Fest 2024 Issue 1 by Fest Magazine

LARA RICOTE

“Comedy is tender as hell”

Inside: Erin Farrington Aidan Sadler Mele Broomes Michel Faber Ashtar Muallem Na Djinang Circus Jonny Hawkins Hannah Gadsby

THINGS BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH

"The truth always lies between heaven and earth"

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Fest 2024 Issue 1

8 Blessed Be

Lara Ricote learns to relate

14 Elixir of Love

Mele Broomes on her influences ahead of EAF

17 Surround Sound

Michel Faber imagines a new kind of music biography

Theatre

36 BATSHIT

More than just a provacative title

Comedy

26 Demi Adejuyigbe

Superb storytelling and the promise of one backflip

Dance & Circus

45 OH OH

Classic film-inspired clowning and acrobatics

Cabaret and Variety

48 Salty Brine

Romance and rebellion inspired by Annie Lennox and Judy Garland

54 Venue Map & Listings

Find a show and where you are with our hour-by-hour listings and street map

Image credits (top to bottom, lef to right): Wesley Verhoeve; Ruby Pluhar; Image supplied by Edinburgh International Book Festival; Sela Shiloni; Cecilia Martin; Djamila Agustoni; Daniel Albanese

Perfect Day: Erin Farrington

The Fringe can be stressful, it can be strange and overwhelming but there is one sure ﬁre way to get exactly what you want from the experience: Manifesting.

Manifesting may sound easy – “just think right and things will go right” – and I’m here to tell you: IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE. With almost no work required, you can have the exact future you want by asking the universe to provide and if you do it right, the sun and the stars will give you anything. Though the actual secrets of manifestation will only be shared through my seminar (trade secrets and such), I can give you some examples of how I made the perfect day at the Fringe though manifestation.

6am: I wake to a bird perched on my window singing me the song of positive thinking. (I opened my window on a whim when I ﬁrst got here and now

it does not close, animals seem to ﬁnd me comforting. I’m grateful that today it is just a bird, and I am not visited by the raccoon that frequents my laundry basket). I reach to my bedside table for my solid amethyst water bottle and sip natural spring water straight from the crystal. The bottle being solid crystal is deceivingly heavy and slips from my hands shattering and waking up my ﬂatmates. Uh oh! Looks like the universe wants everyone to be awake, something good must be on its way!!

7am: Meditation hour. Today I have to sit on my bed though I usually sit on the hard ﬂoor but because my space is covered in shattered purple rock, I get the comfort of a

beautiful duvet I manifested by purchasing from an Aldi… hmm how could things get any better!!!

9am: The universe demands I go to a cofee shop for breakfast. I know this because when I go to have my usual morning cup of tea, I notice my roommates have used all my milk leaving a note that reads “stop burning incense while you sleep, had to use this to put out a small ﬁre you started in the living room”. So, of to the café down the street, the stars are sending me something (or someone) wonderful, of this I am SURE!

Noon: Openly repeating my mantra out loud to myself has earned me a meeting

with several concerned (or inspired) citizens on the street. As I rock back and forth sofly whispering “everything will be mine” – my mantra of the day – I meet a lovely police ofcer who ofers to escort me the rest of the way to the Pleasance Courtyard in exchange for taking a copy of my ﬁngerprints and a quick psych evaluation!!! Free mental health services and a ride?! The universe is deﬁnitely on my side!!!

3.30pm: As someone attuned to nature and the spirit that

flows through us all, I do not use paper flyers as they were once trees. So, I spend my time flyering with the shattered pieces of my water bottle and reading tarot cards of passersby to see if my show is in their future.

5.30pm: Finally it’s time to share my secrets with the public. Healing spiritually is difcult for some but not for me. I love to share my gif and it’s hard not to get people on board once they hear about my ideal lifestyle.

Erin Farrington

That’s my perfect day! Remember some crystals are just rocks, pick one up of the ground and picture a life that is perfect for you!

SHOW Erin Farrington –Think Better: Manifesting Money, Real Estate and Hot People

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 5:40pm – 6:40pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 14

Photo: Heather Pasquazzi

Blessed Be

Lara Ricote’s return to the Fringe sees the 2022 Best Newcomer Award winner take on the complex nature of personal and romantic relationships. Kirstyn Smith speaks to the comedian and writer about her second show

As Lara Ricote is listing her inﬂuences, it becomes clear what’s important to her in comedy. Maria Bamford, Josie Long, Rory Scovel, John Kearns. It’s all about being silly, being truthful and following your fun.

“I would love to be more in line with that,” she says. “That you show up with an idea, trust it and see where it goes. I think it’s amazing to watch someone play for an hour.”

By all accounts, she has achieved this in her latest hour, Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism). It’s a show about relationships – the one she has with her partner, her parents’ relationship, and the one she enters into every time she steps in front of an audience. For someone who embarks on hundreds of one-hour relationships a year, Ricote is interested in exploring the ways she can keep it fresh and remain mindful every time.

“I’ve felt so many times that I do the same show for every audience. And I wanted to change that in this show, to explore how I can be as present as I can in the room so that it doesn’t feel like things just mesh into each other,” she says. “It’s also about giving the audience an identity, letting them pick their own identity, which is what really does happen in the show.”

It’s difcult to ﬁnd the right balance, she says, between authenticity and playfulness. There’s a sweet surreality in turning the audience into an amalgam with its own name, ﬁnding the silly moments and leaning into

ofeat humour, but this goes hand in hand with having something real to say about the world.

“I tend towards heightened reality, but every time I try to do something silly, I always end up saying something,” she laughs. “I keep ﬁnding a lot of truths in comedy, so no matter how stupid my bit is, the reality is that I believe this is something special. I’m feeling a lot of things and I want these things to come through, even if I’m playing.”

The way Ricote talks about her craf is raw and without pretension – it’s fascinating to see just how much she believes in comedy as a force for ﬁnding fun and authenticity without losing sight of reality. We discuss how stand-up can ofen feel as though there’s an ironic detachment from feelings, an assumed air of coolness, of being above it all.

“Comedy is the most aggressive way to connect with people,” she counters. “To build a link between people so you feel less alone in the world. Let’s not pretend that everyone didn’t practise this in the mirror. It’s vulnerable, comedy is tender as hell. It could not be sweeter.”

This insistence on openness speaks to the amount of respect Ricote has for her audiences. Being willing to try so hard to make sure all her relationships go as well as they can is a theme in her life – she’s recently done couples therapy with her partner, for example – but it’s one she’s insistent on. With Little Tiny

“Comedy is the most aggressive way to connect with people”

Photo: Wesley Verhoeve

Wet Show (Baptism), she acknowledges that it isn’t always easy; there are a lot of things you don’t necessarily want to do – or that you learn along the way – wrapped up in being in any kind of relationship. A lot of that is to do with being focused on important moments while they’re actually happening.

“That’s incredibly difcult for me. It’s beautiful to always be separating yourself from the situation in order to see that it’s funny,” she says. “And reshaping every story into a narrative that ends up being funny is an amazing thing that comedians are able to do. But it also keeps you from being inside of the situation: the moment you’re living it, you’re already shaping it.

“It makes you feel like connection can happen in a way that’s one-sided, so is that even really connection? Is the point of my job to connect with people, or is the point of my job to tell people how funny I am?”

Both these things can be true for comedians at once; connection and laughter don’t have to exist as mutually exclusive things in a show. However, it feels so important to Ricote – she describes herself as being “an earnest little baby” about it – that if the alternative is living both her professional and personal lives isolated from seeing the magic in reality, or from creating something that means something to her, then that doesn’t seem worth it. It’s all about balance.

Ricote is right in that if there’s one thing she will do, it’s embrace the unironic sincerity she has, and use that to create meaningful experiences, speciﬁcally with regards to her Fringe show, and what she hopes it will spark in the people who come to see her.

“I want audiences to feel like I was honest with them. I think it brings up nice things about us as human beings to spend time with someone who’s really trying to get to some sort of truth,” she says. “I hope that they come along on the journey. What I hope the most that they get out of this is that they think it’s worth trying really hard for relationships. That’s kind of the point of my hour: that if you try and be the best person you can, you can keep the people in your life that are worth being there. Circumstances are hard, but if you work hard, I think you can get it.”

SHOW Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism)

VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy TIME: 4:15pm – 5:15pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 12, 19

Photo: Wesley Verhoeve

All Night Long

Aidan

Sadler, Jonny Hawkins and the Raverend discuss having safe spaces to party and let go

Words: Francesca Peschier

Sometimes a plastic pint glass and a £12 Mac n Cheese in the Gilded Balloon courtyard just isn’t going to cut it. Sometimes you just need to go where the sequins are plentiful and the music bone-shakingly loud. You just need a come to a Madonna moment in a sweaty pile of strangers. Well glory glory hallelujah and all hail mother chicken, because there are at least three shows this year guaranteed to give you exactly the feel-good disco enema we all need afer a full day of trauma informed puppetry.

“The Fringe has sufered a death of its night time vibes, mainly because venues aren’t creating brilliant new spaces for artists and dreamers,” says Aidan Sadler, the demonic David Bowie curator of Big Gay Aferparty. “People are gagging for a crazy late-night experience, but if you can only ﬁnd that in networky artist bars, then what can you do?! Create a space for yourself!”

Giving you exactly what it says on the tin, Sadler’s show is a revolving cabaret, with over 70 performers, local and international already lined up including “Aussie Swamplesque stars Trigger Happy and Tash York, the high priestess of Edinburgh Drag Mystika Glamoor, and Caribbean burlesque queen of the North East Ebony Silk.” And with Sadler taking us through until past 3am, “the party only stops when the people stop partying!”

The preservation of alternative, Queer and life afrming spaces feels increasingly vital in a squeezed night time economy. “It’s difcult to ﬁnd authentically engaged pockets of community and new sounds,” bemoans superstar Australian DJ Jonny Hawkins, whose show Danceﬂoor Conversion Therapy is ofering big beat baptisms. “It’s a really hard time for small and independent venues in a culture which prioritises celebrity and revenue. They’re losing their regulars who’ve baked the smell of their sweat on the walls.”

Hawkins is using his past as a Christian youth minister to preach the disco gospel in his part-rave, part-music history lecture, hosted by Hawkins’ alter ego “mischievous, shameless night time person” Aunty Jonny.

Photo: DEADPLANTZ

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Aidan Sadler

“A space to elevate, to shout and scream and dance while the world falls apart around us”

Jonny Hawkins

Nobody is losing their religion here, rather ﬁnding a new one in “transcendental moments, lovely depravity and godless spirituality.”

Hawkins’ club may be a ‘godless temple’ but it’s not the only option for discotheque salvation. Afer changing the lives of over 2000 people last year, The House of Life is back and the Raverend has new tunes, new boots and the same trusty altar boy (Trev). While for some, in particular LGBTQ+ folk, church was a place of judgement rather than afrmation, the Raverend is keen to reclaim and celebrate “the places where people come together: churches, protests, football matches, gigs. Like a welloiled lasagne recipe, we’ve taken seasonings from each and layered up our own version of spiritual enlightenment.”

The House of Life is more than a little cult-like. The Raverend somehow manages to foster meaningful connection, self love (and slavish devotion to mother chicken) with little more than an egg shaker, a glitter beard and impeccable vibes. It’s maybe just what people need right now, a serious injection of positive vibes, “...a release. A space to elevate, to shout and scream and dance while the world falls apart around us.”

Aren’t we all looking for somewhere where we can ﬁnd ourselves dancing in spite of ourselves? And isn’t that even more crucial for Queer folks, who are ofen made to feel like they need to make themselves smaller? Sadler thinks so, “queerness is all about being bold, brave, resilient,” we deserve “afordable entry, extra security – a safe space – heaven!”

“The world is cruel for those who are diferent,” echoes Hawkins, “so come dance to disco music and conform with us non-conformists.”

SHOW Big Gay A ferparty

VENUE: Just the Tonic at The Caves

TIME: 12:30am – 3:00am, 3–26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20

SHOW House of Life

VENUE: Underbelly, Cowgate

TIME: 8:55pm – 9:55pm, 1–25 Aug, not 12

SHOW Danceﬂoor Conversion Therapy

VENUE: Assembly George Square Studios

TIME: 11:15pm – 12:15am, various dates between 3 Aug and 24 Aug

Photo: Lisa Haymes

Danceﬂoor Conversion Therapy

Elixir of Love

Mele Broomes on the inﬂuences behind her

Opening Performance for the Edinburgh Art Festival

Words: Claire Sawers

“As much as I tried to lean into old and historic remedies, I’d been conditioned not to trust them. I had to break that down.” The multi-disciplinary artist Mele Broomes is reflecting back on her journey to better health, one of several influences on her upcoming live show, which will be the Edinburgh Art Festival’s Opening Performance. As Broomes trialled and errored treatments for knee pain and fibroids on her womb, she experimented with castor oil. The very viscous oil has been used for thousands of years as a natural wound healer, laxative and moisturiser, with some midwives using it to induce labour. Broomes began applying it daily to her skin, letting it absorb slowly.

“At ﬁrst it’s a lot. It takes time to permeate, but it will get there. You have to trust the process. Over weeks and months, it started doing its thing. I became obsessed. The oil was like my friend! The more I trusted it, the more I was reaping the beneﬁts. It’s like when you’re getting to know someone. Sometimes it just lands, other times you gotta ease in. Being warm helps speed things up and that’s where the title comes from.”

Broomes’ knee pain disappeared completely and her skin and nails visibly improved, but more than that, she felt she was tapping into a kind of generational wealth, gaining wisdom from her elders and nature. That tied in with a series of online conversations that Broomes had carried out during lockdown with 15 black

women, including nurses, artists and youth workers. “Those were nourishing dialogues, ﬁnding connections and commonalities in our politics, work ethics or experiences. We discussed obstacles created by whiteness and found solidarity and friendship.”

through warm temperatures will include moments of ‘purging heavy, historic realities’ as well as glimmers of euphoria. Exploring relationships with health, bodies and identities ofen led into painful, uncomfortable conversations, for example around body dysmorphia, poor mental health, loneliness and isolation. Broomes hopes however that her amalgamation of experimental vocals, choreographed movements and improvised music also reﬂects the healing that can be found both in community and castor oil, a richly abundant natural elixir.

Broomes has previously given astonishing performances as part of Glasgow’s performance festival Buzzcut, Montreal’s avant garde arts festival OFFTA, Milan’s Festival del Silenzio and Lagos’ street art festival Tiwa N’Tiwa among others, and for this interactive EAF event, she will use movement and live vocals to pay homage to the conversations around ‘diasporic interpretations of wellbeing’.

The audience will enter Custom Lane’s gallery space to ﬁnd around 80 small bottles of castor oil which they can smell or test on their skin, before using their own mobile

“My research has made me explore care for self and love for self”

phones to select from four mesmerising videos pre-recorded by Broomes. In one, Broomes gives herself a slow, sensual shoulder and neck massage, making luscious curves in the air above her head, ﬁngers stretched, limbs relaxed, skin slick with castor oil. The audience will then be led into a second space featuring four dancers and live cello from America-born, Scotland-based musician Simone Seales, who strives to create ‘spaces of radical joy within classical music’. Broomes will be dressed in red and has styled the performance using shades of red and brown to represent the castor oil

plant – with its dark brown seeds and decorative red ﬂowers.

“My research has made me explore care for self and love for self. Castor oil has made me feel soothed, it’s eradicated my knee pain. It’s wild. Your health can bring you wealth, whatever that means to you.”

SHOW Mele Broomes: through warm temperatures

VENUE: Custom Lane

TIME: 7pm-8pm, 9 Aug

Photo: Ruby Pluhar

Mele Broomes

Top Picks: Art Festival

A range of emerging and international talent, from Scottish premieres to art as resistance

Ibrahim Mahama: Songs about Roses

Fruitmarket, until 6 Oct, times vary

The ﬁrst-ever solo exhibition of work by the Ghanaian artist in Scotland sees him take inspiration from the Fruitmarket’s unique location by Waverley railway station, using this as a starting point for large-scale drawings, sculpture and installations.

Moyna Flannigan: Space Shufe

Collective, until 15 Sep, times vary

The renowned Scottish artist presents an exhibition of new work, specially created for Collective’s City Dome gallery, with collages of images of women drawn from myth, art history, and pop culture, alongside a constellation of paper sculptures.

Ade Adesina: INTERSECTION

Edinburgh Printmakers, until 10 Nov, times vary

An exhibition that highlights the artist’s experimentations with screenprint and lithograph alongside relief printing and sculptural installations, referencing his African roots, British culture, and encounters while travelling.

Rosie’s Disobedient Press

City Art Centre, 9-25 Aug, times vary

A collaborative project by artists Lisette May Monroe and Adrien Howard, who have been invited to reﬂect on the landscape of the city over the past 20 years. They will present works of textual intervention which will appear in print, on clothing, across windows and banners throughout Edinburgh.

Prem Sahib: Alleus

Castle Terrace Car Park, 16 Aug, 6.30-8.30pm

The Scottish premiere of a performance work by Prem Sahib, which includes a polyphony of live and pre-recorded voices that distort an anti-immigration speech by former Home Secretary Suella Braverman in a form of resistance against damaging speech practices by politicians.

