Fest Issue 2 2022

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8 Alienation Never

Felt Better

12 Bianca vs Myra

Randy Feltface takes on the world

15 Bring it Online Fringe stars going viral

Comedy

21 Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa The sit down stand-up

A waspish chat with Bianca Del Rio and Myra DuBois Theatre

36 Good Grief Profound and riotiously funny

Kids

60 Brotipo Stripped back circus

Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus

51 The Chosen Haram Astonishing circus and storytelling

64 Map & Listings

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

Image credits (top to bottom, left to right): Iain Laidlaw; Matt Crockett; Steve Ullathorne; Rebecca Need Menear; Jack Ehlen; Glen McCarty; Youssef Shoufan

Julia Donaldson's Perfect Day

Best-selling author of The Gruffalo gives us the lowdown on her perfect day in Edinburgh

Morning

If I go out for breakfast I might head to the Fortuna Cafe on Queen Street. It’s quite close to where we stay when in Edinburgh – the coffee is great and the staff are lovely. As are their pastries.

There’s a nice walk from Dean Village to Stockbridge along the Water of Leith. I sometimes go there with a book and sit on a bench whilst the world walks by.

The best show that clashes with ours? I would have to say The Smeds and the Smoos at Pleasance Courtyard. Luckily for us it is being performed on our day off so I might get the chance to see it. I am also quite intrigued by the giant puppet show Dragons and Fantastical Beasts at McEwan Hall.

Fortuna Coffee Bar

Water of Leith

Dean Village

Image: Courtesy of Fortuna

Image: Michaela on Unsplash

Photo: Cameron Deanston

Afternoon

For lunch I would suggest Howies on either Waterloo Place or Victoria Street where you get Scottish food at its very best.

I love strolling around the Royal Botanic Garden, and there are plenty of benches to flop on if the strolling gets tiring.

Evening

My favourite restaurant for supper is Cafe Marlayne on Thistle Street. It isn’t a big restaurant and has a brilliant reputation so we have to plan ahead if we want to go there.

We are big fans of the Edinburgh Filmhouse. We can walk there and there are always really interesting films, sometimes foreign ones with subtitles which I like because my hearing isn’t great.

We’ve booked for Ibn Battuta: The Traveller of Time which promises to be a brilliant musical experience, and for a play called Bloody Difficult Women, about the court case against Theresa May. And because our own show is in Underbelly’s Purple Cow we get free passes to see any Underbelly show which isn’t fully booked, and that is bound to mean some great comedy shows.

People think that The Gruffalo lives in a deep dark wood but actually he lives in a cave and has been scared away from woodland by the mouse in the story. So maybe you could find him in the Edinburgh Vaults under the South Bridge, if you go on one of the historic or ghost tours. No promises though. For all I know he might have ventured out to Arthur’s Seat.

SHOW The Gruffalo, the Giant and the Mermaid with Julia Donaldson

VENUE: Underbelly, George Square

TIME: 11:00am – 12:00pm, 4–29 Aug, not 15

Filmhouse

Julia Donaldson and The Gruffalo

Royal Botanic Gardens

Image: Courtesy of Filmhouse

Image: Michaela on Unsplash

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Alienation Never Felt Better

Tamara Mathias jumps on an extraordinary Zoom call with our favourite purple comedian to chat about bad felt days, the climate emergency and his longawaited return to the Fringe

It’s been six years since Randy Feltface graced the Edinburgh Fringe with his cerebral, digressive brand of funny. Since then the globetrotting puppet has released five specials, made his American TV debut and found fame on YouTube and TikTok. “The last time I was at the Fringe I got nominated for best comedy, so I thought it best never to return!” he says.

Luckily for audiences, the apocalypse is coming and the planet is dying, which means Randy’s return to Edinburgh can shake us all out of our pessimistic inaction. As can be expected from someone adept at performing from the waist up, the puppet’s Zoom call manner is impeccable. Dressed in a spiffy blue waistcoat and chequered tie, he breaks into a trademark jig when the word ‘Edinburgh’ is brought up. “I am SO EXCITED to perform for a Scottish audience again. What I’ve noticed when I’m on tour now is that people who’ve

seen me on the internet are showing up to see me in real life. It’s so much fun and I’d love to see how that phenomenon translates to the Fringe. Besides, I can never have a bad felt day in Edinburgh weather.”

So far, Randy has written a novel and started a religion (it helped that he already had a cult following), so it comes as little surprise he’s now here to save the world with some welltimed reflections from an outsider’s perspective. For a generation mired in climate change, political disillusionment, an energy crisis and a fast-spreading viral disease, there is a tendency to become disenchanted with the idea of working towards change, simply because achieving a utopian future seems impossible.

With his new show Alien of Extraordinary Ability, Randy takes on the Sisyphean task of challenging that mindset in a theatrical performance. There’s music, swearing and ‘all the bells and whistles that come with a Randy Feltface live stage event’, even as he aims to deliver audiences with (a glimmer? A ray? Randy will accept even a soupçon of) hope. After all, the only way forward is living in the now and recognising that working toward an imperfect, but improved, future is a worthy goal in itself.

“I’m talking about the eradication of species, evolution and my own personal extinction,” he says. “While there’s a lot to be angry about at the moment, I just want to celebrate that we’re still here and there’s still time.”

For Randy, fighting the good fight is personal. Like many endangered creatures, he’s the last of his kind. A fact which makes him passionate about social change. “I spent the COVID-19 lockdown like everyone else – baking

"I’m talking about the eradication of species, evolution and my own personal extinction"

Photo: Ian Laidlaw

all the bread, planting all the vegetables and having all the existential crises. But I also got a lot of writing done and I’ve spent the last year touring with two shows concurrently. My tolerance for intolerance is at an all time low and I’m going to unapologetically use my platform to say exactly what I want and have a very nice time.”

As an alien who spends his days traveling the world, Randy admits he is not quite the person of colour people are accustomed to meeting. “I’ve never experienced xenophobia since no one has ingrained biases about the way I look. So I’m in this incredible position of privilege to disarm folks and then talk about a whole range of subjects,” he explains. “If I walk on stage as a bearded, 41-year-old white man, the audience will have preconceived ideas of what the show might be. When I look like this, they’re curious and I can sneak a few more things in.”

Randy tells stories about his experiences as an alien – an identity he’s never felt more acutely than when the American immigration department required him to demonstrate he had exceptional talent in order to enter the United States. “The visa is actually only granted if you can show that you are an ‘Alien of Extraordinary Ability’,” Randy laughs. “Somehow this idea of proving one’s worth as an artist really made me think.”

The result is a show that aims to envision a path forward from the chaos that is now, and the Armageddon that is tomorrow. For a puppet inclined to be verbose, Randy has a surprisingly succinct answer when asked what he hopes the legacy of his new performance will be: “I just want people to have a good time.” Just kidding. His exact words were, “Financial security for me and conscious escapism for my audience.”

Either way, the Randy we know does possess an extraordinary ability – he manages to challenge audiences to introspect, learn and grow, all while doubling over with laughter.

VENUE: Assembly George Square Studios

TIME: 9:15pm – 10:15pm, 3–28 Aug, not 15

SHOW Randy Feltface: Alien of Extraordinary Ability

Photo: Ian Laidlaw

Bianca vs Myra

Bianca Del Rio and Myra DuBois are used to touring together but now perform their separate shows in Edinburgh. We sat down for a waspish chat

Interview: Ben Venables

Ben: How would you describe each other’s shows?

Bianca: Well, what’s funny is I’ve never seen a full Myra show. So this will be the first time I actually get to be an audience member.

Myra: I too have never really seen a full Bianca show. I have been in the building while they’ve been happening, but I turn the monitor off.

Bianca: Don’t you lie! The monitor never works in your room.

Myra: No, I always make sure I watch Bianca because I want to learn. Because, you know, sometimes it’s important to learn what not to do.

Bianca: The thing is, after Myra goes on I have to go on and bring some beauty to the evening. Usually, we get to hear certain jokes here and there from the wings, but I have not sat down and watched a full Myra show. I’m looking forward to getting to do it at the festival for the first time.

Myra: It’s not that we’ve seen each other’s work and liked it, it’s more that we make each other laugh in real life. I think that goes a long way. It’s less about being on stage, it’s more about how you get on in a dressing room.

Bianca: For me, when I’m touring in the UK and Myra opens I know I can trust her. I know that she knows what she’s doing. I know that she’s a professional. You don’t want somebody that’s a bigger pain backstage than they are onstage.

Ben: The difference here in Edinburgh though is that this is Bianca’s first time at the Fringe, whereas Myra is a seasoned performer here, if you don’t mind me describing you that way Myra?

Bianca: He just called you old.

Myra: Yes, he’s saying ‘It’s your first time

Bianca Del Rio

Photo: Matt Crockett

"We’ll do anything"

Bianca Del Rio

doing the Fringe, Bianca, but Myra’s career has stagnated for five years’!

Bianca: Well, I don’t think he needed to explain the obvious... I think since I met Myra, and it’s been eight years, I’ve been chasing whatever was in front of me. In my life I have a lot of, ‘Well, you should come to do this, then you should do that’. And the Fringe is a different thing. I’m like, let’s go, let’s try this, let’s do the challenge. Also, I get to see other performers.

Ben: Is it particularly nice to do all these things because we’re coming back from the pandemic?

Bianca: Last August, right after the pandemic, I was amazed because the audiences were exciting, they were fun, they were energetic. I think everybody had this built up energy from being at home. During the pandemic, what Myra and I both talked about was: are we ever going to work again? Is there ever going to be an audience? Are we ever going to have people wanting to see us?

Myra: And, I’ve certainly come out of it with a ‘say yes to everything’ attitude. There were moments in the pandemic where I thought, will I ever get to stand on a stage and do what I do again? Now, every time someone wants me to do something, if I can fit it in, I’ll do it.

Bianca: And no offence, Ben, but we’re doing this interview with you. We’ll do anything.

Ben: Now, Bianca has come to the UK, are there plans for, or have you been, Myra, to support Bianca in America at all?

Myra: No, I fucking haven’t! She won’t pay for a visa for me.

Bianca: You wouldn’t believe what we have to pay in hotel room fees after she leaves. I’m not gonna say much, but last time we were in Scotland we were charged a pet fee for Myra’s room. A pet fee was involved and added to the bill.

SHOW Myra DuBois’ A Problem Shared

VENUE: Underbelly, Bristo Square

TIME: 7:45pm – 8:45pm, 3–28 Aug, not 16

SHOW Bianca Del Rio: Unsanitized

VENUE: Pleasance at EICC

TIME: 9:30pm – 10:30pm, 18–26 Aug, not 22

Myra DuBois

Photo: Holly Revell

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Bring it Online

The Sugarcoated Sisters and Kylie Brakeman chat about their experiences on TikTok

Interviews: Funmi Lijadu

The Sugarcoated Sisters have a TikTok audience of almost 400,000. Together, Chloe and Tabby Tingey perform satirical songs and aren’t afraid of getting personal. A video they shared in March – on their experiences with diabetes and bipolar disorder respecively –struck a chord, with the video currently at 1.2 million likes and counting.

“When we first joined the app we weren’t going into it to do musical comedy,” Chloe says. “But we started scrolling and realised there’s comedy on here, there’s acting on here. And then we went, ‘oh we could do that’.”

Tabby adds: “Performance is a really interesting landscape to navigate. I trained as an actress and Chloe trained as a musician. But

The Sugercoated Sisters

Photo: Steve Ullathorne

when I was at drama school, I was always told by our mum that I should do comedy. We have quite a big family and we have always had comedy as a form of catharsis for dealing with things. Everything has always come back to comedy for us.”

The Sugarcoated Sisters explore everything from the mundane to the problematic in their videos. As Tabby explains: “Feminism is political and misogyny is political. It’s all interlinked; satire has been around for as long as people were standing up and talking about things. Performance is a refreshing way for us to deal with things that are going on in the world and it’s also a universal language, really.”

For the duo, there is a difference between performing virtually and performing live, with Chloe noting that on TikTok “the video sinks or swims within the first 24 hours”. There’s also the dynamic spirit of live performance, which can’t be fully replicated online.

“When you’re doing a comedy song where there’s audience interaction, laughing and they’re reciprocating something in that moment, it’s like all of the songs are alive, there’s push and pull there,” Tabby says. “And it’s like, how far can we go in this section? There’s a level of judging it as you go along.”

Kylie Brakeman also arrives at the Fringe with a healthy social media following. The US comedian and actor is known for thrilling her 186,000 TikTok followers with socially relevant quips and zany ‘wine mom’ characters. But Kylie’s journey started on the stage before she ever built a following online.

“I was doing improv in college for a full year and it instilled a lot of the rules of comedy in me,” she says. “Then when the pandemic hit, everything shut down. I was making videos to hold myself accountable and I never thought that they would blow up in the way that they

did. It became part of the routine of ‘okay, you get up, it’s another day in quarantine, we’ll try and make a video’. And if not, we do a puzzle.”

Brakeman has garnered audiences across multiple social platforms including TikTok, Instagram and Twitter. Noting the differences, she says, “Each site wants something completely different. Twitter wants cerebral topical stuff but the second Twitter can sense that you tried at something, it immediately turns people off. On Instagram, I feel like that’s my comfort zone right now for sketches. TikTok is a mystery to me. There are these kids with seven million followers and I’m like, I will never compete with them.”

The virtual sphere, where follower counts mean so much, may seem like a difficult place to compete but both Brakeman and The Sugarcoated Sisters can argue that they’ve surpassed this world by turning their online success into a fully-fledged Fringe debut. Chloe and Tabby reiterate a number of times how grateful they are to be able to bring their work to a live audience, while Brakeman is keen to interact with that audience as much as possible

“There’s going to be a little bit of audience interaction,” she says. “My favourite moments on stage are when I find something new. If the

audience says something unexpected and you’re able to bat it off, it can be a very fun moment because nobody knows what’s going to happen next.”

Speaking of what to expect from their show Bittersweet, Tabby says: “Men are overrepresented in comedy and we’re not happy about it. You’ll love one of our songs in the upcoming show. It’s called Women Aren’t Funny.”

Chloe adds: “It features us as men talking about how unfunny women are and satirising men complaining about cancel culture.”

The general aim for The Sugarcoated Sisters with this show is to celebrate womanhood and female perspectives, but with a side of tenderness and biting humour as well.

Brakeman, meanwhile, aims to critique power structures in her comedy: “I always like to try and punch up as much as possible.

A coach once told me that you have to have sympathy for your character no matter what. And I like to try and punch up and sideways.

“I think I’m generally attracted to stories with women who are delusional,” she says. “I think delusion is very funny. I’m trying to put myself out there and have a delusional, hopeful summer. You have to be slightly delusional to succeed, that’s what I’m learning.”

SHOW Sugarcoated Sisters: Bittersweet

VENUE: Just the Tonic at The Caves

TIME: 8:50pm – 9:50pm, 4–28 Aug, not 15, 22

SHOW Kylie Brakeman Presents: Linda Hollywood’s Big Hollywood Night

VENUE: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

TIME: 7:00pm – 8:00pm, 3–28 Aug, not 17

Photo: Stamptown

Kylie Brakeman

(Re)Launch Party

Photography: Dalila D'Amico

Believe it or not, Fest celebrates its 20th anniversary this August and so naturally, a banging party was in order.

First launched as a thrice-weekly paper in 2002 by a pair of young journalists (Helen Pidd, now the North of England editor at The Guardian, and Dan Lerner), we’re now proud to be a long-serving official media partner to the Fringe with market-leading criticism, award-winning writers and a burgeoning presence in Adelaide, Australia.

All of this and more make this year’s magazines extra special but we were also keen to mark our grand return after a pandemic-induced hiatus. So as well as the beautifully updated design you have in your hands, we threw a lovely

shindig for our industry friends and colleagues at Fruitmarket to honour the anniversary.

Fueled by delicious local ginsmiths Pickering’s, we danced the night away to tunes supplied by The Skinny and Fest DJs. All guests were also treated to free tote bags co-branded by our friends at From Start to Finnish, which included delicious Blanco Niño tortilla chips and cans of post-social replenishment drink Bounce Back.

A big thank you to everyone that made it along on the night and to The Skinny’s Tom McCarthy for all his efforts with the planning and organisation. See you next year?

Comedy Reviews

Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa: Monsoon Season

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TIME: 1:55pm – 2:55pm, 4–28 Aug, not 15, 16

There are no great revelations in Vidura Bandara Rajapaska’s anecdotal Fringe hour, no radical reinvention of the stand-up form. Indeed, in this relaxed, undemanding afternoon show, which he performs seated throughout, only occasionally leaning forward to make the mildest emphasis, the much-travelled 27-year-old Sri Lankan gives the impression that comedy is only the latest phase in his

drifting vagabond existence, hardly his vocation. Regardless, he’s a gifted storyteller and has already lived quite the cross-continental life, having spent time in the US, Malaysia and Berlin after departing his homeland, before ultimately arriving in the UK.

He offers a well-judged balance of personal material and informed cultural analysis, on everything from Buddhist militancy to Teutonic sex clubs. Even when the whips and chains are flailing, he remains a wry, detached observer. And when it emerges that a girlfriend has

been covertly using him as an ethnic case study for her thesis, he’s not outraged but incredulous, envisioning the ridiculous logical end point of her method. At various times poor or comfortable, marginalised or accepted, privileged or disenfranchised, depending on where he’s been, Rajapaska is especially compelling on the immigrant experience. He marvels at the illegal daring of his gay friend in Malaysia. And he has a keen satirical eye for inequality, coercing you into seeing afresh aspects of Western and UK society that you’d otherwise take for granted. Shared in a light, unshowy spirit of connection, it makes for a thoroughly enjoyable debut. ✏︎

Jay Richardson

Photo: Rebecca Need-Menear

VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive)

Sophie Duker: Hag

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VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: times vary, 3–28 Aug, not 17

In 2019, Sophie Duker made her Edinburgh debut with Venus, a show about her life as a Black, pansexual woman. It earned her an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination for Best Newcomer; she was the first Black woman ever to be up for the award – but now she’s back, older, wiser and

mature enough to properly speak her mind. “I don’t know what your dreams are, but I know they’re stupid,” she says to a group of innocent-looking 19-25-year-olds (the worst years, according to Duker). She means business.

It takes a while to kickstart the main narrative of Hag, but once it does, it flies. With gleeful knowingness, she takes us back to her childhood spent in Ghana with her “power stinking” Granny, affectionally known as Ma. But it is the tales from her journey on a lesbian cruise, alongside “700 adult women”– that she “accidentally” and “deliberately” ended up

on in her early 20s that get the most belly laughs.

It is a whirlwind of sexual awakening – and we are right there with her. There’s an elaborate and bawdy re-enactment of heterosexual sex, where she likens the role of women to a cup. She urges us, over and over again to have a threesome. It’s spikier and more frisky than her first show, but Duker’s gentle prodding of her audience for being white and rich remains. Not scared to push the boundaries, she has perfected a cool-girl persona that has us clinging to her every word. ✏︎

Anya Ryan

Photo: Sarah Isaacs

ALOK HHHHH

VENUE: Traverse Theatre

TIME: 9:00pm – 10:00pm, 9–21

Aug, not 15

Alok Vaid-Menon moves from playful to intense and intense to playful in a many-hued hour of comedy and poetry. Their delivery is similarly layered. Sometimes their voice stabs with staccato rhythms, beating with a resolute purpose. Western traditions and institutions are compared to a performative art; the strange preoccupation people have when asked to enlarge their

vocabulary is called out for its hypocrisy. These parts of the show rise to the familiar crescendo of stand-up routines. But then, with a weightless subtlety, ALOK is voicing a poem about their grandfather’s last days. We find ourselves leaning forward, to catch their murmur, because the tenderness of their grief heals like song.

ALOK creates vivid pictures from their family history, such as their father’s bribes to cheer them on to the sports field. Not that ALOK plays ball, an irony given today’s culture war about sports. Later, they present a concise history of medicine. A history which in-

forms a current lack of refinement, forcing doctors to hand out non-diagnoses which are no more than a blame game. It’s a situation which leaves patients in flailing attempts to find answers elsewhere – hypnotism via Zoom, anyone?

If the enraged spleens that blame outsiders for the collapsing structure of western civilisation are correct, it perhaps isn’t unreasonable to ask those with experiences such as ALOK to help replace it. At least then it’d be a civilisation with nuance. Meanwhile, more modestly, we can settle for a comedy hour with a refreshing point of view.

✏︎ Ben Venables

Photo: Lottie Amor

Sarah Keyworth: Lost Boy HHHHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 5:40pm – 6:40pm, 3–28 Aug, not 16

This is not the show that Sarah Keyworth had wanted to perform. But, after a year dominated by coronavirus, grief and the breakdown of their five year relationship, a

“silly” show where they were supposed to be carried in by a wrestler just didn’t feel right. Instead, most of their jokes come from moments of difficulty and upset. They are in sessions with “the cheapest therapist in London”, whose sky-high prices make them aware of the cost of every second that ticks by. Their “covid-casualty” break-up has meant they could write a “thesis” in the art of female masturbation. They even started sleeping with their best friend of 10 years. Spoiler, they

are now together, but that only means Keyworth has to constantly fight against not being a paedophile for first meeting her when she was 16. Still, it is as tender as it is amusing. Keyworth speaks fondly of their friend and writing partner, Paul Byrne who passed away last year. He was the funniest person, they tell us –and it certainly seems like they had a blast. To cheer them up in lockdown, he even made an X-rated version of a Where’s Wally puzzle, with a willy hidden instead to find.

Anya Ryan

Photo: Matt Crockett

Stewart Lee: Snowflake

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VENUE: The Stand’s New Town Theatre

TIME: 1:50pm – 2:50pm, 3–28

Aug, not 15, 16

You’ll likely have an opinion on Stewart Lee. There’s a good chance that it’s related to your politics – he’s beloved of sensitive left-leaning types and singled out for savage opprobrium by right wing grifters, who view him as a torchbearer for politically correct comedy. Even for those who find themselves in agreement with the gist of Lee’s social commentary, the shows can be hard work, heavy on repetition and of deconstruction of the form, punctuated with the odd conventional joke – but only to show you that he can, how easy this is.

Snowflake is a magnificent hour of comedy. Lee is at his irrepressible best, hitting the sweet spot between meandering subversion and punchy, instant laughs. Few are better at playing to a small club with a mic and righteous fury – but there’s adventure here, some production value for your entrance fee; a bespoke neon sign bearing the show’s title, an acoustic guitar waiting to be played, and a dress code – Lee is kitted out in a baby blue suit jacket more befitting of a Eurovision host than the gritty, sweary, shouty voice of the liberal elite.

The narrative focus sees Lee reckon with and reflect on his role in the current comedy

landscape. He plays with the idea that comedians “can’t say anything”, but simultaneously get to say all of those things in exchange for considerable streaming dollar. Hardly a groundbreaking observation, but it’s how he does it. There’s a gleeful spring in his step as he goes about his business. A wordless stretch about Ricky Gervais’ Sisyphean struggle to “say the unsayable” ranks as one of his best ever bits.

