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EDINBURGH FRINGE RECOMMENDATIONS - 2023
We recommend this lovely lot at this summer's Fringe: veterans of ACMS, creators of strong blurb goodness, and some of our favourite acts.
| Act | Parent Venue | Venue Name | Room | Time | Dates | £? | Ages | Blurb | |
| John Hegley: The Early Word | Summerhall | Summerhall | Red Lecture Theatre | 10:15-11:15 | Aug 2-13, 15-20, 22-27 | £ | 8+ | Folk and creatures. 'Delightfully inventive' (Observer). | |
| First Thing (Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson) | Summerhall | Summerhall | Roundabout | 10:30-11:30 | Aug 2-4, 7, 9-10, 14, 16-18, 20-21, 23-25, 27 | £ | 16+ | It will definitely be over by noon. | |
| Glenn Moore: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 11:20-12:20 | Aug 2-15 | £/PWYW | 14+ | One of the greatest joke writers of his generation, Glenn brings brand-new material to Edinburgh with a work-in-progress show. | |
| Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 11:20-12:20 | Aug 16-27 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Edinburgh Comedy Award winner returns with an hour of work-in-progress stand-up. Results will vary. | |
| Cheekykita: Octopus in Space | Laughing Horse | The Three Sisters | Maggie's Chamber | 11:30-12:15 | Aug 3-8, 10-13, 15-20 | PWYW | 5+ | High-energy interactive fun with dancing cats, silly songs and creatures from outer space. | |
| Jody Kamali: Mr Sleepybum | Assembly | George Square | The Box | 11:40-12:25 | Aug 3-8, 10-15, 17-20 | £ | 5+ | Mr Sleepybum will re-enact some of his favourite dreams in this high-energy, inventive physical comedy show. | |
| Olaf Falafel's Super Stupid Show (20% More Stupider) | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beside | 11:40-12:40 | Aug 2-15, 17-21, 24-27 | £ | 3+ | There will be truth-telling cheese, fishing, ducks, bumbags, sausages and maybe some drawing. | |
| Ben Target: LORENZO | Summerhall | Summerhall | Anatomy Lecture Theatre | 11:55-13:00 | Aug 2-13, 15-20, 22-27 | £ | 14+ | This life-affirming story about a man’s death is conveyed through the popular mediums of storytelling, servitude to the audience and live carpentry - a combination not seen on the world stage since Nazareth (circa 30AD). | |
| Chris Thorburn: Cineman | Just the Tonic | The Mash House | Attic | 12:00-12:45 | Aug 10-13, 15-27 | £8 (£5) | 16+ | Jokes about films. | |
| Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 12:00-13:00 | Aug 2-9 | £/PWYW | 16+ | This perfectionist idiot will do her absolute best to make you laugh. | |
| Ed Gamble: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | One | 12:00-13:00 | Aug 2-13 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Co-host of Off Menu. Taskmaster champion. Join Ed Gamble for an hour of new material. | |
| Joe Wells: King of the Autistics | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Chamber Room | 12:00-13:00 | Aug 5-27 | PWYW | 18+ | A stand-up show about representation, role models and the fight for autistic rights. | |
| Larry Dean: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 12:00-13:00 | Aug 10-16 | £8/PWYW | 16+ | Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes. | |
| Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 12:00-13:00 | Aug 17-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Sarah Keyworth delivers a brand-new hour of comedy every day as they work up a new show. | |
| Eleanor Morton: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 12:05-13:00 | Aug 14 (Mon) | £7/PWYW | 16+ | Come and bear witness to the rock face of creativity, i.e. a show that isn’t quite finished yet. The theme? Ghosts! | |
| Sam Lake: Aspiring DILF | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 12:05-13:05 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Furbies, twink death and the transformative wonder of Butlins. | |
| Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 12:10-13:10 | Aug 15 (Tues) | £7/PWYW | 18+ | Her finished shows are chaos so god knows what a work in progress will be like… | ||
| David McIver: Small Boy Trapped in a Wellness Retreat | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Cinema Room | 12:20-13:20 | Aug 5-27 | PWYW | 18+ | A multimedia stand-up comedy show from David McIver that is guaranteed to make you feel well. | |
| Chris Cantrill: SuPeRgEnIu$ (WIP) | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 12:30-13:30 | Aug 15 (Tues) | £/PWYW | 16+ | About his rude son, upsetting pensioners on purpose and party planning. | |
| Soup Group: Art Show! | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 12:30-13:30 | Aug 8 (Tues) | £/PWYW | 5+ | Surrealism, realism, clowning and fun for the whole family. | |
| Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 12:45-13:45 | Aug 15-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Plenty of jokes, lots of revelations and a routine about First Aid. | |
| Lee Kyle: England's Best Comedian | Laughing Horse | The Pear Tree | Main Room | 12:45-13:45 | Aug 3-14, 16-18, 20-27 | PWYW | 16+ | Lee Kyle has been a comedian for 14 years and very good for the last few. | |
| Tarot: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 12:45-13:45 | Aug 2-14 | £7/PWYW | 16+ | We’ve made the tickets cheap so you’ve got somewhere to sleep for an hour without having to sell a kidney. | |
| Matt Green: That Guy (Work in Progress) | Laughing Horse | City Café | Hollywood | 12:50-13:50 | Aug 16-20 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Jokes about politics and jokes not about politics. That probably covers it. | |
| Robin Ince – Weapons of Empathy | Gilded Balloon | The Museum | Auditorium | 13:00-14:00 | Aug 2-27 | £ | 12+ | Expect a chaos of words and ideas, love and delight. And also a very long reading list. | |
| Shelf: The Kids' Show | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Green | 13:15-14:15 | Aug 2-15, 17-27 | £ | 3+ | Join best friends Rachel and Ruby for a kids' comedy show that's fun for all the family! Full of sketches, songs, pranks and silliness. | |
| Seymour Mace Does Drawring | The Stand | The Stand | Two | 13:20-14:20 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £ | 16+ | I draw pictures of the things that live in my head. I show you the pictures and tell you a story. You laugh. You leave. | |
| Ahir Shah: Ends | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 13:25-14:25 | Aug 3-27 | £ adv. or PWYW on exit | 14+ | This one's about family, immigration, marriage, history, politics and beans. | |
| Alex Kealy: Fear Itself (Work in Progress) | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | One | 13:25-14:25 | Aug 14 (Mon) | £/PWYW | 16+ | The 'almost sexily cerebral' (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably). | |
| Alison Spittle: Soup | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | One | 13:25-14:25 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Comedian du jour, Alison Spittle is simmering with jokes and probably rage, she doesn't know what the burning sensation is. | |
| Vix Leyton: Antihero | The Stand | The Stand | Four | 13:25-14:25 | Aug 4-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 | £ | 14+ | Can you be the main character in your own life without being the hero? | |
| Eleanor Morton: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 13:30-14:25 | Aug 16 (Wed) | £7/PWYW | 16+ | Come and bear witness to the rock face of creativity, i.e. a show that isn’t quite finished yet. The theme? Ghosts! | |
| Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel | Underbelly | Bristo Square | McEwan Hall | 13:30-14:30 | Aug 5-7, 9-13 | £ | 12+ | The all-star cast improvise a hilarious new Jane Austen novel every show, inspired entirely by a title from the audience. | |
| It's Me, Richard Wright, I'm the Problem It's Me | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Cinema Room | 13:30-14:30 | Aug 5-15 | PWYW | 18+ | Richard Wright is about to turn 40 and he's worried that he has stopped caring. | |
| Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson | Assembly | George Square | Studio Five | 13:35-14:35 | Aug 2-28 | £ | 12+ | Chris Grace, Chinese-American character best known for playing Jerry on Superstore, portrays the greatest living Asian actor Scarlett Johansson through comedy, theatre, stand-up and the music of Tom Waits. | |
| Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 13:35-14:35 | Aug 14 (Mon) | £7/PWYW | 18+ | Her finished shows are chaos so god knows what a work in progress will be like… | ||
| Ian Smith: Crushing | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 13:35-14:35 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £/PWYW | 18+ | A new show about stress, love and driving a tank with your hairdresser. | ||
| Natasha Sutton Williams : Clown Sex | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker Two | 13:45-14:45 | Aug 2-15, 17-20, 22-27 | £ | 18+ | Join Gary Strange in the London sewers as he encounters stories of bad sex, sad sex and clown sex. | |
| Spring Day: Exvangelical (Work in Progress) | Laughing Horse | Bar 50 | Garden Room | 13:45-14:45 | Aug 3-14 | £/PWYW | 18+ | American transplant Spring Day provides dark comedy for nice people. | |
| Bridget Christie: Who Am I? | The Stand | New Town Theatre | Grand Hall | 13:50-14:50 | Aug 2-10 | £20 | 14+ | The Taskmaster favourite and star of The Change is hot, but not in a good way. It’s a menopause laugh-a-minute with a confused, furious, sweaty lady who is annoyed by everything. | |
| Stewart Lee: Basic Lee | The Stand | New Town Theatre | Grand Hall | 13:50-15:00 | Aug 11-20 | £20 | 14+ | 70-minute selection of highlights from the current touring show. One man, one microphone, and one microphone in the wings in case the one on stage breaks. Pure. Simple. Classic. Basic Lee. | |
| Yuriko Kotani: This Is My Work | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 13:55-14:55 | Aug 14-23 | £/PWYW | 14+ | BBC New Comedy Award winner, UK-based Japanese comedian. | |
| Barry Ferns: Arthur's Seat Comedy Extravaganza | On Top of Arthur's Seat | Arthurs Seat (Top of) | 14:00-14:45 | Aug 19 (Sat) | PWYW | 8+ | These gigs somehow work – they are the most joyful of gigs. They shouldn't work, but they do.' ***** (Scotsman). | ||
| Jacob Hatton: Touchdown! | Laughing Horse | 32 Below | Main Cellar | 14:00-15:00 | Aug 3-15 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A dyspraxic, 30-something, British stand-up with one dream – to score the winning touchdown in the dying seconds of an American football movie. | |
| Rhiannon Shaw: Wedding Night | Bedlam Theatre | Bedlam Theatre | 14:00-15:00 | Aug 15-20, 22-27 | £ | 16+ | Character comedian and stand-up presents her Fringe debut hour in the form of her very own wedding. | ||
| Mark Watson's Churchfest | St Peter's Church | The Church | 14:00-21:00 | Aug 22 (Tues) | PWYW | 12+ | Mark Watson performs in, and curates, a day of unusual old-school Fringe activities. | ||
| Adam Riches is The Guys Who You Meet Everywhere | Underbelly | Cowgate | Cow Café | 14:10-15:00 | Aug 3-27 | £ | 18+ | In 2018, Adam Riches was The Guy Who You Meet Right After You Come Out Of A Long-Term Relationship. He was sensitive. Understanding. Supportive. And it was all an act. Five years on and he's back as The Guys Who You Meet Everywhere. | |
| Alex Kealy: Fear Itself (Work in Progress) | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 14:10-15:10 | Aug 15 (Tues) | £/PWYW | 16+ | The 'almost sexily cerebral' (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably). | |
| Rob Duncan: Baby Trains | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Legends | Upstairs | 14:20-15:15 | Aug 5-11, 13-23 | PWYW | 18+ | An hour of professionally researched nonsense, featuring relatable topics including trains and babies. | |
| Rob Auton: The Rob Auton Show | Assembly | Roxy | Upstairs | 14:25-15:25 | Aug 2-26 | £ | 14+ | Brilliant' (Stewart Lee). 'One of my absolute favourites' (Daniel Kitson). | |
| David Hoare: One Billion Songs Please! | Hill Street Theatre | Dunedin Theatre | (near Assembly Rooms) | 14:30-15:30 | Aug 4-14, 16-27 | £ | 16+ | Another bumper show bursting with hilarious songs and jokes. 'An annoyingly funny young man' (Gary Delaney). | |
| Ivo Graham: Graham in the Green | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Green | 14:30-15:30 | Aug 17-25, 27 | £ | 14+ | Poring over the usuals (relationships, responsibilities, regrets) without any promise of logic or laughter. | |
| Madame Chandelier's Opera Party for Kids | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Green | 14:30-15:30 | Aug 2-15 | £ | 8+ | Experience opera's greatest hits and learn about the characters, in this interactive introduction with Madame Chandelier. | |
| John Otway | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Voodoo Rooms | Ballroom | 14:45-15:45 | Aug 16 (Wed) | PWYW | 18+ | A surreal sense of humour and a self-deprecating underdog persona. | |
| Larry Dean: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 14:50-15:40 | Aug 8-9 | £8/PWYW | 16+ | Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes. | |
| Sofie Hagen: Banglord | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 14:50-15:50 | ug 3-7, 10-14, 17-21, 24-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | U up? ;) xx | |
| Ted Hill: Tries and Fails to Fix Climate Change | Assembly | George Square | The Crate | 14:50-15:50 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 14+ | A celebration of silliness, nature and polar bear calculations. Oh, and graphs. | |
| Eleanor Morton: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 14:55-15:50 | Aug 15 (Tues) | £7/PWYW | 16+ | Come and bear witness to the rock face of creativity, i.e. a show that isn’t quite finished yet. The theme? Ghosts! | |
| Ada Campe: Naval Gazing | The Stand | New Town Theatre | Studio | 14:55-15:55 | Aug 3-14, 16-21, 23-27 | £ | 12+ | Ahoy! Sail away with cabaret legend and variety artiste Ada Campe for an adventure on the high seas. | |
| Laura Davis: Well Don't Just Stand There Dancing | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 14:55-15:55 | Aug 3-14, 16-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | About parties, spiders and the spectre of fascism which stalks us all. | |
| Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles – A Gameshow For Awful Children | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 14:55-15:55 | Aug 2-21 | £ | 6+ | The wild interactive game show returns, where kids get to be pests, politicians and petomanes to be crowned the most awful child. | |
| Amy Matthews: I Feel Like I'm Made of Spiders [directed by Elf Lyons] | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 15:00-16:00 | Aug 2-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | This is a show about the thrill of falling and the thud of landing. And after a thud comes a laugh. | ||
| Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 15:00-16:00 | Aug 16 (Wed) | £7/PWYW | 18+ | Her finished shows are chaos so god knows what a work in progress will be like… | ||
| James Nokise: God Damn Fancy Man | Laughing Horse | City Café | Las Vegas | 15:00-16:00 | Aug 1-27 | PWYW | 14+ | Joyful, daring and undeniably sharp. | |
| John Robins: Work in Progress | Just the Tonic | Nucleus | Sub-Atomic Room | 15:10-16:05 | Aug 3, 5-6, 8-10, 12-13, 15-17, 19-20, 22-24, 26-27 | £ | 14+ | Notes on stage? Tick! Breath-taking riff-scenarios? Tick! Bits that don't work? Tick! Progress not perfection, people! | |
| Alice Fraser: The Gargle: Live | The Stand | New Town Theatre | Lower Hall | 15:10-16:10 | Aug 15 & 22 (Tues) | £ | 16+ | The hit news satire podcast from The Bugle, hosted by cult favourite Alice Fraser. There’s just one rule: No politics! | |
| Simon Munnery's Jerusalem | The Stand | The Stand | One | 15:15-16:15 | Aug 3-13, 15-28 | £ | 14+ | Something will come of it and you can call it art. | |
| Alex Kealy: Fear Itself (Work in Progress) | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 15:20-16:20 | Aug 16 (Wed) | £/PWYW | 16+ | The 'almost sexily cerebral' (**** (Daily Telegraph)) stand-up presents a work-in-progress comedy show about fear (probably). | |
