Fest 2019 Issue 3

RICHARD BLACKWOOD TAKES THE STAGE

Inside: Slime

Desiree Burch

Fern Brady

Richard Gadd

Cardboard Citizens

Bromance

Piramania

Complicité

KAI SAMRA UNDERCLASS

Director George Sully

Co-editors

Evan Beswick & Ben Venables

Lead Critic

Matt Trueman

Cover Photographer

Aly Wight

Writing Team

Artworker Eva Legemah

Digital Editor

Alexander Smail

Sales Executive

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Comedy

Venue Map & Listings Our by-the-clock listings and handy map will have your festival running like clockwork 62 12 8 14

Dance,

Theatre & Circus

21 Fern Brady A powerful show from “the patron saint of cat-called women” Theatre Musicals & Opera

55 Camille O'Sullivan

A hypnotic, almost hymnal evening of Nick Cave songs

52 Piramania A swashbuckling musical that’s as light as the Jolly Roger fluttering in the breeze Kids

58 I’ll Take You to Mrs Cole A

soundtrack and rocksteady production in Complicité and Polka Theatre’s collaboration

Perfect Day

It’s overwhelming trying to decide what to see. So let Fest decide for you. It’s okay, we know what we’re talking about.

Brew Lab

10am

6-8 South College St

A favourite of local students, Brew Lab boasts great coffee, superb sandwiches, soups, cakes and teas from some of Edinburgh’s best producers. It’s also within walking distance some of the main Fringe venues. Start your day right.

Cardboard Citizens: Bystanders

11.30am – 12.30pm

Summerhall – TechCube

Bystanders is a powerful, eye-opening polemic about homelessness that is always one step ahead of its audience. The play is an an urgent call to action that asks its audience if they could be doing more.

Cat Hepburn: #GIRLHOOD

4.45pm – 5.45pm

Cat Hepburn is well known in the Scottish spoken word scene and, watching her new show #GIRLHOOD, it’s easy to see why. A hilarious and heartbreaking deconstruction of the pressures girls and young women face.

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre

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The City Cafe

6.30pm

19 Blair St

This American-themed diner, with its chessboard-style floor and leather and chrome booths, is a true Edinburgh favourite. Featuring a wide selection of mouthwatering burgers and a full vegan menu, there’s something here for everyone.

Adam Riches: The Beakington Town Hall Murders

7.50pm – 8.50pm

Pleasance Courtyard

Fringe mainstay Adam Riches returns with The Beakington Town Hall Murders: a hilarious, extremely interactive whodunnit revolving around the murder of 10 innocent tortoises. As usual, Riches runs it all in character. Not for the faint-hearted.

Dreamgun: Film Reads

10.15pm – 11.15pm

Underbelly – The Dairy Room

If you reckon the last thing the Fringe needs is another film pastiche, Dreamgun will set you straight with their hilarious pisstakes of classic cinema. They do a different film each night too. You’ll be back.

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Richard Blackwood’s Atypical Reinvention

Craig Angus talks to Richard Blackwood about his hardest project yet

“Ithink this is my true baptism,” Richard Blackwood says, leaning forward intently to discuss Typical

The 47-year-old has covered a lot of ground in the entertainment industry, from his origins in standup and a mainstream breakthrough with MTV, to his own Channel 4 show and a brief sojourn as a rap artist. He is, it’s fair to say, best known for being a specialist in light entertainment. Typical, the true story of Christopher Alder, a black man who died in police custody in 1999, is a far weightier work than you’d expect Blackwood to be involved in. “I always wanted to be an actor though,” Blackwood affirms. “That was the dream. But I wanted to be a comedy actor like Eddie Murphy, I didn’t see myself as a serious actor. I didn’t know if I was good enough.”

Typical is a monumental moment in Blackwood’s career. After early exposure and mainstream success he filed for bankruptcy in

2003, embarking on what he calls a “slow process of reinvention to wash away the memories of Richard as a comedian and presenter” since then. A three-year-stint on EastEnders as Vincent Hubbard that ended in 2018 “really amped things up” for Blackwood, but bringing Ryan Calais Cameron’s script to life on stage has been his biggest challenge to date.

“This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” he exhales, explaining, “and not just because it’s a one man show with loads of different characters. It throws so much at you... I’ve got a photographic memory, I can learn things quite quickly, but with this I’d still walk around all the time with the script.” He talks of endless run-throughs with an emphasis placed on precision and absolute adherence to the poetry of Cameron’s work. “In rehearsals I’d get frustrated.” He laughs at the memory, adding with knowing understatement – “we’ve had arguments.”

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What came more naturally to Blackwood was an understanding of the man he plays. His portrayal of Alder is all about befriending the audience, cultivating the understanding that Alder was a man like any other, with a lust for life and a sense of humour, susceptible to loneliness and the weight of personal demons too. You feel the excitement within him as he looks forward to watching The Lion King with his children on their next visit, and when he carries his night on after the pub you understand that he’s desperately trying to ward off loneliness.

That, for Blackwood, was an important detail. “His ex-wife had left him for another man,” he explains. “This guy is going out to party by himself, think about that. You’ve got to think of how sad your life is to make you want to do that. He just wanted to get out and have fun because he was so broken. That’s the vulnerability I want to get across.”

I ask Blackwood how much he remembers of Alder’s death and his response is a telling one, indicative of how such violence had become normalised in his life. “I remember when it was on the news,” he says, “but the sad reality for me was, as much as I was hurt by it, he was just another

“He just wanted to get out and have fun because he was so broken. That’s the vulnerability I want to get across”

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black person that died in custody. I remember being a young teenager, being afraid of the police, afraid that they’d beat you to death. That was normal for us growing up in the ‘80s in South London, you’d always get nervous hearing about a black person getting arrested. I was so familiar with that kind of story already.”

The conversation turns to those responsible for Alder’s death. “They got off, they got paid,” Blackwood offers incredulously. “Thirty grand, sixty grand – not only was he beaten to death, they got paid for it.” We talk about the Black Lives Matter movement, the cases of Michael Brown, of Eric Garner and Freddie Gray and a common misperception: that police brutality is seen by many Brits as exclusively an American problem. Systemic racism is real and happens closer to home.

How was justice not served in the name of Christoper Alder? The harrowing CCTV clip that closes Typical is damning. “The white people who don’t live in that world,” Blackwood offers, “and don’t have to live with police brutality, will think ‘he probably did try and fight them’.” We want people to

see the video and realise that didn’t happen at all. He could have survived, but was left choking, and the police had the cheek to say ‘he’s snoring, he’s acting’. How can you hear those sounds and think that?”

Blackwood’s love for the project is clear. Our conversation is characterised by extensive and passionate answers about delivering justice for Christopher Alder, and also about what the role means for his own career. “I believe this show has the strong potential to go all the way and be a serious moment in time,” he says, making an apt comparison with the Central Park Five-focused miniseries When They See Us. “We’re doing these shows, hoping people will see it and hoping people will talk.” The questions raised by Typical around the polarity of injustice and privilege are vital.

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Feeling Sluggish?

If you’re hoping to escape the hubbub of the Fringe with your wee ones, Slime might just be the show you’re looking for. Nestled in the heart of Edinburgh Central Library, you’ll find a mini foamy woodland where two tiny creatures—a slug and a caterpillar—meet and weather a rocky start to become firm friends. With the help of a little bit of icky slime, of course.

“Everyone thinks that slugs are disgusting,” says playwright Sam Caseley from Hull-based The Herd Theatre, the company behind the show. “They kill them quite a lot, even people who are otherwise really lovely kill slugs. So we thought, what could we do with a creature that everyone thinks is disgusting? Then I read a bit about the slime that slugs produce, which is really amazing stuff. I don’t think there’s any other substance like it on earth, it’s sticky and slippery, and of course slugs have a role in the ecosystem.”

Of course, the slime in the show isn’t real slug slime; it’s a homemade, yellow plasticine-y ball of squidge and feels delightful. But Slime isn’t just about kids playing about with this bright, doughy toy. Designed for two to five-year-olds, it is a deceptively simple show about overcoming prejudice. First performed as a commission for Hull

Libraries last summer, accessibility is baked into the show’s DNA. Not only is there very little dialogue, for the Edinburgh show, the company worked with a disability consultancy so the words that are spoken are simultaneously told in British Sign Language as well.

“We worked with an amazing guy called Dan,” says Ruby Thompson, Slime’s director, “and Dan himself is deaf. He asked us during the process to put headphones on, put loud music on and watch the show, and see how it changes. It made me realise how much we can slow it down.”

And performing in a library space breaks down barriers for families as well. “One of our plans for this tour, which is our first,” says Caseley, “is focusing on audience development and maybe accessing families that traditionally don’t go to arts events, by doing it in these sorts of spaces. Firstly, more people are aware of [the library], and it feels less intimidating than a theatre.”

“It feels like more of a day out as well,” adds Thompson. “You can just go chill and read a book, rather than coming into town for one hour.” She’s right; my three and five-year-old friends who accompanied me to the show went along to the Central Library’s free Bookbug storytelling session

Yasmin Sulaiman talks to Sam Caseley and Ruby Thompson as they slide into Central Library

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beforehand, and already felt comfortable and settled in the library space before we were ushered into the show.

Slime is part of Hull Takeover, an initiative that supports five theatre companies from Hull at the Edinburgh Fringe, and Caseley and Thompson— who met at drama school—have gradually built up a name for themselves in their hometown as children’s theatre experts. But while their initial work was for older children, the early years age group that Slime is made for is their favourite audience.

“They’re so unrestrained with their logic,” says Thompson. “They’re naturally so playful and open, so they will just go with you. Like nothing in this garden looks real, it’s very abstract, there’s pink grass and a slug that’s dressed as a weird slimy raver.”

Designed by Rūta Irbīte, the set in Slime is almost a character in itself. Children and adults take their shoes off before stepping into the garden, which is a sensory treat. Almost everything is soft and squishy, encouraging the young audience to get involved, touch things and play. The relaxed vibe carries right through the show, so children can move around, talk and explore during the performance – particularly in the final 15 minutes, when they’re invited onto the stage area to play with the slime.

“When we performed in Manchester,” Thompson says, “it was a wild party. One kid was just so up for dancing, every time the music came on. For a lot of young people—maybe not at the Edinburgh festival, but where we usually work—it’s their first experience of a show, so they’re not coming with any preconceptions of what a show is. That’s really exciting, and we don’t want to tell them how to behave. We’re going against these stuffy forms of theatre where you sit down quietly and watch.”

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Slime

Pleasance Pop Up: Central Libary 11:15pm – 12:15pm, 2–24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18

£7 – £8

“Even people who are otherwise really lovely kill slugs. So we thought what could we do with a creature that everyone thinks is disgusting”

- Sam Caseley

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Desiree Burch: She’s Here

Having started as a theatremaker, Desiree Burch switched to comedy in 2015 and hasn’t looked back. She talks to Fergus Morgan about why she and the Fringe get on so well

American standup Desiree Burch would love to not talk about race. “Me and Nish Kumar, as comedians of colour, we’d love to just do jokes about garlic bread and Pokémon,” she says. “But it’s always left to us to bring this stuff up. And I feel like if you have a platform to say some shit, then you should.”

Her new hour of comedy, Desiree’s Coming Early!, isn’t explicitly about race—certainly not as much as her 2016 comedy debut This Is Evolution or 2017’s smash-hit Unf*ckable—but it’s certainly

there, threaded through a show that’s essentially one long shaggy-dog story about Burch’s acidfuelled experiences at Burning Man.

“Patricularly when something like LSD is involved, particularly somewhere like Burning Man, you find yourself in these loops, doing the same thing over and over again,” she says. “And the same thing happens culturally, the same shit keeps coming back around. And there was something about that idea that was sticky to me, something that I wanted to investigate.”

Desiree’s Coming Early!, on one level is an exercise in observing destructive patterns—in hallucinatory trips at Burning Man, in her own life, and in society as a whole—and asking what we can do to break them. For Burch, the answer is not wholesale revolution, it’s slow, progressive, thoughtful change.

“I’m not the most historically-informed human being, but it seems to me like revolutions happen in one direction, then adapt into this fucked-up thing, then the pendulum swings back the other way,” she observes. “There’s got to be something in the middle, something we can build on. God Bless New Zealand, for setting some kind of example.”

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Does she think that pendulum will swing back at next year’s US election? “A lot of people are saying that this idiot will probably get re-elected,” she sighs. “They’ll narrow down the Democratic nominees, and I’m happy to vote for whoever the fuck it is. They’re getting my fucking vote, because we’ve got to get rid of him.”

Burch speaks at full pelt, onstage and off. She’s still winding down from her show, which finished about half an hour ago across town at The Hive –a venue that “smells like teenage pheromones” and puts Burch in her “own personal sauna” on stage every night. “Why are there fruit flies when there’s no fruit down there?” she asks. “Are there plague bodies buried beneath the place?”

This is her sixth Fringe, her third as a standup after three doing solo shows in the theatre section. Having grown up in California, she studied theatre at Yale, then scratched out a living in New York for several years before moving to the UK in 2014 – and it was partly this festival that persuaded her to make the big switch from NYC-based theatremaker to UK-based standup.

At Edinburgh, she saw that British audiences were far more open to her brand of conceptual comedy than American ones. “Here, you see every different kind of standup performer,” she explains, “and it makes you realise that there is room for you too. It feels like there’s room for different kinds of comedy from different regions, especially when everyone just wants to go out and get drunk. Alcoholism pays a lot of people’s rent.”

It’s a move that’s paid off. Burch won the 2015 Funny Women Award, has now performed three critically-acclaimed Fringe shows, and is a regular on TV and radio – Live At The Apollo, The News Quiz, The Mash Report, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order. She’s 40 this year, and with a grin, she confirms that she’s starting to get recognised in the street.

She puts her success in Britain down to several factors. One, the “exchange programme of exoticism” between the UK and the US (we send them John Oliver, they send us Burch). Two, having gone to a good university. “Over here, there’s a history of comedy coming from elite universities, whereas in the States it’s the thing you do if you can’t do any other job,” she says.

And three, there’s who she is. “I’m a woman of colour from the States, at a time when we are looking towards those voices and those stories more,” she says. “So I’m ticking a lot of boxes for people. But, you know, I’m hopefully actually being funny and talented at the same time.”

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Desiree Burch: Desiree’s Coming Early!

Heroes @ The Hive

7:40pm – 8:40pm, 1–25 Aug, not 13, 20 £10

“Here, you see every different kind of standup performer and it makes you realise that there is room for you too”

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Launch Party 2019

Monday 5 August saw this year’s Fest Launch Party, and it always takes us until this edition of the magazine to pick up the pieces. Thanks in no small part to our smashing venue Old Tolbooth Market and their festival cohosts Gilded Balloon, who gave us space to both celebrate and serve drinks courtesy of Edinburgh Gin and Decagram Ales. And that’s for anyone not trying the venue’s own Bucky slushies.

Creative Edinburgh kicked off the evening, hosting lightning talks from festival industry figures. We heard inspiring words from Annie Marrs (co-owner of Sweet Venues), a hot-off-thepress peek at upcoming project Leith Comedy Festival from Rosalind Romer (owner of Punchline Comedy) and the journey from scrapyard to venue from Pianodrome’s Matt Wright Joy Parkinson of Scottish Ballet revealed the not-always-glamorous truths of festival PR and Mara Menzies thrilled us

with her storytelling as she gears up for her show Blood and Gold throughout August.

Then Fest’s own entertainment showcase rounded off the night, opening with some sketch tomfoolery from Aussie duo Two Little Dickheads and UK trio Sleeping Trees. Drag prince Alfie Ordinary followed by regaling us with a fabulous Spice Girls medley, before cheeky pals Double Denim goofed around with snippets from Adventure Show. Headlining the bill was newly annointed pop scientists Frisky & Mannish, mischievously deconstructing Ed Sheeran. And this is all without mentioning our tireless, smoky-eyed cabaret queen Bernie Dieter, MCing the night with a handful of original songs from the ever-popular Little Death Club

Honorable mention goes to media partners

From Start to Finnish who co-branded this year’s tote bags – if you didn’t get one, speak to George.

Photography by Kat Gollock

Bernie Dieter

Mara Menzies

Two Little Dickheads

Frisky & Mannish

Sleeping Trees

Frisky & Mannish

DoubleDenim

LEAD CRITIC

The End is Nigh

Halfway through the festival, and the end is in sight. Sorry: nigh. The End is Nigh. I’ve never known a Fringe so full of apocalyptic anxieties. It’s as if every other show were underscored by a death rattle.

“Just a little joke while the world burns,” Jordan Brookes chirps, checking his watch. It’s a tic that recurs throughout his bewildering hour onstage, as this personable comic wonders exactly how long he’s got left. How long we’ve got left.

I’ve Got Nothing (4 stars) is a show for end times. Climate catastrophe hovers overhead, Brexit burns in the background and Brookes’ own mental health (“the apocalypse up here”) bubbles away underneath. But for all it rattles with assorted anxieties, Brookes’ show still feels like a blessed relief. If anything, the backdrop of doom elevates his daredevil semi-structured, semiimprovised style into something oddly profound. It’s as if he’s killing time before it kills us all. The least we can do is play along.

His set is a sly mix of the catastrophic and the clownish. He imagines a cool head in a plane crash, finishing off Marley and Me while plummeting to death, and every 14 minutes, an average human attention span, he jiggles around like jelly just to keep us alert. An extended riff on instructions for seducing one’s own mum—at gunpoint, in fairness—is squirm-inducing, but sharp. “It’s a metaphor,” he yells. “My mum is the earth.” In fact, it’s sharper still: a nifty critique for humanity’s ability to imagine the worst and still head towards it. We shrug off warnings of our own devastation.

Two years ago, Brookes broke through with a load of beginnings. This time, he strings out a succession of false endings, dropping routines mid-sentence to dart full pelt at the exit or raising a hand, thanking us and striding offstage – only to return. He oversees more blackouts than Jim Callaghan and, indeed, loops so many finales back-to-back that, with a startling bravado, he lops off the last chunk of his show (or, seen differently, bumps off a third of his crowd.) It’s brilliantly uneasy—is that it, are we done?—but it lifts comedy to critical intervention: an evisceration of humanity’s inability to face facts.

Jordan Brookes: I’ve Got Nothing

Pleasance Courtyard, 9:30pm –10:30pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 13, £9 – £11

Are we not drawn onward to new erA – Ontroerend Goed

Ontroerend Goed, Zoo Southside, 11am – 12:15pm, 2–25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £14

Landscape (1989)

ZOO Playground, 12:45pm – 1:45pm, 2–25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £10

Landscape (1989)

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Belgian collective Ontroerend Goed are toying with the same territory in their new show. Like its palindromic title, Are we not drawn onward to new erA (4 stars), it mirrors itself down the middle: the second half undoing or erasing the first. It’s an improbable feat, if not an impossible one.

Its beginning doubles up as an ending: a woman and an apple tree; paradise or post-civilisation. Hellos could be goodbyes; first kisses, farewells. A statue goes up only to come straight back down. Is that progress or simple destruction? They set themselves impossibilities to overcome. Apples are consumed, trees stripped to the trunk. Plastic bags drop from the sky. Can we put the world back together? Can humanity clean up after itself?

No other company pushes the possibilities of performance like Ontroerend Goed and this picks at the very nature of theatre. An ephemeral artform, it leaves nothing behind and yet, it does; whatever happened onstage can’t be erased. The two entwine here, and elegantly so – even if the reliance on technological trickery feels, at first, like a cop out.

In fact, its meaning takes time to come through. More than artful composition and a display of skill, whereby gobbledygook suddenly makes sense and concealed storylines are revealed in reverse, it also makes a virtue of ambiguity. As we watch the world go into reverse, that fuzzy feeling of hope contains a nagging doubt. Is it all an illusion or could technology get us out of this mess?

Time has a way of springing surprises.

Landscape (1989) (3 stars) looks back to the conclusion of the Cold War; that moment Francis Fukuyama declared “the end of history”. It brought with it a sigh of relief, as the threat of nuclear annihilation effectively dissolved. Nowadays, all that seems naïve. Emerging duo Emergency Chorus hop into that lull (before they were born) to watch the world ending almost unseen – not with a bang, but with a fever.

In a gentle, oblique hour, such ideas hang off a small science project-style study of mushrooms –nature’s hardiest survivors. Halfway through, they microwave a bunch of them for a full seven minutes to no effect, before cooking them up on a slow, sizzling hob in a quiet, post-apocalyptic woodland scene. What radiation can’t destroy, a little heat can. It just takes that much longer.

To see that, we need to shift our sense of time. Dwelling on the world’s largest living organism, the 2,400 year-old ‘Humungous Fungus’ of Oregon’s Malheur National Forest, Landscape (1989) tries to slide out of human time into mushroom time; to see the planet and its history afresh. It is itself a lull: an hour that passes, quietly and contentedly, without much going on: a few lists, an anecdote or two, a goofy dance routine. Like the mushrooms that sustained a young, homeless John Cage, Landscape (1989) offers just enough substance to sustain our attention. A real step-up from a very promising duo, Clara Potter-Sweet and Ben Kulvichit, this cute, offbeat piece watches on as the world winds to its end.

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Comedy Reviews

Desiree Burch: Desiree's Coming Early!

VENUE: Heroes @ The Hive

TIME: 7:40pm – 8:40pm, 1–25 Aug, not 13, 20

TICKETS: £10

“Now that is a fact,” says Desiree Burch, as she closes the book on this show’s scripted, lecture-like introduction, before launching eagerly into the meat. “This is a story.”

And so begins Burch’s breathless tale of a day spent tripping at Nevada’s infamous

Burning Man festival, an epic shaggy-dog story that certainly involves some shaggy people. That would be enjoyable enough, but the LA-born comic has more to say. So much more.

Judiciously woven in here are history lessons about education and race, which eventually build to something euphorically personal, an illuminating takedown of the “magical negro” in Hollywood movies, and a heady lament for certain let-us-down heroes. In fact her bit about plausible deniability and Michael Jackson’s oeuvre might be the best routine you’ll hear this Fringe. Beat that.

You would have forgiven Burch for sitting out this Fringe altogether as her television CV grows, or

for preferring one of the longerestablished, higher-profile venues. But Heroes is clearly home (and perhaps slightly more relaxed about this show overrunning), and her audience is happy to follow, up Niddry Street, to Nevada and beyond.

It’s one heck of a show. Burch’s background is in experimental theatre, and while the set-up here looks like traditional standup, this is as spectacular as it gets without costumes, props and fireworks. It’s a mesmerizing performance, and somehow those myriad thematic strands all coalesce into one magnificent whole. There are hoots, hollers and, come the end, a very British attempt at a standing ovation. Quite right too. ✏︎ Si

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Ciarán Dowd: Padre Rodolfo

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VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 9:45pm – 10:45pm, 31 Jul–25 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £9 – £12

In order to become a priest, Ciarán Dowd’s Don Rodolfo needs to learn not to succumb to temptations, which means he must do everything in his power to avoid being tricked by the devil, who is set on preventing Rodolfo’s progress. What follows is a highenergy and chaotic race to the Vatican, where Rodolfo is to meet the Pope.

With a sassy flick of the eyes, Dowd has his audience under his spell. We are participants in this surreal world, and it isn’t a difficult task to embrace it. Though

this world is full of trickery and false appearances, the strength and simplicity of the character of Rodolfo holds everything together. And while the story of Padre Rodolfo is ridiculous (there’s a talking owl with terrible memory and a giant wheel of cheese involved), it all somehow makes sense if you let it.

Dowd is smart embedding specific, modern day observations, and unformulaic ones at that.

They contrast deliciously against the priest’s flamboyant and rather grandiose demeanour, reminding the audience that this is a character, despite the (literal) smoke and mirrors (no actual mirrors).

Dowd has created a fastmoving, action-filled adventure that is thoroughly unpredictable and genuinely unsettling in parts. Padre Rodolfo is a truly immersive experience. ✏︎ Becca Moody

Fern Brady: Power and Chaos

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VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy

TIME: 6pm – 7pm, 1–25 Aug, not 12

TICKETS: £7–£10

After a brief and perfect takedown of Boris Johnson, the focus of this show soon shifts from the semi-political to the fully personal. Deliciously caustic Bathgate comic Fern Brady is more interested in the micro-incursions against her own agency than the macro nightmares happening on the world stage. Not that the topics she touches in an ambling hour aren’t significant—the etiquette of

blow jobs, self-diagnosed mental health issues, kids, lies and furry animals—it’s the stuff that keeps many of us firmly in our place. She has particularly acute takes on class and sexuality – having learned the hard way, as a Scottish woman living in London. The highlight of the show is her very funny bid to become “the patron saint of cat-called women” by making the creepy men who deign to give her unbidden compliments regret the day they learned to wolf whistle.

Some of the show still needs a bit of polish, especially a finale featuring a cutesy YouTube clip. But overall, this is an excellent hour for those who like their comedy with a good pinch of pepper. ✏︎ Stu Black

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London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck

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VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 8:15pm – 9:15pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 12

TICKETS: £9–£11

London Hughes is hitting her 30s, and getting pressured by her family to find a man and settle down. She’s reluctant. As a riposte this show recounts her sexual history, in all its bawdy glory. Filthy, frank and consistently hilarious, it’s an hour that transcends what in lesser hands would be boringly prurient and instead becomes a celebration of female sexual desire.

She’s an energetic and captivating performer. She works the crowd excellently, drawing out audience participation in an inclusive manner despite the risqué nature of the subject matter. A whirligig of energy, she dominates the stage, evidencing considerable

Glenn Moore: Love Don't Live Here Glenny Moore

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VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 4pm – 5pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug,

TICKETS: £9–£11

With his usual disclaimer at the top that most of what follows is a pack of lies, Glenn Moore has erected another winning tall tale out of sublime one-liners and routines that whip away their own foundations. Previous shows have seen the milquetoast comic and radio newsreader sporadically erupting into pained spleen. But

skill in physical clowning. And what might appear to be humour relying heavily on shock is instead more carefully honed than that.

Bubbling under the surface are pointed barbs about race, gender, contemporary sexual mores, and the expectations placed upon women. She rails against the double standards which mean that while male comedians are often understood as sexy, when women are comparably confident and funny they are seen as threatening. And in detailing her bedroom

whether it’s his time working with Nigel Farage and Katie Hopkins on LBC, which does appear to be the one kernel of truth in his disclosures, he delivers the show at pretty much full-throttle, affected fury from the start. And the bluster of his extended breakdown is sustained, in stark contrast to the calculated precision of the script. An avowedly spineless, buttoned-up individual who subscribes to broadcasting standards of balance and impartiality in every aspect of his life, Moore has passively absorbed and internally ruminated upon all the slights, humiliations and petty irritations visited upon him by his ex-work colleagues and girlfriend. That is until now, when Networkstyle, he’s mad as hell and not

experiences with white men, she highlights aspects of privilege typically invisible to those with power.

What’s impressive here is how all of this sits comfortably with what is predominantly a whipsmart, breakneck, vital barrage of gag after gag. The atmosphere in the room resembles a party, with Hughes our bewitching host. She’s already a recurring presence on TV, and this fine hour suggests we’ll be hearing much more from her.

✏︎ Brett Mills

about to take it anymore. Naturally, his spluttering petulance comes across pathetically. And he’s unable to even admonish Hopkins for her grasping, mercenary extremism in his parting shot from the radio station.

The reality of Hopkins and Farage casts Moore’s ex and his former boss into unsatisfying relief as mere empty vessels for his jokes. And there’s an underdeveloped theme contrasting Journalism Glenn with supposedly Showbusiness Glenn. But the callbacks and intricate circularity of his myriad top-notch gags are exquisitely arranged, the slowmotion crash of his relationship and his grandmother’s expiration in particular delightful to behold in the retelling. ✏︎ Jay

Richardson

Credit: Karla Gowlett

Róisín and Chiara: Get

Nupty

HHHH

VENUE: Heroes @ The Hive

TIME: 6:20pm – 7:20pm, 1–25 Aug, not 10, 20

TICKETS: £8

Imagine the most embarrassingly middle-class, try-hard, drama-school graduate sketch show you possibly can. Now cast that image from your mind, because Róisín and Chiara’s latest hour, Get Nupty,

Dreamgun: Film Reads

HHHH

VENUE: Underbelly, Bristo Square

TIME: 10:15pm – 11:15pm, 1–25 Aug, not 13

TICKETS: £10–£11

You will no doubt agree that what the world’s biggest art festival really needs right now is more film and TV pastiches. Honestly, the myriad improv groups and dinner theatre companies are doing their best, but at this rate it will be another two or three years before every single much-loved classic has been rubbished.

Thankfully Dreamgun take a more skilfully-aimed shot at the affectionate-parody format, having honed their craft via a popular podcast. Their flyer may not look wildly promising—the requisite wacky grins and worrisome jazz hands—but on stage this Dublinformed collective have a whole

is the complete opposite of what you may have feared. This energetic duo are satirising the very archetype you might imagine them to be, and it’s a dynamic whirlwind of an experience.

Róisín and Chiara are trying to define what love is. It’s a broad question to ask, what is love?, and so it’s unsurprising that their quest for the answer takes them, quite literally, all over the place.

Undertaking this gargantuan task involves the portrayal of a wide range of characters (some human, some not) and examining their personal relationships. This

is loud, physical comedy. Neither performer is ever still – every move, every facial expression, is a notable, bold movement.

They are visibly having a huge amount of fun, but Get Nupty doesn’t ever feel self-indulgent or as though the audience are being left out of some inside joke. In fact, the interaction is well managed, keeping us on our toes but never being overbearing or intrusive. Róisín and Chiara use the entire room’s space. They skip past seats and naturally draw each audience member into their ridiculous world.

✏︎ Becca Moody

different tone. Rather than let variably-talented improvisers loose on a vague theme, Film Reads, as the title suggests, is tightly scripted and clearly laboured-over with love.

They take on a different movie each night—although some recur during the run—and this Wednesday evening the eight-strong cast tackle Jaws. Consistently funny it is too, with particular nods to Ronan Carey’s dry narration, the many and varied voices of Hannah Mamalis (from

doomed valley girl to “exploding child”), and Ed Salmon’s excellent Quint impression, which adds an extra dimension. He even takes on the dramatic USS Indianapolis speech, which could backfire in lesser hands.

The feel is very much that of an old radio broadcast, and while the actors clearly have—go on then—a whale of a time, they manage not to slip into the back-slapping selfindulgence that undoes many gang shows of this ilk. May their unlikely voyage continue. ✏︎ Si

Hawkins

Credit: Killian Broderick

Eleanor Tiernan: Enjoying the Spotlight Responsibly

original, logic-askew epiphanies, she grabs you with a laugh, then gradually starts to convince you that she’s the sane one and society is misguided.

VENUE: PBH's Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth

TIME: 2:20pm – 3:20pm, 3–25 Aug, not 13

TICKETS: FREE

A contrarian and even idiot savant, Eleanor Tiernan’s persona is that of a pity object for friends and family, but with flashes of wisdom that make her seem like the disregarded holy fools of yore. Achieved with brilliantly

HHHH Courtney Pauroso: Gutterplum

HHHH

VENUE: Underbelly, Cowgate

TIME: 9:40pm – 10:40pm, 1–25 Aug, not 13

TICKETS: £11 – £12

Emerging out of the woods like a knock-kneed baby deer, Courtney Pauroso’s alter-ego Dale Ravioli is a shy adolescent who nevertheless indulges in some pretty Lolitaesque lunges and contortions with an exercise ball. Callow and lonely, she drags an audience member up to participate in some familiar childhood games, gently alluding to a troubled backstory as she approaches womanhood.

The show then emphatically flips and ratchets up the pace as it shifts through successive metamorphoses in Dale’s life, becoming all the more challenging. Tapping into the pornification of culture and toying with the

When she bemoans the pointlessness and even negative impact of applying oneself to education, given that the only future with any prospects lies in reality television, it’s funny but a broad satirical brush. Yet when she rails against the dropdown box options for booking an airline seat, the consequences she ascribes to each choice seem both ridiculous but also clearly grounded in long-established, undeniable sexism.

She rather stumbles through the conclusion of a tale about being a chocolate ricecake expert at her

regular cafe. But the point, that staff turnover is so high in a decadent, gig economy culture that the customers know more about the business than the baristas, is solid. And it’s one she satisfyingly returns to.

As adept highlighting the mean girls-style motivations of Brexit, as she is mining her relationship status as a 40-something singleton deflecting questions about her broodiness, there’s feeling in Tiernan’s gags about being a substitute mother no-one asked for. But what initially seems relatively throwaway, combines with her crime obsession for a rare, more personal closing account that runs the gamut from stupidity to sharp, humane to topsy-turvy hilarious. ✏︎ Jay Richardson

consequences of the #TimesUp and #MeToo movements, Pauroso blithely dismisses conventional mores of audience engagement. The frisson is palpable, the spectacle voyeuristic. Yet the edges are superficially smoothed by her repeating and reconstituting playful patterns of behaviour, her attuned, spontaneous comic instincts and the overriding impression that she’s fully in control.