JUPITER RISING x EAF

Jupiter Artland, 17 Aug, 6pm-1am

Jupiter Rising’s collaboration with the EAF invites audiences to explore, discover and celebrate underrepresented artistic voices, with site-responsive performance, a late night stage and more set to the theme of Queer Summer Fête. This year’s line-up includes Gemma Rolls-Bentley, Sgàire Wood and Femmergy.

Moyna Flannigan, Cosmic Traces

Photo: John Mckenzie

Photo: Charlotte Cullen

JUPITER RISING

Surround Sound

Dutch

fiction writer Michel Faber on his first longform non-fiction work, which imagines a whole new kind of music biography

Words: David Pollock

“I’ve wanted to write a book about music since I ﬁrst realised, as a teenager, how diferent my relationship with sounds was from other people’s,” says Michel Faber. “I didn’t know I was on the spectrum then, but I could tell that I wasn’t hearing things the usual way. Then I got side-tracked for about 50 years writing novels and so on.”

This helps contextualise Faber’s new book Listen: On Music, Sound and Us, the 64-yearold’s first full-length work of non-fiction in a career which has up until now been famous for his fiction novels, including Under the Skin (2000; adapted to film by Jonathan Glazer in 2013), The Crimson Petal and the White (2002) and The Book of Strange New Things (2014).

Listen is not a side project or a playful ofshoot of his regular work, but a personal and very relatable exploration of Faber’s own obsession with music, and his evolving life’s journey with it as a companion. As the title suggests, it’s an attempt to rationalise what ofen remains ethereal about the experience of listening.

“I’m glad it took me so long to get round to writing Listen, because I was able to let go

of delusions about the objective superiority of my tastes and start to investigate what taste really is and how we acquire it,” he says. “The media tries to convince us that there is naturally good music which intrinsically cool humans recognise as good, and naturally bad music which uncool humans fail to see is bad. If you can let go of that fallacy, your listening life becomes more interesting, I think.

“People use music to establish and reinforce their identity, their tribal allegiances, their social status and so on, so it can involve an enormous amount of anxiety, shame, defensiveness and prejudice against others. I’m hoping that Listen may help people step back from all that and be more ‘themselves’. Our lives are quite short, and it’s such a pity if you waste time and energy pretending to love things you don’t like.”

The experience of writing about music appears to have been more of a challenge for Faber than creating fictional worlds. “To be honest, the book broke my heart because there were hundreds of pages I had to cut out of it,” he says. “There just wasn’t room. In my fiction, I always knew what would fit and what

“Our lives are quite short, and it’s such a pity if you waste time and energy pretending to love things you don’t like”

wouldn’t – I wasn’t one of those writers who has to chuck chapters or even whole novels in the bin, but music defeated me. It’s just too huge a topic.”

This depth of subject matter, however, should promise a diverse and interesting Edinburgh International Book Festival event. “I want to involve the audience as early in the session as I possibly can,” he says. “Every event I’ve done for Listen has been remarkably diferent, because we all have such individual relationships with music. I want to honour that, not only because it’s more fun that way, but because one of the implicit messages of Listen is that we don’t have to listen to authorities handing down their wisdoms about what you should admire.”

At the moment, he tells me, Faber is listening to a compilation of gospel music by artists including Mighty Voices Of Wonder, the Gospel Comforters, the Spiritual Harmonizers and others. “I’m still trying to understand that weird cultural phenomenon of sophisticated white people adoring this kind of music, even though they ﬁnd evangelistic Christianity repugnant and reject everything that these gospellers are trying to get across,” he says. “There’s so much to unpack there, it’s fascinating…”

SHOW Michel Faber: New Ways of Hearing

VENUE: EFI Courtyard Theatre

TIME: 10.45am-11.45am, 14 Aug

Image supplied by Edinburgh International Book Festival

Michel Faber

Top Picks: Book Festival

From morning poems to uplifing friendships, the Book Festival welcomes the best local and international writers to Edinburgh

Lemn Sissay: Morning Song

EFI Venue T, Sun 11 Aug, 10.30am

In conversation with activist Salena Godden, poet Lemn Sissay explores his dawn inspired poetry collection Let the Light Pour In.

Lone Tree

EFI Spiegeltent, Fri 16 Aug, 6pm

Exclusively commissioned for the Book Festival, pianist and composer David Paul Jones sets the work of Scotland’s National Poet Kathleen Jamie to music.

Confessions of a Justiﬁed Sinner: New Myths

EFI Spiegeltent, Tue 20 Aug, 9pm

Storyteller Kirsty Logan, folk-singer Kirsty Law and harpist Esther Swif draw on folk, feminism and the work of Naomi Klein to revamp James Hogg’s masterpiece on religious fanaticism into the modern era.

Adania

Shibli: Against Forgetting

EFI Courtyard Theatre, Sun 11 Aug, 2.15pm

Adania Shibli's novel Minor Detail, set during the 1948 Palestine War, was longlisted for the International Booker Prize. She is talking to writer Esa Aldegheri.

Mona Chalabi: Humanizing Data

EFI Venue T, Fri 23 Aug, 5pm

The Pulitzer Prize-winning data journalist Mona Chalabi is turning her grief for Palestine into a work which raises awareness. She talks to novelist Heather Parry.

The Big Friendship Fandango

EFI Spiegeltent, Fri 23 Aug, 9pm

Are friendships the true love story of our lives? Poet Michael Pedersen hosts an uplifing conversation with musicians Bee Asha & The Band Tees, satirist Blindboy Boatclub, and comedians and writers Greg McHugh and Jack Rooke.

Photo: Simone Falk

Photo: Jan-Klos

Photo: Hamish Brown

Image: courtesy of Edinburgh International Book Festival

Photo: Lizzy Johnston

Kirsty Logan

Mona Chalabi

Kathleen Jamie

Adania Shibli Lemn Sissay

Michael Pedersen

A Sense of Place

Two shows at the Fringe this year interrogate home, displacement, identity and ancestry. The shows’ creators, Ashtar Muallem and Na Djinang Circus, tell us more

Words: Lorna Irvine

COSMOS, a one-woman show created by Palestinian dance/circus artist Ashtar Muallem, is a powerful, delicate, ofen humorous meditation on France and Jerusalem. As Muallem explains of the multidisciplinary performance, “When Clement Dazin [the director] invited me to develop the show, I had so much to say and many questions to share. I had also done signiﬁcant work revisiting my past, analysing my

memories and felt a strong urge to speak about my country, Palestine, as I always do. Clement and I shared the same desires to discuss both spirituality and Palestine. The alignment of our visions allowed the show to develop naturally and meaningfully.”

Speaking about humour being a key factor in the show, Muallem elaborates: “I came to understand that humour is an excellent way to

Photo: Christophe Raynaud de Lage

Cosmos

“Take that nuance and collide it with the thrill and prowess of the acrobatic body and you get something special”

tackle complex ideas, especially when the audience has preconceived notions about certain topics. Laughing about these subjects allows the audience to release tension related to their thoughts and beliefs, making them more open and receptive to new ideas.”

Muallem’s time spent living between France and Palestine has definitely shaped her performance practice, as well as the show’s dualism. As she explains, “I always say that whenever I go back to my home in Jerusalem, I recharge myself with new energy. It’s where I feed my fire energy. In France, I nourish my water energy, where things are more fluid and structured, allowing my creativity to flow. This dynamic is evident in my performance, as I navigate between these elements, balancing passion and calm.”

Melbourne’s Na Djinang Circus weave lived experience and ancestral stories to vivid life with Of The Land On Which We Meet. Founder and Director Harley Mann describes the work as personal to all Australians and therefore, hopefully relatable to everyone. “It’s a show that fundamentally deals with the tension between opinions,” he says. “We have used an Australian example, but I think this tension exists in all walks of life.”

Circus is woven together with a series of monologues in Of The Land On Which We Meet, with some personal accounts and contextual reﬂections. “This leaves the cast very vulnerable in the work,” he adds. “There are no characters just three individuals with their own upbringings and political views tussling with this content.”

Performer Manelaya Kaydos-Nitis also reﬂects on how personal the show is. “This piece is really personal to me for a few reasons – one

being, growing up in Australia as a second generation immigrant, it was always said to me that we have to acknowledge not only our family’s history and where we came from but also the history of the place and land our family now are on. As this show is very much about how we acknowledge country, it resonates deeply with me to respect the land and the people that have come before us and that allows us to continue to tell stories on it and pay respect to those who have been here before and support how we move ahead in the future.”

Mann believes the body is a great conduit for storytelling, which is why the format of circus lends itself so well to Of The Land On Which We Meet. “Our brains have spent thousands of years adapting to interpret the miniscule shapes of the face and the subtle shifs in body language. So when you can tailor this with intention you end up telling a story that the audiences don’t just hear but they can feel on an instinctual level. Take that nuance and collide it with the thrill and prowess of the acrobatic body and you get something special, that is why I love circus.”

For Kaydos-Nitis, it’s important that the audience are able to speak of acknowledging without fear. “A lot of the time people feel scared to say the wrong thing,” she says. “With fear of being reprimanded, they then don’t take the time to learn or understand what they are saying. In Australia, an acknowledgment of a country can feel heartless and tokenistic sometimes because people feel they should say it because others do and not because they know why. We want people to feel this and to sit in the uncomfortable feelings that then lead to the hard conversations. Be able to learn and understand why it’s important to acknowledge and to move forward with respect.”

SHOW Cosmos

VENUE: Summerhall TIME: 9:15pm – 10:05pm, 1–11 Aug, not 5

SHOW Of the Land on Which We Meet

VENUE: Assembly Checkpoint

TIME: 5:30pm – 6:30pm, 1–25 Aug, not 7, 12, 19

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Bloomberg Connects now ofers over 14 guides to Edinburgh’s cultural institutions, including the International Festival, the Festival Fringe, art galleries, and museums. These guides, along with ones to over 525 cultural centres around the world, provide expansive information about each artistic space, from planning a visit to in-depth analyses of major works. The Talbot Rice Gallery’s guide features the signiﬁcant exhibition by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui, Scottish Mission Book Depot Keta. Detailed audio descriptions to individual pieces create an experience akin to exploring the gallery with a smart and knowledgeable friend. The Fruitmarket’s guide commemorates its 50th anniversary, while the Surgeons’ Hall Museum’s guide probes the fascinating history of dissection and its popular exhibition on Arthur Conan Doyle which illuminates the medical methods that inspired Sherlock Holmes. Additionally, Bloomberg Connects serves as the Ofcial Story teller for the Fringe, presenting an exclusive history of the festival that highlights inﬂuential artists such as Robin Williams, Billy Connolly, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The guide also includes an interactive map to assist visitors in navigating Edinburgh.

The 14 unmissable Edinburgh institutions now included on Bloomberg Connects are: Edinburgh Art Festival; Edinburgh International Festival; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Edinburgh Printmakers; Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust; Collective; Dovecot Studios; Fruitmarket; Jupiter Artland; Royal Scottish Academy; Stills: Centre for Photography; Surgeons’ Hall Museums; Talbot Rice Gallery; Hidden Door Festival.

Photo: Josh Goldner

Comedy Reviews

Demi Adejuyigbe

Is Going To Do One (1) Backﬂip

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 6:20pm – 7:20pm, 31 Jul –25 Aug, not 12

When a performer promises to deliver a stunt, literally announcing said stunt in the title of their show, it’s hard not to set your expectations high. But in his Fringe debut, Demi Adejuyigbe embraces and

plays with this loaded sense of anticipation, orchestrating an hour that is as thoughtful as it is joyously absurd.

Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backﬂip is a show that contains multitudes – there’s music, dancing, rapping, a punching robot, a presentation on jazz, celebrity guest appearances, interactive elements and so much more.

Adejuyigbe leans heavily on pop culture references, memes and internet lore throughout but he masterfully weaves this into his storytelling, placing emphasis on the strength of his own writing, as well as the show’s direction by internet sketch comedy favourites BriTANicK.

So does he do the titular backﬂip? It might seem like a cop-out to say that it doesn’t

matter either way but that’s exactly it – Adejuyigbe expertly engineers the crescendo leading up to ‘the big moment’ in a way that ensures the audience are fully behind him. It all contributes to the wider question that hangs in the air; what kind of performer does Adejuyigbe want to be?

Those familiar with his content on platforms like Vine may recognise the occasional bit or sketch, but the beauty lies in the seamless connectivity and overall structure of the show. In the end, Adejuyigbe forces us to reckon with the notion that even though we, as audiences, consistently demand bigger and better, it’s the space given to moments of vulnerability and self-reﬂection that provide the real magic. ✏

Arusa Qureshi

Olivia Levine: Unstuck

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VENUE: Just the Tonic at The Mash House

TIME: 7:30pm – 8:30pm, 1–25 Aug, not 12

For Olivia Levine, growing up with undiagnosed OCD must have been terrifying. Sure, she spent a lot of her younger life masturbating in public places, but when it all comes to a head

and she experiences her ﬁrst OCD spike, her story goes from laugh-aloud to harrowing.

Unstuck is a vulnerable, breathtaking show about the intersection of Levine’s mental illness and the discovery of her queerness. She takes the audience with her as she breaches the lowest of her lows, unafraid to discuss the undiscussable. She thought she’d managed to impregnate her own mother; she had a sex dream about her dad and step-mum; she believed she had a killer vagina. Interspersed with these tales, she

argues with her own disembodied voice about what she can and can’t – should and shouldn’t – remember.

Levine is a mesmerising performer: charming, sharp-witted and perfectly pitched to ﬁnd the tricky balance between dark humour and gravitas. More than a witty look back at how her condition has impacted her across the decades, Unstuck is about dealing with obsession, what to share and when, and the timing of what makes a tragic circumstance funny and why. ✏ Kirstyn Smith

Photo: Mindy Tucker

Anna Akana: It Gets Darker

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VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 5:30pm – 6:30pm, 31 Jul –24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19 Aug

LA-based Anna Akana has many strings to her bow, and a whole lot of life experience. An acclaimed stand-up, author, YouTuber, producer, director and screenwriter, Akana also lost her sister to suicide at 17 and secured a restraining order against not just one but two stalkers in the six years since she last performed stand-up.

In her ﬁrst ever UK show, Akana covers all of the above and more in an hour that moves defly between light and dark, ﬂippancy and sentimentality. It was her sister’s death that encouraged her into comedy and her stalking experience that forced her away from it – but now she is back and ready to talk about both.

The subject matter is as dark as the show’s name suggests, and the tension is palpable when its difcult themes ﬁrst emerge. But the audience soon relax when it becomes clear they couldn’t be in safer hands than those of Akana, who has built a YouTube following since her sister’s death by talking about issues such as suicide prevention, PTSD and mental illness. Her expertise is apparent and her empathy palpable – but not at the

expense of the comedy which is consistently pitch black and biting. These are not easy topics for anyone to grapple with, let alone someone so close to them. But Akana handles them with ease, wit and daring in an assured UK debut. ✏ Eve Livingston

Photo: Elizabeth Elder

Lara Ricote

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VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy

TIME: 4:15pm – 5:15pm, 31 Jul –25 Aug, not 12, 19

Lara Ricote is learning to relate. A resident in the Netherlands, Ricote’s Argentinian partner moved from South America to be with her four years ago. That signiﬁcant commitment serves as the foundation for Ricote’s exploration of the complicated thoughts and feelings that sharing our lives provokes. In Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism), Ricote uses her relationship with Fernando as a window into our most intimate connections, expanding her reﬂections to her former teenage self, her family, her audience, and even her washing machine. Her insights into the complementary nature of relationships are both honest and insightful. Drawing from her experience in couples therapy, she discusses attachment styles and familial patterns with emotional truth.

Despite these personal revelations, Ricote is a comedian ﬁrst. Her comedic style, reminiscent of Maria Bamford, is rich with surprising twists, whimsical ﬂights of fancy, and delightful absurdity. Each routine bubbles with a playful surface tension before spilling over into sheer nonsense, such as her opening cover of ‘Let It Be’, which blends Paul McCartney’s melodic thoughtfulness with a stream of babble that would make John Lennon proud. And for those

who enjoy fart jokes, Ricote ofers an anatomical explainer on the architecture of the human bum.

While the show poses more questions than it answers about intimacy, attachment, and relationships, we couldn’t expect Ricote to solve the intricacies of human bonds

in a single afernoon. Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism) is a universal look into human nature, with Ricote a relatable ﬁgure navigating the complexities of relationships – just as we all do. Yet, where she stands out is for her singular and distinctive comedic voice. ✏ Ben Venables

Photo: Wesley Verhoeve

Jin Hao Li: Swimming in a Submarine

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VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard, TIME: 7:10pm – 8:10pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 14

To start with a niggle, there’s moments in Jin Hao Li’s debut that feel just a little too cute. Like someone has swallowed the dictionary and grammar book of comedy, and is spitting it back out at us just a little too slickly. Perfectly structured around three

nightmare/dream pairings, this hour brings together a repertoire of skills and techniques with a defness that feels scarcely believable from a guy who was a Chortle student comedian ﬁnalist in just 2022. There’s something unreal – maybe even uncanny – about the whole performance. And “performance” is just the word, as Li ensures that each word and gesture has metaphorical quotation marks around it. But here’s the thing: it really is quite some performance.