| Helen Duff: Lullabies | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 15:20-16:20 | Aug 15 (Tues) | £7/PWYW | 16+ | Strap in for a controlled implosion of chaotic beauty, soothing stories, and unforgettable songs. | |
| Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 15:20-16:20 | Aug 3-15, 17-27 | £/PWYW | 18+ | Stuart is terrified of the climate crisis, but no-one he knows ever mentions it, so it must be fine. | |
| Shelf: Teenage Men | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Voodoo Rooms | Speakeasy | 15:25-16:25 | Aug 5-15, 17-27 | PWYW | 18+ | In their last show, Hair, Shelf joked about being mistaken for teenage boys. Now, it’s time to grow up. It's time to stop being teenage boys and start being teenage men. | |
| Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019 [directed by Elf Lyons] | Laughing Horse | Bar 50 | The Alcove | 15:30-16:30 | Aug 3-25, 27 | PWYW | 14+ | Surreal and silly interactive stand-up show/birthday party. | |
| Ivo Graham: Organised Fun | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 15:30-16:30 | Aug 6, 26 | £ | 14+ | Ivo's lining up a show with more risk than ever before. | |
| Paul Merton's Impro Chums [w/ Richard Vranch] | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 15:30-16:30 | Aug 10-20 | £ | 14+ | Paul Merton and his highly acclaimed Impro Chums are wonders of nature. | |
| Ari Eldjárn: Saga Class | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 15:35-16:35 | Aug 21-27 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Includes Nordic observations on drumbeats, sleep, parenthood and much more. | |
| Josh Glanc: Collections 2023 | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 15:35-16:35 | Aug 9-17 | £/PWYW | 12+ | His best bits – his most exhilarating, most exciting, and most wackadoo stuff. | |
| Josh Pugh | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 15:35-16:35 | Aug 1-8 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Josh has some ideas and jokes that you wont need to pay full price to see. | |
| Olaf Falafel: Look What Fell Out Of My Head | Laughing Horse | The Pear Tree | Main Room | 15:45-16:40 | Aug 3-15, 17-27 | PWYW | 12+ | Join the best-joke-list-bothering, holey-cheese-flinging, diaphragm-jiggling comedian as he presents a hostess trolley full of stuff he finds funny. | |
| Alex Bertulis-Fernandes and Sharlin Jahan: White Chicks 2 | Laughing Horse | The Three Sisters | The Wee Room | 15:45-16:45 | Aug 14-27 | PWYW on exit | 18+ | A split hour from two stand-ups who happen to be brown women. | |
| Sian Davies: This Charming Man [directed by Elf Lyons] | Assembly | George Square | The Box | 15:45-16:45 | Aug 2-27 | £ | 16+ | Where do you go when your role models let you down? | |
| Sooz Kempner: Y2K Woman | Underbelly | Bristo Square | Buttercup | 15:45-16:45 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 16+ | For anyone who remembers the year 2000 or had big dreams as a kid. | |
| Bilal Zafar | Underbelly | Bristo Square | Friesian | 15:50-16:50 | Aug 2-13, 15-28 | £ | 12+ | A show about how his housemate tried to get him arrested five times. | |
| Comedy Club 4 Kids [w/ Thom Tuck & Shelf & Eleanor Morton, etc.] | Assembly | Roxy | Upstairs | 15:55-16:55 | Aug 3-20, 25-27 | £10.50 (£9.50) | 6+ | Since 2005, we've been persuading our favourite performers to entertain family audiences, and with different exciting line-ups every day there will always be something new to delight you. | |
| A Show for Gareth Richards | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Whistlebinkies | Binkies Lounge | 16:00-17:00 | Aug 5-27 | PWYW | 18+ | A different bill every day with 100% of audience donations going to Gareth's young family. | |
| Ian Stone Will Make It Better | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Ballroom | 16:00-17:00 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | PWYW | 16+ | Feel like life is getting you down? Ian Stone will make it better. | |
| Let the Bodies Pile by Henry Naylor | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Dining Room | 16:00-17:00 | Aug 2-28 | £ | 14+ | World premiere of Henry Naylor's latest play, tackling the care homes crisis. | |
| Adrian Bliss: Inside Everyone | Pleasance | Dome | Ace Dome | 16:10-17:10 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | An atom travels to Earth on a quest for greatness, finding himself inside some of the most important people who have ever lived. | |
| Bennett Arron: Loser | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Liquid Room | Annexe | 16:15-17:15 | Aug 5-27 | PWYW | 16+ | He's BAFTA shortlisted and star of the Radio 4 sitcom Alone, but life still laughs at him. | |
| John Kearns: The Varnishing Days | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 16:15-17:15 | Aug 2-13 | £/PWYW | 16+ | The heart-stopping, glasses-dropping, hard-rocking, wig-shaking, levothyroxine-taking, knee-knocking, boot-licking, justifying, teeth-rattling, digressing new show. | |
| Spencer Jones: Making Friends | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 16:15-17:15 | Aug 14-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A brand new show about moving to a new area, people he has met and losing his mind. | |
| Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 16:15-17:15 | Aug 22-26 | £ | 16+ | The bad boy of clown returns with another dazzling display of comedic firepower, as he continues his never-ending quest to become Hollywood's next "it girl". | |
| Ange Lavoipierre: Your Mother Chucks Rocks and Shells | Underbelly | George Square | The Wee Coo | 16:20-17:20 | Aug 2-13, 15-28 | £ | 14+ | An absurd sketch show where it's always 2am, set in the liminal space between screen-lit insomnia and bad dreams. | |
| JJ Whitehead – White Noise | The Stand | New Town Theatre | Studio | 16:20-17:20 | Aug 3-14, 16-27 | £ | 18+ | Another fun show filled with the skewering of social norms and self-deprecation. | |
| Jody Kamali: Things We Do for Love | Assembly | George Square | The Crate | 16:20-17:20 | Aug 2-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-28 | £ | 16+ | 50% Bristolian. 50% Iranian. 100% stupid. | |
| Garrett Millerick: Never Had It So Good | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 16:25-17:25 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £/PWYW | 18+ | I’m sick of everyone moaning all the time, so I’ve written a show about how bloody great everything is. | ||
| Helen Duff: Lullabies | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 16:25-17:25 | Aug 14 (Mon) | £7/PWYW | 16+ | Strap in for a controlled implosion of chaotic beauty, soothing stories, and unforgettable songs. | ||
| Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon | Pleasance | Courtyard | Attic | 16:35-17:35 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | The greatest thing to come out of Redditch since the fishing tackle. | |
| Lulu Popplewell: Actually, Actually | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker Three | 16:35-17:35 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 16+ | Failed child actor and now successful comedian explores the links between Love Actually, smoking crack, the Daily Mail and sunburn. | |
| Stuart Bowden: Of Moonset and the Milky Way | Assembly | Roxy | Downstairs | 16:35-17:35 | Aug 17-20, 22-27 | £ | 14+ | 30 candles for 30 cakes; 900 birthday candles. It was a spectacular idea, but she never arrived. | |
| Aboriginal Comedy Allstars | Assembly | George Square | Studio Five | 16:40-17:40 | Aug 2-13, 15-28 | £ | 14+ | Australia's premier First Nations comedians bring huge belly laughs from the heart of the wide brown land. | |
| An Evening with Michael Fry and Killian Sundermann | Underbelly | Bristo Square | The Dairy Room | 16:40-17:40 | Aug 15-28 | £ | 16+ | Experience a unique and occasionally surreal evening of laughter from Ireland's favourite internet comedians. | |
| Kathy Maniura: Objectified | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Wee Room | 16:40-17:40 | Aug 2-13, 15-28 | £ | 12+ | Kathy Maniura is ready to be objectified – by which she means pretend to be a bunch of objects live on stage!! | |
