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.

Type	Act	Parent Venue	Venue Name	Room	Time	Dates	£?	AGES?	Blurb
Comedy	Lee Kyle and Friend: Not Morning People	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.
Comedy	Alex Prescot: I’ve Got A Song About That	Laughing Horse	City Café	Hollywood	10:20-11:05	Aug 1-25	£(PWYC)	8+	The musical comic with a lightning-fast turnaround, Alex Prescot has some fresh new songs.
Kids	Jody Kamali: Mr Sleepybum	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
Comedy	Glenn Moore: Work in Progress	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	11:05-12:05	July 30-31; Aug 1-13	£/PWYW	16+	Glenn runs you through a few hundred new punchlines he's working on.
Comedy	Janine Harouni: Does New Jokes (WIP)	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)!
Comedy	Table Reads: New Comedy Script Showcase	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	11:20-12:20	July 30-31; Aug 1-25	£/PWYW	12+	Watch comedy scripts come to life, live on stage!
Kids	Garry Starr: Monkeys Everywhere	Pleasance	Courtyard	Forth	11:30-12:30	July 31; Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25	£	5+	Garry Starr tries to find calm amongst the mayhem that fills his monkey mind.
Kids	Olaf Falafel’s Stupidest Super Stupid Show So Far	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!
Kids	Tom Whiston and Max Prentice: The Kids Always Win	Gilded Balloon	Patter Hoose	Dram	11:40-12:40	July 31 Aug 1-18, 24-25	£	5+	Tired of grown-ups being know-it-alls? Do you want to win prizes?
Theatre	Every Brilliant Thing [w/ Jonny Donahoe]	Summerhall	Summerhall	Roundabout	11:45-12:55	Aug 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-24	£	14+	You make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything worth living for. Ice cream. Water fights. The colour yellow. Rollercoasters. People falling over.
Kids	The Listies ROFL	Assembly	George Square	Studio One	11:50-12:50	Aug 2-7, 9-14, 16-18	£	4+	Packed with rambunctious humour, a mini panto, detachable legs and too many baked beans.
Comedy	Josh Makinda Is Probably Fine	Just the Tonic	The Mash House	Attic	12:00-12:50	Aug 1-11, 13-25	£/PWYW	12+	Come and laugh until your tummy hurts; his already does (IBS)!
Comedy	Mandeep Singh Presents Singh'ing in the Rain	Hoots	Potterow	Big Yurt	12:00-12:55	Aug 2-25	£/PWYW	16+	A feel-good comedy hour about cracking on regardless of the circumstances.
Comedy	Sara Pascoe: I Am A Strange Gloop (WIP)	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Three	12:00-13:00	July 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.
Comedy	Joe Wells – Daddy Autism	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Chamber Room	12:00-13:00	Aug 3-25	PWYW	18+	Joe and his wife want to have a baby. All he needs to do is solve ableism before it's born.
Comedy	Catherine Bohart: Again, With Feelings	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).
Comedy	Alison Spittle: New Stuff WIP	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	Two	12:05-12:55	Aug 19-20	£/PWYW	16+	Come see the show before she remembers to anonymise people and places.
Comedy	Eleanor Morton: Haunted House	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	Two	12:05-13:00	July 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.
Comedy	Mette Kousholt: Dopamine Fiend	PBH's Free Fringe @	Kafe Kweer	[on Gilmore Place]	12:10-13:05	Aug 3-13	PWYW	18+?	A clown show about the Panopticon, but it's about neurodivergence, but it's both.
Comedy	Chris Cantrill: Easily Swayed	Monkey Barrel	(opposite MB1)	The Tron	12:10-13:10	July 31; Aug 1-11, 14-25	£/PWYW	14+	A reluctant adventurer and an unlikely fellowship converge in this epic tale.
Theatre	Bryony Byrne: Fan/Girl [directed by Ben Target]	Summerhall	Summerhall	Demonstration Room	12:10-13:10	Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-26	£	14+	An absurd ride through British adolescence set against a backdrop of 90s football and pop.
Comedy	Seymour F*cking Mace You C*nts!	The Stand	(16 North St Andrew St)	Two	12:10-13:10	July 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!
Comedy	Will BF: Moon Team IIIV	Hoots	The Apex	Hoot 2	12:15-13:10	Aug 2-11, 13-26	£	12+	It’s a prequel sequel with no equel.
Comedy	Amelia Bayler: Easy Second Album	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.
Comedy	Joz Norris: You Wait. Time Passes. (Work-in-Progress)	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	Two	12:30-13:30	Aug 12 (Mon)	£8/PWYW	18+	Comedians' Choice Award-winner Joz Norris has completed his life's work, and he's finally ready to unveil it to the world. But what will he do next?
Comedy	Lauren Pattison: Big Girl Pants	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.
Comedy	Kathy Maniura: The Cycling Man	PBH's Free Fringe @	Voodoo Rooms	Speakeasy	12:35-13:35	Aug 6 (Wed)	PWYW	18+	Work in progress character comedy/drag king show.
Theatre	CHALLENGE	Assembly	George Square	Studio Two	12:40-13:40	Aug 1-10	£	0+	A  non-verbal comedy show with traditional Japanese sword fighting.
Physical	LIVE MANGA	Assembly	George Square	Studio Two	12:40-13:40	Aug 11-18	£	0+	GABEZ create non-verbal performance based on mime. Not to be missed.
Comedy	Jessie Cave: An Ecstatic Display	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.
Comedy	Phil Ellis: Come On and Take The Rest of Me	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	12:45-13:45	Jul 31; Aug 1-25	£/PWYW	18+	Back to basics with an hour of pure and unapologetic stand-up.
Comedy	Caitriona Dowden is Holier Than Thou	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Banquet Hall	12:50-13:50	Aug 3-25	PWYW	18+	Graphs, religious guilt and floating nuns.
Theatre	Sam Blythe: Method in My Madness (A One-Man Hamlet)   [co-directedby Elf Lyons]	Assembly	Roxy	Snug Bar	12:55-13:55	Aug 1-13, 15-25	£	14+	An elastic bodied reimagining of Hamlet, told entirely from the perspective of the Dane.
Mixed	Friz Frizzle’s What’s In The Box?	PBH's Free Fringe @	Globe Bar	Arch 1	13:00-13:55	Aug 3-25	PWYW	18+	The cult panel show returns!
Comedy	Ben Miller: Volcano	Just the Tonic	The Caves	Up The Stairs	13:05-14:05	Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-25	£/PWYW	16+	Ben has made people laugh in front of a burning lava lake, and he is not afraid of you.
Comedy	No More Mr Nice Heidi Regan (A Work in Progress)	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Chamber Room	13:10-14:10	Aug 17-25	PWYW	18+	Heidi's new stand-up show about the NHS, spiders, wild drug trips, Australia…
Comedy	Sid Singh: Table for One	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!
Theatre	Bellringers [w/ Luke Rollason]	Summerhall	Summerhall	Roundabout	13:15-14:20	Aug 1-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26	£	12+	When it feels like the apocalypse is here, anything is worth a shot.
Theatre	Ben Target: LORENZO	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.
Comedy	Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here	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.
Comedy	Miles Calderon and Levi Meltzer: Mr Cardboard	Hoots	Potterow	Big Yurt	13:30-14:25	Aug 2-25	£/PWYW	12+	Imaginary worlds have pitfalls too. Think cardboard thoughts!
Comedy	Sam Lake: Esméralda	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	Two	13:30-14:30	Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£/PWYW	16+	An uplifting new show about coming out as Spanish, grief and the Ice Age movie franchise.
Poetry	John Hegley: Do Horses Have Teeth, Sir?	Summerhall	Summerhall	Cairns Lecture Theatre	13:30-14:30	Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-26	£	16+	Myths, moths, no mathematics. Audio and visual stimulation. Entertainment.
Comedy	Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel [w/ Rachel Parris, Cariad Lloyd, etc]	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.
Comedy	Tony Law: The Law Also Rises	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	One	13:30-14:30	July 31; Aug 1-12	£/PWYW	14+	Tony Law is back at his spiritual home for a short run.
Comedy	Chris Grace: Sardines (A Comedy About Death)	Assembly	George Square	Studio Five	13:40-14:40	July 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?
Comedy	Andrew Clover: A Wild Call	Gilded Balloon	Patter Hoose	Snug	13:40-14:40	July 31; Aug 1-11	£	12+	In the Lost City of the Kogis, he made a life-changing discovery…
Comedy	Joz Norris: You Wait. Time Passes. (Work-in-Progress)	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	Two	13:55-14:55	Aug 13 (Tues)	£8/PWYW	18+	Comedians' Choice Award-winner Joz Norris has completed his life's work, and he's finally ready to unveil it to the world. But what will he do next?
Comedy	Yuriko Kotani: The Meanings of Life	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).
Comedy	Chris East: My Brain is Soup, Your Hands Are the Spoons	Hoots	Potterow	Wee Yurt	13:55-14:55	Aug 2-11, 13-25	£/PWYW	14+	An absurdist character-comedy show from a helpless clown.
Comedy	Eddie Mullarkey and Aideen McQueen: An Irish Goodbye	Laughing Horse	Dropkick Murphy's	Main Room	14:00-14:50	Aug 1-12, 14-25	£(PWYC)	18+	This is a show for all lovers of the craic, whether you’re Irish, "Irish curious", or just someone who likes to secretly leave parties.
Comedy	Mark Silcox: Women Only	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.
Comedy	Susie McCabe: Merchant of Menace	Assembly	Roxy	Central	14:00-15:00	Aug 11 (Sun)	£	14+	'This woman should be considered a national treasure' (Herald).
Comedy	Adele Cliff Has Some New Ideas You Might Enjoy	Just the Tonic	Cabaret Voltaire	Common Room	14:00-15:00	Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	16+	Leicester Comedy Award nominee, and double Pegasus Comedy Award win-ee.
