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EDINBURGH FRINGE RECOMMENDATIONS - 2026
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 | Ted Hill Teaches You Science, Most of Which Is True | Assembly | Roxy | Downstairs | 11:10-12:10 | Aug 6-12, 14-17, 21-24, 28-30 | £ | 5+ | The world’s silliest science lesson. |
| Kids | Olaf Falafel’s Stupidest Super Stupid Show: This Time It’s Stupider! | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Ballroom | 11:30-12:30 | Aug 6-18, 20-24, 27-30 | PWYC/PWYW | 3+ | The comedy show that comedians take their kids to is back and even funnier! |
| Comedy | Alison Spittle: Finger Guns (Work in Progress) | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 11:35-12:35 | Aug 24-28 | £/PWYW | 14+ | 'Fearless – there's a wildness, honesty and charm' (Tommy Tiernan). |
| Comedy | Ian Smith: Talking and Shouting at Eleven Thirty-Five in the Morning (WIP) | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 11:35-12:35 | Aug 17-21 | £/PWYW | 16+ | He is a master at turning minor panic into full-bodied punchlines' (Telegraph). |
| Comedy | Josh Glanc: New Show / Musical / Something (WIP) | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 11:35-12:35 | Aug 5-11, 13-16 | £/PWYW | 14+ | 'Imagine Robin Williams but Australian' (New York Times). |
| Kids | Max Fulham's Monkey Business | Gilded Balloon | Teviot (Bristo Sq) | Dining Room | 11:50-12:50 | Aug 5-16 | £ | 5+ | Expect sketches, slapstick and briefcase full of nonsense. |
| Comedy | Ben Pope: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 2 | 12:05-13:00 | Aug 9-13 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Come and join him as he stress tests a new hour of book-flavoured jokes. |
| Comedy | Ayoade Bamgboye: Small Talk (WIP + Q&A) | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 12:05-13:05 | Aug 16-20 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Small talk is easily the most woefully misunderstood phenomenon. |
| Comedy | Lorna Rose Treen: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 12:05-13:05 | Aug 26-30 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Award-winning character comedian is trying out a bunch of bits that some people have called ‘too new’. |
| Comedy | Chris Cantrill: Rewilding | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | O'Neill's (The Tron) | 12:10-13:10 | Aug 3-16, 19-30 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Join top lad Cantrill for a twisted tale of community, justice and mushrooms. |
| Comedy | Jade Gebbie: The People Pleaser | Hoots | Nicolson Square | Nic 4 | 12:15-13:15 | Aug 7-31 | PWYC/PWYW | 16+ | Jade has always been a people pleaser – but now... |
| Kids | Madame Chandelier's Grand Theft Opera | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Green | 12:15-13:15 | Aug 5-16 | £ | 5+ | Will Carmen, Tosca and Madame Butterfly help defeat the ultimate boss..? |
| Comedy | Seymour Mace Is Covered In Stickers! | Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant | (opposite Assembly Rooms) | The Garret | 12:15-13:15 | Aug 7-16, 19-30 | PWYW | 14+ | Satire, surrealism, stupidity, spangles, spaceships, soups, something in a bag! |
| Comedy | Cerys Bradley: On Road Signs WIP | Hoots | Nicolson Square | Nic 6 | 12:40-13:40 | Aug 14-23 | PWYC/PWYW | 14+ | STOP. Cerys Bradley (Actually Autistic Excellence Award 2022) has hyperfixated on road signs. |
| Comedy | Ari Eldjárn: The Icelander's Guide to Europe | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 12:45-13:45 | Aug 27-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | European habits, razor-sharp impressions and cultural contradictions. |
| Comedy | Harriet Kemsley: Floozy (Work in Progress) | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 12:45-13:45 | Aug 19-26 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Harriet’s life has been in constant chaos for as long as she can remember. |
| Comedy | Simon Munnery | The Stand | (5 York Place) | One | 12:50-13:50 | Aug 6-16, 18-31 | £ | 16+ | In this, his fortieth year of treading the bored, Simon joins you with his usual unusual. |
| Comedy | Eleanor Morton: The Mermaid | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 13:00-13:55 | Aug 6-9, 12-16, 19-23, 26-30 (not Mon-Tues) | £/PWYW | 16+ | Mermaids and why she wants to be one, even though she can't swim. |
| Comedy | Gareth Gwynn: Cyril | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Snug | 13:00-14:00 | Aug 5-17, 19-31 | £ | 12+ | Cyril Gwynn (1897-1988) was a tall, sunburnt, unsmiling farmer. Gareth Gwynn (1983-Present) is none of these things. |
| Comedy | Rob Auton: JUPITER | Assembly | Roxy | Central | 13:00-14:00 | Aug 5-30 | £ | 14+ | Rob Auton performs a story he has written about being an estate agent on the planet Jupiter. |
| Mixed | The Asian Comedy Showcase [hosted by Sam See] | Laughing Horse | The Pear Tree | Main Room | 13:00-14:00 | Aug 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 (not Tues) | PWYW | 16+ | Catch some of the best acts from all over Asia / the world, along with one token white act! |
| Kids | The Listies: 110% Ready | Assembly | George Square | Studio One | 13:00-14:00 | Aug 5-16 | £ | 5+ | A comedy disaster movie about the morning routine. |
| Comedy | Bone Man Rides Again | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Chamber Room | 13:10-14:10 | Aug 19-30 | PWYW | 18+ | Aa gentle riot, a triumph of physical comedy' ***** (EuropeanComedy.com). |
| Comedy | Lulu Popplewell: Work in Progress | Laughing Horse | City Café | Nineties | 13:10-14:10 | Aug 6-13 | PWYC/PWYW | 16+ | Come and laugh while she talks about eggs, death & misc. Possibly with a piano, definitely with the dog. |
| Comedy | Jake Baker: The Gentle Men's Club | Hoots | The Apex | Hoot 4 | 13:15-14:15 | Aug 7-17, 19-31 | £/PWYW | 12+ | Can feminism work for men? What are the benefits of the sit-down-wee? |
| Kids | Darryl J Carrington: Out of the Box | Underbelly | George Square Gardens | The Wee Coo | 13:20-14:20 | Aug 5-17, 19-31 | £ | 5+ | Joyful chaos, jaw-dropping skill and irresistible fun. |
| Comedy | Ania Magliano: Peach Fuzz | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 13:25-14:25 | Aug 5-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 (not Tues) | £/PWYW | 16+ | Her choices on Off Menu are widely regarded as the worst of all time. |