| Vix Leyton: The Comedy Arcade | The Stand | The Stand | Three | 16:40-17:40 | Aug 4-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 | £ | 14+ | Vix Leyton invites four different comics every night to spar with never-before-told stories from the hilarious to the scandalous. | |
| An Evening with Christopher Bliss | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 16:45-17:45 | Aug 3-10 | £/PWYW | 14+ | A rural oddball chucks home-grown drivel down your ears. | |
| Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Darling Princess | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 16:45-17:45 | Aug 14-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | All about the women in her life, from her mother to her best friend and that one girl who was mean in 2008. | |
| Helen Duff: Lullabies | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 16:45-17:45 | Aug 16 (Wed) | £7/PWYW | 16+ | Strap in for a controlled implosion of chaotic beauty, soothing stories, and unforgettable songs. | |
| Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!! | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 16:45-17:45 | Aug 11-13 | £/PWYW | 16+ | It’ll be a very silly show, you’re gonna think 'oh this bitch is soooo silly!!'. | |
| Stuart Laws? Is That Guy Still Going? | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 16:45-17:45 | Aug 1-15, 17-27 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Getting married, being middle of the road and trying to be more honest | |
| Eleanor Morton: The Ill Advised Character Show | The Stand | The Stand | One | 16:45-19:45 | Aug 14 (Mon) | £ | 16+ | A brand-new one-off character show, displaying a full range of accents and coats for one night only. | |
| Egg: Absolutely Fine | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beside | 16:50-17:50 | Aug 14-27 | £ | 14+ | Just a fresh new show from two fresh young gals who, honestly, are absolutely fine. | |
| Heidi Regan: Finding an Inner Peace That All Your Friends Will Envy | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Chamber Room | 16:50-17:50 | Aug 5-13, 15-27 | PWYW | 18+ | This is a show about Santa, the Matrix, my patient wife... and other fictional concepts, heyooo! No, seriously she is a wonderful person. | |
| Frank Lavender: Be Funny | Just the Tonic | La Belle Angele | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £ | 18+ | Character comedy from Gareth Joyner, the brain (and legs) behind Myra DuBois. | ||
| Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello: Body Show | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beneath | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | Electric, eclectic love story about the meeting of dysmorphia, dysphoria, and dystopia. | |
| Marjolein Robertson: Marj | The Stand | The Stand | One | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 3-13, 15-28 | £ | 16+ | Tartan-clad Marjolein' (Bruce Dessau). It was plaid, Bruce! Plaid!! | |
| Schalk Bezuidenhout: Keeping Up | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Sportsmans | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 14+ | All he wants is to stay "hip with the youth". Can he do it? Can he Keep Up? | |
| Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Subway | Main Room | 17:00-18:00 | Aug 5-27 | PWYW | 18+ | The real deal. An instinctive comedian with oodles of charm and a quirky, frenetic intensity.' (Spectator). | |
| Adele Cliff Can Break Your Arm | Just the Tonic | The Caves | Up The Stairs | 17:05-18:05 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £ adv. or PWYW on exit | 14+ | Adele's back, funnier and more dangerous than ever! | |
| Ruth Hunter: The Ruth is on Fire | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Cinema Room | 17:10-18:00 | Aug 5-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 | PWYW | 18+ | A new show of fun, spooky and very good stand-up comedy. | |
| Cheekykita: An Octopus, The Universe 'n' Stuff | Laughing Horse | The Three Sisters | Maggie's Front Room | 17:15-18:15 | Aug 3-8, 10-13, 15-20, 22-27 | PWYW | 14+ | Hell yeah, a lot of fun and (very) silly dancing, songs, creatures and an octopus... of course... a big one. | |
| Angel Hodgson: Albatross | BlundaGardens | Magical SpiegelYurt | 17:20-18:20 | Aug 3-12 | £/PWYW | 16+ | An intimate and offbeat clown show that examines self-reflection, trauma, and resolution. Fine family fun. No kids. | ||
| Max & Ivan: Life, Choices | Pleasance | Courtyard | Above | 17:20-18:20 | Aug 2-4, 6-11, 13-18, 20-25, 27 | £ | 14+ | The 'essential' (Telegraph) Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominees return with a show about fatherhood, friendship, and the future. | |
| Nick Doody – The Difficult Twelfth Album | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Liquid Room | Annexe | 17:30-18:25 | Aug 5-14, 16-21, 23-27 | PWYW | 16+ | Life in Happy Valley, the rise of Artificial Intelligence, living with the cutest dog in the world… | |
| Gary: Tank Commander – Gary Talks (Yous Listen) | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Debating Hall | 17:30-18:30 | Aug 18-28 | £ | 14+ | It's gonna have brilliant guests, and me, and even more amazin' 'hings! | |
| John Robertson: The Dark Room for Kids! | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Nightclub | 17:30-18:30 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 11+ | An interactive adventure featuring terrible prizes and total mayhem! | |
| Marc Burrows: The Magic of Terry Pratchett | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Dining Room | 17:30-18:30 | Aug 2-13, 15-28 | £ | 8+ | A journey through the life and work of Sir Terry Pratchett, officially endorsed by the author's estate. | |
| This Is Your Trial [w/ Thom Tuck, on occasion] | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | Ballroom | 17:30-18:30 | Aug 4-28 | PWYW | 14+ | The award-winning, critically acclaimed courtroom roast returns for a 10th Fringe. | |
| Marny Godden: Fancy Rat | BlundaGardens | BlundaBus | 17:40-18:30 | Aug 13-17 | £/PWYW | 0+ | Marny’s latest alter ego, Fancy Rat, is an aspiring human being. The world isn’t interested. | ||
| Dru Cripps: Pickle Bin | BlundaGardens | BlundaBus | 17:40-18:40 | Aug 3-12 | £/PWYW | 16+ | What is a 'hilarious' (**** (BroadwayWorld.com)) unemployed clown supposed to do, when a magical bin outside of his house keeps spawning gifts? | ||
| Larry Dean: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 17:40-18:40 | Aug 7th | £8/PWYW | 16+ | Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee tries some new jokes. | |
| Paul Sinha: Pauly Bengali | The Stand | New Town Theatre | Grand Hall | 17:40-18:40 | Aug 2, 4-27 | £ | 16+ | Acclaimed comedian, daytime TV star and global TikTok sensation, Paul Sinha is at least two of these. | |
| Rachel Parris: Work in Progress | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cabaret Bar | 17:40-18:40 | Aug 9-13 | £ | 14+ | The BAFTA-nominated comedian and viral sensation presents a work-in-progress hour of her signature blend of stand-up and songs. | |
| Scott Murphy: About a Buoy [from Tom Whiston] | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Snug | 17:40-18:40 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | A wild sailboat adventure about one man's love for his buoys. | |
| Mr Chonkers | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 17:45-18:35 | Aug 16 (Wed) | £10/PWYW | 16+ | Absurd. Simple. Outrageous. Stupid. Fun. An important waste of your time. It’s great. | |
| Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 17:45-18:45 | Jul 31 Aug 1-15, 17-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | This show is his attempt to make sense of it all and put himself back together. | |
| Richard Marsh: Yippee Ki Yay | Gilded Balloon | The Museum | Auditorium | 17:45-19:00 | Aug 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-27 | £ | 14+ | Acclaimed, joyfully funny retelling of classic film Die Hard. | |
| Benjamin Alborough: Absolute Monopoly | Assembly | George Square | The Crate | 17:50-18:50 | Aug 2-14, 16-28 | £ | 12+ | Chaotic, interactive gameshow where audience members compete against each other and the host, with the audience physically becoming the game board. | |
