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EDINBURGH FRINGE RECOMMENDATIONS - 2024
We recommend ourselves (midnight, Sun-Wed, MB1) at this summer's Fringe, and this lovely lot too: veterans of ACMS, creators of strong blurb goodness, and some of our favourite acts.
Act | Type | Parent Venue | Venue Name | Room | Time | Dates | £? | AGES? | Blurb |
Lee Kyle and Friend: Not Morning People | Comedy | Laughing Horse | City Café | Las Vegas | 10:00-11:00 | Aug 2-13 | PWYW | 14+ | Join one of the best ad-libbers around with some guests he'll be putting up with. |
Jody Kamali: Mr Sleepybum | Kids | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 10:55-11:40 | Aug 1-6, 8-18 | £ | 3+ | High-energy, interactive, multi award-nominated comedy show for the whole family |
Glenn Moore: Work in Progress | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 11:05-12:05 | Jul 30-31; Aug 1-13 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Glenn runs you through a few hundred new punchlines he's working on. |
Janine Harouni: Does New Jokes (WIP) | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 11:05-12:05 | Aug 14-18 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Janine returns to try some new jokes (and escape her responsibilities as a mother)! |
Olaf Falafel’s Stupidest Super Stupid Show So Far | Kids | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Ballroom | 11:30-12:30 | Aug 1-13, 15-19, 22-25 | £/PWYW | 3+ | The comedy show comedians take their kids to is back and even more stupider! |
Tom Whiston and Max Prentice: The Kids Always Win | Kids | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Dram | 11:40-12:40 | Jul 31 Aug 1-18, 24-25 | £ | 5+ | Tired of grown-ups being know-it-alls? Do you want to win prizes? |
Catherine Bohart: Again, With Feelings | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 12:00-13:00 | Aug 10-18, 20-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Catherine Bohart's back and ready to talk about her feelings (again). |
Sara Pascoe: I Am A Strange Gloop (WIP) | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 12:00-13:00 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-9 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Apparently caterpillars completely break down into goo before they become butterflies. Come join comedian Sara Pascoe as she reconsiders and reconstructs herself after having two babies and very little sleep. |
Eleanor Morton: Haunted House | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 12:05-13:00 | Jul 31; Aug 1-4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Have you ever seen a ghost? Comedian Eleanor Morton hasn't... yet. Could today be the day? Let's find out. |
Chris Cantrill: Easily Swayed | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 12:10-13:10 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 14-25 | £/PWYW | 18+ | A reluctant adventurer and an unlikely fellowship converge in this epic tale. | |
Seymour F*cking Mace You C*nts! | Comedy | The Stand | Two | 12:10-13:10 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 14+ | Join me and my medicated brain as we bathe in angel's piss. Hog! Dog! Frog! Exotic tortoise! | |
Amelia Bayler: Easy Second Album | Comedy | Scottish Comedy Festival @ | Waverley Bar | The Waverley | 12:15-13:15 | Aug 2-14 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Come and check out Amelia’s new bangers as she navigates a year of heartbreak and learning to be alone. |
Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 12:30-13:30 | Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | She's decided she wants to come back bigger, braver and maybe blonder... either way it's time to put her big girl pants on. |
Jessie Cave: An Ecstatic Display | Comedy | Assembly | Roxy | Upstairs | 12:45-13:45 | Jul 31; Aug 1-14, 16-25 | £ | 16+ | Social anxiety and monogamy, couple's therapy and parenting failures. |
Sid Singh: Table for One | Comedy | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | The Lounge | 13:15-14:15 | Aug 1-25 | PWYW | 14+ | His new message? The power of doing the bare minimum! |
Ben Target: LORENZO | Theatre | Pleasance | Dome | King Dome | 13:20-14:25 | Aug 16-25 | £ | 14+ | Ben Target is a critically-acclaimed performance artist and multi award-winning comedian (yawn), but in 2020 he gave this up to become the live-in carer for an irascible octogenarian prankster. |
Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 13:25-14:25 | Aug 1-12, 17-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A joyous new show about family, acceptance and a pair of big (well, not super-big) losses. |
Miles Calderon and Levi Meltzer: Mr Cardboard | Comedy | Hootenannies | Potterow | Big Yurt | 13:30-14:25 | Aug 2-25 | £/PWYW | 5+ | Imaginary worlds have pitfalls too. Think cardboard thoughts! |
Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel [w/ Rachel Parris, Cariad Lloyd, etc] | Comedy | Underbelly | Bristo Square | McEwan Hall | 13:30-14:30 | Aug 3-5, 7-11 | £ | 12+ | The all-star cast improvise a hilarious new Jane Austen novel every show. |
Tony Law: The Law Also Rises | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | One | 13:30-14:30 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Tony Law is back at his spiritual home for a short run. |
