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8 Hannibal Buress

The USA’s most laid back export is back in Edinburgh with a brand new show and a broken mini-fridge.

12 Les Dennis

Art imitates life for the former Family Fortunes star in his new one-man show, Jigsy.

16 Shopping Centre

Matthew Osborn’s latest theatrical venture explores the downsides of consumer culture.

21 COMEDY 22 Eddie Pepitone’s Bloodbath

Self-loathing has never been so funny as Pepitone makes his Edinburgh debut.

27 Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional

Comedy’s bad boy has gone good, and it’s worked wonders.

31 Richard Herring: Talking Cock

Growing up is off the cards for this mustachioed knob gag enthusiast.

32 Brendon Burns: Home Stretch Baby

The Fringe veteran lets off some steam in his latest anger fuelled show.

41 THEATRE 44 The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs

A world of exploitation belies the genius of Apple in Mike Daisey’s new stage venture.

54 Hand over Fist

There’ll be tears before bedtime in Dave Florez’s new play about living with Alzheimer’s.

58 Mark Grist: Rogue Teacher

The rap battling YouTube sensation swaps schoolkids for the stage in his first festival run.

58 Dylan Thomas: Return Journey

Bob Kingdom poignantly delves into the mind of Wales’ greatest poet.

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62 The Magnets: Homegrown

The rising stars and a cappella sensations are back with a bang.

62 Street Cries

Under Milk Wood inspires Mitch Feral’s latest opera, set in semi-mythical Logodom.

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64 Sesame Street Live

Elmo fields some tough questions from Edinburgh’s children.

67 Doctor Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown

Our kid critics are blown away by the madcap clown's anarchic antics.

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Hannibal Buress has a reputation for being a tricky customer. But Jay Richardson finds a man keen to show the world the truth behind the Edinburgh festival.

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’M LIKE ‘Yo, ninjas kidnapped my family, so I had to learn standup comedy to entertain them in order to get my family back!’”

Hannibal Buress chuckles. “Instead of explaining I got into standup through open mic gigs. Because that ain’t going to sell no tickets.”

Ever since the smooth but vengefully sarcastic Chicago-born comic fell foul of a college newspaper, which printed that he “was the most popular comedian in [the] price range of $2,000,” making it harder for him to charge more than that in the future, the 29 year-old has endured a relationship of mutual wariness with journalists.

This frustrating episode became a withering routine in his debut Edinburgh show and featured in his television special Animal Furnace, though it’s not risking Fest’s reputation to suggest the former Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock writer is pocketing considerably more these days. Securing an Edinburgh Comedy Award nomination and the Rising Comedy Star Award at the Montreal Festival recently, Buress is burnishing a glowing reputation.

Nevertheless, faced with the

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same “goofy” questions journalists tend to fall back on, he hears himself becoming “unfunny and robotic,” so “I switch off the genuineness and start uttering weird shit.” As a measured, low-energy performer, reportedly suffering jet lag and less than enamoured with his Edinburgh accommodation (“the toilet is in a different place to the shower! That’s a horrible fridge! This place cost $2800!”) I’d begun to worry when I was told he was running late for this interview. My concerns deepened when I heard he’d have a documentary crew with him. And would it bother me if they filmed our conversation?

I needn’t have stressed. In the US, Buress’ status as The Eric Andre Show’s notional straightman, drily reflecting on his manic co-host’s unpredictable outbursts means he’s at ease in front of a camera, sucking down crisps and explaining that his aim for his new show, Still Saying Stuff, is for it to be “solid… I don’t think I’ve gotten worse, more people should turn up…” He’s also prowling for an Edinburgh girlfriend.

Contrary to his low-rev onstage appearance, he’s adopted an ethic of working really hard and gigging constantly from erstwhile mentors

Louis C.K. and Chris Rock. Prior to Animal Furnace, the latter instructed “you’re doing a special so make sure it’s special and not regular. You want it quoted by people because it relates to their lives.”

After making a documentary in the lead up to recording the show, he realised he hadn’t seen anyone capture the “crazy intensity” of Edinburgh for a US audience. “It’s almost mythical man, there’s no way to show it.” So, this year, a two-man crew are following him all over the festival. “The Fringe definitely makes me a better comic… an opportunity to get this new hour tight.” And a better cook, he muses, notwithstanding that “bullshit mini-fridge.”

There’s much greater openness to him than you might imagine. Despite being a 30 Rock writer for just one season—the lure of performing comedy outside New York proving too attractive—he enjoyed a recurring, onscreen cameo as a homeless bum in Tina Fey’s self-referential sitcom. Incredibly, he confirms, he was so committed to succeeding as a standup in his early days in the metropolis that he had spent time sleeping rough rather than sloping back to Chicago. He downplays this bleak period 

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 though. “I just didn’t want to apologise to my sister,” he smiles ruefully. “All I had to do was humble myself and apologise for my mistakes and she’d have let me stay. So it doesn’t seem that crazy.

Which is crazy. I could have changed that situation with one phonecall.”

On a lighter note, answering to Tina Fey as your boss is “strange man. I’m still a fan, I was a fan while I was working there. She wasn’t in the writers’ room often because she was actively running the show. But once a week she’d pop in for 20 minutes. One time, she was sitting next to me, I left, then came back and her phone was on my phone. I was like: ‘Yo! Tina Fey’s phone is touching my phone! Tina Fey’s phone is touching

my phone right now man!’ I was 28 years-old.”

With more collaboration than SNL, where “40 sketches get submitted for each episode and only nine are used,” 30 Rock was a tough, joke-heavy creative environment. “Sometimes when you’re pitching stuff it’ll take an hour to get a joke right. Other times someone says something, someone else says something on top of that and boom! It’s in the script. If everybody laughs, that’s undeniable. You’ve made a room of top comedy writers laugh.”

After being in C.K.’s sitcom Louie he’d love a broadcast vehicle of his own, and is acutely conscious of this at the moment, with a current development

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deal with Fox and an ongoing project with Hollywood star Jonah Hill. “It’s very much time. I have to figure out what it is, write it up and get a pilot together before my clock ticks out.” Meanwhile, he’ll be keeping tabs on the US basketball team’s shot clock during the Olympics.

But as a touring comic, he rarely punches out early, estimating that he only spends 12 days in his current home in Los Angeles at a stretch. With a show in Alabama the night after Edinburgh finishes, “I’ll work till I’m dead man. I got bills to pay and vices to feed!”

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MAN TIME OUT OF

Les Dennis was a stalwart of the working men’s club circuit for over 20 years. Holed up in a Leith boozer, he relives the ‘good old days’ with Sam Friedman.

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ES DENNIS has been spotted.

“Ye’ve been captured, Les,” slurs a bleary-eyed regular in The Strathmore Bar, a classic Leith boozer and one-time working men’s club tucked away near the bottom of Leith Walk. Idling up to our table with a finger pointed at the bemused entertainer, the man continues: “Aw the boys back there, they aw spied ye. Now hows aboot ye buy us aw a roond-a drinks,” he says, only half-joking. Panicked, my mind turns to the scene in Trainspotting where Renton and Begby set upon a wayward American Fringe-goer who accidentally stumbles into a Leith pub asking for the ‘mensroom.’

Luckily, Dennis is distinctly unruffled. Bantering happily with his celebrity-stalker, he trades a few well-meaning Family Fortunes jokes, invites the new friend to his Fringe play Jigsy, and promises to buy ‘the boys’ (all now laughing raucously at the back of the pub) a drink after the interview.

It’s perhaps not surprising that Dennis

is at home in local watering holes like The Strathmore Bar. At 17 he started his career playing similarly boisterous working men’s clubs in his native Liverpool. Back then the fresh-faced Dennis was a fledgling impressionist, although he admits “I nicked most of my act from the best,” meaning the great 70s impressionists Sammy Davis Jnr and Freddie Starr. The clubs though, he says in a now softened Scouse accent, were a fantastic training ground. “You had to learn to compete with the Bingo, the pies. Literally, you would go on, do five minutes, and then the hot pies would arrive and the room would empty – brilliant.”

Although Dennis went on to have a successful television career, including 15 years as presenter of Family Fortunes, it is less well known that he continued to play the club circuit throughout. This experience made Dennis the obvious choice to star in Tony Staveacre‘s new Fringe play, Jigsy, which is loosely based on the Liverpool comic Jackie Hamilton. The play joins

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Jigsy in 1997 when his career and the whole working men’s club circuit is on its last legs. “He’s a man out of time,” explains Dennis. “He’s getting on, he likes a drink, and he’s here to share his stories.”

It’s clear that Dennis remains enamoured with the club comedy of his youth. During our hour-long interview he continually draws upon his impressionist skills to lovingly bring to life the club comics he idolised. Taking me on a vocal tour of the North, we travel to Yorkshire with Charlie Williams, Manchester with his comedy partner Dustin Gee, Liverpool with Eddie Flanagan and Newcastle with Bobby Thompson. He’s particularly nostalgic about Thompson, “The Little Waster”, whose comedy album—Dennis gleefully explains—“outsold the Grease soundtrack in Tyne and Wear in 1978!”

Of course not everyone remembers working men’s comedy so fondly, particularly the bigoted standup of Bernard Manning and the cheap mother-in-law gags of Les Dawson, Jim Davidson and 

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festfeature "Matt Lucas once told me, ‘every comic has their time’, and then audiences move on. But if you become bitter, you get eaten up, you don’t progress.”  Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown. “In Thatcher’s 80s, ‘old-school’ was a bit of a dirty word. We had to keep our heads down, we were seen as the old-guard, passé,” Dennis says.

Like many of his generation he seems protective of the club legacy and grapples to defend the circuit even if this means sidestepping uncomfortable realities. “But not everyone was like that, ” he protests, referring to the Bernard Manning school.

“Yes, when you look back now you go...

[Dennis inhales sharply]. But at the time it didn’t seem… Maybe we were less aware...” he trails off.

One of the most striking things about Jigsy is the way in which the plot—a faded star reliving the glamour of past successes—seems to echo the trajectory of Dennis’ own career. Indeed at times Dennis seems to talk about himself and Jigsy as if they’re the same person. “My TV career might not be thriving, but that’s just something you have to accept. Matt Lucas once told me, ‘every comic has their time’, and then audiences move on. But if you become bitter—and that’s one thing Jigsy isn’t—you get eaten up, you don’t progress.”

The story of Dennis’ misfortune in the 2000s is well documented. But for those who somehow avoided the tabloid orgy, first there was the acrimonious split from Amanda Holden, after her very public affair with Neil Morrissey, and then the infamous Celebrity Big Brother appearance, where a troubled Dennis was filmed conversing with chickens. I deliberately avoid these personal troubles, figuring Dennis has had more than his fair share of difficult questions. But interestingly he brings it up. “Things clearly took a nosedive after Big Brother,” he confides. “But then I was saved by Ricky Gervais.”

That’s interesting, what does he mean ‘saved?’ “Big Brother certainly wasn’t the best timing but if I hadn’t done it then Ricky wouldn’t have picked up the phone and given me the chance to play a twisted, demented version of myself.” Dennis is of course referring to the 2005 episode of Extras, where Gervais cast him brilliantly as a deranged semi-fictional pastiche of himself. “It was a real turning point. I’d had 15 years on Family Fortunes and suddenly I wasn’t on telly anymore. And as Jigsy says: ‘It’s all you can do, so you carry on.’”

But this is where the similarities between Dennis and Jigsy end. While Jigsy is a relic of a dying culture, Dennis has demonstrated an impressive professional versatility in recent years. Certainly he’s older and a little wider than his TV days, but this hasn’t stopped him carving out a successful life as a stage actor. And the

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Fringe, he says, has acted as a pivotal staging point. “It’s like turning the Titanic when you’ve got a reputation as a gameshow host, but I’ve always done things that challenge me, like Edinburgh, put my head above the parapet. It keeps you going forward.”

In person, Dennis certainly defies his lingering public profile as ‘sad Les’, the washed-up entertainer plagued by his past. In fact he’s far more like Les from Family Fortunes – upbeat, good company and full of cheery charm. Indeed, as we leave, Dennis makes a point of returning to his now semi-inebriated Leith fanbase, before quietly taking out his wallet, putting £30 behind the bar, and honouring his round. f The Assembly Rooms, 2:50pm – 4:00pm, 1–26 Aug, not 13, £14 – £15

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WORLD A standup comic moonlighting as a playwright and actor, Matthew Osborn tells Ben Judge about his new play, Shopping Centre, and how he got involved with the Comedians Theatre Company

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VEN IN Edinburgh, a city mythologised for its level-playing-field festival Fringe, there is a noticeable distinction between the raucous comedy audience and its more reverential theatrical sister. The very act of deciding, as a producer, whether a comic play appears in the comedy or theatre section of the official programme can influence how, and by whom, that production will be received.

Comedy, in particular standup comedy, is in the middle of a strange cultural moment. Its increasing popularity is undisputed, its output increasingly varied and interesting, but it has long faced a struggle for acceptance among the guardians of high-brow culture. The highly regarded comedian Simon Munnery, in a response to a 2009 review calling his work “the closest comedy gets to being art,” joked about making the leap from comedian to “shit artist,” highlighting the wrong-headed perception that standup occupies the lowest rung on the cultural ladder.

So it is perhaps unsurprising to see an increasing number of comics moonlighting as thespians. And, through the Comedians Theatre Company, one can almost say that they’ve unionised.

“The idea behind the Comedians Theatre Company was to show that

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comedians could do other things,” says Matthew Osborn, the playwright (and standup comic) behind the company’s latest Fringe offering, Shopping Centre.

“I think to a greater or lesser extent all standup performances are acting. And also, being a standup comedian makes you enormously conscious of what the audience are doing and how they’re reacting. I don’t know…if you’re just an actor, you are conscious of the audience; but as a standup your focus is the audience.”

Since its founding in 2006 by Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning standup Phil Nichol and director Maggie Inchley, the Comedians Theatre Company has become a significant player in Fringe theatre. Indeed, in recent years, it has gone from producing good, solid adaptations of established plays to developing and performing new writing of its own.

After Cul-de-sac—the first production to come out of the company’s new writing project, Itch: A Scratch Event—received near-universal acclaim at last year’s Fringe, Osborn returns with Shopping Centre; a play which examines contemporary consumerism. “It’s inspired by a story that happened in Ikea in north London a few years ago. When it was opening, they had a lot of special offers on—sofas for twenty quid and stuff like that—and

people got so excited that they queued overnight. When the doors were finally opened they all barged in. There ended up being a big fight, almost a riot, and that idea I found funny and interesting.”

Shopping Centre takes place during such a riot, and follows the story of a down-on-his-luck loner, while looking at just what it is that makes people so wildly, rapidly obsessed with cheap consumer goods. But Osborn is careful not to be preachy. “I think it’s too easy to say that it’s entirely wrong that people have these relationships with objects, particularly because there are objects that people have a relationship with that are quite positive. Like when someone’s handed their father’s watch. Some objects have a sentimentality, a value to them, and so I didn’t want to be so simplistic as to say consumerism is bad. I wanted to look at the power these things have over people.”

Osborn writes in such a way as to betray his roots as a comedian. In much the same way that an observational comic has the capacity to bring fresh perspective to the most everyday and mundane facets of life, Osborn is shining a new light on that most humdrum of institutions. “The shopping centre is one of these places that gets neglected. It’s one of these places where people spend so much of their time and even though people might not realise it, they are hugely important places for good or ill.

But they get ignored and people don’t think about them enough or they don’t realise how important they are.

“It is an unfashionable thing to admit – it’s a lot more fashionable to say I like going to the farmers’ market or the deli.

But most people don’t do that. And so shopping centres bring a whole world to people, but of course they bring with them all sorts of peculiar and unpleasant things and wanted to explore all of that.”

There is a strong dystopian current running through the piece, in much the same way as with the Orwellian Cul-desac. Indeed, Osborn wears his literary influences proudly. “I’m a big fan of Orwell.

I’m always conscious of the misery that human beings can inflict on others. For Shopping Centre, the big influence is JG Ballard. It deals with the cold, hard, shiny modernity of the kind of bleak inhuman world that Ballard captures.”

In a city which celebrates smart, literate and darkly funny theatre, comedians such as Osborn are pushing their way into more refined reaches of the Fringe programme. And doing so with some style.

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US standup Eddie Pepitone isn’t scared of hecklers. With his own deep level of self-loathing, he himself can far outdo any insults audience members might throw at him. At one point he even steps into the crowd to show us how it should be done, if we really knew what was going on inside his head. The result is an unsettling torrent of self-contempt, and it’s painfully funny.

He’s a man full of seething fury—at hypocrisy, TV commercials, Twitter and himself—and he lets it out as a relentless, high-energy stream of vitriolic wit. If you don’t like one gag, there’s another immediately behind it, and it all combines in an ever-expanding cloud of cynicism. Some of his targets are a bit obvious, but he has plenty of fresh and often

Jason Byrne: People’s Puppeteer

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You have to admire—even grudgingly—the ability of Jason Byrne to take what many comedians would consider the warm-up portion of their hour and make into an entire show.

Save for the ridiculous ending (a school-play style homage to the equally ridiculous David Copperfield), this latest offering from the 40 year-old Irishman relies slightly less heavily on audience interaction than many of his previous shows.

That said, there is still plenty of time for Byrne to break from his largely bodily-related material to banter with his punters and often misinterpret them, either genuinely or as part of his deliberate style of raising the stakes and the perceived hysterical tension of his gigs this ruse being the most likely reason for the show’s title.

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shocking angles on them – he tells it like it is, and doesn’t spare anyone his rage, least of all himself.

There’s an excellent riff on a TV commercial audition, where Pepitone manages to turn an innocuous remark about the freshness of newly laundered shirts into a despairing attack on our fractured society – it’s breathlessly funny, and he’s got a point. He might not always hit his target—a few routines fall a bit flat—but he soon lets us know when he thinks he’s failed.

Pepitone is remorseless in his realisation that he’s craving approval from a roomful of drunks, but that’s just what he gets. And with his screaming yet appallingly funny outrage, he has us all on his side. [David Kettle] Just the Tonic at The Tron, 11:40pm – 12:40am, 5–26 Aug, not 14, £8.00 – £10.00

most clearly resemble routines are his opener where he feigns indignance that mothers and grannies are reading the zeitgiest erotica Fifty Shades of Grey.

Elsewhere he contorts himself around the theme of having an itchy bum. Yes, it is edifying stuff. The audience, however, love it.

Just when you think the hyperactive comic is never going to be able to bring his physical comedy about body matters towards any kind of truth, and therefore go beyond any kind of point, he plucks a home truth from deeper inside our consciousness.

Perhaps the title bears another significance, an inherent warning that this is a performer who could easily become a caricature of himself, but one who has thus far been malleable enough to avoid being so boxed. [Julian Hall] 150 @ EICC, 9:20pm – 10:20pm, 4–12 Aug, £17.50 – £19.50

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but sometimes revealing his considerable strengths.

An opening routine concerning a squirrel-based epiphany is too far fetched to impress, but Martin soon changes tack. Dwelling on culinary politics for much of Spot the Difference, his observations are so broad and universal that he seems to conjure solid material out of nothing. Emitting the verbal tick “but food is weird, I’m obsessed with food,” between each gag, he appears to act outside his own will, musing on vegetarianism, biscuits and cheese like a man possessed. Only when he reads from his father’s food diary, an interesting idea in itself, does he slow down and relinquish his command of the audience.

Frequently inane but always good natured, the hour flies by.

[Lewis Porteous]

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Chris Martin cuts a trim figure on stage, sports a fashionable t-shirt/cardigan combo and leers at us from behind neatly cultivated facial hair. He speaks of relatable, everyday phenomena. Backed by a major promoter, he is being bred for success and will go far so long as he continues to share his name with an existing megacelebrity.

It’s tempting to dismiss Chris Martin as a generic young standup, lacking in originality yet poised for national success. Outside of a significant poster campaign, there’s little to distinguish him from countless other hopefuls, each desperately clambering for a slot on Live at the Apollo.

A tricky proposition to market, the superficially bland 26 year-old shines thanks to his material—sometimes mundane,

Peacock and Gamble Don’t Even Want To Be On Telly Anyway

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If there is a genre of TV Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble are destined for, it’s children’s television. The best skits of Peacock and Gamble Don’t Even Want To Be On Telly Anyway are those involving toys. Muppets masquerading as Apprentice candidates, a duck wrongly blamed for domestic disasters and a snowman who raps Vanilla Ice songs when an ‘Audience Lull’ siren blares all show smallscreen promise. Peacock and Gamble do not.

The pair have been producing a popular podcast since 2009. Though their second Fringe show is more tightly structured than these rambling radio affairs, few of its gags would you actually

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download to keep. Among them, the oddly pleasing compound “slut-vulture” and the degeneration of a list of facts into a slow-jammed ‘Partridge In A Pear Tree.’

Mostly, it’s exhausting to watch the eternal Beckettian conflict between the two. Straight-man Gamble unflaggingly curates and controls the asinine antics of Peacock; the pun in whose name sets the tone for his crassness. Like actual Beckett characters, they could well be performing from empty bins.

The show’s defensive premise produces a repetitive attack on the same

target; Peacock and Gamble’s self-consciously petulant desire to be on TV. This isn’t helped by their franticallypaced sketches and breakneck banter sessions. Miranda Hart casually eating a banana in a mock Skype interview is the only performer who takes the time to fully engage the audience. She emits more charisma in her brief pre-recorded cameo than the starring pair combined.

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There are some performers at the Fringe who you suspect are not aiming for any great things from their shows, but just looking for a laugh with whoever happens to turn up.

Professional jazz singer and pianist Ian Shaw has put together one such show, which he describes simply as a collection of “naughty songs,” billed modestly as “the perfect end to a festival day.”

If you don’t expect more from your comedy than a few pat observations, some mawkish nostalgia, and a bit of camp crudity, perhaps it is.

Shaw is self-deprecating and easy to like. A “practicing homosexual” from Caerphilly in Wales, the 50-something musician-stroke-comic wraps his huge frame around the keyboard with the confidence of a seasoned entertainer, and his booming laugh is enough to cover the few awkward pauses in this first performance. He is a proficient pianist with a decent line in musical parody, including one good James Taylor spoof (refrain: “I’m just gonna sing in this shit nasal voice again.”)

But he also covers a lot of obvious comic ground without much in the way of wit. It’s not funny to remind us that Woolies used to exist or that it used to sell Pick’n’Mix and lawnmowers. We might agree that Trinny and Susannah are annoying, but to tell them they “look like two blokes in a dress” is hardly a satisfying comic sucker punch. And while wee, poo and sex can be gigglesome whatever age you are, at least a little effort has to be put in to the jokes. Shaw’s ambition is modest, his achievement more so. [Tom Hackett] The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 10:35pm – 11:50pm, 4–26 Aug, not 13, £10.00

Naz Osmanoglu: Ottoman Without An Empire

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If Naz Osmanoglu became a comedian to work through some impressively peculiar disentitlement/daddy issues, then he picked perhaps the only course of action worse for the wallet than shitloads of therapy. The Turkish-English 26 year-old’s loss is our gain: as he sweats, shouts, gesticulates wildly and generally works himself up into a right old state, it feels less like watching standup than it does witnessing a man in the throes of some kind of comic emotional exorcism.

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Osmanoglu is—and we’re not making this up, it’s on Wikipedia and everything— 19th in line to Turkey’s former Ottoman throne. A birth rite that’s about as useful as the mega-afro shaped exotic blue hat he wears at the show’s beginning.

Then there’s the matter of the man from whose loins he and his pointless entitlement sprung. The grumpy, bitter, confrontational Osmanoglu Snr looms over this show like a black cloud, and his boy mines their complex, strained relationship for laughs with, at times, hilariously brutal honesty – peaking with a description of the time they got into a kind of Mexican-standoff after

the young prince inserted toy cars into the VCR as a kid.

Osmanoglu’s more common observational material—about troglodyte PhD students and jobsworth gremlins in fluorescent jackets—is good, but we can get that kind of stuff from countless other standups at the Fringe.

You’re a thwarted Turkish royal fathered by a guy upon whom it sounds like entire therapy textbooks could be based, need we remind you Naz. Get deeper into that and you’ll be a king in our eyes.

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HHHHH One of the greatest myths in rock ‘n’ roll is that you can’t write a great song sober.

Inspiration is to be found at the bottom of a bottle of Jack Daniel’s or in a cocktail of LSD and mescaline. True genius is chemical.

Bollocks!

Much fuss has been made pre-festival about Jim Jefferies cleaning up his act. He’s (largely) given up drinking. He’s settled down, with a baby on the way, and focusing more attentively on his writing. And in Fully Functional, this new approach has certainly paid off.

Jefferies is back at his provocative best; this is his first set in years to genuinely rival the giddy heights of the 2006 and 2007 shows that made him the international comedy star he is today.

Gone is the nasty, straightup misogyny and unreconstructed malice that marred Jefferies’ most recent Fringe

runs – in particular, 2008’s Hammered. But that’s not to say he has become safe or embraced the mainstream; you still won’t be able to bring along Karen from the office. Instead this is provocative, aggressive, close-to-the-bone standup but with a likeable, even liberal, undercurrent running below the surface.

Moreover, this is probably Jefferies’ most technically accomplished and varied set. He deals with both the personal and the political in a way that is both edgy and consistently very funny.

If pushed, one could criticise the show for almost fizzling out with the weakest of Jefferies’ stories—involving an awkward erotic encounter in a Canadian hotel room—but given the strength of the preceding 50 minutes, Fully Functional is a welcome return to form. [Ben Judge] Assembly Hall, 9:00pm – 10:00pm, 4–26 Aug, not 13, £16.00 – £17.50

Carl Donnelly: Different Gravy

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Carl Donnelly may amuse some, but he will surprise noone. While his self-awareness keeps Different Gravy from entirely becoming Fringe standup-by-numbers, the show offers little originality except in its unconventional structure.

Donnelly builds his routine around spoken excerpts from his eponymous unpublished, highly embellished autobiography, which not only describes Donnelly’s life so far, but predicts what will happen in the years to come. The fictional memoir has a rich comic history, from Spike Milligan to Al Franken, but Donnelly never takes full advantage of its imaginative possibilities. Having given himself full license

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to make things up, Donnelly still cannot make his autobiography interesting, and jokes which would be mildly amusing on the page are not improved by the giggling, self-satisfied delivery.

Donnelly always maintains a cheerful, motor-mouthed demeanor, but assumes too easily that the audience is having as good a time as he is, or that they agree with some of his

more unforgiving opinions.

The material covers some wearily familiar moans about celebrity culture, digressions on Donnelly’s troubled adolescence which don’t probe deep enough to be gripping or insightful, and worst of all, an excess of jokes about the standup business itself. While this is not exactly forbidden subject matter, it can quickly become alienating for the casual audience, and in Donnelly’s case, it seems more than a little self-indulgent.

Donnelly has gone for the easy jokes, and in many ways he is an easy comedian, unchallenging and unremarkable. But, if you want more than that, look elsewhere.

[Sean Bell] Pleasance Courtyard, 8:30pm – 9:30pm, 4–26 Aug, not 13, £10.00 – £12.00

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festcomedy Damien Crow: The World According to Damien Crow

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Anyone who recalls the Goths’ long dark reign of the Edinburgh underground—more specifically, the steps outside the chippy off Cockburn Street—will likely have cracked a joke or two at their expense.

You had to laugh at the absurdity of hordes of non-conformist teens gathering in uniform and collectively bemoaning a cold-hearted, uncaring world, while their mums were all probably making them fish fingers for tea in cosy middleclass homes.

It’s this obvious irony around which promising young Scottish comic Chris Forbes wraps an hour of competent but fairly bloodless and uninspired character comedy. Six feet tall, dressed head-to-toe in black, his face caked white

Gareth Richards: Introvert - Never Been to Disneyland

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Gareth Richards is, as his show title would suggest, an introvert. He tells us as much himself right at the start of his perfectly genial blend of comedy and songs. He doesn’t like parties, prefers his own company, and finds it uncomfortable talking to strangers. You might wonder why on earth he’s chosen standup as a career but, if he hadn’t, we’d be missing his easy, slightly geeky charm and effortless storytelling ability.

He’s a natural, likeable and confident performer, spinning out tales involving sometimes surprisingly intimate areas of his home and family life to back up theories on a wide range of topics from capitalism to Dungeons and Dragons. A lot of it is thoughtful stuff but, when emphasised by Richards’s laconic

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with make-up, Damien Crow is a misunderstood school age misfit from Milngavie. He listens to loud, sludgy music by bands you’ve never heard of, writes bad self-pitying poetry, fantasises about murder and suicide (and his step-mum’s breasts) and has nothing but unkind words for his father, despite sounding like a pretty generous and affectionate guy

(“why can’t I have a regular Scottish dad who gives me a beating after a drink?”).

