Fest 2023 Issue 3

A SOUND LEGACY

Anoushka Shankar writes her next chapter

Inside: Endea Owens Ed Byrne Lucy McCormick F-Bomb Tilda Cobham-Hervey Julia Masli NEHH Dan Tiernan Lucas O’Neil

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8 Sitar Hero

Anoushka Shankar moves people through music

12 Stranger Things

A chance meeting with Tilda Cobham-Hervey

15 All About That Bass

Jazz star Endea Owens arrives at EIF

Comedy 18 Ed Byrne

A tribute to Ed’s brother Paul

Theatre 31 Bullring Techno

Makeout Jamz

A smart look at Black masculinity

Kids 53 The Lost Lending Library

A world of imagination

Music

49 Nothing Ever Happens Here

Celebrating a decade of NEHH with departing founder Jamie Sutherland

54 Map & Listings

Find the shows for you with our map and hour-by-hour show guide

Image credits (top to bottom, left to right): Laura Lewis; Jess Shurte; courtesy of the artist; Roslyn Gaunt; Mihaela Bodlovic; Silken Weinberg; Stephen Dobbie

F-Bomb Theatre's Perfect Day

Rachel O’Regan, writer of returning Fringe hit The Beatles Were a Boyband and co-director of feminist theatre company F-Bomb, gives us the lowdown on her perfect day in Edinburgh

What is your favourite place to eat in Edinburgh?

I live in Leith and there’s a little place on Great Junction Street called Peter’s Food Hub – it’s a cute family-owned business that does Chinese, Filipino, Japanese and Greek. I know that sounds random, but who says you can’t have sushi and spring rolls and spaghetti in one meal? In the immortal words of Sharpay Evans, I want it all.

What is the best show that clashes with your own?

I can’t wait to see Salamander,

which is produced by another Scottish feminist theatre company, Pretty Knickers. It’s inspired by true events that happened in Leith in 1980 and explores a lot of the same themes we are interested in – the humanity, dignity and solidarity of women.

Where do you like to relax in Edinburgh?

At home, rewatching Grey’s Anatomy.

Where’s the best place for a night out?

Paradise Palms! It’s a veggie and vegan bar that also doubles as a creative community hangout – they genuinely support emerging artists in Edinburgh, champion diversity, and provide a safe space for LGBTQIA+ people. Plus, they have a cocktail with Buckfast in it, which I could never say no to.

What shows are you most looking forward to seeing?

Anything that’s in our FemiFringe Guide! I’m especially interested in the ones that get to the Fringe with very little funding or assistance. A recent study reported a 37% gender pay gap for theatre freelancers, so it’s more important than ever to go out and buy tickets for shows made by women and people of marginalised genders.

Where is the best place to smash the patriarchy?

Probably Holyrood? But really the best place is WHERE YOU ARE. I don’t think there’s any best way to be a feminist, and living your life with joy and authenticity is also an act of protest.

Where would you go in Edinburgh to find some feminist solidarity?

Nightclub bathrooms.

What is your best Fringe memory?

This might sound self-obsessed, but winning a Fringe

First and the Sit-Up Award last year was the biggest thrill. Being a woman in theatre isn’t always easy and those memories get me through times when I feel like I’m knocking on closed doors. One of the best things about the Fringe is that we are able to carve out a space for feminist theatre, and audiences receive it with open arms. I’d love to see theatre programming take a leap and look a bit more like that outside of August.

SHOW The Beatles Were a Boyband

VENUE: Gilded Balloon

Patter Hoose

TIME: 7:30pm – 8:30pm, 18–27 Aug

The Beatles Were a Boyband

Rachel O’Regan

Photo: Josie Morrison Young

Photo: Josie Morrison Young

Sitar Hero

The composer and activist Anoushka Shankar chats to Arusa Qureshi about the joy of collaboration, the beauty of simplicity and reshaping the sitar’s legacy

Photo: Laura Lewis

There are certain sights and sounds that you naturally become accustomed to growing up in a South Asian household. The crackling and sizzling of spices hitting a hot pan, the image of Shah Rukh Khan’s face constantly on your TV; bright yellow turmeric stains on every surface and the beautiful and otherworldly melodies of Bollywood and Indian classical. If you grew up immersed in any way in the latter, it is likely that the sitar will hold a very special place in your heart.

“I think it’s always had a deeply and very overtly emotive quality,” Anoushka Shankar says of the mediaeval instrument over a call from her home in London. “So on a piece of music, when you hear a sitar come in, it can kind of strike those chords in you in a very particular way.”

Many of us first generation South Asian kids that grew up on a steady diet of Ravi Shankar – the virtuosic Indian sitarist, influencer of George Harrison and Anoushka’s father –will be all too familiar with this feeling. Though Anoushka has followed in her father’s musical footsteps as a composer and sitar player, she has done something exceptional with the stringed instrument. Immersing herself in a wide range of genres, she has taken the sitar out of a time period synonymous with the 60s, the Beatles and psychedelia.

“One of the things I’ve really tried to do in my career is take it out of those notions in people’s subliminal listening experience,” she explains. “So when you put it in different sound worlds, different instrumentation, or when you mic it differently or play it, maybe in a less ornamental way, it changes people’s experience of the instrument. Then it’s kind of like the sitar that they know with its beautiful emotive sound, but not in that exotified way that they think of it. And I think that makes it really intriguing all over again.”

Having begun her study of the sitar with her father as a child, Shankar made her professional debut at the age of 13 and was touring the world by the time she was an adult. Nine Grammy nominations, 10 studio albums and numerous accolades later, she returns

this year with a new mini-album titled Chapter I: Forever, For Now, which charts a development in her relationship to the sitar and to a new way of writing and releasing music.

“I think I’ve been on a real journey of trying to find more and more simplicity over the last few years because I genuinely love very different forms of very complex layered music,” she says. “And sometimes I listen back to my own music and think, ‘Oh, that’s really busy’, or ‘there’s a lot going on’, or ‘I have so many ideas, I tried to cram them in’.”

Featuring contributions from Nils Frahm, whose LEITER label is also releasing the record, and produced by previous ‘Udhero Na’ collaborator Arooj Aftab, Chapter I: Forever, For Now explores a newfound expression of colour and clarity. “With Arooj, I’m so drawn to her simplicity, and Nils as well. They are two people that I feel like when I listen to them, I drop into something because there’s enough space for me as a listener to be in that space with them.”

No stranger to collaboration, Shankar’s work with internationally renowned musicians over the years has taken her into genres like electronica, jazz and pop, where she has always seamlessly found a natural home. “I think the reason I love collaboration is because I love the surprises that come from another human being,” she says. “I can certainly write a piece of music alone in my room. But if I’m coming up with ideas with someone else, their ideas are obviously distinct from mine and so the piece itself can become something greater than what I create on my own. It just lights up something and that excitement is very inspiring.”

Ahead of the arrival of Chapter I: Forever, For Now in October and a tour that will support the release, Shankar will be making her way to the Edinburgh International Festival with a quintet that was formed largely out of this love of and affinity for collaboration. Towards the tail end of last year, the musician returned to India for the first time in a number of years for a mini-tour, taking with her a hand-picked group of musicians, for whom she has a huge amount of respect.

“I hope the music has lasting power and moves people”

“I thought, these are the people I’d love to play with right now and it felt so exciting and wonderful to play with them that it’s turned into my whole next year and North American and European tours. They’re soloists in their own right, who release their own music: the incredible Sarathy Korwar, who is on percussion in the band; the great Arun Ghosh who plays and composes on clarinet. My long standing bassist Tom Farmer who toured worldwide with me on [2016 album] Land of Gold and on a few other projects. And then finally Pirashanna Thevarajah, who is playing South Indian Carnatic percussion instruments.”

Shankar notes that she always likes to twin percussion so that there’s a natural balance between Western and Indian musical styles. Over the course of her career, this pairing and subversion of the sitar has created a fascinating base from which experimentation, crea-

tivity and unexpected harmony has occurred. Though she is visibly bashful at the mention of her potential legacy and her pioneering status with the sitar, just like her father, she has undeniably done much to break new ground with the instrument and to bring it to new generations and contemporary audiences.

“I hope the music has lasting power and moves people,” she says when asked about the future and legacy of the sitar. “I hope music like mine, including mine, that is about connection across boundaries, continues to be proof that that works. And that great things happen when we try to be greater than our parts individually and connect with others who are different from us. That would be incredible.”

SHOW Anoushka Shankar

VENUE: Festival Theatre

TIME: 8:00pm – 9:30pm, 27 Aug

Photo: Vikram Kushwah

Stranger Things

Australian artist and co-founder of Gravity & Other Myths Tilda

Cobham-Hervey explores the concept of chance meetings in her intimate audio adventure Two Strangers Walk Into a Bar...

Words: Katie Hawthorne

It might sound like a dad joke but Two Strangers Walk Into a Bar... is a journey. Created by Australian artist Tilda Cobham-Hervey, each performance is uniquely intimate: no audience, no actors, just two random punters on a quest for nothing less than the joy of unexpected human connection.

“It’s that fantastic thing you can only get with a stranger,” Cobham-Hervey says, beaming. “There’s a different part of yourself that you can access when you have the freedom of thinking, ‘I’m never going to see this person again’. What does that bring out in you? Sometimes I think you can be more honest.”

Sign up for a timeslot and you’ll be emailed directions to a ‘Stranger Meeting Spot’. Once there, you’ll be given headphones, through which Cobham-Hervey’s disembodied voice will offer a series of instructions and suggestions. A little later, you’ll meet your fellow stranger. But it’s no dramatic 007-style mission, nor an elaborate prank. “It’s very gentle, and very private,” she assures us. “It’s silly and light-hearted, and built to try and make people feel good.”

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the idea for Two Strangers came to Cobham-Hervey during the first Covid lockdown. “I was really lonely,” she says, frankly. “Not just for my friends and family but also for strangers. Those day-today interactions that can change the way you think about something, or even just standing in a lift with someone, being physically close to someone you don’t know.”

The show is built as an antidote to that loneliness, and even uses the audio-guide format as an homage to the podcasts which kept so many people company during those isolated months. “It’s about the intimacy of having someone inside your head,” she explains, “and how to use that to put you in a place to consider where you are, what you’re made of, what you’re doing here, and how to sit in front of someone and really ask them a question.”

After making a first draft in a garden shed with a borrowed microphone (“it was so DIY, I’m so un-technical!”), Cobham-Hervey premiered Two Strangers at the Adelaide Fringe in 2021. She was surprised, and deeply moved, by the emotional response it received. “Because it’s all about how different people approach it, every show is incredibly different. As much as

Photo: Jess Shurte

I made it, I don’t really feel any ownership: you just get to witness the alchemy of people.”

Although it’s her first solo production as a writer, Cobham-Hervey sees Two Strangers as a natural culmination of her career so far. She grew up performing circus, and co-founded the company Gravity & Other Myths when she was just 14: “I was probably the most annoying teenager,” she laughs apologetically. Devised forms of dance and physical theatre followed before she found fame as a film actor after starring in Hotel Mumbai (2018). “The show takes all the things I love; writing, creating, and the part about being an actor where you arrive on set and meet a stranger, and they’re going to play your husband! But I also wanted to make something that wasn’t just me on

stage, I wanted to give people the chance to be in the thing.”

Two Strangers Walk Into a Bar... bottles the high-wire fizz that only a chance encounter with a stranger can bring – and without the pressure of a date, the stuffiness of a job interview, or the awkward moment when you fluff your coffee order. Embrace the unknown, Cobham-Hervey urges. And don’t cheat yourself by bringing a friend. “The magic is in getting to learn about someone, and I promise it’s not scary. Be brave!”

SHOW Two Strangers Walk Into a Bar...

VENUE: House of Oz

TIME: times vary, 4–27 Aug, not 9, 14, 21

“As much as I made it, I don’t really feel any ownership: you just get to witness the alchemy of people”

Photo: Jess Shurte

All About That Bass

The award-winning bassist and composer Endea Owens

– one of jazz’s rising stars – discusses her two upcoming concerts at the International Festival

Words: Eilidh Akilade

Endea Owens is full of joy. There’s a lot going on right now, it’s a lot to handle – but it’s great and she feels great. “One of my prayers for last year was to do this very thing – to take my band internationally and tour and help people, so it’s kind of a surreal experience,” she says and her eyes begin to water, just a bit.

The Detroit-raised bassist and composer is one of jazz’s most exciting emerging talents. Mentored by the likes of Rodney Whittaker, she’s toured with names such as Diana Ross

and Solange, amongst others. This year, amid touring Canada and Europe, she’s also releasing her debut album, Feel Good Music.