Fury aside, the whole thing feels like a celebration of stand-up. He acknowledges those lonely pandemic years and breaks character to disarmingly tell us how he missed playing to audiences, recommending half a dozen shows at his hour’s conclusion. It seems like he’s having fun. The king of woke, politically correct comedy? Long live the king. ✏︎ Craig Angus

Photo: Idil Sukan

Sam See: Government Approved Sex

VENUE: Laughing Horse

@ The Counting House

TIME: 7:30pm – 8:30pm, 4–28 Aug

It is, you have to admit, an intriguing title. What happens when a gay comedian is asked to run a series of sex seminars in the National Library of Singapore, a nation where being a gay anything is definitely not encouraged? He takes the job and writes a show about it, naturally. Quite a few weeks it was too, as those panel discussions were the catalyst for an intense affair with a leading medical figure, and an eventual revelation that leads See to look at relationships in a whole new light. And he’s very keen to share the knowledge he amassed during that process: you will walk out of this show armed with facts about our procreational proclivities that should enliven even the dreariest dinner party. Not that our host is big on important take-homes: “Don’t take advice from comedians!” he yelps, and cites the ludicrous amounts many comics are gambling to stage Fringe shows. Admittedly that’s the set-up for an excellent bucket speech – there’s an entertaining donation chart, and rewards – and lots of thought has clearly gone into this show generally. It has

a bit of everything: romance, global politics, explicit sex scenes, graphs, a virginity guessing game and, most importantly, Sam See, who radiates effervescent positivity even when the subject turns darker.

He even provides branded hand-fans, having played the toasty Attic before –which then advertise this show everywhere else they’re flapped, of course. See really has thought of everything. ✏︎ Si Hawkins

Photo: Nicholas Yeo

Jazz Emu

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VENUE: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

TIME: 9:15pm – 10:15pm, 8–21 Aug

In the way he moves his limbs and body, as though they’re separate from each other, but still somehow in sync, Jazz Emu is like someone crossed Jarvis Cocker with his eponymous flightless bird. His absurd physicality, added to impressive wordsmithery and musical aptitude, puts Jazz

Emu up there as a master of most of the trades he’s plying.

Emu’s back after a disastrous 2016 Scandinavian gig where he accidentally insulted one of his biggest fans, and this is his mission to get everyone in the world to like him again. With his dad on his back – beaming in on FaceTime to explain how disappointed in him he is –and an irate goblin to win over, he tries all the tricks to make himself more palatable to his global audience.

This is achieved mainly through a combination of

musical comedy, quick-fire multimedia and unexpected existentialism – although mashed together in Emu’s inimitable way, they do make You Shouldn’t Have feel like a mild fever dream. There’s just something not quite right about how E mu’s mind works, and the introduction of Rice Krispies’ uncanny fourth mascot, alongside Emu’s unforgiving goblin nemesis, gives the show the off-kilter bent that makes it worth spending an hour in his company.

Kirstyn Smith

Image: courtesy of London Limelight

Elf Lyons: Raven HHHHH

VENUE: Gilded Balloon Teviot

TIME: 8:30pm – 9:30pm, 3–29 Aug, not 15

How many people live inside the tall, wiry frame of Elf Lyons? How many voices? How can the svelte mannerisms and (inexplicably) French accent of Lyons’ mother live alongside the furious snarling and dick-chopping of the monster she has in there? How can Lyons function with the appalling ghost of her boarding school matron inside, every night victim shaming her for sexual assault?

There’s an awful lot to

unpack in what amounts to an hour of horror-inspired psycho drama. Maybe even too much. One key theme is around the psychological trauma adults inflict upon children, which they then completely disown – a theme lovingly linked to the novels of Stephen King whose child protagonists know they can see monsters, though the adults responsible for them deny it. A repeated motif of her mother and others delivering bizarre truths at bedtime provides reliable, complicated laughs, and a great deal to think about as Lyons’ grapples with her own daytime profession as a teacher trying to both validate and nurture the young people in her charge. A further theme is around sexual violence, and there’s

a fantastic exposition of the ways performance and clowning can be used to confront and externalise rather than internalise this trauma. Lyons is a) hilariously self-aware about her Philippe Gaulier training and b) able to put it to use in one of a handful of utterly inspired set pieces. The final one of these amounts to an orgy of violence against fruit and veg which is entirely artistically justified. And hilarious. But the whole isn’t quite as slickly delivered as these extraordinary parts. There’s a deliberate, Hammer-horror vibe to a lot of this which strays sometimes into haphazard. I still can’t work out why Lyons spent half the show with mop heads down her tights.

Evan Beswick

Image: Courtesy of Gaby Jerrard

Bilal Zafar: Care

VENUE: Underbelly, Bristo Square

TIME: 5:30pm – 6:30pm, 3–29

Aug, not 15

With no live audiences to play for, many stand-ups turned to platforms like Twitch during the unprecedented lockdown of 2020. When it came to streaming, few had the ingenuity of Bilal Zafar. The mild-mannered stand-up coaxed a soap-opera style drama out of Pro Evolution Soccer’s Master League mode, giving back stories and personality traits to a computer generated motley crew of international athletes. Niche, but brilliantly imaginative.

On today’s evidence Zafar doesn’t have quite the same confidence on stage as he does on screen. He takes time to get going, and there’s some stilted back and forth with some latecomers. But he settles in, and Care – the story of his year working for minimum wage looking after the elderly – reveals itself to be a big-hearted show, delivered with a laid back charisma that releases itself slowly into the audience.

He has a natural gift with strange detail (a posh cat with a deep voice, a breadstick used in place of a cigarette) but the guts of the show is grounded in cold harsh reality, in his recollections of debt collectors, dementia patients, and in the highs and lows of his relationship with Barry, a resident of the care home. The

two’s friendship is beautifully, subtly rendered. It’s a relationship that lingers in your mind long after the show, and maybe there’s an age gap bromance comedy-drama

for Zafar to explore further. For now, we have a touching Fringe hour that shows Zafar is a comedian with pathos to spare as well as conceptual chops. ✏︎ Craig Angus

Photo: Leslie Byron Pitt

Hannah Fairweather: Just a Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge

VENUE: Just the Tonic at The Caves

TIME: 2:25pm – 3:25pm, 4–28 Aug, not 15

Just a Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge is a fun and fast-paced show by golfer-cum-comedian Hannah Fairweather, who may have more in common with her idol Taylor Swift than it first seems.

Fairweather is a fast talker –she’s making up for being quiet in school – and the jokes are

coming thick and fast from the get-go. Working her way through a list of people that have wronged her, she manages to find parallels between Taylor Swift and Santa Claus as well as golf and comedy, drawing on her experiences playing competitive golf from an early age.

She sets up a lot of jokes at the start of the show, rewarding the audience in unexpected ways throughout the hour. Most of it is whole-

some fun, but she doesn’t shy away from risqué jokes about incest, which are particularly effective because she – as she alludes to herself – looks so prim and proper. In addition to a refreshing take on mental health, she also talks about uncomfortable experiences as a woman in the comedy industry, which she suggests might not do her any favours.

The show loses pace towards the end, when the jokes are fewer and less sophisticated as she puts the focus on her golfing days in South Carolina, but this is a fun, energetic and well-crafted hour by somebody who clearly isn’t the revengeful kind at all. ✏︎ Veronica

Finlay

Photo: Karla Gowlett

Heidi Regan Gives Birth Live On Stage Every Night or Your Money Back

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VENUE: PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms

TIME: 5:55pm – 6:55pm, 6–28 Aug, not 20, 21

Heidi Regan has got serious. So serious, in fact, that she’s got PowerPoint for her 2022 Fringe hour (and is trying to make a baby, to which we’ll come). And slides mean structure – a structure which Regan largely sticks to in this enjoyable collection of nerdy, deliberately overwrought gags and delightfully odd thought experiments. It’s hard, really, to imagine Regan bristling at almost anything. The low-status, lovable persona which she

uses as a stylish vehicle for her comedy comes across as pretty amenable to anything. Anything, that is, except the constrants of a slide deck. It’s hard to escape the feeling that, despite some wonderful moments, she’s made an unecessarily formal rod for her distintively informal back.

The best moments come when she draws attention to that formality, launching into the sort of ideas that shouldn’t go anywhere near a business presentation with an awkwardness which draws attention to just how fun and inventive they are. A drawn out exposition of her favourite

joke in the set isn’t so much a deadpan deconstruction of the joke, more a deliberately self-indulgent layering and accreting on top of a notably shaky foundation. It’s like a joke Jenga, unfathomable, fantastical and inspiring in its ability to remain standing.

But too often the set pieces peter out with an offhand “so, yeah...” to link to the next ‘bit’. It does a disservice to the care with which she weighs out the beats of the majority of her punchlines. And an unresolved baby narrative, while it provides some moments of pathos, feels like an unecessary anchor which Regan has chained herself to for no good reason. Somewhere in Regan’s encyclopaedic knowledge of fantasy and sci-fi, surely there’s a quote to the effect of: “rule the slides; don’t let the slides rule you.” ✏︎ Evan

Beswick

Photo: Karla Gowlett

Paul Sinha: One Sinha Lifetime

VENUE: The Stand’s New Town Theatre

TIME: 4:40pm – 5:40pm, 4–28 Aug, not 16

“Welcome to my biggest ever selling Fringe show,” deadpans Paul Sinha, star of ITV’s The Chase, international quizzer and, today, consummate comedian. While it’s always obvious that Sinha is the smartest guy in the room, seeing him off the screen and onstage is a welcome reminder that, for the past two decades, he’s often been the funniest, too. Over the past few years, he’s also acquired a new and substantially bigger audience. And it’s exactly what he deserves.

In 2019, he also received a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, a fact which understandably features in this year’s show. As the superb title suggests, there’s a retrospective, memoir feel about One Sinha Lifetime. But what for some comics might be an opportunity to mainline on pathos in a cynical attempt to tearjerk their way to an award, that’s absolutely not where Sinha pitches this. As ever, he’s just plain cynical, taking beautifully aimed, and inarguable sideswipes at a slew of historical slights, and recounting his own scrapes as an incorrigibly smart and invariably right child, teenager

and adult. This is life not as poetry, but as a list of facts relayed by a man with nothing to prove. Except that he can write the best jokes. That devil-may-care attitude extends to his performance. Sinha, clearly, no longer feels the need to change a standup style which has suited his writing well for years. You could call his style distinctive: a faux solemn set-up, followed by a thudding piece of misdirection. Bait, switch; bait, switch ad infinitum. In truth, though, the sharpness of his writing shows up the lack of variety in his performance. He often trips over carefully written passages which does them no justice. And he really, really, is bad at singing and playing the piano. Not that this “insufferable little prick” would care. It’s still funny.

Evan Beswick

Photo: Andy Hollingworth

Theatre Reviews

Good Grief HHHHH

VENUE: Underbelly, Cowgate

TIME: 3:40pm – 4:40pm, 4–28 Aug, not 15

This show sucks you in from the very first minute. Nightclub dance moves and pumping synths, and a man emerging from beyond the grave kicks off an hour, and a bit of exploration of death, and grief that is profound, heartbreaking, and riotously funny.

Ugly Bucket made this for their friend Tim, at his request. A comedy about death; it’s not just about him, though. At times it almost feels like a series of sketches, not too

dissimilar to Old Trout Theatre Company’s Famous Puppet Death Scenes. Interviews with grieving sons, daughter, siblings and partners create triggers for different vignettes. That’s how they make you cry at a rendition of All I Want For Christmas. That’s how they make you laugh at a physical theatre interpretation of a tumour attacking the lower intestine. A moment where a chorus of aliens serenade a grieving woman who describes feeling as if she’s been isolated on another planet is particularly affecting.

The set design is incredible at elevating the work of the cast. The words of the grieving, written in invisible ink, are revealed at various turns, before a powerful

ending that ties that conceit together in a way that hits like a punch to the gut. Really, this is an exercise in empathy. The empathy the cast afford to the people they interview, the empathy they afford to each other, and the empathy they afford to us – the audience. Because it is a heavy show. They acknowledge as much in the piece, in a moment where the cast mime being crushed by the weight of their grief. But, the space they create is such a brave one, such a strong one, that you never feel as if you can’t cope with that heaviness. They pull you in, and the collective strength in the room carries you through. A breathtaking, important piece of work. Go. It’ll make you feel alive. ✏︎

Harry Harris

Photo: Jack Ehlen

Psychodrama

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VENUE: Traverse Theatre TIME: times vary, 4–28 Aug, not 8, 15, 22

Matt Wilkinson’s Psychodrama is billed as a revenge tale but really its focus is the career death by a thousand humiliations of a talented thespian in her 40s who’s reached breaking point.

The show unravels as a fierce and funny monologue from Emily Bruni, who’s perched on a high stool on a black box stage with only a light dusting of dry ice for

props. She explains that in her 20s, when she hardly ate, she was never off the telly. The work dried up in her 30s, however. A breakdown followed and now she works as a sales assistant in a pretentious boutique. But out of the blue, there’s a reprieve: the great theatrical ‘genius’ Peter Coevorden has requested she audition for his new stage adaptation of Psycho Bruni’s character, who remains unnamed, would be perfect for the play. After all, she’s no stranger to the reckless desperation of Marion Crane, played by Janet Leigh in the Hitchcock film, although her

wild shifts in temperament, swivelling from meekly pliable to apoplectic in a heartbeat, suggest she knows a thing or two about Norman Bates too. Her subsequent close collaboration with Coevorden exposes the dark underbelly of the theatre world: the sexism, the starfucking, the double standards.

Run to this show for Bruni’s scorching performance, which fizzes with indignation and more than a hint of catharsis as the play takes a sledgehammer – and Bruni’s character a Stanley knife – to the deep injustices at the heart of show business. ✏︎ Jamie Dunn

Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 1:15pm – 2:15pm, 3–28

Aug, not 15, 22

Don’t be scared. The room is mainly dark and the pile of yellow bricks is there for a reason. work.txt defies the usual categorisation for theatre. It’s perhaps best described as immersive theatre where the audience participates in a working day. In doing so, it questions capitalist systems, the ever imbalanced worklife balance, and the financial instability which refuses to quit. The audience have paid to enjoy their precious free time away from work and suddenly they’re working yet

again, with no say – or, more accurately, too much forced say – in the matter, something that’s all too similar to our real lives. This play/experience/ thing is utterly hilarious and depressing and somehow even heartbreaking.

It’s experimental, obviously, but it doesn’t leave anyone behind with ugly pretentiousness. Rather, it (or, we) speaks of our relationship with work – how we keep doing it and hating it yet pinning all of our self worth on it – with penetrating insight. There is something confessional to it, each audience member taking on this simultaneously individual and collective role of the worker. Through this, it’s an exercise in trust: the audience must trust the ‘script’ to put on a ‘show’: the script must trust the audience to say and

do what needs to be said and done; and, the audience must trust each other, to carry one another through. Frankly, there is something quite beautiful about the collectivity it so forcefully fosters. It’s a joy to be part of.

By the end, the audience’s tone is confused and appropriately so: the text is sinister and it gets caught in the throat with unease, but it’s also brilliantly funny. For work.txt, the phrase “if you don’t laugh, you’ll cry” is a false dichotomy – you’ll probably do both and be grateful for it.”

Is it working?” it asks, again and again. It is working as hard as hustle culture, stagnant wages, and the 50 hour work week – and it is a triumph to witness. ✏︎

Eilidh Akilade

Photo: Guy Sanders

Made in India/Britain

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VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 1:40pm – 2:40pm, 3–29

Aug, not 9, 16, 23

Rinkoo Barpaga has led an extraordinary life. The actor, filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist, who regularly worked as a BSL presenter on telly, has navigated racism, ableism and a multicultural upbringing since he was a child in 1980s’ Birmingham. In this autobiographical monologue, told in BSL with an English-speaking interpreter, Barpaga candidly narrates his

experiences of: growing up deaf in a hearing world; being Brown in a white supremacist country; and, working in a time when disabled people are still considered expendable.

Barpaga is a remarkable storyteller. Though simply told with only a few design elements, his range of physical and emotional expression is vast and hugely engaging. He also does not hold back when describing his treatment at the hands of racists. While his performance is often entertaining, he prompts reflection on how ableism and racism are perpetuated in everyday circumstances. Including an English speaking interpreter smartly

subverts the norm of having a BSL interpreter sign for hearing performers. Here, hearing audience members – who presumably don’t use BSL – are granted provisions to meet their access needs. This situates the entire production within the deaf world. Though simple in concept, it’s remarkable progress in terms of accessibility.

Overall, there’s little to fault in this production. Apart from a few instances where the lighting choices cast stark shadows over Barpaga’s face and a disjointed ending that hasn’t quite come together with the rest of his story, this is vitally important theatre. ✏︎ Laura

Kressly

Photo: David Fawbert Photography

Caste-ing HHHHH

VENUE: Roundabout @ Summerhall

TIME: 8:25pm – 9:25pm, 3–28

Aug, not 4, 9, 16, 23

There is something particularly affecting in the way they first take the stage – full and together and ready. In Casteing, rap, beatbox, spoken word, and song connect to follow three Black actresses, navigating their industry and all its complexities.

The trio are a delight, their onstage chemistry utterly striking. Attired with accents of green and black, they’re a vision individually and as one. We go through the motions of their precarious careers with them – there’s competition, rejection, objectification, and, of course, downright racism.

It’s not so much a linear story as a series of vignettes, moving from one to the next seamlessly. Throughout, each member takes on multiple roles, charmingly mocking whiteness and all its scripted micro-aggressions. A particular kind of incisive humour carries it and there’s something vulnerable and poignant about the honesty behind each joke. With an admirable grace, it sharpens then softens, softens then sharpens. Here, Black womanhood is allowed to be more than one thing at once, something we don’t get to see all that often. Notably, the show’s discussion of colourism is deftly layered, providing a particularly insightful nuance.

While the theatre in the round fosters a certain intima-

cy, Caste-ing demands something a little larger. At times, the sound seems capped, the dancing restricted. The trio’s presence yearns for more.

The slight moments where vocals seemingly fall a little

flat ensure a musical tenderness and honesty persists. It’s performance without feeling over-performative – precise but not polished to a point of rigidity, making for a truly affirming watch.

Eilidh Akilade

Photo: David_Monteith-Hodge (Photographise)

The Funny Thing About Death

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VENUE: Greenside @ Infirmary Street

TIME: 8:50pm – 9:40pm, 5–27 Aug, not 14, 21

There are things not to like about Kim Kalish’s monologue. A self professed “theatre kid”, there’s a bit here that feels off-the-shelf drama school: the rolling hands and open palms. There’s the rom-com ideal of what true love looks like (a partner who knows your needs before you do)

which feels painfully received rather than experientially given. There’s the slightly grating cod self-help exhortations of it being ok not to be ok.

And yet, despite all of that, this is gorgeous theatre, sweet enough to win over even the most curmudgeonly of audience members; technically adept enough that to gripe at perceived flaws is to miss the careful composition of the whole. The story of Kalish’s (ongoing) experience of grief after the death of the love of her life does exactly what the best theatre should do: expanding the imagination and empathy, opening a window into an experience we’ll all have, but so few of us will have the words or skill to articulate usefully.

“This isn’t going to be fun for you,” Kalish warns us, in one of a number of varied and unforced interactions with the audience. Indeed, it’s her management of tone and pace that’s most impressive here, bringing us in to punctuate the story and support step changes in the emotional force. Elsewhere she leavens the tough tale with comedy, pitched just right and with joke-writing as good as any you’ll find on the Fringe. We’re given a proper dramatic structure, a range of beautiful characterisations, some genuinely romantic moments and an emotional climax which resists easy resolution. There’s nothing flashy or fancy here: just great writing and wonderful acting, and that’s a privilage to watch. ✏︎ Evan Beswick

Photo: Matt Kalish Media

VENUE: Traverse Theatre

TIME: times vary, 6–28 Aug, not 8, 15, 22

From the opening video montage, Exodus wears its farcical pips on its sleeves. An ambitious Home Secretary and person of colour (remind you of anyone?) heads to Dover to dip her feet in the Channel as part of her anti-immigration posturing. An interview about a policy launch on the train north, well, it gets out of hand very quickly as all good farces should. And this is good farce: a tight four hander and there’s not a weak link in this cast.

Sophie Steer as SPAD Phoebe

Bernays delivers a masterpiece of an onstage diazepam trip. And Habiba Saleh performing her play-within-a play part of Manjula Aunty gets a beautiful part written for her by Uma Nada-Raja, and makes hay out of it (though an earnest monologue is also the clumsiest, pace-killing piece of writing in the play). But it’s as an ensemble piece that Exodus really leaps from text to stage.

But there’s a problem: in the programme notes, Uma Nada-Rajah and Debbie Hannan write of the “proximity of tragedy to farce” and Darius Fo’s idea of laughter which provokes anger rather than mollifying it. In the short years of this play’s development, the gap between lived tragedy and the play’s farcical world

has continued to close, with more dinghies capsized in the channel, and a Rwandan outsourcing policy which is no less obscene than the “Project Womb” of Nada-Raja’s sharp imagination. A line about a lame duck Prime Minister is played for wry laughs, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that this farce is struggling to keep ahead of tragedy. In this context, the play’s final peroration about immigration feels spot on, and horribly underpowered. In an inward, navel-gazing country gripped by the idea that it is under seige, what purpose does a scream against that within the four walls of a theatre acheive? Without a bold answer to this question, Exodus feels like fun, slick, siege mentality. ✏︎

Evan Beswick

Photo: Tim Morozzo

SEOUL PHOTO BOOTH OUL

@ Assembly George Square

24(WED) ~ 28(SUN) AUG.

2022 ~

The photo booth runs from 1pm till 6pm at Studio bar (EH8 9JX). Take a picture with your family and friends.

2023 ? ? AWARDS

Each August since 2015, Korean Season has brought a selected Korean programme of music, dance, physical theatre and family shows to the Fringe.

With the 7th Korean Season run by AtoBIZ and Assembly, the Awards will be unveiled and announced this October. And a special award ceremony will be held at Edinburgh every year from 2023.

EXPLORE AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST ARTS FESTIVAL

Love Me or I’ll Kill Myself

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VENUE: ZOO Playground

TIME: 4:50pm – 5:50pm, 5–28

Aug, not 10, 16

Toxic masculinity, toxic positivity and toxic love – this is the cheery trio of issues brought to the forefront in Faith Brandon’s autobiographical Love Me or I’ll Kill Myself. Detailing her doomed relationship with the elusive Juan, Brandon shows how all three of these toxicities manage to have such a chokehold on her, exploring what can go wrong when you hear what you want

to hear and ignore the parade of red flags thrown up by the person you think is ‘The One’.

Using examples from love songs and television (Brandon really spills the tea about Sex and the City’s ultimate ick, Mr Big), she deep dives into the restrictive concept of relying on just one person to make us happy in life. In one second funny – Brandon is a master of physicality and has her comic timing on point – in the next tragic, Love Me or I’ll Kill Myself veers dizzyingly from her deliberately overwrought heartbroken-by-Juan persona

to a very real, very raw person who just wants to know why she’s been treated so badly.

