Fest 2022 Issue 3 by Fest Magazine

Reviews Features Listings 24 - 29 Aug Edinburgh Festival Guide festmag.com ALOKComedyfindsapoeticvoice Inside: Julia SeanBlunderlandMasterclassJosieReubenRosieMichaelHalesSpicerHoltKayeLongChoolburra

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Contents5Fest 2022 Issue 3 Image credits (top to bottom, le to right): Bronson Farr, Toni Wilkinson, Karla Gowlett, Matt Crockett, Mihaela Bodlovic, Pamela Raith, courtesy of Assembly 8 Beyond the Binary ALOK triumphs at the Fringe 12 A Night at the Soap Opera Julia Hales takes on the International Festival 31TheatreFeeling Afraid as If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen Genuine and captivating new dark comedy 49MusicFantastically Great Women Who Changed The World History’s remarkablemostheroines 16 Viral Arrivals Rosie Holt and Michael Spicer 19ComedyJosie Long A welcome return to Josie’s world UnionCanalTowpath TheRadical Plac Melvin BainﬁeldPlace GroveStreet GroveStreet Terrace Lennox StreetOxfordTerraceDeanParkCrescent AnnStreetRoadow Brae UCH OR HorseQueen’sHolyroodParkDriveeen'sDrivilmorePlaceFountainbridgeDundeeStreet bbey Abbeyhill WestApproachRoad tonPlace HOWE DE HA WE DeanBridge Road ERKTREET MelvilleStreet StaordStreet WilliamStreet AMBERSSTREET RR 391 170 288 272 124 43 15 59 23 76 231 302 54 Map & Listings Find a show with our hour-by-hour listings and street map 52KidsSean Choolburra Fun from the Aboriginal comedy star

What is your favourite place to eat in Edinburgh? Food? Who has time for food in Edinburgh? For the month of August I subsist on creme brûlées from the creme brûlée van and any stray acrobat that wanders past. What is the best show that clashes with your own? There are other shows on? Where do you like to relax in Edinburgh? There’s a lovely stables out past Leith I like. They have a stall named after me, my own personal salt lick and the vet is very gentle. Where’s the best place for a night out? The Kaye Hole! It’s fast, sweaty, queer, loose and fucking hilarious. The best place to tear down the world and re build it. All in one big bump. Me and my band The Close Contacts have all the best, queerest and nastiest acts of the Fringe and an open bar throughout. What shows are you most looking forward to seeing?

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SHOW Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back

I adore Tina Del Twist, Michelle Brasier, Rhys Nicholson of course. Lizard Boy looks outrageous, James Rowland’s Learning to Fly and also just James as I love him. This Is Not A

The Australian cabaret and comedy superstar gives us his thoughts on his perfect day in Edinburgh

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Show About Hong Kong also, Laura Davis, Cassie Workman’s show Aberdeen is a MUST. Siblings of course and Zach Zucker! But also to just take a punt and see something I’ve never heard of! Where is the best place for a date/ hook-up? There’s a small alleyway just off West Newington Place that’s pretty ergonomic. What would your dream line-up at the Kaye Hole be? Thanks to the mount of edibles I’ve packed I rarely dream anymore BUT if I did Jinkx Monsoon would be LEGENDARY. Call me bitch! But as for the dream line-up… Jayne County for sure. Grace Jones, FKA Twigs, Sophie (Rest In Power) and Le Tigre… Does Fest have the connections to make that happen? Otherwise the collec tion of lunatics we’ve brought over will just have to do… What is your wildest Fringe memory? Come find me and we can make one.

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In their ﬁrst comedy-poetry show at the Fringe, mixed-media artist ALOK delves into themes of trauma, belonging and identity. Here, they speak to Eve Livingston about their journey towards healing

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A world-renowned mixed-media perfor mance artist and author, ALOK, who describes themself as queer and gender non-conform ing, grew up in a traditional Indian household in Texas. Their work explores gender, trauma, identity and belonging, complex themes which at first felt “reckless and risky” to explore on stage.

Fringe-goers will find ALOK’s show listed among the LGBTQ+ offerings in this year’s programme, and the performance, they say, seeks to respond to an onslaught of transphobia and discrimination taking place globally – something particularly important in the context of comedy.

“I was taught that everything you’re strug gling with stays inside the family,” they say. “But I began to realise that performance gave me permission to be free. There’s something about being on a stage, having an audience, having lighting, where you get to invent a new way of relating to each other.”

“A big component of the show is me doing this healing journey, trying to understand the pain in my body,” says ALOK. “I’m trying to say, look at these things we’ve been taught we have to do in private and let’s make them public, because we’re all going through this stuff.”

A few years ago, ALOK experienced their Saturn Return. “I don’t know if you’re inter ested in astrology,” they laugh over Zoom on a late July morning, between shows at London’s Soho Theatre. “But it’s when our Saturn is in the same place as it was when we were born, and mine made me really start to think: I need to reckon with a lot of who I was told I should be, and figure out who I really am.”

“It seems like punching down on trans people has become the surefire way to rally fans for most mainstream comedic acts right now,” ALOK says. The show aims to flip the gaze: “I’m saying, is it trans people that are funny, or is it that all of the routine and absurd practices that straight, heteronorma tive, cisgender society uses to divide billions of complex souls into one of two genders and maintain the fiction of gender norms – is that the funny part?”

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To categorise this as a show exclusively for LGBTQ+ audiences, though, would be a mistake. Rather, ALOK says, this is about ex ploring the human condition and the trauma in all of us that can sometimes present itself as transphobia and hatred.

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“When we have unprocessed grief and unprocessed trauma, that manifests as resentment and bitterness against people

Some of the outcomes of ALOK’s Saturn Re turn were intensive therapy, yoga, meditation, and reading and learning about trauma and healing. Another is their self-titled comedy and poetry show, ALOK, which arrived at the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Fringe, in which many of the former are pres ent and felt.

If these themes sound a little heavy or se rious for a Fringe comedy show, that’s exactly the point. Unprocessed trauma makes us act in ways which are irrational and absurd, like vilifying trans and non-conforming people just for existing. And comedy, says ALOK, is “the only vernacular of the absurd.”

And it matters on another level that this show is being performed at this festival. “I wanted to really hold these arts institutions to account for their complicity with the es calating rise of transphobia,” they say. “And in order to do that, I have to bring it to people who might be uncomfortable with it – that’s precisely the issue in this moment, other peo ple mistake their discomfort as oppression.”

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Even in spite of this context, though, ALOK says they remain full of hope about the fu ture. “There’s so much kindness in the world; there are so many people who are choosing compassion, and that’s where our energy should be in this moment,” they say. The show is a rollercoaster between comedy and poet ry, light and dark, sobbing and laughing; but most of all it is a plea for love.

“I need humour and levity in order to ﬁnd the silver lining”

SchmalingAllyPhoto: who show us that freedom and healing and joy are possible,” ALOK explains. “It’s easier to destroy other people than it is to reckon with our own grief and our heartbreak.”

To bring this show to the Traverse and the Fringe is to confront another false binary, says ALOK: that of high versus low culture. People like them, they point out, are often pigeonholed as drag performers who should be performing in clubs rather than high art institutions. But these are sophisticated and traditional art forms that belong in theatres and art festivals, the performance of camp in particular.“Thenature of my jokes is that they’re ex tremely cerebral – but they’re also extremely camp,” laughs ALOK. “I’m taking high-order postgraduate thinking and expressing it through camp, and I’m trying to show people that that’s the joy of being an artist: we can obliterate these kinds of arbitrary binaries.”

“I love these people who are discriminat ing against me more than they are capable of hating me, and I genuinely believe that is the only way forward,” ALOK says. “I don’t want to meet people at a lower frequency – I love you so I insist that you do better by me.”

“I’m combining comedy and poetry because it feels like the most honest way to depict how we survive bleak and impos sible times,” they continue. “When I’m going through pain and grief in my life, I need humour and levity in order to find the silver lining; sorrow enhances joy and joy enhances sorrow.”

ALOK ’s run at the Traverse has ended. Find out where to see them next at alokvmenon.com Alok Vaid-Menon’s Beyond the Gender Binary, published by Penguin, out now, £6.99

“I have watched every episode,” she con ﬁrms over Zoom from Perth. “When I’m on stage and acting, if I have to skip a few episodes, I catch up on computers in the library.”

“This show is about acceptance, belong ing, relationships and karaoke,” she says. This isn’t what we’re used to hearing about Down’s syndrome, but that is precisely Hales’ point.

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We can’t understand people with Down’s syndrome if it isn’t represented in the most popular and long-run ning TV shows: “I really want people with disabilities on screen and TV”. Those born with Down’s syndrome have an additional chromosome which changes the way the body and brain develop. Down’s syndrome can cause an array of symptoms from cognitive delays to low muscle tone and heart complications. Each individual is di erent though and in the last 30 years the life expectancy for someone with the condition has been raised from 25 to 60 years. One reason for this remarkable change is that people with Down’s syndrome are no longerHalesinstitutionalised.herselfwasborn to a doctor and nurse, has two older sisters and a younger brother. Her parents chose not to send her away to an institution – the common practice for children with Down’s syndrome at the time. Instead, Hales followed her big sisters into their local school. “I watched my sister

A Night at the Soap Opera

Opera has been part of the International Festival programme for 75 years, but now a soap opera takes centre stage

Home and Away (“I love the action, the drama, everything about the show”) stands alongside her other passion –communicating the lives of people with Down’s syndrome. Through dance, music and video Hales and the cast convey their lives with the condition.

Home and Away is now Australia’s longest running TV soap. First broadcast in 1988, the drama has never featured a character with Down’s syndrome – Hales’ starting point for You Know We Belong Together, which now arrives at the Edinburgh International Festival from the Black Swan Theatre in Perth, WesternHales’Australia.passionfor

J ulia Hales is an actor, artist and documen tary maker. She’s also seen every single episode of Home and Away.

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It's easy to imagine such a character arriv ing and staying in Summer Bay. The longevity of soaps means characters become part of our lives, like family. Which would help nor malise certain disabilities. Hales would prefer actors with a disability to portray their own conditions, rather than another actor a ect one. Truthful representation inspires others, who can think, “Okay, well, I can do that too.”

Even those that claim never to watch or

events. If Hales had the chance she’d intro duce a character of her own creation to Sum mer Bay: “Well, I’ve actually written a role that I always wanted to play: her name is Claire Stewart. She was adopted and really angry with her adopted parents for not telling her the truth. She wants to ﬁnd her real family and asks for a ticket to Summer Bay.”

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Her dream role, of course, would be in Sum mer Bay. “Home and Away has been my dream since I was eight.” But why Home and Away? Soaps o en become infamous, looked down upon, for their melodrama – surely an odd place to explore the complexities of Down’s syndrome?

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Amy – because she used to be an actress – I watched her acting on stage in high school and that’s when I decided to act,” she says.

“It’s also about community”, says Hales –a theme her show and soaps share. Soaps revolve around ordinary places and people –an East End square, a cul-de-sac or a seaside town.

Home and Away’s stories began around a foster family, allowing for many character comings-and-goings as a natural part of the

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interviewing people raising children with the syndrome and those who decided termination was best for them. It’s an exceptional and nu anced ﬁlm in which Hales explores how better to give people a truly informed choice. Hales seems especially interested in people’s experiences. You Know We Belong To gether grew from a previous project in which she did a series of interviews: “I always wanted to know what love means to other people with Down’s syndrome.” She certainly knows what love has meant to her. “My mum passed away and she knew I was very talented. So that's why I dedicate this show to my mum, she was my best friend. She always wanted everything for me. And she would tell me, she'd say 'Julia, do not give up on your dream'. And I said, Mum, I will never give up.” You Know We Belong Together You Know

enjoy soaps are likely to have at least heard of Ken Barlow, Dot Cotton or Harold Bishop. In Home and Away, it’s Alf Stewart, played by Ray Meagher. “He’s the heart and soul in Home and Away. His character, every time I watch him running the diner and the surf club, I think he’s an amazing actor for so many years.” (Hales has ﬁlmed a short scene with Meagher for You Know We Belong Together). Soaps could do much to help understand ing of disability by creating long-running storylines and characters around people with disabilities. And this is a time when Down’s syn drome in particular needs to be understood. At the same time that living with the condition has seen many improvements, pregnancy screening methods have also developed. It is now less invasive and easier to detect the chance of a foetus having the condition. A positive screening for Down’s tends to result in a termination of the pregnancy.

Two years ago, Hales made this the focus of The Upside – a documentary which includes many voices and perspectives. Hales put women’s choice at the documentary’s heart,

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“It was all about car crash interviews,” Spicer laughs. It’s been quite a journey for Spicer. Part

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Rosie Holt and Michael Spicer have built online followings in the hundreds of thousands. We ﬁnd out why they’re leaving the keyboard to head to Edinburgh and the live stage

T wo days before I speak to Rosie Holt, she launches her Tory party leadership bid on Twitter. “Let me tell you a story,” she be gins, telling voters about her grandmother, who “worked hard for our country against a very real threat that was like the pandemic but with guns.” We need someone who is willing to speak the authentic truth,” she intones seriously, woodenly, over stirring, twee music.

CrockettMattPhoto: videos, suffers the slings and arrows of the idiocy of public figures as he, through an earpiece, tries fruitlessly to serve as what he terms their “moral compass”. “It was the wrong thing to do,” the exasperated coach screams at Prince Andrew in one short. “My judgement was probably coloured by my tendency to be too honourable,” replies HRH instead, contra any best advice.

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Since she began posting Twitter shorts during lockdown, Holt has gone from a relative unknown to an online powerhouse with a quarter-million following and a pod cast in which she plays a vapid right-wing shock jock called Harriet Langley-Swindon (sound vaguely familiar?). “It instantly went a bit haywire,” she says of an ongoing viral response. And in 2022, she’s making the leap from online stardom to the vulnerability of liveTheperformance.dayIspeak to Michael Spicer, aka the man in The Room Next Door , he’s launch ing his defence against COVID. He’s croaky, tired, and more game and articulate than I’d ever be in his condition. In a way, it’s very apt for a man who, in his Room Next Door

Like many of Holt’s other videos (a classic: the Tory minister who doesn’t know if she went to a party or not) it’s so on point that it’s almost possible to be taken in by it. But, also like much of her output, it’s also right on the moment: “I suddenly had to scrap the beginning of my show because it seemed so outdated!” she laughs. “I was talking about things like party games, and suddenly I thought, this now feels a 100 years old.”

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SHOW Rosie Holt: The Woman’s Hour VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard TIME: 6:00pm – 7:00pm, 3–29 Aug, not 16 SHOW Michael Spicer: The Room Next Door VENUE: Assembly George Square Studios TIME: 3:40pm – 4:40pm, 19–28 AugMichael

For both Holt and Spicer, their digital rise has been extraordinary. But I’m surprised on two accounts. The first, that neither spends a lot of time poring over the analytics and playing to the numbers. Indeed, both are refreshingly sanguine about the frenetic movements of the online herd: “There have

SpicerPhoto:MichaelSpicer been a number of occasions whereby I’ve gained like 1000, 2000 followers and I hav en’t done anything,” Spicer says. For Holt, the growth was largely organic: “When the first video did well I cottoned on and thought, OK, this is something that works.” Though she remains optimistic about this: “You’re not always in control of it.” The second is that both see live perfor mance as, in some way, better than online success. For Holt, it’s simple: “I love doing the online thing,” she says, calling live performance “the real deal”. Though there’s an immediacy to being able to put things out on Twitter, there’s also a distancing: “It's a very different process, because you'll be filming it, doing it on your own, and then you get kind of a delayed reaction. What is so lovely about live performance is you get that sort of instant feedback.”