Watching her play – whether with her own band or in the house band on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert – is quite remarkable. There’s something warm and open about it; Owens’ sound welcomes you to it.

“The bass wasn’t my first choice,” she admits. Owens started with violin and piano, attending church four times a week and playing by ear.

Image: courtesy of the artist

She first came to the bass through Mozart’s ‘Symphony No. 25’; having played it on violin, she tried the bass part entirely unread. “My orchestra teacher saw that and he said, ‘Play the bass or get an F,’” Owens smiles. “He always told me that I would thank him later for that.”

That teacher was, of course, correct. After graduating from The Juilliard School in 2018, she formed her own band. Endea Owens and the Cookout is made up of musicians she’s met throughout her time in New York. She writes the music herself and offers it as a “roadmap” to the band, trusting them to take it in the right direction. “What I love about jazz is the freedom of it all,” she says. “It’s always different every time – it can’t be duplicated.”

One of her two Edinburgh International Festival performances this year will be a piece commissioned by the festival and inspired by Martin Luther King’s ‘I’ve Been to the Mountaintop’ speech. In the past, she’s also written and performed a piece based on the life of Ida B Wells. For Owens, telling and retelling their stories is vital. “It’s important to uphold the great people in history,” she says. But she doesn’t want to create martyrs; rather, she wants to remind us of their humanity, allowing us to realise our own potential. “It’s going to sound

big… But it’s also going to sound familiar and homey. And heavenly.”

Certainly, Owens’ faith is central to her work. “I view my music as very spiritual, soulful music. And those are two things that you can’t really put a description on,” she says. Categorisation isn’t important – Owens is looking for something that transcends.

This desire to connect comes into play outwith the music also. She often ends her performances with an affirmation, welcoming the audience to join her. “Some people don’t know how to speak well about themselves,” she says, voice heavy. She picked up this practice from her good friend and jazz singer Jazzmeia Horn, who she previously toured with. She continues: “When you feel good, you can take that out everywhere you go.” Owens wants to be, and is, part of a greater ripple effect – of connection and kindness. Love for herself and love for others is at the forefront.

In summer 2020, Owens started the Community Cookout, providing free music and meals to under-served neighbourhoods in New York. For Owens, it’s about connecting folk while giving back, having grown up with charitable organisations herself. “It is one of my life’s greatest joys.”

But this summer, Owens also wants a much-deserved moment for herself. “I want to sit down and take it all in,” she says. “That’s the takeaway: to just be proud. To keep going and keep striving.”

Endea Owens will most certainly keep going and keep striving. There’s a brilliance about her, one that we’re lucky to witness – at the Edinburgh International Festival and beyond.

SHOW Endea Owens: New Work at The Hub

VENUE: The Hub

TIME: 4:00pm – 5:15pm, 23 Aug

SHOW Endea Owens: at The Hub

VENUE: The Hub

TIME: 8:00pm – 9:45pm, 24 Aug

“What I love about jazz is the freedom of it all”

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Comedy Reviews

Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

TIME: 9:30pm – 10:30pm, 3–27

Aug, not 14

I saw no fewer than six standups paying tribute to the late comedy writer-director Paul Byrne in their Fringe shows last year. His brother Ed has taken slightly longer to offer this tremendously funny, thoughtful and fond reminisce, adhering to the maxim often attributed to Mark Twain that tragedy becomes comedy in time. This is the tale of the darkest joke Byrne ever told, in the show he never wanted to write.

Chiefly, it’s an affecting account of a fraternal bond that was sorely tested but endured their clashing egos and Paul’s collapsing health. Besieged by a failing liver after a lifetime of partying, with his personal and professional life falling apart over lockdown, it was Covid that ultimately did for him. A central plank of the show is a seething Ed recalling, in typically incredulous pique, how he cut loose the conspiracy nut friend calling it a “plandemic”, because some relationships are not worth maintaining.

Byrne doesn’t underplay his brother’s selfish, spikier side, noting the lack of time he put

in with the comic’s children. Their arguments were true ding-dongs, with resentment festering for months afterwards, though he accepts his own ADHD-influenced role in sparking them.

Above all though, he sets huge store by Paul’s comedic insight, his ability to punch up a script and help younger comics realise their potential. They were closest ripping the piss out of each other. And naturally, he gives Paul many of the show’s best lines posthumously. Even as he retains the abiding, final vent of exasperated ultra-bastardy for himself. ✏︎

Jay Richardson

Photo: Roslyn Gaunt

VENUE: Assembly Rooms

Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha HHHHH

VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy

TIME: 1:30am – 2:30am, 16-27 Aug

Julia Masli first emerged at the Fringe as the versatile pins in clown sketch show Legs

Since then, the London-based Estonian has established a burgeoning reputation as a solo performer. And she uses a mannequin’s leg here to encourage audience members to open up to her, prodding it into faces and inquisitively enquiring: “Problem?”

This disarming tactic, and her unlikely, mostly non-judgemental persona as an agony aunt, encourages really quite candid answers. Despite the

fact that she occasionally screams in faces, smashes up furniture or sweetly extorts money and offers next to nothing in the way of practical solutions or therapeutic help, the simplicity of the entreaty and perhaps the intimately sweaty, dimly lit confines of her basement room, encourage people to really open up, sharing malaises from the trivial to profound. All of these Masli takes onboard. Her help has an exploitative aspect, and various volunteers are really set to work on themselves and others’, scattered about her stage as she finds more marks to probe.

On the night I caught it, comedian Glenn Moore was

one of those swept up in the chaos. And it’s perhaps indicative of this often uproariously entertaining, boundary over-stepping hour that his well-meaning attempts to help ended up becoming such an imposition upon him. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha seems to have effortlessly plugged into a new zeitgeist of therapy-influenced sharing of feelings. But it was interesting that ultimately, both he and another, otherwise equally game volunteer, refused to let Masli fully invade their personal limits, the irresistibly giddy force of bravura clowning such as this encountering modern, respectful consent. ✏︎

Jay Richardson

Photo: Andy Hollingworth

“BEN

IS

Janine

Harouni:

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 6:20pm – 7:20pm, 2–25

Aug, not 14, 21

It has only been five years since Janine Harouni took up stand-up comedy, and four since her first solo hour at the Fringe. It’s taken her until now to return with a much-anticipated follow-up to the hit debut – Stand Up With Janine Harouni (Please Stay Seated) –which secured her a Best Newcomer nomination in 2019 but, to be fair, she has been busy.

Newly married and eight

Man’oushe

months pregnant, it makes sense that Harouni’s sophomore hour Man’oushe, named so after a childhood nickname coined by her Lebanese grandmother, revolves around themes of family, heritage and impending motherhood. It’s a polished and sophisticated show which betrays none of her relative newness, instead taking audiences on a well-structured and rewarding journey through Harouni’s family history and her own path to parenthood.

Harouni’s comedy is warm but biting, with gags about

abortion limits and the brutality of maternity and labour packing an extra punch when delivered by such a heavily pregnant woman.

While slick and serene to the end, Harouni is quick-witted and often cynical – but she is also unafraid of sentimentality and tenderness, lending Man’oushe a rich texture and a moving pay-off. She will reach full-term before the end of this Fringe run, she tells the crowd – potential audiences could do worse than rushing to see her first. ✏︎ Eve

Livingston

Photo: Matt Stronge

Dan Tiernan: Going Under HHHHH

VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy

TIME: 10:00pm – 11:00pm, 31 Jul – 27 Aug, not 14

The bloke next to me has been separated from his mates and man he needs a friend. He’s lost control of his body, laughter juddering him off his seat. He turns to me for support, his face half in hysteria, half in anguish – he whispers: “What’s happening?”

Then the lights go out.

Dan Tiernan’s debut is like being hit in the face by sheet lightning. It’s as if the genre of comedy has compressed inside him and become an unstable compound – and now all the comedy is exploding out of him.

He talks about school days both as a child in special education and as an adult working as a dinner lady. He’s preoccupied with his mum’s boyfriend Nick and – perhaps the closest he gets to sincerity – coming to terms with what he can or can’t do for his sister Phoebe’s leukaemia. But every line, talking about his sexuality, living on his own for the first time, is undercut with a swerve into maniacal exaggeration and absurdity. He comes head first, turning with ferocity on the audience, before he’s crashing into the back wall. Tiernan needles us with uncomfortable, offensive slang – the kind he may have been on the receiving end of. Are we being led to ridicule, are we laughing at him? There’s no time to think as we’re hit with the next

crashing wave his berserk, unpredictable delivery and punchlines bring. We’re drowning in our own giggles.

When the lights fail it’s a genuine tech balls up (in a stand-up show with only the bare necessities of tech) – something to do with a hydrant getting knocked over and a hapless debate goes on behind us about finding a switch. Tiernan, now

lit by the audience’s phone torches, doesn’t fuck about and launches into an off-thecuff tirade against the techie, giving him an entire backstory and Tiernan’s fruitless attempts to sack him. Maybe it’s true; maybe the techie has Stockholm Syndrome. To be trapped in a room with Tiernan is like being aggressively tickled, a hostage to our own laughter. ✏︎ Ben Venables

Photo: Drew Forsyth

Tadiwa Mahlunge: Inhibition Exhibition

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 9:25pm – 10:25pm, 2–27

Aug, not 14

Tadiwa Mahlunge talks fast. And talking is what Inhibition Exhibition is about, in many ways. Considering this is his debut hour at the Fringe, he’s remarkably confident, with a set as smooth as his shiny silk shirt. The way he talks (born and raised in Zimbabwe until he was eight before moving to Wales, his “posh” English idiolect now doesn’t sound “Black enough” to his London

barbers); the way his mum admonishes or congratulates him; the few things his absent biological dad has ever said to him – language makes for a smart framing of this breakneck autobiographical set.

You might think the velocity of his delivery belies an underlying anxiety, until he ultimately confirms that, yes, like most stand-ups, he suffers a debilitating need for validation. Comedy can be a cult of personality after all, and Mahlunge wrestles with the psychological and financial volatility of doing something he really loves but probably

won’t pay the bills (“If tonight goes well, you’ll never see me again,” he says, perhaps only half joking).

The show is obviously about him, but his experiences provide a lens through which to examine cultural dislocation, racial and sexual politics, family dynamics and all the intersections therein. And he gamely slingshots through these with precocious dexterity, hinting at a more considered structure that his speed might otherwise conceal, and commanding this sweaty Pleasance bunker like a pro. ✏︎ George

Sully

Photo: Jiksaw

Huge Davies: Whodunnit HHHHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 9:40pm – 10:40pm, 2–27

Aug, not 16

Sometimes you don’t know something has been missing in your life until it’s right in front of you. And sometimes that thing is musical comedy but make it misanthropic. Huge Davies is possibly the most miserable man you’ll see at this year’s Fringe, and you’ll have a bloody brilliant time.

Carrying his keyboard like a goth interval ice cream man from hell, Davies glares the

audience down with the deadpan dryness that’s become his trademark. Whodunnit is a loosely set up murder mystery that allows Davies to sing a lot about death, punctuated with meanderings into strange places indeed. No spoilers, but if he invites you on a stag maybe don’t go.

Leaning into such a dry persona would be risky in the hands of someone less funny. Davies’ purposeful alienation works because his dripping sarcasm rarely misses. It’s like being transported to a world where Robert Smith decided to do gags between songs

and started telling the audience to go fuck themselves.

Rarely in comedy has anyone been as committed to a bit as Davies. His ridiculously long set-ups are meticulously crafted, delivered with his signature sardonic sneer. A healthy dose of observational absurdism keeps everything just on the right side of total nihilism. A trip to Nando's becomes an underworld side quest, while his campaign to expose the truth about cinema might just scramble your brain. This is the misery business that the Fringe has been missing. ✏︎ Francesca

Peschier

Photo: Dylan Woodley

An Evening of Mayhem with Megan Stalter

HHHHH

TIME: 8:30pm – 9:30pm, 12–27

Aug, not 24

Heel kicking her way out from behind a curtain, Megan Stalter appears while twirling her long, long, hair with a stretched smile upon her face. From that first moment, it’s obvious we’re in for something absurd at An Evening of Mayhem with Megan Stalter

It is, indeed, mayhem. There is a dating show, a novel reading, and a musical opening that starts and restarts a healthy handful of times. There’s moments we’re not sure are intentional or not, and the glaring ambiguities are testament to Stalter’s utter commitment to the bit. It’s annoying and uncomfortable in the best possible way.