It’s neatly played by a very natural performer, but the material settles into the pattern of tame predictability, save perhaps for one cracker about Andy Murray as a frustrated Goth. An upbeat accordion-based finale finally kicks things in a weird and

unexpected direction, but it’s much too late. Crow won’t have you laughing much—a dark, black-souled cackle or otherwise—but he’s entirely capable of making you do something else most un-Goth like: smile. [Malcolm Jack] The Assembly Rooms, 4:00pm – 5:00pm, 5–26 Aug, not 13, £10.00

delivery, is perhaps a little too low-key to really lift it above, well, a perfectly genial blend of comedy and songs. There are more than a few belly laughs, though, and his songs accompanied by an 80s electric harp are enjoyable, if a little too meandering at points.

Richards soon moves beyond the whole introversion concept, and things are revved up a gear as he tackles his own guilt – and that of his parents, who flew to Disneyland without taking their children. Cue shocked reactions from the audience.

Richards has got some pretty scathing things to say about his own young kids, though, and a horrifying but hilarious story involving a Tigger toy brings it all together in a neat but slightly unsettling way. Solid insights and well-constructed material from a promising standup.

[David Kettle] Pleasance Courtyard, 9:45pm – 10:45pm, 4–27 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

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Richard Herring: Talking Cock

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Herring wants you to praise the penis. Again. Sporting a sharp suit, massive projector and impressive arsenal of willy synonyms, Talking Cock returns with Herring giving the penis centre stage through the medium of hard (wahey) facts gathered from a survey of around 10,000 people all answering varying questions about their manhoods.

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own reactions to the often hysterical answers from the general public. However, there’s so much going on that it feels almost too fast-paced and, at times, reeling off Cock Fact after Cock Stat leaves barely any room, oddly, for Herring himself. Yes, his seminar is laced with knob gags, but you’ve barely time to register them. The second half is where the balance between him as a standup and him as a phallic-obsessed, breakneckpaced lecturer starts to settle.

Here, he works through promiscuity, gender differences and The Dreaded Size Situation in more detail, using the stats to inform

and back up his opinions as opposed to acting as an amusing aside. Such focus gives his routines, musings and throwaway lines space to breathe, allowing the show to hit its stride. All the elements come (wahey) together for an intelligent, poignant climax (sorry) that doesn’t try to answer such universal questions, only impress upon us all the importance of celebrating the Spam Javelin. And why women should stop laughing hysterically when a man can’t get it up. [Stevie Martin]

Mildness isn’t a quality often found in your average standup so, approaching his routine with all the frenzy and hostility of a stuffed toy, James Acaster is relatively atypical. The tousle-haired, boyish Kettering comedian still isn’t quite the finished article—his material could do with plenty of extra kick—but as it is you can’t help but be charmed, and just plain put at ease, by his calm and crafty observational wit.

No sweaty browed sweary ramblings or cheap knocking jokes from Acaster – he would rather stay at home preparing a lengthy research paper about bread than go on a lads night out. Many of his routines last for ages—his live remix of a Kettering Town FC terrace chant incorporating the principles of ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes’ (Kettering fans are missing a trick if they don’t seize it en masse) is brilliantly, knowingly so—but they somehow work. He keeps you chuckling consistently, even if his stuff only fleetingly tempts outright hysterics.

Like many young standups still growing in confidence, Acaster could benefit from loosening the reigns on his pre-written material a little.

The best bit of the show is an ad-lib with a lady in the audience to who is apparently genuinely shocked that Subway sandwiches—“too big,” she complains—come in half sizes (we’re back to bread again). “Blew your mind,” Acaster deadpans. Mindblowing isn’t quite the right way to sum him up just yet, but it could be, come future Fringes. [Malcolm Jack]

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festcomedy Mitch Benn: Reduced Circumstances

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Mitch Benn’s politics are best illustrated by an anecdote in which he equates an online endorsement from Billy Bragg with receiving a high five from Jesus. However, while the folk rock doyen tirelessly participates in leftist protest movements and channels the socially aware spirit of Woody Guthrie into his lyrics, Benn is best known for contributing humourous ditties to Radio 4’s gently satirical The Now Show. His intentions are honourable but the execution of his ideas is often a little too cosy.

Reduced Circumstances’ introductory song promises us the “same shit” as always, only now with additional references to the performer’s weight loss. Happily, Benn is at his best when ruminating on more personal themes.

His insight into why he may have gained so much weight in the first place is one of the afternoon’s highlights, as is a thoughtful apology to the overweight fanbase he presumes to have alienated. By contrast, routines concerning homophobia and racism are sincere but often lacking in bite and one can’t quite shake off the feeling that this is incredibly safe territory for the comic to occupy.

A partisan audience of middle class liberals titters merrily when he compares the international banking situation to the faltering steps of a young child and claps in support of the BBC, but Benn’s insistence on preaching to the converted ultimately cheapens the hour. [Lewis Porteous] The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 3:00pm – 4:00pm, 5–26 Aug, not 8, 13, £10.00

Brendon Burns

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Considering it’s opening night, Brendon Burns can be forgiven for a slightly shambolic opening to this year’s show. Mic issues aside, his opening gambit is a little all over the place as he discusses himself as an ageing rock-and-roller, plugs his book and feels around in the dark for something to connect. Then, easing into a heartfelt anecdote about his dad on his death bed (“this isn’t a ‘my dad’s dead show’ don’t worry”), everything connects, rocketing off in an explosion of vitriol, surprising poignancy

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and occasional c-bombs to exhilarating effect.

He may have mellowed with age but when he lets loose, Burns is just brilliant.

Some things, his “vile” stepmother especially, provoke an anger so strong he runs out of adjectives, whereas his bemusement at teen porn is more measured, creating a hypothetical scenario as sad as it is funny. Burns picks and chooses his rants as the show unfolds – there’s no shouting for shouting’s sake here.

As he visibly relaxes into the material, it flows effortlessly; complete with knowing references to age without,

for the most part, falling into cliché. He’s always been charming, but topics such as masturbation, pornography and doing unspeakable things to a goat barely make up a quarter of the show and are delivered with equal parts likeability, grace and swearing.

Even the elderly couple who walk out, do so apologetically.

“That’s lovely,” Burns says, genuinely touched, “they didn’t call me shit. It just wasn’t for them. I respect that.”

[Stevie Martin] Pleasance Dome, 10:00pm – 11:00pm, 5–26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £12.50 – £14.50

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festcomedy David Longley: My Favourite Things

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“It’s gonna get serious from time to time,” warns Derby born comedian David Longley near the start of his show My Favourite Things. And he’s not lying. Anyone who uses the theme of cognitive dissonance—the ability to hold two contradictory opinions at the same time—as their starting point would be wise to let the audience know.

That’s not to say this isn’t a funny hour. There are jokes—real jokes, as Longley points out, with punchlines and everything—as well as pointed observations about relationships and family life.

Longley has a smooth, quick delivery, and he quickly strikes up a good rapport with the audience: you feel immediately involved but never threatened.

He has a great routine on so-called “harmless” racism that challenges just what you are and aren’t allowed to say,

and he’s not afraid to stoop to downright silliness – especially in an absurd CBBC video that opens the show.

But as the hour progresses, the gags come less frequently as Longley’s references grow increasingly personal: he talks of the mixture of love and resentment he feels towards his two young kids, and the realisation that his parents weren’t quite the people he thought they were. He delivers it all with such disarming bluntness that sometimes it’s difficult to laugh, but there’s always plenty to think about, and things get darker still when he moves onto the topic of his dying grandfather. He refuses to give the show a simplistically happy ending but, even so, still manages to bring things together with a positive message about embracing life in all its messy splendour. [David Kettle] The Stand Comedy Club II, 4:40pm – 5:40pm, 5–26 Aug, not 13, £8.00

Mae Day

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Mae Day is an uneven mixture of music and standup.

While the songs don’t lack charm (helped by Martin’s

solid, Amanda Palmer-esque singing voice) and usually reach their punchline so quickly they finish in under a minute, they do pale in comparison with the disarming, sweetly genuine, off-kilter monologues in between.

There are two challenges for the autobiographical comedian. Firstly, their life must be funny or at least contain enough amusement to enter-

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tain an audience of strangers and, secondly, it has to be interesting. Many can achieve the former, but few the latter. The plentiful laughs Martin elicits show her comic talents are not in question but, by the show’s end, the audience are also fascinated by her life, opinions, neuroses and fantasies.

Balancing wry cynicism, knowing innocence, selfdeprecating sentimentality

and a sardonic awareness of her own eccentricities, the worst you can say is that, sometimes, she doesn’t seem to think herself worthy of such interest. Those willing to invest themselves in her story, however, will be rewarded.

[Sean Bell] Just The Tonic at the Caves, 4:00pm – 5:00pm, 5–26 Aug, not 14, £7.00

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festcomedy Croft & Pearce Do it Like a Lady

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The graceful, wordless conclusion of Hannah Croft and Fiona Pearce’s show is wholly in keeping with the preceding 50 minutes. It’s inoffensive, suited to the early afternoon time slot and carried by the duo’s eminent likeability. The majority of the audience smile, but few actually laugh. Ultimately, it’s a bit too gentle.

From the very first sketch in which the overuse of social media is parodied, it’s clear that the performers aren’t going to break any new ground, but rather put on a slick show informed by no discernibly strong opinion or world view. We are introduced to women at both ends of the sexual satisfaction spectrum, a self-absorbed actress and an irresponsibly liberal parent. All are wellobserved but none say or do anything to surprise. They

exist not so much as characters, but ideas that are abandoned once the laughs diminish. The sketches rarely have strong pay-offs and punchlines often seem wearily inevitable.

The strongest piece revolves around a competitive Brownie teacher and benefits from taking a sudden and unexpected turn down darker comic territory, in which there is something actually at stake for the characters. Another recurring highlight charmingly subverts the notion of lecherous teachers preying on pupils with great sensitivity. It is during these moments that the drama school graduates seem truly in control of their show and demonstrate legitimate star potential. If only they’d shy away from crass generalizations about Thailand and male Dusty Springfield fans. [Lewis Porteous] Gilded Balloon Teviot, 12:00pm – 1:00pm, 5–27 Aug, not 15, £8.50 – £9.50

Axis of Awesome: Cry Yourself a River

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There was a time when Axis of Awesome were at the forefront of Fringe originality. But that time was 2008, and, four years later, the trio are something of a disappointment. Still trading on their former success, there is nothing new or exciting to be found in their latest show, Cry Yourself a River, and their apparent reluctance to engage with the zeitgeist is costing them dearly.

Things start off deceptively well, with an amusing number lambasting Game of Thrones fans and the like who fail to read the books of the TV series’ they feign to adore. But then come the rather stale ‘comedic’ interludes between songs, during which the threesome bemoan past criticisms that they are lazy and obvious, and that their dance moves are poor.

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Sadly, however, all of these jibes ring true, and their attempts at parodying these critiques only add to the distinct lack of innovation in the show. The lazy, obvious comedy which the band so vehemently malign would be welcome here if performed to perfection, but Axis of Awesome do not have the musical flair to offset the tedium of their lyrics.

When the band start finally tapping into pop culture again in the latter half of the act, things take a turn for the better, and a number pointing out the ubiquitous elements of contemporary dance tracks is reminiscent of their earlier, better work.

But they finish off with their signature track from ‘08, which only serves to reinforce the impression that their best years seem to be behind them.

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festcomedy Hal Cruttenden: Tough Luvvie

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“Not only do I sound like Tony Blair, I sweat like him too”, says Hal Cruttenden, warming up the crowd in the stifling Pleasance Cellar. This isn’t all that he has in common with the politician or indeed, any politician.

Giving an impeccable standup performance of popular topics with strong Northern Ireland material, Cruttenden also displays some wonderfully discomforting views you’d suspect Blair of actually sharing.

Taking on more sinister topics such as policemen hitting students and a light, teasing spot of faux-misogyny, these are Tough Luvvie’s most dangerously funny parts. After briefly flirting with the eponymous themes of toughness and loveliness, Cruttenden proceeds to run through the typical and topical like a comedy checklist prepped by Alistair Campbell. Olympics, riots, Andy Mur-

Barbershopera: The Three Musketeers

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Fringe favourites Barbershopera are back with a vengeance (and swords) in their take on Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel The Three Musketeers. the eponymous musket men remain, but gone are the traditional elements of the chivalric tale, and in their place, a mission to save the town of Pissypooville.

Sophisticated humour it is not.

Saddled with two useless brothers (one who thinks he is a pomegranate and another with a crippling fear of otters), Nicole D’Artagnan is sent to Paris to save their town from the evil grasp of Cardinal Rich Tea. Japes in floppy hats and pantaloons quickly ensue, and under her new mustachioed alias, Nicholas, she joins the Musketeers.

The quartet are soon drafted in by King Louis XIII to retrieve

ray, EU, PMQs, WWII... like a real Campbell checklist it descends into acronyms.

Safe as the Houses of Parliament are Cruttenden’s views on Prince Phillip, Nando’s, and John Terry. His pacing is perfect, his timing well-observed, and his audience interaction politely professional. But it’s the occasional gaffe that endears him the most, such as starting a gag with a self-conscious “I have a black friend...”

Cruttenden certainly has an edge to him. Perhaps it’s from existing on the edges of things; the edges of London, the edge of middle-age, the edge of middle-class (“Like Ron Weasley”) and the edge of greater fame. The established standup and actor somewhat resembles an edgier Michael McIntyre, if he’d let this side show more he might get the roadshow he deserves. [Catherine Sylvain] Pleasance Courtyard, 9:45pm – 10:45pm, 4–26 Aug, not 13, £9.00 – £11.00

his golden plums—an invaluable love token foolishly given to his concubine, the Duke of Buckingham—and hotfoot it to England to protect the monarch’s reputation and prove their worth.

It’s all for fun and fun for all in this madcap musicomedy, which peppers the 17th century story with closet homosexuality, comedy wigs and lively harmonies. Rob Castell’s turn as the fabulously camp Duke is expertly judged, and a number revealing his penchant for spanking is comedy gold. The rest of the songs are somewhat more obvious, however, and this leaves the piece missing a certain spark. But the foursome work well together, and their enthusiasm makes for enjoyable viewing. [Charlotte Lytton] Pleasance Courtyard, 11:05pm – 12:05am, 4–27 Aug, not 13, 20, £11.50 – £12.50

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Lucy Porter: People Person

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It’s two years, one husband, and two children ago that the elfin darling of the comedy world, Lucy Porter, last leapt on to a Fringe stage. For her return she’s chosen the adult, fuss-free venue of The Stand, somewhere comics often go to be taken seriously.

Inevitably childbirth has changed the 39 year-old’s priorities, but—despite worrying that being a comedian has not prepared her well for post-pregnant human interaction—Porter remains resolutely upbeat.

Thankfully, this is not a show that dwells on the wonder of children – far from it. Overcoming a desire to put people down in everyday situations (especially those who go gooey at the sight of her pregnant belly) as if they’re

hecklers at a club, Porter sets about the task of shaking off the lures of daytime TV and the all too revealing reviews of products on the Argos website.

The consequent task of finding new friends to get her out of the house reaps unwitting and unintended results, and provides a super ending that seals up all the steady and warm goodwill she has generated in the previous 50 minutes of her show.

People Person is a steady return to form for a comedian who has barely missed a Fringe since her career started. It’s more than likely that the mainstream venues still offer Porter her best audiences, and the theme of her next show will no doubt be made with this demographic choice in mind. [Julian Hall] The Stand Comedy Club, 5:15pm – 6:15pm, 5–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10.00

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HHHHH Three-man sketch group WitTank have the right early evening slot for their hour of easy-going comedy, setting up for the more challenging, intelligent shows later on. It’s a polished act, though: fast-paced and with some immediately funny ideas—a yeti in disguise, a flirtatious duck and what your brain does when being shown someone else’s holiday photos— but it’s also lightweight, as though the threesome haven’t squeezed every drop of comic potential from their material.

They have some easy targets—posh boys, estate agents— but the guys do often manage to come up with inventive ways of poking fun at them. It’s all quite gentle, though, and a more barbed approach might have set the performers apart and given them a stronger sense of identity among the sea of sketch trios. The sketches’

starting points are often striking, but sometimes seem to run out of steam, and there are a few times when they stop mid-air.

It’s Mark Cooper-Jones who’s the strongest in the show and, although his over-the-top antics sometimes fall on the wrong side of overacting, he’s charismatic and establishes an immediate rapport with the audience. Naz Osmanoglu has developed versatility this year—whether mumbling as the murderous yeti (who coins the show’s catchphrase) or trying to impress the ladies as a horrific Mexican seducer. Kieran Boyd doesn’t get as much time in the spotlight, but he’s an effective foil for his colleagues’ antics. There’s few real misses, and plenty of laughs, but by the end it does feels a little bit thin.

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That old truism about comedians writing shows on the back of a cigarette packets en route to Edinburgh reflects the Fringe’s unpolished charm, but with last year’s sell-out Village Fete, Andrew Bird proved himself adept and it’s a shame he didn’t take a similar planned approach this time around.

A cigarette packet would, quite frankly, be good stationary wasted on this show’s half-arsed premise – something vaguely to do with how globalisation is killing Britain’s diversity of local character. It’s a tenuous excuse for nostalgia based around growing up in the Northamptonshire sticks – it’s a mischievously chapping doors for kicks, number-ofgears-on-your-bike as status symbol, kind of thing.

Bird explains that a planned tour of British villages was aborted when he began making enquiries with nonplussed parishioners – “humour’s not really our thing,” responded one bloke brilliantly. It’s the kind of natural comedy you can’t make up, and yet, like a lot of good material, it’s dashed off with undue haste. Patient build-ups and pregnant pauses for effect aren’t Bird’s style – a shame, since silence would have been funnier than his groansomely lazy gag expressing

admiration for Chinese people not being fat when they eat Chinese all the time.

Possibly flushed with last year’s success, Bird might have anticipated skipping on to arenas by now – his matey, comedy-for-all shtick fits the arena mould, and with more constructive writing he can feasibly fill them in time.

Until then – best get smoking.

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Heartbreaking without being mawkish, Hand Over Fist is a revealing and sensitive take on Alzheimer's disease.

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festtheatre Bullet Catch

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Drummond really does pluck a volunteer for this task from the audience, so don’t raise your hand at the start of the show if you’re not up for shooting a gun at him. Through the story of another magician, William Henderson—who died while performing the bullet catch stunt—Drummond considers ideas of belief and nihilism, and whether free will really exists. He’s an earnest but very likeable performer and goes to great lengths to make his chosen volunteer and the audience comfortable with what he’s doing.

But there isn’t enough focus here to make Bullet Catch truly gripping. Drummond’s constant reassurance that what he’s doing is safe is comforting for anyone whose nerves are feeling a bit frayed,

Appointment with The Wicker Man

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Make sure you take the time to read the programme given to you before Appointment with The Wicker Man begins. It provides a brief history of the Loch Parry players—the am-dram group at the centre of this panto-like production from the National Theatre of Scotland—and biographies of the characters, which may alleviate confusion when you’re

but it also means he breaks character too often, losing momentum in the process.

His character, William Wonder, isn’t well realised either, and too easily interchangeable

with the performer himself.

Still, Drummond creates a convincing atmosphere and the audience is palpably uneasy when the ultimate trick—which is bewildering

and impressive—is finally executed. [Yasmin Sulaiman]

unsure of who’s related/married/going out with whom.

It also makes very clear that this is not a straight adaptation of the cult 1973 horror film The Wicker Man, or the woeful Nicholas Cage remake. Instead, it’s a play within a play: the enthusiastic Loch Parry players are remaking The Wicker Man as a musical. They seem harmless at first, if a bit odd.

But when a hotshot TV actor from Glasgow (played by Harry Potter’s Sean Biggerstaff) arrives to replace a cast member

who’s mysteriously disappeared, it seems they all have their own secrets.

This is a slick and colourful comedy, written by Chewin’ the Fat’s Greg Hemphill and Donald McCleary and is directed by outgoing NTS Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone. Chloe Lamford’s sets are fantastic, especially the forbidding wicker man.

But, although it’s a play that’s meant to be over the top, it feels a little too overdone. The songs are suitably amateurish

but that also means they’re not memorable or engaging, though there is some very funny deployment of the original Wicker Man music. But the cast has a lot of fun, which means the audience does too.

And while it’s perhaps not one for die-hard fans, you don’t need to know the film to appreciate its sending-up either.

[Yasmin Sulaiman]

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festtheatre Bottleneck

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In his exuberant cocktail of autobiographical monologues, cabaret musical interludes, avant-garde performance art and sensuous comedy, former stripper and fashion model La JohnJoseph earns the audience’s attention from the moment he walks out on stage.

One-person confessionals on sexuality and family dysfunction are rarely in short supply at the Fringe, so it is to JohnJoseph’s credit that he quickly convinces us of the uniqueness of his misadventure-filled life.

At worst, a performer reflecting on their own personal

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history can seem narcissistic, with nothing for the audience to connect to. JohnJoseph, on the other hand, has the talent of a natural storyteller and places us in his shoes with skill. He saunters through a string of distinctively bizarre anecdotes that, in the hands of a lesser writer, might have made for just a few minutes of sustainable material, but he plays upon both the emotions of the audience as well as their sense of humour. As JohnJoseph explores his identity as a third-gendered fallen Catholic; remembers his troubled, muchmarried mother; and sardonically details the gulf between the glimmering dream of New

York and the grim reality he discovered when he arrived, he never loses our interest, or sympathy.

The only portions of the show which slacken are when his philosophy becomes too abstract and strays from the story we have become so invested in. The music (a collection of wryly paraphrased cover versions) is almost uniformally excellent, thanks largely to JohnJoseph’s singing voice, but sometimes seems too epic for such an intimate venue. [Sean Bell]

Greg Williams is a 14 year-old schoolboy in late 1980s Liverpool. He’s a typical teenage lad: obsessed with girls, football and action movies, and constantly fighting with his father (his mother having shacked up with a “big gay photographer” in Crosby). Greg’s horizons start at ‘the Boot,’ the working-class housing estate where he lives with his dad, and end at Anfield, the hallowed home of his beloved Liverpool FC. The Boot is a place where children like Greg grow up fast.

We meet him bouncing a football and complaining that Sarah Jane’s “fanny smells like quavers.” He longs to emulate his father and grow a moustache – although he has less time for his dad’s militant politics.

Bottleneck is essentially a coming-of-age tale; Catcher in the Wirral, if you like. Over the course of an hour we watch Greg go from ebullient youngster to scarred adult after a harrowing afternoon on the terraces at the Hillsborough disaster.

James Cooney excels as Greg, marrying physicality with a pronounced sense of pathos, while Luke Barnes’s script fizzes with sharp lines and adroit cultural references (Reliant Robins, replica Liverpool shirts sponsored

by Candy). The cramped Attic space in the Pleasance adds to the sense of claustrophobia during the Hillsborough scenes.

The dénouement is telegraphed a little too clearly, and the narrative would have probably benefited from longer between-scene pauses to allow Cooney and the audience to draw breath, but Bottleneck remains a tight, thoughtprovoking, well-produced piece of contemporary theatre. [Peter Geoghegan]

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 4:20pm – 5:25pm, 5–26 Aug, not 13, £10.00

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festtheatre The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs by Mike Daisey

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It is difficult to know how to characterise Mike Daisey’s hour long monologue about the exploitative working practices of the Fox Conn factories used by the global technology giant, Apple. It is part anthropological lecture on the power of computers and the internet to change the way we view the world (“If you have never given any thought to your operating system you are living an unexamined life,” quips the narrator), part political speech from an Apple apostate, and part excellently realised theatre.

Daisey’s monologue has been revived in its original, unexpurgated form (Daisey was forced to make cuts after it was revealed he couldn’t verify all his claims first hand)

by Grant O’Rourke for Edinburgh. O’Rourke’s performance is never less than perfectly

pitched—throughout the course of the hour he manages subtly, almost imperceptibly, to change his narrative persona from that of a Jack Black-alike loveable geek to a campaigning journalist fuelled by righteous anger.

Could Daisey’s monologue be accused of being preachy?

Probably. But it is the way he mixes chilling tragedy with light touch humour which gives the play its lasting power. The realisation of horror only comes after the laughter. Similarly there are times when it feels like Daisey is not sure what he is trying to expose—the ruthless genius of Steve Jobs or the working practices at Fox Conn? For all this, The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs feels like important theatre, and it is salutary to be reminded that it is not only the apples of Eden which corrupt.

[Miranda Kiek] Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2:15pm – 3:15pm, 5–27 Aug, not 14, £10.00 – £11.00

Dead Man’s Cell Phone

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The most charismatic performance in Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone comes from a corpse. This is not an insult, however, since this cadaver is more talkative than most. It is his phone, which still buzzes with life long after he has expired, that propels the plot of this darkly absurd family drama.

The shy but impulsive Jean (played by Alyssa Hagerbrant with great naturalistic comedy), moments after discovering the deceased Gordon (a wonderfully snarky Ashish Ramachandran) next to her in a cafe, answers the phone on his behalf and begins to pick up the trail of dysfunction left in his wake. Using the phone in a quixotic attempt to give

Gordon’s death some meaning, Jean stumbles from one lie to another, becoming embroiled with Gordon’s eccentric family, his mistress, and his increasingly ominous business associates.

The play is an odd stylistic mixture—gallows humour, awkward romance, social commentary and a very American magical realism—but thanks to

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a script that is a masterpiece of brevity, no single element outstays its welcome. Though unbidden monologues on death, communications technology and human relationships weigh down the plot’s flow, the tragicomedy of errors that leads to much of the sparkling character interaction more than makes up for it.

Unfortunately, the play loses

focus near the end in its scramble to tie up every dangling plot thread, where preserving some of the metaphysical mystery might have been preferable. But that flaw only highlights how sad, funny and involving the preceding meditation has been.

[Sean Bell] C venues, 3:45pm – 4:50pm, 5–11 Aug, £9.50 – £10.50

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festtheatre Jigsy

HHHHH Tony Staveacre’s one-man play takes place in the grubby backstage of a Liverpool working men’s club in the 1990s (beautifully evoked in Harriet de Winton’s set).

While the bingo is called on stage, the eponymous comic, a fading star from decades past, embarks on a lengthy monologue, remembering a whole history of classic Liverpudlian comedy – and the sometimes tragic characters who delivered it.

The show’s draw, of course, is Les Dennis in the central role, and he doesn’t disappoint.

It’s impossible not to see his own career mirrored in that of the has-been Jigsy, but it’s a connection Dennis uses to his advantage, openly playing on his years of experience in comedy. His timing is spot on in the play’s well-worn gags, and he has the audience transfixed with his tales of

comedians long gone, and the hard times of a comic’s life.

Everyone seems to get a lookin—from Bernard Manning to Tommy Cooper, Charlie Williams to Cannon and Ball—and they’re all victims of Jigsy’s tongue. But his sometimes shocking revelations about their lives never fails to raise a smile.

Hannah Chissick’s direction keeps things moving yet allows space for some of the play’s tougher themes to emerge. The problem is that they never really develop – we hear about Jigsy’s hard background on the Liverpool docks and his imminent divorce, but by the end he doesn’t feel like a fully rounded character.

The show comes across as an entertaining set of anecdotes, but there’s not much sense of delving deeper. [Benjamin Edwards] The Assembly Rooms, 2:50pm – 4:00pm, 5–26 Aug, not 13, £15.00

Glory Dazed

HHHHH Written in response to the large number of ex-servicemen in prison, Glory Dazed is a powerful and affecting look at adjusting to life in the UK after military service. Part of the Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh season, it started life as a radio play, but has been seamlessly adapted for the stage complete with an intricate set. The action takes place entirely in a Doncaster pub: it’s decked out in worn wooden tables, wonky optics and fading wallpaper, emanating the sense of despair and neglect its characters feel. Ray, an aggressive, hard-drinking ex-army man, bursts into the pub—which is run by his best friend Simon—looking for his ex-wife Carla. Nobody wants him there, except Leanne, the young barmaid eager for some

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drama to break up her dull life.

What follows is a tense hour that takes an unflinching look at the problems that face ex-military men when they return home, and the rifts that their changed personalities create between them and their loved ones. The cast is excellent, and Samuel Edward-Cook particularly shines as the often repulsive but sympathetic

Ray. Cat Jones’s script is taut, funny and well-researched.

It was created in response to discussion groups with exservicemen prisoners, who are said to make up between three and ten per cent of the UK’s prison population.

The production company, Second Shot, is a social enterprise based in HMP and YOI Doncaster and counts a

few ex-servicemen prisoners among its crew. These elements lend the show an authenticity and strong voice, imploring us to not just consider the strains of everyday life on ex-servicemen but to help them too. [Yasmin Sulaiman] Underbelly, Cowgate, 5:00pm – 6:00pm, 5–26 Aug, not 15, £10.00 – £11.00

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festtheatre The Intervention

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An alcoholic’s intervention might seem a wonderfully amenable premise for a play. A locked door, a host of causes, conflicts and the promise of ritual humiliation make for intoxicating drama. But in the case of The Intervention, Dave Florez and Phil Nichol’s second Fringe collaboration, it’s a conceit that feels a bit too purpose-built, a bit too-prefabricated. Despite being filled with compelling topics, The Intervention never approaches the discomforting curveball brilliance of last year’s awardwinner, Somewhere Beneath It All, A Small Fire Burns Still.