Chinese-born, Singaporeraised and Scottish-educated, Li is able to read back to us the dictionary of comedy he’s ingested, while pointing and laughing at the artiﬁce

of it all. Through the medium of an ethereal, savant-like cod philosopher he delivers surreal stories with of-kilter connections, one liners out of nowhere, goofy act outs (two insects ﬂirt over their love of Le Corbusier), deliciously awkward audience interaction and a rap about apples. Each beat is perfectly measured. And then, for just a moment, he snaps: “The West is not free thinking!” he shouts; the tropes and forms of theatre he’s forced to inhabit are “vile”. This is at once a shiny simulation of what comedy looks like, and a surreal mirror held up to an art form we love to claim is subversive. Either way, it’s hard to turn away from. ✏ Evan Beswick

Photo: Rebecca Need-Menear

Harriet Dyer: Skin

VENUE:

Balloon Patter House

TIME: 3:40pm – 4:40pm, 31 Jul –26 Aug, not 12

If the secret to comedy success is ﬁnding your audience, Harriet Dyer casts a wide net this year. Do you have skin? She asks at the top of the show. Then this show is for you. What follows, though, has

a more nuanced relationship to the body’s largest organ –across an accomplished and enjoyable hour, Dyer explores what it means to be comfortable in your own skin and the journey that led her to become comfortable in hers.

That journey does not necessarily make for obvious stand-up fodder, with tales of poverty, drug addiction and mental illness forming the basis of a story about a misspent adolescence in rural Cornwall. But in Dyer’s capable hands, the subject matter is handled with a mostly well-balanced mix of empathy and humour;

key characters are painted vividly and anecdotes ably weaved together to build an efective narrative, even if its relationship to the central premise isn’t always entirely clear.

Dyer’s delightfully chaotic delivery sees her digress from the plot at the sound of a rustling sweet wrapper or the sight of an audience member’s face, but skilful crowd work and ad libs just add to the charm. This is a solid hour of stand-up from a comic who not only has skin but is clearly comfortable in it too. ✏ Eve Livingston

Gilded

Photo: Andy Hollingwprth

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@ Assembly George Square Gardens

SPIRIT OF KOREA

Theatre Reviews

BATSHIT

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VENUE: Traverse Theatre

TIME: times vary, 1–25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19

With a typically taboo-baiting Edinburgh Fringe title, Leah Shelton’s one-woman show, directed by Ursula Martinez, could have been a clichéd romp through performance art tropes. But it’s surprisingly thoughtful and tender, both as a study in the patriarchal

pathologisation of women in crisis, and a disarmingly beautiful tribute to Shelton’s grandmother Gwen, who was (potentially mis)diagnosed in middle age with schizophrenia.

Dressed in a frothy cocktail dress like a Lynchian chanteuse under a sickly green light, Shelton serenades with the Judy Garland standard, ‘Get Happy’, albeit with a hospital gag, mufﬂing her beautiful voice. She takes us from real life hospital reports of Gwen, to the exploration of Freudian hysteria, to vox pops discussing gendered claims of hysteria. And it comes

on like performance art, but lands in the liminal space between scripted theatre and intelligent cabaret.

Shelton’s versatile presence is what elevates the show beyond conventional female empowerment shows. She is sex siren, benign nurse in white coat with a creepy reassurance that borders on Stepford grin, and best of all, her own vulnerable self, calling out the heroic women who have been dismissed as crazy – from Amy Winehouse to Julia Gillard – in a whirlwind of righteous feminist power. ✏ Lorna Irvine

Photo: Joel Devereux

Carousel HHHHH

VENUE: Assembly George Square TIME: 2:20pm – 3:20pm, various dates between 31 Jul - 25 Aug

Ivo Graham has been slowly but surely modifying his brand over the last few years, from gauche old Etonian to chaotic force of nature, hurling himself pell-mell and last-minute into any number of projects, side hustles and relationships. However, Carousel, his debut play, reveals yet another side to the likeable stand-up and it’s considerably darker.

Addressing himself and the audience simultaneously, it’s a retrospective ﬂick through the scrapbook of his memories captured in 10 photos and objects he’ll never throw away. At its most superﬁcially engaging, it’s a nostalgic romp through the gigs and games that the committed music and football fan has delighted in. Sweetly woven through the narrative are the treasured times he’s spent with his young daughter, supplemented by those he enjoyed with his parents, grandmother, siblings and best friends, the passing of some of these afording a bittersweet poignancy. Similarly, we get brief snapshots of the romances that have burned brightly but burned out, girls who’ve passed in and out of his existence, the never-to-be repeated experiences that make up a life, tinged with joy and regrets.

Compellingly delivered, with its own driving rhythm, Carousel’s momentum intermittently

shifs between what Graham’s running to and what he’s running from, only now and then pausing for him to take stock

and publicly admonish or champion himself, though with a masochistic emphasis on the former. ✏ Jay Richardson

Photo: Matt Stronge

Weather Girl

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VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 6:00pm – 7:00pm, 1–26

Aug, not 12, 19

Some people say that sin enters the world at 4am. That’s the time an out-of-control forest ﬁre might jump the highway and rip through a suburban neighbourhood. Or Stacey, a Californian weather girl, might ﬁnd herself in a stranger’s sports car, careen-

ing towards a catastrophe of her own.

A sharp, unsettling text by Brian Watkins (of Amazon’s neo-Western sci-ﬁ Outer Range) is performed with dizzying intensity by Julia McDermott in her Fringe debut. As Stacey she is nauseous, day-drunk and unsteady on her teetering heels, caged in by monitors and mic stands and what is sometimes a huge swathe of green screen. California wakes up to her forecast every morning, but no one ever listens to her. As temperatures rise, the stale

prosecco in her Stanley Cup is no longer enough to quench her fears. Slick, minimal lighting mimics the surreal ﬂash of production cameras, adding to the brutal pace set by director Tyne Rafaeli.

A twisty thriller with echoes of Chuck Palahniuk in its cartoonish approach to a nightmarish reality, Weather Girl is less cynical than its opening gambit implies. Beyond the toxic smoke there’s a magical, almost naïve, sense of hope. But like a drop of water in the desert, is it enough? ✏ Katie Hawthorne

Photo:

Mihaela

Bodlovic

The Shroud Maker

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VENUE: Pleasance Dome

TIME: 11:05am – 12:05pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 14

Business is booming in Gaza for Hajja Souad, the land’s pre-eminent shroud maker. Sitting at her sewing machine, surrounded by a backdrop of inscribed shrouds and with her hair wrapped in a kefyeh, she is nothing if not an unassailable optimist, buoyed by the almost 100 shrouds a day she must sew to keep up with the demands of grief-stricken relatives and the IDF’s bombs. “Maybe it’s all been worth it,”

she wisecracks. “The Nakba, the occupation.”

Written by Gazan theatre-maker Ahmed Masoud and performed in a single, unbreakable monologue by acclaimed actress Julia Tarnoky, The Shroud Maker plays its humour almost unbearably close to the bone, with Tarnoky’s cut glass accent and delightfully liberal use of obscenities

landing of-colour humour with sitcom precision. Yet as Souad’s narrative unfolds beyond her present moment (“why don’t you fucking fuck of,” she snaps smartly at an IDF militant on the telephone), the veneer of obsidian black comedy begins to crack and 80 years of Palestinian memory – both personal and political –tangle and unravel like yarn.

Brutal in both scope and detail, Masoud’s script inter-

prets the tragedy of modern Palestinian history not through lenses of geopolitics and power, but through moments of gutting personal loss – of land, of people, of dreams. And as the shroud maker continues to weave her shrouds, a painful mix of tenderness and despair is revealed beneath her wellearned nihilism. The shrouds may put a shekel in her purse, but lying beneath each is a shattered world that Souad herself knows only too well, an interrogation of colonial violence that becomes necessarily, horrifyingly intimate. Every place has its own death rites, its own mortuary culture for confronting the unconfrontable. What becomes of these death rites, The Shroud Maker asks, when the scales of destruction become unfathomable. ✏ Anahit Behrooz

A Transcriber’s Tale

VENUE: Gilded Balloon Patter House

TIME: 12:00pm – 1:00pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12, 19

In the 1990s, Joanna Parson moved to New York from small-town Connecticut to fulﬁl her dreams as a “fashion-obsessed comedy folkie” in the clubs of New York. Like many others who do a similar

thing, she had a great time but didn’t really get anywhere with the dreams, instead settling into building a career out of her make-ends-meet day job for an NY transcription service. Here, she typed the onscreen text for pre-recorded entertainment and news programmes.

As someone who does a lot of transcription in their own job, I feel comfortable in saying that typing out another’s verbatim words creates magical results, a very personal experience which takes the person doing it into the heart of another’s testimony, as Parson discovers. Yet it’s also a

truly boring as hell task, so kudos to her for turning her job into a pleasingly light-hearted one-woman play with songs.

A nostalgically personal coming-of-age tale about aspiration, dating, professional fulﬁlment and navigating 9/11-era New York, there’s also a deeply-hidden but resonant subtext about how one-to-one communication ultimately builds a deeper experience of life than hanging of rolling news soundbites as “a link in the information chain”. Parson’s songs aren’t deeply rich in comedy, but they do bring a refreshing liveliness to her monologue. ✏ David Pollock

Image courtesy of Gilded Baloon

18:00 Jul 31 – Aug 25

Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus Reviews

OH OH

VENUE: Underbelly, George Square

TIME: 2:15pm – 3:20pm, 31 Jul –25 Aug, not 12 ,19

Fringe favourites Compagnia Baccalà are back in Edinburgh with more bufoonery and clownery. The Swiss-Sicilian duo of Camilla Pessi and Simone Fassari – who ran away from the circus to start performing as a duo – ﬁrst brought their long-running Pss Pss here in 2014. Aside from a penchant for a doubled onomatopoeic name, OH OH brings back the whimsy, acrobatic ﬂair and physicality

of Pss Pss to the delight of the Fringe audience.

OH OH is proper old school clowning. The two performers nod in look and style to Buster Keaton and the Italian clowns that pepper the films of Fellini. The show opens with Fassari sitting in a sooty, ill-fitting yet well-made suit much like Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp as Pessi descends from a ladder in the first of many feats of impressive acrobatics.

The duo are a fun dynamic; the slightly grumpy but sweet older man against the inquisitive almost pigeon-like in movement younger Pressi character. Both performers’ physicality and storytelling are excellent and keep the audience enrapt with an hour

where not a word is spoken. The gags and sketches are classics of clowning: balance routines lead into a gymnastic throwing display with tinfoil balls before the duo show of their musical ability by playing a lament on a concertina and cornet. There were a couple of wobbles and resets here and there as is to be expected in a performance of agility like this, especially in the ﬁrst few days of the show. With a mid-afernoon slot, OH OH’s audience has a large under 10s faction. All of them seem wrapped in the performance, something that is impressive for a non-verbal and, in many ways, very classical show. This is a show with broad appeal, a spectacle with a heart.

✏ Jack Howse

Photo: Djamila Agustoni

Rollercoaster

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VENUE: Assembly Roxy

TIME: 5:00pm – 6:00pm, 31 Jul –26 Aug, not 7, 13, 20

Wes Peden, he tells us, likes to build sandcastles. He is dyslexic. And he’s a pop-punk juggler. He also really loves roller-coasters.

The stage is bare, bar a trio of twisting inﬂatable objects, and the soundtrack remixes the distorted screams of themepark-goers. But when Peden starts to juggle, the vibe shifs; everything is lighter as, around him, balls, plates and discs defy gravity.

Between sets, his disembodied voice explains his roller-coaster afnity, guiding us through a quick history of loops and spirals. Peden is both on a roller-coaster and the roller-coaster itself, ﬂinging objects around, against, through him like rainbows.

The show isn’t exactly roller-coaster exhilarating, and the set-ups before each new phase are just long enough for the audience to be taken out of the magic a little. However, the way Peden moves his body – like a dancer, a snake, a spinning top – is hypnotic. He has the theatricality of a very gentle clown, for whom every

stage direction is precise, but whose body lets loose when the music swells and a handful of clubs are in the air. Roller-

coaster feels less pop-punk, and more a mild, witty and charming show of skill.

✏ Kirstyn Smith

Image: courtesy of Northwall Arts Centre

@recirquel #recirquel

Cabaret Reviews

These Are the Contents of My Head

VENUE: Assembly Checkpoint, TIME: 9:05pm – 10:35pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 7, 12, 19

There’s a lot going on Salty Brine’s head, as it turns out. This glitzy, impeccably produced cabaret show takes the songs from Annie Lennox’s 1992 solo album DIVA and performs them showtune-style by channelling

Judy Garland at the Carnegie Hall, with Brine’s glorious voice backed up by a smart ﬁvepiece band. But that’s barely the tip of the iceberg. The songs serve as emotional exposition for a story which features Edna, the protagonist from Kate Chopin’s proto-feminist great American novel The Awakening, as well as his mother’s new life afer divorcing his father, and the impact that all of this had upon Brine in his formative years. Phew. Lucky that Brine is a true, old-fashioned star. The New York cabaret icon makes it look

glamorously easy as he weaves together these disparate threads into a gorgeous parable about rebellion, romance, heartbreak, and the pursuit of a life which feels truly yours.

Part of Brine’s ‘Living Record Collection’ series, which pairs classic albums and classic texts with classic showbiz, perhaps the Annie Lennox of it all could have played a bigger role. Even so, his interpretation of ‘Walking on Broken Glass’ is pure emotion, unifying all these narratives in a grand, multi-generational bid for freedom. ✏ Katie Hawthorne

Photo: Daniel Albanese

Ellie MacPherson: Babe Lincoln HHHHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 4:35pm – 5:35pm, 31 Jul –25 Aug, not 7, 12, 19

In a confessional and emotional ﬁnale, Ellie MacPherson suggests that Abraham Lincoln represents a North American politician who might rescue the USA from its current chaos: the comparisons with Trump are implicit in her retelling of

Lincoln’s early life. Yet despite boasting of the many books that she has read, MacPherson is never quite able to press the point, with the meaning of the Great Emancipator’s struggles, ﬁnancially, romantically and politically, being little more than routines to introduce tangentially relevant musical numbers.

MacPherson works the audience well and her voice has the power of a musical theatre diva: her selection of tunes is bold and contemporary. The production, however, does not always transform their meanings: The Cure’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ doesn’t quite illuminate Lincoln’s suicidal ideations, and

Beck’s ‘Loser’ is reduced to a choral chant. Whether Lincoln would, if he were alive today, experiment with veganism, as McPherson suggests, is neither proven nor especially relevant. Her fascination with the president is suggested, but underplayed, as the most interesting moments – when she stands at his monument – are reduced to brief commentary.

A strong selection of songs, performed with verve and a lively engagement with the audience, MacPherson is an energetic cabaret presence, but Babe Lincoln can’t quite achieve its political ambitions.

✏ Gareth K. Vile

Photo: Jenny Anderson

Music Reviews

Pop Off, Michelangelo!

VENUE: Gilded Balloon

TIME: 6:30pm – 7:30pm, 31 Jul –26 Aug, not 12

Before Beyoncé’s era-deﬁning Renaissance, there was another fairly important Renaissance, the cast of Pop Of, Michelangelo! tell the audience. And it’s here we ﬁnd our protagonists, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, who also happen to be hiding the truth about their sexuality.

Their answer to keeping God on their side? Become the greatest religious artists of all time.

Dylan MarcAurele’s colourful new musical follows the childhood best friends as they navigate the perilous waters of art school, where the Medici family are the equivalent of Regina George. The cast (pictured above), who play characters including the Pope, Mona Lisa and Marisa Tomei, are seamless as an ensemble, providing the ultimate mix of camp and casual blasphemy as they lead us through Mike and Leo’s lives as secretly gay artists on the rise. Despite being set in Re-

naissance Italy, there are pop culture references throughout, from RuPaul’s Drag Race quotes to Elle Woods’ sperm emission argument in Legally Blonde, which sit hilariously next to mentions of art history.

Pop Of, Michelangelo! is one of the silliest and most unserious musicals you’ll catch at the Fringe but there is an underlying layer of sincerity in its message of shunning judgement for acceptance and love. This, coupled with its high energy, danceﬂoor-ready bangers, make it a joyously queer experience with tunes that you’ll be singing for days. ✏ Arusa Qureshi

Image: courtesy of Gilded Baloon

Tit Swingers

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard TIME: 1:40pm – 2:40pm, 31 Jul –26 Aug, not 7, 14, 21

Why aren’t there more sea shanties about women? This question, posed at the top of Tit Swingers, forms the basis of a wild ride of a show exploring polyamorous queer pirates Anne Bonney and Mary Read.

The pair, plus co-Captain Calico Jack on drums, wield guitar, bass, ukulele and keys variously as they barrel through a tale of childhood trauma, seafaring drag and hot girl pirate shit through the lens of a gig musical.

As beﬁts piracy and punk, Tit Swingers is chaotic, crass and confusing. Sam Kearney-Edwardes as Bonney is full of it: swaggering and sweary, while Abey Bradbury, playing Read, is seductive as her more mysterious partner. Max Kinder’s Calico Jack is a fun, (not quite) straight man.