Ultimately, the story resolves itself into something more romantic, though not without

love’s dream encountering some complications and manic burlesque along the way, with an abiding erotic drive. Interestingly, the performance I caught benefited from Pauroso choosing an empathetic dupe to join her on stage, with the guy nevertheless repeatedly double-checking her consent to proceed as he was being told. Strikingly too, given that Gutterplum is essentially an hour of entrapment, there was something rather endearing about their relationship. ✏︎ Jay

Richardson

James McNicholas: The Boxer HHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 4:15pm – 5:15pm, 31 Jul–25 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £8-£10

It seems obvious when someone points it out, but there’s more boxing films than any other sporting film genre. And they’ve extraordinary structural similaries, too, which James McNicholas does a fantastic job of both dissecting, and adhering to in The Boxer. Why?

Because his granddad, Terry “The Paddington Express” Downes, was world middleweight champion in 1961. McNicholas, flying solo from sketch troupe BEASTS, is very unlikely to achieve the same, and it’s in telling the story, through a sequence of acted segments, of this extraordinary granddad (and his extraordinarily straight-talking grandma) where much of the

Zach Zimmerman: Clean Comedy HHH

VENUE: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

TIME: 10:45pm – 11:45pm, 31 Jul–26 Aug, not 19

TICKETS: £9.50-£10.50

Maybe it makes sense that this is a somewhat uneven hour: Zach Zimmerman clearly has a lot to wrestle with. Born a Godfearing Virginian, he’s now a gay atheist, working through the later stages of being out, especially in

relation to his straight-laced and perennially disapproving parents.

A large chunk of the show deals with this side of his life (there’s a photo of mom centre stage throughout), which is fine. It’s clearly important to him, but his demons do stymie the comedy somewhat, his energy submerged by sincerity and occasional schmaltz.

It’s when Zimmerman dumps the soul-searching and fully succumbs to his dirty dark side that the show truly begins to soar. And in full flight he is quite glorious. You can feel

comedy lies.

What elevates this beyond your average family history show, though, isn’t the emotional punch McNicholas ushers us towards –though, of course, it’s a hard-hitting one when it arrives. It’s the seriously heavy weight of jokes that he pummels into the hour. Like a volley of punches they slip though every conceviable opening. Far from mining a seam for comedy, McNicholas has strip-mined and laid waste to a continent. It’s so much fun.

It’s not all right hooks and roundhouses. McNicholas’ tonal switches between tough man Terry Downes and soft boy James aren’t at all convincing – a pair of specs and a momentary camp vocal lift make for a ropey character device. And it’s fair to say that McNicholas’ jokes are of-a-kind, tending towards bathos or bait-andswitch, with a clear consistency of structure. The quantity isn’t the problem – it’s absolutely the show’s strength. But one can’t help but feel that the odd stylistic shift here might help kick it up a notch. ✏︎ Evan Beswick

the cathartic enjoyment as he re-enacts sexual encounters and the lowest of low-points. He’s especially good with voices – for example, an Austin Powers-like Brit he once shagged, and a council of sobbing seals.

And as we wind our way to the end—via mines of gaping buttholes and a groaning audio guide in Amsterdam—the show occasionally borders on genius. It comes to a head (for there is no other way to describe it) in an extraordinarily tasteless finale which is hilarious, shocking and terrifying.  ✏︎

Stu Black

Credit: Idil Sukan

Daisy Earl: Fairy Elephant HHH

VENUE: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

TIME: 4pm – 5pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12

TICKETS: £8.50 – £9.50

Daisy Earl establishes a friendly tone right from the top; addressing the obvious heat of the room she notes that she has made us all fans. It’s a kind-hearted gesture that hints at her personable demeanour. It also serves to

Foxdog Studios: Tomorrow's Office HHH

VENUE: Heroes @ The Hive

TIME: 5pm – 6pm, 1–25 Aug

TICKETS: £5

Don’t switch off your mobile phones, Tomorrow’s Office relies on them. Lloyd Henning and Peter Sutton are IT consultants in Manchester during the day, but they moonlight as comedians, crafting entertaining, interactive shows that chaotically combine programming, music and more.

Tomorrow’s Office is their latest Fringe show of mayhem, most of which you experience via your smartphone. It’s not dissimilar to the sort of stuff Mat Ewins comes up with. Once seated in front of their enormous slideshow, you connect your phone to a WiFi network, log on to a website, and Henning and Sutton then set you a series of challenges, with one side of the audience competing good-

establish a safe environment in which to chat about some pretty difficult issues.

Earl suffers from depression and anxiety and one of the ways in which her mental state manifests itself is by binge eating. During her twenties she put on a lot of weight. The title Fairy Elephant comes from the ‘pet’ name her forthright Scottish mother gives he. It’s not really surprising that she feels the way she does if that’s her mother’s idea of affection. But it turns out her mum isn’t the bad guy here –there are worse folk in her life…

Given the ongoing discussion on women’s bodies from fat shaming

to body positivity, plus criticism of health campaigns that point out that being obese is a contributing factor to major diseases, it’s important to have this reminder: losing weight is not as simple as just consuming less and there are often complex reasons at play for over overeating.

She has an easy delivery through which she channels a gentle humour and populates the show with a range of nicely realised characters, displaying a talent for accents that even breathes life into the gruff Russian bear alter-ego she uses when things get really bad.  ✏︎ Marissa

Burgess

naturedly against the other.

There’s a game where two contestants have to collect coffees, controlling their onscreen characters simply by shouting into a microphone. There’s a game where you have to fire a sausage at a target—“a rocket at mars”— by aiming and deploying through your smartphone screen. There’s a quiz with stupid questions, which you answer online. If you want to applaud, you don’t actually whack your hands together – you

use Foxdog Studios’ tap-to-clap application.

Neither Henning—who spends half the show in a giant duck costume—or Sutton—who literally wears a drum-kit the entire time—are particularly charismatic comedians despite their attire, but there’s no doubting the invention and ingenuity of some of their concepts, and no doubting that their show is enormous fun to take part in. A short and surreal cybersports day. ✏︎ Fergus Morgan

Credit: Foxdog Studios

George Fouracres: Gentlemon

HHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 3:30pm – 4:30pm, 31 Jul– 26

Aug, not 18

TICKETS: £8.50–£10.50

George Fouracres has already seen success as one third of acclaimed sketch trio Daphne, but this is his first venture into solo standup. It is, appropriately enough, something of an introduction – a confident, clever hour of intensely personal comedy that’s not massively big on laughs, but is packed

with plenty of insightful chat, particularly about class.

Fouracres hails from a working-class family in the West Midlands—you can tell immediately from his broad, bandy Black Country accent—and was educated at Cambridge (“the university of the turrets”, as he terms it). He has, he reckons, seen life from both sides of the class divide, and most of the show is seen through that lens, whether it's childhood anecdotes about his dapper, down-to-earth Granddad (“He didn’t have a surname until he was nine!”) or his lessons in the twangy Willenhall dialect (“Y’ALL NAW THE GAME!”).

He’s unable to resist

Anna and Helen: Stuck in a Rat

HHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 5:45pm – 6:45pm, 31 Jul –26 Aug, not 13

TICKETS: £9–£11

Anna O’Grady and Helen Cripps haven’t performed comedy in years, and were never a double act to begin with. The past decade has seen the pair keep their hand in mostly as writers, and while this is

an inventive piece of work, a certain rustiness can’t help but show. Lines are recited in a kind of sing-song delivery presumably intended to ensure that every gag is audible, but which isn’t always adept at selling the humour contained therein.

The premise of the show is that we’re being subjected to a stilted self-help talk, so this style isn’t inappropriate, just a bit monotonous over the course of an entire hour.

Similarly, while there is clear chemistry between O'Grady and Cripps, they seem to be very much

squeezing in a few characters, too – ridiculously OTT, vulgar personas, the likes of which Daphne fans will be familiar with. They’ll particularly relish his contorted impersonation of Mavis from Dad’s Army.

Dressed in a tweed jacket, Fouracres is a warm performer in more ways than one, entirely selfaware of his own nerdiness. “The best day of my life was A-level results day,” he quips, early on. “That’s the sort of show we’re dealing with here.” But he’s an endearingly sentimental one, too: his closing bit, when he reveals just why A-level results day was the best day of his life, is a tiny bit tear-jerking. ✏︎ Fergus Morgan

in the process of exploring this.

It’s joyful watching both inhabit the roles of straight man and fool with real fluidity—a dynamic which prevents the show from ever stagnating—but there’s a sense that the characters’ relationship hasn’t yet been fully worked out.

Ultimately, Stuck in a Rat carries all the markings of a show that came together by accident, albeit one that turned out really well. It’s far from an essential offering, though its off-kilter playfulness should strike a chord with early evening audiences. ✏︎ Lewis

Porteous

Luke Rollason's Infinite Content

HHH

VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy

TIME: 12pm – 1pm, 2–25 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £5

One of the more accessible graduates of the Gaulier school of clowning, Luke Rollason impishly plugs you into the matrix of an idiot in Infinite Content. Constantly delivering surprises and silliness for its own sake in this fun, early afternoon hour, he intitiates unthreatening audience interaction from the first knockings. Indeed, even prior to that, with the unusual suggestion for the crowd to connect to the venue’s WiFi and take pictures of what unfolds.

Rollason’s world is forged from the unpromising combination of online shopping, software upgrades and classic computer games. If you’re after a reference point, picture the daftness of Spencer Jones and

Lola and Jo: Escape HHH

VENUE: Assembly George Square

TIME: 4:15pm – 5:15pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 14

TICKETS: £10-£11

Anyone turning up at the Box expecting the whimsical musical act Flo and Joan—who are also on at Assembly, which has caused a wee bit of confusion—might be slightly taken aback by the duo who actually bound onstage and all but take them hostage.

As quasi-kidnappings go, though, this is fairly agreeable: standard

his rudimentary props updated for the internet age, facilitated by the communal, tech-enabled spirit of Foxdog Studios.

With his wiry frame, minimal speech and strikingly intense eyes, the comic enhances his avatar-like character with a magician’s sleightof-hand and countless accessories, some home-made, others more stateof-the-art. There’s an underlying sense of the show unfolding like a quest, of the audience unlocking puzzles. And when it briefly stalls, as when somebody fails to intuit exactly what Rollason is demanding of them,

Edinburgh-in-August stuff rather than full-on Stockholm Syndrome.

Now seasoned sketch-hour creators after a couple of successful Fringe runs, Lola Stephenson and Jo Griffin have gone high-concept this year, making full use of their shipping container base to launch a conceit in which we’ve all signed up for an escape room. That room is run by a couple of faux Scottish coppers, who dig for clues in a file of unfinished sketches by the seemingly-missing comedy duo.

It’s a nifty method for knitting sketches together—and for leaping out of them quickly while the audience do that very Britishpeople-at-a-sketch-show thing of wondering whether to clap—and

it’s invariably more compelling. Enjoyable too are those instances where his more quick-witted marks turn the tables and fire a curveball back at him.

Pitched at an adolescent level, rather than the sheer childlike excitability of Jones’ recent hours, there’s a more calculated, scripted path to Infinite Content that means it suffers by the comparison.

Regardless, it’s a quirky curiosity and stands apart from the vast majority of less ambitious and imaginative Fringe offerings.

✏︎ Jay Richardson

the skits are usually fun, if not fully realised: these are glimpses of promising characters, in truth, rather than strongly-written scenes.

Meanwhile the between-sketch bits feature some knowingly witty asides about comedy generally, and a burgeoning subtext in which the duo air deep-seated grievances about their offstage dynamic. These sometimes lengthy escape room sections can feel a little rushed and repetitive too though, rather than fully formed.

Which is a shame, as the hosts/ kidnappers are fine performers, and the concept is solid. Escape could just have done with a little extra care and attention before being let loose. ✏︎ Si

Hawkins

Credit: Richard Braham

Michael Legge: The Idiot

HHH

VENUE: The Stand Comedy Club

TIME: 12pm – 1pm, 1–26 Aug, not 12

TICKETS: £12

Michael Legge is an angry man. In his new hour of standup, the London-based, Northern Irelandborn 50-year-old rants and rails at anyone and everything. From Jacob Rees-Mogg to Ian Paisley. From his ukulele-playing contemporaries, to the arthritis that has gummed up his left wrist.

He’s always an irate performer— his voice rarely dips below an infuriated roar and he’s constantly shaking his fist and slapping the wall—but The Idiot is a cleverer show than it sometimes seems. There’s an awareness to it.

He never says anything really controversial, and he always punches up, not down. You sense that beneath the layers and layers of loathing, he’s actually an alright guy.

The show is half made up of Legge airing his many and varied grievances, plenty of which are pointed at other comedians (comedians that deserve it, though – Ricky Gervais, Louis CK, Graham Linehan, anyone that plays satirical songs on a ukulele), and plenty

of which are aimed at the “stupid, English cunts” behind Brexit. The other half is something of an identity crisis. Why, Legge wants to know, isn’t he Iggy Pop? What does it mean that he can survive a medically-advised period of sobriety (“If I’m not an alcoholic, what am I?”), and why do people confuse his accent for a West Country one (“The IRA will never take me now”)? It’s a bruising, misanthropic hour – but a smart one, too. ✏︎ Fergus Morgan

Tiff Stevenson: Mother HHH

VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy

TIME: 9:15pm – 10:10pm, 31 Jul –25 Aug

TICKETS: £10

It’s difficult to tell if Tiff Stevenson is too good at standup, or just too good at everything else now. Breezily dashing off an hour of comedy with a strong central message—around how motherhood is a much broader category of nurture than the act of giving birth—she does little to shake the feeling that the form is a constraint rather than an inspiration. Or is it the pressure valve that supports a much broader cultural and political life?

That’s not to say this isn’t a satisfying hour of strong jokes –Stevenson can write those in her sleep. In particular, she writes jokes which speak specifically to the experience of women, does so with complete self-awareness,

Who's the Daddy Pig? HH

VENUE: PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth

TIME: 12pm – 1pm, 3–25 Aug

TICKETS: FREE

As we leave his show, Philip Simon hands out business cards proclaiming himself a comedian, writer and actor. Clearly he sees himself as a jack of all trades, and is looking to drum up some work off the back of this offering. And why not?

and then sells them, forcefully and winningly, to those to whom the experience does not speak. “Look me in the eye when I’d doing this bit,” she says to a guy in the front row, while mid-flow in a routine involving a wrong-size-tampon metaphor. If comedy is to pull people out of their comfort zones, this bit feels like lesson one in that endeavour.

But this isn’t a standalone piece of art. Dramatically, it lacks a bit of shape and structure, which is

fine – not every Fringe show need be a mini-feature film. But more than that, it frays at the edges. As Stevenson talks to the ridiculous trolling she receives online, we want to hear more from her as a cultural thinker. She talks of her writing and acting and we’re intrigued. FWIW, she’s also a fantastic musician. This feels like less than the full Tiff. Is it time for this talented performer to fully embrace the triple threat? ✏︎ Evan

Beswick

Who’s the Daddy Pig? may be safe stuff, but it’s perfectly suited to its midday slot and elevated by association with a globally popular kids entertainment franchise.

The gist is that despite having played the porcine patriarch in an official touring stage production of Peppa Pig, Simon nevertheless found himself unequipped for the challenges that came with sudden, unexpected parenthood. Cue a colourful dissection of his roles both on stage and off, and the hard facts he’s learned about parenting.

Make no mistake, this is a cute, fun show, but its execution is terribly hack. While we might

expect the performer to have a wealth of stories relating to his position of prestige in the eyes of thousands of children, most of the hour is devoted to pointing out the inconsistencies in the logic of the TV show. Peppa and her family are animals, but they themselves have a pet and have been known to visit the zoo. The pigs live in harmony among natural predators, and so on. If these facts haven’t crossed your mind previously, Simon’s show will be a revelation to you. Otherwise, you’ll wonder why he’s put a huge amount of time, money and effort behind stating the obvious for a month. ✏︎ Lewis Porteous

Credit: Steve Ullathorne

Maisie Adam: Hang Fire HH

VENUE: Gilded Balloon Teviot

TIME: 5pm – 6pm, 1–26 Aug

TICKETS: £10-£11.50

Shivani Thussu: Prefer Not to Say HH

VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy

TIME: 1:20pm – 2:20pm, 1–25 Aug, not 13

TICKETS: £6

Conjuring a new sketch-show premise is an art form in itself these days. Gone is the era where character acts would just drily set up each sketch (“and I think that might go a little something like this”) – now your framing device needs lots of thought too.

Shivani Thussu has come up with a good one. The premise: we’re a focus group, which isn’t an original idea in itself, admittedly— Lola and Jo did a show called Focus Groupies last year—but this surveysession has something more sinister lurking. In the background

Maisie Adam’s show is an exhortation for us to accept the mistakes we have made in our lives, and then move on. It also calls for us to be more accepting when others err, and critiques the simplistic kneejerk reactions of Twitter storms and righteous condemnations.

It’s an intriguing topic, but it’s stated rather than explored. Furthermore, towards the end the whole begins to feel a bit like a lecture, the comic interrogation of the theme receding as she restates, again, the argument that’s been evident all along.

That’s not to deny there’s some good comic storytelling here. ‘Cheeky’ might seem like an overused word to describe certain standups, but there’s no denying it fits here. Adam is a relatable performer, whose stories of teenage

house parties and one-night stands are likely to ring bells with many. She’s warm and inclusive, working the crowd efficiently. But the comedy perhaps relies too much on straightforward recognition, with the tales not really taken anywhere unexpected and the comic structures, while efficient, lacking inventive spark.

A gallery of famous people’s mugshots aims to tie all of this together, and she takes glee in recounting the misdemeanours of Hugh Grant and Winona Ryder.

Just as it all seems this has settled into a predictable rhythm there’s a truly spectacular shocking and revitalising moment that rightly draws gasps from the crowd. If only the whole show had found a way to have the same clout and surprise. ✏︎ Brett Mills

are a tech company called Grople, whose real motives gradually emerge as the show progresses.

So far, so promising: sadly the various characters that host this seminar then send the show off the rails. An appalling public speaker messing up a presentation is funny in theory, but the impact is lost because Thussu herself seemed a little bewildered beforehand. Actually the hour’s biggest laugh is arguably earned by a foreign chap gamely getting on stage then mispronouncing a word from Thussu’s script, which is a bit awkward too.

The show does recover late on as Grople’s plan unravels, and you wonder if Thussu—who writes for TV as well as the stage—might rework that overall concept more successfully elsewhere. This group of characters needed more focus. ✏︎ Si Hawkins

Theatre Reviews

Baby Reindeer

by Richard Gadd

HHHHH

VENUE: Roundabout @ Summerhall

TIME: 6:25pm – 7:30pm, 31 Jul – 25

Aug, not 1, 6, 13, 20

TICKETS: £14 – £16

Just as Richard Gadd’s awardwinning 2016 standup laid bare the sexual confusion and abuse that once lurked in his comedy’s subtext, Baby Reindeer directly reveals the stalker that has devastated his life and swept away the boundaries between performer and fan, private life and professional. Unfolding at the

same time as his greatest artistic triumphs, this is more than just a retelling, it’s a weighty dossier of evidence brought vividly to the stage, a defensive measure against a frighteningly credible, ongoing threat.

It started with a simple gesture of kindness in his bar job, a seemingly innocent flirtation from a naïve young man grappling with issues of self-acceptance, his past and the oppressive demands of masculine culture. Intermittently spinning in the round of his intimate stage, agitatedly pacing and hunkering down amongst the audience, Gadd relates his tale with visceral immediacy. Supporting and sometimes undermining his testimony are

snatches of interviews with his former partner, parents, work colleagues and an uncertain police. Yet the overwhelming majority, ominously projected, indeed flooding the ceiling, are a torrent of deluded, threatening texts, emails and voicemails from his tormentor. With Gadd and director Jon Brittain drawing you fully into this modern, digitally-enabled nightmare, the comic is brutal and unsparing in his self-recrimination, his shocking, violent reprisals as impotent as his attempts to appease his stalker. The sheer crucible of hate and other raw emotions Baby Reindeer unleashes continue to disturb long after its conclusion.

✏︎ Jay Richardson

Typical HHHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 4:30pm – 5:30pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 13

TICKETS: £10–£12

There are several points watching Ryan Calais Cameron’s new play where you feel the urge to stand up and right the wrongs of what’s happening on the stage. There can be no better compliment. Typical is transformative piece of theatre, one that opens up a difficult dialogue and then asks the viewer a question: What are you going to do?

Based on a true story, Typical stars Richard Blackwood as Christopher Alder, a black British man of Nigerian descent who died at the hands of the police in his hometown, Kingston-uponHull, back in 1998. Blackwood is best known as a comic actor and, originally, a standup comedian, a skillset he utilises to full effect, bringing us into Christopher’s life and portraying him as another man

Working On My Night Moves HHHH

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 9:55pm – 10:55pm, 31 Jul –25 Aug, not 1, 12, 19

TICKETS: £12

Working on my Night Moves is a search for multiple feminist futurisms, breaking down the time/space continuum. It starts with the audience standing, performer Julia Croft obscured behind a star-covered curtain. When she pulls the curtain down the set is largely in darkness

with “typical” concerns. He wants to find work, to be a good father to his children, to meet people and enjoy life. The frequent deployment of the show’s title throughout the hour is significant. Innocuous at first, it becomes symptomatic of just how many elements can and will conspire against him. His concerns and desires are irrelevant, his portrayal as a novelty, a nuisance and a danger is out of his control. The seemingly minor things all add up.

Cameron’s script is complex and highly poetic, the metre and rhythm shifting subtly throughout in parallel

with Croft manipulating lights throughout the performance. Piles of chairs and ladders evoke images of barricades. Even the seating bank is made to look like a desolate landscape.

She performs with a singular focus, turning herself into a tinfoil-clad warrior, followed by one of the most beautiful moments of the show involving dancing tinfoil above a fan. The fluidity of this and other dance moments contrasts mesmerisingly with the regimented way that Croft moves around the set, repeatedly moving furniture and creating new spaces. It becomes more urgent as the show progresses. Chairs,

with the unravelling of Alder’s tragic story. Blackwood accomplishes both the emotional heavy lifting and the mental gymnastics with aplomb.

There’s a telling remark that comes when Blackwood’s Alder, a former Paratrooper, recalls his service: “No greater honour,” he says, “than fighting for this country." He was betrayed not only by his fellow man but by British institutions, the police and the justice system. Typical is harrowing but vital, a timely reminder of the evils that will happen in our communities if we permit them. ✏︎ Craig Angus

lights and ladders are hung from the ceiling. Croft dresses herself as a nightmarish version of Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, before hanging several versions of Dorothy around the set – gingham dresses with wigs attached.

Te Aihe Butler’s sound design builds on the eerie, unsettled atmosphere. Often the sound comes from a radio which Croft wears tied around her waist. It moves with her and crackles in and out, feeling all the more overwhelming when it does come from the speakers. The whole production places the audience in another world. And it is a world worth visiting. ✏︎ Emma

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Cardboard Citizens: Bystanders

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VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 11:30am – 12:30pm, 31 Jul –25 Aug, not 12, 19

TICKETS: £12

Right-on outrage is easy to manufacture, but this sophisticated diatribe against society’s mistreatment of the people on its margins bides its time, carefully building the case for our collective failure on this issue.

Bystanders is always one step ahead of its audience: sometimes confusing as it weaves together its tapestry of six disparate stories, sometimes wrong-footing as it pokes at the problems with the very techniques it employs. You’re drawn in by the shifting puzzle, satisfied to see the threads come together by the end. For that reason we won’t spoil the tales the four

Crocodile Fever

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VENUE: Traverse Theatre

TIME: times vary, 2–25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19

TICKETS: £22

Alannah Devlin is dressed in the same oppressive shade of pink as her kitchen, hair scraped back into an efficient bun and a toothbrush in hand to clean the already spotless sink. However, when she reaches for her shame cigarettes and inhales half a packet of what

besuited actors tell, suffice to say that they are all unusual, rippedfrom-the-headlines cases that have homelessness at their heart.

At times this show feels like journalism—with verbatim interviews sprinkled here and there; at others like fanciful drama—with pleasingly absurd points of view added to the mix. But the team circle their thesis with confident purpose and impressive energy until it is

impossible to dismiss. A stage, like a busy councillor’s office— whiteboards, screens and boxes— adds to the sense of research completed – the clutter testifying to the difficulty of keeping all the various strands and voices together.

Cardboard Citizens have been at this for 25 years – and it shows. This is superior agitprop theatre and an urgent call to action.

✏︎ Stu Black

she later calls her “sad crisps”, it is clear that something is bubbling below the immaculate surface. When her sister Fianna Devlin crashes in back into her life with her filthy boots, it is only a hint of the mess that is about to ensue.

Set in rural South Armagh in 1989, Meghan Tyler’s black comedy cleverly becomes darker and more farcical in almost equal measure as it progresses, developing into a fever pitch of magical realism by the play’s end. You can never quite tell where the narrative is going to go next, which is down to Tyler’s writing and the excellent performances from Lucianne

McEvoy (Alannah) and Lisa Dwyer Hogg (Fianna) who bring endless energy to the stage. From burying their issues under discussions of the closeness of the night, to laying out 11 years of separation and a childhood of trauma, their relationship is one which only sisters could share.

By the final third, Alannah’s immaculate kitchen and living room is a spectacle of gore, the cleaning products long since thrown aside. Though it may be a gin-fueled, graphic destruction of the family home, it is undercut with true horrors. ✏︎ Emma Ainley-Walker

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Coma HHHH

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: times vary, 31 Jul – 25 Aug

TICKETS: £7.50

It’s very simple. Walk into a shipping container. Lie down on a white, wipe-down bunk bed, only a little bigger than a coffin. Make sure your headphones are on correctly. Now brace for terror.

Birth HHHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 12pm – 1:15pm, 1–25 Aug,

not 12

TICKETS: £12 – £14

The most intimate and personal of human experiences are made grand and expansive in this captivating performance from company Theatre Re. Developed in partnership with academics and following research with those affected by its themes, Birth tells the story of three generations of women dealing with the evolution of family and life, and

Coma, a brief 30 minute sensory deprivation experience, doesn’t ask too much of its audience beyond that initial leap of faith, but it offers a great deal in return.

Once the lights come down the space is pitch black and the sinister drone from the headphones becomes overwhelming. Through almost flawless recordings played through the headphones, a deft, terrifying and bleak look at consciousness and conscience emerges. What do

people say about us when we can’t hear, can’t see, can’t feel?

The darkness—which is firmly enforced, with no phones or smartwatches allowed to interrupt—proves a powerful tool in twisting the perception of reality. The man whose footsteps echo up and down the narrow corridor between the bunk beds may not be there, but without the evidence of your eyes and ears, it’s difficult not to flinch away from him.

The show could, possibly, be a little more frightening – there are a few moments of pure body horror, but they don’t build up enough intensity to provoke screams. Still, those long, dark seconds are clearly enough to leave audience members shaken and delighted. There’s an escape route provided for the faint of heart: simply take the headphones off and have a snooze in the dark. But you’ll be more energised if you keep them on. Coma is an injection of adrenaline that won’t leave you for hours. ✏︎

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all the love and loss that it brings.

The story here is told physically, with small snatches of dialogue spoken without amplification. Its five performers move beautifully and fluidly around a bare but effective set: a simple wooden table becomes a bed; plates and glasses are set and tidied away; chairs are sat on and tucked back in. Most originally of all, a large white sheet billows across the stage to represent the passing of time, captivating in its own right thanks to skilful lighting and directing, but also creating the illusion of characters disappearing and reappearing in tableau as the sheet washes over them.

Birth uses physical repetition and the device of a journal, written by grandmother and read by granddaughter, to pull together the most mundane of everyday domesticity with the biggest of life moments—births, engagements, deaths—creating full and sympathetic characters through movement and direction alone. Its musical accompaniment is also key: an evocative and delicate soundtrack performed live within the venue.

Moving, painful and uplifting in equal parts, Birth is a sensitive and beautiful exploration of humanity’s most universal experiences.

✏︎ Eve Livingston

Daddy Drag HHHH

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 5:45pm – 6:45pm, 31 Jul – 25

Aug, not 1, 12, 19

TICKETS: £10

For Leyla Josephine’s Daddy Drag character, the controversial “Who’s your Daddy?” is a term of endearment. Drag king Josephine expertly plays a stereotypical version of her father with searing honesty.

In his dirty vest and Y-fronts, the manspreading Daddy Drag cuts a creepy yet affable figure. He repeats the same misogynistic jokes again and again, talks about fishing or “a wee BBQ” and revels in telling aimless stories that go nowhere.

There’s embarrassing dancing and music: Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams and Boston. And Josephine expertly turns an observational eye both inward to memories of her own dad and outward to a

The Afflicted HHH

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 7:30pm – 8:40pm, 31 Jul – 25

Aug, not 1, 12

TICKETS: £14

It started with a jut of the chin. Then came the tics and the convulsions. One girl at first, then two, then four more. Within a month, 24 schoolgirls were glitching in sync across town. Doctors could find no physical cause. Parents rushed theirs kids out of town. News crews swooped in.

Seven years after this mysterious outbreak, The Afflicted

representation of the father figure whom the audience can relate to. She focuses on the quality of the character rather than the quantity of material. And every so often a voiceover cuts through the comedy – Josephine and her mum talking about the man in their life. With initially reverent tones, these interviews unmask the caricature gurning and prancing about on stage.

But Daddy Drag takes a sinister turn, one that showcases the

real man behind platitudes and smokescreens. And as the drag king, Josephine adeptly masks the signs of a darker side for maximum effect.

Much of Daddy Drag is seen through the eyes of an innocent child. As a searing conclusion strips away the beard, clothes and the life to unveil an uncomfortable truth, it becomes apparent that “you can’t fit a person in a show. You can’t even scratch the surface.”

✏︎ Daniel Perks

returns seeking some answers. Jake Jeppson’s sly text, structured like a true crime podcast, has an unnamed narrator pressing Hope River’s residents for leads on the girls, scouring archive interviews and recounting the towns creepy history of witch trials, teen suicides and Jell-O factories. How does a rash of mass hysteria—the first of the social media age—set in?

Fusing mock documentary and dance theatre, groupworks’ debut is a deliciously eerie essay on contemporary American dis-ease and patriarchal pressure. Four baby-faced women in matching sport skirts and pigtails catch each other’s movements and finish one another’s thoughts. They share the same off-kilter stare. Vicki

Manderson’s choreography borrows the spasms and flails of Anna Teresa de Keersmaeker and Hofesh Shechter to enjoyable effect.

It’s super stylish: Finn den Hertog gets it jangling with atmosphere as plastic chairs scrape across linonleum floors, red cables snaking across green surfaces. His brother Lewis’ videos can dominate, but, backed by a synthy soundtrack, they instil a Twin Peaks vibe of unsettling placidity: still surfaces and set smiles. Slowly, though, a doubt starts to nag: a craving for metaphor or meaning. There, The Afflicted stops short, content to point at something strange and induce a shiver. ✏︎ Matt

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Frankie Foxstone AKA The Profit: Walking Tour HHH

VENUE: Assembly Rooms

TIME: 2:15pm – 3:15pm, 1–24 Aug, not 12, 19

TICKETS: £10

For many, the defining image of the Fringe is of absurd performances erupting randomly on street corners to the confusion and amusement of passers-by. This is exactly what Frankie Foxstone’s walking tour is, and it’s just as fun as it sounds.

Comprising of a literal tour round part of Edinburgh’s New Town, the interactive satire sees performer Amy Gwilliam take on the persona of Frankie Foxstone, perfectly-poised but unapologetically ruthless property developer. Over 50 minutes, she

Macbeth HHH

VENUE: C venues – C south

TIME: 6:55pm – 7:55pm, 1–26 Aug

TICKETS: £10.50–£12.50

Shakespeare is the world’s most popular playwright, with his productions staged all over the globe. This particular version is a one-person adaptation of Macbeth that hails from Korea. Pared down to an hour, it captures the key moments of the original play through movement and spoken text, which is translated back into English surtitles.

Using props and puppets to represent the other characters, the show has a heightened sense

guides participants through her plans to “make Edinburgh great again”, evading tax and loopholing her way out of providing social housing along the way.

The whole point of this performance is interactivity and Gwilliam involves participants throughout without ever leaving them too exposed. The concept is absurd and the games silly, but Gwilliam, in character as Foxstone, creates an environment where there is no reluctance or resentment about joining in.

Her performance is impressive, staying in character as the tour is interrupted by cars honking as they pass or children trying to join in, as is the risk with an immersive public show. While participants laugh throughout at the silliness of it all, the satire is also sharp, with Gwilliam embodying all the greed and single-mindedness of our money-obsessed society – a theme only too relevant in a city growing and developing with alarming pace.

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of artifice, like a child playing with toys that are easily disposable once they are bored of them.

Two performers, one man and one women, alternate the role nightly. It’s physically demanding with its constant movement, much of which is expansive or fast. Battles and lengthy journeys are depicted literally, whereas Macbeth’s aspirations are compared to a bird trying to take flight.

Four small boxes mark out the corners of the playing space, and the actor leaps from one to the other to mark scene and tone changes. Constant forward motion keeps the piece moving and draws attention to Macbeth’s unalterable fate.

There is a good use of colour on

the all-black stage. A set of silver goblets are the banquet guests, and red is a predictable choice for Duncan’s murder – though it's staged in a particularly creative way. The colour also punctuates the appearance of Hecate, making the small puppet stand out well. Lady Macbeth is similarly styled though her importance is lost within her small scale. These visuals further support understanding and its simplified text is easy to follow.

