER TREMBLAY TRILOGY PART III: THE D... JENNY BEDE: DON'T LOOK AT ME JERK JESS ROBINSON: THE RISE OF MIGHTY VOICE JESSIE CAVE: I LOVED HER THE JEST: THE FIVE HUMOURS JIMMY MCGHIE - WINGED GODDESS OF VICTORY THE JIVE ACES: SPREAD A LITTLE HAPPINESS JO BRAND JODY KAMALI - SPECTACULAR! JOE HART: DIRTY ROTTEN APPLES JOE LYCETT: THAT'S THE WAY, A-HA A-HA, JOE LY... JOE STILGOE: SONGS ON FILM - THE SEQUEL JOE WENBORNE: FIGHT BACK AT 50 JOEL CREASEY: THE HURRICANE JOEY PAGE: CATASTROPHE PARTY JOHN HASTINGS: MARKED FROM THE START JOHN LLOYD: EMPEROR OF THE PRAWNS JOHN MCKEEVER: MULTIFARIOUS JOHN ROBERTSON - THE DARK ROOM: SYMPHONY OF A... JOHN ROBINS: SPEAKEASY JON COZART - LAUGHTER EVER AFTER JONNY AWSUM: EVERYTHING IS AWSUM JONNY PELHAM: BEFORE AND AFTER JOSEPH MORPURGO: SOOTHING SOUNDS FOR BABY JOSH WIDDICOMBE'S XFM SHOW LIVE! JULIETTE BURTON: LOOK AT ME JULIUS CAESAR JURASSIC PARK JUSTIN MOORHOUSE: DESTINY CALLING

K'RD STRIP: A PLACE TO STAND KAFKA'S APE KAI HUMPHRIES: HOW TO BE HAPPY KARL SPAIN: A TIME FOR JOKES KATIE AND THE MONA LISA KEITH FARNAN: ANONYMOUS KEVIN DAY: HAIRLINE KEVIN J: COUNCIL ESTATE OF MIND KEVIN MCMAHON - QUANTUM MAGIC KIDS DO FORTH ON THE FRINGE KINETIC COMEDY - EDINBURGH SPECIAL KITTEN KILLERS: WOOF KYLE KINANE: GHOST PIZZA PARTY

LA MEUTE (THE WOLF PACK) LABELS THE LABOUR OF LAUGH LARRY DEAN: OUT NOW! THE LAST OF THE DRAGONS LATE NIGHT VARIETY WITH THE MARTINI ENCOUNTER LATE SHOW LATE'N'LIVE LAUGHING STOCK LAURA LEXX: LOVELY LAZY SUSAN: DOUBLE ACT LE GATEAU CHOCOLAT: BLACK LE HAGGIS LEAPIN' LOUIE'S WILD WEST SPECTACULAR LEE NELSON: SUITED & BOOTED LENNON: THROUGH A GLASS ONION LEODO: THE PARADISE LEPER + CHIP LES INOUIS THE LETTER: TO BE OR TO MBE LILI LA SCALA: ANOTHER F*CKING VARIETY SHOW LILY BEVAN - PHEASANT PLUCKER LIMBO LISA GORNICK'S LIVE DRAWING SHOW LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD LITTLE THING, BIG THING LIZ FRASER’S LIFESHAMBLES LIZ FRASER'S PODLAUGHS... LIVE!

112 44 39 39 50 61 83 120 79 129 109 101 100 90 55 104 65 39 108 104 120 70 88 111 104 75 124 90 108 129 65 24 91 95

89 36 104 68 28 84 86 124 63 21 135 67 123

76 40 129 79 26 131 137 137 55 67 107 73 118 26 129 126 50 57 52 86 131 57 98 46 30 63 57 129

LLOYD GRIFFITH: GREAT GRIMSBY'S BIG TURN ON LOLLY LORANGA, MASARIN AND DARTANJANG LORDS OF STRUT: THE FAMILY SHOW THE LOST ART OF LOST ART LOTTO: KARMA OF THE ALCHEMIST LOU CONRAN: SMALL MEDIUM AT LARGE LOVE BIRDS LOVE SICK LUCIE POHL: CRY ME A LIVER LUCY FREDERICK, IN THE WILD LUISA OMIELAN: AM I RIGHT LADIES?! LUKE MCQUEEN: DOUBLE ACT LUKE WRIGHT: STAY-AT-HOME DANDY LYDIA KING: A DATE WITH DENSITY