As the friends and relatives of Zac—an alcoholic teacher— each have their right to intrude upon his life systematically dismantled, he emerges The Intervention’s most dignified character. It’s a predictable process and the characters verge too closely on caricature.

Certainly the cast—all familiar British TV faces—are convincing; particularly Nichol as Zac. Pathologically unable to do anything by half, the Canadian comic storms the stage nude and remains magnetic throughout.

The play isn’t helped by the blending of black comedy into an already thick, dark drink. Alongside themes of transvestitism and child abuse, Zac’s bumbling buddy Henry insisting that he’s like an alcoholic but for Creme Eggs feels inappropriate. A Woody Allen-esque interjection—“It’s all cod psychology, but some of our best psychologists were cods”—is lost on a too-tense audience. Florez is certainly capable of witty writing but in this context it waivers. You want to intervene to draw attention to the gags but The Intervention’s heavier themes deaden them, while the plot somewhat plods.

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Say the words “shadow puppetry’”and most people imagine something sedate, delicate and traditional. In this recklessly inventive, determinedly ramshackle sci-fi romp, Canadian puppeteer Jeff Achtem seems intent on changing our minds. All sprouting sideburns, mad grin and dungarees, Achtem uses all manner of household junk— drinks bottles, cutlery, party balloons, bubble machines and the like—to tell a simple yet cinematic tale of “two brothers, lost in space.” With his method fully visible to the audience throughout most of the show, Achtem projects his arsenal of tools onto three white screens, where they can become rockets and monsters, stars and galaxies.The makeshift style belies an impressive level of technical skill and a cineliterate approach, as Achtem approximates all manner of camera and editing tricks with his simple equipment. The audience gets involved too: one punter’s head becomes “the shaggy planet,” his nose and mouth a “mountain range,” the gap between another pair’s

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Don Quixote! Don Quixote!

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It must be tempting when adapting a surreal work of fiction into a piece of physical theatre to indulge in the wackier themes of the text at the expense of coherence. Unfortunately Panta Rei’s version of Cervantes’s 17th century novel seems to have fallen victim to this trap.

Here Don Quixote is a deluded and anxious man—who only speaks Spanish—wandering a never-defined landscape in search of his lost sweetheart, Dulcinea, and his lost horse.

Soon he wanders bizarrely into

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shoulders is a ravine where the spaceship crash-lands. In one ingenious section, a brown cardboard puppet is turned one way to look like the cackling head of a “space pirate,” then perpendicular to become the same pirate in wide shot, riding on a rocket. Adding to the funny, frenetic appeal of the show in this first performance were a good number of technical hitches, deliberate

and not-so deliberate, which Achtem tackles with infectious good humour. The plot is a little too loose-weave at times, but the simply drawn characters have a real emotional pull and the peril of the final showdown will be keenly felt by adults and children alike. [Tom Hackett]

Hamlet, or more specifically into a pair of Hamletian gravediggers confused about life and death.

The plot ambles from scene to scene without making much sense. Without any attempt to root the delusions of Quixote in solid reality we are left unable to grasp hold of any kind of story.

To give Panta Rei due credit it creates some beautiful images on stage, some haunting, some comic: wooden spoons used as droopy donkey ears; a sensual sequence where Don Quixote hallucinates visions of Dulcinea, diaphanous and surrounded by umbrellas draped in silk; or the subtle transformation of weightless bubbles to hard marbles. But whenever mean-

ingful, quality drama promises to emerge—such as Sancho confronting Quixote about his delusions—the gravediggers reappear like experimental theatre despots bellowing cod philosophy or dancing around with saucepans on their heads.

The company has produced the piece as part of a collaborative project with an institute of psychiatry, and while exploring mental illness through theatre is to be commended, this incoherent patchwork of scenarios doesn’t have much to report back. [Lucy Ribchester]

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festtheatre Half a Person: My Life as Told by The Smiths

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Any show which invokes The Smiths in its title implies a certain degree of doom and gloom, and Half a Person wholly lives up, or perhaps down, to this promise. Following the trials and tribulations of its protagonist, William, the play touches upon sex, love and death, set to the backdrop of Morrissey’s haunting tones.

A one man show inevitably requires a talented individual to carry the entire performance, and actor Joseph Murray is engaging and affable in his portrayal of a lovelorn, twenty-something Smiths obsessive. Recounting the moment he met the love of his life in a coffee shop and the subsequent downward spiral that ensued, the story flits from comedy to catastrophe as the very real pains of human existence are explored.

But amiable as Murray is, the performance is lacking in a certain rawness: a slight disconnect in communicating what he is saying with the blistering sadness it requires.

When William talks of the decline and eventual death of not only his relationship but his best friend, a poignancy seems somewhat absent.

Murray also sings many of the songs rather than playing the original tracks, and one cannot help but think that he might be better equipped to tap into his emotions if he was reacting to the words as sung by Morrissey, rather than himself. This bittersweet tale undeniably has its good moments, but falls some way short of producing a truly meaningful piece of theatre. [Charlotte Lytton] Zoo Southside, 7:50pm – 8:45pm, 5–27 Aug, not 15, £8.00

Belt Up Theatre’s A Little Princess

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Few things age less predictably than children’s literature.

Bound up as they are in adult conceptions of both what kids want and what they should aspire to be, a popular classic of one era can easily seem twee and patronising to the next. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess (a slightly less popular work than her perennial The Secret Garden), suffers somewhat from this phenomenon, as does this otherwise very good adaptation by young— but already well-established— York theatre group, Belt Up. Offering an immersive, site-specific experience, the

group recreate a turn-ofthe-century drawing room, where the audience sit in the round on sofas and cushions, the walls decked with ball masks, books and instruments. This is a school for girls, run by the fierce and small-minded Miss Miller, played with appropriate menace by the strikingly bearded Dominic Allen. Seven-yearold dreamer Sara Crewe (Serena Manthegi) is brought from an idyllic life in India into this stifling environment by her military father (Jethro Compton), who then disappears on a long tour of duty.

Aiming at invention and wit rather than realism, Belt Up use their audience as extra cast members, from the other girls at the school

to the grand Viceroys and Vikrams in Sara’s substantial story-within-a-story that she tells to her peers, which both mirrors her own experience and offers her a form of escape. It’s a sweet fable for the power of story-telling, efficiently and interestingly told. But Manthegi is unable to bring much nuance to Sara, who is something of a cloying goody-twoshoes to modern eyes, and your emotional reaction to the whole confection will depend largely on how much sentimentality and idealised childhood innocence you can take. [Tom Hackett]

Theatre owner John Kemble (Richard Hansell) needs to be a bit more despicable to provoke the sort of rabble that this play requires: it’s too easy to feel a little sorry for him. Although Hansell’s sometimes nuanced performance is enjoyable, it falls short of achieving the show’s aim of inciting a mob mentality. At one point, Kemble declares that he must “open the eyes” of the public because

otherwise they would just watch “bloody pantomime.”

This did cause a few murmurs of dissatisfaction in the audience but, actually, a little more of the pantomime villain wouldn’t go amiss in Hansell’s characterisation. [Anna Feintuck]

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Kemble’s Riot

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Covent Garden Theatre, 1809.

Ticket prices have just been hiked up and the patrons are unhappy. Very unhappy.

Ostensibly about the power of personality and the Georgian fear of the mob, Kemble’s Riot quite subtly tackles wider issues of privatisation and access to the arts. But it is also a study of the audience itself.

Or ourselves, really, as the real life audience is asked to take on the role of the imagined audience: the rioters.

Adrian Bunting’s Kemble’s Riot is a conceptually interesting piece but suffers for its over-reliance on audience engagement. This demands charisma and encouragement from the actors, and Steve North, playing audience member Henry Clifford, manages to elicit some foot-stomping, chanting and jeering. But the dialogue between Henry and theatre-loving Mary (Julie Nash) is poor – lengthy and repetitive to the point of killing any spark that North manages to ignite.

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festtheatre All That is Wrong

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Ontroerend Goed’s name has become synonymous with challenging and inventive theatre at the Fringe. But this latest work from the Belgian company is a more sober, if equally thoughtful, affair. It’s the third instalment in their trilogy on growing up, following 2008’s Once and For All We’re Going to Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up and Listen, and 2010’s Teenage Riot. In All That is Wrong, Koba Ryckewaert—who appeared in both aforementioned productions—has turned 18. Drawing with chalk on blackboard panels across the floor, she creates a mind map of anxieties, starting with her family (“single mum”) and her appearance (“skinny girl”) and branching out to global issues: racism, corruption, the environment, child soldiers, the euro and the Batman shootings all get a mention, among over 100 other concerns.

There’s almost no speech at all, though a video camera helps project Koba’s written words onto a screen for better visibility. The chalk and blackboard set also offers a school-like innocence. It’s a deeply personal piece, based on the things Koba really feels and cares about. But while there is some valuable humour amongst the angst, there’s a sense of action missing from the production. Writing about the world’s problems is important but it’s not enough by itself, and the show doesn’t take that step towards resolution, even if it’s implicitly aware that these issues may never be solved.

Still, it’s a touching window into the mind of a young person still coming to grips with her place in the world, and the deeply likeable Koba radiates vulnerability and hope in every letter. [Yasmin Sulaiman] Traverse Theatre, times vary, 5–12 Aug, not 6, £17.00 – £19.00

Punch

HHHHH What do a Punch & Judy show and a Twitter gag have in common? Childishness, flippancy, or an inherently cartoonish violence? Steven Bloomer’s new play Punch draws a striking and original parallel between the two that’s urgently topical to both time and location.

John is a Russell Brandesque standup negotiating custody of his daughter with a harassed young social worker. In the hands of Frisky & Mannish’s Matthew Jones he’s a monstrously gregarious geezer. The comic’s glibness in all situations, including the

Perle

HHHHH Using a man who can only speak through his television set doesn’t seem like the most obvious way to re-imagine a medieval poem. But in his version of 14th century text Perle, writer and performer Thomas Eccleshare has found a tender, intelligent and vivid way of dealing with the subject of grief and loss.

Thomas, the protagonist, initially seems to be one of those lonely and eccentric silent clowns, a man who communicates awkwardly with members of the audience through pre-recorded

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discussion of his injured child, is flippantly labelled an “occupational hazard.” As a careerruining tweet is referred to, echoes of Frankie Boyle and the ethics of comedy begin to clamour louder.

Punch’s most powerful blows are to John’s standup, which, in the context of theatre, is unsettling for the audience. Do we respond to his goads? Do we snicker politely at his filth as at a late night comedy club? It’s uncomfortable both to resist and oblige and that’s Punch’s knockout. “Cancer can be funny in context,” John proclaims self-righteously after we’ve chortled at a gag about the Olympics.

Punch isn’t perfect.

John’s manoeuvering of the moral high ground over the predictably earnest social worker feels too easy, and her own relationship troubles seem hackneyed. But Punch & Judy tropes such as linked sausages, clowns and crocodiles lend an absurdity to the proceedings. When is violence not violent? When is the filthy inoffensive? The curtains close abruptly on this Punch & Judy but pose questions that need to be asked at the Fringe.

[Catherine Sylvain]

chat-up lines that appear on his TV. But there is a darker side to Thomas’s disengagement with the world which becomes painfully apparent when the images on his television keep returning to a single white circle – the ‘perle’ of the title. When it begins to take the shape of a little girl’s face, he repeatedly has to switch it off.

By using video as the only means for Thomas to interact with us, Eccleshare throws up all kinds of questions about the way we store, nurture and erase memories—particularly in a digital age—as well as providing a creative and painfully honest analogue

for feelings of detachment and loss. All the objects in Thomas’s world exist only on the television screen. When they cross over into the real world—when he answers a ringing phone for instance— they become nothing but invisible mime.

Eccleshare is a performer you want to watch—warm, adorable and heartbreaking in his melancholy—while Serge Seidlitz’s illustrations bring a childlike charm to this touching live cartoon. [Lucy Ribchester]

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festtheatre Bitch Boxer

Hand Over Fist

Bitch Boxer is part of the Old Vic New Voices Edinburgh season – a first time venture from the Old Vic with the aim of giving emerging theatre talent the chance to take their work to the Fringe. Bitch Boxer’s author and sole performer Charlotte Josephine certainly qualifies as talented. She is the possessor of the rare ability to create characters for whom audiences end up genuinely caring. Characters like the fiercely independent, yet achingly vulnerable boxer of the play’s title – a young woman who must prepare for a major fight and negotiate her first serious love affair, while still reeling from the recent death of her father.

Josephine’s script, which is in the form of a present tense monologue, has the pacey, rat-a-tat rhythmicality of a boxer’s sparring practice.

Frustratingly, however, it does not follow through on all of its half-promised themes (the beginnings of a discourse on women in the male-dominated world of boxing, for instance, is left tantalisingly inchoate) and some of the sentiments teeter on cliché, especially in the sections covering her father’s funeral.

Nevertheless, such is the vivacity of Josephine’s performance that her script never hits the ropes. Besides, there are plenty of excellent lines to balance out weaknesses.

When told to keep her “chin up” by her mother, the young boxer is dismissive: “Chinup?” she says questioningly, “chin down and fists up more like!” To use boxing jargon, Josephine is one upstart whose future career will be worth a ring-side seat. [Miranda Kiek]

It takes a monumental effort not to break down in tears at the end of Hand Over Fist, writer and comedian Dave Florez’s new play about Emily, an elderly woman coming to terms with Alzheimer’s. That’s not to say it’s manipulative or sentimental – far from it. The monologue is littered with expletives, sexually explicit anecdotes and dirty jokes.

But through a combination of Florez’s sharp writing, deft direction from Hannah Eidinow and Joanna Bending’s gut-wrenching turn as Emily, its humour crescendos into an agonising finish.

The audience starts off just as confused as Emily. As he showed in his 2011 hit, Fringe First winner Somewhere Beneath it All, a Small Fire Burns Still starring comedian Phil Nichol, Florez favours an obscure-and-reveal style of drama. We follow Emily’s turns of clarity and confusion

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carefully, as she tries to relate a story about the first time she met a lover. It’s like someone has opened a door into the mind of an Alzheimer’s sufferer, and the audience is engulfed in the unedited stream of thoughts as they occur.

Bending is exquisite, striking a great balance between being flippant, funny and agonisingly sad. Eidinow’s hand is also evident. In the past, she’s seen acclaim for directing plays with tragedy at their centre—2011’s real-life

euthanasia story An Instinct for Kindness, and Lockerbie: Unfinished Business in 2010— as well as Florez’s Somewhere Beneath It All last year too.

But ultimately it’s Florez’s writing, which refrains from sentimentality without ever losing sight of Emily’s tragedy, that shines brightest, marking him out as a serious dramatic talent. [Yasmin Sulaiman]

white set of stencilled shapes that suggest water, fire and curling branches.

There is little to fault about this show but in many ways it falls short of becoming anything more than a sweet little tale. The fragile plot seems only to act as a facilitator for some graceful aerial set pieces.

But even these are all too brief and fleeting. Lewis Davidson

and Hattie Gregory create an arresting duo on static trapeze when they first meet, their silvery bodies entwining against the backdrop of a pale sun.

If only they, like Icarus, had stayed a little longer in the air.

[Lucy Ribchester]

Pleasance Courtyard, 1:55pm – 2:50pm, 5–27 Aug, not 8, 15, £10.00 – £11.00

Icarus: a Story of Flight

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The Icarus myth is given a happy ending postscript in this fairytale piece from physical theatre and aerial circus company Backhand Theatre.

We join the famous waxenwinged one just after his fall when, after tumbling into the ocean, he is rescued by a recluse called Guy who has been stranded for years on a desert island. Guy recounts his story to Icarus and tells him of his own desire to learn how to fly so he can reunite with his long-lost family. Meanwhile, Icarus finds another reason to take up wings again when he falls in love with a fallen star.

And so their quest to the land of the firebird begins, through forests and mountains, all beautifully imagined in an ice-

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festtheatre The Fantasist

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Louise is an artist living in a secure mental health unit, being treated for bipolar disorder.

Not that we would know this at the start, for the world she usually inhabits is of her own involuntary creation, peopled by curious, mischievous objects and fantasies of a tall, velvet coat-wearing muse.

What begins as slapstick slowly becomes an overwhelming headwreck of hallucinations, at first filling Louise with a frenetic energy that nourishes her painting, before turning into a crawling, cloying nightmare she cannot escape.

There are shades of Anthony Neilson’s The Wonderful World of Dissocia here, but where Neilson’s play splits the world of its protagonist into two acts—fantasy world and real world—here, perhaps more plausibly, Louise flits erratically between the two, being rudely interrupted from her luxurious delusions by her “jovial jail keeper,” health worker Josie, and later pleading with Josie to intervene as the visions become too much to bear.

The puppets co-designed

by Julia Yevnine—who also plays Louise—walk a tightrope between charming and horrific, all brilliantly handled by Cat Gerrard and Julia Corrêa. Bruised women pop from cupboards and sing ballads about their deformed faces, a tiny doll makes squealing conversation, and the tall dark man mixes sinister seductive potions for Louise to drink.

But the piece’s quiet power comes through in the way it deals with the two sides of the disorder, the enrichment and the debilitation, without either romanticising or victimising Louise. “I’ve been riding on the back of a tiger,” she confides frantically to Josie, “but I want to get off.” [Lucy Ribchester] Underbelly, Bristo Sq, 12:25pm – 1:25pm, 5–27 Aug, not 15, £8 – £9

The Lad Himself

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Tony Hancock – who? None of the people awaiting judgement in God’s waiting room have a clue who Hancock is when he wanders in, fresh from his suicide, having carted his oversized ego up the stairs to eternity.

If you’re none too familiar with Hancock either, Roy Smiles’ comic play gradually fills you in on the life of this British radio and television entertainer who made his mark in the 1950s and early 60s with Hancock’s Half Hour before spiralling into alcoholism,

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depression and an early death, aged 44, in 1968.

The afterlife set-up of The Lad Himself allows reflection on the peaks and troughs of this tumultuous life. As Hancock awaits judgement at the pearly gates, he is pulled up on his flaws—his sense of selfimportance, the physical abuse of his wives—and celebrated for his achievements, which included entertaining the troops during World War Two. There are some nice touches—making God and St Peter female highlights Hancock’s misogyny—and Mark Brailsford is engaging as Hancock, though you’d have to be familiar with

the entertainer to judge how well he’s captured. But the play suffers from a lack of pace in the latter stages of the hour, and some of the characters seem overly simplistic and caricatured, such as a doctor with an evil laugh straight out of a children’s cartoon.

This aside, Smiles has created a likeable mediation on fame, legacy and the insecurity that lies behind some people’s desperate desire to leave an impression on the world. [Caroline Bishop] Gilded Balloon Teviot, 1:30pm – 2:45pm, 5–26 Aug, not 11, £9.50 – £12.50

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festtheatre Dylan Thomas: Return Journey

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The popular perception of Dylan Thomas has no doubt been affected by The Edge of Love, John Maybury’s cinematic chronicle of the poet’s infamously tangled love life.

Dylan Thomas: Return Journey arguably provides a fuller and more nuanced insight into Thomas’s mind, and does so without ever sacrificing entertainment value or the truth of his work.

The worry with any fictionalised recreation of a lecture by Thomas is not that a man in a crumpled suit standing and talking about his life and art might be boring (such prejudices should be left at the door) but rather that the performer will fail to live up to the standard set

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Mark Grist: Rogue Teacher

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A former secondary school English teacher turned performance poet, whose childhood nickname was ‘cabbage head,’ may not be an obvious recipient of teenagers’ respect. But Mark Grist earned considerable kudos when he won a rap battle against a 17 year-old, primarily by slinging lewd insults at his mother.

The video of that contest went viral, picking up two million views on YouTube and making Grist something of minor celebrity, much to his surprise and, later, regret (his opponent’s mother got an apology). His first solo show at the Fringe—he was previously here as part of Dead Poets—charts, through poetry, how he got to this point, dealing with his disillusionment with teaching and his attempts to forge a career out of “shit rhymes,” much to the dismay of his MA tutor at

Kingdom’s magisterial performance as Thomas obliterates such concerns. Kingdom inhabits every inch of Thomas and is never less than utterly convincing, at once nostalgic, erudite, verbose, dazed, curmudgeonly, soulful and hilarious.

Memories of growing up in Wales are brought to life with a lyrical mastery of imagery, while witheringly satirical dissections of the American lecturing circuit and the doomed absurdity of artists who flirt with celebrity are as penetrating as they were in Thomas’s time. Though never addressed directly, the poet’s difficult and sometimes belligerent relationship with alcohol and women flits around the edges of the material, revealing itself in a sly nod or a passing remark. And while some of the literary references may escape those unfamiliar with

them, the power of Kingdom’s performance will touch everyone who sees it. [Sean Bell]

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Shit rhymes they may be—a poem about redheads throws up some corkers—but Grist is all the more entertaining for it.

His poems are fluid, clever and funny, his delivery crisp and his self-deprecating persona endearing. It’s refreshing to hear a teacher speak passionately about wanting to support and inspire kids; one poem about a girl whose teachers had given up on her is particularly touching. But Grist avoids teetering into sentimentality – a story about a schoolkid defecating on a beach sees to that.

Watching Grist almost feels like being in a lesson—particularly given his only prop, an overhead projector—but one which you want to be in. Accessible without being naff, it’s a good introduction to performance poetry by the teacher you wish you’d had. [Caroline Bishop] Underbelly, Cowgate, 5:10pm – 6:10pm, 5–26 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £10.50

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festmusic&cabaret Out of the Blue

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Out of the Blue burst onto the stage looking like a bunch of impeccably well turned-out prefects. But it’s an image that’s immediately shattered by their funky, a capella arrangements of classic songs by everyone from U2 to Jessie J, and by their tight dance routines and fluid moves.

The look and the sounds make a surprising combination, at first at least. But there’s a sincerity to Oxford’s Out of the Blue that makes them a real pleasure to watch. The 15 strong a cappella group, who rose to prominence on Britain’s Got Talent in 2011, are a long way from the carefully manipulated image of a manufactured boy band, but what matters here is the energy of the performance and the slickness of the act.

And slick and energetic it truly is, with a sonorous version of Queen’s ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ kicking off the show, which later features a very effective mash-up of ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’ with ‘Isn’t She Lovely?’, and a colourful ‘Mambo No.5.’ They do some good original arrangements –

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the poise and poignancy they bring to U2’s ‘With or Without You’ is astonishing. And as a combined force, they can produce a sound that hits you right in the stomach.

Some voices are better than others, and the balance isn’t always quite right – the lead singer sometimes gets

drowned out by his over enthusiastic colleagues. But it’s the natural charm and enthusiasm of this charismatic group that makes the show a pleasure.

[David Kettle] Assembly George Square, 2:00pm – 2:50pm, 5–27 Aug, not 15, £9.50 – £10.50

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festmusic&cabaret Molly Wobbly’s Tit Factory

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A parody of the RKO Pictures production logo introduces the audience to Mammary Lane and its inhabitants. In spite of being awash with pink lighting, the set is evocative of German Expressionist cinema.

Fittingly, the first character we meet walks with a hunch, his limbs twisted and contorted as an angry, torch-wielding mob invades the stage and attacks him. A stylised opening credits sequence ensues and finally the “outrageous musical comedy” begins. Film buffs present may be disappointed that the established arty theme is quickly dropped at this point, with writer/director Paul Boyd taking more of his cues from the world of pantomime. It was no mere coincidence that the Village People’s ‘Go West’

was playing as we filed into the venue – this is as camp as it gets.

The show revolves around three heterosexual couples and the tensions created as each woman becomes empowered by a strange potion. After experiencing flashbacks of happier times, they enjoy libidinous awakenings, complain of feeling unfulfilled in their

marriages and finally stand up to their distracted husbands.

But why has the mysterious stranger plied them with his unusual concoction? And what muddled point is being made about contemporary culture?

Where Molly Wobbly’s Tit Factory falters is in assuming that camp and innuendo translate directly into fun. There’s arguably no need to come up with

anything challenging when lines like “I can never find a screw when I need one” get big laughs, but the lack of ambition on display here is ultimately disappointing, especially after such an interesting opening sequence. [Lewis Porteous] The Assembly Rooms, 4:45pm – 6:15pm, 5–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £15.00

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festmusic&cabaret Street Cries

HHHHH Dylan Thomas set his classic Under Milk Wood in the fictional Welsh town of Llareggub (“Bugger all” backwards), exposing the unspoken anxieties of sleeping villagers. Mitch Féral’s dark musical comedy Street Cries shifts focus to Logodom: a post-riot version of London where there’s a banker in every Ferrari and a junkie under every overpass.

Writer and lead actor Féral shares Thomas’s love for the sound and shape of words, although this is more explicitly satirical. It shows an admirable contempt for subtlety. The opening transitions from Dick Van Dyke cockneyisms to grim modern day, then touches on everything from homelessness to the royal wedding in broad, dingy caricature. There is a certain charm to the relentless bile, the relentless charmlessness.

The music and verse effortlessly switch from Ian Druryesque odes to commuting to a tango for arms dealers. Indeed performers Féral and Kelly Craig deserve special praise: this is a slick production anchored by their versatile talent. At its best and starkest Street Cries is funny and truly memorable, even moving.

Yet the targets—bankers and hoodies and Chelsea girls—are too familiar, too easy. Street Cries offers no new approach beyond tunefulness. Worse, it occasionally dips into earnest proclamation. The result is unintentionally funny and makes the show seem condescending without warrant.

This is a shame. The quality on show here deserves more fundamental thought underpinning it. As it stands, Street Cries is a droll tour of modern day Logodom, with insight that is closer to Llareggub. [Jonathan Holmes] C venues, 8:25pm – 9:25pm, 5–27 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

The Magnets: Homegrown

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Good a capella is the vocal equivalent of a trompe d’oeil, and when The Magnets perform it is hard to believe that there isn’t a band secreted offstage. The six-man group are long-term festival favourites and on this performance it is not hard to see why. Their combination of technical virtuosity, insouciant sexiness and easy-listening song choices is guaranteed to please audiences. Their new show Homegrown features only British music, and apparently came about as a result

Clinton the Musical

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“I did not have sexual relations with that woman,” claimed a certain president some 15 years ago. But, if Clinton the Musical is anything to go by, those words may not have come from the man we thought they did.

Indeed, Egdoh Theatre’s new musi-comedy examines the tenure of not one but two Bill Clintons: separate entities struggling to decide whether satisfying the American people, or their own loins, comes top of the agenda.

A whistle-stop tour of

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of the group’s homesickness while touring abroad. Mercifully, in spite of the Union Jack backdrop and an encore featuring a hilarious romp through the past 60 years of British music, nationalism never becomes jingoism – unusual in the year of the Jubilee and the Olympics.

Particular highlights of the evening include a joyous rendition of Madness’s ‘It Must Be Love’ and Bad Religion’s ‘21st Century (Digital Boy)’ – a song the group attempts to perform without their beatboxer, who they jokingly accuse of always stealing the limelight. As accusations go, it has some foundation, since beat-boxer Andrew

Frost’s solo set needs to be seen to be believed – or rather not seen. The synchronisation between his beat-boxing and his miming playing the drums is so perfect that when the physical action stops one is puzzled as to how the sound can be continuing.

Homegrown offers the ultimate in unchallenging, feel good fun. And on the basis of the delighted reactions of the audience, The Magnets will continue to be favourites at Edinburgh for many years to come. [Miranda Kiek]

Clinton’s presidency through the eyes of both Bills charts his inauguration, marital life and the Lewinsky scandal, rapturously retold through jazzy musical numbers.

The undeniable highlight of the show, surprisingly, is neither of the Clintons but one Ken Starr – the lawyer whose investigations were instrumental in the president’s fatal decline in popularity.

Forget suited and booted, this Starr (Paul Hodge, who wrote the show’s music and lyrics) is a thong-and-chains toting egomaniac with a penchant for dancing on tables.

As a concept alone, the

ideas behind Clinton the Musical have the ability to reach dizzying satirical heights. But while a number of the songs are engaging crowd pleasers, the dialogue tends to fall short, occasionally becoming slow and predictable and detracting from an otherwise lively piece. With a few tweaks, and a more substantial cast to truly showcase the big numbers, Clinton the Musical, much like its namesake, has the potential for global appeal. [Charlotte Lytton]

Assembly Hall, 7:30pm – 8:30pm, 5–15 Aug, £14.00 – £15.00

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, 5–27 Aug, not 14, £9.00 – £10.00

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CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET TO

SESAME

STREET?

Sesame Street Live makes its first ever visit to Edinburgh.

Caroline Black chats to producer Nick George and finds out just what gives this iconic group of furry monsters their universal and long-lasting appeal.

“S

ESAME STREET started in 1969. The year that man landed on the moon,” producer Nick George tells me. “It’s incredible and just shows the appeal of the brand, its longevity.”

Sesame Street Live – Elmo Makes Music is taking over the Meadows Theatre Big Top for its first ever Edinburgh visit. And it promises to deliver everything you’d expect from the Sesame Street brand, a high-energy musical show with larger than life monsters making music. Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Bert and Ernie; they are all there.