This production showcases strong, physical storytelling and a well-considered concept, but some of its choices—like extended sections narration— prevent the audience from fully connecting with the story. ✏︎ Laura Kressly

Blind Date

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VENUE: CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall

TIME: 9pm – 10:30pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug

TICKETS: £11

Blind dates are awkward and weird. Blind dates that are turned into a show and improvised in front of an audience by a French clown are no doubt even more bizarre, and that’s what happens in this longform improv. After Mimi chooses an eye-catching man from the audience and takes him to the onstage restaurant, anything can happen.

Tonight, Mimi and her date, an American divorcee based in Edinburgh, quickly hit it off. For an hour and a half, they negotiate the trappings and customs of a blind date and its possible future, thoroughly enjoying each other’s company. A “time

Yours Sincerely HHH

VENUE: Assembly Rooms

TIME: 8pm – 9pm, 1–24 Aug, not 13

TICKETS: £10–£11

In 2017, Will Jackson accidentally walked away from the Post Office with 300 second class stamps he hadn’t paid for. Recently graduated and not quite sure of his next steps he began a series of correspondences, with everyone from a childhood crush to his manager at work, and the John Lewis marketing department. Most

out” feature gives the audience member an opportunity to pause the action whenever they please, though expecting them to commit to participating in the 90-minute running time is a lot to ask.

Rebecca Northan is Mimi, a flirty and filthy clown with an infectious laugh. Her witty retorts and honest vulnerability are hugely entertaining, and she gives her full attention to her date. There are moments of

surprising intimacy between them, but it raises questions about audience care – how much of what Mimi shares is true about Northan and her life in moments of mutual vulnerability? There is potential for her date to think their connection could lead to something more. That said, this is a surprising performance with a lot of scope for variation from night to night.

✏︎ Laura Kressly

people replied.

In Yours Sincerely, Jackson earnestly performs a selection of these letters, interspersed with lipsynced musical numbers that bolster the humour and break up the letter reading, which alone could become quite tedious over the course of an hour. Thanks to heartbreak and Cadburys, there are also chocolate buttons shared out among the audience, as well as some photocopied drunken sketches Jackson is particularly proud of.

Jackson is not the only character in the piece. Over the course of the hour you feel you get to know those in his life, in

particular his best friend, newly moved to London, and his new housemate, Jacob. Both are central to Jackson’s journey and he characterises them well, with unease coming through as some darker threads begin to appear in the letters – a dumping, a mugging, a worrying lump found after a sexual encounter.

At the heart of the play, it is about keeping in contact with those who matter to us, not being scared to talk about the big things and the power of blasting out Kylie. Jackson’s charisma carries through a narrative that could otherwise feel too twee.

Emma Ainley-Walker

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Before the End HHH

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 1:15pm – 2:15pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 12, 19

TICKETS: £10

Were this a show solely about the late Belgium lawyer, Michel Graindorge, it would be plenty interesting enough. A man deeply committed to due process and human rights, whose arrest on

Pops HHH

VENUE: Assembly Roxy

TIME: 6:35pm – 7:35pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug not 12

TICKETS: £11–£12

Charlotte Josephine’s challenging new play is all about the faltering connection between a failing father (Nigel Barrett) and his semi-estranged daughter (Sophie Melville). It’s an elliptical piece that seems to exist in a closely neighbouring parallel universe. Everything is recognisable—

charges of aiding a client escape inspired protests, and who continued receiving clients at his bed on the ward before his death in 2015, he comes across as an idealistic powerhouse.

His thoughts and journals permeate this tribute by his daughter, violinist and performer Catherine, and are both smart and poignant. His absolute commitment to institutional justice, and simultaneous awareness that they are fallable and must be fought for, are valuable sentiments right now.

But that’s not all it is. Far from being overshadowed by her father, it’s Catherine Graindorge who emerges as a sensitive, kind and loving translator of a life well-lived. And translation it is, through an inventive collection of song, prerecord, live video and monologue.

She trips over her words— ”leeterature, it’s hard to say [with a French accent]”—drawing attention to the artifice of squeezing a life into an hour. An opening sequence where she sets text blocks under a camera is particularly effective. Is she a typsetter setting an obituary, or writing the news? Looking to the past or living in the present? Grief has a funny way of confusing that.

The music, created live with violin, effects, and loop pedal, is moving, expressing both optimism and grief. Overall the score feels a little one-tone – opportunities for solo violin to settle into more rhythmical forms are missed in place of a general synthy, reverby ambient swell. But there’s enough going on that this doesn’t detract from a gentle, thoughtful hour. ✏︎ Evan

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shared telly time, tea and biscuits, conversations about job interviews – but the domestic rituals are rendered with an alien oddness that is equal parts dislocating, sinister and sad.

At some points, time stretches to become bewilderingly slow and wilfully boring, at others it fractures so that days pass in minutes. Dad’s friendly refrain of “hello love, come and sit down” strangles the last traces of sanity from the poky living room where the story takes place.

This is affecting experimental theatre that chooses to omit many of the questions that would clarify the narrative: Where is mum?

Where has the daughter been?

What exactly is the backstory they cannot confront?

As we wade deeper into this slow-burning nightmare, it becomes clear that music is a metaphor and that playing Ray Charles on repeat is a stand-in for something darker.

The show notes tell us this story is about addiction, but it’s left unclear exactly what kind, or what damage, it’s done. For the most part, this ambiguity is the play’s strength, though ultimately the mysterious mood proves frustrating, slightly undercutting the intense performances by Melville and Barrett. ✏︎ Stu Black

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Art Heist

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VENUE: Underbelly, Cowgate

TIME: 1:55pm – 2:55pm, 1–25 Aug, not 14,

TICKETS: £11–£12

If Art Heist—Poltergeist Theatre’s follow up to last year’s playful Lights Over Tesco Car Park—were a painting, what would it be?

Definitely not a Mondrian, for there is nothing minimalist or restrained about this multimedia, multi-perspective sorta crime caper. Ostensibly, it’s about art and how we create, narrate, label and value it. So maybe a Hirst?

If You're Feeling Sinister: A Play With Songs

VENUE: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

TIME: 3:45pm – 4:45pm, 31 Jul–20 Aug, not 12

TICKETS: £13 – £16.50

Belle and Sebastian’s second album is a classic – arguably one of the best records ever made in this country. The problem with If You’re Feeling Sinister: A Play With Songs is that those same beloved songs keep interrupting the story.

Eve Nicol’s script tells the compelling story of two art thieves: Boss, the married, middle-aged academic (Alan McHugh of Taggart and Limmy’s Show), and Kid, a depressed young woman trying to find her place in the world (Sarah Swire). The heist plot deserves more attention – it’s a clever narrative that explores the

God, no: it’s much more fun than that. It’s obvious, really: who else could turn a chef’s hat into art, or toy with our perspectives with such glee? It’s definitely a Neil Buchanan Art Attack.

If nothing else, I’m sure Neil did one with kitchen sinks, and that’s exactly what Alice Boyd, Rosa Garland, Will Spence, Serena Yagoub and writer/director Jack Bradfield have thrown at this. At times it risks falling off the wall under its own weight. A series of audience interactions, for instance, feel pointless and over-done in the moment but, actually, haven’t acquired sufficient baggage to make them meaningful in the grand finale – however visually spectacular

that may be. That’s a tough one to resolve, but perhaps its ambition is its charm.

It also means it’s hard to describe – a comedy caper about an art heist gone wrong doesn’t come close. Easier to describe is the success with which they use different framing and narrative techniques—camerawork, voiceover, audience participation and, erm, actual frames—to studiously avoid the boring certainty of a single perspective. “How a frame would contain it!” laments Boyd’s philosophical security guard, taking the time to explore the world one particular painting only partially reveals. There is nothing contained here. ✏︎

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characters’ differing motivations for their thrill seeking. Glasgow is described with vivid affection; the necropolis plays an important role, tying in with the themes of death and suicide, and what we leave behind when we die.

But the songs are detailed and evocative pop gems that contain marvellous stories themselves.

Hearing ‘Like Dylan In The Movies’ soundtrack a post-heist police chase is unbearably on the nose (“If they follow you / Don’t look back”). Murdoch’s lyrics and wry sense of humour don’t work in the mouth of Kid, either. They’re both outsiders,

certainly, but Kid is a loud and extroverted stage presence, the songs comparatively timid.

Swire’s vocal is powerful and raw. One moment her voice is pained and tortured, the next she’s sneaking a laugh in among the lyrics. The emotional delivery is a strange fit; the melodic, lyrically dense songs on If You’re Feeling Sinister are better suited to someone who’ll gently nativate the scales. McHugh’s less showy vocal is more effective. A fleetingly uplifting but not entirely satisfying hour.

Craig Angus

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Leave a Message HH

VENUE: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

TIME 2:00pm – 3:00pm, 31 Jul –26 Aug, not 12

TICKETS: £9 – £10

Like so many shows at this year’s Fringe, Leave a Message has its roots in lived experience. The tightly confined three-hander, written by Ed Coleman and James Mitchell, is based on the afternoon Coleman spent clearing out his dead father’s flat. Sorting through the detritus, Ed soon finds himself reflecting on his own life. Is he just repeating his father’s mistakes?

The first thing you notice about Sarah Mercadé’s detailed set is the mess. The small stage is crowded with junk – unopened letters, books, empty bottles, laundry. With his friend Sarah, Ed wades through this sea of stuff, looking for clues about his father’s final days. It becomes clear that he drank himself into an

early grave, dying in isolation and squalor – a fate that Ed fears he may also be hurtling towards.

All of this is clumsily uncovered. An answering machine is the main conduit of information, a device that is increasingly contrived. It’s convenient that the messages are listened to intermittently, dripfeeding dramatic revelations, and that a crucial phone call arrives just as another character is walking back into the room. The play starts

Apollo: Take 111 HH

VENUE: Zoo Southside

TIME 4:15pm – 5:05pm, 2–26 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, 25

TICKETS: £9 – £10

Apollo: Take 111 has a nifty premise. An administration error sees Stuart, an office drone in a Kafka-esque government department, selected to spearhead the USA’s first expedition to the moon. Our hero, who has no aeronautical know-how of any kind, does what any true patriot would: he fakes it.

Stuart’s harebrained scheme

involves inviting the world’s finest auteur, the great Stephen Kosminski, director of sci-fi masterpiece 2011: A Space Iliad, to film the ruse in his basement. A trio of actors—a British stage luvvie, a Hollywood starlet and a low-wattage method actor named Brick—are assembled and chaos ensues, and not just on Kosminski’s set.

None of Apollo: Take 111’s cast is on the same page. Some appear to think they’re in a deadpan comedy while others seem to be channelling the rocket-fuelled intensity of John Belushi or Rik Mayall. The production has one decent, if laboured, pun, which involves method man Brick being given his “cue”.

to feel like a series of laboriously connected plot points rather than a convincing narrative.

There are some touching moments between the characters, but mostly Coleman and Mitchell’s script meanders, treading water until the next bombshell. And when Ed finally does confront his demons, it feels abrupt and unearned, as though the play were in need of a quick conclusion. ✏︎ Catherine

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But unfortunately, it’s repeated a second later in case we didn’t get the gag, killing it dead.

The play is full of intentionally fluffed lines, with actors sometimes jumping off stage to try again, which might have raised a smile if there weren’t so many unintentional cockups peppered throughout. If you were being generous, there’s a meta appeal to a play about a farcical film production being a shambles itself. The chaotic energy, haphazard blocking and dream logic plot suggest Apollo: Take 111 is being improvised on the spot, perhaps with the actors’ loved ones held hostage backstage. ✏︎ Jamie

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Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus Reviews

The Desk

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VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 11:35am – 12:35pm, 31

Jul–25 Aug, not 12, 19

TICKETS: £10

As beautiful as it is haunting, Reetta Honkakoski’s The Desk shines a light on the shady and unknown world of life in a cult. Part of the From Start To Finnish programme, it is an honest and brutal portrayal of five female cult members, consumed by the power struggles, backstabbing, militarylike discipline and hierarchical

control of such a life. The end result is a performance that is a unique approach to a sinister subject matter.

The absence of words is both the strength and biggest obstacle for The Desk, one that it quickly overcomes. Honkakoski takes her real life experiences and produces something that leaves a lasting impression. The stage is laid bare for the performers and their desks, each containing only one book. In being promised with praise they compete in an endless array of tasks: a hypnotic and choreographic set of routines. The use of space and movement is remarkable. As well as directing, Honkakoski plays the ‘leader’ of

the unnamed cult. Both mocked and feared in equal measure, she is never positioned as one thing – the complex relationships are hard to decode.

Scored with precision, the brooding and menacing soundscape highlights the strength of performance. It is not an easy task to tell an emotional story through muted physical theatre. The Desk is a triumph for movement-based theatre, not only does it tell a fascinating story but it grips its audience for an hour without a single word said. It is able to convey complex themes with nothing but five desks, six performers and a powerful story.

✏ James McColl

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Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus

Bromance

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VENUE: Assembly Rooms

TIME: 3pm – 4pm, 1–25 Aug, not 7, 12, 19

TICKETS: £14–£16

Barely Methodical Troupe’s Bromance first opened at the Fringe in 2014, winning them the Total Theatre Award for circus, but this exploration of friendships between men and how they are expressed is still relevant five years on. It starts with an explanation of the handshake the three performers and co-creators, Beren D’Amico, Louis Gift and Charlie Wheeler, are comfortable with.

When it comes to more emotional expression, they’re not as comfortable. The circus skills spring out of these handshakes, back slaps, hugs and trust falls, mixing acrobatics and hand-tohand with b-boy and contemporary dance elements.

Circus is the perfect medium to explore the competitive edge to many male friendships. Wheeler in particular competes with

Ali and Alpo HHH

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 1:05pm – 1:45pm, 6–25 Aug not 12, 19

TICKETS: £10

In order to better appreciate this modest 40-minute dance solo with music you need to know the back story. The veteran Finnish dance artist Alpo Aaltokoski was meant to create a collaborative performance with Ali Alawad, a virtuoso Iraqui oud lute player and singer,

D’Amico desperately seeking the connection and trust shared between his two co-performers.

The Cyr wheel becomes a symbol of emotional openness. Feeling left out by the other two, Wheeler performs a fluid, and mesmerising solo towards the final third of the show, becoming a catalyst for the three men to become closer, less “bro-ish” in their relationship to each other.

as a means of examining cultural similarities and differences. But the rejection of Alawad’s asylum application put a spanner in the works. Rather than accept forced repatriation, Alawad fled Finland two weeks before the premiere. These events didn’t stop the men’s artistic aspirations. The result is, in effect, a subtle yet resonant act of political defiance.

Thin and wiry in casual clothes, Aaltokoski is a simultaneously silky yet twitchy mover. Initially he swirls his limbs and twists his torso, or sometimes jogs in place. A third of the small, bare stage is fronted by a scrim onto which

The three interweave their physical performances with some comedy, both talking to the audience, and visual gags. They play up, too, flashing abs to the audience to great cheers. In the final, showstopping routine they perform trick after trick in only their shorts, but it is the talent and vulnerability in the performance that has made this show such a success.

✏ Emma Ainley-Walker

looming video footage of Alawad is occasionally projected. His music is seductive and heartfelt. It alters how Aaltokoski dances, softening his innate angularity, slowing him down and transforming him into a more sensually undulant presence.

At one juncture Aaltokoski appears to mime hugging an instrument while, towards the close of the piece, he clutches his head and throws out his hands in a gesture of impatience, lamentation or disgust. Visually the performance is handsome: Alawad is sharply filmed, while Aaltokoski is bathed in lowkey, lambent light.  ✏ Donald Hutera

Credit: Chris Nash

YUCK Circus HHH

VENUE: Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows

TIME: 4pm – 5pm, 3–24 Aug, not 7, 12, 19

TICKETS: £13.50–£15.50

Why should female circus artists be expected only to perform aerial silks and floor work? Why do men get to take the lead in strength skills, as the base of towers and lifts? Not so in YUCK Circus, a troupe that smashes industry tropes with a subtle nod and wry smile.

The seven women subvert these male-centric circus disciplines and highlight the double standards present within their craft. But YUCK Circus also brings these issues into a wider context. It highlights the injustice in a world that recoils at women on their

period or categorises drunken behaviour as unfeminine, a sexually unbalanced society that still accepts how virginity—deflowering—is something to be taken, or where the new language of love is an aubergine emoji.

And while adeptly emphasising all these obstructions to equality, YUCK Circus also inject comedy into their show. Ella Norton performs cleverly observant clowning, Karla Scott smashes apart “man-mojis” with acrobatic prowess

and Georgia Deguara hammers nails into her brain to block out the noise of all those tasteless chat-up lines. The beauty is in those little details that aren’t woven quite so intricately into the other acts.

The performers are a reminder that misogyny is still an issue in this discipline. And for those who demand a circus show stuffed full of traditional trickery, Jessica Smart provides an impressive aerial show that keeps the purists happy.

✏ Daniel Perks

Credit: Vicki Jones

Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus

The Chosen

HHH

VENUE: Dance Base

TIME: 5pm – 6pm, 2–25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19

TICKETS: £13

Strong ensemble dance can be hard to find on the Fringe. Scottish choreographer Kally Lloyd-Jones’ Company Chordelia goes a long way towards filling the gap with this sextet, which is essentially about how to live with the knowledge of one’s own mortality.

The set is clean, white and spare. The sole furnishings are one silver cube for each dancer to sit or balance upon, or move about. The cast is initially sedentary until the sound of the surf begins, at which point they surge with it downstage and back up in waves.

Le Coup

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VENUE: Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows

TIME: 6pm – 7pm, 3–24 Aug, not 12, 19

TICKETS: £17 – £19

In the past Australia’s Company2 cooked up the well-received circus shows Cantina and Scotch & Soda Their latest outing riffs on the atmosphere of an old-fashioned boxing tent, a shady-sounding form of public entertainment in which groups of professional fighters rock up in mining towns and the outback, pitch a tent and stage fights for cash.

Rather than trying to knock our socks off with a large-scale, highconcept extravaganza like some of their colleagues at this year’s Fringe, Company2 uses this fascinating

They appear to be about the same age, maybe 30-something at the most, and all are white. For these and other reasons I am at first unsure about how interesting they are – not so much as dancers, but as people. A sequence alluding to the banalties of modern life doesn’t help, while another in which all were being perpetually anxious feels protracted.

But somewhere along the line I have a turning point, perhaps because the dancers themselves undergo something similar. Collaboratively devised by LloydJones with them, The Chosen is demanding. The cast works hard. What they do isn’t necessarily conventionally virtuosic, but it is intense and tests stamina.

As characters they collapse and rise up again, or twitch uneasily until solace can be found. Their moves might be pedestrian or

merely behavioural, but they’ve been crafted with rigour and intelligence. The result is abstract dance-drama primarily set to stirring classical music, grounded in the fundamentals of daily existence and with implications that are potentially profound.

✏ Donald Hutera

slice of dodgy showbiz history from Down Under to generate a fair amount of good-natured, neovaudevillian fun.

The cast play a clutch of contestants introduced to us by a tough, mouthy female ringmaster. These working-class characters carry monikers like Ugly, The King, the Sisterless Twin and my favourite, Sally the Alleycat. (Runner-up: Barry, a cross-dressing builder.)

The performers are, no surprise, adept acrobats, aerialists and the like, thus guaranteeing a load of action of the spin, fling, balance and swing variety. The audience

is encouraged to root for their fighter of choice or, in the case of the turtle race (in which those competing squat low while wearing a half-barrel on their backs), to shout and, if seated at the front, bang on the stage. Such rabble-rousing is where this likeable, all-ages show is probably at its weakest. Certainly the overall premise isn’t strong enough to fully immerse me in the action, agreeable though it is. Le Coup (French for 'the blow') does, however, benefit from bluegrassrock music played live by, as billed, Father Grant and the Blunt Objects.

✏ Donald Hutera

Cabaret & Variety Reviews

Madame Chandelier's Rough Guide to the Opera

VENUE: Laughing Horse @ City Cafe

TIME: 12:00pm – 12:45pm, 1–18

Aug

TICKETS: FREE

Whether you’re a seasoned operagoer or a complete newbie to the art form, Madame Chandelier’s Rough Guide to the Opera has something for you. In this

Bubble Show For Adults Only

VENUE: theSpace @ Venue45

TIME: 10:50pm – 11:50pm, 12–17

Aug

TICKETS: £5

Watching Lulia Benze and Kurt Murray may lead to temporary sensory overload. Revelling in the seedy and grubby, Bubble Show for Adults Only is part physical theatre and part bubble artistry.

The show aims at an audience

45-minute five-act performance, standup soprano Delea Shand provides a crash course in some of the most-loved opera plots, performing her take on their best-known arias and providing anecdotes from her own life and opera career in between. The arias are where Shand shines. City Cafe’s nineties room may be small, but she fills it with her voice, breaking between lines to give her take on the plot (The Magic Flute is from Mozart’s misogynistic phase), or asides about operatic technique such as the Queen of the Night’s “opera shouting”, while in La Bohème we experience “opera coughing”. The two are not dissimilar. Shand easily involves her

audience in the show, trusting some with instruments to accompany costume changes, playing an opera drinking game with “expensive cheap champagne” and ending with help from some spectacular backing dancers. Her open nature makes it easy to join in the fun.

What lets the show down is the moments linking the acts. The anecdotes Shand shares from her own life are not as slick, and the standup elements of the show do not come as easily to her as the music. She boasts a decade of classical music training, so with practice, the standup will come in time. Until then, there’s always a ‘Nessun Dorma’ sing along.

✏ Emma Ainley-Walker

willing to watch a BDSM fetishinfused kids show. More than street performance on stage, Murray and Benze use their blend of bubbles and physicality to trample through the lifespan of a relationship. It's kinky, hypersexual eroticism mixed with an absurd and childish form.

Death masks, babies and wearing engagement rings show a more telling side of the performers' relationship. And they never shy away from any harsh realities. These are performers who showcase the technical prowess of bubble art, even when mixing it with the grotesque.

True, some bubble tricks don't work and the hits are as regular as the misses. However, there is always another trick on the horizon. The pair drive the show at breakneck speed, only slowing down to grab a wincing audience member to take part in this orgy bubble show hybrid.

In this environment, there are limitations for the form. But the right jaunty audience will have fun with the late-night Fringe vibe. There's nothing else like it, unless there is another pair of hypersexual hornies running around with bubble guns somewhere.

✏ James McColl

Just Desserts ««

VENUE: Underbelly, Cowgate

TIME: Run ended

It’s clear what the point of this songs-and-desserts cabaret is, because it’s spelled out to us in the plainest of plain English at the top of Just Desserts : modern life is tough; we’re held to impossible standards of success and beauty; be yourself and do what makes you feel happy. That’s hard to disagree with. But it’s less clear what the purpose of packaging the message like this is.

It’s all set out so plainly that what follows, a trio of (albeit delicious) petits fours, served alongside a sequence of fairly samey, generally uplifting cover songs fails to surprise. There’s little development, nothing to

reveal, a dick pic set piece that trips over the very obvious hurdle that there’s no phone signal in the dungeon-like Underbelly, and no actual cooking from "singing cook" Michelle Pearson.

There is singing, and great singing at that. There’s no doubting Pearson’s vocal talent or charismatic stage presence. She’s brought with her from Australia a tight four-piece band, too. But they’re at their best when

allowed to noodle jauntily between songs, and sound constrained by middle of the road pop-rock covers. Pearson and the band have a second show on at the Fringe, in which she cooks and sings her way through a three-course dinner. This, right from an opening jingle about a brand of jelly not even available in the UK, has the feel of a hasty add-on to make the finances stack up.

✏ Evan Beswick

Musicals & Opera Reviews

Piramania! The Swashbuckling Pirate Musical

VENUE: Underbelly, Bristo Square

TIME: 4:35pm – 5:50pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12

TICKETS: £12.50 – £13.50

Yo ho, this is really stupid fun. To be clear, there’s nothing learned over the course of this hour and a half; nothing gained; nothing fought over and won. Except, that is, the love of a presumed sister as part of a weird and pretty dated plot line about not-quite-incest.

Basically, Piramania! is a daft

old romp in which everything is played for laughs. From warnings about mermaids with herpes, to meta-takes on the silliness of miming climbing the rigging, to a throwaway line about the “Cake Arse Islands”. Little is left to taste.

It’s all framed by an Imperial lounge-lizard narrator, played beautifully, suitably hammily by Adam Elliot, whose drinks cabinet deserves special mention for its range and escalating oddness. Even more special mention, though, goes to MD Ben David Papworth, who keeps a surprisingly epic score together at the piano, and is clearly responsible for the high standard of live music and singing here.

It’s as tight as a mainsail in a 40-knot gale, and it's this technical proficiency that gives the silliness a firm foundation.

The cast do extremely well to fit a lot of business into a tight but economical set, making use of barrels and boxes without ever making the blocking feel contrived. Alex Howard has clearly directed with care, and there’s some very painterly ensemble moments. Our jolly crew sing and play live with confidence, energy and skill and totally sell this treasure. It just feels a shame that this careful revival didn’t rewrite the incest— oh, and sheep sex—sub-plots which could be thrown overboard as easily replaceable crew members. ✏

Evan Beswick

Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard «««

VENUE: Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre

TIME: 2pm – 3pm, various dates between 8 Aug and 24 Aug

TICKETS: £11 – £12

Much has been made of Robert Burns’ reputation for philandering, but less is known about the women directly affected by it all. This is the premise from which Armour takes place, introducing us to the women in Burns’ life and asking us to remember them when we next

Jekyll vs Hyde «««

VENUE: PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms

TIME: 3:25pm – 4:25pm, 3–25 Aug

TICKETS: FREE

“There are no spoilers for a story that’s 100 years old,” Lindsay Sharman argues early in Jekyll vs Hyde, as her co-star and husband Laurence Owen attempts to get his high-art musical handpuppet adaptation of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde back on track. A quick show of hands proves the audience also think they know where this is going. Sharman and Owen make sure they don’t.

Jekyll vs Hyde isn’t one adaptation – it’s two, spliced together, with a jolt of Punch and Judy drama between Sharman and Owen to bring the Frankenstein to life. There’s the period piece with quick-witted, complex lyrics set to Gilbert and Sullivan-esque tunes – Owen’s passion project.

toast the Bard.

This concept is a clever one and allows for many moving moments when the impacts of his actions are seen fully and the strength of the women around him made clear. The script moves between emotion and humour delicately and with ease, echoing the man himself both in tone and through musical arrangements which use parts of his work throughout. Burns as a character does not appear on stage—he has already passed away by the time we meet his widow and granddaughter—so it is the women who dictate how his music and words are understood.

The performances in Armour are captivating, and its clever

direction sees many moments of humour or hurt communicated in small physical actions or through the basic but effective set. Its message is clearly conveyed— indeed, an explicit reference to the strength of women and remembering those associated with Burns feels slightly on the nose—and comes to stand in for a broader and very timely message about the erasure of all sorts of women from history.

Armour is an accomplished piece of theatre which finds originality in a previously saturated subject matter. Audiences will indeed remember it when they next toast the Bard.

✏ Eve Livingston

And there’s the American high school musical, complete with a cameo from the good Doctor Frankenstein himself and a Nice Guy narrative, which Sharman argues has a better chance of entertaining their audience.

The result is a cobbled-together compromise helped along by the duo’s bickering. The conceit, if paper-thin at some points, is entertaining enough to invest in. It makes a virtue of the ramshackle production and lets the show’s assets shine – chiefly Sharman’s crude clowning charm and Owen’s

pipes and composing.

It is a slight shame that the comic interplay between Sharman and Owen out of character is so much stronger than the Jekyll and Hyde scenes. There are points where a couple of needlessly tawdry, borderline misogynistic jokes spoil the fun. But the pair throw themselves into the next bit of silliness with such vigour that any sour aftertaste can’t linger for long. “Indulge the dark shadowy part of you that loves stupid things,” Sharman coos. It’s convincing. ✏ Frankie Goodway

Credit: Steve Ullathorne

West Side Story «««

DETAILS: Run Ended

VENUE: Usher Hall

In the grandiose Usher Hall, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra perform one of the most iconic pieces in the musical theatre canon. But despite the auspicious setting, West Side Story fails to live up to its reputation.

John Eliot Gardiner has been waiting 61 years to conduct this work – he even shared a taxi with Leonard Bernstein in the 1960s. And for a story that tells of first loves and warring gangs, Gardiner rightfully casts upcoming performers to add a youthful energy to proceedings.

But this show needs a stronger director to channel the raw potential into a more polished, focused creation.

Vocally, there are some powerhouse performances. Sophia Burgos’ Maria floats over the

You and I: A New Musical

VENUE: Underbelly, Bristo Square

TIME: 5:10pm – 6:25pm, 7–26 Aug, not 12

TICKETS: £11 – £12

Advert composer and nervous musician Fran (Lindsay Manion) feels invisible, prefering to stay at home alone in her bedroom. Until Robert arrives. A highly advanced piece of artificial intelligence created by Fran’s sister Alice and programmed with one purpose: to serve Fran.

Robert has a lot to learn and in this actor Laurence Hunt is

melody, with top notes so pure and controlled that they leave the mouth agape. Andrea Baker’s Anita has guts and gusto, a mezzo soprano that commands attention in the resonating space.

The men fare less well. Alek Shrader’s Tony lacks projection, and Dan D’Souza’s Riff is too intense. It works in his menacing acting, less so in the tremble of his vibrato.

Gardiner pushes the orchestra along at a whip-cracking pace—

perfect for the prologue and dance numbers in this heavily rhythmical work—yet seems to hold back with the chorus. ‘America’ and ‘A Boy Like That’ are painfully slow, as if Gardiner doesn’t trust his cast to convey the requisite emotions at speed. And for all the risk-taking in West Side Story, Gardiner’s vision and Stephen Whitson’s staging feel subdued and safe.

✏ Daniel Perks

brilliantly deadpan, asking what pornography is and showing Fran where to recharge him via his “butt plug”. It is not Robert, but Ian who convinces Fran to face the world. Introduced in one of the piece’s most accomplished musical numbers, ‘I Hit You With My Car’, Ian is the outgoing neighbour and love interest played charmingly, but on one note, by Will Taylor. Cara Withers and Martha Furnival, who also perform all other roles, round out the cast of five.

As Fran’s high-maintenance flatmates, their main purpose is to antagonise Fran and expose Robert, with little else put in to their characters. It is a shame to see these actors used mostly as

a plot device. As Alice, heard mostly in voicemail, Withers shines.

The songs, from composer Cordelia O’Driscoll and performed by a live band, are funny and touching with beautiful melodies, though the sound is not always well balanced. Tom Williams’ narrative is messy, with a rushed ending that lands neither the emotion or the comedy required, though it sends Fran out into the world. There is something in the concept, the songs and the performances, but what You and I needs is more time and development.

✏ Emma Ainley-Walker

Credit: Ryan Buchanan

I'll Take You to Mrs Cole!

Complicité and Polka Theatre's children's show has a better ska soundtrack than its story, says Lauren Hunter, age 13

What happens in the show?

In 1981, pre-teen Ashley lives in Coventry. Her imagination is running wild leaving her hardworking mum, a nurse, at her wits' end about how to handle her.

Describe the show in five words  Stylish, rocksteady, realistic, repetitive, anticlimatic.

Who was your favourite character and why?

Ashley's mum. The way she was portrayed was much more realistic than you'd usually see in a children's show.

Were there any characters you didn't like?

The characters were the strongest part of the show.

What did you like most about the show?

The dynamic between Ashley and her mum and how they used props, the background and another actor to physically show how she gets carried away in her daydreams.

What didn't you like about the show?

The production values are brilliant but the

story is not executed well enough for the whole thing to work. It kept setting things up that never felt properly finished. It was a rushed ending and it gets worse the more I think about it.

If there were songs or music in the show what did you think?

There was a whole ska soundtrack. It suited Ashley who was just starting to buy records.

What did your grown-up think of the show?

About half-way through my dad thought the show was amazing – but he felt the ending let it down.

Would you tell your friends to come and see the show?

The story underneath is weak but it's worth seeing for the dancing, set-design and soundtrack – which creates a wonderful effect.

VENUE: I'll Take You to Mrs Cole!

TIME: Pleasance Courtyard, 1:45pm – 2:45pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12

TICKETS: £10 – £12

Credit: Sarah Ainslie

Lilac Hastings KID CRITICS Down with the Poetry King!

Lilac Hastings, age 10, waxes lyrical about the Poetry King

What happens in the show?

Mark Grist explains how he became the Poetry King. Along the way he teaches you a few poetry tricks about rhyming and encourages you to have a go. There are a few fun games to help you think more creatively and Mark performs some poems that he has written.

Describe the show in five words Educational, fun, rhyme, different, inspiring.

Who was your favourite character and why?

Only Mark is in it, but I did really like him. He was very smiley and positive.

Were there any characters you didn’t like? No.

What did you like most about the show? Everyone in the audience got to join in and offer suggestions. It was like being in a very fun English lesson. My sister liked being chosen to be his agent. My favourite poem in it was about apples, except it wasn’t really about apples.

What didn’t you like about the show?

I found the rhyming part hard and would have liked a bit more time to think of the answers.

If there were songs or music in the show, what did you think of them?