As anarchy rightfully reigns, it’s sometimes difcult to make out the story the trio are telling. The scuzzy guitars and shouty vocals are atmospherically sound, but with a lot of information packed into fast

songs, style ofen wins out over sense.

It doesn’t really matter, though, because what would you expect from a

pirate-fronted punk gig? The show is rowdy, the story is fascinating, and the pirates are queer. It’s a really good time.

✏ Kirstyn Smith

Photo: Shay Rowan

BUCCLEUCHPLACE

09:30

A Political Breakfast

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 7–25 Aug

09:35

Daniel Powell: Breathless (Work in Progress)

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 13–17 Aug

09:40

This Show Contains No Maths, and Other Lies theSpaceTriplex, 19–23 Aug

09:45

199 Jokes Before Lunchtime: High Whisk theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 7–10 Aug

These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruins

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, Various dates from 8 Aug to 20 Aug

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Course

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, Various dates from 7 Aug to 18 Aug

Editburgh: The Factually Inaccurate Historical

Walking Tour

Meeting Point @ Ibis Hotel, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug

10:00

Helen Prior – The Pussy from the USSR

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14–25 Aug

Dorks ‘n’ Orks: 4 Kidz!

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–11 Aug

Lee Kyle and Friend: Not Morning People

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–13 Aug

Adam Bloom –Masterclasses

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–10 Aug

10:15

A Brief Case

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–17 Aug

Wiki Knows Best – Micro Islands

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Editburgh: The Factually Inaccurate Historical Walking Tour

Meeting Point @ Ibis Hotel, 7–27 Aug, not 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25

10:20

Alex Prescot: I’ve Got A Song About That Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

10:25

Anthony Rodman: Words from a Man Who Cannot Read

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

10:30

Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug

It Just So Happened Hill Street Theatre, 7–10 Aug

10:40

Hammerhead

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug

Irish Jokers

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–12 Aug

10:45

Alvin Liu: Rice Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug

Bailey Swilley: Gimme a Sign!

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–12 Aug

10:55

Too Much of a Good Thing

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–11 Aug

11:00

Suse Steed: Parallelodox

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12

22 (Brooke’s Version)

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20

The Alternative Book Club

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 8–25 Aug, not 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18 1 Irish, 1 English: Mornings

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Namaste Blisters

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–15 Aug, not 12 Gavin Lilley Show Deaf Action, 17 Aug

Mr. UniWorse

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 7–25 Aug 11:05

Janine Harouni: Does New Jokes (WIP) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–18 Aug

The Full Irish PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 7–25 Aug

Glenn Moore: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–13 Aug

11:15

Tim Biglowe: Grease Monkey

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 7–25 Aug

TBC: A Stand-Up Experiment

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Around the World in 80 Puns

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug, not 12

3’s Comedy: Mornings

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

Editburgh: The Factually Inaccurate Historical Walking Tour

Meeting Point @ Ibis Hotel, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug

11:20

Table Reads: New Comedy Script Showcase

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug 11:25

Comedy Brunch

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

11:30

Edinburgh’s Pandas Were Just Weegies in Disguise!

St Columba’s by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church, 9 Aug, 16 Aug

Alex Berr: How to Kill a Mouse (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 7–25 Aug Hi. I’m Will.

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–11 Aug

A Chinese and an Indian Walk into a Sweatshop

Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 15–25 Aug

Phil Henderson: Space Cowboy

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug

Shaggers: Morning Glory

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–18 Aug

Drama Chameleon

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13

Jojo Sutherland, I Wish You Were My Mum (Careful What You Wish For)

The Stand Comedy Club, 7–26 Aug, not 12

11:35

50 Ways Jesus (Almost) Ruined My Life

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Shaken, Not Stirred theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug

11:40

The Cambridge Impronauts

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug

Accidental Pop: Now That’s What I Call Safety! Paradise in Augustines, 12–17 Aug

Will Davies: Wrongs

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

11:45

Kieran Flynn and Rachel Baker: Two Reds Are Better Than One Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–13 Aug

Neurodiversions

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug

Juliette Burton: Going Rogue

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 19–25 Aug

Edward Tripp: No Man is an Ireland

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Primary School Assembly Bangers Live!

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 7–17 Aug

Darren Walsh: 3rd Rock from the Pun 2.0

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 14–25 Aug

11:55

Alex Mason and Freya McGhee: Comedians in STEM

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

12:00

ABC of One-Liner Jokes

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 11–18 Aug

Who Told You To Be Small

Saint Stephen’s Theatre, 7–25 Aug

Mandeep Singh Presents Singh’ing in the Rain

Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–25 Aug

Ryan Mold: Mold: Before I Die

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 7–25 Aug

1 Cent Comedy presents: Moni Zhang: Asian Daddy, Dead (Dark and Dirty)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Josh Makinda Is

Probably Fine

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–18 Aug

Aaaaaaaaaaargh! It’s the One Liner Show

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 7–25 Aug

Joe Wells – Daddy Autism

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–25 Aug

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Cofee Shop, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug

Post-Soviet Upbringing

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 14–25 Aug

Catherine Bohart: Again, With Feelings

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 10–25 Aug, not 19

Tif Stevenson: Husband

Material

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–25 Aug

Sara Pascoe: I Am A Strange Gloop (WIP)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–9 Aug

Rules Schmules: How to be Jew-ISH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 20–25 Aug

Fat Goose Goes Halves

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 7–13 Aug

Yvonne Hughes is Absolutely Riddled

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 19–25 Aug

Susie McCabe: Merchant of Menace

Assembly George Square Studios, 17 Aug

Decomposing, Live

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug

Ed Patrick: Comedians’ Surgery

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 18 Aug

JukeSox

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 7–25 Aug, not 12

12:05

Alison Spittle: New Stuf WIP

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 19–20 Aug

Stephen Buchanan: Cold Meat (Work in Progress)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 12–13 Aug

Elaine Robertson: Delulu

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Eleanor Morton: Haunted House

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20 12:10

Boorish Trumpson

Assembly Roxy, 7–15 Aug

Battle Counters!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–11 Aug

Gary John Miller: Goof

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug

Seymour F*cking Mace You C*nts!

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Chris Cantrill: Easily Swayed

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13

Krystal Evans: Hospitality Horror Show (WIP)

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 12–13 Aug

Keep It Dark

Hoots @ The Apex, 8–15 Aug

12:15

2.7 Men

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 11–25 Aug

Craig Wilson: Who?

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 8–26 Aug 45 Degrees of Perspiration

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 19–25 Aug

Will BF: Moon Team IIIV Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Amelia Bayler: Easy

Second Album

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 7–14 Aug

Married at First Wright

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–10 Aug Irish Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 7–25 Aug

Robin Boot’s Rockomedy: Master of Punnets

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 10–25 Aug

All in the Name of the Father the Mother and Holy Ghosting

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 8 Aug, 9 Aug, 12 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug

Bronwyn Kuss: Sounds Good

Gracie and the Start of the End of the World (Again)

Alexandra Hudson: Making Lemonade

Mum and I Don’t Talk Anymore by Milanka Brooks

Circolombia: Corazón

Maeve Press: Failure Confetti

Camille O’Sullivan: Loveletter

Rouge

Clayton Smith: Guns For Jesus

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Harry Potter or My Girlfriend... Who Do I Love More?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 7–18 Aug, not 12 12:20

Elvis McGonagall: Gin & Catatonic?

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Jacob Hawley: Space

Hoots @ The Apex, 14–20 Aug

The Oxford Imps

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 22

Patrick Spicer: Hammock (WIP)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–10 Aug

12:25

Kate Cheka: A Messiah Comes

Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–25 Aug, not 11

12:30

Titi Lee: Good Girl Gone Baddie

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12 Free Footlights

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25 Aug, not 12

PG Hits! The Best in Family-Friendly Stand-Up Comedy!

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

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

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 12 Aug

Aidan Jones – Stories

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

Body, Pauline Eyre

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–24 Aug, not 12, 19

Rachel Fairburn: Side Eye Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–25 Aug, not 12 Asshole in Retreat: An Ego’s Journey to “God”

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Strathmore Bar, 7–25 Aug

Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21

MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 19–25 Aug

Katie Massie: Missionary Greenside @ Riddles Court, 12–24 Aug, not 18

Urooj Ashfaq: It’s Funny To Me (Work in Progress)

Assembly Roxy, 16–25 Aug

12:35

One Man Arnie

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Rat Mass

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 11–18 Aug

Michael John Ciszewski: If Memory Serves

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

12:45

Richard Pulsford: Get Rich Quick

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–26 Aug, not 14

Adam Bromley: Happy Accidents

Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 7–25 Aug

George Lewis: The Best Thing You’ll Ever Do (WIP) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–25 Aug

Jenny Collier: The Title of the Show is the Sound of a Burp

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 15–25 Aug

Gremlin Head

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 7–14 Aug

Creationing Your Award-Winning Fringe Show with The Director!

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 20–25 Aug

10 Pound Baby

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Ross McGrane: Get Rich or Cry Trying

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Jeanette Wheatley: Imported Cheesehead

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 15–19 Aug

Phil Ellis: Come On and Take The Rest of Me

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug

Jessie Cave: An Ecstatic Display

Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug, not 15

12:50

Cult Classic(k)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug

3’s Comedy: Afernoons

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

Caitriona Dowden is Holier Than Thou

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–25 Aug

Hot Concrete: Too Hot (and Too Concretey) for TV

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–11 Aug

12:55

Michael Kunze: Inﬁnity Mirror

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25 Aug, not 12

13:00

Sian Hutchinson: Tick My Box

Le Monde, 7–25 Aug, not 13 Edinburgh’s Pandas Were Just Weegies in Disguise!

St Columba’s by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug

My Extremely Skilled Staf Have Been Working Day and Night on This, I Owe Them Everything

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Uno Mas, 14–25 Aug

Viv Gee: Age Against the Machine

Boteco do Brasil, 7–11 Aug

Afer the Bell on the Last Day of School

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 7–25 Aug

Mike Rice: Work in Progress

Hoots @ Home Street, 14–20 Aug

Si Beckwith: Bricks

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Serious Theatre from Serious People

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 12, 19 Comediocre!

Boteco do Brasil, 19–25 Aug

Dr Jo Prendergast: The Cool Mum

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Comedy for the Curious:

Family Friendly Edition

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Mark Row: Don’t You Know Who I Am?

Laughing Horse @ Freddy’s, 7–25 Aug

Pastor!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Keller, 7–25 Aug

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug

Board Game Smackdown

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 14

13:05

Ben Miller: Volcano

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Liz Bains: Dubai Dilemma

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Teresa Livingstone: Delighted

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug

13:10

UK Pun Of

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Best of Edinburgh

Showcase Show 2024 Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug

Fiona Ridgewell: Believable

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–14 Aug

Phil Hammond and Dame Clare Gerada: Fify Minutes to Save the NHS

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–17 Aug

No More Mr Nice

Heidi Regan (A Work in Progress)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–25 Aug

13:15

Aaaaaaaaaaargh! It’s

101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 7–25 Aug

4 Funny Feckers

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 7–25 Aug

Susan Riddell and Amanda Dwyer: Material, Girl

The Stand Comedy Club, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Mhairi Black: Politics Isn’t For Me

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13

The Political Party With Matt Forde

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 13 Aug

Mark Thomas: Gafa Tapes

The Stand Comedy Club, 26 Aug

Sid Singh: Table for One Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug

Annie Boyle: Annie Are You OK?

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

The Worst Jew

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 7–18 Aug, not 12

13:20

Maeve Press: Failure

Confetti

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Marriage With Beneﬁts

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Jane Mumford: Are You OK?

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–11 Aug

13:25

Werewolf: Live

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 22–23 Aug

Tez Ilyas: Before Eight

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 13–25 Aug

Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16

One Eyed Scouts

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 17–25 Aug

Achtung!! The Germans Are Coming! Second Coming

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse Hotel, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Paul McDaniel – Butter

Beans

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 7–25 Aug, not 12

13:30

John Hegley: Do Horses Have Teeth, Sir? Summerhall, 7–26 Aug, not 12, 19

Matt Davis: (I Used to Be)

More Fun

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

The Alternative Black Comedy Showcase

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 7–25 Aug, not 10, 17

Rachel Creeger: Ultimate Jewish Mother

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 7–25 Aug, not 10, 17, 24

Alastair Clark: And Then He Turned the Fun on Himself

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Slow Progress Cafe and Records, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Joby Mageean – Titty Icarus

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 24 Aug Joy Agenda – Live!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 12 Aug

1 Cent Comedy presents: Depression vs. Anxiety (Game Show)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 7–26 Aug

Mary Bourke: Three Irish Headliners

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–24 Aug, not 15, 22

Peter E Davidson: Manifest Density

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 20

Little Smith Sunshine Hoots @ The Apex, 14–26 Aug

Tony Law: The Law Also Rises

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–12 Aug

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Cofee Shop, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug

Mr Cardboard Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–25 Aug

Sam Lake: Esméralda Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 12

5 Headliners for £10

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 20–23 Aug

Movies Through an Irish Lens

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 8–25 Aug, not 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18

Sam Dodgshon’s Memory is Full

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 8–25 Aug

Dom Hutchins – The Big Issues

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 14–25 Aug

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–11 Aug

All Made Up Podcast Live Hoots @ The Apex, 7–12 Aug Bad in Bed: Arthritis to Insomnia

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

OHHHH!! JER-E-MY CORBYN!

Stephen G Titley

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 7–13 Aug

The End of the World Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

13:35

Steve Bugeja: Shiny Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 7–25 Aug, not 14

Michael Burdett: Before Fame Pleasance Dome, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Lady ADHD theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug

Tal Davies: Vermin (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

13:40

Chris Grace: Sardines (A Comedy About Death)

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–26 Aug

Andrew Clover: A Wild Call

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–11 Aug

13:45

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

Assembly Roxy, 7–12 Aug

Identity Thef: What to Expect When You’re Not Suspecting

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 7–13 Aug

Mark Simmons – More Jokes

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 7–24 Aug

A Crowdwork Hour

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Come To Mommy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 14–25 Aug

1.295 Reframing Autistic Success (Kitten Steps)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Ashley Haden Presents Crosswords

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

The Wee Man: Nae Ofence

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 11–25 Aug, not 13 13:50

Michael Porter – Love and Brain Damage

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25 Aug, not 12

1st Dates: Asian Bachelor Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug 13:55

MC Hammersmith: The MC Stands for Middle Class

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Sleeping with the Yemeni: Mike Eshaq

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Alﬁe Dundas and Benjy Wilder: Cold Brew Comedy

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

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

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 13 Aug

My Brain is Soup, Your Hands Are the Spoons Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Krystal Evans: Hospitality Horror Show (WIP)

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 14 Aug

Yuriko Kotani: The Meanings of Life

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–25 Aug, not 13

The Meerkat Comedy Hour with Lukas Arnold and Gabby Jordan Brown Greenside @ George Street, 7–23 Aug, not 11, 18

14:00

Natasha Pearl Hansen: The Right Amount of Wrong

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Mark Silcox: Women Only

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 7–18 Aug

Situations and Confr/ plications

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–11 Aug

An Irish Goodbye

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 7–25 Aug, not 13

The Dead Ducks

theSpaceTriplex, 7–10 Aug

2 Muslim 2 Furious

Laughing Horse @ Dragonﬂy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Angel Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 7–25 Aug

Love is Revolting!

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 7–17 Aug

Daniel Downie: Dram(a)s Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–25 Aug

Sandy Not Just On Sunday

The Saltire Society Headquarters, 14–18 Aug 10 Things They Hate About Me

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 18–25 Aug

Adele Clif Has Some New Ideas You Might Enjoy

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Matt Winning: Solastalgia (Work in Progress)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 19–25 Aug

14:05

H&M: A Split Hour of Stand-Up

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

200 Puns in One Hour with Roger Swif

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

F*ck Tomorrow

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20 14:10

Helen Bauer: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug

Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

John Luke Roberts: John-Luke-A-Palooza! Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19

14:15

Wordy Wordy Words

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 7 Aug

Who Gave You the Mic? theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–10 Aug

Rob Auton: The Eyes Open and Shut Show

Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug

The Asian Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Anesti Danelis: Artiﬁcially Intelligent

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Millwall Jew

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

1000% Musical Comedy from David Hoare

Hill Street Theatre, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Will Shea, Won’t Shea?

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 7–25 Aug, not 13

2 White Guys Rapping: Whose Rhyme is it Anyway?

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 15–25 Aug

Nerd Mentality

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Keller, 7–17 Aug

Teacher Comedy Night: Classroom Confessions

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, Various dates from 7 Aug to 14 Aug

Dickie Richards: Sexual Tyrannosaur 2024

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 7–25 Aug

Old Git! – It’s a Con!

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 8–25 Aug, not 12, 19

14:20

Harun Musho’d: Why I Don’t Talk to People

About Terrorism

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Michael Balazo: Thanks For Murdering My Grandfather, The Maﬁa! (Not)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

2 Become Wand: Hudson & Hudson – Magic

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Mind Milk

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 16–26 Aug

Gabey Lucas: A Berkshire Boar Walks Into a Bar (and Gets Shot in the Face)

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 12, 19

Mime Club

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–15 Aug

14:25

Kimberly Policella and Kim Hope: Is That Not Normal?