| Comedy | HOW TO FRINGE: a chat show with thom tuck | Hoots | Nicolson Square | Nic 8 | 13:30-14:25 | Aug 7-16, 18-31 | £ | 12+ | Expect producers, comics, actors, reviewers and more to enlighten and enliven your afternoon. As seen on a Tango advert. |
| Comedy | Mark Watson: Sometimes People Are Being Over-Cautious When They Say Work-In-Progress, But This Truly Is Rough | The Stand | (28 York Place) | Three | 13:35-14:25 | Aug 20-30 | £ | 16+ | Amiable standup on the loose subject of standing up for yourself. |
| Comedy | Chris Grace: 88% | Assembly | George Square | Studio Five | 13:40-14:40 | Aug 5-18, 20-30 | £ | 14+ | Can nuance survive in an age of extremes? |
| Comedy | Will Adamsdale: AI, AI, Oh... (Or How I Wrote a Hit Sitcom with ChatGPT But We're Not Talking Now) | Underbelly | George Square Gardens | Bluebell | 13:45-14:45 | Aug 7-17, 19-29 | £ | 12+ | A hilarious true(ish) robo-bromance about finally embracing his old enemy technology. |
| Comedy | Phil Ellis: Bath Mat | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 13:55-14:55 | Aug 3-30 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Jam-packed with laugh-out-loud profound silliness, superbly crafted gags and constant surprises. |
| Comedy | Adele Cliff: Work in Progress | Hoots | Potterow | Wee Container 1 | 14:00-15:00 | Aug 7-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 | PWYC/PWYW | 16+ | Expect material on love, life choices and llamas. |
| Comedy | Mark Silcox: Gold Trading Sucks, I Lost Everything. | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Voodoo Rooms | Speakeasy | 14:00-15:00 | Aug 8-30 | PWYW | 18+ | Gold trading broke all his dreams. Thank god he found silent meditation. |
| Comedy | Richard Herring: RHLSTP | The Stand | (28 York Place) | Three | 14:00-15:00 | Aug 5-16 | £ | 16+ | Daily chat with big Fringe names. |
| Comedy | John-Luke Roberts: What I Talk About When I Run About, Talking | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Aug 5-18, 20-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Hilarious stand-up about the human condition. Some poems too. Maybe a few songs. **** (List). ***** (Fest). **** (Guardian). **** (Telegraph). |
| Mixed | Coming Through [w/ Kate Hammer, Ifrah Qureshi, Charlie Vero-Martin and Beth Knight] | Gilded Balloon | The Gilded Saloon | Basement | 14:20-15:20 | Aug 5-16 | £ | 14+ | What happens when you put your favourite comedians in a room? |
| Comedy | Alex Franklin: Kiss Me x | Underbelly | Cowgate | Jelly Belly | 14:25-15:25 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 18+ | What if we kissed? Right now? Xx xXx Xx xxX X X x x (*kissing*). Wow. |
| Comedy | Carl Donnelly: Extra Show! | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 14:25-15:25 | Aug 3-9 | £/PWYW | 16+ | 'One of the finest stand-ups of his generation' (Rolling Stone). |
| Comedy | Stuart Goldsmith: Canary | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 14:25-15:25 | Aug 17-30 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Stuart applies his 'expert stand-up' (Sunday Times) to the apparent collapse of absolutely everything. |
| Comedy | Olaf Falafel Presents: I Used to Work in a Helium Balloon Factory Until they Let Me Go | Laughing Horse | The Pear Tree | Main Room | 14:30-15:30 | Aug 6-18, 20-30 | PWYW | 12+ | The best-joke-list-bothering Falafel is back with another thickly-sliced slab of stupid. |
| Kids | Comedy Club 4 Kids | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 14:35-15:35 | Aug 5-23 | £ | 6+ | Smashing swear-free stand-up! Splendidly silly sketches! Superb cabaret extravaganzas! |
| Comedy | Alexander Bennett: All It Takes | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Cinema Room | 14:40-15:40 | Aug 8-16, 18-30 | PWYW | 18+ | Expect songs and strong feelings. |
| Comedy | Jody Kamali: This is My Dad | Assembly | George Square | The Crate | 14:40-15:40 | Aug 5-16, 18-24, 26-30 | £ | 16+ | Playing both himself and his father, Jody unpicks his Dad's bizarre life. |
| Comedy | Freya Parker: An Hour Of Decay! | Underbelly | Bristo Square (underground) | Dexter | 14:45-15:45 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 16+ | A brave and landmark briefing on the most hilarious topics of all: ageing, Vinted and AI. |
| Kids | Mark Watson Tries to Impress Children, for Some Reason | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Green | 14:45-15:45 | Aug 5-16 | £ | 5+ | Mark Watson has done almost everything in comedy. But not a kids' show. Not until now. Is this wise? |
| Mixed | Seymour Mace's Other Show! | Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant | (opposite Assembly Rooms) | The Garret | 14:45-15:45 | Aug 24-30 | PWYW | 14+ | Join me and whatever mates I can wrangle for an hour of being stupid. Please feel free to bring games in case you get bored but not Kerplunk because I'm bringing that |
| Comedy | Nick Kirk: Absolute Nickhead | Hoots | Nicolson Square | Nic 8 | 14:50-15:50 | Aug 7-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 | PWYC/PWYW | 16+ | Nick just wants to put on a silly character show. His own inner monologue has other ideas. |
| Comedy | Nish Kumar: Angry Humour From a Really Nice Guy (Work in Progress) | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 14:50-15:50 | Aug 6-18, 20-30 | £/PWYW | 14+ | One of Taskmaster’s greatest losers is back with passionate, progressive stand-up for the ages. |
| Comedy | Marjolein Robertson: Clouds (WIP) | The Stand | (5 York Place) | One | 14:35-15:35 | Aug 17-30 | £ | 14+ | Come along and join for stories, jokes and fiddle tunes. |
| Comedy | Amy Matthews: Definitions of Toast | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | O'Neill's (The Tron) | 15:00-16:00 | Aug 5-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Amy can’t get angry. She’s feeling left out – it seems to be all the rage. Literally. |
| Comedy | Thom Tuck: Heartwarming Animal Content | Hoots | Potterow | Big Yurt | 15:05-16:00 | Aug 20-31 | £ | 16+ | Show about alligators and algorithms. Best Newcomer Nominee 2011 Thom Tuck returns with a brand-new set of words in a row in progress. |
| Comedy | Michael Brunström: William Tell vs the Algorithm | Hoots | Potterow | Big Yurt | 15:05-16:05 | Aug 7-19 | £ | 12+ | The medieval Swiss folk hero stands up to the tyranny of AI. **** (Scotsman) |
| Comedy | Adam Riches: The Critic's Way | Underbelly | Cowgate | Cow Café | 15:10-16:10 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 16+ | Seminar on how to live your dream and crush everyone else's. |