Comedy	Matt Winning: Solastalgia (Work in Progress)	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.
Comedy	Leslie Ewing-Burgesse: Phenomenon	PBH's Free Fringe @	Canons' Gait	Lower	14:00-15:00	Aug 3-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-25	PWYW	18+	Leslie has just realised that she's very cursed. Uh oh!!
Comedy	John Luke Roberts: Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair! (All in Caps)	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.
Comedy	John Luke Roberts: Broken Stand-Up	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	14:10-15:10	Aug 1 (Thurs) and 14 (Wed)	£/PWYW	14+	Vigorous sort-of-stand-up.
Comedy	John Luke Roberts: A World Just Like Our Own, But…	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.
Comedy	John Luke Roberts: Stnad-Up	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	14:10-15:10	Aug 2 (Fri) and 15 (Thurs)	£/PWYW	14+	A thoughtful idiot who has nicknamed himself J-LbreakR in the face of good advice.
Comedy	John Luke Roberts: Stdad-Up	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.
Comedy	John Luke Roberts: Builds A Monster	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.
Comedy	John Luke Roberts: All I Wanna Do Is [FX: GUNSHOTS] With a [FX: GUN RELOADING] and a [FX: CASH REGISTER] and Perform Some 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!
Comedy	John Luke Roberts:After Me Comes the Flood (But in French) drip splosh splash drip BLUBBP BLUBBP BLUBBPBLUBBPBLUBBP!!	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.
Comedy	John Luke Roberts: It Is Better	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.
Comedy	John Luke Roberts: Distracts You From A Murder	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.
Comedy	John Luke Roberts: John-Luke-A-Palooza!	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	14:10-15:10	July 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.
Comedy	Helen Bauer: Work in Progress	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	14:10-15:10	Aug 13 (Tues)	£/PWYW	16+	The rules of adult female friendship and a sweet, radiated tortoise called Smooth Sides.
Comedy	Dylan Dodds: GroundDodds Day	Just the Tonic	The Mash House	Bottle Room	14:10-15:10	Aug 3-11, 13-25	£/PWYW	16+	If you've ever felt like nothing you do will change things... this show is for you.
Comedy	Joe Mayo and Merry Martyn: Nerd Mentality	PBH's Free Fringe @	The Keller [on Broughton St]	Bar	14:15-15:05	Aug 3-17	PWYW	18+	Delightfully silly show based on fun facts, mad maths and daft chats.
Comedy	1000% Musical Comedy from David Hoare	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.
Mixed	The Asian Comedy Showcase [hosted by Sam See]	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!
Comedy	Rob Auton: The Eyes Open and Shut Show	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.
Theatre	Carousel [w/ Ivo Graham]	Assembly	George Square	The Box	14:20-15:20	Jul 31; Aug 1-6, 9-12, 16-25	£	16+	A searingly direct, exquisitely soundtracked story of a life.
Comedy	Michael Balazo: Thanks For Murdering My Grandfather, The Mafia! (Not)	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!
Comedy	Arthur Smith and Phil Nice in OOF!	Pleasance	Courtyard	Cabaret Bar	14:30-15:30	Aug 2-18	£	16+	Hilarious sit-down drama about age, showbiz and the cartography of friendship.
Comedy	Ted Hill: 110 Percent Normal	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.
Comedy	Richard Stott: Trade (WIP)	Just the Tonic	The Mash House	Attic	14:40-15:40	Aug 1-11	£/PWYW	14+	Explores our differing relationships with how we trade our time.
Comedy	Will Rowland: Masterpiece in Progress	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Cinema Room	14:40-15:40	Aug 3-10	PWYW	18+	The New Comedian of the Year finalist and co-creator of Crizards - **** (Guardian) .
Cabaret	Kitty Cassis: Sitting Pretty With Kitty	PBH's Free Fringe @	Bannermans	Back Cave	14:45-15:45	Aug 13 (Tues)	PWYW	18+	A camp, fun-filled, happy-hearted show with northern powerhouse Kitty Cassis.
Comedy	Chris Thorburn: Cineman	The Stand	(28 York Place)	Four	14:45-15:45	Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	16+	A comedy show all about movies.
Comedy	Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe (Work-in-Progress)	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.
Comedy	Mark Watson: Work-In-Progress Is Not a Cop-Out, It Demonstrates Respect For The Paying Audience	The Stand	(16 North St Andrew St)	Two	14:50-15:50	Aug 1-11, 14-18, 21-22	£10	12+	Two years is how long it takes me to write a proper show. This summer, we try ideas out in a small room.
Comedy	Flo & Joan: The Joan & Flo Show	Assembly	George Square	Studio Three	14:55-15:55	Aug 12-25	£	14+	Old songs, new songs, nothing borrowed and their vocal coach is Duncan from Blue.
Comedy	Laura Davis: Albatross	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.
Comedy	Cobin Millage: Big F*cking Cobin F*cking Millage F*cking H*ll Yeah It's Cobin (The Show)	Hoots	Potterow	Big Yurt	15:00-15:45	Aug 13 -14 (Tues & Wed)	£/PWYW	16+	Cobin Millage is f*cking sick and tired of this f*cking sh*t.
Comedy	Alison Spittle: New Stuff WIP	Monkey Barrel	(opposite MB1)	The Tron	15:00-15:50	Aug 21 (Wed)	£/PWYW	16+	Trying to quantify how f***able she is compared to the green M&M.
Comedy	Simon Munnery	The Stand	(5 York Place)	One	15:00-16:00	Aug 1-11, 13-26	£	14+	'One of the all-time great British stand-ups' (Stewart Lee).
Cabaret	Ada Campe: Big Duck Energy	The Stand	(34-38 York Place)	Five	15:00-16:00	Aug 1-11, 13-19, 21-25	£	12+	A show about hope, heartbreak and finding your happy place.
Comedy	Suchandrika Chakrabarti: Doomscrolling	Hoots	Potterow	Big Yurt	15:00-16:00	Aug 15-25	£/PWYW	12+	Suchandrika tries to explain our chronically-online era to her niece (5), and speculates about the future (because no one can say she’s wrong).
Comedy	Amy Matthews: Commute With The Foxes	Monkey Barrel	(opposite MB1)	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?
Comedy	Michael Brunström: Copernicus Now	Hoots	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.
Musical	A Jaffa Cake Musical [w/ Katie Pritchard]	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)
Comedy	Kit Loyd: Frenzy (WIP) [co-directed by Trygve Wakenshaw]	Just the Tonic	The Mash House	Snifter Room	15:15-16:05	Aug 1-11	£/PWYW	14+	Oi Oi! Kit Loyd brings you 50 minutes of one-man physical sketch comedy.
Comedy	The Mayor and His Daughter: A Genuine Appreciation Of Comedy	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Banquet Hall	15:15-16:15	Aug 12-13 (Mon-Tues)	PWYW	18+	We are desperate to make it in show business. We do not want to upset anyone.
Mixed	Comedy with an Accent [hosted by Kuan-wen Huang]	Laughing Horse	The Counting House	The Loft	15:15-16:15	Aug 13-25	PWYW	12+	Brilliant international comedians and the trademark silly foreign tune guessing game!
Comedy	Josh Glanc: Family Man [directed by John-Luke Roberts]	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	15:20-16:15	July 31; Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-25	£/PWYW	12+	Don't miss it. Or do. I don't really mind.
Comedy	Peter Jones – Cannot Fail	Laughing Horse	City Café	Hollywood	15:20-16:20	Aug 1-25	PWYW	14+	Look, it's a work-in-progress show, but I think it'll be great.
Comedy	Joz Norris: You Wait. Time Passes. (Work-in-Progress)	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	Two	15:20-16:20	Aug 14 (Wed)	£8/PWYW	18+	Comedians' Choice Award-winner Joz Norris has completed his life's work, and he's finally ready to unveil it to the world. But what will he do next?
Comedy	Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers (A Climate Crisis Stand-Up Show)	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	15:20-16:20	Aug 14 (Wed)	£12/PWYW	16+	Stuart's terrified of the climate crisis, but no-one he knows ever mentions it, so it must be fine.
Comedy	Derek Mitchell: Goblin	Hoots	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.
Comedy	Friz Frizzle Performs Parodies On A Piano And That’s The Show, Ok?	PBH's Free Fringe @	Globe Bar	Arch 1	15:30-16:25	Aug 3-13	PWYW	18+	Award-winning parody songs. A piano. I cannot make this any simpler.
Spoken	James Nokise and DJ Don Luchito: Faovale Imperium	National Museum of Scotland	Facing the Sea gallery		15:30-16:30	Aug 16-18 (Fri-Sun)	Free - sign up on the day	14+	A funny and thought-provoking exploration of the National Museum of Scotland’s Pacific collections.
Comedy	Cheekykita: An Octopus, The Universe 'n' Stuff	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...
Comedy	Reuben Solo – Please Clap	Just the Tonic	The Caves	Fancy Room	15:30-16:30	Aug 13-25	£/PWYW	16+	Winner: 2024 Best Comedy Weekly Award, Perth Fringe
Comedy	Sue Perkins: A Piece of Work in Progress	Pleasance	Courtyard	Grand	15:30-16:30	Aug 20-26	£	16+	Sue is a mess; but manages to hide it with long words and a disorientating quiff.
Comedy	Stevie Martin: clout	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	15:35-16:35	July 29-31; Aug 1-25	£/PWYW	14+	Funny AF' (Time Out). 'Exceptional' **** (Fest).
Comedy	Tom Short: Succes	Just the Tonic	The Caves	The Spare Room	15:40-16:40	Aug 1-11, 13-25	£/PWYW	16+	Tom tries to attempt various world records. A clowning show like no other!