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Spicer’s show, in which he tells his own story, alongside “greatest hits” and “a nice healthy mix of other sketches and other bits, and bobs” is his first live since 2003. There is, he says, “a genuinely a nice element to stepping outside of the online world.” Even more surprisingly, it’s more financially viable than the content factory of the web: “I don’t know how to generate money from clicks,” he says, describing live performance as the “route out”. I’m gonna fess up here: at a time when mere anarchy is loose upon the world and it feels like the internet trolls are vying to be the next PM, this all feels rather heartening.

of that is practical. Though a writer and performer who’d had viral hits before, none struck such a sustained chord as The Room Next Door , which begun with a going-over of the Boris Johnson “bus models” interview in May 2019. By the time of Johnson’s resig nation speech, Spicer’s half a million follow ers genuinely expected his take on it. He has a book deal, a live tour and a life beyond the anteroom with a radio show and a film pitch. But part of that has been creative: “As I’ve done more and more of these, the culture certainly has shifted thanks to Trump, I think to this more sort of grandstanding ideolog ical politics which doesn’t actually have any sure footing. It’s just a way of poking a stick at the voter.”

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VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy TIME: 2:50pm – 3:50pm, 4–28 Aug not 10, 17, 24

Earnestness is not a trait seen in many comedians these days, perhaps an understandable reaction to the world being the way it is. But Josie Long isn’t just any comedian, and she’s so excited to be back on stage. It’s palpable: earnest in a way that isn’t annoying. Her refrain as she breathlessly wanders the stage is, “and yet, and yet, and yet.” It’s a really lovely way to be welcomed back into herUnadulteratedworld.

enthusiasm, in Josie’s case at least, doesn’t translate into being twee or simplistic, far from it. Because while there are gags about being a new mum, moving to Scotland and being diagnosed with ADHD, Josie has lost none of her gently roaring ﬁre. In fact, it’s these kinds of relatable topics that are laced with the most bite: Scotland gets the baby box – here’s why the country is so much better than England. Everything rolls back around to a mildly manic disappointment with the state of the UK today. Long has a stunning way with words. It doesn’t matter if she’s comparing socialism to nu-metal or describing her daughter’s day at outdoor nursery, it’s done with a deliberate, pitch-perfect turn of phrase – and the jokes-perminute counter is huge. And her call-to-action ﬁnale is a much-needed beacon of hope above right-wingery, climate disaster and despair.

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Somewhere between the Battle of Troy being retold through the medium of German Expressionism, and the spectacle of a semi-nude Narcissus crawling across the audience to gawp at his reﬂection, it occurs to you that Greece Lightning is not your average classics lesson. Taking us on this deliriously funny tour of Greek mythology is Garry Starr, the alter-ego of Australian comedian Damien Warren-Smith.Thepremise of Greece Lightning, explains Starr at the outset, is to save “Greek” from decades of “ergonomic pro cession” by encouraging us all to go there on our holidays and spend loads of “gyros”. Really though, it’s an inspired showcase for Starr’s adroit clowning and gonzo comicBoundingsensibility.onstage as Mount Olympus head honcho Zeus, complete with lightning bolts dangling from his nipples and an incongruous Elizabethan ru around his neck, Starr works his way through all of your favourite Greek deities, Titans and side players. This one-man whirlwind is support ed by a game audience, whose Herculean tasks include bat tling a Cyclops and taking on an adorable Cerberus whose three heads bear a striking resemblance to Sooty’s canine BFF – although their biggest challenge of the night is know ing where to look when Atlas’s tiny loin cloth goes awry. If you don’t know your Athena from your Uranus, don’t worry. Working knowledge of Greek Myth isn’t required to appreciate the sublime cra of Starr’s physical perfor mance and his complete command of the audience. The results are a quintessential Fringe experience where it feels like anything and everything could happen.

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The o cial blurb for Catts calls it a ‘lip-synced ballet’, which sums things up pretty well: imagine if an old 80s Kate Bush video went awry and the prancing Bush started miming to reality shows, workout tapes and freaky old inter views instead, all jerkily cut together, VHS-style, on the bigWhatscreen.gradually emerges is that this is a peek into the mind of someone actively becoming the stereotypical crazy cat lady, a life among felines suddenly seeming much simpler than trying to make sense of the noisy, stressful and stupid world we negotiate every day. But take it as you will: there are silly puns and perfor mance-arty bits, Cassette boy-style video mash-ups and emotional human moments, all of it underpinned by a hugely impressive perfor mance from Thompson. Having to learn a whole speech – snide pauses and all – by a particularly objection able future member of Her Majesty’s Government: that’s dedication.

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One of the great joys of the Ed inburgh Fringe is just glancing at your fellow ticket-holders when something fantastically odd is going on, onstage. No doubt Catts will attract a number of curious Lloyd-Web ber fans and unassuming

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Leo Reich is 23, the young est comedian that has ever lived, and a narcissist. This Edinburgh debut is his announcement to the world. Camp, shallow and delightfully good-fun, it proves he is a star in the making. Of course, Reich knows all this because his ego is sky high. Deadpan, he talks about the everyday di culties of being young, queer and Jewish. The youth need to take up space and “profit o it,” he declares, so he’s written his memoir, which he reads from over a jazzy score, early. It is an ironic parody of the Gen-Z experience and Reich is a vacuous monster born from their social media-controlled lives. He is convinced he’s something special, has things to say and is a genius. He has serious beliefs – he wrote them in his phone’s notes app. It is just now he’s lost it, he has forgotten what they are. It doesn’t matter though, because we are lucky to be there, he tells us. But jokes aside, he’s right. Reich has charisma in fistfuls. Flouncing round the stage, he breaks up his self-obsessed jabbers with showy songs that are an ode to the struggles of the over 50s or narrate his experience having sex with men that hateThehim.whole time, he remains wholly uninterested in the audience – we’re there to see him, a er all. But, boy, has he got us watching. And with his Dad’s “small business” financial backing, he is set to fly. Anya Ryan

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Friends and Nothing More is a generous hour of comedy in which we get to share the lan guage of friendship and be in on every joke.

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Friends since Year Nine, Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson’s show rings with the authen ticity and private language that blossoms with those we like and know best. As Britney, the sketch duo take us from creative-source to sea. Clive and Robertson’s shared history allows them a special trust in their writing. We watch them deliver skits that must have made each other laugh long before they’ve translated it into material that works for an au dience. A quote from Stephen King on writing and marriage, surely once the fragment of an initial idea, introduces their take on the domestic relationship the horror author has with his wife, Tabitha. They have a closeness which allows them a quiet conﬁdence, we’re able to luxuriate in the sketches between sketches as they take apart their Heely x Reeboks, bemoaning the cumbersome mechanics of carrying around the foot wear’s universal wrench. They gleefully play around with routines, turning jokes upside down, giving us the pay-o to their Beauty and the Beast parody long before we hear the set-up. As clever Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 5:45pm – 6:45pm, 4–28 Aug, not 16 as they are goofy, mining groans and laughs, extend ing the mileage of every line,

UllathorneStevePhoto: introductory show to her and her life. Luckily, she has plenty going on to mine funny from: two sisters (one also deaf, one just stupid), a Latin mum with hardcore beliefs about virginity and – because of said Latin mum – a newly awakened sex life (“I didn’t know I had a clitoris until four years ago.”) She also has a lot of worries about the climate crisis, but this is not a show about the climate crisis. Not really. Sure, there are analogies about the degenerative hearing loss she lives with and how one day she’ll be completely deaf, but there’s no way you could draw a line between the two things. Right.

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Lara Ricote is a lot of things. We know, thanks to her show title, that she is a girl, she is Latinx and she is deaf. She’s also whip-smart, deadpan AF and seemingly blessed with funny bones.

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Ricote is a generous per former, allowing punchlines to land and lie for as long as the audience needs, her self-aware self-deprecation remains on the right side of needy, and she bats away a heckler with disarming charm and improv. Being a minority is in right now, she says, but there’s more to explore here, and she takes time to consider the ways she does and doesn’t “pass” in a world where she sometimes can’t quite ﬁnd her community. But then she busts out a whole bit that puts her at the same level as Rachel Bloom in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and you know she’ll be just ﬁne.

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SnowWokeﬂakeCancelNicoresti:SamAntiCulture VENUE: PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth TIME: 8:55pm – 9:45pm, 6–28 Aug, not 17

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Going in feet-ﬁrst on the rightwing comics and free speech ideologues sounding o about cancel culture, Sam Nicoresti’s latest show is both admirably forthright in confronting the fascistic tendencies of that movement, especially towards MooreEdPhoto: the transgender, and artfully mischievous in pursuing its aims of ridiculing the more cynical blowhards among them. Moreover, he’s got real skin in the game, having lately begun a journey of queer self-discovery that’s still in a curious, questing form, a ord ing his 50 minutes a freshness and raw vitality in tandem with its topicality, despite the reasonably slick multimedia he deploys and artistic sensibili ties he aspires to. Employing a twisted al ter-ego, Nam Sicoresti, and big screen for faux-conversations with fellow gender spectrum sceptics, he’s accomplished at exposing the fallacies of logic espoused by his enemies. Putting words in their mouths sure, but only to an extent. Better still are the more per sonal monologues he delivers directly to the audience, with a well-argued dismissal of the furore around toilets, just generally humanising the bitterly fought debate while getting in some recurring, enjoyable gags at the monar chy’sUnfortunately,expense. Nicoresti’s thoughtfulness and invest ment in his subject matter also work against him, as he closes on an interminably lengthy and sincere set of conclusions that relegate the comedy to second place, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and a ording succour and ammunition to his foes. Jay Richardson

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Sikisa’s party spirit is chal lenged by stereotypes in her Fringe debut about living your best life, but you can’t keep a good woman o the dance ﬂoor. Ready to stay out all night, this hostess with the mostest takes on unfounded beliefs about black women in a sassy hour. An immigration lawyer from South London with roots in Barbados, Sikisa is fed up with people’s assumptions about her. In the show, some of these views are revealed through interactions with people she meets at a house party, allow ing her to address di erent perspectives while discussing a range of topics, including cocaine use, gentriﬁcation, fuckbois and interracial dating.Involving a member of the audience, she talks about the plight of immigrants, using a game to demonstrate what it takes to get a UK passport. It’s a surprisingly rare moment of audience interaction, follow ing the enthusiastic greeting at the start of the show. The banging tunes at the entrance hinted at a party for all, but Sikisa is the only one who gets to take regular ‘dance

TIME: 8:25pm – 9:25pm, 3–28 Aug, not 17 breaks’, which may be why the energy levels in the room slightly drop across the hour. Even so, this is a high-spirited call to celebrate life and love yourself from a comedian who knows how to have fun. Veronica Finlay 28 Comedy

Sikisa: Life of the Party

BodlovicMihaelaPhoto: @RoundaboutSummerhall TIME: times vary, 5-28 Aug, not 9, 16, 23 In the round, a stand-up comic turns. We see the Comedy Store-style cartoon grin festooning the back of his pink jacket – the rictus logo of professional laugh-making – as his red Converse trainers shu e through stances. He grabs the mic to start his set – and restart, and restart, until he gets the opening right. Our livewire lead, played by Tony- and Olivier-nominated Samuel Barnett (The History Boys), lets us into his love life with confessional abandon. Barnett is immaculate; fully embodying the tangled neu roses of being British, male, gay and a comedian as he traverses the London dating scene. He is utterly convincing as a comic, nailing the requi site inﬂections, mannerisms and o -stage awkwardness. He does soaring justice to Marcelo Dos Santos’ equally pristine writing, too: self-con scious, naturalistic, by turns wise and fallible, hitting both hilarious and heart-wrenching with winking de ness.

Like good stand-up, Feeling Afraid… manifests a vivid world, and Matthew Xia’s tight direction brings to life the narrative’s cruel ironies as our star’s relationship unfolds. The title bears obvious portent, but the story is not gloomy. Instead, there is tension, but it’s a tension familiar to any thinking, feeling human navigating love and sex in our frantic, app-yoked lives – and especially to those who use humour to deﬂect when things get too much. The show’s faultless execution is matched only by this audience’s thun derous, cathartic, cry-laughing response. George Sully

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There are echoes of former Moody smash hits – Fleabag, Angry Alan, Baby Reindeer et al – but such box-lumping undersells Feeling Afraid…’s distinct identity. Comedy – as a form – is integral to not just the structure of the show (the monologue is rendered as stand-up, mostly), but also to its examination of presenta tion, truthfulness, insecurity and mental health. It’s perfor mance about performance, but without any insu erable, try-hard self-awareness. Gen uine and captivating, Barnett boasts a well-earned full circumference of laser-locked eyelines from start to end, his self-reﬂections and sec ond-guessing visibly resonat ing with every unblinking face.

Truscott – the man – is a fantastically gross exag geration, a knowingly arch critique of male ego (both in its bluster and veiled fragili ty), and an apposite creation to springboard discussions around gender and power in the arts. He is asked about his “alleged” inability to write complex female characters; his responses are a pastiche of those elliptical, kneejerk non-answers we’ve heard in many a hagiographic Q&A. Cannon shi s between syc ophancy and confrontation in his questioning, a changing dynamic sometimes made physical through bu oonery.

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There’s a cartoonishness to the clowning and sound cues which undermines the seri ousness of what’s being dis cussed, an inspired move that recalls the flimsy, pantomime e orts of cis men discussing issues concerning people who aren’t in the room. Of course, with Truscott, things are rarely as they first appear. There are passages in the piece’s latter sec tions which wax much more literal. These could, unfairly, be labelled preachy, but only be cause there is clear exaspera tion at how the more nuanced representations of these struggles are misinterpreted or simply ignored. Here, it is done artfully, with justification, thanks to Truscott’s wealth of expertise and passion for both the form and the subject. The text is dense, but necessarily so; these are not simple problems. But this is, ultimately, a Fringe show; there is tension-relieving fun amid the righteous fury. Even at its thorniest, at its knottiest, Mas terclass still shows Truscott relishing in the playfulness of deconstruction.GeorgeSully

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Like a reﬂexologist, Adrienne Truscott ﬁnds these knots deep in the muscles of theatre and attempts to work them out. Staged as a highbrow interview in the vein of Inside the Actors Studio, Master class pits Feidlim Cannon (Brokentalkers) as the host, all corduroy and tweed, against Adrienne Truscott’s male auteur persona.

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A camcorder sits at the edge of the stage. Its pervasiveness is ever-present as the couple go through the motions of their lives, trying to forget that the captured ﬁlm may determine whether they are permitted immigration status.

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WanGa-KenTommyPhoto: being outed to their families and communities. The play ex plores their relationship when under the scrutiny of the UK’s Home O ce. When threatened with deportation, how must one perform and record love? And for who? The stage, their kitchen, holds space for this complex ity, with its greying half-shut blinds. However – with a few turns of a table, a shi in light ing – this kitchen becomes the Home O ce. It’s subtle but nuanced, communicating how the violence of the UK’s immigration policy inhabits the space of those under itsNarratively,assessment.it’s heavy but it’s not dragging. It’s sometimes slow, weighted by moments of this gentle love and by moments of a certain fraught sadness. Punctuated by mon ologues – textured through sound, us hearing what the characters once heard – this is storytelling at its most transcendent.Fortwocharacters who are at times so detached from one another, their connection as actors is utterly palpable. This active bond, moving in and out of each other, allows for each character to have moments holding the stage alone, creating some of the play’s most striking scenes. Forceful and deeply impactful, it is a necessary watch. Eilidh Akilade

Silkworm VENUE: Assembly Roxy TIME: 6:50pm – 8:05pm, 4–29 Aug, not 10, 17, 24

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Wilf

The road feels like the cultural preserve of America. Long highways and evocative motels and Thelma and Louise riding o the Grand Canyon. British roads are tight and knotty. They’re Ginsters pasties and Costa co ee. They can make you feel sick.

Wilf, then, is a brilliant inter pretation of a road movie for these shores. At a low ebb in his life, processing the trauma of a physically abusive boy friend and a psychologically abusive mother, Calvin ﬁnds comfort in a beaten up VW he christens Wilf, and the A82 be tween Glasgow and Inverness. But not without some bumps along the way. Of course, the relationship between Calvin and Wilf is re ally the relationship between Wilf and himself. While the personiﬁcation of the car is quite charming and funny, it’s also a clear cry for help, a kind of mania that Calvin is slowly descending into that you know is going to get worse before it gets better.