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

Hygge

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

14:30

Will Sebag-Monteﬁore: Will of the People

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 17

Stand-Up Philosophy with Alex Farrow

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug

Scream Queens Ft Kyle

Samuel, Alan Jay and Dean T Beirne

Boteco do Brasil, 7–11 Aug

Arthur Smith and Phil Nice in OOF!

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–18 Aug

Your Best Worst Date: Dating Horror Stories Party!

Hoots @ Home Street, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22

Alex J. Byrne Presents Magic Mic + Special Guests

Boteco do Brasil, 14–25 Aug

Stories from the Ofce of a Sex Dungeon

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Aalex Mandel-Dallal: As She Lives and Breathes

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 14–25 Aug

Five Mugs, No Tea

Leith Depot, 15–26 Aug, not 17

Comedians of Europe

– Best of European Comedy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Finnegan’s Wake, 7–25 Aug, not 10, 17, 24

Elaine Fellows: Sugar and Lies (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–13 Aug

The Durham Revue: Mid-Laugh Crisis

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25 Aug, not 12

101 Comedy Club – Free Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 7–25 Aug

Buzzwords Comedy Bingo

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Sarah Hester Ross Is What?

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–18 Aug, not 8, 12, 13, 15 14:35

The Grumpy Magicians Present: Now You See It, Now You Don’t!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse Hotel, 7–17 Aug 14:40

Will Rowland: Masterpiece in Progress

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–10 Aug

The Ballad of Steve Jobs and Buck Taskaroo

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–18 Aug

Phil Green: Guilt

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 11–25 Aug

Ted Hill: 110 Percent

Normal

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Chris Weir: Well Flung

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 14

Nerine Skinner: The Exorcism of Liz Truss

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Caroline McEvoy: Glass

Child

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 19–25 Aug

Richard Stott: Trade (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–11 Aug

14:45

Chris Thorburn: Cineman

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Alﬁe Packham: My Gif to You

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Dan Fardell: Don’t Look Back

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Cyclopath – Stand-Up and Songs

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug 1 Cent Comedy presents: Normal Dysfunctional Family (Game Show)

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 7–25 Aug

Michelle Shaughnessy: Too Late, Baby Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Trevor Lock: Audience

Anonymous

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 7–25 Aug, not 13

The Political Party With Matt Forde

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 19 Aug

Aerosmith to ZZ Top – The A to Z of Hair Metal with Steve McLean

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Slow Progress Cafe and Records, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

The Early Late Show

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug

More Proper Jokes

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Two Guys One Pub

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Billy Kirkwood: Wild Thing

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 8–26 Aug, not 13, 21

14:50

Fearghas Kelly’s Screen Time

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 13 Aug, 19 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

Am I Beautiful?

C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Chris Forbes: Collywobble

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 13–25 Aug

I am Claire Parry (very funny stand-up)

Assembly Roxy, 7–15 Aug

Eric’s Tales of the Sea – A

Submariner’s Yarn

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Fearghas Kelly: Whooooooooooo!

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 20 Aug, 24 Aug

Alﬁe Moore: Fair Cop – Live!

Hill Street Theatre, 7–25 Aug

Mark Watson: Work-In-Progress Is Not a Cop-Out, It Demonstrates Respect For The Paying Audience

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 7–22 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

Nish Kumar: Nish, Don’t Kill My Vibe (Work-in-Progress)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 17, 18

Stephanie Laing: Rudder Underbelly, George Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Michael Odewale: Of Mike and Men

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–12 Aug

14:55

Stephen Buchanan: Cold Meat (Work in Progress)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug

Flo & Joan: The Joan & Flo Show

Assembly George Square Studios, 12–25 Aug

Schrödinger’s Yats

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Laura Davis: Albatross

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Shoot From The Hip Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–11 Aug

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–11 Aug

15:00

Simon Munnery

The Stand Comedy Club, 7–26 Aug, not 12

The Cripple Monologue

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 19–25 Aug

Joshua Robertson: Enable Me

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 11–18 Aug

Edinburgh’s Pandas Were Just Weegies in Disguise!

St Columba’s by the Castle Scottish Episcopal Church, 7–24 Aug, not 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23

Darren Walsh: New Puns

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 19–25 Aug

Cobin Millage: Big F*cking Cobin F*cking Millage F*cking H*ll Yeah

It’s Cobin (The Show)

Hoots @ Potterrow, 13–14 Aug

Amy Matthews:

Commute With The Foxes Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21

2 Wongs and a White

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug

Glesga Da Live

Hoots @ The Apex, 8–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

Gary Lynch: Middle Age

Came Quick

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Cofee Shop, 8–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 14

Much Ado About Billy Greenside @ George Street, 7–10 Aug

Prev Reddy is a Triple Threat

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 7–9 Aug

Suchandrika Chakrabarti: Doomscrolling Hoots @ Potterrow, 15–25 Aug

Michael Brunström:

Copernicus Now Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–11 Aug

Njambi McGrath

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Stephanie Bradshaw:

Big Fish

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Susan Morrison Is Walking Funny

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Sameer Katz: Whether Conditions

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug

Embrace Me: A Solo Show About Dating and Disability That is Also Funny

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–10 Aug

Mitchell and Mearns Hoots @ The Apex, Various dates from 7 Aug to 26 Aug

Cobra Kai: The Way of the Comic

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21

AAA Batteries (Not Included)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–11 Aug

Robin Morgan: The Spark Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 14 Aug

15:05

100% The Greatest Comedian Alive or Dead (No Refunds)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 7–25 Aug

Andrew Mayer: Have Fun, Be Yourself

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–24 Aug, not 11

15:10

Isabelle Farah: Nebuchadnezzar

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19, 20

Paul Gorton’s Villain Origin Story

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 7–9 Aug

Paul Taylor: F*** Me I’m French!

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 14–25 Aug

Oxford Revue: Vive La Revuelution

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 9–23 Aug, not 12

CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug

Becky Umbers: Big Bad Beck and the Three Little Pigs

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–25 Aug

Callum Straford: Mozart-182

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Fingers Piano Bar, 7–9 Aug

15:15

4 Antipodeans Walk into a Bar

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–25 Aug

Laughing Horse CLEAN

Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug

Aaaaaaaaaaargh! It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 7–25 Aug

Tiger Daughter vs The World

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–12 Aug Still Got It!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 7–25 Aug Shaggers

Laughing Horse @ Dragonﬂy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Jamie DSouza: Brownie!

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Killer Comedy Club

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug

Scott Bennett: Blood Sugar Baby (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug

Comedy with an Accent

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug

Alex Leam: Ex DJ

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Kit Loyd: Frenzy (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–11 Aug

Lucky Maclean’s Festival in the Bin

Meeting Point – Corner of West College St and South College Street, 7–24 Aug, not 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

15:20

Dorks ‘n’ Orks: Live!

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–11 Aug

Peter Jones – Cannot Fail

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

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

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 14 Aug

500 Comedy Fans Can’t Be Wrong

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Eric Rushton: Real One Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–25 Aug, not 14

Josh Glanc: Family Man Monkey Barrel Comedy, 8–25 Aug, not 14

Everything People Say I Am That’s What I Am (WIP) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7 Aug

Michelle Ahern: We’ve Had A Good Run

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 12–25 Aug

15:25

Derek Mitchell: Goblin Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Simon Evans presents: Alas, Smith and Hume! Panmure House, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19 Big Value Comedy Show

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

15:30

Otter Lee: Princess Syndrome

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Gentlemen’s Club

Laughing Horse @ Freddy’s, 12–25 Aug

Paul Merton and Suki

Webster’s Improv Show Pleasance Courtyard, 9–19 Aug

Elephant in the Room

Laughing Horse @ Freddy’s, 7–11 Aug

Catherine McCaferty: (Not) That Bad

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Cheryl-Lee Fast: Hypnotic Love

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–11 Aug

Ed Patrick: Catch Your Breath

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 8–11 Aug

Mark Nicholas: This Is Not the Autistic You Are Looking For Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 14–25 Aug

Julia Sutherland: Gen X Rated

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–24 Aug

Louise Leigh: Distracted

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Reuben Solo – Please

Clap

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug

Cheekykita: An Octopus, The Universe ‘n’ Stuf

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–13 Aug

Tam Cowan: Of the Wall

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 21–22 Aug

Look Who It Isnae – An Audience With Gavin Mitchell

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 12–14 Aug

Ed Patrick: Comedians’ Surgery

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 15–17 Aug

Sue Perkins: A Piece of Work in Progress

Pleasance Courtyard, 20–26 Aug 15:35

Stevie Martin: clout

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug

Jessica Aszkenasy: BRA SHOW (WIP)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–25 Aug, not 13 15:40

Anu Vaidyanathan: BC:AD – Before Children, Afer Diapers

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–18 Aug, not 12

Assembly George Square Studios, 14–26 Aug

Jamie Finn: Nobody’s

Talking About Jamie (Taylor’s Version) Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25 Aug

Harriet Dyer: Skin

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Elliot Wengler: Jokémon

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug, not 12

St Doctor’s Hospital

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–12 Aug

Jokers in the Pack: Compilation Show

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug

Biscuit Barrel: Not

Another 69-Sketch Show

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 14

Tom Short: Succes

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

15:45

Simon Hall: 4 Big Cs

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Olaf Falafel Asks: Has Anyone Ever Actually Woven a Sigourney?

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Coppen Through Life

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Finnegan’s Wake, 7–25 Aug, not 10, 17, 24

Full Frontal Lobe

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse Hotel, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

AI:rish

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Absolute Monopoly

Assembly George Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

Mary, Jack and Jane –The Queer Adventure

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 11–18 Aug

Adam Riley: Late-night Comedy in the Afernoon

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Not My Audience! The Stand-up Panel Show You Control With an App!

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Brennan Reece: Me Me Me

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 7–25 Aug, not 13

please DON’T see our show

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 20 61

Maria Telnikof: All the Men Are Going to Hate Me

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

A Clean Comedy Compilation

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug Traumedy: A Guide

To Being A Fabulous

Homeless Addict

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kafe Kweer, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21

15:50

Murder, She Didn’t Write Assembly George Square, 7–26 Aug

Can Duggan? Should Duggan? Will Duggan

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 13

15:55

Kiran Saggu: Slacks

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Markus Birdman – We Are All in the Gutter, but Some of Us Are Looking at the Gutter

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–17 Aug, not 13

16:00

Janey Godley: All the Patter and All the Natter

The Fringe at Prestonﬁeld, 24 Aug

10,000 Ideas by Robyn Perkins

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug, not 12

A Chip Of the Gold Block

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug, not 13

6 Impossible Things

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–11 Aug

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–24 Aug

An Afernoon with Clinton Baptiste

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 25 Aug

Holy Sh*t I Lived: A Solo Show

Paradise in The Vault, 7–25 Aug, not 11, 18

Danny Bhoy: Dear World...

Underbelly, George Square, 17–26 Aug

André De Freitas: As Yet Untitled

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

No, But a Tin Can theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 19–24 Aug

Aaaaaaaaaaaargh! Here Comes Trouble!

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 7–25 Aug

Kate-Lois Elliott: How to Belong Without Joining a Cult

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 19

Anna Cliford: Got Jokes?

(Work in Progress)

Hoots @ Home Street, 7–15 Aug

Asli Akbay: Tomboy

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Ketch Sketch

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 8–26 Aug, not 14, 21

Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe: Early Edition

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–25 Aug

Adele Birkmyre: 50 Years of Crazy Sh!t

Boteco do Brasil, 9–25

Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22

Found Our Funny –Barcelona Comedy Tapas

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 19–24 Aug

4 Comedy Masterminds: Stand-Up Comedy and Game Show

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 7–25 Aug

Benedict Townsend: Friends With Benedict

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–11 Aug

Richie Bree: Lost & Found Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Ian Stone is Keeping it Together

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25

Aug, not 12

Katie Massie: Missionary Greenside @ Riddles Court, 10 Aug

Josh Berry

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–14 Aug

Dirty Dad Jokes

Boteco do Brasil, 19–22 Aug

Mitch Benn: The World’s Cleverest Idiot

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Gold Digger

Laughing Horse @ Downstairs at Betty’s, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

16:05

Ralph Brown: My First Hostage Situation

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Bubble!

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–10 Aug

Kenny Goes to Sleep

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 18

16:10

Madame Chandelier

Saves Opera

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Dino Wiand: I Don’t Like People Who Look Like Javier Bardem 2

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 13 Aug, 20 Aug

ALOK

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug

One More Night… On the Tiles!

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 7–11 Aug

Liam Farrelly: Flipbook

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 20

Blood, Sweat and Beers: How One Man Overcame a Complete Lack of Ability to Represent His Country

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 19–24 Aug

16:15

Seymour Mace – Looking Stupid, Dressing Up and Saying C*nt a Lot: 35 Years of Being a Fool

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Sallyann Fellowes: SALIEN

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 8–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Lil Wenker: BANGTAIL

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25

Aug, not 12

Sian Davies: Band of Gold

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray

Pleasance Courtyard, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 17

Friend (The One With Gunther)

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21 (Ex) Bag Boys

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 12 Aug

50/50 – George Zacharopoulos

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 7–25 Aug

Stefania Licari: Trust Me, I’m a Comedian

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Alex Kealy: The Fear

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–25 Aug, not 13

In and Out Comedy

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug

The Bite – Mixed-Bill Stand-Up

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Seán Burke: Burke in Progress

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–24 Aug

Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers (A Climate Crisis Stand-Up Show)

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 13 Aug

16:20

Kathleen Hughes: Cryptid!

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 12

John Meagher: Big Year

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug

Tom Crosbie: I Came, I Saw, I Conq-Nerd

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug

Ironing Board Man

Assembly George Square, 8–17 Aug

Jess Carrivick: Attention Seeker (WIP)

Greenside @ George Street, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 18

Alexis Gay: Unprofessional

Underbelly, George Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Tom Ballard: Good Point Well Made

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug

Edy Hurst’s Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself

Assembly George Square, 18–26 Aug

Mad Ron and Jerry

Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz Returns

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 7–25 Aug, not 12

16:25

Amy Annette: Thick Skin Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug

Laser Kiwi’s Sketch Game

Assembly Roxy, 8–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

Garrett Millerick Needs More Space

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Robin Morgan: The Spark Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 12 Aug

16:30

Will BF: The Last Gun Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26

Aug, not 12

Andy Andy with Andy Hoots @ Potterrow, 15–25 Aug

Kitty and Shirley’s Teen Dream Magazine

Comedy Sleepover

Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 7–25 Aug

Aidan Jones – Pianoforte

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug

Jake Baker: Rule Breaker! PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Dee Allum: Deadname

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25

Aug, not 13

The Impro All Stars

Frankenstein Pub, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour 2024

Pleasance Courtyard, 8–26

Aug, not 19

Angle of the North PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 7–25 Aug, not 14, 19

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Cofee Shop, 8–25

Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

Aaron Wood: Chameleon Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26

Aug, not 13

Stella Graham: Phoenix

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 7–25 Aug

60 Minutes About Scotland

Laughing Horse @ Dragonﬂy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Mustafa Algiyadi: Almost

Legal Alien

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25

Aug, not 12

Werewolves of London (Work in Progress)

Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–14 Aug

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

16:35

1 Irish 1 English: Afernoons

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 11–25 Aug

Shaman You!

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–10 Aug

Karl Porter and Ben Silver: 2 Sick Guyz (Doing Stand-Up)

Just The Tonic Legends, 13–25 Aug

Benji Waterstones: Maddening (Work in Progress)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Pull My Goldﬁnger

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–11 Aug

Freya Mallard: The Bounce Back

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Henry Ginsberg’s Hyper-Masculine Cookery Show

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug, not 20

Grubby Little Mitts: Eyes Closed, Mouths Open

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–26 Aug, not 10 16:40

Sooz Kempner: Class Of 2000

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug

5 Mistakes That Changed History

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Hannah Campbell: Mirrorball

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Lucy Porter: No Regrets

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–11 Aug

16:45

Emma Holland Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Stuart Laws Has to Be Joking?