THE MAN CALLED MONKHOUSE MAN TO MAN MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE: WHY THE LONG FACE? MARGARET THATCHER QUEEN OF SOHO MARK FORWARD PRESENTS MARK FORWARD MARK NELSON: OLDER THAN JESUS MARK SIMMONS - LAUGH YOURSELF THIN MARK STEEL: WHO DO I THINK I AM? MARK WATSON: FLAWS MARNY GODDEN: FLAP 'EM ON THE GATE MARRIAGE THE MARVELLOUS IMAGINARY MENAGERIE MASSIVE DAD 2.0: STEP UP 2 MASSIVE DAD MATT FORDE: GET THE POLITICAL PARTY STARTED MAX AND IVAN: THE END MEGAN FORD: FEMINASTY MERVYN STUTTER'S PICK OF THE FRINGE MICHELLE BRASIER: SPACE TORTOISE MID-BROW MILTON JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DAFT MINOR DELAYS MIRROR ME THE MISFIT ANALYSIS MISS BEHAVE'S GAMESHOW MIXTAPE MOBY ALPHA MOLLY MORGAN & WEST'S UTTERLY SPIFFING SPECTACU... A MORNING WITH MORPH MORPH MODELMAKING WORKSHOP MORRO AND JASP DO PUBERTY MOVIN' MELVIN BROWN: ME, RAY CHARLES AND SAMM... MR TIGER GOES WILD MRS MCMOON'S TEA PARTY MUCH FURTHER OUT THAN YOU THOUGHT MUNCH MUSICAL COMEDY AWARDS SHOWCASE MY BEAUTIFUL BLACK DOG MY NAME IS SAOIRSE

NAILED IT! NATASHA NOMAN: NOMAN'S LAND NATHAN CASSIDY: BACK TO THE FUTURE II NATHAN CATON: STRAIGHT OUTTA MIDDLESEX NEEL KOLHATKAR: TRUTH BE TOLD NEIL HENRY'S MAGICAL MINDSQUIRM NEWSREVUE 2015 NICHOLAS PARSONS' HAPPY HOUR NICK CODY - BEARD GAME STRONG NICK HALL: DODEKAHEDRON NIGHT + DAZE NINA CONTI: IN YOUR FACE NINA SIMONE: SOUL SESSIONS NISH KUMAR: LONG WORD... LONG WORD... BLAH BL... THE NOISE NEXT DOOR'S COMEDY LOCK-IN THE NOISE NEXT DOOR: THE REALLY, REALLY GOOD... NOT JUST A FUNNY TURN NOW LISTEN TO ME VERY CAREFULLY

110 70 20 28 58 62 58 40 95 65 75 112 121 86 132

60 80 118 113 118 115 115 108 134 76 50 22 91 64 109 56 41 136 73 100 68 28 52 124 124 67 71 29 33 29 105 44 24 26 60 109 100 49 38

108 102 135 105 115 65 88 75 120 79 97 114 112 97 130 56 87 119

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OCKHAM'S RAZOR PRESENT 'ARC' AND 'EVERY ACTIO... OF MICE AND MEN OH HELLO! OH LÀ LÀ! STARRING ISABELLE GEORGES OMAR HAMDI: IN THE VALLEYS OF THE KINGS ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG BY NICK PAYNE ONE FINE DAY ONE MAN BREAKING BAD: THE UNAUTHORIZED PARODY 10X10X10 THE ORCHID AND THE CROW THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES... OTHELLO: AN ALL-FEMALE PRODUCTION OUT OF THE BLUE THE OXFORD IMPS THE OXFORD REVUE: ISSUES