Chris Grace: Sardines (A Comedy About Death) | Comedy | Assembly | George Square | Studio Five | 13:40-14:40 | Jul 31; Aug 1-26 | £ | 14+ | Why do we die? How do we cope? And should we really hum Another One Bites the Dust when performing CPR? |
Yuriko Kotani: The Meanings of Life | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 13:55-14:55 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A phenomenally feel-good show' **** (BroadwayBaby.com). |
Mark Silcox: Women Only | Comedy | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Voodoo Rooms | Speakeasy | 14:00-15:00 | Aug 3-18 | PWYW | 18+ | Dr Silcox (self-identify as a weak man) returns for his fans. |
Matt Winning: Solastalgia (Work in Progress) | Comedy | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Voodoo Rooms | Speakeasy | 14:00-15:00 | Aug 19-25 | PWYW | 18+ | Everyone's favourite climate academic and comedian tests new ideas about climate change. |
John Luke Roberts: A World Just Like Our Own, But… | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Aug 10 (Sat) and 23 (Fri) | £/PWYW | 14+ | A new stand-up show about the worlds we don’t live in, which is secretly actually about the one we do. |
John Luke Roberts: All I Wanna Do Is [FX: GUNSHOTS] With a [FX: GUN RELOADING] and a [FX: CASH REGISTER] and Perform Some Comedy! | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Aug 7 (Wed), 20 (Tues) and 25 (Sun) | £/PWYW | 14+ | Extraordinary absurdist character comedy nonsense. Just terrific. Blam blam! |
John Luke Roberts: Broken Stand-Up | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Aug 1 (Thurs) and 14 (Wed) | £/PWYW | 14+ | Vigorous sort-of-stand-up. |
John Luke Roberts: Builds A Monster | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Aug 4 (Sun) and 17 (Sat) | £/PWYW | 14+ | A thoughtful idiot builds a monstrous show for your entertainment. |
John Luke Roberts: Distracts You From A Murder | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | July 31 (Wed), Aug 11 (Sun) | £/PWYW | 14+ | An hour of esoteric comedy performed to distract you from the murder John-Luke Roberts commits during the show. |
John Luke Roberts: It Is Better | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Aug 9 (Fri) and 22 (Thurs) | £/PWYW | 14+ | A special live show to celebrate the launch of It Is Better, a comedy album by John-Luke Roberts, with music and noises by John Chambers, released by Monkey Barrel Records. |
John Luke Roberts: John-Luke-A-Palooza! | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Jul 31; Aug 1-4, 6-11, 14-18, 20-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | John-Luke Roberts does every solo comedy show he’s ever done in a row, and then goes back to the first one and does them again until the Fringe runs out. |
John Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps) | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Aug 6 (Tues) and 18 (Sun) | £/PWYW | 14+ | Absolutely brilliant hour of extraordinary-absurdist-character-comedy-nonsense-sort-of-stand-up and hubris. |
John Luke Roberts: Stdad-Up | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Aug 3 (Sat), 16 (Fri) and 24 (Sat) | £/PWYW | 14+ | An idiotic comedy show about having and then not having a father, and how stupid you need to make yourself look to get away with speaking ill of the dead. |
John Luke Roberts: Stnad-Up | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Aug 2 (Fri) and Thurs (15) | £/PWYW | 14+ | A thoughtful idiot who has nicknamed himself J-LbreakR in the face of good advice. |
John Luke Roberts:After Me Comes the Flood (But in French) drip splosh splash drip BLUBBP BLUBBP BLUBBPBLUBBPBLUBBP!! | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Aug 8 (Thurs) and 21 (Wed) | £/PWYW | 14+ | Blam blam! The critically acclaimed idiot returns with a brand-new hour of extraordinary daft-hearted comedy. |
1000% Musical Comedy from David Hoare | Comedy | Hill Street Theatre | Dunedin Theatre | (near Assembly Rooms) | 14:15-15:15 | Aug 2-12, 14-25 | £ | 16+ | Don’t miss this early afternoon hour of joyfully rude songs. |
Rob Auton: The Eyes Open and Shut Show | Comedy | Assembly | Roxy | Upstairs | 14:15-15:15 | Jul 31; Aug 1-25 | £ | 14+ | This is a show about eyes when they are open and eyes when they are shut. |
The Asian Comedy Showcase [hosted by Sam See] | Mixed | Laughing Horse | The Pear Tree | Main Room | 14:15-15:15 | Aug 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 | PWYW | 14+ | Catch some of the best Asian acts (and one token white person) from all over the world! |
Carousel [w/ Ivo Graham] | Theatre | Assembly | George Square | The Box | 14:20-15:20 | Jul 31; Aug 1-6, 8-12, 16-25 | £ | 16+ | A searingly direct, exquisitely soundtracked story of a life. |
Michael Balazo: Thanks For Murdering My Grandfather, The Mafia! (Not) | Comedy | Just the Tonic | The Caves | The Spare Room | 14:20-15:20 | Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | A show about family secrets, shame and... murder! |
Arthur Smith and Phil Nice in OOF! | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cabaret Bar | 14:30-15:30 | Aug 2-18 | £ | 16+ | Hilarious sit-down drama about age, showbiz and the cartography of friendship. |
Ted Hill: 110 Percent Normal | Comedy | Assembly | George Square | Studio Four | 14:40-15:40 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-26 | £ | 14+ | His clothes are weird. His vibes are weird. His comedy is weird. |
Chris Thorburn: Cineman | Comedy | The Stand | Four | 14:45-15:45 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 16+ | A comedy show all about movies. | |
Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe (Work-in-Progress) | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 14:50-15:50 | Aug 2-16, 19-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | A brand-new politically charged stand-up show. |
Laura Davis: Albatross | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 14:55-15:55 | Aug 1-13, 15-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Most Outstanding Show nominee at MICF 2023 and 2024. |
Ada Campe: Big Duck Energy | Cabaret | The Stand | Five | 15:00-16:00 | Aug 1-11, 13-19, 21-25 | £ | 12+ | A show about hope, heartbreak and finding your happy place. | |
Amy Matthews: Commute With The Foxes | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 15:00-16:00 | Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Do things have a place and how do they change if they find themselves a new one? | |
Michael Brunström: Copernicus Now | Comedy | Hootenannies | Potterow | Big Yurt | 15:00-16:00 | Aug 2-11 | £/PWYW | 8+ | A joyful and surreal caper in which the Renaissance-era astronomer reshapes the solar system and brings hope to humanity. |
Simon Munnery | Comedy | The Stand | One | 15:00-16:00 | Aug 1-11, 13-26 | £ | 14+ | 'One of the all-time great British stand-ups' (Stewart Lee). | |
A Jaffa Cake Musical | Musical | Pleasance | Courtyard | Two | 15:10-16:10 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-26 | £ | 8+ | Time to decide once and for all... cake or biscuit? Inspired by the 1991 tribunal. 'Incredible!' (Bear Grylls) |
Josh Glanc: Family Man | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 15:20-16:15 | Jul 31; Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-25 | £/PWYW | 12+ | Don't miss it. Or do. I don't really mind. |
Derek Mitchell: Goblin | Comedy | Hootenannies | Potterow | Wee Yurt | 15:25-16:25 | Aug 2-12, 14-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Dark narrative character comedy about an emo kid with an imaginary goblin who just wants to be loved. |
Cheekykita: An Octopus, The Universe 'n' Stuff | Comedy | Laughing Horse | Bar 50 | The Alcove | 15:30-16:30 | Aug 1-13 | £/PWYW | 16+ | One-woman, tour-de-force nonsense ride from sea to space... |
Reuben Solo – Please Clap | Comedy | Just the Tonic | The Caves | Fancy Room | 15:30-16:30 | Aug 13-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Winner: 2024 Best Comedy Weekly Award, Perth Fringe |
Stevie Martin: clout | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 15:35-16:35 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Funny AF' (Time Out). 'Exceptional' **** (Fest). |
Harriet Dyer: Skin | Comedy | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Coorie | 15:40-16:40 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-26 | £ | 16+ | A new show of story-based chaos with heart and peculiarities. |
Benjamin Alborough: Absolute Monopoly | Comedy | Assembly | George Square | The Box | 15:45-16:45 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 14-18, 21-26 | £ | 8+ | Benjamin Alborough attempts to improve Monopoly in this chaotic, high-energy game show. |
Can Duggan? Should Duggan? Will Duggan | Comedy | Underbelly | Bristo Square | Friesian | 15:50-16:50 | Jul 31;Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £ | 12+ | Will Duggan is never going to be the youngest person to achieve... anything, anymore. |
Markus Birdman – We Are All in the Gutter, but Some of Us Are Looking at the Gutter | Comedy | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Cinema Room | 15:55-16:40 | Aug 3-5, 7-12, 14-17 | PWYW | 18+ | Candid and hilarious new stand-up hour, talking about who I am. |
Ketch Sketch | Comedy | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Doonstairs | 16:00-17:00 | Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 | £ | 5+ | After 15 years at the Fringe with the award-winning duo Gamarjobat, Ketch returns. |
Madame Chandelier Saves Opera | Comedy | Just the Tonic | The Caves | The Wee One | 16:10-17:10 | Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £/PWYW | 12+ | Opera needs a hero. And Madame Chandelier is ready to save the day. |
Seán Burke: Burke in Progress | Comedy | Just the Tonic | The Caves | Up The Road | 16:15-17:00 | Aug 13-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Very funny guy!' (Dwayne The Rock Johnson). |
Alex Kealy: The Fear | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | One | 16:15-17:15 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A show about fear, after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace… wonderful new hour’ (**** (List)). |
Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 16:15-17:15 | Jul 31; Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-16, 18-26 | £ | 14+ | She’s Sue Gray. But who is Sue Gray? Well, she’s [REDACTED]. |
Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism) | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 16:15-17:15 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A sort of surreal, partially interactive, dark and maybe moving comedy show. |
Lil Wenker: Bangtail | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Cellar | 16:15-17:15 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 16+ | Saddle up for an hour of unbridled cowboy clown chaos as our hero journeys from the Wild West to the American office. |