Thankfully, there is real joy and hope in this story – with out wanting to give too much away, one sentence in the ﬁnal monologue crystallises this, serving to too.–howas…apist,instructor-cum-psychotheraslightstrikeimmediately,theincrediblywholeMichaelthateverythingrecontextualisewe’veseenupuntilpointinabeautifulway.Dylanreallysellsthething.AsCalvinheisendearing,gettingaudienceonsidealmostbutalsoabletothatbalancebetweenanddark.BothIreneAllanthefoul-moutheddrivingandNeilJohnGibsonwell,youlosecountofmanypeopleheplaysputingreatcomicturnsHarryHarris

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Actors Varun Raj and Anish Roy are magnetic in their portrayal of two contrasting best friends whose union is more akin to that of brothers. They argue and throw insults at each other but also take on the world and its many micro-aggressions: from the prying eyes at the swimming pool to the suspicious looks of shop security who watch as they buy their ﬁrst swimming trunks.

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The boisterous sounds of Desi bangers, including Panjabi MC’s Mundian to Bach Ke, ﬁll the room as Kash playfully teases the audience with his slick bhangra moves. He’s wearing a kurta, dancing with deter mination and a cheeky grin until he’s joined by his quieter, calmer counterpart Mohsen. Brown Boys Swim is a tender coming-of-age story with a seemingly innocent premise: two Asian friends are desper ate to learn how to swim in order to make a mark at an up coming pool party thrown by the cool crowd. But while the story appears light-hearted and even comical in its set-up, there is an underlying dark ness in the narrative, largely arising from the othering of Kash and Mohsen by their classmates and wider society.

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The staging and minimal set design, with glowing blue light ing, places you at the edge of a swimming pool and in a stu y locker room. The choreography of the boys learning to swim is thought-out with precision – there’s no water but Kash and Mohsen really appear submerged and flailing as they attempt to float. In the script’s mash-up of English with small phrases of Urdu, including swear words commonly articulated by Asian elders, and hilarious in-jokes about incidents like having your flip-flops stolen at Friday prayers, Karim Khan’s play feels both personal to those in the community and universal in its messaging. Brown Boys Swim unpacks that feeling of being an outsider while doing everything in your power, and sometimes to your detriment, to assimilate. Arusa Qureshi

Age is

Haley McGee sits atop a lifeguard’s chair, staring into the future. Your future. But she’s not going to tell you the whole story. Surrounding her are envelopes with cryptic titles – oysters, inbox, fist – that are tied to tall plastic flowers, circling McGee like numbers on a clockface. She picks them like daisies, o ering them up to the audience. What chapter do we want to hear next? The unchosen stories get pushed to the ground with a breezy shrug: “Anyway!” she says, smil ing like a friend withholding grade A gossip. Age is a Feeling speaks directly to you. It takes place on your 25th birthday, and it leads you through decades of life, through break-ups and aching bones and missed opportunities. The “you” in the play is vague enough that you can truly superimpose your self, but also specific and alive enough for you to develop real tenderness towards this avatar, this pseudo-you.

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Directed by Adam Brace, McGee is a salwasheverythingty:veershershowthischarismaticconvincing,sageandmakesenormouslytext-heavyfeellikeabreeze.Butmagicalomnisciencealsotowardssentimentaliitimpliesthat,intheend,smoothsoutintheofhindsight,anduniveradvice(stretch,ﬂoss,veg etables, etc) feels more akin to Baz Luhrmann’s Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen) than hard-won knowledge. Still, there’s scarcely a dry eye in the house once McGee reach es the show’s ﬁnal resting place – and that’s with only half the story.

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Bex, a young Black woman working as a waitress, meets Lori, a white chef at a catering event. This is the start of an intense but profoundly ﬂawed and unbalanced relationship.

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Hungry

Lori is ambitious, but holds inherently problematic views that manifest through her thinking about di erent foods and their origins. Bex is content with her life, but hyper-aware of the systems that oppress her. Though they quickly fall for each other, their di erences lead to in tense conﬂict.

Playwright Chris Bush’s polar opposite charac ters, whip-smart dialogue and socio-political commentary, along with Katie Posner’s highpaced direction, means this play is one of the stars of this year’sBush’sFringe.oen-serious writing has many excellent jokes and one-liners that e ectively balance the weightier themes in the play. She uses non-lin ear time to gradually reveal key points in Bex and Lori’s relationship. We see the later stages amidst the earlier, with bigger reveals coming towards the end. It’s a smart structure that works well to keep things varied in a show with a small cast and a single set. Posner ensures the tran sitions are quick and clearly marked so it’s easy to know what is the present and what is the Actorspast.Eleanor Sutton and Leah St Luce are exceptional. Their chemistry ensures their relationship is totally convinc ing and their energy drives the play through to its inevitable end. All of the production elements come together exquisitely to make for a phe nomenal production.

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Eyes, as the saying goes, are the windows to the soul. It’s not accidental, then, that the protagonist of Isabella Waldron’s tender new play makes prosthetic eyes. There’s lots here about seeing and being seen, along with plenty of meaning-heavy looks and poignant locking of gazes. It’s a show about making eyes, in both senses of the phrase. 17-year-old Bea (Nell Barlow) is introduced to ocularistry by Margot (Olivia Dowd): the enigmatic wax model maker who moves in next door to her family home. Margot is older, artistic, entrancing. The two women form a friendship and a working partnership – Margot makes the bodies, Bea makes the eyes. Bit by bit, friendship tips over into inti macy, leaving a lasting mark on them both. This central story of ﬁrst love is gently and beautifully told, with carefully weight ed dialogue and delicate performances. In director Nell Bailey’s production, the connection between Bea and Margot is instantly believa ble and compelling, without brushing away the discomfort of their age gap and unequal power dynamic. Less successful, though, is the containing narrative, in which an older Bea prepares to deliver a lecture at the Wellcome Collection and is dragged back into her mem ories, which she shares with museum employee Dana (Alice Franziska). Too o en, these scenes feel like a contrivance that simply facilitates the depiction of Bea and Margot’s relationship. That said, the show as a whole is quietly heartbreaking, marking out Waldron, Bailey and their impressive cast as talents to watch. Catherine Love

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Edinburgh choreographer and dancer Jack Webb draws heavenly curves and squiggles through the air in this solo dance piece, full of so ness and introspection. A Scottish accented voiceover braids together abstract notions of identity, home and belonging, with memories dri ing in from Dundee, Dublin, Edinburgh and the Arctic, amongst other places. The narrative begins with speciﬁc child hood memories and becomes more suggestive and poetic, with the emphasis more on a growing momentum of emotions than a detailed story arc. Tense white noise builds and swells, with Webb’s long limbs scissoring and wrapping around themselves before the piece eventually reaches a blissed out place of calm.

Webb begins by placing miniature props on a turntable – tiny plastic hands and model railway trees are filmed live and projected onto a screen behind him. A er those close up sequences, everything zooms out and he dances with grace and strength in front of huge projections of deep sea and rolling waves, his body seeming to merge with the water as he undulates and ripples towards the hypnotic final section. As people and places have ebbed and flowed around him, it seems that his body has remained a safe place, something he knows and recognises, and the cen tre to which he returns.

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Ever seen a farmer do a wheelie with a tractor? Cirque Alfonse’s Animal is grimy and domestic, more farmhandsgone-wild than Lion King, but although the props are humble (milk churns, wheel barrows, that sort of thing), the stunts are anything but. Backed up by a set dressed in corrugated iron and a dynamic three-piece rock band, Cirque Alfonse’s five performers juggle a repertoire of stunts even better than they do a box of free-range eggs. It’s a wacky show, with a strong aesthetic in lieu of any narrative, but who needs narrative when you can watch a weirdly high stakes game of piggy in the middle with an enormous cowbell as the ball? The Quebecois family outfit, suitably attired in faded denim dungarees, flared chaps, and tiny tweed waistcoats, laugh at each other as o en as they fling their partners skyhigh. There is visible a ection between the performers, and this looseness makes Animal a playful, punchy watch. Stun ning teamwork (particularly in a duet between two contor tionists) and absurd humour compensates for the odd lull in proceedings: a seesaw rubber chicken routine goes nowhere fast, and an inter pretive knife dance about the grim reaper is a bit of a down er, though both skits encap sulate Cirque Alfonse’s downenergy.bedtime-story-gone-wrongkooky,Anathleticfinalshowwithamechanicalbull brings feeding time to a close, triumphantly closing the barn doors on this family-friendly hour at the (deep farmyard-circus-cabaret.breath)KatieHawthorne AnimalAlfonse:Cirque Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows TIME: 4:25pm – 5:25pm, 6–27 Aug, not 10, 15, 22

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Cabaret performers have long known that you can rhine stone the hell out of anything and make it art. Yet few have taken it to Blunderland host Eric tasteful-sparklegiantsheathedextremes.Schmalenberger’sWhentheMCisinasee-through,condom,adornedwithjizz,youget

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an idea of what is (potentially literally) coming. This late-night variety show is a sequinned gross-out absurdity that feels more underground New York than actual New York. It’s also as hot as a psychedelic chemsex sauna orgy. As the Michete score hails, the Blunderland gang are acting slutty while looking bitching. There is little linking (OK, nothing) the acts apart from a sense of club-kid anarchy, unapologetic thirst-traps and a predilection for hot pink glitter. There’s stunning aerial from Em Chilvers and Leo Pentland, alongside creepy juggling from human-haunted doll Olivia Porter. Mixed with burlesque and Bede indancedontesquetionartistthantakingwhatmessyroutine,thecocaine-fuelled-gymnastNash’satworld’s-gayest-Butlinsit’sastunning,Queer,riot.Andifyou’veeverwonderedMariahCareylookslikeashit,looknofurtherAustralianperformanceTaraBoom.Herconceptoabortionclown-groisapoliticalstatementreproductiverights,outfromatopatoiletspangledspermshoes.

Performed with jazz hands, lipstick, and determination,spit-and-polishGrandmother’s Closet is a gentle autobiogra phy of self-discovery. Writer and performer Luke Hereford welcomes us with open arms, as if we’re guests in his nan’s cozy, chintzy living room, and it really is easy to imagine this family home stu ed with memories – his storytelling is detailed and familiar, with the sweetly painful nostalgia of old home video tapes. The neatly maximalist set design is nan’s house perfec tion; a cluttered dressing table and glamorously overstu ed wardrobe are Hereford’s dance partners, as he brings us childhood ﬂashbacks through a series of musical mashups. Backed up by exu berant Bobby Harding on keys, Hereford has a strong voice and even stronger commit ment to his favourite divas: a Judy Garland moment is impeccable, a Kylie/Kate Bush blend is particularly ambitious, and a Scissor Sisters extrava ganza brings down the house. But beyond the sequins and polyester, the heart of the show is Hereford’s double-act with his grandma – by all accounts a woman so glamorous she could shield him from the di culties of growing up queer in a small town, but also who pushed him to discover the wholeness of himself. The storytelling falters when it steps back into the present day, and there is more to explore when Hereford worries about losing their shared stories due to her developing dementia, but this is a tender, cathartic show with a glamorously large heart.

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Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, the musical adaptation of Kate Pankhurst’s picture book, attempts to remedy this by giving voice to some of history’s most remarkable heroines.Schoolgirl Jade (played charmingly by Kudzai Man gombe) loses her group during a visit to a museum, eventually stumbling upon the closed Gallery of Greatness exhibit. As she laments teen life, di culties at home and the notion of feeling invisible, various historical ﬁgures breeze through o ering sage advice on how to be heard and make your mark as a bold and fearless woman.

History isn’t always kind to women, a fact reiterated by the steady erasure of prominent names over time. In all facets of life, women are systematically denied credit for their innovations, discoveries and social tri umphs, resulting in a history that is o en incomplete and one-sided.

Amelia Earhat, Gertrude Ederle and Sacagawea step up first to tell their stories, followed by the likes of Mary Seacole, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks and AnneTheFrank.castof five, including Mangombe, are commanding and versatile in their stage presence, ensuring that the feel-good factor never fully diminishes. One section of note, featuring Emmeline Pankhurst in purple camou flage, is particularly powerful in its Formation-era Beyonce step dancing and mash-up of militaristic beats with pop andChrisrap.Bush’s adaptation fuses up-tempo pop wizard ry with the type of musical energy that is akin to previous Fringe hit Six the Musical There are moments that threaten to veer o into the na but then you remember the target audience for this show – and as young, inquisi tive faces stare at the bright, neon coloured set wide-eyed and in awe, it’s clear there has been some level of success here. Arusa Qureshi 2:50pm, 4–29 17, 24

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Six friends explore themselves (and each other) in this new musical by young queer theatre company GOYA. We watch Mel, Lily, Jordan, Willow, Marc and Ben negotiate their post-University friendships, while political a liations, corporate jobs, wanderlust and romantic ties push them together and pull them apart.

Sex With Friends is strong JohnCallumPhoto: est when it digs into their contrasting desires and ambitions, o en using duets to battle it out from oppos ing sides, but the musical’s snapshot structure – spread over a series of parties, many months apart – makes it tricky to ﬂesh out these characters as recognisable people. Savvy costuming takes us some of the way there (a chic blouse nails Jordan’s young Tory energy) and framing individual verses as voice notes and private conversations helps to bring dimensionality to what would otherwise be quite repetitive staging.

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Just like the cast of Friends before them, there are many high-powered jobs and conveniently a ordable living situations across the six pals – and poor Ben’s money worries are reduced to the butt of a joke. Despite the innuendo of its title, Sex with Friends is overly sanitised and would beneﬁt from lingering in more uncomfortable plac es. But writer and composer Sam Woof (who also plays Marc) is a promising talent, and this skilled cast, many of whom are performing in two shows a day, are impressively fresh. Sex with Friends is a clean, funny but platonic hour: justice for Ben!

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SHOW Sean Choolburra: Didj and Dance!

VENUE: Assembly Rooms TIME: 11:30am – 12:30pm, 6–21 Aug What happens in the show? There’s this guy and he tells you about Australian origin stu . And he does lots of danc ing and music and clapping. Who was your favourite character and why? Me! I got to dance in it. Were there any characters you didn’t like? I liked everybody. What did you like most about the show? When I poked that guy with the stick. We are all poking him with a stick. There were meant to be seven women with sticks but there were only six of us. What didn’t you like about the show? The person we were poking with the sticks didn’t like being poked with the sticks so he got up when he was supposed to be digging! What did your grown-up think about the show? He thought it was amazing because I won a prize! Would you tell your friends to come to the show? Yes! Yes yes yes! There was so much interactiveness in it and it was really good fun.

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Phoebe McCarthy, nine, is pleased to see Julia Donaldson SHOW The Gru alo, the Giant and the Mermaid with Julia Donaldson VENUE: GeorgeUnderbelly,Square TIME: 11:00am – 12:00pm, 4–29 Aug, not 15

The Gruffalo,the Giant and the Mermaid with Julia Donaldson

What happens in the show? It’s a bunch of the stories made by Julia Donaldson and she actually came! Who was your favourite character and why? I liked when one of the assis tants had a tiny little body when they were being the tailor in The Smartest Giant In Town. That was funny. Were there any characters you didn’t like? I didn’t like the Gru alo costume because it was creepy and you couldn’t event see its pupils. And I didn’t like how the eyes were coloured – it was the wrong shade of yellow, they were like a mango-ey orange. What did you like most about the show? I liked The Highway Rat costume, it was very pretty. What didn’t you like about the show? The creepy Gru alo costume! And also that they only had the bad bits of The Highway Rat in it and for the other sto ries they did THE WHOLE BOOK. What did your grown-up think about the show? She very very very very very very very much liked it. Would you tell your friends to come to the show? Emmm. I would tell some of my younger friends, like someone who was ﬁve or six.