Brandon breaks fourth wall after fourth wall as she dips into psychologist Arthur Aron’s romantic experiment, The 36 Questions That Lead to Love and tries to coax an audience member into falling for her. Through these specific questions, Brandon depicts exactly how she went from open-hearted and excited to finding herself in one of the darkest places she could be. It’s irreverent, it’s hopeful, it’s darkly funny: Love Me or I’ll Kill Myself is ultimately a balm for anyone who’s ever been a little bit crazy in love. ✏︎ Kirstyn

Smith

Photo: Alex Brenner

She/Her HHHHH

VENUE: Assembly George Square Studios

TIME: 2:15pm – 3:15pm, 3–29

Aug, not 10, 16, 23

The first full-length play directed by Nicole Ansari-Cox, made by her company Actors Rising Productions, delves into the personal stories of a diverse group of women laying themselves bare on stage. In a multimedia performance that explores a wide range of topics, including identity,

parent-child relationships and drug abuse, the cast share their feminine experiences from different perspectives.

Premiering in New York in 2021, She/Her adapts for each location it’s set in, with each local cast member co-writing their own monologues together with Ansari-Cox. It’s a collaborative take on storytelling that allows individual experiences to be told within a collective space of female solidarity and empathy. The cast members each anchor their story in a universal theme, such as love and connection,

making it relatable and giving it integrity in their own voice. Interweaving live music and movement with monologues adds pace and variety to a show that aims to promote healing through art.

Performances are uneven and some stories are more gripping than others, but they all share a vulnerability and authenticity that binds them, the performers and, ultimately, the audience together. She/Her is a polished, original production by women sharing their hopes, fears and truths. ✏︎ Veronica

Finlay

Photo: Elke Rosthal

Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus Reviews

The Chosen Haram

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 9:00pm – 10:00pm, dates vary between 3 Aug and 27 Aug

Under Islamic law, haram is an act that is forbidden by God, a sin of sacrilege against divine order. Sadiq Ali’s astonishing fusion of circus and storytelling navigates the shame-laden paradox of intimacy as profanity, exploring his own experience of reconciling his queerness with his faith. As two men, Ali and Alexandre Duran Davins, pull their bodies up

and over two Chinese poles, weaving through and around each other even as structures of shame try to push them apart, Ali’s tender, meticulously crafted double-hander investigates the heady possibilities of sin, the simultaneous excess and pleasure of electing transgression.

It is a gut-wrenching, heartin-mouth work from start to finish, both in the sheer level of skill of the two performers and the stunning stagecraft, which conjures emotion from striking, economical storytelling. A square of light is a prayer mat whose luminous residue haunts the stage, while plastic wrap – in all its suffocating, malleable,

and kinky possibilities – flies through the air, crafting stunning geometric tableaux from light and bodies and movement.

Through the pulse and sinew of these bodies, Ali carves out space for a bold and flagrant eroticism, transformed and subverted for our queer modern age. Underpinned by an electric chemistry between Ali and Duvans, The Chosen Haram reveals the gravity-defying possibility of two bodies and people in tandem, bound in affection and desire. Circus as consecration, sexuality as devotion. Watching it, it’s impossible not to feel the same dizziness of pleasure. ✏︎

Anahit Behrooz

Photo: M Crawford

Muse HHHHH

VENUE: Assembly Hall

TIME: 5:20pm – 6:20pm, 4–28

Aug, not 8, 15, 22

French-Canadian circus company FLIP Fabrique play with gender roles in this journey from a tentative bite of the forbidden apple to exuberant play on a trampoline wall, providing jeopardy, humour and impressive acrobatics along the way.

What does it mean to be a woman? Muse explores the spectrum of gender and identity through play and physical performance, managing to say more with breathtaking stunts and visual poetry than words ever could. Following in the footsteps of previous shows Attrape Moi, Transit and Blizzard, the acrobatics are nothing short of outstanding.

The expressive performers, their colourful costumes and comical facial expressions stand out on the no-frills stage at the Assembly Hall. As they choose between football outfits and ballet skirts, everything is sensitively judged and precise, without feeling overly laboured. The live singer doesn’t stay in the background, which adds to the feeling of inclusivity.

The tempo drops in the middle, and the French lyrics are lost on anyone who doesn’t speak the language,

but there’s something for everyone in this multi-layered, contemporary circus show. Whether you come for the acrobatics or the commen-

tary on gender roles, Muse is undeniably a joyful expression of body and mind that is sure to entertain all ages.

✏︎ Veronica Finlay

Photo: Stephane Bourgeois

Cabaret Reviews

Ganesh and Cydney’s Clinic

VENUE: Underbelly, Cowgate

TIME: 11:00pm – 11:50pm, 4–28

Aug, not 16

Fifty minutes of PVC, glitter, and sexual thrusting makes for a good time. And Ganesh and Cydney’s Clinic is exactly that. The cabaret welcomes audiences into the duo’s sex clinic, healing us – and themselves –of the dreaded lovesickness.

Exploring sexual awakenings, queer identity, and all the awkward bits of dating, the show

is held together by the hosts’ enviable wit and charisma. They’re true performers. Any reluctant audience participation is met with a lap dance and a cheeky grin, managing to create a space which feels as sexy as it is safe. One number of Cydney’s is particularly impactful, raising conversations of consent. Vulnerable and unashamed, its approach to women’s bodily autonomy is truly affirming and Cydney carries it with grace.

Admittedly, the show clings

to narrative for the sake of narrative and it is consequentially a bit frustrating to watch the sultry musical numbers wrangled into fictionalised sex clinic bulletpoints. They most definitely have the voices and stage presence for it and the songs themselves are pretty hilarious, brought to life by the ever deft and dutiful collar-wearing pianist.

It’s a good time; not a particularly revolutionary time, but a good time all the same. ✏︎ Eilidh

Akilade

Image: courtesy of Liver and Lung Productions

The Idiot Circus: Death is Coming

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VENUE: Assembly George Square Gardens

TIME: 8:55pm – 9:55pm, 3–28

Aug, not 15, 22

The Idiot Circus looks death in the eye and laughs in this chirpy tribute to the macabre. Mingling influences from cabaret, Parisian circus and Dostoevsky, the four musicians walk us through a colourful history of different kinds of death. One song lauds the French revolution’s “Madame la Guillotine”. Another is a romantic meditation on “la petite mort”. The ground

that their lyrics cover is vast, though the music itself – fun and tightly performed as it is –varies less.

Each song is rich in narrative, conjuring images of heartbroken lovers, family tragedy and a world marching on after your demise.

If all of this sounds too existential, the band livens things up with cheerfully staccato notes on the ukulele and piano. One number about the Battle of Normandy mimics the absurdly upbeat tone of Oh! What A Lovely War (“It’s a bit of fun, isn’t it?” bellows pianist James Rowland, adding bari-

tone harmonies to frontman Nick Court’s vocals). But the real triumph comes in the penultimate song, which depicts what Court calls “the worst kind of death of all – a living death”. “Do you drink early in the morning? Do you drink last thing at night?” he cries out, while Rowland accompanies him with mournful, Elton John-esque piano keys. Although somewhat static at the start, once the band hit their stride they bring a decent theatricality to their performance. Rowland especially makes a charismatic Pierrot. Less sad clown and more a clownish take on sad, The Idiot Circus is ideal for those predisposed towards black comedy. ✏︎ Becca Inglis

Photo: Melissa Stephens

MUSIC & LAUGHTER

FROM THE LAND DOWN UNDER

SOCIAL SHOWS

Music Reviews

Saved HHHHH

VENUE: Zoo Southside

TIME: 4:35pm – 5:25pm, 5–28 Aug

Walking into Saved feels less like entering a Fringe show and more like intruding into someone’s personal music lab. Two old home organs, a drum kit and myriad radios, cassettes and other devices populate the centre of the room, while Graeme Leak – Aussie by birth, now Scotland-based –waits proudly by his toys. We’re not intruding, of

course – this storied maestro clearly revels in entertaining, navigating his miscellany with a blend of childish glee and stone-faced professionalism (something delightfully at odds with his unusual set-up).

Saved is so named for the salvaged equipment that powers the show – particularly the two 1970s-era Yamaha Electone organs which he sometimes plays simultaneously, tickling out melodies over gorgeously retro arpeggios and drum loops. And it’s this affectionate preservation – and occasional modification – of these instruments that shines through the hour, to say nothing of the rebellious way

he plays some of them with very non-standard techniques. Leak warns us at the start there is “some text, but it doesn’t mean anything” –referring to some of the lyrical content that intermittently accompanies his looping, polyrhythmic compositions. As silly as these words are, there’s a comforting ordinariness to them that tallies perfectly with his inviting, homebrew spirit. He walks the tightrope between earnest and flippant with disarming ease, neither over-egging nor under-playing his abundant creativity. Inventive and charming, Saved is a joyful way to spend the afternoon. ✏︎ George

Sully

Photo: Hazel Palmer

Kathy and Stella Solve A Murder

HHHHH

VENUE: Roundabout

@ Summerhall

TIME: 9:50pm – 11:00pm, 3–28

Aug, not 4, 9, 16, 23

Written and directed by Jon Brittain, with music and lyrics from Matthew Floyd Jones, this murder mystery takes musical theatre to the next level with a gripping plot, excellent performances and a healthy dose of silliness.

Best friends Kathy (Bronté Barbé) and Stella (Rebekah Hinds) love a good murder and

are the passionate hosts of a true crime podcast dedicated to their mutual obsession. When their favourite crime author is suddenly killed, they find themselves at the heart of a real-life whodunnit, which they attempt to solve with the help of their “murder gang” podcast fans.

Like any good crime story, it has plenty of twists and turns, making it a captivating mystery with a surprising conclusion. The witty script is brought to life with perfect timing and comedic flair,

touching on issues such as internet trolling, misinformation going viral and obsessive online fans, which adds cultural relevance. But this is really a story about two friends trying to do the right thing, and it’s difficult not to root for them, even as their hopes and dreams are belted out over a corpse in a morgue.

The pace drops in the middle, and it’s a challenge to pick up every word of the lyrics over the live keyboard and multiple voices. This doesn’t lessen the entertainment value of this crowd pleaser from the team behind Fleabag and Baby Reindeer, which sets the bar high at the Fringe.

Veronica Finlay

Photo: The Other Richard

✏︎

Kids Critics Brotipo

Four-year-old Oran reflects on Brotipo’s stripped back circus

so naturally sided with him against the slightly taller, and possibly younger, man. The characters aren’t overly developed as individuals – it’s mainly about the ebb and flow of the fractious interaction followed by collaborative acrobatic performance.

had spent the entire morning arguing and it wasn’t a big pile of LEGO, but he was entranced. Massive relief! Thank you Brotipo!

Would you tell your friends to come and see the show? Yes, I’m doing that right now.

What happens in the show?

A pair of clowns struggle to work with each other and the audience, but ultimately learn that collaboration allows you to do amazing things. Along the way there’s acrobatics, increasingly complex handstands, diabolos and many, many arguments. There are also some brooms, a big plus for this sweeping fan, and the audience is sprayed with water – hilarity ensues.

Describe the show in five words

Joyous interactive clowning, acrobatics, diabolos.

What did you think about the show?

“Maybe this happens every day. Does it happen every day? Why do we not go to it every day?”

Who was your favourite character and why?

Oran was convinced the shorter man was the child

What did you like most about the show?

Oran was grinning from ear to ear at the clowning, particularly the various arguments. Getting sprayed with water was also a hit, and the diabolo tricks drew some silent awe.

What didn’t you like about the show?

It’s maybe a touch too long for the youngest kids. That said, Oran is under the 5+ suggested age range and pretty much kept it together, on a very very hot day.

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

In stripped-back staging the music is perfectly selected and used to add a layer of pathos to the clowns’ disputes.

What did your grown-up think of the show?

It was fun! I went in feeling nervous about how Oran would respond given we

SHOW Brotipo

VENUE: Assembly George Square Gardens,

TIME: 11:55am – 12:55pm, 4–29 Aug, not 16, 23

Photo: Foutoukours

Kids Critics The Adventures of Sleepyhead

Alvie, 14 months, reacts to to Gemma Soldati’s imaginative show

What happens in the show?

It’s a fun one-woman show by American performer Gemma Soldati, who brings a gentle, warm cartoonish energy to her storytelling, with some subtly sassy asides for the adults. Sleepyhead loves her bed and looks forward to dreaming about being a hairdresser when she’s grown up, or growing a moustache like her dad. When she loses her dreams she asks the Sun, the Moon and Father Time for their help. (The last two are voiced by Soldati’s mum and dad.)

Who was your favourite character and why?

Sleepyhead was fun to watch when she came up the stairs in her pyjamas and napped on people.

Were there any characters you didn’t like? Nope.

What did you like most about the show?

Floating feathers, talking clocks, funny faces, a good soundtrack with songs like Dream a Little Dream of Me and Sleepyhead by Passion Pit – there was always lots for babies to look at and listen to. Older kids would relate more to the story of bedtime routines and the importance of imagination.

What didn’t you like about the show?

Alvie loved it –he was quietly mesmerised for most of it

and had a short nap in the middle, which seemed very fitting.

What did your grown-up think about the show?

Gemma Soldati is great; a laidback natural. She riffs nicely with both the kids and adults in the crowd and makes all her own silky Sun and Moon props. It was funny and the whole message about using your imagination, napping through stressful times and not losing sight of your dreams – that works for all ages.

Would you tell your friends to come to the show? I already have!

SHOW The Adventures of Sleepyhead

VENUE: Assembly Roxy

TIME: 11:10am – 12:10pm, 4–29 Aug, not 16

Photo: Dan Derby

Kids Critics Manual Cinema

David Koleola, 10, has a wonderful time at Manual Cinema’s Leonardo!

Were there any characters you didn’t like?

The other monsters because they are stereotypical Disney bullies.

What did you like most about the show?

What did your grown-up think about the show?

She enjoyed seeing all the people working hard behind the scenes.

Would you tell your friends to come to the show?

What happens in the show?

There’s a monster, but he’s the least scary monster ever. He makes friends with a kid he was trying to scare!

Who was your favourite character and why?

The monster Leonardo.

The production is amazing. The voice-overs were really good. It sounded like a TV presenter. I didn’t notice at the start, but halfway through I realised the voice-over was one of the people on the stage!

What didn’t you like about the show?

The way that the scared kid keeps screaming. When I’m scared of something I don’t say anything – I just freeze in one place.

Yes, it was awesome! I would recommend it to anyone. I have a little friend and he’s three and he would love it too – he wouldn’t stop blabbing about it for the next month!

SHOW Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster

VENUE: Underbelly, Bristo Square

TIME: 1:45pm – 2:35pm, 3–29 Aug, not 15

Image: Lesley Martin

00:00

International Comedy

Jam

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–28 Aug

Bumble Me Tinders: Dating Horror Stories!

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 18–28 Aug

Just the Tonic’s Midnight Show

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 19, 20, 26, 27 Aug

Late Show Great Show

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 18–28 Aug

00:05

Sam Campbell: Comedy Show

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

Carter Morgan: American Idiot

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28 Aug, not 21

00:10

Bob Hecklestein: The World’s Greatest Heckler Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

00:15

Hate N Live

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

The Heckling Hour

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

00:30

Hummus: After Dark Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 19–28 Aug

Comedy Striptease

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 18–28 Aug, not 23

00:35

The Fat Penguin Late Show

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug

00:45

Ghost Orgy Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

00:50

The Late Late Irish Show

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 18-28 Aug, not 25

01:00

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 18–29 Aug

Irish Jokers

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

01:15

Don’t Take That Tune With Me!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug, not 22

07:00

Daffodil Tramples the Fringe Fringe Online, 17–28 Aug

09:30

A Political Breakfast PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 17–28 Aug

09:45

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24 Aug

10:00

Stewart Lee: Basic Lee (Work in Progress) The Stand Comedy Club, 17–28 Aug

Editburgh: The Factually Inaccurate Historical Walking Tour Meeting Point @ Ibis Hotel, 17–29 Aug

Irish Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

10:15

David Sheeran: Carpe Your Diem!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 18–28 Aug

10:20

50 Ways to Leave Your Employer

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

10:25

Carr Crash: Father/ Daughter Comedy Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

10:30

A Morning with Woody Allen (ish)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Neil Harris: A Short History of the High Jump Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–27 Aug, not 21

10:40

John Aggasild: Welcome Back

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

10:45

Icebreaker – Pale Males

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Pundemic

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

An A to Z of Fish and Chips Paradise in The Vault, 17–28 Aug, not 21

10:50

Lanessa Long: The Lanessa Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

11:00

Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

Sketch Up!

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–20 Aug

Rope-A-Dope

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 21–28 Aug

11:05

Women You Know theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 22–27 Aug

11:10

Finlay and Joe: Perpetual Hype Machine

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug

11:15

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

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

11:30

Angela Bra: Life Lessons

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, Various dates from 18 Aug to 28 Aug

The Show That Must Not Be Named

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Accost Your Imposter and Empower Your Power: An Interactive Life Coaching Seminar With Genevieve de Beauvoir

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 18–25 Aug

11:35

A Boxing, Crossdressing, Commando Show

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 19–28 Aug

Gary G Knightley: The Not Knightley Show

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–18 Aug

11:40

ARIGATO by JalJal

Assembly George Square, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Comedy with an Accent

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Editburgh: The Factually Inaccurate Historical Walking Tour

Meeting Point @ Ibis Hotel, 17–29 Aug

11:45

EdFringe Podcast (Live)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Rachel Creeger: Pray It Forward

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 17–28 Aug, not 20, 27

Birmingham Footnotes: Citation Needed

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Seymour Mace Presents

Captain Winky’s F*ck Off Olympics

The Stand Comedy Club, 17–28 Aug

11:55

Pam Ford: 24 and Counting!

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–19 Aug

Bex’s Chainsaw

Moussaka

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 20–28 Aug

12:00

Aaaaaaaaaaargh! It’s the One-Liner Show

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick

Murphys, 17–28 Aug

Katie Mitchell: She

Festers

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 19–28 Aug

MC Hammersmith: One

Man Eight Mile

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 17–28 Aug, not 22

Ed Patrick: Catch Your Breath (Work in Progress)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Ben Miller’s Stand-Up Science

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 18–28 Aug

Jake Donaldson: Neurotica

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret

Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

Ryan Mold: Generation Gap (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Joe Wells: I Am Autistic

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug

Soup Group!

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 18–28 Aug

Make Me Your Queen

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 17–28 Aug

Improv on Demand

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 17–28 Aug

Raymond Mearns’ Big Red Bus Tour Around Edinburgh!

Red Bus Bistro at Bristo Square Bus Stop, 17–28 Aug

Joanna Neary: Wasp In A Cardigan HHH

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 17–28 Aug

Tony Law: A Now Begin in Again Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

Alpha’s All Stars

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 24–28 Aug

12:05

Possibly the Last Chance to See Susan Morrison

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

12:10

Louise Leigh Amused

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug, not 23

12:15

Robin Boot’s Rockomedy: Punaway Train

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 17–28 Aug

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

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 17–28 Aug, not 22

I Miss Amy Winehouse

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28

Aug, not 21

I’m Not a Girlboss, Not Yet a Womanboss (The Chrisroads Redux)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–18 Aug

Talking Heids

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 19–29 Aug

Comedy With a Dry, Surreal, Geordie Bloke

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 17–28 Aug

LOL?

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Help Wanted!

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

David Sheeran: Carpe Your Diem!

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, Various dates from 18 Aug to 28 Aug

12:30

Be Honest with Jojo and Bruce

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug

PG Hits! Stand-Up Comedy That’s Everyone’s Cup of Tea!

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

The Duncan and Judy Murray Show

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 27 Aug

Nathan Cassidy: Hot Tub God

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Ferguson, Harrington, Hawkes Podcast

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17–19 Aug

Lynn Ferguson’s Storyland

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 20–28 Aug

Silent Disco Boogie

Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 21 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug

Life Drawing With a Comedian

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Lauren Pattison: It Is What It Is

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

Wartime Comedians

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

Luke Rollason: Bowerbird

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 18–28 Aug

Impromptu Shakespeare

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

12:35

Matt and Rosa with John Hurt as the Voice of the Dragon

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

12:40

Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug, not 18, 25

Eleanor Morton Has Peaked

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17–28 Aug, not 23

Aalex Mandel-Dallal: Let She Be and Friends

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

12:45

Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe: Early Edition

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Captain Breadbeard’s Bready Brilliant Comedy Cookbook

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17–28 Aug

Laughing Horse Fringe

Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

The Delightful Sausage: Nowt but Sea

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 18–28 Aug

12:50

Pearly Gates: A Kafkaesque Romcom in Heaven

theSpace @ Niddry St, 21–24 Aug

Benji Waterstones: You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

101 – What Women Want!

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Comedy Hour: Prue Blake, Peter Jones and Sonia Di Iorio

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Where’s Your Head At?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 20 Aug

13:00

Esyllt Sears: Absolutely Not

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 18–28 Aug

Mark Watson: More Banging on About Time and Similar Issues (Work in Progress)

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–19 Aug

Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Weegie?

St Columba’s by the Castle, 20 Aug, 27 Aug

An Objectively Funny Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Daphna Baram: Out and About

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Gabe Mollica: A Show About Friendship

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug, not 23

13:05

Michelle Kalt: God Hates You

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Kirsty Mann: Mess

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 17–19 Aug

Sheraz Yousaf: The Google Man

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

13:15

Mick Neven: Nevolution

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 17–28 Aug

Australia: A Whinging

Pom’s Guide

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 17–28 Aug, not 24

Aaaaaaaaaargh! It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick

Murphys, 17–28 Aug

4 Funny Feckers

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 17–28 Aug

Morgan Jay – Emotional Damage

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Edfringe Hot Ticket Lucky Dip!

Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 27–28 Aug

Sharlin vs The United Kingdom (A Love Story)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

This is Not a Subject for Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28

Aug, not 23

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret

Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

On the Run: Dame Over!