This is a big show, in every sense.

“We’re thrilled about bringing it to Edinburgh. This is us finally coming home to Great Britain after a tour that started last summer” says Nick. “We’ve been to some quite unusual places, perhaps ones that you wouldn’t expect to take a children’s show to; Kuwait City, Quatar, Cairo. It’s a global phenomenon. In a culture where everything tends to be very quick and immediate, Sesame Street continues to be such a success.”

Just what is it about Sesame Street that still appeals to us after all these years?

For most of us it’s such a recognisable and familiar brand. Jim Henson’s work has played a part in most of our childhoods whether it’s through Sesame Street, The Muppets or even Fraggle Rock: we know what to expect, so for those of us that are

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festkids now parents ourselves we feel safe with Sesame Street.

There’s no doubt in Nick’s mind that there will be many nostalgic parents dragging their kids along to see the show. “We’ve found that these tickets aren’t sold on what I call the child’s ‘pester power’ where the kids are saying ‘Please can we go and see this show.’ With this it almost works the other way. It’s the parents saying ‘Great, we’ve got to go and see this show!’ Kids may know Elmo but the parents get so excited too when they see the other characters, and that’s really exciting for us.”

I wonder whether there’s a chance that the very young audiences might have never seen Sesame Street, what with the massive volume of kid’s TV shows and channels there are now. “Certainly there will be some who may never have seen Sesame Street before or know any of the characters.” Indeed Nick’s own son was two when he first saw the show and didn’t know any of the characters but “lit up with all of brightness and colour and the sound. They might not know the characters but they’re going to associate with it.”

So apart from making music with an eight-foot yellow bird with stripey legs, what does Nick hope that the kids get from the show? “Our live shows’ main aim is to entertain, for you to come along and have some fun. The show’s not like the television show which has a strong educational element and is heavily based on numbers and letters. That said, one of the thoughts of the Sesame Workshop—who we’ve worked with on this show—is that if you can hold the attention of a young child then you can help to educate them. That might be them leaving having learnt about a new musical instrument, or they’ve bonded with their friends or made music with their parents.”

“I’m aware that for a lot of these children it will be their first ever experience of theatre. If they like it then they’re going to want to come back, and keep coming back. We almost have a responsibility to make these kids enjoy the show so that they’ll want to keep coming back and see other shows.”

Meadows Theatre Big Top, times vary, 6–12 Aug, free

A Q&A with Elmo

Hello Elmo. Which friends are you bringing with you? Oscar is my favourite.

Sophie, aged nearly 3 Hey everyone, Elmo is so excited about coming to Scotland, I’ll be bringing most of the gang including Oscar!

What do we need to bring to the show?

Phoebe, aged 4 Elmo wants you to bring your loudest voices and biggest smiles.

Can we dance in the aisles or do we have to behave and sit in our seats?

Alexander, aged 5 Aha, Elmo thinks you should dance in your seats!

Have you ever worn a kilt? What about haggis, do you know what that is?

Archie, aged 3 Elmo hasn’t worn a kilt and I’ve not tried haggis but it does sound like a food that monsters would like!

Are you really allergic to being tickled? What happens if you get tickled too much?

Millie, aged 4 I laugh a lot; Abby Cadabby is always tickling me.

Who’s your best friend? I think it’s Zoe but my big sister thinks it might be Bert.

Louise, aged 3 and a half We’re all friends on Sesame Street, Zoe, Abby, Bert, Ernie…even Oscar!

Won’t you miss Sesame Street when you’re here?

Catriona, aged 4 I’m bringing it with me so I won’t miss it!

Plus Elmo can’t wait to perform for all the children at the Edinburgh Festival. See you there!

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By kids, for kids!

It is a kids’ world out there. With more children's shows at the Festival than ever before, there’s never been so great a need for a cool, clear-eyed critical gaze. We’ve called in the experts...

Peter Pan on Dinosaur Island

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The play is about Peter Pan and Captain Hook travelling back to the time of the dinosaurs. Stinkerbell (Tinkerbell’s great grandson) is there too. Wendy is an old lady who has a great granddaughter called Chloe and they are in the show as well.

The show was in the Merchants Hall which is a lovely old building. The seats were uncomfortable though. We could buy glow sticks, magic wands and flashing swords.

What didn’t work was the scenery, the set was bad.

They had metal poles for trees with no greenery. A dinosaur knocked a tree over accidently.

A good thing about this show was it was interactive.

Kids were asked to come on stage to take part in the show.

The kids enjoyed it but not everyone got a turn.

I thought this show was too childish for me and is for kids 6 and under. [Maxwell Stephenson] Spotlites @ Merchants’ Hall, 10:45am – 12:20pm, 6–19 Aug, £7

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

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I went to see this show on one of its very first days and I thought it was really good.

The theatre was very small and I thought it would be big, but I liked it - I could see them close up. There were only four people in it so they had lots of jobs to do - singing, acting, playing music and making really cool sound effects.

The story is a fairytale about a girl who meets a bear in a snow storm. When he has to leave her she goes looking for him and has to get the North wind to help her. I really liked the story, it was fun and exciting.

There were lots of really funny bits - like the man who was the Troll Queen and loved shiny things but was really stupid.

Go and see this show - it’s really good. [Ailis Black] theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12:10pm – 12:55pm, 6–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £7.00

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festkids Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and His Singing Tiger

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The Dr Brown show is SO crazy and silly. Dr Brown’s partner Singing Tiger tells the story of Dr Brown’s day while playing a mini guitar. Dr Brown arrives in a huge bag wearing funny clothes: red socks, goggles and a red hat. In the show the first thing Dr Brown does is have his breakfast which leads to lots of silly things. Dr Brown does crazy things and stunts in the show. The funniest part is the baby bit.

The finale is my favourite bit when he rides his bike.

In the show dads help a lot,

so dads be prepared! The audience get to take part a lot.

The set is very simple and the props are right next to him.

While I was watching it the crowd were really enjoying it.

I loved Dr Brown, if you like kids comedy then this is the show you should see! [Eleanor Smith] Assembly George Square, 12:45pm – 1:35pm, 6–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £8.00

The I Hate Children Children’s Show

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This show is great. If you like magic with comedy thrown in then you will definitely want to see this show. Even though magician Paul only did six main tricks the audience were engrossed and laughing from start to finish!

Paul doesn’t really hate children, he is cuddly and friendly and great at using kids as assistants. He has sidekick John who is a guitarist in the background. Every kid gets a chance to help if they want.

The tricks seem simple and are meant for kids but mums and dads will be impressed too. I thought the best

Giddy Goat

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Go see Giddy Goat and you’ll be bowled over with Rock Rounders, flying sheep and goats that do AWESOME jumps. Giddy is a goat on a mission and with the audience’s help - can she do it?

There is plenty of great singing, dancing, clapping and the use of shadow puppets is also very clever. As Giddy continues her story we meet Manuel the Spanish sheep who likes to PARTY. Don’t miss the Tea Tray sisters and the Barbershop singing sheep.

I liked the singing and

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trick was the rope one. He does try to entertain you as much as possible. Some of his jokes went over my head, but mum was laughing!

The venue is small inside, which helps you see the tricks better. I would recommend seeing this show. [Eleanor Smith] Pleasance Courtyard, 12:15pm – 1:15pm, 6–27 Aug, £8 – £9

I thought the actors were good at changing roles. Lots of children got up to dance but I was a wee bit bored as it went on too long. [Billy Salters] C venues, 12:15pm – 1:05pm, 6–27 Aug, not 14, £7.50 – £9.50

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festkids Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall

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This show is billed as a baby disco and that’s just what it is; cool venue, disco ball and tunes.

But of course when it comes to babies and small people they always need a bit of help.

Sadly this is where we were left wanting.

It was impossible to connect with Mouse who was up on stage behind her decks. The three dancing helpers did their best to encourage the children and parents to let loose and boogie, but we wanted more from Mouse. We needed more from Mouse. After all, it’s her name on the tickets.

Leaving the participants to just dance themselves for a large part of the show is a massive gamble, entirely dependent on whether your crowd is up for it. I can imagine that a house full of extrovert parents and bold kids would pay off. But when the parents are self-conscious and the kids take 35 out of the 40 minutes to warm up? Then, there is nowhere to hide.

When we were given routines to follow, like the Conga, the energy in the room stepped up a gear and it really was great fun for everyone. The show is well worth a look for these snippets alone.

When Mouse finally did join us for the ‘Dancing Queen’ finale you could see the children were curious about her—with her 1950s polka dot dress and Minnie Mouse hair—and keen to dance next to her. I understand that Mouse is a DJ but I wonder whether children really care about that. I suspect they’d have much preferred to dance with Mouse whilst someone else spun the decks. [Caroline Black] Assembly George Square, 11:00am – 11:40am, various dates between 8 Aug and 26 Aug, £6.00 – £7.50

Dr Bunhead’s Blast Off!

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Doctor Bunhead has been making things go bang on stage at Edinburgh for a few years now, and his skill and popularity have burgeoned to the point that he’s now a real fixture of a lot of families’ Fringe schedules. Once again performing in the suitably academic setting of a massive university lecture theatre just off George Square, the star of TV’s Brainiac packs the place two thirds full of wide-eyed potential scientists and pyromaniacs.

This year, the show is ostensibly a lecture on the

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origins of the universe and humans’ developing relationship with fire since they came down from the trees. The educational element of the show is sincere and generally well delivered, but we’re never far away from an explosion or some other gasp-inducing spectacle.

The stage is like something from a keen physics teacher’s daydream: there are makeshift rockets, balloons full of various combinations of gases, a fire funnel, a makeshift vacuum, and seemingly endless quantities of explosives.

A brief lecture, accompanied by some witty powerpoint slides, introduces each setpiece, before we get to the

loud noises and things flying through the air.

Fest last saw the good doctor in 2010 and his confidence and stage presence have massively improved since then. He struts and gurns like a nerdy, slightly crazy favourite uncle, getting plenty of mileage out of fart jokes and playing on the apparent peril that he’s putting us in, whilst never letting us feel we really are in unsafe hands. There were plenty of squeals of terror and delight at this performance, and no small degree of wonder, too. [Tom Hackett] Assembly George Square, 10:30am – 11:30am, 7–11 Aug, £10.00

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festkids The Snail and the Whale

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Rather than being a simple stage production of the Julia Donaldson book, Tall Stories’ show is more of a story within a story. Told through the eyes of a young girl preparing once again to say goodbye to her beloved dad as he returns to his job at sea, it’s their relationship and the fun they have together that is so entertaining. She is the snail to his whale and desperate for adventures on the open seas.

There are high-energy performances from the two main characters and they have a natural chemistry that only adds to the humour and warmth of this piece. The narrator—the now grown up girl—creates wonderful sound effects

with her viola throughout and treats us to a foot stomping folk tune to finish off the show.

There were lots of laughs and shouts from the audience throughout and all of the children seemed hooked for the duration. This isn’t a show for very young children though; Tall Stories are spot on with their 4-10 years recommended age range. Whilst the original rhyming book is certainly in there, kids will need to follow the story as it flicks between different periods and the dad disappears and reappears.

Expect to leave the theatre happy and smiling.

But beware of water pistols.

[Caroline Black] Pleasance Courtyard, 3:00pm – 3:45pm, 6–26 Aug, not 15, £8.50 – £9.50

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1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

10:15 BBC: Front Row

BBC @ Potterrow, 22 Aug, £free

10:30 1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

BBC: MacAulay and Co

BBC @ Potterrow, 7-17 Aug, weekdays only, £free

10:40 Humans v Nature: Engineering FTW

Assembly George Square, 7-14 Aug, £10 – £12

11:00

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

Mind Reading for Breakfast

Assembly George Square, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £9

Lucy Cox: Attractive Audience Required - Free

Juliet Meyers: Raised

By Fridge Magnets

The Durham Revue

Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-26 Aug, not 15, 19, 20, 21, £9 – £10

11:45 Tommy Talks

The Stand Comedy Club II, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

BBC: Off the Ball

BBC @ Potterrow, 11 Aug, £free

Jerry Bucham: Freelance Activist

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-12 Aug, £5

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 12, 16, £free

11:50

The Cradle of Comedy

Graters: Julian Ignores his Friend and Talks to a Pretty Girl Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

Card Ninja: ReDeal

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 7-11 Aug, £free

11:40

James Redmond and Ellie Taylor - Free Festival

11:20

Survivor - A Broad Irish Idiot

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

12:00

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

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Sweet Grassmarket, 11-27 Aug, not 18, 25, £9

BBC: Loose Ends

BBC @ Potterrow, 18 Aug, £free

The listings are arranged by type - Comedy or Theatre - and then by time. We've listed the dates that each show is running, but remember that it might be on at different times too - check our website for more information.

Dates and times can sometimes change, so check with the venue before planning ahead.

20:15 Underbelly, Bristo Square 7-26 Aug, £14 – £16

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Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

Croft & Pearce Do It Like A Lady HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £8.50 – £9.50

Hill Street Theatre, 7-26 Aug, £5

Introducing Stu Introducing Will - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

The Aspidistras - Hi Noon!

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 13-26 Aug, not 14, £5

Eggball

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £free

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

The Tourists - A Free Festival Sketch Show Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 19-26 Aug, £free

Ivo Graham and Liam Williams Laughing Horse @ Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

Austerity Pleasures

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £free

Dancing About Architecture

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-12 Aug, £5 – £6

FunBags present Unusual Suspects

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £5

Cheese-Badger presents... Midge (a Two-Man Musical) - Free Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Sally-Anne Hayward: The Inbetweeny Lady The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Improvised - Free

Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 7-26 Aug, £free

Black Monday - The Longest Laugh All Day Gong Show

The Shack Comedy Club & Nightclub, 13-14 Aug, £10

Beast of the East - Free Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 13-17 Aug, £free

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

Anne Edmonds in My Banjo’s Name is Steven

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £8 – £9

12:05

12:15

Gareth Morinan Presents A Wilmops Good Improv Show

Nick Hayman: Middle Aged, Useless and Talented! - Free

The Cabaret Voltaire, 7-25 Aug, £free

Jack and Nikki: Killing Machines

The Voodoo Rooms, 7-14 Aug, £free

Failure and How to Achieve It The Voodoo Rooms, 15-25 Aug, £free

12:10 Simon Munnery’s La Concepta

La Concepta @ Whitespace, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £11.50 – £13.50

Graham Rex

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8 – £9

Richard Wiseman: Psychobabble

The Canons’ Gait, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £free

Domestic Science

The Canons’ Gait, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

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Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 11, 18, 25, £free

The Comedian’s Comedian Live with Stuart Goldsmith

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 10-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, £7.50

Stu and Garry in The Lunchtime Show The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

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Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, Various dates from 7 Aug to 25 Aug, £99

Cucu-rucu-cu in the French Alps

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

12:20 Crunch the News

The Voodoo Rooms, 7-18 Aug, £free

comedylistings Bob and Jim - Go

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8 – £9

12:30 One in a Million - Free Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Jerry Sadowitz: Card Tricks and Close Up Magic The Assembly Rooms, 14-18 Aug, £15.50

Sam Fletcher - Good on Paper

Bannermans, 7-25 Aug, £free

Cirque du Charlie Chuck SpaceCabaret @ 54, 13-25 Aug, £8

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

Big Value Comedy’s Lunchtime Club Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £5 – £6

Tales from the Unaccepted

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-12 Aug, £free

Ted & Co The Dinner Show Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor, 11 Aug, 25 Aug, £39

Rock N Roll Politics presented by Steve Richards

Assembly George Square, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 21, £10 – £12.50

Tony Law Maximum Nonsense The Stand Comedy Club, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8

Fragments of Monotony / An Audience With Sir Dickie Benson Whynot? , 7-25 Aug, £free

12:35 Because I Felt Like It - Free

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 11-17 Aug, £free

Man Feelings

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, £free

12:40 The St Andrews Revue

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-19 Aug, not 14, £6 – £7

12:45 Gordon Southern’s A Brief History of History

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7 Aug, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, £12

12:50 Jenny Fawcett

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8 – £8.50

12:55 Funk Rocket 5000 Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £5 – £6

Horse & Louis: The Curse of...

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £9.50

13:00 Anthony King: Songs of Love and Death Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8 – £9.50

Short & Curly: A Captive Audience

Ciao Roma, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 14, 21, £9 – £10

Amnesty’s Secret Comedy Podcast

Underbelly, Bristo Square, Various dates from 7 Aug to 27 Aug, £free

E4 Udderbelly Podcalf 2012

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 8-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 20, 21, £6

The Temps

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £8 – £9

The Comedy Sandwich

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

The Human Condition - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

13:05 BDOOL (Best Days of Our Lives) - Free Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 8-26 Aug, not 14, £free

Mike Sheer in Undergod - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, £free

Life, the Universe, Whatever...

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 15, 16, 21, £free

They Came With Outer Script - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-11 Aug, £free

The Three Half Pints

Sad Faces Remember It Differently

Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 22, £free

Jim Smallman’s Group Therapy

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 19, £free

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £5

Mr Susan’s ‘Cheeky Flippin’ Nice’ - Free Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 7-26 Aug, not 12, £free

This Arthur’s Seat Belongs to Lionel Richie

Summit of Arthur’s Seat, 7-27 Aug, £free

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

Frankie from the Valley - Free

Revill’s Selection - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Cracking Yolks - Free Range Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 12-26 Aug, £free

13:10 Bless You In Advance Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 17-26 Aug, £free

Simon Munnery’s La Concepta

13:20

La Concepta @ Whitespace, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £11.50 – £13.50

Bowling and Todd +1

They’re Gonna Crucify Me

Three for Free

The Banshee Labyrinth, 11-25 Aug, £free

Tony Jameson and Katie Mulgrew Tell Tales

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Iszi Lawrence’s Wotnot

The Stand Comedy Club II, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Best of Edinburgh The Showcase Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Stay at Home Dad - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-15 Aug, £free

13:15 This Is Soap

C venues - C, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £6.50 – £8.50

BBC: The Festival Cafe

BBC @ Potterrow, 7-17 Aug, weekdays only, £free

BBC: The Richard Bacon Show

BBC @ Potterrow, 22-23 Aug, £free

Mugging Chickens

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

Afternoon Delight

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £5

Working Men’s Club Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Soap Box - The Comedy Debate Slam Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-26 Aug, £free

Mace and Burton: Rom Com Con

The Canons’ Gait, 8-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Kieran Hodgson: Supervillain

The Voodoo Rooms, 7-25 Aug, £free

Adam Larter: Happy New Year - A Free Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, 7-26 Aug, £free

The Cabaret Voltaire, 7-25 Aug, £free

Belushi’s, 7-25 Aug, £free

Will Marsh’s Ruination

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £5 – £8

13:25 Jay Foreman’s Mixtape

Underbelly, Cowgate, 1926 Aug, £9 – £10

Chris Corcoran and Elis James - The Committee Meeting

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

California Beach Bungalow

C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £6.50 – £8.50

Pam Ford Salon Secrets - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

The Look of an Angel on the Devil Himself

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £free

Bob Graham Work Ethic

Jessica Pidsley’s I Can Make You Thin(k)

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-27 Aug, not 18, 25, £7

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 8-26 Aug, not 13, 19, 20, £free

13:30

13:40 Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8 – £9

13:45

Gareth Morinan: Truth Doodler

Josh Richards: Keith Looks Back in Anger - Free

A Coach Load of Lesley

Control Alt Delete - The Funny Side of Computers

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £9.50

The Voodoo Rooms, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Kelly Kingham: Goody Two-Shoes - Free

The Royal Mile Tavern, 7-25 Aug, £free

Back to School

Pleasance at Braidwood Centre, 10-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, £15

David O’Doherty Presents 403 Second Masterworks Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14 Aug, £11.50

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

Bridget Christie: War Donkey The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

Gentlemen Bears

The Hudson Hotel, 7-25 Aug, £free

Ian Smith and Tom Toal Whistlebinkies, 7-25 Aug, £free

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-26 Aug, £free

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 8-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Josie Long and Sam Schäfer’s Awkward Romance Mood Nightclub, 13-17 Aug, £free

George Ryegold’s God-In-A-Bag

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

The Joke Circus - Free Bannermans, 7-11 Aug, £free

Giant Talking Cat Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 17-26 Aug, £free

Free Footlights

Le Monde, 7-25 Aug, not 15, £free

14:00 Hannah Gadsby Mary. Contrary.

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, £9.50 – £10.50

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comedylistings Bristol Revunions: Destination Adventure

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7.50 – £8.50

The Early Edition

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £11 – £13

Dixon of Fogg Green - Free

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 19-26 Aug, £free

Funny Women at the Fringe

Assembly George Square, 8-17 Aug, £10 – £12

Luke and Harry’s Dot Dot Dot Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8 – £9

Fliss Russell - Life is Fliss

Dragonfly, 7-25 Aug, not 16, £free

Lara A King - People Pleaser

Assembly George Square, Various dates from 7 Aug to 26 Aug, £10

Sandi Toksvig Live: My Valentine

Pleasance Courtyard, 1723 Aug, £10 – £14

The Two O’Clock Show

The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £free

This Arthur’s Seat Gala Belongs to Lionel Richie

Summit of Arthur’s Seat, 18 Aug, £free

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

All the Fun of the Unfair 2012

Siglo, 7-25 Aug, £free

14:05 Under Your Feet

Southsider, 7-25 Aug, £free

Helsinki

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Amused Moose Laughter Awards Top Ten Semi-Final The Bongo Club, 17 Aug, £10

AAA Batteries (Not Included) - Free

Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 7-26 Aug, £free

No Poofs No Piano

theSpace on the Mile , 7-18 Aug, not 12, £5

Amused Moose Comedy Awards Final The Bongo Club, 19 Aug, £12

14:15 Gagging for Attention

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £3

Activism Is Fun

Globe, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £free

BBC: Comic Fringes BBC @ Potterrow, 18 Aug, £free

Nutters of the British Isles: The Complete Field Guide - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £free

Best of the Fest Daytime

Assembly George Square, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £12.50

Roland Rides The Rail’s! (again) - Free

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 7-27 Aug, not 11, 18, 25, £free

Richard Herring’s Edinburgh Fringe Podcast

The Stand Comedy Club, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10

It’s Not Us, It’s You - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

BEASTS

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8 – £9

Phil Buckley - Simple Things - Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, £free

14:20 Eric’s Tales of the Sea - A Submariner’s Yarn Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10.50

Jack Jerome’s Journey of Life

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8

Eleanor Tiernan Rogue

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Silky: Nut Allegory

The Stand Comedy Club II, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Tom Lauri: Good With His Fingers Sweet Grassmarket, 11-27 Aug, not 18, 25, £7

The One Hour Plays Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8 – £9.50

14:25

Reshape While Damp

Once Upon A Time...

Paradise in The Vault, 7-19 Aug, not 13, £7.50

14:30 Sarah Jones: Does Not Play Well With Others

Laughing Horse @ Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, 7-12 Aug, £free

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

Tennyson Hanbury’s Condensed Cabaret

C venues - C aquila, 1927 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Belushi’s, 7-25 Aug, £free

Angela Barnes and Matt Richardson

This Comedy Mob Belongs to Lionel Richie

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £free

The Birmingham Footnotes Drop Their Trousers Base Nightclub, 7-11 Aug, £free

Jessie Cave: Bookworm

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

Ian Fox - Shutter Monkey (The Comedy Show With Pictures) - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

The One-Eyed Men’s Friendship Formula - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 11, 18, £free

BBC: Christopher Brookmyre’s Comedy Bookcase BBC @ Potterrow, 7-9 Aug, £free

The Edinburgh Revue Stand Up Show

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-26 Aug, not 16, £free

The Scott Monument, 25 Aug, £free

Barbara Nice: Mrs Nice

The Assembly Rooms, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £10

Square Eye Pair

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8.50 – £9.50

14:35 Convicted

The Cabaret Voltaire, 7-25 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

14:40 Billy Kirkwood’s Show Me Your Tattoo 2012 Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Vinegar Knickers: On The Edge Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, 16, 17, £8 – £9.50

10 Films With My Dad

The Voodoo Rooms, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £free

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14:45 In Vino Veritas - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 11, 18, 25, £free

And Still Rarely Rong Whistlebinkies, 7-25 Aug, £free

Bec Hill is More Afraid of You Than You Are of Her!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £8 – £9

Santa’s Dead and We Have Killed Him Opium, 7-11 Aug, £free

Slap and Giggle: Retrial

Opium, 12-25 Aug, £free

Best of Waterloo Comedy Club

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 18-26 Aug, £free

Someone, Somewhere

The Royal Mile Tavern, 7-25 Aug, £free

American Girlfriend: Laura Levites

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £free

14:50 Hennessy & Friends: A History of Violence Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

Fran Moulds: Significant Human Error

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

comedylistings 15:00 RadioHead Redux 2012

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 8-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

No Pressure to Be Funny Venue150 @ EICC, 18 Aug, £10

BBC: Crossing the Media BBC @ Potterrow, 26 Aug, £free

Gemma Arrowsmith: Defender of Earth Le Monde, 7-25 Aug, £free

Rachel Stubbings Is Stubbing Out Problems

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8 – £9

Bristol Improv for Hire

Whynot? , 8-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

What a Weird and Wonderful Festival!

The Voodoo Rooms, 25 Aug, £free

Visual Aids

Rush Bar, 7-18 Aug, £free

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

Ship of Fools: Children of Twelchford

Bannermans, 7-25 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Mitch Benn: Reduced Circumstances The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 13, £10

The Cradle of Comedy

Destiny Church Gorgie, 7-26 Aug, £5

2012: An Improv Odyssey

Rush Bar, 19-25 Aug, £free

15:05 Kaput

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £11 – £13

Tim Honnef - Life

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £7 – £8

Men of Character - Free

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, £free

15:10 Parris and Dowler Know What They’re Doing Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

My Stepson Stole My Sonic Screwdriver Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £10 – £11

It’s Grimm Up North

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, £6 – £8

Jamie Demetriou’s People Day (and Special Guests) Dragonfly, 8-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

15:15 Comedy Brass - Free

Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 7-26 Aug, £free

BBC: The Unbelievable Truth BBC @ Potterrow, 13 Aug, £free

Kieran and Joe: Friends of Steel

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Stand-Up at the Jekyll & Hyde - Free

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 16, £free

Katherine Ryan: Nature’s Candy

Gilded Balloon at Third Door, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 26, £9.50 – £10

Ford and Akram: Bamp!

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9 – £9.50

Luke Milford Things I Like Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

BBC: Front Row

BBC @ Potterrow, 15 Aug, £free

Cirque du Charlie Chuck

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-11 Aug, £8

The Oxford Imps

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, £10.50 – £12

Forget Therapy - Just Drink - Free Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

15:20 Kevin Tomlinson: Crazy Little Thing Called Love!

Just The Tonic at the Caves, Various dates from 8 Aug to 26 Aug, £10 – £11

Kevin Tomlinson: Seven Ages!

Just The Tonic at the Caves, Various dates from 7 Aug to 25 Aug, £10 – £11

Four Screws Loose in #screwtheworld Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 11, £9 – £10

The Comedy Manifesto

Ciao Roma, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £free

15:25 The Silky Pair: Happy to Help (Plus Special Guests) Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £6

15:30 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 26 Aug, £14

Dave McNeill: Canoe Ride 3000 Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8 – £10

No Turn Unstoned

The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, £free

Chris Henry: We Need to Talk!

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 24, £free

LOLympics Live - Free Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

Plenty More Fish (But I Don’t Have a Fish Fetish)

Patterson and Ranganathan

The Fiddler’s Elbow, 7-25 Aug, £free

Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 7-26 Aug, £free

The Intimate Strangers

Max and Ivan Are...