| Comedy | Silky in 'No, YOU’RE Poster Syndrome' | The Stand | (16 North St Andrew St) | Two | 15:10-16:10 | Aug 6-16, 18-30 | £ | 14+ | The luckiest man alive, but he’s still sure it’s a clerical error... |
| Comedy | Tom Neenan: Portrait of a Tom as a Young Neenan | Underbelly | George Square Gardens | Bluebell | 15:15-16:15 | Aug 5-31 | £ | 12+ | Tom relives past failures and current worries ranging from body image to AI. |
| Comedy | Will Davies: Heroic Scale | Hoots | Potterow | Wee Container 1 | 15:25-16:25 | Aug 7-31 | PWYC/PWYW | 16+ | In the depressing gloom of the second millennium, there is only disappointment. Why is that? |
| Comedy | Daniel Foxx: How Lovely. | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 15:35-16:35 | Aug 3, 5-16 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Daniel was determined to handle his Big Break-up with the grace of Julia Roberts. He didn’t. |
| Comedy | Fatiha El-Ghorri: Cockney Stacking Doll | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 15:35-16:35 | Aug 17-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | BRUV. Expect strong language and stereotype smashing. |
| Comedy | Katie Pritchard is Sir Elton Scone [directed by Adam Larter] | Hoots | Nicolson Square | Nic 5 | 15:40-16:40 | Aug 7-17, 19-30 | PWYC/PWYW | 14+ | Expect songs, romps, the best suit ever made out of a pair of curtains, and the unexpected… |
| Mixed | Get Your Geek On: A Nerdy Comedy Showcase [hosted by Juliette Burton] | Laughing Horse | West Nic Records | Main Cellar | 15:45-16:35 | Aug 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 (not Tues) | PWYW | 12+ | Join the geekiest comedians celebrating all nerd culture has to offer. |
| Comedy | Felicity Ward: I Wish I Could Come Out of My Shell | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 15:50-16:50 | Aug 17-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | In 2025 Felicity was the happiest she's been in a decade. What happened? Divorce, Bisexuality, and Dancing with the Stars. |
| Comedy | Marc Burrows in the Ten Best Songs of All Time | Laughing Horse | West Nic Records | Little Cellar | 16:00-16:50 | Aug 18-30 | PWYW | 16+ | Music, memory and the songs that have no business meaning as much to you as they do. |
| Comedy | Ed Byrne: Work in Progress | Laughing Horse | The Pear Tree | Main Room | 16:00-17:00 | Aug 24-30 | PWYC/PWYW | 14+ | If you prefer the slick stuff, come see me next year. |
| Comedy | Ian Stone: The Pleb's Pow Wow | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Ballroom | 16:00-17:00 | Aug 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 (not Tues) | PWYW | 16+ | At each show, Ian Stone will choose some major issues. And together, we'll sort them. |
| Comedy | Rosie Jones: I Can't Tell What She's Saying | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cabaret Bar | 16:00-17:00 | Aug 5-30 | £ | 16+ | The big stuff: being single, the pressures of representing huge sections of the population, and gravy. |
| Comedy | Dee Allum: Raumdeuter | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 16:10-17:10 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 16+ | Football is, of course, gay. But could it also be – transgender? |
| Comedy | Gabey Lucas: Check Out This Potato That Looks Like a Beluga Whale | Hoots | Nicolson Square | Nic 8 | 16:10-17:10 | Aug 7-16, 18-23, 25-31 | £ | 14+ | Let's discover the magic of mediocre ice hockey, 14,784,378 dried red beans and Swiss Guard fashionistas. |
| Comedy | James Barr: A Punchy Title (WIP) | Underbelly | Bristo Square (underground) | Dexter | 16:15-17:15 | Aug 18-30 | £ | 16+ | Hi James, We're finding audiences don't really want trauma right now. Would you consider something punchier? Warmly, The Industry.' |
| Comedy | Sid Singh: Love Bombing | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | The Lounge | 16:15-17:15 | Aug 6-30 | PWYW | 16+ | The only show that makes you laugh and teaches you how to stand up to the Trump administration! |
| Comedy | Daniel Foxx: How Lovely. | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 16:20-17:20 | Aug 4 (Tues) | £/PWYW | 16+ | Trying very hard to emanate love and light. |
| Comedy | Will & Noah: Dinner Dinner Chicken Winner | Underbelly | George Square Gardens | The Wee Coo | 16:20-17:20 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 14+ | Join perennial losers Will and Noah for sketches, songs and a gazillion trophies. |
| Comedy | Enrico Touché: Hot Knees | Hoots | Potterow | Big Yurt | 16:30-17:30 | Aug 7-31 | £ | 12+ | High-energy comedy about ambition, passion and following your dreams to their illogical conclusion. |
| Comedy | Garrett Millerick: We Tried it Your Way | Pleasance | Courtyard | Baby Grand | 16:35-17:35 | Aug 5-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 (not Mon) | £ | 14+ | Garrett’s built an AI of himself to see if it’s better at comedy than him. Maybe he can finally retire? |
| Comedy | Ed Night: We'll Be Alright, Darling | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 16:45-17:45 | Aug 3-17, 19-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | 2025 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show nominee (it's not a science). |
| Comedy | Emma Davies: You Are All Resources | Hoots | Potterow | Wee Container 1 | 16:50-17:50 | Aug 7-18 | PWYC/PWYW | 16+ | This satirical comedy puts HR under the microscope |
| Comedy | Kitty's Salon of Dreams | Hoots | Potterow | Wee Container 1 | 16:50-17:50 | Aug 19-30 | PWYC/PWYW | 14+ | Get ready to be entertained by the vivacious and totally trustworthy beautician… |
| Comedy | Benjamin Alborough: Absolute Monopoly | Assembly | George Square | Studios - Underground | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 6-16, 18-30 | £ | 12+ | Chaotic, high-energy game show. |
| Comedy | Caitriona Dowden: Sesh Head | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Carbon | Room 2 | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 8-17, 19-30 | PWYW | 16+ | Comedian and harpist invites you into the world of traditional Irish music… |
| Comedy | Kate Hammer: Government Approved Comedian | Monkey Barrel | (Niddry St) | The Studio | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 3-18, 20-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | One Canadian needs to make you laugh, otherwise she will be deported. |
| Comedy | Laura Lexx: Work in Progress | Gilded Balloon | The Gilded Saloon | Basement | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 17-27 | £ | 18+ | In a ten-year marriage, eventually your partner sees it all. |