Comedy	The Free Association: 3 [improv, w/Helen Duff on occasion]	Assembly	George Square	Studio Two	15:40-16:40	Aug 14-26	£	14+	Three improvisers. Endless possibilities. Brought to you by The Free Association.
Comedy	Harriet Dyer: Skin	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.
Comedy	Olaf Falafel Asks: Has Anyone Ever Actually Woven a Sigourney?	Laughing Horse	The Pear Tree	Main Room	15:45-16:45	Aug 1-13, 15-25	PWYW	12+	A laundry basket full of stuff he hopes you’ll find funny.
Comedy	Benjamin Alborough: Absolute Monopoly	Assembly	George Square	The Box	15:45-16:45	Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 14-18, 21-25	£	8+	Benjamin Alborough attempts to improve Monopoly in this chaotic, high-energy game show.
Comedy	Can Duggan? Should Duggan? Will Duggan	Underbelly	Bristo Square (underground)	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.
Comedy	Markus Birdman – We Are All in the Gutter, but Some of Us Are Looking at the Gutter	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.
Comedy	Viggo Venn Shows Freshly Cut Videos In A Tiny Cinema	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Cinema Room	15:55-16:55	Aug 19-25	PWYW	18+	Viggo will show some, or all, of the 6x8minute episodes of his stupid new Travel Documentary called "The Clowns Dream". Q&A after viewing.
Comedy	Rich Wilson: The Train, The Story And The Bump	PBH's Free Fringe @	Bannermans	Back Cave	16:00-16:55	Aug 19, 21-23, 25	PWYW	18+	A new wife and a baby on the way, Rich Wilson was looking forward to a new, exciting chapter…
Comedy	Ketch Sketch	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.
Comedy	Madame Chandelier Saves Opera	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.
Comedy	Seán Burke: Burke in Progress	Just the Tonic	The Caves	Up The Road	16:15-17:00	Aug 13-24	£/PWYW	16+	Very funny guy!' (Dwayne The Rock Johnson).
Comedy	Rajiv Karia (WIP): A Grub You Can't Scrub	PBH's Free Fringe @	Carbon	Room 1	16:15-17:05	Aug 14-25	PWYW	18+?	A work-in-progress show from the king of casual. About change, love, fear and fate.
Comedy	Lara Ricote: Little Tiny Wet Show (Baptism)	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.
Comedy	Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers (A Climate Crisis Stand-Up Show)	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	One	16:15-17:15	Aug 13 (Tues)	£/PWYW	16+	Stuart's terrified of the climate crisis, but no-one he knows ever mentions it, so it must be fine.
Comedy	Lil Wenker: Bangtail	Pleasance	Courtyard	The Cellar	16:15-17:15	July 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.
Comedy	Seymour Mace – Looking Stupid, Dressing Up and Saying C*nt a Lot: 35 Years of Being a Fool	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.
Comedy	Sian Davies: Band of Gold	Laughing Horse	City Café	Las Vegas	16:15-17:15	Aug 1-25	£/PWYW	14+	She doesn't regret a thing. Or does she?
Comedy	Al Lubel in: Me, My Mother and I	PBH's Free Fringe @	Liquid Room	Annexe	16:15-17:15	Aug 3-24	PWYW	18+	How being a spoiled, overprotected only child has ruined my life.
Comedy	Alex Kealy: The Fear	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	One	16:15-17:15	July 29-31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£/PWYW	16+	A show about fear, after 2022’s ‘breakneck pace… wonderful new hour’ (**** (List)).
Comedy	Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray	Pleasance	Courtyard	Upstairs	16:15-17:15	July 31; Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-16, 18-25	£	16+	She’s Sue Gray. But who is Sue Gray? Well, she’s [REDACTED].
Comedy	Kathleen Hughes: Cryptid!	Gilded Balloon	Patter Hoose	Snug	16:20-17:20	Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-26	£	16+	Kathleen isn't sure of anything anymore. She's not even sure she exists.
Comedy	Edy Hurst's Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself [directed by Joz Norris]	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?
Comedy	Jody Kamali: Ironing Board Man [directed by Ben Target]	Assembly	George Square	The Crate	16:20-17:20	Jul 31; Aug 1-6, 8-17	£	12+	One man. Eight ironing boards. One bangin' soundtrack.
Comedy	Tom Ballard: Good Point Well Made	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	Two	16:20-17:20	July 29-31; Aug 1-25	£/PWYW	16+	It’ll make you laugh and cry and think and then laugh again haha.
Kids	Comedy Club 4 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!
Comedy	Garrett Millerick Needs More Space	Monkey Barrel	(opposite MB1)	The Tron	16:25-17:25	Jul 29-31; Aug 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25	£/PWYW	14+	A hilarious, honest and mostly historically accurate, exploration of space travel.
Comedy	Amy Annette: Thick Skin	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	Will BF: The Last Gun	Hoots	The Apex	Hoot 1	16:30-17:25	Aug 2-11, 13-26	£	12+	Saddle up for a surreal ride through a definitely real film that no one seems to remember.
Comedy	Andy Duncan: Andy Andy with Andy	Hoots	Potterow	Big Yurt	16:30-17:30	Aug 15-25	£/PWYW	14+	The Duncan Brothers are no longer. But the show must go on.
Comedy	The Impro All Stars [w/ Richard Vranch, sometimes]	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.
Comedy	Dee Allum: Deadname	Pleasance	Courtyard	Below	16:30-17:30	July 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	16+	She's here! She's queer! Her parents are sort-of used to it!
Comedy	Lucy Porter No Regrets	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.
Comedy	Sooz Kempner: Class Of 2000	Underbelly	Teviot Place (Med Quad)	The Dairy Room	16:40-17:40	Jul 31; Aug 1, 5-25	£	16+	Politics, horses, EastEnders and the Millennium Bug.
Comedy	Richard Brown: If You Wait by the River Long Enough, the Bodies of Your Enemies Will Float By	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	Two	16:45-17:35	Aug 14 (Wed)	£8	18+	His earliest memory is drowning. This show is not about that.
Comedy	Sara Barron: Anything for You	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	16:45-17:45	Jul 29-31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£/PWYW	14+	A new show that’s fierce, savage and other adjectives from RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Comedy	Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers (A Climate Crisis Stand-Up Show)	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	16:45-17:45	Aug 12 (Mon)	£12/PWYW	16+	Stuart's terrified of the climate crisis, but no-one he knows ever mentions it, so it must be fine.
Comedy	Jason John Whitehead: Clubbed	Hoots	The Apex	Hoot 2	16:45-17:45	Aug 2-11, 13-26	£	14+	No grandstanding. Just slightly crazy, funny, kick-back-and-laugh enjoyment' (Scotsman).
Comedy	Stuart Laws Has to Be Joking?	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…
Comedy	Sigmund The Viking: Valhalla Calling	PBH's Free Fringe @	Uno Mas [near Stand 3]	Front Room	16:45-17:45	Aug 10-12, 14-18, 20-24	PWYW	18+?	A clown comedy about yoga vikings and goji berries.
Theatre	Shit Theatre: Or What's Left Of Us	Summerhall	Summerhall	TechCube 0	16:45-17:45	Aug 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25	£	14+	Sh!t Theatre are back! And we're totally fine! Actually all things considered, we're OK.
Comedy	James Ross Does Guess Who	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.
Comedy	Steen Raskopoulos: Friendly Stranger	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.
Comedy	Camilla Borges: More of a Question Than a Comment (WIP)	Hoots	Potterow	Wee Yurt	16:55-17:40	Aug 19-25	£/PWYW	12+	Camilla is an award-winning comedian, clown and friend.
Cabaret	Mitzi Fitz (WIP)	Hoots	Potterow	Wee Yurt	16:55-17:55	Aug 13-18	£/PWYW	18+	Get ready for the wildest acting seminar you’ve ever attended!
Comedy	Cerys Bradley: Queer Tales for Autistic Folk WIP [directed by Joz Norris]	Hoots	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.
Comedy	Riki Lindhome: Dead Inside	Pleasance	Courtyard	Beneath	17:00-18:00	Jul 31; Aug 1-4, 6-13, 15-25	£	16+	Can infertility be funny?
Comedy	Sid Singh: American Coloniser	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.
Comedy	Helen Bauer: Work in Progress	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	17:00-18:00	Aug 14 (Wed)	£/PWYW	16+	The rules of adult female friendship and a sweet, radiated tortoise called Smooth Sides.
Comedy	Chris Grace and Jon Gracey: Grace and Gracey	Assembly	George Square	Studio Two	17:00-18:00	Aug 23-24	£	14+	Improv, goofs, laughs: this show will have at least two! World premiere!
Comedy	Zoë Coombs Marr: Every Single Thing in My Whole Entire Life	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	17:00-18:00	July 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.
Comedy	Russell Howard: Work in Progress	Assembly	George Square Studio	Two	17:10-18:10	Jul 31; Aug 1-2, 4	£	14+	Some jokes will last to his tour shows, some will survive just one night.
Comedy	Randy Feltface: First Banana	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.
Comedy	Jeromaia Detto: MUSH	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.
Comedy	Rachel Parris: Poise	Assembly	Rooms	Music Hall	17:10-18:10	Aug 9 (Fri)	£	14+	A dazzling hour of stand-up and songs from the BAFTA-nominated comedian.
Comedy	James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum)	Underbelly	Bristo Square (underground)	Buttercup	17:15-18:15	July 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	16+	Fearlessly tackles the aftermath of an abusive relationship in an hour of trailblazing stand-up.
Comedy	Ray O'Leary: Your Laughter Is Just Making Me Stronger	Assembly	George Square	Studio Four	17:20-18:20	Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	12+	Every time Ray does stand-up comedy and people laugh, he gets a little bit more strong.
Comedy	Celya AB: Of All People	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.