Con Artists

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £9.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £12

The Expeditionary Force in The First Supper

Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 7-12 Aug, £free

Ladies and Gentlemen - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, £free

Monumental Information’s Product of the Year 2017

Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 16-26 Aug, £free

Ladies Live Longer: Ladylike

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Nick Page: My Glorious Hypothetical Life As a Eunuch The Shack Comedy Club & Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £8

Liam Mullone: A Land Fit For F*ckwits The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

Michael Legge: What a Shame

The Stand Comedy Club II, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Helen Keen: Robot Woman of Tomorrow

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

RH: Live

C venues - C aquila, 12-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

BBC: Four Thought BBC @ Potterrow, 20 Aug, £free

15:35 Bruce Hammers’ Bananapocalypse

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £5 – £6

Through the Looking Screen Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £10 – £11

Peter Antoniou’s Psychic Circus

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-26 Aug, not 18, 25, £8

15:40 Sharron Matthews Superstar: Gold

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £12.50 – £14

Owen Niblock: Codemaker

15:50

Phil O’Shea

GHQ, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £free

The Voodoo Rooms, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £free Belushi’s, 7-25 Aug, £free

An Indie Boy’s Guide to Sex and Girls Chiquito, 7-25 Aug, £free

Tom Goodliffe: All in Good Time

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £6 – £7

Thea-Skot’s Miss Adventures

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £8

15:45 David Mills is Smart Casual - Free

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-27 Aug, £free

The Tim Vine Chat Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £14 – £15

Sean Hegarty and Tom O’Mahoney Live - Free

Loughborough Players: Athletes of Comedy

Quiz in My Pants

The Cabaret Voltaire, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £free

The Dog-Eared Collective: You’re Amazing, Now Look at Me Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

Dec Munro’s Got Chutzpah

The Royal Mile Tavern, 15-25 Aug, £free

Mark Cooper-Jones: Geography Teacher - Free The Cabaret Voltaire, 7-24 Aug, not 14, 20, £free

15:55 Niall McCamley: Lemon Jousting and Other Shenanigans

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Dolly Mixture

The Voodoo Rooms, 7-25 Aug, not 15, £free

Laughing Horse @ Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, 7-26 Aug, £free

16:00

Sarfraz Manzoor: The Boss Rules

Jody Kamali: Dirty Filthy Rich - Free

The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

Fark

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 15, 16, £free

Discograffiti - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 11-26 Aug, £free

Simon Munnery: Fylm-Makker

The Stand Comedy Club, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10

I Am Google

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Free Improv Show - The Discount Comedy Checkout Base Nightclub, 7-18 Aug, £free

Munfred Bernstein’s Cabinet of Wonder Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8.50 – £9.50

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

Paul Merton’s Impro Chums

Pleasance Courtyard, 1625 Aug, £13 – £14.50

Mae Day HHH

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7

BBC: Christopher Brookmyre’s Comedy Bookcase BBC @ Potterrow, 7-9 Aug, £free

Matthew Crosby is Matthew Crosby in Matthew Crosby (The Show) Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £10 – £12

The Quadrantines

Opium, 7-25 Aug, £free

Kierkegaard Comedy Show Danish Institute, 8-19 Aug, £10

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comedylistings Daniel-Ryan Spaulding: How Dare You! The Hudson Hotel, 7-25 Aug, not 10, 11, £free

This Barry Ferns Belongs to Lionel Richie

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £free

Phill Jupitus is Porky the Poet in 27 Years On The Jam House, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Pun Run

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15 Aug, £12

The Cambridge Footlights: Perfect Strangers

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, £9 – £10

Fred Cooke: Standing, tilted

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

The Oxford Revue Prattle Royale Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £9 – £10

Back to School

Pleasance at Braidwood Centre, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £15

Beard

Assembly Hall, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £8 – £10

Damien Crow: The World According to Damien Crow HH

The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

Rob Auton: The Yellow Show

The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £free

Constant Craving - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, not 11, 18, 25, £free

BBC: Just a Minute BBC @ Potterrow, 14 Aug, £free

6 Foot Silly - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-17 Aug, not 11, £free

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

Arguments and Nosebleeds - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 26 Aug, £free

Occupied

53 Frederick St Guest House, 10-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

16:05 Matt Forde: Eyes to the Right, Nose to the Left

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Half of Next Year’s Show - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

16:10

16:30

Shirley and Shirley Unleashed

Chris McCausland: Not Blind Enough

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

16:15 The Pigeon Hole Presents: Stand-Up Comedy - PBH’s Free Fringe Mood Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, £free

Making Life Taste Funnier

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

Rory O’Hanlon: A Bit of Craic in the Afternoon

Rush Bar, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 16, 17, £free

Do Not Adjust Your Stage

Whynot? , 7-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Deborah FrancesWhite: Cult Following Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

John Hastings: UnRelentless

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7-26 Aug, £free

Genevieve Swallow is Sharing Le Monde, 7-25 Aug, not 15, £free

Gerry Howell: Glorious Invention

Bannermans, 7-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £free

16:20 Gráinne Maguire: Where Are All the Fun Places and Are Lots of People There Having Better Fun?

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £8.50 – £9.50

Gravity Boots

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8 – £9

An Austrian and Someone from Slough

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £11 – £12

Paul Dennis’s Inappropriate Bits - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £free

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

The Bob Blackman Appreciation Society Presents - Free Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 7-12 Aug, £free

Jim Smallman: Let’s Be Friends Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9

Lead Pencil

The Fiddler’s Elbow, 1325 Aug, £free

Catch Comedy Presents: Edinburgh Fringe Showcase Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s, 13-17 Aug, £3.50

The McLough-Hess Monster

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 16, £free

Itch: A Scratch Event Pleasance Courtyard, 14 Aug, £8

Thomas Nelstrop: Great(ish) Hits Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

McNeil and Pamphilon

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

Aberdeen vs.

Glasgow vs. The World II - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 7-26 Aug, £free

Asher Treleaven: Troubadour

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

Kevin Dewsbury: In...

Sane - Free Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 13-26 Aug, £free

Fresh Faces at the Free Fringe

Southsider, 7-25 Aug, £free

BBC: In Tune

BBC @ Potterrow, 24 Aug, £free

Morgan & West: Clockwork Miracles

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £10.50

16:40 David Longley: My Favourite Things HHH

The Stand Comedy Club II, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Holly Burn: The H Club

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £8

Otto Kuhnle: Ich Bin Ein Berliner

Assembly George Square, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10.50

Mary Bourke: Hail Mary!

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Jigsaw: Gettin’ Jiggy

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Dissecting Comedy - Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, £free

Jem Brookes: Thumbs Up - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

Not Treasure Island Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £5 – £6

Computer Programmer Extraordinaire Globe, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £free

The Edinburgh Revue Sketch Show The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

The Pin

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £8.50 – £9.50

Jackson Voorhaar’s One True Love(s) - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

Lewis Schaffer: No YOU Shut Up! - Free

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Erich McElroy: The Brit Identity

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £11 – £12

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- All New Show 2012 Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £12

Cariad Lloyd - The Freewheelin’ Cariad Lloyd Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

BBC: The Unbelievable Truth BBC @ Potterrow, 13 Aug, £free

Born to be Mild

The Shack Comedy Club & Nightclub, 7-18 Aug, not 13, £7

No Country for Old Men

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 11-18 Aug, £free

Leads & Stern

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

End of the World Show 2012

Ryan’s Cellar Bar, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

Angus and Cameron: Village Idiots - Free

The Pauly Show Episode One

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7-14 Aug, £free

Lights! Camera!

Improvise!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

The Voodoo Rooms, Various dates from 7 Aug to 14 Aug, £free

Michelle de Swarte

Belushi’s, 7-25 Aug, not 15, £free

Fat Kitten vs. the World

The Voodoo Rooms, 1625 Aug, not 22, £free

16:55 Alan Hudson’s Not So Secret World of Magic

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £9

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £10

The Tim and Pat Show

The Cabaret Voltaire, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

The Great Big Comedy Picnic - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

John Robertson - The Dark Room - Free Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-27 Aug, £free

Geoff Norcott Avoids a Double Dip The Shack Comedy Club & Nightclub, 19-25 Aug, £7

Diane Spencer: Exquisite Bad Taste

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

One Rogue Reporter

Discover Ben Target

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £10.50

Yianni: Numb and Number - Free

Jarlath Regan: The Audacity of Hope and the Inspirational Stupidity of Perseverance

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

The Canons’ Gait, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £free

Simply the Jest presents Middle Class Tripe

Chiquito, 10-25 Aug, £free

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Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

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Fat Kitten Goes Speed Dating

16:45

17:00 Bad Musical

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The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

Ferris Bueller’s Way of...

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 8-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

comedylistings Britain’s Got F*ck All Talent!

The Shack Comedy Club & Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £7

Firenado! The Sketch Show

Josh Widdicombe: The Further Adventures of...

Extra Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 14 Aug, £11

Buffs Club (RAOB), 7-13 Aug, £free

17:15

Passion, Pints and Potatoes - An Irish Guide to Life

Christian Reilly: This Is Not A Love Song

Dropkick Murphy’s, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

German Comedian

Base Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

The Leeds Tealights: Sexy Chubby Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £9

The Noise Next Door: Bring The Noise Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £13 – £14

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

17:05 Rory & Tim: Good for Nothing

The Voodoo Rooms, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Blind Date Ruined My Life

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-26 Aug, not 18, 25, £7.50

Stephanie Laing and Martin Croser: Greens!

The Cabaret Voltaire, 7-17 Aug, £free

Rosie Thorn and The Patsy Cornish Saga theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21-25 Aug, £7

17:10 Nicholas Parsons’ Happy Hour

Pleasance Courtyard, 9-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £11 – £12

Monkey Poet - Potty Mouth

The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £free

Ben Verth: Alsatian and Chips

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-26 Aug, not 9, 16, £free

The Tim Vine Chat Show

Whistlebinkies, 7-18 Aug, £free

Do Not Trust the Animals - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-27 Aug, not 16, £free

Birth Order

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

BBC: Dilemma

BBC @ Potterrow, 16 Aug, £free

Gadd and Winning: Well, This is Awkwarder

Opium, 11-25 Aug, £free

David O’Doherty Presents 403 Second Masterworks Gilded Balloon Teviot, 20 Aug, £11.50

Man 1, Bank 0

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 11-26 Aug, £10.50 – £12.50

The Thinking Drinkers Guide to Alcohol

17:30 Scientist Turned Comedian: Tim Lee

Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

The SomeNews Live Show - Free

Laughing Horse @ Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, 7-26 Aug, £free

Cammy’s Teatime The Jazz Bar, 22-26 Aug, £5

Folken Britain

Le Monde, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

BBC: Just a Minute BBC @ Potterrow, 14 Aug, £free

Jennifer Carnovale - Scraping the Barrel - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 11, 18, 25, £free

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

James Christopher: Bring Me the Head of Russell Kane - Free The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Nik Coppin’s Caricatures - Free Festival

The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Michael Redmond: Mannequins, Fishmongers, Guacamole and Me ... and Other Things

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £8.50 – £9.50

Lucy Porter - People Person HHH The Stand Comedy Club, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10

17:20 Laurence Clark: Inspired

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £11

Bad Bread: 2012 The Survival Guide

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection

Barry Cryer and Ronnie Golden Going Gaga

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-10 Aug, £12

Sean Hughes - Life Becomes Noises Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £13 – £14

Phil Mann’s Full Mind Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, £free

Benny Boot: Def-Con 4

Pleasance Courtyard, 21 Aug, £14

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £10.50

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

Sheeps - Dancing with Lisa

Hanks and Conran Pigs in Blankets

Nick Helm: This Means War!

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7.50

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £12.50 – £13.50

Lost Voice Guy and Jeff Lantern - Not Afraid of Tablets Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, £free

The Great Puppet Horn

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £9 – £10.50

17:35 Milo McCabe: Kenny Moon This Is Your Life

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10

Ryan Withers - One Woman Showe - Free

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, £free

17:40 Catriona Knox Hellcat

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

The Three Englishmen: Squares

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 11, £9 – £9.50

17:45 Ed Eales-White: Champions

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £7.50 – £9

The Kids We Used To Be - Free Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 7-14 Aug, £free

Aaaand Now for Something Completely Wireless - Free Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 7-26 Aug, £free

The Magical Adventures of Pete Heat Gilded Balloon at Third Door, 7-27 Aug, £10 – £12

Ladystache

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 15-26 Aug, £free

Billy Watson - Sex, Drugs and Marriage - Free

Maff Brown’s Parade of This Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 13, £8 – £9

The Fitzrovia Radio Hour

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £10 – £11

BBC: The Kitchen Cabinet

BBC @ Potterrow, 26 Aug, £free

The Beta Males in...

The Space Race Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

Well Done You - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

Matthew Highton’s End of the Road Siglo, 7-26 Aug, £free

Chris Stokes: An Opera Written On Napkins Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8 – £9

Garrett Millerick: Which One’s Fergal?

Southsider, 7-25 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Hill and Weedon

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 16, £free

3 Days Off Jesus - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Chris Dangerfield: Sex Tourist

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-26 Aug, £free

17:50 Wil Hodgson: Kidnapped By Catwoman

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Test Tube Comedy

Ciao Roma, 7-25 Aug, £free

Gavin Webster: Bill Hicks Wasn’t Very Good

The Stand Comedy Club II, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

18:00

Chris Brain: A Better Place

Big Value Comedy Show - Early

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8.50 – £9.50

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

Xavier Toby: Binge Thinking

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

The Best of Irish Comedy

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, £10

Ben Hustwayte & Jack Campbell: Get It On

Globe, 7-25 Aug, £free

Trevor Lock’s Amateur Sex Tape Theory

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-26 Aug, £5

Nick Mohammed is Mr Swallow: 2012 Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, £11 – £12

Dirty Thirties

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, £free

Stephen Carlin: Pandas vs Penguins Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £11 – £12

Josie Long: Romance and Adventure Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 18, 19, £11.50 – £12.50

Loretta Maine: Bipolar

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

The Full Irish

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 7-26 Aug, £free

All Star Stand-Up Showcase - Free

Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 7-26 Aug, £free

Fresh Faces at the Free Fringe Belushi’s, 7-25 Aug, £free

Rob Beckett’s Summer Holiday

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £10 – £12

The Six O’Clock Club

Kilderkin, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Suzi Ruffell: Let’s Get Ready to Ruffell Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

Susan Calman: This Lady’s Not for Turning Either

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

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Venue150 @ EICC, 7-26 Aug, not 21, 22, 23, 24, £13.50 – £15.50

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

The Axis of Awesome: Cry Yourself A River HH Pleasance Courtyard, 7-19 Aug, £14 – £16

18:05 Richard Wiseman: Psychobabble

The Canons’ Gait, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £free

George’s Marvellous Medics theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20-25 Aug, £6

Stewart Lee - Carpet Remnant World The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £15

Black Country Cider Lions - Free

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7-26 Aug, £free

Oliver Dean and His Fantastic Ego! Live

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £3

Sammy J and Randy The Inheritance

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £13 – £15

18:10 Basic Training

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 19, £11 – £12

Chris Dugdale’s 2 Faced Deception

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, £11 – £12

Adam Strauss: Varieties of Religious Experience

The Royal Mile Tavern, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £free

Rick Shapiro: Rebirth Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £13 – £14

Michelle Wormleighton Bewildered

Chiquito, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

18:15 Michael Workman - Mercy

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

Nick Beaton Does Not Play Well With Others

The Shack Comedy Club & Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £7 – £8

A Betrayal of Penguins - Harmed and Dangerous

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-11 Aug, £9.50 – £10

Jack Barry and Patrick Turpin: Your New Mild Friends

Buffs Club (RAOB), 7-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Billy The Mime

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £6 – £10

You Are Being Lied To 2012 Base Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

BBC: The Philosopher’s Arms BBC @ Potterrow, 21 Aug, £free

Gordon Southern’s A Brief History of History Gilded Balloon Teviot, 12-26 Aug, £12

Thatcher’s Death Party

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-26 Aug, £free

Matt and Ian’s Improv Show

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-27 Aug, not 18, 25, £8

Frimston and Rowett: Huge Mistakes

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8

Inspired - Life 101

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 8-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Sajeela Kershi: Regret-Me-Nots

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Helen Arney - Voice of an Angle Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £10 – £11

Greg Proops

Assembly George Square, 16-25 Aug, £15 – £16

18:20 Caimh McDonnell: The Art of Conversation

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 7-26 Aug, not 14, 15, £6 – £7

2 Facedbook 3

The Cabaret Voltaire, 7-25 Aug, £free

Marek Larwood Typecast

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12

NewsRevue

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £12.50 – £15

Carl Hutchinson: Acceptable?

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £6 – £7.50

Damian Kingsley: Work in Progress - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 12-26 Aug, £free

Rookie Mistakes

The Street, 15-25 Aug, £free

The Top Secret Comedy Club

Whistlebinkies, 7-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £free

Denise Scott Regrets

Assembly Hall, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

The Durham Revue

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-21 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, £9 – £10

Max Fletcher: Delicious

Opium, 7-25 Aug, £free

Norwegians of Comedy

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

WitTank HHH

Would You Let Your Daughter Marry A Weegie?

GHQ, 7-19 Aug, £free Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £9.50

18:25 Harrison Greenbaum: What Just Happened? - CANCELLED Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £10.50

Alfie Brown: Soul for Sale Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, £9.50 – £10.50

Stuart Mitchell Presents ‘It’s Just a Phrase I Am Going Through’

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-26 Aug, £free

18:30 Sex Ed: The Musical! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £9

Peter Edwards: Love Everyone Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 11, 18, 25, £free

Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

The Hudson Hotel, 7-25 Aug, £free

Distract and Conquer Amarone, 7-25 Aug, £free

Daniel Sloss - The Show

Venue150 @ EICC, 7-26 Aug, not 22, £13.50 – £15.50

Jessica Fostekew: Brave New Word

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8 – £9.50

BBC: John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme

BBC @ Potterrow, 18 Aug, £free

18:35 Ian D. Montfort Unbelievable

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, £12 – £14

18:40 Charmian Hughes: Charmageddon!

The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Totally Tom

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

Mark Nelson - Under the Radar Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £10 – £11

The Harri-Parris - The Leaving Do Zoo, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £9

Chortle Presents: Fast Fringe

Pleasance Dome, 7-25 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Kerry Gilbert Triumphs

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £8.50

Overexposed: A Slightly Awkward Peep Show

Fingers Piano Bar, 7-18 Aug, not 13, £free

18:45 Absolute Improv!

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Bus-ting to Laugh - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

Alexis Dubus: Cars & Girls Assembly Roxy, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £10.50

Totally Wired!

Reunion Farewell (Welfare) Tour - A Sperm’s Tail and Other Tales - Free

Laughing Horse @ Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, 19-26 Aug, £free

Phill Jupitus - You’re Probably Wondering Why I’ve Asked You Here...

The Stand Comedy Club, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £12

Aidan Killian: Free to Obey - Free Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-27 Aug, not 21, 24, £free

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7-26 Aug, £free

18:50 Stories from the Middle

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-14 Aug, £free

Dan Nightingale: The 11 and a 1/2 Ill-conceived Edinburgh Shows of Dan Nightingale Pleasance Dome, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50

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Alistair Barrie: Urban Fogey Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £11

Would Like to Meet - Free

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 15-26 Aug, £free

Andrew Bird’s Global Village Fete HH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-25 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

19:00 Josh Widdicombe: The Further Adventures of...

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 23, £11 – £12

Daniel Simonsen Champions

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £8.50 – £10

Tom Deacon: Deaconator

Pleasance Dome, 7-25 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

This Time It’s Personal

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

Giacinto Palmieri: Pagliaccio

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 7-26 Aug, £free

Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay’s Bum Notes Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £12 – £13

Bob Slayer: He’s A Very Naughty Boy

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £5

Jim Campbell: Nine-Year-Old Man

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

Heroes of Alternative Fringe

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 27 Aug, £5

Elis James: Speaking As a Mother...

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £10 – £12

Funny’s Funny: Fantastic Fringe Finale - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

comedylistings Vladimir McTavish and Keir McAllister Look at the State of Scotland The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

1000 Years of Scotland’s Dark Past

The Edinburgh Dungeon, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10.50

Henry Rollins

The Queen’s Hall, 8-10 Aug, £15

Karma Comedian Stella Graham - Free Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 16, £free

Trevor Browne - I Think ... I Am

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

Itch: A Scratch Event Pleasance Courtyard, 13 Aug, £8

BBC: Tonight With Rory Bremner BBC @ Potterrow, 22 Aug, £free

Barry Castagnola in Where’s Barry

Gilded Balloon at Third Door, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

5-Step Guide to Being German 2.0 - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

101 Comedy Club - Free

Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 7-26 Aug, £free

Aaron Twitchen’s Quarter Life Crisis

Southsider, 7-25 Aug, £free

Seymour Mace: Squeg!

The Stand Comedy Club II, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Celia Pacquola Delayed

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £10.50

Suggs: My Life Story in Words and Music The Queen’s Hall, 21-24 Aug, £22.50

19:05 Sploshy: A Sketch Show

Ciao Roma, 11-25 Aug, not 15, 22, £free

19:15 Stinky Show

The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £free

Bobby Carroll: Low Voltage - Free The Royal Mile Tavern, 7-25 Aug, £free

19:25

Paul Foot - Kenny Larch Is Dead Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £10.50 – £12

Danny Bhoy: Dear Epson

Thomas Hardie Presents: Where’s Thomas, Hardie?

Songs, Stories and Downright Lies

Tim FitzHigham: Stop the Pigeon

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50

19:30

Owen O’Neill: Struck

By Lightning

Marlon Davis: Enter the Davism

Künt’s on Daytime TV - Free

A Theory of Everything - Free

Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 7-15 Aug, £free

AAA Stand-Up

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, £9 – £10

Light Relief

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

The 7:15pm StandUp Show - Free

Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 7-26 Aug, £free

Charlie Baker Freshly Baked Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

Perfectly Bananas

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-27 Aug, £free

Andrew O’Neill and Marc Burrows Do Music and Comedy and Hideous Murders The Canons’ Gait, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

Manners Costs Nothing

Globe, 7-18 Aug, £free

Upstaging: A Modern Guide to Acting for Gentlemen and Gentleladies - Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Trevor Noah: The Racist

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

19:20 John Robins: Incredible Scenes!

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

Barry Morgan’s World of Organs

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £11.50 – £13.50

David O’Doherty: Seize the David O’Doherty

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £14 – £15

Venue150 @ EICC, 7-8 Aug, £16.50

Paradise in The Vault, 21-27 Aug, £8

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, not 11, £free

Ted & Co The Dinner Show

Hilton Edinburgh Grosvenor, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £46

Bob Doolally’s Euro Crisis

The Stand Comedy Club, 13 Aug, £10

Yorkshire Comedy Cabaret IV: Jokers, Born and Interbred - Free Base Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Carl-Einar Häckner: Handluggage

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

Born to be Mild

The Shack Comedy Club & Nightclub, 19-25 Aug, £7

Craig Hill - Jock’s Trap!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £12.50 – £14.50

Bungo Menebla!

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 13-26 Aug, £free

The Funeral of Conor O’Toole

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8 – £9

Frisky & Mannish: Extra-Curricular Activities Assembly Hall, 16-26 Aug, not 20, 21, 22, £16

DeAnne Smith: Livin’ The Sweet Life Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

The Voodoo Rooms, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £11 – £12.50

The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, £13 – £15

Stuart Goldsmith: Pr!ck Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £9 – £10

Big Value Comedy Show - Middle

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

BBC: London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony Screening BBC @ Potterrow, 12 Aug, £free

Rhod Gilbert: The Man With the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo

Venue150 @ EICC, 15-26 Aug, not 20, 21, £20

The Not Quite Quartet

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7.50 – £8.50

Raymond Mearns - Rock’n’Roll Comedian - The Therapy Sessions

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

Dan Willis: A Comedian’s Life

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 8-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Michael Downey Standing Up Again Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 13, 20, £8 – £9

Lloyd Langford: One Day in the Life of Lloyd Owen Langford The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

Can You Put This in the Bin for Me? - Free

Adam Hills: Mess Around

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 14-26 Aug, £free

Andrew Ryan: Ryanopoly

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- All New Show 2012

Assembly Hall, 7-19 Aug, £12 – £13

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £8.50

Mark Watson: The Information

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £15

Chris Ramsey: Feeling Lucky

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 17, £5 – £9.50

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £12

Claudia O’Doherty The Telescope Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

19:50 Pattie Brewster’s Friendship Venture (For Some Friends)

Comedy Gala 2012: In Aid of Waverley Care

19:45

The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, not 20, £free

Brides of Comedy

Festival Theatre Edinburgh, 23 Aug, £25

C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50

The Quiz Show That Has Nothing to Do With Horses

Horne and Key and...

Opinions Are Free

Sweet Grassmarket, 17 Aug, £5

Nick Sun: Potty Time!

Dragonfly, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Pleasance Dome, 14 Aug, £12

Mace and Burton: Heartbreak Hotel

Buffs Club (RAOB), 8-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

19:35 Jen Brister - Now and Then Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

The Mysterious World of Clovis Van Darkhelm The Cabaret Voltaire, 7-25 Aug, £free

Big In Dubai!

GHQ, 7-11 Aug, £free

19:40

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-13 Aug, £free

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Catie Wilkins: Joy Is My Middle Name Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £10.50

Saskia’s Surprise Party

Amarone, 12-25 Aug, £free

People Person

Opium, 7-25 Aug, £free

Fred MacAulay: Legally Bald 2

Alan Davies - Life is Pain

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10

School of Comedy

The History Girls Present: A Summary of Things So Far

Venue150 @ EICC, 9-14 Aug, £20 Assembly Hall, 20-26 Aug, £10

Assembly Hall, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

Nice People Have Ruined My Life

Tiffany Stevenson: Uncomfortably Numb Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

Hello Everybody!

Sweet Grassmarket, 16 Aug, £5

Seann Walsh: Seann to be Wild Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 23, £11 – £12

20:00 Patrick Monahan – Shooting From The Lip!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10.50 – £12.50

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comedylistings Bob Downe ...

Smokin’

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 14, 23, £12.50 – £14

Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit

Pleasance Courtyard, 14 Aug, £12

Naz Osmanoglu: Ottoman Without An Empire HHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £9.50

Rhys Darby - This Way to Spaceship

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £17.50 – £18.50

Des Clarke: Final Destination

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £13 – £14

Lie. Cheat. Steal.

Confessions of a Real Hustler Zoo, 7-27 Aug, £10 – £12

Derek Ryan: Time Lord - Free

Laughing Horse @ Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, 8-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Povs and Hefter Uncensored

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-16 Aug, £free

Bairns’ Night

The Assembly Rooms, 13 Aug, £20

Jimeoin - What?! Extra Shows!

Venue150 @ EICC, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £13.50

Sound & Fury’s Doc Faustus Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £9 – £10

So You Think You’re Funny? FINAL

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23 Aug, £15

Hyde and Lyons

Mood Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, not 15, £free

Andrew Doyle: Whatever It Takes

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £6.50 – £7.50

Tom Stade Totally Rocks!

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £11.50 – £13

The Fringe Comedy Academy: Class of 2012

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 20 Aug, £6

Daniel Sloss - Extra Shows!

Venue150 @ EICC, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15.50

Him and Me: Sketch Circus - Free

Return of the Lumberjacks (Back

by Poplar Demand) The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £15

20:15 Rob Deering - The One

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7-25 Aug, £free

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £11 – £12

Reshape While Damp

Two for None

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 17-26 Aug, £free

Kumail Nanjiani

Assembly Roxy, 14-27 Aug, £11.50 – £12.50

Dylan Moran: Yeah, Yeah

Edinburgh Playhouse, 15 Aug, 23 Aug, £24

Air Guitar Can Save the World Mood Nightclub, 7-18 Aug, £free

20:05 Eric Davidson - The Only Way is Eric’s

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 7-11 Aug, £10

Nothing to Show

theSpace on the Mile , 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £7.50

All About the Craic

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, £free

20:10 Kev Orkian in Concert - The World’s Favourite Foreigner theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 13-25 Aug, £10

Vikki Stone: Hot Mess

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

Martin Mor: A Man You Don’t Meet Everyday

The Stand Comedy Club II, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Steve Gribbin: Viva Gribbostania!

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Hannah Gadsby - Hannah Wants a Wife

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

Thom Tuck Flips Out Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 12, £10 – £11

Alan Francis Expands Gilded Balloon at Third Door, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £9 – £10

James Acaster Prompt HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, £10 – £12

Gearoid Farrelly: Turbulence

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

Al Pitcher – Tiny Triumphs

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 12-26 Aug, £free

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, £9.50 – £10.50

❤ Richard Herring: Talking C*ck - The Second Coming HHHH

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 7-26 Aug, £free

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, £14 – £16

GirlBand Improv - Free

Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Lewis Schaffer: No YOU Shut Up! - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Sean Hughes Stands Up Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £13 – £14

FNT Live presents...

The Jingling Lane Family Singers

C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50

The Ferret’s Free Live Comedy Podcast Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-11 Aug, £free

Jo Caulfield - Thinking Bad Thoughts

The Stand Comedy Club, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

Joel Dommett Nunchuck Silver Medallist 2002

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, £10 – £12

BBC: Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section BBC @ Potterrow, 19 Aug, £free

Rob Deb - the Dork Knight Triumphant - Free

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 16, £free

BBC: Wondermentalist Cabaret

BBC @ Potterrow, 9 Aug, £free

A Good Catholic Boy

Kemsley and Callaghan: Keeping Their Cool Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

20:20 Danielle Ward - Speakeasy / Playdead

Pleasance Dome, 8-27 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Cardinal Burns

Pleasance Dome, 20-25 Aug, £10 – £11

Mick Miller and Jimmy Cricket

Pleasance Dome, 18 Aug, £12

Amused Moose Comedy Awards Showcases

Pleasance Dome, Various dates from 8 Aug to 17 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

20:30 Abigoliah Schamaun: Girl Going to Hell Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £free

Phil Walker: Is This It?

Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

Danny McLoughlin - The Truth, the Half-Truth and Nothing Like the Truth Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £12

Shappi Khorsandi: Dirty Looks and Hopscotch Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

Tim Roast’s Animals - Free Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £free

Simon Amstell: Numb

20:25 Look at This Massive Picture of My Face The Canons’ Gait, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Bellylicious the Sequel - Confessions of a Belly Dance Diva Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 7-11 Aug, £10

Destiny Church Gorgie, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

20:35 Stephen Bailey and Zoe Iqbal - Subject to Change - Free

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7-12 Aug, £free

20:40 Roisin Conaty: Lifehunter

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

The Ejaculate Conception

C venues - C nova, 19-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Pete Johansson Utopian Crack Pipe

Playing Politics

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8 – £9

Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £10

20:45

Sarah Kendall - Get Up, Stand-Up

An Audience with the King

Carl Donnelly: Different Gravy HH

LOLd on a Minute!