| Crizards: This Means War | Pleasance | Dome | 10 Dome | 17:50-18:50 | Aug 2-13, 15-26 | £ | 16+ | A wonky war epic directed by Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, Jordan Brookes. | |
| Freya Parker: It Ain't Easy Being Cheeky | Pleasance | Courtyard | Baby Grand | 17:50-18:50 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | Hot topics to include death, bread and the joy of waving. It's hehehehe o'clock! | |
| Grace Jarvis: This Is the Last Goldfish That I Am Going to Eat for You [directed by Laura Davis] | Underbelly | George Square | The Wee Coo | 17:50-18:50 | Aug 2-13, 15-28 | £ | 16+ | I have collected, for your enjoyment, an anthology of all the weird things I have done in my life to try and make friends. Do not attempt these methods for yourselves. | |
| Glenn Moore: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Feed Me, Glenn I'm Sixty Moore | Pleasance | Courtyard | One | 18:00-19:00 | Aug 2-15 | £ | 14+ | Glenn - proud owner of a Pointless Celebrities trophy and a House Of Games tankard - brings one of the best-reviewed shows of 2022 back to Edinburgh. | |
| Mary O'Connell: Money Princess [directed by Elf Lyons] | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker Three | 18:00-19:00 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 16+ | Money, pop culture and trying to be a good person while living in London (if that's possible). | |
| Troy Hawke: Work in Progress | Just the Tonic | Nucleus | Atomic Room | 18:00-19:00 | Aug 20-27 | £ | 14+ | WIP show from multi award-winning comedian and CEO of the Greeters Guild. | |
| James Rowland: Piece of Work | Summerhall | Summerhall | Anatomy Lecture Theatre | 18:00-19:10 | Aug 2-13, 15-20, 22-25, 27 | £ | 14+ | This remarkable road trip features his captivating mix of story, comedy and music. | |
| Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beside | 18:05-19:05 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 16+ | A show about trying to be a good person while staying a badman. | |
| Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!! | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 18:10-19:10 | Aug 14 (Mon) | £/PWYW | 16+ | It’ll be a very silly show, you’re gonna think 'oh this bitch is soooo silly!!'. | |
| Tom Ballard: It is I | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 18:10-19:10 | Jul 31 Aug 1-13, 15-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | One of Australia’s hottest comedians (not physically) delivers a brand-new show about robots, the monarchy and death. | |
| Frankie Boyle: Lap of Shame | Assembly | Rooms | Music Hall | 18:20-19:20 | Aug 3-13 | £ | 16+ | As part of a continuing physical and mental tailspin, Frankie Boyle suppresses his overarching sense of futility and horror to tell jokes for an hour in the final days of organised human life. | |
| Matt Price: As Seen on CCTV | Just the Tonic | The Caves | The Spare Room | 18:20-19:20 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £/PWYW | 18+ | A hilarious and life-affirming story about how one free session with a life coach and a death threat changed Matt Price's perspective on everything. | |
| Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!! | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 18:25-19:25 | Aug 15 (Tues) | £/PWYW | 16+ | It’ll be a very silly show, you’re gonna think 'oh this bitch is soooo silly!!'. | |
| Robin Tran: Don't Look at Me | Assembly | George Square | The Box | 18:25-19:25 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 14+ | Robin Tran is an Asian transgender lesbian, but don't worry, she's still funny. | |
| Alexis Dubus: 3-Star Show | Just the Tonic | La Belle Angele | (by Mash House) | 18:30-19:30 | Aug 3-13 | £ adv. or PWYW on exit | 16+ | After 20 years on the circuit, Alexis Dubus, easily one of the comedians of his generation, is ready to deliver the greatest 3-star comedy experience ever staged. Don't miss this explosively average show from a multi award-nominated performer truly at the middle of his game. | |
| Ivo Graham: Organised Fun | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beyond | 18:30-19:30 | Aug 2-27 | £ | 14+ | Expect quizzes, tangents and fluster. | |
| Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We'll Be Millionaires! | Laughing Horse | The Three Sisters | Maggie's Front Room | 18:30-19:30 | Aug 3-27 | PWYW | 18+ | Dreams. Endless hope. Jokes about how weird and annoying capitalism is. | |
| Twonkey’s Greatest Twitch | Voodoo Rooms | Ballroom | 18:30-19:30 | Aug 4-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 | £ | 18+ | Like an electrocuted Tommy Cooper in a car crash with Frank Sidebottom. 'We will examine the tapes closely when we return to London' (Britain's Got Talent). | ||
| Ryan Lane: Garbo! | BlundaGardens | Magical SpiegelYurt | 18:40-19:30 | Aug 8-12 | £/PWYW | 12+ | A passionate character comedy of idols, idiots and the infamous. Sunset Boulevard meets The League of Gentlemen. | ||
| Chloe Petts: If You Can't Say Anything Nice | Pleasance | Courtyard | Above | 18:40-19:40 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | Expect routines on Greta Thunberg, the Queen and calling you all a bunch of virgins. | |
| Viggo Venn: Clown (Clown in Progress) | BlundaGardens | Magical SpiegelYurt | 18:40-19:40 | Aug 3-7 | £/PWYW | 18+ | My favourite clown in the world' (Julia Masli). | ||
| A Young Man Dressed As A Gorilla Dressed As An Old Man Sits Rocking In A Rocking Chair For 56 Minutes And Then Leaves...14 | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Liquid Room | Annexe | 18:45-19:41 | Aug 15 (Tues) | PWYW | 12+ | As described. | |
| James Nokise – Right About Now | The Stand | The Stand | Four | 18:45-19:45 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | An electric, joyful hour packed with fun and skewering takes on society. | |
| Sara Schaefer: Going Up | Underbelly | Bristo Square | Friesian | 18:50-19:50 | Aug 23-25 | £ | 16+ | Fake(?) seminar about defeating your hecklers, developing your TS (thick skin) and achieving total perfect comedy success. | |
| Charlie Vero-Martin: Picnic | Underbelly | Cowgate | Delhi Belly | 18:55-19:55 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £ | 16+ | Seriously joyful sketch show full of characters, puppets and surprises. | |
| Phil Kay – Funny Walks | Just the Tonic | The Caves | set off fron Rowantree Bar | 19:00-19:50 | Aug 12-13, 15-26 | £10 | 14+ | Hear actual stories told in the places they happened! Groundbreaking stuff! A laugh a metre. | |
| Amelia Bayler: I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star | BlundaGardens | BlundaBus | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 3-12 | £/PWYW | 18+ | After an epic journey through all her styles of music over the years she finds her unhinged, joyous voice once more. | ||
| John Otway | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Voodoo Rooms | Ballroom | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 14 (Mon) | PWYW | 18+ | A surreal sense of humour and a self-deprecating underdog persona. | |
| Kieran Hodgson: Big In Scotland | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 2-27 | £ | 16+ | In 2020, the world changed forever, as Kieran Hodgson moved to Scotland… | |
| Marcus Brigstocke: Cheese and Whine | Pleasance | Courtyard | Cabaret Bar | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 2-13 | £ | 14+ | Marcus guides you through the subtle art of pairing the best cheeses with a fine whine of your choosing. | |
| Michelle Brasier: Reform | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Dining Room | 19:00-20:00 | Aug 2-15, 17-27 | £ | 16+ | Maybe the real Facebook Marketplace is the friends we make along the way. | |
| Daniel Foxx: Villain | Pleasance | Courtyard | Baby Grand | 19:05-20:05 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | About childhood, Tilda Swinton and bullying (but in a chic way). | |
| Mark Nelson: Bits & Pieces | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | One | 19:05-20:05 | Aug 1-13, 15-20, 22-27 | £/PWYW | 18+ | New stuff, greatest hits and bits and pieces from his decade at the Fringe. | |
