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EDINBURGH FRINGE RECOMMENDATIONS - 2025
We recommend ourselves (23:55, 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.
| Type | Act | Parent Venue | Venue Name | Room | Time | Dates | £? | AGES? | Blurb |
| Kids | Jody Kamali : Mr Sleepybum's Dream Machine | Assembly | Roxy | Upstairs | 10:40-11:25 | July 31; August 1-5, 7-12, 15-17 | £ | 3+ | A zany, high-energy kids' comedy about a man who just can't dream. |
| Comedy | Ania Magliano: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 11:05-12:05 | July 28-31; August 1-10 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Some new thoughts/jokes/confessions/gossip. |
| Comedy | Stuart Goldsmith: An Inconvenient Time (WIP) | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 11:05-12:05 | August 11-17 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Hilarious and candid climate comedy! 'Piercingly funny' **** (List). |
| Kids | Ollie Horn: Kids Can Heckle! | Hoots | The Apex | Hoot 2 | 11:10-12:00 | August 9-10, 16-17, 23-24 (Sat-Sun) | PWYC or donate | 5+ | It’s the award-winning stand-up show that kids control! |
| Comedy | Ted Hill: Weird in Progress | Underbelly | Teviot Place (Med Quad) | Clover | 11:25-12:25 | August 16-17, 22-24 | £ | 16+ | Ted Hill is a multimedia comedian who has just found out that he is weird. |
| Kids | Darryl Carrington: Out of the Box | Underbelly | Bristo Square (underground) | Jersey | 11:30-12:30 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 0+ | With Darryl's gentle, non-verbal clowning, everyday objects transform into the extraordinary. |
| Kids | Olaf Falafel's Stupidest Super Stupid Show – New Improved Recipe | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Ballroom | 11:30-12:30 | July 31; August 1-12, 14-18, 21-24 | PWYC or donate | 5+ | Expect drawing, jokes and maybe a poo on a pogo stick! |
| Kids | The Listies: Make Some Noise | Assembly | George Square | Studio One | 11:30-12:30 | July 30-31; August 1-5, 7-12, 14-17, 23-25 | £ | 5+ | Join Rich and Matt, as they belt out a bunch of songs with the LOLs turned up to 11. |
| Comedy | Alex Prescot: Cosy [directed by Ben Target] | Underbelly | Bristo Square (underground) | Dexter | 11:45-12:45 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 12+ | Expect a warm and fuzzy blend of joyful musical comedy and quick-witted improvisation |
| Spoken | Conversations with the Godless: Robin Ince | The Stand | (28 York Place) | Three | 11:45-12:45 | August 15 (Fri) | £12 (£10) | 12+ | Humanists UK chief executive Andrew Copson talks to acclaimed writer, comedian and broadcaster Robin Ince. |
| Comedy | Ahir Shah: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 12:00-13:00 | August 14-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | 2023 Sky Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner for Best Show, Ahir Shah returns. |
| Comedy | John Kearns: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 12:00-13:00 | August 8-13 | £/PWYW | 18+ | You can achieve anything if you don't want credit for it' (Ronald Reagan). |
| Comedy | Larry Dean: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 12:00-13:00 | August 1-7 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Larry Dean tries some new jokes. |
| Kids | Monsterrrr! with Trygve Wakenshaw | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 12:00-13:00 | July 31; August 1-5, 7-10, 12-17 | £ | 5+ | Exciting, different, funny and not a bit boring. Do you dare to shake the monster's hand? |
| Comedy | George Fox: Sugar Daddy (WIP) | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 2 | 12:05-12:50 | August 10-14 (Sun-Thurs) | £/PWYW | 18+ | The day before the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, George discovered his favourite thing (sugar) was killing him. |
| Comedy | Sean Morley: Backchannel (WIP) | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 12:05-12:55 | August 10-14 | £/PWYW | 16+ | The future has arrived, mouth wet and eyes hungry. |
| Comedy | Chris Cantrill: Rewilding (WIP) | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 2 | 12:05-13:05 | August 15-19 (Fri-Tues) | £/PWYW | 16+ | Join Chris as he works on a new show about community, mushrooms and bloodlust. |
| Comedy | Daniel Foxx: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 2 | 12:05-13:05 | August 5-9 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Daniel road tests brand-new material and has a good old natter. |
| Comedy | Josh Glanc: Work in Progress (Current Progress = Zero) | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 12:05-13:05 | August 15-19 (Fri-Tues) | £/PWYW | 14+ | 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee returns to the Fringe to work on his brand-new show. |
| Comedy | Milo Edwards: Work In Progress | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 2 | 12:05-13:05 | July 31; August 1-4 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Five work-in-progress shows, over five days – as Milo attempts to figure out what the 2026 show will be. |
| Comedy | Robin Morgan: Let's Overshare! (Work in Progress) | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 12:05-13:05 | July 31; August 1-4 | £/PWYW | 14+ | It's good to talk. But it's even better to overshare. |
| Comedy | Ian Smith: Foot Spa Half Empty | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 12:30-13:30 | July 29-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A new show about stress, love and buying a magic spell off Amazon. |
| Comedy | Johnny White Really-Really: am/pm | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 12:30-13:30 | August 1-24 | £/PWYW | 0+ | Writing blurbs isn't easy. In fact, it's something I struggle with. |
| Comedy | Funz and Gamez rebootz | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 12:45-13:45 | July 28-31; August 1-10 | £/PWYW | 0+ | Come and see the kids show that’s even more funz for the adultz. |
| Comedy | Phil Ellis: Soppy Stern | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 12:45-13:45 | August 11-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A brand-new hour of stand-up, silliness and a lot of heart. He may even do some soul searching… “May”. |
| Comedy | Seymour Mace Does Things With Stuff | The Stand | (16 North St Andrew St) | Two | 12:45-13:45 | July 31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 14+ | It's better than watching people do things. |
| Comedy | Ben Van der Velde: Van der Laugh Generator | Just the Tonic | The Mash House | Bottle Room | 12:50-13:50 | August 8-11, 13-16 | £/PWYW | 14+ | It'll be a bit like watching Wikipedia having a nervous breakdown. |
| Cabaret | Mat Ricardo: The Extraordinary Gentleman | Assembly | Roxy | Downstairs | 12:50-13:50 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £ | 8+ | Big laughs and big tricks for all ages. Shenanigans and surprises absolutely guaranteed. |
| Comedy | Matt Green: Work in Progress | Just the Tonic | The Mash House | Bottle Room | 12:50-13:50 | August 18-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Online political comedy star Matt has moved house and the world is in chaos. |
| Kids | Foxdog Studios: Robo Bingo Kids | Underbelly | Cowgate | Delhi Belly | 12:55-13:55 | July 31; August 1-24 | £ | 8+ | Ages 8 to 8,000: the thrills of bingo, robot frogs and low-cost prizes for the whole family. |
| Comedy | Jon Gracey: Time Boat | Laughing Horse | West Nic Records | Little Cellar | 13:00-14:00 | August 13-24 | PWYW | 12+ | Come join a different special guest comedian each day as they take a magical trip through history! |
| Comedy | Lucy Pearman: Lunartic | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 13:00-14:00 | August 1-10, 12-17, 19-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | The Moon dreams of stardom so she's popped down to perform her new show. |
| Mixed | Robin Morgan and Friend(s) | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Ballroom | 13:00-14:00 | July 31; August 1-6 | PWYW | 14+ | Robin Morgan (as seen on Mock the Week) hosts a stand-up showcase of his funny friend(s) |
| Mixed | The Asian Comedy Showcase [w/ Sam See] | Laughing Horse | The Pear Tree | Main Room | 13:00-14:00 | July 31; August 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-24 | PWYW | 16+ | Catch some of the best acts from all over Asia and from all over the world, along with one token white act! |
| Kids | The Kids Always Win [w/ Join Tom Whiston and Max Prentice] | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Green | 13:00-14:00 | July 30-31; August 1-17 | £ | 5+ | Sick of grown-ups being know-it-alls? Do you want to win prizes? This game show is for you! |
| TV | The Comic Strip Presents… [w/ Robin Ince] | Just the Tonic | Nucleus | Atomic Room | 13:00-16:00 | August 2-3, 8-10 | £ | 16+ | Exclusive screenings of cult-classic Comic Strip films, plus Q and A with writer and director Peter Richardson and a special guest. |
| Comedy | Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse | Gilded Balloon | The Museum | Auditorium | 13:15-14:15 | July 30-31; August 1-17 | £ | 12+ | Expect stories of chimpanzees and astronauts, of starlight and falcons. |
| Cabaret | An Evening with Dame Granny Smith | Underbelly | George Square | The Wee Coo | 13:20-14:20 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 12+ | The world's most celebrated apple returns for an intimate on-stage conversation. |
| Comedy | Caroline McEvoy: Train Man [directed by Ben Target] | Assembly | Roxy | Roxyboxy | 13:20-14:20 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 14+ | A captivating tale of sibling rivalry in post-Troubles Northern Ireland. |
| Comedy | Celya AB: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | One | 13:25-14:25 | August 11-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Following multiple sell-out runs and a UK tour, Celya AB is working on her brand new show. |