Sweet Grassmarket, 12-26 Aug, not 18, 25, £7

Joe Lycett: Some Lycett Hot

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

Nathan Cassidy: Free Pound

The Royal Mile Tavern, 7-25 Aug, not 15, £free

Pat Burtscher’s Patopotamoose

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £11 – £12

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The Chris and Paul Show

Venue150 @ EICC, 7 Aug, £13

Pappy’s: Last Show Ever!

Ciao Roma, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

Festival of the Spoken Nerd

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12

The News at Kate 2012

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £12.50 – £14

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £13 – £14

The Bongo Club, 20-26 Aug, £16.50

Nish Kumar - Who Is Nish Kumar?

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

Nina Conti: Dolly Mixtures

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The Shack Comedy Club & Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

Luke Benson Backseat Hero

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

We Love Comedy

Base Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, £free

Alpine Horn with Flange Krammer - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

Newcastle University Comedy Society Showcase / PBH’s Free Fringe

Buffs Club (RAOB), 7-25 Aug, £free

Devvo Dole Queue Hero is Free

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-26 Aug, £free

comedylistings Pick of the Fringe

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Unstable Fables Greenside, 13-18 Aug, £7

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show - Free Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

Chris Martin - Spot the Difference HHH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £10 – £12

Magnus Betnér Live The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 16, £10

Sex Money Death

The Shack Comedy Club & Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £7

20:50 Des Bishop Likes to Bang

Assembly George Square, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £11 – £12

Matt Price: Fugly.

The Cabaret Voltaire, 7-25 Aug, £free

Andrew Lawrence is Coming to Get You Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, £11 – £12.50

Lord Nelson Presents...

GHQ, 17-25 Aug, £free

Max Dickins: This Will Only Take A Moment...

The Cabaret Voltaire, 7-25 Aug, £free

Heath Franklin’s Chopper in A Hard Bastard’s Guide to Life

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-19 Aug, £11 – £12

20:55 Al Murray - The Pub Landlord: The Only Way is Epic (Special Previews)

Assembly George Square, 13-25 Aug, £12 – £14

Musical Comedy Awards Showcase

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 10-11 Aug, £14

The Sensational Alex Salmond Gastric Band presents Oliver Pissed Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 8-26 Aug, not 21, £free

The Super Serious Show

Assembly George Square, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £13

Checkley and Bush’s Comedy Riot!

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £8

21:00

No Pants Thursday: T’il Death Do Us Party Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7.50 – £8.50

Chris Kent - Plugged In Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

Dear Dan Brown...

Dragonfly, 7-24 Aug, £free

Heroes of Alternative Fringe

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 7-21 Aug, £5

Phil Nichol Rants!

Hurt and Anderson: Scenes of a Vignetteish Nature - Free

The Pajama Men’s Improv Show

The Fairytale Forest

The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

Assembly George Square, 7-12 Aug, £14 – £15

Dr Ettrick-Hogg’s Manly Stand-Ups - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 8-26 Aug, not 16, 21, £free Ukrainian Club, 16-20 Aug, £8

Big Value Comedy Show - Late

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

Russell Kane: Posturing Delivery

Glorified Disasters

The Assembly Rooms, 13-24 Aug, £15

The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, not 14, 15, £free

Alan Anderson: Whisky For Dafties

Neil Delamere: DelaMere Mortal

One Track Minds - Free

You Have Nothing to Fear...

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarghh!

It’s the Greatest Show on Legs

BBC: Radio 2 New Comedy Award

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 14, £9 – £12

Amarone, 7-25 Aug, £free

Alternative Fringe @ The Hive, 22-26 Aug, £5

Jim Jefferies: Fully Functional Assembly Hall, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £16 – £17.50

Henning Wehn: Henning Knows Bestest

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 13 Aug, £6

Teeth In Eggcups

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-16 Aug, not 10, 11, £free

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

Opium, 7-25 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

BBC @ Potterrow, 11 Aug, £7

21:05 Doctor Brown Befrdfgth

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10.50 – £11.50

Magpie and Stump in Lolitary Confinement theSpace on the Mile , 20-25 Aug, £5

Luke Toulson - Luke Who’s Talking Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, £9.50 – £10.50

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comedylistings Andrew Maxwell: That’s the Spirit

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £15 – £16

Obsession - A Life With Magic Zoo, 7-18 Aug, £10

St Andrews Presents - Blind Mirth Improv Comedy theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5 – £7

21:10 Barely Legal: The 18-Year-Old Democracy

Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £13 – £14

Pete Firman Hoodwinker

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, £12 – £15

Marcus Brigstocke: The Brig Society

Assembly Hall, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £12 – £14

Jonny & the Baptists Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £9 – £10

Darkness Rising

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £7

21:15 Henning Wehn: Henning Knows Bestest

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 15-26 Aug, £8.50 – £11.50

Rory Scovel: Illuminati Only CANCELLED

Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £11.50 – £12.50

Sam Simmons About the Weather

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10.50 – £11.50

Sara Pascoe - The Musical!

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £12

The Colour Ham

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-12 Aug, £9.50 – £10.50

The Suggestibles

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 7 Aug, £14

Kevin Shepherd: Thus Spoke Kev - Free

Laughing Horse @ Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, 7-26 Aug, £free

Bob Doolally’s Euro Crisis

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 21 Aug, £9

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7-26 Aug, £free

Stephen K Amos Work in Progress

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-25 Aug, not 8, 13, 14, 20, 21, £10

Owen and Bettesworth: Sung and Unsung

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-26 Aug, not 18, 25, £7

21:20 Geoff the Entertainer

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Jimmy Carr: Gagging Order

Venue150 @ EICC, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £18.50

Elaine Malcolmson: Relevant Experience

The Stand Comedy Club II, 20 Aug, £8

Markus Birdman – Love, Life and Death The Stand Comedy Club II, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £8

Danny Buckler: The Phantom Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

Paul McCaffrey: Pills’n’Thrills and Belly Laughs

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Sexytime!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

Logic for a 5 Year Old theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £3

Jason Byrne: People’s Puppeteer Venue150 @ EICC, 7-12 Aug, £17.50 – £19.50

21:25 Truth

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

21:30 Steven Davidson: Gamesmaster

The Constitution, 8-12 Aug, £6.50

The Jocks and Geordies

Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 7-26 Aug, £free

Armageddapocalypse: Threat Level Dead

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £8.50 – £9.50

Word:Play

theSpace on the Mile , 14-18 Aug, £6

Graham Whistler: Stand-Up, Fall Down - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 7-27 Aug, £free

The Blanks’ Big Break

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, 23, £12 – £14

Mark Restuccia: How to Succeed at Internet Dating

Gilded Balloon at Third Door, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

The Big Comedy Gala in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support Venue150 @ EICC, 13 Aug, £22

The Comedy Reserve Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £8 – £9

Dodger’s Comedy Presents... - Free

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-11 Aug, £free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-11 Aug, £free

Reginald D. Hunter - Work in Progress... and Niggas with John Gordillo

Southsider, 7-25 Aug, £free

Frenemies

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £13

Always Be Comedy

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 12-26 Aug, £free

Dan and Tom: Two for the Price of None

Simon Evans: Friendly Fire

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

Michael Mittermeier: A German on Safari

Don’t Like Each Other - Free

Gareth Morinan Explains Why David Cameron Should Be Fired for Crimes Against Short People (Among Other Things)

Swedenborg, the Devil and Me

Bogan Bingo / Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 12-26 Aug, not 19, £free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Conor Drum - A Sense of Humour

Peter Buckley Hill and Some Comedians XVI

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £9 – £10

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-14 Aug, £free

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £free

And Now for a Nice Evening With Wallan Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £9.50 – £10.50

Applause

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 15-26 Aug, not 16, £free

Jeff Leach: Boyfriend Experience Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10

Jarred Christmas: Let’s Go MoFo

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, £10.50 – £11.50

Dan Wright: Michael Jackson Touched Me Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

21:35 Gareth Morinan Presents the Saturday Debates (3+4)

Ciao Roma, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £free

Gareth Morinan Explains How Ricky Gervais is a ‘Mong’ for Cutting Gareth Morinan Out of Life’s Too Short (BBC/HBO) Ciao Roma, 9 Aug, £free

Gareth Morinan Pitches a Better Version of Life’s Too Short (Starring Gareth Morinan) to BBC, HBO, C4, ITV, Sky, etc

Ciao Roma, 13 Aug, 16 Aug, £free

Gareth Morinan Presents the Saturday Debates (1+2) Ciao Roma, 11 Aug, £free

Ciao Roma, 20 Aug, 23 Aug, £free

The Canons’ Gait, 7-25 Aug, £free

21:40 The Boy With Tape On His Face - More Tape Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £12.50 – £13.50

Iain Stirling: Happy to Be the Clown?

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

John Shuttleworth: Out of Our Sheds

Pleasance Dome, 13-20 Aug, £10 – £12.50

Josh Widdicombe: The Further Adventures of...

Extra Show

Pleasance Dome, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 22 Aug, £11 – £12

Michael Winslow Noizeyman

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £12.50 – £14.50

Peacock & Gamble Don’t Even Want To Be On Telly Anyway HH

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-8 Aug, £free

Chilly Gonzales

The Queen’s Hall, 26 Aug, £14

I’m High On Life: What Are You On?

C Venues - C eca, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Marcus Ryan: Home and Away - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

Laughing Horse’s Funny Fillies

Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 7-26 Aug, £free

The Best Of Scottish Comedy The Stand Comedy Club, 7-26 Aug, £12

Hal Cruttenden Tough Luvvie

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9 – £11

Alan Sharp: Careful What You Wish For

The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, £free

Hannibal Buress: Still Saying Stuff

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 21, £10 – £10.50

My Damage is My Gift! - Free

Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 14, £free

Abandoman - Party in the Key of C Major Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 14, 26, £13 – £14

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Pleasance Dome, 7-26 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Alfie Moore - I Predicted a Riot

21:45

All My Friends

Gareth Richards: Introvert - Never Been To Disneyland HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Eat a Queer Fetus 4 Jesus - Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, £free

Pretending Things Are a C*ck

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £9 – £10

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Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, £10 – £12 Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7-26 Aug, £free

Jayde Adams is Master of None

Sweet Grassmarket, 1324 Aug, not 18, £9

Paul Chowdhry What’s Happening White People Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

Colin Mars: A Life Full of Lemons theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £7.50

comedylistings 22:00 Bad Advice - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

How the World Wags C venues - C aquila, 1626 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Late Night Gimp Fight

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £12.50 – £14

Casual Violence: A Kick In The Teeth

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £8

Liam and Owen - A Cracking One Off Show!

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-26 Aug, £free

Storytellers’ Club

Pleasance Courtyard, 9-25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £10

The Late Night Shack Show The Shack Comedy Club & Nightclub, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12

Back to School’s Disco

Pleasance at Braidwood Centre, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £10

Stand Up for Freedom

Venue150 @ EICC, 15 Aug, £18

Suggs: My Life Story in Words and Music

The Queen’s Hall, 24 Aug, £22.50

News Smash

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Paul T Eyres: T.Eyres of a Clown / Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe - Free Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-27 Aug, £free

Brendon Burns, Home Stretch Baby Pleasance Dome, 7-26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £12.50 – £14.50

Art of Procrastination

Paradise in The Vault, 7-19 Aug, not 13, £6

Felicity Ward: The Hedgehog Dilemma

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12

22:05 I’m Not Crying in the Bathroom: I’m Crying in the Supply Closet theSpace on the Mile , 13-25 Aug, not 19, £8 – £10

22:10 Believe - Starring Shane Dundas from the Umbilical Brothers

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £12 – £14

It’s Grimm Up North

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 7-25 Aug, £6 – £8

Car Crash Comedy 2012

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 7-25 Aug, £free

22:15 Learning to Pray in Front of the Television

The Wonderful World of Wilfredo Just the Tonic at The Tron, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7.50 – £9.50

22:25 Oyster Eyes Presents: Some Rice Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

Jerry Sadowitz: Adults Only

The Assembly Rooms, 17-18 Aug, £17.50

Marcel Lucont: Gallic Symbol Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £10.50

Mick Foley: Prisoner of Raw The Assembly Rooms, 8-11 Aug, £15

Jimeoin - What?!

(Whatever...)

The Assembly Rooms, 24 Aug, £15.50

Foil Arms and Hog - Late Night Sketch Comedy

James and Amy: Dysfunctional Legends

Demitris Deech: Stop, Collaborate and Listen - Free

So You Think You’re Funny?

22:40

The Good, the Bad and the Irish!

Rubberbandits

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, £9 – £10

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £9 – £10

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7 Aug, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, £10 Gilded Balloon Teviot, 8-26 Aug, not 13, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, £12 – £14

Idiots of Ants ANThology

Pleasance Courtyard, 2325 Aug, £11 – £12

Marcus Brigstocke: The Brig Society EXTRA SHOW Assembly Hall, 24 Aug, £13

Comedy Film Nights

Hill Street Theatre, Various dates from 9 Aug to 26 Aug, £5 – £8

Simon Donald’s School of Swearing

Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 13-20 Aug, £8

22:30

The Stand Comedy Club II, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

David Whitney Struggling to Evolve

John Scott - Totally Fed Up

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

Google / Complex

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

John Robertson: The Old Whore Assembly Hall, 7-26 Aug, £5

KWAT: Greetings from KWAT

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8 – £10

Fat Whore

The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

22:20 Paul Ricketts - Ironic Infinity Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, 23, £6.50 – £7.50

Mark Little: THEbullsh*tARTIST

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £15 – £16

The Sitcom Double Bill Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, £9 – £10

Sh*t-faced Shakespeare

C venues - C, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £11.50

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Best of So You Think You’re Funny?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 8-11 Aug, £10.50

The Joy of Sketch

Pleasance Courtyard, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, £12

Dead Cat Bounce...

Howl of the She-Leopard Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

Who’s Your Daddy?

Pleasance Courtyard, 13-14 Aug, £8

Terry Alderton

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 17 Aug to 26 Aug, £10.50 – £12

Dan Mitchell - Free Egg Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £12

Cheap Laughs (Are Better Than No Laughs) - Free

Laughing Horse @ Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, 7-26 Aug, £free

Assembly Hall, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

Jon Richardson Funny Magnet

The Imaginary Radio Programme: Drennon Davis Presented by The Pajama Men

22:35

Assembly Roxy, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12

Greg Proops Podcast: The Smartest Man in the World Gilded Balloon Teviot, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, £13

Künt and the Gang - Free Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 7-26 Aug, not 11, £free

Assembly Hall, 16-19 Aug, £14

Ian Shaw - A Bit of a Mouthful The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-25 Aug, not 12, £free

The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - Boo Lingerie Comic Strip

Assembly George Square, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £12 – £15

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

Scottish Comedian of the Year 2011 Jamie Dalgleish Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £9

22:45 Andrew O’Neill is Easily Distracted

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 14, £11 – £12

Michael Pope is Gay for Pay - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

Davey Connor, Lucy Beaumont and Ed Patrick - The Big Comedy Showcase Show

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £9 – £9.50

The Special Reserve Comedy Benefit

The Boom Jennies: Mischief

Pleasance Dome, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

James Dowdeswell: Urban Wurzel Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

Tom Cottle’s These Twisted Folk Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

The Dirty Uncle Comedy Roadshow - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14-17 Aug, £free

An Evening with Jay Sodagar Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-13 Aug, £free

Alistair Green: Jack Spencer - Why Anything?

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £free

22:50 The Shambles

C venues - C aquila, 7-18 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Tania Edwards Killer Instinct

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £10.50

What Would Beyoncé Do? - Free

Eddie Naessens: The Thing Is This...

Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

The Comedy Zone

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Late Night Laughs

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, £9.50 – £12

Splitting the Bill – Michael Workman & Tommy Little

Dana Alexander: Breaking Through

David Trent - Spontaneous Comedian

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 7-26 Aug, not 16, £free

Pleasance Courtyard, 22-23 Aug, £10

Things We Did Before Reality

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-25 Aug, £free

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £12

Ciao Roma, 7-25 Aug, £free

23:00 BBC: Comedy Presents

BBC @ Potterrow, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, £12

Eric Hutton: Every Other Show in the Fringe Sucks - Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, £free

BBC: Late Junction BBC @ Potterrow, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £free

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Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-25 Aug, £free

Garrett Millerick: Sensible Answers to Stupid Questions

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £8.50 – £9.50

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

BBC: Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Cabaret

BBC @ Potterrow, 13-16 Aug, £free

Rob Deering’s Beat This

Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £10

Steve Shanyaski’s Life-Survival Bible Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50

Mark Watson’s Edinborolympics

Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 15 Aug to 21 Aug, £8

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarghh!

It’s the Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show with Miss Behave - and It’s Free!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24-25 Aug, £free

Ward and Bartlett’s Double Impact

Globe, 7-18 Aug, £free

AAA Stand-Up Late Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, £9 – £10

Japanese TerminatoL Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £free

Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches Pleasance Dome, 22-25 Aug, £12 – £14

23:05 Barbershopera: The Three Musketeers HHH

Absolute Stripping! theSpace on North Bridge, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8.50 – £9.50

Heavy Petting

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 16-26 Aug, £free

23:10 Humphrey Ker is...

Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher!

Pleasance Dome, 7-14 Aug, £12.50 – £15

23:15 Tim Key - Masterslut Pleasance Courtyard, 23-25 Aug, £14

I Am, I Am

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £8 – £9

The Horne Section Live at the Grand!

Pleasance Courtyard, 9-22 Aug, £10 – £12

23:20 COMX

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8 – £10

Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown

Pleasance Courtyard, 7 Aug, 12 Aug, £8.50

Do The Right Thing Pleasance Courtyard, 8 Aug, 9 Aug, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, £8.50

Voices in Your Head

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9-25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £10

Simon Evans: Friendly Fire Extra Show Pleasance Courtyard, 17-18 Aug, £12

23:30 Battle Ducks: Activate!

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10.50

23:40

23:59

Chris Ramsey: Feeling Lucky

The Assembly Rooms The Very Best of the Fest

Pleasance Courtyard, 10 Aug, 18 Aug, £9.50

Eddie Pepitone’s Bloodbath

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8 – £10

Ro Campbell: Midnight Meltdown

The Stand Comedy Club II, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

Scott Agnew: Tales of the Sauna

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8

23:45

The Assembly Rooms, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £15

Morgan & West: Lying, Cheating Scoundrels

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 8-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 20, 21, £16

Best of the Fest

Assembly Hall, 9-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, £14 – £15

The Death of Comedy

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

Al Murray the Pub Landlord: The Guv’s Olympic Pub Quiz

A Little Perspective with Imaan

Guardian Reader

Where Once Was Wonder by Daniel Kitson

Assembly George Square, 16-18 Aug, £15 Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8 – £9

Frisky & Mannish: 27 Club

Assembly George Square, 20-22 Aug, £12

Guilt & Shame: Up All Night

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £8 – £9.50

Denis Krasnov’s Hour of Intellectual Filth Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £9

Joe Munrow: One Big Joke - Free Laughing Horse @ Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

23:50 Live At The Electric: Live At The Fringe Pleasance Courtyard, 17-19 Aug, £10

23:55

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

The Stand Comedy Club, 7-26 Aug, not 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, £10

The Stand Late Show The Stand Comedy Club, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Adam Hills: Mess Around

Assembly Hall, 17-18 Aug, £13

Setlist: Stand-Up Without a Net

www.walkingheads.net, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £free

00:00 Unknowable Tantrum Wind

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 8-14 Aug, £free

Back and to the Left in the Turkish Prison

Taylor Glenn Reverse Psycomedy

The New Conway Dimension

Liam Grahame Olsen: Half Pint - Live

Monkey Toast: The Improvised Chat Show

Pleasance Dome, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

LOL-ocaust

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 8-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 1127 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Eleanor Conway’s Midnight Rumble

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £9 – £10

Joz Norris is Matt Fisher: Überperson - Free Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 8-13 Aug, £free

Life’s Short. I’m Not! - Free

Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 8-27 Aug, £free

Spank!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 8-27 Aug, £13.50 – £15.50

Julie Jepson Personal Triumph

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9-13 Aug, £free

Leaves on the Line

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 8-13 Aug, £free

Just the Tonic Comedy Club’s Midnight Show Just The Tonic at the Caves, 10-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, £10

Midnight Hour

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 14-27 Aug, £free

Gay Straight Alliance

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8 – £9

Just The Tonic at the Caves, Various dates from 8 Aug to 23 Aug, £10

Edinburgh Comedy Tour

The Humble Quest for Universal Genius

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7-15 Aug, £free

School Night

The Canons’ Gait, 8-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £11.50 – £12.50

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-10 Aug, £9 – £10

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 15-19 Aug, £free

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, £9 – £11

Tim Key - Masterslut Pleasance Dome, 16-21 Aug, £14

Becks Dugs and Rotten Hole

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 20-27 Aug, £free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 16-19 Aug, £free

Me My Selfish Self

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 20-25 Aug, £free

DeadBadgers Sketchy Bits

The Room Assembly George Square, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, 27 Aug, £8

00:30 The Improverts Bedlam Theatre, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £7.50

BattleActs!

Presents...

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-28 Aug, £free

Hedluv and Passman: Two Cornish Rappers and a Casiotone Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-28 Aug, not 15, £10 – £11

00:40 After Hours Comedy Pleasance Dome, 10-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, £10.50 – £11.50

00:45 Leo and Stephen Go Down On You! Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 8-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

00:50 Spanktacular!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug, £15.50

00:15

01:00

The Late Show

Not the Adventures of Moleman

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 10-27 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, £12.50 – £14.50

Harriet Dyer (Plus the Odd Pal) - What a Palaver!

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-27 Aug, £free

00:20 The Beta Males’ Midnight Movie Theatre

Pleasance Courtyard, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, £10

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Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 8-27 Aug, £free

Late ‘n’ Live Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-28 Aug, £13 – £15

01:15 Setlist: Stand-Up Without a Net Just The Tonic at the Caves, Various dates from 11 Aug to 26 Aug, £11

theatrelistings 09:00 24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

Dream Plays (Scenes From a Play I’ll Never Write) Traverse Theatre, 14-26 Aug, not 20, £12

Suzanne

Here! Internet Cafe, 7-27 Aug, £5

09:15 Birds on a Wire

theSpace @ Venue45, 11 Aug, £5

Grimaldi: King of the Clowns theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 8 Aug, 11 Aug, £5

The Hole

Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

American Gothic: The Poetry of Edgar Lee Masters theSpace @ Venue45, 9 Aug, £5

The Iliad, The Odyssey and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less

theSpace @ Venue45, 8 Aug, £5

09:20 What the Heart Remembers: The Women and Children of Darfur theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9 Aug, £5

09:30 One Minute Birdwatching - Free

West Princes Street Gardens, 7-9 Aug, £free

Platero Y Yo

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7 Aug, 10 Aug, £5

09:45 After Orpheus

theSpace @ Venue45, 7 Aug, 10 Aug, £5

10:00 Born to Run

Traverse Theatre, 21 Aug, 25 Aug, £13 – £20

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Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro!

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 12 Aug, 15 Aug, 19 Aug, 23 Aug, £18

Kaya - Dream Interpreter

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 21, £9 – £11

And No More Shall We Part

Traverse Theatre, Various dates from 7 Aug to 26 Aug, £18 – £20

Shakespeare for Breakfast

C venues - C, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £6.50 – £8.50

Theatre Uncut

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £6.50

The Letter of Last Resort and Good With People

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 24 Aug, £18 – £20

Angels

Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 12 Aug, 14 Aug, 19 Aug, 25 Aug, £17 – £19

All That is Wrong HHH Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, £17

The Adding Machine Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

Fables Here and Then

Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show

Pleasance Dome, 7-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10.50 – £11.50

Bullet Catch

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug, £17

Mess

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £19

24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

10:45

Morning

Romeo and Juliet

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, £20

10:05 Frontline

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-16 Aug, £5

In Tents

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-11 Aug, £5

10:15 Dearly Departed

Church Hill Theatre, 11 Aug, £5

The Browning Version

theSpace on the Mile , 7-11 Aug, £8

10:30 Monkey Bars

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £17

Blink

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £17 – £19

theSpace @ Venue45, 21-25 Aug, £5

Machinal

theSpace on Niddry St, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £5

Oh, What a Lovely War

theSpace on Niddry St, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, £5

11:00

11:05

Noël Coward’s Tonight at 8:30

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 17, £6

theSpace on Niddry St, 13-18 Aug, £7 – £9

Under the Ladder

Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5

Anon(ymous)

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-16 Aug, £5 theSpace on North Bridge, 7-11 Aug, £5 C venues - C, 7-11 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

11:10 The Ride of the Bluebottles

theSpace on the Mile , 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £7 – £9

The Two Most Perfect Things

Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £13

11:15 Forever Young

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 13-24 Aug, not 19, £6

Grimaldi: King of the Clowns theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9 Aug, £5

Captain Ferguson’s School for Balloon Warfare Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £12

The Stranger

Moth to the Flame

Afghan Days Babylon Nights

All in the Timing

Bedlam Theatre, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £6 Summerhall, 10-25 Aug, not 22, 23, £12

The Royal Scots Club, Various dates from 8 Aug to 17 Aug, £9

Invisible People

Around Edinburgh, 7-11 Aug, £1

Allotment

The Crucible

Story Shakespeare: All’s Well That Ends Well C venues - C too, 13-18 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

theSpace @ Venue45, 7 Aug, 11 Aug, £5

All the Things I Never Said

Killing Time

Assembly Inverleith Allotments, 10 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £10

Greenside, 20-25 Aug, £8

Peep

The Iliad, The Odyssey and All of Greek Mythology in 99 Minutes or Less

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

The Cactus Gulch Opry House

Going Green the Wong Way

Venue 13, 7-18 Aug, not 13, £8

24h

Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5 Paradise in Augustine’s, 7-8 Aug, £8 Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug, £5

Sir Gawain, the Yellow Knight

Seeing Double: Vision

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £7 – £8

Pleasance Bytes

Pleasance Courtyard, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £4

SOS Courtship

Platero Y Yo

Birds on a Wire

Apocalypse or Bust!

theSpace @ Venue45, 9 Aug, £5

Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

11:20

11:35

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

Life Is Too Good To Be True HH

Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5

Chicken Bones for the Teenage Soup

Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5

What the Heart Remembers: The Women and Children of Darfur

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 8 Aug, 11 Aug, £5

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-13 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

John Peel’s Shed by John Osborne Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-12 Aug, £10 – £11

Bye Bye World

Underbelly, Cowgate, 1526 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7 Aug, 10 Aug, £5

11:40

Miss Julie

Candida

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-18 Aug, £5 – £11

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12

Dream On

Two Dogs

Paradise in Augustine’s, 14-18 Aug, £8

The Property Known As Garland theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £10

Sweet Grassmarket, 8-17 Aug, £10

Beyond Hillsborough Quaker Meeting House, 7-11 Aug, £8

11:25

11:45

Last Supper

Oddlie

Greenside, 7-11 Aug, £6

Miss Marchbanks

Paradise in The Vault, 7-18 Aug, not 12, 13, £8.50

11:30 Seeing Double: Figures

Venue 13, 7-18 Aug, not 13, £8

Hell’s Bells by Lynne Truss Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 9, 10, 13, 20, £8 – £9

Female Gothic

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £12 – £13

Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £7 – £8

Normal

For the Love of Willie

The Hole

Plastic Beach

The Ash Girl

Zoo Southside, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 21, £7

theSpace @ Venue45, 13-16 Aug, £8

American Gothic: The Poetry of Edgar Lee Masters

The Price of Everything

11:50

Paradise in Augustine’s, 9-11 Aug, £8 Church Hill Theatre, 11 Aug, £5

theSpace @ Venue45, 8 Aug, 10 Aug, £5

Quaker Meeting House, 13-18 Aug, £7

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £10

Thin Ice

Pleasance Courtyard, 8-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £9 – £10

Built for Two

theSpace on the Mile , 7-18 Aug, not 12, £6

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As Ye Sow

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11.50

An Audience With the Duke of Windsor - Bob Kingdom Assembly Hall, 7-27 Aug, £10 – £11

A Few Good Men

C venues - C eca, 12-18 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Bigmouth

Summerhall, 19-26 Aug, £5 – £10

Theatre Tasters - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 7-12 Aug, £free

I Shall Be Remembered - The Story of Madame de Pompadour

Venue150 @ EICC, 15-19 Aug, £12

The Merry Wives of Osaka C venues - C too, 13-18 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

The Life and Sort of Death of Eric Argyle Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

Allotment

Assembly Inverleith Allotments, 10 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £10

Les Impossibles

Sweet Grassmarket, 8-12 Aug, £9

The Letter of Last Resort and Good With People

Traverse Theatre, 21 Aug, 25 Aug, £18 – £20

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

Churchill

The Assembly Rooms, 11-26 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

Peep

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 17, £6

Comedy Playhouse Balloon - Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-26 Aug, £free

The Knowledge Emporium

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 9-12 Aug, £free

Firing Blanks

Zoo, 19-27 Aug, £9 – £10

Double Edge’s Apples

Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-18 Aug, £8 – £9

Hunt & Darton Cafe Hunt & Darton Cafe , 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

BOX

C venues - C nova, 7-26 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Horrible Histories Barmy Britain

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10.50 – £11.50

What’s He Building in There?