| Comedy | Nate Kitch Replica | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Coorie | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 5-31 | £ | 14+ | I return (again), industry plant, hat in hand, more jackets, sold out, similar. |
| Comedy | Tom Cashman: NPC (Nearly Proficient Comedian) | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 5-18, 20-30 | £/PWYW | 14+ | A new hour of stand-up that promises to creep ever so close to proficiency. |
| Mixed | This Is Your Trial! The Fully-Improvised Comedy Courtroom | Hoots | The Apex | Hoot 2 | 17:10-19:05 | Aug 7-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 (not Tues) | £/PWYW | 14+ | The unmissable, award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns! |
| Comedy | James O'Donoghue Is Normal | Just the Tonic | The Mash House | Attic | 17:20-18:05 | Aug 6-17 | £/PWYW | 16+ | It is about failing spectacularly to be a Normal Human Being, while wearing a sequinned ballgown and six-inch heels. |
| Comedy | Phil Nichol: Aren't We Lucky | Gilded Balloon | Teviot (Bristo Sq) | Lounge | 17:20-18:20 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 16+ | Lou Reed. The lottery. Ecstasy. Prince Andrew. Punk. Barenaked Ladies. Crisps. Terry Jones. |
| Improv | Showstopper! The Improvised Musical | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 17:20-18:30 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 12+ | The Showstoppers improvise a hilarious new musical every show, totally inspired by audience suggestions. |
| Comedy | Zoe Wohlfeld: Dog Funeral | Underbelly | Cowgate | Jelly Belly | 17:25-18:25 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 16+ | Zoe W is holding a funeral for her childhood dog, and you're invited! Yay! |
| Comedy | Amy Annette: Say What You Like About Me | Pleasance | Dome | 10 Dome | 17:30-18:30 | Aug 5-30 | £ | 16+ | This show is about being hot (or not). 'A Genius' (Broadwayworld.com). |
| Comedy | Eli Matthewson: Blood Bender | Assembly | George Square | The Crate | 17:30-18:30 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 14+ | Eli is ready to share it all to win you over. **** (Chortle.co.uk). |
| Comedy | Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 17:30-18:30 | Aug 5-28, 30 | £ | 16+ | Olga Koch has one good story. Only it's not really her story. Do you wanna hear it? |
| Comedy | Richard Herring: RHLSTP | The Stand | W Edinburgh | Space 1 | 17:30-18:30 | Aug 8-9 (Sat-Sun) | £ | 16+ | Daily chat with big Fringe names. |
| Comedy | Police Cops: The Original | Assembly | George Square | Gordon Aikman Theatre | 17:35-18:35 | Aug 5-18, 20-30 | £ | 12+ | The multi award-winning comedy blockbuster returns! |
| Comedy | Anna Leong Brophy: Born Sexy Yesterday | Pleasance | Courtyard | Below | 17:40-18:40 | Aug 5-18, 20-30 | £ | 14+ | The male gaze (yum), aging (gross) and sexy, sexy sci-fi. |
| Comedy | Bebe Cave: Swoon | Pleasance | Dome | Jack Dome | 17:40-18:40 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 16+ | Bebe skewers pretentious male artistry and the women they love to drown. |
| Comedy | David Hoare: How To Live To 100 | Hoots | Nicolson Square | Nic 3 | 17:40-18:40 | Aug 7-18, 20-31 | £ | 18+ | Rude songs, stupid jokes and insightful expertise. |
| Comedy | Lara Ricote: INKLING | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 17:40-18:40 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | INKLING is a show about How to Salute to the Mystery of Being Alive (ok?). |
| Comedy | Andrew White: What a Life! | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 2 | 17:45-18:45 | Aug 3-17, 19-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A hilarious, raw and heart-warming stand-up show all about living right, dying happy and appealing parking fines with a 76% success rate. |
| Comedy | Tom Cashman: NPC (Nearly Proficient Comedian) | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 17:45-18:45 | Aug 4 (Tues) | £/PWYW | 14+ | A new hour of stand-up that promises to creep ever so close to proficiency. |
| Comedy | Adam Larter: Who Remembers the 90s? [directed by Ali Brice] | Just The Tonic | The Hive | Worker Room | 17:50-18:50 | Aug 7-17, 19-30 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Expect well-researched journalism and not a load of surreal nonsense. |
| Comedy | Alfie Brown: The Entertainer | Underbelly | Cowgate | Belly Laugh | 17:50-18:50 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 16+ | Written and performed (both!) by a man in crisis, desperate to find meaning in life. |
| Comedy | Grace Jarvis: Getting Dragged Backwards Through a Hedge | Underbelly | George Square Gardens | The Wee Coo | 17:50-18:50 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 16+ | There's something, if not for everyone, then for a large spectrum of freaks. |
| Comedy | Rob Copland: ONE (More Please) | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | O'Neill's (The Tron) | 17:50-18:50 | Aug 4-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Who else is more-ing for one more. |
| Comedy | Charlie Vero-Martin: Poltergeist (WIP) | Hoots | Potterow | Big Yurt | 17:55-18:45 | Aug 19-31 | PWYC/PWYW | 18+ | Step into a surreal world of ghosts, past lives and terrifying the establishment as a mid-30s woman. |
| Comedy | John Hegley's New and Selected Potatoes | Ukrainian Community Centre | (on Rotal Terrace) | Main Room | 18:00-19:00 | Aug 14-20 | " | 12+ | A warm, witty evening; comic poetry, musical mischief and wry chat. |
| Comedy | Ted Hill: PowerPoindexter | Assembly | George Square | Studio Five | 18:00-19:00 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 14+ | Expect high-energy jokes, ridiculous visual effects and (funny) graphs. |
| Comedy | Celya AB: We Must Stop Meeting Like This | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 18:10-19:10 | Aug 4-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 | £/PWYW | 14+ | As seen on Live At The Apollo and the Off Menu podcast. 'Superb' **** (Scotsman). |
| Comedy | Guy Williams: Rich People Are Stealing From You and Blaming Brown People and Trans People and Some People Believe Them Aaahhhhhh! | Assembly | Roxy | Upstairs | 18:15-19:15 | Aug 19-30 | £ | 16+ | I've been trying to figure out how the worst dickheads have taken over everything. |