| Pierre Novellie: Why Are You Laughing? | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 19:05-20:05 | Aug 2-27 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Is something wrong with him or you? | |
| Josh Weller: Age Against The Machine | Pleasance | Courtyard | Below | 19:10-20:10 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | A love letter to music, a break-up letter to the industry and an hour of high-octane stand-up from a man ready to stare his younger self in the face. | |
| Liam Withnail: Chronic Boom | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 19:10-20:10 | Aug 2-27 | £/PWYW | 18+ | New show from the award-winning, smash-hit comic. | |
| Siân Docksey – Pole Yourself Together! [directed by Alexander Bennett] | Pleasance | Dome | 10 Dome | 19:10-20:10 | Aug 2-8, 10-13, 16-20, 23-28 | £ | 16+ | Pole dancing comedian cheerfully ignores climate disaster, another recession and the steady creep of fascism to see if hanging off a stick can make you stop thinking about death. | |
| Sam See: Government Approved Sex | Laughing Horse | The Counting House | The Lounge | 19:15-20:10 | Aug 3-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-27 | PWYW | 16+ | A stand-up comedy show about relationships, BDSM and scientific facts. | |
| Afghanistan Is Not Funny by Henry Naylor | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Wine Bar | 19:15-20:15 | Aug 11-18 | £ | 12+ | In 2002, whilst researching a comedy, Naylor went to the Afghan warzone. An extraordinary tale ensued… | |
| Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 19:15-20:15 | Aug 1-13, 15-27 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Featuring routines and jokes on such topics as Edinburgh Zoo, going for a walk, and the collapse of the British state. | ||
| Jenny Ryan: Out of the Box | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Wine Bar | 19:15-20:15 | Aug 19-28 | £ | 12+ | The Vixen breaks away from teatime telly and invites you to an evening of song, storytelling and even some showbiz secrets | |
| Matty Hutson: Don't Hold Back | Pleasance | Courtyard | Attic | 19:15-20:15 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 16+ | Musical comedian Matty Hutson bares his sensitive soul in this highly anticipated debut hour, accompanied by as many instruments as he can fit into a suitcase. | |
| Underbelly | Bristo Square | McEwan Hall | 19:15-20:15? | Aug 22-27 | £ | 12+ | Chronicling his coming-of-middle-age story Mike asks the big questions: Why are we here? What’s next? What happens when the items at the doctor’s office that you thought were decorative become functional? | ||
| David O'Doherty: Tiny Piano Man | Assembly | George Square | Gordon Aikman Theatre | 19:20-20:20 | Aug 2-14, 16-28 | £ | 14+ | The dishevelled prince of £10 eBay keyboards tries to make you feel alive with a new pageant of laughter, song and occasionally getting up from a chair. | |
| Paul Foot: Dissolve | Underbelly | Cowgate | Belly Dancer | 19:20-20:20 | Aug 3-14, 16-27 | £ | 14+ | Inevitably he does get distracted by officious lollipop ladies. | |
| Otto and Astrid's Joint Solo Project | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 19:25-20:25 | Aug 2-8, 10-15, 17-27 | 12+ | Berlin's prince and princess of art rock and Europop. | ||
| Celya AB: Second Rodeo | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beside | 19:30-20:30 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 16+ | As a child, all she wanted was to be an adult. Now she's at the table, she wants out. Expect tales of romance, a hologram, and a near-death experience in Thorpe Park | |
| Pleasance All-American Newcomer Comedy Gala | Pleasance | Courtyard | One | 19:30-20:30 | Aug 5 (Sat) | FREE | 12+ | Discover the freshest comedy talent on the Fringe as they make their Pleasance debuts. | |
| Rosie Jones – Triple Threat | Pleasance | Courtyard | One | 19:30-20:30 | Aug 11-12 | £ | 14+ | Join Rosie as she ponders whether she is a national treasure, a little prick, or somewhere in between! | |
| Sara Pascoe: Success Story | Underbelly | Bristo Square | McEwan Hall | 19:30-20:30 | Aug 18 (Fri) | £ | 14+ | After deciding to be famous at 14 years old, Sara has ruined Hugh Grant's birthday and seen Salman Rushdie dancing. For balance she’s also been slagged off by Geri Halliwell so it’s not all glamour. | |
| Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 19:35-20:35 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A viciously funny take on some of the defining moments in Krystal’s life | |
| Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 19:35-20:35 | Jul 31, Aug 1-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Think less Eat Pray Love and more Shake Scream Cry. | |
| Becky Fury: Identity | Laughing Horse | Bar 50 | The Alcove | 19:45-20:35 | Aug 4-27 | PWYW | 16+ | A left-wing love letter to being queer-ish, mixed race-ish and British-ish. | |
| Geraldine Hickey: Of Course We've Got Horses | Assembly | George Square | The Box | 19:45-20:45 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 14+ | Geraldine is very good at telling funny stories, it's why she's won comedy awards in Australia. | |
| Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!! | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 19:50-20:50 | Aug 16 (Wed) | £/PWYW | 16+ | It’ll be a very silly show, you’re gonna think 'oh this bitch is soooo silly!!'. | |
| Sikisa: Hear Me Out | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 19:50-20:50 | Aug 2-15, 17-20, 22-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Why is it so hard to say the right things? | |
| Carl Donnelly – The Dead Dad Show | BlundaGardens | Magical SpiegelYurt | 20:00-21:00 | Aug 23-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Join this multi-award winning London comedian as he unpacks the worst month of his life (since his divorce that is). | ||
| Jarred Christmas: Silly Billy | Laughing Horse | 32 Below | Main Cellar | 20:00-21:00 | Aug 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 | PWYW | 18+ | Award-winning New Zealand comedian; master of interaction, consummate raconteur. | |
| Jeremy Segway: A Life Out of Balance (with The Duncan Brothers) | Bedlam Theatre | Bedlam Theatre | 20:00-21:00 | Aug 4-13 | £ | 14+ | A show dedicated to Mr Segway, the man who invented the Segway, all performed entirely on Segways. | ||
| Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Ed MacArthur: String V SPITTA | Pleasance | Courtyard | Above | 20:00-21:00 | Aug 18-26 | £ | 16+ | A kids party... but for adults. Smash-hit musical comedy about two rival children's entertainers. | |
| Myra Dubois: Be Well | Pleasance | Dome | King Dome | 20:00-21:00 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 18+ | Myra DuBois lays her healing hands on the masses in this; her wellness sermon. | |
| Rosie Holt: That's Politainment! | Pleasance | Courtyard | Two | 20:00-21:00 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 16+ | Rosie returns to tightrope the thin line between politics and entertainment. | |
| William Stone: Lofi Jokes to Study/Relax to | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Cellar | 20:00-21:00 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 16+ | Put your feet up and enjoy a joke-filled show in a relaxed atmosphere with chill beats to help you slow down that brain and enjoy a much-needed rest during the festival. Contains zero peril. | |
| David Quirk – Astonishing Obscurity | The Stand | The Stand | Four | 20:05-21:05 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £ | 18+ | A story about the day he ended a 32-year-old family vendetta – A truth. A lie. Obsession. Stalking. Art. | |
| Best in Class | Laughing Horse | The Three Sisters | Maggie's Chamber | 20:15-21:15 | Aug 3-27 | PWYW | 18+ | A crowdfunded profit-sharing show that champions the rich talent of working-class comedians. | |
| Glenn Wool: The Tardigrades Picnic | Scottish Comedy Festival @ | The Beehive Inn | Beehive 2 (The Attic) | 20:15-21:15 | Aug 4-14, 16-28 | £/PWYW | 18+ | You will laugh, he's very good at this. | |