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug, not 21

13:20

Jon Long: Still a Planet Killer

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

The Dead Ducks

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Best of Edinburgh

Showcase Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Rachel Jackson – Almost Famous

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 17–28 Aug, not 24

13:25

John Kearns: Varnishing Days (WIP)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 22–27 Aug

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

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–18 Aug

Pat Cahill: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 22–28 Aug

Film Club – An Improvised Comedy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 17–26 Aug, not 20

Jacob Hawley: Bump HHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 17–28 Aug

Rahul Somia and a Friend

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 17–28 Aug

13:30

Pottervision

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 17–24 Aug

Toby Isaacs: Existence is Futile

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 22–28 Aug

Mark Thomas: Black and White

The Stand Comedy Club, 17–28 Aug

Mary Flanigan: Pick Your Own Escapade!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–21 Aug

All-American Snack Attack

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, Various dates from 18 Aug to 28 Aug

So My Dad F*cked the Nanny

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 17–28 Aug

Angel Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Uncle Daddy’s Comedy Disco

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 25–28 Aug

Huge Davies and Janine Harouni Do New Jokes (WIP)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Bad Clowns: Invasion

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Nice Time

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 17–29 Aug

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Coffee Shop, 20 Aug, 27 Aug

Mary O’Connell: There’s Something Wrong With Mary (WIP)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug, not 23

The Fourth Annual Black Comedy Showcase

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 17–28 Aug

Andy Macleod: Anoint My Head – How I Failed to Make it as a Britpop Indie Rockstar

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Gareth Mutch: Mutch in Progress (WIP)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–25 Aug

An Irish Disgrace

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 17–28 Aug, not 18, 22

13:35

Joe Bates Speaks Truth to Power Tools

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 17–28 Aug

13:40

Bulletproof Unicorn Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–20 Aug

100 Songs in an Hour

Hill Street Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Sarah Southern: Scandalous!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 17–28 Aug, not 25

The Oxford Imps

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–28 Aug

13:45

Mark Simmons: Quip Off the Mark

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 17–27 Aug

Character Building

Experience

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug, not 23

The Alternative Book Club

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

AMJ Entertainer

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 20–28 Aug

Further Adventures in Dementia

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Elliot Wengler: Let Wengler Be Wengler

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 22–28 Aug

Love and Sex on the Spectrum

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–19 Aug

13:50

❤ Stewart Lee: Snowflake HHHH

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Merrill Means Well theSpaceTriplex, 17–20 Aug

13:55

Carr Crash: Father/ Daughter Comedy

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

Jack Harris: Teaching

Teachers How To Teach

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Sunil Patel: Faster Horses

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

❤ Vidura Bandara

Rajapaksa: Monsoon

Season HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 17–28 Aug

14:00

Elly Shaw and Elaine

Fellows: This Girl Can’t

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Hatty Ashdown: The Worry Drawer

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 17–28 Aug

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug

The Duncan and Judy Murray Show

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 21 Aug

Sloss and Humphries on the Road

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 20 Aug

Aaaaaaaaaargh! It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 17–28 Aug

Silent Disco Boogie

Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 21 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug

The Guilty Feminist Gilded Balloon Teviot, 25–28 Aug

John Hegley’s Biscuit of Destiny

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

The Future of Free Stand-Up: Steffan Alun + Support

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 18–28 Aug, not 24

Vlad and Kuan-wen: The Wee Aliens

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Daniel Downie: There’s Something About Mary Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–28 Aug

John Bishop and Tony Pitts: Three Little Words

Podcast – Presented By Amazon Music

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–20 Aug

Amelia Bayler: Greatest Hits!

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 17–28 Aug

The Political Party with Matt Forde

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 22 Aug 14:05

Vittorio Angelone: Translations

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 18–28 Aug

Cynically Dead

PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 18–21 Aug

The Edinburgh Fridge Show

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 18–28 Aug, not 24

14:10

Wil Hodgson: Barbicidal Tendencies

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 22–28 Aug

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–21 Aug

Josh Pugh: Sausage, Egg, Josh Pugh, Chips and Beans

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

A Rush of Laughter Showcase

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

14:15

Grubby Little Mitts Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

Jeremy Segway: A Life Out of Balance (Presented by the Duncan Brothers)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Oleg Denisov: Escaped Artist

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

Max Fosh: Zocial Butterfly Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

14:20

Richard Todd: Transferable Skills

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 18–28 Aug, not 24

Platonic Love Triangle – A New York Stand-up Comedy Show

ZOO Playground, 17–28 Aug, not 21

The Awkward Silence’s Big Break

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–29 Aug

Sooz Kempner: PlayStation

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 18–28 Aug

Nina Gilligan: Late Developer

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Will Mars: My Life in One-Liners

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Luca Cupani: Happy Orphan

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

14:25

George Zacharopoulos – How I Nearly Met Your Mother

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Dirty Anxious Vampire

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 18–28 Aug, not 24

BC:AD – Before Children: After Diapers

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug

Hannah Fairweather: Just a Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge HHH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

14:30

Anthony Jeannot: The Middle Bit

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 22–28 Aug

Jason Byrne: The Paddy

Lama – Shed Talks

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 17–28 Aug

Don’t Make Me Hate You

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Stand-Up Philosophy – Free!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Simon Fanshawe: The Power of Difference Assembly Rooms, 19–23 Aug

The Durham Revue: Déjà Revue

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Ageing Folks Telling Jokes

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–19 Aug

Xander and Cheng: Pig Business

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

101 Comedy Club – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 17–28 Aug

Tom Crosbie: Nerd’s

Eye View

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

14:35

Amy Matthews: Moreover, The Moon Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17–28 Aug

Mudfish: Might as Well

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

14:40

Phil Green: 90s Boy – Blair, the Lovegun and Me

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug

Vix Leyton: Pedestrian

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Sam and Joe: Strikeout!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 17–28 Aug, not 20, 27

Mary Bourke: The Brutal Truth

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 17–28 Aug

David Ephgrave: Good Grief

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Nobody Panic: Live Pleasance Courtyard, 21 Aug

Jody Kamali: Ironing Board Man Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

14:45

Trevor Lock’s New Show

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 17–28 Aug

Are We All in a Cult?

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Out of Order! The Quiz With Just One Question

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 22–28 Aug

The Early Late Show

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–23 Aug

Alex MacKeith: Thanks for Listening HHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug

Eh! Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick

Murphys, 17–28 Aug

Edfringe Hot Ticket Lucky Dip!

Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 27–28 Aug

Ben Moor: Pronoun

Trouble

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–24 Aug

Ben Moor and Joanna

Neary: BookTalkBookTalkBook

Pleasance Courtyard, 26–27 Aug

Anna Morris: Kid-Life Crisis (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 18–21 Aug

Ross Leslie: Massive Queue At The Tip

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Bruce Willis Is My Dad

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 17–28 Aug

Laughing Horse Fringe

Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug

14:50

Josie Long: Re-Enchantment

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 18–28 Aug, not 24

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

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Geriatric Millennial (Work in Progress)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Rob Auton: The Crowd Show HHH

Assembly George Square, 17–29 Aug

15:00

AC/DC: Australian Comedians / Dope

Comedy

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

Stokes and Summers: Careering Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Action Figure Archive

Volume 2: WTF!?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Roti, 17–27 Aug, not 23

Aidan Jones – Looking for Work

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry a Weegie?

St Columba’s by the Castle, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Starship Improvise

Pleasance Dome, 17–21 Aug

Ian Lynam: Autistic

License

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Murder, She Didn’t Write Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Olaf Falafel: STOAT

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 17–28 Aug

Silent Disco Boogie

Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist

theSpace @ Niddry St, 20 Aug, 27 Aug

General Secretary

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Sylus 2024! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

AAA Batteries (Not Included)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Al Lubel: Talks About His Name for Fifty-Six Minutes and About Something Else for Four Minutes

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up as He Goes Along

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 18–28 Aug

The Meaning of Wife

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 17–28 Aug, not 24

15:10

Stefania Licari: Medico

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug

Krystal Evans: Kaleidoscope

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 17–28 Aug Ryan Lane Will Be There Now in a Minute

Assembly Roxy, 17–28 Aug

CSI: Crime Scene

Improvisation

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug

15:15

Shaggers

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Filthy Funny Females

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 21–28 Aug

Alex Leam: The Joy of Decks

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Lorraine Hoodless: Bumpy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Kill The Frippery theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

Dalia Malek: Another Castle HHH

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Billy Kirkwood: Energetic Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–28 Aug, not 18, 22

Simon Munnery: Trials and Tribulations The Stand Comedy Club, 17–28 Aug

Jeena Bloom: The Homecoming Queen

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug, not 19

Jacob Hatton: Relax! (Exclamation Mark)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

15:20

❤ Lara Ricote: GRL/ LATNX/DEF HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 18–28 Aug

Radu Isac: Pandemic

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Aaron Simmonds: Hot Wheels

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Julie Jay: Oops, This Is Toxic

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Adam Greene in No Time to Diet

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Catherine Bohart: This Isn’t For You

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

15:25

Will Duggan: Iceberg Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Matt Price: Raging Bill

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 17–28 Aug

15:30

Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before The Girl You Marry Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 18–28 Aug

Matty Hutson: Matty Goes Electric

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 17–21 Aug

A Bookish Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug

Just the Tonic’s Afternoon Delight

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 18–28 Aug, not 22, 23, 24

Joseph Parsons: Equaliser

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Alfie Moore: It’s a Fair Cop – Live!

RSE Theatre, 17–26 Aug

Boorish Trumpson

Assembly Rooms, 17–26 Aug Spontaneous Sherlock

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 27 Aug

The Leeds Tealights: Imposter Syndrome

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Come Sit on the Couch With Me

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

15:35

Mark Cram: Cramagotchi

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 17–28 Aug

Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17 Aug

Danielle Walker: Nostalgia HHH Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

Danny Ward – You Get What You Pay For

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug

John-Luke Roberts: A World Just Like Our Own, But...

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 18–28 Aug

15:40

God Damn Fancy Man

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Adele Cliff: In the Dark Just the Tonic at The Tron, 17–28 Aug

Michael Spicer: The Room Next Door Assembly George Square Studios, 19–28 Aug

Lou Conran: A Show Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Lucy Frederick’s Big Fat Wedding

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

❤ Chelsea Birkby: No More Mr Nice Chelsea HHHH

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

15:45

Tom Little Has Good Reviews So Prepare to Be Impressed

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 17–28 Aug

Are You Interested in a Comedy Compilation Show?

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

The New Rock’n’Roll theSpace @ Niddry St, 22–27 Aug

Eme Essien: Flat Shoes In The Club

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug

1 Ball Show

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Aaaaaaaaaargh! It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 17–28 Aug

The Marriage Pact

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Isabelle Farah: Irresponsabelle Assembly George Square, 17–28 Aug

Nick Everritt: Quiet Paradise in The Vault, 17–20 Aug

Charlie Hopkinson: Deep (Work in Progress)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

15:50

The Oxford Revue and Other Farmyard Animals Assembly Rooms, 17–28 Aug

15:55

Choir?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 17–28 Aug, not 20, 27

Adrian Minkowicz: Brown Privilege II

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 18–28 Aug

Popstar Hair Show Paradise in The Vault, 22–28 Aug

16:00

Laura Davis: If This Is It Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17–28 Aug

An Irish Solution to an Irish Problem

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 17–28 Aug

Ian Stone: Righter of Wrongs

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Rik Carranza Presents

Clash of Fandoms

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 20–28 Aug

Darkest Thoughts –Stand-Up from Your Thoughts

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 17–28 Aug

Annie and Angela’s Disco Divorce Party

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Katie Norris and Lou

Taylor: Edinburgh’s Next Top Models

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, Various dates from 21 Aug to 28 Aug

Mitch Benn: It’s About Time

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Eric Rushton: I Had a Dream and You Were All in It

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Darren Walsh: Work in Progress

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–19 Aug

Joe McTernan: The Joe Must Go On

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–28 Aug

Chuck Salmon: Pool

Noodles

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Exe-a-Sketch

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Jonny & The Baptists: Dance Like It Never Happened HHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 18–29 Aug, not 24

Tom Lawrinson: Cheeky Monkey

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug

Marjolein Robertson: Thank God Fish Don’t Have Hands

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 17–28 Aug

Filippo Spreafico – One Hour of Italian Rhapsody in 50 minutes

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 17–23 Aug

16:05

The Invisible Woman is Not Invisible, She’s Merely Over 50

theSpace @ Symposium

Hall, 19–20 Aug

Glenn Moore: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn I’m Sixty Moore

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Menopausal Mayhem

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–20 Aug

Neil O’Rourke: Midwit (Work in Progress)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 17–27 Aug Practice Room 99 theSpaceTriplex, 22–27 Aug

16:10

The Eric Tinker Experience

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 19–20 Aug

Dan Kelly: How I Came Third in the North Korean Marathon

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

The Ugly Animal Preservation Society

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Adelaide vs Edinburgh: The Clash of the Fringes Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–18 Aug

16:15

Adam Greene and Peter Bazely: Bi and Large

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Alistair Barrie: Alistaircratic

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 17–28 Aug

Microscope: Live Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24 Aug

Richard Stott: Afterparty Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

60 Minutes About Scotland

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Sofie Hagen: Fat Jokes Monkey Barrel Comedy, 18–28 Aug, not 24

Sasha Ellen: Creeps and Geeks

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Illegally Funny

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

Card Ninja

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

Wrestling With the Champ: Better Red Than Dead

PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 20–28 Aug

Microscope: Live Monkey Barrel Live Stream, 24 Aug

Edfringe Hot Ticket Lucky Dip!

Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 27–28 Aug

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

Alex Kealy: Winner Takes All Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 17–28 Aug

16:20

Healing+

Paradise in Augustines, 17–28 Aug, not 21

Ange Lavoipierre: I’ve Got 99 Problems and Here’s an Exhaustive List of Them

Underbelly, George Square, 17–29 Aug

Paddy Raff: Raff Out Loud

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–20 Aug

Grace Petrie: Butch Ado About Nothing

Assembly George Square, 17–28 Aug

Alice Brine: Brinestorm

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

Chris Cantrill: The Bad Boy HHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 18–28 Aug

Harriet Dyer: Trigger

Warning

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

16:25

George Egg: Set Menu (The Best of George Egg)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 17–28 Aug

Rajiv Karia: Gallivant

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

16:30

The Year Is Podcast Live w/ Bobby Mair and Red

Richardson

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 21–25 Aug

Nature’s Worst With Ella

Al-Shamahi (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, Various dates from 17 Aug to 28 Aug

CUMTS: SLEEPOVER

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Jim Daly: Football and Fatherhood

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 20–28 Aug

Paul Williams: In the Moonlight

Assembly Roxy, 18–28 Aug

Martha McBrier: Who Knew?

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Rich Hardisty: Silly Boy

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Paul Savage: Well

Groomed

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 18–27 Aug

Kevin Shepherd: Exploding Biscuits (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Silent Disco Boogie

Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 19

Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

What’s Upset You Now? Live

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 17–28 Aug

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

Greg Winfield and Charlie Bowers: Split the Winnings

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 17–28 Aug

Musical Comedy Guide

Showcase

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

Jay Lafferty: Club Sets

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 18–28 Aug

16:35

Jacob’s Ladder theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

Stella Graham –Porcupine

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 17–28 Aug

Standing at the Back

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–19 Aug

Milo Edwards: Voicemail

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Ania Magliano: Absolutely No Worries If Not

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Pam Ford: 24 and Counting!

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 20–28 Aug

16:40

Paul Sinha: One Sinha

Lifetime HHH

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Ben Lund-Conlon: Lies, Damned Lies and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–28 Aug

Nic Sampson: Marathon, 1904

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Jon Pearson: What Have You Been Up To

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Cerys Bradley: Sportsperson HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

16:45

Jessica Fostekew: Wench HHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

Kwame Asante: Living in Sin

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

Clive Anderson’s My Seven Wonders Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

JoJo Sutherland: Growing Old Disgracefully Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Josh Glanc: Vrooom Vrooom

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 17–28 Aug

Katharyn Henson and Ollie Horn: Pure Filth

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

Alison Spittle: Wet Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Sameer Katz: Agnostic Economist

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

16:50

Rory O’Hanlon – Happy Hour

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 17–27 Aug

Ali Brice: I Tried To Be Funny, But You Weren’t Looking HHH

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug

Two Paul Johnsons Build a Better Sitcom

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Jack Gleadow: Jack’s Entertainment

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

16:55

Samantha Pressdee: Clown Pray Love (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Pearly Gates: A Kafkaesque Romcom in Heaven theSpace @ Niddry St, 27 Aug

Stephen Mullan: Ouch! Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

Joffrey! The Pantomime theSpace on the Mile, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Absolute Onions: Improv Comedy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 17–28 Aug

Stuart McPherson: The Peesh Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17–28 Aug

Looking for Wolverhampton’s Latin Quarter

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

17:00

#Jollyboat – The Best of Jollyboat

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 17–28 Aug

Dave Chawner: Mental Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

Robyn Perkins: Million Dollar Maybe

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

Stella Graham –Porcupine

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 27 Aug

Smurf Etiquette

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 17–28 Aug

Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Dan Wye Am I Sam Smith Assembly George Square Studios, 18 Aug, 21 Aug

Eryn Tett Finds Her

Audience HHH

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 17–28 Aug

Ari Eldjárn: Saga Class Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Diane Chorley’s Chatting with Chorley: The Podcast Assembly George Square Studios, 17 Aug

Weegie Hink Ae That?

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Notflix: Binge

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Child From

Wuhan: Trauma, Love and Diarrhea – Moni Zhang

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 18–28 Aug, not 24

Pernille Haaland: Resting Confused Face

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Gareth Waugh: Doozy

The Stand Comedy Club, 17–29 Aug

Christof Epaminondas and Friend(s): Too Much Encouragement

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Alcohol Is Good For You

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug, not 23

17:05

Who Murdered My Cat? Assembly George Square, 17–29 Aug, not 23

Casey Balsham: Inconceivable

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Durham University’s Stand Society Presents: Dungaree

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 22–28 Aug

17:10

Richard David-Caine: Tall, Dark and Anxious Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Markus Birdman – The Bearable Heaviness of Nearly Not Being

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Can You Put This in the Bin for Me?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, Various dates from 17 Aug to 25 Aug

17:15

Nathan Cassidy: Observational

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Stranded

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–19 Aug

Silly Words from My Stupid Face

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–29 Aug

Aaaaaaaaaargh! It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 17–28 Aug

Michael Porter: Is It Just Me?

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 17–29 Aug Vappow!

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 20–28 Aug

Ann Chun: Asian Divorce Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Jew-O-Rama

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 17–28 Aug

Enter the Vortex

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 18–29 Aug

How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Movie Musical CATS

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

17:20

Omid Djalili: The Good Times

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–20 Aug

Aboriginal Comedy Allstars

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

Adam Flood: Clayhead

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Choose Your Own Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Tom Rosenthal: Manhood

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug

Lucy Porter: Wake-Up Call Pleasance Courtyard, 17–20 Aug

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

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 18–28 Aug, not 24

Geoff Norcott: I Blame the Parents

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Newcastle United Ruined My Bloody Life

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 17–28 Aug

NDOG: Northerners Deliberating Over Gentrification

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug, not 22

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2022: Are We There Yet?

Pleasance Dome, 17–29 Aug, not 22

Rob Duncan: Baby Trains

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 24 Aug

17:25

Nick Helm: What Have We Become?

Pleasance Dome, 18–28 Aug

Vir Das: Wanted Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Marc Jennings: Original Sound

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 18–28 Aug

Ali Woods: Best Friend Ever

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug

17:30

Irish Comedy Invasion

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret

Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

Bilal Zafar – Care HHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Matt Hobs: Follow the Science

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 21–28 Aug

Tom Little Has Good Reviews So Prepare to Be Impressed

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 23 Aug

Maisie Adam: Buzzed

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Potty Training With Joey Rinaldi

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21 Disabled Cants

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug Little Drummer Boy

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–20 Aug

Rob Duncan: Baby Trains

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 27 Aug

Christian Schulte-Loh: Comeback of the 50-Foot German Comedian

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 18–28 Aug, not 24

Al Lubel: The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and ME

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

The Lovely Boys

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Lucky Maclean’s Festival in the Bin

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus, 17–21 Aug

From Ukraine with Laughs

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17 Aug

Andrew O’Neill – We Are Not In the Least Afraid of Ruins; We Carry a New World in Our Hearts

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Shamilton

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

17:35

MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

After Dusk: The Improvised Twilight Zone theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

17:40

Motivational Sleeper

Paradise in Augustines, 17–28 Aug, not 21

❤ Lou Sanders: One

Word: Wow HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 18–28 Aug

Rachel Fairburn: Can I Be Awful?

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 17–28 Aug

Paddy Young: Laugh, You Rats!

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Sian Davies: About Time HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

Rob Duncan: Baby Trains

PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 25 Aug

Helen Bauer: Madam Good Tit

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

❤ Sarah Keyworth: Lost Boy HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

17:45

Experiment Human

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Gary Little Just About Done

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–29 Aug

Mark Silcox: I Can Cure... [Perfect and Arena-Ready Show]

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 18–28 Aug

Comedy Boxing

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Daniel Sloss: New Work in Progress

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug, not 22, 23

John Robins: Work In Progress/Progress In Work

Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 23 Aug

Britney: Friends and Nothing More

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 18–29 Aug

Call Me Me

ZOO Playground, 21–28 Aug

Edfringe Hot Ticket

Lucky Dip!

Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 Aug

17:50

Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Njambi McGrath: Black Black Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Abigail Rolling: Shit Lawyer

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Crybabies: Bagbeard

Pleasance Dome, 17–28 Aug

Wordz Makez Jokez – Free

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 17–28 Aug, not 27

Anthony Schuman: I Just Want to Be a Good Dad

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–28 Aug

HarleQueen Underbelly, George Square, 17–29 Aug

17:55

Heidi Regan Gives Birth Live on Stage Every Night or Your Money Back HHH

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 17–28 Aug, not 20, 21

Tudur Owen: Alive Huw

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–27 Aug

18:00

Aaaaaaaaaaargh! It’s the One-Liner Show

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 17–28 Aug

Rosie Holt: The Woman’s Hour

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Old Jewish Jokes

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug, not 23

❤ Chloe Petts: Transience HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

The David Johnson Emerging Talent Award Assembly George Square, 28 Aug

Nina Conti: The Dating Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Chris Gethard: A Father and the Sun

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

DEFYING BOTH GENDER NORMS AND GRAVITY

Tom Little Has Good Reviews So Prepare to Be Impressed

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 28 Aug

Mamoun Elagab: Work in Progress

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 18–26 Aug, not 20

Silent Disco Boogie

Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

Star Spangled Stand-Up

Smoke & Mirrors, 17–18 Aug

Poetic Stupidity

Smoke & Mirrors, 25–26 Aug

The Laughter Must Go On Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 22 Aug

Finlay Christie: OK Zoomer

HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–28 Aug

Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Tim Vine: Breeeep!

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28

Aug, not 22

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, 17–29

Aug, not 21, 28

Russell Arathoon: The Curious Incidents of the Gay in the Night-Time

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

The Impro All Stars

Frankenstein Pub, 17–29

Aug, not 23

Charmian Hughes: She!

Immortal Horror Queen’s Guide to Life

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

18:05

Lloyd Langford: DILF

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 17–18 Aug

Rob Copland:

Mainstream Muck (Gimme Some of That)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 18–28 Aug

Katie Pritchard: Disco Ball

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Nathan Mosher is Injured

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17–28 Aug

Tessa Coates: Get Your

Tessa Coates You’ve Pulled

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

18:10

Comedy in the Dark

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 18–28 Aug, not 24

Micky Overman: Small Deaths

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 17–28 Aug

MARVELus: All the MARVEL Movies... Kind Of!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

How to Record the Greatest Album of All Time

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Pierre Novellie: Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things?