| Comedy | Steffan Alun: Windows | Hoots | The Apex | Hoot 4 | 18:15-19:15 | Aug 7-18, 20-31 | £ | 14+ | With strong opinions on pub quizzes, Stranger Things, behaviour on public transport, and why his mother's pretending his childhood home contained an extra bedroom. |
| Comedy | Katie Mitchell: Giddy | Hoots | Nicolson Square | Nic 6 | 18:20-19:20 | Aug 7-11, 13-31 | PWYC/PWYW | 14+ | Absolute silliness about how growing up an orphan on a council estate is the third funnest thing you can do. |
| Comedy | Juliette Burton: Villain Era | Gilded Balloon | Teviot (Bristo Sq) | Turret | 18:30-19:30 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 16+ | Juliette is ready to battle the REAL dragons: inequality and bad sex lives. |
| Comedy | Larry Dean: Hellbent | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beyond | 18:30-19:30 | Aug 5-30 | £ | 16+ | The gallus Glaswegian goon returns with a riotous show about refusing to grow up. |
| Comedy | Rosie Holt: The Illegal Aliens Have Landed! | Pleasance | Courtyard | Two | 18:30-19:30 | Aug 5-18, 20-30 | £ | 14+ | Rosie and her MP alter-ego are back, fighting their biggest foe yet. UFOs. |
| Comedy | Tom Whiston: Night Mail (WIP) | Hoots | Nicolson Square | Nic 7 | 18:40-19:30 | Aug 7-16, 18-30 | PWYC/PWYW | 16+ | Fast-talking, absurdist character comedy. |
| Comedy | Dan Rath: Help Me Please | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 18:40-19:40 | Aug 7-16, 18-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | I'm so used to failure that success represents an existential threat. |
| Comedy | Jody Kamali: Ironing Board Man | Underbelly | Teviot Place (Med Quad) | Ermintrude | 18:40-19:40 | Aug 6-16, 18-24, 26-30 | £ | 12+ | One man. Twelve ironing boards. One epic soundtrack. |
| Comedy | Jeromaia Detto: Giuseppe's Love Quest | Underbelly | George Square Gardens | Buttercup | 18:45-19:45 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 16+ | The disarmingly charming Giuseppe Alfresco is desperate to finally find connection and fall in love. |
| Comedy | Kemah Bob: Love Child | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 18:50-19:50 | Aug 5-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 | £ | 16+ | The acclaimed stand-up returns, asking if we ever really stop growing up? |
| Musical | Mothman: A Romance Musical {w/ Alex Franklin, Nikola McMurtrie, Alex Prescot] | Underbelly | Cowgate | Belly Button | 18:50-19:50 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 12+ | Prepare for the ultimate romantic comedy musical that no one asked for. Mothman! |
| Comedy | Ray O'Leary: I Can See O'Leary Now The Ray Has Gone | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cabaret Bar | 18:50-19:50 | Aug 5-18, 20-30 | £ | 14+ | 'A very strong comic indeed' **** (Chortle.co.uk) |
| Comedy | Shane Daniel Byrne: Baby This Time | Gilded Balloon | Teviot (Bristo Sq) | Lounge | 18:50-19:50 | Aug 5-16, 18-31 | £ | 14+ | A show about what makes a man who can't make a baby. |
| Comedy | Jess Fuchs: Feral | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker Two | 18:55-19:55 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 14+ | Jess left home to avoid her problems and returned even more broken. |
| Mixed | Best in Class | Laughing Horse | The Three Sisters | Maggie's Chamber | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 6-30 | PWYC/PWYW | 18+ | An award-winning showcase of working class comedians from across the UK. |
| Comedy | Jack Rooke: Good Grief | Underbelly | Bristo Square | McEwan Hall | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 27-29 | £ | 16+ | BAFTA winner revives his debut comedy-theatre hour. |
| Comedy | John Robertson: Excitable Boy! | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Ballroom | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 6-30 | PWYW | 18+ | The UK’s most manic comic! Life-affirming, high-octane improv filth! |
| Comedy | Joseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70 | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 5-11, 20-30 | £ | 14+ | The Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and cult favourite returns with a deliriously funny new show. |
| Theatre | Kristen Schaal: The Legend of Crystal Shell | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 12-16 | £ | 16+ | The brand new comedy play from Kristen Schaal (Flight of the Conchords), co-starring John Roberts (Bob's Burgers) |
| Comedy | Max Fulham: Memory Foam | Pleasance | Dome | Jack Dome | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 5-16, 18-31 | £ | 16+ | A mixture of puppet characters, sketches and stand-up. ***** (ThreeWeeks). |
| Comedy | Rich Hall: Chin Music | Gilded Balloon | Teviot (Bristo Sq) | Debating Hall | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 17-26, 28-30 | £ | 16+ | Sharp, quick, splenetic and sublimely improvisational. |
| Comedy | Sam Nicoresti: Baby Doomer | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 17-19 (Mon-Wed) | £ | 14+ | A glistening swan-song for the triumphant Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show 2025. |
| Comedy | Sharon Wanjohi: A Perfect Life | Pleasance | Courtyard | Baby Grand | 19:05-20:05 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 16+ | A chaotic, high-energy hour about fear, control and accidentally optimising yourself into irrelevance. |
| Comedy | David O'Doherty: At This Stage | Assembly | George Square | Gordon Aikman Theatre | 19:10-20:10 | Aug 5-17, 19-31 | £ | 14+ | Low-voltage song and chatter from the increasingly dishevelled Lidl Bruno Mars. |
| Comedy | Jonno: Here Comes Mr Funny | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 19:10-20:10 | Aug 3-16, 18-30 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Jonno is in Sheeps ***** (Guardian), 'funny' (Chortle.co.uk), 'Johnson' (Times) and is the Head Writer for SNL UK. |
| Comedy | Hannah Platt: Cult Classic | Pleasance | Courtyard | Attic | 19:15-20:15 | Aug 5-30 | £ | 16+ | Are you a failure? A reject? Alone? Good. |
| Comedy | Adele Cliff’s Topical Early Late Show With Adele Cliff [w/ Katie Pritchard & Will Davies] | Hoots | Potterow | Big Yurt | 19:20-20:20 | Aug 7-10, 13-17, 20-24, 27-30 (not Tues/Wed) | PWYC/PWYW | 16+ | Behold, Edinburgh's first American late-night style topical comedy extravaganza. |
| Comedy | The Passion of Mr Cardboard [w/ Miles Calderon] | Underbelly | George Square Gardens | The Wee Coo | 19:20-20:20 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 12+ | Something between a jovial imaginary friend and an all-powerful god of play. |