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Stewart Lee: Basic Lee (Work in Progress) The Stand Comedy Club, 24–28 Aug Editburgh: The Factually Inaccurate Historical Walking Tour Meeting Point @ Ibis Hotel, 24–29 Aug Irish Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–2810:15Aug David Sheeran: Carpe Your Diem! Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug 10:20 50 Ways to Leave Your Employer Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–2810:30Aug A Morning with Woody Allen (ish) Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Neil Harris: A Short History of the High Jump Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug 10:40 John Aggasild: Welcome Back Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–2810:45Aug Icebreaker – Pale Males Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Pundemic Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug An A to Z of Fish and Chips Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 10:50Aug

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Wil Hodgson: Barbicidal Tendencies Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Josh Pugh: Sausage, Egg, Josh Pugh, Chips and Beans Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug A Rush of ShowcaseLaughter Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug 14:15 Grubby Little Mitts Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Jeremy Segway: A Life Out of Duncan(PresentedBalancebytheBrothers) PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 24–28 Aug Oleg Denisov: Escaped Artist Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Max Fosh: Zocial Butterﬂy Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 14:20Aug

John Kearns: Varnishing Days (WIP) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–27 Aug Pat Cahill: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug Film Club – An Improvised Comedy PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolu tion Bar, 24–26 Aug Jacob Hawley: Bump Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–28 Aug Rahul Somia and a Friend PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brew Dog Lothian Rd, 24–28 Aug 13:30 Toby Isaacs: Existence is Futile Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Pottervision Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 24 Aug Mark Thomas: Black and White The Stand Comedy Club, 24–28 Aug All-American Snack Attack Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 25–28 Aug So My Dad F*cked the Nanny PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 24–28 Aug Angel Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Uncle Daddy’s Comedy Disco Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 25–28 Aug Huge Davies and Janine Harouni Do New Jokes (WIP) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whis tlebinkies, 24–28 Aug Bad Clowns: Invasion Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Nice Time Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 24–29 Aug Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Co ee Shop, 27 Aug Mary O’Connell: There’s Something Wrong With Mary (WIP) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug The Fourth Annual Black Comedy Showcase PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banner mans, 24–28 Aug Andy Macleod: Anoint My Head – How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Gareth Mutch: Mutch in Progress (WIP) Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–25 Aug An Irish Disgrace Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 24–28 Aug 13:35 Joe Bates Speaks Truth to Power Tools PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 24–28 Aug 13:40 100 Songs in an Hour Hill Street Theatre, 24–28 Aug Sarah Scandalous!Southern: PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug The Oxford Imps Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–2813:45Aug Mark Simmons: Quip O the Mark PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 24–27 Aug Character ExperienceBuilding Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug The Alternative Book Club Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24–28 Aug AMJ Entertainer Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Further Adventures in Dementia Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Elliot Wengler: Let Wengler Be Wengler Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug 13:50 Stewart Lee: Snowflake The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug 13:55 Carr Crash: Father/ Daughter Comedy Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Jack Harris: Teaching Teachers How To Teach Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Sunil Patel: Faster Horses Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Vidura SeasonRajapaksa:BandaraMonsoon Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–28 Aug 14:00 Elly Shaw and Elaine Fellows: This Girl Can’t Laughing Horse @ Dragon fly, 24–28 Aug Hatty Ashdown: The Worry Drawer PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 24–28 Aug Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Silent Disco Boogie Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 28–29 Aug Aaaaaaaaaargh! It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 24–28 Aug The Guilty Feminist Gilded Balloon Teviot, 25–28 Aug John Hegley’s Biscuit of Destiny Summerhall, 24–28 Aug The Future of Free Stand-Up: Ste an Alun + Support PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 25–28 Aug Vlad and Kuan-wen: The Wee Aliens Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Daniel Downie: There’s Something About Mary Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–28 Aug

Anthony Jeannot: The Middle Bit Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Jason Byrne: The Paddy Lama – Shed Talks Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–28 Aug Worst Show on the Fringe – Free PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 24–28 Aug Don’t Make Me Hate You Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Stand-Up Philosophy – Free! Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug The Durham Revue: Déjà Revue Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Xander and Cheng: Pig Business Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24–28 Aug 101 Comedy Club – Free Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 24–28 Aug Tom Crosbie: Nerd’s Eye View Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 14:35Aug Amy Moreover,Matthews:TheMoon Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug Mudﬁsh: Might as Well Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 14:40Aug

Phil Green: 90s Boy – Blair, the Lovegun and Me PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug 58 Comedy

Michael Spicer: The Room Next Door Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Lou Conran: A Show Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Lucy Frederick’s Big Fat Wedding Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Chelsea Birkby: No More Mr Nice Chelsea Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–2815:45Aug

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16:00 Laura Davis: If This Is It Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug An Irish Solution to an Irish Problem Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 24–28 Aug Rik Carranza Presents Clash of Fandoms Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Ian Stone: Righter of Wrongs Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Annie and Angela’s Disco Divorce Party Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Darkest Thoughts –Stand-Up from Your Thoughts Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 24–28 Aug

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug

Eric Rushton: I Had a Dream and You Were All in It Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Joe McTernan: The Joe Must Go On Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–28 Aug Chuck Salmon: Pool Noodles Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Exe-a-Sketch theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Jonny & The Baptists: Dance Like It Never Happened Assembly George Square Studios, 25–29 Aug Tom Lawrinson: Cheeky Monkey Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Marjolein Robertson: Thank God Fish Don’t Have Hands The Stand Comedy Club 2, 24–28 16:05Aug Glenn Moore: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn I’m Sixty Moore Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug 59 Listings

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PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolu tion Bar, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Adrian Minkowicz: Brown Privilege II PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug Popstar Hair Show Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 Aug

Vix Leyton: Pedestrian Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Sam and Joe: Strikeout! PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolu tion Bar, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Mary Bourke: The Brutal Truth The Stand Comedy Club 2, 24–28 Aug David Ephgrave: Good Grief Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Jody Kamali: Ironing Board Man Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug 14:45 Trevor Lock’s New Show PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banner mans, 24–28 Aug Are We All in a Cult? Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Out of Order! The Quiz With Just One Question Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Alex MacKeith: Thanks for Listening Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–28 Aug Eh! Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 24–28 Aug Edfringe Hot Ticket Lucky Dip! Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 27–28 Aug Ben Moor: Pronoun Trouble Pleasance Courtyard, 24 Aug Ben Moor and Joanna Neary: TalkBookBookTalkBook Pleasance Courtyard, 26–27 Aug Ross Leslie: Massive Queue At The Tip Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–28 Aug Bruce Willis Is My Dad Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 24–28 Aug Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug 14:50 Josie Re-EnchantmentLong: Monkey Barrel Comedy, 25–28 Aug Eric’s Tales of the Sea: A Submariner’s Yarn Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Geriatric Millennial (Work in Progress) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 24–28 Aug Rob Auton: The Crowd Show Assembly George Square, 24–2915:00Aug AC/DC: ComedyComediansAustralian/Dope Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24–28 Aug Stokes and Summers: Careering Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Action Figure Archive Volume 2: WTF!? 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St Columba’s by the Castle, 25 Aug, 27 Aug Ian Lynam: Autistic License Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Murder, She Didn’t Write Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Olaf Falafel: STOAT Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 24–28 Aug Silent Disco Boogie Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 27 Aug General Secretary Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Sylus 2024! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug AAA Batteries (Not Included) Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Al Lubel: Talks About His Name for Fi y-Six Minutes and About Something Else for Four Minutes Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Co ee Shop, 27–28 Aug Raul Kohli: Makes It Up as He Goes Along Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug The Meaning of Wife PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 25–28 15:10Aug Stefania Licari: Medico Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–28 Aug Krystal KaleidoscopeEvans: Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 24–28 Aug Ryan Lane Will Be There Now in a Minute Assembly Roxy, 24–28 Aug CSI: Crime ImprovisationScene Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–2815:15Aug Shaggers Laughing Horse @ Dragon ﬂy, 24–28 Aug Filthy Funny Females Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Alex Leam: The Joy of Decks PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 24–28 Aug Lorraine Hoodless: Bumpy PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 24–28 Aug Kill The Frippery theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Dalia Malek: Another Castle Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Billy Kirkwood: Energetic Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–28 Aug Simon Munnery: Trials and Tribulations The Stand Comedy Club, 24–28 Aug Jeena Bloom: HomecomingTheQueen Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Jacob Hatton: Relax! (Exclamation Mark) Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug 15:20 Radu Isac: Pandemic Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Lara Ricote: GRL/ LATNX/DEF Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–28 Aug Aaron Simmonds: Hot Wheels Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Julie Jay: Oops, This Is Toxic Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Adam Greene in No Time to Diet Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Catherine Bohart: This Isn’t For You Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 15:25Aug Will Duggan: Iceberg Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Matt Price: Raging Bill PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 24–28 Aug 15:30 Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug A Bookish Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Just the Tonic’s A ernoon Delight Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 25–28 Aug Joseph EqualiserParsons: Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Alﬁe Moore: It’s a Fair Cop – Live! 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Stella Graham –Porcupine PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 27 Aug Robyn Perkins: Million Dollar Maybe Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Smurf Etiquette Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 24–28 Aug Spontaneous Potter: The Uno cial Improvised Parody Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Eryn Tett Finds Her Audience Just the Tonic at The Tron, 24–28 Aug Ari Eldjárn: Saga Class Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Weegie Hink Ae That? Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Notﬂix: Binge Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Child Wuhan:FromTrauma, Love and Diarrhea – Moni Zhang Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 25–28 Aug Pernille Haaland: Resting Confused Face Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Gareth Waugh: Doozy The Stand Comedy Club, 24–29 Aug Christof Epaminondas and Friend(s): Too Much Encouragement Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Alcohol Is Good For You Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 17:05Aug Who Murdered My Cat? Assembly George Square, 24–29 Aug Casey InconceivableBalsham: Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Durham University’s Stand Society Presents: Dungaree Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 17:10Aug Richard David-Caine: Tall, Dark and Anxious Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Markus Birdman – The Bearable Heaviness of Nearly Not Being PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug Can You Put This in the Bin for Me? PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolu tion Bar, 24–25 Aug 17:15 Nathan ObservationalCassidy: Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Silly Words from My Stupid Face Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–29 Aug Michael Porter: Is It Just Me? Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 24–29 Aug Vappow! Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Aaaaaaaaaargh! It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 24–28 Aug Ann Chun: Asian Divorce Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug PBH’s Free Fringe 24–28 Aug the Vortex Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Movie Musical CATS Riddles Court, 24–27 17:20Aug Comedy Allstars George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Clayhead the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Rosenthal: Manhood Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Your Own Greenside Inﬁrmary Street, 24–27 Aug Musho’d: Why I Don’t Talk to People Terrorism PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 25–28 Aug I Blame the Parents Bristo Square, 24–28 Aug United Ruined Bloody Life Stand Comedy Club 2, 24–28 Aug the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug

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Neil O’Rourke: Midwit (Work in Progress) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 24–27 Aug Practice Room 99 theSpaceTriplex, 24–27 Aug 16:10 Dan Kelly: How I Came Third in the North Korean Marathon Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug The Ugly PreservationAnimalSociety Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–2816:15Aug Adam Greene and Peter Bazely: Bi and Large Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Microscope: Live Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24 Aug Alistair AlistaircraticBarrie: PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 24–28 Aug Richard Stott: A erparty Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug 60 Minutes About Scotland Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Soﬁe Hagen: Fat Jokes Monkey Barrel Comedy, 25–28 Aug Sasha Ellen: Creeps and Geeks Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Illegally Funny Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24–28 Aug Card Ninja Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Wrestling With the Champ: Better Red Than Dead PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 24–28 Aug Microscope: Live Monkey Barrel Live Stream, 24 Aug Edfringe Hot Ticket Lucky Dip! Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 27–28 Aug The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness) Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Alex Kealy: Winner Takes All Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–28 Aug 16:20 Healing+ Paradise in Augustines, 24–28 Aug Ange Lavoipierre: I’ve Got 99 Problems and Here’s an Exhaustive List of Them Underbelly, George Square, 24–29 Aug Grace Petrie: Butch Ado About Nothing Assembly George Square, 24–28 Aug Alice Brine: Brinestorm Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Chris Cantrill: The Bad Boy Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 24–28 Aug Harriet Dyer: Trigger Warning Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 16:25Aug George Egg: Set Menu (The Best of George Egg) Assembly George Square Gardens, 24–28 Aug Rajiv Karia: Gallivant Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2816:30Aug

Stephen Mullan: Ouch! Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Jo rey! The Pantomime theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Absolute Onions: Improv Comedy

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PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brew Dog Lothian Rd, 24–28 Aug Stuart McPherson: The Peesh Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug Looking Wolverhampton’sfor Latin Quarter theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2717:00Aug #Jollyboat – The Best of Jollyboat PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 24–28 Aug Dave Chawner: Mental Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24–28 Aug

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The Year Is Podcast Live w/ Bobby Mair and Red Richardson Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–25 Aug Nature’s Worst With Ella Al-Shamahi (WIP) Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–28 Aug CUMTS: SLEEPOVER Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Jim Daly: Football and Fatherhood Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 24–28 Aug Paul Williams: In the Moonlight Assembly Roxy, 24–28 Aug Martha McBrier: Who Knew? Laughing Horse @ Dragon ﬂy, 24–28 Aug Rich Hardisty: Silly Boy Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Paul Savage: Well Groomed PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 24–27 Aug Kevin ExplodingShepherd:Biscuits (Work in Progress) Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Silent Disco Boogie Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–27 Aug What’s Upset You Now? Live Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 24–28 Aug Greg Winﬁeld and Charlie Bowers: Split the Winnings PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 24–28 Aug Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Co ee Shop, 27–28 Aug Musical Comedy Guide Showcase Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Jay La erty: Club Sets Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–28 Aug 16:35 Stella Graham –Porcupine PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brew dog Doghouse, 24–28 Aug Milo Edwards: Voicemail Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Pam Ford: 24 and Counting! Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 16:40Aug Paul Sinha: One Sinha Lifetime The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug Ben Lund-Conlon: Lies, Damned Lies and Bu y the Vampire Slayer Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 24–28 Aug Nic Sampson: Marathon, 1904 Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Jon Pearson: What Have You Been Up To Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Cerys SportspersonBradley: Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–2916:45Aug Jessica Fostekew: Wench Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Kwame Asante: Living in Sin Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Clive Anderson’s My Seven Wonders Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug JoJo DisgracefullyGrowingSutherland:Old Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Josh Glanc: Vrooom Vrooom Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–28 Aug Katharyn Henson and Ollie Horn: Pure Filth Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Alison Spittle: Wet Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Sameer Katz: Agnostic Economist Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug 16:50 Rory O’Hanlon – Happy Hour PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 24–27 Aug Ali Brice: I Tried To Be Funny, But You Weren’t Looking PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug Two Paul Johnsons Build a Better Sitcom Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Jack Gleadow: Jack’s Entertainment Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 16:55Aug Samantha Pressdee: Clown Pray Love (Work in Progress) Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Pearly Gates: A Ka aesque Romcom in Heaven theSpace @ Niddry St, 27 Aug

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Pierre Novellie: Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things? Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Emmanuel EmancipatedSonubi: Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug

Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug The Impro All Stars Frankenstein Pub, 24–29 Aug Charmian Hughes: She! Immortal Horror Queen’s Guide to Life Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 18:05Aug Rob (GimmeMainstreamCopland:MuckSomeofThat)

Raul RussianKohli:Weapon of Mass Destruction Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24–28 Aug Wordz Makez Jokez – Free PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 27 Aug

Kyle: Parochial Glitter Implosion Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Morgan Rees: Bi and Large Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2818:15Aug

MARVELus: All the MARVEL Movies... Kind Of! Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug How to Record the Greatest Album of All Time Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug

The ThereTourFootlightsCambridgeInternationalShow2022:AreWeYet? Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug Rob Duncan: Baby Trains PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 24 Aug 17:25 Nick Helm: What Have We Become? Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug Vir Das: Wanted Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Marc Jennings: Original Sound Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug Ali Woods: Best Friend Ever Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–2817:30Aug Irish Comedy Invasion Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24–28 Aug Bilal Zafar – Care Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Matt Hobs: Follow the Science Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Maisie Adam: Buzzed Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Potty Training With Joey Rinaldi Greenside @ Inﬁrmary Street, 24–27 Aug Disabled Cants Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Rob Duncan: Baby Trains PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 27 Aug Christian GermanComebackSchulte-Loh:ofthe50-FootComedian Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 25–28 Aug Al Lubel: The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and ME Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug The Lovely Boys Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Andrew O’Neill – We Are Not In the Least Afraid of Ruins; We Carry a New World in Our Hearts PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 24–28 Aug Shamilton Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug 17:40 Motivational Sleeper Paradise in Augustines, 24–28 Aug Lou Sanders: One Word: Wow Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Rachel Fairburn: Can I Be Awful? Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–28 Aug Paddy Young: Laugh, You Rats! Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Rob Duncan: Baby Trains PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 25 Aug Sian Davies: About Time Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Helen Bauer: Madam Good Tit Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Sarah Keyworth: Lost Boy Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2817:45Aug Experiment Human Laughing Horse @ Dragon ﬂy, 24–28 Aug Gary Little Just About Done Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–29 Aug Mark Silcox: I Can Cure... [Perfect and Arena-Ready Show] Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 24–28 Aug Daniel Sloss: New Work in Progress Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–28 Aug Comedy Boxing Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug

Britney: Friends and Nothing More Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Call Me Me ZOO Playground, 24–28 Aug Edfringe Hot Ticket Lucky Dip! Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 25–28 Aug 17:50 Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Njambi McGrath: Black Black Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Abigail Rolling: Shit Lawyer Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–28 Aug AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Crybabies: Bagbeard Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug Wordz Makez Jokez – Free PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Anthony Schuman: I Just Want to Be a Good Dad Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 24–28 Aug HarleQueen Underbelly, George Square, 24–29 17:55Aug Heidi Regan Gives Birth Live on Stage Every Night or Your Money Back PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 24–28 Aug Tudur Owen: Alive Huw Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–27 Aug 18:00 Aaaaaaaaaaargh! It’s the One-Liner Show Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 24–28 Aug Rosie Holt: The Woman’s Hour Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Old Jewish Jokes Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Chloe TransiencePetts: Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug The David EmergingJohnsonTalentAward Assembly George Square, 28 Aug Nina Conti: The Dating Show Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Chris Gethard: A Father and the Sun Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug Katie Pritchard: Disco Ball Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Nathan Mosher is Injured C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24–28 Aug Tessa Coates: Get Your Tessa Coates You’ve Pulled Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 18:10Aug Comedy in the Dark Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 25–28 Aug Micky Overman: Small Deaths Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–28 Aug

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Tom Little Has Good Reviews So Prepare to Be Impressed PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 28 Aug Mamoun Elagab: Work in Progress PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 24–26 Aug Silent Disco Boogie Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–27 Aug Poetic Stupidity Smoke & Mirrors, 25–26 Aug Finlay Christie: OK Zoomer Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Tim Vine: Breeeep! Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Co ee Shop, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 29 Aug

Titus:ChristopherCarrying Monsters Assembly George Square Studios, 25–28 Aug 100% Cotton: In a Spin Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 Aug Anesti Danelis: This Show Will Change Your Life Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 24–28 Aug Horrigan & Howell: A Sketch Too Far theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Ramble On with CJ Hooper PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 24–28 Aug Frankie Boyle: Lap of Shame Assembly Rooms, 24–28 Aug Eleanor Tiernan: Away With The Fairies Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 18:20Aug Patrick Spicer: Who’s This All of a Sudden? Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Macarthur-Boyd:Christopher Oh No Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug The People vs The Oxford Revue Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Abigoliah Schamaun: Legally Cheeky Just the Tonic at The Tron, 24–28 Aug A Flamingo Called Frank Presents: Five in the Pink theSpaceTriplex, 24–27 Aug Julie Grady Thomas: American Scum Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Spanking The Monkey: The Etymology of Onanistic Euphemisms RSE Theatre, 24–28 Aug Tom DeTrinis: I HATE NEW YORK Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug 18:25 Michelle Brasier: Average Bear Assembly George Square, 24–28 Aug Good Kids: Appetite Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug John Robins: Work InProgress/ProgressInWork Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Garrett Millerick: Just Trying to Help Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–2818:30Aug Big Mick Energy Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 24–29 Aug Danny O’Brien: The God of All Things Bad Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–29 Aug Pick of the Fringe The Sheraton Grand Hotel , 25 Aug Lost Voice Guy: Cerebral LOLsy Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 24–28 Aug 61 Listings

2022 Greek Comedian of the Year –ZacharopoulosGeorge PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 24–28 Aug Jake Cornell and Marcia Belsky: Man and Woman Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug One Bite Only Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Magnum Opus, Lembit Opik Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug

Neil Delamere: Liminal Assembly George Square, 24–28 Aug

Janeane Garofalo: Pardon My Tangent Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Where’s Your Head At? PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 24–27 Aug Viva Your Vulva: The Hole Story Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Shelf: Hair Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Alex Hylton: Love, Probably Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Aaaaaaaaaargh! It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 24–28 Aug Edfringe Hot Ticket Lucky Dip! Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 25–28 Aug Tom Skelton: 2020 Visions (What If I Hadn’t Gone Blind?) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–28 Aug Celya AB: Swimming Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Daniel Muggleton: Oh, More Mr White Guy? Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug

Hannah Pilkes: A Woman on the Verge Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Science Magic XXX Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug

Robin Grainger: Robin Time The Stand Comedy Club 2, 24–28 Aug Emmy Blotnick: The 30 Fragrances of Jennifer Lopez: A Show About Death, Betrayal and Financial Ruin Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug

Christopher Bliss: Captain Words Eye Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Luke Kempner: Macho Macho Man Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Phil Ellis: Hedgehog Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–2818:45Aug Kai Humphries: Mischief! The Stand Comedy Club, 24–28 Aug Roisin Crowley Linton: Medusa Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–28 Aug Europe’s Most Wanted! Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Spontadeity: Who Let the Gods Out? Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 18:50Aug Thanyia Moore: Just Being Funny Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug Andrew White (But Not in a Gay Way) Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Dreamgun: Film Reads Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Fast Fringe Pleasance Dome, 24–27 Aug 18:55 Jenny Bede: The First Pregnant Woman in the World Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Bella Hull: Babycakes Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Mimi Hayes: 20-Nothing PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 24–28 Aug 19:00 Not My Audience! The Comedy Show You Control! Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Aidan Goatley: Tenacious ZOO Playground, 24–28 Aug Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24–28 Aug Just These Please: Honestly No Pressure Either Way Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Grace Campbell: A Show About Me(n) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Alasdair NevermoreBeckett-King: Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug Stand Up At Seven With Ella Al-Shamahi and Suse Steed Laughing Horse @ Dragon ﬂy, 24–28 Aug Lew Fitz: So Lad Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Ruth Hunter and the Ruth-hunter PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug Jarred and Hobbit: The Big Beatbox Comedy Mess Around Gameshow Show! Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–27 Aug Troy Hawke: Sigmund Troy’d! Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–28 Aug George Fox: Night of the Living Dread Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 24–28 Aug Kylie Brakeman Presents: Linda Hollywood’s Big Hollywood Night Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug 3am Brain Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Jen Ives: Peak Trans Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Police Cops: The Musical Assembly George Square Studios, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug Gabbi Bolt: I Hope My Keyboard Doesn’t Break House of Oz, 24–28 Aug Broke in Barcelona Paradise in Augustines, 24–28 Aug Angela Barnes: Hot Mess Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Dixie Longate’s Happy Hour Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug Raymond Mearns Has No Filter Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–29 Aug Henning Wehn: It’ll All Come Out In The Wash The Queen’s Hall, 25–27 Aug 19:05 Improvabunga! theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–27 Aug Mark Nelson: “Comedian” Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–28 Aug Bald Man Sings Rihanna PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brew dog Doghouse, 24–27 Aug Kiri HomePritchard-McLean:Truths Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Crazy Broken Chinese Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Absolute Improv! theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Jake Lambert: Liminal Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug 19:10 Yuriko Kotani: Kaiju About Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug Molly Leigh-Moy and Carla Gordon: As Per My Previous Apology... Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 24–28 Aug Jo Gri n: People Person Assembly Roxy, 24–28 Aug Liam Farrelly, Brother-in-LawGod’s Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–28 Aug 2022 The Beginning of the End – Vladimir McTavish The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug Sh!t-Faced Showtime: A Pissed-mas Carol The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug Jamie D’Souza: Stop Drawing Willies on My Poster Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug A Depression-Cure Show theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2719:15Aug

Craig Hill: I Always Knew I Had it in Me! Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–28 Aug Ravenclaw Kanye PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brew Dog Lothian Rd, 24–28 Aug 19:20 The Big Fat C PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 24–28 Aug

Paul Foot: Swan Power Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Pete Wells: Success Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Ryan Wingﬁeld: Trophy Husband Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 24–28 Aug AAA Stand-Up Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Merrill Means Well theSpaceTriplex, 24–27 Aug Gabby Killick’s Game Of Thongs Underbelly, George Square, 24–29 Aug Esther #NotAllMenManito: Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 19:25Aug Lily Phillips: Smut Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Philliam and Willipp Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Paul McCa rey: We Go Again Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–2819:30Aug

Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage Just the Tonic at The Caves, 25–28 Aug Biscuit Barrel: Wafering Heights Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Dr John Cooper Clarke – I Wanna Be Yours Edinburgh Playhouse, 24 Aug Bulletproof Unicorn Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Still Got It Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24–28 Aug Bu y: Revamped Pleasance at EICC, 27–29 Aug Big Value Early Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 24–28 Aug Sophie Duker: Hag Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Ivo Graham: My Future My Clutter Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Scott Bennett: Nine Lives Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24 Aug Ray Fordyce’s Cosy Evening In With Pals Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Silent Disco Boogie Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–27 Aug Sam SexGovernment-ApprovedSee: Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Palindrome Fight! PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 24–28 Aug Anthony DeVito: My Dad Isn’t Danny DeVito Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Ray Bradshaw: Bald Ginger Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 25–29 Aug Nicole Harris: No Brainer Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 24–28 Aug Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Co ee Shop, 26–27 Aug Bad Man Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 24–28 Aug Stand Up for the People Frankenstein Pub, 24–29 Aug So You Think You’re Funny? Grand Final Gilded Balloon Teviot, 25 Aug Jason Byrne: Unblocked Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–28 Aug Justin StretchMoorhouse:&Think Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug David O’Doherty: whoa is me Assembly George Square, 24–29 Aug 63 Listings

Sindhu Vee: Alphabet Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Mischief Movie Night Pleasance at EICC, 24–28 Aug Nik Coppin: Shark Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug We’re Sorry (Best of Canada) Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Church Girl, Interrupted theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Basil Brush: Unleashed... And Uncut Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug Nikki Lowe: Nongenue Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 24–27 Aug The Best of Irish Comedy The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug 18:35 Al Murray: Gig for Victory Assembly George Square Gardens, 29 Aug 18:40 Pear Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug

Sara Barron: Hard Feelings Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug

Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty to Me Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Alex Farrow: Philosophy Machines Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 24–28 Aug 20:20 Jo Caulﬁeld: Here Comes Trouble The Stand Comedy Club, 24–28 Aug Connor Burns: Live, Laugh, Loathe Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–28 Aug

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John Hastings: Do You Have Any Ointment My John Hastings Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug NewsRevue Pleasance at EICC, 24–28 Aug

There’s No Mystery in Murder! theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Zach ShowcaseSpectacularZucker:Industry Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 19:55Aug Charlie Vergos –Barbecue Rich PBH’s Free Fringe @ Roti, 24–28 Aug Sean McLoughlin: So Be It Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2820:00Aug Eshaan Akbar Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug Comedy for the Curious Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Patrick Monahan: Classy Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Middle Rage Shout – Scottish Music Centre @ 111 Holyrood Road, 24–28 Aug Ireland’s Best Themed Show: Tree Fiddy Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 24–28 Aug Sascha LO and Friends Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Dave UnderdogChawner: Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Mother: Colleagues Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug #Jollyboat – Da Puns PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 24–28 Aug Matt Forde: Clowns to the Le of Me, Jokers to the Right Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Pete Firman: Bag Of Tricks Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug Dan Lees: Mustard or Custard? BlundaGardens: BlundaBus, 24–27 Aug Tom Stade: The High Road Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 24–28 Aug Ryan Cullen: Caveat Emptor* The Stand Comedy Club 2, 24–28 Aug Ti Stevenson: Sexy Brain Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Leah MacRae Weighs In Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 24–28 Aug Impromptu Shakespeare Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug A Cut Above Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Tina del Twist: Caravan in the Sky Assembly Checkpoint, 24–28 20:10Aug Richard Pulsford: A Bit More Rich theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Susan Riddell: Living My 2nd Best Life Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 24–28 Aug Hal Cruttenden: It’s Best You Hear It From Me Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Dr Hammond’s Covid Inquiry theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 24–27 Aug

Emo Majok: African Aussie Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug

Dan Cook: Loud Bit, Quiet Bit, Loud Bit, Quiet Bit Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Eddy Brimson: A Comedian Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–29 Aug

Fin Taylor: Daddy Self-Care Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug The Best of Scottish Comedy The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug C*nt! PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 24–28 Aug Mary Beth Barone: Silly Little Girl Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Gerry Carroll: A Man in My Position Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 24–28 Aug

Jayde Adams: Men, I Can Save You Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Ignacio Lopez: El Cómico Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy’s Fringe Showcase 2022! Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–28 Aug Grant Busé: SentiMENTAL! Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Hard Knock Life Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Josh Jones: Waste of Space Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Michelle Shaughnessy: Be Your Own Daddy Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 20:35Aug Dr Brown: Workds intlsdj Progressdsdfdfn Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Mad Ron: Crime School Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Michael Akadiri: No Scrubs Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Nick Elleray: Passionate About Compromise PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 24–28 Aug Abby Wambaugh and Bronwyn Sweeney The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug Harmon Leon in The Jokes Saved My Soul PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug 20:40 Awkward Sex... and the City with Natalie Wall Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Macho Daddy Punchﬁst Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Jimeoin: The Craic! Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–28 Aug Pete Heat: Blimey Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Chris Hall and Mark Bittlestone: Two Sour Gays Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 24–28 Aug Jake Farrell: Sky Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2820:45Aug Alice-India: Be Brave (Or Whatever) Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Best in Class Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Food Fight ‘95 Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Improv Cage Match PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 24–27 Aug 64 Comedy

Larry Dean: Fudnut Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Kai Samra: Native Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work In Progress) Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Come See – Evan Desmarais Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug

Flo & Joan: Sweet Release Assembly Roxy, 24–28 Aug Ray Badran: Sweet Baby Ray Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Chris Turner: Rap God Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug Jake Baker: Unity Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Sami Abu Wardeh: Bedu Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–2820:15Aug

Clare McCartney:HarrisonBox Ticker PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brew dog Doghouse, 24 Aug Menopause Party theSpace @ Venue45, 24–27 Aug Sharon Wanjohi and Abbie Edwards: Not Too Shabby Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug

19:35 Rob Kemp: Agenda Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–28 Aug Olga Koch: Just Friends Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Nikki Britton: One Small Step Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Rob Duncan: Baby Trains PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 26 Aug 19:40 Shazia Mirza: Coconut Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Scummy Mummies Underbelly, George Square, 24–27 Aug Aliya Kanani: Where You From, From? Just the Tonic at The Tron, 24–28 Aug Mark Dean Quinn: Has a Stroke but at Least He Got a Show Out of It PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 28 Aug Davina Bentley: Never Again 2 Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Melissa Stephens: HOT DOGS & TEARS Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug Kate Humanity’sSmurthwaite:LastHope PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug Rich Hall SOLD OUT: TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE Assembly Rooms, 24–28 Aug Bird With Kylie Vincent Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Yasmine Day: Songs in the Key of Me PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 24–28 Aug Schalk Bezuidenhout: I’ll Make Laugh To You (Like You Want Me To) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–2919:45Aug Jocks, Geordies and Aussies PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whis tlebinkies, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Larry Tadlock: Bipolar Vegan Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 24–28 Aug Simon Evans and His Big Ideas Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Myra DuBois’ A Problem Shared Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–28 Aug Men With Coconuts Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug BriTANicK Assembly George Square, 24–28 Aug Free Footlights Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Kate Butch: Wuthering Shites Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug Chris Laker: Bully Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Best of Adelaide’s Fringe Comedy Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Ashley Haden: On the Outside Pissing in Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Liam Withnail: Hot Sauce Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug Freestyle ImprovisedComedy:Stand-Up Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–28 Aug Melting Pot Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Susie McCabe: Born Believer Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Jamie ReasonablyMacDonald:Adjusted Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 19:50Aug

Brennan Reece: Crowded Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug James Roque: Badong Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Business Casual: FERAL Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Shitegeist Paradise in Augustines, 24–28 20:25Aug Rhys Nicholson – Rhys! Rhys! Rhys! Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–28 Aug Sikisa: Life of the Party Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2820:30Aug

Elf Lyons: Raven Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Geraldine Quinn: BROAD House of Oz, 24–28 Aug Siblings: Siblage Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug

Al Murray: Gig for Victory Assembly George Square Gardens, 24–29 Aug Joz Norris: Blink Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug

Ah! My Name is Yoky Yu. Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 24–29 Aug

Garry Starr: Greece Lightning Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug

Two Hearts: We’re Pregnant and the Baby is Music Assembly George Square, 24–28 Aug gosh! Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Eli Matthewson: Daddy Short-Legs Underbelly, George Square, 24–28 Aug Babysitting Calvin theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 20:55Aug

Kate Barron: Losing Myself Just the Tonic at The Tron, 24–28 Aug Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–28 Aug Mark Watson: This Can’t Be It Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug

Alice Fraser: Chronos Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Adults Only Magic Show Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Foil Arms and Hog –Hogwash Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–28 21:20Aug

Andy Field: Ideas (,) Man Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug The Shambles theSpace on the Mile, 24–2721:00Aug

Potential: A Canadian Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug

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Leah Lamarr: NFTs (Nice F%cking Titties) Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug This Is Your Trial Frankenstein Pub, 25 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug Rosco McClelland: Goblin Mode Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–28 Aug Diane Chorley: Modern Love Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Paul Currie: The Chorus of Ghosts Living in My Skull Keep Telling Me to Take a Shit in the Fruit Salad Just the Tonic at The Caves, 25–28 Aug Simon David: White Gay Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Anna Cli ord: I SEE DEAD(LY) PEOPLE Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Baby Wants Candy Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Silent Disco Boogie Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–27 Aug Spiegeltastic – The Best Mixed-Bill Show at the Fringe Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 24–28 Aug Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 24–28 Aug Vanlord Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Chris ForgivenessMcGlade: Frankenstein Pub, 24 Aug Dan Tiernan: Cherub Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Jasmin RazzmajazzGleeson: Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug An Idiom’s Guide to the Galaxy C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24–28 Aug Absolute Friendship! RSE Theatre, 24–28 Aug I Got Bit by a Monkey Once PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 24–28 Aug Nish Kumar: Your Power, Your Control Assembly George Square, 24–28 Aug Alﬁe Brown: Sensitive Man Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Down and Out in Glasgow and Berlin Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 Aug I’m With Stupid Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 21:05Aug Lil Sa ron: Ragu to Riches Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Tom Walker: Javelin Assembly George Square, 24–28 Aug Tom Henry, Jack Hester: Tom and Jack Having the Craic Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Your Aunt Fanny: Mu Said Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug 21:10 Jodie Mitchell and Hannah Platt: Thanks for Sharing PBH’s Free Fringe @ Roti, 24–28 Aug Reginald D. Hunter: Bombe Shu eur Assembly Rooms, 24–28 Aug Harriet HoneysuckleKemsley:Island Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–25 Aug Colin Hoult: The Death of Anna Mann Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2821:15Aug Norris and Parker: Sirens Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Stand-Up Science Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 24–28 Aug AMJ Entertainer Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Don’t Start Me on White Jesus Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Randy Feltface: Alien of Extraordinary Ability Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Chaotic Neutral theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Diane Spencer Slid O the Turkey Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug An Aussie, African and Englishman Walk Into a Bar... Laughing Horse @ Dragon ﬂy, 24–28 Aug

All About the Drama Paradise in Augustines, 24–28 Aug Tom Mayhew: Trash Rich The Stand Comedy Club 2, 24–28 Aug Rich Wilson: You Could Have It So Much Better Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Alﬁe Packham and Luke Chilton: Hot New Talent Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Sam Taunton: Yoho Diabolo Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Jess Robinson: Legacy Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 21:25Aug

Aidan Greene: I Know What You Did Last Stammer Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug

Frankie Thompson: Catts Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Abandoman aka Rob Broderick: Discography Underbelly, George Square, 24–28 Aug Ben Clover: Best Newcomer C ARTS | C venues | C piccolo, 24–2821:30Aug Best of Scottish Comedy Awards Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 24–27 Aug Comedy Night at the Museum Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 24–28 Aug Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back Assembly Checkpoint, 24–28 Aug Ellie MacPherson: Happy Birthday, Mr. President! Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Carter Morgan: Dick Jokes for End Times Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Aidan Jones – Taco Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Darius Davies: AgreementNon-DisclosureThe Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 25–28 Aug Nancy Clench: If Your Symptoms Life-Threatening,Aren’tPlease Hold! Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–28 Aug Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Hot Ticket PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 24–28 Aug Andrew KrakatoaMaxwell: Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug Dumbelles PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 24–28 Aug Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Bianca Del Rio: Unsanitized Pleasance at EICC, 24–26 Aug 21:35 Richard Brown: Horror Show Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 24–28 Aug Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?! Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Cyclopath Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 21:40Aug Erika Ehler: Femcel Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug Christy Bangarang!Coysh: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug The Club Valentine Comedy Hour Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Here Goes Nothing! RSE Theatre, 24–28 Aug Christian Brighty: Playboy Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Simon Brodkin: Screwed Up Pleasance Courtyard, 24–27 Aug How I Ruined Medicine theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug The Comedy Reserve Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug 21:45 Tom Lucy: Melt Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Aurie Styla: Green Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Samantha Day: Careering PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 24–28 Aug Your Dad’s Mum: Tonight at the Social Club Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–28 Aug Würk Paradise in Augustines, 24–27 Aug Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Conrad Koch: White Noise Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Big Value Late Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 24–28 Aug 21:50 Three Grams and a Baby Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 24–28 Aug Sam Lake: Cake Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Tamer Kattan – An Alien from New York PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug Ciarán Dowd: King Rodolfo Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug 21:55 How Not to Owl theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Kiran Saggu and Sarah Roberts: Cake Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Red Richardson: Shots Fired Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Thor and Freya: Norse as F*ck Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug Jordan Brookes: This Is Just What Happens Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Julia Masli: CHOOSH! Assembly Roxy, 24–28 Aug 22:00 Adam Riley: Saxon Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug 66 Comedy

Dave Johns: A Comic’s Tale Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 20:50Aug

The Best Man in Ireland Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 24–29 Aug

Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti Wokeﬂake Snow Culture PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug

James Barr: Straight Jokes Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug 101 Comedy Club – Free Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 24–28 Aug

The Improverts theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2723:00Aug

Tehran Von Ghasri: GONNA GET CANCELLED Gilded Balloon Teviot, 28–29 Aug Alex Kitson and Julia Stenton: Good Inﬂuences PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 24–28 Aug Seann Walsh: Is Dead. Happy Now? The Stand Comedy Club, 24–28 Aug Rebels Without Applause Hill Street Theatre, 24–28 Aug The Many Faces of Horatio Gould Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 24–29 Aug Beak: Cocktail Boys PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 24–28 Aug Horrible Herstories Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug Tim Key: Mulberry Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug The Room Above’s Comedy Hour Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 24–28 Aug John Robertson: The Dark Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug The Kids of Canada Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Séayoncé: (Seayonce)Res-Erection Assembly Roxy, 24–28 Aug Phil Di er: My Medical Hell The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug Posey Mehta: I Am Not a Gorilla Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Liz One-WomanKingsman:Show Traverse Theatre, 24–28 Aug Laughing Stock Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Tarot: Cautionary Tales Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Best of Scandinavia Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–27 Aug That Black Mirror Episode With the Two Lesbians – 2 Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug 22:05 It’s Fraser Brown, I’m Afraid theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Blind Mirth Presents: F*ck It, You Decide theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug 22:10 No Laughing Matter Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug .22 Comeback Special –Sir Dickie Benson PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 24–28 Aug Frank Foucault: Songs Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Dogs Love Chocolate theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2722:15Aug Best of So You Think You’re Funny? Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug The Jam Society PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 24–25 Aug Gavin Webster: Greatest Hits Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–28 Aug The Good, the Bad and the Irish! Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 24–29 Aug Set List: WithoutStand-upaNet Just the Tonic Nucleus, 25–27 Aug Crizards: Cowboys Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug James NaturalCrampton:Disaster theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug The Mr Thing Show Pleasance Dome, 25–28 Aug Roast Battle Edinburgh Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug 22:20 Dreamgun Video Underbelly, George Square, 24–29 Aug Liars and Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug Perdidos (Lost) in Translation Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Drag Queens vs Zombies Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Lippy Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen Assembly Hall, 25–27 Aug Gearóid Farrelly: Glamour Hammer Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug 22:25 Alice Cockayne: Attention Needed Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Best of the Fest: The New Class Assembly George Square Gardens, 25–28 Aug Jordan Gray: Is It a Bird? Assembly George Square, 24–28 Aug Now: Shame Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 Aug Tom Ward: Anthem Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Emily Wilson: Fixed Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Late Night Laughter with Aaron Levene PBH’s Free Fringe @ Roti, 24–2822:30Aug Mat Ewins: Danger Money Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug OK, Let Me Explain Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 24–28 Aug Anxiety vs Depression: A Comedy Game Show –Pay What You Can Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 25–28 Aug Ashley Brain Damage Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Horseplay: Bareback Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Raul Kohli: Kohl and The Gang Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 24–28 Aug Existential Queer Laughing Horse @ Dragon ﬂy, 24–28 Aug Ivo Graham: My Future My Clutter Pleasance Courtyard, 25 Aug Comedy Estonia Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug 22:35 Oliver Coleman: Sublime Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug Flat and the Curves The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug 22:40 Dan Rath: Cockroach Party Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Biscuit Barrel: Xtra Comedy Tin Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–27 Aug Lee Brophy: False Prophet The Stand Comedy Club 2, 24–28 Aug Sophie Duker: Hag Pleasance Courtyard, 27 Aug Jack Barry: Don’t Happy Be Worry Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–28 Aug Alasdair NevermoreBeckett-King: Pleasance Courtyard, 26 Aug Crone Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug 22:45 Brian Gallagher: Another Funny Irishman, Blah Blah, Diddley Diddle Dee Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–27 Aug BeComedy UK Presents: No Limits Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Trashfuture: Live at the Fringe theSpace @ Venue45, 26–27 Aug Sammy Obeid Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Space Mystery: A Mystery in Space theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Shaggers Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug 22:50 Desmond Hinks: Tesco Sacked Me A er Eight Days Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–28 Aug The Rodney Buzzard Tapes: Evidence of an Honourable Man theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Alex DinosaurusesusesFranklin: Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Sex Me I’m Irish Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 22:55Aug A Gay and a NonGay Underbelly, Bristo Square, 25–27 Aug Trash Salad Pleasance Courtyard, 25–29 Aug

An Evening With Tara Boland Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Murder, She Didn’t Write Pleasance Courtyard, 28–29 Aug Fright Bus Service Necrobus, 24–28 Aug An American Comedy Showcase. Free! Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug SNORT Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Lemon Party Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Spank! You and Goodnight Underbelly, Bristo Square, 28–29 Aug Diane Chorley: Down The Flick Assembly George Square Studios, 24–27 Aug The KimprovKeepingImpronautsCambridgePresent:Upwiththe Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Big Boys and Friends Pleasance Courtyard, 24–27 Aug The Stand’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 26–27 Aug 23:05 Tales of an ConsciousnessAlteredWithin a Comical Lunatic Greenside @ Inﬁrmary Street, 24–27 Aug Bobby Mair: Cockroach Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–25 Aug AAA Stand-Up Late Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug One Single Thread Greenside @ Inﬁrmary Street, 24–27 Aug 23:10 Marmalade theSpace on the Mile, 24–25 Aug Indoor Kids theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug The All Irish A er Party Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–28 Aug 23:15 Bomb and Get Bombed: A Stand-Up Comedy Show Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug Alex Leam: ProvocateurImprov PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 24–28 Aug Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour Pleasance Dome, 28–29 Aug Edinburgh Comedy Allstars Underbelly, George Square, 26–27 Aug Werewolf: Live – Charity Spectacular! Underbelly, George Square, 25–26 Aug Stamptown Comedy Night Pleasance Dome, 25–27 Aug Angus Coutts: Spicy Accountant Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 25–28 Aug Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug 23:20 Jamali Maddix: King Crud Pleasance Courtyard, 25–27 Aug Monkey Barrel Comedy presents... Live! Monkey Barrel Live Stream, 24–28 Aug Brexico Paradise in Augustines, 24–28 Aug The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy’s Fringe Showcase 2022! Monkey Barrel Live Stream, 27–28 Aug Get O FundraiserComedy Pleasance Courtyard, 24–25 Aug AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug The Comedy Arcade Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–28 Aug Dave Cerwonka: FFS Just the Tonic at The Grass market Centre, 24–28 Aug The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy’s Fringe Showcase 2022! Monkey Barrel Comedy, 27–28 23:25Aug White Jesus: Ascension PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug 67 Listings

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23:30 Late’n’Live Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Luke Oseland: Drunk Magic Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug Midnight Snacks Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Henry and–RomanticGinsberg:ComedianPersonalGrowth,SexNazis Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug Ralph Brown: Petty Man Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–28 Aug Eh! Comedy Tour Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Found Our Funny at the Fringe Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug 23:35 Anarchy Presents:CabaretTheWest End New Act of the Year Showcase PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 24–27 Aug 23:40 Triple Threat Comedy Just the Tonic at The Tron, 24–28 Aug Broken Zoo: The Texas Takeover Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–2823:45Aug Nikki Hartung: Love, Pierre Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–28 Aug Comedy Queers Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug A erhours Comedy: Amused Moose Comedy Zoo Southside, 27–28 Aug Aaaaaaaand now! Roger Swi ’s Machine Pun: Reloaded Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 24–27 23:55Aug Mr Chonkers Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 24–28 Aug Spank! Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–27 Aug The Drunk and Heckle Show Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 24–28 Aug The LOL Word Monkey Barrel Comedy, 25–27 Aug The Stand Late Club The Stand Comedy Club, 26–27 Aug Best of the Fest Assembly Hall, 25–28 Aug 23:59 Shannon Matthews the Musical Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–27 Aug Elf Lyons: Talks Dirty for an Hour Gilded Balloon Teviot, 27–28 Aug The Disgraceful Club Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–27 Aug

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The Girl Who Was Very Good At Lying Summerhall, 24–28 Aug 12:00 Pavementology Meeting Point at East Princ es Street Gardens, Corner of Market Street and Waverley Bridge, 24–29 Aug The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug The Anniversary Pleasance Dome, 25–28 Aug Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Billy Boy Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Carnegie Panmure House, 27 Aug Ghosts of the Near Future Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Alphonse Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug In Conversation with... Alex Thomson The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 26 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug Wreckage Summerhall, 24–28 Aug In Conversation with... Ian Rankin The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 27 Aug Dear Little Loz theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug In Conversation with... Hugo Ri ind The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 28 Aug The Tragedy of Macbeth Assembly Roxy, 24–29 Aug In Conversation with… Ian Blackford The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug In Conversation with… Nicola Sturgeon The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug 12:05 Zav Paradise in Augustines, 24–27 Aug Ka aesque theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 24–27 Aug Blue & Pip theSpace on North Bridge, 24–2712:10Aug Age Is a Feeling Summerhall, 24–28 Aug War of the Worlds (On a Budget) theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Conﬂict in Court Hill Street Theatre, 24–28 Aug Harry Baker: Unashamed PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolu tion Bar, 24–26 Aug 12:15 Fanboy Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug 20 Minutes of Action Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug 70 Theatre

00:00 MaX-XiM PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24-28 Aug 09:50 The Ofsted Massacre theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2709:55Aug Pramkicker theSpace on the Mile, 24–2710:00Aug Shakespeare for Breakfast C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24–28 Aug We Were Promised Honey! Roundabout @ Summerhall, 24–28 Aug I Am From Reykjavik Summerhall, 24 Aug, 26 Aug 10:05 The Changeling Girl theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Do I? theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2710:10Aug Call Mr Robeson theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Civilisation Zoo Southside, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug Midsummer theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–2710:15Aug A Non-Emergency theSpace @ Venue45, 24–27 Aug birthday girl theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Happy Meal Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, 28 Aug 10:20 About Money Summerhall, 24 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug Elementa Greenside @ Inﬁrmary Street, 24–27 Aug Space Hippo Assembly George Square, 24–2910:25Aug Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug 10:30 Blood Harmony Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug The Biggest Problem in the World: Our Problem With Problems and Why Truth Matters Paradise in Augustines, 24–26 Aug The Last Return Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, 28 Aug Fat Chance Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug Exodus Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug How My Light Is Spent theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Coward Conscience theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Old Town History and Tales Statue of Adam Smith, 24–29 Aug Wilf Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug 10:40 Ludomachy! The Summoning of Games PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 24–28 Aug 10:45 Camino Man theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug The Mistake theSpace on North Bridge, 24–2710:50Aug Gulliver Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–2810:55Aug An Audience with Stuart Bagcli e ZOO Playground, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug Joshua (and Me) Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug The Church of the Fall theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2711:00Aug Agent OutdoorNovember:EscapeGame –Major X Ploe-Shun Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug When We Were Normal theSpaceTriplex, 24–27 Aug Psychodrama Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug Water Fruit Loops theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–27 Aug Patience: Zero Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 24–28 Aug This is Paradise Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug Agent OutdoorNovember:EscapeGame –Robyn Yew Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Steve Richards Presents: Rock’n’Roll Politics theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 24–27 Aug Bloody Elle – A Gig Musical Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug 11:05 Troy Story Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Rebound theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Eglantyne Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–2911:10Aug Happy Place Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Fan/Girl PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug 11:15