Dripping with delusion, Stalter’s on-stage persona is truly exceptional. She’s quick, each joke cutting just right – usually, something inappropriate or airheaded. There’s not a sentimental second and it’s all the better for it: we never once see her performance falter.

On opening night, Stalter’s interactions with writer Maddie Ballard – the on-stage guitarist and her alleged “exwife” – are hilarious. Maddie never really says anything but Stalter thinks everything she does is wrong. She laughs

along and it’s fun, so fun, to have someone remind us of the utter absurdity.

At some points, something of a narrative would be nice, primarily for ease of enjoyment. But, of course, that’s

exactly the point. Between her reoccurring child-like screams, it is playful but not unchallenging. And a warning: the audience participation is incessant but completely worth it. ✏︎ Eilidh Akilade

Photo: Alexa Viscius

VENUE: Gilded Balloon Teviot

Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers

HHHHH

VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy

TIME: 3:20pm – 4:20pm, 3–27

Aug, not 16

There aren’t many ways for white, male, middle class comedians to credibly leave it all on the line, but Stuart Goldsmith has managed it. How so? By dedicating his latest show entirely to the climate crisis: a topic almost guaranteed to produce a full-body cringe. When two audience members walk out very early doors, he laughs gamely: “They’re the first ones of the festival!” he says, with a touch of pride.

If they’d stayed on, they would’ve gotten what the rest of us had the privilege to experience: a warm, hilarious hour that pokes fun at our hypocrisies, while suggesting genuine pathways for change. When Goldsmith invites the audience to confess to their deepest, darkest acts of climate criminality, one woman all but wails: “I like cling film!” Such is the rapport he builds with his crowd that many are willing to lay our climate guilt at his feet.

For who is Goldsmith – or any of us – to judge? By skewering his love of business class flights, and his fraught relationship with his future grandchildren, Goldsmith makes clear our tangled complicity in systems beyond our control without allowing us to languish there. Through his free-wheeling anecdotes

about famous tombstones, and those XR newsletters you’re never, ever going to read, he creates space to

breathe amidst the eco-anxiety; camaraderie amongst our failures; and, spoiler alert, reasons to hope. ✏︎ Deborah Chu

Photo: Matt Crockett

Lane Kwederis: Sex Job HHHHH

VENUE: Underbelly, Bristo Square

TIME: 2:25pm – 3:25pm, 2–28 Aug, not 14

In this entertaining, fastpaced and eye-opening show, charismatic American performer Lane Kwederis describes how she went from getting a BA in musical theatre to making money as a sex worker – specifically a financial dominatrix (that’s fin-dom to those in the know).

It all started when she discovered that men would

pay to worship her feet and, deciding to apply the golden rule of improv – “yes and” – to this new revenue stream, she dived in.

Thanks to her perky, witty openness about it all, any sense of judgement one might harbour quickly dissipates as she describes her journey, with stories, musical theatre-style songs, lip-syncing and a bit of multimedia (including a few clips of her work).

She teaches us about fetishes, makes us gasp with a tale of an injury (to a client –crack – whoops), and reveals

the importance of having to act like you don’t need or care about money when extracting cash from men in the world of fin-dom. Complications regarding payments come up too, underlying one of the many barriers that sex workers have to navigate.

Kwederis touches upon what happens when clients try to push boundaries, and there’s one harrowing story about maltreatment, but you might be surprised when you learn who the perpetrator is. What an education this show is. ✏︎

Ashley Davies

Image: courtesy of Impressive PR

Matt Hutchinson: Hostile HHHHH

TIME: 2:30pm – 3:30pm, 2–27 Aug, not 15

If there’s a textbook way to gain audience trust at the top, to say in big bold letters, “I’ve got this,” then Matt Hutchinson might have found it. As we file in, he’s hunched over a set of decks, cutting beats like a pro. The lights dim and his DJing becomes VJing, mixed-up Pathé footage showing West Indians arriving on the Empire Windrush – British citizens settling in Britain. It’s a moving start: heartbreaking because

we know the state-sponsored hostility that met the hopes and dreams of these young men and women, some of them ex-servicemen; exciting, because look what Hutchinson is doing with that heritage right now.

By and large, he honours that well-won trust. DJ Hutchinson gets good laughs from the contrast between his appearance, the idea of him as “the voice of the street” and the reality, namely that he’s an NHS doctor who went to a good school, whose mum drove him to and from DJ gigs, and whose closest brush with the law was fruit-based

and thoroughly middle class. Unsurprisingly, Dr H’s bedside manner is top notch. He’s a total sweetie with a very cute baby and some great jokes.

But it’s a fairly ragtag bunch of jokes, and his segues between them are as choppy as his beats. Phrases like “but...y’know,” work overtime to guide him through an hour that doesn’t quite have enough solid gear to fill it. A couple of musical jokes make for nice contrast but the fact that the vocals are recorded suggests he doesn’t have the confidence in them that they need to make them fly. ✏︎ Evan

Beswick

Photo: Mark Sherratt

VENUE: Assembly George Square Studios

LIFE IS A

Theatre Reviews

Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz

VENUE: Roundabout @ Summerhall

TIME: 8:20pm – 9:20pm, 2–27

Aug, not 3, 8, 15, 22

Nathaniel is full of love – for his barber, for techno, and for Birmingham. But he’s not yet found the one: he’s been ghosted and stood up, and he’s found every spark to be an absent one. It’s a tricky position for a romantic like him. Writer and performer Nathan Queeley-Dennis takes us through a series of Nathaniel’s dates with a joyful and

cheeky humour that unfurls into a rich, intelligent look at Black masculinity and knowing oneself. Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz is an utter delight and an utter triumph.

Nathaniel is fully attentive to the world around him and such carefulness is often at the root of each comedic turn. The character is warm and forgiving, generous and trusting, qualities which make each romantic up and down tug that bit harder. And the play fills us up with all the sweet stuff, too: something of a Beyoncé-collage, an ever chaotic group chat, and the lasting glitters of a Lush bath bomb.

But Queeley-Dennis isn’t afraid of complex matters either. Nathaniel’s own issues –guarded with a rehearsed pretence and ever seeking himself in others – are unpacked slowly, with an almost shocking gentleness. As such, the play’s conclusion lands softly, restfully, while stirring us just so.

Throughout all the heartbreak, Queeley-Dennis plays out the quarter-life with equal parts fun and wisdom – an arguably infallible combination. Carried with an endearing confidence, we fall for Nathaniel and, in doing so, we fall for everything else.

Eilidh Akilade

Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic

Lie Low HHHHH

VENUE: Traverse Theatre

TIME: times vary, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21

Faye can’t sleep, we learn at the outset of Ciara Elizabeth Smyth’s dark and absurd comedy Lie Low. She’s not sure why, she insists to her ineffectual male GP, met here in celestial voiceover only – yes, a year ago she was the victim of a break-in where she awoke to a masked male standing over her and exposing himself, but she’s over that now.

As we quickly learn, though, it’s difficult to get over such experiences so easily or indeed to make sense of them at all amidst contested narratives and the fallibility of memory. These are the themes at the heart of Lie Low, which pitches itself as a play about a woman undergoing exposure therapy but in fact plays out as an exploration of sexual assault, trauma, consent and the grey areas between and around each.

This is brave subject matter, and it is handled confidently in both Smyth’s writing and the performances of lead actors Charlotte McCurry and Michael Patrick. McCurry in particular displays impressive range, her character careering between high-energy fantastical dance sequences, bloody-minded denial and heart-wrenching desperation. Patrick’s portrayal of Faye’s brother Naoise, grappling, as the audience comes to learn, with his own ruinous secret, is skilful in its nuance – is he to be believed?

Does he believe what he is saying?

The result is that Lie Low is at the same time funny, surreal and deeply unsettling. Una-

fraid to sit with ambiguity and uncertainty, this gripping play will stay with audiences long beyond its 65 minute run time. ✏︎ Eve

Livingston

Photo: Raymond Davies

Lucy McCormick: Lucy and Friends

HHHHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 5:20pm – 6:20pm, 2–23

Aug, not 7, 14, 21

Does any show at the Fringe have a more extensive content warning list than Lucy and Friends? Walking into the Pleasance Forth we’re advised about, here goes, loud music, scenes of a sexual nature and nudity, strobe and haze, audience participation, plus allergen warnings for hummus, tomato puree, wine and carrot. I can assure, all are ticked off. And, sure enough, this is appropriately challenging, uncomfortable stuff

from an artist known for using her body as a confronting site for performance. But there’s something we’re not warned of: actually, this is really, really fun.

Lucy and Friends is, in fact, Lucy McCormick’s first solo show – the setup for the joke being a) that she didn’t get the Arts Council funding to involve pals, and, b) as we get to know her better, that in fact she’s a bit of a loner. So we are her friends and, though we don’t get our hands or our bodies quite as dirty as does McCormick, we’re involved, corralled into various bits of performance by this sassy, chaotic, messy perversion of

a Saturday night TV host only with twice the charisma. McCormick methodically works through a catalogue of dramatic and comedic techniques, careening between spectacle and bathos, song and dance, wordless act outs (of a cat, no less), and fierce monologues (with heavily ironised scene-chewing justifications of her art), all the while dropping one-liners. But what emerges through the fun and the flesh and the chaos are the shadows of loneliness and alienation, and the dramatisation – or perhaps the reality – of a community brought into existence before our eyes. ✏︎

Evan Beswick

Photo: Holly Revell

Help! I Think I’m a Nationalist

Edinburgh

TIME: 2:30pm – 3:45pm, 8–27

Aug, not 14, 21

Any show promoted as this one has been, with that title and a picture of a kilted, conflicted looking man on the promotional posters, is bound to inspire a heated response in Edinburgh. Yet the subject of podcaster and performer Seamas Carey’s one-man Help! I Think I’m a Nationalist isn’t the only area where he confounds expectations; it’s about Cornish independence, which those outside the south-west of England might not think greatly about, but a live subject to many in the area.

Carey’s piece is part theatrical presentation, part series of lightly interactive elements designed to spur thoughts of nationalism and national identity. At one point all are asked to stand, then to sit down if they don’t fit the local criteria he calls out. These include Scottish birth, parentage, descent… and finally, willingness to shed blood and die for Scotland. A handful of people remain standing.

Little portions of Cornish cream tea are served, and the never-ending Cornwall/Devon stand-off as to whether jam or clotted cream goes on first is used to demonstrate the ways in which local difference can be reduced down to

trivialities. Always engaging, always in motion, Carey isn’t blind to historical and current issues imposed on Cornwall from outside, from the systematic destruction of the Cornish language by English influence, to the effect on communities of second home owners in the present. Yet he

resists words like ‘swarm’ in describing the latter, because the connotation is ugly. It’s hard to disagree with the conclusion he appears to be drawing throughout – that a sense of patriotism and local pride is good, but not when it’s expressed as hatred for the outsider. ✏︎ David

Pollock

VENUE: Royal Lyceum Theatre

Photo: Steve Tanner

Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked

VENUE: Assembly Rooms

TIME: 7:15pm – 8:45pm, 3–27

Aug, not 8, 14, 20

A tale of queer consciousness-raising and coming out with a difference – with several differences, in fact. Birthmarked follows in the footsteps of author Ali Millar’s recent memoir The Last Days in discussing the fallout from, and the effect on, an individual’s decision to leave the Jehovah’s Witnesses. In this case, the person who left is Brook Tate, a young singer and artist from Bristol.

The title of the show refers both to the birthmark on Tate’s forehead, and to the way in which he comes to terms with what may have once been seen as flaws, but which are now indelible parts of his sense of identity. Discovering his sexuality with another young male Witness while on a missionary trip to China, Tate was subsequently reported to church authorities and ‘disfellowshipped’; essentially excommunication, but with adding social as well as religious banning.