| Comedy | Tom Little in His Comfort Zone | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Voodoo Rooms | carte blanche! | 19:20-20:20 | Aug 8-30 | PWYW | 18+ | Inventive, unexpected and often very silly... with material as strong as he has, he surely can't remain a hidden treasure for long' **** (Chortle.co.uk). |
| Comedy | Ahir Shah: Golden | Pleasance | Courtyard | One | 19:30-20:30 | Aug 6-30 | £ | 14+ | Love, money, family, responsibility, fear, forever and frogs. |
| Comedy | Cordelia Graham: Faint Heart Never F*cked A Pig | Laughing Horse | The Three Sisters | The Wee Room | 19:30-20:30 | Aug 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-31 | PWYC/PWYW | 18+ | Storytelling and stand-up about writing the eulogy for my dad’s funeral, my hero, and identity. |
| Mixed | The Guilty Feminist [w/ Deborah Frances-White] | Gilded Balloon | The Museum | Auditorium | 19:30-20:30 | Aug 20-23 | £ | 14+ | Join the joyful resistance today. |
| Comedy | Ali Brice: This Is The Way We Brush Our Teeth | Hoots | Potterow | Wee Container 1 | 19:40-20:40 | Aug 7-30 | PWYC/PWYW | 16+ | It'll be chaotic, heartfelt and silly. 'Comic genius' **** (Skinny). |
| Comedy | Gianmarco Soresi: Theater Adult | Underbelly | Bristo Square | Cowbarn | 19:40-20:40 | Aug 17-30 | £ | 16+ | Celebrates the theatre kid in all of us, from first auditions to final bows. |
| Comedy | Conk: Man Sings the Same Song Over and Over Again for an Hour | Summerhall | Summerhall | Red Lecture Theatre | 19:45-20:45 | Aug 6-16, 18-23, 25-31 | £ | 18+ | One man. One song. One hour. That's it. |
| Comedy | Sean Morley: Backchannel | Monkey Barrel | (Niddry St) | The Studio | 19:50-20:40 | Aug 3-11, 13-19, 21-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Elusive comedy cherub and fully adult citizen has reinvented comedy for the slurried minds of broken Britain. |
| Comedy | Crybabies: The Scaring | Pleasance | Courtyard | Two | 20:00-21:00 | Aug 5-14, 16-17, 19-30 | £ | 16+ | Fear, faith, fathers (dads), fathers (priests), fantoms (phantoms) and finally moving on. |
| Comedy | Li Jin Hao: Falling From a Moon | Pleasance | Courtyard | Above | 20:00-21:00 | Aug 5-30 | £ | 16+ | I'm addicted to time travel. I keep thinking of the past. I want to go back. |
| Comedy | Sam Nicoresti: Baby Doomer | Pleasance | Courtyard | Two | 20:00-21:00 | Aug 15 (Sat) | £ | 14+ | A swaggering, diamond-sharp hour about being trans (uh-oh) and the hunt for the perfect skirt suit. |
| Comedy | Reuben Solo: Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me [Revenge Edition] | Gilded Balloon | Teviot (Bristo Sq) | Wine Bar | 20:05-21:05 | Aug 18-31 | £ | 14+ | I came here to tell jokes and figure out who's going to betray me. And I'm all out of jokes. |
| Comedy | Rosco McClelland: The Bones | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 20:05-21:05 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | About human evolution, brain and body connections and hamsters. |
| Comedy | Eric Lampaert: Zero Minus One | Just the Tonic | The Caves | The Wee One | 20:10-21:10 | Aug 6-17, 19-30 | £ | 18+ | After a brush with total amnesia, Eric returns from the void with questions only madness can answer. |
| Comedy | Martin Urbano: #Standup #Funny | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 20:10-21:10 | Aug 6-18, 20-30 | £ | 16+ | We are living in the golden age of stand-up comedy, allegedly. |
| Comedy | Twonkey's Soft December Night in Tallahassee | Laughing Horse | Dragonfly | Other Room | 20:15-21:10 | Aug 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 (not Mon) | PWYC/PWYW | 18+ | Stars Twonketta: award-winning vaudevillian widow of the now deceased Mr Twonkey. |
| Mixed | Off With Your Head! [w/ Sam See] | Laughing Horse | West Nic Records | Main Cellar | 20:15-21:15 | Aug 6-10, 12-17, 19-24, 26-30 (not Tues) | PWYW | 18+ | Who lives? Who dies? You decide! |
| Comedy | Spencer Jones: Dogs | Pleasance | Dome | Queen Dome | 20:15-21:15 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 14+ | New characters, stupid songs, visual comedy, stories and maybe an answer to the question: Are dogs better than humans? |
| Comedy | Cabbage the Clown: Cinemadrome | Underbelly | Cowgate | Belly Button | 20:25-21:25 | Aug 5-17 | £ | 16+ | Minimum wage cinema employee turned multi award-winning tragic fool… |
| Comedy | Jessica Barton: Dirty Work | Underbelly | Cowgate | Belly Button | 20:25-21:25 | Aug 19-30 | £ | 16+ | Combines a spoonful of song, dance, clowning and deep-cleaning . |
| Comedy | Bec Hill's Work In Progress | Hoots | Nicolson Square | Nic 3 | 20:30-21:30 | Aug 23-30 | PWYC/PWYW | 16+ | Because seeing how the sausage gets made is arguably more interesting than seeing a sausage. |
| Comedy | Bilal Zafar: Rubicon | Underbelly | Bristo Square (underground) | Jersey | 20:30-21:30 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 12+ | Games with prizes to be won, some amazing stories and an overall life-changing experience TBF. |
| Comedy | Finlay Christie: Champagne Casanova | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 20:30-21:30 | Aug 4 (Tues) | £/PWYW | 18+ | About the myths that mean we don’t have to admit we’re ordinary, rejected or wrong. |
| Comedy | Francisco de Nata | Underbelly | Teviot Place (Med Quad) | Clover | 20:30-21:30 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 14+ | A giraffe. In a G-string. With a job to do, in this silent clown show. |
| Cabaret | Frisky’s Remix Roulette | Assembly | Rooms | Bijou [Spiegeltent] | 20:30-21:30 | Aug 6-11, 13-16, 18-23, 25-30 | £ | 12+ | Come play Remix Roulette with us. Any song. Any style. You decide. |
| Comedy | Guy Branum: Be Fruitful | Gilded Balloon | Teviot (Bristo Sq) | Billiard Room | 20:30-21:30 | Aug 5-31 | £ | 16+ | A joke-dense slide show journey through religion and science, homophobia and anti-fat bias. |
| Comedy | Sophie Duker: Hot Beef Injection | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 20:30-21:30 | Aug 5-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 | £ | 16+ | Duker’s back on her bullshit. And this time, she’s done with dudes. Promise. |
| Comedy | Harriet Dyer: Easily Distra… | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 2 | 20:35-21:35 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Tales of wetsuits on buses, bee siblings and cows that cure baldness. |