Seymour Mace – Looking Stupid, Dressing Up and Saying C*nt a Lot: 35 Years of Being a Fool | Comedy | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | The Lounge | 16:15-17:15 | Aug 1-11, 13-25 | PWYW | 16+ | An ageing, melancholy, misanthrope trying to save his inner child from the realisation of nothing. |
Sian Davies: Band of Gold | Comedy | Laughing Horse | City Café | Las Vegas | 16:15-17:15 | Aug 1-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | She doesn't regret a thing. Or does she? |
Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself | Comedy | Assembly | George Square | The Crate | 16:20-17:20 | Aug 18-26 | £ | 16+ | What visions await in our dark voyage? And why are the Vengaboys here? |
Jody Kamali: Ironing Board Man | Comedy | Assembly | George Square | The Crate | 16:20-17:20 | Jul 31; Aug 1-6, 8-16 | £ | 12+ | One man. Eight ironing boards. One bangin' soundtrack. |
Tom Ballard: Good Point Well Made | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 16:20-17:20 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | It’ll make you laugh and cry and think and then laugh again haha. |
Amy Annette: Thick Skin | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker Two | 16:25-17:25 | Jul 31; Aug 1-25 | £ | 16+ | An hour of big fun, from a big gal. 'A complete joy to watch' (Rose Matafeo). |
Comedy Club 4 Kids | Kids | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 16:25-17:25 | Aug 2-18, 23-25 | £ | 6+ | The best stand-ups, sketch acts and cabaret stars ... but without the rude bits! |
Garrett Millerick Needs More Space | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 16:25-17:25 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 | £/PWYW | 18+ | A hilarious, honest and mostly historically accurate, exploration of space travel. | |
Dee Allum: Deadname | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Below | 16:30-17:30 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £ | 16+ | She's here! She's queer! Her parents are sort-of used to it! |
The Impro All Stars [w/ Richard Vranch, sometimes] | Comedy | Frankenstein Pub | Bier Keller | 16:30-17:30 | Aug 2-11, 13-18, 20-25 | £ | 14+ | An hour of guaranteed laughter based on your suggestions. | |
Lucy Porter No Regrets | Comedy | Just the Tonic | The Caves | Up The Road | 16:40-17:40 | Aug 1-11 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Frank Sinatra had too few to mention, but Lucy's got hundreds. |
Stuart Laws Has to Be Joking? | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 16:45-17:45 | Jul 30-31; Aug 1-13, 15-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | It’s funny, it’s real, it’s immaculately structured… |
James Ross Does Guess Who | Comedy | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Voodoo Rooms | Speakeasy | 16:50-17:50 | Aug 3-10 | PWYW | 18+ | It's a very silly party show, I think you'll have fun with it. |
Steen Raskopoulos: Friendly Stranger | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beside | 16:50-17:50 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 14+ | Solo sketch show packed with lovable characters, charisma and inspired spontaneity. |
Camilla Borges: More of a Question Than a Comment (WIP) | Comedy | Hootenannies | Potterow | Wee Yurt | 16:55-17:40 | Aug 19-25 | £/PWYW | 12+ | Camilla is an award-winning comedian, clown and friend. |
Queer Tales for Autistic Folk WIP [directed by Joz Norris | Comedy | Hootenannies | Potterow | Wee Yurt | 16:55-17:55 | Aug 5-12 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Come and explore our world inspired by autistic and queer (and Welsh) myths and legends and tell us what happens next. |
Sid Singh: American Coloniser | Comedy | Just the Tonic | Cabaret Voltaire | Liberty Room | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £/PWYW | 18+ | About American colonialism, British Taco Bell and mediocre Indian ancestors. |
Zoë Coombs Marr: Every Single Thing in My Whole Entire Life | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 17:00-18:00 | Jul 30-31; Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Nothing fancy, no big concepts, it’s just going to cover every single thing in Zoë’s whole entire life. |
Jeromaia Detto: MUSH | Comedy | Underbelly | Cowgate | Iron Belly | 17:10-18:10 | Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 12+ | Unlock your inner child in this one-of-a-kind, kids-show-for-adults experience. |
Randy Feltface: First Banana | Comedy | Assembly | Rooms | Music Hall | 17:10-18:10 | Aug 10-11 (Sat-Sun) | £ | 14+ | The first banana appeared 10,000 years ago. Humanity has been in a downward spiral since. |
Celya AB: Of All People | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Above | 17:20-18:20 | Jul 31; Aug 1-13, 15-25 | £ | 16+ | Celya returns to tackle the big three: beauty, money and the void. |
Kieran Hodgson: Work In Progress | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 17:30-18:30 | Aug 2-8 | £ | 14+ | After running out of life story, Kieran is after a new comedic muse. |
Rose Matafeo: On and On and On | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 17:30-18:30 | Aug 9-16, 18-25 | £ | 14+ | Do you ever feel like you're meeting yourself again and again in a bad way? |
Schalk Bezuidenhout: Crowd Pleaser | Comedy | Pleasance | Dome | Ace Dome | 17:30-18:30 | Jul 31; Aug 1-25 | £ | 14+ | South Africa's hottest stand-up (not in looks) returns to the Edinburgh. |