Tate has since moved to Bristol and built a new life for himself, and in addition to partially reuniting his family, he’s also met the members of the band for this show, who join him in creating a piece which is joyous, melodically interesting and increasingly disco, as he heads towards a full-costume reveal of his new self at the end. A lot of fun is had in the discussion of a serious subject, yet the show is almost stolen by the talking Gail the Whale, a large Biblical puppet wielded by Tate’s drummer. ✏︎ David Pollock

Photo: Paul Blakemore

Funeral HHHHH

VENUE: Zoo Southside

TIME: times vary, 4–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21

A spectacle of mourning and memorial, experimental theatre company Ontroerend Goed’s latest show is here to help us acknowledge the inevitable ending of everything. We are an event that will eventually disperse, just as rocks will one day be ground back to dust, and someone you love will become someone

you miss. As the audience files into the darkened theatre, we practise the rituals only too familiar to us, like the funeral receiving line; but so too do we experience new ways of celebrating the brevity of life, its brief flash of brilliance before we return to darkness. Its undoubted lyricism aside, there’s a certain hollowness in Funeral’s gestures. Part of that is deliberate, of course: culturally, funereal rituals are designed to facilitate the purging of emotion. These rituals are the empty box into which we’re encouraged to place our memories and

experiences, so that we may move on. If, however, someone were unwilling, or unable, to conjure up the necessary feeling at this production, Funeral’s procession of acts may simply pass them by. For in its desire for universality, the show elides any sense of context or specificity – and aren’t these so often the things that enrich a life, that make it worth grieving over when it’s done? Even in its act of gathering us together, however, Funeral is a moving reminder that mourning those we love is an experience best shared. ✏︎

Deborah Chu

Photo: Ans Brys

Thrown HHHHH

VENUE: Traverse Theatre

TIME: times vary, 3–27 Aug, not 7, 14, 21

It’s hard not to be charmed by Thrown, an energetic rumination on Scottish identity via the appropriately Scottish, refreshingly niche sport of backhold wrestling (it’s more or less what it sounds like). In particular, the generational-spanning, mixed-heritage cast demonstrate real chemistry. To a woman, Efè Agwele, Maureen Carr, Lesley Hart, Chloe-Ann Tylor and Adiza Shardow give the impression of having a genuine dog in the

fight of what it means to be Scottish – testament, of course, to their skilful ensemble work.

But it’s hard to really love the script and the direction they’re lumbered with. Backhold wrestling at highland games is a nice leaping-off point, but starts to feel like a tight hold in which everything is squeezed until it screams ‘metaphor’: the micro-tears in a muscle – the accumulation of small injuries which, in fact, breeds strength; the thudding final reveal of a bespoke tartan which weaves their identities together into something greater than the sum of the individual warps and wefts.

Moreover, the working through of each permutation

and tension of the characters’ identities, across heritage, age, birth, wealth, gender, feels mechanistic rather than dramatic – like the methodical working of each face of a Rubik’s cube. Tonally, it’s a bit confused too. It’s never clear, for instance, if the chavvy Glaswegian Chantelle is a character or a caricature, or if the wrestling is played as dance, or if we’re meant to feel real physical jeopardy. Coupled with some ropey dialogue (“I will not have this hateful talk and mean words!”) and irregular breaking of the fourth wall, this feels at times like a piece on the curriculum for excellence rather than the National Theatre.

Evan Beswick

Photo: Julie Howden

What If They Ate The Baby?

VENUE: theSpace on the Mile TIME: 9:15pm – 10:05pm, 21–26 Aug

All is not well behind the net curtains of this 50s Americana-dream house. The spaghetti casserole looks a bit green and the domestic goddesses seem rather more interested in consuming each other, romantically and literally. Dotty hasn’t even the manners to bring a pie round to Shirley’s before titillating her with a little cannibal role play. Whatever happened to hospitality…

What If They Ate the Baby? purposefully leaves gaps for the audience to insert their own narrative interpretation of what on earth is going on.

Trapped in an endless simulated loop of pie dishes and prejudice, the two women battle, flirt and navigate around each other as if to some unspoken code of behaviour neither dare transgress.

Creators and performers

Xhloe Rice and Natasha Roland won a 2022 Fringe First for their top-notch clowning in And Then

The Rodeo Burned Down. This again showcases their exemplary physicality, their haunted doll-like jerkiness punctuated with dance and moments of intimacy. There is a constant, strong interplay between natural movement and artificiality, emphasised by Rice’s use of a transparent mannequin mask. Atop the already exaggerated

makeup, frozen and emotionless, it serves to flatten their face further into a terrifying forced rictus.

An other-worldly darkness pervades here. There is a constant underscore of threat; noises in the attic, neighbours being disappeared, discus-

sions of bodies that may or may not be lurking under the floorboards. The lack of specificity does not detract from the inherent creepiness, yet there is the sense of waiting for a hatchet through the door that never quite comes. ✏︎ Francesca

Peschier

Photo: Morgan McDowell

PRESENTS

DRAINING THE SWAMP

Is fascism once again on the march?

Does the legacy of Sir Oswald Mosley continue to feed populist, right wing movements? This provocative new play explores Mosley’s controversial life and activities, with a chilling contemporary punch.

From the perspective of the 1960’s, and the emergence of the European Union, Sir Oswald Mosley looks back on his experiences in the 1930’s. The play brings to life the meteoric political rise of Mosley as a potential Labour Prime Minister, and the subsequent founding and development of the British Union of Fascists. We see Mosley and Diana Mitford on their wedding day at Joseph Goebbels’s house in Berlin, and witness the events leading up to the infamous Battle of Cable Street, before the Mosley’s are incarcerated in Holloway Prison, during the war. Mosley ponders on his legacy and the opportunities for future political leaders to communicate with and stir the masses. It ends with his legacy in 2019.

#drainingtheswampplay

ROWLAND D. HILL AS SIR OSWALD MOSLEY, TINA THOMAS AS LADY DIANA MOSLEY, PLUS GEORGIA WINTERS, SIMON POLO-CLARKE AND DAWSON JAMES. DIRECTED BY SU GILROY

Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus Reviews

Stuntman HHHHH

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 5:50pm – 6:50pm, 2–25

Aug, not 7, 14, 21

On one level this is two lads playfully uppercutting, smacking, legsweeping, stabbing and shooting each other relentlessly. There’s plenty mock-punch and shoot-ups as they work though every action movie trope going (with nods to all the famous ‘Johns’, definitely some Arnie, Bond and Sly too). We see slomo brawls and a Matrix-style long coat, hear kung fu sound

effects and cheesy one liners just before brutal massacres. Things rise to a whole new level though with the addition of backstory from both performers about their relationship with violence.

Queer actor-acrobat Sadiq Ali and performance artist-parkour coach David Banks take turns to describe personal run-ins with assault; the fear and fantasy of it, the supposed sense of control that physical force can bring a man. But their memories turn sour with flashes of homophobic abuse and racist slurs, plus the physical and

emotional damage that violence often leaves behind.

Ali’s beautifully lithe and tender dance solo brings a welcome burst of vulnerability and softness to the onslaught of macho bravado, while Banks’ realisations about his fetishising of fighting feel like very casual but necessary insights into toxic masculinity. Might isn’t always right but clearly neither is bottling or bluffing either. A sweet awakening between two boy friends and a gentle provocation about dangerous cis het culture in the midst of many cartoon kick ins. ✏︎ Claire Sawers

Photo: Brian Hartley

The (Hong) Kong Girls

VENUE: Summerhall TIME: run ended

Dance is the art of control: it generates meaning and feeling through the control of one’s body. In The (Hong) Kong Girls, we witness three choreographers paint anarchic narratives about grappling with the idea of bodily control itself.

In PK Wong’s ‘Bird-watching’, the objectification of a faceless, naked form is troubled by her monstrous movements: her claw-like fingertips; her shuddering, rippling flesh. We are estranged from the eroticism of the vulva-ed body and are made to behold its corporeal weight, its terror and presence. Justyne Li’s ‘Bleed-through’ presents a body caught between opposing forces like a marionette, where every agential movement meets an even more powerful counter-force – a quotidian portrait of the structural violence of feminine life. Alice Ma’s ‘Wu’ sees the jagged disintegration of a life-sized music box dancer – a Black Swan-esque fracturing of body and psyche that builds to a genuinely unsettling final image.

Stylistically varied though they are, each of the three dance pieces asks: Who owns my body? Who decides the nature and conditions of its movement? What is an acceptable way for my body to behave?

‘Kong Girl’ originated as a derogatory term in Hong

Kong to describe non-normative women, but has been reclaimed for new liberatory purposes – like those illuminated by these dancers. The bodies of the marginalised have always been the terrain where authority most violently

wrestles for control; always strange and never beautiful, The (Hong) Kong Girls uses those very same bodies to carve out narratives of resistance, to make flesh both powerful and strange again.

Xuanlin Tham

Photo: Cheung Wai Lok

What Does Stuff Do?

VENUE: ZOO Playground

TIME: 3:15pm – 4:10pm, 4–27 Aug

Much like throwing and catching a juggling ball, a great deal of precision is needed for a show like this to land. Robin Boon Dale is, unquestionably, a talented juggler – not just on a purely technical level, but also in terms of both the creative potential of the discipline, and its broader philosophical ramifications. He is also a charming and knowledgeable spokesperson, something the format of What Does Stuff Do?

requires, delivered as it is in the style of a TED talk.

But it’s on this tricky midpoint between entertaining circus and thought-provoking seminar that the show wobbles slightly off balance. In exploring the metaphysical underpinnings of objects, manipulators, movements and systems, Dale packs his script with heady jargon and stodgy academese. And while he often punctures the resulting tension with a winking acknowledgement that sorry, this is all a bit technical – usually with a brilliantly unique routine that even seasoned jugglers

(and fans) will find fresh – he doesn’t quite do that enough to keep us fully engaged.

This audience is head over heels whenever Dale switches to his stunts – particularly when he juggles water (!) and gets into an altercation with his flip chart. But they are noticeably restless during his longer, wordier passages, which is a shame as that’s where he seems most passionate. There are the makings of a truly excellent show here, but Dale’s musings on the nature of reality are currently quite hard to catch.

George Sully

Image: courtesy of the artist

Cabaret Review

Leather Lungs: Higher Love

HHHHH

VENUE: House of Oz

TIME: 9:30pm – 10:20pm, 4–27

Aug, not 9, 14, 21

Kiwi-Australian drag queen

Jason Chasland, aka Leather Lungs, brings a set of powerhouse anthems to the House of Oz, in a colourful explosion of music and comedy. Higher Love is a celebration of survival and self-love, by a performer who tackles adversity with humour.

The average male singing voice has the range of two

octaves. With a voice spanning four, Chasland, self-proclaimed ‘master of falsetto and stiletto’, knows they can sing and have created a show that relies heavily on their voice. Higher Love sees them belt out renditions of songs by ABBA, Whitney Houston and Queen, using them to illustrate significant events and relationships in their life. They tell the audience in brief snippets about an abusive relationship they eventually got out of, but they prefer to let the music do the talking and they don’t want your pity. They’re here to

reclaim their life through song and invite us all to sing along.

Chasland successfully connects with the audience, creating an inclusive atmosphere with banter and jokes, and they seem genuinely moved by the response they get, despite their voice not being the best tonight. This is possibly due to the jet lag they mention more than once and it results in the show being somewhat lacklustre at points, but it’s fun and uplifting nonetheless, and Chasland’s voice is still twice as good as the average male’s.

Veronica Finlay

Photo: Jess Shurte

Nothing But The Best

As Nothing Ever Happens Here’s founder Jamie Sutherland departs, we reflect on a decade of resonance and rebellion –including this year’s gigs at Summerhall

Words: David Pollock

Nearly a decade ago, Summerhall’s year-round series of contemporary rock, indie and electronica gigs Nothing Ever Happens Here began; also known as NEHH, its name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to complaints that Edinburgh’s music scene is too quiet. NEHH’s festival bill has become a major constant of the city’s contemporary music provision in August for a decade, booking artists including Pussy Riot, Cate Le Bon, Grandaddy and the Sun Ra Arkestra.

Now, after a decade, NEHH’s founder Jamie Sutherland –who also plays in the band Broken Records, which releases a new album this autumn – is leaving to take up the post of creative director at SEALL on the Isle of Skye, and an era of great live music on the Fringe may be ending.

“When I came to Summerhall, there was some really good work happening, but no real musical provision,” says Sutherland now. “There were a few bits and pieces, but it was all quite scattershot. As a musician working in the city, Edinburgh was missing a 450-capacity space, and there was room for it here.” He talked Sam Gough, then general man-

ager, now CEO, into giving NEHH a try. “I liked the idea of adding creative, contemporary music into the world of visual arts and contemporary theatre. That’s where we wanted it to sit, there are clear lines between this building and the

Barbican and Southbank Centre in London. It operates on a smaller scale, but I wanted to have the same ambition.”

What’s been seen of this year’s programme so far has shown the breadth of NEHH’s remit. As is now tradition,

Photo: Ellie Koepke

Rebecca Vasmant Ensemble

Glasgow’s Optimo (Espacio) hosted the opening party (4 Aug), an evergreen blend of techno and post-punk attitude, with a live set from Eyes of Others, aka Heavenly-signed Edinburgh musician and producer John Bryden, whose two-person analogue set was rich and dub-fuelled, a perfect accompaniment to the music being played on the dancefloor.