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug, not 19, 20, 21

Emmanuel Sonubi: Emancipated HHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Lee Kyle: Parochial Glitter

Implosion

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Morgan Rees: Bi and Large

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

18:15

2022 Greek Comedian of the Year – George

Zacharopoulos

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 17–28 Aug

Jake Cornell and Marcia

Belsky: Man and Woman

Assembly George Square Studios, 18–28 Aug One Bite Only

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Magnum Opus, Lembit

Opik

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 22–28 Aug

Raul Kohli: Russian Weapon of Mass Destruction

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 18–28 Aug

Wordz Makez Jokez – Free

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 27 Aug

Stand Up, Weather Girl!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–21 Aug

Christopher Titus: Carrying Monsters Assembly George Square Studios, 18–28 Aug, not 23, 24

100% Cotton: In a Spin

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28 Aug, not 21

Anesti Danelis: This Show Will Change Your Life

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 17–28 Aug

Ramble On with CJ

Hooper

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 18–28 Aug

Frankie Boyle: Lap of Shame

Assembly Rooms, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Horrigan & Howell: A Sketch Too Far theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

Eleanor Tiernan: Away With The Fairies

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

18:20

Patrick Spicer: Who’s This All of a Sudden?

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Oh No

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 18–28 Aug

The People vs The Oxford Revue

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Rob Duncan: Baby Trains

PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 17–23 Aug

Abigoliah Schamaun: Legally Cheeky

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Stuart Laws? Is That Guy Still Going? (WIP)

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17 Aug

A Flamingo Called Frank Presents: Five in the Pink theSpaceTriplex, 19–27 Aug

Julie Grady Thomas: American Scum

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Sam Morrison: Sugar

Daddy

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug, not 22

Spanking The Monkey: The Etymology of Onanistic Euphemisms

RSE Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Tom DeTrinis: I HATE

NEW YORK

Assembly Rooms, 18–27 Aug

18:25

Michelle Brasier: Average Bear

Assembly George Square, 17–28 Aug

Good Kids: Appetite

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

John Robins: Work In Progress/Progress In Work

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug, not 22, 23

Garrett Millerick: Just Trying to Help

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

Abigail’s 3rd Birthday Party

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

18:30

Big Mick Energy

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 17–29 Aug

Danny O’Brien: The God of All Things Bad Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–29 Aug Pick of the Fringe

The Sheraton Grand Hotel 25 Aug

Lost Voice Guy: Cerebral LOLsy

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17–28 Aug

Shaun Patrick Flynn RN: Healthcare Anti-Hero RSE Theatre, 18 Aug

Sindhu Vee: Alphabet Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

Nik Coppin: Shark

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

Mischief Movie Night

Pleasance at EICC, 17–28 Aug, not 22

We’re Sorry (Best of Canada)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Church Girl, Interrupted theSpace on North Bridge, 21–27 Aug

Basil Brush: Unleashed...

And Uncut

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug, not 25

Any Suggestions, Doctor?

The Improvised Doctor

Who Parody

Pleasance Dome, 17–28 Aug

Nikki Lowe: Nongenue

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 17–27 Aug

The Best of Irish Comedy

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

18:35

Al Murray: Gig for Victory Assembly George Square Gardens, 29 Aug On the Run: Dame Over! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21 Aug

18:40

Edward Aczel: Artificial Intellect and Other Ideas BlundaGardens: BlundaBus, 17–18 Aug

Pear Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Robin Grainger: Robin Time

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 17–28 Aug

Emmy Blotnick: The 30 Fragrances of Jennifer Lopez: A Show About Death, Betrayal and Financial Ruin Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

Ted Hill: All the Presidents Man

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Christopher Bliss: Captain Words Eye Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

Luke Kempner: Macho Macho Man Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug

Phil Ellis: Hedgehog Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

18:45

Clandestina Queer Comedy Triple Bill

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 17 Aug

Andy’s Moon Show – How to Fake the Moon Landing

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 17 Aug, 19 Aug

Kai Humphries: Mischief! The Stand Comedy Club, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Andy’s Moon Show – How Much is the Moon Worth?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 18 Aug, 20 Aug Roisin Crowley Linton: Medusa

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 18–28 Aug

Europe’s Most Wanted!

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Spontadeity: Who Let the Gods Out?

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

18:50

Thanyia Moore: Just Being Funny Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 18–28 Aug

Andrew White (But Not in a Gay Way)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Dreamgun: Film Reads

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Fast Fringe

Pleasance Dome, 17–27 Aug

18:55

Jenny Bede: The First Pregnant Woman in the World

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Bella Hull: Babycakes Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Mimi Hayes: 20-Nothing

PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 17–28 Aug

19:00

Not My Audience! The Comedy Show You Control!

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Aidan Goatley: Tenacious ZOO Playground, 17–28 Aug

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

Just These Please: Honestly No Pressure Either Way

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Grace Campbell: A Show About Me(n)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore

Pleasance Dome, 17–29 Aug, not 22

Stand Up At Seven With Ella Al-Shamahi and Suse Steed

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Lew Fitz: Soft Lad Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Ruth Hunter and the Ruth-hunter

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Jarred and Hobbit: The Big Beatbox Comedy Mess Around Gameshow Show!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–27 Aug, not 22

Troy Hawke: Sigmund Troy’d!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug

George Fox: Night of the Living Dread Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 18–28 Aug

Kylie Brakeman Presents: Linda Hollywood’s Big Hollywood Night

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–28 Aug

3am Brain

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug

Jen Ives: Peak Trans

HHH

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Police Cops: The Musical Assembly George Square Studios, 18–29 Aug, not 27

Broke in Barcelona Paradise in Augustines, 17–28 Aug, not 21

Gabbi Bolt: I Hope My Keyboard Doesn’t Break House of Oz, 23–28 Aug

Peter Fleming’s Woefully Inaccurate History of the BBC

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 22 Aug

Angela Barnes: Hot Mess

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Dixie Longate’s Happy Hour Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

Raymond Mearns Has No Filter Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–29 Aug

Henning Wehn: It’ll All Come Out In The Wash The Queen’s Hall, Various dates from 18 Aug to 27 Aug

19:05

Mark Nelson: “Comedian”

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 17–28 Aug, not 22

Improvabunga!

theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Bald Man Sings Rihanna PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 17–27 Aug, not 22

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Home Truths Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

Crazy Broken Chinese Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Absolute Improv! theSpace on the Mile, 17–27 Aug

Jake Lambert: Liminal Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

19:10

Yuriko Kotani: Kaiju About Pleasance Dome, 17–29 Aug

Molly Leigh-Moy and Carla Gordon: As Per My

Previous Apology...

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–28 Aug

Jo Griffin: People Person Assembly Roxy, 17–28 Aug

Liam Farrelly, God’s Brother-in-Law

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug, not 22

2022 The Beginning of the End – Vladimir McTavish

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Sh!t-Faced Showtime: A Pissed-mas Carol

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Jamie D’Souza: Stop Drawing Willies on My Poster

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

A Depression-Cure Show theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

19:15

Janeane Garofalo: Pardon My Tangent

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

Viva Your Vulva: The Hole Story

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Where’s Your Head At?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 17–27 Aug, not 20, 23

Shelf: Hair

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

Alex Hylton: Love, Probably

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Aaaaaaaaaargh! It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 17–28 Aug

Edfringe Hot Ticket Lucky Dip!

Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, Various dates from 22 Aug to 28 Aug

Tom Skelton: 2020 Visions

(What If I Hadn’t Gone Blind?)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 18–28 Aug

Celya AB: Swimming

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Daniel Muggleton: Oh, More Mr White Guy?

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Hannah Pilkes: A Woman on the Verge

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Science Magic XXX

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

Sara Barron: Hard

Feelings

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

Craig Hill: I Always Knew I Had it in Me!

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Ravenclaw Kanye PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 17–28 Aug, not 23

19:20

The Big Fat C PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 17–28 Aug

Neil Delamere: Liminal Assembly George Square, 17–28 Aug

Paul Foot: Swan Power Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Pete Wells: Success

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Ryan Wingfield: Trophy Husband

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–28 Aug

AAA Stand-Up Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Merrill Means Well theSpaceTriplex, 22–27 Aug

Gabby Killick’s Game Of Thongs

Underbelly, George Square, 17–29 Aug

Esther Manito: #NotAllMen

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–29 Aug

19:25

Lily Phillips: Smut Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Eric Davidson’s Super Daily Spin We Gaily Ukulele Ceilidh

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–21 Aug

Philliam and Willipp

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Paul McCaffrey: We Go Again

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

19:30

Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 25–28 Aug

Biscuit Barrel: Wafering Heights

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Martin Mor – the Antidote

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 17–21 Aug

Dr John Cooper Clarke – I Wanna Be Yours Edinburgh Playhouse, 24 Aug

Bulletproof Unicorn Greenside @ Riddles Court, 22–27 Aug

Still Got It

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 22–28 Aug

Buffy: Revamped Pleasance at EICC, Various dates from 18 Aug to 29 Aug

The Retirement Game

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–20 Aug

Big Value Early

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–28 Aug

❤ Sophie Duker: Hag

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

Ivo Graham: My Future My Clutter

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Scott Bennett: Nine Lives

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–24 Aug

Ray Fordyce’s Cosy

Evening In With Pals

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Silent Disco Boogie

Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19

Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

❤ Sam See: Government-Approved Sex HHHH

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Palindrome Fight!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Sindhu Vee: Work in Progress

Pleasance Courtyard, 17 Aug

Anthony DeVito: My Dad Isn’t Danny DeVito

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Ray Bradshaw: Bald Ginger

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 18–29 Aug, not 24

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Coffee Shop, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

Nicole Harris: No Brainer

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 17–28 Aug

Stand Up for the People

Frankenstein Pub, 17–29 Aug, not 23

Bad Man

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 22–28 Aug

Tatty Macleod: Fugue WIP

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17–21 Aug

Jason Byrne: Unblocked Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug, not 22 So You Think You’re

Funny? Grand Final Gilded Balloon Teviot, 25 Aug

Justin Moorhouse: Stretch & Think

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

David O’Doherty: whoa is me

Assembly George Square, 17–29 Aug

19:35

Rob Kemp: Agenda

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 17–28 Aug

Olga Koch: Just Friends

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

Nikki Britton: One Small Step

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

Rob Duncan: Baby Trains

PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 26 Aug

19:40

Shazia Mirza: Coconut

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Scummy Mummies

Underbelly, George Square, 18–27 Aug

Aliya Kanani: Where You From, From? HHH

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 17–28 Aug

Mark Dean Quinn: Has a Stroke but at Least He Got a Show Out of It

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 17–28 Aug, not 19, 20, 26, 27

Davina Bentley: Never Again 2

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Melissa Stephens: HOT

DOGS & TEARS

Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

Kate Smurthwaite: Humanity’s Last Hope

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug

Rich Hall SOLD OUT: TICKETS

STILL AVAILABLE

Assembly Rooms, 17–28 Aug

Bird With Kylie Vincent

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–28 Aug

Yasmine Day: Songs in the Key of Me

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Schalk Bezuidenhout: I’ll Make Laugh To You (Like You Want Me To)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

19:45

Jocks, Geordies and Aussies

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 17–28 Aug, not 20, 27

Larry Tadlock: Bipolar

Vegan

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 17–28 Aug, not 22

It Has to Be Said

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–21 Aug

Simon Evans and His Big Ideas

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

Myra DuBois’ A Problem Shared Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug

Men With Coconuts

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–28 Aug

BriTANicK

Assembly George Square, 18–28 Aug

Free Footlights

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Kate Butch: Wuthering Shites

Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug, not 22

Chris Laker: Bully Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Best of Adelaide’s Fringe Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Ashley Haden: On the Outside Pissing in Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Liam Withnail: Hot Sauce

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17–28 Aug

Freestyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–28 Aug

Melting Pot

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 22–28 Aug

❤ Susie McCabe: Born Believer HHHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

Jamie MacDonald: Reasonably Adjusted Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

19:50

There’s No Mystery in Murder!

theSpace on the Mile, 17–27 Aug, not 21

❤ Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 18–28 Aug

19:55

Charlie Vergos –Barbecue Rich PBH’s Free Fringe @ Roti, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Rachel Bradley: Beauty for Ashes

Assembly Rooms, 18–28 Aug, not 23, 24

Sean McLoughlin: So Be It Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

20:00

Eshaan Akbar

Pleasance Dome, 17–28 Aug

Comedy for the Curious Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug

Patrick Monahan: Classy

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Middle Rage

Shout – Scottish Music Centre @ 111 Holyrood Road, 17–28 Aug

Ireland’s Best Themed Show: Tree Fiddy

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 17–28 Aug

Sascha LO and Friends

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Dave Chawner: Underdog Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Mother: Colleagues

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

#Jollyboat – Daft Puns

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 17–28 Aug

Matt Forde: Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Pete Firman: Bag Of Tricks

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug, not 25

Tom Stade: The High Road

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 17–28 Aug

Dan Lees: Mustard or Custard?

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus, 24–27 Aug

Jew Talkin’ To Me? Assembly George Square, 17 Aug

Ryan Cullen: Caveat Emptor*

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 17–28 Aug

Tiff Stevenson: Sexy Brain Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Leah MacRae Weighs In

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 20–28 Aug

Impromptu Shakespeare

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

A Cut Above

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

Tina del Twist: Caravan in the Sky Assembly Checkpoint, 17–28 Aug, not 22

20:05

Read for Filth

theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

20:10

Richard Pulsford: A Bit

More Rich

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

Susan Riddell: Living My 2nd Best Life

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 17–28 Aug, not 22

Hal Cruttenden: It’s Best

You Hear It From Me

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Dr Hammond’s Covid Inquiry

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–27 Aug

Flo & Joan: Sweet Release

Assembly Roxy, 17–28 Aug

Ray Badran: Sweet Baby Ray

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Chris Turner: Rap God

Pleasance Dome, 18–28 Aug

Jake Baker: Unity

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Sami Abu Wardeh: Bedu

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

20:15

Robert Garnham, Yay!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 17–20 Aug

Dan Cook: Loud Bit, Quiet Bit, Loud Bit, Quiet Bit

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Eddy Brimson: A Comedian

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–29 Aug

John Hastings: Do You Have Any Ointment My John Hastings

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17–28 Aug

NewsRevue

Pleasance at EICC, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty to Me

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Alex Farrow: Philosophy Machines

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17–28 Aug

20:20

Jo Caulfield: Here Comes

Trouble

The Stand Comedy Club, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Jayde Adams: Men, I Can Save You

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Connor Burns: Live, Laugh, Loathe

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Ignacio Lopez: El Cómico

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Clare Harrison

McCartney: Box Ticker

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 24 Aug

Menopause Party theSpace @ Venue45, 22–27 Aug

Sharon Wanjohi and Abbie Edwards: Not Too Shabby

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Al Murray: Gig for Victory Assembly George Square Gardens, 22–29 Aug ❤ Joz Norris: Blink HHHH

Pleasance Dome, 17–29 Aug

Deirdre O’Kane: Demented

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–21 Aug

Brennan Reece: Crowded Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

James Roque: Badong

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

Business Casual: FERAL

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–28 Aug

Shitegeist Paradise in Augustines, 17–28 Aug, not 21

Eleanor Morton: Craig On Tour

The Stand Comedy Club, 22 Aug

20:25

The Cougar and the Cub

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 17–21 Aug Rhys Nicholson – Rhys! Rhys! Rhys!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug

Sikisa: Life of the Party HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

20:30

Fin Taylor: Daddy

Self-Care

Pleasance Dome, 18–28 Aug

The Best of Scottish Comedy

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

C*nt!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 17–28 Aug

Mary Beth Barone: Silly Little Girl

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Gerry Carroll: A Man in My Position

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–28 Aug

Larry Dean: Fudnut

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

Kai Samra: Native Pleasance Dome, 17–28 Aug

Robin Morgan: Snip Snip, Bitch (Work In Progress)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug Come See – Evan Desmarais

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

Emo Majok: African Aussie

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Elf Lyons: Raven HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Geraldine Quinn: BROAD House of Oz, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Siblings: Siblage

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy’s Fringe Showcase 2022!

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 17–28 Aug

Tim Key: Mulberry

Pleasance Dome, 17 Aug

Grant Busé: SentiMENTAL!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Hard Knock Life

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug

Josh Jones: Waste of Space

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Michelle Shaughnessy: Be Your Own Daddy

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

20:35

Dr Brown: Workdsff

intlsdjfj Progressdsdfdfn

Underbelly, Cowgate, 22–28 Aug

Mad Ron: Crime School

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Michael Akadiri: No

Scrubs

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Thom Tuck and Tim

FitzHigham: Macbeth

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–20 Aug

Nick Elleray: Passionate About Compromise

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 17–28 Aug

AfroPolitiCool

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–21 Aug

Abby Wambaugh and Bronwyn Sweeney

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22–28 Aug

Harmon Leon in The Jokes Saved My Soul

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug

20:40

Awkward Sex... and the City with Natalie Wall

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Macho Daddy Punchfist

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Jimeoin: The Craic!

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Pete Heat: Blimey Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–29 Aug

Chris Hall and Mark Bittlestone: Two Sour Gays

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–28 Aug

Jake Farrell: Sky Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

20:45

Comedy Sassafras

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–20 Aug

Filthy Funny Females

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 17–19 Aug

Alice-India: Be Brave (Or Whatever)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Best in Class

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug Food Fight ‘95 Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Improv Cage Match

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 17–27 Aug, not 22

The Best Man in Ireland

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 17–29 Aug, not 18, 22

James Barr: Straight Jokes

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

101 Comedy Club – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 17–28 Aug

Aidan Greene: I Know What You Did Last

Stammer

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Dave Johns: A Comic’s Tale

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

20:50

Mark Ritchie: Too Close for Comfort

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Two Hearts: We’re Pregnant and the Baby is Music Assembly George Square, 18–28 Aug

gosh!

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Eli Matthewson: Daddy Short-Legs

Underbelly, George Square, 18–28 Aug

Babysitting Calvin theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

20:55

Sam Nicoresti: Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow

Culture HHH

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 18–28 Aug

❤ Garry Starr: Greece

Lightning HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 18–28 Aug

Andy Field: Ideas (,) Man Assembly George Square Studios, 18–28 Aug

The Shambles

theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

21:00

Ah! My Name is Yoky Yu. Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 17–29 Aug

Potential: A Canadian Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

Kate Barron: Losing Myself

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 17–28 Aug

Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–28 Aug

Mark Watson: This Can’t Be It Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug, not 22, 23

Leah Lamarr: NFTs (Nice F%cking Titties)

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

This Is Your Trial Frankenstein Pub, Various dates from 18 Aug to 29 Aug

Rosco McClelland: Goblin Mode

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 17–28 Aug

Paul Currie: The Chorus of Ghosts Living in My Skull Keep Telling Me to Take a Shit in the Fruit Salad

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug, not 24

Diane Chorley: Modern Love

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

Simon David: White Gay

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Anna Clifford: I SEE DEAD(LY) PEOPLE

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

Adam Kay: This is Going to Hurt... More (Work in Progress)

Pleasance Courtyard, 22–23 Aug

Brown Sauce

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–21 Aug

Baby Wants Candy Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

Silent Disco Boogie

Shoes Walking Party with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

❤ ALOKHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 17–21 Aug

Spiegeltastic – The Best Mixed-Bill Show at the Fringe

Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 17–28 Aug, not 20

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 17–28 Aug

Vanlord

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Phil Wang: The Real Hero in All This

Assembly George Square, 17–21 Aug

Dan Tiernan: Cherub

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Chris McGlade: Forgiveness

Frankenstein Pub, 17 Aug, 24 Aug

Jasmin Gleeson: Razzmajazz

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

An Idiom’s Guide to the Galaxy

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17–28 Aug

Absolute Friendship!

RSE Theatre, 17–28 Aug

I Got Bit by a Monkey Once

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 17–28 Aug

Alfie Brown: Sensitive Man

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

Nish Kumar: Your Power, Your Control Assembly George Square, 22–28 Aug

Down and Out in Glasgow and Berlin

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28 Aug, not 21

I’m With Stupid Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

21:05

Lil Saffron: Ragu to Riches

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Tom Walker: Javelin Assembly George Square, 18–28 Aug

Tom Henry, Jack Hester: Tom and Jack Having the Craic

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Your Aunt Fanny: Muff Said Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

The Shambles theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

21:10

Jodie Mitchell and Hannah Platt: Thanks for Sharing

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Roti, 18–28 Aug

Reginald D. Hunter: Bombe Shuffleur Assembly Rooms, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Harriet Kemsley: Honeysuckle Island Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17–25 Aug

Colin Hoult: The Death of Anna Mann Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

21:15

Norris and Parker: Sirens

HHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 18–28 Aug

Stand-Up Science

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick

Murphys, 17–28 Aug

AMJ Entertainer

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

Don’t Start Me on White Jesus

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

❤ Randy Feltface: Alien of Extraordinary Ability

HHHH Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

Chaotic Neutral theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug, not 21 Diane Spencer Slid Off the Turkey

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug Sex, Lies & Improvisation theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–20 Aug

❤ Jazz Emu: You Shouldn’t HaveHHHH Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–21 Aug

An Aussie, African and Englishman Walk Into a Bar...

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Alice Fraser: Chronos Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Adults Only Magic Show Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug, not 22 Foil Arms and Hog –Hogwash

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug

21:20

All About the Drama Paradise in Augustines, 17–28 Aug, not 21

Tom Mayhew: Trash Rich The Stand Comedy Club 2, 17–28 Aug

Rich Wilson: You Could Have It So Much Better

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Alfie Packham and Luke Chilton: Hot New Talent

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Sam Taunton: Yoho Diabolo

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

Jess Robinson: Legacy Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Riss Obolensky: Healing King Herod

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus, 19–23 Aug

Amrita Dhaliwal: Driving Around

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus, 17–18 Aug

21:25

Frankie Thompson: Catts Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Abandoman aka Rob Broderick: Discography Underbelly, George Square, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Ben Clover: Best Newcomer

C ARTS | C venues | C piccolo, 17–28 Aug

21:30

Best of Scottish Comedy Awards

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 17–27 Aug Comedy Night at the Museum

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 18–28 Aug

Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back Assembly Checkpoint, 17–28 Aug, not 22, 23

Ellie MacPherson: Happy Birthday, Mr. President! Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Carter Morgan: Dick Jokes for End Times

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Paul Zerdin: Hands Free Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17 Aug

Aidan Jones – Taco

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug

Darius Davies: The Non-Disclosure Agreement

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–28 Aug, not 24

Nancy Clench: If Your Symptoms Aren’t Life-Threatening, Please Hold!

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Hot Ticket

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 17–28 Aug

Andrew Maxwell: Krakatoa

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug, not 25

Dumbelles

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Mind Mangler: Member of the Tragic Circle Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Bianca Del Rio: Unsanitized Pleasance at EICC, 18–26 Aug, not 22

21:35

Richard Brown: Horror Show

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry St), 17–28 Aug

❤ Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?! HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

Cyclopath

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

21:40

Erika Ehler: Femcel HHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17–28 Aug

Christy Coysh: Bangarang!

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Stand Up for Your Planet Assembly Rooms, 22 Aug

The Club Valentine

Comedy Hour

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–28 Aug

Here Goes Nothing!