Zoo, 7-18 Aug, £8

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Shirtwaist

Romeo and Juliet

Spaghetti Junction

Razing Eddie

And No More Shall We Part

The Bravery of Miss Anne and Other Tales of Splendorous Adventure

My Elevator Days

Zoo, 7-11 Aug, £7.50 Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10

Tam O’Shanter

Assembly Hall, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 13, 20, £14 – £15

The Template for Lack of Conversation Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 7-18 Aug, £free

12:05 Wild Allegations

theSpace on North Bridge, 20-25 Aug, £6

The Jhiva of Nietzsche

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £7

In Tents

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-16 Aug, £5

Salt and Pepper

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-11 Aug, £5

12:10 Continuous Growth Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £11

12:15 Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act by Athol Fugard Assembly Hall, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £14 – £16

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5

Summerhall, 11-18 Aug, £10

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 12 Aug, £18

Dearly Departed

Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5

Almost, Maine

Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5

King Lear

theSpace on Niddry St, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, £5

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum

C venues - C, 12-18 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Picnic Apocalyptic

Bedlam Theatre, 7-11 Aug, £8

A Servant to Two Masters

Wonderland

Medieval Miracle, The Fall Of Man

Would Be Nice Though...

12:20

Ma Biche et Mon Lapin

Deadly Medley

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 8-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10 – £11 Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug, £5

Oh, What a Lovely War

theSpace on Niddry St, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £5

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-18 Aug, £8 – £9

Paradise in The Vault, 7-8 Aug, £5

Institut français d’Ecosse, 7-24 Aug, weekdays only, £5

The Fantasist HHH

The Mermaid of Zennor

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £8 – £9

The Exonerated

12:30

US Beef

Born to Run

C venues - C too, 20-27 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Pilrig Studio, 8 Aug, £5

Traverse Theatre, 22 Aug, 26 Aug, £18

30 Neo-Futurist Plays From Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

Zoo, 19-27 Aug, £5 – £8

Pilrig Studio, 9 Aug, £5

Lord of the Flies

Paradise in Augustine’s, 21-27 Aug, £8.50

Miss Julie

theSpace on North Bridge, 20-25 Aug, £10 – £11

As You Like It

All Turn! - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13-26 Aug, £free

Soldiers’ Wives

Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12

Killing Time

Bedlam Theatre, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6

Eastern Angles in association with

theSpace on the Mile , 7-11 Aug, £6

Pleasance at Essential Edinburgh, 7-18 Aug, £8 – £9 Pilrig Studio, 7 Aug, £5

And No More Shall We Part Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 19 Aug, 23 Aug, £18

Round ‘ere

Venue 13, 19-25 Aug, £free

The Yellow Wallpaper

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £8.50 – £9.50

Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 21-25 Aug, £8

The Letter of Last Resort and Good With People Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, £20

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Bedlam Theatre, 20-25 Aug, £7

Morning

Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 11 Aug, 14 Aug, 18 Aug, £18 – £20

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Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £9 – £10

The Death of Chatterton

Virginia Ironside: Growing Old Disgracefully

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Bedlam Theatre, 13-18 Aug, £7

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All That is Wrong HHH

Land of the Dead / Helter Skelter

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, £19

Greenside, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9

The Musicians

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20-25 Aug, £7.50

Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-18 Aug, £8 – £9

The Boy with the Cuckoo Clock Heart

Hanafuda Denki (A Tale of Fantastic Traditional Playing Cards)

Pleasance Courtyard, 14-25 Aug, £8 – £9

Pleasance Courtyard, 9-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, £9

Married With Snails

Utopia (Beyond the Words) and Clothes

13:00

❤ Slapdash Galaxy HHHH

Letter to the Man (from the Boy)

Bullet Catch

Eat $h*t: How Our Waste Can Save the World

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £17 – £19

12:50

Assembly Inverleith Allotments, 10 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £10

Blink

Bullet Catch

Bound

C venues - C, 7-11 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-18 Aug, £10

Locked In

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £7 – £10

Punch & Judy

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

Social Husbandry Inc - Breeding a Brighter Society Since 2012

The Institute

The Fiddler’s Elbow, 1319 Aug, £free

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £4

Uncoupled

Monkey Poet’s Murder Mystery

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12

Angels

Slice by Mel Giedroyc

Why Do You Stand There in the Rain?

Theseus and the Minotaur: A Love Story

Everything Else Happened

My Wrestle Mania

C Venues - C eca, 13-18 Aug, £5.50 – £7.50

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 7-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £14

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11.50

Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 12 Aug, 14 Aug, 25 Aug, £17 – £19

Just

Best in the World

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £6.50 – £8.50

The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £15

Detention

Mess

Monkey Bars

Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, £17

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug, £17

Zoo Southside, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £7

12:45

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, 25, £10 – £12

Six and a Tanner

The Turn of the Screw

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

theSpace on the Mile , 7-18 Aug, not 12, £7

The Trench

C venues - C, 12-18 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, £17

The Silencer - David Calvitto

Proof

13:10

Quick! Save the Pizza!

theSpace on the Mile , 14-18 Aug, £7

FAT

The Bongo Club, 21-25 Aug, £6

Mess

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10

Jubilate! by Rosalind Adler

Evil

Double Edge’s Spring Awakening

Dubrovski

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-11 Aug, £7

12:40

12:55

The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-25 Aug, not 14, £free

Summerhall, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £12 Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £9 – £10

Princes Mall, 25 Aug, £free

Allotment

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £17

Platero Y Yo by Juan Ramon Jimenez Valvona & Crolla, 7-27 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, £12

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £19 C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50

13:05 Under the Ladder

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-16 Aug, £5

Textually Transmitted

Frontline

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-11 Aug, £5

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

Trojan Women

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 7-18 Aug, £9

Wild Turkey

Peep

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20-25 Aug, £6

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 17, £6

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-18 Aug, £8 Sweet Grassmarket, 7-17 Aug, £8.50

Acts of Contrition

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £10

Mostellaria (The Haunted House)

Church Hill Theatre, 17-20 Aug, weekdays only, £5

Marat / Sade

Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

Say You Love Me

Cafe Camino, 7-12 Aug, £free

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £9.50

Him

Photographing the Dead

Spring Awakening (After Wedekind)

Paradise in The Vault, 14-27 Aug, not 19, 20, 26, £7

The Spirit of Frances Wright (Love is an Action Verb)

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-27 Aug, not 18, 25, £8

Shakespeare Didn’t Write This

Sweet Grassmarket, 9-24 Aug, not 18, £8

13:15 You Don’t Know Me Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

Poe’s Last Night - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro!

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 24 Aug, £18 – £20

Cancer Time

Venue 13, 7-18 Aug, not 13, £8

Birds on a Wire

theSpace @ Venue45, 8 Aug, £5

theSpace on the Mile , 21-25 Aug, £7 – £8

Paradise in Augustine’s, 14-18 Aug, £8

Educating Ronnie

Assembly George Square, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £12

All in the Timing

Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5

Sir Gawain, the Yellow Knight

Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5

The Miller’s Tale: Wahala Dey Oh!

C venues - C, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Night of the Big Wind

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-25 Aug, £8.50 – £10

American Gothic: The Poetry of Edgar Lee Masters theSpace @ Venue45, 7 Aug, £5

Unlucky for Some

Venue 13, 19-25 Aug, £free

Love Child

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £12

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Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

13:30 The Economist

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Simple Matters

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 8-26 Aug, not 14, 20, £10 – £11

You Obviously Know What I’m Talking About Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £11

Give and Take

The Lad Himself HHH

Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5

Camille Claudel

C Venues - C eca, 12-27 Aug, not 20, £7.50 – £9.50

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 11, £9.50 – £12.50 Pleasance Courtyard, 8-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £8.50 – £9.50

As You Like It

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £7.50 – £9

Dirty Barbie

Assembly Hall, 7-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £7 – £9

The Canterville Ghost

Greenside, 7-10 Aug, £5.50

And the Girls in Their Sunday Dresses Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £14 – £15

The Good Person of Szechwan

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 20-25 Aug, £5

One Minute Birdwatching - Free

West Princes Street Gardens, 7-9 Aug, £free

Big Sean, Mikey and Me

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, £10

Hamlet and Other Theatrical Nightmares

Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5

Ruthlessness

Carnival of Crows

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £free

13:35 Country Air - A Contemporary Ghost Story Paradise in The Vault, 7-11 Aug, £5.50

Romeo and Juliet Greenside, 13-18 Aug, £7

13:40 Botallack O’Clock

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £9

Pretty When I’m Drunk

theSpace on the Mile , 21-25 Aug, £5

13:45 End to End

Bannermans, 12-25 Aug, £free

Antigone

theSpace on the Mile , 7-11 Aug, £4.50

Stand Up, Woman - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13-16 Aug, £free

Perle

Assembly Roxy, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

Urban Fairytale

theSpace @ Venue45, 20-25 Aug, £8

The Two Worlds of Charlie F

13:55 Othello - The Remix

Pleasance Courtyard, 8-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £12.50 – £15

Ellipsis

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 1325 Aug, not 19, £5

Listen! The River

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £5 – £8

Couleur Café

Poison

2008: Macbeth

Flâneurs

C venues - C nova, 11-27 Aug, £12.50 – £14.50 Lowland Hall, Royal Highland Centre, 15 Aug, £35

Meine faire Dame ein Sprachlabor

Lowland Hall, Royal Highland Centre, 17-18 Aug, £30

C venues - C nova, 12-18 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Summerhall, 7-26 Aug, not 17, 18, £8

Mon Droit

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 16, £10 – £11

Crypted

The List

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 15, £10 – £11

C venues - C nova, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50

Coalition

The Edinburgh International Circus Festival

Venue150 @ EICC, 7-12 Aug, £12

14:00

The Tempest

Wrong Place, Right Time

A Donkey and a Parrot

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-11 Aug, £12.50 – £15

I Shall Be Remembered - The Story of Madame de Pompadour

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-12 Aug, £free

Unmythable

Zoo, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £10

❤ Hand Over Fist HHHH

Gilded Balloon at Third Door, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £8 – £9

My Sister

The Fiddler’s Elbow, 8-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

After Orpheus

True Colours

Theseus and the Minotaur: A Love Story

Bottleneck HHH

theSpace @ Venue45, 9 Aug, £5

theSpace on North Bridge, 20-25 Aug, £10

Undateable

Whynot? , 7-12 Aug, £free

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 21-25 Aug, £5 Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

Mayday Mayday

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9 – £11

Uninvited

13:50

Bedlam Theatre, 7-25 Aug, not 15, £8

Executive Stress / Corporate Retreat

Endure: A Run Woman Show

C Venues - C eca, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £7.50 – £9.50

Irreconcilable Differences

Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8

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Assembly George Square, 9-19 Aug, not 13, 14, £7

Shakespeare’s Queens: She-Wolves and Serpents C Venues - C eca, 7-25 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Summerhall, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 13, 20, £12 Pleasance Dome, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £13.50 – £14.50 theSpace on Niddry St, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £8

Baby With the Bathwater

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20-25 Aug, £10

Martin Dockery: Wanderlust

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

Anything But (A One-Woman Play) Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £8 – £9

Forgotten Heroes

C venues - C nova, 19-27 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

The World’s Greatest Walking Tour of Edinburgh Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, £8 – £9

The Half

Assembly George Square, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £12 – £14

Exterminating Angel - An Improvisation Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £11

Ocean Terminal Big Top, 7-26 Aug, not 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, £free

Grace!

St John’s Church, 8-18 Aug, £10

Werther’s Sorrows

Zoo Southside, Various dates from 7 Aug to 25 Aug, £8

Proof

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Kin

The Playhouse on the Fringe, 8-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

Faulty Towers the Dining Experience

B’est Restaurant, 7-28 Aug, not 11, 18, 25, £43 – £46.50

24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

Peep

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 17, £6

Mies Julie

Assembly Hall, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £14 – £16

theatrelistings Salome By Oscar Wilde

Zoo Southside, Various dates from 8 Aug to 26 Aug, £8

The Celebrity

PASS (Performing Arts Studio Scotland), 22-25 Aug, £8

14:05 One Night Stand

theSpace on the Mile , 13-18 Aug, £7.50

The Yellow Wallpaper

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £5

Salt and Pepper

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-16 Aug, £5

Comedy Playhouse - Shopping for Bacon - Free Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 7-26 Aug, £free

Letters, Boxes and Other Things That Shouldn’t Be Opened C venues - C nova, 7-11 Aug, £9.50 – £10.50

Iron Assumptions

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-11 Aug, £5

Now.Here

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 15-26 Aug, £free

The Adult History of Great Britain Part 1 - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-14 Aug, £free

Panning for Gold - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 8-26 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

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Cut!

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £7.50

Blake’s Doors

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £5

When Alice (Cooper) Met (Prince) Harry Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

14:10 Whale Tale

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £7

The House of Shadows

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £7

The Wheelchair on My Face

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 21, £8 – £10

14:15 Scotsman Best of the Fest

Assembly George Square, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £12

The Pilgrim’s Progress

Palmerston Place Church, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £10

Sedition

Zoo, Various dates from 8 Aug to 26 Aug, £8

Sparks

C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50

Almost, Maine

Chariot: The Eric Liddell Story

Trouble in the Tolbooth

Miriam Margolyes Dickens’ Women

❤ The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs by Mike Daisey HHHH

Ronnie and the Other World

Deadly Medley

Edinburgh Elim, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £10

Quaker Meeting House, 13-18 Aug, £7

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

Visiting Time

A Streetcar Named Desire

Cancer Time

Angels in Heels

Rosie Wilby - How (Not) To Make It In Britpop

Pilrig Studio, 7 Aug, £5 Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

14:20 The Exonerated

Pilrig Studio, 9 Aug, £5

Love All

Assembly Roxy, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £12

Satan’s Playground Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10

Sherlock Holmes and the Sound of the Baskervilles Paradise in Augustine’s, 21-27 Aug, £9.50

14:25 How Much is Your Iron? and Dansen Sweet Grassmarket, 11-17 Aug, £7

3.2 Seconds

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £8

Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug, £5

14:30

Village of Idiots

Ne’er the Twain

Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, £5

Saughtonhall United Reformed Church, 11 Aug, £7

St Peter’s, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, £10

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, £10 – £12 Venue 13, 19-25 Aug, £8

The Bongo Club, 10-14 Aug, £8

Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History

C venues - C aquila, 13-18 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Gulliver’s Travels King’s Theatre, 19 Aug, £12

Primer for a Failed Superpower The Hub, 24 Aug, £6

As of 1.52pm GMT on Friday April 27th 2012, This Show Has No Title.

Traverse Theatre, 22 Aug, 26 Aug, £12

Pleasance Courtyard, 8-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £16.50 – £17.50 Pilrig Studio, 8 Aug, £5

Adolf

Probably the Greatest Goal Ever Scored (and Other Tales)

C venues - C aquila, 7-11 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50 The Assembly Rooms, 13 Aug, £12

Fables Here and Then

Church Hill Theatre, 11 Aug, £5

Comedian Dies in the Middle of Joke Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

Three Words

Sweet Grassmarket, 20-24 Aug, £7

Tea is an Evening Meal

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 7-10 Aug, £10

The Sewing Machine

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £13 – £14

The Bongo Club, 7-8 Aug, £7

14:45

14:35

Thread

The Importance of Being Earnest Greenside, 13-18 Aug, £7

Am I Good Friend?

The Cabaret Voltaire, 8-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

MacBeth in Scots

CountryBoy’s Struggle

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-10 Aug, £9

Tartuffe

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £11.50

Becoming Conocido

GHQ, 8-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £free

Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

Once in a House on Fire

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 11-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £14

Teach Me

St Ninian’s Hall, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, £10

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 20, £10 – £11

Strawberry Sauce

Biloxi Blues

Hill Street Theatre, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £9 – £12

The Static

Assembly St Mark’s, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, £10

Kes

Paradise in Augustine’s, 21-27 Aug, £8

Winston on the Run Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £9 – £10

Dylan Thomas: Return Journey - Bob Kingdom, Original Direction by Anthony Hopkins Assembly Hall, 7-27 Aug, £10 – £11

21A - Free

Krapp’s Last Tape

Venue 13, 7-18 Aug, not 13, £8

14:40

Operation Stork

This Way Up

The Good, the Bad and the Extraterrestrials

St Serf’s Church Hall, 18 Aug, £9

C venues - C, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10.50

The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-26 Aug, £free

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theatrelistings 14:50 Besides the Obvious C Venues - C eca, Various dates from 7 Aug to 27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Double Edge’s Almost Nothing to Do with Frogs Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-18 Aug, £8 – £9

The Smoking Boy Greenside, 7-11 Aug, £9

Jigsy HHH The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £15

Nikotine Paradise in The Vault, 14-19 Aug, £8.50

The Prize Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £11 – £12

The Cagebirds C Venues - C eca, Various dates from 8 Aug to 26 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Chapel Street Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

Peter Panic Pleasance Dome, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8 – £10

14:55 Be My Baby Paradise in The Vault, 7-12 Aug, £6.50

Self-Criticism Paradise in The Vault, 21-25 Aug, £6

A Man for All Times: W. E. B. DuBois theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8.50 – £9.50

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Traverse Theatre, 7-23 Aug, not 9, 10, 13, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, £12

Villains, Heroes and Adventurers

Valvona & Crolla Scottish Foodhall@Jenners, 7-25 Aug, not 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 19, 23, £15

Githa

C venues - C nova, 14-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Remember Me

Summerhall, 21-26 Aug, £6

Macbeth Unsexed!

C Venues - C eca, 7-11 Aug, £9.50 – £10.50

True Colours

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 21-25 Aug, £5

Tokyo Trilogy

C Venues - C eca, 13-27 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Ruskin Live!

Scottish National Gallery, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £10

Miss Havisham’s Expectations

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 15, £10 – £11

The Day the Sky Turned Black

Assembly Roxy, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

The Stranger

Summerhall, 7 Aug, 9 Aug, £12

15:05

The Fastest Train to Anywhere

The School of Night

C venues - C nova, 7-12 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £10 – £11

Pages from the Book of...

Karen’s Way: A Kindertransport Life

Summerhall, 10-24 Aug, £10

Bullet Catch

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, £19

The Dead Memory House Summerhall, 7-26 Aug, £10

24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

Peep

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 17, £6

Oedipus - The Hour

Paradise in Augustine’s, 7-19 Aug, not 13, £7.50

Holmes and Watson: The Farewell Tour

Valvona & Crolla, Various dates from 18 Aug to 26 Aug, £12

Titanic Sinks Titswilly

Sir Gawain, the Yellow Knight

On the Edge

Bullet Catch

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-18 Aug, £6 Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 13-19 Aug, £8

Miss Julie

theSpace on North Bridge, 20-25 Aug, £5

15:15 SOS Courtship

Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5

Monkey Bars

Traverse Theatre, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £19

The Darkroom

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Blink

Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 12 Aug, 14 Aug, 25 Aug, £17 – £19

Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5 Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £17 – £19

I, Tommy

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £14 – £16

Recent Tragic Events Sweet Grassmarket, 19-24 Aug, £9

Mess

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug, £17

15:20 Cover

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £7.50 – £9.50

Maurice Roëves: Just a Gigolo

Mostellaria (The Haunted House)

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £14 – £15

Murder, Marple and Me

C Venues - C eca, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10.50

The Cactus Gulch Opry House

C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, not 12, £9.50 – £11.50

theSpace on the Mile , 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £7.50

Angels

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £8

Iron Assumptions

All That is Wrong HHH

Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug, £5

theSpace @ Venue45, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £10

All the Things I Never Said

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-11 Aug, £5

Journos

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20-25 Aug, £6.50

Not My Cup of Tea

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-16 Aug, £5

15:10 Appointment With The Wicker Man The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £16

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Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £9.50 – £10.50

Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5 Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, £17

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, £19

Porphyria

Zoo Southside, 7-20 Aug, £7.50

Rubber Dinghy

Zoo Southside, 21-27 Aug, £8

Eurydice

Still Life (or Brief Encounter)

Outward Bound

I Never Saw Another Butterfly Excuse Me, I’m Trying to Please You Zoo Southside, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8

Chicken Bones for the Teenage Soup Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

15:25 The Idiot at the Wall Bedlam Theatre, 7-25 Aug, £9

Ma Biche et Mon Lapin

Institut français d’Ecosse, 7-24 Aug, weekdays only, £5

Rodney Bewes as A Boy Growing Up. An Entertainment from the stories of Dylan Thomas

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

Molly Naylor and the Middle Ones: My Robot Heart Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9 – £10.50

15:30 As of 1.52pm GMT on Friday April 27th 2012, This Show Has No Title.

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 21 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £12

Treasure Island

C venues - C too, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £11.50

Nothing Is Really Difficult

Assembly George Square, 8-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 20, 21, £10

Remember Me

Summerhall, 21-26 Aug, £6

The Softening of MAO-A

Summerhall, 11-26 Aug, £8 – £10

theatrelistings Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

Angels

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £17

As You Like It

C venues - C, 7-18 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Oliver Reed: Wild Thing

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 15, £10 – £11

Cleansed

theSpace on North Bridge, 20-25 Aug, £7

NOLA

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

How a Man Crumbled Summerhall, 7-26 Aug, not 17, 18, £10

A One Man Hamlet

C venues - C aquila, 7-11 Aug, £10.50 – £11.50

Hamlet and Other Theatrical Nightmares

Church Hill Theatre, 11 Aug, £5

Serve Cold

Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 7-27 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, £8

Blink

Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, £17

Apocalypse or Bust!

Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5

15:35 Sophie Shadow

Paradise in The Vault, 1426 Aug, not 20, £9

15:40 Tumble Circus: This Is What We Do For a Living

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £12 – £14

Dirty Hands

Sweet Grassmarket, Various dates from 19 Aug to 26 Aug, £8

After the Rainfall

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £12 – £13

Punch

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 9, 16, £10 – £11

A Clockwork Orange Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £13.50 – £14.50

15:45 Justine and Tony

Paradise in The Vault, 7-11 Aug, £8

Dead Man’s Cell Phone HHH

C venues - C, 7-11 Aug, £9.50 – £10.50

As of 1.52pm GMT on Friday April 27th 2012, This Show Has No Title.

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £12

Waiting for Stanley

Assembly Roxy, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12

15:50 Spring Awakening (After Wedekind)

Paradise in Augustine’s, 19 Aug, £8

Tagged

C Venues - C eca, Various dates from 7 Aug to 27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Paradise in Augustine’s, 21-25 Aug, £8

The Indescribable Phenomenon Greenside, 20-25 Aug, £9

16:00 Irish Shorts Two

Mother to Mother

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £14 – £15

Woza Albert!

Assembly Hall, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £14 – £16

Dream/Life

Zoo, 7-18 Aug, £8

Nights at the Circus theSpace on Niddry St, 8 Aug, 16 Aug, 24 Aug, £10

Duddingston Kirk Manse Garden, 7-18 Aug, not 12, 13, £6

Kemble’s Riot

B*tch Boxer

The Erpingham Camp

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

True Colours

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 21-25 Aug, £5

A Modern Town HH Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10

Elephant Man

theSpace on Niddry St, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, £10

It’s So Nice

Institut français d’Ecosse, 7-24 Aug, weekdays only, £10

Sparkleshark

St Peter’s, 25 Aug, £6

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 20, £14 – £15

Mother Tongue Summerhall, 7-15 Aug, £9

Superheroes

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12 theSpace on Niddry St, Various dates from 7 Aug to 25 Aug, £10

Fabled

The Bongo Club, 7-25 Aug, not 17, 19, £5

Allotment

Assembly Inverleith Allotments, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, £10

Attempts on Her Life - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 21-24 Aug, £free

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 17, £6

Rod is God

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 24, 26, £9.50 – £12

Edinburgh

Summerhall, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, £5

Divine Words

theSpace on Niddry St, 10 Aug, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, £10

Strange Hungers Summerhall, 18-19 Aug, £10

Gods

Venue 13, 7-18 Aug, not 13, £8

The Knowledge Emporium

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 13 Aug, £free

16:05 Anna.

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 13-18 Aug, £6.50

16:10 The House of Shadows

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £7

Me Before Marilyn theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 20-25 Aug, £6

Ellipsis

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 7-11 Aug, £5

Subliminal Nonsense theSpace on the Mile , 21-25 Aug, £10

Richard III

theSpace @ Venue45, 7-11 Aug, £5

I Am a Moon

theSpace on North Bridge, 8-9 Aug, £7

Party Time

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-18 Aug, £7

Strong Arm

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

The Sun is Not for Us theSpace on North Bridge, 7 Aug, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, £7

Lingua Frank

You Left Me in the Dark

The Playhouse on the Fringe, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £10

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £8

Angus: Weaver of Grass

A Cry Too Far From Heaven

Thread

Fat Joe’s Chicken Shack

Paul Dabek Presents Thurston

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 16-26 Aug, £10

How’s About That Then?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £11 – £12

Request Programme

Italian Cultural Institute, 10 Aug, £5

Inlingua Edinburgh, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, £12

The Eighth Day

24h

Venue 13, 19-25 Aug, £7

Peep

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £8.50

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £5

An Evening With Dementia

theSpace on the Mile , 7-25 Aug, £9

Maria, 1968

C venues - C, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10.50

16:15 Assembly St Mark’s, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, £10

The Voodoo Rooms, 7-25 Aug, £free

Sister Annunciata’s Secret

Hill Street Theatre, 15-26 Aug, £5 – £11

Lady M

C Venues - C eca, 7-18 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £11.50

2.20pm @ Just the Tonic at The Tron. £8/£6

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theatrelistings An Eggcellent Adventure

Lauriston Halls, 7-9 Aug, £5

Juana in a Million

Pleasance Dome, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £9 – £10

Almost, Maine

Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5

Village of Idiots

Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5

Punk Rock

theSpace on the Mile , 7-18 Aug, not 12, £9

Cubicle Four

Paradise in The Vault, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £10

A Streetcar Named Desire

16:30

16:45

Three by Poe

Joyced!

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £12

Formby

Paradise in Augustine’s, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £free – £8

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 21, £11 – £13

Walk Like a Black Man

Rainbow

C Venues - C eca, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Gilbert and Sullivan in Brief(s) Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 21, £10 – £12

Gob Shop

Sapphire Rooms, 8-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 20, 21, £7

Zoo Southside, 7-27 Aug, £9

Right Honourable Member

C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, not 16, 17, £8.50 – £10.50

Dating George Orwell - Free

Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 7-18 Aug, £free

Pilrig Studio, 8 Aug, £5

Wojtek the Bear

Best Served Cold

Sleep to Wake: Robert Browning Remembers Elizabeth

Would Be Nice Though...

Peter Piper - The Man Behind the Legend

Hill Street Theatre, 7-13 Aug, £10 – £12

16:20

Hill Street Theatre, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £11 – £12

Pleasance at Essential Edinburgh, 7-18 Aug, £8 – £9

Deadly Medley

Boy In a Dress

Pilrig Studio, 9 Aug, £5

Doll

Gilded Balloon at Third Door, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £9 – £10

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £4

Shopping Centre by Matthew Osborn

theSpace @ Venue45, 13-18 Aug, £7

Princes Mall, 7-25 Aug, £free

16:50 Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me

C Venues - C eca, Various dates from 8 Aug to 26 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

Misanthropy

Zoo Southside, 12-27 Aug, £8.50

C Venues - C eca, Various dates from 7 Aug to 27 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 21-25 Aug, £14

The Adding Machine

Adolf

25: 13 Red, 12 Blue

Fables Here and Then

A Thousand Shards of Glass

C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50

16:25 Hervé - A Collection of Songs, Dances and Stories Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £10.50 – £11.50

Metamorphoses: Fables from Ovid

A Dirty Martini

Church Hill Theatre, 11 Aug, £5

Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5

Swamp Juice

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14-27 Aug, £11 – £13

Thinking of you - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

16:35

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £9

Little Women

Maurice’s Jubilee

What I Heard About the World

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £12.50 – £15.50

The Hand-Me-Down People C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50

theSpace @ Venue45, 20-25 Aug, £8

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 8-19 Aug, not 13, £14

Superheroes

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £7

The Assembly Rooms, 14 Aug, £12

Queue

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-17 Aug, £8

Made for Each Other - Free

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 15-26 Aug, £free

Hearts on Fire

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

Bhagwaan Dhoondo - An Indian musical interactive theatre performance Lauriston Halls, 27 Aug, £free

Primer for a Failed Superpower The Hub, 24 Aug, £6

Nothing Is Really Difficult

Assembly George Square, 8-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 20, 21, £10

My City Saturday

Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 25-26 Aug, £7

A Brief History of Scotland - We Done Loads!