| Comedy | Janine Harouni: This Is What You Waited For | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 13:25-14:25 | August 11-24 | £/PWYW | 12+ | The two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee returns with a new hour on family, parenting and marriage. |
| Comedy | Rob Auton: CAN (An Hour-Long Story) | Assembly | Roxy | Upstairs | 13:25-14:25 | July 30-31; August 1-24 | £ | 14+ | Multi award-winning writer, performer and actor Rob Auton brings his debut story to the Edinburgh Fringe. |
| Comedy | Sindhu Vee: Work-in-Progress | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 13:25-14:25 | July 31; August 1-10 | £/PWYW | 14+ | A work-in-progress for a new tour. As seen on QI, Mock the Week, and Matilda the Musical. |
| Improv | Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel | Underbelly | Bristo Square | McEwan Hall | 13:30-14:30 | August 2-4, 6-10 | £ | 12+ | The all-star cast (featuring Rachel Parris, Cariad Lloyd, and more) improvise a hilarious new Jane Austen novel every show. |
| Mixed | James Ross Does Guess Who 2: Now Even Guessier | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Whistlebinkies | Binkies Lounge | 13:30-14:30 | August 2, 4 (Sat, Mon) | PWYW | 18+ | It's a very silly party show, I think you'll have fun with it. |
| Comedy | Pat Cahill presents St Julian's Social Club | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 13:30-14:30 | August 13-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Absurd standup, songs, characters, dances and nonsense. |
| Mixed | The Alternative Black Comedy Showcase | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Bannermans | Back Cave | 13:30-14:30 | August 2-24 | PWYW | 18+ | Top black international comedy acts who are still able to get into the country or afford accomodation. |
| Comedy | Troy Hawke (WIP) | Just the Tonic | The Caves | The Big Room | 13:30-14:30 | August 18-22 | £ | 14+ | Nascent, speculative and unprepared ideas from the founding member of the Greeters Guild. |
| Comedy | Sam Lake: You're Joking!? Not Another One! | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | The Tron | 13:35-14:35 | July 31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | About the highs and lows of pursuing your lifelong passion and just loving a laugh. |
| Comedy | Chris Grace: 27 Hours (Works in Progress) | Assembly | George Square | Studio Five | 13:40-14:40 | July 30-31; August 1-25 | £ | 14+ | Chris: 'What if I wrote a new one-hour show every day of the Fringe?' Friend: 'That sounds like a terrible idea'. Chris: 'Okay, I'll do it'. |
| Comedy | Michael Balazo: International Lover | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Voodoo Rooms | carte blanche! | 13:40-14:40 | August 2-24 | PWYW | 18+ | About long-distance dating, failure and trying to find happiness against overwhelming odds. |
| Comedy | Mark Simmons: His Latest Jokes | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Liquid Room | Studio | 13:45-14:45 | August 2-23 | PWYW | 18+ | A show for people that like jokes. |
| Theatre | Ben Moor: A Three Thing Day | Pleasance | Courtyard | Below | 13:50-14:50 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-25 | £ | 12+ | Good gullibility, dolphin infestations, snacks, and unreliable phones. |
| Comedy | Adam Riches Presents Sean Bean Reading Le Morte d’Arthur Out Loud for an Hour | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 13:55-14:55 | August 11 (Mon) | £/PWYW | 16+ | A work in progress from the occasional mind of Adam Riches. |
| Comedy | Mark Silcox: The Gold Trader | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Voodoo Rooms | Speakeasy | 14:00-14:55 | August 2-24 | PWYW | 18+ | Dr Silcox will start gold trading, and keep his audience entertained with his charming life stories as the trades progress. |
| Comedy | Paul Savage: Hopes Under the Hammer | Hoots | The Apex | Hoot 4 | 14:00-14:55 | August 1-10, 12-25 | PWYC or donate | 18+ | Greedy landlords, internet scammers and a very broken canalboat. |
| Mixed | Richard Herring: RHLSTP | The Stand | (28 York Place) | Three | 14:00-15:00 | July 30-31; August 1-10 | £ | 16+ | Daily chat with big Fringe names. 'Thrillingly rude' (Guardian). |
| Comedy | Don Toberman: Ping Pong Champ | Pleasance | Courtyard | Attic | 14:05-15:05 | July 30-31; August 1-3, 5-10, 13-17, 19-25 | £ | 18+ | Don takes on the entire audience in a pantomime ping-pong championship for glory. |
| Comedy | Richard Brown: Nauseatingly Woke Full-Grown Jellyfish | The Stand | (16 North St Andrew St) | Two | 14:05-15:05 | August 12-14 | £ | 18+ | Authentic, punching-up comedy' (Comedy.co.uk), from the underground Fringe favourite. |
| Comedy | Caitriona Dowden: Dance Like Everyone's Dancing | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Carbon | Room 2 | 14:10-15:10 | August 2-24 | PWYW | 16+ | A feel-good show about apocalyptic dread (and the 1518 dancing plague). |
| Comedy | Josh Glanc: Family Man | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | August 1-10 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Wonderfully silly songs. Collusive and tender. Surreal stand-up. |
| Comedy | Lara Ricote: I Don’t Yet Know Anything (WIP) | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | August 11-17 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Woop-de-do, turns out I’m in a deep state of Not Yet Knowing. |
| Theatre | Ivo Graham: Graham Back in the Green | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Green | 14:15-15:15 | August 13-24 | £ | 14+ | Get ready, get ready to say, he's found his niche at last: a prisoner of the past. |
| Comedy | Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself | Assembly | Roxy | Downstairs | 14:20-15:20 | July 30-31; August 1-4, 8-24 | £ | 14+ | Vision quest to contact his ancestors. The siren call of the Vengaboys. |
| Comedy | Josh Makinda: Naivety, Love and My Poor Interpretations of the Social Order on a Rainy Day | Just the Tonic | The Caves | The Spare Room | 14:20-15:20 | August 13-24 | £/PWYW | 14+ | I'm contractually obligated to make this funny, so I'll do that. |
| Comedy | Neil Frost: The Door | Underbelly | Cowgate | Delhi Belly | 14:25-15:25 | July 31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 14+ | A nostalgic, poignant comedy about childhood dreams and the power of fancy dress. |
| Comedy | Olaf Falafel Asks: Orange You Glad? | Laughing Horse | The Pear Tree | The Lounge | 14:30-15:30 | Juky 31; August 1-12, 14-24 | PWYW | 12+ | A laundry basket full of stuff he hopes you’ll find funny. |
| Comedy | Richard Wright Draws You Like One of Your French Girls | Laughing Horse | West Nic Records | Little Cellar | 14:30-15:30 | July 31; August 1-6 | PWYW | 14+ | What is art? Why is art? Is that art? Who are you and where's my pen? |
| Comedy | Tom and Greg Will Give You 100 Satsumas [w/ Tom Hutchinson and Greg Curzon] | Laughing Horse | West Port Oracle | Flight Club | 14:30-15:30 | August 17-24 | PWYC or donate | 16+ | They're united by a love of the absurd and the desire to give away 100 satsumas. Honestly they can't move for them. Help them. HELP THEM. As seen on BBC Upload and The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society. |
| Comedy | Cerys Bradley's Queer Tales for Autistic Folk | Underbelly | Teviot Place (Med Quad) | Daisy | 14:45-15:45 | July 30-31; August 1-13, 15-24 | £ | 14+ | Wonderful, expansive, interactive choose-your-own-story comedy show. 'AUTISM!' ***** (NeurodiverseReview.co.uk). |
| Comedy | Huge Davies: Free Work in Progress | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Whistlebinkies | Binkies Lounge | 14:45-15:45 | August 2-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-24 | PWYW | 18+ | Same wearable keyboard, new hour-long experiment and an incredible bucket speech. |
| Theatre | Scaramouche Jones [w/ Thom Tuck] | Hoots | Potterow | Big Yurt | 14:45-16:00 | August 1-10, 12-25 | £/PWYW | 14+ | On Millenium Eve, a 100-year-old clown comes offstage after his final ever performance to tell the story of his life: epic, hilarious and tragic. |
| Comedy | Stevie Martin: clout | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 14:50-15:50 | August 1-8 | £/PWYW | 16+ | It’s like her online stuff but on a stage, so you can’t pause her or comment 'what is this' for example. |
| Comedy | Cheekykita – Batshit | Laughing Horse | City Café | Las Vegas | 15:00-16:00 | July 31; August 1-11, 13-18, 21-24 | PWYC or donate | 16+ | Set in woods in Manchester, there's a bat with songs, dances and daftness. |
| Comedy | Stuart Laws Does Stand-up Comedy for an Hour | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | The Tron | 15:00-16:00 | Auguust 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23 (Fri-Sat) | £/PWYW | 16+ | Free-wheeling, big chunks improvised, some old classics – basically changing every time and a chance for Stuart to not worry about structural callbacks and messages. |
| Comedy | Stuart Laws Is Stuck | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | The Tron | 15:00-16:00 | July 28-31; August3-7, 10-12, 14, 17-21, 24 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Everyone’s dealt with it: first, a bad breakup; then, become a puffin island caretaker; suddenly, you’re implicated in a puffin murder. A classic. You know how it goes. |
| Comedy | Absolute Monopoly (w/ Ben Alborough) | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 15:05-16:05 | August 19-21 (Tues-Thurs) | £ | 12+ | Chaotic, interactive game show. |
| Kids | Comedy Club 4 Kids | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 15:05-16:05 | August 1-17, 22-24 | £ | 6+ | Since 2005 we've showcased our favourite stand-ups, sketch acts and cabaret stars. Join the fun at our twentieth Fringe! |