Sutherland himself played a support set for Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band (11 Aug), whose set of measured indie-rock was infused with an occasional country edge. The 61-year-old Liverpudlian Head made jokes about needing his eyes checked, but the presence of old Shack classics like 'Pull Together' and 'Meant To Be' inspired a youthful, passionate reaction among a crowd of his contemporaries.

The flip side of the coin arrived with Los Angeles’ burst of funk-rock silliness Thumpasaurus (13 Aug). On record, the overall-wearing six-piece’s music is a featherlight, frat boy riff on Prince, but in person it’s considerably elevated, with raw live power coursing through the dense basslines and ‘80s keyboard riffs of 'Lipstick Makeup', and a fierce saxophone solo accompanying the menacing grind of 'Evil'.

Before this phase of Summerhall’s music journey – and maybe NEHH itself, it’s uncertain – comes to an end, shows by the Rebecca Vasmant Ensemble, Breabach and Maranta’s closing party happen this month. “We’ve put through some amazing shows,” says Sutherland. “Ticket sales have gone up in Edinburgh across the board, and while I take

some credit for that, other people have been doing the same kind of thing. Through that collective will, more shows come to Edinburgh than they did eight years ago, and that’s been real, tangible success in my eyes.”

SHOW NEHH and Made in Scotland Present... Breabach

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: times vary, 22–23 Aug

SHOW NEHH Presents... Withered Hand

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 7:00pm – 10:00pm, 24 Aug

SHOW Summerhall’s Closing Party: Maranta Present... Microsteria

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 10:00pm – 3:00am, 27–28 Aug

“I liked the idea of adding creative, contemporary music into the world of visual arts and contemporary theatre”

Maranta

Photo: John Mackie

Kids Critics The Lost Lending Library

Oran, five, infiltrates Punchdrunk’s immersive library

What happens in the show?

We did the show. No one else did the show, we did the show. We were the performers. I just walked around. Other people found things but I didn’t find anything at all. It wasn’t a show place. It was just a library. The show didn’t have a name. It wasn’t a show, anyway.

What did you like most about the show?

Everything.

At the end somebody tells us a story about a spider and the spider got washed down the plughole and he found himself in Spiderville. But I really do not want to hear it again.

Was there anything you didn’t like?

No. Well, I didn’t like that they didn’t get my attention whenever I put my hand up. [This version of events is disputed by other witnesses.]

What did your grown-up think?

A trainee librarian welcomes the children, introducing a magical lending library that travels the world with all of human knowledge, reconfiguring each time… But the lending library is lost! The children must choose a book and weave a story using their collective imaginations. There’s some sleight of hand, a bit of

a treasure hunt, some guided exploration of the magical set. Oran enjoyed it, particularly getting to make false claims about Charles Dickens being his favourite author. Engaging, immersive, explorative, imaginative storytelling.

Would you tell your friends to go?

Which friends?

[Specific examples provided] Yes I’d tell all of them.

SHOW The Lost Lending Library

VENUE: Church Hill Theatre

Studio

TIME: times vary, 3–27 Aug, not 8, 14, 20, 22

Photo: Paul Cochrane

09:30

A Political Breakfast

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 23–27 Aug

09:45

Editburgh

Meeting Point @ Ibis Hotel, 23–29 Aug

10:00

What’re You Looking At!

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

10:15

The Early Word

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Wiki Knows Best –Mythical Islands

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

10:30

Neil Harris: Codebreaker

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

First Thing (Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson)

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

10:40

The Breakfast Club

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

10:45

Made in Bangladesh

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

11:00

Daman Bamrah: Salmon Camera

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Around the World in 80 Puns

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

11:15

Richard Duffy is Asleep: A Retrospective

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 23–27 Aug

3’s Comedy: Mornings

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

11:20

Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

11:25

50 Midlife Crises to Try Before You Die

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

11:30

Sounds Proper Comedy’s Hot Picks

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug Bucket

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

The Dark Knightley Rises

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Those Who Can’t Do

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 23–27 Aug

Rozarina Larsen

Presents: Whitefishing

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

11:35

1998: A Walking Disaster

– Anxiety, Absurdity, Airfryer

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

11:40

Luke Manning: One Manning Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

11:45

AL! The Weird Tribute (And How Daniel Radcliffe Got Mixed Up in This Nonsense)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

11:50

5 Mistakes That Changed History

Assembly George Square, 23–27 Aug

11:55

22

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

12:00

Keroseno and Finito: Cock O’Clock

Leith Depot, 23–27 Aug

Cecilia Delatori: Rock

Spinster

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–28 Aug

Chris Thorburn: Cineman

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Aaaaargh! It’s the One-Liner Show

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 23–27 Aug

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Mark Row: A* in the Making

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 23–27 Aug

Arzoo Malhotra: First Degeneration

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Lunch with a Cyclopath

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Sharon Wanjohi and Abbie Edwards: Screaming, Crying, Throwing Up

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

The Generation Gap (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

Sex, Art and the Art of Survival

Frankenstein Pub, 23–28 Aug

Joe Wells: King of the Autistics

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

12:05

Sam Lake: Aspiring DILF Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Corona Daze

theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

12:10

The Shit Kid

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

An American Christmas with the BXG DXG Hootenannies @ The Apex, 23–28 Aug

Dinesh Nathan: Nathan Knows Nothing (WIP)

The Voodoo Rooms, 23–27 Aug

Milo Edwards: Sentimental Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 23–27 Aug

12:15

Big Smoke Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 23–27 Aug

Better Paul Paul

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–28 Aug

#BigDerryEnergy with Peter E Davidson

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Steph Aritone: Excelf-esteem

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Harry Potter or My Girlfriend... Who Do I Love More?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 23–27 Aug

12:20

David McIver: Small Boy Trapped in a Wellness

Retreat

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug Table for Two?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug Can You Tell Me Where This Is?

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

The Oxford Imps

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Hannah Platt – Work in Progress

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 23–28 Aug

12:30

MC Hammersmith: Straight Outta Brompton

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Ageing Folks Telling

Jokes

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

PG Hits! Stand-Up Comedy That’s Everyone’s Cup of Tea

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

A Spaniard’s Guide to Learning Shakespeare

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Sarah Roberts: Worm in Progress

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

Live Podcast Hour

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Phil Ellis’s Excellent Comedy Show

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23–27 Aug

12:35

Ashley Barnhill: Texas Titanium (Show ‘Bout Gettin’ a New Skull)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

12:40

Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe Pleasance Courtyard, 24–26 Aug

12:45 Is It Just Us?!

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 23–27 Aug

Richard Pulsford: Short

Joke Teller

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

Lee Kyle: England’s Best Comedian

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 23–27 Aug

RGB Monster’s Format Factory

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

12:50

Pam Ford Don’t You Dare! (Put Me in a Care Home)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

And Now...

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Coffee Kid

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

13:00

Sameer Katz: Love Is a Lie

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O’Clock Gun!

St Columba’s by the Castle, 26 Aug

Achtung!! The Germans Are Coming!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 23–27 Aug

Alphabet Soup – Serving Hot LGBTQIA+ Comedy Brunch

Le Monde, 23–28 Aug

Robin Ince – Weapons of Empathy

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 23–27 Aug

Max Norman: A Pirate’s Life For Me

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Alastair Clark: Happy Ending

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Slow Progress, 23–27 Aug

Shoot From The Hip

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Get Blessed!

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Last Stand on Honey Hill

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

Silent Disco Walking Tours Edinburgh: Boogie Shoes

theSpace @ Niddry St, 26 Aug

Board Game Smackdown

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

The Opera Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 23–27 Aug

13:05

Joy’s Bed and Breakfast

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Australia: A Whinging

Pom’s Guide

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 24–27 Aug

Hooked: Mr Sister

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Gerry Carroll – Young Zoo Southside, 23–27 Aug

13:10

Fiona Ridgewell: No-Nonsense

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

Deepu Dileepan: American Alien

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 23–27 Aug

Henry Ginsberg’s Hyper Masculine Cookery Show

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

13:15

Jamie Allerton Goes to the Movies

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

Gremlin Head

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Irish Comedy Invasion

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

Ross McGrane: Get Rich or Cry Trying

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 23–27 Aug

101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 23–27 Aug

4 Funny Feckers

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 23–27 Aug

Marcus Ryan – Eat, Pray, Walk

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

13:20

Seymour Mace Does Drawring

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 23–27 Aug

Twenty Hamsters

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

A Star is Re-born!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

13:25

Ahir Shah: Ends

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Vix Leyton: Antihero

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

Alison Spittle: Soup Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23–27 Aug

13:30

Arguments! The Comedy Debate Show

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Michael Porter: Love and Brain Damage

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

Gavin Webster: Proper Jokes

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 23–28 Aug

The 5th Alternative Black Comedy Showcase

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Aidan Jones: Adult Adoption

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Stephen Buchanan: Charicature Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Alex and Roger Work

It Out

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Rachel Creeger: Ultimate Jewish Mother

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25

Aug, 27 Aug

Bad in Bed: Arthritis to Insomnia

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

Bryony Byrne: A Clown

Tries to Write a Play (WIP)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Coffee Shop, 26 Aug

eBae: Ruby Carr (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 23–27 Aug

Born in a Wheelchair

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

The 5th Alternative Black Comedy Showcase

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 26 Aug

13:35

Ted Milligan: The Finished Product (A Work in Progress)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 23–27 Aug

Dog Dies Under Porch – A Comedy!

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

Ian Smith: Crushing

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 23–27 Aug

13:40

The Temp

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

Long Long Long Live Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Mark Silcox: Women Only

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 23–27 Aug

Ginny Hogan: Regression

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

The Cambridge Impronauts

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

13:45

129.5 Steps to Autistic Success

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Josh Elton: Mountain Jew (Plus Support)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 24–27 Aug

3rd Rock from the Pun: Darren Walsh

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Mark Simmons: New Jokes

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 23–27 Aug

101 Psychos: We turn Insanity into Hilarity

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Colleen Lavin: Do the Robots Think I’m Funny? Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Pottervision

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

13:50

How to Cheat on Your Husband

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 23–27 Aug

13:55

Harriet Dyer: Mother Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 24–27 Aug

Oddity Comedy

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead People

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug Dead Inside theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Yuriko Kotani: This Is My Work Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23 Aug

14:00

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Daniel Downie: Jacobite

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

Comedy Caper

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 23–27 Aug Aaaargh! It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 23–27 Aug

James Barr: Chains and WIPs Excite Me

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Rhiannon Shaw: Wedding Night

Bedlam Theatre, 23–27 Aug Sandy Not Just on Sunday!

The Saltire Society

Headquarters, 23–28 Aug, weekdays only

The Grand Return of the Edinburgh Revue Paradise in Augustines, 23–27 Aug

Sam Coade and James Trickey: Floorfillers

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 23–27 Aug

14:05

Abi Clarke: Try Hard (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

14:10

❤ Katy Berry: Diamond Goddess Crystal Pussy

HHHH

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

❤ Adam Riches is The Guys Who... HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

❤ Tatty Macleod: Fugue

HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug Grotto

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

14:15

Comedians and (Similar to but Legally Distinct from) Dragons

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 23–27 Aug

Raymond Mearns – Old Town Comedy Walking Tour

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23 Aug, 24

Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

Holly Spillar: Hole

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

AC/DC: Australian Comedians / Dope

Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 23–27 Aug

Dickie Richards: Sexual Tyrannosaur 2023

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 23–27 Aug

Millwall Jew

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

14:20

Iraqnophobia (Work in Progress)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–26 Aug

Rob Duncan: Baby Trains

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 23 Aug

Alex Something Is Missing Again!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 23–27 Aug

14:25

One Man 12 Angry Men

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

The Oxford Revue Will See You Now

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Thenjiwe – The Mandela Effect

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug Sex Job

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Rob Auton: The Rob Auton Show

Assembly Roxy, 23–26 Aug

14:30

Matt Hutchinson: Hostile Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Tom Crosbie: Actions Speak Louder Than Nerds

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Overthinking It

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

1 Billion Songs Please!

Hill Street Theatre, 23–27 Aug

You Don’t Know You’re Beautiful

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 23–27 Aug

Men With Coconuts

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 23–27 Aug

Stand-Up Philosophy

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Old Movies Saved My Life: 2

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Silent Disco Walking

Tours Edinburgh: Boogie

Shoes theSpace @ Niddry St, 26 Aug

Adam Greene and Peter Bazely: Bi and Large – Bier and Larger

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

101 Comedy – Club Free

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 23–27 Aug

Five Mugs, No Tea

Leith Depot, 23–27 Aug

The Durham Revue: Death on the Mile

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

The Edinburgh Fridge Show

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 23–27 Aug

Ryan Wingfield: American Comedy for Brits

Boteco do Brasil, 24–27 Aug

14:40

Mary Bourke: 200% Irish

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 23–27 Aug

Phil Green: Four Weddings and a Breakdown

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

Murder, She Didn’t Write Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Amy Webber: No Previous Experience

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

14:45

Finlay and Joe: Past Our Bedtime

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Thinky Winky

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 23–26 Aug

The Asian Comedy Showcase!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Will BF: The Last Gun

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Angus Coutts – Short King

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

999 Problems

Laughing Horse @ Bar Soba, 23–27 Aug

Share

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 23–27 Aug

Darius Davies: Charmingly Offensive Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 23–28 Aug

Billy Kirkwood: Buzzin (WIP)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

The Early Late Show

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up as He Goes Along

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

The Young-ish Offenders

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 23–27 Aug

14:50

A Collection of Nothing

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

Ted Hill: Tries and Fails to Fix Climate Change Assembly George Square, 23–27 Aug

Sofie Hagen: Banglord Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–27 Aug

Eric’s Tales of the Sea – A Submariner’s Yarn Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Biswa Kalyan Rath: Live Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23–27 Aug

Harun Musho’d: Why I Don’t Talk To People About Terrorism

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 24–27 Aug

14:55

Pirates: You Wouldn’t Steal a Boat theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Will Adamsdale: Show of Just Songs Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–25 Aug

Laura Davis: Well Don’t Just Stand There

Dancing Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

15:00

Harriet Dyer: Mother

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 23 Aug

Gabby Killick: Conversations With My Agent

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

The Meaning of Wife

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 24–27 Aug

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O’Clock Gun!