Comedy	Hannah Gadsby: Woof!	Underbelly	Bristo Square	McEwan Hall	17:20-18:30	Aug 18-25	£20ish	16+	From the irrelevant to the existential, Hannah has taken all their worries on the road.
Comedy	Lauren Stone: Cool For Cats	The Stand	(28 York Place)	Four	17:25-18:25	Aug 1-13	£	16+	What if an Edwardian lady ghost was also a hard-boiled private detective?
Comedy	Rose Matafeo: On and On and On	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?
Comedy	Kieran Hodgson: Big in Scotland	Pleasance	Courtyard	Forth	17:30-18:30	Aug 17 (Sat)	£18 (£17)	14+	Kieran returns to Edinburgh to prove for one final time that he is Big In Scotland.
Comedy	Guess the Weight of the Bird	Le Monde	Shanghai	[near Assembly Rooms]	17:30-18:30	Aug 2-17, 19-25	£5	14+	I’ll show you some birds, you’ll guess how heavy they are. Get prizes.
Comedy	Kieran Hodgson: Work In Progress	Pleasance	Courtyard	Forth	17:30-18:30	Aug 2-8	£	14+	After running out of life story, Kieran is after a new comedic muse.
Comedy	Eddy Hare: This One's On Me [directed by Ben Target]	Pleasance	Courtyard	The Cellar	17:30-18:30	July 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	12+	Hold your bowl steady and watch this promising uncle of three as he spoons it out with care.
Comedy	Schalk Bezuidenhout: Crowd Pleaser	Pleasance	Dome	Ace Dome	17:30-18:30	July 31; Aug 1-25	£	14+	South Africa's hottest stand-up (not in looks) returns to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Improv	Showstopper! The Improvised Musical	Pleasance	Courtyard	The Grand	17:30-18:40	July 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	12+	A hilarious musical is made up on the spot using audience suggestions.
Comedy	Marjolein Robertson: O	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.
Comedy	Josie Long: A Work in Progress About Giant Extinct Animals	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	One	17:40-18:40	Aug 12 (Mon)	£10	14+	Josie Long tries out ideas and hopes for the best in preparation for a full show next year, but please be reassured that you are in the safe hands of an accomplished professional.
Comedy	Andrew Maxwell: The Bare Maximum	Just the Tonic	Nucleus	Atomic Room	17:40-18:40	Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	16+	The double Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee is back!
Comedy	Olga Koch Comes From Money	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.
Comedy	Nate Kitch: Tomorrow Might Not Happen; Now	Gilded Balloon	Patter Hoose	Snug	17:40-18:40	July 31; Aug 1-26	£	16+	Expect: poems, bags, chess, big ideas, poems and bigger bags, small ideas, paper, hope and diagrams.
Comedy	Sam See: And I Can't Feel at Home in This World Anymore	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?
Comedy	Nic Sampson: Yellow Power Ranger	Assembly	Roxy	Outside	17:45-18:45	July 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...
Comedy	Troll	Underbelly	Cowgate	Belly Laugh	17:50-18:50	Aug 1-11	£	16+	A heartwarming mash-up of music, storytelling, audience interaction, physical theatre and clown.
Comedy	Grace Jarvis: Oh! The Horrors! [directed by Laura Davis]	Underbelly	George Square	The Wee Coo	17:50-18:50	July 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	16+	Told her material is too dark for how sweet her face is, she cannot change either.
Comedy	Melanie Bracewell: Attack of the Melanie Bracewell	Pleasance	Courtyard	Baby Grand	17:50-18:50	July 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	16+	Melanie (Taskmaster NZ) spent years trying to be a "chill girl", but in an instant – everything changed.
Comedy	Jonny & the Baptists: The Happiness Index	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.
Cabaret	Kitty Cassis: Sitting Pretty With Kitty	PBH's Free Fringe @	Voodoo Rooms	carte blanche!	17:55-18:55	Aug 13 (Tues)	PWYW	18+	A camp, fun-filled, happy-hearted show with northern powerhouse Kitty Cassis.
Comedy	Friz Frizzle Performs Parodies On A Piano And That’s The Show, Ok?	PBH's Free Fringe @	Globe Bar	Arch 1	18:00-18:55	Aug 14-25	PWYW	18+	Award-winning parody songs. A piano. I cannot make this any simpler.
Comedy	Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Peacock	Pleasance	Courtyard	One	18:00-19:00	Aug 2-4 (Fri-Sun)	£	16+	Social workers, first-aid training and what not to do when a vicar searches for you on YouTube.
Comedy	Jessica Fostekew: Mettle	Pleasance	Courtyard	One	18:00-19:00	Aug 9-11	£	16+	Passion, pace and purpose.
Theatre	James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show	Summerhall	Summerhall	Anatomy Lecture Theatre	18:00-19:10	Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-26	£	14+	What would you do with an hour? Your last hour ever? James wants to tell you a story.
Comedy	Rob Copland: Gimme (One With Everything) [directed by Ben Target]	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.
Comedy	Spring Day: Exvangelical	Pleasance	Courtyard	Beside	18:05-19:05	July 31 Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	16+	American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people.
Comedy	Amy Gledhill: Make Me Look Fit on the Poster	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.
Comedy	Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	18:10-19:10	July 31; Aug 1-12	£/PWYW	16+	Ridiculous things always happen to Harriet, but this year it’s out of control.
Comedy	Chloe Radcliffe: Proud Raccoon	Pleasance	Courtyard	Bunker One	18:10-19:10	July 31; Aug 1-13	£	16+	When left unsupervised, my apartment looks like a 'before' on Queer Eye For The Straight Guy.
Comedy	Cobin Millage: Fifteen Pints With a Wax Figure of Renowned Painter Pablo Picasso	Laughing Horse	The Three Sisters	The Wee Room	18:15-19:05	Aug 1-12, 14-26	£/PWYW	18+	His second, and possibly final, show. 'Final?' You ask in horror. 'Yes'.
Mixed	This Is Your Trial! The Fully Improvised Comedy Courtroom	Hoots	The Apex	Hoot 2	18:15-19:15	Aug 2-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25	£	14+	The award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns.
Comedy	Jake & Liv: We Forgive You, Patina Pataznik	Gilded Balloon	Patter Hoose	The Penny	18:20-19:20	Jul 31; Aug 1-18, 20-26	£	16+	A camp horror revenge tale for anyone who's ever wished their high school bully would disappear... forever.
Comedy	Alexander Bennett: Emotional Daredevil	Gilded Balloon	Patter Hoose	Coorie	18:20-19:20	July 31; Aug 1-12, 14-26	£	16+	I'm the emotional daredevil, and for my next feat, I need someone's help.
Comedy	Demi Adejuyigbe Is Going To Do One (1) Backflip	Pleasance	Courtyard	Beneath	18:20-19:20	July 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	16+	Original comedic songs, presentations, bits, and one (1) single backflip.
Comedy	Alexander Richmond: Snake Boy Takes Manhattan	Hoots	Potterow	Wee Yurt	18:25-19:20	Aug 15-25	£8 (£5)	16+	Snake Boy needs your help. Teach him hotdogs and bagels! Teach him Broadway! Teach him arms and legs!
Comedy	Helen Bauer: Work in Progress	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	18:25-19:25	Aug 12 (Mon)	£/PWYW	16_	The rules of adult female friendship and a sweet, radiated tortoise called Smooth Sides.
Comedy	Edward Aczel – Running on Empty	Hoots	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.
Comedy	Chris Thorburn & Ruth Hunter: Our Apologies (WIP)	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Cinema Room	18:25-19:25	Aug 3-11, 13-17	PWYW	18+	Get ready for intense silliness & fuckaboutary from two of Glasgow's most loveable nerds.
Comedy	Bex Turner: Bexual Healing	Laughing Horse	Bar 50	Upstairs	18:30-19:20	Aug 1-11	PWYW	18+	It’s a pun, although some of the characters might be witty and off the wrist.
Comedy	Janine Harouni: Man'oushe	Pleasance	Courtyard	Two	18:30-19:30	Aug 14 (Wed)	£	14+	Janine thought she knew her family. Then she took a DNA test and things got messy.
Comedy	Ginger Johnson Blows Off!	Pleasance	Courtyard	Beyond	18:30-19:30	Jul 31; Aug 1-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-24	£	14+	Comedian, crash mat and winner of Drag Race UK. 'Brilliant!' ***** (Time Out).
Comedy	Kieran Hodgson: Big in Scotland	Pleasance	Courtyard	Beyond	18:30-19:30	Aug 25 (Sun)	£18 (£17)	14+	Kieran returns to Edinburgh to prove for one final time that he is Big In Scotland.
Mixed	Chortle Fast Fringe	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.
Comedy	The Umbilical Brothers: The Distraction	Assembly	Roxy	Central	18:35-19:35	Jul 31; Aug 1-7, 9-12, 14-20, 22-25	£	12+	A mind-bending show performed simultaneously on stage and on the big screen.
Comedy	Bronwyn Kuss: Sounds Good	Assembly	George Square	Studio Four	18:40-19:40	Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	14+	Energy can't be created or destroyed, but it sure can be misplaced.
Comedy	Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine	Underbelly	Cowgate	Iron Belly	18:40-19:40	Aug 1-11	£	14+	Lady Clementine has until her 27th birthday to find the one…
Comedy	Ania Magliano: Forgive Me, Father [directed by Ben Target]	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.
Comedy	Lee Kyle: Throwing Bottles Into the Sea	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.
Cabaret	Kitty Cassis: Sitting Pretty With Kitty	PBH's Free Fringe @	CC Blooms		18:45-19:45	Aug 12 (Mon)	PWYW	18+	A camp, fun-filled, happy-hearted show with northern powerhouse Kitty Cassis.