No songs, but Mark does rap. I think he said he has won awards for it.

What did your grown-up think of the show?

My mum thought it was a show with a really positive message for children and teens. She thought he seemed to have quite a lot of tricks up his sleeve to keep his young audience captivated.

Would you tell your friends to come and see the show?

Yes – it was good fun and the poems were funny. I would probably recommend they practice their rhyming first though.

VENUE: Gilded Balloon Teviot

TIME: 11:30am – 12:30pm, 31 Jul – 18 Aug

TICKETS: £8–£9

Honor Hastings

KID CRITICS

Brave Macbeth

Even Lady Macbeth can't stop Honor Hastings, age seven, enjoying this comedic take on the Scottish

What happens in the show?

They tell the story of Macbeth and how he was made to be bad, but didn’t want to be. His wife forced him. There are lots of songs and funny dancing.

Describe the show in five words Brilliant, interesting, funny, exciting, silly.

Who was your favourite character and why?

Banquo – he was so funny all the way through it. He really made me laugh when he was dancing.

Were there any characters you didn’t like?

Lady Macbeth because she wanted to kill everyone!

What did you like most about the show?

The songs were all brilliant. They really helped me to understand the story and they made me laugh. My older sister liked the bit with the puppets because they were all different Shakespeare characters from other plays.

What didn’t you like about the show?

The story is quite hard to keep up with and they tell it really quickly. I think I managed to understand most of it, but I did need to concentrate when they were explaining it.

If there were songs or music in the show, what did you think of them?

The songs were good at making the story less complicated. They were all brilliant and very funny.

What did your grown-up think of the show?

My dad thought it was a fun way to deliver some Shakespeare to kids. There was a lot of comedy in it, which wasn’t what he expected.

Would you tell your friends to come and see the show?

Yes. Everyone I know would enjoy this show.

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 11:50am – 12:50pm, 31 Jul – 18 Aug

TICKETS: £8.50 – £10

Credit: James Glossop

00:00

Will Seaward’s Spooky

Midnight Ghost Stories VI

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26

Aug, £10–£11

Project X – Alternative

Comedy Collective

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, £5

Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–24

Aug, not 18, 19, £7

The Wonder Jam

Heroes @ Black Medicine, 14–26 Aug, £5

Late Show Great Show / Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14–26 Aug, FREE

Just the Tonic Comedy Club – Midnight Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25

Aug, £10

00:05

Best of the Fest... Later Assembly Rooms, Various dates from 17 Aug to 26 Aug, £14–£16

Comedy Village

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–26 Aug, FREE

00:10

An Evening With Lee

Trundle

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 14–26 Aug, £5

00:15

Scot Roast – Afterburn

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 13–27 Aug, £5

A&E

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 18–26 Aug, FREE

The Rat Pack Comedy –Anything Goes!

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–26 Aug, FREE

The Piece: Now More (Artistically) Accessible – WiP

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–26 Aug, not 15, 22, FREE

00:30

The Improverts Bedlam Theatre, 13–26 Aug, £8

Amusical Club Night Pleasance Dome, 24–25 Aug, £10

Tree Fiddy

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Global Comedy Club

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–26 Aug, FREE

The Darkness Distillery

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Peyton and Jared Stab

Each Other in the Back

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 13–14 Aug, FREE

Jonathan Hipkiss – At

Least We’re Out the House

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 15–26 Aug, FREE

00:45

Ghost Orgy

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret

Voltaire, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Nathan Hurd: Colour Blind

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Gaming Under the Influence

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

01:00

Late’n’Live

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 16–27 Aug, not 20, 21, 22, £14–£16

Late’n’Live

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 13 Aug to 22 Aug, £12.50

Currie and Brice: Kraudwerk Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, £5

ACID!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Eilidh Hodgson and Katherine Plumb: Do Wap

Art Flop

Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 16 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £5

LEGMEAT Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 13–14 Aug, £6

09:00

BBC at George Heriot’s School

BBC, 13–23 Aug, FREE

10:00

BBC: The Afternoon Show

BBC, Various dates from 13 Aug to 21 Aug, FREE

A Comedy Brunch 3

Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 13–26 Aug, not 15, £5

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 20 Aug, 24 Aug, £99

Snack Chat

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14–25 Aug, FREE

10:10

Selling Like Hot Takes Paradise in Augustines, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £9

10:20

Freshly Squeezed Comedy Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Trans*Atlantic Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

10:40

Lee Kyle – ConQuest

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 15, FREE

10:50

Tales of Whatever

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

11:00

Rogue Two: Burns and Moore

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–16 Aug, FREE

About Comedy: Stand-Up

Comedy Courses

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13 Aug, 17 Aug, £99

The Iceberg Effect

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, FREE Jack and Barney Are in the Background Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 13–25 Aug, FREE

11:05

Rodgers with a D – The Tommy Rodgers Centenary Celebration theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £6

11:15

A Failuretale

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Comedy Auction

Frankenstein Pub, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £0–£7

Ella Al-Shamahi and Susie Steed: Gold Diggers

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 13–18 Aug, FREE

Mumblebrag

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Twat Out of Hell: Deluxe Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Attention, Seeker Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 19–25 Aug, FREE

Timandra Harkness: Take a Risk Assembly Roxy, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£10

Meddlin’ Kids

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26 Aug, £8–£9

11:25

Reality Sucks!

Paradise in Augustines, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £5

11:30

The Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show

Scottish Comedy Festival

@ The Beehive Inn, 13–26

Aug, FREE

Clothesline

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–18 Aug, £5

The Laurel and Hardy Cabaret

Sweet Grassmarket, 22–25

Aug, £10

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £10.50

Unladylike

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 14–25 Aug, £5

Westdal and Hayward Need Work

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 17–26 Aug, £8–£10

BBC: Loose Ends

BBC, 16 Aug, FREE

Apocalypse Cruise Ship

Love Affair

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £10.50

Daphna Baram: Cracking Up

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

11:35

3’s Comedy – Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Long Man Doing Short Jokes, Short Man Doing Long Jokes

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

11:40

Harry Baker: I Am 10,000 Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–24 Aug, £10–£11

Neighbourhood Watch

Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, £8

Jamie Oliphant: The Oliphant in the Room

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £5

11:45

Robert Ross: Forgotten

Heroes of Comedy

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–25 Aug, £10

Tales from the Balkans

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–16 Aug, FREE

Kayla MacQuarrie:

Traumatised

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Eliott Simpson: (A)sexy and I Know It

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–25 Aug, FREE

Morgan Rees and Riordan

DJ: Coming to Terms

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Rib Ticklers’ Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

11:50

Stewart Lee: Wok In Progress

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14 Aug, £15

Amazing Adventure of Her Majesty at 90+ Sweet Grassmarket, 21–25 Aug, £7

11:55

David Callaghan: Dance

Like No One’s David Callaghan

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

The Daft Show with Bony Tony theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

12:00

This Is Your Trial (FF)

Frankenstein Pub, 13–26 Aug, not 18, 25, £7

Stand-Up Edinburgh

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Robbie McShane Has Loads of Pals (and a Girlfriend Too)

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 13–25 Aug, not 17, 18, FREE

Gethin Alderman is: Sublime

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

aaah, It’s the One-Liner Show

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Paul Currie: Release the Baboons (All Ages)

Heroes @ Boteco, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £5

Samantha Hannah: How to Find Happiness (in a Year)

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Josh Widdicombe: Work in Progress

Pleasance Courtyard, 21 Aug, £10

The Golden Path Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Sarah Southern: Tentatively Tory

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Sugar Rush: The Best of the Fringe

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25 Aug, £5

Karl Theobald Essentially: The Book Tour

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug, £6

Guerilla Aspies Year

Five – Not an Autism

Puppet Show

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 13–16 Aug, FREE

The Best Show We’ve Ever Done at the Edinburgh Fringe

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–26 Aug, £11.50

Black Sheep

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Let’s Get Tough

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £8

Who’s the Daddy Pig? HH

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Karl Theobald Essentially: The Book Tour Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £6

The Delightful Sausage: Ginster’s Paradise Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–25 Aug, £5–£7

Funny Feckers

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Mimi Hayes: I’ll Be OK

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Amy Annette: What Women Want Pleasance Courtyard, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £9

Michael Legge: The Idiot HHH

The Stand Comedy Club, 13–26 Aug, £12

Luke Rollason’s Infinite Content HHH Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

12:05

James Harvey: The Bald-Faced Truth

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 13–14 Aug, £8

The Daft Show with Bony Tony theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £8

Cave Women: Work in Progress

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 15–25 Aug, £5–£6

Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz – British Edition The Stand Comedy Club 2, 13–25 Aug, £10

Eleanor Morton: Post-Morton The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Joe Wells Doesn’t Want to Do Political Comedy Anymore!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Sneaky Pete’s, 13–24 Aug, FREE

12:10

Rachel Creeger – Hinayni! Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, not 17, 24, £9–£10

Don’t Bother

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, not 24, £9–£10

Matt Hobs BSc (Bristolian of Science)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

News@1066

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £7

Tom GK’s Hearing Loss: The Musical Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

12:15

Elliot Steel: Merked

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

19, FREE

Sir David and His Animals

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 14–18 Aug, £5.50

❤ Tony Law: Identifies HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–25 Aug, £10

Alex Farrow: Philosophy A-Level

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Babes / Pigs in the City

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, FREE

Robin Boot’s Rockomedy: Punderstruck

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Gráinne Maguire – What Has the News Ever Done for Me?

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Just These Please: Suitable

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £9–£10

Clash of the Tight Tens

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Zane Helberg – Live from Rehab

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

12:20

Peeved with Peter E Davidson

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 18–25 Aug, FREE

David McIver: Teleport

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Impulse Control HHH

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 13–25 Aug, not 17, 22, 24, FREE

Stuart Laws Is All In Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

12:25

And They Played

Shang-A-Lang Hill Street Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £12

Paul Foxcroft: Debut

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 14–25 Aug, FREE

In Bread with Joseph Emslie (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

12:30

Final Cut Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

Richard Pulsford: Roll Up for the Smirking Break

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Rod Shepherd: Slacktivist – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Amelia Bayler Presents: Emotional Bangers

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 13–26 Aug, not 14, FREE

Henry Wilkinson: See Me at Lunch!

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 13–25 Aug, £8

Grave St Claire: Hard Bop

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

A-Z Mental Health Atlas

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–14 Aug, FREE

Jennifer Tyler: Ready or Not Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £9–£12

Deepu Dileepan: The Outsider

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–18 Aug, FREE

Krystal Evans: Fishnets Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £3

Well, That Was Weird...

Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse Free and Family Friendly Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Bargain Hunt and Gather

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carnivore Edinburgh, 14–24 Aug, not 20, FREE

Cambridge Impronauts: Improv Actually

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

Jumping Off the Bandwagon Laughing Horse @ The Place, 20–25 Aug, FREE

12:35

Fiona Ridgewell: Even Dizney Needs a Day Off!

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

12:40

Nathan Roberts: Glowed Up

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Big Wendy Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £7

Boycotted: Comedy from Israel

Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 13–26 Aug, not 17, 24, £7.50

The House of Influenza: A Spooky Tale of Frighteningness

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

12:45

Richard Stott: Right Hand Man

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Briony Redman is Indecisive (or Isn’t, You Decide!)

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £7–£9

Tom Short’s Wheel of Misfortune

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Charlie Vero-Martin: Scrapbook

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6

A List of 100 Things That

Unreasonably Annoy Me

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 14–24 Aug, FREE

Look Up

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–25 Aug, not 20, £5

Nick Elleray: Big Nick

Energy

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Accident Avoidance Training for Cutlery Users

Quaker Meeting House, 19–24 Aug, £8

12:50

Edy Hurst: Hurst Schmurst

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Decree Absolute Vodka

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Free Money from the Government: A Play About a Squid

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £8

DCGK’s Chicken Box

Pencil Case

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

12:55

Feed Wolf Ice Cream: A

Comedy Show About Death

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £5

13:00

Ben Gosling: Jobs (with Special Guests)

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Austentatious

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 16–25 Aug, £15–£17

Comedy Gobbledygook

Showcase / Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

So Close

Paradise in Augustines, 19–25

Aug, FREE

Angry Boater

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Sooz Kempner – Mega Drive

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Community Circle

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Abbie Murphy: Eat Sleep

Shit Shag

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £6

I Think I Might Be... New

Romantic!

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 15–17 Aug, £5

A Little R and R

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 18–24 Aug, £9

MC Hammersmith’s Magical Freestyle Factory!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Sketch Thieves

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Ross Smith: Crying/Shame

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 13–25 Aug, £5

An Audience with... That Never Was, but Is ‘An Audience with... Jimmy Whobblers’ (with Jimmy Whobblers)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 14–26 Aug, £5

Generation Whyyy?

Imagination Workshop, 22 Aug, £8

13:05

The Man

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £9–£10

Andrew White: Retirement

Tour

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Daniel Audritt: Better Man

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5–£6

13:10

Peter Brush: Present.

Tense.

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Amy Matthews: The Life Aquatic with Amy Matthews

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–25 Aug, £3

Rice and Chips Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

13:15

Girl Stuff

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 13–20 Aug, FREE

Ross Leslie: Pretty Shy for a White Guy

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £10

Australia: A Whinging

Pom’s Guide

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 13–24 Aug, not 18, 21, FREE

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah,

It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Anesti Danelis: Six Frets Under

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Tom Kitching: Welcome to My Barn!

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Girl Code

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Jokes with Mark Simmons

Podcast: Live

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Ashes: A Comedy Showdown

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 18

Aug, 25 Aug, FREE

Blazers Presents Comedy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 14–24 Aug, FREE

Andy Smart: 40 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25

Aug, £9–£10

Old Jewish Jokes

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Angel Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 14–24 Aug, FREE

Fat Roland: Seven Inch

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 13 Aug, FREE

Lily Hyde & Alissa Anne Jeun Yi: Gentlemen, Please!

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 21–25 Aug, FREE

13:20

MARVELus: Improv the MARVEL-verse

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Shivani Thussu: Prefer Not to Say HH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–25 Aug, £6

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £9.50–£12.50

Raphael Wakefield:

Wengerball

Assembly George Square Studios, 14–26 Aug, £10–£11

Brett Johnson: Poly-Theist

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, not 20, £5

The Dead Ducks: York

du Soleil

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £5

Obsolete

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Paul F Taylor: Odd Paul

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 13–25 Aug, £10

Edward Aczel - Artificial Intellect

Heroes @ Boteco, 14–25

Aug, £7

Jamie Fraser and Maybe

Someone Else, I Don’t

Know

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

13:25

Tom Toal in Mediocre Boy

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 13–25 Aug, £5

The Dark Side of Research

Paradise in Augustines, 20–24

Aug, £10

Mix and Match Wine

Package

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 14–24 Aug, FREE

13:30

Charmian Hughes: What-not

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Zahra Barri’s Special (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Aidan Greene: Eternal Sunshine of the Stammering Man

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Impromptu Shakespeare

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Fred MacAulay in Conversation

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 13–16 Aug, £12–£13

Matt Forde’s Political Party

Podcast

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 20 Aug, £12.50

Seymour Mace is My Name Climb Up My Nose and Sit in My Brain HHH

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £12

Broken Toys

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Will Penswick: Nørdic(k)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £6.50

The Third Annual Black Comedy Showcase

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Lord of the Game of the Ring of Thrones

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £8

Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 15, 22, £12.50

Jessica Fostekew: Hench Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £5

Jon Culshaw and Bill Dare: The Great British Take Off Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–19 Aug, £15

Friend Pleasance at EICC, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £12–£13

Richard Herring: RHLSTP

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £16 Dan vs Food Pleasance Courtyard, 14 Aug, £6

Raul Kohli: All My Heroes Are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Nan Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 14–25 Aug, £5

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

Will Rowland: Cocoon

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–18 Aug, £7

A Many Splendored Thing

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, FREE

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Not My Audience!

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Aaron Simmonds: Disabled Coconut HHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £9–£10

Ryan Dalton: When Nature Calls

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26 Aug, £9–£10

How To Not Die

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £6

Katie Mulgrew: Confirmation (WIP)

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 19–25 Aug, £6

The Bugle Live

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, £16

13:35

I Can Cure... (With Subtext)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Shut It Down Carol

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 13–25 Aug, FREE

13:40

The Adventures of Leonard Biscuit Radio Show theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £10

Arthur Smith: SYD Pleasance Courtyard, 13–17 Aug, £11.50–£13.50

Alcohol-Free Craic

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carnivore Edinburgh, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Mark Watson: I Appreciate You Coming to This and Let’s Hope for the Best (Work in Progress)

The Stand Comedy Club, 13–25 Aug, £12

Kiri Pritchard-Mclean: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £5

Character Building

Experience

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

13:45

That Black Mirror Episode

With the Two Lesbians

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Conor Drum: Solo

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Kevin James Doyle: Loud Blond Bald Kid

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Got a Text: A Musical

Parody

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

Ahir Shah: Dots

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £7–£8

Interviewing Electric Frog

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Board Game Smackdown

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Mista Lorraine

Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 13–25 Aug, FREE

13:50

Saskia Preston: Ninety-Five Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

13:55

Soup Group! Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £5

Andy Storey: Still (Awkward) Life

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Stuart McPherson: Mr.

November

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–25 Aug, £5

14:00

Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–31

Aug, not 19, 26, £12.50

Maddie Campion: Truly

Maddie Deeply

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 14–25 Aug, £6

Sarah Johnson’s Guide to (Im)Practical Parenting

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 13–25

Aug, £5

Georgie Morrell: Eyecon

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, £9–£10

Aidan ‘Taco’ Jones –Lightfoot James

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Ishi Khan: I’mMigrant!

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 15–25 Aug, FREE

Ben Target: Six Endings in Search of a Beginning Heroes @ The Hive, 13–23 Aug, not 17, £5

Am I Blue

Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 13–26 Aug, £5

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrgh, It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Josh Widdicombe: Work in Progress

Assembly George Square

Studios, 20 Aug, £10

Ed MacArthur: Humoresque

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Good Morning Nation

Just the Tonic at La Belle

Angele, 13–25 Aug, £12–£13.50

CSI: Crime Scene

Improvisation

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Stiff & Kitsch: Bricking It Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, £8.50–£11

Steff Todd: Reality Check

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Daniel Downie: Hour of Scotland

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–25

Aug, £5

Axolotl: A Poetry Reading

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 15–26 Aug, £9

Gummy Bears

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 13–14 Aug, FREE

Pindos

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

It Takes Three to Tango Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–25 Aug, £9–£10

Smashing

Planet Bar, 13–17 Aug, FREE

Laufey Haralds: Nordic

Noir HH

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £8–£9

14:05

Mickey Sharma – Pervert!

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Funny Women Awards

2019 – Semi-Final Assembly George Square Studios, 24 Aug, £12

14:10

Andy Field’s Funeral

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Internationally Unknown

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Action Figure Archive With Steve McLean

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 14–24 Aug, not 20, FREE

14:15

Once an Emo, Always an Emo

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 23–25 Aug, FREE

Jane Hill: Addicted to Fun

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Lorna Shaw: Shaw and Order

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 14–25 Aug, £6

Leslie Ewing-Burgesse Exists!

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Daniel Nicholas: Lessons in Nostalgia

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Apocalypse Cruise Ship

Love Affair

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , Various dates from 14 Aug to 26 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Classic Joke Club

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Erich McElroy: Radical Centrist

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Two Mums – One Cup

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 17–22 Aug, FREE

14:20

❤ Eleanor Tiernan: Enjoying the Spotlight

Responsibly HHHH

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Russell Howard: Work in Progress (Afternoon)

CANCELLED

Heroes @ The Hive, 13 Aug, £5

Evil Queen Rules!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Darius Davies: Persian of Interest

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 13–25 Aug, £5

14:25

SHTF – Stuff Hits The Fan

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14–18 Aug, FREE

Nina Gilligan – Broad

Shoulders

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Alan Shed’s Music, Comedy and Everything

Else Interactive Quiz Show

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £7

Robin Grainger: Dog Complex HHH

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £10

Everyone Dropped Out of My Sketch Troupe

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13 Aug, FREE

14:30

Plans

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Mary Houlihan: Me and Jack

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar

Bados Complex, 14–24 Aug, not 20, FREE

101 Comedy Club – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover

Tap, 13–25 Aug, FREE

It’s All Going To Be

OK – Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Agatha Is Missing!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

Colin Chadwick: Quick

Thinker

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Sneaky Pete’s, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Cyclopath

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 13–24 Aug, FREE

BadFamiliar by Matt Davis

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 13–25 Aug, £5

My Uncomfortable

Wardrobe

Summerhall, 20–22 Aug, £10

14:35

Gráinne Maguire: Guys...

It’s Problematic Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

I Want an Irish Passport The Stand Comedy Club 2, 13–25 Aug, £10

Improv On Demand

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 13–24 Aug, FREE

A Booklover’s Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Travis Jay: Funny, Petty, Cool

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, not 16, £5

14:40

Pete Nash: Where’s My Money?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 13–16 Aug, FREE Rob Kemp – Moonraker 2: Moonrakerer Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Audible Live Pleasance Courtyard, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Madame Señorita: Espousa Heroes @ Boteco, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Alternative Comedy

Cabaret

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution

Bar, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, FREE

CANCELLED - David Ephgrave: Niche

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £5

All That 50s, 60s and 70s Stuff

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Markus Birdman – Last White Christmas

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

14:45

Apocalypse Comedy Club featuring Mick Neven

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 14 Aug, FREE

Funny Cluckers: Best of the Fest – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Mistaken

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Tom Crosbie: Nerd World

Problems

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Gareth Waugh: Just Me...?! Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12.50

Gareth Richards: 40 Years in the Wilderness

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Socially Awkward Penguin Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Kieran Boyd – Crashing the Party

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 13–25 Aug, £5

The Oxford Imps Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £7

Cool Jokes/Hot Takes

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14–24 Aug, FREE

❤ Isma Almas: About a Buoy – Adventures in Adoption HHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Still Got It!

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Confessions of a Taxi Driver

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 14–25 Aug, FREE

14:50

100% Cotton Paradise in The Vault, 13–25 Aug, not 18, £10

❤ Rob Auton: The Time Show HHHH Assembly George Square Studios, 14–26 Aug, £10–£12

1,000 One-Liners in Support of MS Society

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13 Aug, £5

Lucy Frederick: Famtastic Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

Listings

Izzy Mant: Polite Club HH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

Eric’s Tales of the Sea – A Submariner’s Yarn

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Olaf Falafel Presents Knitting With Maracas

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Richard Wright Is Just Happy to be Involved

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 13–25 Aug, FREE

15:00

Oxford Revue – Free

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 14–19 Aug, FREE

Matt Forde’s Political Party

Podcast

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14 Aug, £12.50

Stand-Up Philosophy – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Christopher Bliss: The Man Who Turns Wives Into Widows

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–24 Aug, £7

Freya and Will in Discussion with ABBA

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6

Sets in the City – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 13–18 Aug, FREE

Angelos Epithemiou: Can I Just Show You What I’ve Got?

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £6

Lusty Mannequins: Uncommonwealth

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

Bloom

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Barely There

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Emer Maguire: Hilarious

Humans

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £5

Stuart Goldsmith: Primer (WIP)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 15–25

Aug, £5

Sense of Tumour

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 17–25 Aug, FREE

I’m Here, All Weak

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Darcie Silver – I Know You Are

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 13–16 Aug, FREE

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

Edinburgh’s Pandas Are Just Weegies in Disguise!

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £8

AAA Batteries (Not Included)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

My Finest Hour

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £5

The Noise Next Door’s Really Really Good Afternoon

Show Through Time!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£10.50

Tony Slattery: Slattery Will Get You Nowhere

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £12

Will Mars: Phoenix

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Elliot Wengler – Solo: An Elliot Wengler Story

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret

Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

The Hoovering Podcast Live with Jessica Fostekew Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–14 Aug, £6

15:05

2001: A Sketch Odyssey theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £6.50

Random Bag Check

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 13–25 Aug, FREE

15:10

Flora Anderson: Romantic Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

15:15

Grace Campbell: Why I’m Never Going Into Politics H

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26 Aug, £10–£11

Trevor Lewis Presents: A Stand-Up for the Mystery Hour

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £5

Jack Harris and Rajiv

Karia: The Squeeze

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 14–24 Aug, FREE

Lou Sanders: Say Hello to Your New Step-Mummy Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £8

Shit Socialist

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Ollie Horn: Pig in Japan

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £7

Will Duggan: Class Two Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £8–£10

Pat Cahill: Uncle Len Needs a New Part for His Hoover Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £6

Lucky Maclean: Festival in the Bin – Walking Tour/Show

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 13–24 Aug, not 16, £5

15:20

Simon Munnery: Alan Parker Urban Warrior

Farewell Tour HHH

The Stand Comedy Club, 13–26 Aug, £12

Peter Fleming: Have You Seen?

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 13–25 Aug, £5

Pottervision

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14–25 Aug, not 17, £10

Sean Morley: Soon I Will Be Dead and My Bones Will Be Free to Wreak Havoc Upon the Earth Once More Heroes @ The Hive, 13–25 Aug, not 21, £5

Glitter Business

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, not 20, £5

Sarah Lee: Half a Man Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Dinner for One oder Der 90.

Geburtstag

Heroes @ The Hive, 21 Aug, £5

❤ Jonny Pelham: Off Limits HHHH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5–£7.50

The Official Edinburgh Fringe Christmas Show

Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 14–26 Aug, £5

15:30

Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour with a Scottish Twist

theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–31 Aug, not 19, 26, £12.50

Michael Fabbri: Rebooted

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Children of the Quorn™

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 13–25 Aug, £5

George Fouracres: Gentlemon HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, not 18, £8.50–£10.50

Paul Savage: Shame Spiral PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Could It Be Magic?

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £8.50

Best in Class

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Shawn Jay’s Fun Guide to Nihilism

Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 13–25 Aug, FREE

BBC: Loose Ends

BBC, 20 Aug, FREE

Richard Brown: Horror Show (Work in Progress)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 13–24 Aug, £5

Ahab; or What If Moby Dick

Were Stand-Up Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Secret Dinosaur Cult Live Bedlam Theatre, 13 Aug, £10

Sh*t Hipsters

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Motherhood: A Comedy

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Gary Tro: The Greatest Superhero Movie Never

Made

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6

Cowboys, Country Music and Queers

Imagination Workshop, 20–24 Aug, £7.50

Immoral Maze

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

The Newcastle Revue: Tyne and Tyne Again

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 13–25 Aug, FREE

15:35

Northern Power Blouse –Touching Cloth

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 13–24 Aug, not 15, 22, FREE

2 Truths, 1 Lie

Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £5

Danny Ward: Danny’s Got Talent

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Vince Atta: Massive Attack

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £6

Nick Revell: Eurasia’s Most Eligible Psychopaths and Their Lovely Homes

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £10

15:40

Adele Cliff: Undershare

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 13–25 Aug, £5

Sundeep Bhardwaj: Father

Figure

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Tony Law and Phil Nichol: Virtue Chamber Echo Bravo Heroes @ The Hive, 13–24 Aug, not 20, £5

Louise Atkinson: Sounds Good, Looks a Mess

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Limmy: Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16–18 Aug, £16

15:45

Not Quite Mass

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 13–25 Aug, FREE

So What?

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh, It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Musical Comedy Guide

Showcase

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £6

Too Ugly for Love Island

Paradise in Augustines, 13–25

Aug, not 18, £5

Eshaan Akbar: Infidel-ity

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, not 14, £9.50–£10.50

Science Idiot

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 13–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Bart Freebairn: Maximum Delicious

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £7

Nicky Wilkinson: Game On

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Mitch Benn: Ten Songs to Save the World Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £10–£12

Murder She Didn’t Write: The Improvised Murder

Mystery Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12.50

Oxford Revue – Free

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 13 Aug, FREE

99 (First World) Problems

feat Andy Quirk and Anna J Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

15:50

Marjolein Robertson: Da Shetland Spree HHH

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 13–25 Aug, £9

Hari Kanth: This Train Terminates Here

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Chris Betts vs the Audience Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 14–25 Aug, £5

Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala Pleasance Courtyard, 25 Aug, £14

Dog Tales

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 18–23 Aug, FREE

Caroline Mabey – Hair of the Dog HH

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 13–25 Aug, FREE

15:55

Myra DuBois: Dead Funny Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, not 22, 23, £10–£11

Aboriginal Comedy Allstars Assembly George Square Studios, 13–26 Aug, £11–£12

Luca Cupani: Lives I Never Lived HHH

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Adrian Minkowicz: Brown Privilege

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, FREE

16:00

Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–24 Aug, £10

Ruby Wax: How To Be Human Pleasance Courtyard, 18–24 Aug, £16–£18

All Together Irish Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Joe Bor: The Story of Walter and Herbert HHH Underbelly, George Square, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

BBC: Fresh from the Fringe BBC, 19 Aug, FREE

Sad Tony the Rapper’s Sad Tonathon the Rapperthon Planet Bar, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Stephen K Amos Talk Show Gilded Balloon Teviot, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £14

Patrick Spicer: Now I’ve Seen Anything

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carnivore Edinburgh, 14–24 Aug, FREE

The Journey of (Tini) Martini Enlightenment Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–18 Aug, £8–£10

Greg Proops: The Smartest Man in the World Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14 Aug, 19 Aug, £12

(L)awfully Wedded Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 14–18 Aug, £8

Working Class Zero Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Joe Jacobs: Grimefulness Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

FreeStyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £5

Daisy Earl: Fairy Elephant HHH

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

The Artist Currently Known as Chris Chopping

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Tania Edwards: Don’t

Mention It Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £5

Des Kapital: I’m Loving Engels Instead Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25 Aug, £8

It Just So Happened – An Alternative History Show Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £5

Lucie Pohl’s Immigrant

Jam Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £10.50

The Latebloomers:

Scotland!

Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

The Durham Revue: Unnatural Disaster

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Sketch You Up!

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, £7.50–£8.50

Mandy Muden: Is Not the Invisible Woman

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, not 19, £9.50–£10.50

Crybabies: Danger Brigade Heroes @ Boteco, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Daniel Muggleton: Pimpin’

Ain’t Easy (But I Reckon it’s Easier for Straight, White Men?)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Harriet Dyer and Scott

Gibson: That’s Not a Lizard, That’s My Grandmother Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big in This?

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, £13–£15

❤ Glenn Moore: Love Don’t Live Here Glenny Moore HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £9–£11

Paul Merton’s Impro Chums

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–17

Aug, £14–£16.50

Maureen Younger: Out of Sync

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Edinburgh Fringe Comedy

Showcase

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 21 Aug, £8

Caspian and Ciaran: The Milkmen

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Alison Thea-Skot: TheaSkot Through the Heart and You’re to Blame Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug, £6

Dr Lara Love: Love Leans In Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

James Hancox: 1000 Great Lives

Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, £11–£12.50

BBC: Susan Calman’s Fringe Benefits BBC, 17 Aug, FREE

Samantha Pressdee: Covered

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–26 Aug, £10

Esther Manito: Crusade

HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, £11–£12

16:05

Tom Little – Chronically Underachieving Loser and Wasteman

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Njambi McGrath: Accidental Coconut

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 13–23 Aug, FREE

Robin Morgan: What a Man, What a Man, What a Man, What a Mighty Good Man (Say It Again Now)

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 13–25 Aug, FREE

16:10

Adrian Tauss and Sasha Ellen: Get a Room

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, not

14, FREE

Wil Greenway: The Ocean After All

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Daniel Nils Roberts: The History of the World in 1 Hour

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Twonkey’s Ten Year Twitch

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Josh Berry: Who Does He Think He Is?

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

16:15

Christopher KC: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Rice

HHH

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6

Cerys Nelmes’ 80s

Gameshow Mash-Up

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 19–25 Aug, FREE

James McNicholas: The Boxer HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £8–£10

Jojo Sutherland: Riches to Rags

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

❤ Eric Lampaert: Borne of Chaos HHHH

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Phil Cornwell: Alackadaddy

HHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £11–£12

Ferris Bueller’s Way Of...

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 13–25 Aug, not 21, FREE

Raul Kohli: The Greatest Hits

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Lola and Jo: Escape

HHH

Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guide to Culture

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Matt Stellingwerf: Sisyphus

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Ruby Carr’s Birthday Party (WIP)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, not 18, FREE

Talk a Big Game

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Left-Wing Conspiracy

Theorist With Dyspraxia 2 Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–18 Aug, FREE

16:20

The Crown Dual Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12.50–£13.50

Auto-Correbt: Sight Unseen Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £9

Roisin Crowley Linton:

Teenage Kicks

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

16:25

Matt Winning: It’s the End of the World as We Know It Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £8–£10

11+

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–24 Aug, £8–£9

16:30

Sid Singh: American Refugee

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Vauxhall Comedy Presents

Tom Elwes and Ali Woods

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

Thomas Green: Tweak

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 18–25 Aug, FREE

Gusset Grippers

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Lucy Pearman: Baggage

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 15–25

Aug, £8

Giants Are Fjörd Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

Dan Clark: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–14

Aug, £6

Anna Drezen: Okay Get Home Safe!!