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–25 Aug, not 14

Adam Greene – Healthy Beast

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug

Soﬁe Hagen Does Something Old, Something New, Nothing Borrowed, Lots of Blue Monkey Barrel Comedy, 19 Aug

James Beatty – What a Time to Be Alive

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Richard Brown: If You Wait by the River Long Enough, the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 14 Aug

Alex Mitchell: Tics Towards Pufection

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug

Jason John Whitehead: Clubbed

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Monkey Sermon

Hill Street Theatre, 7–25 Aug

Sara Barron: Anything for You

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Gareth Waugh – This Guy

The Stand Comedy Club, 7–26 Aug, not 12

16:50

Steen Raskopoulos: Friendly Stranger Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

The Faf Chronicles

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug 1 Ball Show: 1 More

Encore

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

The Leeds Tealights: It’s Your Own Time You’re Wasting

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

James Ross Does Guess Who

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 7–10 Aug

16:55

Pick-A-Chick

The Stand Comedy Club

5 & 6, 13–25 Aug, not 15, 16, 17, 18

Political Masculinity

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–17 Aug

Sex and Drugs and Getting Old 2

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Mamas’ Boy – Lesbian Son Comedy Hour

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 18–25 Aug

Dead Inside theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–10 Aug

Martin Rowson: Shred the Front Page

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 9–11 Aug

Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 12–26 Aug

Queer Tales for Autistic Folk WIP

Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–12 Aug

17:30

Schalk Bezuidenhout: Crowd Pleaser

Pleasance Dome, 7–25 Aug

Single as F@ck! Boteco do Brasil, 7–8 Aug

Bad Mums

Hoots @ Home Street, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Bev’s Comedy

Saint Stephen’s Theatre, 7–25 Aug

Adam Kay: Undoctored Edinburgh Playhouse, 17 Aug

Guess the Weight of the Bird

Le Monde, 7–25 Aug, not 18

Anna Akana: It Gets Darker

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–24 Aug, not 12, 19

Namaste Bae: Blessings and Kombucha

Assembly Rooms, 7–11 Aug Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Brown Women Comedy Hill Street Theatre, 15–25 Aug, not 19

Rose Matafeo: On and On and On

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 17

Edinbra Fringe Comedy

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

Gavin Webster: An Hour of Swearing and Shouting

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Kieran Hodgson: Big in Scotland

Pleasance Courtyard, 17 Aug

Men in Quilts: The Continental Years Boteco do Brasil, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22

Kieran Hodgson: Work In Progress

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–8 Aug

Impro Poet Presents: What If History?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 7–13 Aug

Kate Butch: Wuthering Shites

Pleasance Dome, 7–26

Aug, not 12

Eddy Hare: This One’s On Me

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

A Good Girl

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 14–25 Aug

Spontaneous Potter: The Unofcial Improvised Parody

Assembly Rooms, 12–25 Aug

Disabled Cants

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug

Hanan Issa: Halal Habibis

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Timmy Booth’s Manhole

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12 17:35

Side Quest

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 19–25 Aug

17:40

Erin Farrington – Think Better: Manifesting Money, Real Estate and Hot People

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Kate Hammer: Double Virgin on the Rocks (With a Twist)

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 18–25 Aug

Olga Koch Comes From Money Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug

Tartan Tabletop in a Dungeons & Dragon Comedy: The Never-Ending Quest – The Return

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 8–26 Aug, not 14, 21

Jade Kelly – Nasty Wee Bitch

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 7–9 Aug

Kanan Gill: What Is This?

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 14

MOSAICO

Andrew Maxwell: The Bare Maximum

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Pernille Haaland: Not Related

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug

Thomas Elvin – This Might Sound Stupid, But… The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, Various dates from 10 Aug to 17 Aug

Marjolein Robertson: O

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–25 Aug, not 12

Nate Kitch: Tomorrow Might Not Happen; Now

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug

17:45

Milo Edwards: How Revolting! Sorry to Ofend

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Chris Turner: Childish Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

James Roque: Champorado

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Topical Comedian (2024)

They Think It’s All Over

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Nineteen Ninety-Four

Laughing Horse @ Dragonﬂy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Michael Shafar: Well

Worth the Chemo

Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 7–25 Aug

Sam See: And I Can’t Feel at Home in This World

Anymore Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug

Nic Sampson: Yellow Power Ranger

Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug, not 17

Harry Stachini: Grenade Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Hot Ghoul Summer

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 7–10 Aug

Mike Rice: Nasty Character

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Rich Hardisty: POP (Work in Progress)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 12 Aug

17:50

All We Need Is... Radio Ha Ha!

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–11 Aug

Melanie Bracewell: Attack of the Melanie Bracewell

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25

Aug, not 13

Graham Dickson: No

One Deserves This More Than You

Pleasance Dome, 8–26 Aug, not 14, 21

Pam Ford AKA Spam Ford

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–24 Aug, not 13

Isobel Rogers: How to Be Content

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25

Aug, not 12

Ronnie Neville: All Irish Comedy

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Grace Jarvis: Oh! The Horrors!

Underbelly, George Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Micky Overman: Hold On Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 7–25 Aug, not 13 In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience

Assembly Roxy, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21

Comedy Cluedo

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 12–25 Aug

Troll

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–11 Aug

Robin Morgan: The Spark Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 13 Aug

17:55

Ben Goldsmith: CrimeLandTown

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Keith Mendes: Medical Negligence

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 12–17 Aug

Jonny & the Baptists: The Happiness Index

Assembly George Square Gardens, 7–24 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

Tom Greaves: FUDGEY

Assembly Roxy, 7–26 Aug, not 14, 19

Séayoncé: She Must Be Hung!

Assembly George Square Gardens, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug

Richard Dufy is Asleep: A Retrospective

Just The Tonic Legends, 13–25 Aug

Trevor Lock: Let’s Start a Cult!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Dave Durkom: Durkin’ 9 to 5 (WIP)

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–11 Aug

18:00

Jay Laferty: Bahookie

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 22–26 Aug

Jenny Tian: Chinese Australian Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 13 2 and a Half Women

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 7–25 Aug

Wankernomics: As Per My Last Email

Pleasance Courtyard, 12–26 Aug

Freddie Hayes: The Magic Lady

Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–11 Aug

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Cofee Shop, 7–26 Aug, not 11, 18, 25

Comedy in the Dark

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

The Ghost Bus Tours Necrobus, 7–26 Aug

Craic Den Comedy Club – Best of Irish

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 7–25 Aug

Jessica Fostekew: Mettle Pleasance Courtyard, 9–11 Aug

Mark Black and the Ewart Bros: The Drink. The Drugs. The Scratchcairds. Podcast Live!

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 7 Aug, 14 Aug

Paul Riley – The Little Boy

That Santa Claus Forgot!

Ghillie Dhu, 15–16 Aug

0 Plans: A Crowd

Work and Improvised Stand-up Comedy Show

Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 7–25 Aug

Will Robbins: With the Best Will in the World Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Pick of the Fringe

The Sheraton Grand Hotel, 22 Aug

Josephine Lacey: Autism Mama Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 22

Ignacio Lopez: Señor Self-Destruct

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Woo Woo – A Sketch

Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ Freddy’s, 7–17 Aug

Ashley Haden: Political and Correct

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Andrew Roper: Social Media Warrior

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug

Jack Holmes: Round Man, Square Hole

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug

Gavin Lilley Show

Deaf Action, 17 Aug

Chatty Ashdown: WIP

Hoots @ Potterrow, 15–25 Aug

Wrestling with the Champ: Chortle Combat

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 7–9 Aug

Ozzy Algar: Speed Queen (Work in Progress)

Hoots @ Potterrow, 12–14 Aug

18:05

Rob Copland: Gimme (One With Everything)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Spring Day: Exvangelical Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 13

2024 Greek Comedian of The Year, Greek in The Sheets – George Zacharopoulos

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 18

Anthony Williams and Dawn Bailey: Solo Show (As Told by Two People)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 7–13 Aug 18:10

Shane Daniel Byrne: Trouble Denim Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

The Half-Cocked Sketch Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Thinking Drinkers: The Booze-ical Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Bella Humphries: Square Peg

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Matt Davis: Colorful Hoots @ The Apex, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Chris Tavener is Faking Cool

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–17 Aug, not 11

Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–12 Aug

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

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–25 Aug

Chloe Radclife: Proud Raccoon

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–13 Aug

Meshida: My Japanese Perspective

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

18:15

Mark Row: A* in the Making – Revision Lesson

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 7–25 Aug

Men With Coconuts

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 15–25 Aug

6 Steps To Success From The “Award Winning”

Dave Chawner

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug

Alex Leam: Awkward Question Time

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Dan Leith: Moonshine in Leith

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse Hotel, 14–25 Aug

This Is Your Trial! The Fully Improvised Comedy Courtroom

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Angela Barnes Is Getting Worked Up (WIP)

Assembly George Square Studios, 12–25 Aug

Cobin Millage: Fifeen

Pints With a Wax Figure of Renowned Painter Pablo Picasso

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Ray Fordyce’s Vibrant and Vivacious Variety Show

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

18:20

Graham Kay: Pete and Me

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Josh Thomas: Let’s Tidy Up

Pleasance Courtyard, 8–25 Aug, not 14

Ria Lina: WIP

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 12 Aug

Zac Zac Zoom: A Story of Wheels and (F)eels

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 19–24 Aug

Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backﬂip Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Intelligent Bisexual Woman

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Chris Groves: The One About the Cow Greenside @ Riddles Court, 12–24 Aug, not 18

Kavin Jay: Unsolicited Advice

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Shamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop Musical

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug

Alexander Bennett: Emotional Daredevil

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 13

We Forgive You, Patina Pataznik

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–25 Aug, not 19

18:25

Rahul Subramanian: Who Are You?

Assembly George Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Helen Bauer: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 12 Aug Snake Boy Takes Manhattan

Hoots @ Potterrow, 15–25 Aug

Irish Comedy Headliners

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Edward Aczel – Running on Empty Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–11 Aug

Anna Soden: It Comes Out Your Bum (WIP) Hoots @ Potterrow, 12–14 Aug

Chris Thorburn and Ruth Hunter: Our Apologies (WIP)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–17 Aug, not 12 Murder Inc

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

18:30

Sasha Ellen: My MILF-shake Brings all the Boys to the Yard

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Mike Bennett: It’s Grimms Up North. Rik Mayalls Lost Tapes.

The Voodoo Rooms, 7–11 Aug

Fast Fringe Pleasance Dome, 7–24 Aug

Hot + Bothered

Laughing Horse @ Coco Boho, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Stuart Mitchell – Work in Progress

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 7–26 Aug

Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12 Best of Fringe Comedy –In a Horse Box

The Laughing Horse Box, 11–12 Aug

Richard Cobb: Running Joke

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Simon Evans presents: Footnotes to Smith Panmure House, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Improv: Spontadeity

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Bex Turner: Bexual

Healing

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–11 Aug

Mark Thomas: Gafa Tapes

The Stand Comedy Club, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Nearly Stallion Story

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–24 Aug

Holly Stars: Justice For Holly

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–26 Aug

Bob Doolally

The Stand Comedy Club, 12 Aug

Ashley Gutermuth is Hard to Pronounce

Laughing Horse @ Downstairs at Betty’s, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

Ayo Adenekan and Alvin Bang: Abandon God

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Improv and Chill

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–10 Aug

18:35

Antics Joke Show: Sketch and Improv Comedy theSpace on the Mile, 7–10 Aug

The Umbilical Brothers:

The Distraction Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug, not 8, 13, 21

18:40

Jaz Mattu Returns

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Pitch It Good – Live

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 24–26 Aug

Max Fosh: Loophole (Work in Progress)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–18 Aug

Geof Norcott: Basic Bloke

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 21–25 Aug

Danny Clives: Danny Explains It All Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 15

Ania Magliano: Forgive Me, Father Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Cosmic Twegheads

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 19–24 Aug

Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–11 Aug

Sophie Garrad and Leigh Douglas: Daddy’s Girls

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–22 Aug, not 19

Selena Mersey: Madonna/Whore

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug

Bronwyn Kuss: Sounds Good

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Hugleikur Dagsson – No Idea

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 19–25 Aug

Paul Currie – TEET

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 7–11 Aug

Jake Donaldson: Spectacle

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Terry Christian: Naked Confessions of a Recovering Catholic

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 12–18 Aug

18:45

Wet Hot American Stand-Ups

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug

3 Kidneys, No Colon

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–23 Aug

James Cook:

Anonymously Viral

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Edinburgh’s Quickest

Pub Quiz

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug

George Lewis: The Best Thing You’ll Ever Do (WIP) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 19–25 Aug

Andrew Ryan: Let Me

Know How You Get On Underbelly, Bristo Square, 8–11 Aug

The Totally Improvised Musical

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–18 Aug, not 12, 13

Emergency Poncho: Going In Dry

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 21–25 Aug

Colman Hayes: Should I Keep Going? (WIP)

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Paul Williams: Mamiya 7

Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug, not 14

McClaine Beirne: Wheelie Hilarious

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 14–25 Aug

Beat the Comic – Quiz Show

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

Tom Little: Show Me

Some Bloody Respect

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 7–25 Aug

Lee Kyle: Throwing Bottles Into the Sea

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–13 Aug

Comedy for the Curious Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19 For Your Entertainment (Charity Comedy)

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 12 Aug

Bodega Bonnies

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 7–12 Aug

18:50

Dara Ó Briain: My Entire Life is a Work In Progress (Work in Progress)

Assembly Rooms, 12–25 Aug

Adam Hills: Shoes Half Full Assembly Rooms, 7–11 Aug

Ashley Gavin: My Therapist is Dying Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Gareth Mutch: Modern Man

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Joe McTernan: Lost Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Running Out of Time!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

18:55

Bishops: Farewell Bruce Porcelain

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25 Aug, not 12

William Thompson: Scumbag Millionaire

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–24 Aug

Rachel Kaly: Hospital Hour

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

19:00

Jasper Carrott and Alistair McGowan

The Fringe at Prestonﬁeld, 20 Aug

Bad Clowns: HOSTAGE

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Raymond Mearns Had a Stroke of Luck

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Abs Flab

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug

One-Man Musical by Flo & Joan Pleasance Dome, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Vladimir McTavish: 30 Years Still Standing Up

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 7–25 Aug, not 12

James Gardner: Journeyman

Boteco do Brasil, 7–14 Aug

Aaron Twitchen: Himbo

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

33 Years Single

Laughing Horse @ Dragonﬂy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Milton Jones: Ha!Milton

Assembly Hall, 12–25 Aug, not 20

Dan and Shubba –Making Waves With Mates

Hoots @ Home Street, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Katherine Ryan

The Fringe at Prestonﬁeld, 22 Aug

Glenn Wool: Luv (sic)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–24 Aug, not 12, 19

Michelle Brasier: Legacy

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Deniz Goktas: Direct from Istanbul

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 13 Aug

Alexis Sakellaris: A STAN IS BORN!

ZOO Playground, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Sophie Duker: BUT DADDY I LOVE HER Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25

Aug, not 14

Chloe Petts: How You See Me, How You Don’t

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25

Aug, not 14

Juliet Cowan: F*ck Of and Leave Me Alone Pleasance Dome, 7–25 Aug, not 12

#1 Champion: War of the Flags

Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 7–25 Aug

Craig Hill: I’ve Been Sitting On This For A While!

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

Lorraine Hoodless: DINK (Double Income No Kids)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Kirsty Lynch: Miss-haps to Mrs Boteco do Brasil, 17 Aug, 24 Aug

When Zerdin Met Biggins: An Evening of Comedy and Chat

The Fringe at Prestonﬁeld, 18 Aug

A Celebration of Father

Ted

Le Monde, 17–25 Aug

Best in Class

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug

Stephen K Amos –Oxymoron

The Fringe at Prestonﬁeld, 19 Aug

The Cryptid Factor With Rhys Darby, Dan Schreiber and Buttons Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7 Aug

19:05

Thor Stenhaug: It’s So Hard to Speak Without Saying Something Stupid Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Mark Nelson: Getting Better Man

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19

Grace Mulvey: Tall Baby Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Comedy Compilation Show

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 18–25 Aug

Choose My Own Road – Cantonese Comedy Show theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 19–24 Aug

Kemah Bob: Miss Fortunate Pleasance Courtyard, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21

Pierre Novellie: Must We? Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug

Glass Crumpet’s Best of 2024

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–17 Aug

Improvabunga! theSpace @ Niddry St, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 18

19:10

The Fannies One Night Stand!

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 12 Aug, 19 Aug

Jin Hao Li: Swimming in a Submarine

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Stuart McPherson: HORSE Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair Pleasance Dome, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Jo Caulﬁeld Pearls Before Swine

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Rich Hardisty: POP (Work in Progress) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug

19:15

Irish Comedy Carnage

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 7–25 Aug

I Know a Guy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Uno Mas, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21

Patrick Monahan – The Talkinator

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

The English Teacher

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 7–25 Aug

Ian Smith: Work In Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 12 Aug

Improv Comedy with Box of Frogs

theSpace on the Mile, 7–17 Aug, not 11

Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug

Zoe Brownstone: A Bite Of Yours

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–23 Aug, not 13

Aude Lener – Love

Reboot theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–24 Aug, not 11

Kai Humphries: Gallivanting

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Kim McVicar: Female

Comedian

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug

David O’Doherty: Ready, Steady, David O’Doherty

Assembly George Square, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Nathan Cassidy: International Man of Mestory

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Marc Jennings: Marcsism

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 7–25 Aug, not 12

Chanel Ali: Break Up With Your Dad

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–11 Aug

Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17

Shows

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Greg Larsen: Revolting Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 13

19:20

Underbelly’s Big Brain Tumour Beneﬁt

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13 Aug

Ruby Carr: eBae Underbelly, George Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Stuart Daulman: Wow!

Underbelly, George Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Sir Dickie Benson Interacts With the Audience Whether They Like It or Not

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Gearóid Farrelly: Gearóid Rage

Assembly George Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Rory Cargill: Television 1 Assembly Roxy, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Whore’s Eye View

C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Geraldine Hickey: Don’t

Tease Me About My Gloves

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Pear

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25 Aug, not 12

19:25

Kyle Ayers presents: Hard to Say

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Anirban Dasgupta: Polite Provocation

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

John Oakes – Rapscallion

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Marcus Dean: Has Anyone Seen My Dad?