PAJAMA MEN: 2 MAN 3 MUSKETEERS PAJAMA MEN: PTERODACTYL NIGHTS PALE FACE COLD BLOOD PAN PATRICK KIELTY - HELP PATRICK MONAHAN THE DISCO YEARS PATRICK MORRIS: FAIRLY PREMATURE BUCKET LIST PAUL FOOT PAUL MERTON'S IMPRO CHUMS PENNY ARCADE: LONGING LASTS LONGER PETE FIRMAN: SUPER DUPER PETER AND THE WOLF PETER YORK: HOW TO BECOME A NICER TYPE OF PER... PHIL JERROD: NEANDERTHAL PHIL WANG: PHILTH THE PIE-EYED PIPER OF HAMILTON PIERRE NOVELLIE IS ANXIOUS PETER PIFF THE MAGIC DRAGON - BREAKFAST AT PIFFANY'... PILGRIM THE PIN: TEN SECONDS WITH THE PIN THE PIPER PITSCHI, THE KITTEN WITH DREAMS PLAGUE OF IDIOTS PLAY PLEASANCE BYTES PLEASANCE OPENING GALA A POCKETFUL OF GRIMMS POLE POP POP PORTRAIT PRAMKICKER PRINCES OF MAIN PROMISE AND PROMISCUITY: A NEW MUSICAL BY JAN... PUDDLES PITY PARTY PÅL HANSEN EXHIBITION

QI PRESENTS: NO SUCH THING AS A FISH

RAISIN' THE HOOF RAP GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHAOS THE RAPE OF LUCRECE RAY BRADSHAW: I DARE RAY TO... RAZ BY JIM CARTWRIGHT REBOUNDING HAIL REGINALD D HUNTER: BITCHPROOF RELEASE YOUR INNER CARTOONIST RHYS JAMES: REMAINS RHYS NICHOLSON - FORWARD RICHARD SOAMES DOES THE RIGHT THING ROB BECKETT: MOUTH OF THE SOUTH ROMESH RANGANATHAN: IRRATIONAL RONNY CHIENG: CHIENG REACTION THE ROOM ROSIE'S MAGIC HORSE ROSS & RACHEL RUN

45 46 47 98 124 47 35 84 69 67 62 38 51 58 79

109 130 47 54 105 108 76 98 66 112 105 21 45 95 84 89 119 127 39 95 21 20 101 137 33 32 26 136 107 44 55 132 55 99 32

101

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SAD FACES PRESENT THE DAWN CHORUS SAM SIMMONS: SPAGHETTI FOR BREAKFAST SARAH CALLAGHAN: ELEPHANT SARAH KENDALL: A DAY IN OCTOBER SATAN SPEAKS: 'WHY I DON'T EXIST' A TED-ISH T... SCARAMOUCHE JONES THE SCARECROWS' WEDDING SCOTTISH FALSETTO SOCK PUPPET THEATRE - MINGI... THE SEA CHILD SEAN CULLEN SEAN MCLOUGHLIN: WHATEVER IT TAKES SEX RATED G SHAKESPEARE UNTOLD: DOUBLE BILL SHAKESPEARE UNTOLD: ROMEO AND JULIET (THE PAR... SHAKESPEARE UNTOLD: TITUS ANDRONICUS (THE PIE... SHAUN KEAVENY: LIVE AND LANGUOROUS SHIT-FACED SHAKESPEARE SHIT-FACED SHOWTIME SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL THE SHUFFLE SHOW SIRO-A 64 SQUARES SKETCH CLUB: THE FINAL SKIDDLYWUP SLEEPING TREES: MAFIA?/WESTERN? SO IT GOES SO YOU THINK YOU'RE FUNNY? THE SOAKING OF VERA SHRIMP THE SOLID LIFE OF SUGAR WATER SOME BIG SOME BANG SOMETHING SONICS IN TOREN THE SONS OF PITCHES SOPHIE PELHAM: COUNTRY FILE SPANK SPARROW-FOLK: SUBIRDIA SPECTRETOWN SPILLIKIN - A LOVE STORY ST GEORGE IS CROSS STEPHEN BAILEY: SHOULD'VE BEEN A POPSTAR STEPHEN K AMOS TALK SHOW STEVE ULLATHORNE'S ANNUAL PHOTO FEST A STORM IN A D CUP THE STORY BEAST STRICTLY BALTI STUCK! THE SUNSET FIVE SWEET DREAMS: SONGS BY ANNIE LENNOX

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