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £9–£11

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25

Aug, £15

The Three Deaths of Ebony Black Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

❤ Olga Koch: If/Then HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £7

Lauren Pattison : Peachy Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14

Aug, £8

Club Sets

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Susan Murray: How Not To Die In A Plane Crash

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Cam Spence: The Sunshine Clinic Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £9–£11

The Great Outdoors Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 13–26 Aug, £5

Steve Rannazzisi – Please Forget

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, FREE

AJ Holmes: Yeah, but Not Right Now Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

George Egg: Movable Feast Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–25 Aug, £10–£12

Radio Active: The 40th Anniversary Show

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, £14–£15

Rich Wilson: Death Becomes Him Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, £8–£10

Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire – Blindfold Cliff-Edge Unicorn Brexit Britain

Bogus Prime Minister Democrageddon American Elections Cricket World Cup General State of the World Specials

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £12

16:35

I Fahrt Berlin: The Journey Continues

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Chris Kehoe: The Second Coming of Chris

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 18–25 Aug, £5

Rosco McClelland – Magic

Belly

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25

Aug, £5

Joseph Parsons: Baggy

Point

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–17 Aug, FREE

16:40

West End Producer – Free

Willy Assembly Checkpoint, 13–26

Aug, £12–£14

Oleg Denisov: Russian Troll

Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 13–26 Aug, £5

Felix and The Scootermen: Self-Help Yourself Famous Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £11–£12

Ryan Lane Will Be There

Now in a Minute

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £5

Martin Pilgrim: I Write

Jokes Not Tragedies

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

Joz Norris Is Dead. Long

Live Mr Fruit Salad.

Heroes @ The Hive, 13–25

Aug, £5

Google Me

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £6.50

Miller and Salmon: Genesis

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

Definitely Not Romeo and Juliet theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £8

16:45

A**Hole New World Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 13–26 Aug, not 16, £5

Aaaaaaaaand Now! Roger

Swift’s Machine Pun

Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Haha Cool

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Jenny Collier: The Jen

Commandments

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Heidi Regan: Heidi Kills

Time HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £9–£12

The Mars & Lee Show

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Hero Worship

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

❤ John Kearns: Double Take and Fade

Away HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–24

Aug, £9

Dave Bibby: Crazy Cat

Lad-y

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Martin Angolo – Q: Is It Comedy? A: Well It’s Martin

Angolo!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Isa Bonachera: The Great Emptiness

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6

Louise Young and Anja

Atkinson: Big Div Energy

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £8

Lucy Beaumont: Space

Mam HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £12

16:50

Archie Maddocks: Big Dick

Energy

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Mark Simmons –One-Linerererer

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Naz Osmanoglu –Scandinaveland

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, not 17, £5

Generation Whyyy?

Imagination Workshop, 16–22 Aug, £8

Rory O Hanlon –Confidence

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 13–24 Aug, FREE

16:55

Jane Hill: All I Want Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Nick Everritt: The Deconstruction

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Cordelia and Dimple: Buffet

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13 Aug, FREE

17:00

Nobody Likes You When You’re 33 Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £7

Geeks, Stand Up!

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 14–25 Aug, FREE Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour with a Scottish Twist

theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–31 Aug, not 19, 26, £12.50

The Chronic Complainer

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13 Aug, £11.50

Ali Brice: Bin Wondering Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 14–25 Aug, £5

#Jollyboat: Bards Against Humanity (The Best of Jollyboat)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Foxdog Studios: Tomorrow’s Office

HHH

Heroes @ The Hive, 13–25 Aug, £5

Bristol Revunions: Party Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 13–25 Aug, £5

Joe McArdle is: Theo McCabe

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody Assembly George Square Studios, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £13–£15

Apocalypse Comedy Club featuring Mick Neven

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Sneaky Pete’s, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Lucy Farrett: Lois

Underbelly, Cowgate, 14–25 Aug, £10–£11

Skydive to Stand-Up

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Age Fright: 35 and Counting

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–26 Aug, £11.50

Pussies

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 13–25 Aug, not 17, 24, FREE

Garrett Millerick: Smile

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 13–25 Aug, £7

Lenny Sherman: Have Fun

Frankenstein Pub, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Irish Comedy Invasion

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Darcie Silver – I Know You Are

Planet Bar, 17–18 Aug, FREE

Maisie Adam: Hang Fire HH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Dan Cardwell: Recall

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Battle of the Superheroes: The Great Superhero

Debate

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13 Aug, FREE

17:05

Ben Van der Velde –Fablemaker

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Bumper Blyton Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

The Yank is a Manc! My Ancestors & Me theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Jenny Bede: The Musical Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Anna Nicholson: Get Happy Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £7

Orlando Baxter: Finding Mariah

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 13–24 Aug, £10

Despite Everything, Price Still Includes Biscuits theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

17:10

Dominic Frisby: Libertarian

Love Songs

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Punkanary Comedy Cinema

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 14 Aug, FREE

Shane Todd: Work in Progress

Assembly Roxy, 13 Aug, £8

Stella Graham: Sneaky

Little Bitch

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carnivore Edinburgh, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Cally Beaton: Invisible Assembly George Square Studios, 14–26 Aug, £9–£11

Chris Betts: Dumb but Fair

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 14–25 Aug, £5

17:15

Simply Filthy

Paradise in Augustines, 13–25 Aug, not 18, £5

Which Princess Are You?

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Reverend Richard Coles: #SimpleCountryParson Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £13–£15

The Journey of (Tini)

Martini Enlightenment Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–18 Aug, £8–£10

Maria Shehata: Hero

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 14–25 Aug, £6

Alison Spittle: Mother of God

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26 Aug, £10–£11

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Hardeep Singh Kohli: It’s Hard to Be Deep Assembly George Square Studios, 13–24 Aug, £12–£14

Jew-O-Rama

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 14–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Glenn Grimwood: Unf*ckable Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Laura Lexx: Knee Jerk

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

Sukh Ojla: For Sukh’s Sake HHH

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–25 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Absolute Zero: Jez Watts

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Jacob Hawley: Faliraki

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £6

Ian Smith: Half-Life

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £10–£12.50

Angus Dunican: Nice

Bit of Kit

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, not 16, FREE

17:20

Jim Campbell: Beef

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–24 Aug, £5–£6

The Pushkinettes: We Must Live

Heroes @ Boteco, 14 Aug, £7

James Barr: Thirst Trap

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Beth Vyse as Olive Hands: WIP The Hands Have It!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £5

Francesco De Carlo: Winning Hearts and Minds

Underbelly, George Square, 14–26 Aug, £10–£12

Jimmy McGhie

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 13–24 Aug, not 19, FREE

Goose: Ctrl+T Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, £12–£14

Conspiracy Theory: A

Lizard’s Tale

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, £8

Privates: A Sperm Odyssey

Heroes @ Boteco, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Josh Glanc: Glance You for Having Me HHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–25 Aug, £5–£7

Hyper-Nice

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Neil O’Rourke: Thump

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 13–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show

2019: Look Alive!

Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £11–£13

17:25

How to Hide a Body in New York

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £8

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 13–25 Aug, £5

Comedy Freak Show

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

17:30

Joel Dommett: Work in Progress

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 18–24 Aug, £8

Stand Up for Your Planet Assembly Hall, 19 Aug, £19

Iain Stirling: Work in Progress

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–17 Aug, £8

Men With Coconuts

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Mark and Haydn: Llaugh

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £6.50

Juliette Burton: Defined

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Ashley Storrie: Hysterical Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

❤ Aditi Mittal: Mother of Invention HHHH Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, £11–£12

Planet Verth

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 14–24 Aug, FREE

I’m Coming

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £8

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, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

❤ Troy Hawke: Tiles of the Unexpected! HHHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

Michael Odewale: #BLACKBEARSMATTER

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £7.50–£10

Witch Hunt

Pleasance Dome, 14–26 Aug, £8.50–£11

Made in Spain 2 Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25

Aug, not 14, 21, £5

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 13–25 Aug, FREE

The Explainers

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Alcohol is Good for You – Sam Kissajukian

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Linda: Easy Killing

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Anuvab Pal: Democracy and Disco Dancing Assembly George Square Studios, 13–26 Aug, £11–£13

John-Luke Roberts: After Me Comes the Flood (But in French) drip splosh splash

drip BLUBBP BLUBBP BLUBBPBLUBBPBLUBBP!!

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10–£12

Desperately Seeking Motivation: Challenged Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Daniel Lobell: Tipping the Scales Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, not 17, 24, £10–£11

17:35

Funny Women on the Fringe

Assembly Roxy, 19–23 Aug, £11

Jody Kamali Is Mike Daly – Darts and All Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£10.50

17:40

Nick Helm: Phoenix from the Flames

Pleasance Dome, 13–24 Aug, £12.50–£14

Bec Hill: I’ll Be Bec Pleasance Dome, 14–25 Aug, £8–£10

17:45

I’m Afraid of Americans C venues – C viva, 13–26 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

Alex Cofield: Supernova Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 14–26 Aug, £10–£11

The Rat Pack Comedy –Anything Goes! Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Sam See: Coming Out Loud Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Spencer Jones: The Things We Leave Behind Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £11–£13

Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated) HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, £10–£12

Anna and Helen: Stuck in a Rat HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £9–£11

Ray Bradshaw: Deafinitely

Baby Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

Jack Gleadow: Mr Saturday Night HH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £8–£10

Sarah Keyworth: Pacific HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, £9–£11

Micky P Kerr: Kerr in the Community

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £11–£12

A Sense of Tumour Makes Everything Alt-Right

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 13–24 Aug, FREE

The Great British Bake Offenders

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £5

17:50

Robyn Perkins: Mating Selection

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £10–£12

A Time Slot with Ger

Staunton

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 13–25 Aug, not 18, FREE

Crystal Rasmussen presents The Bible 2 (Plus a Cure for Shame, Violence, Betrayal and Athlete’s Foot) Live!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11.50

Dave Fensome: ADHDave

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Caitlin Cook: Death Wish

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

David Tsonos: Around the World With Flat Stanley

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 13–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

17:55

Luke McQueen: Bad Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

10 Things I Hate About Taming of the Shrew

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 13–25 Aug, not 15, FREE

Jamie Dalgleish: Humans Are Evil

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £9

Mike Newall: Re:Newall

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £6

18:00

Tom Taylor: Is the Indie Feel-Good Hit of the Summer Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £8–£10

Pick of the Fringe

The Sheraton Grand Hotel , 22 Aug, £190.50

Ray Fordyce’s Six O’Clock Supper With Salt’n’Sauce

Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

BBC Introducing Radio 4

Comedy Award Final BBC, 15 Aug, FREE

James Bran: Hack

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £8

Monster Gay

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 13–25 Aug, FREE

The Rabbi Preaches –David Kilimnick the Honest Rabbi Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 13–26 Aug, not 17, 24, £10

Flo & Joan: Before the Screaming Starts Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–25 Aug, £12–£13

Fred MacAulay in Conversation

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 19–20 Aug, £12

Milton Jones: Milton

Impossible Assembly Hall, 13–18 Aug, £15

Evers, Booth and [Name]

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 13–14 Aug, FREE

Faking It

Summerhall, 23 Aug, £6

Hayley Ellis: Nobody Puts Hayley in a Corner

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–18 Aug, £5

Alexander Fox: Snare Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £8.50–£10

Nick Offerman: All Rise Assembly Hall, 24 Aug, £24

The Last Supper: 7 Deadly Sins

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 13–18 Aug, FREE

You May Also Like

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor) Edinburgh Playhouse , 18 Aug, £17

Aaron Twitchen: Can’t Stop a Rainbow...

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–24 Aug, FREE

❤ Fern Brady: Power and Chaos HHHH Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £7–£10

David Tieck: What Would Bill Murray Do?

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £5

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrgh, It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Football, Feminism and Everything in Between: Live with Alastair and Grace Campbell Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 21 Aug, £15

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £15

Helen Bauer: Little Miss Baby Angel Face Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £8–£10

Hesitation Remarks

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–26 Aug, not 17, £8

Catherine Bohart: Lemon Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, £9–£11.50

Tom Parry: Parryoke! Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £9.50–£12.50

Katie Pritchard: Storm Stud PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 13–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, £13–£17

Notflix: Originals

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £11.50–£12.50

Phil Ellis: Au Revoir Heroes @ The Hive, 13–25 Aug, £5

Terry Alderton: Bingo Bango Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £8

Larry Dean: Bampot Assembly Hall, 25 Aug, £12

Will Adamsdale: Facetime Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £11–£12

Larry Dean: Fandan Assembly Hall, 22 Aug, £12

Love/Hate Actually Imagination Workshop, 13–26 Aug, £10

Harriet Braine: Les Admirables HHH Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6

The Next Next Big Thing Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Michael Brunström: World of Sports

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 13–25 Aug, £5

James Meehan – Never Better

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Jack Carroll and Friends

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 19–25 Aug, £5

Viking Millennials

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

18:05

For He’s a Jolly Goodfellow

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 13–24 Aug, FREE

The Great Health Con theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £12

The Sacrifice

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 15–24 Aug, FREE

18:10

NewsRevue

Underbelly, George Square, 14–26 Aug, £15.50–£17.50

Comedy in the Dark

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

Kelsey De Almeida: I’m Very Different People (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Comedy

Stevie Gray: Arctic Monkeys’ Midlife Crisis

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Bad Clowns: Cult Classic

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Stand Up for Shelter

Underbelly, George Square, 13 Aug, £13

Michelle McManus: Pop Goes the Idol

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 14–25 Aug, not 19, 20, £12

18:15

Luisa Omielan: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy, 20–25 Aug, £10

Trans Vision Scamp

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 13–25 Aug, FREE

The Kagools: Cirque du Kagool

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

George Rigden: Spooning with Uri

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5–£6

Ed Gamble: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–16 Aug, £5

Dummy

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Annie McGrath: Shepherd

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Sneaky

Pete’s, 13–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Jake Baker: No Success Like Failure

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 20–24 Aug, FREE

Stephanie Laing: Quitter

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Scott Gibson: White Noise

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Mark Cram: Centaur

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 13–24 Aug, not 19, FREE

I Predict a Wyatt!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 13–24 Aug, not 22, FREE

Steve Hili: The Sexy Environmentalist

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 18–25 Aug, FREE

Shaggers

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–25 Aug, FREE

18:20

Our Mums Wouldn’t Watch This

Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, £5

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£12

Absolute Improv! theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–24

Aug, £10

Kate Lucas: Is Selling Herself

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 13–25 Aug, £5

Tom Glover – A Glover Not a Fighter

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carnivore Edinburgh, 13–24 Aug, FREE

James Cook: The Show That Literally Nobody Tried to Ban

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

❤ Róisín and Chiara: Get Nupty HHHH

Heroes @ The Hive, 13–25 Aug, not 20, £8

Dave Chawner: Mental Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

The Fanny’s The Stand Comedy Club 2, 13–25 Aug, £9

18:25

The Best of Irish Comedy The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £13

Gabby Best: 10,432 Sheep

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Joanne McNally: The Prosecco Express Assembly George Square Studios, 14–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Never Again

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Josh Pugh: Maybe the Real Comedy Awards are the Friends We Made Along the Way

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

18:30

Rhys James: Snitch

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £10–£13

Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–31

Aug, not 19, 26, £12.50–£15

Henry Ginsberg: Romantic Comedian

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Improvengers: Pretendgame

Just the Tonic at La Belle

Angele, 13–25 Aug, £8

Daliso Chaponda: Blah

Blah Blacklist HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, not 14, £12–£14

Dead Ringers Live Pleasance at EICC, 13 Aug, £17

The Journey of (Tini)

Martini Enlightenment

Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–18 Aug, £8–£10

Richard Fry: O Starry Night

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, £10–£11

Fred Cooke: Fred Space

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 14–26 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Aussiental

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Kieran Hodgson: French

Exchange

Pleasance Courtyard, 14 Aug, 18 Aug, 22 Aug, £14–£15

Eric Lampaert: Yum Yum

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Jay Lafferty: Jammy

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £10–£11

Harry Carr: Neighbourhood Watch

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 13–23 Aug, not 16, 17, FREE

Gary Little – Kidding Myself On Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–26 Aug, £5

Imaan Hadchiti: Being

Frank

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £5

Kieran Hodgson: ‘75 Pleasance Courtyard, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, 25 Aug, £14–£15

Darren Walsh: Punimal Farm

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Comic Relief Live Assembly Rooms, 19 Aug, £16.50

Tom Rosenthal: Manhood Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, £11.50–£14

30 Minute Musicals Roulette Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, not 15, £11–£12

Ken Cheng: To All the Racists I’ve Blocked Before Bedlam Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £10

Kieran Hodgson: Maestro Pleasance Courtyard, 16 Aug, 20 Aug, 24 Aug, £14–£15

Calum Ross Presents Ross: After the Screaming Stops

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Bad Aunts

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6

Jessie Cave: Sunrise Assembly George Square Studios, 14–25 Aug, £14–£16

Mocking a Murderer

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Kieran Hodgson: Lance Pleasance Courtyard, 15 Aug, 19 Aug, 23 Aug, £14–£15

Russell Howard: Work in Progress Assembly George Square Studios, 13 Aug, £7.50

18:35

Harun Musho’d: Dark Side of Harun

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 14–24 Aug, not 20, FREE

Sam Haygarth: Climate Crisis

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

Tom Lenk Is Trash Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, £11–£12.50

❤ Stevie Martin: Hot Content

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

18:40

Siblings: The Siblinginging Underbelly, George Square, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£10 Fast Fringe Pleasance Dome, 13–24 Aug, £8–£11.50

Lucy Porter: Be Prepared Pleasance Courtyard, 13–17 Aug, £12–£16

Bananas

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

Harry and Chris: This One’s for the Aliens Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–24 Aug, £10–£12

Neal Portenza is Joshua Ladgrove in: Edinburgh’s Only Bilge Pump Sales Seminar

Heroes @ Boteco, 13–25 Aug, £7

Alex Kealy: Rationale

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Shattered Sweet Grassmarket, 14–25 Aug, £8.50

Carl Hutchinson: I Know I Shouldn’t Behave Like This...

The Stand Comedy Club, 13–24 Aug, £12

Alison Thea-Skot: TheaSkot Through the Heart and You’re to Blame Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £6

Gill Sims: Why Mummy Doesn’t Give A ****!

Pleasance Courtyard, 22 Aug, £15

English Speaking Comedy

Borsch

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Liam Withnail: Homecoming Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–25 Aug, £5

18:45

The Joy of Jokes

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Nathan Cassidy: Observational (Work In Progress)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–25 Aug, FREE

Phoebe Robinson: Sorry, Harriet Tubman Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, £12–£16

Basil Brush: Unleashed Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £12–£13

MARVELus: Awww Snap!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Nigel Ng: Culture Shocked

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £7.50–£10

Catching Up

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Archie Henderson: Jazz Emu

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £6

Lisa Richards presents Irish Comedians

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, £10–£11

Aunty HH

Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

EdinBra Fringe Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Jarred Christmas: A Funny Hour

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Improvised Director’s Cut PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Joey Page – Afterlife (An Idiot Considers a Series of Distractions Before Death)

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 13–25 Aug, not 15, £7

The Good, the Bad and the Irish Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

The Ticked Boxes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Eh?

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Lateef Lovejoy – Life, Times and Society’s Crimes

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–16 Aug, FREE

18:50

Marlon Davis: Emotional Black Male HHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Fraser Gibson: Self-ish

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 19–25 Aug, £7

Chris Parker: Camp Binch Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

Alasdair Beckett-King: The Interdimensional ABK Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £8.50–£11

60 Minutes to Save the World – Vladimir McTavish

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14–25 Aug, £10

Matt Price: Broken Hooters and Geezers with Shooters

HHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £10–£12

Jackman and Bones

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–18 Aug, £5

19:00

Josh Baulf: Boy Paradise in The Vault, 13–25 Aug, not 18, £5

Piff the Magic Dragon: The Lucky Dragon Tour Pleasance at EICC, 21–25 Aug, £16

Edinburgh’s Pandas Are Just Weegies in Disguise! Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 21 Aug, £8

Jess Robinson: The Jess Robinson Experience Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, £13–£15

❤ Kai Samra: Underclass HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £10–£12

Vikki Stone: Song Bird Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £9.50–£12.50

BBC: The Arts Hour on Tour BBC, 21 Aug, FREE

Frisky & Mannish’s PopLab Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £14–£16

Sumit Anand: Nothing About Godzilla

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £10–£12

Spamalot Paradise in Augustines, 14–17 Aug, £13.50

❤ Sophie Duker: Venus HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £7–£9

Raymond Mearns –Confessions of a Control Freak!

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Loyiso Gola: Pop Culture Pleasance Dome, 14–26 Aug, £9.50–£12

Sofie Hagen: The Bumswing HHH Pleasance Dome, 13–25 Aug, £10–£14

Edinburgh’s Pandas Are Just Weegies in Disguise!

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, Various dates from 15 Aug to 24 Aug, £8

Eleanor Conway: You May

Recognise Me From Tinder HH

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Rosie Jones: Backward HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £7.50–£10

Any Suggestions, Doctor?

The Improvised Doctor Who Parody

Pleasance Dome, 13–25 Aug, £10–£13

Alexander Bennett: They Call Me Daddy Punchlines

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Aindrias de Staic; Shtax the LedgeHammer Heroes @ Black Medicine, 14–25 Aug, £5

Adam Flood and Blake AJ: Joke Boys

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 14–24 Aug, not 20, FREE

Jonny & the Baptists Love Edinburgh and Hate Bastards Assembly Roxy, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

Filippo Spreafico: Sentimental Value

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Ivo Graham: The Game of Life

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £8.50–£12

Henning Wehn: Get on With It

The Queen’s Hall, 15–25 Aug, not 19, 20, 21, £16.50

Konstantin Kisin: Orwell

That Ends Well HH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26

Aug, £10–£11

Rotten

Randolph Cliff, 14 Aug, 28

Aug, FREE

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Live at the Fringe Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £17.50–£18.50

The Haunted History Bus

Waverley Bridge (Bus Stop WA), 14–31 Aug, not 20, 27, £12

Yuriko Kotani: Somosomo

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, £8.50–£11

Sarah Kendall: Paper

Planes HHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, £12–£14

19:05

Shakespeare! The Panto theSpace on the Mile, 13–17

Aug, £7.50

James Nokise: God Damn

Fancy Man

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £10

Straight Outta Estonia

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao

Roma, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Three Menopausal Maids theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Business Casual

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

19:10

Where Are You Really From?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

About Time / Bully

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Matt Hoss: Here Comes

Your Man

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

Sasha Ellen: Pickle

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

Stewart Lee: Wok In Progress

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–15 Aug, £15

Paul Foot: Baby Strikes

Back!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 14–25 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

Brain Rinse theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, £9–£10

19:15

Martha McBrier: Happiness Bully

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Susan Riddell: Duvet Day Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £5

The LOL Word

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £7

Martin Bearne and Joe McTernan: Milk and Two Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 13–26 Aug, £5

Martin Mor – Instigator

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Rob Copland: Strange Jam

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Family Secrets

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 14–24 Aug, FREE

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Adam Hess: My Grandad Has a Fringe

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£11.50

BBC: Front Row

BBC, 13 Aug, 16 Aug, FREE

Pierre Novellie: You’re Expected to Care HH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £9–£12

Stephen Carlin: Pickwickian

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Dan Soder: Son Of A Gary Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £11–£12

AAA Stand-Up Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, £9–£12

Expelled from Eton

Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 13–17 Aug, FREE

Queen Mary Comedy Society and Friends

Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 18–25 Aug, FREE

Kelly Convey: Telephone

Voice HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £7.50–£10

Christianity and Me

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–24 Aug, £5

Arson in the Queen’s Swans

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 13–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Sad Acts

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 13–25 Aug, FREE

19:20

Craig Hill: Bottoms Up!

Pleasance at EICC, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12.50–£18.50

Geoff Norcott: Work in Progress

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Liberty Hodes – Hot Commodity

Heroes @ The Hive, 13 Aug, £5

Adam Larter: Good Morning

Croissant

Heroes @ The Hive, 14–25 Aug, £5

Bring Back the 80s

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Jake Farrell: Limits

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

Asexual Healing: Prophets of Time

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 18–25 Aug, FREE

Johannes Dullin Plays the Devil

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £5

Drag Queen Stole My Dress

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 13–25 Aug, not 15, FREE

The 2 Mouthed Men Show

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–17 Aug, £8

19:25

Stand-Up Nomad: Backpacking Comedy

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

19:30

David O’Doherty: Ultrasound Assembly George Square, 14–26 Aug, £15–£16

101 Comedy Club – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Alex Black’s Record Collection

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, not 18, FREE

Zoë Coombs Marr: Bossy Bottom Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £8–£10

Steve Bennett – Everything is F*cked

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Ari Eldjárn: Eagle Fire Iron Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £8

The Secret Policeman’s Tour Edinburgh Playhouse , 24 Aug, £25

Daniel Sloss: X Edinburgh Playhouse , 15–17 Aug, £20.50

Amy Howerska: Serious Face

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £15

Jokers in the Pack

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 13–25 Aug, FREE

I, Tom Mayhew

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Lost Voice Guy: I’m Only in It for the Parking Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 13–25 Aug, £12.50–£13.50

So You Think You’re Funny?

Grand Final

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 22 Aug, £15.50

Steve Bugeja: Single Mum

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £6–£8

Neil Delamere: End of Watch

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–25 Aug, £11.50–£12.50

On It

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Best Boy in Ireland

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 14–24 Aug, not 20, FREE

Adam Rowe: Pinnacle

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

The Community Centre!

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 22–24 Aug, £8

Eric Andre: The Legalize Everything Tour

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 25 Aug, £20

Jack Rooke: Love Letters Assembly George Square Gardens, 14–24 Aug, £12–£14

Tommy Tiernan: Paddy Crazy Horse

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–24 Aug, not 22, £17.50

Big Value Comedy Show – Early

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £5–£10

Hal Cruttenden: Chubster

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–14 Aug, £13

John Robins: Hot Shame Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £14–£15

An Atlantic Disaster

– Titanic

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 17–24 Aug, FREE

Comedy Gala 2019: In Aid of Waverley Care Pleasance at EICC, 20 Aug, £25

19:35

Gavin Webster: Buddhism and Other Such Rubbish

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 13–25 Aug, £10

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Harry Stachini – Tigers

Don’t Cry

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Lewis Schaffer is Mr Diabetes – Free

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

19:40

Joby Mageean – Shanty

Prince

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 13–25 Aug, £5

Andrew Maxwell: All Talk

Underbelly, George Square, 13–25 Aug, £13.50–£15

Arnab Chanda: Boy From Earth

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Jo Caulfield: Voodoo Doll

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Sam Taunton: It’s Nice, It’s Modern Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Paul McCaffrey: Lemon

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, not 23, £10–£11

Kate Smurthwaite: Bitch

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Carl Donnelly: Shall We All Just Kill Ourselves?

Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 14–24 Aug, £7

❤ Desiree Burch: Desiree’s Coming Early! HHHHH

Heroes @ The Hive, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £10

Zeroko’s Teatime Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–24 Aug, £10

A Pessimist’s Guide to Being Happy

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 14–25 Aug, FREE

This is Mark Ritchie: Honest to God Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £5

19:45

Comedy Boxing – Best of the Best

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

The Leeds Tealights: It’s Not That Serious

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26

Aug, £9.50–£10.50

The Journey of (Tini)

Martini Enlightenment

Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–18 Aug, £8–£10

Jen Brister – Under Privilege

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £7–£8

Matt Jones: Pandora’s Box – Free

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Andrew Roper – Break Point

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Jocks, Geordies and Aussies

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 13–25 Aug, not 17, 24, FREE

Sean Patton: Contradickhead HH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25

Aug, £11–£13

Brown Panther – Ruven

Govender

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Alistair Williams: How to Lose Weight and Be Less

Racist

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £10

Sam Russell: Privileged to be Here

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £8

Langston Kerman: The Loose Cannon

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Goddess

Sweet Novotel, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £7.50

Liam Malone: No Limbits

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 14–25 Aug, £6

John Pendal: Monster

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, not 16, 23, £10–£11

Acting Natural Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 14–25 Aug, FREE

19:50

Scummy Mummies Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, £12–£14

❤ Adam Riches: The Beakington Town Hall

Murders HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £11–£14

Still Life by Noël Coward theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

19:55

Stuart Mitchell – Is It Just Me? (Work in Progress)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 14–24 Aug, not 17, FREE

Emmy Blotnick: Party Nights

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Dave Green: Guest Bed

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

20:00

Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, Various dates from 16 Aug to 31 Aug, £15

❤ Susie

McCabe: Domestic Disaster HHHH

Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, £9–£11

Ben Pope: Dancing Bear HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £7–£10

Tamsyn Kelly: Petroc

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Mark Nelson: Brexit Wounds

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12–£14.50

Aaron McCann: Happy Enough?

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6

The St Andrews Revue

Presents: Hot Yoghurt

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, £8–£9

Stewart Francis: Into the Punset Assembly Rooms, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £14–£15

#Jollyboat: Pun Lovin’

Criminals

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Pete Firman & The Amazing TBC Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £12–£15.50

Sarah Johnson: Mum’s Going to Ibiza Heroes @ Boteco, 13 Aug, £5

Lolly Jones: I Believe in Merkels

Assembly Roxy, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Edinburgh Playhouse , 18–19 Aug, £17

The Dots Imagination Workshop, 15–25 Aug, not 19, 20, 21, £8.50

Girlfriend from Hell – The Bitch is Back

Underbelly, George Square, 13–26 Aug, £9–£10

Lolbot Wars

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Alex Williamson: Sin on My Face Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 13–25 Aug, £10–£13

An Excellent Cleanser of the Liver – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 13–18 Aug, FREE

Edinburgh’s Pandas Are Just Weegies in Disguise! Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 14 Aug, £8

Manhunt 2: Big Mood

Bedlam Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 15, £10

Australian Beauty

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Passport and Prozac

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Patrick Monahan: Started from the Bottom, Now

l’m Here

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £13–£14

Godley on the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Phil Wang: Philly Philly Wang Wang

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £12–£13

Diane Chorley: Modern Love Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £12–£14

Insane In The Men Brain

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 19 Aug, £7

❤ Garry Starr Conquers

Troy HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £11.50–£12.50

Eurosceptic Song Contest

Lebowskis Bar, 22–26

Aug, FREE

Javier Jarquin is Boring AF

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, £15–£16

BBC: The Now Show

BBC, 22 Aug, FREE

Thunderc*nt Heroes @ Boteco, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £5

The Salon Sweet Grassmarket, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, £9

Traitor

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

The Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit

Pleasance Courtyard, 13

Aug, £12.50

20:05

Jamali Maddix: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–24

Aug, £8

Naomi Karavani: Dominant

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 14–25 Aug, £7

Nath Valvo: I’m Happy for You HHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, £9–£11

20:10

Daniel Connell: Piece of Piss

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–25 Aug, £11–£12

Tom Houghton: That’s What I Go to School For Pleasance Dome, 13–25 Aug, £9–£12

Tom Cashman – XYZ

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–25 Aug, £10–£11.50

Keith Carter: Dog Man

Stars Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

20:15

Huge Davies: The Carpark Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £8.50–£10

Brodi Snook: Handful Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26

Aug, £10–£11

Chris Washington: Raconteur Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £9–£12

Andy Barr: The Ruby Heroes @ Black Medicine, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

❤ London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £9–£11

Eddy Brimson: Life Coaching for Arseholes

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £5

Liberty Hodes – Hot Commodity

Heroes @ Black Medicine, 14 Aug, £5

Darren Harriott: Good Heart Yute

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £9–£10.50

Half the Man – Michael Livesley

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Tami Stone – My Funny Bits

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £7

Steffan Alun and Support: You Can’t Escape Free Stand-Up

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley

Bar, 13–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

The Pursuit of Happiness

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Marc Jennings: Getting Going

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £10

Jake Lambert: Never Mak the Same Mistak Twice Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £7.50–£10

Simon Evans: Dressing for Dinner

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, £13–£14

Harriet Dyer: The Dinosaur Show

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

20:20

Bald Man Sings Rihanna

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 13–24 Aug, not 19, FREE Bitch and Nerd Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

❤ Josie Long: Tender HHHH

The Stand Comedy Club, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

The Best of Scottish Comedy

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

Max & Ivan: Commitment Pleasance Dome, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£13

Matt Parker: Humble Pi Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, £9.50–£12.50

An Evening with Savvy B The Stand Comedy Club, 19 Aug, £9

The Thinking Drinkers: Heroes of Hooch Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £13.50–£16.50

Viggo the Viking HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

20:25

Bristol Improv Presents: Dynamite!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 13–24 Aug, FREE Jeremy Nicholas: What Are You Talking About? theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, £10–£12

20:30

Rhod Gilbert: The Book of John Pleasance at EICC, 14–25 Aug, not 19, 20, £22.50

Sunil Patel: White Knight Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

Sara Barron: Enemies

Closer

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25

Aug, £10–£12

Connie Wookey: Denied

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

Lewis Costello x Hayden

Dean Allmark

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Wheely Wheely Wheely

Wheely Wheely

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Megazoid

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £5

Suzi Ruffell: Dance Like Everyone’s Watching

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £8.50–£11

Matt Forde: Brexit, Pursued by a Bear

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £14

Stephen Buchanan: Baby Dove

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £8.50–£10

Tony Cantwell: Live Feed

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Gareth Mutch: The Old Man in the Carvery

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

Radu Isac: Good Excuses for Sociopaths

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, £6

Concerning Bennet

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Seann Walsh: After This One I’m Going Home

Pleasance Dome, 13–25 Aug, £13–£14

Joke Thieves

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Sleeping Trees: Silly

Funny Boys

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £12–£14

The Haunted History Bus

Waverley Bridge (Bus Stop WA), 14–31 Aug, not 20, 27, £12

Sharma Sharma Sharma

Sharma Sharma Comedian!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Canadian Club

Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Snjolaug Ludviksdottir: Let It Snow

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £6

Tiziano La Bella: Yes

We Can’t

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 13–25 Aug, FREE

20:35

Candy Gigi Presents –

Friday Night Sinner!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25

Aug, not 20, £7

Dolly Di*mond’s Bl*nkety

Bl*nks

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 19 Aug, £12

Pope’s Addiction Clinic

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 20 Aug, £5

Ian Lane – Paperweight

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

Simon Caine: Every Room Becomes a Panic Room

When You Overthink

Enough Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25

Aug, not 14, 21, £5

20:40

Bollywood and Birmingham to Berlin and Brexit

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Cool Story Bro

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Alex Hylton: Get Rich or Die Cryin’

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

Ed and Joz’s Deleted

Scenes

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 14–25

Aug, £5

Love is a Work in Progress with Tara Rankine

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, £7–£9

Rhys Nicholson – Nice

People Nice Things Nice

Situations

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £11.50–£12.50

Andrew Sim: Am I Queer

Enough?