Showstopper! The Improvised Musical | Improv | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 17:30-18:40 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £ | 12+ | A hilarious musical is made up on the spot using audience suggestions. |
Marjolein Robertson: O | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | One | 17:40-18:40 | Jul 30-31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | There will be blood. Literally. Also: jokes. |
Nate Kitch: Tomorrow Might Not Happen; Now | Comedy | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Snug | 17:40-18:40 | Jul 31; Aug 1-26 | £ | 16+ | Expect: poems, bags, chess, big ideas, poems and bigger bags, small ideas, paper, hope and diagrams. |
Olga Koch Comes From Money | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 17:40-18:40 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | From the maker of Succession and White Lotus, Money™ brings you yet another little white b*tch you will love to hate: Olga Koch. |
Nic Sampson: Yellow Power Ranger | Comedy | Assembly | Roxy | Outside | 17:45-18:45 | Jul 31; Aug 1-16, 18-25 | £ | 12+ | When he was 18, Nic played a Power Ranger. A dream job that has (mildly) haunted him ever since... |
Sam See: And I Can't Feel at Home in This World Anymore | Comedy | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | The Lounge | 17:45-18:45 | Aug 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 | PWYW | 18+ | Why would anyone choose to leave the warm beauty of Asia and come to the damp and the cold of the UK? |
Grace Jarvis: Oh! The Horrors! [directed by Laura Davis] | Comedy | Underbelly | George Square | The Wee Coo | 17:50-18:50 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 16+ | Told her material is too dark for how sweet her face is, she cannot change either. |
Jonny & the Baptists: The Happiness Index | Comedy | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 17:55-18:55 | Aug 1-11, 14-18, 21-24 | £ | 12+ | Are you happy? We can help! A new personal and political show about our desire, and the country's struggle, to just be happy. |
Rob Copland: Gimme (One With Everything) | Comedy | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Chamber Room | 18:05-18:55 | Aug 3-13, 15-25 | PWYW | 18+ | Gimme the thrills, the spills, Rob Copland trying his best despite everything. |
Spring Day: Exvangelical | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beside | 18:05-19:05 | Jul 31 Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £ | 16+ | American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people. |
Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 18:10-19:10 | Aug 13-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | A brand-new show about self-confidence, romance and bin bags. |
Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 18:10-19:10 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Ridiculous things always happen to Harriet, but this year it’s out of control. |
This Is Your Trial! The Fully Improvised Comedy Courtroom | Mixed | Hootenannies | The Apex | Hoot 1 | 18:15-19:15 | Aug 2-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 | £ | 14+ | The award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns. |
Alexander Bennett: Emotional Daredevil | Comedy | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Coorie | 18:20-19:20 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-26 | £ | 16+ | I'm the emotional daredevil, and for my next feat, I need someone's help. |
Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beneath | 18:20-19:20 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 16+ | Original comedic songs, presentations, bits, and one (1) single backflip. |
Edward Aczel – Running on Empty | Comedy | Hootenannies | Potterow | Wee Yurt | 18:25-19:25 | Aug 2-11 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Aczel does his best, but it isn’t going to offer a solution to the unbearable lightness of being – as planned. |
Chortle Fast Fringe | Mixed | Pleasance | Dome | King Dome | 18:30-19:30 | Jul 31; Aug 1-24 | £ | 16+ | 12 top comedy and variety acts perform ridiculously short sets in one furiously fast-paced showcase. |
Ania Magliano: Forgive Me, Father [directed by Ben Target] | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Above | 18:40-19:40 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 14+ | Ania's choices on Off Menu are widely regarded as the worst of all time. |
Lee Kyle: Throwing Bottles Into the Sea | Comedy | Laughing Horse | Bar 50 | Garden Room | 18:45-19:45 | Aug 1-13 | PWYW | 16+ | Lee has been throwing messages in bottles into various seas. You'd best believe he has had replies. |
Paul Williams: Mamiya 7 | Comedy | Assembly | Roxy | Upstairs | 18:45-19:45 | Jul 31; Aug 1-13, 15-25 | £ | 16+ | Good for all ages but if you're really old, please only come if you promise to stay calm. |
Tom Little: Show Me Some Bloody Respect | Comedy | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Liquid Room | Annexe | 18:45-19:45 | Aug 3-25 | PWYW | 18+ | ‘A properly talented comic.’ **** (Scotsman). |
Dara Ó Briain: My Life Is a Work in Progress (Work in Progress) | Comedy | Assembly | Rooms | Music Hall | 18:50-19:50 | Aug 12-25 | £ | 16+ | You know the guy. Used to be big in this town. |
Best in Class | Mixed | Laughing Horse | The Three Sisters | Maggie's Chamber | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 1-25 | £/PWYW | 18+ | A crowdfunded, profit-sharing show that champions the rich talent of working-class comedians. |