Book	Tim Key: Chapters [interviewed by John Kearns]	EIBF @	Edinburgh Futures Institute	Spiegeltent	18:45-19:45	Aug 25 (Sun)	£15.50	18+?	Tim chats about Chapters, a poetry anthology he describes as his 'least ambitious' project yet (…we respectfully disagree!).
Comedy	Tom Little: Show Me Some Bloody Respect	PBH's Free Fringe @	Liquid Room	Annexe	18:45-19:45	Aug 3-25	PWYW	18+	‘A properly talented comic.’ **** (Scotsman).
Comedy	Paul Williams: Mamiya 7	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.
Comedy	Adam Hills: Shoes Half Full	Assembly	Rooms	Music Hall	18:50-19:50	Jul 31; Aug 1-11	£	16+	The UK's favourite monopedal Aussie, combining positive stand-up comedy with rampant spontaneity.
Comedy	Dara Ó Briain: My Life Is a Work in Progress (Work in Progress)	Assembly	Rooms	Music Hall	18:50-19:50	Aug 12-25	£	16+	You know the guy. Used to be big in this town.
Comedy	Max Norman & Josh Harvey: Character Comedy Special	PBH's Free Fringe @	Carbon	Room 2	19:00-20:00	Aug 4-8	PWYW	18+?	An exhilarating hour of split-bill alt comedy, ludicrous storytelling & dark delights.
Comedy	One-Man Musical by Flo & Joan	Pleasance	Dome	Queen Dome	19:00-20:00	Jul 31; Aug 1-13, 15-25	£	14+	Fans of maths and gender will notice some discrepancies.
Comedy	Glenn Wool: Luv (sic)	Laughing Horse	The Counting House	Ballroom	19:00-20:00	Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-24	PWYW	16+	Teetering on the brink of singledom, yet on the cusp of happiness.
Comedy	Michelle Brasier: Legacy	Gilded Balloon	Patter Hoose	Doonstairs	19:00-20:00	July 31; Aug 1-13, 15-25	£	16+	Exploration of all the other women she might have been if she'd made different choices
Mixed	Best in Class [hosted by Sian Davies]	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.
Comedy	Daniel Foxx: Villain	Pleasance	Courtyard	Forth	19:00-20:00	Aug 14 (Wed)	£16	16+	Sensational show about childhood, Tilda Swinton and bullying (but in a chic way).
Comedy	Chloe Petts: How You See Me, How You Don't	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.
Comedy	Sophie Duker: BUT DADDY I LOVE HER	Pleasance	Courtyard	Cabaret Bar	19:00-20:00	July 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)
Comedy	Desiree Burch – The Golden Wrath (WIP)	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	One	19:05-20:05	Aug 12-13 (Mon-Tues)	£/PWYW	18+	Various masks are starting to slip: the identities of her countries (USA and UK), her body, youth, and memory.
Comedy	Mark Nelson: Getting Better Man	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.
Comedy	Pierre Novellie: Must We?	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Three	19:05-20:05	July 29-31; Aug 1-25	£/PWYW	14+	A stand-up show about life, fairness and expectations.
Comedy	Kemah Bob: Miss Fortunate	Pleasance	Courtyard	Baby Grand	19:05-20:05	July 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.
Comedy	Stuart McPherson: HORSE	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	Two	19:10-20:10	Jul 29-31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£/PWYW	16+	An hour of laughs and self-analysis from one of Scottish comedy’s rising Fringe stars.
Comedy	Luke Rollason, Luke Rollason, Let Down Your Hair	Pleasance	Dome	10 Dome	19:10-20:10	July 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.
Comedy	Jin Hao Li: Swimming in a Submarine	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.
Comedy	Greg Larsen: Revolting	Underbelly	Bristo Square (underground)	Dexter	19:15-20:15	Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	16+	Stupid stories about his younger days when he played in punk bands and worked for a porn website.
Comedy	David O'Doherty: Ready, Steady, David O'Doherty	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.
Comedy	Ian Smith: Work In Progress	Monkey Barrel	(opposite MB1)	The Tron	19:15-20:15	Aug 12 (Mon)	£10/PWYW	18+	Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee 2023 Ian Smith returns.
Comedy	Abby Wambaugh: The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows	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.
Comedy	Wondersplash: The Queue [w/  Mark Dean Quinn & Alwin Solanky]	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Chamber Room	19:20-20:20	Aug 3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-25	PWYW	18+	Queue for an hour, that's fine, or use the queue simulator. Maybe even just enjoy the comedy.
Comedy	Geraldine Hickey: Don't Tease Me About My Gloves	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.
Comedy	Ahir Shah: Ends	Pleasance	Courtyard	One	19:30-20:30	Aug 12-23	£	14+	It's about family, immigration, marriage, history, politics and beans.
Comedy	Sarah Keyworth: My Eyes Are Up Here	Pleasance	Courtyard	Grand	19:30-20:30	Aug 19 (Mon)	£12 (£11)	16+	Family, acceptance and a pair of big (well, not super-big) losses.
Cabaret	Marny Godden and Tom Turner: Fancy Rat	Hoots	Potterow	Big Yurt	19:30-20:30	Aug 2-11	£/PWYW	12+	In a kingdom where laughter is forbidden, one rat attempts to bring joy and merriment.
Comedy	Patti Harrison: My Huge Tits Huge Because They Are Infected NOT FAKE	Pleasance	Courtyard	One	19:30-20:30	Jul 31; Aug 1-11	£	18+	Patti returns to Edinburgh following sell-out runs in 2022-23.
Comedy	Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk to Drink	Edinburgh Playhouse	Auditorium		19:30-21:10	Aug 20 (Tues) & 22 (Thurs)	£	16+	What happens when you get everything you want and it’s not enough?
Comedy	Josie Long: A Work in Progress About Giant Extinct Animals	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	19:35-20:35	Aug 20 (Tues)	£10	14+	Josie Long tries out ideas and hopes for the best in preparation for a full show next year, but please be reassured that you are in the safe hands of an accomplished professional.
Comedy	Sikisa... Needs You (WIP)	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	Two	19:35-20:35	Aug 14 (Wed)	£8/PWYW	16+	Exploring the things we do to escape.
Comedy	Liam Withnail: Chronic Boom	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	19:35-20:35	Aug 4, 7, 10	£/PWYW	16+	Join the gifted comic storyteller as he hilariously reckons with his new reality during a hospital stay.
Comedy	Ed Night: The Plunge	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.
Film	Sam Nicoresti: Wokeflake (Film Screening)	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Cinema Room	19:40-20:40	Aug 6, 13, 20 (Tues)	PWYW	18+	I thought it might be fun to show you 'Cancel Anti Wokeflake Snow Culture'.
Comedy	Deborah Frances-White: The Guilty Feminist [podcast]	Gilded Balloon	The Museum	Auditorium	19:40-20:40	Aug 12-14	£	14+	Frank and hilarious look at the noble goals of 21st-century feminists and the hypocrisies which undermine them.
Comedy	Shenoah Allen: Bloodlust Summertime	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.
Cabaret	Kitty Cassis: Sitting Pretty With Kitty	PBH's Free Fringe @	The Street		19:45-20:45	Aug 14-16, 18-22	PWYW	18+	A camp, fun-filled, happy-hearted show with northern powerhouse Kitty Cassis.
Comedy	Susie McCabe: Merchant of Menace	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).
Comedy	Desiree Burch – The Golden Wrath (WIP)	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	19:50-20:50	Aug 14 (Wed)	£/PWYW	18+	At some point in every woman’s life, she realises she’s madder than all hell.
Comedy	Rosie Holt MP: Why We Were Right	Underbelly	Bristo Square	Cowbarn	19:50-20:50	Aug 19-25	£	16+	She'll make Tories of you all yet! 'Beautifully observed and performed' (Guardian).
Mixed	Thom Tuck Sings The Mountain Goats, with Cobin Millage and Liam GreenJacket	Hoots	Potterow	Wee Yurt	19:55-20:55	Aug 13 (Tues)	£(PWYC)	18+	A compilation of chaos.
Comedy	Dru Cripps: Druniversal Credit	Hoots	Potterow	Wee Yurt	19:55-20:55	Aug 2-12	£/PWYW	18+	Award-winning unemployed clown, back inside a tent after last year’s sold-out run.
Comedy	Janine Harouni: Man'oushe	Pleasance	Courtyard	Two	20:00-21:00	Aug 17 (Sat)	£	14+	Janine thought she knew her family. Then she took a DNA test and things got messy.
Comedy	Amy Mason: Free Mason	Pleasance	Courtyard	The Cellar	20:00-21:00	Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-26	£	14+	On coming out in her 30s, raising kids, rinsing homophobes and confronting her past.
Comedy	BriTANicK: Dummy	Pleasance	Courtyard	Above	20:00-21:00	Jul 31; Aug 1-13, 15-25	£	14+	***** (BroadwayBaby.com). ***** (One4Review.co.uk). **** (Guardian). **** (Telegraph). **** (Chortle.co.uk).
Comedy	Sheeps: The Giggle Bunch (That's Our Name For You)	Pleasance	Courtyard	Two	20:00-21:00	July 31; Aug 1-16, 18-25	£	14+	Sheeps remain Al Roberts (Stath Lets Flats), Liam Williams (Ladhood) and Jonno (Seinfeld).
Comedy	Katie Pritchard: I Kiss The Music	The Stand	(28 York Place)	Four	20:05-21:05	Jul 31; Aug 1-12	£	16+	Katie pretends to embark on an arena tour to this 35-seater venue – think Lady Gaga… on acid!
Cabaret	Reuben Kaye: Live and Intimidating	Assembly	George Square Gardens	Palais du Variété	20:05-21:05	Aug 1-4, 7-11, 14-18, 21-24	£	16+	This Swarovski-studded revolt is what happens when you tell your children they can be anything.