Boy: Looking for Friends Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Shakespeare for Breakfast C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24–28 Aug Average Joe theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug The Transfiguration of Mrs Lamen Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–2911:20Aug Apocalypse Kernow Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 Aug Half-Empty Glasses Roundabout @ Summerhall, 25 Aug August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned Assembly Rooms, 24–28 Aug Life Before the Line theSpace @ Venue45, 24–27 Aug A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain Roundabout @ Summerhall, 24 Aug, 26 Aug Words Without Consent Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug 11:25 Harvey Greenfield is Running Late Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Unwanted Objects Zoo Southside, 24–28 Aug Quartet theSpace on the Mile, 24–2711:30Aug Is This the Real Life? theSpace on the Mile, 25–27 Aug Everything That’s Me Is Falling Apart Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Apradhini – Women Without Men Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug S.O.E. Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug Lucid ZOO Playground, 24–28 Aug Death of an Author Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug Beneath theSpace on the Mile, 25 Aug, 27 Aug Boy Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Parky Players: Shake It Up theSpaceTriplex, 25–27 Aug Daylight Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–2811:35Aug The Final Approach Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Lord of the Flies theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–27 Aug Who Here’s Lost? Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Daddy Issues Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug A Young Girl’s Guide to Madness theSpace on North Bridge, 24–2711:40Aug Palimpsest Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug

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Anne Harper – Stop the Bus! Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug Appraisal Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug 100 Seconds to Midnight Greenside @ Inﬁrmary Street, 24–27 Aug EastEndless Pleasance Courtyard, 24–27 Aug Room – A Room of One’s Own Pleasance Courtyard, 24–27 Aug Whispers theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2711:45Aug Long Nights in Paradise theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Diary of an Australian Outback Woman Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug The Land of Lost Content Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug The Rip Current Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug One of Two Summerhall, 24–28 Aug 11:50 Helter Skelter Assembly George Square, 24–29 Aug The Chairs Revisited Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug #FOMO Clinic Paradise in Augustines, 24–27 Aug The Choir of Man Assembly Hall, 25 Aug No Time For Strangers theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2711:55Aug

Ideation theSpaceTriplex, 24–27 Aug Never Let Go: An Unauthorized Retelling of James Cameron’s Titanic Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Make-up Underbelly, George Square, 24–2913:25Aug

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 27 Aug Stop Learning English!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug The Sneeze by Anton Chekhov, Translated and Adapted by Michael Frayn Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug And They Shang-A-LangPlayed Hill Street Theatre, 24–28 Aug Old Town History and Tales Statue of Adam Smith, 24–29 Aug What Does Your Skin Say About You?

The Man Who Planted Trees Scottish Storytelling Centre, 25 Aug, 27 Aug, 29 Aug The A er-Dinner Joke theSpace on the Mile, 25 Aug, 27 Aug Miss Lindsay’s Secret Scottish Storytelling Centre, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug The Last Return Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug Work.txt Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Exodus Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug The Great Almighty Gill Assembly George Square, 24–2913:20Aug

12:20 Tinted Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug The Last Words theSpaceTriplex, 24–27 Aug Pauline Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2912:25Aug Lucika theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug The Murder Club theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 Aug Ten Men – The Lives Of John Bindon theSpace on the Mile, 24–2712:30Aug The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug Hedda Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug I just like you | a gay myth Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Cassie and the Lights Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug The Stones Assembly Roxy, 24–29 Aug 12:35 Coarse: The Brontës Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 25 Aug, 27 Aug The Maids Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Assigned theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Practically Perfect! Julie Andrews from Broadway to Hollywood Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Optimistic Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24 Aug, 26 Aug 12:40 Intelligence Assembly Roxy, 24–29 Aug Stop the World, We’re Getting O theSpace @ Venue45, 24–27 Aug This Moment in America Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Scotland’s Oldest Poem – The Gododdin Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 Aug Baxter vs The Bookies Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Cecil Beaton’s Diaries Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug 12:45 The Giant Killers Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Press Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Colossal Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug SHEWOLVES Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Torn theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–2712:50Aug Hotel Elsinore theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Ultimatum Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Love in the Time of Lockdown (The New Variant) theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Sandcastles Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug Isabelle Farah: Ellipsis Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–27 Aug Godot is a Woman Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug What Keeps You Awake at Night Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Sap Roundabout @ Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Out to Lunch Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Please, Feel Free to Share Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Bubblegum and Pop Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug 12:55 The Silver Bell Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Blood, Sweat and Vaginas Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Love, Loss and Chianti Assembly Rooms, 24–28 Aug How to Build a Wax Figure Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug 13:00 The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug Twisted Tales Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Agent OutdoorNovember:EscapeGame –Major X Ploe-Shun Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Ondine Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 24 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug C digital performance and film C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug Fashion Spies Assembly George Square, 24–29 Aug I Feel the Need Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug Land – A Scottish Musical Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Vermin Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Myra’s Story Assembly George Square, 25–29 Aug Swell Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Beg For Me Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug This is Paradise Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, 28 Aug Birds of Passage in the Half Light by Kat Woods Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Kevin Flynn: Fear of Heights Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug Hyenas! Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug Agent OutdoorNovember:EscapeGame –Robyn Yew Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Swallowed Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug 13:05 Tiger Lady Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2913:10Aug Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug In the Weeds by Joseph Wilde, Produced by An Tobar and Mull Theatre Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Watson: The Final Problem Assembly Rooms, 24–28 Aug In the Name of the Son Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug We Are What We Overcome theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 24–27 Aug Raw Sex Appeal theSpace on North Bridge, 24–2713:15Aug

The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug Blood Harmony Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, 28 Aug 9 Circles Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug The Importance of Being... Earnest? Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Psychodrama Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug Psychiatrists Are Evil!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 26 Aug Bloody Elle – A Gig Musical Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug High Performance Sport? The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug Faulty Towers

The Dining Experience Imagination Workshop: Hilton Carlton , 27–28 Aug Happy Meal Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, 28 Aug Shame on You! Summerhall, 24–28 Aug 13:35 Sound Cistem Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug Doll theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Autopilot Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Poems on Gender Paradise in Augustines, 24–2813:40Aug Almost Adult Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Made in India/Britain Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Man of 100 Faces Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Our Field at Twilight theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Artorigus theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–2713:45Aug Svengali Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug The Hippie Shakes Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Terrence the T-Rex Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 Aug Activities of Daily Living Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Boys Who Punch Holes in Walls PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 24–28 Aug Don’t Ask Don’t Get, Baby Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug 5 Finger$ PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 24–28 Aug Wilf Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug I Shall Not Be Moved Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–2613:50Aug Heroes theSpace @ Venue45, 24–27 Aug She Wolf Assembly Roxy, 24–28 Aug The Silent Treatment Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Down to Earth Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug 13:55 Fiji Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug 71 Listings

In Her Defence theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Winston and David Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug 13:30

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 28 Aug Pip Utton as Dylan Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Mary, Chris, Mars Summerhall, 24–28 Aug My Neighbour Hacked My Toothbrush!

The Glass Imaginary Greenside @ Inﬁrmary Street, 24–27 Aug Breathless Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2915:05Aug

14:00 The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug Freddie PotatoheadHayes: Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug The Beat Goes On theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Man With a Guitar Plays Story Songs PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 25–28 Aug Fi een Minute Break The Mother Superior, 24–28 Aug The Weird Sisters theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 Aug The Masks of Oscar Wilde Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug What the Heart Wants Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug This is Not a Show About Hong Kong Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug New Labour PASS Theatre, 24–27 Aug PUSH Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug The Road to Ballina Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 24–28 Aug Sad Girls Club Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker and Merryn Somerset Webb Panmure House, 25–28 Aug Hiccups Dundas Street Gallery, 25 Aug Kaye Adams – How to Be 60: Live! Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24 Aug Almost Instinct Almost True theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug The Taste of Sweat and Sand Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Traditional Tales of Scotland Scottish Storytelling Centre, 24–28 Aug I Was Naked, Smelling of Rain ZOO Playground, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug 14:05 Badass Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Fritz and Matlock Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2914:10Aug Poles: The Science of Magnetic Attraction Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Pulse C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug How to Be Lost C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24–28 Aug Seeds of Memories theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug The Lacehouse theSpace on North Bridge, 25 Aug, 27 Aug Earwig Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug The Conversation theSpace on North Bridge, 24 Aug, 26 Aug Today I Killed My Very First Bird Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2914:15Aug Return to the Hiding Place Palmerston Place Church, 27 Aug Every Word Was Once an Animal Zoo Southside, 24–28 Aug Are You Still Watching? Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 Aug She/Her Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Man Shed Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2914:20Aug A Change of Heart theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Half-Empty Glasses Roundabout @ Summerhall, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Confetti Assembly George Square, 24–29 Aug KITES Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug The Elephant in the Room Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain Roundabout @ Summerhall, 25 Aug, 27 Aug Speed Dial Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug 14:30 The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug Grav by Owen Thomas Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Bloody Di cult Women Assembly Rooms, 24–28 Aug Brown Boys Swim Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug Walking with Ghosts King’s Theatre, 25 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood Assembly Rooms, 24–28 Aug You Know We Belong Together The Lyceum, 27 Aug The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart University of Edinburgh Play fair Library, 27–28 Aug 14:35 The Six Stages of a Break-Up theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Yippee Ki Yay Gilded Balloon Teviot, 25–2914:40Aug Sport on the Fringe RSE Theatre, 24–28 Aug Payday Party Pleasance Dome, 24–27 Aug Classic! Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Hands And Flowers theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2714:45Aug ZIP IT theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–27 Aug Opal Fruits Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Bad Teacher Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Mustard Summerhall, 24–28 Aug 14:50 Lightweight Underbelly, George Square, 24–29 Aug Harvey Greenfield is Getting Married Paradise in Augustines, 24–28 Aug Visiting Cezanne Hill Street Theatre, 24–28 Aug Under Heaven’s Eyes – The Systemic and Systematic Unjustified Killings of Black Lives theSpaceTriplex, 24 Aug, 27 Aug Dream of a King theSpaceTriplex, 25–26 Aug Word Up The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 27–28 Aug Locked In theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug The Echo Salon The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–26 Aug 14:55 Runaway Princess: A Hopeful Tale of Heroin, Hooking and Happiness Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug No Place Like Home Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug Broken Funnies Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Surfing the Holyland Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug Trouble on Six Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug 15:00 Agent OutdoorNovember:EscapeGame –Major X Ploe-Shun Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug The Bush Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Medea The Hub, 25 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug Cock-Tales: The Antidote to The Vagina Monologues theSpace @ Venue45, 24–27 Aug Playing God Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug The Intervention Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug S-ex-iety French Institute in Scotland, 24–27 Aug

Aural Picnic PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug The Return Of Sherlock Holmes theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Charlie Russell Aims to Please Pleasance Courtyard, 24–27 Aug Maternity Zoo Southside, 24–28 Aug Tales of Xenia C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24–28 Aug Like a Sack of Potatoes theSpace on the Mile, 24–2715:20Aug #Bleep Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 Aug Jimmy Mack Follies PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 25–28 Aug Double Drop Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Pool (No Water) theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Second Summer of Love Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2915:30Aug I, Marigold PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 24–28 Aug Oedipus Electronica Pleasance Courtyard, 24–26 Aug Ruckus Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Liv Ello: SWARM Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug High Five! The Royal Scots Club, 24 Aug Love Them to Death Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Bloody Elle – A Gig Musical Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, 2815:35Aug A Mighty Fall from Grace theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Crossing the Void theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 Aug Headcase Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2815:40Aug Leaving Vietnam theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug 72 Theatre

Freedam theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug The Golfer Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Tales of Vomit, Trash and Broken Glass theSpace on the Mile, 25 Aug, 27 Aug Daniel Defoe – The Lockdown Diaries Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Imagining Rachel C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 24 Aug, 26 Aug 15:10 Isadora the Barefoot Dancer Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug Glimmer of a Rainbow C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 25 Aug OCD Me Hill Street Theatre, 24–28 Aug Closure Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Eh Up, Me Old Flowers! Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug It’s Not Rocket Science theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 24–27 Aug Block’d O Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2915:15Aug

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The Village and The Road Scottish Storytelling Centre, 24–29 Aug Agent OutdoorNovember:EscapeGame –Robyn Yew Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Mama Love Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Glass Slippers and Silver Bullets PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 24–28 Aug Look at Me Don’t Look at Me Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug

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REDEEMher – How I Screwed Up My Perfect Mormon Life Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Good Grief Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Luke15:45Wright: The Remains of Logan Dankworth Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2915:50Aug Candy Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug In PurSUEt Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–2815:55Aug Messiah Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–27 Aug 52 Souls ZOO Playground, 24–28 Aug The Roaring of the Voices theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Battle: A Modern Mystery Play theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–27 Aug Manic Street Creature Roundabout @ Summerhall, 24–28 Aug BOGEYMAN Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug 16:00 Triple Bypass: Three Ten Minute Plays About Living for Death and Dying for Life theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Vinegar PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 24–28 Aug Psychodrama Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug Hiding Anne Frank RSE Theatre, 24–28 Aug The War of the Worlds Gilded Balloon Teviot, 25 Aug, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Carnegie Panmure House, 24–28 Aug Past Life Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug Hamlet with Ian McKellen Ashton Hall, Saint Stephens Stockbridge, 26–27 Aug Dick Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Let’s Talk About Philip Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Cassie AberdeenWorkman: Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–28 Aug This is Paradise Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug Muster Station: Leith Leith Academy, 26 Aug The Ballad of Mulan Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Megalith Zoo Southside, 24–28 Aug Sticky Door Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug Angel by Henry Naylor Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Afghanistan Is Not Funny by Henry Naylor Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–29 Aug Fills Monkey: We Will Drum You Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Happy Meal Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug 16:05 #MineToo Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Charlotte Johnson: My Dad and Other Lies Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug The Birds theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 24–27 Aug 16:10 Katie’s Tales Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug Boris the Third Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Once Upon a Midnight Dreary theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Taiwan Season: The Whisper of the Waves Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Antiques Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug Miss Magics C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24 Aug Brother’s Keeper theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Shattered C ARTS | C venues | C place, 25–28 Aug 16:15 Rob Madge: My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do) Underbelly, George Square, 24–29 Aug Delicious Fruit Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug Almost 13 Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug 16:20 Into the Deep Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug Pip Utton as Bacon The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25–28 Aug The Names I Have Known You By Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug The Last Romantic Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–2816:25Aug A Dark Place Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Blue theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug How to Be a Person When the World Is Ending Paradise in Augustines, 24–28 Aug Plus One Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–2716:30Aug Blood Harmony Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug The Greatest Hits of Lily and John Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Tea Ceremony ZOO Playground, 24–28 Aug The Last Return Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug The Penelopiad C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24–27 Aug Whirlpool IllusionDeconstructingPeople:theoftheSelf PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–28 Aug Look, No Hands Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Exodus Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug I Am Gavrilo Princip Army @ The Fringe, 24–28 Aug My Lover Was a Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Les Dawson: Flying High Assembly George Square, 24–28 Aug Wilf Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, 28 Aug Buzzing Anonymous Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 27–28 Aug The Twenty-Sided Tavern Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug 16:35 Near To C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 24–2816:40Aug The Actress Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–29 Aug The Seed of the Holyman theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Skank Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2916:45Aug

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The Richard Osman Fan Club Paradise in The Vault, 24–2817:20Aug Destiny Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Time’s Plague