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-24 Aug, not 18, £9.50

There’s Absolutely Nothing Wrong With Oscar Pike

True Colours

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 21-25 Aug, £5

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theSpace on North Bridge, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £7

Burns: Rough Cut

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 7-25 Aug, not 19, £8

The Complete History of the BBC in 60 Minutes

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-19 Aug, not 18, £9

Threads

theSpace on the Mile , 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8.50 – £9.50

A Sky Burial

theSpace on North Bridge, 16 Aug, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £7

17:10

Ocean Terminal Big Top, 7-26 Aug, not 15, 20, £free

Glory Dazed

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £10 – £11

Breathing Corpses

by Laura Wade

Zoo, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 21, £8

Allotment

Assembly Inverleith Allotments, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, £10

The Letter of Last Resort and Good With People Traverse Theatre, 22 Aug, 26 Aug, £18

Rémy

24h

Bedlam Theatre, 7-25 Aug, not 13, £8

Swordy-Well

The Edinburgh International Circus Festival

The Submarine Show

17:00

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20-25 Aug, £7.50

A Soldier’s Song

16:55

The Girl With No Heart

A Grave Reunion

Sweet Grassmarket, Various dates from 20 Aug to 26 Aug, £7

Paradise in The Vault, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £6

C venues - C too, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10.50

17:05

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

Peep

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 17, £6

Skye

Greenside, 20-25 Aug, £5

The Harmonettes Go Into Orbit Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £7

Assembly Roxy, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £11 – £13

Town: a Spirited Story

C venues - C, 7-11 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

The Letters of Jane Austen

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £7 – £8

Marcel Pursued By the Hounds by Michel Tremblay

theSpace on the Mile , 21 Aug, 24 Aug, £6

Playing Fate

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £6

17:15

All in the Timing

Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5

Words and Women

The Street, 7-25 Aug, £free

After the Accident by Julian Armitstead theSpace on the Mile , 20 Aug, 23 Aug, £6

We Are Not Here Summerhall, 11-16 Aug, £11

You Don’t Know Me Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5

SOS Courtship

Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, £5

Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut Gilded Balloon Teviot, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £12 – £14

Sealand

Zoo, 7-27 Aug, £9

The Shape of Things

by Neil LaBute

theSpace on the Mile , 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £6

Marat / Sade

Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5

17:20 I Never Saw Another Butterfly Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5

Exit Stage Left

Greenside, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £5

Bane 1, 2 & 3

Pleasance Dome, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12

Her Right Mind

Greenside, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £7 – £8

Dad Doesn’t Dance theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £8

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

One Hour Only

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £7

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £11

Dirty Paki Lingerie

The Yarn

Still Life: An Audience With Henrietta Moraes

Chatroom

Assembly Hall, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8 – £9

Whitespace, 8-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £12

theSpace @ Venue45, 7-11 Aug, £7 theSpace on North Bridge, 7-11 Aug, £8

17:25

We Are Chechens!

Nikotine

The Cactus Gulch Opry House

Excess

Summerhall, 8-9 Aug, £10

Church Hill Theatre, 11 Aug, £5

Paradise in The Vault, 7-12 Aug, £8.50 C venues - C nova, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50

theatrelistings Translunar Paradise Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10 – £12

Ma Biche et Mon Lapin

Institut français d’Ecosse, 7-24 Aug, weekdays only, £5

Tea with the Old Queen

C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Don Quixote! Don Quixote! HH

Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £9 – £10

17:30

The Madness of King Lear

theSpace on Niddry St, Various dates from 7 Aug to 25 Aug, £10

Mess

Blink

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, £17

Morning

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 19 Aug, £18

Give and Take

Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

Born to Run

Traverse Theatre, 23 Aug, £18

Monkey Bars

Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug, £19

Script in Hand

Icarus: a Story of Flight HHH

C Venues - C eca, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £11.50

Romeo and Juliet Cafe Camino, 7 Aug, £free

Angels

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, £19

All That is Wrong HHH

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, £17

99.9 Degrees

C Venues - C eca, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £7.50 – £9.50

The Letter of Last Resort and Good With People

Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 11 Aug, 14 Aug, 18 Aug, £18 – £20

Hamlet and Other Theatrical Nightmares

Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

Minotaur

C venues - C, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £11.50

Summerhall, 7-18 Aug, £9

Legs 11

Summerhall, 19-26 Aug, £10

17:35 I Heart Peterborough Pleasance Courtyard, 8-27 Aug, not 14, 21, £10 – £11

Swan Song

theSpace on North Bridge, 20-25 Aug, £8.50

17:40 Educating Rita

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £15 – £16

Bitesize Chekhov

Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 7-15 Aug, £7.50

17:45 Monkey Bars

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 19 Aug, £12 – £17

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, 26 Aug, £17

Mess

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £17

Morning

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, £18

17:55

The Dead Memory House

Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro!

24h

Romeo and Juliet

Peep

18:05

Summerhall, 7-26 Aug, £10

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

Villains, Heroes and Adventurers

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 17, £6

Elephant Man

Valvona & Crolla Scottish Foodhall@Jenners, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, £15

Amusements

Love and Understanding

Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £free

18:00

Princes Mall, 12-16 Aug, £free

Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir (Aurores)

Princes Mall, 7-8 Aug, £free

Unplugged

Zoo Southside, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £9 – £10 theSpace on Niddry St, 12 Aug, 16 Aug, £10 Summerhall, 11-26 Aug, £8

Angels

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £17 – £19

Nights at the Circus theSpace on Niddry St, 10 Aug, 18 Aug, 22 Aug, £10

All That is Wrong HHH Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, £17

Leonce and Lena

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10.50

Italia ‘n’ Caledonia

Valvona & Crolla, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 21 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £12

Bullet Catch

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £19

Platero Y Yo by Juan Ramon Jimenez Valvona & Crolla, 25 Aug, £12

Holmes and Watson: The Farewell Tour

Valvona & Crolla, 20 Aug, 27 Aug, £12

Divine Words

theSpace on Niddry St, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 24 Aug, £10

C venues - C aquila, 11-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Lowland Hall, Royal Highland Centre, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, £35

Dracula

PASS (Performing Arts Studio Scotland), 21-25 Aug, £7

The World’s Greatest Walking Tour of Edinburgh Pleasance Dome, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, £8 – £9

And No More Shall We Part

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 24 Aug, £18 – £20

Allotment

Assembly Inverleith Allotments, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, £10

The Trial

Desperately Seeking the Exit - Free

Here’s What I Know About Humans, By Lulu the Dog

Unneeded Baggage Sinful - Free

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 7-26 Aug, £free

The Six O’Clock News

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 7 Aug, £7

Katianna Was Here

Leith on the Fringe @ Out of the Blue Drill Hall, 16-18 Aug, £8

Blackbird

Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue, 1724 Aug, £7

The Picture of Dorian Gray Princes Mall, 19-25 Aug, £free

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

Princes Mall, 7-11 Aug, £free

The Royal Scots Club, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, £12

Reynard

Mr Carmen

Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s, 13-15 Aug, £8

Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £12 – £14

Traverse Theatre, 21 Aug, 25 Aug, £18 – £20 C venues - C too, 12-18 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

The Society of Ethical Cat Burglars theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 13-18 Aug, £9

Lust in Translation

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 14 Aug to 25 Aug, £5

Built for Two

theSpace on the Mile , 20-25 Aug, £6

The Complex: Oedipus

theSpace on the Mile , 8 Aug, 10 Aug, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, £7 – £9

The Disintegration Loops

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £5

The Complex: Electra theSpace on the Mile , Various dates from 7 Aug to 18 Aug, £7 – £9

Stick Stock Stone Dead

theSpace on the Mile , 20-25 Aug, £10

18:10 Happy

Greenside, 20-25 Aug, £5

Influence

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 7-11 Aug, £6

The Music Box

Paradise in The Vault, 1427 Aug, not 20, £7

Salome

theSpace on the Mile , 7-18 Aug, not 12, £8

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A whirlwind of sumptuous wit and panache! Come and hear some wonderful words from the other side of the door...

14:50- the venue 15:50 Labyrinth 156 http://bit.ly/othervoicespbh

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theatrelistings Pierrepoint - The Hangman’s Tale

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-24 Aug, not 18, £8.50

Quick! Save the Pizza!

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £8

Twentysomething

Repertory Theatre

Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 7-19 Aug, £8

Moth to the Flame

Bedlam Theatre, 20-25 Aug, £6

18:15 C Venues - C eca, 7-18 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Paradise in The Vault, 7-8 Aug, £8

Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro!

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, £20

Wonderland

Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, £5

Doctor Faustus

The Royal Scots Club, 7-11 Aug, £10

National Theatre of Scotland Presents Love Letters to the Public Transport System By Molly Taylor The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10

Hinge Presents: Scooped

Hill Street Theatre, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £8

And No More Shall We Part Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, £18

Festen

theSpace on North Bridge, 20-25 Aug, £7

18:20 30 Neo-Futurist Plays From Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind Pilrig Studio, 7 Aug, £5

Double Edge’s Flames Over New Jersey Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-18 Aug, £8 – £9

The Pride

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12.50

The Taming of the Shrew

Sweet Grassmarket, 1324 Aug, not 18, £7.50

18:25 We Got Rhythm

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £8

Mr Braithwaite Has a New Boy C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £9.50 – £11.50

Tissue

18:30 Nothing Is Really Difficult

18:40 1984

Zoo, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 15, 19, 22, £8

The Weigh In

theSpace on North Bridge, 20-25 Aug, £5 – £7

Oh, The Humanity and Other Good Intentions Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 9-25 Aug, not 13, 21, £10 – £14

Unhappy Birthday

Assembly George Square, 8-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 20, 21, £10

Assembly George Square, 7-26 Aug, not 12, 13, 20, £10 – £12

This Land: The Story of Woody Guthrie

A Real Man’s Guide to Sainthood

Zoo Southside, 7-18 Aug, £12

The Election: A Silent Comedy

Bedlam Theatre, 7-18 Aug, £7

Tartuffe

Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5

Do You Still Throw Spears at Each Other? - Free

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 7-11 Aug, £free

Fables Here and Then

Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

Belt Up Theatre’s A Little Princess HHH C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £10.50 – £12.50

All About Dickens

Mayfield Salisbury Church, 7-10 Aug, £9

Black Comedy

Quaker Meeting House, 7-11 Aug, £7

The Boat Factory

Hill Street Theatre, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £11 – £13

Rubies in the Attic Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 8, 13, 20, £12 – £13

Macbeth on Inchcolm Island Summerhall, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 19 Aug, £25

Bareback Ink

Whitespace, 22-24 Aug, £free

18:35 Dirty Blood

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £8

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 9, 10, £9.50 – £10.50

18:45 Deirdre and Me

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £9.50 – £11.50

Thread

Assembly St Mark’s, 7-26 Aug, not 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, £10

Tea With Terrorists - Free

Laughing Horse @ Captain Taylor’s Coffee House, 7-18 Aug, £free

Moondial

Whitespace, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, £8

That Face

Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 7-9 Aug, £7

Don Juan

C Venues - C eca, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10.50

Defunct Pig - Free

Mood Nightclub, 12-13 Aug, £free

18:50 The Wind in the Willows

Paradise in Augustine’s, 14-19 Aug, £8

The Lonely One

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

Back to the Future The Pantomime Paradise in Augustine’s, 21-27 Aug, £9.50

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19:00 Going Green the Wong Way Venue 13, 19-25 Aug, £8

Heaven’s Gate

Divine Words

19:10

You Don’t Know Me

theSpace on the Mile , 7-18 Aug, not 12, £7

One Month Early

Remember Me

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-18 Aug, £7.50

The Mungo Boys

Hunger

Summerhall, 21-26 Aug, £6 Lauriston Halls, 9-11 Aug, £6

La Línea

Lauriston Halls, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug, £7

Caesarean Section Essays on Suicide

Summerhall, 9-20 Aug, not 14, £11

Ben Okri’s The Comic Destiny Scottish Storytelling Centre, 14-26 Aug, £10

Secret Weapons

Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 22-26 Aug, £6

24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

Peep

Paradise in Augustine’s, 14-27 Aug, not 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 26, £10

On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco / Can Cause Death

C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Macbeth on Inchcolm Island Summerhall, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 19 Aug, £20

Meat

Paradise in The Vault, 7-19 Aug, not 13, £6

XXXO

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £9 – £10.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 17, £6

19:15

Alan Bissett: The Red Hourglass

Elephant Man

National Library of Scotland, 15-25 Aug, not 17, £12

19:05 How to Start a Riot

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £7

Solve

theSpace on the Mile , 20-25 Aug, £6

Hitler’s Li’l Abomination

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9.50

Lysistrata - The Sex Strike theSpace @ Venue45, 7-11 Aug, £9.50

Food For Thought

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £5

The Intervention

The Assembly Rooms, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £15

The Most Dangerous Toy theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £8

Dragged Up

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 14 Aug to 25 Aug, £5

theSpace on Niddry St, 8 Aug, 10 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £10

Machinal

C venues - C nova, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £11.50

We Are Chechens!

Summerhall, 7-13 Aug, £10

The Pilgrim’s Progress

Palmerston Place Church, 22-24 Aug, £10

A Woman Inside

theSpace on the Mile , 21-25 Aug, £7

Small Narration

Summerhall, 13-23 Aug, not 20, £9

Nights at the Circus theSpace on Niddry St, 12 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, £10

All in the Timing

Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5

Sir Gawain, the Yellow Knight

Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug, £5

More Light

C Venues - C eca, 7-27 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

The Hole

Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, 10 Aug, £5

theSpace on Niddry St, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £10 Church Hill Theatre, 11 Aug, £5

Songs of Lear

Summerhall, 12-24 Aug, £11

Winfamy

Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 16-26 Aug, not 21, £free

Chariot: The Eric Liddell Story

Edinburgh Elim, 15-24 Aug, not 19, 20, £10

Mostellaria (The Haunted House)

Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5

19:20 4.48 Psychosis

theSpace on Niddry St, Various dates from 7 Aug to 25 Aug, £10

I Never Saw Another Butterfly Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5

The Indescribable Phenomenon Greenside, 13-18 Aug, £9

Chicken Bones for the Teenage Soup Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

Mixed Doubles

The Edinburgh Academy, 20-24 Aug, £8

Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Musical - Free

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 7-15 Aug, £free

Nggrfg

theSpace on the Mile , 7-18 Aug, not 12, £7

19:25 Presidential Suite: a Modern Fairy Tale C Venues - C eca, 7-18 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

The Last Fairytale

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-26 Aug, not 18, 25, £8.50

A Middle-Aged Man’s Uncertainty Theory C Venues - C eca, 19-27 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Montmorency

C venues - C, 7-27 Aug, not 16, 17, £9.50 – £11.50

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theatrelistings 19:30 2008: Macbeth

Lowland Hall, Royal Highland Centre, Various dates from 11 Aug to 18 Aug, £35

Wonderland

Royal Lyceum Theatre, 29 Aug - 1 Sep, £10

Villa+Discurso

30 Days to Edinburgh

Summerhall, 26 Aug, £8

Ghetto

Greenside, 21-25 Aug, £6

The Letter of Last Resort and Good With People Traverse Theatre, 23 Aug, £18

The Hub, 20-21 Aug, £25

The Tragedie of MacClegg

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As You Like It)

Request Programme

King’s Theatre, 24-25 Aug, £free – £12

Meine faire Dame ein Sprachlabor

Lowland Hall, Royal Highland Centre, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 19 Aug, £30

Sparkleshark

St Peter’s, 21-25 Aug, £6

Paradise in The Vault, 22-26 Aug, £5 Inlingua Edinburgh, 7-19 Aug, not 13, £10 – £12

Dancing at Lughnasa Duddingston Kirk Manse Garden, 8-26 Aug, not 13, 14, 20, 21, £10

People Show 121: The Detective Show

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, £10

Three Cities

Ne’er the Twain

Remember Me

Trouble in the Tolbooth

Sweet Grassmarket, 13-26 Aug, not 18, 25, £8 Summerhall, 21-26 Aug, £6

The Proposal

St Peter’s, 7-17 Aug, not 12, 13, £10

Saughtonhall United Reformed Church, 7-11 Aug, £7

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Treasure in Clay Jars

MacBeth in Scots

Soddin Flodden

Operation Stork

Apocalypse or Bust!

St Ninian’s Hall, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £10 St Serf’s Church Hall, 7-17 Aug, not 12, £9

The Original Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour

Outside the Beehive Inn, 7 Aug - 2 Sep, £10

Blithe Spirit

Murrayfield Parish Church Centre, 8-18 Aug, not 12, £10.50

Mayfield Salisbury Church, 20-21 Aug, £free Paradise in The Vault, 14-19 Aug, £8 Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5

19:35 A Dastardly Fiction

19:40 People Like Us

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £7

19:45 ‘Allo ‘Allo

Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 7-11 Aug, £10

Fukushima - A Silent Prayer of Poetry Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 15-19 Aug, £10

Bullet Catch

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, £17

Mess

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, £19

19:50 Death Boogie

Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £12

Half a Person: My Life As Told By The Smiths Zoo Southside, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £8

Faust/us

Sweet Grassmarket, 7-12 Aug, £9

Hearts on Fire

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

20:00

Waiting for Orestes: Electra

Monkey Bars

Traverse Theatre, 21 Aug, 26 Aug, £17

King’s Theatre, 11-13 Aug, £12

Blink

Elephant Man

Institut français d’Ecosse, 7-24 Aug, weekdays only, £10

Return of the Close-Up Magician

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, £17

Zoo Southside, 7-27 Aug, not 15, £9 – £10

20:05

Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5

The Tale of Nada

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20-25 Aug, £7.50

C venues - C nova, 19-27 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

Those People My Parents

Captain Ko and the Planet of Rice

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 7-11 Aug, £8.50

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged

Dare I Say It?

Greenside, 14-18 Aug, £5

theSpace @ Venue45, 7 Aug, 9 Aug, 11 Aug, £8

Interruption

C venues - C nova, 7-18 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Billy Liar

The Edinburgh International Circus Festival

theSpace @ Venue45, 13-18 Aug, £8

Ocean Terminal Big Top, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £free

Three Tall Women

Faulty Towers the Dining Experience

How to Climb Mount Everest

B’est Restaurant, 7-28 Aug, not 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, £49

theSpace @ Venue45, 8 Aug, 10 Aug, £8

theSpace on North Bridge, 20-25 Aug, £7 – £10

Bullet Catch

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 8-25 Aug, not 13, 21, £10

Gotcha!

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £6 – £7

Monkey Bars

Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, £17

Blink

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £17

Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro!

Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug, £18

A Streetcar Named Desire

Pilrig Studio, 9 Aug, £5

Wonderland

Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5

One in Three

Hill Street Theatre, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £8

The Letter of Last Resort and Good With People

The Beast

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

Thread

Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 19 Aug, £18

24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

In a Handbag, Darkly theSpace on North Bridge, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £6 – £8

Mess

Firebird

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £17 – £19

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 1325 Aug, not 19, £7

A Geisha Samurai

Watt

Grit

HURT

Royal Lyceum Theatre, 11-14 Aug, £10

Me and Mr C

20:10

Gulliver’s Travels

Paradise in The Vault, 7-12 Aug, £12

Village of Idiots

Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 25 Aug, £17 – £19

Greenside, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, £9.50

King’s Theatre, 17-20 Aug, £12

20:15 Midnight at the Boar’s Head

Bedlam Theatre, 7-25 Aug, not 12, £9

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £7.50

Assembly St Mark’s, 7-26 Aug, not 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, £10

The Trojan Women

Quaker Meeting House, 7-11 Aug, £7

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, 11 Aug, £5

Angels

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £19

North London Collegiate School present

World Premiere of new Drama & Dance.

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theatrelistings And No More Shall We Part

Traverse Theatre, 21 Aug, 25 Aug, £18 – £20

All That is Wrong HHH Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, £17

Bullet Catch

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 19 Aug, £17

The Letter of Last Resort and Good With People Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, £18

Pornography

theSpace @ Venue45, 20-25 Aug, £8

Almost, Maine

Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5

20:20 30 Neo-Futurist Plays From Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind Pilrig Studio, 8 Aug, £5

The Exonerated

Pilrig Studio, 7 Aug, £5

20:25 Tranquillity, Serenity, Calm

Zoo, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £7.50

20:30 Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us

The Royal Scots Club, 7-11 Aug, £10

Romeo and Juliet Venue 13, 19-25 Aug, £8

Tartuffe

Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

And No More Shall We Part Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, £20

20:35

20:50

The Company of Wolves

Mod Girl

Hinge Presents: Ordinary Things

C Venues - C eca, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10.50

The Adding Machine

I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I’m Afraid to Tell You

Hill Street Theatre, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £7 – £8 Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5

Panga

Hill Street Theatre, 7-26 Aug, not 14, £11 – £13

Platero Y Yo by Juan Ramon Jimenez Valvona & Crolla, 21 Aug, £12

Holmes and Watson: The Farewell Tour

Valvona & Crolla, 16 Aug, 24 Aug, £12

Zelda

Greenside, 20-25 Aug, £10

Morning

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, £18

Sancho Panza 2012

theSpaces @ Surgeons Hall, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8

Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20, £10

How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

theSpace on the Mile , 7-11 Aug, £7

Sex, Lyres and Audiotape

theSpace on the Mile , 13-18 Aug, £5 – £7

20:40 Dracula: Sex, Sucking and Stardom Paradise in The Vault, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £8 – £9

Awkward!

theSpace on the Mile , 20-25 Aug, £6 – £7

Born to Run

20:45

Proof

Puellae (The truth about chips and other things)

Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, £20 The Royal Scots Club, 13-18 Aug, £12

Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro!

Traverse Theatre, 22 Aug, £18

Rhinoceros

Venue 13, Various dates from 11 Aug to 18 Aug, £8

White Rabbit Red Rabbit

Summerhall, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, £10

Summerhall, 19-26 Aug, £10

Future Tales (Sierakowski)

Summerhall, 15-26 Aug, £10

Morning

Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, £18

Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro!

Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 11 Aug, 14 Aug, 18 Aug, £18 – £20

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7 Aug, 9 Aug, 11 Aug, £7

Practice, Memory and Song

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 8 Aug, 10 Aug, £7

Kiss Me and You Will See How Important I Am C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Pinch in Love

Paradise in The Vault, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £7

20:55 One Man Star Wars Trilogy

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 13-27 Aug, not 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, £15 – £16

The Night Porters

Paradise in Augustine’s, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £14

One Man Lord of the Rings

Underbelly, Bristo Square, Various dates from 14 Aug to 26 Aug, £15 – £16

21:00 Planet Lem

Old College Quad, 16-26 Aug, £7 – £15

The Blind

Old College Quad, 7-15 Aug, £13 – £15

Bring the Happy

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 21 Aug, £14

The Rape of Lucrece Royal Lyceum Theatre, 22-26 Aug, £20

Sparkleshark

St Peter’s, 24 Aug, £6

Defunct Pig - Free

The Hudson Hotel, 14-25 Aug, £free

Confessions of a Grindr Addict

Assembly Hall, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £11 – £12

Closer

Zoo Southside, 14-26 Aug, not 18, 20, £8.50

24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

Rites and Regulations

Zoo Southside, Various dates from 7 Aug to 13 Aug, £9

21:05 Looby Loo: No Strings Attached

C venues - C nova, 7-19 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

Vitamin

Zoo, 20-27 Aug, £8

Trojan Women

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £7

Hardcore Pawn With Mick, Lewis and Shaun theSpace on the Mile , 7-8 Aug, £5

Swan Song

Sweet Grassmarket, 11-17 Aug, £8.50

Belt Up Theatre’s Outland

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £10.50 – £12.50

Macbeth

C venues - C, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £11.50

21:10 Peaceful

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 20-25 Aug, £7

21:15 The Sh*t / La Merda Summerhall, 7-26 Aug, not 17, 18, £10

You Don’t Know Me Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

Marat / Sade

Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

21:30 Give and Take

Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5

Tenderpits

Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £10.50

Hitler Alone

Inlingua Edinburgh, 9-23 Aug, £14

Monstrous Acts

C venues - C aquila, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £8.50 – £10.50

Riot Squat

Whitespace, 22-26 Aug, £9

21:35 The Bloody Chamber

theSpace on the Mile , 13-18 Aug, £8

C Venues - C eca, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10.50

It’s My Wonderful Life

21:40

Wuthering Heights

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £5 – £6.50

The Indescribable Phenomenon

Greenside, 7-11 Aug, £9

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theatrelistings 21:45 Hinge Presents: Dorian

Hill Street Theatre, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £7 – £8

The Three Faces of Doctor Crippen

22:10 This is Who I Am!

theSpace on the Mile , 7-10 Aug, £5

Peaceful

theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 13-18 Aug, £7

C venues - C, 7-27 Aug, not 16, 17, £8.50 – £10.50

Wrecked

22:00

Call Me!

The Ugly Sisters

Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 8-25 Aug, not 13, 21, £14

That Old Noir Magic - A Film Noir Jazz Journey Into Night, in Story and Song Greenside, 14-18 Aug, £12

Rock

Institut français d’Ecosse, 7-18 Aug, not 11, 12, 13, £10

Grim(m) - Unreal Stories for Real Times Greenside, 7 Aug, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, £7

24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

The Guild of Cheesemakers

Summerhall, 14-18 Aug, £20

Jack: A Ripper’s Tale Paradise in The Vault, 21-27 Aug, £6.50

22:05 Dirty Pretty Money theSpace on the Mile , 7-11 Aug, £8 – £9

The Awesome Show theSpace on North Bridge, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £9

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10 Sweet Grassmarket, 7-26 Aug, not 13, 18, 25, £7.50

Question No One

theSpace @ Venue45, 20-25 Aug, £8.50

Of Mice and Men

theSpace on Niddry St, 20-22 Aug, £8

22:20 Piatto Finale

Zoo, Various dates from 8 Aug to 26 Aug, £8

Centralia

Zoo, Various dates from 7 Aug to 27 Aug, £8

22:25 Leather

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £10.50

Broken

22:15

Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 7 Aug, £5

Settimana

The World Over

Assembly Roxy, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £12 – £14

theSpace on North Bridge, 13-25 Aug, not 16, 19, £6

Dracula

Quantum Battlestar Deep-Space Voyager Tardis Wars: The Million-Dollar Space Epic

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-18 Aug, £7.50 – £8

Beatle Mal’s Legendary Band

Paradise in The Vault, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £8

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5

The Sidcup Family Portrait Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 8-19 Aug, £6

Paradise in Augustine’s, 21-27 Aug, £9.50

22:30 Adele’s Heart

theSpace on North Bridge, 7-11 Aug, £7.50 – £8.50

The Blind

Old College Quad, 16-27 Aug, £13 – £15

All an Act

theSpace @ Venue45, 13-18 Aug, £7.50

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-18 Aug, not 12, £7

Dearly Departed

Carmen Funebre

Enter the Woods

Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

Old College Quad, 14 Aug, £10

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DugOut Theatre’s Inheritance Blues

Bedlam Theatre, 7-25 Aug, £8

Macbeth: Who is that Bloodied Man? Old College Quad, 7-13 Aug, £13 – £15

Pool of Blood

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-11 Aug, £6 – £7

The Barwell Prophecy

theSpace @ Venue45, 7-11 Aug, £10

Holmes and Watson: The Farewell Tour

Valvona & Crolla, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, £12

The Table

Tales from Edgar Allan Poe

C Venues - C eca, 7-27 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £11.50

24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

Accidental Olympian theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7-9 Aug, £8

Daughters of Lot

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £5.50 – £7

Beats

Traverse Theatre, 14-26 Aug, not 20, £12 – £19

Boris & Sergey’s Vaudevillian Adventure

Pleasance Courtyard, 11-14 Aug, £14

Pleasance Courtyard, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 21, £9 – £10

22:40

23:05

Re-Animator The Musical

A Dastardly Fiction

Assembly George Square, 7-27 Aug, not 13, 20, £12 – £14

22:45 A Guide to Second Date Sex Underbelly, Cowgate, 7-26 Aug, not 15, £9.50 – £10.50

Belt Up Theatre’s The Boy James

C venues - C nova, 7-27 Aug, £10.50 – £12.50

23:00 Who’s Dorian Gray?

Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 7-26 Aug, not 9, 16, 23, £free

Greenside, 13-18 Aug, £9.50

Strip Search

SpaceCabaret @ 54, 7-25 Aug, not 19, £12

23:15 Medea Hardcore

Assembly Roxy, 7-26 Aug, not 8, 13, 14, 20, 21, £12 – £14 00:00

24h

Summerhall, 23 Aug, 26 Aug, £1

Couleur Café

C venues - C nova, 12-28 Aug, £12.50 – £14.50

02:00 24h

Summerhall, 23 Aug, 26 Aug, £1

03:00 24h

Summerhall, 23 Aug, 26 Aug, £1

04:00 24h

Summerhall, 23 Aug, 26 Aug, £1

05:00 24h

Summerhall, 23 Aug, 26 Aug, £1

06:00 24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

07:00 24h

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

08:00 How May We Be of Service?

01:00

Everywhere, Anywhere, 12-17 Aug, £free

24h

24h

Summerhall, 23 Aug, 26 Aug, £1

Summerhall, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, £1

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