Chloe Petts: How You See Me, How You Don't | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 19:00-20:00 | Jul 31; Aug 1-13, 15-25 | £ | 14+ | Trademark laddishness, all whilst her Head Girl badge glistens upon her chest. |
Michelle Brasier: Legacy | Comedy | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Doonstairs | 19:00-20:00 | Jul 31; Aug 1-13, 15-26 | £ | 16+ | Exploration of all the other women she might have been if she'd made different choices |
Sophie Duker: BUT DADDY I LOVE HER | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cabaret Bar | 19:00-20:00 | Jul 31; Aug 1-13, 15-25 | £ | 14+ | The sexiest comic alive (please do not factcheck!) brings her delusional new show to the Fringe. Taskmaster (Champion). Live At the Apollo (Conqueror). Best Newcomer (Nominee) |
Kemah Bob: Miss Fortunate | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Baby Grand | 19:05-20:05 | Jul 31; Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25 | £ | 16+ | Acclaimed comedian Kemah Bob comes to the Fringe with their unmissable debut stand-up show. |
Mark Nelson: Getting Better Man | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | One | 19:05-20:05 | Jul 30-31; Aug 1-11, 14-18, 20-25 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Exploring whether it's really possible to become a new and improved person. |
Pierre Novellie: Must We? | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 19:05-20:05 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | A stand-up show about life, fairness and expectations. |
Jin Hao Li: Swimming in a Submarine | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Below | 19:10-20:10 | Jul 31; Aug 1-13, 15-25 | £ | 16+ | In his debut hour, Jin Hao walks you through the seascape of his mind. |
Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair | Comedy | Pleasance | Dome | 10 Dome | 19:10-20:10 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £ | 12+ | Take a swan-dive into this physical comedy fantasia of kings and clowns, and one absolutely hideous duck. |
Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Attic | 19:15-20:15 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-26 | £ | 18+ | In this silly, goofy, heartfelt show Abby presents her best 17 ideas for her highly anticipated debut hour. |
David O'Doherty: Ready, Steady, David O'Doherty | Comedy | Assembly | George Square | Gordon Aikman Theatre | 19:15-20:15 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-26 | £ | 14+ | He's got fresh batteries for his keyboard and a splendid new hat. |
Geraldine Hickey: Don't Tease Me About My Gloves | Comedy | Assembly | George Square | Studio Five | 19:20-20:20 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £ | 14+ | Grief and grieving – for youth, for loved ones, for booze – and what to do about it. |
Ahir Shah: Ends | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | One | 19:30-20:30 | Aug 12-23 | £ | 14+ | It's about family, immigration, marriage, history, politics and beans. |
Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk to Drink | Comedy | Edinburgh Playhouse | Auditorium | 19:30-21:10 | Aug 22 (Thurs) | £ | 16+ | What happens when you get everything you want and it’s not enough? | |
Ed Night: The Plunge | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 19:35-20:35 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-13, 15-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | The spectre returns to the feast for a fresh new hour of wailing and moaning. |
Shenoah Allen: Bloodlust Summertime | Comedy | Just the Tonic | The Caves | Up The Stairs | 19:45-20:45 | Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Acid-fuelled escapades of sex, drugs, and murder. |
Sitting Pretty With Kitty | Cabaret | PBH's Free Fringe @ | The Street | 19:45-20:45 | Aug 14-22 | PWYW | 18+ | A camp, fun-filled, happy-hearted show with northern powerhouse Kitty Cassis. | |
Susie McCabe: Merchant of Menace | Comedy | Assembly | George Square | Studio Three | 19:45-20:45 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 14+ | 'This woman should be considered a national treasure' (Herald). |
Paul Foot: Dissolve | Comedy | Underbelly | Bristo Square | Cowbarn | 19:55-21:00 | Aug 14-18 | £ | 16+ | What happens when all the stress simply disappears? |
Alice Snedden: Highly Credible | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 20:10-21:10 | Jul 31; Aug 1-13, 15-25 | £ | 14+ | Will cover: Alice's life in the last three years; her car getting stolen; fertility; a bit of gay stuff (yet to be written but feels pretty likely). |
Sam See: Off With Your Head! | Comedy | Laughing Horse | 32 Below | Main Cellar | 20:15-21:15 | Aug 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25 | PWYW | 18+ | Part comedy, part improv, part video game and part choose-your-own-adventure. |
Trygve Wakenshaw: Silly Little Things | Comedy | Assembly | Roxy | Upstairs | 20:15-21:15 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 12+ | A sort of autobiographical, introspective look at all the silly little things that can make or break a friendship. |
Twonkey's Basket Weaving in Peru | Comedy | Laughing Horse | Dragonfly | Main Room | 20:15-21:15 | Aug 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Follow him with his donkey, puppets and songs to spiritual enlightenment or death. |