RSE Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Christian Brighty: Playboy Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

Simon Brodkin: Screwed Up

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–27 Aug

Catherine Cohen: Work in Progress

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–21 Aug

How I Ruined Medicine

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

The Comedy Reserve Pleasance Dome, 17–29 Aug, not 22

21:45

Tom Lucy: Melt Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Aurie Styla: Green Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Samantha Day: Careering PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 17–28 Aug

Your Dad’s Mum: Tonight at the Social Club

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug

Spiegeltastic – The Best Mixed-Bill Show at the Fringe

Just the Tonic at St James Quarter, 20 Aug

Star Quest: The Next Improvisation theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug Würk

Paradise in Augustines, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Laughing Horse Fringe

Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

Conrad Koch: White Noise Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Big Value Late

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–28 Aug

21:50

Three Grams and a Baby

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–28 Aug

Sam Lake: Cake

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Tamer Kattan – An Alien from New York

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug

Ciarán Dowd: King Rodolfo

Pleasance Dome, 18–28 Aug

Rosie Holt: The Woman’s Hour Pleasance Dome, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 21 Aug

Troy Hawke: Sigmund Troy’d! Underbelly, Bristo Square, 18–20 Aug

21:55

Dirty Laundry Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Kiran Saggu and Sarah Roberts: Cake

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

How Not to Owl theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

Red Richardson: Shots Fired Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Thor and Freya: Norse as F*ck

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

Jordan Brookes: This Is Just What Happens Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug, not 22 Julia Masli: CHOOSH!

HHH Assembly Roxy, 18–28 Aug

22:00

A Celebration of Father

Ted With Joe Rooney

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–21 Aug

Adam Riley: Saxon

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Tehran Von Ghasri: GONNA GET CANCELLED

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug, not 24, 25, 26, 27 Alex Kitson and Julia Stenton: Good Influences

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 17–28 Aug

Seann Walsh: Is Dead. Happy Now?

The Stand Comedy Club, 17–28 Aug

Rebels Without Applause Hill Street Theatre, 17–28 Aug

The Many Faces of Horatio Gould

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 17–29 Aug

Beak: Cocktail Boys

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 17–28 Aug

Horrible Herstories

Greenside @ Nicolson

Square, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Tim Key: Mulberry

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28

Aug, not 21, 22

The Room Above’s Comedy Hour

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–28 Aug

John Robertson: The Dark Room

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug, not 27

The Kids of Canada

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug

Séayoncé: Res-Erection (Seayonce)

Assembly Roxy, 18–28 Aug

The Best (and Worst) of The Dirty Tattooed Circus

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17 Aug

Phil Differ: My Medical Hell

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22–28 Aug

Posey Mehta: I Am Not a Gorilla

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Liz Kingsman: One-Woman Show

Traverse Theatre, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Laughing Stock

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Tarot: Cautionary Tales

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Best of Scandinavia

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–27 Aug

That Black Mirror Episode

With the Two Lesbians – 2

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

22:05

Al Murray: Gig for Victory

Assembly George Square Gardens, 22 Aug

It’s Fraser Brown, I’m Afraid

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

Blind Mirth Presents: F*ck

It, You Decide theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

22:10

No Laughing Matter

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

.22 Comeback Special –

Sir Dickie Benson

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 17–28 Aug, not 23

The Flop: A Band of Idiots

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 17–20 Aug

Frank Foucault: Songs

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Dogs Love Chocolate theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

22:15

Best of So You Think You’re Funny?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug, not 25

Eleanor Conway: Talk

Dirty to Me

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–23 Aug

The Jam Society

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 23–24 Aug

Gavin Webster: Greatest Hits

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–28 Aug

The Good, the Bad and the Irish!

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Bunker, 17–29 Aug

Set List: Stand-up Without a Net

Just the Tonic Nucleus, Various dates from 18 Aug to 27 Aug

Crizards: Cowboys Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

James Crampton: Natural Disaster theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

The Mr Thing Show

Pleasance Dome, 17–28

Aug, not 24

Roast Battle Edinburgh

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

22:20

Dreamgun Video

Underbelly, George Square, 17–29 Aug

Liars and Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

Perdidos (Lost) in Translation

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Drag Queens vs Zombies

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Lippy

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–28 Aug

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini

Queen Assembly Hall, 25–27 Aug

Gearóid Farrelly: Glamour

Hammer

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

22:25

Alice Cockayne: Attention Needed

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Best of the Fest: The New Class

Assembly George Square Gardens, 18–28 Aug, not 22, 23, 24

Jordan Gray: Is It a Bird?

Assembly George Square, 18–28 Aug

Now: Shame

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28 Aug, not 21

Tom Ward: Anthem

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Emily Wilson: Fixed Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug

Chris Thorburn’s Monday

Mash-Up Meltdown

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 22 Aug

Late Night Laughter with Aaron Levene

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Roti, 17–28 Aug, not 23

22:30

Mat Ewins: Danger Money

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

OK, Let Me Explain Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Anxiety vs Depression: A Comedy Game Show –Pay What You Can

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 18–28 Aug, not 24

Sarah Sherman

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–21 Aug

Ashley Brain Damage

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 22–28 Aug

Horseplay: Bareback

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Raul Kohli: Kohl and The Gang

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 18–28 Aug

Existential Queer

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Ivo Graham: My Future My Clutter

Pleasance Courtyard, 19 Aug, 25 Aug

Comedy Estonia

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

22:35

Oliver Coleman: Sublime Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17–28 Aug

Flat and the Curves

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

22:40

Dan Rath: Cockroach Party Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

Biscuit Barrel: Xtra Comedy Tin

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–27 Aug

Lee Brophy: False Prophet

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 17–28 Aug

Jack Barry: Don’t Happy Be Worry

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 18–28 Aug

❤ Sophie Duker: Hag HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 27 Aug

Lachlan Werner, Laurie Luxe and Paulina Lenoir: Movements in Motion

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus, 17–18 Aug

Edy Hurst’s Comedy Version of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of HG Wells’ Literary Version (Via Orson Welles’ Radio Version and Steven Spielberg’s Film Version) of the War of the Worlds

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–23 Aug

Alasdair Beckett-King: Nevermore Pleasance Courtyard, 19 Aug, 26 Aug

Crone

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 24–28 Aug

22:45

Brian Gallagher: Another Funny Irishman, Blah Blah, Diddley Diddle Dee Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 18–27 Aug

BeComedy UK Presents: No Limits

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Trashfuture: Live at the Fringe

theSpace @ Venue45, 26–27 Aug

Sammy Obeid

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Space Mystery: A Mystery in Space

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

Shaggers

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

22:50

Desmond Hinks: Tesco Sacked Me After Eight Days

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug

Alex Franklin: Dinosaurusesuses

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

The Rodney Buzzard

Tapes: Evidence of an Honourable Man theSpace on the Mile, 23–27 Aug

Sex Me I’m Irish Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug

22:55

A Gay and a NonGay Underbelly, Bristo Square, 25–27 Aug

Trash Salad

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29

Aug, not 24

The Improverts theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

23:00

An Evening With Tara Boland

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–28 Aug

Wacky Racists Comedy Club

Assembly George Square Studios, 21–22 Aug

The Wrestling Assembly Hall, 23–24 Aug

John-Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations Assembly George Square Studios, 19–20 Aug

Murder, She Didn’t Write Pleasance Courtyard, 21 Aug, 28 Aug

Fright Bus Service Necrobus, 17–28 Aug

An American Comedy Showcase. Free!

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

SNORT

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

Lemon Party

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug

Spank! You and Goodnight

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 28–29 Aug

Nobody Panic: Live Pleasance Courtyard, 19–20 Aug

The Cambridge Impronauts Present: Keeping Up with the Kimprov

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Diane Chorley: Down

The Flick

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–27 Aug, not 21, 22

Drag His Ass with Mary Beth Barone

Pleasance Dome, 20–21 Aug

Big Boys and Friends Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

The Stand’s Pick of the Fringe

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

23:05

Tales of an Altered Consciousness Within a Comical Lunatic Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

Bobby Mair: Cockroach Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17–25 Aug

AAA Stand-Up Late Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

One Single Thread Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

23:10

Marmalade theSpace on the Mile, 17–25 Aug, not 21

Indoor Kids theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

The All Irish After Party Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–28 Aug, not 22

23:15

Bomb and Get Bombed: A Stand-Up Comedy Show

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

Alex Leam: Improv Provocateur

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour Pleasance Dome, 21 Aug, 28 Aug

Edinburgh Comedy Allstars

Underbelly, George Square, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

Werewolf: Live – Charity Spectacular!

Underbelly, George Square, 25–26 Aug

Stamptown Comedy Night

Pleasance Dome, Various dates from 18 Aug to 27 Aug

Angus Coutts: Spicy

Accountant

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 17–28 Aug, not 24

Andy Roach: Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

23:20

Jamali Maddix: King Crud

Pleasance Courtyard, 25–27 Aug

Monkey Barrel Comedy presents... Live!

Monkey Barrel Live Stream, 17–28 Aug

Brexico

Paradise in Augustines, 17–28 Aug, not 21

Gigless Live Monkey Barrel Live Stream, 18–19 Aug

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

Monkey Barrel Live Stream, 22–23 Aug

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 22–23 Aug

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy’s Fringe

Showcase 2022!

Monkey Barrel Live Stream, 20 Aug, 27 Aug

Gigless Live Monkey Barrel Comedy, 18–19 Aug

Get Off Comedy

Fundraiser

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–25 Aug

AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

The Comedy Arcade

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug

Dave Cerwonka: FFS

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–28 Aug

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy’s Fringe

Showcase 2022!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 20 Aug, 27 Aug

23:25

White Jesus: Ascension

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug

Pearly Gates: A Kafkaesque Romcom in Heaven theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

23:30

Late’n’Live Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Ram Adithya Arangi – The Local Tourist

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–20 Aug

Luke Oseland: Drunk Magic

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug, not 26

Midnight Snacks

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Henry Ginsberg: Romantic Comedian – Personal Growth, Sex and Nazis

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 18–28 Aug

Ralph Brown: Petty Man Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Eh! Comedy Tour

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug Found Our Funny at the Fringe

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 17–28 Aug

23:35

Anarchy Cabaret

Presents: The West End New Act of the Year

Showcase

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 17–27 Aug, not 23

23:40

Triple Threat Comedy

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 17–28 Aug, not 22, 23

Broken Zoo: The Texas Takeover

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

23:45

Nikki Hartung: Love, Pierre

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Comedy Queers

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug

Afterhours Comedy:

Amused Moose Comedy

Zoo Southside, 20 Aug, 27 Aug

Aaaaaaaand now! Roger

Swift’s Machine Pun: Reloaded

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–27 Aug

23:55

Mr Chonkers

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Carnivore), 17–28 Aug

Spank!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–27 Aug

The Drunk and Heckle Show

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 17–28 Aug

Cabaret Impedimenta Assembly George Square Gardens, 17–18 Aug

The LOL Word

Monkey Barrel Comedy, Various dates from 18 Aug to 27 Aug

Creepy Boys

Underbelly, Cowgate, 19–20 Aug

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Comedy Club, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

Best of the Fest Assembly Hall, 18–28 Aug, not 22, 23, 24

The Jam Society

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 22–23 Aug

23:59

Shannon Matthews the Musical

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–27 Aug, not 22

Elf Lyons: Talks Dirty for an HourHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 20 Aug, 27 Aug

The Disgraceful Club

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 19 Aug, 26 Aug

00:00

MaX-XiM

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 18–28 Aug

09:00

I Don’t Like Mondays

theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–20 Aug

09:40

Do I?

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–20 Aug

09:50

The Ofsted Massacre

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

09:55

The Changeling Girl

theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

Pramkicker theSpace on the Mile, 17–27 Aug

10:00

Shakespeare for Breakfast C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17–28 Aug

Beautiful Nothing

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

We Were Promised Honey!

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Midsummer

theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–20 Aug

I Am From Reykjavik Summerhall, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

10:05

The Changeling Girl

theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

Do I?

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

10:10

Heroes theSpace @ Venue45, 17–20 Aug

Call Mr Robeson

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–27 Aug

Civilisation

Zoo Southside, Various dates from 21 Aug to 28 Aug

Midsummer

theSpace @ Niddry St, 22–27 Aug

Alice Through the Looking Glass

theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–20 Aug

10:15

A Non-Emergency theSpace @ Venue45, 22–27 Aug

birthday girl theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

Rebound theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

Hart

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

❤ Happy Meal HHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, 24 Aug, 28 Aug

10:20

About Money

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22, 25, 26

The Boy With a Thousand Faces theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

Elementa

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Space Hippo Assembly George Square, 17–29 Aug

10:25

Mrs Roosevelt Flies to London Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

10:30

Blood Harmony HHH

Traverse Theatre, 18 Aug, 23

Aug, 27 Aug

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

The Biggest Problem in the World: Our Problem With Problems and Why Truth Matters

Paradise in Augustines, 17–26 Aug, not 21

❤ The Last Return HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, 24

Aug, 28 Aug

Fat Chance

Pleasance Dome, 18–28 Aug, not 22, 23

Exodus HHH

Traverse Theatre, 20 Aug, 25 Aug

How My Light Is Spent theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

Old Town History and Tales

Statue of Adam Smith, 17–29 Aug

Coward Conscience

theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

❤ Wilf HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug

10:40

Ludomachy! The Summoning of Games

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 17–28 Aug

10:45

Camino Man theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

Banana Crabtree Simon theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–20 Aug

The Mistake theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug

10:50

Gulliver Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

10:55

When We Were Normal theSpaceTriplex, 17–20 Aug A Eulogy for Roman theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

An Audience with Stuart Bagcliffe

ZOO Playground, 17–28

Aug, not 25

Joshua (and Me)

Pleasance Dome, 18–29 Aug Head Girl theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

The Church of the Fall theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

11:00

When We Were Normal theSpaceTriplex, 22–27 Aug

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

❤ Psychodrama

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 20 Aug, 25 Aug

Water Fruit Loops

theSpace @ Niddry St, 22–27 Aug

Patience: Zero

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 17–28 Aug, not 18 Sacred Arts Festival

Visual Art at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge (Spoken Word)

St Vincent’s, 19–20 Aug

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

This is Paradise Traverse Theatre, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 27 Aug

Steve Richards Presents: Rock’n’Roll Politics

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–27 Aug

❤ Bloody Elle – A Gig

Musical HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 21

Aug, 26 Aug

Members Event: Backstage Tour of ROOM

King’s Theatre, 17 Aug

11:05

Foundations

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–21 Aug

Troy Story

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–28 Aug

War of the Worlds (On a Budget)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

Rebound theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

Eglantyne

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

11:10

Happy Place

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Fan/Girl

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 19–28 Aug

11:15

Shakespeare for Breakfast

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17–28 Aug

Boy: Looking for Friends

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–28 Aug

Fake It Till You Make It theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

Average Joe theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

The Transfiguration of Mrs Lamen

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

11:20

Apocalypse Kernow

Paradise in The Vault, 22–28 Aug

Half-Empty Glasses

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 18 Aug, 22 Aug, 25 Aug

Able(ish)

Greenside @ Infirmary

Street, 17 Aug, 19 Aug, 20 Aug

August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned Assembly Rooms, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Life Before the Line theSpace @ Venue45, 17–27

Aug, not 21

A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 17 Aug, 19 Aug, 24 Aug, 26

Aug

Words Without Consent

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

11:25

Coarse: The Brontës Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 18 Aug, 20 Aug

Harvey Greenfield is Running Late

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Unwanted ObjectsHHH

Zoo Southside, 17–28 Aug

Who the F**k Is Don Quixote?

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Quartet theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

Optimistic

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17 Aug, 19 Aug

11:30

Is This the Real Life?

theSpace on the Mile, 22

Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 26

Aug, 27 Aug

Everything That’s Me Is Falling Apart

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Apradhini – Women Without Men

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 22–28 Aug

S.O.E.

Assembly Rooms, 19–27 Aug

Lucid

ZOO Playground, 17–28

Aug, not 22

Death of an Author Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 22–27 Aug

Beneath theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 17 Aug to 27 Aug

Boy

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Shakespeare’s Fool theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

Tom

Assembly Rooms, 17 Aug

The Tempest Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–20 Aug

Parky Players: Shake It Up theSpaceTriplex, 25–27 Aug

Daylight

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug

11:35

The Final Approach Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Lord of the Flies theSpace @ Niddry St, 22–27 Aug

Who Here’s Lost?

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug

Daddy Issues

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug, not 22

A Young Girl’s Guide to Madness theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

11:40

Palimpsest

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Appraisal Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

Anne Harper – Stop the Bus!

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 22–27 Aug

100 Seconds to Midnight

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21 EastEndless Pleasance Courtyard, 18–27 Aug

Room – A Room of One’s Own Pleasance Courtyard, 18–27 Aug

Whispers theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

11:45

Long Nights in Paradise theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

Diary of an Australian Outback Woman

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 20–28 Aug

The Land of Lost Content Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug

The Rip Current Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug, not 23

One of Two Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

11:50

Helter Skelter Assembly George Square, 17–29 Aug, not 19

The Chairs Revisited Pleasance Dome, 18–29 Aug #FOMO Clinic

Paradise in Augustines, 23–27 Aug

The Choir of Man Assembly Hall, 18 Aug, 25 Aug

No Time For Strangers theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

11:55

The Girl Who Was Very Good At Lying Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Kafkaesque theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–20 Aug

The Olive Tree theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

12:00

Pavementology Meeting Point at East Princes Street Gardens, Corner of Market Street and Waverley Bridge, 17–29

Aug, not 23

The Anniversary

Pleasance Dome, 18–28

Aug, not 24

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

It’s Always the Quiet Ones C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 17–21 Aug

The Smile Off Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Will Tell and the Big Bad Baron

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–21 Aug

In Conversation with…

Elaine C Smith

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug

Billy Boy

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28

Aug, not 22

In Conversation with...

Andy Burnham

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Cordelia Butters

Investigates

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–18 Aug

Carnegie Panmure House, 20 Aug, 27 Aug

In Conversation with…

Deborah Meaden

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17 Aug

In Conversation with...

Tam Cowan

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22 Aug

❤ Ghosts of the Near Future HHHH Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Alphonse

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Guerilla Autistics Year

8 – Scenes From an Undiagnosed Life Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–19 Aug

In Conversation with...

Alex Thomson

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 26 Aug

In Conversation with...

Darren McGarvey

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 18 Aug

In Conversation with...

Jim Sillars

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 21 Aug

Wreckage Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

In Conversation with...

Ian Rankin

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 27 Aug

Dear Little Loz

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

In Conversation with...

Hugo Rifkind

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 28 Aug

The Tragedy of Macbeth

HHH

Assembly Roxy, 18–29 Aug

In Conversation with…

Ian Blackford

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug

In Conversation with...

Christopher Brookmyre

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug

Shall I Compare Thee theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

In Conversation with…

Nicola Sturgeon

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug

12:05

Zav Paradise in Augustines, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Kafkaesque theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 22–27 Aug

Blue & Pip

theSpace on North Bridge, 21–27 Aug

12:10

The Collie’s Shed

theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

Age Is a Feeling

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

War of the Worlds (On a Budget)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

Conflict in Court Hill Street Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Harry Baker: Unashamed

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 17–26 Aug, not 20

12:15

Ideation theSpaceTriplex, 17–20 Aug

After theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

Fanboy

Pleasance Dome, 17–29 Aug, not 22

20 Minutes of Action

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug, not 23

Hobnobs and Fruitcake theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

12:20

Tinted

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug, not 22

The Last Words theSpaceTriplex, 22–27 Aug Sobriety on the Rocks theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

Pauline Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

12:25

Lucika theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

Burn theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–20 Aug

The Murder Club theSpace on the Mile, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

Ten Men – The Lives Of John Bindon theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

12:30

The Smile Off Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Hedda

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21 I just like you | a gay myth Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21 Cassie and the Lights Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

The Stones Assembly Roxy, 17–29 Aug, not 23

12:35

Coarse: The Brontës Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

The Maids

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

Assigned theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Utter Mess!

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Practically Perfect! Julie Andrews from Broadway to Hollywood

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

Optimistic Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

12:40

Intelligence Assembly Roxy, 17–29 Aug

This Moment in America

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Stop the World, We’re Getting Off theSpace @ Venue45, 17–27

Aug, not 21

Scotland’s Oldest Poem – The Gododdin

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28 Aug, not 21

Baxter vs The Bookies

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28

Aug, not 23

Cecil Beaton’s Diaries Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–27 Aug, not 21, 22

The Graveyard Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

12:45

The Giant Killers

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

The Heat Museum

ZOO Playground, 17–20 Aug

Press

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29

Aug, not 22

Colossal

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

SHEWOLVES

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29

Aug, not 22

Torn

theSpace @ Niddry St, 22–27 Aug

12:50

Hotel Elsinore

theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

Ultimatum

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Love in the Time of Lockdown (The New Variant)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

Sunsets

Greenside @ Nicolson

Square, 17–20 Aug

Sandcastles

Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

Glister

theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–20 Aug

Isabelle Farah: Ellipsis

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–27

Aug, not 22, 23

Godot is a Woman

Pleasance Dome, 17–28

Aug, not 22

What Keeps You Awake at Night

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Sap

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Out to Lunch

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Please, Feel Free to Share

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Bubblegum and Pop

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–27 Aug

12:55

The Silver Bell Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Blood, Sweat and Vaginas

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug

One Week in Magaluf theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–20 Aug

Love, Loss and Chianti

HHH

Assembly Rooms, 17–28

Aug, not 23

How to Build a Wax Figure Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug, not 23

13:00

Twisted Tales

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28

Aug, not 22

The Smile Off Your Face

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

Ondine

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 24

Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

C digital performance and film

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug

Fashion Spies

Assembly George Square, 17–29 Aug, not 23

I Feel the Need

Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

Land – A Scottish Musical Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug In the Interest of Health and Safety Can Patrons

Kindly Supervise Their Children at All Times Assembly Rooms, 17–21 Aug

Vermin

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

The Ghosting of Rabbie

Burns

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Myra’s Story Assembly George Square, 18–29 Aug, not 24

Swell

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Sweet FA Tynecastle Park, 21 Aug Beg For Me

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

Kevin Flynn: Fear of Heights

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug

Birds of Passage in the Half Light by Kat Woods

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug, not 22

This is Paradise Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, 24 Aug, 28 Aug

Hyenas!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 21–28 Aug

Sacred Arts Festival

Visual Art at Mansfield Traquair

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 18 Aug

Swallowed

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Something About Simon Assembly Rooms, 17–18 Aug

Hard Shoulder theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

13:05

Tiger Lady HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug, not 22

13:10

An Evil Thing

Paradise in Augustines, 17–20 Aug

Listings

Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me Pleasance Dome, 17–29 Aug 83

The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much

Pleasance Dome, 18–29 Aug

In the Weeds by Joseph Wilde, Produced by An Tobar and Mull Theatre

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Watson: The Final Problem

Assembly Rooms, 17–28 Aug

In the Name of the Son Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug, not 22

By the Light of the Moon

theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

We Are What We Overcome

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 22–27 Aug

Raw Sex Appeal

theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

13:15

The Man Who Planted Trees

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Various dates from 17 Aug to 29 Aug

The After-Dinner Joke

theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 17 Aug to 27 Aug

Miss Lindsay’s Secret Scottish Storytelling Centre, Various dates from 18 Aug to 28 Aug

❤ The Last Return HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 20 Aug, 25 Aug

❤ Work.txt HHHH Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Exodus HHH Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug

The Great Almighty Gill Assembly George Square, 17–29 Aug, not 22

13:20

1972: The Future of Sex

theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

Ideation

theSpaceTriplex, 22–27 Aug

❤ Never Let Go: An Unauthorized Retelling of James Cameron’s Titanic HHHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug, not 22

Make-up

Underbelly, George Square, 17–29 Aug

Locked In theSpace on the Mile, 17–21 Aug

Americana: A Murder Ballad Assembly Checkpoint, 17 Aug

13:25

In Her Defence theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

Winston and David Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

13:30

9 Circles Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Evil Psychiatrists and Sexy Refugees

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug

Eco-Nappies Are Shit

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug

The Smile Off Your Face

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Blood Harmony HHH

Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, 24 Aug, 28 Aug

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

Keep It Simple Stupid?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 18 Aug

The Importance of Being... Earnest?