| Comedy | Simon Munnery | The Stand | (5 York Place) | One | 15:15-16:15 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 14+ | The usual unusual melange of jokes, sketches, stories, art, poetry and satire. |
| Comedy | Adam Riches Presents Sean Bean Reading Le Morte d’Arthur Out Loud for an Hour | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 15:20-16:20 | August 12 (Tues) | £/PWYW | 16+ | A work in progress from the occasional mind of Adam Riches. |
| Comedy | Eric Rushton: Innkeeper | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 15:20-16:20 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | In 2004, Eric was cast in his primary school Nativity. Despite absolutely smashing it, he immediately retired... |
| Comedy | Helen Bauer: Bless Her | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 15:20-16:20 | July 28-31; August 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | She has spent the last year being forced to hang out with someone she doesn’t like and who honestly does not like her. |
| Comedy | Zoë Coombs Marr: The Splash Zone | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 15:35-16:35 | July 29-31; August 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A joyfully untethered ADHD stream of consciousness about leaning into discomfort and talking to strangers. |
| Comedy | Paul Sinha: 2 Sinha Lifetime | The Stand | (28 York Place) | Three | 15:45-16:45 | July 31; August 1-10, 12-17, 19-24 | £ | 16+ | This 30th anniversary show promises jokes and, despite everything, no pathos. |
| Comedy | Laura Lexx: Slinky | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 15:50-16:50 | August 11-21 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Effortlessly heartwarming, hilarious about motherhood and fearless with the front row. |
| Comedy | Olga Koch: WIP | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 15:50-16:50 | July 28-31; August 1-10 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Comedian Olga Koch is going to tell you a scary story over the course of an hour. |
| Comedy | Markus Birdman and Malinda Mukuma – Algorithm and Blues | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Cinema Room | 15:55-16:50 | August 2-5, 7-12 | PWYW | 18+ | Bits where they're doing stand-up solo, some together, where they are very rude about each other… |
| Comedy | Will & Noah: Too Much Time on Their Phones | Underbelly | Teviot Place (Med Quad) | Clover | 15:55-16:55 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 16+ | Will and Noah's attention spans are so eroded, they can't even get to the end of their... huh… |
| Comedy | Friz Frizzle's Funny Turn | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Whistlebinkies | Binkies Lounge | 16:00-17:00 | August 2-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 | PWYW | 18+ | Friz has been crafting parody songs for over two decades… |
| Comedy | John Shuttleworth: Raise the Oof | Pleasance | Courtyard | One | 16:00-17:00 | August 12-15 | £ | 0+ | More hilarious stories and songs performed on his trusty Yamaha organ (with built-in auto accompaniment!). |
| Comedy | Michelle Wolf | Pleasance | Courtyard | One | 16:00-17:00 | August 16-17 (Sat-Sun) | £ | 14+ | The future of stand-up comedy' (TheDailyBeast.com). |
| Comedy | Peter Jones: Performs Stand-Up Comedy | Laughing Horse | Bar 50 | Upstairs | 16:00-17:00 | July 31; August 1-24 | PWYC or donate | 14+ | This show is funny and you should come along. |
| Comedy | Rosie Jones: I Can't Tell What She's Saying (Work in Progress) | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cabaret Bar | 16:00-17:00 | August 11-17 | £ | 16+ | Join star of Taskmaster and BAFTA-nominee Rosie Jones as she warms up ahead of her national tour. |
| Comedy | Stephen Carlin: Edinburgh Fringe/Glasgow Haircut | Scottish Comedy Festival @ | Waverley Bar | The Waverley | 16:00-17:00 | August 1-10, 12-24 | PWYC or donate | 18+ | I told you this would happen. Goodnight America. That's where optimism gets you. |
| Comedy | Ted Hill: 110 Percent Normal | Assembly | George Square | Studio Four | 16:00-17:00 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 14+ | Ted Hill (normal) performs classic, non-autistic stand-up comedy. Anything you've heard differently is false. |
| Comedy | Yogie Belle: Auditory Awakenings with Mr Tingles in the House ASMR | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Bannermans | Back Cave | 16:00-17:00 | August 3-7 | PWYW | 18+ | Expect a surreal fusion of comedy, chaos and tranquillity as you echolocate your true porpoise. |
| Comedy | The Mayor and His Daughter: A Genuine Appreciation of Comedy | Assembly | Roxy | Snug Bar | 16:10-17:10 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 14+ | Think The Krankies crossed with The Wicker Man. |
| Comedy | Bridget Christie: Work In Progress | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 16:15-17:10 | August 2-9 | £/PWYW | 16+ | New material from the Rose d’Or, Southbank Sky Arts and Edinburgh Comedy Award winner. |
| Comedy | Bennett Arron: I Regret This Already | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Liquid Room | Studio | 16:15-17:15 | August 2-24 | PWYW | 16+ | You know what it's like when everything's going well? Bennett doesn't. |
| Comedy | Grace Petrie: This Is No Time To Panic! | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Dram | 16:15-17:15 | August 4-14 | £ | 12+ | Grace knows that folk music can't save the world and neither can standup comedy. But both at the same time?? |
| Comedy | Ironing Board Man [w/ Jody Kamali] | Gilded Balloon | Appleton Tower | Braeburn | 16:15-17:15 | July 30-31; August 1-5, 7-17 | £ | 12+ | One man. Ten ironing boards. One epic soundtrack. |
| Comedy | Jain Edwards: She-Devil | Underbelly | Teviot Place (Med Quad) | Daisy | 16:15-17:15 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 16+ | Conspiracy theories, autism and men turning on you. Expect silly, subversive comedy from literally the best comedian. |
| Comedy | Katie Mitchell: Spine Hygiene | Laughing Horse | City Café | Las Vegas | 16:15-17:15 | July 31; August 1-11, 13-24 | PWYC or donate | 14+ | A very silly show about a serious pain in the back. |
| Comedy | Mr Cardboard [w/ Miles Calderon and Levi Meltzer] | Underbelly | Cowgate | Belly Laugh | 16:15-17:15 | July 31; August 1-10 | £ | 8+ | Folds the grotesque into the beautiful. It warms the heart and rips it along its perforated edge. |
| Comedy | Sooz Kempner is Ugly | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | The Lounge | 16:15-17:15 | July 31; August 1-24 | PWYW | 14+ | A brand new show about beauty, ageing, trolling and Barbra Streisand. |
| Comedy | Graham Dickson and Steen Raskopoulos: Graham and Steen | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 16:20-17:20 | July 31; August 1-10 | £ | 14+ | These self-confessed “sweet boys" of improv are here to prove that improv is cool |
| Comedy | Jeromaia Detto: When I Grow Up… | Underbelly | George Square | The Wee Coo | 16:20-17:20 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-17, 19-24 | £ | 16+ | A brand-new show each night based on your childhood dreams. |
| Comedy | Kuan-wen: Andrews Are the Worst | Hoots | Potterow | Big Yurt | 16:30-17:30 | August 1-11, 13-24 | PWYC or donate | 16+ | The mischievous Taiwanese comic wants to raise public awareness of the dangers posed by Andrews. |
| Comedy | Amy Annette: Busy Body | Pleasance | Courtyard | Baby Grand | 16:35-17:35 | July 30-31; August 1-24 | £ | 16+ | Ever felt like a floating head? Amy has. But she'd rather talk about you. |
| Comedy | Kathy Maniura: The Cycling Man | Pleasance | Courtyard | Attic | 16:35-17:35 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-17, 19-24 | £ | 14+ | Goofy drag king show from award-winning character comedian. |
| Comedy | Matt Winning: Solastalgia [directed by Ben Target] | Assembly | George Square | Studio Five | 16:35-17:35 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 14+ | A new storytelling climate comedy lecture about saving ourselves in time and protecting what you love. |
| Comedy | Adam Riches Presents Sean Bean Reading Le Morte d’Arthur Out Loud for an Hour | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 16:45-17:45 | August 13 (Wed) | £/PWYW | 16+ | A work in progress from the occasional mind of Adam Riches. |
| Comedy | Alison Spittle: Big | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 16:45-17:45 | July 28-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Obesity glorifier and Fat Christ, doing some stand-up about sitting down. |
| Comedy | Ayoade Bamgboye: Swings and Roundabouts | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker One | 16:45-17:45 | July 30-31; August 1-5, 7-11, 13-18, 20-24 | £ | 16+ | About going nowhere fast, being too British to stop apologising, and too Nigerian to stop shouting. |
| Comedy | Chris Thorburn: I Need This (WIP | The Stand | (16 North St Andrew St) | Two | 16:45-17:45 | August 12-16 | £ | 16+ | There’s not a comedy style Thorburn isn’t adept at' (Comedy.co.uk). |
| Comedy | Ed Night: Your Old Mucker | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 16:45-17:45 | July 29-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Ed Night has cooked up another scorching stand-up hour. Won't you come in and have a taste? |
| Comedy | Paul Williams: Don't Look at Me | Assembly | Roxy | Upstairs | 16:45-17:45 | July 31; August 1-5, 7-11, 13-18, 20-24 | £ | 16+ | He's feeling very optimistic about how it's going to go. Just don't look at him. |
| Comedy | Nate Kitch: Something Different!!!!! | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Snug | 17:00-18:00 | July 30-31; August 1-25 | £ | 16+ | It's sort of about Charlatans, voices and a Rasputin book that, as it stands, I haven't read. |
| Comedy | Adele Cliff: Adele, Adele, Adele... Cliff It Isn't the Consequences of My Own Actions | Just the Tonic | The Mash House | Cask Room | 17:05-18:05 | August 1-11, 13-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Lying and why we do it (or does she?). |