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ASSISTED theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–27 Aug Prometheus Bound (Io’s Version) theSpace on the Mile, 25 Aug, 27 Aug Horse Country Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug With The AssistanceDevil’s Scottish Storytelling Centre, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug The Not So Ugly Duckling: A Play for Grownups Scottish Storytelling Centre, 25 Aug, 27 Aug 16:50 La Merda Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Nightmare Magic PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 24–28 Aug Queen of Fishtown Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 Aug Love Me or I’ll Kill Myself ZOO Playground, 24–28 Aug Victoria Melody: Head Set Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug Irvine Welsh’s Porno Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug 17:00 Agent OutdoorNovember:EscapeGame –Major X Ploe-Shun Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug Return to the Hiding Place Palmerston Place Church, 25 Aug The Magic Mountain King’s Theatre, 28 Aug 1902 Leith Arches, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug Peaceophobia Summerhall @ Q Park – OMNI, Greenside Row, 24–27 Aug Paradok Platform Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 24–28 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug Agent OutdoorNovember:EscapeGame –Robyn Yew Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug Blanket Ban Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Boris Live at Five Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 25–28 Aug Sport on the Fringe RSE Theatre, 24–28 Aug Stop Trying to Be Fantastic Summerhall, 24–28 Aug 17:05 Fool Muun Times]Spank:SOfun_Grate_Hi5.4sure.TruLuv;Spank[BeBgWunderful/YEsyes/Komming! Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug Done to Death, By Jove! theSpaceTriplex, 25 Aug, 27 Aug Waiting for Hamlet theSpaceTriplex, 24 Aug, 26 Aug A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2717:10Aug Crumbled theSpace @ Venue45, 25 Aug, 27 Aug A Toe Tale theSpace @ Venue45, 24 Aug, 26 Aug It All Assembly Rooms, 24–26 Aug Manic ZOO Playground, 24–28 Aug Jungle Door Greenside @ Inﬁrmary Street, 24–27 Aug Born Under a Bad Sign theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 17:15Aug We Are Tra c: An Uber Adventure Assembly Rooms, 24–28 Aug A Two Woman Hamlet Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug

The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug GirlPlay theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Velvet Determination Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug Fata Morgana Pleasance at EICC, 24–28 Aug Two’s Company Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug

The Choir of Man Assembly Hall, 29 Aug Learning to Fly Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Chaos by Laura Lomas Greenside @ Inﬁrmary Street, 24–27 Aug 17:25 Hungry Roundabout @ Summerhall, 24–2817:30Aug

The Diary of a Nobody theSpace on the Mile, 25 Aug, 27 Aug an Ordinary Lawyer C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug Buzzing Anonymous Conan Doyle Centre, 2617:35Aug and Sullivan’s Nightmare theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 Aug 75 Listings

Color Inside the Lines theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 25–2717:40Aug Masterclass Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug Going Down theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Dreamsick Zoo Southside, 24–28 Aug My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Eve: All About Her Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–2817:45Aug Become a Sexy Refugee in Five Easy Steps! The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 26 Aug An Evening with Great Irish Writers C ARTS | C venues | C piccolo, 24–28 Aug The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Wrongful Convictions and a ToothbrushHacked The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 27 Aug Waterloo Summerhall, 24–27 Aug Will Killer Robots Save Humanity?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug Everyone Speaks Another Language! The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug 17:50 Pillows theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Musclebound Assembly Roxy, 24–28 Aug A Matter of Time C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 24–28 Aug Hey, That’s My Wife! Hill Street Theatre, 24–28 Aug 18:00 The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug The Magic Mountain King’s Theatre, 26–27 Aug Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Blood and Gold Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 24–28 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug How to Be a Better Human Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Tempus Fugit: Troy and Us Army @ The Fringe, 24–28 Aug Spoons Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug One Man Two Guvnors Rose Theatre, 24–28 Aug Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 24–28 Aug Mystic Poetry Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 2518:05Aug Spit Me Out theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Cheeky Girls theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–27 Aug Don’t Shoot the Albatross ZOO Playground, 24–27 Aug 18:10 D theSpace @ Venue45, 25 Aug, 27 Aug Ine able theSpace @ Venue45, 24 Aug, 26 Aug Project Dictator Pleasance Courtyard, 24–2718:20Aug Ode to Joy (How Gordon got to go to the nasty pig party) Summerhall, 24–28 Aug 18:25 Hedda, Nora, Julie and Me Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Love and Piss Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug The GrimmGrandmothers Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Comoedia Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug All By Myself ZOO Playground, 24–28 Aug Marrow Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug 18:30 The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug Dr Glas Paradise in Augustines, 24–28 Aug Psychodrama Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, 28 Aug Exposure Summerhall @ Lyra Artspace, 25–27 Aug The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 24–28 Aug The Rain Men RSE Theatre, 24–28 Aug Thunderstruck Scottish Storytelling Centre, 24–29 Aug The Unicorn Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Planetarium Lates – You Are Here Dynamic Earth, 26 Aug This is Paradise Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug Caligari Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Independence Hill Street Theatre, 24–28 Aug Bloody Elle – A Gig Musical Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug Frighthouse Presents: The Wheel of Misfortune Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug Two Fingers Up Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Famous Puppet Death Scenes Assembly Roxy, 24–28 Aug Happy Meal Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug Box’d Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug 18:35 Woyzeck / Marie theSpace on the Mile, 24–2718:40Aug Ghislaine/Gabler Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug They’ve All Gone and We’ll Go Too Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug Do Androids Dream of Electric Friends? Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug 18:45 Sylvia vs the Fascists theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Science Stories for Grown-Ups PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 24–28 Aug The Girl and Her Balloon theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Alright? theSpace on the Mile, 24–27 Aug Buzzing Anonymous Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 2618:50Aug

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 24–28 Aug The StorytellingGlengoyneExperience Yotel Edinburgh, 24 Aug Agent OutdoorNovember:EscapeGame –Robyn Yew Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug A Rose by Any Other Name Paradise in The Vault, 24–28 Aug 1588 Fringe Online, 24–29 Aug SK Shlomo: Breathe: The Play That Becomes a Rave Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug Buzzing Anonymous Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 27–2819:05Aug Sugar theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27

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The Wild Unfeeling World Summerhall, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug A Place That Belongs to Monsters Summerhall, 25 Aug, 27 Aug Silkworm Assembly Roxy, 25–29 Aug 18:55 Dot Dot Dot Dash theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–27 Aug Living a Little Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History C ARTS | C venues | C piccolo, 24–2819:00Aug Agent OutdoorNovember:EscapeGame –Major X Ploe-Shun Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 24–29 Aug The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug Hamlet with Ian McKellen Ashton Hall, Saint Stephens Stockbridge, 24–28 Aug Feeling Afraid as If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen 19:10Aug Tam O’ Shanter, Tales & Whisky theSpace @ Venue45, 24–2719:15Aug Return to the Hiding Place Palmerston Place Church, 24–26 Aug Heroin to Hero Army @ The Fringe, 24–28 Aug Isto é um Negro? (This is a Black?) Summerhall, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug Self Service theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Still Floating Summerhall, 24–28 Aug 19:20 Home is Not the Place Summerhall, 25 Aug, 27 Aug Encore C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Gertrude and Ophelia in Hell theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 24–27 Aug Human Fountains C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24–28 Aug Twa Summerhall, 24-26 -28 Aug 19:30 Blood Harmony Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug The Smile O Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 24–28 Aug Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug 1902 Leith Arches, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug The Last Return Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug A Time Traveler’s Guide to the Present theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Barefoot in the Park The Royal Scots Club, 24–27 Aug Exodus Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, 28 Aug Planetarium Lates –Under Pressure: The Ocean Show Dynamic Earth, 26 Aug Caitlin Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Muster Station: Leith Leith Academy, 24–25 Aug Walking with Ghosts King’s Theatre, 24–27 Aug When You Walk Over My Grave Church Hill Theatre, 25–28 Aug Wilf Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug You Know We Belong Together The Lyceum, 24–27 Aug The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart University of Edinburgh Play fair Library, 24–27 Aug Faulty Towers The Dining Experience Imagination Workshop: Hilton Carlton , 24–28 Aug 19:35 Party Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Being Frank About Sinatra Paradise in The Vault, 24–2819:40Aug Sex and Sculpture Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug 19:45 Dedication Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug Door-to-Door Poetry: Nationwide PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 24–28 Aug The Zoo Story by Edward Albee Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug 76 Theatre

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 28 Aug The Sian ExperienceClarke Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Buzzing Anonymous Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 27–28 Aug Manbo Gilded Balloon Teviot, 25–29 Aug My Hormones Made Me Do It!

Let’s Try Gay theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 24–27 Aug Tim Crouch: Truth’s A Dog Must to Kennel Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 24–28 Aug The Tragic-Comedy of Things C ARTS | C venues | C piccolo, 24–28 Aug UK Underdog theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Buzzing Anonymous Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 27–2820:20Aug Ned Kelly’s Mother C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 24–28 Aug 27 Lost Years: Diary of a Compulsive Hoarder Fringe Online, 24–28 Aug 20:25 NASTY: “big” girls being gross, mean and sexy theSpaceTriplex, 24–27 Aug Caste-ing Roundabout @ Summerhall, 24–2820:30Aug The Gods, The Gods, The Gods Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug Guide to MasculinistSurvivingTerritory Summerhall, 24–25 Aug Sunny Makes a Scene C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24–28 Aug Loud Poets: Best of Fringe Scottish Storytelling Centre, 25–28 Aug Ram of God Assembly Roxy, 24–28 Aug This Is Memorial Device Wee Red Bar, 25–29 Aug 20:35 Lottie Plachett Took a Hatchett Assembly Roxy, 24–27 Aug Have You Seen This Woman? ZOO Playground, 24–28 Aug The Collie’s Shed theSpace on North Bridge, 24–2720:40Aug The Choir of Man Assembly Hall, 24–28 Aug Johnny Got His Gun Zoo Southside, 24–28 Aug 20:45 Gayboys Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Broke Her theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug Salamander Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Lighthouse Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug 20:50 The Funny Thing About Death Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug 20:55 Tickbox Summerhall, 24–28 Aug 21:00 Tuesday Night Sleeping Club ZOOTV, 24–26 Aug Why I Hate My Penis Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug What Broke David Lynch? Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug Peaceophobia Summerhall @ Q Park – OMNI, Greenside Row, 24–27 Aug Black Sheep Assembly Rooms, 24–27 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 24–28 Aug 21:05 You’re Dead, Mate theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Cicada’s Children theSpace on North Bridge, 24–2721:15Aug Changing the Sheets Assembly Rooms, 24–28 Aug 21:20 Lucinda Spragg: An Evening With Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–2921:25Aug Olives and Blowjobs theSpaceTriplex, 24–27 Aug 21:30 Guide to MasculinistSurvivingTerritory Summerhall, 26–28 Aug Real, Mad World theSpace on North Bridge, 24–2721:40Aug Cake and Violence theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug PASH Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Coming Out of My Cage (And I’ve Been Doing Just Fine) Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Good Enough theSpace on the Mile, 24–2721:45Aug Bathroom of a Bar on Bleecker Paradise in The Vault, 24–27 Aug I’m F*cking My Agent theSpace on North Bridge, 24–2721:55Aug Up Her Sleeve Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Dried Apricots Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Doris Does EdinboigerTheFridge theSpace on the Mile, 24–2722:00Aug Bloody Mary: Live! Pleasance at EICC, 24–29 Aug Flat Pack Furnished Flat Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug Shit-faced Shakespeare: Macbeth Pleasance at EICC, 24–28 Aug Game Night Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Loud Poets: Best of Fringe Scottish Storytelling Centre, 25–2722:05Aug My Own ShakespearePrivate Greenside @ Riddles Court, 24–27 Aug Herviss Family C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24–2822:10Aug Murder Ballads Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–28 Aug Cottage Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug 22:15 head/lining theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 24–27 Aug Bella Donna theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–27 Aug Toast, Pudding Lane Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug Mythos: Ragnarok Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–28 Aug Finding Melania Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–2922:25Aug Gash Theatre Needs Some Space Assembly Rooms, 25–27 Aug 22:30 Reclaiming Harry PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 24–28 Aug 22:45 Apartness theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Paul Richards: My Function Band Hell PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 24–27 Aug 22:50 LoudScribble theSpaceTriplex, 24–26 Aug 23:00 An Audience With Milly-Liu Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug Luke Wright’s Late Night Dance Floor Fillers (Poems) Pleasance Dome, 24–29 Aug Bluewater Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 24–2823:15Aug Grecian Idolatry Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–27 Aug Animal Form Paradise in The Vault, 24–2823:20Aug Matt and Ben theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug The Coven theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug 23:30 Later Roundabout @ Summerhall, 26–27 Aug 77 Listings

The Ecstasy of Victoria Woodhull theSpace on North Bridge, 24–27 Aug You’re Safe Til 2024: Deep History Pleasance Courtyard, 24–29 Aug That’s a Bit of Sheer Luck! – A Sherlock Holmes Parody theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–2719:55Aug

SAY IF IT’S NOT OKAY Greenside @ Inﬁrmary Street, 24–27 Aug Another Universe Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24–27 Aug Things We (Never) Learned in Sex Ed theSpace on North Bridge, 24–2720:00Aug Something in the Water Summerhall, 24–28 Aug Concept for a Film Assembly George Square Studios, 24–27 Aug Guide to MasculinistSurvivingTerritory Summerhall, 26–28 Aug Medea The Hub, 24–27 Aug Floodgate theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–27 Aug Hiya Dolly! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24–28 Aug as british as a watermelon The Studio, 24–26 Aug Buzzing Anonymous Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 2620:10Aug The Gay Train RSE Theatre, 24–28 Aug Do I? theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–27 Aug 1:2:2192 (Retribution Day) theSpace on the Mile, 24–2720:15Aug

Edinburgh’s canine journalist chats to the comedian about his two dogs, Lexie and Bear

Lexie has been going through the Edinburgh brochure and picking her favourites. She’s a massive Mark Watson fan. I gave Bear a brochure and he ate it. what is your favourite edimbrugh smell ??? i like the bin outside lidl on nicholson street The bin outside Lidl on Nicolson Street! Oh my god, that’s mine too! See you there! if you were a breed of dog what breed would you be and why ?!? I’d like to be a Sta e because, in my experience, they’re dogs

Illustration: Lauren Hunter that people are initially scared of but turn out to have a lovely temper. In fact, I’m probably more suited to being a Chi huahua. They look pathetic but can be really unpleasant. That just about sums me up. what qualities in your dog do you most admire ??? I admire Lexie’s loyalty and a ection. I admire Bear’s inability to feel any shame. He’s like Trump. Hal Cruttenden:

Fringe Dog meets Hal Cruttenden

hallo mr hal !!! i hear you bringin’ brilliant show to edimbrugh chartin’ big life changes , so for my ﬁrst ques tion , do you have a dog ??? Yes. I have two. how would your dog describe your show ??? My older dog, Lexie, would describe my show as a hilari ous insight into middle-aged divorce. A pithy take on a growing crisis in our society. My younger dog, Bear, would think it was crap. they say a dog is a “mans” best friend but how do your dogs feel about you ?!?

Lexie asks for a full rundown of how my gig (or gigs) have gone that evening. She revels in the details of how audienc es can be so di erent even in the same city and how a comedian has to adjust to the mood of the crowd. Bear will roll over in his bed and fart. 20 years ago you were nom inated for best newcomer, what advice would you give to the new pups doin’ their ﬁrst full edimbrugh show this year ?!? If they’re on between 8-9.30pm I would tell them to not do this year and come back in 2023. I’m on at 8.10 and I don’t want the com petition. If they want a war though… go for it. what shows are you and your dog most lookin’ forward to this year ??!

It’s Best You Hear It From Me VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard TIME: 8:10pm – 9:10pm, 3–28 Aug, not 16 CrockettMattPhoto: Hal Cruttenden 78 festmag.com Fringe Dog

Lexie adores me on an altogether deeper level than most human/dog relation ships. She understands my moods and eccentricities. Bear doesn’t like me. you’re known for bein’ one of the busiest comedians in the uk , runnin’ around from gig to gig , good gig or bad gig when you get home how does your dog support you ??!

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