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

❤ Psychodrama

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug

Looking Bad Is Good for You!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 21 Aug

Convicting the Innocent

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug

Psychiatrists Are Evil!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 28 Aug

Are You Being Murdered?

Pleasance at EICC, 18–20 Aug

Our Boy

The Royal Scots Club, 17–20 Aug

Pip Utton as Dylan

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29

Aug, not 23

Mary, Chris, Mars Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

The Sneeze by Anton Chekhov, Translated and Adapted by Michael Frayn

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

My Neighbour Hacked

My Toothbrush!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Dance and Stop Learning

English!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17 Aug And They Played

Shang-A-Lang Hill Street Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Old Town History and Tales

Statue of Adam Smith, 17–29 Aug

❤ Bloody Elle – A Gig Musical HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 27 Aug

What Does Your Skin Say About You?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 27 Aug

Stop Learning English!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 26 Aug

High Performance Sport?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug

Faulty Towers The Dining

Experience

Imagination Workshop: Hilton Carlton , 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

❤ Happy Meal HHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 20 Aug, 25 Aug

Shame on You! HHH Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Go to Your Room!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22 Aug

13:35

Sound Cistem

Pleasance Dome, 23–29 Aug

The MP, Aunty Mandy and Me

Pleasance Dome, 17–21 Aug

Doll

theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Autopilot

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug, not 23

Poems on Gender

Paradise in Augustines, 17–28 Aug, not 21

13:40

Almost Adult

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–28 Aug

❤ Made in India/Britain

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug, not 23

Man of 100 Faces

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Our Field at Twilight

theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

Artorigus theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–27 Aug

13:45

Fly Me to the Moon

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–20 Aug

❤ Svengali HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28

Aug, not 22

The Hippie Shakes

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Terrence the T-Rex

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28

Aug, not 21

Activities of Daily Living

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Boys Who Punch Holes in Walls

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 20–28 Aug

Don’t Ask Don’t Get, Baby Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

5 Finger$

PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 17–28 Aug

❤ Wilf HHHH Traverse Theatre, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 27 Aug

I Shall Not Be Moved Greenside @ Riddles Court, 22–26 Aug

13:50

She Wolf

Assembly Roxy, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Heroes

theSpace @ Venue45, 22–27 Aug

The Silent Treatment

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Down to Earth

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

13:55

Fiji Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Contact Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

14:00

The Smile Off Your Face

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Freddie Hayes: Potatohead Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

A Little Life Festival Theatre, 22 Aug

The Art of Facing Fear, World United Fringe Online, 20–21 Aug

The Beat Goes On theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

Agent November: Indoor

Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Man With a Guitar Plays

Story Songs

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 18–28 Aug, not 24

Fifteen Minute Break

The Mother Superior, 17–28 Aug

Joy theSpace @ Venue45, 17–20 Aug

The Weird Sisters

theSpace on the Mile, 18

Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24

Aug, 26 Aug

The Masks of Oscar Wilde

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

What the Heart Wants

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug, not 23

This is Not a Show About Hong Kong

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

The Roaring of the Voices theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

New Labour PASS Theatre, 22–27 Aug

Truth/Reconciliation

ZOO Playground, 17–20 Aug

PUSH

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Muster Station: Leith Leith Academy, 20–21 Aug

The Road to Ballina

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17–28 Aug

A Hundred Words for Snow

Leith Arches, 17–20 Aug

Sad Girls Club

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Sacred Arts Festival

Poetry at St Vincent’s Chapel Stockbridge

St Vincent’s, 19 Aug

Cat

RSE Theatre, 17–21 Aug

The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker and Merryn

Somerset Webb

Panmure House, 25–28 Aug

Hiccups

Dundas Street Gallery, 25 Aug

Almost Instinct Almost True

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Kaye Adams – How to Be

60: Live!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–24 Aug

Traditional Tales of Scotland

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 17–28 Aug

The Taste of Sweat and Sand

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 22–27 Aug

Twelfth Night Assembly George Square Gardens, 19–20 Aug

I Was Naked, Smelling of Rain

ZOO Playground, Various dates from 22 Aug to 28 Aug

14:05

Badass

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Fritz and Matlock Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Brainstorm theSpaceTriplex, 17–19 Aug

14:10

The Endling Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–19 Aug

Period Dramas Pleasance Courtyard, 17–21 Aug

Poles: The Science of Magnetic Attraction Pleasance Courtyard, 23–29 Aug

Dorian

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17–21 Aug

Pulse

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 22–28 Aug

How to Be Lost

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 22–28 Aug

Hopes and Dreams theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

Seeds of Memories theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

The Lacehouse theSpace on North Bridge, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Earwig Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

The Conversation theSpace on North Bridge, 17 Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

We Are What We Overcome theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–21 Aug

Today I Killed My Very First Bird Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug

14:15

Return to the Hiding Place

Palmerston Place Church, 27 Aug

Every Word Was Once an Animal

Zoo Southside, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Are You Still Watching?

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28 Aug, not 21

She/Her HHH Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug, not 23

Man Shed Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug, not 22

14:20

A Change of Heart theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

Half-Empty Glasses

Roundabout @ Summerhall, Various dates from 17 Aug to 28 Aug

Confetti Assembly George Square, 17–29 Aug, not 23

KITES

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

The Elephant in the Room Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

A Sudden Violent Burst of Rain

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Charles Dickens’ The Signalman theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 18 Aug, 20 Aug

Speed Dial

Pleasance Dome, 17–29 Aug

He’d Murder Me theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17 Aug, 19 Aug

14:30

The Smile Off Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Ladies Day

Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre, 20 Aug

Grav by Owen Thomas

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Bloody Difficult Women Assembly Rooms, 17–28 Aug, not 22

❤ Brown Boys Swim

HHHH Pleasance Dome, 17–28 Aug

Nell Gwynn St Ninian’s Hall, 20 Aug

The Liberator Palmerston Place Church, 20 Aug

Walking with Ghosts

King’s Theatre, 25 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

The End of Eddy Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug

Sherlock’s Excellent Adventure

theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

Something About George Assembly Rooms, 17–18 Aug

Looking For Me Friend: The Music of Victoria Wood Assembly Rooms, 17–28 Aug You Know We Belong

Together

The Lyceum, 27 Aug

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart University of Edinburgh Playfair Library, 20 Aug, 21

Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

The Deil’s Awa! Mayfield Salisbury Church, 20 Aug

14:35

The Six Stages of a Break-Up theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

Around the World Backwards theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

Yippee Ki Yay

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–29

Aug, not 24

14:40

Sport on the Fringe RSE Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Payday Party

Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

Classic!

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29

Aug, not 22

Hands And Flowers theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–27 Aug

14:45

ZIP IT

theSpace @ Niddry St, 22–27 Aug

Opal Fruits

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28

Aug, not 22

Bad Teacher

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Mustard

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Rapunzel

theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–20 Aug

14:50

Lightweight

Underbelly, George Square, 17–29 Aug

Harvey Greenfield is Getting Married

Paradise in Augustines, 17–28 Aug, not 21

Visiting Cezanne Hill Street Theatre, 18–28 Aug

Under Heaven’s Eyes – The Systemic and Systematic Unjustified Killings of Black Lives theSpaceTriplex, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 27 Aug

Dream of a King theSpaceTriplex, 25–26 Aug

Word Up

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

Admiral theSpaceTriplex, 22 Aug

Locked In theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

The Echo Salon

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–26 Aug, weekdays only

14:55

Runaway Princess: A Hopeful Tale of Heroin, Hooking and Happiness Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21 No Place Like Home Pleasance Dome, 18–29 Aug

Broken Funnies Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Surfing the Holyland

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Trouble on Six Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

15:00

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug Temping

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

Tradition!

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–20 Aug

ROOM

King’s Theatre, 17 Aug

The Bush

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Medea

The Hub, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

Tickled: The Ken Dodd Story

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–20 Aug

Cock-Tales: The Antidote to The Vagina Monologues theSpace @ Venue45, 22–27 Aug

Shadow Under a Setting

Sun

theSpaceTriplex, 17–20 Aug

Playing God

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

The Intervention

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–29 Aug

S-ex-iety

French Institute in Scotland, 17–27 Aug, not 23

The Village and The Road

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 17–29 Aug, not 22

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew Meeting Point at Assembly

George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

Black is the Color of My Voice

Pleasance at EICC, 18–20 Aug

Mama Love

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Glass Slippers and Silver Bullets

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 17–28 Aug

Look at Me Don’t Look at Me

Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug

The Glass Imaginary

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Breathless HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug

15:05

Freedam

theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Mrs Simpson Gets Divorced

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–20 Aug

The Golfer

Assembly George Square Studios, 18–29 Aug

Tales of Vomit, Trash and Broken Glass

theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 17 Aug to 27 Aug

Daniel Defoe – The Lockdown Diaries

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 22–27 Aug

Imagining Rachel

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

15:10

Isadora the Barefoot

Dancer

Greenside @ Nicolson

Square, 22–27 Aug

Glimmer of a Rainbow

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed,

19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug,

25 Aug

OCD Me

Hill Street Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Closure

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Making Exceptions

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Eh Up, Me Old Flowers!

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

It’s Not Rocket Science theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Block’d Off HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug, not 23

15:15

Ghost Quartet by Dave Malloy theSpace @ Venue45, 17–20 Aug

Caino – Il Figlio del Primo Paradise in Augustines, 17–20 Aug

Enter Mr Citrus Man

ZOO Playground, 17–20 Aug

Aural Picnic

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug, not 23

The Return Of Sherlock Holmes

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

Charlie Russell Aims to Please

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–27 Aug

Maternity

Zoo Southside, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Like a Sack of Potatoes theSpace on the Mile, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Tales of Xenia C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 22–28 Aug

A Thousand Sons

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–20 Aug

15:20

#Bleep

Paradise in The Vault, 22–28 Aug

Jimmy Mack Follies

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, Various dates from 21 Aug to 28 Aug

Double Drop Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Pool (No Water) theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Second Summer of Love

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

15:30

I, Marigold PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Oedipus Electronica

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–26 Aug

Ruckus Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Liv Ello: SWARM

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug, not 22 High Five!

The Royal Scots Club, 23–24 Aug

Love Them to Death

HHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Attenborough and His Animals

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 18–21 Aug

Splintered Paradise in The Vault, 17–20 Aug

❤ Bloody Elle – A Gig

Musical HHHH Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, 24 Aug, 28 Aug

15:35

A Mighty Fall from Grace theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Crossing the Void theSpace on the Mile, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

Headcase

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug, not 22

15:40

Leaving Vietnam theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

REDEEMher – How I Screwed Up My Perfect Mormon Life

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

We Should Definitely Have More Dancing Assembly George Square Studios, 17–18 Aug

❤ Good Grief

HHHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Darren McGarvey’s The Social Distance Between Us – Live

Listings

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–21 Aug 85

15:45

Luke Wright: The Remains of Logan Dankworth

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug

Pulp

Paradise in Augustines, 17–20 Aug

A Lady Does Not Scratch

Her Crotch

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 17–22 Aug

15:50

Seen 00:25

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17–21 Aug

Candy

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

In PurSUEt

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

15:55

The Macbeth Inquiry

theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–20 Aug

Messiah

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 21–27 Aug

52 Souls

ZOO Playground, 17–28 Aug

The Roaring of the Voices

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

Battle: A Modern Mystery

Play theSpace @ Niddry St, 22–27 Aug

Manic Street Creature

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 23

BOGEYMAN

Pleasance Dome, 17–29 Aug, not 22

16:00

Triple Bypass: Three Ten Minute Plays About Living for Death and Dying for Life

theSpace on the Mile, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Vinegar

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 17–28 Aug, not 20

❤ Psychodrama

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 27 Aug

Hiding Anne Frank

RSE Theatre, 17–28 Aug, not 22

The War of the Worlds

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 17 Aug to 29 Aug

Agent November: Indoor

Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Carnegie Panmure House, 17–28

Aug, not 22

Attila the Stockbroker –40 Years in Rhyme

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 17–19 Aug

Past Life

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 22–27 Aug

Hamlet with Ian McKellen Ashton Hall, Saint Stephens

Stockbridge, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

Dick

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Let’s Talk About Philip

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug

Careless theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

Kathputli Colony: A Tale of Art and Resistance

Pianodrome at the Old Royal High, 17–21 Aug

Cassie Workman: Aberdeen

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 17–28 Aug, not 22

This is Paradise

Traverse Theatre, 20 Aug, 25 Aug

Muster Station: Leith Leith Academy, 26 Aug

The Ballad of Mulan

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 18 Aug to 28 Aug

Megalith

Zoo Southside, 21–28 Aug

Sticky Door

Pleasance Dome, 17–28 Aug

Angel by Henry Naylor

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Afghanistan Is Not Funny by Henry Naylor HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug

Fills Monkey: We Will Drum You

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug, not 23

❤ Happy Meal HHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug

16:05

#MineToo

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

The Poetical Life of Philomena McGuinness Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Stop The Press theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–18 Aug

Under Heaven’s Eyes – The Systemic and Systematic Unjustified Killings of Black Lives theSpaceTriplex, 19–20 Aug

Dream of a King theSpaceTriplex, 17–18 Aug

Charlotte Johnson: My Dad and Other Lies

Pleasance Dome, 17–29 Aug

The Birds theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 22–27 Aug

16:10

Boris the Third HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Katie’s Tales

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

Once Upon a Midnight Dreary theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Taiwan Season: The Whisper of the Waves Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

KC Finn: Free Agent

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 18 Aug

Antiques

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 22–27 Aug

Miss Magics

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 20–24 Aug

Brother’s Keeper theSpace on the Mile, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Shattered

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 25–28 Aug

16:15

Badgers Can’t Be Friends

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–20 Aug

Rob Madge: My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do)

Underbelly, George Square, 17–29 Aug, not 22

Delicious Fruit

Pleasance Dome, 17–29 Aug

Almost 13

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

16:20

Into the Deep Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 22–27 Aug

Pip Utton as Bacon

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 18–28 Aug, not 23, 24

The Mostest Colour Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

The Names I Have Known You By

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 22–27 Aug

The Last Romantic Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 21–28 Aug

16:25

A Dark Place

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug Blue

theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

How to Be a Person When the World Is Ending Paradise in Augustines, 22–28 Aug Plus One

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 22–27 Aug

16:30

Blood Harmony HHH

Traverse Theatre, 20 Aug, 25 Aug

Temping

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

The Greatest Hits of Lily and John

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28

Aug, not 18

Tea Ceremony

ZOO Playground, 17–28

Aug, not 21

❤ The Last Return

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug

The Penelopiad C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 22–27 Aug

Whirlpool People: Deconstructing the Illusion of the Self

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Lessons Learned

Army @ The Fringe, 18–21 Aug

Look, No Hands

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Bàrdachd Cogaidh – War

Poetry

Army @ The Fringe Online, 17 Aug

Exodus HHH

Traverse Theatre, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 27 Aug

Bàrdachd Cogaidh – War Poetry

Army @ The Fringe, 17 Aug Cicely and David The Royal Scots Club, 17–20 Aug

I Am Gavrilo Princip Army @ The Fringe, 23–28 Aug

My Lover Was a Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug, not 22

Les Dawson: Flying High Assembly George Square, 17–28 Aug

❤ Wilf HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, 24

Aug, 28 Aug

The Twenty-Sided Tavern

HHH

Pleasance Dome, 17–28 Aug

Buzzing Anonymous

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 27–28 Aug

MindTravels: Reflections, Meditations and Attentions

artSpace@StMarks, 22–23 Aug

16:35

Near To C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 22–28 Aug

16:40

Imprints

Paradise in Augustines, 17–20 Aug

The Actress Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Skank

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

The Seed of the Holyman theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

16:45

ASSISTED

theSpace @ Niddry St, 22–27 Aug

Prometheus Bound (Io’s Version)

theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 17 Aug to 27 Aug

Horse Country Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

With The Devil’s Assistance

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Various dates from 18 Aug to 28 Aug

The Not So Ugly Duckling: A Play for Grownups

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 17 Aug, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

16:50

La Merda Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Nightmare Magic

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 17–28 Aug

Queen of Fishtown

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28 Aug, not 21, 22

Love Me or I’ll Kill Myself

HHH

ZOO Playground, 17–28 Aug

Victoria Melody: Head Set

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Irvine Welsh’s Porno Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug, not 22

16:55

The Importance of Being Earnest theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–20 Aug

Three Women and Shakespeare’s Will theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

17:00

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

The Smile Off Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Return to the Hiding Place

Palmerston Place Church, 25 Aug

The Magic Mountain King’s Theatre, 28 Aug 1902

Leith Arches, 17–29 Aug, not 18, 25

Fire Is Not the Only Element

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 17–21 Aug

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

menkind LIVE Assembly George Square Studios, 19–20 Aug

Peaceophobia

Summerhall @ Q Park – OMNI, Greenside Row, 24–27 Aug

Paradok Platform

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 17–28 Aug

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

Blanket Ban

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

The Importance of Being Earnest

Assembly George Square Gardens, 17 Aug

Boris Live at Five Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 18–28 Aug, not 24

Sport on the Fringe

RSE Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Stop Trying to Be Fantastic Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

17:05

Fool Muun Komming! [BeBgWunderful/YEsyes/ Hi5.4sure.TruLuv;Spank Spank:SOfun_Grate_ Times]

Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

Done to Death, By Jove!

theSpaceTriplex, Various dates from 17 Aug to 27 Aug

Waiting for Hamlet

theSpaceTriplex, 18 Aug, 20

Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

A Highly Suspect Murder

Mystery theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug, not 21

17:10

Crumbled theSpace @ Venue45, 18

Aug, 20 Aug, 23 Aug, 25

Aug, 27 Aug

A Toe Tale theSpace @ Venue45, 17

Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 24

Aug, 26 Aug

It All Assembly Rooms, 17–26 Aug

Manic

ZOO Playground, 17–28 Aug

Jungle Door Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

Born Under a Bad Sign theSpace on the Mile, 18

Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24

Aug, 26 Aug

The Trojan Women Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–20 Aug

17:15

We Are Traffic: An Uber Adventure Assembly Rooms, 17–28 Aug

A Two Woman Hamlet Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Brain Hemingway Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

The Richard Osman Fan Club

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28

Aug, not 21

17:20

Destiny Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Rapsody HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

Time’s Plague

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 21–28 Aug

Val from Anfield Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

The Choir of Man Assembly Hall, 29 Aug

Learning to Fly Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Chaos by Laura Lomas

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

War of the Worlds (On a Budget)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21 Aug

17:25

❤ Hungry HHHH Roundabout @ Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 23

17:30

The Smile Off Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

GirlPlay theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug

Velvet Determination Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Fata Morgana

Pleasance at EICC, 17–28 Aug

Two’s Company

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

The Diary of a Nobody

theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 17 Aug to 27 Aug

tenderly

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–20 Aug

Just an Ordinary Lawyer C ARTS | C venues | C place, 22–28 Aug

Bundle of Joy?

Paradise in Augustines, 17–20 Aug

Buzzing Anonymous

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 26 Aug

17:35

Gilbert and Sullivan’s Nightmare theSpace on the Mile, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24

Aug, 26 Aug

Color Inside the Lines

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 18–27 Aug, not 21, 24

17:40

Masterclass Pleasance Dome, 17–28

Aug, not 22 Going Down theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

Dreamsick

Zoo Southside, 21–28 Aug

My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored HHH Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Eve: All About Her

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–28 Aug

Far Gone Zoo Southside, 17–20 Aug

17:45

Marginal Gains for Brighter Brains!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Nosy Apps and Doping in Sport

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17 Aug Become a Sexy Refugee in Five Easy Steps!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 26 Aug

What Can You Create from Data?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug

An Evening with Great Irish Writers C ARTS | C venues | C piccolo, 17–28 Aug

Will I Need a Light Licence?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 18 Aug

Lots and Not Lots Summerhall, 17–21 Aug

Waterloo Summerhall, 17–27 Aug, not 22

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Wrongful Convictions and a Hacked Toothbrush

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 27 Aug

Will Killer Robots Save Humanity?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 28 Aug Do Well. Be Well. And Dance.

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 21 Aug

The Wild West of the Crypto Economy!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug

How Much Do Apps Know About You?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22 Aug

The Sian Clarke Experience Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Buzzing Anonymous

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 27–28 Aug

Manbo

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–29 Aug, not 24

My Hormones Made Me Do It!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug

Everyone Speaks Another Language!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug

17:50

Pillows

theSpace on North Bridge, 18–27 Aug, not 21

Musclebound

Assembly Roxy, 17–28

Aug, not 23

A Matter of Time

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 17–28 Aug

Hey, That’s My Wife! Hill Street Theatre, 17–28 Aug

17:55

Rocky!