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

The Establishment: Le Bureau de Strange

Heroes @ The Hive, 14–25 Aug, £5

Double Denim: Adventure Show

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Jimeoin: Ramble On!

Pleasance at EICC, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12.50–£18.50

Dinner for One oder Der 90.

Geburtstag

Heroes @ The Hive, 13 Aug, £5

Sam Lake and Chloe Petts:

Household Essentials

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, not 15, £7

20:45

Headless

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £5

Danny Posthill Is That Bloke Who Does Voices

Frankenstein Pub, 13–25

Aug, £10

Dino Wiand – Half Trans

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Actually, Totes Amaze

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 13–24 Aug, not 19, FREE

Improv Cage Match

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 13–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Eric Davidson: Across the Loony Verse theSpaceTriplex, 13–24

Aug, £10

Jasper Cromwell Jones’ Alternative Book Festival

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Daniel Cook and Rose

Johnson: Two Gorgeous Stand-Ups

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 14–24 Aug, FREE

Ashley Haden: F*ck You, and F*ck Your Beliefs

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Jacques Barrett in Boom-Jacqua-Laka!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Sneaky

Pete’s, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Gary Lamont: Fancy a Stiff One?

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

Pete Heat: Massive Wizard

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, not 14, £11.50–£12.50

All-Star Comedy Cabaret

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 13–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Alice Fraser: Mythos

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £11–£12

Johnny Irish

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 13–25 Aug, FREE

20:50

Tony Cowards: Stepdad

Jokes

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £8

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Steve N Allen: Better Than The Stand Comedy Club 2, 13–25 Aug, £9

Naomi McDonald: Copycat

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

Phil Jerrod: Unrelatable Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

20:55

Tony Basnett: 28 Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Jack Barry: Alien

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Guy Montgomery: I Was Part of the Problem Before We Were Talking About It

HHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

21:00

Emancipation

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–25 Aug, £10

Nish Kumar: It’s in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves Assembly George Square, 19–25 Aug, £16–£18

Louisa Fitzhardinge: Comma Sutra Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 14–26 Aug, £10–£11

There Will Be Cake Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 19–22 Aug, £14

❤ Paul Currie: Trufficle

Musk HHHH Heroes @ The Hive, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £5

BBC: Fresh from the Fringe

BBC, 19 Aug, FREE

Cerys Bradley and Rachel

Wheeley: The Unfortunate

Bisexual

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 13–24 Aug, not 17, 19, FREE

Zoe Lyons: Entry Level

Human

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–21

Aug, £12.50–£14

Ronni Ancona and Lewis

MacLeod: Just Checking In

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 13–17 Aug, £14.50–£15.50

Jason Byrne: Wrecked but Ready

Assembly Hall, 13–25 Aug, £16–£18.50

Dilruk Jayasinha: Cheat Day(s)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, not 22, £11.50–£12.50

Titania McGrath: Mxnifesto

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £10–£14

Tom Stade: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £16–£17

Mat Ewins: Actually Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £8–£9

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Dreamboat

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Phil Nichol: Too Much Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25

Aug, £7

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £15

Aidan ‘Taco’ Jones – 52 Days

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–25 Aug, £5–£10

Omid Singh: Beginning To End

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6.50

❤ Tom Ballard: Enough HHHH Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–25

Aug, £7–£10

Joe Zimmerman: Infinite Knowledge Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £10

A Long Time Coming Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £7

Sex Shells

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Justin Matson: Try Harder

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

The Glang Show Heroes @ The Hive, 14 Aug, £5

Good Evening Edinburgh

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Ed Byrne: If I’m Honest Assembly Rooms, 13–25 Aug, £17–£18.50

Lucie Pohl: Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Real HH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25

Aug, £10–£11

Blindingly Obvious

C venues – C cubed, 14–26

Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Foil Arms and Hog –Swines

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £14.50–£17.50

Frank Skinner Live Assembly George Square, 13–18 Aug, £16.50–£17.50

(No) Money in the Bank

Sweet Grassmarket, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, £7

Andrew Frank: Cognitive Goof

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Rob Oldham: Worm’s Resolve

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Matt Richardson: Imposter

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 13–25 Aug, £5

Luisa Omielan: Politics for Bitches (Extended Cut)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–25 Aug, £20

The Bugle Live

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16 Aug, £16 21:05

Legs

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5–£8

Goodbye Mr President

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Werewolf: Live

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, not 15, 19, £10–£11

Ania Magliano and Matt

Hutchinson: Mixtape

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £5

Spring Day: When Push Comes to Shove – Free

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE 21:10

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath 2019

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–25 Aug, £17.50

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 19–20 Aug, £10

Standard Issue Stands Up The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13 Aug, £10

Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 14–24 Aug, not 19, 20, £12

❤ Laura Davis: Better Dead Than a Coward HHHH

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 13–25 Aug, £5

21:15

All Together Irish Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Demi Lardner: Ditch Witch 800 Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

BattleActs!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Nick Horseman: The Rhyme Scheme Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

I’ll Be Broken Home for Christmas with Jeffrey Baldinger

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Tiff Stevenson: Mother HHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £10

Angus Brown: Everest Imagination Workshop, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £5

The Adventures of the Bearded Lady

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £6

Wait... Let’s Have Fun!

Paradise in The Vault, 19–25 Aug, £7

Leo Kearse: Transgressive HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25

Aug, £12–£13

Even More Twisted

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 14–18 Aug, FREE

Nick Doody: I Will Milk You

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 14–24 Aug, not 20, FREE

❤ Chris Mcglade: Forgiveness HHHH

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Micky Overman Presents: Presenting Miss Micky Overman

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £7.50–£10

Needle Dicks

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 19–25 Aug, FREE

John Robertson: The Dark Room

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–24 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

SalFunni Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 13 Aug, FREE

Japanese Sweet Wasabi: No Mask Required!

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Micky Bartlett: Love It!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

21:20

Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

Laura McMahon and Will Hall: In Hindsight

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Len Blanco: Firing Blancs

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 14–24 Aug, £5

Kevin the Vampyr and Friends Presents The Vim and Vigour Variety Hour

Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£12

Alun Cochrane: Brave New Alun

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £10–£14

Eli Matthewson – An Inconvenient Poof Underbelly, George Square, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

Jena Friedman: Miscarriage of Justice

HHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, £12–£13

Improvabunga!

theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £7

Police Cops – Badass Be

Thy Name

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £12–£13

Kevin Quantum: And for My Next Trick 2

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25

Aug, not 20, £11–£12

The Living Room Assembly Rooms, 14–24 Aug, not 20, £10–£12

21:25

Joe Rooney: Shut Your Cakehole

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £10

Ladylikes: Top Secret House Party!

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 13–25 Aug, £8

21:30

Spontaneous Potter

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £12–£14

Aidan Greene: Did I Stutter?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Two Hearts: The Comeback Tour

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Johnny White

Really-Really: Unending Torment!

Heroes @ Black Medicine, 13–25 Aug, £5

99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Better Than Dying Alone

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–24 Aug, not 14, £7

The Comedy Reserve

Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £7.50–£10

Craig Campbell’s Joyful Pain

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14–25 Aug, £10

A Mad Ron Rhodes Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Austentatious presents...

Crosstentatious! In Aid of Waverley Care

Underbelly, George Square, 19 Aug, £12.50

Clive Anderson: Me, Macbeth and I

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, £14–£16

Rose Matafeo: Horndog

Pleasance Courtyard, 20–24 Aug, £14–£15

Abandoman AKA Rob Broderick – Road to Coachella

Underbelly, George Square, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £14.50–£15.50

The Death Hilarious: Razer Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £10–£12

Moon: We Cannot Get Out

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Nina Conti: Work in Progress Pleasance Courtyard, 13–18 Aug, £12

Alice-India: Sorry I’m So Great or Whatever (WiP)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Jayde Adams: The Ballad of Kylie Jenner’s Old Face Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £12.50–£13.50

Tom Walker: Very Very Assembly Roxy, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 13–24 Aug, £12–£15 Secret Dinosaur Cult Live Bedlam Theatre, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £10

Vote Dr Phil?

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, not 14, 15, 20, £12

Brown Guys, Grey Skies

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 16–21 Aug, £11.50

Simon Brodkin: 100%

Simon Brodkin Pleasance Courtyard, 13–24

Aug, £12

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Roll Up! Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–25 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

Jordan Brookes: I’ve Got Nothing

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, £9–£11

‘Aaaaaave You Been Involved in a Comedy Show That Wasn’t Your Fault Again?

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–25 Aug, not 19, 20, 21, £5

Jon Long: Planet-Killing Machine HHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

Schalk Bezuidenhout: South African White Boy HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

John Hastings: 10 John Hastings I Hate About You Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £5

21:35

Rachel Fairburn: The People’s Princess Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

2019 Greek Comedian of the Year: George Zacharopoulos PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Improvisers Assemble! theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £5.50

Falling with Style

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

21:40

❤ Courtney Pauroso: Gutterplum HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 14–25 Aug, £11–£12

Goodbear: Dougal Pleasance Dome, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£13

The Brand-New, Full-Throated Adventures of Reginald D Hunter Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £15.50–£17.50

Daniel and Ralph Won’t Talk About Brexit Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 14–26 Aug, FREE

21:45

Alice Snedden: Absolute Monster

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £8–£10

Stephen Carlin: Post

Rational Carlin

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Anything F*cking Goes...

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £5

Jordan Wistuba and Liam

Farrelly: The Student and the Shoplifter Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6

Big Value Comedy

Show – Late

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, 21, £5–£10

Ed Night: Jokes of Love and Hate

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £9–£12

Carte Blanche with Uncle Charlotte and Aunt Scott Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 13–18 Aug, FREE

Ray Badran: Everybody Loves Ray, Man Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £7–£9

Potential: A Canadian Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 13–25 Aug, FREE

❤ Ciarán Dowd: Padre Rodolfo HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £9–£12

Ben Clover – Smell The Magic, Daddy Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Nick Helm’s I Think, You Stink! Assembly Roxy, 13–24 Aug, £12–£14

21:50

The Stevenson Experience: Takes One to Know One Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, £10–£12

Dan AG: Sloth Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25 Aug, £5

Evan Desmarais: Pizza and Ice Cream Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £9–£10

Totally Plucked Underbelly, Cowgate, 16–25 Aug, £9–£10

Karam Deo: Table for One Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–15 Aug, £9

21:55

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

Ben Verth: Sh*tegeist Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–25 Aug, £5

Frank Foucault: Desk Paradise in The Vault, 13–25 Aug, not 18, £8

22:00

The Nasty Show Australia

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

The Haunted History Bus Waverley Bridge (Bus Stop WA), 14–31 Aug, not 20, 27, £12

Mark Dean Quinn Knits: A Comedy Show Heroes @ The Hive, 13–25 Aug, not 16, 17, 23, 24, £5

Grant Busé: Touché Busé

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

Bumble Me Tinders –Dating Horror Stories

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Tone Death

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–14 Aug, FREE

Madame Komondor Will See You Now Sweet Grassmarket, 13–24 Aug, not 14, 21, £7

Amused Moose Comedy

Award: Grand Final Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 21–22 Aug, £14

Bristol Revunions: Roadtrip

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25

Aug, FREE

Jimeoin: Ramble On...

Some More!

Pleasance at EICC, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £17.50–£18.50

This Is Your Trial Frankenstein Pub, 13–26 Aug, £7

Comedy Striptease

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic

Award: Final

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 19–20 Aug, £14

I’m OKayfabe

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, £8

Holly Morgan: Is a Witch.

Get Her!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Jayne Edwards Is Top Bodybuilder Brian Heroes @ Dragonfly, 13–25 Aug, not 15, £5

I Went to Barcelona and All I Got Was This Lousy Comedy Show

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 19–26 Aug, £5

Funny for a Girl

The Stand Comedy Club, 13–25 Aug, £12

Shit-Faced Showtime: Alice Through the Cocktail

Glass

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £11.50–£13.50

Comedy Shorts

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Zeroko’s Teatime

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 13–17 Aug, £10

The Octopus’ Armpit and Other Songs I Stole from Parallel Universes

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £8

Marcel Lucont: No. Dix Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £11–£14

Simone Belshaw: Goblin and Fiends

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 15–25 Aug, FREE

22:05

Cülture Elité

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Hard Truths – An Improvised Play Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £8

The Shambles

theSpace on the Mile, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £6.50

Listings

22:10

Bristol Improv Presents:

Offscript!

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £7

Best of Musical Comedy

Awards

Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–25

Aug, £11

Joe Sutherland: Sour

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Free Footlights

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

22:15

Russian Roulette

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, £10–£11

MOTHER

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, not 14, £10.50–£11.50

Spa Day

Just the Tonic at The Caves,

13–25 Aug, £5

Roast Battle Edinburgh

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Baba Brinkman’s Rap

Guide to...

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–26

Aug, not 22, £10.50–£11.50

Heavenly Comedy

Edinburgh

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–23 Aug, FREE

Weegie Hink Ae That?

Presents: Nae Bother!

theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–17

Aug, £10

Scot Roast Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–26

Aug, £5

AC/DC: Australian

Comedians / Dope Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

So You Think You’re Funny?

Semi-Finals

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–14 Aug, £10

David Correos: Better Than

I Was the Last Time

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £9–£10

Andrew Silverwood: Call

Me Janice

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

The Antique Jokes Show

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–25 Aug, £6.50

Chubby White’s Variety

Night

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

❤ Dreamgun: Film Reads

HHHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–25 Aug, £10–£11

22:20

Séayoncé Déjà Voodoo Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Danny O’Brien: Reformer Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Mr Thing

Pleasance Dome, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £10

Bob Slayer: Wrote the Copy for This Show in March

When He Didn’t Have the Foggiest Notion of What Might Happen on Any Given Day in August, He Still Doesn’t Really, but At Least He’s Found This

Snappy Title Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

General Loledge: The Best Pub Quiz on the Fringe

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 13–25 Aug, £6

Stay Loyal to the Royals

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24

Aug, £10

22:25

The Stand’s Pick of the Fringe

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16 Aug, 24 Aug, £10

Omar Ibrahim: Awokening

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

A Gay and a NonGay Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–25 Aug, £10–£11

22:30

Aaaaaaaaand Now! The Ed Factor: An Edinburgh Gong Show Laughing Horse @ The Place, 13–25 Aug, FREE

The Best of Northern The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–22 Aug, not 16, 17, £10

Thrones! The Musical Parody Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, £15–£16

Daz Black Live

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 22 Aug, £15

Circus Sonas Presents: DTCB The Prison Years

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Bobby Mair: Cockroach Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25

Aug, £5

JJ Whitehead: Five Times I

Lied to Myself

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26 Aug, £10.50–£12

Eilidh Hodgson and Katherine Plumb: Do Wap

Art Flop

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 14 Aug, £5

Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar (Preview)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–14 Aug, £25

Princess Party

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £11.50–£12.50

Laser Kiwi

Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £13–£15

The Oxford Revue: Switcheroo

Assembly Rooms, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Whose Mind is it Anyway?

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £11–£12

Hate ‘n’ Live Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

The Best of Red Raw

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £5

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath

2019

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 22 Aug, £17.50

Georgia Tasda’s School Of Magic

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Hunt & Murphy: Beg Borrow and Bitch

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 14–25 Aug, £6

Comedy Night at the Museum

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £11–£12.50

Jimmy Slim and Lewis Blomfield: Scratch and Sniff

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

An Audience with Yasmine Day Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £7.50–£9.50

Andrew Doyle: Exodus Pleasance Courtyard, 19–25 Aug, £10–£14

Fright Bus Service Necrobus, 13–25 Aug, £13

Never Heard of It

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, not 15, FREE

Imaginary Porno Charades Sweet Grassmarket, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £8

Joe Zimmerman: Infinite Knowledge

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–15 Aug, £10

Bad Boys

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Hell To Play: Dante Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

❤ Alfie Brown: Imagination HHHH Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £7–£10

22:35

Coconut The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £12

Lulu Popplewell: The Humble Bumhole

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £5

Liza Treyger: In the Weeds Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–26 Aug, £10–£11

Medium Rare Improv theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £6

22:40

After Hours Mirth Meltdown Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Pamela’s Palace Assembly George Square, 14–25 Aug, £10–£12

Found Footage Festival:

Volume 9

Underbelly, Cowgate, 15–24 Aug, £10–£11

Two Little Dickheads: Kapow!

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £5

Sleeping Trees: Christmas

Special... in August Assembly George Square Studios, 24 Aug, £15

Police Cops: Police Cops in Space

Assembly George Square

Studios, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, £11–£13

The Lost Musical Works of Willy Shakes Assembly Rooms, 14–24 Aug, £11–£12.50

Ange Lavoipierre: Final Form

Underbelly, George Square, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£10 2 Girls, 1 Cup... of Comedy Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

22:45

Joe McTernan: What’s Up with My Head?

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–26 Aug, £5

❤ Catherine Cohen: The Twist...? She’s Gorgeous HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £12–£13

Snog Marry Avoid

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Hancock and Hooper’s Excellent Adventure

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 13 Aug, FREE

Tarot

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £8–£10

Zach Zimmerman: Clean Comedy HHH

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, not 19, £9.50–£10.50

Jamie Loftus: Boss, Whom is Girl

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

Serena Flynn: Baubo Goddess of Filth Heroes @ Black Medicine, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £5

AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12

Shaggers

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Aaron Chen: Piss Off (Just Kidding)

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25

Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Fright Bus Service

Necrobus, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 23

Aug, 24 Aug, £13

Becky Fury’s One Hour to Save the World (in 55 Minutes)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 13–25 Aug, FREE

22:50

Questing Time

Pleasance Dome, 13–25 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Biscuit Barrel: Double Stuffed theSpace on the Mile, 13–24

Aug, not 18, £8

The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock-In Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £12–£14

1 Chick, 2 Dicks: 3 Americans Get Too Personal

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Kevin McGahern: Taking Off Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–26 Aug, £9–£10

Hot Gays: Martin Dixon and Gareth Edward

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 13–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Gerry Carroll – Crock or Gold

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Peter Buckley Hill and Some Comedians XX

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 13–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

22:55

The Big Show: Fringe Showcase!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

Niteskreen Sweet Grassmarket, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £7

23:00

Misspelled Youth

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Macbeth

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £12.50–£15

Diane Chorley: Down the Flick Assembly George Square Studios, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Spontaneous Sherlock Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 25–26 Aug, £11

Luka Muller’s Gong Show

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Chloe Green and Ella Woods: VENN

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 13–14 Aug, £6

Inside the Comedian Pleasance Dome, 19–23

Aug, £9

Francis Boulle and Friends

Pleasance Dome, 14–25 Aug, £9–£12

Snort HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, £10–£12

AAA Stand-Up Late Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, £9–£12

Grant Gallacher: Making Europe Grant’s Again Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 13–26 Aug, not 19, 20, FREE

Julia Rorke: Jeneane’s Kinky Room of Astrology and Ciggies Underbelly, Cowgate, 14–24

Aug, £10–£11

Murder She Didn’t Write: The Improvised Murder

Mystery Pleasance Courtyard, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £12.50

Phil Wang: Philly Philly Wang Wang Pleasance Courtyard, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £13

Revenge of the New World Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Berk’s Nest Mid-Fest Comedy Special Pleasance Courtyard, 13–14

Aug, £15

Tim Key Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25

Aug, £8.50–£11.50

Colt Cabana and John Hastings Do Comedy and Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25

Aug, £7

23:10

Dylan Dodds and Friends (Friends Not Included)

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25

Aug, not 19, £5

Divet Show: The Greatest Divas Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12–£13

Anxiety Club

Underbelly, Cowgate, 16–20 Aug, £9–£10

23:15

Gabe Mollica: The Whole Thing

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–25 Aug, £5

A Night of Wikipedilove

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

FOC It Up: The Femmes of Colour Comedy Club

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 16 Aug, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, £10

The Paddock Pleasance Dome, 23–24 Aug, £10

WiFi Wars’ Video Game Takeover!

Assembly George Square Studios, 20–25 Aug, £10–£14

Donald Alexander: The Great Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–25 Aug, £5

Southampton Stand-Up Showcase

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 13–25 Aug, FREE

BBC: British-Born Chinese HH

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Mark Watson: The Infinite Show Pleasance Courtyard, 23–24 Aug, £16

Escaping Trump’s America

Frankenstein Pub, 13–26 Aug, FREE

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 15–16 Aug, £15

An Objectively Funny Night

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 15–16 Aug, £10

Cosmic Comedy Berlin

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

23:20

❤ Leo Mohr: When I Was Zorro HHHH

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 14–25 Aug, £5

Nancy Clench: Agony Aunt

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–17 Aug, £8

Conversation Garden on Love Island (A Decide Your Own Misadventure)

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 18–25 Aug, £5

Valentine Boys: Because the Rent is Due

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 13–25 Aug, £6

23:25

Jay Handley – White Jesus 2: Resurrection

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, FREE

3 Rule-Abiding Rebels

Paradise in The Vault, 13–25 Aug, not 18, FREE

Reeks of Desperation

Paradise in Augustines, 13–17 Aug, £5

23:30

Political Animal

The Stand Comedy Club, 13–22 Aug, not 16, 17, £12

Edinburgh Comedy Allstars

Underbelly, George Square, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £12.50–£15

Werewolf: Live – Charity Spectacular! Underbelly, George Square, 15–16 Aug, £15

Stout, Pale and Bitter

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 19–25 Aug, £5

Santiago Sucks a Beautiful Woman’s Cock (and Other #1 Hits)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Comedy Queers

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–24 Aug, FREE Amusical Pleasance Courtyard, 21–22

Aug, £15

Claptrap

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 15–25 Aug, FREE Ross Drummond and Harry Monaghan: The Orb Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–18 Aug, £5

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

John-Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations Assembly George Square Studios, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, £12

Gavin Webster’s Comedy Results

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13–25 Aug, £5

23:35

The Russian Comedy Experience

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £6

23:40

Sam Nicoresti: UFO Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 13–25 Aug, £5

23:45

Jay Light: Fake It Til You Make It

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Can You Throw This in the Bin for Me?

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 13–22 Aug, not 16, 17, FREE

Sameer Katz: Amphibious Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

FootDarks

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–18 Aug, £10–£11

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Comedy Club, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £15

Lydia Hirst: I’ll Be Your Dog Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

23:55

Best of the Fest

Assembly Hall, 15–25 Aug, not 19, 20, 21, £13–£15

Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop

Underbelly, Cowgate, 16 Aug, 17

Aug, 23 Aug, £10

Andrew Sim’s Midnight Showcase

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 15–25 Aug, not 20, 21, £5

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £5

Jonny’s Panel Show (Really Good)

Underbelly, Cowgate, 18–19

Aug, £10

Stamptown Comedy Night

Underbelly, Cowgate, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £10

The Spencer Jones 50

Minute Disco Experiment

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–25 Aug, not 19, 20, £5

Spank!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25

Aug, £15.50–£16.50

Fright Bus Service

Necrobus, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £13

Listings

09:00

Breakfast Plays: The Future Is [...] Traverse Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

09:50

Chatroom theSpace on the Mile, 20–24 Aug, £7

Rattigan’s Nijinsky theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 18–24 Aug, £5–£10

Hustlers theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £7.50

09:55

Headhog Paradise in The Vault, 13–17

Aug, £7

Gilgamesh – He Who Saw Everything theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–24 Aug, £8

10:00

❤ The Patient Gloria HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, £22

How Not to Drown HHH

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22

Aug, £22

Buzz Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

❤ Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster HHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23

Aug, £22

West of Frances theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £9

❤ Trying It On HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 21

Aug, £22

Love/Sick theSpace on the Mile, 13–17

Aug, £7

CACW – Cony’s Collection

The Old Dr Bells Baths, 14–16

Aug, FREE

Shakespeare for Breakfast C venues – C viva, 14–26 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

Umbrella Man

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 20, £10–£12

❤ Crocodile Fever HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20

Aug, 25 Aug, £22

Dark Play or Stories for Boys

theSpace on the Mile, 19–21

Aug, £6

10:05

Baby, What Blessings theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £8

Ladies Who Lunch Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–16 Aug, £9

Downton Shabby theSpace on the Mile, 13–17

Aug, £8

10:10

Skylight theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £8

Painted Corners theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £5

The Zed Word theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £9

The Importance of Being

Earnest theSpace @ Venue45, 19–22

Aug, £8

Where to Belong Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £9

10:15

Qing Snake theSpace @ Venue45, 13–17

Aug, £12

Happy Hour HH

Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £10–£12.50

Man Number Five Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £8

Where Do Fairies Come From?

Paradise in Augustines, 13–17

Aug, £7

Hustlers theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £7.50

10:20

Play Before Birth Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £8

The Yellow Wallpaper theSpaceTriplex, 20–23 Aug, £7

10:25

Status Assembly George Square, 17–24 Aug, £12–£13

10:30

Arthur HHH

Your Home, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £100

Invisible Us Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £8

The Lament of Dorothy Wordsworth Paradise in The Vault, 13–25

Aug, not 18, £3.50–£7

Heroin(e) for Breakfast

Pleasance Dome, 14–26 Aug, £10–£12

Choose Life, Choose Leith: Trainspotting on Location

Custom House, Various dates from 15 Aug to 26 Aug, £10

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, not 19, £13.50–£14

Cherie – My Struggle Imagination Workshop, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Borchert: A Life Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £10

10:40

The Wasp Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £12

10:45

A Midsummer Night’s DROLL

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26 Aug, £8–£9

Words That I Never Tell C venues – C aquila, 13 Aug, £8.50

10:50

00

Pleasance Dome, 14–25 Aug, £10–£12

Post-Mortem Assembly George Square Studios, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

Audacious Mr Astley Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £9–£12

10:55

The Witch of Wall Street theSpaceTriplex, 13–17 Aug, £8

The Zed Word theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £9

11:00

❤ Burgerz HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £21

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7

Shadow of the Rose

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 22–26 Aug, £11.50

Enough Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £21

Great Grimm Tales

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

TalkFest – Anatomy of a Play: How Not to Drown Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, £5

❤ Until the Flood

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £21

West of Frances theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £9

Guys, Dolls and Pies Assembly George Square Studios, Various dates from 14 Aug to 24 Aug, £13–£15

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

The Place You Once Forgot Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £10

Tales from the Garden Assembly Rooms, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £9–£10.50

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, £21

Steve Richards Presents Rock’n’Roll Politics 2019 theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 13–24 Aug, £12.50

21 Futures by Olly Hawes Pleasance Dome, 13–17 Aug, £7.50–£9

Mouthpiece Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £21

White Girls

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, not 20, £8–£9

The Shark is Broken Assembly George Square Studios, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £13–£15

Are we not drawn onward to new erA – Ontroerend Goed Zoo Southside, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £14

The Believers Are but Brothers Assembly George Square Studios, 19–24 Aug, £11–£12

The Trial

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–16 Aug, £11.50

11:05

Never None (but She) theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £10

Baby, What Blessings theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Something Else theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £10

Looking for Wolverhampton’s Latin Quarter theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £8

Fear Here and Terror There theSpace on the Mile, 20–24 Aug, £6

The Life of Reilly theSpace on the Mile, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

The Cat’s the Thing theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–24 Aug, £8

11:10

Jammy Dodgers theSpace on the Mile, 13–17 Aug, £10

Chatroom theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–17

Aug, £10

She Shall Not Be Moved

theSpace on the Mile, 19–24

Aug, £10

11:15

❤ Funny in Real Life

HHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–18

Aug, £8.50–£9.50

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

The Place You Once Forgot

Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £10

11:20

On the Other Hand, We’re Happy Roundabout @ Summerhall, 15

Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, £15

Surveillance theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £10

Daughterhood Roundabout @ Summerhall, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £15–£17

11:25

Ladybones

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, not 19, £9–£11

Comrade Egg and the Chicken of Tomorrow

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, not 18, £9–£11

The Heresy Machine

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 13–17 Aug, £9

A Shadow of Doubt Paradise in The Vault, 13–25

Aug, not 18, £8

11:30

❤ Cardboard Citizens: Bystanders HHHH Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

We Apologise for the Inconvenience PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–16 Aug, £12

I Am Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Holy Sh*t theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Shadows ZOO Playground, 14–26

Aug, £10

You’re Safe ‘Til 2024 Pleasance Courtyard, 20–23

Aug, £10

Fox

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26

Aug, £9–£11

I’ll Tell You This for Nothing Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £9–£10

Hyde and Seek Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

The Place You Once Forgot

Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £10

The End Summerhall, 15–25 Aug, not 19, £9–£11

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £7

Harvey Greenfield Is Running Late

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–24 Aug, £7

Back of the Head with a Brick Summerhall, 20–25 Aug, £8–£10

Your Sexts Are Shit: Older Better Letters Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£12

Three, Two, One... Sweet Novotel, 14–18 Aug, £7 Krapp’s Last Tape

The Royal Scots Club, 20–24 Aug, £10

Burns for Brunch

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 19, 21, £10

Jehovah’s First Witness Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

How to Save a Rock

Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 13–23 Aug, not 15, £8–£10

BBC and HighTide Radio Plays

Assembly Roxy, 13 Aug, £5 Dalloway Assembly Roxy, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £12–£13

11:35

Red Herring

ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, not 15, £10

Seasoned Professionals theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £7

Love (Watching Madness)

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, not 18, £7.50–£10

The Village Fate theSpace @ Venue45, 20–24 Aug, £7

11:40

One Starts in a Barber’s. One Starts in a Bar. Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £9

Trump Lear Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £10–£12

The Empathy Experiment PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Shrew theSpaceTriplex, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8–£10

11:45

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

The Place You Once Forgot Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £10

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–16 Aug, £12

A Beautiful Way to Be Crazy Underbelly, Bristo Square, 19–26 Aug, £10–£11

11:50

Psycho Drama Queen

ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, not 15, £9–£11

Nearly Human Pleasance Dome, 14–26 Aug, £9–£12

Ivory Wings Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £10–£11

The Merry Wives of Seoul

C venues – C south, 13–17 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

Frog’s Legs Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £9–£10

11:55

Being Norwegian by David Greig

Venue 13, 13–24 Aug, £10

The Mariner’s Song Paradise in Augustines, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

12:00

Myra’s Story Assembly Rooms, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £12–£14

In Conversation with...

Barbara Dickson

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug, £12.50

In Conversation with...

Patrick Harvie

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug, £12.50

In Conversation with...

Tom Devine

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 18 Aug, £12.50

Birth Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £12–£14

The Female Role Model Project Bedlam Theatre, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £11

In Conversation with...

Ian Rankin

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22 Aug, £12.50

Fires Our Shoes Have Made HHH

C venues – C aquila, 14–26 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Agent November Escape

Game: Major X Ploe-Shun

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

Morning Glory Planet Bar, 13–16 Aug, FREE

Taiwan Season: Fish Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Sinatra: Raw

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12.50–£13.50

Qi

The Old Dr Bells Baths, 13–16 Aug, FREE

Lauren Booth: Accidentally

Muslim

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, not 15, £8.50–£9.50

Woyzeck

C venues – C cubed, 13–14 Aug, £7.50–£8.50

Ian McKellen On Stage Assembly Hall, 22–25 Aug, £40

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

The Place You Once Forgot

Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £10

In Conversation with... Elaine C Smith

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug, £12.50

That’s How I See It

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–16 Aug, £11.50

Dr Korczak’s Example Scottish Storytelling Centre, 21–25 Aug, £12

Lobster Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £9–£10

In Conversation with...

Humza Yousaf

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16 Aug, £12.50

Haggis, Neeps and Burns Hill Street Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £12

In Conversation with...

Kezia Dugdale

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, £12.50

Wingmen

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 17–21 Aug, £11.50

In Conversation with... Val McDermid

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, £12.50

#HonestAmy

Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12

Illegal Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Written With Crayons

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 22–26 Aug, £9.50

In Conversation with…

Archie Macpherson

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17 Aug, £12.50

Dangerous Adventures

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 22–25 Aug, FREE

(Can This Be) Home

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 15–19 Aug, £12

12:05

Cyst-er Act Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£10

COMPOST theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £8

Mengele Assembly George Square, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £10–£12 box.

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Various dates from 13 Aug to 23 Aug, £10–£12

Normaler Than Everyone

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £10–£11

Sleeping Giant Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

Marrow

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £10–£12

Her theSpace on the Mile, 13–17 Aug, £10

Judas Assembly George Square, Various dates from 14 Aug to 24 Aug, £10–£12

Best Girl

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, not 19, £7–£9

12:10

In PurSUEt

theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–17 Aug, £9

Piracy! A Comedy on the High Cs theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £10

Boulder HH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–17 Aug, £9–£12

Medea Speaks

theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

The Anxiety Experiment

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14–25 Aug, £10 dressed.