Comedy	Paul Savage: Hopes Under the Hammer	Just the Tonic	The Caves	The Wee One	20:10-21:10	Aug 1-11, 13-25	£/PWYW	18+	A  deep dive in to the nightmare world of estate agents.
Comedy	Alice Snedden: Highly Credible	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).
Comedy	Hannah Platt: Defence Mechanism	Pleasance	Courtyard	Bunker Two	20:10-21:10	Jul 31; Aug 1-25	£	16+	Are you really a people pleaser if no one is pleased?
Comedy	Trygve Wakenshaw: Silly Little Things	Assembly	Roxy	Upstairs	20:15-21:15	July 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.
Comedy	Twonkey's Basket Weaving in Peru	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.
Comedy	Sam See: Off With Your Head! [gameshow]	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.
Comedy	Tom Stade: Risky Business	The Stand	(5 York Place)	One	20:15-21:15	Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	18+	Without risk there's no reward.
Comedy	John Robertson: The Human Hurricane	Laughing Horse	The Counting House	Ballroom	20:20-21:10	Jul 31; Aug 1-25	PWYW	18+	Crowdwork! Crowdsurfs! High-octane anarchy!
Comedy	Colin Hoult: Colin	Pleasance	Courtyard	Cabaret Bar	20:20-21:20	Aug 1-10, 15-25	£	14+	About family, fatherhood, and a formative childhood experience with a Ouija board and a gorilla.
Comedy	Mel McGlensey is Motorboat [directed by Sharnema Nougar]	Assembly	Roxy	Outside	20:25-21:25	Jul 31; Aug 1-6, 8-12, 14-19, 21-25	£	16+	{art boat, part woman... and full clown.
Comedy	Alex Franklin: Gurl Code	Underbelly	Cowgate	Delhi Belly	20:25-21:25	Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	14+	In 2024, trans girl Alex (me) started HRT. Now she (me) feels the most alive she's (me's) ever felt.
Comedy	Rhys Nicholson: Huge Big Party Congratulations!	Underbelly	Teviot Place (Med Quad)	Ermintrude	20:25-21:25	Jul 31; Aug 1-25	£	16+	Only a coward wouldn't attend.
Magic	Pete Heat: Bogus	Pleasance	Dome	10 Dome	20:30-21:30	Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	12+	Magician, comedian and charlatan.
Comedy	Larry Dean: Dodger	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Three	20:30-21:30	Aug 1-6, 8-12, 14-25	£/PWYW	16+	Larry’s been spending a lot of time with his granny lately. He wants to tell you about it.
Comedy	Kieran Hodgson: Big in Scotland	Pleasance	Courtyard	Forth	20:30-21:30	Aug 21 (Wed)	£18 (£17)	14+	Kieran returns to Edinburgh to prove for one final time that he is Big In Scotland.
Book	Blindboy Boatclub: Look at My Art Instead	EIBF @	Edinburgh Futures Institute	Venue T	20:30-21:30	Aug 22 (Thurs)	£15.50	18+?	One of the standout voices of c21st Ireland chats about Topographia Hibernica.
Comedy	Jordan Brookes: Fontanelle	Pleasance	Dome	Queen Dome	20:30-21:30	Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	18+	I recently had a near-death experience.
Comedy	Garry Starr: Classic Penguins	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).
Book	Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club – Live	EIBF @	Edinburgh Futures Institute	Spiegeltent	20:30-22:00	Aug 12 (Mon)	£15.50	18+?	Join comedians, authors, and fabulously weird friends, Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd, for a live recording of Sara and Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club.
Comedy	Tom Cashman: Everything	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	Two	20:35-21:35	Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£/PWYW	12+	The show features graphs, gags, embarrassing stories… you know, everything.
Comedy	Sikisa... Needs You (WIP)	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	Two	20:35-21:35	Aug 13 (Tues)	£8/PWYW	16+	Exploring the things we do to escape.
Comedy	Runi Talwar as 'Runi Talwar' in Runi Talwar: The Runi Talwar Story	Pleasance	Courtyard	Bunker One	20:40-21:40	Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-26	£	16+	Unluck, fortune and the lengths we go to to prove we have control over any of it.
Comedy	Ian Smith: Work In Progress	Monkey Barrel	(opposite MB1)	The Tron	20:40-21:40	Aug 14 (Wed)	£10/PWYW	18+	Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee 2023 Ian Smith returns.
Cabaret	A Young Man Dressed as a Gorilla Dressed as an Old Man Sits Rocking an a Rocking Chair for Fifty-Six Minutes and Then Leaves... 15	PBH's Free Fringe @	Liquid Room	Warehouse	20:45-21:41	Aug 19 (Mon)	PWYW	18+	One performance only. Turn up early, sell-out expected.
Comedy	John Tothill: Thank God This Lasts Forever	Pleasance	Courtyard	Beside	20:45-21:45	Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	14+	Pour yourself six glasses of wine and settle in for an evening that, god-willing, won't end.
Comedy	Guy Williams: This Glass House Makes It Easy to See All the Cowards I'm Throwing Stones At	Assembly	George Square	Studio Five	20:45-21:45	Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	16+	A show about colonisation, racism and misogyny.
Comedy	Oliver Coleman: Goof	Underbelly	Teviot Place (Med Quad)	Daisy	20:45-21:45	Jul 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	14+	He's on fire tonight. Something has gone terribly wrong.
Comedy	Ross Purdy Dances in the Cultural Sewer	Just the Tonic	The Mash House	Bottle Room	20:50-21:50	Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	14+	Chaotic alternative anti-comedy.
Theatre	Mythos: Ragnarok	Assembly	George Square	Gordon Aikman Theatre	20:55-22:05	July 31; Aug 1-6, 8-12, 14-19, 21-25	£	12+	Viking mythology performed by professional wrestlers!
Comedy	Sikisa... Needs You (WIP)	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	Two	21:00-22:00	Aug 12 (Mon)	£8/PWYW	16+	Exploring the things we do to escape.
Comedy	Rosco McClelland: Sudden Death	Monkey Barrel	The Hive	Two	21:00-22:00	July 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£/PWYW	16+	Step into the wild world of McClelland's Sudden Death…
Comedy	Carl Donnelly: Boosegumps	Pleasance	Courtyard	Beneath	21:00-22:00	Aug 1-13, 15-25	£	16+	Carl used to spend the Fringe in a haze of booze, narcotics and award nominations…
Comedy	Dan Tiernan: Stomp	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.
Comedy	Jazz Emu: Knight Fever	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.
Book	Fern Brady: Strong Female Character	EIBF @	Edinburgh Futures Institute	Spiegeltent	21:00-22:30	Aug 21 (Wed)	£15.50	18+?	Fern talks about her unflinching memoir, served with her signature sharp wit and honesty.
Comedy	Tom Lawrinson: Buried Alive and Loving it	Underbelly	Cowgate	Belly Laugh	21:05-22:05	Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	16+	Ridiculously entertaining show about family and growing up in a Spanish subterranean cave.
Comedy	Takashi Wakasugi: Welcome to Japan	Assembly	George Square	Studio Four	21:10-22:10	Jul; 31 Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	14+	Japan's latest comedy export is coming to Fringe for the first time.
Comedy	Stephen Carlin: Frenemies	Laughing Horse	City Café	Las Vegas	21:15-22:15	Aug 1-10	PWYW	18+	After a lifetime of being a lone wolf, Stephen Carlin has finally accepted he needs society.
Comedy	Mat Ewins: Ewins Some You Lose Some	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).
Comedy	Jo Griffin: Last Chance Saloon	Assembly	George Square	The Box	21:15-22:15	Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	14+	She's determined to max the fun out of growing older.
Comedy	Gemma Caruana: Underwire	Just the Tonic	The Mash House	Attic	21:20-22:15	Aug 1-11	£/PWYW	16+	Tits, womanhood and hereditary burden: what it means to be cursed by what so many others desire.
Comedy	Andrew White: Young, Gay and a Third Thing	Assembly	Roxy	Snug Bar	21:20-22:20	Aug 20-24	£	16+	Identity, authenticity and musical-theatre themed weddings.
Comedy	Rosie Jones: Triple Threat	Pleasance	Courtyard	The Grand	21:20-22:20	Aug 14 (Wed) & 15 (Thurs)	£	16+	National treasure, a little prick, or somewhere in between!
Comedy	Elf Lyons: Horses	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).
Comedy	Ivo Graham: Grand Designs	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).
Cabaret	Tim Murray Is Witches	Underbelly	Teviot Place (Med Quad)	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.
Comedy	Hot Department	Pleasance	Courtyard	Bunker Two	21:25-22:25	Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-25	£	16+	Nobody does sketch comedy like these freaks.
Comedy	Cerys O'Connell: H'allo	Hoots	Potterow	Wee Yurt	21:25-22:25	Aug 2-12, 14-25	PWYW	16+	Cerys, her nice friends and her nice biscuits are on a mission.
Comedy	The Duncan Brothers: Blood Sword	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?
Comedy	Tom Whiston: The Dandy Daniels	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		21:30-22:30	Aug 13-18, 20-25	£	12+	A tale of friendships lost, and learning to live with a present that isn’t as rosy as the past.
Comedy	Phil O’Shea: Never Pretend to Be an Owl!  [directed by John-Luke Roberts]	The Stand	(16 North St Andrew St)	Two	21:30-22:30	Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	18+	Stupid, heartfelt and owl-themed characters wander in and out of this show.
Comedy	Tom Ward: Choose Your Delusion	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…
Theatre	Adam Riches: Jimmy	Summerhall	Summerhall	TechCube 0	21:30-22:30	Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-26	£	16+	Fast-paced, funny and intensely physical ride, deep inside the mind of an ageing, swaggering alpha.