Zoo Southside, 17–20 Aug

18:00

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

The Smile Off Your Face

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

A Little Life

Festival Theatre, 20–21 Aug

The Woman He Lived With Shout – Scottish Music Centre @ 111 Holyrood Road, 17–19 Aug

The Magic Mountain

King’s Theatre, 26–27 Aug

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Love You More

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

Blood and Gold

Royal Lyceum Theatre

Edinburgh, 17–28 Aug, not 22, 23

How to Be a Better

Human

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Tempus Fugit: Troy and Us

Army @ The Fringe, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Spoons HHH

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

One Man Two Guvnors Rose Theatre, 18–28 Aug

Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 18–28 Aug, not 22

Mystic Poetry

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 18 Aug, 25 Aug

18:05

Spit Me Out theSpace on the Mile, 17–27 Aug

Cheeky Girls

theSpace @ Niddry St, 22–27 Aug

Don’t Shoot the Albatross ZOO Playground, 21–27 Aug

Chips and Ice Cream

ZOO Playground, 17–20 Aug

Puppet Pansori

Sugungga

theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–20 Aug

18:10

D theSpace @ Venue45, 18

Aug, 20 Aug, 23 Aug, 25

Aug, 27 Aug

Ineffable theSpace @ Venue45, 17

Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 24

Aug, 26 Aug

Project Dictator

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–27

Aug, not 22

18:15

The Best Ideas Happen in the Toilet

theSpaceTriplex, 17–18 Aug

18:20

Ode to Joy (How Gordon got to go to the nasty pig party)

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Dreamliner C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–21 Aug

18:25

Love and Piss

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Hedda, Nora, Julie and Me

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

The Grandmothers

Grimm

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Comoedia

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

All By Myself

ZOO Playground, 17–28 Aug

Marrow Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

18:30

Dr Glas Paradise in Augustines, 17–28 Aug, not 21

The Smile Off Your Face C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Moira in Lockdown

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug

❤ Psychodrama

HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, 24

Aug, 28 Aug

Exposure

Summerhall @ Lyra Artspace, 25–27 Aug

The Azure Sky in Oz, Yellow and Special – Free PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 17–28 Aug, not 20, 23

The Rain Men

RSE Theatre, 19–28 Aug

Thunderstruck

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 17–29 Aug, not 18, 20, 21, 23

The Unicorn Pleasance Courtyard, 18–29 Aug

The Mystery of the Wee Pirate’s Curse theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

Silent Night

The Royal Scots Club, 17–20 Aug

Planetarium Lates – You Are Here

Dynamic Earth, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug

This is Paradise

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug

The Horse’s Mouth Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–20 Aug

Caligari Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Independence Hill Street Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Frighthouse Presents: The Wheel of Misfortune

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 17–28 Aug, not 23

❤ Bloody Elle – A Gig

Musical HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 20 Aug, 25 Aug

Too Fat for China

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Two Fingers Up Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Famous Puppet Death Scenes Assembly Roxy, 17–28 Aug, not 22

❤ Happy Meal

HHHHH

Traverse Theatre, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 27 Aug Box’d

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

18:35

Woyzeck / Marie theSpace on the Mile, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Almost 13

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

18:40

Ghislaine/Gabler

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Sugar?

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–20 Aug

They’ve All Gone and We’ll Go Too

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 22–27 Aug

Do Androids Dream of Electric Friends?

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 22–27 Aug

18:45

Sylvia vs the Fascists

theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

Reservoir Knobs

theSpace on the Mile, 17–19 Aug

Science Stories for Grown-Ups

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 21–28 Aug

The Girl and Her Balloon

theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug

See You Later Mum theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

Alright?

theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

Buzzing Anonymous Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 26 Aug

18:50

The Wild Unfeeling World Summerhall, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug

A Place That Belongs to Monsters Summerhall, Various dates from 17 Aug to 27 Aug

Silkworm Assembly Roxy, 18–29 Aug, not 24

18:55

Dot Dot Dot Dash

theSpace @ Niddry St, 22–27 Aug

Living a Little

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Well-Behaved Women

Seldom Make History

C ARTS | C venues | C piccolo, 17–28 Aug

19:00

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

The Smile Off Your Face

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

John Bell: A Few of My Favourite Things House of Oz, 17–18 Aug

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Hamlet with Ian McKellen

HH

Ashton Hall, Saint Stephens Stockbridge, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Feeling Afraid as If Something Terrible Is Going to Happen

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 23

The Glengoyne Storytelling Experience

Yotel Edinburgh, 24 Aug

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Meeting Point at Assembly George Square Studios, 17–29 Aug

A Rose by Any Other Name

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28 Aug, not 21

1588

Fringe Online, 17–29 Aug

SK Shlomo: Breathe: The Play That Becomes a Rave

Pleasance Dome, 17–28 Aug

Buzzing Anonymous

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 27–28 Aug

19:05

Sugar theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Raging Mother

Zoo Southside, 17–20 Aug

19:10

Tam O’ Shanter, Tales & Whisky

theSpace @ Venue45, 22–27 Aug

Horsepower theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

19:15

Return to the Hiding Place

Palmerston Place Church, 24–26 Aug

Heroin to Hero

Army @ The Fringe, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Isto é um Negro? (This is a Black?)

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 19, 22, 23, 26

Self Service

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Still Floating

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

19:20

Encore

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17–28 Aug, not 27 Home is Not the Place

Summerhall, Various dates from 17 Aug to 27 Aug

Gertrude and Ophelia in Hell

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Human Fountains

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17–28 Aug

Twa

Summerhall, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug

19:30

Blood Harmony HHH

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug

Ladies Day

Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre, 17–19 Aug

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

The Smile Off Your Face

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug, not 22

1902

Leith Arches, 17–29 Aug, not 18, 25

Nell Gwynn

St Ninian’s Hall, 17–20 Aug

❤ The Last Return HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 27 Aug

Detention Dialogues

The Studio, 21 Aug

Tales from the City Below Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 19 Aug, 23 Aug

A Time Traveler’s Guide to the Present theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug

Barefoot in the Park

The Royal Scots Club, 22–27 Aug

The Liberator

Palmerston Place Church, 17–19 Aug

Exodus HHH

Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, 24 Aug, 28 Aug

Caitlin

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Planetarium Lates –Under Pressure: The Ocean Show

Dynamic Earth, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug

Muster Station: Leith Leith Academy, 17–25 Aug, not 22

Walking with Ghosts

King’s Theatre, 24–27 Aug

The End of Eddy Church Hill Theatre, 19–21 Aug

When You Walk Over My Grave Church Hill Theatre, 25–28 Aug

❤ Wilf HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 20 Aug, 25 Aug

You Know We Belong

Together

The Lyceum, 24–27 Aug

Faulty Towers The Dining

Experience

Imagination Workshop: Hilton Carlton , 17–28 Aug, not 23

The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart University of Edinburgh Playfair Library, 17–27 Aug, not 21, 22

The Deil’s Awa! Mayfield Salisbury Church, 17–19 Aug

19:35

Stretchmarks!

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Unseen Shepard

theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug Party

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

Being Frank About Sinatra

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28 Aug, not 21

Around the World in 80 Events: The Journey

PBH’s Free Fringe @ OMNi Centre, 17 Aug

19:40

Sex and Sculpture

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

19:45

Dedication

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Door-to-Door Poetry: Nationwide

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 17–28 Aug, not 20 Sweet FA

Tynecastle Park, 19–23 Aug

The Zoo Story by Edward Albee

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

The Ecstasy of Victoria Woodhull

theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

You’re Safe Til 2024: Deep History

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug, not 23

That’s a Bit of Sheer

Luck! – A Sherlock Holmes Parody

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

19:55

SAY IF IT’S NOT OKAY Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Another Universe

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 22–27 Aug

Things We (Never)

Learned in Sex Ed

theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Faith: The Gospel According to George Michael

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–20 Aug

20:00

Something in the Water HHH

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Concept for a Film Assembly George Square Studios, 17–27 Aug

Guide to Surviving Masculinist Territory

Summerhall, Various dates from 19 Aug to 28 Aug

For Example Theatre present: Boat!

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus, 17–18 Aug Medea

The Hub, 17–27 Aug, not 22

Agent November: Indoor

Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Floodgate

theSpace @ Niddry St, 22–27 Aug

Hiya Dolly! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

Dykegeist

Summerhall @ The Biscuit Factory, 22–23 Aug

Jack Docherty: Nothing But

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17–19 Aug as british as a watermelon

The Studio, 23–26 Aug

Buzzing Anonymous

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 26 Aug

20:05

Wistful theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–20 Aug

20:10

The Gay Train RSE Theatre, 17–28 Aug

ASSISTED theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

Do I?

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

The Importance of Being Earnest as Performed by Three F*cking Queens and a Duck

theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–20 Aug

1:2:2192 (Retribution Day) theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

20:15

Tay Bridge

The Royal Scots Club, 17–20 Aug

Let’s Try Gay theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–27 Aug

Thunderstruck

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 20–21 Aug

Tim Crouch: Truth’s A Dog Must to Kennel Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 17–28 Aug, not 22, 23

The Tragic-Comedy of Things

C ARTS | C venues | C piccolo, 17–28 Aug

UK Underdog theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Buzzing Anonymous

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 27–28 Aug

20:20

Ned Kelly’s Mother C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 17–28 Aug

27 Lost Years: Diary of a Compulsive Hoarder Fringe Online, 17–28 Aug

20:25

NASTY: “big” girls being gross, mean and sexy theSpaceTriplex, 22–27 Aug

❤ Caste-ing HHHH Roundabout @ Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 23

20:30

The Gods, The Gods, The Gods Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug, not 23

Guide to Surviving Masculinist Territory

Summerhall, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug Sunny Makes a Scene

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 24–28 Aug

Blue & Pip theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

Loud Poets: Best of Fringe

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Various dates from 18 Aug to 28 Aug

Ram of God Assembly Roxy, 18–28 Aug

This Is Memorial Device Wee Red Bar, 18–29 Aug, not 24

20:35

Lottie Plachett Took a Hatchett Assembly Roxy, 18–27 Aug Have You Seen This Woman?

ZOO Playground, 17–28 Aug, not 22

The Collie’s Shed theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

20:40

The Choir of Man Assembly Hall, 17–28 Aug, not 23

Johnny Got His Gun Zoo Southside, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Mr Moon C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17 Aug

20:45

Gayboys Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Broke Her theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Salamander Greenside @ Riddles Court, 22–27 Aug

Dried Apricots Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Lighthouse Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

20:50

❤ The Funny Thing About Death HHHH Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21 Chicago, Chicago! Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–20 Aug

20:55

Wild Son: The Testimony of Christian Brando Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–20 Aug

The Three theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

Tickbox

Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

21:00

Tuesday Night Sleeping Club

ZOOTV, Various dates from 17 Aug to 26 Aug

Why I Hate My Penis Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 17–28 Aug

What Broke David Lynch?

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Agent November: Indoor

Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Black Sheep Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

Dog / Actor Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Peaceophobia Summerhall @ Q Park – OMNI, Greenside Row, 24–27 Aug

Pip Utton is Adolf

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20–21 Aug

Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 18–28 Aug, not 22

21:05

You’re Dead, Mate theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

Cicada’s Children theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

21:15

Plan V: The Joyful Cult of Pussy Worship theSpaceTriplex, 17–20 Aug

Changing the Sheets Assembly Rooms, 17–28 Aug

21:20

Lucinda Spragg: An Evening With Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

21:25

Olives and Blowjobs theSpaceTriplex, 22–27 Aug

21:30

Guide to Surviving Masculinist Territory Summerhall, Various dates from 19 Aug to 28 Aug

Real, Mad World theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

21:40

Cake and Violence theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug, not 21

PASH

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Coming Out of My Cage (And I’ve Been Doing Just Fine)

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Good Enough theSpace on the Mile, 17–27 Aug, not 21, 22

21:45

Bathroom of a Bar on Bleecker Paradise in The Vault, 17–27 Aug, not 21

I’m F*cking My Agent theSpace on North Bridge, 22–27 Aug

21:55

Up Her Sleeve Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

The Calligrapher Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Dried Apricots

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug Doris Does The Edinboiger Fridge theSpace on the Mile, 22–27 Aug

22:00

Bloody Mary: Live!

Pleasance at EICC, 17–29 Aug Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–28 Aug

Flat Pack Furnished Flat Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–27 Aug, not 21 Shit-faced Shakespeare: Macbeth

Pleasance at EICC, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Game Night

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

Loud Poets: Best of Fringe

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Various dates from 18 Aug to 27 Aug

22:05

Jetty Stars

theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

My Own Private

Shakespeare

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 17–27 Aug, not 21

Herviss Family

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17–28 Aug

22:10

Playtime

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

Murder Ballads

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–28 Aug

Cottage

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–27 Aug

22:15

head/lining theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–27 Aug

Bella Donna

theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–27 Aug

Toast, Pudding Lane

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 24–28 Aug

Olives and Blowjobs

theSpaceTriplex, 17–20 Aug

Mythos: Ragnarok

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Finding Melania

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

22:25

Gash Theatre Needs Some Space Assembly Rooms, 18–27 Aug, not 24

KC Finn: Free Agent

C ARTS | C venues | C piccolo, 19 Aug

Doris Does The Edinboiger Fridge theSpace on the Mile, 17–20 Aug

22:30

Bits ‘N’ Pieces

Leith Arches, Various dates from 17 Aug to 23 Aug

Reclaiming Harry

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 17–28 Aug, not 22 i don’t feel anything theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

22:40

Eight Hundred Dollar Value

theSpace @ Symposium

Hall, 19–22 Aug

22:45

Apartness

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–27 Aug

Paul Richards: My Function Band Hell

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 17–27 Aug

22:50

LoudScribble

theSpaceTriplex, 22–26 Aug

23:00

An Audience With Milly-Liu Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug, not 22

Tam O’ Shanter, Tales & Whisky

theSpace @ Venue45, 17–20 Aug

Luke Wright’s Late Night Dance Floor Fillers (Poems)

Pleasance Dome, 18–29 Aug

Bluewater

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug, not 21

23:10

The One TEEN Show

Paradise in Augustines, 17–20 Aug

Steve and Tobias Versus Death

Underbelly, Cowgate, 17–21 Aug

23:15

Grecian Idolatry Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–27 Aug

Concha

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 17–20 Aug

Animal Form

Paradise in The Vault, 17–28 Aug, not 21

What Does It Mean to You?

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 17–20 Aug

The Church of the Fall

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

23:20

Matt and Ben theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

A Shoddy Detective and the Art of Deception theSpace on North Bridge, 17–20 Aug

The Coven

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–27 Aug

23:30

Later

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

you

10:00

Shark in the Park (3+)

Assembly George Square, 18–21 Aug

Once Upon a Raindrop (0+)

Deaf Action, 17–18 Aug

School’s Out Comedy Club (5+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–18 Aug

Papageno’s Quest (5+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–19 Aug

Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish (3+)

Assembly George Square Studios, 17–21 Aug

C digital performance and film for kids (0+)

C ARTS | C venues | C place, 17–28 Aug

Peppa Pig – My First Concert (0+) Assembly Hall, 17–21 Aug

Moon Dragon for 5 and Under (0+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–19 Aug

CeilidhKids at the Fringe (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–28 Aug, not 18, 25

Cat in the Hat (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–22 Aug

A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (5+) Summerhall, 17–28 Aug, not 22

The Girl and the Dragon (5+)

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 20–21 Aug

10:10

Adventure Bubble Show with Milkshake (0+) theSpaceTriplex, 17–20 Aug

10:15

The Song of Fergus and Kate (0+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–28 Aug, not 22, 23, 24

10:20

Shakespeare for Kids: This Rough Magic (3+)

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 17–28 Aug

10:25

Game On! (8+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–19 Aug

10:30

Fruit Flies Like a Banana: Kids! (3+)

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–28 Aug

Arty’s Ani-Magination (5+)

Assembly Roxy, 17–29

Aug, not 23

The Bubble Show (3+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 17–29 Aug

Wriggle Around the World! (0+)

Stockbridge Church, 22

Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26

Aug, 27 Aug

Spontaneous Potter Kidz: The Unofficial Improvised Parody (5+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 21 Aug

10:50

Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret (0+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, Various dates from 17 Aug to 26 Aug

Moon Dragon Babies for Under 1s (0+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–19 Aug

Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall (0+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

10:55

Around the World with Nellie Bly (5+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

11:00

Dolly Diamond’s Storytime (0+)

House of Oz, 19–20 Aug

Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show (5+)

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17–21 Aug

Children’s Underground Vaults Tour (5+)

Welcome Edinburgh Tourist

Information Booth Outside of the Bank of Scotland, 17–28 Aug

Pirates and Princesses vs Sea Monsters (3+)

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 17–29 Aug

The Smeds and The Smoos (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–21 Aug

Story Builders (5+)

St Columba’s by the Castle, 17–27 Aug, not 21

First Piano on the Moon (5+)

Pianodrome at the Old Royal High, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

Grumpy Pants (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

Bubba-Licious (0+)

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 17–21 Aug

Kid’s Circus Workshops (5+)

House of Oz, 17 Aug

Fox Tales: The Pied Piper (5+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

Tales from a Haunted Bookshop (8+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–21 Aug

Children’s Underground Ghost Show (5+) City of Edinburgh Tours @ Old Police Box, 17–27 Aug The Gruffalo, the Giant and the Mermaid with Julia Donaldson (3+)

Underbelly, George Square, 17–29 Aug

11:10

The Adventures of Sleepyhead (0+) Assembly Roxy, 17–29 Aug

11:15

There’s Nothing Quite Like Spaghetti Bolognese! (3+) theSpace on the Mile, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug Once Upon a Raindrop (0+)

Deaf Action, 17–18 Aug

11:20

The Ultimate Pickle (5+) Roundabout @ Summerhall, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

Dragons and Mythical Beasts (3+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 18–21 Aug

11:30

Science Magic (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug Den of Enquiry (8+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

Sean Choolburra: Didj and Dance! (5+) Assembly Rooms, 17–21 Aug

The Circus Sonas Family Show (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–21 Aug Is This a Dagger? (8+) Scottish Storytelling Centre, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

Smashing Shakespeare (5+)

Rose Theatre, Various dates from 17 Aug to 27 Aug Science Adventures: The Power Pickle (3+) Pleasance Courtyard, 18–21 Aug

A Ladder to the Stars (3+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–29 Aug, not 23

11:35

Strictly Come Barking (5+)

Assembly George Square Studios, 18–29 Aug

11:40

Magic Roman’s Summer Holiday (5+)

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–28 Aug

11:45

The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen (5+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

Bee Story (3+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–28 Aug, not 22

Captain Zak and the Space Pirates (0+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–21 Aug

11:50

Peppa Pig – My First Concert (0+)

Assembly Hall, 20–21 Aug

Prehysterical (3+)

Assembly Checkpoint, 17–28 Aug, not 22

11:55

Brotipo (5+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 17–29 Aug, not 23

12:00

Lee Kyle: An Actual Giant (5+)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–28 Aug

Olaf Falafel’s Super Stupid Show (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 17–21 Aug

Yellow Bird Chase (3+)

Assembly George Square Studios, 18–29 Aug, not 24

Doktor Kaboom and The Wheel of Science! (8+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–21 Aug

12:05

Splash Test Dummies (0+)

Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 17–27

Aug, not 22

Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure for Kids (0+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–28 Aug

12:15

Wee Seals and Selkies (5+)

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

Scotland’s Magic Sensation (3+)

Le Monde, 17–29 Aug, not 23

12:25

Magic Gareth’s Magic Eye (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–29 Aug

12:30

Once Upon a Raindrop (0+)

Deaf Action, 17–18 Aug WhirlyGig (5+) Dance Base, 17–21 Aug

Basil Brush’s Family Fun Show (5+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–21 Aug

Children’s Underground Ghost Show (5+) City of Edinburgh Tours @ Old Police Box, 17–27 Aug

12:35

Oliver! Jr (5+) theSpace @ Niddry St, 25–27 Aug

12:40

Superhero Academy: Environmental Adventure! (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–24 Aug

12:55

Amazing Bubble Man (0+) Underbelly, George Square, 17–29 Aug

13:00

Children’s Underground Vaults Tour (5+)

Welcome Edinburgh Tourist Information Booth Outside of the Bank of Scotland, 17–28 Aug

ComedySportz UK (8+)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 17–20 Aug

The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny (3+) Musselburgh Racecourse, 27 Aug

The Listies: Hamlet –Prince of Skidmark (5+) House of Oz, 17–28 Aug, not 18, 22, 25

Clowntown In Space @ theSpace: Adventures Back to Earth (0+) theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 17–20 Aug

13:25

Chores (0+) Assembly George Square Gardens, 17–28 Aug, not 22

13:30

Inside the Robot: Quick, I Need Your Help! (5+) Just the Tonic at The Caves, 17–21 Aug

13:45

Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster (3+) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–29 Aug

14:00

Game On 3 (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–28 Aug

14:05

Captain Jake and the Forbidden Island (3+) Pleasance Courtyard, 17–21 Aug

14:20

Panto She Wrote (0+) theSpace on North Bridge, 17–27 Aug, not 21

14:30

FlamenKids (0+) St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St, 21 Aug

The Lion and the Mouse (0+) Stockbridge Church, Various dates from 21 Aug to 27 Aug

14:35

The Greatest Magic Show (5+) Assembly George Square Gardens, 17–29 Aug, not 22

15:00

Children’s Underground Vaults Tour (5+)

Welcome Edinburgh Tourist Information Booth Outside of the Bank of Scotland, 17–21 Aug

Carnival of the Animals by Circa (3+) House of Oz, 17–28 Aug, not 22, 23

15:15

ComedySportz UK (8+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–20 Aug

15:20

The Suitcase (5+) Pleasance Courtyard, 18–21 Aug

15:30

Spontaneous Potter Kidz: The Unofficial Improvised Parody (5+) Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 24 Aug

16:00

The Return of the Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show (5+) Assembly Rooms, 17–27 Aug

The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny (3+) Musselburgh Racecourse, 27 Aug

16:15

The Grimm Tales (5+) Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17–20 Aug

17:25

Comedy Club 4 Kids (5+) Assembly Roxy, 17–28 Aug, not 22, 23, 24, 25

17:30

The Dark Room (For Kids!) (8+) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17–28 Aug, not 27

© Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Fringe Dog meets Michelle Shaughnessy

Edinburgh’s canine journalist meets Canadian comedian Michelle Shaughnessy, and her dog Robocop

Illustration: Lauren Hunter

hallo ms michelle !!! i hear you has brillant show about bullyin’ ,poverty and sobriety in edimbrugh ,so for my first question it’s important for me to ask, do you have a dog ???

I do have a dog. His name is Robocop. He’s two years old and he’s a chocolate Pomeranian and he’s 10/10 a good boy. Follow him on insta! @robocopthepom

how would your dog describe your show ?!?

A bit ruff around the edges but quite fetching!

they say a dog is a “mans” best friend but how does your dog feel about you ?!? He loves me. He puts up with my separation anxiety though and knows I’m working on it. He also knows I’m a pushover cause even when I say no I always cave in and he gets what he wants.

good gig or bad gig is your dog supportive when you come home ???

Robo always sits at the door and waits for me. He doesn’t care if I have a bad show, good show or no show. His tail is wagging the second I get through the door and waiting for pets and treats and walks.

if you were a breed of dog what would you be and why ???

I’d be a Chihuahua because I’m cute but

lots of people find me annoying and yappy.

what is the most dangerous animal you’ve ever cuddled ?!?

I only ever cuddle cute dogs and baby goats. Everything else is gross. I had a hamster when I was little and it bit me a lot.

what is the best life tip you have learned from your dog ???

To never share your food. You never know when you’ll get another treat!

what shows is your dog most looking forward to in edimbrugh ???

Mine and mine only. He’s too loyal. I keep telling him there’s lots of other great performers going but he doesn’t want to hear it. I’m sure he’ll venture out but as of right now he’s just helping me prepare like the good boy he is.

SHOW Michelle Shaughnessy: Be Your Own Daddy

VENUE: Underbelly, Bristo Square TIME: 8:30pm – 9:30pm, 3–29 Aug, not 15

Photo: Steve Ullathorne

Michelle Shaughnessy and Robocop