Pleasance Courtyard, 20–25 Aug, £15

M.E.H

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Avalanche

theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £9

Madame Ovary

Pleasance Dome, 14–26 Aug, £8–£12

12:15

Me and My Doll

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 14–26 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

My Mother’s Shoes

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Evaluation

Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £5

A Mother

theSpace on North Bridge, 20–24 Aug, £7

Mandy Picks a Husband

theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £8

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

The Fishermen Assembly George Square Studios, 19–24 Aug, £12–£14

Eleanor’s Story: Home is the Stranger

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26

Aug, £9–£10

Cotton Fingers

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £14

Testament of Yootha

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, not 19, £8.50–£9.50

Lucrece theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–24

Aug, not 18, £10

Devil of Choice

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–16 Aug, £12–£14

12:20

Fix Us

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25

Aug, £10–£11

You’re in a Bad Way by John Osborne

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 14–24 Aug, FREE

12:25

Parasites

theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 13 Aug to 23

Aug, £9.50

Bull theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 14 Aug to 24

Aug, £9.50

12:30

A Talking Therapist’s Blues

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7

A Poet’s Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 15–19 Aug, FREE

My Darling Clemmie Assembly Rooms, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

Sea Sick

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £11

❤ A Table Tennis Play

HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £11–£12

Little Rabbit

Quaker Meeting House, 13–17 Aug, £9

My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice Pleasance Dome, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

The Pat Hobby Stories

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £10–£11

The Perfect Body

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £11.50

Shaving the Dead Assembly George Square Studios, 14–25 Aug, £13–£15

Dickens for Dinner

C venues – C viva, 14–26 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

The Seven Second Theory theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £9

12:35

Blighty, Broadway and Beyond! – The Private Lives of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Will, or Eight Lost Years of William Shakespeare’s Life Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £9

Sad Eyes to Smile With Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

12:40

Cicada 3301

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

Noir Hamlet

theSpace @ Venue45, 13–17

Aug, £10

40 Shades of Green Tour Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Wireless Operator

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, £9–£11.50

Rust HHH

Assembly Roxy, 13–25 Aug, £10–£12

12:45

Get Her Outta Here by Isabella Broccolini

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

Cream Tea and Incest

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 15, £8.50–£9.50

Wild Swimming HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26

Aug, not 20, £10–£12

SOLD

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

Bobby & Amy

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12

R’n’J: The Untold Story of Shakespeare’s Roz and Jules

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 14–26 Aug, £8–£9

A Play, A Pie and A Pint McSorley’s Irish Bar, 13–23 Aug, weekdays only, £12.50

Algorithms

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £8.50–£11

Landscape (1989)

ZOO Playground, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £10

12:50

The Claim

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £14–£15

F. Off

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25

Aug, £11–£12

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Plebs

Paradise in Augustines, 13–17

Aug, £7.50

Nazis Need Jews

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Eventide

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

ZOO Playground, 13–17 Aug, £6

Careless Love Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £10

12:55

Pearls

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24

Aug, £8

The Man From Verona Paradise in The Vault, 13–21 Aug, not 18, £5

LUVU2

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £7

The Ship Sank. Where on Deck, Did My Captain Lie? ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10–£12

13:00

Come Out from Among Them

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25

Aug, not 18, £10

❤ The Patient Gloria HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20

Aug, 25 Aug, £22

How Not to Drown HHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23

Aug, £22

Knock Knock

Assembly Roxy, 13–26 Aug, £12–£14

Ripped

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25

Aug, £10–£11

MUSE: An Experiment in Storytelling and Life

Drawing

The Safari Lounge, 13 Aug, 18

Aug, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, £10

❤ Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster

HHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, £22

Dream of a King HH

theSpaceTriplex, 13–18 Aug, £9

Life Is No Laughing Matter

Summerhall, 13–18 Aug, £10

The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland

Summerhall, 25 Aug, £10

Agent November Escape

Game: Major X Ploe-Shun

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

Madame George by Keir

McAllister HHH

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, not 19, £11–£12

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7.50

1:1

Sweet Novotel, 13–18 Aug, £7

Friendsical: A Parody

Musical About Friends

HH

Assembly Rooms, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £16–£17.50

Red Dust Road

The Lyceum, 16 Aug, £20

Romeo and Juliet by Curious Pheasant

Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £12–£13

Fishbowl Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, not 14, £14–£17.50

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True

The Lyceum, 20 Aug, £20

❤ Trying It On HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22

Aug, £22

It’s True, It’s True, It’s True

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 16–26 Aug, not 17, £11–£12

The Rebirth of Meadow Rain

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, not 14, £8.50–£11

Almost, Maine

theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–17

Aug, £8

Remind Me Again Why I Need a Man

Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £9

EAST

theSpace on the Mile, 13–17

Aug, £10

CACW – Cony’s Collection

The Old Dr Bells Baths, 18

Aug, FREE

Narcolepsy

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

A War of Two Halves

Tynecastle Park, 17 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £24

Vigil Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

I Don’t Want to Talk About It PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–16 Aug, £11.50

❤ Crocodile Fever HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 21

Aug, £22

Whirlpool People; Deconstructing the Illusion of the Separate Self

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 13–24 Aug, not 19, FREE

The Accident Did Not Take Place Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £10–£13

Holy Land C venues – C aquila, 14–26 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

Rose McGowan: Planet 9 Assembly Hall, 15–18 Aug, £19–£21

13:05

Do You Ever Get Scared? theSpace on the Mile, 13–17 Aug, £10

Chain of Trivia theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, £10

One Good Beating theSpace on the Mile, 20–24 Aug, £8

Voice of Authority theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–18 Aug, £10

Special Measures theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £10

13:10

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7

After You Assembly Rooms, 14–24 Aug, £10–£11

Beach Body Ready Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £8–£10

Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £12

In Loyal Company Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12.50

❤ Orlando HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £9–£11

13:15

Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Paul Feig Pleasance at EICC, 23 Aug, £17.50

❤ Until the Flood HHHH Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £21

Unicorns, Almost Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Paradise Lodge Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

Before the End HHH Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

(I)sland T(rap): The Epic Remixology of the Odyssey Assembly Checkpoint, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £12–£14

The Biggest Problem in the World: Our Problem With Problems (and Why Truth Matters)

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £8

Noir Hamlet

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £10

Letter to Boddah C venues – C cubed, 14–26 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

Puppet King Richard II

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–14 Aug, £11.50

Fight Song

Venue 13, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £12

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Earth Untold

Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £5

13:20

Have I Told You I’m Writing a Play About My Vagina?

Paradise in Augustines, 13–25

Aug, not 18, £11

Phoenix

Pleasance Dome, 14–26 Aug, £11–£13

Walls and Bridges

theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Piano_Play

Underbelly, George Square, 13–26 Aug, £9–£10

A Man’s a Man

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14–25 Aug, £14

Prefer Not To Say Paradise in The Vault, 13–25

Aug, not 18, £7.50

Quintessence Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

❤ Collapsible HHHH

Assembly Roxy, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£12

13:25

Romeo & Juliet Assembly George Square, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £13–£15

Lucille and Cecilia

Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, not 20, £10–£11

Pals Assembly George Square, Various dates from 14 Aug to 24 Aug, £13–£15

Too Pretty to Punch

Zoo Southside, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £10

13:30

Of Mice and Men

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £10.50–£12.50

❤ Burgerz HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £21

She Sells Sea Shells

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Creative People Need Data!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17 Aug, £9

Don’t You Smile at Me!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 21 Aug, £9

Don’t Believe Your Ears!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug, £9

Fake News Kills World!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug, £9

Mythos: Gods Festival Theatre, 24 Aug, £25

Walk the Oars

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 21–25 Aug, £10

Bear Pit

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 14–26 Aug, £11.50

GEORGE

Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £9–£11

MOOT MOOT

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

Build a Football Club, IRL!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13 Aug, £9

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £7.50

No Copyright, No Problem?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14 Aug, £9

Disgust for Dummies

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, £9

Jew...ish Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, not 20, £9.50–£10.50

Brendan Galileo for Europe

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, £21

Void

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13 Aug, £11.50

For All I Care

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £14

Can Google Really Translate?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16 Aug, £9

Long Live the Cat Ladies?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug, £9

OK Computer or Paranoid Android?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, £9

Obesity Bankrupted Our NHS!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug, £9

Not Quite

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 14–26 Aug, £8–£9

CACW – Cony’s Collection Stockbridge Church, 14

Aug, FREE

Before the Wall

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17–26 Aug, £12–£13

Mouthpiece Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 19

Aug, 21 Aug, £21

Awhile with Seamus

Heaney

The Royal Scots Club, 13–17

Aug, £10

Daisy MacDade: Sugarbaby

Pleasance Courtyard, 20–26

Aug, £8–£10

Fawlty Towers Live Themed Dinner Show

The Fawlty Towers Dining Room at the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £62.50

Daffodils

The Royal Scots Club, 20–24 Aug, £7

How to Save a Life

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

Are Children Wild Enough?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 18 Aug, £9

Thinking Outside the (Penalty) Box

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22 Aug, £9

13:35

Smoke

ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, £10

Unveiled

Paradise in Augustines, 13–17 Aug, £8

13:40

The Grand Scheme of Things

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Mourning Overnight Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £10

13:45

Ice Ice Iceland

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Enough Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £21

Catching Comets Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £9–£11

The Presented Laughing Horse @ The Place, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Atlantis Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £8

Hughie

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £13.50

Medea Electronica Pleasance Courtyard, 19–26

Aug, £12

Scotlandsfest

Quaker Meeting House, 19–23

Aug, £5

A Very British Lesbian

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26

Aug, not 20, £10–£11

Yolk: A Tale of Life, Told By an Idiot PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

13:50

IvankaPlay Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£10.50

Watching Glory Die Assembly Rooms, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £12–£14

The 27 Club theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 13 Aug to 23 Aug, £9.50

Ben Hur Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £8

13:55

This Thing in Here

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £8

Votes for Women! theSpaceTriplex, 13–17

Aug, £10

I Run

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26

Aug, not 20, £8–£10.50

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7

Sense and Sensibility

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24

Aug, £8

Art Heist HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25

Aug, not 14, £11–£12

Chalk (A Silent Comedy)

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £11

14:00

If This Is Normal

ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £10

Faulty Towers the Dining Experience

Imagination Workshop, 13–26 Aug, £52

The HandleBards: Much Ado About Nothing Assembly George Square Gardens, 21–25 Aug, £15

Blood and Gold

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £12

MARA

Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12

Sexy Lamp

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Citizens of Nowhere?

Sweet Novotel, 16–25 Aug, not 19, £16

It’ll Be Alt-Right on the Night Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12

Horror – Gothic Tales and Dark Poetry

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Agent November Escape

Game: Major X Ploe-Shun

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

Alaska

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles

Dickens and Count Leo

Tolstoy: Discord

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 17

Aug, £12

@SimCos3000 Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £7

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 13–23 Aug, not 17, 18, 19, £15

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7.50

Going Slightly Mad Bedlam Theatre, 13–16

Aug, £10

Eddie Izzard: Expectations of Great Expectations (WIP)

Assembly George Square Studios, 14–25 Aug, not 19, 20, £17.50

B’Witches

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 15–25 Aug, FREE

Tales of the Condemned

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 14 Aug, £8

The Things I Never Told You Assembly Rooms, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £9–£11

I, AmDram

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, £7–£9

The Last Five Years

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £11

Just a Number theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £9

Wet C venues – C viva, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £8.50–£10.50

I’m Just Kidneying Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £7

She Can’t Half Talk Bedlam Theatre, 17–25 Aug, £8

Churn Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Arthur Conan Doyle – The Spiritualist

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 13 Aug, 16 Aug, 20 Aug, 23 Aug, 26 Aug, £8

The HandleBards: The Tempest Assembly George Square Gardens, 14–18 Aug, £15

Einstein

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, £8–£10

Leave a Message HH

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £9–£10

Pronoun

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £8

14:05

Délicieux theSpaceTriplex, 13–17 Aug, £5

The Gray Cat and the Flounder

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–22 Aug, not 19, £12–£14

The Very Well-Fed Caterpillar theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £7

Level Up theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 14 Aug to 24 Aug, £9.50

Who Killed Bambi? theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £8.50

14:10

Moon Walk theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £8

Narukami Thunder God theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £12

Dream of a King HH theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £9 Shiver theSpace on the Mile, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8.50

Mallets theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £8–£9

Van Gogh Find Yourself #vgfy PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 13–24 Aug, FREE 10:31, MCR theSpace on the Mile, 13–17 Aug, £7

Mallets theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8–£9

My Mate Dave Died C venues – C aquila, 13–26 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

14:15

Frankie Foxstone AKA

The Profit: Walking Tour HHH Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £10

Like Animals HHH Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

The Land of My Fathers and Mothers and Some Other People Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12

Broken Funnies Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 13–26 Aug, not 19, 20, £5

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, 13–23 Aug, not 17, 18, 19, £15

Jc Says Finally 1951–2019 Paradise in Augustines, 19 Aug, £4

Taboo

Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

35,000

C venues – C south, 18–25 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

Steve Pleasance Courtyard, 22–26

Aug, £10

The Screwtape Letters

Palmerston Place Church, 24 Aug, £11

On the Other Hand, We’re Happy Roundabout @ Summerhall, Various dates from 14 Aug to 24 Aug, £15–£17

Manifesting Mrs Marx

Paradise in Augustines, 13–17

Aug, £12

Murder on the Dancefloor

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26

Aug, £8.50–£11

Daughterhood Roundabout @ Summerhall, 15

Aug, 17 Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 25

Aug, £15–£17

14:20

Before 30

Underbelly, Cowgate, 14–25

Aug, £10–£11

Bomb Happy D-Day 75

Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, Various dates from 13 Aug to 22 Aug, £11

The Mackerel Eaters

Heroes @ The Hive, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £5

Loving the Enemy

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £12

Chaika: First Woman in Space HHH

theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Black Holes

Zoo Southside, 19–25 Aug, £14

Charles Quarterman: An Afternoon with Charles Quarterman for One Hour

Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 19–23 Aug, £5

Ane City

Assembly Roxy, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12

The Happiness Project Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £10

14:25

Goodbye Charles – Free

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 19–25 Aug, FREE

Animal Farm (Bond) Paradise in The Vault, 13–17 Aug, £10

The Experiment theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £10

We Want You to Watch theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–24

Aug, not 18, £10

Monsoon Season

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25

Aug, not 19, £10–£11

Piracy! A Comedy on the High Cs theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 18 Aug, £10

14:30

Deer Woman HHH

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £11

Victor

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–15 Aug, £10

A Voice C venues – C cubed, 18–26

Aug, £9.50–£11.50

Mythos: Heroes Festival Theatre, 20 Aug, 25

Aug, £25

Second Honeymoon

Mayfield Salisbury Church, 17 Aug, £12

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 13–23 Aug, not 17, 18, 19, £15

More Myself Than I Am

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 19–26 Aug, £11.50

Talk

C venues – C cubed, 13–17 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

Little Rabbit Quaker Meeting House, 19–24

Aug, £9

Keep Your Chin Up Quaker Meeting House, 13–17

Aug, £7

Red Dust Road

The Lyceum, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, £20

Tartuffe

Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre, 17 Aug, £12

Tumours Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £7.50

Like Me

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25

Aug, not 14, 21, £8

Mémoires d’un Amnésique (The Life and Music of Erik Satie)

St Cuthbert’s Church, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £10

Power of Music 2

St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St, 21 Aug, £8

These Streets

Paradise in The Vault, 19–21

Aug, £10

Beat

Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £10.50–£13.50

Passengers

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

I’m Woman

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–18 Aug, £9

Spliced HHH

Traverse at Edinburgh Sports Club, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £21

Suddenly Last Summer

St Ninian’s Hall, 17 Aug, £12

Toby Belch (Is Unwell)

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, £10

Mama’s Eggnog

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 16–18 Aug, £11.50

Men Chase Women Choose

Summerhall, 13–18 Aug, £8

Power of Music 1

St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St, 19 Aug, £8

Power of Music 3

St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St, 23 Aug, £8

What Girls Are Made Of Assembly Hall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £17.50

Jonny Donahoe: Forgiveness (Work-inProgress)

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Drowning HH

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26

Aug, £10–£12

14:35

Anti-Depressed?

theSpace on North Bridge, 14–17 Aug, £9

This Island’s Mine

theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–17 Aug, £8

Detour: A Show About Changing Your Mind

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–26 Aug, £10–£11

Spray HHH

Assembly Roxy, 13–26 Aug, £12–£14

Two of a Kind

C venues – C aquila, 13–26 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl

Venue 13, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £12

14:40

Bi-Cycle

Underbelly, George Square, 14–26 Aug, £9–£10

When the Birds Come Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Macbeth

theSpace on the Mile, 20–24 Aug, £8

Fake News

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £10–£11

Late Lunch with Biggins

Pleasance Dome, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £11–£15

Inka Zoo Southside, 17–26 Aug, £10

14:45

Thunderstruck Assembly Checkpoint, 13–26

Aug, not 19, £12–£14

Shattered Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26

Aug, not 20, £10–£11

beep boop HHH

Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £11–£12

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 13–23 Aug, not 17, 18, 19, £15

A Partnership

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Westminster Hour

Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Happily Never After Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

❤ Manual Cinema’s

Frankenstein HHHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £13.50–£15.50

Ex-Batts and Broilers Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, £10–£12

Ideology and Hair Gel

Paradise in Augustines, 19–25 Aug, £12

14:50

A Womb of One’s Own Pleasance Dome, 14–26 Aug, not 22, £10–£12

Do Our Best

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Give Me One Moment In Time by Doug Crossley Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, £11–£12

14:55

The Heresy Machine

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–24 Aug, £9

Alan Ayckbourn’s No Knowing theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £12

15:00

Sales Pitch

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

The Wrong Ffion Jones Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Anguis HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, £12–£13

Julius ‘Call Me Caesar’

Caesar Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, not 19, 25, £13.50–£14.50

The Poetry of God and War St Vincent’s, 16 Aug, FREE

TERRAtory

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £10

Full Consent to Speak on My Behalf

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £7

Raised Voices theSpaceTriplex, 13–17 Aug, £5

300 to 1

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 14–24 Aug, FREE

Jumping the Barriers

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 19–25 Aug, FREE

Roots

Church Hill Theatre, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £25

Jottings from the Queen of Sheba

St Patrick’s Church, Various dates from 14 Aug to 25 Aug, £7

Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial

Salvation HHH

The Studio, Various dates from 14 Aug to 25 Aug, £20

Wrestling Mania!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, not 17, FREE

The De Nova Super Assembly George Square, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7.50

Oedipus King’s Theatre, 17 Aug, £15

Myra

Imagination Workshop, 13–24

Aug, not 14, 21, £10

Zombie Zoo Hill Street Theatre, 13–25

Aug, £12

The National Trust Fan Club

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12–£13

Buds of May Be Scottish Arts Club, 16–17

Aug, £15

The Trial Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £10

A Holy Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, not 19, £10–£12

Vessel Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £15

Agent November Escape

Game: Robyn Yew

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

I Lost My Virginity to Chopin’s Nocturne in B-Flat Minor Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Anything With a Pulse ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, not 17, £10

Big Tam’s Kilted Shindig

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 19

Aug, 21 Aug, £8

Jekyll and Hyde

Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £12–£13

15:05

Yerloo Underground Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £10

Come Dine with Mr

Shakespeare

theSpace on North Bridge, 20–24 Aug, £8–£9

Conscious theSpace on the Mile, 13–17

Aug, £7

Twelfth Night theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24

Aug, £5

The South Afreakins theSpace on the Mile, 14

Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £9

STYX

Zoo Southside, 13–17 Aug, £14

The South Afreakins: The Afreakin Family theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £9

The Visitors

theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £8.50

15:10

Endless Second Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26

Aug, £8–£10.50

All of Me HHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £15

The Dandelion Patch

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £7

A Wake in Progress

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25

Aug, £10–£11

Echoes of Villers-Bretonneux

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £7

Roots

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £8

15:15

A Grave Situation Pleasance Courtyard, 13–17

Aug, £7.50–£10

The Sensemaker ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10–£12

Freeing the Edinburgh Fringe: Book Reading

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Swallow the Sea Caravan

Theatre

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7

Ricky Riddlegang and the Riddle Gang

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 15, £9–£10

David Benson – Cato Street 1820

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–18 Aug, £8–£10

Blodeuwedd Untold

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £9–£11

FATTY FAT FAT

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £8–£10

Definitely Louise

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £8–£9

The Suitcase, the Beggar and the Wind

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 17–18 Aug, FREE

Naughty Boy

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 14–26 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

The Burning Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £11–£13

Nights at the Circus

ZOO Playground, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

15:20

Woman! Pilot! Pirate?

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

The Professor Assembly Rooms, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £11–£13

In Conversation with...

Nicola Sturgeon

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, £15

Encyclopedia of Kitchen Comedy Essays by Larry

Tadlock

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Hatch

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25

Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Leopold Vindictive theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

The War of the Worlds

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £13–£15

Beyond: Sugar Mice

Paradise in Augustines, 13–16 Aug, £8

In Her Corner theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 13 Aug to 23 Aug, £9.50

15:25

The Wind in the Willows theSpace @ Venue45, 19–24 Aug, £8

Tea?...(With Milk) theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

The Words Are There theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–18 Aug, £9–£11

15:30

The Glass Elephant

The Royal Scots Club, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, £8.50

Para Handy: A Radio Play on Stage

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–18 Aug, £12

Pink House

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–26 Aug, £12 With Child

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

A Complicated Man

Bedlam Theatre, 16–20

Aug, £10

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 13–23 Aug, not 17, 18, 19, £15

SWIM

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £10–£12

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £7.50

Arrivals theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 14 Aug to 24

Aug, £9.50

Supernatural: Wonder Tales from Scotland

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 13–26 Aug, not 21, £10

A War of Two Halves

Tynecastle Park, 13–26

Aug, £24

Portents

Bedlam Theatre, 14–15

Aug, £10

Barry Bedlam Theatre, 21–25

Aug, £10

Cauliflower

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

All Work, No Play Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, £8

Scotlandsfest

Quaker Meeting House, 19–23

Aug, £5

Worldwidewestern

French Institute, 14 Aug, £10

15:35

Leverage

theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £10

Toothbrush

theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £5

Will Gompertz: Double Art

History – The Sequel

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 19–25 Aug, £14–£16

15:40

Fulfilment Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

The Struggling Life of an Artist

C venues – C aquila, 14–26

Aug, not 20, £8.50–£10.50

Bomb Happy D-Day 75 Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £11

Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19–25 Aug, £15

Speaking Out: A Conversation with John Bercow

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–14 Aug, £16

Regeneration Game Workshop

Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, £5

15:45

A Fear and Loathing Actor in Dublin

C venues – C cubed, 14–26 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

❤ Burgerz HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, £21

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Shellshock!

Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £5

Pink Lemonade Assembly Roxy, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £10–£12

❤ Until the Flood HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £21

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 13–23 Aug, not 17, 18, 19, £15

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran HHH

Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, £21

How to Be Brave Roundabout @ Summerhall, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £14–£15

Mouthpiece Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £21

Since U Been Gone Assembly Roxy, Various dates from 14 Aug to 24 Aug, £10–£12

If You’re Feeling Sinister: A Play with Songs HH

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £15–£16.50

15:50

Modern Maori Quartet: Two Worlds Assembly George Square Studios, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £12–£14

Bible John

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £10–£12

Under Milk Wood theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–17 Aug, £8

15:55

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7

To Be or Not to Be?

Purgatory Is the Question Paradise in The Vault, 13–17 Aug, £8

16:00

Woke

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £13–£14

Home

Just Festival at St John’s , 16–17 Aug, £10

How Not to Drown HHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £22

Alfie and GeorgeCANCELLED

Hill Street Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £12

❤ The Patient Gloria HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £22

Claire Dowie’s When I Fall If I Fall Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £10

❤ Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster HHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £22

Resurrecting Bobby Awl Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £15

Citizens of Nowhere?

Sweet Novotel, 16–25 Aug, not 19, £16

Black Is the Color of My Voice

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 15 Aug to 26 Aug, £13–£14

The Man Who Planted Trees

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £13

(Ab)solution H

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2019: The Award

Ceremony

Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, £7

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7.50

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £15

❤ Trying It On HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23

Aug, £22

Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True

The Lyceum, 24–25 Aug, £20

This Time Will Be Different

Summerhall, 13–18 Aug, £10

Agent November Escape

Game: Robyn Yew

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

❤ The Red HHHH

Pleasance Dome, 14–26 Aug, £11–£13

Well That’s Oz Venue 13, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £12

❤ Crocodile Fever HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £22

Miijin Ki

Summerhall, 20–24 Aug, £10

A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego

Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10–£12

16:05

Trips and Falls theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–17

Aug, £9

Give Me Your Love

Summerhall, 25 Aug, £10

LipSync / Cumbernauld

Theatre

Summerhall, 14–17 Aug, £10

To Move In Time

Summerhall, 19–24 Aug, £10

The Feminazis theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £8

Voice of Authority theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £10

The Ballad of Mulan Assembly Rooms, 14 Aug, 16

Aug, 18 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £10–£12

Teach theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, £8

Scottee: Class Assembly Roxy, 14–25 Aug, not 19, 20, £12–£14

Moby Dick Assembly Rooms, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £10–£12

Bottoms Up! theSpace on the Mile, 13–17 Aug, £8

Luminescence

theSpace @ Venue45, 13–16 Aug, £5

16:10

Confirmation

Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, £9–£12

Brandy

theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £8

Mary’s Room theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, £8

The Try-Hards Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £7

Unknown Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £7.50

Predictably Irrational theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £10

Such Filthy F*cks

Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

E8

16:20

Chamberlain: Peace in Our Time Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–17 Aug, £11

Bleeding Black Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13 Aug, £11

16:25

Lorca: A Theatre Beneath the Sand

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £12

Love and Sex and All

Things In-Between theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £10

Unmeetables theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–18 Aug, £5–£10

Pleasance Dome, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£13

Julius Caesar Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–24 Aug, £10

Chagos 1971

ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, not 15, 22, £10

Ticker HH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 14–25 Aug, £10–£12

PAMALA Greenside @ Nicolson Square, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £7

16:15

The Djinns of Eidgah

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–18

Aug, £10

Inflatable Space HH

Assembly Roxy, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12–£14

The Castle Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £8

Enough Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £21

First Time

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £14.50

Apollo: Take 111 HH

Zoo Southside, 13–26 Aug, not 18, 25, £10

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £15

The Nights by Henry Naylor

HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £13–£14

Westminster Hour Part 2 Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Mirror Canon

theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £5

Progress ZOO Playground, 13–17

Aug, £10

A Payment Unkind

Sweet Grassmarket, 19–22

Aug, £10

The National and ELT Short Play Winners

Hill Street Theatre, 13–25

Aug, £12

Yellow

ZOO Playground, 18–26

Aug, £10

8:8

Summerhall, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24

Aug, 25 Aug, £8

Gone Full Havisham

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–25 Aug, not 18, 19, £10–£12

16:35

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7

16:40

16:55

Standard:Elite

Bedlam Theatre, 13–25

Aug, £11

Dorian Gray theSpace on the Mile, 19–23

Aug, £5

Ophelia Is Also Dead theSpaceTriplex, 13–17 Aug, £7

17:00

Sharon Stacy Statue Paradise in The Vault, 19–25

Aug, £7

Polaris Scottish Poetry Library, 13–24 Aug, not 18, 19, £8

Morning Glory

Planet Bar, 13–16 Aug, FREE

Tartuffe

Assembly Rooms, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £14–£15

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7.50

Want Some More theSpace on the Mile, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, £10

16:30

Honey HH

ZOO Playground, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

The Legacy of William Ireland

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £11.50

subsist

Sweet Grassmarket, 21–25 Aug, £9

Bedlam

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–18 Aug, £7

Everything I Do Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

The Incident Room Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £12.50–£14.50

Getting to Know Katie Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, £9–£11

Northanger Abbey French Institute, 13–24 Aug, not 14, 15, £12

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £7.50

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

❤ Typical HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25

Aug, £10–£12

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran HHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20

Aug, 25 Aug, £21

Faultlines

Carrubbers, 13–17 Aug, £9

Boswell

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £11.50

Drinking and

Unemployment: A New Play About Work

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–25

Aug, not 19, £6

The Last of the Pelican Daughters HH Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25

Aug, not 17, £11.50–£13.50

Fags, Mags and Bags

Underbelly, George Square, 13–26 Aug, £13.50–£15.50

16:45

Synesthesia the Musical Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 15–25 Aug, FREE

Arguing On-Air

C venues – C viva, 13–26 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

❤ Cat Hepburn: #GIRLHOOD HHHH

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£9

Mighty Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, £9–£11

CONSPIRACY

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25

Aug, £11–£12

Fragility of Man

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, £10–£12.50

16:50

Shit Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Number, Please. Paradise in Augustines, 13–25

Aug, not 18, £7

Darren McGarvey AKA Loki: Scotland Today The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14–25 Aug, £12

Underwater PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 14–15 Aug, FREE

Freak Show

Paradise in Augustines, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £15

Fawk Paradise in Augustines, 22 Aug, £15

Shakespeare in the Garden: The Comedy of Errors

C venues – C south, 14–26 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

Attila the Stockbroker

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, Various dates from 16 Aug to 24 Aug, FREE

Pathetic Fallacy

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £11

Confetti and Chaos

(Formerly The Wedding Reception)

Imagination Workshop, 14–26 Aug, not 20, 22, £45–£47.50

CACW – Cony’s Collection Stockbridge Church, 14 Aug, FREE

Agent November Escape

Game: Robyn Yew The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

Candy Factory Wee Red Bar, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12

Contact Light

Pianodrome at The Pitt, 19–24 Aug, £10

Giant Wolf Theatre –Playback

Leith Depot, 14–17 Aug, £5

That Bastard Brecht Paradise in Augustines, Various dates from 13 Aug to 20 Aug, £15

Drunk Lion

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 13–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

Sary Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

17:05

At This Stage

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 13 Aug to 23 Aug, £8

[BLANK] by Alice Birch and NYTP

theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £8

Parakeet Roundabout @ Summerhall, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £14–£15

Four Woke Baes

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £11.50–£12.50

If I Die on Mars

theSpace @ Venue45, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £8

Genesis: The Mary Shelley Play C venues – C cubed, 13–26 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

17:10

Not Black and White Pleasance Courtyard, 14–26 Aug, £8–£12

The Mystery of the Bonnie Sporran and the Loch Ness Monster theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Gun Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

Suffering from Scottishness Assembly Roxy, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £10–£12

Silence in Court Hill Street Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £12

17:15

My Best Dead Friend

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7

Apologies to the Bengali Lady Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Choose Your Own... Improv! Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £8

Lest You Forget Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–24 Aug, £8

Keith Moon: The Real Me

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–26

Aug, £11–£12

Scotlandsfest

Quaker Meeting House, 19–23 Aug, £5

Mr Nice Guy theSpace on the Mile, 13–24

Aug, not 18, £6

BoxedIn Theatre Presents:

Daphne, or Hellfire

Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £5

8:8

Summerhall, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24

Aug, 25 Aug, £8

Attila the Stockbroker

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 19–21 Aug, FREE

17:20

Bull theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–24

Aug, not 18, £10

Shut Up, Helen!

theSpace on North Bridge, 13–14 Aug, £9

Adrift

Venue 13, 13–17 Aug, £7

Conversations With Van Gogh

Zoo Southside, 13–25 Aug, £7–£10

Electrolyte Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, £13–£14.50

Hallowed Ground – Women

Doctors in War Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 13–25

Aug, not 19, £10

Tally Ho, Secret Several!

theSpace on North Bridge, 15–24 Aug, not 18, £9

I Can Make You Fail

Slightly Less

ZOO Playground, 13–26

Aug, £10

Wrath of Achilles Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Arlecchino Torn in Three Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £10

17:25

Woyzeck Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £10

17:30

Arthur HHH

Your Home, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £100

Order from Chaos Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £10

Superstar Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

And Before I Forget I Love

You, I Love You

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14–25 Aug, £10

My Mum’s a Twat Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

Yukon Ho! (Tall Tales from the Great White North) Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

I Am Mark

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 13–17 Aug, £10

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £7.50

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

The Letter Pleasance Dome, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £9–£12

❤ Bryony Kimmings:

I’m a Phoenix, Bitch HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £15–£17

Checkpoint Paradise in The Vault, 13–17 Aug, £10

CACW – Cony’s Collection Stockbridge Church, 13 Aug, 16 Aug, FREE

High Trees

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £5–£7.50

The Golden Fly Scottish Storytelling Centre, 21–25 Aug, £10

Franz and Marie: Woyzeck

Retold

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £10

17:35

The Long Road theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £12

Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree

C venues – C south, 13–17 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

There Is No Problem (Here) theSpace on North Bridge, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £8

Isabelle

C venues – C south, 18–26 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

Hello? Hello. theSpace on North Bridge, Various dates from 13 Aug to 23 Aug, £8

17:40

Die! Die! Die! Old People

Die!