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug

Josh Baulf: Banger

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25 Aug, not 12

19:30

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25

Aug, not 13

Bald Man Sings Rihanna PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse Hotel, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Nina Conti: Whose Face Is It Anyway?

Pleasance Courtyard, 8–25

Aug, not 13, 19

Ahir Shah: Ends

Pleasance Courtyard, 12–23 Aug

50 Shades of Bouncer

Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 7–25 Aug

Patti Harrison: My Huge Tits Huge Because They Are Infected NOT FAKE

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–11 Aug

Laura Rose: BUSHPIG

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 19–24 Aug

1k Comedy Presents:

Toby Shure and Friends – Love Ireland!

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug

2 Funny Feckers

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 7–25 Aug

The Ghost Bus Tours Necrobus, 7–26 Aug

Fin Taylor: Ask Your Mother

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–25 Aug

Found Our Funny –Barcelona Comedy Tapas

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 12–17 Aug

Michael Shafar: Lots to Say

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug

NewsRevue

Underbelly, George Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Tartan Ribbon Comedy Beneﬁt

Pleasance Courtyard, 13 Aug

Henry Rowley: Just Literally Pleasance Courtyard, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Troy Hawke – The Greeters Guild!

Edinburgh Playhouse, 23 Aug

Olivia Levine: Unstuck

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk to Drink

Edinburgh Playhouse , 20 Aug, 22 Aug

Brits Abroad: Banned

Hoots @ Potterrow, 15–25 Aug, not 20

Jamie Denbo: Beverly Live!

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–12 Aug

19:35

Josie Long: A Work in Progress About Giant Extinct Animals

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 20 Aug

Liam Withnail: Chronic Boom

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7 Aug, 10 Aug

Ajahnis Charley: Thots and Prayers

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–24 Aug, not 11

The Motherload

Greenside @ George Street, 19–24 Aug

Ed Night: The Plunge

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–25 Aug, not 14

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 8 Aug

Riley Nottingham Needs Your Help

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 19–24 Aug

Stephen Buchanan: Charicature Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9 Aug

19:40

Logan, a One-Woman Show (Because Only One of Us Survived)

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 17–26 Aug, not 21

Dani Johns: Cringe

Hoots @ The Apex, 15–26 Aug

Artiﬁcial Intelligence Improvisation

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–18 Aug

The Guilty Feminist

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 12–14 Aug

Milo Standards: Penis de Milo

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Chemo Savvy

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 15–24 Aug

Elaine Malcolmson: Joik

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Shy Bairns Get Nowt

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–14 Aug

Grace Campbell Is On Heat

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 7–11 Aug Car Boot

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Abi Clarke: (Role) Model Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

ENDHOE

Greenside @ George Street, 18–24 Aug

Juliette Burton: Hopepunk

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–16 Aug

19:45

Ray Bradshaw and Some Funnier Friends

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 7–25 Aug Is This Normal?

The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club, 15–21 Aug, weekdays only

The Manchester Revue Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug

Absolute Improv! theSpace on the Mile, 7–24 Aug, not 11

Olivia Raine Atwood: Faking It

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 18

Stephen Mullan: Rascal Assembly George Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

The Hippie from Grimsby Greenside @ George Street, 7–10 Aug

Jen Kirwin: How to Raise a Narcissist

Laughing Horse @ Coco Boho, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

A-Z: The Geek’s Guide to Seduction

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug

60-Minute Comedy Tour of the World: The Local Immigrant

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 7–25 Aug

Daddy Issues

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 11–25 Aug

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–26 Aug

Kelly Bachman: Patron Saint Assembly Rooms, 7–25 Aug

The Sisters Fig Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug, not 14, 19

Art of Selling Out

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 7–10 Aug

Shenoah Allen: Bloodlust

Summertime

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Silly Little Bits

The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club, 22–25 Aug

Karismaa’s Divorce Party

Laughing Horse @ Downstairs at Betty’s, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

Adam Bloom: Bloom Mic Moments

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–10 Aug

Susie McCabe: Merchant of Menace

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Amos Gill: Going Down Swinging Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Jocks, Geordies and Asians

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 7–25 Aug, not 10, 17, 24

Diona Doherty: Got MILF?

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7 Aug 19:50

Desiree Burch – The Golden Wrath (WIP) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug

Paul Foot: Dissolve Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–18 Aug

Paddy Young: If I Told You I’d Have to Kiss You

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–23 Aug, not 14

Rosie Holt MP: Why We Were Right Underbelly, Bristo Square, 19–25 Aug

19:55

Eric Davidson’s Amazin’ Prime Parodies (26 Songs to Make the Whole World Cringe)

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 19–24 Aug

Femme Fatigue

Hoots @ Potterrow, 14–25 Aug

Dru Cripps: Druniversal Credit

Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–12 Aug

20:00

Baby Wants Candy

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug

Mad Ron’s Character Comedy Carnage

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Leith Comedy Festival

Presents... The Edinburgh Fringe Edition

The Biscuit Factory, 15–17 Aug

Yozi: No Babies In The Sauna

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 13

So You Think You’re Funny? Competition –Grand Final

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 22 Aug

Amy Mason: Free Mason Pleasance Courtyard, 7–26 Aug, not 12

BriTANicK: Dummy Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 14

10 Songs for Geeks –Jollyboat

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 7–24 Aug

The Humour Mill Live Gilded Balloon Patter House, 13 Aug

Laurence Tuck: Dark/ Twisted/Nerdy/Awkward Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Vir Das: The Fool Pleasance Dome, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Matt Forde: The End of an Era Tour

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug

Edinburgh Comedy Social

Gilded Balloon at Edinburgh Street Food, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 22 Aug

Nick Schuller: Still Dry White

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug

No Such Thing As A Fish Edinburgh Playhouse, 14 Aug

Jack Docherty in The Chief – No Apologies

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–15 Aug

Kurt Sterling: Corporate Chronicles

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Aaron Levene: An ADHD

Love Story (WIP)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 8–24 Aug, not 14, 21

Character Building Experience

Bedlam Theatre, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Paul Black: All Sorts

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 16–25 Aug, not 22

Viv Ford: New Kids On The Blockchain

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Luke Chilton: Netﬂix and Chilton

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12

A Cut Above

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug

Dave Ahdoot: Ethnically Ambiguous

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Sheeps: The Giggle

Bunch (That’s Our Name For You)

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 17

20:05

Help! My Vagina Is Trying to Kill Me!

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–24 Aug, not 11

Blind Mirth Presents: A Guide to Disappointing Your Parents

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug

Laser Kiwi: Rise of the Olive

Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Reuben Kaye: Live and Intimidating

Assembly George Square Gardens, 7–24 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

Molly Brenner: Inhibited

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug

Katie Pritchard: I Kiss

The Music

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 7–12 Aug

20:10

Alice Snedden: Highly Credible

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Robin Grainger: Refurb

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Hannah Platt: Defence Mechanism

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug

Willy Wonka and the Doctor Factory theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–10 Aug

My Last Two Brain Cells

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25

Aug, not 12

Paul Savage: Hopes

Under the Hammer

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

20:15

Trygve Wakenshaw: Silly

Little Things

Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Thor the Walrus ZOO Playground, 7–25

Aug, not 9

Filthy Funny Females

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug

Comedians & (Similar to but Legally Distinct from)

Dragons

Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 7–25 Aug

Of With Your Head!

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Twonkey’s Basket

Weaving in Peru

Laughing Horse @ Dragonﬂy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Cal Halbert – Calcoholic Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–25 Aug

Tom Stade: Risky Business

The Stand Comedy Club, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Plastic Jeezus: Leave Them Wanting Less Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12 1 Irish, 1 English: Evenings

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug

Bob Doolally

The Stand Comedy Club, 12 Aug

Man Up: A Show for Women!

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 8–18 Aug, not 12

Steve Otis Gunn is Uncomfortable theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–24 Aug, not 11 20:20

Horatio Gould: Return of the Space Cowboy Pleasance Dome, 7–26 Aug, not 14

SalFUNNI presents: No Backup Plan

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–11 Aug

Martin Mor: Three Thousand, One Hundred and Twenty Nine Weeks

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, Various dates from 11 Aug to 18 Aug

Jack Skipper: Skint Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

The Pleasance Comedy Reserve

Pleasance Dome, 7–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Sashi Perera: Boundaries

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 7–10 Aug

Jukebox Jury (With Helen Wallace)

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug

Stu Murphy – Little Earthquakes (WIP)

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 19–25 Aug

Christian Dart: Bigger Than The Christmas Turkey

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Colin Hoult: Colin Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 11, 12, 13, 14

Flat and the Curves: Rosé-Tinted

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Abigail Rolling: Shit Lawyer

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

John Robertson: The Human Hurricane Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug 20:25

Mel McGlensey is Motorboat

Assembly Roxy, 8–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Weegie Hink Ae That?

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations! Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug

Alex Franklin: Gurl Code Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Jimeoin: Who’s Your Man?!

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

20:30

Lou Taylor: Jeans and a nice top. Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Frank Sanazi’s Mein Way

Le Monde, 8–24 Aug, not 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21

Aaaaa Very Fringey Show theSpaceTriplex, 20–24 Aug

Bot Brothers: A Story of Our Times

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 7–25 Aug, not 10, 24

Adam Kay: Undoctored Edinburgh Playhouse, 17 Aug

Sir Love E Dove

Paradise in The Vault, 19–25 Aug

King of Comedy

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–13 Aug

Larry Dean: Dodger Monkey Barrel Comedy, 8–25 Aug, not 13

The Lezurrection (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 14–25 Aug

Vlad Ilich: Vladislav, Baby Don’t Hurt Me

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Tatty Macleod: Fugue Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug

The Comedy Patch Boteco do Brasil, 9–10 Aug

Jordan Brookes: Fontanelle

Pleasance Dome, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Garry Starr: Classic Penguins Pleasance Courtyard, 8–26 Aug, not 14, 21

Pete Heat: Bogus Pleasance Dome, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Five Mugs, No Tea Leith Depot, 15 Aug, 21 Aug

Ali Woods: At The Moment Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Kieran Hodgson: Big in Scotland Pleasance Courtyard, 21 Aug

Lewis Garnham: Choosing the Wrong Story to Tell Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Benny Shakes: Respect Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug

100% C*ntinental Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 7–25 Aug

Katie Norris: Farm Fatale Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Pete Carson: Merry Christmas, Mr Carson Hoots @ Home Street, 7–26 Aug, not 13

20:35

The Ritual

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–11 Aug

Jenny Hart: Lezard

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Tom Cashman: Everything

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 13

1 Lung Run

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Stefen Haanes: The Master

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, not 19

A Gay Dad Murders Sex theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–24 Aug, not 11

Sikisa... Needs You (WIP) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug

20:40

Cool Beans Comedy: Stand-up with a Twist! Greenside @ George Street, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 18

Jason Byrne: NO SHOW

Assembly Hall, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Josh Jones: Put a Sock in It

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 7–25 Aug, not 14

Ian Smith: Work In Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 14 Aug

Runi Talwar as ‘Runi Talwar’ in Runi Talwar: The Runi Talwar Story Pleasance Courtyard, 7–26 Aug, not 13

SunDate Roast theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 19–24 Aug

Nina Gilligan: Goldﬁsh

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25 Aug, not 12

3’s Comedy: Nights

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug

Barce-laughter – Two Heads are Better Greenside @ Riddles Court, 12–24 Aug, not 18

Angela Bra: Social Calendar Girl

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

20:45

Scott Bennett: Stuf (WIP)

Just The Tonic Legends, 13–25 Aug

Guy Williams: This Glass House Makes It Easy to See All the Cowards I’m Throwing Stones At Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Antidepressed

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 18

Ope!

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 19–24 Aug

What Matters(?)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19

John Tothill: Thank God

This Lasts Forever Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Aidan Greene: Stop! Stammer Time! Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Louis Katz: Bountiful

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Brett Epstein: Alone on Stage

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–17 Aug, not 11

Oliver Coleman: Goof Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Samantha Day: The Generations Game

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Treeeeee

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–8 Aug

69 and Under Date Night

Comedy

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

101 Comedy Club – Free Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 7–25 Aug

20:50

With Your Guest: Matt Davis

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Knight, Knight Underbelly, George Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12, 19

Ross Purdy Dances in the Cultural Sewer

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Kate Dolan: A Diferent Kind of Unhinged

Assembly George Square, 7–25 Aug, not 13

20:55

The Best of Scottish Comedy

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 7–25 Aug

Jef Stark, Old Fart

Gassing

Greenside @ George Street, 12–24 Aug, not 18

Philip Simon: Shall I Compere Thee in a Funny Way?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–18 Aug

Rob Mulholland: Allegations

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

‘THE PARTY OF THE FRINGE’ COMES TO MCEWAN HALL

Vittorio Angelone: Who Do You Think You Are? I Am!

Assembly George Square, 20 Aug

21:00

Ollie Horn: Comedy for Toxic People (and Their Friends)

Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

60 Minutes or Less: Or Your Comedy Free!

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug

Vanlord

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug

Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–25 Aug

Kim Blythe – Might As Well

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–18 Aug

Ria Lina: WIP

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 14–15 Aug

Bobby Davro: Everything is Funny... If You Can Laugh at It

Frankenstein Pub, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

The Ghost Bus Tours

Necrobus, 7–26 Aug

Holy Shit Improv

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 16–26 Aug

Sh!t-faced

Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing

Pleasance at EICC, 7–11 Aug

David Tsonos: Midlife in the UK

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Jazz Emu: Knight Fever Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Mark Black: The Drink. The Drugs. The Scratchcairds.

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 8–13 Aug

Stand-Up, Look Pretty

Laughing Horse @ Downstairs at Betty’s, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

Rosco McClelland:

Sudden Death

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 7–25 Aug, not 12

Dan Tiernan: Stomp Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Viva La Visa

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Soness: Big in Japan

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Carl Donnelly: Boosegumps

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25

Aug, not 14

Reels of Regret: Confessions of a Failed Filmmaker

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–25 Aug

10th Annual Haters’ Ball

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug

Gavin Lilley Show

Deaf Action, 18 Aug

Comedy Sheep: Best of Wales Showcase

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug

I Mostly Blame Myself

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 20–25 Aug

21:05

Amelia Jane Hunter: Exquisite Pervert

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Terrarium Network

Greenside @ George Street, 19–24 Aug

AL! The Weird Tribute (and How Daniel Radclife Got Mixed Up in This Nonsense) theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–24 Aug, not 11

A Short History of Fun

Paradise in Augustines, 19–25 Aug

Becky Cheatle: Starﬁghter

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–11 Aug

Tom Lawrinson: Buried

Alive and Loving it

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25

Aug, not 12

Incognito Improv: Toxic

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug

21:10

Takashi Wakasugi: Welcome to Japan

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Christopher Hall: Girl For All Seasons

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 7–25 Aug

21:15

Mat Ewins: Ewins Some You Lose Some Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug

Rich Spalding: Gather Your Skeletons

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–26 Aug, not 19

10 Party Games –Jollybox!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 7–24 Aug

TikTok Presents: The Variety Show

Underbelly, George Square, 14 Aug

Family Fortunes (But for Bad People)

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug

Manchild

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 11–25 Aug

Foil Arms and Hog: Skittish

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug

Margaret Thatcher

Queen of Soho

Underbelly, George Square, 12–25 Aug, not 14, 21

Henry Ginsberg: Cuddle Slut

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25

Aug, not 19

Adults Only Magic Show

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 19

A Sensible Hour and Live

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Jo Grifn: Last Chance Saloon

Assembly George Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Old God

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 18

Stephen Carlin: Frenemies

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–10 Aug

21:20

Functional Mess Hoots @ The Apex, 7–25 Aug

Simon David: Dead Dad Show

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 20–25 Aug

Blake Everett: Freak Behaviour

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug

Elf Lyons: Horses

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Daliso Chaponda: Feed

This Black Man Again

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–11 Aug

Rosie Jones: Triple Threat

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–15 Aug

Tim Murray Is Witches

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 12–18 Aug

Ivo Graham: Grand Designs

Pleasance Courtyard, 8–25 Aug, not 13, 14, 15

Switch Up and Mustard theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 7–10 Aug

Chelsea Birkby: This is Life, Cheeky Cheeky

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Disco Horses: A Sketch Revue theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug

Andrew White: Young, Gay and a Third Thing

Assembly Roxy, 20–24 Aug

21:25

H’allo

Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Hot Department

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Bailey Swilley and Ricky Sim: Don’t Tell Our Bosses

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 7–11 Aug

21:30

Natalie Palamides: WEER

Traverse Theatre, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Reginald D Hunter: Flufy Flufy Beavers

Assembly George Square Studios, 8–26 Aug, not 14, 21

Tom Ward: Choose Your Delusion

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–18 Aug, not 12 Impromptunes –Naughty Broadway Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–14 Aug

David Eagle: The Eagle Is Candid

Just the Tonic at Cabaret Voltaire, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Bent Double

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Tarot: Shufe

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug

Lawrence Chaney – From Holyrood to Hollywood Saint Stephen’s Theatre, 22–25 Aug

Non-Conforming Waifu Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 7–25 Aug

Phil O’Shea: Never Pretend to Be an Owl!