Comedy	Steffan Alun and Support: Free Stand-Up, but at What Cost	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Banquet Hall	21:30-22:30	Aug 3-13, 15-25	PWYW	18+	The hilarious Welsh optimist returns to the Fringe, working through his latest identity crisis.
Comedy	Al Lubel Talks About His Name for 57 Minutes and About Something Else for 3 Minutes	PBH's Free Fringe @	Leith Arches	Ground Level	21:30-22:30	Aug 4-8, 11-16, 18-24	PWYW	16+	I (Al Lubel) talk about my name for 57 minutes and about something else for 3 minutes, while attempting to be funny.
Comedy	Tarot: Shuffle	Pleasance	Courtyard	Two	21:30-22:30	Jul 31; Aug 1-25	£	16+	A new show from the critically acclaimed, nightie-clad sketch zealots.
Comedy	Guy Montgomery: Over 50,000,000 Guy Fans Can't Be Wrong	Pleasance	Dome	Ace Dome	21:40-22:40	Aug 19-25	£	14+	Taskmaster NZ, Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, born at Wellington Women's Hospital, 1988.
Comedy	Huge Davies: Album For My Ancestors (Dead)	Pleasance	Courtyard	Upstairs	21:40-22:40	Jul 31; Aug 1-13, 15-25	£	16+	Huge Davies is recording his first ever music album and everyone's allowed to watch and pay.
Comedy	Alex Hines: Putting on a Show	Assembly	Roxy	Outside	21:45-22:40	July 31; Aug 1-12, 14-18, 20-25	£	16+	Stand-up, sketch, psychic powers and a villainous umbilical cord.
Theatre	Ben Volchok: The Ceremony	Summerhall	Summerhall	Former Womens Locker Room	21:45-22:45	Aug 1-11, 13-18, 20-26	£	14+	Part sermon, part group therapy, part comedy show (not a cult).
Comedy	Lorna Rose Treen: Work in Progress	Hoots	The Apex	Hoot 6	21:45-22:45	Aug 15-22	£/PWYW	14+	Lorna Rose Treen is making something new. It'll be fun and scrappy.
Mixed	The Comedy Arcade [hosted by Vix Leyton]	Laughing Horse	Bar 50	The Alcove	21:45-22:45	Aug 14-25	£/PWYW	14+	The Comedy Arcade: competitive anecdotes game.
Circus	Sophie's Surprise 29th [w/ Dru Cripps]	Underbelly	Circus Hub	The Beauty	21:45-22:45	Aug 2-11, 13-18, 20-24	£	16+	This is circus, comedy and chaos disguised as a house party.
Comedy	Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe (Work-in-Progress)	Pleasance	Dome	Queen Dome	21:50-22:50	Aug 2-3 (Fri-Sat)	£	14+	A brand-new politically charged stand-up show.
Comedy	Caitlin Cook: The Writing on the Stall	Pleasance	Dome	10 Dome	21:50-22:50	Aug 14-25	£	16+	Bathroom graffiti musical transforms stall scribbles into the lyrics of original songs.
Comedy	Tim Key: L****b**r* (Advanced Work-in-Progress)	Pleasance	Dome	Queen Dome	21:50-22:50	Aug 11-16, 18-25	£	16+	Tim Key returns to stamp about and drink a pot of beer and bark reflectively and tighten the screws.
Comedy	Mel & Sam: High Pony	Pleasance	Courtyard	Below	21:50-22:50	Jul 31; Aug 1-11, 13-25	£	16+	A chaotic hour of musical sketch.
Comedy	Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon	Pleasance	Dome	10 Dome	21:50-22:50	Jul 31; Aug 1-12	£	14+	An hour of characters, comedy, content, content, costumes and content.
Comedy	Dan Rath: Pariah Carey	Underbelly	Bristo Square (underground)	Friesian	21:50-22:50	July 31; Aug 1-11, 13-26	£	16+	I've got enough different flavours of brain fog to start a vape store.
Comedy	Nick Kirk: Absolute Nickhead (Kirk In Progress)	Laughing Horse	Eastside	Lounge	21:55-22:55	Aug 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-25	£/PWYW	18+	Unpicking what life is like when you're hitting those awkward middle (age) years.
Improv	Anxiety Club [w/ Charlotte Gittins, Briony Redman and Lauren Shearing]	Underbelly	Bristo Square	Jersey	22:00-23:00	Aug 7-10	£	14+	Hilarious. Mind-blowing. Modest AF.
Comedy	Andrew O’Neill’s History of Heavy Metal – Redux	The Stand	(5 York Place)	One	22:00-23:00	Aug 19-25	£	18+	Cult comedian returns with an all-new version of their smash-hit comedy show.
Comedy	John Robertson's The Dark Room	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.
Comedy	Daniel Foxx: Villain	Pleasance	Courtyard	Forth	22:00-23:00	Aug 13 (Tues) & 14 (Wed)	£16	16+	Sensational show about childhood, Tilda Swinton and bullying (but in a chic way).
Comedy	Randy Feltface: First Banana	Assembly	Rooms	Music Hall	22:00-23:00	Aug 9-10 (Fri-Sat)	£	14+	The first banana appeared 10,000 years ago. Humanity has been in a downward spiral since.
Comedy	The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase	Assembly	George Square	Studio Five	22:05-23:05	Aug 2-4, 8-11, 15-18, 22-24	£	16+	Six comedians. Six PowerPoint presentations. A line-up show like no other!
Comedy	Ian Smith: Work In Progress	Monkey Barrel	(opposite MB1)	The Tron	22:05-23:05	Aug 13 (Tues)	£10/PWYW	18+	Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show nominee 2023 Ian Smith returns.
Comedy	Late Night Party Boyz Do a Legally Mandated Kids Show [w/ Damien Vosk & Ross Purdy]	Just the Tonic	The Caves	Fancy Room	22:10-23:10	Aug 1-11, 13-25	£/PWYW	14+	Through sketch comedy and high energy absurdism, they fight to rejoin the world of adult entertainment.
Comedy	Dan Lees: Vinyl Reflections	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Cinema Room	22:10-23:10	Aug 3-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-24	PWYW	18+	More high musical octane nonsense.
Comedy	Mattia Sedda: Choin	Laughing Horse	The Raging Bull	Cellar	22:15-23:15	Aug 1-25	PWYW	18+	A very professional theatrical showcase.
Comedy	Ori Halevy: 001– Laughing Matters (Work in Progress)	Laughing Horse	Bar 50	Upstairs	22:15-23:15	Aug 2-25	£/PWYW	16+	I left Israel to live in Berlin, because it is ironically safer.
Comedy	Lou Wall: The Bisexual's Lament	Pleasance	Courtyard	Beneath	22:20-23:20	July 31; Aug 1-14, 16-25	£	18+	Musical comedy, deranged Powerpoints and mentally ill hot takes.
Comedy	Chris Locke and Seán Cullen: Chris and Seán Are Two Sailors Who Are Nuts	Gilded Balloon	Patter Hoose	Dram	22:20-23:20	July 31; Aug 1-26	£	16+	Two men whose minds are insane want to make you insane too!
Comedy	Casey Filips: Virtuoso	Pleasance	Courtyard	Cellar	22:30-23:30	Jul 31; Aug 1-4, 6-11, 13-25	£	16+	The trials and tribulations of a pretentious idiot doing anything he can to win over the crowd.
Comedy	Finlay Christie: I Deserve This	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Four	22:40-23:40	July 29-31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£/PWYW	14+	Money, followers, religiously forbidden relationships. Does Finlay Christie deserve everything he gets?
Comedy	Derek Mitchell: Double Dutch  [directed by John-Luke Roberts]	Pleasance	Courtyard	Baby Grand	22:50-23:50	July 31; Aug 1-12, 14-25	£	12+	Debut hour of stand-up and characters from the 'out-and-out hilarious' (Stage) Derek Mitchell .
Comedy	Chris Grace as Scarlett Johansson	Assembly	George Square	Studio Three	22:55-23:55	Aug 8-12	£	12+	Chinese-American character actor portrays the greatest living Asian actor Scarlett Johansson
Mixed	Dog Park	Pleasance	Courtyard	Cabaret Bar	23:00-00:00	Aug 6, 13, 20 (Tues)	£	16+	Comedians will be experimenting / doing new stuff / do the bits they like the most from their current show.
Comedy	Tim Reeves: Fish Cake	PBH's Free Fringe @	Hot Toddy	Lounge	23:00-00:00	Aug 4-25	PWYW	14+	Surreal, anxious, nonsense stand-up about limescale, bees, quiche, Calpol, and a fish cake.
Comedy	Nish Kumar: Nish, Don't Kill My Vibe (Work-in-Progress)	Pleasance	Courtyard	Cabaret Bar	23:00-00:00	Aug 9-10 (Fri-Sat)	£	14+	A brand-new politically charged stand-up show.
Podcast	Northern News: Live [w/ Ian Smith & Amy Gledhill]	Pleasance	Courtyard	Two	23:00-00:00	Aug 14 (Wed)	£	16+	Two Northerners living in London are missing out on the juicy stories from their hometowns.
Mixed	Late Night With Terry Wogan [hosted by Benjamin Alborough]	Assembly	George Square	Studio One	23:00-00:00	Aug 2, 9, 16, 23 (Fridays)	£	16+	Back from the dead. Interviews with "real" celebrities, accompanied by a live band.
Comedy	Two Hearts: Til Death Do Us Hearts	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.
Theatre	Every Brilliant Thing [w/ Jonny Donahoe]	Summerhall	Summerhall	Roundabout	23:00-00:10	Aug 8 & 15 (Thurs)	£	14+	A play about depression and the lengths we go to for those we love.
Comedy	Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour	Pleasance	Courtyard	Grand	23:00-00:20	Aug 21 (Wed)	£	16+	I am coming back to Scottish United Kinglish to mAke you lauGH of mY jokes!! Bahahahaha!!