| Brendan Murphy: Buffy Revamped | Pleasance | EICC | Lomond Theatre | 20:15-21:30 | Aug 3-8, 10-15, 17-20, 22-27 | £ | 14+ | The entire 144 episodes of cult 90s TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as told through the eyes of Spike. | |
| Foxdog Studios: Robo Bingo | Underbelly | Cowgate | Delhi Belly | 20:25-21:25 | Aug 3-27 | £ | 14+ | An interactive show for people who don't want to talk to anyone. | |
| Alice Fraser: Twist | Underbelly | Bristo Square | Jersey | 20:30-21:30 | Aug 2-13, 15-28 | £ | 14+ | The moment you think you've got a handle on things, life throws you a twist. | |
| An Evening of Mayhem with Megan Stalter | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Debating Hall | 20:30-21:30 | Aug 12-23, 25-27 | £ | 16+ | Megan delights every crowd and leaves them saying, wait is she okay? | |
| Tom Stade: Natural Born Killer | The Stand | The Stand | One | 20:30-21:30 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £ | 18+ | Legendary Canadian superstar with a killer new hour! | |
| John Hastings: The Times They Are A John Hastings | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 20:35-21:35 | Aug 1-27 | £/PWYW | 14+ | God’s favourite comedian, Fringe regular and public urinator (by circumstance and never choice) | |
| Robin Ince – MELONS: A Love Letter to Stand-Up Comedy | The Stand | New Town Theatre | Studio | 20:35-21:35 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £13 (£10) | 14+ | How he fell in love with comedy thanks to The Goodies and Rik Mayall and how after 30 years he started to find his voice. | |
| Susie McCabe: Femme Fatality | Assembly | George Square | Studio Two | 20:35-21:35 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | With her razor-sharp punchlines she is currently ‘the best story telling comic in the UK right now’ (List). | |
| Elf and Duffy: Heist | Monkey Barrel | The Tron | 20:40-21:40 | Aug 2-15 | £/PWYW | 18+ | A hysterically funny physical show with Visual Vernacular (VV), conducted in British Sign Language with some very violent live sound foley. Duffy and Elf are friends. Duffy signs, Elf doesn’t. Elf speaks, Duffy doesn’t. Let’s see how this works out… | ||
| Tamsyn Kelly: Crying in TK Maxx | Pleasance | Courtyard | Bunker One | 20:40-21:40 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 16+ | When Tamsyn discovers footage of her estranged father in a Channel 4 documentary, she's forced to stop and reassess her life | |
| The Briefing with Melissa McGlensey | Assembly | Roxy | Downstairs | 20:40-21:40 | Aug 2-13 | £ | 16+ | Comedy presser. Directed by Alasdair Tremblay-Birchall. | |
| Rhod Gilbert: Work in Progress | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Wine Bar | 20:45-21:45 | Aug 21-23, 25-27 | £ | 16+ | Expect some dark but funny shit. | |
| John Robins: Howl | Just the Tonic | Nucleus | Atomic Room | 20:50-21:45 | Aug 3-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27 | £16 | 14+ | Still screaming after all these years. | |
| Ange Lavoipierre and Jane Watt: Jazz or a Bucket of Blood | Underbelly | George Square | The Wee Coo | 20:50-21:50 | Aug 2-13, 15-28 | £ | 14+ | Jane and Ange compete to decide the dominant theme of this Bunnings-flavoured farce. | |
| Cabaret Impedimenta [hosted by John-Luke Roberts] | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 20:55-21:55 | Aug 17-20 | £ | 16+ | An impossible variety show created by John-Luke Roberts. Amazing acts attempt to perform while confronted by obstacles and increasingly difficult circumstances, randomly chosen by spinning wheels. | |
| Jonny & The Baptists: Ten Thankless Years | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 20:55-21:55 | Aug 9-15 | £ | 14+ | The country's best (not most popular) musical comedians present their greatest hits, from a decade of being wildly under appreciated. | |
| Julia Masli: CHOOSH! | Assembly | George Square Gardens | Piccolo | 20:55-21:55 | Aug 22-27 | £ | 12+ | An absurd homage to migration, a hungry Eastern European clown voyages to America for a hot dog. | |
| Mr Chonkers | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 21:00-21:50 | Aug 14 (Mon) | £10/PWYW | 16+ | Absurd. Simple. Outrageous. An important waste of your time. It’s great. | |
| Rosco McClelland: Bring Out Your Dead | Monkey Barrel | The Hive | Two | 21:00-21:50 | Aug 2-15, 17-27 | £/PWYW | 18+ | A show about taking chances, even when the consequences are certain death. | |
| Alexander Bennett: I Can't Stand the Man, Myself | Gilded Balloon | Patter Hoose | Coorie | 21:00-22:00 | Aug 2-13, 15-27 | £ | 16+ | A show about hating yourself and, amongst other things, choosing not to. | |
| Mark Watson: Search | Pleasance | Courtyard | One | 21:00-22:00 | Aug 2-14, 16, 18-20, 23-27 | £ | 14+ | Taskmaster star, multiple award-winner and Fringe legend returns to consider the search for meaning that we're all on, with or without Google. | |
| Phil Kay: Silent DiscoVery... (Walking Tour) | BlundaGardens | set off from The Bus Stop | 21:00-22:00 | Aug 13-26 | £10 | 14+ | Take a stroll with Phil for an off-the-cuff on the hoof walking tour. Talking cobblers on the cobbles. | ||
| Jo Griffin: The Power Hour | Assembly | George Square | The Box | 21:15-22:15 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 16+ | Jo’s got the power. You want it? Well come get it. Because she’s got it. Maybe. TBC. | |
| Mat Ewins: Mr TikTok | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 21:15-22:15 | Jul 31, Aug 1-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | **** (Guardian). **** (Times). ****½ (Chortle.co.uk). ***** (Independent). ***** (BeyondTheJoke.co.uk). | |
| Monét X Change: Life Be Lifein' | Underbelly | Bristo Square | McEwan Hall | 21:15-22:15 | Aug 2-8, 10-15 | £ | 18+ | Operatic bass-baritone and comedienne Monét X Change shares her anecdotal, intrusive thoughts and opinions. | |
| Two Little Dickheads: Slot Fillers | BlundaGardens | Magical SpiegelYurt | 21:20-22:15 | Aug 18-27 | £/PWYW | 14+ | It’s unscripted, unhooved and unbelievably unnecessary. | ||
| AAA Stand-Up (w/ Jacob Hatton, Freya McGhee and Thenjiwe) | Just the Tonic | The Caves | Up The Road | 21:20-22:20 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £ | 16+ | Total sell-out show 2005-2022 returns with a brand new line-up. Endorphin-milking titterfest. | |
| Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time | Assembly | Rooms | Music Hall | 21:30-22:30 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | Mining the most tragic event in his life for laughs. | |
| Mawaan Rizwan: Songs About Birds (WIP) | Pleasance | Courtyard | Two | 21:30-22:30 | Aug 4-8, 10-13 | £ | 16+ | Think guineafowl. Think mangos. Think existential dread. A song about Alison Hammond on a vespa? Why not. Taskmaster's 'sneaky pasta snake' tries out brand-spanking-new songs and a couple of classics for good measure. | |
| Huge Davies: Whodunnit | Pleasance | Courtyard | Upstairs | 21:40-22:40 | Aug 2-15, 17-27 | £ | 16+ | Highly anticipated second show about murder. | |
| Jazz Emu: You Shouldn't Have | Pleasance | Courtyard | Two | 21:40-22:40 | Aug 17-27 | £ | 16+ | Will he be able to get every single person in the world to like him? Or is it time for him to face the music? | |
| Leila Navabi: Composition | Pleasance | Courtyard | Attic | 21:45-22:45 | Aug 2-10, 12-27 | £ | 14+ | The Welsh, brown, gay, Gen-Z comedian presents an audacious punk musical-comedy show. | |
| Jodie Mitchell: Becoming John Travulva | Pleasance | Courtyard | Below | 21:50-22:50 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 16+ | John Travulva teams up with his tick-box protégé: queer, non-binary class-straddler Jodie Mitchell. | |
| Elliot Steel: Love and Hate Speech | Underbelly | Cowgate | Delhi Belly | 21:55-22:55 | Aug 3-13, 15-27 | £ | 14+ | Comedy's best nepo baby (and there's a lot) returns. | |
| John Robertson's The Dark Room | Gilded Balloon | Teviot | Dining Room | 22:00-21:00 | Aug 2-27 | £ | 14+ | Will you: A) Find the light switch? B) Go north? C) Abandon hope? | |
| Dan Tiernan: Going Under | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 22:00-23:00 | Jul 31, Aug 1-13, 15-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | He's 27, gay and riddled with dyspraxia. Dan's had a big year… | |
| Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship | The Stand | New Town Theatre | Studio | 22:00-23:00 | Aug 14-27 | £ | 18+ | New York City based cult comedian Dave Hill combines stand-up, storytelling, music and occasional ill-advised feats of strength… | |
| Gemma Soldati: The Poor Rich | Assembly | Roxy | Downstairs | 22:00-23:00 | Aug 2-14, 16-27 | £ | 18+ | Prepare to be seduced, betrayed, and most of all – delighted. | |
| Chris Cantrill: SuPeRgEnIu$ (WIP) | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 22:0-23:00 | Aug 14 (Mon) | £/PWYW | 16+ | About his rude son, upsetting pensioners on purpose and party planning. | |
| Dan Lees: The Vinyl Countdown | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Cinema Room | 22:10-23:10 | Aug 4-6, 8-13, 15-20 | PWYW | 18+ | Award-winning alternative comedian Dan Lees brings forgotten album covers back to life. A joyous night of musical madness and expert clowning. | |
| Moses Storm: Perfect Cult | Pleasance | Courtyard | Beneath | 22:20-23:20 | Aug 2-15, 17-27 | £ | 16+ | A brand-new show about being raised in an unsuccessful doomsday cult. | |
| Mr Chonkers | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 22:25-23:15 | Aug 15 (Tues) | £10/PWYW | 16+ | Absurd. Simple. Outrageous. Stupid. An important waste of your time. It’s great. | |
| Andrew O'Neill – Geburah | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 22:25-23:25 | Aug 2-14, 16-21, 23-28 | £/PWYW | 14+ | Nonbinary whirlwind returns to the Fringe. Them off of Good Omens 2, Damned Andrew, Buzzocks, that sort of thing. | |
| Dane Simpson: Didgeridoozy | Assembly | George Square | Studio Four | 22:30-23:30 | Aug 2-13 | £ | 16+ | Straight outta Wagga Wagga. Bonus didgeridoo content. | |
| Lachlan Werner – Voices Of Evil | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Cellar | 22:30-23:30 | Aug 2-14, 16-22, 24-27 | £ | 14+ | Brew is a small, squishy witch, and she has decided to sacrifice him. To help with his self-esteem. | |
| Dungeons 'n' Bastards: An Adam Riches Gameshow | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 22:40-23:40 | Aug 17-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Think Pat Sharp’s Fun House meets Krull in the show TV commissioners will soon be calling ‘a hard pass’. | |
| Jamali Maddix: Work in Progress | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 22:40-23:40 | Aug 4-13 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Jamali Maddix is working up a brand-new hour. **** (Sunday Times). **** (Independent). **** (Chortle.co.uk). | |
| Jordan Brookes: Snakes for Cats to Watch (Work in Progress) | Pleasance | Courtyard | Baby Grand | 22:50-23:50 | Aug 2-8, 21-27 | £ | 16+ | I cannot emphasise enough how this is not finished yet. | |
| Ivo Graham: Organised Fun | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 23:00-00:00 | Aug 12, 19 | £ | 14+ | Ivo's lining up a show with more risk than ever before. | |
| Nick Helm's Hot 'N' Heavy Weekend | Pleasance | Courtyard | One | 23:00-00:00 | Aug 11-12 | £ | 16+ | Join the legendary Nick Helm as he celebrates the 10th anniversary of his first album Hot 'N' Heavy, performing the whole damn thing. Top. To. Tail. | |
| Pleasance Newcomer Comedy Gala | Pleasance | Courtyard | The Grand | 23:00-00:20 | Sat 5th | FREE | 12+ | Check out some of the most exciting new comedians at the Fringe as they make their Pleasance debuts in this late-night comedy party. | |
| Stamptown Comedy Night | Pleasance | Courtyard | Forth | 23:00-00:30 | Aug 5, 10-12, 17-19, 24-26 | £ | 18+ | A raunchy, chaotic and full-on Fringe experience, Stamptown is a late-night variety show featuring the best alternative performance on the international scene. | |
| Tarot: Hive Mind | Pleasance | Courtyard | Two | 23:10-00:10 | Aug 23, 25-26 | £ | 16+ | A gameshow in which contestants have to crowdsource their way to victory | |
| Marc Burrows in the Glom of Nit | Laughing Horse | City Café | Nineties | 23:15-00:00 | Aug 4-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-27, 29 | PWYW | 18+ | An hour of nerdy jokes about sex, music, identity and modern life being rubbish, performed, for some reason, in front of a giant picture of Blur. | |
| Stephen Catling: Beehavioural Problems: Something Something Autism | theSpace @ | Surgeons Hall | Theatre 2 | 23:15-00:05 | Aug 4-12, 14-26 | £ | 18+ | He who makes a bee-ast of himself gets rid of the pain of bee-ing a man. Surrealist escapade. | |
| Siblings and Family Friends | Pleasance | Dome | Queen Dome | 23:20-01:00 | Aug 9, 16, 23 (Wed) | £ | 16+ | Prepare yourselves for a wild and wonderful variety night hosted by character comedians and IRL sisters Maddy and Marina Bye. | |
| Ray Badran and Josh Glanc: It's Christmas Time | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 23:20-01:20 | Aug 21-22 | £/PWYW | 18+ | If you're after a late-night Christmas comedy show, that is hosted by two Australians, and takes place in Scotland, in August... then this is for you. | |
| Chris Cantrill and Sam O’Leary: Adult Film Club | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 23:25-00:25 | Aug 15-16 | £/PWYW | 16+ | A raucous showcase of comedy short films, bizarro music videos and truly effed-up MP4s. | |
| Paul F Taylor: Head in the Clouds | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Two | 23:25-00:25 | Aug 4-14, 17-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Wonderfully absurd stand-up from a fool's thinking man. | |
| Jazz Emu's Pleasure Garden | Assembly | George Square | Studios - Underground | 23:30-01:00 | Aug 17-19, 24-26 | £ | 16+ | Jazz Emu's finest songs, along with sets from some special guest comedians. | |
| Comedians Beer Mat Flipping Super Bowl | Pleasance | Dome | Queen Dome | 23:30-01:30 | Aug 15 (Tues) | £ | 12+ | Sikisa, Bella Hull and Stuart Laws host comedy's premier sporting event, with eight guest comedians competing to take home the trophy. | |
| Comedians' DJ Battles | Assembly | George Square | Underground | 23:30-01:30 | Aug 4, 11, 20, 27 | £ | 18+ | Ivo Graham (music snob, organised fun fanatic, superintendent of the sesh) pits Fringe legends against each other on the decks to see who's got the best taste in music, as voted by you, the people dancing. | |
| Mr Chonkers Presents: Piggy Time | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 23:55-01:25 | Aug 17-19 | £7/PWYW | 16+ | An unhinged variety show all the way from Los Angeles. A stunningly beautiful mess of a disaster. | |
| King of the Table | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Three | 23:55-02:40 | Aug 18 & 25 (Fri) | £/PWYW | 18+ | Ray Badran is putting on a table tennis tournament featuring some of the best comedians of the Fringe. | |
| The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | One | 23:55-02:55 | Aug 6-9, 13-16, 20-23, 27 | £8/PWYW | 18+ | A crucible in which we will forge comedy's golden future and literal good gig, back for our 12th Fringe with yet more high-end foolishness, Permitted Heckles and a ludicrous, bountiful plenitude of guests. | |
| Viggo Venn: Club Comedian | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 00:05-01:05 | Aug 16-27 | £/PWYW | 16+ | Norwegian clown Viggo Venn has moved to London to follow his life-long dream of becoming a British Club Comedian. | |
| Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha | Monkey Barrel | Monkey Barrel | Four | 00:05-01:05 | Aug 4-15 | £/PWYW | 16+ | hahahhahahaha hehe hahahahahahahahahaha. 'Ha' (Guardian). | |
| Mark Dean Quinn: Is This Enough | PBH's Free Fringe @ | Banshee Labyrinth | Cinema Room | 01:50-02:50 | Aug 5, 7-12, 14-19, 21-26 | PWYW | 18+ | 'A fascinating, poignant and extremely entertaining study in deadpan tragicomedy' (ExeuntMagazine.com). | |
NB Weblinks have been included for Board Members & associates, and will be added for shows which are not for sale through Edfringe.
Also, 'Joe Sutherland Is Cancelled' has genuinely been cancelled, which is why it is no longer listed. All other shows with weirdly prophetic titles are scheduled to go ahead.