| Comedy | Ben Pope: The Cut | Assembly | George Square | The Box | 17:05-18:05 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £ | 16+ | Last year, Ben got circumcised. On purpose, and as recommended by medical professionals. |
| Comedy | Cameron Sinclair Harris: PLANETS!!! | Assembly | Rooms | Front Room | 17:05-18:05 | July 31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 16+ | Join them as they become every planet! Every planet! Yes! Planets! |
| Mixed | This Is Your Trial! The Fully-Improvised Comedy Courtroom | Hoots | The Apex | Hoot 2 | 17:05-18:05 | July 31; August 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25 | £ | 16+ | The unmissable, award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns. |
| Comedy | Trygve Wakenshaw and Barnie Duncan: Different Party | Assembly | George Square | Studio Two | 17:10-18:10 | July 30-31; August 1-5, 7-10, 12-17 | £ | 12+ | Amongst the drudgery of the nine-five, the minutiae of office existence are transformed into gleeful slapstick. |
| Comedy | Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe | Assembly | George Square | Gordon Aikman Theatre | 17:10-18:25 | August 1-10 | £ | 14+ | Following an election year – with the country in turmoil – there’s only one comedian who can kill the mood even further… |
| Comedy | Ellen Turnill Montoya is Mr Handsome | Assembly | George Square | Studio Four | 17:20-18:20 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-18, 20-24 | £ | 14+ | A handful of playful props and physical buffoonery in an illustrated world. |
| Comedy | Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair | Pleasance | Courtyard | Above | 17:20-18:20 | August 11-13 (Mon-Wed) | £ | 12+ | Take a swan-dive into this physical comedy fantasia of kings and clowns and one absolutely hideous duck |
| Improv | Showstopper! The Improvised Musical | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 17:20-18:20 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 12+ | It’s opening night for the hottest new musical in town... every night! |
| Comedy | Jessica Barton: Dirty Work | Underbelly | Cowgate | Delhi Belly | 17:25-18:25 | July 31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 16+ | Mary Floppins has thrown a shit fit. Best Newcomer Award Winner (Melbourne 2025) |
| Comedy | Police Cops: The Original | Assembly | George Square | Gordon Aikman Theatre | 17:25-18:25 | August 12-24 | £ | 12+ | Expect adrenaline-fuelled physical comedy, 80s bangers and uncompromising facial hair. |
| Comedy | Ali Brice Presents Eric Meat Gets the Chop | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Carbon | Room 1 | 17:30-18:30 | August 2-12, 14-24 | PWYW | 16+ | Hilarious, heartfelt and absurd, it's a story of loyalty, nostalgia and knowing when to let go. |
| Comedy | Glenn Moore: Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore? | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 17:30-18:30 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 14-24 | £ | 16+ | Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee has another 300 jokes for you. |
| Comedy | Jenny Ryan – Björn Yesterday | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cabaret Bar | 17:30-18:30 | July 30-31; August 1-5, 7-17 | £ | 14+ | A singalong comedy investigation/cry for help. |
| Comedy | Mark Watson: 20 Years Of Doing My Absolute Bloody Best | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 17:30-18:30 | August 7 (Thurs) | £10 | 16+ | Rashly attempts a ‘best of’ compendium of what he can remember from his many, many Edinburgh offerings. |
| Comedy | Russell Hicks: Work in Progress [directed by Ben Target] | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Ballroom | 17:30-18:30 | August 12-24 | PWYW | 16+ | Russell - in Edgar Wright's Running Man later this year - is building a new show. |
| Comedy | Desiree Burch: The Golden Wrath | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 17:40-18:40 | July 28-31; August 1-10 | £/PWYW | 16+ | About our bodies corporeal and politic, and what remains through ascension and destruction. |
| Comedy | Jessica Fostekew: Iconic Breath | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 17:40-18:40 | August 11-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A monster's guide to tolerance and temperance. |
| Comedy | John Shuttleworth: Raise the Oof | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 17:40-18:40 | August 11 (Monday) | £ | 0+ | More hilarious stories and songs performed on his trusty Yamaha organ (with built-in auto accompaniment!). |
| Comedy | Sam Nicoresti: Baby Doomer | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker Two | 17:40-18:40 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 14+ | About losing your mind, finding it again and the hunt for the perfect skirt suit. |
| Comedy | Thanyia Moore: August | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 17:40-18:40 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 16+ | About mental strength, the female body and how awesome the NHS is in Scotland. |
| Comedy | Katie Pritchard: I Kiss the Music | Assembly | Roxy | Roxyboxy | 17:45-18:45 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 16+ | Award-nominated arena tour (to a shipping container). Pumping pop anthems and dance moves you never thought the human body capable of. |
| Comedy | Laura Davis: Despair is Beneath Us | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 17:45-18:45 | July 31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Cult comedy favourite delivers a show about love, courage, awe and heartache. |
| Comedy | Grace Jarvis: Just Because I'm Crying Doesn't Mean I'm Not Having a Nice Time | Underbelly | George Square | The Wee Coo | 17:50-18:50 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 16+ | Tales of living overseas, falling in love, working in a sex shop... |
| Comedy | Sikisa: Serving Justice | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | The Tron | 17:50-18:50 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A bold, thought-provoking hour exploring truth, identity, and what justice looks like in love and life. |
| Theatre | Flo & Joan: The Birds, The Birds! (WIP) | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 18:00-19:00 | August 3 (Sun) | £10 | 16+ | In the moments after her last child leaves home, the Old Woman Who Lives in a Shoe finally sits down to write a rebuttal. |
| Theatre | Ivo Graham: Balloons (WIP) | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 18:00-19:00 | August 20 (Wed) | £10 | 16+ | Don't miss this Work In Progress of a brand new show, delving back into the world of theatre. |
| Comedy | John Hegley Folk Telling | Ukrainian Community Centre | (on Rotal Terrace) | Main Room | 18:00-19:00 | August 18-22 | £ | 8+ | The tales are sung, spoken and depicted in bits of cardboard… |
| Comedy | Lucy Porter: Let Yourself Go (WIP) | Just the Tonic | The Caves | Up The Road | 18:00-19:00 | August 14-24 | £/PWYW | 14+ | A brand new show about the power of letting yourself go – in every sense. |
| Theatre | Marjolein Robertson: The Hillswick Wedding | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 18:00-19:00 | August 4 (Mon) | £10 | 16+ | A rich and beautiful story from Shetland. |
| Theatre | Shôn Dale-Jones: Stories From An Invisible Town | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 18:00-19:00 | August 13 (Wed) | £10 | 16+ | Roam around the town where Shôn spent his entire childhood. |
| Mixed | The Improv All Stars [w/ Richard Vranch, sometimes] | Frankenstein Pub | Bier Keller | 18:00-19:00 | August 1-11, 13-18, 20-24 | £ | 14+ | An hour of guaranteed laughs based on your suggestions. | |
| Comedy | The Sophie Duker Show | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 18:00-19:00 | August 14 (Thurs) | £10 | 16+ | Fringe royalty Sophie Duker (Taskmaster, Deep Cover, your dad's DMs) is doing only ONE SINGLE SHOW at this year's festival. |
| Theatre | Ben Target: Lorenzo | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 18:00-19:05 | August 12 (Tues) | £10 | 16+ | A life-affirming story about death, conveyed through the popular mediums of storytelling, servitude to the audience and live carpentry, a combination not seen since Nazareth (circa 30AD). |
| Theatre | James Rowland: Songs Of The Heart Triology | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 18:00-22:00 | August 18 (Mon) | £20 | 16+ | This performance will comprise of three shows - Learning to Fly; Piece of Work; James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show - with a short interval between each. |
| Comedy | Heidi Regan: Jekyll and Heidi | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Chamber Room | 18:05-19:05 | August 2-11, 13-24 | PWYW | 18+ | A beautiful discourse on love, loss, and facing your fears. / A silly story. |
| Comedy | Ray O'Leary: Laughter? I Hardly Know Her | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beside | 18:05-19:05 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 14+ | 'Very strong comic indeed' **** (Chortle.co.uk). |
| Comedy | Liam Withnail: Big Strong Boy | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 18:10-19:10 | July 29-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | When Liam was 18 he moved from Dagenham to Edinburgh, and didn’t tell his parents. |
| Comedy | The Britpop Hour with Marc Burrows | Underbelly | Teviot Place (Med Quad) | Dairy Room | 18:10-19:10 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 12+ | Part nostalgic love letter, part send-up, part rock'n'roll party. |
| Comedy | Guess the Weight of the Bird | Braw Venues | Grand Lodge | Studio | 18:15-19:15 | August 1-8, 10-24 | PWYC or donate | 12+ | The ultimate bird-based comedy quiz. I'll show you some birds and you'll guess how heavy they are. |