St Columba’s by the Castle, 25–26 Aug

Lynn Ferguson: Storyland

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

McClaine Beirne: Wheelie Funny

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Sam’s Scriptz!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Angel Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

Jaz Mattu Emerges

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Amy Matthews: I Feel Like

I’m Made of Spiders

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 24–27 Aug

Susan Morrison Is Walking Funny

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Coffee Shop, 25–27

Aug

Njambi McGrath: OutKast

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Indonesia Presents (Far) East Meets West

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

AAA Batteries (Not Included)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

James Nokise: God Damn Fancy Man

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Dominique Salerno: The Box Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

15:05

200 IQ Audience Only (No Munters)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 23–27 Aug

15:10

Emotionally Unreasonable Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

Serena Terry – Socially Needier

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–25 Aug

Ed Patrick: Catch Your Breath

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 26–27 Aug

John Robins: Work in Progress

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

CSI: Crime Scene

Improvisation

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

15:15

Alexis Gay & Friends

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Simon Munnery’s Jerusalem

The Stand Comedy Club, 23–28 Aug

St Doctor’s Hospital Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

Shaggers

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 23–27 Aug

2 Truths, 1 Lie

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 23–27 Aug

101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 23–27 Aug

Thor Stenhaug: Grateful for the Opportunity

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Laughing Horse Clean Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

A Complete Idiot’s Guide to New Zealand Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

Alex Leam: Now 40!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 23–27 Aug

15:20

Bronwyn Sweeney: Off-Brand Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Candace Bryan: Communist Dad Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Adam Flood: Remoulded Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23–27 Aug

Louise Atkinson: Mates

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

Salma Hindy and Danielle Deluty: Parallel Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

❤ Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers HHHH Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

15:25

Shelf: Teenage Men

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 23–27 Aug

15:30

Adam Kay: Undoctored – This is Going to Hurt...

More

Pleasance Courtyard, 27 Aug

Not My Audience! The Interactive Panel Show

You Control with an App! Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019 Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Peter Fleming Meets Doctor Who!

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26 Aug

Ivo Graham: Organised Fun

Pleasance Courtyard, 26 Aug

Eddy Hare: Leave It With Me

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 23–26 Aug

The Jew Rogaine

Experience with Josh Edelman

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 23–27 Aug

Aussies Abroad

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 23–27 Aug

Comrie Sf: Ultramarine Bedlam Theatre, 23–27 Aug

1 Ball Show: 1 Lung Less

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

15:35

Ari Eldjárn: Saga Class Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

15:40

Married at First Sleight

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Biscuit Barrel: The 69-Sketch Show

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

The Stand-Up Horror Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Our Place in the World

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Bishops

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

15:45

Sian Davies: This Charming Man

Assembly George Square, 23–27 Aug

Lizzy Lenco: Full Frontal Lobe

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

33 Years Single

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 23–27 Aug

❤ Eric Rushton: Not That Deep HHHH

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

Olaf Falafel: Look What Fell Out Of My Head

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 23–27 Aug

Patrick Susmilch: Texts from My Dead Friends

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Adam Riley: Late-Night Comedy in the Afternoon

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Sooz Kempner: Y2K Woman

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

Shagadelic: The Origins of Slang Words for Doing It

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 23–27 Aug

Alex and Sharlin: White Chicks 2

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

15:50

Grubby Little Mitts: Hello, Hi Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

Bilal Zafar: Imposter

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

15:55

I’m Having Distressing Thoughts

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Danny Ward: A Ward Winning!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

Alex Franklin: I Must Reach the Summit, Please God I Must Reach the Summit

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Anesti Danelis: This Show Will Change Your Life

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

16:00

Ron Placone – Balding is Punk Rock

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Tegan Marlow: Jeans and a Nice Top x

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Ian Stone Will Make It Better

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Noam Shuster Eliassi: Coexistence My A**

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

All About Philosophy in 100 Jokes

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 23–27 Aug

Great Sketchpectations

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Irish Comedy Headliners

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Friend (The One with Gunther)

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 24–27 Aug

❤ Philipp Kostelecky: Daddy’s Home HHHH

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 23–27 Aug

Aaaaargh! It’s the One-Liner Show

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 23–27 Aug

Jon Culshaw: Imposter Syndrome

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

1001 Normal

Dysfunctional Families

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 23–27 Aug

American Cheese

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 23–27 Aug

Knock, Knock

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Silent Disco Walking

Tours Edinburgh: Boogie

Shoes

theSpace @ Niddry St, 26 Aug

Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe: Early Edition

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

Mitch Benn: The Point Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

A Show for Gareth Richards

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 23–27 Aug

Gyles Brandreth Can’t Stop Talking! Assembly George Square, 23–27 Aug

Nicola Macri: Single Entendre

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

1990 Child from Wuhan: Trauma, Love, Diarrhoea Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

16:05

Cal Halbert – Calcoholic The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

Mike Rice: An Irish Work in Progress Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

16:10

Failed by Design Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Adrian Bliss: Inside Everyone Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

CCTV theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

Ali Woods: Working On It Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

16:15

Bennett Arron: Loser PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 23–27 Aug

Eme Essien: Fine Print Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

Liz Guterbock: Geriatric Millennial Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Dane Baptiste: Bapsquire Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23–27 Aug

Patrick Spicer: Yes Haha What

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 23–27 Aug

3’s Comedy: Afternoons

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase Pleasance Courtyard, 23–26 Aug

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Spencer Jones: Making Friends

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Stefania Licari: Medico Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

Sasha Ellen: When Life Gives You Ellens Make Ellenade

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–24 Aug

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Andy Onions: PowerPointless

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 25–27 Aug

Sid Singh: Table for One

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

Think ‘n’ Grin: A Solo Improv Comedy Show

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Strathmore Bar, 23–27 Aug

16:20

Jody Kamali: Things We Do for Love

Assembly George Square, 24–28 Aug

Priya Hall: Grandmother’s Daughter

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Nathan D’Arcy Roberts: Present/Tense

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

JJ Whitehead – White

Noise

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Laufey Haralds: Pip

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Ange Lavoipierre: Your Mother Chucks Rocks And Shells

Underbelly, George Square, 23–27 Aug

16:25

Earthly Blessings

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Garrett Millerick: Never Had It So Good Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 23–27 Aug

16:30

60 Minutes About Scotland

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 23–27 Aug

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Angles of the North PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 23–27 Aug

A Bookish Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Benji Waterstones: You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

One’s a Musical Comedian and One Isn’t

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, 26–27 Aug

Tied for Second

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 23–27 Aug

Gus Lymburn and Jay Lafferty: Club Sets Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

16:35

Eve Ellenbogen: Dead Mom Stuff

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Lulu Popplewell: Actually, Actually

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Ania Magliano: I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Nightwatchman

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

16:40

Kathy Maniura: Objectified Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Francis Breen: White

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

An Evening with Michael Fry and Killian Sundermann

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

The Comedy Arcade

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

The Oxford Revue Did It!

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

16:45

Kevin Precious: The Reluctant Teacher

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Married at First Fight

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Darling Princess

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Hannah Campbell and Becky Umbers: The North/South Divide Hootenannies @ The Apex, 23–28 Aug

Stuart Laws? Is That Guy Still Going?

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23–27 Aug

Darran Griffiths: Inconceivable

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Jokers in the Pack

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 23–27 Aug

16:50

Rory o Hanlon – Happy Hour

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 23–26 Aug

Isabelle Farah: Nobu and Amytis (WIP)

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 23–27 Aug Cults, Startups and Pornstars: How I (Almost) Won My Dad’s Approval

ZOO Playground, 23–27 Aug

The Leeds Tealights: A Very Special Birthday Party

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Heidi Regan: Finding an Inner Peace That All Your Friends Will Envy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

Alex Hylton: I Won’t Let Failure Go To My Head

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

Egg: Absolutely Fine Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Will Hall: Mild Peril

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Very British Problems: Live

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

16:55

Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia (The Full Inglish)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Palindrome Fight!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 23–27 Aug

17:00

Marjolein Robertson: Marj

The Stand Comedy Club, 23–28 Aug

Alcohol Is Good For You

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Schalk Bezuidenhout: Keeping Up

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

Aalex Mandel-Dallal: Break It Down (with Friends)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 23–27 Aug

Troy Kinne – Made Wrong 4042., 24–27 Aug

Alex Farrow: Wisdom of the Crowd

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

Childlike

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Hypnotist Matt Hale: Top Fun! 80s Spectacular

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

AI Jesus – Peter Bazely with Special Guest(s)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Luka Muller: Five Top Smells I Smelled Last Year (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

Silent Disco Walking

Tours Edinburgh: Boogie Shoes

theSpace @ Niddry St, 25 Aug

Frank Lavender: Be Funny

Just the Tonic at La Belle

Angele, 23–27 Aug

Steve Bugeja: Self Doubt (I think)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 23–27 Aug

An Irish Roast

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 23–27 Aug

17:05

Ross Leslie: Unfit for a King

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Adele Cliff Can Break

Your Arm

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

17:10

Ruth Hunter: The Ruth is on Fire

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

Stephen Mullan: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Jeromaia Detto: MUSH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

17:15

Method Vs Madness

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 23–27 Aug

The Northern Irish Comedy Protocol

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 23–27 Aug

Cheekykita: An Octopus, The Universe ‘n’ Stuff

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Furious

Greenside @ Infirmary

Street, 23–26 Aug

Celebrity Girlfriend Draft

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Danny O’ Brien: Sweet

Child O’ Brien

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 23–27 Aug

Jew-O-Rama

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 23–27 Aug

Becoming Virgin

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 23–27 Aug

Emma and Harry

Paradise in Augustines, 23–27 Aug

4 Big Cs

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Ashley Blaker: Normal Schmormal

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

17:20

jD Shapiro: If It Ain’t Woke

Don’t Fix It – Stories from the Hood to Hollywood

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

Shamilton! The Improvised Hip Hop Musical Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Gavin Webster – You Cannot Say Nowt These Days

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 23–27 Aug

❤ Max & Ivan: Life, Choices HHHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Erik Scott – Talkin’ Trash PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 23–27 Aug

Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?! Pleasance Courtyard, 24 Aug

Can You Put This in the Bin For Me?

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

Lucas O’Neil: Emotional Man

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

17:25

Charlotte Fox: Ouroboros the Return

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Bee Babylon: Cancer Culture

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

17:30

Daniel Muggleton: How the Whitey Have Fallen Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

Edinbra Fringe Comedy Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

The Gossip Gays Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24 Aug

William Thompson: The Hand You’re Dealt Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Gary Tank Commander: Gary Talks (Yous Listen) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Luke Kempner in Gritty Police Drama: A One-Man Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Disabled Cants Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Men in Quilts

Boteco do Brasil, 25–27 Aug NewsRevue Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Stella Graham – Dragon PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 23–27 Aug

Jake Baker: Alone Together

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Improv Comedy with Box of Frogs

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Jon Courtenay: Mental Flavour

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23 Aug

This Is Your Trial

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Nick Doody – The Difficult Twelfth Album

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 23–27 Aug

The Magic of Terry Pratchett

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

10,000 Ideas

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

17:40

Shane Daniel Byrne: But He’s Gay...