| Comedy | Alice Fraser: Oh Man! | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | O'Neill's (The Tron) | 20:40-21:40 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £/PWYW | 18+ | She’s decided she actually quite likes men and wants to help. |
| Comedy | Frankie Thompson: Horrible Things | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beside | 20:45-21:45 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 14+ | If you laugh it's comedy, if you don't it's performance art. **** (Guardian). |
| Comedy | Susie McCabe: Coming of Rage | Assembly | George Square | Gordon Aikman Theatre | 20:45-21:45 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 16+ | Susie was on the path to a stress-free life... then her life came crashing down around her. |
| Comedy | Schalk Bezuidenhout: Hey Hey Divorcè | Gilded Balloon | Teviot (Bristo Sq) | Dining Room | 21:00-22:00 | Aug 24-30 | £ | 16+ | His first and (hopefully, for the love of all things good) only show post divorce. |
| Comedy | Lou Wall: Where Are All The Tall Grandmas? | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 21:15-22:15 | Aug 5-18, 20-30 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A comedic investigation into height, heritage and what it truly means to live large. |
| Comedy | Rob Duncan: Printer of the Year | Underbelly | George Square Gardens | Bluebell | 21:15-22:15 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 14+ | A new category of dramatic arts – performance printing. 'Brilliantly, hilariously stupid' (Frankie Boyle). |
| Comedy | Garry Starr: Classic Penguins | Pleasance | Courtyard | Grand | 21:20-22:30 | Aug 5-11, 13-17, 19-24, 26-30 | £ | 18+ | Every Penguin Classic novel ever written. Mostly naked (but with flippers). |
| Comedy | Andy Field: Giddy Up | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cellar | 21:25-22:25 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 18+ | A new hour from Chortle's Student Comedian of the Year (11 years ago). |
| Comedy | Jacob Hatton: Ruins | Hoots | Nicolson Square | Nic 5 | 21:25-22:25 | Aug 7-17, 19-31 | £ | 16+ | A spiky, filthy, uplifting hour, featuring cats, fascism, the Romans and MILFs. |
| Comedy | David Elms Describes a Room | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 21:30-22:30 | Aug 5-30 | £ | 12+ | Together with his audience, veteran improviser Elms builds a comedy mind palace before your very eyes. |
| Comedy | Elf Lyons is The Woman on the Edge | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beyond | 21:30-22:30 | Aug 5-16, 18-31 | £ | 16+ | A completely normal, autobiographical (and in no way complex) – observational stand-up show about love. |
| Comedy | Huge Davies: Sleep Paralysis Princess | Monkey Barrel | Cabaret Voltaire | CabVol 1 | 21:30-22:30 | Aug 5-11, 13-18, 20-30 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Huge has not slept for a decade. He’s going to tell jokes about it whilst wearing a big keyboard... watch? |
| Comedy | Lorna Rose Treen: Now That's What I Call Characters | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cabaret Bar | 21:30-22:30 | Aug 17-23 | £ | 14+ | A surreal, silly and joyful compilation of her favourite characters, songs, content, content, content, costumes and content. |
| Comedy | Jonathan Oldfield: Exquisite Corpse | Pleasance | Courtyard | Below | 21:40-22:40 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 14+ | Exquisitely silly character comedy. 'Always funny' (Chortle). ' |
| Comedy | Chelsea Birkby: Is In Full Control The Entire Time | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker Three | 21:45-22:45 | Aug 5-30 | £ | 16+ | An hour about control (or the illusion of it) and how you can get it too. |
| Comedy | Jordan Brookes: The Part of You That's Always Screaming | Pleasance | Dome | Queen Dome | 21:45-22:45 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 16+ | Have you ever felt seen and unseen at the same time? |
| Comedy | Lil Wenker: BOYKING | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker One | 21:45-22:45 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | Nowhere near in line for the throne, Prince Wilfred ruminates on a plan for total world domination while guzzling mummy's milk. | |
| Comedy | Phil Nichol: The Naked Racist | Gilded Balloon | Teviot (Bristo Sq) | Wine Bar | 21:45-22:45 | Aug 5-18 | £ | 18+ | 20th anniversary of the 2006 Edinburgh Comedy Award winning show. |
| Comedy | Tom Towelling Teaches You to Knit | Pleasance | Courtyard | Attic | 21:45-22:45 | Aug 5-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 | £ | 16+ | Expect songs, dancing and lessons on the threads that knit us together. |
| Comedy | Casey Filips: What a Character | Assembly | George Square | The Box | 21:50-22:50 | Aug 5-17, 19-23, 25-30 | £ | 12+ | "What a character" – Ancient Australian idiom, used to describe either the best or worst person you know. |
| Mixed | Stamptown [hosted by Zach Zucker] | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Palais du Variété | 21:50-23:10 | Aug 6-11, 13-18, 20-30 | £ | 16+ | Pure spectacle. The most anarchic and wildly entertaining performance. |
| Comedy | Will BF: Moon Team IIIV | Underbelly | Cowgate | Jelly Belly | 21:55-22:55 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 16+ | Hang onto your space hats (technical term) for a surreal sketch odyssey through the best worst film you've never seen! |
| Comedy | Darryl J Carrington: Tennish | Underbelly | Teviot Place (Med Quad) | Clover | 22:00-23:00 | Aug 5-17, 19-30 | £ | 14+ | It's playful, chaotic, visual and all about ambition, performance, and failure. |
| Comedy | John Robertson's The Dark Room | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Doonstairs | 22:00-23:00 | Aug 5-30 | £ | 16+ | Come play the legendary Fringe live-action videogame! Win money or ya die! |
| Comedy | Sami Abu Wardeh Hates You | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beside | 22:00-23:00 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 14+ | Award-winning comedian, clown and very silly man, with a chaotic exploration of the value of hate today. |
| Comedy | William Thompson: Touch Grass | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | O'Neill's (The Tron) | 22:05-23:05 | Aug 5-18, 20-30 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Trademark dark, punchy style tackling the subject of social media. |
| Comedy | Dru Cripps: Juicy Bits | Hoots | Potterow | Big Yurt | 22:10-23:10 | Aug 7-31 | £ | 16+ | "Master clown" presents his phenomenally successful loopstation-based shenanigans. |