| Comedy | Lorna Rose Treen: 24 Hour Diner People | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beneath | 18:20-19:20 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 14+ | An hour of characters, nonsense and a working grill. (Now with no working grill!) |
| Comedy | Ollie Horn: Bet I Can Make You Laugh | Scottish Comedy Festival @ | Waverley Bar | The Waverley | 18:30-19:30 | July 31; August 1-4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-24 | £ | 18+ | A funny show, guaranteed. |
| Comedy | Barry Ferns: My Seven Years as Lionel Richie | Just the Tonic | The Caves | Out Of The Box | 18:40-19:40 | July 31; August 1-4, 6-11, 14-18, 20-24 | £/PWYW | 12+ | Going from being homeless to being offered half a million pounds… |
| Comedy | Jenny Tian – Jenny's Travels | Assembly | George Square | Studio Two | 18:40-19:40 | August 11-24 | £ | 16+ | She's frozen her eggs, re-downloaded Hinge and is ready for an adventure. |
| Comedy | Max Fulham: Full of Ham | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cellar | 18:40-19:40 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-25 | £ | 12+ | Max is catapulting ventriloquism into the 21st century. |
| Comedy | Robocop vs The Terminator vs Gabriel Featherstone | Just the Tonic | The Mash House | Attic | 18:40-19:40 | August 17-24 | £/PWYW | 18+ | These three titans of entertainment will face off in a bloody battle to the death! |
| Comedy | Su Mi: THISMOTHERPHUCKER | Underbelly | Cowgate | Iron Belly | 18:40-19:40 | July 31; August 1-11, 13-18, 20-24 | £ | 18+ | A public nuisance. A dysfunctional anti-clown whose only mission is to destroy ego. |
| Comedy | Lulu Popplewell: Love Love | Underbelly | George Square | Buttercup | 18:45-19:45 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 14+ | A new hour of jokes about love, obsession and raccoons. |
| Comedy | Tom Little Less Conversation, Tom Little More Action | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Liquid Room | Studio | 18:45-19:45 | August 2-24 | PWYW | 18+ | A properly talented comic.' **** (Scotsman). |
| Comedy | Alice Fraser: A Passion for Passion | Underbelly | Bristo Square (underground) | Friesian | 18:50-19:50 | August 11-24 | £ | 14+ | A comedy show about writing a book about romance. |
| Comedy | Sharon Wanjohi: In the House | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker Two | 18:55-19:55 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-25 | £ | 16+ | Join Sharon as she attempts to fix the world's problems, one chapter at a time. |
| Comedy | Bec Hill: Guess Who's Bec, Bec Again? Bec Hill's Bec! (Tell a Friend.) | Gilded Balloon | Appleton Tower | Ruby | 19:00-20:00 | August 9-24 | £ | 18+ | Hey! Did you miss me? I missed you. It's been, like, what... six years? |
| Mixed | Best in Class | Laughing Horse | The Three Sisters | Maggie's Chamber | 19:00-20:00 | July 31; August 1-24 | £/PWYW | 18+ | An award-winning showcase of working-class comedians from across the UK. |
| Comedy | Chloe Petts: Big Naturals | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 19:00-20:00 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £ | 14+ | About sex. The problem is that she blushes every time she says that word. |
| Comedy | David O'Doherty: Highway to the David Zone | Assembly | George Square | Gordon Aikman Theatre | 19:00-20:00 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 14+ | Talking, songs, talking during songs, talking while walking around – it's got the lot. |
| Comedy | John Robertson: Plays with the Audience | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Ballroom | 19:00-20:00 | July 31; August 1-24 | PWYW | 18+ | Expect improv, mayhem, gaming comedy, crowd-work and songs from the UK’s most manic comic. |
| Comedy | Josie Long: Now Is the Time of Monsters | Pleasance | Dome | Queen Dome | 19:00-20:00 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £ | 14+ | A new show about extinct, gigantic, charismatic megafauna from three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Josie Long. |
| Comedy | Barnie Duncan: Oooky Pooky | Assembly | Roxy | Roxyboxy | 19:05-20:05 | July 31; August 1-5, 7-10 ,12-24 | £ | 14+ | Part stand-up, part physical comedy, part surreal storyteller. |
| Comedy | Pierre Novellie: You Sit There, I’ll Stand Here | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 19:05-20:05 | July 28-31; August 1-24 | £/PWYW | 14+ | It's time for Pierre to do stand-up! It's time for you to watch! Why not just embrace that, for God's sake? All earthly glories fade! |
| Comedy | Tony Law: Law and DisOrganizeder | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | One | 19:05-20:05 | August 1-13 | £/PWYW | 12+ | High octane, seat-of-the-pants, absurd nonsense. Legend. |
| Comedy | Andrew O’Neill: Escape | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 2 | 19:10-20:10 | July 29-31; August 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Brand new stand-up from cult comedian. ***** (ScotsGay.co.uk). |
| Comedy | Joz Norris: You Wait. Time Passes. | Pleasance | Dome | 10 Dome | 19:10-20:10 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £ | 16+ | Joz Norris has finally completed his life's work, and he's ready to unveil it to the world. But what exactly is it? And now that he's done it, what will he do next? |
| Comedy | Alan Davies: Think Ahead | Gilded Balloon | Appleton Tower | Orchard | 19:15-20:15 | July 30-31; August 1-4, 6-10 | £ | 16+ | He thinks he's Marty McFly but he's older than Doc Brown. |
| Comedy | Frank Foucault: Dance | Just the Tonic | The Mash House | Snifter Room | 19:15-20:15 | August 1-11, 13-24 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Sing. Dance. Do stand-up. Dance. Carry on dancing. Never stop dancing. |
| Mixed | James Ross Does Guess Who 2: Now Even Guessier | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Globe Bar | Bar | 19:15-20:15 | August 2-9 | PWYW | 18+ | It's a very silly party show, I think you'll have fun with it. |
| Comedy | Mary O'Connell: Dilly Dally | Pleasance | Courtyard | Attic | 19:15-20:15 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 14+ | Mary loves her family. But they loved her too much and it made her unlovable to anyone else. |
| Comedy | Guy Williams: If You Mildly Criticise Me I'll Say It's Cancel Culture And Turn To The Alt Right | Assembly | George Square | Studio Five | 19:20-20:20 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 16+ | Potentially the worst contestant in Taskmaster history. |
| Comedy | Jessie Nixon: Don't Make Me Regret This | Assembly | George Square | The Crate | 19:20-20:20 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 18+ | If you're mentally ill, a lapsed catholic, queer, or too smart for your own good: this is for you. |
| Comedy | Nina Conti: Whose Face Is It Anyway? | Underbelly | Bristo Square | McEwan Hall | 19:20-20:20 | August 7-12, 14-15 | £ | 14+ | The virtuoso ventriloquist presents an unparalleled, unscripted show. |
| Comedy | Phil O'Shea: Something about Dogs (WIP) | The Stand | (16 North St Andrew St) | Two | 19:25-20:25 | August 4-5, 12 | £ | 16+ | He will become characters, talk about spiders and maybe mention something about dogs. |
| Comedy | Toussaint Douglass: Accessible Pigeon Material | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker One | 19:25-20:25 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 14+ | I’m talking life, love, loss, finding your way and pigeons... quite a lot about pigeons actually... it's pretty pigeon-heavy to be honest. |
| Comedy | Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us | Pleasance | Courtyard | One | 19:30-20:30 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-17, 19-24 | £ | 12+ | A recent encounter with a stranger caused Mark to spend some time pondering the uncertain future facing humanity. |
| Comedy | Michelle Brasier: It's a Shame We Won't Be Friends Next Year | Gilded Balloon | The Museum | Auditorium | 19:30-20:30 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £ | 16+ | A boy in school set my destiny with nine words; I'm gonna ask him why. |
| Comedy | Stephen Catling : Moving On... Really, Really Slowly | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Attic | 19:30-20:30 | July 31; August 1-24 | PWYW | 18+ | How do you recover from heartbreak or loss when you are an autistic depressed little slug? |
| Comedy | Tape Face: 20 | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 19:30-20:30 | July 30-31; August 1-10 | £ | 8+ | Mime with noise, stand-up with no talking – drama with no acting. |
| Comedy | The Most Toast [w/ Ollie Horn] | Hoots | The Apex | Hoot 1 | 19:30-20:30 | August 5, 12, 19 (Tues) | £9 | 14+ | Somebody in the audience will have eaten the most toast, and we will find them. |
| Comedy | Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow: Show Pony | Edinburgh Playhouse | ~ | Auditorium | 19:30-21:30 | August 22 (Fri) | £ | 14+ | As per – expect magic, music and a whole load of brand-new mistakes. |
| Comedy | Elliot Steel: Guard | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 19:35-20:35 | August 11-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Elliot takes on the alt-right pipeline which will in the future be used as evidence against him in a Tesla concentration camp. |
| Comedy | Leslie Ewing-Burgesse: Behemoth | Hoots | Potterow | Wee Container | 19:40-20:40 | August 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | 6’3 Canadian, existential, green-haired, silly, spooky, formerly imaginary, formerly cursed, alternative comedian. |
| Comedy | Susan Harrison: Should I Still Be Doing This? [directed by Ben Target] | Gilded Balloon | Appleton Tower | Pip | 19:40-20:40 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-17, 19-24 | £ | 14+ | Award-winning character-comedian presents a host of joyfully bizarre characters. |