Music	Paul Williams Plays the Hits	Assembly	Checkpoint	Checkpoint	23:00-00:30	Aug 19 (Mon)	£	16+	A special late-night gig, featuring the best of Surf Music and his brand-new album.
Music	Ivo Graham: Comedians' DJ Battles	La Belle Angele	(by Mash House)		23:00-04:00	Aug 24 (Sat)	£15	18+	Battles from 23:30, party ‘til late!
Comedy	Emma Sidi Is Sue Gray	Pleasance	Dome	Queen Dome	23:10-00:10	Aug 16 (Fri)	£	16+	She’s Sue Gray. But who is Sue Gray? Well, she’s [REDACTED].
Comedy	BriTANicK: Cash Grab Live	Pleasance	Dome	Queen Dome	23:10-00:10	Aug 11 & 18 (Sun)	£	16+	Their online weekly talk show, off the internet and onto a real-life stage.
Comedy	Alex Watson: Sell-Out	Laughing Horse	32 Below	Main Cellar	23:15-00:00	Aug 1-25	PWYW	18+	Expect belly-laughs, quirky tales and dark observational comedy.
Mixed	Stamptown Comedy Night	Pleasance	Courtyard	The Grand	23:15-00:45	Aug 3, 15-17, 22-24 (Thurs-Sat)	£	18+	A raunchy, chaotic, full-on fever dream, hosted by the bad boy of clown, Zach Zucker.
Podcast	Nish Kumar and Coco Khan: Pod Save the UK – Live!	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Three	23:20-00:50	Aug 6-7 (Tues-Wed)	£	18+	Join Nish Kumar and Coco Khan as their hit political podcast live special.
Mixed	Comedians Beer Mat Flipping Championship	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Three	23:20-01:20	Aug 13 (Tues)	£/PWYW	18+	Last year David O’Doherty won and Ania Magliano lost (really badly) – who will triumph this time?
Comedy	Olga Koch: Karaoke at the Heart Koch Cafe	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Three	23:20-02:20	Aug 4, 25 (Sun)	FREE	18+	Come have the best night of your life singing karaoke, hosted by the Fringe's karaoke queen/alleged mezzo-soprano Olga Koch.
Comedy	Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!	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!
Mixed	American Comedy Showcase [w/ Gabe Mollica]	Laughing Horse	The Three Sisters	Maggie's Front Room	23:30-00:20	Aug 2-11, 13-18, 20-25	PWYW	18+	The best fringe performers from New York, LA, Chicago, and more!
Improv	Kiell Smith-Bynoe & Friends: Kool Story Bro	Pleasance	Courtyard	Forth	23:30-00:30	Aug 15-21	£	16+	Kiell Smith-Bynoe brings his unmissable improvised comedy show back to the Fringe!
Mixed	Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee	Pleasance	Courtyard	Forth	23:30-00:30	Aug 23 (Fri) & 24 (Sat)	£19!	16+	Your favourite comedians misspell some of your favourite words.
Mixed	Siblings and Family Friends	Pleasance	Dome	Queen Dome	23:30-01:15	Aug 7, 14, 21 (Wed)	£	14+	A wild and wonderful variety night hosted by character comedians and IRL sisters Maddy and Marina Bye.
Comedy	Ivo Graham: Comedians' DJ Battles	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.
Comedy	Andy Field The Rhythm, Field The Rhyme, Get On Up It’s Comedy Time	PBH's Free Fringe @	Carbon	Room 1	23:45-00:40	Aug 14-25	PWYW	18+	New show. It's worth a punt, I'd say, even if I am him.
Comedy	Hot Rubber	Gilded Balloon	Patter Hoose	Other Yin	23:45-00:45	Aug 9, 16, 23 (Fri)	£	16+	The world's only late-night Scalextric tournament/comedy show.
Cabaret	The Kaye Hole Hosted by Reuben Kaye	Assembly	George Square Gardens	Palais du Variété	23:45-01:15	Aug 2-3, 9-10, 15-17, 22-24	£	18+	Late-night, done right. Queer, messy and f*cking hilarious.
Comedy	Matt Winning: Solastalgia (Work in Progress)	PBH's Free Fringe @	Voodoo Rooms	Speakeasy	23:55-00:55	Aug 20 (Tues)	PWYW	18+	Everyone's favourite climate academic and comedian tests new ideas about climate change.
Mixed	Mitzi Fitz's Glitzy Bitz	Hoots	Potterow	Big Yurt	23:55-00:55	Aug 13-18	£/PWYW	18+	A cabaret like no other.
Mixed	Normal Al Yankovic: The Normal Formal	Hoots	Potterow	Big Yurt	23:55-00:55	Aug 19-25	£	16+	Normal Al Yankovic attempts to retain a sense of decorum as acclaimed alternative comedians cause chaos.
Mixed	Lil Wenker and Sara Segovia: Mom's Room	Hoots	Potterow	Big Yurt	23:55-00:55	Aug 6-7 (Tues-Wed)	£	16+	It’s a night of misinterpretations, chaos, and seriously silly play
Mixed	Mr Chonkers Presents… Piggy Time	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	23:55-01:05	Aug 1-3 (Thurs-Sat)	£/PWYW	18+	This show is gonna punch you in the mouth with pure comedy (metaphorically) and with fists (literally).
Mixed	Chump's Comedy	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	23:55-01:05	Aug 15-17 (Thurs-Sat)	£/PWYW	18+	Join them for three nights of mixed bills with a new line-up every night, consisting of the best acts the Fringe has to offer.
Mixed	AJ Holmes & Caitlin Cook: 2/3rds of a Threesome (and Friends)	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	23:55-01:25	Aug 22-24 (Thurs-Sat)	£10/PWYW	16+	A raucous evening of music, comedy and musical comedy.
Mixed	RODEO! (hosted by Paddy Young, co-hosted by Dan Tiernan and Ed Night)	Monkey Barrel	(at 9-11 Blair St)	One	23:55-01:55	Aug 8-10 (Thurs-Sat)	£9/PWYW	18+	After last year’s smash hit run, the lawless late-night show rides back into Edinburgh.
Mixed	King of the Table with Ray Badran [w/ umpire Mark Silcox]	Monkey Barrel	(at 12 Blair St)	Three	23:55-02:40	Aug 9, 16, 23 (Fri)	£/PWYW	18+	A table tennis tournamentl, featuring some of the best comedians of the Fringe. With umpire Mark Silcox.
Mixed	The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS)	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.
Comedy	Rob Duncan: The Basement Child	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Banquet Hall	00:00-01:00	Aug 4-5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-22, 24-26	PWYW	18+	For 40 years he has lived alone in a basement. Now he is accepting visitors, at midnight in the basement.
Mixed	Bedlam Late: Survivor: the Game: the Show!: Live! [w/ Alex Franklin]	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 10 (Sat)	£	16+	A game of strategy, alliance, deceit, and betrayal.
Mixed	Bedlam Late: A Night with the Stars (Deceased) [w/ Eleanor Morton and Benjamin Alborough]	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 15 (Thurs)	£	16+	An alternative comedy music hall where all the guests are dead. Henry VIII, Henry II, Henry V. Anyone could be on the bill. Henry VI.
Mixed	Bedlam Late: The Glang Show [designed by Sean Morley]	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 16 (Fri)	£	16+	Earth’s most prestigious comedy anti-competition.
Mixed	Bedlam Late: Carnifølk: A Mythical Cabaret	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 17 (Sat)	£	16+	It’s the mythical folk queer cabaret of your dreams.
Mixed	Bedlam Late: WhyWork	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 2 (Fri)	£	16+	Hot new cult leader Sir Cum Sized invites you to the pitch meeting of the century.
Mixed	Bedlam Late: The Dugglin Family Band: Past Our Bedtime Party!	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 22 (Thurs)	£	16+	Expect laughs. Expect frolics. Expect songs. Expect a good-old-fashioned-family-oriented-fun-time-party.
Mixed	Bedlam Late: Jeremy Segway: A Life Out of Balance [w/ The Duncan Brothers]	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 23 (Fri)	£	16+	A show dedicated to Mr Segway, the man who invented the Segway, performed entirely on Segways.
Mixed	Bedlam Late: AND THE WINNER IS… [w/ Ben Alborough and Ben MacPherson]	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 24 (Sat)	£	16+	50 challenges on screen. 50 trophies. The show cannot end until all challenges have been completed.
Mixed	Bedlam Late: BLOKENITE [w/ Kathy Maniura and Ellie BW]	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 3 (Sat)	£	16+	A drag king night celebrating weird blokes.
Mixed	Bedlam Late: The Kink Shame Show	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 8 (Thurs)	£	16+	Rosa Garland and her gorgeous line-up of freaky queers explore and celebrate unconventional desire.
Mixed	Bedlam Late: Midnight Movie Marathon with Frankie Thompson	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 9 (Fri)	£	16+	A love song to midnight movies.
Mixed	Bedlam Late	Bedlam Theatre	Bedlam Theatre		00:30-01:30	Aug 2-3, 8-10, 15-17, 22-24	£	16+	See the most exciting acts from all over the UK in a curated lineup of one-off weirdness.
Comedy	Lily Maryon: Princess Sparkles	Laughing Horse	City Café	Hollywood	01:20-01:50	Aug 1-4	PWYW	18+	Chaotic, improv-driven character comedy. Sure to make you feel like you're at a fun-filled birthday party.
Comedy	Mark Dean Quinn: Oh No (Thats Not Your Cheese)	PBH's Free Fringe @	Banshee Labyrinth	Cinema Room	01:50-02:50	Aug 3, 5-10, 12-17, 19-25	PWYW	18+	Who knew so many people wanted to watch a man eat such a dangerous amount of cheese.

 

 

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 - are 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.
• 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 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.