John Robertson: The Human Hurricane | Comedy | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Ballroom | 20:20-21:10 | Jul 31; Aug 1-25 | PWYW | 18+ | Crowdwork! Crowdsurfs! High-octane anarchy! |
Colin Hoult: Colin | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cabaret Bar | 20:20-21:20 | Jul 31; Aug 1-13, 15-25 | £ | 14+ | About family, fatherhood, and a formative childhood experience with a Ouija board and a gorilla. |
Mel McGlensey is Motorboat [directed by Sharnema Nougar] | Comedy | Assembly | Roxy | Outside | 20:25-21:25 | Jul 31; Aug 1-26 | £ | 16+ | {art boat, part woman... and full clown. |
Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations! | Comedy | Underbelly | Bristo Square | Ermintrude | 20:25-21:25 | Jul 31; Aug 1-25 | £ | 16+ | Only a coward wouldn't attend. |
Kate Martin: The Lezurrection (WIP) | Comedy | Laughing Horse | 32 Below | Little Cellar | 20:30-21:15 | Aug 13-25 | PWYW | 18+ | A big old helping of high-energy queer comedy from award-winning Kate Martin. |
Garry Starr: Classic Penguins | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 20:30-21:30 | Jul 31; Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-26 | £ | 18+ | Every Penguin Classic novel ever written. In an hour. Mostly naked (but with flippers). |
Jordan Brookes: Fontanelle | Comedy | Pleasance | Dome | Queen Dome | 20:30-21:30 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £ | 18+ | I recently had a near-death experience. |
Larry Dean: Dodger | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 20:30-21:30 | Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Larry’s been spending a lot of time with his granny lately. He wants to tell you about it. |
Guy Williams: This Glass House Makes It Easy to See All the Cowards I'm Throwing Stones At | Comedy | Assembly | George Square | Studio Five | 20:45-21:45 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £ | 16+ | A show about colonisation, racism and misogyny. |
Mythos: Ragnarok | Theatre | Assembly | George Square | Gordon Aikman Theatre | 20:55-22:05 | Jul 31; Aug 1-6, 8-12, 14-19, 21-25 | £ | 12+ | Viking mythology performed by professional wrestlers! |
Dan Tiernan: Stomp | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 21:00-22:00 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee and 'Mancunian wild-man' (Guardian) returns. |
Jazz Emu: Knight Fever | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | One | 21:00-22:00 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 14+ | At long last, a chance for Jazz Emu to secure his long-coveted knighthood. Let the majesty commence. |
Rosco McClelland: Sudden Death | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 21:00-22:00 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Step into the wild world of McClelland's Sudden Death… |
Mat Ewins: Ewins Some You Lose Some | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 21:15-22:15 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Some games and more multimedia nonsense. ***** (Independent). |
Elf Lyons: Horses | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Above | 21:20-22:20 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-26 | £ | 12+ | The first ever comedy show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe performed entirely by a horse. Made by award-winning Elf Lyons, performed by Treacle. 'Beautiful hind legs' (Horse & Hound). |
Ivo Graham: Grand Designs | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 21:20-22:20 | Jul 31; Aug 1-6, 8-12, 16-25 | £ | 16+ | Not just Taskmaster's yardstick for failure but 'on this form, as funny as anyone in town' (Times). |
Rosie Jones: Triple Threat | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 21:20-22:20 | Aug 14 (Wed) & 15 (Thurs) | £ | 16+ | National treasure, a little prick, or somewhere in between! |
Tim Murray Is Witches | Cabaret | Underbelly | Bristo Square | The Dairy Room | 21:20-22:20 | Aug 12-18 | £ | 16+ | A tribute to queerness and how we discover our powers once we find our coven. |
Tarot: Shuffle | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Two | 21:30-22:30 | Jul 31; Aug 1-25 | £ | 16+ | A new show from the critically acclaimed, nightie-clad sketch zealots. |
The Duncan Brothers: Blood Sword | Comedy | Underbelly | Cowgate | Big Belly | 21:30-22:30 | Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 16+ | Will the mystical power of the Blood Sword exorcise the ancient Celtic curse that has haunted their bloodline for generations? |
Tom Ward: Choose Your Delusion | Comedy | Just the Tonic | Cabaret Voltaire | Liberty Room | 21:30-22:30 | Aug 1-11, 13-18 | £/PWYW | 18+ | All the big topics of our times – masculinity, three-star hotels, erectile dysfunction, reality TV, adverts, mental health… |
The Comedy Arcade [hosted by Vix Leyton] | Mixed | Laughing Horse | Bar 50 | The Alcove | 21:45-22:45 | Aug 14-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | The Comedy Arcade: competitive anecdotes game. |
Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall | Comedy | Pleasance | Dome | 10 Dome | 21:50-22:50 | Aug 14-25 | £ | 16+ | Bathroom graffiti musical transforms stall scribbles into the lyrics of original songs. |
Dan Rath: Pariah Carey | Comedy | Underbelly | Bristo Square | Friesian | 21:50-22:50 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-26 | £ | 16+ | I've got enough different flavours of brain fog to start a vape store. |
Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon | Comedy | Pleasance | Dome | 10 Dome | 21:50-22:50 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12 | £ | 14+ | An hour of characters, comedy, content, content, costumes and content. |
Sheeps: The Giggle Bunch (That's Our Name For You) | Comedy | Pleasance | Dome | Queen Dome | 21:50-22:50 | Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 14+ | Sheeps remain Al Roberts (Stath Lets Flats), Liam Williams (Ladhood) and Jonno (Seinfeld). |
Andrew O’Neill’s History of Heavy Metal – Redux | Comedy | The Stand | One | 22:00-23:00 | Aug 19-25 | £ | 18+ | Cult comedian returns with an all-new version of their smash-hit comedy show. | |
John Robertson's The Dark Room | Comedy | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Doonstairs | 22:00-23:00 | Jul 31; Aug 1-25 | £ | 16+ | The audience is trapped in a retro video game with a sadistic, end-of-level boss. |
Ori Halevy: 001– Laughing Matters (Work in Progress) | Comedy | Laughing Horse | Bar 50 | Upstairs | 22:15-23:15 | Aug 1-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | I left Israel to live in Berlin, because it is ironically safer. |
Chris Locke and Seán Cullen: Chris and Seán Are Two Sailors Who Are Nuts | Comedy | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Dram | 22:20-23:20 | Jul 31; Aug 1-26 | £ | 16+ | Two men whose minds are insane want to make you insane too! |
Lou Wall: The Bisexual's Lament | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beneath | 22:20-23:20 | Jul 31; Aug 1-14, 16-18, 20-25 | £ | 18+ | Musical comedy, deranged Powerpoints and mentally ill hot takes. |
Finlay Christie: I Deserve This | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 22:40-23:40 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Money, followers, religiously forbidden relationships. Does Finlay Christie deserve everything he gets? |
Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Baby Grand | 22:50-23:50 | Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25 | £ | 12+ | Debut hour of stand-up and characters from the 'out-and-out hilarious' (Stage) Derek Mitchell . |
Late Night With Terry Wogan [hosted by Benjamin Alborough] | Mixed | Assembly | George Square | Studio One | 23:00-00:00 | Aug 2, 9, 16, 23 (Fridays) | £ | 16+ | Terry Wogan is back from the dead as part of his ongoing attempts to return to light entertainment no matter the cost. |
Two Hearts: Til Death Do Us Hearts | Comedy | Pleasance | Courtyard | Two | 23:00-00:00 | Jul 31; Aug 1-2, 6-13, 15-25 | £ | 14+ | Hot new songs about love, life and maintaining a successful relationship with your co-worker. |
Ivo Graham: Comedians' DJ Battles | Music | La Belle Angele | (off Cowgate) | 23:00-04:00 | Aug 24 (Sat) | £15 | 18+ | Battles from 23:30, party ‘til late! | |
Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!! | Comedy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 23:25-00:25 | Jul 29-31; Aug 1-13, 15-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Here he is! Yorkshire’s biggest bastard. For 27 nights only! |
Ivo Graham: Comedians' DJ Battles | Comedy | Assembly | George Square | Studios - Underground | 23:30-01:30 | Aug 2, 9, 16 (Fridays) | £ | 18+ | Ivo Graham (gig pig) commentates frenetically on Powerpoint as illustrious guests bring the bangers. |
The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) | Mixed | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 23:55-02:55 | Aug 4-7, 11-14, 18-21, 25 | £8/PWYW | 18+ | A lush greenhouse for comedy’s finest weirdest blooms, and literal good gig, back for our thirteenth Fringe with yet more high-end foolishness, Permitted Heckles and a bountiful plenitude of guests. |
Please note:
- Quite a few shows will be added to Edfringe between now and the end of August, even after the programme is printed; it is worth checking their website more than once (their Advanced Search function lets you see recent additions). More will be visible on the British Comedy Guide, as that site also includes some Free Fringe and Free Festival shows which are not listed on Edfringe at all.
- The Book Festival shows - some of which will be live-streamed - will be listed on their own website.
- £/PWYW means you can either buy tickets to secure seats, or Pay What You Want on exit. A £ sign means tickets must be purchased in advance. PWYW shows are Pay What You Want on exit.
- Pay What You Want (PWYW) shows are unticketed, and will be seated on a first-come first-served basis. For popular free shows it's a good idea to arrive early and queue, or even get a token to secure your entry.
- Most performers who take donations will have a card reader as well as a keen enthusiasm for cash. Bank notes especially. Not coppers.
- Even if a Monkey Barrel show is listed online as sold out, they keep back 10% of each room's ticket allocation for people who queue up on the day, so it is always worth arriving early, checking with doorstaff and getting in the right queue.
- Most shows do not allow late-comers. ACMS does, provided there's space. (And some folk do leave in the intervals, thus you can nab their chairs.)
- A show listed as 00:05 Aug 4 (Sun) starts laaate evening on Sunday. This is true of listings here, on Edfringe, on the venues' websites, and in the printed programme. Double-check about show dates in the Edfringe app, as last year they didn't seem to follow this convention.