| Comedy | Bronwyn Kuss – I'll Allow It | Assembly | George Square | The Box | 19:45-20:45 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £ | 16+ | This show is a love letter to unprofitable and unproductive pursuits. |
| Comedy | Alasdair Beckett-King: King of Crumbs | Pleasance | Dome | King Dome | 20:00-21:00 | July 30-31; August 1-11 | £ | 14+ | Come vagabonds, come mountebanks, come coney-catchers and cutpurses and meet the King of Crumbs! |
| Comedy | Andy Barr: The Hotly Anticipated 4th Debut Hour from Rising Star, Andy Barr | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cellar | 20:00-21:00 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £ | 16+ | Rising star Andy Barr forgot to debut – the show was written, but things get lost. |
| Comedy | Crybabies: The Scaring | Pleasance | Courtyard | Two | 20:00-21:00 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-25 | £ | 12+ | Terrifying narrative sketch tale about fear, faith, fathers (the normal kind), fathers (the Church kind), fantoms (Phantoms) and finally moving on. |
| Mixed | Deborah Frances-White Presents... Voices In Your Head | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 20:00-21:00 | August 22 (Fri) | £10 | 16+ | From the amazing mind of Deborah Frances-White (The Guilty Feminist) comes this extraordinary improvised comedy show. |
| Comedy | Elf Lyons: ChiffChaff | Pleasance | Dome | King Dome | 20:00-21:00 | August 13, 16, 19, 22 | £ | 16+ | Comedian's Choice Award winner, cult clown, and five-star Fringe IT Girl brings back her critically acclaimed Bird Trilogy for one final time. |
| Comedy | Elf Lyons: Raven | Pleasance | Dome | King Dome | 20:00-21:00 | August 14, 17, 20, 23 | £ | 16+ | Comedian's Choice Award winner, cult clown, and five-star Fringe IT Girl brings back her critically acclaimed Bird Trilogy for one final time. |
| Comedy | Elf Lyons: Swan | Pleasance | Dome | King Dome | 20:00-21:00 | August 12, 15, 18, 21, 24 | £ | 16+ | Comedian's Choice Award winner, cult clown, and five-star Fringe IT Girl brings back her critically acclaimed Bird Trilogy for one final time. |
| Comedy | Jaz Mattu: Everyone Is Here | Just the Tonic | The Caves | Out Of The Box | 20:00-21:00 | July 31; August 1-3, 5-11, 13-17, 19-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Absurdist, theatrical, multimedia stand-up comedy. |
| Theatre | SH!T Theatre: Or What's Left Of Us | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 20:00-21:00 | August 9 (Sat) | £10 | 16+ | Feeling alright. Thriving, even? That’s a bit far, but we have learnt some folk songs. |
| Theatre | Shôn Dale-Jones: The Duke | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 20:00-21:00 | August 13 (Wed) | £10 | 16+ | Exploring kindness, generosity, and the value of what we do. |
| Comedy | Showstopper! The Improvised Musical | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 20:00-21:00 | August 5 (Tues) | £10 | 16+ | The Showstoppers get back to their roots with this intimate version of the show just for Shedinburgh. |
| Comedy | Jonno: I Know I Can Become Good At This | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 20:05-21:05 | August 13 (Wed) | £/PWYW | 18+ | Praise for Sheeps: 'Funny' (Guardian). 'Funny' (Times). 'Funny' (Elsewhere). |
| Comedy | Rosco Mcclelland: How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 20:05-21:05 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | The winner of the 2025 Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award. |
| Comedy | Emmanuel Sonubi: Life After Near Death | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cabaret Bar | 20:10-21:10 | July 30-31; August 1-25 | £ | 14+ | Explores his near-fatal heart failure, recovery and the unexpected comedy in life's darkest moments. |
| Comedy | James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum) | Underbelly | George Square | Buttercup | 20:15-21:15 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 16+ | Domestic abuse isn't funny, but this show is. |
| Mixed | Off With Your Head! [w/ Sam See] | Laughing Horse | West Nic Records | Main Cellar | 20:15-21:15 | July 31; August 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-24 | PWYW | 18+ | Can you save the kingdom from the curse? Find out in this interactive comedy game show. |
| Comedy | Twonkey's Zip Wire to Zanzibar | Laughing Horse | Dragonfly | Other Room | 20:15-21:15 | July 31; August 1-3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-24 | PWYC or donate | 18+ | A thriller about rival rollercoasters and fairgrounds set by a smoky lagoon in a valley once owned by Shakin’ Stevens. |
| Comedy | Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 20:20-21:20 | August 12-25 | £ | 18+ | In her uniquely goofy and heartfelt hour, Abby shares her 17 best ideas for her first show. |
| Comedy | Marjolein Robertson: Lein | Pleasance | Dome | Queen Dome | 20:20-21:20 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 16+ | Marjolein died. Now she’s back, and exploring the soul. |
| Comedy | Mark Forward Presents Safari Time | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Coorie | 20:20-21:20 | July 30-31; August 1-25 | £ | 16+ | Ridiculously silly. You will learn nothing at this show. |
| Comedy | Siblings: Dreamweavers | Pleasance | Courtyard | Baby Grand | 20:20-21:20 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-14, 16-24 | £ | 16+ | Award-winning character comedians and IRL Sisters, Maddy and Marina Bye (Byes), are back. |
| Comedy | 0.1% Accurate: Magdalena the Fortune Teller Show | Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant | (opposite Assembly Rooms) | The Fallow | 20:25-21:25 | August 1-24 | PWYC or donate | 14+ | Described by The Scotsman as 'unexpectable, clever, ridiculous but great stuff, crystal ball and all.' |
| Comedy | Foxdog Studios: Robo Bingo 2.0 | Underbelly | Cowgate | Delhi Belly | 20:25-21:25 | July 31; August 1-24 | £ | 16+ | Fresh bingo, new robots and lower quality prizes. Play using your (charged!) phone, but in a fun way! If you don't like bingo, come to this. |
| Comedy | Carl Donnelly: Another Round | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | One | 20:30-21:30 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £/PWYW | 14+ | A brutally funny dive into a year like no other. |
| Comedy | Joe Sutherland: Miss World | Underbelly | Bristo Square (underground) | Jersey | 20:30-21:30 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 16+ | Now that being really sexy is finally accepted in society, Joe is ready to share his story. |
| Comedy | Marcus Brigstocke: Vitruvian Mango | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 20:30-21:30 | August 16-17 (Sat-Sun) | £ | 16+ | What are men for? |
| Comedy | Michelle Wolf | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 20:30-21:30 | August 11-15 | £ | 14+ | 'The future of stand-up comedy' (TheDailyBeast.com). |
| Comedy | Shalaka Kurup: Get A Grip | Pleasance | Courtyard | Attic | 20:30-21:30 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-25 | £ | 16+ | In a desperate need for attention, Shalaka has decided to get a mental health diagnosis. |
| Comedy | Tim Key: Loganberry | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 20:30-21:30 | July 30-31; August 1-10 | £ | 14+ | Again pops his suit on, plods about. Bit gutted he's old. Guzzling continental lager. Magnetic lol. |
| Comedy | Tom Stade: Naughty By Nature | The Stand | (5 York Place) | One | 20:30-21:30 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 18+ | An irrepressible tour-de-force with an hour of first-class, mischievous and uncompromising comedy |
| Comedy | Andrew White: Young, Gay and a Third Thing | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 2 | 20:35-21:30 | July 28-31; August 1-10 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Drag queens, football hooligans, Oscar Wilde, reggae, musical theatre and meat raffles… |
| Comedy | Michael Fry: Fry Me to the Moon | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 2 | 20:35-21:35 | August 11-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Michael is now the same age as his parents were having him – and he doesn’t like it one bit. |
| Comedy | Steffen Hånes & Gregory Lass: The Ritual | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Chamber Room | 20:35-21:35 | August 2-10, 13-17, 19-24 | PWYW | 18+ | Uh oh! You are invited to revel in the company of vampires. Do you dare? |
| Comedy | Susie McCabe: Best Behaviour | Assembly | George Square | Gordon Aikman Theatre | 20:35-21:35 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 14+ | The Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow award winner Susie McCabe is back! |
| Comedy | Tom Cashman: 2 Truths, 1 Lie and 17 Slight Exaggerations | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 20:35-21:35 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £/PWYW | A new hour of stand-up that might just include the secret to happiness. | |
| Comedy | Oliver Coleman: The Ballad of Oliver Coleman | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | The Tron | 20:40-21:40 | July 29-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Pointed observational comedy combined with absurd flights of fancy. |
| Comedy | Cobin Millage: A Losing Battle With Grass That Just Won't Stop Growing | Laughing Horse | The Three Sisters | The Wee Room | 20:45-21:35 | August 1-12, 14-24 | PWYC or donate | 18+ | This is anti-comedy... Inside Baseball for freaks of the stand-up form' (Comedy.co.uk). |
| Comedy | A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking in a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and Then Leaves... 16 | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Liquid Room | Warehouse | 20:45-21:45 | August 18 (Mon) | PWYW | 18+ | One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected. |