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Six Chick Flicks... Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Tom Whiston: The Dandy Daniels

Bedlam Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 19

Best of Northern Irish Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug

The Ghost Bus Tours Necrobus, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug

Stefan Alun and Support: Free Stand-Up, but at What Cost

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–25 Aug, not 14

The Duncan Brothers: Blood Sword Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Brian Gallagher: Planet of the Vapes

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

That’s... Brave Hill Street Theatre, 7–15 Aug

Gavin Lilley Show

Deaf Action, 16 Aug

Pirates: You Wouldn’t Steal a Boat theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 19–24 Aug

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Little Pickle: Pol-ish

The Three Sisters, 14 Aug

21:35

1 Cent Comedy presents: Black Widows (Dark & Dirty Comedy)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

The Adventures of the White Unicorn theSpaceTriplex, 7–17 Aug, not 11

Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No!

Assembly Roxy, 20–25 Aug Suggestions of the Unexpected: An Improvised Horror Anthology theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–24 Aug, not 11

Katie Green: ¡Ay Mija!

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug

21:40

Michael Welch: I Shouldn’t Have Said That The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Mark Bittlestone: I Need a Straight Guy* Pleasance Dome, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Justin Moorhouse: The Greatest Performance of My Life

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–12 Aug

Kyle Dolan: No Place Like Home

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19 Furiozo: Man Looking for Trouble

Underbelly, Cowgate, 8–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Huge Davies: Album For My Ancestors (Dead) Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Síomha Hennessy: 30

Under 30

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Isabella Charlton: So My Dad F****d The Nanny Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Dylan Mulvaney: F*GHAG

Assembly George Square Studios, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21

Disco Horses: A Sketch

Revue

theSpace on the Mile, 7–17 Aug, not 11

Neil Delamere: Neil by Mouth

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug

21:45

Aunty Ginger: Finding Splashman

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Abroad: The International Gameshow of Competing Countries

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Shubba Gump Shrimp Co

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Metroland Live: The Box Pleasance Courtyard, 7–26 Aug

Horsesh*t Happens

C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 7–18 Aug

Lorna Rose Treen: Work in Progress Hoots @ The Apex, 15–22 Aug

Bella Hull: Piggie Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Alex Hines: Putting on a Show

Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 19

Heckling Masterclass, With Diploma

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–13 Aug

Late Bite – Mixed-Bill Late Night Stand-Up

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

MacPlebs theSpace on the Mile, 7–17 Aug, not 11

The Comedy Arcade

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 14–25 Aug

Elliot Steel: Sof Boi Core Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Connor Burns: 1994

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25 Aug, not 12

21:50

Dan Rath: Pariah Carey Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Tim Key: L****b**r*

(Advanced Work-inProgress)

Pleasance Dome, 11–25

Aug, not 17

Mel Owen: Chunky Monkey

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 7–24 Aug, not 10, 11, 18

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

Pleasance Dome, 7–12 Aug

Mel & Sam: High Pony

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25

Aug, not 12

Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall Pleasance Dome, 14–25 Aug

The Best Man Show

ZOO Playground, 7–25 Aug, not 13

21:55

Count To Five Greenside @ Riddles Court, 7–10 Aug

Newspaper Punchlines theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–10 Aug

DeliaDelia! The Flat-Chested Witch!

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith?

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25

Aug, not 11, 18

Thank You So Much for Coming Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25

Aug, not 12

Devin Gray: How To Get Away With Marriage

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

Absolute Nickhead (Kirk In Progress)

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21

Loren Mayshark and Gesche Picolin: Son of a Luddite Greenside @ Riddles Court, 13–17 Aug

Award-Winning Little Smash Comedy: Best in Stand-Up

Just The Tonic Legends, 7–25 Aug, not 12

22:00

Blood on the Clocktower: Live Underbelly, Bristo Square, 15–24 Aug, not 19

John Robertson’s The Dark Room

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–25 Aug

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Pleasance Courtyard, 12 Aug

Scotland’s Best Comedians Live!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25

Aug, not 14

Bad Mums

Hoots @ Home Street, 17

Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug

Alexandra Haddow: Third Party Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Daniel McKeon: Boyboss

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 7–13 Aug

3 Queens of New York

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21

Film Noir Frog

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 19–24 Aug

Sh!t-faced

Shakespeare®: Much Ado About Nothing Pleasance at EICC, 12–25

Aug, not 19

Catherine Cohen: Come For Me

Pleasance Courtyard, 8–25

Aug, not 13, 14, 20, 21

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Comedy Club, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug

Red Richardson: Tour

Warm-Up

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug

Andrew O’Neill’s History of Heavy Metal – Redux

The Stand Comedy Club, 19–25 Aug

American Two in One Comics

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 7–25 Aug

Sophie McCartney: Work in Progress

The Stand Comedy Club, 15 Aug

Randy Feltface: First Banana

Assembly Rooms, 9–10 Aug Comedy for Witches

Hoots @ Home Street, 7–15 Aug

One for Us, One for You: Australia’s Sexiest Sketch Comedy Show

Greenside @ George Street, 7–10 Aug

20 Years of the Free Fringe Festival – Charity Gala Show

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14 Aug

Lee Hudson: Baggage Limit (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 14–25 Aug

Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Dreamgun: Film Reads Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Charlie Chaplin’s

Late-Night Cinema

St Vincent’s, 10–24 Aug, not 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20

Paulina Lenoir: Puella

Eterna

Assembly Roxy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Jafer Khan: Mr. Khan, Why Did 9/11 Happen?

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25 Aug, not 11, 12

22:05

The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase

Assembly George Square Studios, 8–24 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

Adam Flood: Back of the Spoon Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 7–25 Aug, not 13

Shakespeare Translate: The Complete Works

Greenside @ George Street, 19–24 Aug

Ian Smith: Work In Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 13 Aug

Alexander is Angry

C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 7–25 Aug 22:10

Late Night Party Boyz Do a Legally Mandated Kids Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Dan Lees: Vinyl Reﬂections

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–24 Aug, not 12, 19

The History of Electronic Music

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–11 Aug

Never Date a Comedian

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–24 Aug

Notice Box

Greenside @ George Street, 12–24 Aug, not 18

Best of Red Raw

The Stand Comedy Club 5 & 6, 7–25 Aug 22:15

0 to 30 – Dan Boerman’s Quarter Life Crisis

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

001 – Laughing Matters (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug

Beast

Laughing Horse @ Downstairs at Betty’s, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

Bedtime Stories

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 19–24 Aug

The Ultimate Collection of Reels

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 7–10 Aug

Lover, Fighter, Rapper, Writer (WIP)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Mick McNeill: I’m Not Anything Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–24 Aug

Stef Dag and Gabby

Bryan

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 19–25 Aug Comedy in the Dark – Late

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–18 Aug, not 12

Mattia Sedda: Choin

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 7–25 Aug

Ryan Cullen: Cullen in the Name Of!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Best of So You Think You’re Funny?

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug

22:20

Lou Wall: The Bisexual’s Lament

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 15

Chris and Seán Are Two Sailors Who Are Nuts

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug

Will Owen: Like, Nobody’s Watching

Assembly George Square, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Arielle Dundas: Hyperactivity Disorder

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Ian Lockwood: The Farewell Tour

Underbelly, George Square, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Good Girl

Paradise in The Vault, 12–25 Aug, not 18

Carter Morgan: The Death of Cool Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 12, 19

22:25

Best of the Fest: The New Class

Assembly George Square Gardens, 8–24 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

Vittorio Angelone and Friends: Of the Cuf Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 14, 21

22:30

Matt Castellvi: Dirtbag

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19, 20

Inappropriate (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25

Aug, not 12

Luke Nixon and Jim Midge: Work In Progress

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–12 Aug

Virtuoso

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

The Ghost Bus Tours

Necrobus, Various dates from 9 Aug to 26 Aug

ITVX Presents: Edinburgh

Fringe

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 21–24 Aug

Comedy Queers

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug

Get Spicy B*tch

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 13–25 Aug

A Night of Drama

Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–25 Aug

Becky Fury: Great British C*nts

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

Comedy Night at the Museum

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug

22:35

Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody

Assembly George Square, Various dates from 8 Aug to 24 Aug

Sarah Roberts: Silkworm

Assembly George Square, 7–25 Aug, not 14 22:40

Tom Hearn Live: How Fabulous is That?!

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 12, 19

Finlay Christie: I Deserve

This

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Mark T Cox: Paddy Daddy

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Ray Badran: Welcome to Raytown

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Aaron Chen: Funny Garden

Pleasance Courtyard, 11–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Tea Wade: MANDRILL

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

A Spy’s Awakening

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug, not 13, 20

22:45

Pete Carson and Cobin

Millage: Touching Tips (with Friends)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–26 Aug, not 13

An Aussie, African and Englishman Walk Into a Bar...

Laughing Horse @ Dragonﬂy, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

The Irish Mob

Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 7–25 Aug

Devon Drew: Pop Star ZOO Playground, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

The Joke Clinic

Hill Street Theatre, 10–17 Aug

Late Night Drunk Comedy

Challenge

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug, not 13

Alex Camp: Songs About Love and Food

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug

22:50

Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 13

Payback Party theSpace on the Mile, 7–10 Aug

Irish Comedy Overdrive

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug

LOLyamorous – A Speed-Dating Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug

Shiny Things – Comedy Extravaganza

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Maria Fedulova: Russian. Maﬁa. Family.

Hoots @ The Apex, 7–26 Aug, not 12

Naughty Cabaret Underbelly, Cowgate, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 23 Aug

22:55

Chris Grace as Scarlett Johansson

Assembly George Square Studios, 8–12 Aug

Alex Kitson: Must I Paint You a Picture?

Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–25 Aug

23:00

Tim Reeves: Fish Cake Hot Toddy, 7–25 Aug

Love / Less of a Man

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–17 Aug, not 11

Shitty Mozart

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug

Late Night With Terry Wogan

Assembly George Square Studios, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 23 Aug

Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour

Pleasance Courtyard, 21–22 Aug

Late Night Magic Pleasance Dome, 8–24 Aug, not 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21

Andrew Doherty: Gay Witch Sex Cult

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 12

The Improverts Bedlam Theatre, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

Bad Clowns and Good Friends

Eve, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug

Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill Pleasance Courtyard, 14 Aug

Maggie Winters:

Marguerite Pleasance Dome, 7–25 Aug, not 12

11pm Live at the Big Cave

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

The Prince Andrew Tate

Appreciation Hour

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug

Two Hearts: Til Death Do Us Hearts Pleasance Courtyard, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Ghost Huns Live

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug

Edinburgh Comedy Allstars

Underbelly, George Square, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug

Northern News: Live Pleasance Courtyard, 14 Aug

Paul Williams Plays the Hits

Assembly Checkpoint, 19 Aug

This Doesn’t Leave The Room

Pleasance Courtyard, 8–10 Aug

23:05

Meaty Sue’s Big Farma Greenside @ Riddles Court, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 18

Ladies Who Ranch

Pleasance Courtyard, 7–12 Aug

23:10

Late Night Benders

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 7–25 Aug

Getting in Bed with the Pizza Man

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 12–17 Aug

#1 Son – Natasha Mercado

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Grubby Little Mitts

Presents: Sketch Book

Assembly George Square Studios, 17 Aug, 24 Aug

BriTANicK: Cash Grab Live Pleasance Dome, 11 Aug, 18 Aug

Anna Beros – Creampie Curious

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19

23:15

Ollie West: Discovery (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 7–25 Aug, not 12

0 AD – Afer Dairy: A Split

Bill Stand-Up Show

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug

Irish Comedy Invasion

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 7–25 Aug

Altitude Comedy Festival: The Late Show

Just the Tonic Nucleus, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug

Clownﬁsh

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 8–25 Aug, not 14, 21

Danceﬂoor Conversion Therapy

Assembly George Square Studios, 7–24 Aug, not 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19

1 Cynic, 1 Mystic: A Late Night Comedy

Extravaganza

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 7–25 Aug

The Kids Might Die (A Tale Told By an Idiot)

Greenside @ George Street, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 18

Stamptown Comedy Night

Pleasance Courtyard, 15-17

Aug, 22-24 Aug

Alex Watson: Sell-Out

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug BATSU!

Underbelly, George Square, 25 Aug

23:20

The Good, The Bad and The Irish

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 7–25

Aug, not 12

Comedians Beer Mat

Flipping Championship

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug

Pod Save the UK – Live!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–8 Aug

Roast Battle Allstars

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 8 Aug, 15 Aug

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

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug

800 Pound Gorilla Alumni Showcase

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 21 Aug

Mr Chonkers

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 19 Aug

Some Laugh Live

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 20 Aug

Trusty Hogs Live!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 12 Aug

Oxford Revue: Stand-Upping Citizens theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 19–23 Aug Karaoke at the Heart

Koch Cafe

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 25 Aug 23:25

The Locker Room

theSpace @ Niddry St, 7–10 Aug

Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Jay Handley – Forty

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–25 Aug

Turbo Town

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Red Richardson: Tour Warm-Up

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug

23:30

Jones Bootmaker ISH

Edinburgh Comedy Awards Showcases

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 8–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

The Wee Man’s Comedian Rap Battles

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 7–11 Aug

3 Out of 4 Twats

Laughing Horse @ Downstairs at Betty’s, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

Auld Cheeky

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 7–26 Aug

Kiell Smith-Bynoe & Friends: Kool Story Bro Pleasance Courtyard, 15–21 Aug

Bear Pit

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 12 Aug

Wrong! A F*cked Up Game Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–11 Aug

Tez Ilyas: Talk to Tez

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 13–25 Aug Late’n’Live

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–26 Aug

American Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19 Night of the Living Deadpan

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 7–10 Aug

Oxford Revue: Stand-Upping Citizens theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 12–18 Aug

Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Pleasance Courtyard, 23-24 Aug

Comedians’ DJ Battles

Assembly George Square Studios, 9 Aug, 16 Aug

A Tale of Two Fitties

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug

Absolute Chaos

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug

Siblings and Family Friends

Pleasance Dome, 7 Aug, 14 Aug, 21 Aug

Bristol Revunions

Presents: All You Can Eat!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–24 Aug, not 18

23:35

Tales from a British Country Pub

theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 12–17 Aug

Accidental Baby

Paradise in The Vault, 7–10 Aug

Alﬁe Brown: Open Hearted Human Enquiry

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Julie Kennedy: Crude theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 7–10 Aug

Anarchy Cabaret

Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase

2024

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

23:40

The Queer Comedy Club:

Best of the Queer Fringe

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 7–24 Aug, not 12, 19

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Comedy Club, 23–24 Aug

Totally Totally Totallyyy

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

23:45

3’s Comedy: Late Nights

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 14

Angela Bra and Aunty

Ginger’s Drag-A-Do!

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

Late Night Comedy Death

Camp

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7–25 Aug, not 19

Hot Rubber

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 23 Aug

23:55

Best of the Fest Assembly Hall, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22

Chump’s Comedy

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 15–17 Aug

King of the Table with Ray Badran

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 23 Aug

The Alternative Comedy

Memorial Society (ACMS)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, Various dates from 7 Aug to 25 Aug

Liars and Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show

Assembly George Square, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug

The Drunk and Heckle Show

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7–24 Aug, not 12, 19

Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–25 Aug

Bone Man Rides Again

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–13 Aug 2/3rds of a Threesome (and Friends)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 22–24 Aug

Medicine Woman

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–25 Aug, not 12

Late Night Comedy Rave

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 11 Aug, 18 Aug

RODEO!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 8–10 Aug

The Normal Formal Hoots @ Potterrow, 19–25 Aug

00:00

Ask The Comedian – A Reverse Crowdwork Show

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 15–25 Aug

Rob Duncan: The Basement Child

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 8–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Late With Kate

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 8–25 Aug, not 13, 20

00:10

JONATHAN: By Order of the Peaky Grindrs

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug

DISCOunt: The Disco Variety Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 7–11 Aug

00:15

Sadbh Peters and Scott Oswald: Platonic Sex

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–25 Aug, not 15

Underground Monk Show Works in Progress Show

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 7–16 Aug, weekdays only

Pineapple Princess Hoots @ Potterrow, 7–19 Aug

Three Sisters Not By Chekhov

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 19–23 Aug

00:25

Anna Beros – Creampie Clarity

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

00:30

Bi Hot Welsh Girls Very Cute! (Also Funny)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 15–26 Aug

Alasdair Wallace and Tom Hutchinson – Are We Not Men?

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 7–14 Aug

Bedlam Late Bedlam Theatre, 8–24

Aug, not 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21

00:45

Consent

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–11 Aug Comedy Striptease

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug, not 13, 20

3’s Comedy: Late Late Nights

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 7–25 Aug

01:00

Alex Owen-Hill: The Alien’s Guide to Talking to Humans

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7–26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22

American History Sex

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 7–25 Aug

Wild West Rodeo

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 8–24 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

Late’n’Live

Gilded Balloon Patter House, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug

The Best Stand Ups of Edinburgh

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 7–25 Aug, not 12, 19