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Paul Sinha: Pauly Bengali

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Amrita Dhaliwal: A Lady that Fikas

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 23–27 Aug

Tartan Tabletop in a Dungeons & Dragons Comedy: The Never-Ending Quest (Ends Aug 27th)

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Scott Murphy: About a Buoy

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

Drew Michael: Drew’s Adventures

Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

Hal Cruttenden: It’s Best You Hear It From Me

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

❤ Kuan-wen Huang: Ilha

Formosa HHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

Luisa Omielan: Bitter Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Amusements by Ikechukwu Ufomadu

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

17:45

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Billy Kirkwood: Show Me Your Tattoo

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

James Cook: Anonymously Viral Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

The Glitch

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 23–26 Aug

Tom GK: Chemodian

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Maggie Crane: Side by Side

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Gary Little Still Here

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–28 Aug

Martha McBrier: Story-tastic Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 23–27 Aug

Ruby McCollister: Tragedy

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

17:50

Troll Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

The Crisp Review: Live Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug

Crizards: This Means War Pleasance Dome, 23–26 Aug

Connor Burns: Vertigo

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–27 Aug

Benjamin Alborough: Absolute Monopoly Assembly George Square, 23–28 Aug

Grace Jarvis: This Is the Last Goldfish That I Am Going to Eat for You

Underbelly, George Square, 23–28 Aug

Emily Walsh: Dad Girl

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

Freya Parker: It Ain’t Easy Being Cheeky

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Kosher Russian

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Marc Jennings: Away From Here

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 23–27 Aug

17:55

George-prov: An Improvised Theatrical Experience

Assembly Roxy, 25–28 Aug

The Coil’s Lament

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

18:00

Sachin Kumarendran: Deceit

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Old Jewish Jokes

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

❤ Mary O’Connell: Money Princess HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Troy Hawke: Work in Progress

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 23–27 Aug Pick of the Fringe

The Sheraton Grand Hotel, 24 Aug

Artificial Intelligence

Improvisation

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

Andrew Silverwood: I Really, Really, Really Want a Zig-A-Zig Ah.. and a Nap Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug Aaaargh! It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 23–27 Aug

Gentrif*cked (Work in Progress)

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

Wholesome Prison Blues: Wicked Comedy for (Mostly) Good People

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 24–27 Aug Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, 23–28 Aug

Shaparak Khorsandi: ShapChat!

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Braingystics: Sieze the Mind

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 23–27 Aug

Lindsey Santoro: Pink Tinge

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

18:05

❤ Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Anuvab Pal: The Department of Britishness Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

18:10

Micky Overman: The Precipice

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23–27 Aug

Mamoun Elagab: Why I Love White People Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Emmanuel Sonubi: Curriculum Vitae

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Tom Ballard: It is I Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Ticked-Off Einstein Telling Jokes

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

Nick Pupo: Addicted

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Ray Fordyce and His Wonderfully Spiffing Variety Show

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

The Umbilical Brothers: The Distraction Assembly Roxy, 23–28 Aug

18:15

Smart and Dumber

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 23–27 Aug

Ben Hodge: It’s a Boy? (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Dave Chawner: Freelosophy Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Aidan Jones: The Morning After

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

Marmalade

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 23–27 Aug

Alex Leam: Awkward Question Time

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 23–27 Aug

18:20

❤ Janine Harouni: Man’oushe HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–25 Aug

Matt Price: As Seen on CCTV

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

❤ Jay Lafferty: Bahookie HHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

18:25

Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Adrián Minkowicz: Brown Privilege III

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

Robin Tran: Don’t Look at Me

Assembly George Square, 23–27 Aug

The Best of Irish Comedy

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

Vittorio Angelone: Who Do You Think You Are? I Am!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Ollie Horn: Not Much

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

18:30

Tom Mayhew: This Time Next Year, We’ll Be Millionaires!

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Adam Bromley: Time Traveller

Laughing Horse @ Bar Soba, 23–27 Aug

Not My First Rodeo...

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Ivo Graham: Organised Fun

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

A Night of the Mind

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 23–27 Aug

Twonkey’s Greatest

Twitch

The Voodoo Rooms, 23–27 Aug

44 and Flippin’ Furious

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Fake Jews

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 23–27 Aug

The Many Colours of Comedy: A Prism Comedy Variety Show

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 23–27 Aug

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Rick Molland: Natural Born Dickhead

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

Silent Disco Walking Tours Edinburgh: Boogie Shoes

theSpace @ Niddry St, 25 Aug

Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Matt Storer: Hot Nonsense Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

18:35

Marcus Ryan – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Comedy

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

Abigail Paul: Involuntary Momslaughter

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Mark Pleases You

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 23–27 Aug

18:40

Sapan Verma: Shame on Me

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Neil Frost: The Door

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 23–27 Aug

Dolly Diamond’s Rather Large Variety Night

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–26 Aug

Reuben Solo: Palindrome

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Gareth Mutch: Belter

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 23–27 Aug

Chloe Petts: If You Can’t Say Anything Nice

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Still Surviving In Hong Kong – Cantonese Comedy Show

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

18:45

James Nokise – Right About Now

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

Stand-Up Science

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 23–27 Aug

❤ Gareth Waugh – Wouldni Be Me HHHH

The Stand Comedy Club, 23–28 Aug

Joe McTernan: Life Advice That Won’t Change Your Life

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Irish Jokers

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Bald Man Sings Rihanna PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 23–27 Aug

Spontadeity: Whomst Let the Gods Out?! (Improv)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Adam Greene and the Diet of Destiny

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

18:50

Jonny Pelham: Optimism Over Despair

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Madeleine Hamilton: Piping Hot

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Sara Schaefer: Going Up Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–25 Aug Improvabunga!

theSpace @ Niddry St, 23–26 Aug

18:55

The Disney Delusion

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Alexandra Haddow: Not My Finest Hour

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–25 Aug

Charlie Vero-Martin: Picnic

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

19:00

Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty to Me

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Broad Strokes Improv

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 23–27 Aug

Gail Porter: Hung, Drawn and Portered Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

Pete Heat: Huge Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

Abigail Rolling: Shit Lawyer Alchemist | George Street, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug

Michelle Brasier: Reform Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

Susan Riddell: Wonder Woman

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

Police Cops: The Musical Assembly George Square Studios, 24–28 Aug

Phil Kay – Funny Walks

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–26 Aug

Sophie Santos… is Codependent Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Deage Paxton: Impersonable – Free Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Fast Fringe

Pleasance Dome, 23–26 Aug

Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Simon Evans: Have We Met?

Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

Raymond Mearns is Alive in the Hive

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–28 Aug

Tom Houghton – Work in Progress

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Lorraine Hoodless: Fuzzy Duck

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 23–27 Aug

Kieran Hodgson: Big In Scotland

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

19:05

❤ Daniel Foxx: Villain

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Mark Nelson: Bits & Pieces

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23–27 Aug

Pierre Novellie: Why Are You Laughing?

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Bad Play theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Samantha Day: The Booby Trap

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

19:10

❤ Liam Withnail: Chronic Boom HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

2023: The End Of The Beginning Of The End –Vladimir McTavish

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Siân Docksey – Pole

Yourself Together!

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Laurie Stevens: Sticky Floors (Work in Progress)

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

Josh Weller: Age Against The Machine

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

19:15

Micky Bartlett: Let Me Start from the Start

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 23–27 Aug

Sam See: Government

Approved Sex

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Ed Gaughan: Words and Music

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Dad, Playboy and Me... Not Your Average Slideshow

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Matty Hutson: Don’t Hold Back

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Best of Irish

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 23–27 Aug

Absolute Onions: Improv Comedy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 23–27 Aug

❤ Christopher

Macarthur-Boyd: Scary

Times HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 23–27 Aug

Michael Herd: Deep Shanghai’d

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 23–27 Aug

Chloe Radcliffe: Cheat Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Laughing Horse Fringe

Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

19:20

Paul Foot: Dissolve Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

The Kinsey Sicks: Drag Queen Storytime Gone Wild!

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 23–27 Aug

The Friendship Recession

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Kate Dale: Up to Scratch

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

David O’Doherty: Tiny Piano Man

Assembly George Square, 23–28 Aug

Matt Goldich: What If This Is The Best I Can Do?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

The Power of Yep

Assembly Roxy, 23–27 Aug

19:25

Richard Cobb: Couple’s Massage

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

❤ Louise Young: Feral HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Josh Baulf: Bulldog Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

19:30

Craig Hill: This Gets Harder Every Year!

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 23–27 Aug

Colin Etches: Attention

Deficit

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

Adam Kay: Undoctored – This is Going to Hurt... More

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Andrew Frank: Ecstatic Blasphemy

Hill Street Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

2 Funny Feckers

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 23–27 Aug

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

So You Think You’re

Funny – Grand Final

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24 Aug

Anthony Schuman: Failures in Fatherhood

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Sofa SoFunny So Fringe

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 23–27 Aug

Celya AB: Second Rodeo

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Improv Cage Match

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 23–26 Aug

2023 Asian Daddy, Dead: Pitch-Black Humour Guaranteed!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Tania Lacy: Everything’s Coming Up Roses

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–26 Aug

Aaaaand Up Front Are Webster, Bourke and Bragg

Frankenstein Pub, 23–27 Aug

Comedy in the Dark

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Coffee Shop, 25–26 Aug

Alex Kitson: Fired Up!

Ready to Go! (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

A Slice of Elvis Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

Danny Bhoy – Now Is Not a Good Time

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Ray Bradshaw – Work in Progress

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 23–26 Aug

Coor Cohen: Ignorant American Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

19:35

❤ Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23–27 Aug

19:40

Las Vegas in Edinburgh theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

Janitor/Manager and How to Have an Affair Without Really Trying ZOO Playground, 23–27 Aug

Jack Traynor and Daniel Petrie: Introducing Two of Scotland’s Most Exciting New Stand-up Comedians

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–27 Aug

❤ Darren Harriott –Roadman HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Chelsea Hart – Damet

Garm: How I Joined a Revolution

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

Fearghas Kelly: Tip of the Ice-Fearg

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 23–28 Aug

Kate Smurthwaite: Fire Snake

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

Ignacio Lopez – Nine Ig Fails

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

19:45

Jocks, Geordies and Aussies

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Myq Kaplan: ImPerfect

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Best of Adelaide’s Fringe

Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Push, Mrs Johnson!

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 23–27 Aug

Angela Bra: MicroRAVE

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 23–27 Aug

Culture Savage

Laughing Horse @ Bar Soba, 23–27 Aug

Absolute Improv! theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

Michael Shafar – Well Worth the Chemo

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Myles and Dan Just Might Break a World Record Tonight

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Becky Fury: Identity

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Suggestions of the Unexpected

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Geraldine Hickey: Of Course We’ve Got Horses Assembly George Square, 23–27 Aug

BriTANicK: Work in Progress

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–26 Aug

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman...

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

19:50

Blind Mirth Presents: Your Mum (And Other Playground Insults)

theSpace @ Niddry St, 23–26 Aug

Karen Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Sikisa: Hear Me Out Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Lou Wall vs The Internet Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Palatable Gay Robot

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back

Assembly George Square Gardens, 23–27 Aug

Laser Kiwi: Rise of the Olive Assembly Roxy, 23–27 Aug

19:55

Jordan Gray: Is it a Bird? Assembly Rooms, 23–24 Aug

20:00

Raul Kohli: Kohl and The Gang

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Bumble Me Tinders!

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 23–27 Aug

Parsons and Emslie: Always a pleasure, never a chore, be good to yourself, alright?

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

Matt Forde: Inside No. 10

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

The Retreat

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Sh!t-faced

Shakespeare®: Romeo and Juliet

Pleasance at EICC, 27 Aug

Myra DuBois: Be Well

Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

William Stone: Lofi Jokes to Study/Relax to Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Rosie Holt: That’s Politainment!