| Comedy | Mel & Sam: The Platonic Human Centipede | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beside | 20:45-21:45 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 16+ | High-energy, queer musical comedy madness about the beauty (and horrors) of co-dependency. |
| Comedy | Robin Ince: Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth | The Stand | (16 North St Andrew St) | Two | 20:45-21:45 | July 31; August 1-17 | £ | 18+ | Mixes poetry and happy stories about the things that have made life delightful. |
| Comedy | Rosie O'Donnell: Here & Now | Gilded Balloon | Appleton Tower | Orchard | 20:45-21:45 | August 1-10 | £ | 16+ | Join Rosie as she reflects on her life in the present, including why she moved to Ireland from the USA… |
| Comedy | Eli Matthewson: Night Terror | Underbelly | George Square | The Wee Coo | 20:50-21:50 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 14+ | In 2023 my boyfriend tried to kill me in my sleep. We are still going strong. |
| Comedy | Reuben Solo: Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me | Just the Tonic | The Caves | Fancy Room | 20:50-21:50 | August 13-24 | £/PWYW | 14+ | As booed on America's Got Talent. 'Egotistical delusions' **** (Scotsman). 'Indescribable' **** (List). 'Disorderly' ***** |
| Comedy | Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Howling at the Moon | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 21:00-22:00 | July 28-31; August 1-5, 7-12, 14-24 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Grappling with notions of neurodiversity, sexuality and lunacy. Arooo! |
| Comedy | Dru Cripps: Juicy Bits | Hoots | Potterow | Wee Container | 21:00-22:00 | August 1-25 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Improvised songs. Spontaneous audience musings, Cripps really has to be seen to be misunderstood. |
| Comedy | Jonny Pelham: Is It Me? | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 21:00-22:00 | July 28-31; August 1-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Newly single, he’s moved to London and is being encouraged by the government to take speed everyday. |
| Theatre | Chloe Petts: Miscellaneous | Shedinburgh | Edinburgh College of Art | Wee Red Bar | 21:00-22:10 | August 10 (Sun) | £10 | 16+ | A scratch night for all the ideas they have that aren't quite comedy. |
| Comedy | Jordan Gray: Is That a C*ck in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Here to Kill Me? | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 21:05-22:05 | July 30-31; August 1-5, 7-11, 13-18, 20-24 | £ | 16+ | Jordan Gray's rootin-est, tootin-est, shootin-est hour of musical comedy yet. |
| Comedy | Sophie Power: CVNT | Assembly | George Square | The Box | 21:15-22:15 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-17, 19-24 | £ | 18+ | Highly interactive bouffon show performed by a giant, cvnty, cvnt. Winner: Best Comedy, Melbourne Fringe '24. |
| Comedy | Ivo Graham: Orange Crush | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 21:20-22:20 | August 12-24 | £ | 16+ | A show about hats, haters and hometown heroes, from a man who promised everyone he loved that he wouldn't do Edinburgh in 2025, but then came back anyway, because he simply had to do this show. |
| Comedy | Rhys Darby: The Legend Returns | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 21:20-22:20 | August 1-10 | £ | 16+ | In a world full of AI and robot tech can a simple dad with slightly too-tight jeans stay relevant? |
| Comedy | Rajiv Karia: Man Alive! | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker Two | 21:25-22:25 | July 30-31; August 1-14, 16-24 | £ | 16+ | Why did you become you? When does this all start making sense? Where did I leave my phone charger? |
| Comedy | Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: DEAD!!! (Good Fun Time) | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 21:30-22:30 | July 28-31; August 1-10, 13-24 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Yorkshire’s biggest bastard and Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2024 is back! This time he's dead… dead good! And also, dead. |
| Comedy | Jonno: I Know I Can Become Good At This | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 21:30-22:30 | August 11-12 (Mon-Tues) | £/PWYW | 18+ | Praise for Sheeps: 'Funny' (Guardian). 'Funny' (Times). 'Funny' (Elsewhere). |
| Comedy | Kieran Hodgson: Voice of America | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beyond | 21:30-22:30 | July 30-31; August 1-22, 24 | £ | 14+ | America. What happened, man? |
| Comedy | Steffan Alun: Stand Up | Hoots | The Apex | Hoot 4 | 21:30-22:30 | July 31; August 1-12, 14-25 | £ | 14+ | Sexuality, pop culture and, of course, all the best things about Wales. |
| Comedy | Garry Starr: Classic Penguins | Underbelly | George Square | Udderbelly | 21:30-22:40 | July 30-31; August 1-5, 7-10, 12-17, 19-24 | £ | 18+ | Performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written. Mostly naked (but with flippers). 'A very funny man who is peculiarly averse to wearing trousers' ***** (Scotsman). |
| Comedy | Alex Watson: Bad Decisions | Laughing Horse | City Café | Hollywood | 21:35-22:20 | August 13-19 | PWYW | 18+ | Alex Watson has had some tough choices to make, and would like to share them with you. |
| Comedy | David Elms Describes a Room | Pleasance | Courtyard | Baby Grand | 21:35-22:35 | July 30-31; August 1-24 | £ | 14+ | Elms 'builds a comedy mind palace before your very eyes. You'll want to move in for good' (Phil Wang). |
| Comedy | Business Casual: Cowboys | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 21:40-22:40 | August 11-24 | £ | 14+ | A gunslinging hero seeking revenge on the gang who killed his family. |
| Comedy | Hot Concrete: Too Hot (and Too Concretey) for TV | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Coorie | 21:40-22:40 | July 30-31; August 1-12 | £ | 16+ | Guests! Prizes! Definitely no vengeful ghosts! |
| Comedy | Kiell Smith-Bynoe V Ed MacArthur: String V SPITTA | Assembly | George Square | Studio Two | 21:40-22:40 | August 15-17 (Fri-Sun) | £ | 14+ | A children's party, but for adults. Now sit still and listen. |
| Comedy | Lil Wenker: Bangtail | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 21:40-22:40 | July 30-31; August 1-10 | £ | 16+ | Bangtail is back for a limited run at Pleasance. Bigger. Badder. Cowboy-er. |
| Comedy | Luke McQueen: Comedian's Comedian | Pleasance | Dome | Jack Dome | 21:40-22:40 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £ | 16+ | Episode 1043 features Luke McQueen, a fearless innovator who blurs the line between reality and performance. |
| Theatre | Ben Volchok: The Ceremony | Summerhall | Summerhall | Former Womens Locker Room | 21:45-22:45 | July 31; August 1-10, 12-17, 19-24 | £ | 14+ | An improvised, interactive ritual – part sermon, part group therapy, part comedy show. Not a cult. |
| Theatre | Derek Mitchell: Goblin | Summerhall | Summerhall | Former Gents Locker Room | 21:50-22:50 | July 31; August 1-10, 12-17, 19-24 | £ | 16+ | Dark, theatrical comedy meets nostalgia. |
| Comedy | Jazz Emu: The Pleasure is All Yours | Pleasance | Dome | Queen Dome | 21:50-22:50 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 14+ | Musical meteor Jazz Emu was born to please you. |
| Comedy | Lachlan Werner: WonderTwunk | Pleasance | Dome | 10 Dome | 21:50-22:50 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 14+ | A circus ring of stunts, sea-lions, sci-fi, secrets and minimal lip movement. |
| Comedy | Rosa Garland: Primal Bog | Assembly | Roxy | Downstairs | 21:50-22:50 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 18+ | The gorgeously gross new piece from the creator of Trash Salad. |
| Comedy | Sophie Zucker: Taste | Pleasance | Courtyard | Below | 21:50-22:50 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 18+ | Why do women with savings accounts cry over men without bed frames? |
| Cabaret | Frisky's Reshuffle | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Palais du Variété | 21:55-22:55 | July 30-31; August 1-5, 7-10, 12-17, 19-24 | £ | 16+ | he Matriarch of Twisted Pop Cabaret is bringing a full band and a full heart to her debut solo adventure. |
| Comedy | Jamali Maddix: Aston | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 21:55-22:55 | August 13-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Expect Jamali's trademark brutally honest and unflinching perspectives on the world at large. |
| Mixed | Blood on the Clocktower: Live (w/ Jon Gracey) | Underbelly | Bristo Square (underground) | Jersey | 22:00-23:00 | August 12-17, 19-24 | £ | 14+ | A night of gothic chaos and carnage, featuring a revolving cast of comedians. |
| Comedy | John Robertson's The Dark Room | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Doonstairs | 22:00-23:00 | July 30-31; August 1-24 | £ | 18+ | A retro video game with a sadistic, end-of-level boss. New deathtraps for 2025! |
| Comedy | Lou Wall: Breaking the Fifth Wall | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 22:00-23:00 | July 28-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Lying, mental breakdowns and the internet. |
| Comedy | Luke Rollason: Experiments in Performance Vols 1-3 | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 22:00-23:00 | August 12 (Tues) | £/PWYW | 18+ | An experiment that will change live performance forever, and two more experiments that are also okay. |
| Mixed | Cobin Millage and Pete Carson: Touching Tips (with Friends) | Scottish Comedy Festival @ | Waverley Bar | The Waverley | 22:15-23:10 | August 1-12, 14-24 | PWYC or donate | 18+ | Critically acclaimed compilation show. 'Touching tips? I love it.' (Jack Traynor). |