| Comedy | UNDERGROUND MONK SHOW | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 22:15-23:15 | Aug 5-16, 18-30 | £ | 18+ | Monks find magic water. Magic water makes dreams come true. Monks go crazy. |
| Mixed | Best of the Queer Fringe | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Coorie | 22:20-23:20 | Aug 5-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-30 | £ | 16+ | A mixed-bill line-up of the best LGBTQ+ stand-up comedians from across the Fringe. |
| Comedy | Dan Tiernan: Quartz and All | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 22:25-23:25 | Aug 3-17, 19-30 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Dan Tiernan is back at it again: and this time he’s got magic rocks in his pocket. |
| Mixed | Another Compilation Show Beginning With A [w/ Tom Mayhew] | Laughing Horse | Bar 50 | Garden Room | 22:30-23:30 | Aug 6-30 | PWYC/PWYW | 14+ | Tom Mayhew presents a compilation show of his favourite comedians that are free at the time. |
| Comedy | Stephen Catling: Clown Fish Out Of Water | Hoots | Potterow | Wee Container 1 | 22:30-23:30 | Aug 7-31 | PWYC/PWYW | 16+ | When clowns can't breathe water and fish can't breathe air – what's a poor Clown Fish to do ? |
| Comedy | Creepy Boys: SLUGS | Summerhall | Summerhall | TechCube 0 | 22:40-23:40 | Aug 6-17 | £ | 18+ | A echno-punk concert, a play, a clown show and a basement puppet nightmare all rolled into one. |
| Comedy | Finlay Christie: Champagne Casanova | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Four | 22:40-23:40 | Aug 3, 5-17, 19-30 | £/PWYW | 18+ | About the myths that mean we don’t have to admit we’re ordinary, rejected or wrong. |
| Clown | Maya Ricote: Ay Am! | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cellar | 22:40-23:40 | Aug 5-17, 19-24, 26-30 | £ | 16+ | Mexican/Venezuelan-American telenovela actress turned clown. |
| Comedy | Mike Wozniak: The Bench | Assembly | Hall | Main Hall | 22:40-23:40 | Aug 6-16 | £ | 14+ | New stand-up tour show, in which a story about a bench will be prominent. |
| Mixed | Comedians Play Video Games [w/ Jake Baker, Steffan Alun, Cerys Bradley] | Hoots | The Apex | Hoot 4 | 23:00-00:00 | Aug 7-31 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Late-night anarchic gameshow with big laughs, small prizes, and a medium amount of nerdy chaos. |
| Mixed | Late Night with Terry Wogan | Assembly | George Square | Studio One | 23:00-00:00 | Aug 7 & 14 (Fri) | £ | 12+ | Terry's back from the dead and he's brought a chat show with him. |
| Comedy | Rob Kemp: Beatlesjuice | Hoots | The Apex | Hoot 2 | 23:10-00:10 | Aug 15-29 | PWYC/PWYW | 12+ | A multimedia mashup tribute to the Fab Four and the Ghost with the Most by the award-winning creator of The Elvis Dead. |
| Mixed | Kiell Smith-Bynoe's Kool Story Bro | Pleasance | Courtyard | Grand | 23:15-00:15 | Aug 20-22 | £ | 16+ | Featuring a celebrity guest every night, a cast of the UK's best improvisers and stories from you, the audience, to inspire the comedy! |
| Comedy | Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 23:15-00:15 | Aug 27-29 | £ | 14+ | A recent encounter with a stranger caused Mark to spend some time pondering the uncertain future facing humanity. |
| Mixed | One Joke [hosted by Jonathan Oldfield] | Pleasance | Dome | Queen Dome | 23:15-00:15 | Aug 26 (Wed) | £ | 16+ | How many comedians can tell one joke each, in an hour? We're going to find out. |
| Mixed | The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase | Assembly | George Square | Studio Three | 23:20-00:20 | Aug 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29 (Fri-Sat) | £ | 16+ | 'Slide after slide, this show is guaranteed to produce laugh after laugh' **** (List). |
| Mixed | Naughty Cabaret [hosted by Anna Marie Simonsen and Marie Kallevik] | Underbelly | Bristo Square (underground) | Friesian | 23:20-00:30 | Aug 6-11, 13-15 | £ | 18+ | A queer feminist extravaganza full of energy, absurdity and ridiculousness. |
| Mixed | Nu Metal Karaoke [hosted by Alison Spittle] | Monkey Barrel | (at 12 Blair St) | Three | 23:20-01:50 | Aug 28 (Fri) | £ | 18+ | Comedians let it all out to Linkin Park, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Crazy Town etc. |
| Comedy | Sam Eley is Basil Crumbwick: Soul Sewage | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | Two | 23:25-00:25 | Aug 3-17, 19-30 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Award-winning late-night villainy from an uncomfortable mind. |
| Comedy | Jaz Mattu Fights His Audience | Laughing Horse | West Nic Records | Little Cellar | 23:30-00:25 | Aug 6-9, 11-16, 18-23, 25-30 (not Mon) | PWYW | 18+ | In my comedy career, work life and actual life, people have tried to fight me. |
| Comedy | Late Night with Stuart Laws | Monkey Barrel | (opposite MB1) | O'Neill's (The Tron) | 23:30-00:30 | Aug 5-16 | £/PWYW | 18+ | A series of late night shows that'll be different each day. |
| Mixed | RODEO! | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 23:55-01:50 | Aug 13-15 (Thurs-Sat) | £/PWYW | 18+ | Saddle up for a night of chaos with the best comedians at the Fringe. |
| Mixed | Paddy Young Presents: A Night with the Stars | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 23:55-01:55 | Aug 20-22 (Thurs-Sat) | £/PWYW | 18+ | It’s a wild late-night mash-up of stand-up, sketch and character comedy (the good kind). |
| Mixed | The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society | Monkey Barrel | (at 9-11 Blair St) | One | 23:55-02:45ish | Aug 9-12, 16-19, 23-26, 30 (Sun-Wed) | £8.50/PWYW | 18+ | Glorious, inventive, late-night knees-up! A resplendent ceremony in an air-conditioned room! Ridiculous displays of comedic enterprise, dancing and frolicking. |
| Comedy | Bedlam Late | Bedlam Theatre | Bedlam Theatre | Theatre | 00:30-01:30 | Aug 7-8, 13-15, 20-22, 27-29 (laaate on Thurs-Sat, when ACMS is not on) | £ | 18+ | See the most exciting acts from all over the UK in a curated Malcolm Hardee Award-nominated 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, on the PWYW model - 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. PWYC/PWYW 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 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 9 (Sun) starts laaate evening on Sunday. This is worth double-checking of listings on Edfringe, in the app, on the venues' websites, and in the printed programme; they don't always follow this convention.