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£10

Electric

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

17:45

❤ Daddy Drag HHHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Can You See Where I’m Coming From?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Cruise to Hell theSpace on the Mile, 13–17 Aug, £8

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

Mark Can’t Rap

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–18 Aug, FREE

My Name Is Irrelevant Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Perfect Sweet Novotel, 18–24 Aug, £8

A Short Cut to Happiness

ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, £10

17:50

Souvenirs Paradise in The Vault, 19–25 Aug, £10

Degrees of Guilt theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

Numbers

C venues – C aquila, 13–26 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Hitman and Her

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £11.50

18:00

Rowan Rheingans: Dispatches on the Red Dress

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 15–26 Aug, not 20, £8–£12

Aidan Goatley: Happy Britain Part 1

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25 Aug, £10

Noise Boys Assembly George Square, 14–25 Aug, £13–£16

Edinburgh TV Festival

Presents: Russell T Davies Assembly Hall, 20 Aug, £16.50

Out of Your Mind

Summerhall, 15 Aug, £6

Trainspotting Live Venue150 at EICC, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £19.50

Alice Hawkins –Suffragette

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 13–16 Aug, £8

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7.50

Sinatra: Raw Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £13.50

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £10

Questions for Quiz Shows Summerhall, 17 Aug, £6

Uncensored Summerhall, 21 Aug, £6

A Game of Death and Chance

Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

Everything I See I Swallow Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £13

Dada, Surrealism, Bowie and Pop: The Puzzle of Avant-Garde Art Scottish Arts Club, 14 Aug, 15

Aug, 17 Aug, £15

Agent November Escape

Game: Robyn Yew

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

A War of Two Halves Tynecastle Park, 14–26

Aug, £24

The Red Hourglass Scottish Storytelling Centre, 13–14 Aug, £13

Garlands

Summerhall, 19 Aug, £6

The Grape That Rolled Under the Fridge Summerhall, 13 Aug, £6

Our Man – Free Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 19–25 Aug, FREE

18:05

This Play Is Not About Me theSpace on the Mile, 23–24

Aug, £5

Vinyl Encore theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £9

The Good, The Bad and The Brexit theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–23 Aug, £11

baby-go-round theSpace on the Mile, 13–17

Aug, £10–£12

Ghostly Tales theSpace on the Mile, 19–22

Aug, £8

Auto-Nation theSpace @ Venue45, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £8

Rock’n’Roll Girls theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 13 Aug to 23 Aug, £8

18:10

The Last Bread Pudding theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £8

Liminality theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £12

18:15

The 900 Club Scottish Poetry Library, 20–24

Aug, £5

Rich B*tch – How to Make Money with the Power of Your Mind

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25 Aug, £8.50

❤ Until the Flood HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £21

Matt McGuinness: We Are What We Overcome Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 13–17 Aug, FREE

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

Paul Putner’s Embarrassment – Me and Madness (The Band) Frankenstein Pub, 14–25 Aug, £10

Mouthpiece Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £21

Low Level Panic The Royal Scots Club, 13–17 Aug, £10

18:20

Black and White Tea Room – Counsellor Assembly Rooms, 13–25 Aug, £12–£14

Trans Pennine theSpace on North Bridge, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, £9

Subject Mater Paradise in The Vault, 13–17 Aug, £14

Being Frank theSpace on North Bridge, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, £9

30 theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £9

Thief by Liam Rudden Hill Street Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £12

Between Us theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £9.50

Gut Buddies Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 20, £10

Who Cares Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £12

18:25

Love and Misinformation

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £12

If Mouth Could Speak ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, £8

Civilisation

Underbelly, Cowgate, 16–25 Aug, £10–£11

❤ Baby

Reindeer by Richard Gadd HHHHH

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £14–£16

Gobby

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–15 Aug, £10

FemFringe

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17 Aug, £5

SAGA

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £7

Confessions of the Romantically Challenged Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £7

18:30

Enough Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, £21

Trainspotting Live Venue150 at EICC, Various dates from 13 Aug to 26 Aug, £18–£19.50

That’s What She Said Scottish Poetry Library, 15–17 Aug, £9

Last Life: A Shakespeare Play Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £8

Play Before Birth Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £8

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Quaker Meeting House, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £6

In the Shadow of the Black Dog HH Assembly Rooms, 14–23 Aug, £10–£11

Nancy’s Philosopher Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 19–21 Aug, £10

A(Poke)alypse Now –Mamoirs of a Gieza; I’m

Still Here

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 13–24 Aug, not 17, FREE

8:8

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8

18:35

Heir Heads

theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £9

Pops HHH

Assembly Roxy, 13–25 Aug, £11–£12

Intolerable Side Effects

Zoo Southside, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £10

Hitler’s Tasters

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £11

18:40

Losing My Mindfulness

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Torch Town

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £7

Trust the Teenagers theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £6

Bismillah! An ISIS

Tragicomedy

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £10–£11

Drawn and Quartered

C venues – C cubed, 13–17 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

18:45

❤ Burgerz HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20

Aug, 25 Aug, £21

Minor Disruptions

Paradise in Augustines, 13–25

Aug, not 17, 18, £10

Miss AmeriKa

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £13

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 21

Aug, £21

Metamorphosis

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25

Aug, not 14, 21, £10

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Swallows

Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £5

18:50

The Graveyard Shift theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

Grit

Venue 13, 13–17 Aug, £7

Unicorn Party ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, not 18, £10

18:55

❤ Tokyo Rose HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £11–£12

Marie Lloyd Stole My Life theSpace on the Mile, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, £9

Kemp’s Jig theSpace on the Mile, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, £9

Macbeth HHH

C venues – C south, 13–26 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

Who Is Daniel King Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

19:00

How Not to Drown HHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £22

❤ The Patient Gloria HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £22

❤ Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster HHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £22

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7.50

Unnatural ELREC Room, 13–14 Aug, £5

Songs in the Key of Cree CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 13–18 Aug, £11

Dancing in the Moonlight –A Play About Phil Lynott

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–14 Aug, £11

❤ Trying It On HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £22

Dead Equal

Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 17, 18, 19, £12

Agent November Escape

Game: Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

Buzzing

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 15–26 Aug, £10

Gregory’s Girl

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £13

Green & Blue Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Marx in Soho

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £11.50

Static

ZOO Playground, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£10

❤ Crocodile Fever

HHHH Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £22

Nancy’s Philosopher Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 22 Aug, £15

Stand-Up Poet Imagination Workshop, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £11

Fawlty Towers Live Themed Dinner Show

The Fawlty Towers Dining Room at the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £62.50

Jock Tamson’s Bairns

Laughing Horse @ Ghillie Dhu, 21 Aug, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, FREE

Meatball Séance PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 14–24 Aug, FREE

Worldwidewestern French Institute, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 15, 19, £10

19:05

McNaughton theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

Vinyl Encore theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £9

Jewbana theSpace @ Venue45, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £9.50

44 Inch Chest theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

19:10

Sex Education Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

Just Like a Woman theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £8

Drone HHH Summerhall, 13–17 Aug, £14

Man on the Moon Summerhall, 20–25 Aug, £8–£12

19:15

HoneyBee

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

Appropriate by Sarah-Jane Scott Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

The Screwtape Letters

Palmerston Place Church, 19–21 Aug, £11

Neither Here Nor There Summerhall, 15–25 Aug, £10

Caliban’s Codex Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

Chameleon ZOO Playground, 14–26 Aug, £9

Blockbusters Palmerston Place Church, 22–23 Aug, £10

8:8

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8

19:20

Trans Pennine theSpace on North Bridge, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £9

Milkshake theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £8

Being Frank theSpace on North Bridge, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £9

Oh Yes Oh No HHH Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

19:25

Pick Up theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £6.50

Some Things are Meant to Be, Anna theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £10

Midges theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–17 Aug, £7

Shadow C venues – C aquila, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £8.50–£10.50

19:30

Faulty Towers the Dining Experience Imagination Workshop, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £52–£57.50

Mythos: Gods Festival Theatre, 19 Aug, £25 Roots Church Hill Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £25

Mythos: Men Festival Theatre, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £25

Second Honeymoon Mayfield Salisbury Church, 13–16 Aug, £12

Jottings from the Queen of Sheba St Patrick’s Church, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, £7

The Archive of Educated Hearts

Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 14 Aug to 26 Aug, £10–£12

Nan Shepherd: From Flaneur to Fiver Scottish Poetry Library, 20–22 Aug, £6

Tartuffe

Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre, 13–16 Aug, £12 Red Dust Road

The Lyceum, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, £20

Green Knight

Scottish Poetry Library, 13–14

Aug, £10

The Afflicted HHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £14

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £7.50

3,000 Trees: The Death of Mr William McRae Sweet Grassmarket, 13–25

Aug, £10

The Wild Unfeeling World Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £9–£11

From Judy to Bette: The Stars of Old Hollywood

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10–£11

A War of Two Halves

Tynecastle Park, 13 Aug, £24

Suddenly Last Summer St Ninian’s Hall, 13–17 Aug, £12

The Brooklyn Scotsman Hill Street Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £12

1902

Wee Red Bar, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12

Perfect Wedding

The Royal Scots Club, 19–24 Aug, £12.50

The Long Pigs

Assembly Roxy, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £14–£16

19:35

2 Clowns 1 Cup Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, £9

And Then They Died

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £7

Stanley HH theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £7

In Your Wet Dreams

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £7

Bost Uni Plues Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, £9

Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour

Outside the Beehive Inn, 13–31 Aug, £16

19:40

Arlecchino Torn in Three Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £10

19:45

Sugar

Sweet Novotel, 14–24 Aug, not 21, £7

Trainspotting Live

Venue150 at EICC, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £19.50

SHINE HH

Zoo Southside, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £10–£12

❤ America Is Hard to See HHHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £11–£12

Fudge

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

19:50

The Convoluted Adventures of Batman and Robin – An Adult Panto!

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £8

Conversations With Myself

C venues – C cubed, 13–17 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Being Frank About Sinatra

Paradise in The Vault, 13–25

Aug, not 18, £11

leaves

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £10

The Canary and the Crow Roundabout @ Summerhall, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £14–£15

19:55

Clouds theSpace on the Mile, 13–17

Aug, £10

Who Did I Think She Was?

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 13–25 Aug, FREE

20:00

Hamish Henderson: On the Radical Road

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £12

What Are You Wearing?

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 19–25 Aug, FREE

Total Immediate Collective

Imminent Terrestrial

Salvation HHH

The Studio, 13–25 Aug, not 19, 21, 24, £20

The Examination

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12.50–£13.50

2Elfth Night Paradise in Augustines, 13–25 Aug, not 18, £5

Oedipus

King’s Theatre, 14–16 Aug, £15

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7.50

HOTTER

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

There She Is

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £10

Hear Word! Naija Woman

Talk True

The Lyceum, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, £20

Hair of the Wild C venues – C at SESH

Hairdressing, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £8.50–£10.50

Agent November Escape

Game: Murder Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

Yours Sincerely HHH

Assembly Rooms, 14–24 Aug, £10–£11

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 19, £15

Smut Slam: Where Sexy and Storytelling Collide

The Safari Lounge, 14 Aug, £10

Lucy McCormick: Post Popular Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12–£14

Waiting for Godot

The Edinburgh Yes Hub, 22–26 Aug, £20

A Thatcher’s Guide to Dogging in Bungay

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, FREE

20:05

Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £12

Butterflies

ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, £10

Takin’ It Easy, 1916 theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £7.50 Doubt

ZOO Playground, 13–25 Aug, not 18, £7–£10

20:10

Dumbing Down Trauma?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 21 Aug, £10

It’s Beautiful, Over There Venue 13, 13–24 Aug, not 21, £10

Traumgirl HH Summerhall, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £12

Neglecting Midwives Gives Mothers PTSD

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, £10

Fake News Kills World!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22 Aug, £10

Does Sex Still Sell?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug, £10

Sex, Drugs and Bilingualism

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16 Aug, 18 Aug, £10

Art is Shit

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17 Aug, £10

The Very Well-Fed Caterpillar theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £7

This Show Will Make You Sharper!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14 Aug, £10

Obesity Bankrupted Our NHS!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug, £10

Don’t Bank on the Bankers

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug, £10

Traumboy HH Summerhall, Various dates from 14 Aug to 24 Aug, £12

Who Owns History?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13 Aug, £10

Are You a Problem Addict?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, £10

Blame It on the Algorithm!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug, £10

20:15

Fempire: Cleo, Theo & Wu by Kirsten Vangsness

Assembly Rooms, Various dates from 13 Aug to 23 Aug, £10–£11

School Gays

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £11

Trainspotting Live Venue150 at EICC, Various dates from 13 Aug to 26 Aug, £18–£19.50

Cactus

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, not 15, FREE

The Domestic theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £6–£8

Fempire: Mess by Kirsten Vangsness

Assembly Rooms, 15 Aug, 18 Aug, 21 Aug, 24 Aug, £10–£11

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 19, £15

The Brunch Club HH

Pleasance Pop-Up: Levels, 14–24 Aug, not 20, £9–£12

Up and Away

theSpace on the Mile, 13–17 Aug, £6–£8

20:20

Reservoir Dugs theSpace @ Venue45, 13–17 Aug, £10

The Good Scout HHH theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–24 Aug, £12

Tuck Into Poetry – A Lite

Bite of Cheese and Puns

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Section 28: The Legacy of a Homophobic Law theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

House of Hundred HHH

C venues – C aquila, 13–17 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

Listen, You Can Hear the Sound of No Hands

Clapping theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Hindsight HHH theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £11

20:25

Nothing to Hide theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24

Aug, £8

20:30

The Collection of Professor Novak

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 13–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

The Passion of the Playboy Riots

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 19–26 Aug, £12–£12.50

Only Fools the Cushty Dining Experience

Imagination Workshop, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, 22, £47.50–£52

Under the Floorboards

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13 Aug, £11.50

Seamonster, the Story

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 19 Aug, FREE

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £7.50

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 19, £15

A War of Two Halves Tynecastle Park, 14–26 Aug, £24

I’m Woman Sweet Grassmarket, 19–25 Aug, £9

The Greatest Theatrical Event... Ever!

Paradise in The Vault, 13–25 Aug, not 18, £10

Wait, What?

ZOO Playground, 13–15 Aug, £8

Contractions

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 14–18 Aug, £11.50

The Taming of the Shrew

The Royal Scots Club, 13–17 Aug, £10

20:35

The Last Bubble theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £8

Broken English theSpace on North Bridge, 19–23 Aug, £10

20:40

Hold On Let Go Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 20, £10

Skylar MacDonald’s Fact Machine

C venues – C aquila, 13–17 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

20:45

Footnotes HH Summerhall, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £12

Said and Done

Sweet Novotel, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £9

Before Dance Base, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £13

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 19, £15

Mouthpiece Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £21

Consumers Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £7

SAGA

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £7

Employ Me, You Cowards! Scottish Poetry Library, 13–23 Aug, not 18, 19, £7

20:50

Father Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £12

The Bald Soprano Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–24 Aug, £10

Bitch, Antigone theSpace on the Mile, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £12

20:55

Ejaculation – Discussions About Female Sexuality HHH

Summerhall, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £10

21:00

Rob Bell: An Introduction to Joy

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–19 Aug, £16

Enough Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, £21

Cadaver Synod Sweet Grassmarket, 19–25 Aug, £8.50

James Rowland’s A Hundred Different Words for Love

Summerhall, 14 Aug, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, 24 Aug, £12.50

James Rowland’s Revelations Summerhall, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £12.50

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, £7.50

Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–25 Aug, £12–£14

Blind Date HHH

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £11

How to Mend the World (With a Student Play)

theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

tEMPORARY sANITY

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–26 Aug, £11.50

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran HHH

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22

Aug, 23 Aug, £21

Agent November Escape

Game: Murder Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

Bullarena Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £10

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 19, £15

James Rowland’s Songs of Friendship

Summerhall, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £25

James Rowland’s Team

Viking

Summerhall, 13 Aug, 16 Aug, 20 Aug, 23 Aug, £12.50

McNaughton Scottish Arts Club, 14 Aug, £15

Making a Murderer: Part 2 – Brendan Dassey’s Post-Conviction Lawyers

Laura Nirider and Steven Drizin in Conversation

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–15 Aug, £19

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12

The People’s Boat Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

A Rock’n’Roll Suicide! Zoo Southside, 13–26 Aug, £10

21:10

More Fool You: Part I

Paradise in Augustines, Various dates from 14 Aug to 24 Aug, £10.50

Surveillance theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £10

Sherlock Holmes and the Conundrum of Conan Doyle theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £8

Hearty Summerhall, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £8–£10

The Words Are There

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £9–£11

The American’s Dream theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £10

More Fool You: Part II

Paradise in Augustines, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £10

21:15

❤ Burgerz HHHH Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £21

❤ Until the Flood HHHH Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £21

The Grandmothers Grimm Paradise in The Vault, 13–17 Aug, £9

Square Go Roundabout @ Summerhall, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £15–£17

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £15

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Voices We Hear

Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £5

21:20

The Populars Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

There’s Something Missing ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, £10

Sound Cistem ZOO Playground, 13–26 Aug, £10

Misfit Warrior theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, £10

Nine Months

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £10

21:30

Loud Poets: Best of Fringe

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £12

Trainspotting Live Venue150 at EICC, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £19.50

Father of Lies Sweet Novotel, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £9

❤ Coma HHHH

Summerhall, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £7.50

Wuthering Heights

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–15 Aug, £11.50

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £15

Splintered

Bedlam Theatre, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £10

Homer to Hip Hop: A History of Spoken Word

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 13–16 Aug, FREE

Time Please

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 22–26 Aug, £11.50

Everyman

theSpace on the Mile, 19–24

Aug, £9

21:35

amendments: A Play on Words

theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £10

Shakespeare Up Late! C venues – C aquila, 14–26 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Solitary Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, £10–£11

21:40

Ginger Johnson’s Happy Place

Pleasance Dome, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

Musik HH

Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, £15–£16.50

21:45

Mother and the Monster / Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 20–25 Aug, FREE

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £15

Our Saviour theSpaceTriplex, 13–17 Aug, £8

Brandi Alexander Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £9.50–£10.50

21:50

Before the Revolution Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£10

Glockenspielsexpartybavariagoodbye Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £8

The Last King of Porn Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £10

21:55

Bit of Sunshine Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–23 Aug, £7

Don’t Frighten the Straights!

Paradise in Augustines, 13–25 Aug, not 18, £8–£9

❤ Working On My Night

Moves HHHH

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

How to Mend the World (With a Student Play) theSpace on the Mile, 13–17 Aug, £8

22:00

How Not to Drown HHH

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £22

❤ The Patient Gloria HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £22

❤ Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster

HHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £22

One Summerhall, 22–24 Aug, £9–£12

Absolutely Reliable!

C venues – C cubed, 14–25

Aug, £9.50–£11.50

Monica: This Play Is Not About Monica Lewinsky

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £10

Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger theSpace on the Mile, 13–24

Aug, not 18, £12

❤ Trying It On

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £22

The Passion of the Playboy Riots

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–18 Aug, £11.50–£12

Agent November Escape

Game: Murder Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–25 Aug, £15

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £15

❤ Crocodile Fever

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18

Aug, 24 Aug, £22

Mental

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Pits

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £10–£11

I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron

Zoo Southside, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £10

22:05

To Fall in Love

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Die or Run

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £12

22:10

Mojo

theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Tang Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £8

No Fun and Games Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £5

My Father the Tantric Masseur

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £9–£11

22:15

Searchers Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10.50–£11.50

You Have a Match theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £10

The Nana Schewitz Pass-Me-Over Party PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 13–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

22:20

Ophelia Is Also Dead theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £7

22:30

Monogamy PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–26 Aug, £11.50

TGIF theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8–£9

Steve Lamacq: Going Deaf for a Living Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–16 Aug, £15

22:35

The Mannequin theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Listen, You Can Hear the Sound of No Hands Clapping theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £8

Svetlana Assembly George Square Studios, 14–25 Aug, not 20, £12–£13

Gigolo: Bold, Beautiful, Bizarre theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–24 Aug, £8

22:40

Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff) Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £11.50–£12.50

Redacted Arachnid C venues – C aquila, 13–17 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

Tess theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £12

Dissident Sausage theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £7–£8

22:45

❤ Boar HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £9–£11

22:50

The Bacchae Paradise in The Vault, 13–17 Aug, £9

22:55

The Slinks

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–26 Aug, £10–£11

23:00

Tricky Second Album Pleasance Dome, 13–18 Aug, £9–£11

Don’t Be Terrible

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, £9–£11

The Ladies Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

23:05

FemFringe

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–25 Aug, £5

23:10

Inferno, Kid

Paradise in Augustines, 13–17 Aug, £5–£7.50

Dead Parents Society Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £8

Defying Logic theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Eddie Izzard: Expectations of Great Expectations (WIP) Assembly George Square Studios, 19–20 Aug, £17.50

A Clockwork Orange Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–22 Aug, £8.50

Murder Ballads

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

23:15

Stoned, Stupid and Stuck (A Californian Fairytale) Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £9

Dissident Sausage

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £7–£8

O Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £10

23:20

Within Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £10

23:25

Pussy in Boots: The Adult Panto theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £9

23:30

Hot Flush

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 13–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

23:50

Beauty is Pain

Paradise in The Vault, 19–25 Aug, £8–£8.50

10:00

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (5+)

theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–17

Aug, £10

Moon Dragon for 5 and

Under (0+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Window (0+)

Paradise in Augustines, 13–17

Aug, £6

Microbodyssey (5+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–24 Aug, £9.50

Looking Down on Me (8+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–24 Aug, £7

Fox-tot! (0+)

The Edinburgh Academy, 13–16

Aug, FREE

10:15

CeilidhKids at the Fringe

– Free! (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13 Aug, FREE

10:20

Sparkle (3+)

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

10:30

Sail Away! (0+)

Stockbridge Church, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 24

Aug, £8

Romantic Romeo (5+)

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10–£11

Valentina’s Galaxy (3+)

Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh – Fletcher Building, 16–18 Aug, £8

Wriggle Around the World (0+)

Stockbridge Church, 13 Aug, 15

Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £8

Flamenco for Kids (0+)

C venues – C viva, 17 Aug, 24

Aug, £9.50

Celeste’s Circus (0+)

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £8

I Believe In Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, not 14, 19, £8.50–£11

Little Top (0+)

Pleasance at EICC, 13–17

Aug, £8

So You Think You Know

About Dinosaurs...?! with Dr Ben Garrod (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–17

Aug, £9–£11

Moonbird (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, not 20, £8.50–£10

Spec-tacular (3+)

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13–18 Aug, £11.50

Snow White and the Seven

Dwarfs (0+)

C venues – C south, 13–17 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

Comète (5+)

Assembly Checkpoint, 14–26

Aug, £9–£11

Children’s Silent Disco (5+)

City of Edinburgh Tours, 13–26

Aug, £10

One Duck Down (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, not 20, £8–£10

Shark in the Park (3+)

Assembly George Square, 13

Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 18

Aug, £10–£12

10:40

The Bubble Show (0+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 15–26 Aug, £10–£12

The Bubble Show (0+)

Assembly George Square, 13

Aug, £10

10:45

Hey Diddle Diddle (0+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–14 Aug, £8

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: The Magic Cutlass (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–19

Aug, £10–£13

10:50

Doodle Pop (3+)

Assembly George Square Studios, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10–£11

Rocket Girl (5+)

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, £9–£10

11:00

Rhyme Marmalade (5+)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo (3+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £14.50–£15.50

Tappuccino (5+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26 Aug, not 14, £7.50–£8.50

Valentina’s Galaxy (3+)

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – Fletcher Building, 13–15 Aug, £8

Bicycle Boy (5+)

Pleasance Dome, 16–18 Aug, FREE

Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall (0+)

Assembly George Square

Gardens, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £7.50

Rave & Behave (5+)

Pleasance Dome, 18 Aug, 24

Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, £11–£12

The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare (5+)

Assembly George Square

Studios, 13–17 Aug, £10–£12

Mr. Men and Little Miss On Stage (0+)

Underbelly, George Square, 13–26 Aug, £11–£12

A Long Road Home (3+)

Carrubbers, 13–17 Aug, £7

Grumpy Pants (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Africa Weird and Wonderful (0+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–23 Aug, FREE

Children’s Underground Ghost Show (5+)

City of Edinburgh Tours, 13–26

Aug, £8

Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret (0+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–15 Aug, £9

Games With James (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 16

Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, FREE

Sunshine (3+)

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25

Aug, £9–£10

Ned and the Whale (3+)

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 14–18 Aug, £9

Soundplay Dome (0+)

City Art Centre, 13–16 Aug, £5

Baby Loves Disco (0+)

The Jam House, 18 Aug, 24

Aug, 25 Aug, £8

Treasure Island (5+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–18

Aug, £8.50–£9.50

The Bureau of Untold Stories (3+)

Museum of Childhood, 13–18

Aug, FREE

11:05

Sina – The Girl Who Cast Her Shadow (5+)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog

Lothian Rd, 14–23 Aug, FREE

Red Riding Hood: The Panto (3+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Moon Dragon Babies for Under 1s (0+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26

Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

11:10

Dream Machine (5+)

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–18

Aug, £10–£11

Little Wings (5+)

theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £7.50

11:15

Bubble Show: Milkshake and the Winter Bubble (0+)

Gilded Balloon Patter

Hoose , 13–26 Aug, not 14, £8.50–£9.50

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free! (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13–25 Aug, not 15, 20, 22, FREE

Slime (0+)

Pleasance Pop-Up: Central Library, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £7–£8

Man vs Balloon: The Family Magic Show (5+)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 13–17 Aug, FREE

11:20

Shakespeare for Kids: Fools and Bottoms (0+)

C venues – C viva, 14–26 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

Dexter and Winter’s Detective Agency (5+) Roundabout @ Summerhall, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £10

Don’t Mess with the Dummies (3+) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £11.50–£12.50

11:25

Joyce (3+)

Assembly Roxy, 13–26 Aug, £11–£12

11:30

Fantastic Magic Show for Kids (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Rubbish Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £8.50–£10

The Greatest Magic Show (3+)

Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

Fox-tot! (0+)

The Edinburgh Academy, 13–16 Aug, FREE

Down with the Poetry King! (8+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–18 Aug, £8–£9

First Piano on the Moon: Will Pickvance (5+) Summerhall, 13–18 Aug, £12

Mustard Doesn’t Go with Girls (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–23 Aug, £9–£11

Big Tops and Tiny Tots Circus Show (3+) Imagination Workshop, 13–18 Aug, £10

11:40

The Fablesmiths (5+) Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 13–17 Aug, £7

11:45

Huggers (3+)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Beetlemania: Kafka for Kids (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£12

VIKING (8+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–18 Aug, £10–£11

11:50

Brave Macbeth (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–18

Aug, £8.50–£10

When Trolls Try to Eat Your Goldfish (5+)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao

Roma, 13–24 Aug, not 18, FREE

Walter the Wanderer, Book Reading and Colour-Along (3+)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 13–25 Aug, FREE

11:55

Danny the Champion of the World (3+)

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24

Aug, £8

The First King of England in a Dress (5+)

theSpaceTriplex, 13–17 Aug, £11–£12

12:00

Chores (3+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£10

The Showstoppers’ Kids Show (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–18 Aug, £9.50–£11

Colonel Mustard and the Big Bad Wolf (3+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–18

Aug, £9

Mr Fibbers Presents: Back in Tune (8+)

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–18 Aug, £6

Little Baby Bum (0+)

Assembly George Square, 13–18 Aug, £11.50–£13

Soundplay Dome (0+)

City Art Centre, 13–16 Aug, £5

Science Magic: Play with Your Food (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

12:10

I Hate Children Children’s Show (8+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–18 Aug, £11–£12.50

Girl Scouts vs Aliens (8+)

Assembly George Square Studios, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £10–£12

12:20

ComedySportz UK (8+)

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 13–17 Aug, FREE

12:30

Valentina’s Galaxy (3+)

Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh – Fletcher Building, 16–18 Aug, £8

Children’s Underground Ghost Show (5+)

City of Edinburgh Tours, 13–26

Aug, £8

Ogg ‘n’ Ugg ‘n’ Dogg (3+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–26

Aug, not 14, 21, £9–£10

The Maths Magic Show 2019 (8+)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Shakespearience (5+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–26 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

13:00

Basil Brush’s Family Fun Show (5+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–15 Aug, £11.50

Bicycle Boy (5+)

Pleasance Dome, 16–18

Aug, FREE

Splash Test Dummies (5+)

Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £11.50–£12.50

Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels (3+)

Pleasance at EICC, 15–16

Aug, £18

Children’s Haunted Underground Experience (5+)

Auld Reekie Tours Police Box, 13–26 Aug, £12

Story Builders (5+)

Lauriston Halls, 13–24 Aug, not 14, 15, 21, 22, £8

Bessy Bass Band’s Munchtime Music! (0+)

Stockbridge Church, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £10

13:05

Legend of Shadows (0+)

C venues – C south, 18–26 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

13:15

The Happy Prince (0+)

C venues – C aquila, 13–26 Aug, not 19, £10.50–£12.50

The Amazing Bubble Man (0+)

Underbelly, George Square, 13–26 Aug, £11–£12

Science Magic: Play with Your Food (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

13:25

Switch Witchetty’s Almanac of Everything (5+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £8–£9

The New and Improved I Hate Children Children’s Show (8+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–24 Aug, £11–£12

13:30

Heat Transfer Printing Workshop (12+)

White Stuff, 17 Aug, £15

The Red Balloon (5+)

Sweet Grassmarket, 22–25

Aug, £8

The Listies: Ickypedia (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–18 Aug, £7.50–£10

Little Top (0+)

Pleasance at EICC, 13–17

Aug, £8

Double Bubble Trouble (0+)

Sweet Grassmarket, 13–18

Aug, £7

Feast of Fools (5+)

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 15–18 Aug, £8

Children are Stinky (3+)

Assembly George Square

Gardens, 13–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £8–£10

Alice and the Little Prince (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–18 Aug, £7–£9

13:45

I’ll Take You to Mrs Cole! (8+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–26 Aug, £10–£12

13:50

Our Teacher’s a Troll! (5+) Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £6

14:00

Valentina’s Galaxy (3+)

Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh – Fletcher Building, 13–15 Aug, £8

Ned and the Whale (3+)

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–18 Aug, £9

Soundplay Dome (0+)

City Art Centre, 13–16 Aug, £5 Huggers (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Baby Loves Disco (0+)

The Jam House, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £9

14:15

Captain Jake and the Search for the Red Queen (0+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–18

Aug, £7.50–£9.50

14:30

Sail Away! (0+)

Stockbridge Church, 13 Aug, 15

Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £8

Valentina’s Galaxy (3+)

Royal Botanic Garden

Edinburgh – Fletcher Building, 16–18 Aug, £8

Wriggle Around the World (0+)

Stockbridge Church, Various dates from 18 Aug to 24

Aug, £8

Junior Jungle Rave (3+)

Underbelly, Central Hall, 17 Aug, FREE

Circus Sonas Family Show (0+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

Children’s Haunted Underground Experience (5+)

Auld Reekie Tours Police Box, 13–26 Aug, £12

A Massaoke Night at the Musicals (All Ages) (3+)

Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 17 Aug, £18

15:00

Me and the Mask –Commedia dell’Arte (5+)

Italian Cultural Institute, 15

Aug, 22 Aug, £8

Bicycle Boy (5+)

Pleasance Dome, 16–18

Aug, FREE

Superhero Academy: Environmental Adventure! (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–18 Aug, £7–£9

Wind in the Willows (3+)

Inveresk Lodge Garden, 17 Aug, £10

Soundplay Dome (0+)

City Art Centre, 13–16 Aug, £5

15:05

The First King of England in a Dress (5+) theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £11–£12

15:15

Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels (3+)

Pleasance at EICC, 15–16 Aug, £18

Fantastic Flatulence and Where to Find It (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–25 Aug, FREE

15:35

Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure for Kids (0+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13–18 Aug, £10–£11

15:50

Jarred Christmas and Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show (5+)

Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, £10–£11

16:00

Soundplay Dome (0+) City Art Centre, 13–16 Aug, £5

16:10

The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen (8+)

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14–25 Aug, £9

16:30

Morgan & West: Unbelievable Science (5+)

Assembly George Square, 13–25 Aug, not 21, £11.50–£12.50

Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show (3+)

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 14–25 Aug, £10.50

ComedySportz UK (8+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13–17 Aug, FREE

17:00

Amazing Prize Family Bingo (5+)

Lauriston Halls, 16–24 Aug, £4

17:30

The Dark Room (For Kids!) (12+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–24 Aug, £10–£11

17:35

Comedy Club 4 Kids (5+)

Assembly Roxy, 13–25 Aug, not 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, £10

18:40

Alice in Wonderland (5+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £8.50

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Edinburgh Festival #3: Reuben Kaye

What’s going on at the Fridge?

Now this may look like the fridge of a paranoid crack addict with tin foil over his head so the voices stop. But in fact it is the fridge of an international cabaret star and part-time hood ornament under the influence of prescription meds and delusions of grandeur. A man whose self esteem rests at a notch above Kafka’s. A man who’s ready for anything and yet... nothing at all.

I’d show you my freezer but the £3k a month rent I’m paying in my AirBnB doesn’t include a freezer. Or running water. I have resorted to showering in my reviews and the love of the people of Edinburgh. I wouldn’t say I’m clean but I’m happy.

9:30pm – 10:40pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 7, 21

£13–£14

You can donate non-perishables at my venue Assembly Checkpoint. People with good cocaine and the ability to make French pastry please come to the front. As should anyone with the contact details of the Argentinian Men’s Water Polo Team.

Reuben Kaye Assembly Checkpoint