| Comedy | Francisco de Nata | Underbelly | Teviot Place (Med Quad) | Daisy | 22:15-23:15 | July 30-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £ | 16+ | Step into the joyful and absurd world of a giraffe. In a G-string. With a job to do. |
| Comedy | Larry Dean: Dodger | Assembly | Rooms | Music Hall | 22:15-23:15 | August 15-16 (Fri-Sat) | £ | 16+ | Hilarious hit show about identity, heroes and the benefits of being a dafty. |
| Comedy | Mr Chonkers | Summerhall | Summerhall | Anatomy Lecture Theatre | 22:15-23:15 | July 31; August 1-10, 12-17, 19-24 | £ | 14+ | Absurd. Simple. Outrageous. Stupid. Fun. It's terrible. An important waste of your time. It's great. |
| Mixed | The Comedy Arcade [w/ Vix Leyton] | Gilded Balloon | Appleton Tower | Braeburn | 22:15-23:15 | August 1-3, 6-10, 13-16 | £ | 16+ | Competitive anecdotes game. |
| Comedy | Dan Tiernan: All In | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 22:25-23:25 | July 28-31; August 1-10, 12-24 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Dan's back and he's giving you everything he's got. No bluffing. |
| Music | Paul Williams Plays the Hits | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Palais du Variete | 22:30-00:00 | August 18 (Mon) | £ | 16+ | Lorde's favourite Kiwi musician ('That was really nice of her' – Paul) plays the hits. |
| Mixed | Comedians on Stage Auditioning for Musicals [w/ Michelle Brasier and Chloe Petts] | Gilded Balloon | Appleton Tower | Bramley | 22:30-23:30 | August 2, 9, 16, 23 (Sat) | £ | 16+ | Festival favourites line up to perform their best 36 bars as Brasier and Petts bicker. |
| Comedy | Ozzy Algar: Speed Queen | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cellar | 22:30-23:30 | July 30-31; August 1-11, 13-24 | £ | 16+ | We are in the Speed Queen, the last launderette on the Isle of Wight! |
| Mixed | Late Night with Terry Wogan | Assembly | George Square | Studio One | 22:45-23:45 | August 1, 8, 15, 22 (Fri) | £ | 16+ | Featuring interviews with "real" celebrities and accompanied by a live band. (Terry Wogan is a recipient of a KBE / dead. ) |
| Comedy | Jordan Brookes: Until The Wheels Come Off (WIP) | Pleasance | Courtyard | Baby Grand | 22:50-23:50 | July 30-31; August 1-24 | £ | 16+ | I'll do what I want quite honestly and it's on you if the wheels come off. And they will come off. You just watch those wheels come off. (I promise I'll show up). |
| Comedy | Rob Kemp: Beatlesjuice – WIP | Hoots | The Apex | Hoot 3 | 22:50-23:50 | August 10-23 | PWYC or donate | 16+ | Cult classic comedy horror movie Beetlejuice retold through the songs of The Beatles. |
| Comedy | Ada and Bron: The Origin of Love | Pleasance | Courtyard | Attic | 23:00-00:00 | July 30-31; August 1-12, 14-24 | £ | 16+ | A cursed couple's character comedy from the creators of Channel 4's Peaked. |
| Comedy | Adam Riches and John Kearns are Ball and Boe – For Three Nights Only | Pleasance | Courtyard | Grand | 23:00-00:00 | August 14-16, Thurs-Sat | £ | 16+ | Adam Riches and John Kearns team up to become one of music's most bang-able duos. |
| Mixed | IKEA WARS | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Coorie | 23:00-00:00 | July 30-31; August 1-25 | £ | 16+ | It's time to enter the flat pack thunderdome! |
| Comedy | Lil Wenker: Bangtail | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 23:00-00:00 | August 14-16, 21-23 (Thurs-Sat) | £ | 16+ | Bangtail is back for a limited run at Pleasance. Bigger. Badder. Cowboy-er. |
| Comedy | Sheeps: A Very Sheeps Christmas – Live in Concert! In the Summer! | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 23:00-00:10 | August 8-9 (Fri-Sat) | £ | 14+ | Christmas-themed band, with approximately 7 surprise guests. |
| Mixed | Comedians' DJ Battles [w/ Ivo Graham] | La Belle Angele | (by Mash House) | Main Room | 23:00-04:00 | August 23 (Sat) | £17 (£16) | 18+ | A raucous night of bangers and bravado. |
| Comedy | Mel McGlensey is Motorboat | Pleasance | Courtyard | Below | 23:05-00:05 | July 30-31; August 1-3, 5-10 | £ | 16+ | Part boat, part woman... and full clown. |
| Comedy | Mel McGlensey is Normal | Pleasance | Courtyard | Below | 23:05-00:05 | August 12-17, 19-24 | £ | 16+ | A late-night choose your own adventure style hour. |
| Mixed | The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase | Assembly | George Square | Studio Two | 23:10-00:10 | August 1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 22-23 (Fri-Sat) | £ | 16+ | With six comedians performing nightly alongside their bespoke PowerPoint creations, this is a line-up show like no other. |
| Comedy | Trygve Wakenshaw and Barnie Duncan: Hot Chips | Underbelly | Cowgate | Big Belly | 23:10-00:10 | August 2-10, 12-24 | £ | 14+ | Physical verbose mime nonsense from two masters of their craftinesses. |
| Comedy | Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha | Pleasance | Dome | Queen Dome | 23:15-00:15 | August 11-24 | £ | 16+ | Nominated Best Show Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2023 and Melbourne International Comedy Festival Awards 2024. |
| Comedy | Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour | Pleasance | Courtyard | Grand | 23:15-00:35 | August 24 (Sun) | £ | 16+ | Call me Joker!! Why am I being so serious! Bahahahaha! ***** (EdFestMag.com). |
| Mixed | Comedians Beer Mat Flipping Championship | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 23:20-00:50 | August 11 (Mon) | £/PWYW | 18+ | Eight top comedians compete to see who is the champion beermat flipper 2025! |
| Comedy | Luke Rollason: Experiments in Performance Vols 1-3 | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 23:25-00:25 | August 12 (Tues) | £/PWYW | 18+ | An experiment that will change live performance forever, and two more experiments that are also okay. |
| Comedy | Andrew O’Neill’s History of Punk | Bannermans | Bannermans | Back Cave | 23:30-00:30 | August 1-3, 6-10, 13-17, 20-24 | £ | 18+ | A full-volume love letter to punk from cult comedian behind A History Of Heavy Metal. |
| Mixed | Hot Rubber [w/ Hudson Hughes and Imogen Truselle] | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Doonstairs | 23:30-00:30 | August 15-16 (Fri-Sat) | £ | 16+ | Eight comedians pit their homemade remote-control cars against one another in the world's smallest demolition derby. |
| Improv | Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Friends: Kool Story Bro | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 23:30-00:30 | August 15-22 | £ | 16+ | Kiell brings his all-star improv show back to where it all began. |
| Comedy | Luke Rollason: Experiments in Performance Vols 1-3 | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | The Tron | 23:30-00:30 | August 11 (Mon) | £/PWYW | 18+ | An experiment that will change live performance forever, and two more experiments that are also okay. |
| Mixed | Stamptown | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beyond | 23:30-01:00 | August 1-5, 7-11, 13-16, 18-23 | £ | 18+ | Stamptown is a raunchy, chaotic, full-on spectacle, hosted by Zach Zucker. |
| Mixed | Stepdads Present: The Partial Monty | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 23:55-00:55 | August 14-16 (Thurs-Sat) | £/PWYW | 18+ | Alternative comedy's most photogenic clowns. Late night chaos. |
| Comedy | Stuart Laws as Michael Caine Saying Never for One Hour | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 23:55-00:55 | August 4 (Mon) | £/PWYW | 18+ | It's that scene from Batman Begins... but live on stage, okay? |
| Mixed | Piggy Time [w/ John Norris] | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 23:55-01:25 | July 31; August 1-2 (Thurs-Sat) | £/PWYW | 18+ | It’s a home for all beautiful, brave and deranged theatre criminals. |
| Mixed | Ray Badran: King of the Table | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 23:55-01:55 | August 8 & 15 (Fri) | £/PWYW | 18+ | Ray Badran is back with the iconic late-night table tennis tournament. |
| Mixed | RODEO! | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 23:55-02:55 | August 7-9 (Thurs-Sat) | £/PWYW | 18+ | Saddle up for a night of chaos with the best comedians at the Fringe… |
| Comedy | The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 23:55-02:55 | August 3-6, 10-13, 17-20, 24 (Sun-Wed) | £/PWYW | 18+ | A lush hothouse for comedy’s finest, weirdest sproutings, and literal good gig, #ACMS is back for our fourteenth Fringe with still more high-end foolishness, permitted heckles and a ludicrous, bountiful plenitude of guests. |
| Comedy | Bedlam Late | Bedlam Theatre | Bedlam Theatre | Theatre | 00:30-01:30 | August 2-3, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24 (Fri-Sun) | £ | 16+ | See the most exciting acts from all over the UK in a curated lineup of one-off weirdness. |
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 Free Fringe and Free Festival websites, as many of their shows 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.
- The Shedinburgh shows - a mix of theatre and comedy, including two ACMS Board Members - are also listed on their own website.
- All the big venues sell tickets direct from their own websites and box offices, and it can be worth checking with them if something is sold out on Edfringe.
- Company holds might be made available a short time before shows start; venues like The Stand and the Traverse theatre both accept returns, so might have last-minute availability too.
- Not every show is listed on Edfringe, nor does it have to be. Extra shows might only be available from a particular venue's website and box office.
- £/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. PWYC or donate shows have several Pay What You Can tiers of ticket price you can buy in advance to secure seats, or you can pay what you choose 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 seats.)
- A show listed as e.g. 23.55 or 00:05 Aug 3 (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 they don't always follow this convention.