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Carl Donnelly – The Dead Dad Show

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 23–27 Aug

Robin Grainger: An Audient with Robin Grainger

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 23–27 Aug

Patrick Hastie – My Grandpa’s Grandpa’s Dad

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

A Cut Above

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Anna Piper Scott: Such an Inspiration

House of Oz, 23–27 Aug

Jarred Christmas: Silly Billy

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Talkies: Improvised Classic Hollywood Comedy

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

String V SPITTA

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–26 Aug

10 Songs for Geeks, with Jollyboat

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 23–27 Aug

20:05

David Quirk – Astonishing Obscurity

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

Dylan Rhymer: The Dark Side of the Room

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

20:10

Greta Titelman’s Exquisite Lies

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

André de Freitas: What If Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Fever Peach: Intense Goblin Nightmare

Woman

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Pear: But Braver

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

20:15

Simon David: Dead Dad Show

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

Jacob Henegan: Mostly Killer (Some Filler)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 23–27 Aug

Glenn Wool: The Tardigrades Picnic

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–28 Aug

Buffy Revamped Pleasance at EICC, 23–27 Aug

Wage Against the Machine

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 23–27 Aug

Best in Class

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Comedy for the Curious Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 23–27 Aug

Jo Caulfield: Razor-Sharp

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

The Anti Self-Help Show

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 23–27 Aug

20:20

Dan Rath: All Quiet Carriage Along the Inner Western Line

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Sunanda Loves Britney

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 23–27 Aug

Laura Ramoso: FRANCES

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

❤ Gillian Cosgriff: Actually, Good HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Eden Sher: I Was On A Sitcom

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Josh Jones: Gobsmacked Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

The Best of Scottish Comedy

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Michael Welch: Ethnic Reveal Party

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug 3am Brain

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

20:25

Six Chick Flicks... Or a Legally Blonde Pretty Woman Dirty Danced on the Beaches While Writing a Notebook on the Titanic

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

❤ Foxdog Studios: Robo Bingo HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

20:30

Horatio Gould: Sweet Prince Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Olivia Xing: Party School

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

❤ Annabel Marlow... is this okay?? HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Luisa Omielan: God is a Woman The Musical Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Tom Lawrinson: Hubba

Hubba

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy’s Fringe Showcase 2023!

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23–27 Aug

John Tothill: The Last Living Libertine Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Tom Stade: Natural Born Killer

The Stand Comedy Club, 23–27 Aug

Connor Burns: Vertigo

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 23–27 Aug

❤ An Evening of Mayhem with Megan Stalter HHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

Jack Docherty in David Bowie and Me: Parallel Lives

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

Matt Hobs: Moontalker

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Nikki Osborne is Bad Barbie

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 25–28 Aug

Amos Gill: The Pursuit of Happy(ish)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–24 Aug

Nathan Cassidy: Fifty Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–26 Aug

Jerry Sadowitz proudly presents... Last Year’s Show!

The Queen’s Hall, 23–25 Aug

George Zacharopoulos: Wonderland

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug 100% C*ntintental

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 23–27 Aug

Simon Brodkin: Xavier Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Alice Fraser: Twist

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

20:35

Marc Adams: BMW

Bavarian’s Most Wanted

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

❤ Susie

McCabe: Femme Fatality

HHHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

❤ Larry Owens Live HHHH

Assembly Roxy, 23–27 Aug

Julia Stenton and Firuz

Ozari: Wolves

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 23–27 Aug

❤ Robin Ince – MELONS: A Love Letter to Stand-Up

Comedy HHHH

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

John Hastings: The Times They Are A John Hastings

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

20:40

Christopher Hall: Self

Helpless

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Luke McQueen and Mark Silcox: Songs With My Father

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 23–27 Aug

Robbie McShane: It’s All This These Days

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Tamsyn Kelly: Crying in TK Maxx

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Pablo Escobar Doesn’t Need a Second Job

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

JARUJARU: Arigato 2023

Assembly Roxy, 23–27 Aug

Jason Byrne: The Ironic Bionic Man

Assembly Hall, 23–27 Aug

Henry Ginsberg: Cuddle Slut

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

20:45

Comedy Reserve at the Courtyard Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Stuart Mitchell: Cost of Living (WIP)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 23–28 Aug

Sigmund the Viking: Valhalla Calling Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Rhod Gilbert: Work in Progress

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

Lost in Translation

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Character Building

Experience

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug 101 Comedy – Club Free Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 23–27 Aug

Aidan Greene: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Stutter! Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Richard Stott: Dear Lord… What A Sad Little Life Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 23–27 Aug

Cobin Millage: Lewis Capaldi is Invited and Absolutely No One Else (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

20:50

LOLyamorous: A Live Speed-Dating Comedy Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

John Robins: Howl Just the Tonic Nucleus, 23–27 Aug

Frank Skinner: 30 Years of Dirt Assembly George Square, 24–27 Aug

Ben Ashurst: Three Cheese Straws for a Pound

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

Peter Flanagan: Meditations

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–26 Aug

Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No! Assembly George Square, 23–27 Aug

Jazz Or A Bucket of Blood Underbelly, George Square, 23–27 Aug

20:55

Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Julia Masli: CHOOSH! Assembly George Square Gardens, 23–27 Aug

Sophia Cleary: It Gets Worse Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

21:00

Mark Watson: Search Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Rosco McClelland: Bring Out Your Dead

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 23–27 Aug

Steve N Allen: Alzheimer’s? I Can’t Even Remember How to Spell It

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Europe’s Most Wanted!

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 23–27 Aug

Paul Currie: Shtoom

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–27 Aug

Ashley Barnhill: Skullduggery

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

What Would You Do If That Was You?

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 23–27 Aug

Phil Kay: Silent DiscoVery... (Walking Tour)

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 23–26 Aug

Alexander Bennett: I Can’t Stand the Man, Myself

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

❤ Courtney Pauroso: Vanessa 5000 HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Frank Sanazi’s Comedy Blitzkrieg

Frankenstein Pub, 23–26 Aug Big Value Comedy Show

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

Patrick Monahan:

Exclusively

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Sascha LO: Brat

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Rizal Van Geyzel: Arrested

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Vanlord

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Joe White: Ethiopian and Still Not Hungry

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

21:05

Liars & Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show

Assembly Rooms, 25–26 Aug

AAA Stand-Up Late

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Baby Wants Candy

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

David Ian: (Just a)

Perfect Gay

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Femme Natale Theatre

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

21:10

This Time Next Year

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Hannah Camilleri: Lolly Bag

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

21:15

Adults Only Magic Show

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Dan Jones: This Seems

Ambitious

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Foil Arms and Hog: Hogwash

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–26 Aug

10 Songs: The Best of Jollyboat

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 23–27 Aug

Jo Griffin: The Power Hour Assembly George Square, 23–27 Aug

Laughing Horse Fringe

Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Rope-A-Dope

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

5 Headliners for £10

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 23–27 Aug

Ashley Haden: Genocidal Liberal

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Mat Ewins: Mr TikTok

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

21:20

Tim Murray is Witches

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Jim Smith – The Hills

Have Ayes

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug

The Chocolate Scot

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Two Little Dickheads: Slot Fillers

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 23–27 Aug

Eddy MacKenzie and Liam Farrelly: Little and Large

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 23–27 Aug

Zoë Coombs Marr: The Opener

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

AAA Stand-Up

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

21:25

Lara A King – Midlife at the Oasis

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

❤ Tadiwa Mahlunge: Inhibition Exhibition

HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

21:30

Skye Scraper: The Life and Times of a Drag

Queen Accountant

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Dubai Fling: Ali Al Sayed and Mina Liccione

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–26 Aug

Teardrops on My Dildo Bedlam Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Lawrence Chaney –Overweight and OVER IT! Ian McKellen Theatre, Saint Stephens Stockbridge, 23–27 Aug

Scotland’s Best Comedians at the Fringe

Just the Tonic at La Belle

Angele, 23–27 Aug

The Stand’s Pick of the Fringe

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25–26 Aug

Filthy Funny Females

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

An Aussie, African and Englishman Walk Into a Bar...

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 23–27 Aug War on Woke

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 23–27 Aug

❤ Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time HHHHH

Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

Brian Gallagher: Something, Somewhere, Some of the Time Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–26 Aug

21:35

Paddy Young: Hungry, Horny, Scared Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Aaaaaand now! Teknicolour Smoof

Comedy Club

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

21:40

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Comedy Reserve at the Dome

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Don Biswas – The Revolution Will Be

Disorganised

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Garry Starr: Greece

Lightning

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

My Last Two Brain Cells

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Healing King Herod

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

The Mr Thing Show

Underbelly, George Square, 26–27 Aug

Paul Chowdhry: Family-Friendly

Comedian

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Kiran Deol: Joysuck

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Huge Davies: Whodunnit Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Charlie Lewin: Cockatiel

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Jazz Emu: You Shouldn’t Have Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Musical Cats Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

21:45

666 Black Widows: The Web of Dark Comedy

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Vida Slayman in Comedy of Terrors

theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

Chris Turner: Vegas, Baby!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

Snake Oil

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 23–27 Aug

Martin Urbano: Apology

Comeback Tour

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 23–27 Aug

Leila Navabi: Composition

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Al Porter: A Work in Progress

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 23–27 Aug

21:50

Flat and the Curves: Divadom

Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

Found Our Funny Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Jodie Mitchell: Becoming John Travulva Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Bipolar Badass Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug

That Don’t Hurt My Feelings None

Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

21:55

Chelsea Birkby: Silly Sausage (Pain) (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Elliot Steel: Love and Hate

Speech

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Free Medical Advice

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Cara Connors: Straight for Pay

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Stay Big and Go Get ‘Em

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

How to Eat a Bear

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Adam Rowe: What’s Wrong With Me?

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

25 Years of Red Raw

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 23–27 Aug

How to Flirt: The TED XXX Talk Assembly Roxy, 23–26 Aug

22:00

Blood on the Clocktower: Live Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

Laughing Stock

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Ralph Brown: Ralpha

Male Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 23–27 Aug

Sh!t-faced

Shakespeare®: Romeo and Juliet

Pleasance at EICC, 23–26 Aug

Sounds Like...

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–25 Aug

Cam Gavinski: Bonheur

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

John Robertson’s The Dark Room

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

❤ The Poor Rich HHHH Assembly Roxy, 23–27 Aug

The Bite, Late-Night (A Mouthful of Fringe Mayhem)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Matt Storrs: Portly

Lutheran Know-It-All

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

A Little More

Conversation a Little

Less Action Please

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

❤ Bill O’Neill: The Amazing Banana Brothers HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Creepy Boys

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

❤ Dan Tiernan: Going Under HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Folk’n’TikTok

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 23–27 Aug

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger – Kirsty Munro

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Friends: Kool Story Bro

Pleasance Courtyard, 23 Aug

Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

22:05

Avital Ash Workshops Her Suicide Note

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 23–27 Aug

22:10

Drag Queens vs Vampires

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Free Footlights

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

The St Andrews Revue

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Red Rum: Glue or Glory

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

22:15

Comedy Queers

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Mike Rice – Hand of a Sinner Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

Atomic Comic Meltdown

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 25–26 Aug

Sophie Sucks Face

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Best of So You Think You’re Funny?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

Nathan Cassidy: Amnesia Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–26 Aug

Rachel Morton-Young: Organised Chaos

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

50 – End of the Road?

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

The Witching Hour

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 23–27 Aug

Mark Thomas: Gaffa

Tapes

The Stand Comedy Club, 23–24 Aug

Annie and Angela’s Disco Divorce Party

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 23–27 Aug

22:20

Alice Cockayne: I

Showered Before I Came Underbelly, George Square, 23–28 Aug

❤ Moses Storm: Perfect Cult HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Andy Roach – Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Joe and Rory: Television 1

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

AAA Stand-Up

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

One Room Sleep One Night

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Dahn Rozario: White

People Need to Relax

Assembly George Square, 23–27 Aug

Watch List

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

22:25

Catnip! Greatest Hits

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Andrew O’Neill – Geburah

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–28 Aug

22:30

3’s Comedy: Late Nights

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

The All Irish After Party

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

❤ Lachlan Werner –Voices Of Evil HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–27 Aug

Ciarán Bartlett: Machine Gun of Filth

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

RVG’s International Comedy Club

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Comedy Club, 25–26 Aug

Baked Shakespeare: As You Like It

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

22:35

Mad Ron: Crime School Assembly George Square, 23–27 Aug

22:40

Dungeons ‘n’ Bastards: An Adam Riches

Gameshow

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

Attack of the 36 Triple-G Woman

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Comedy in the Dark – Late

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24–27 Aug

22:45

North Americ*nts

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

Hate ‘n’ Live

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

BATSU!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 27 Aug

Shaggers

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Nocturnal Animals

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

Men Who Are Being Preserved in Oil (with Nate and Ed) theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

Cobin Millage and Pete Carson: Touching Tips (with Friends)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

22:50

Jordan Brookes: Snakes for Cats to Watch (Work in Progress)

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug Bristol Revunions

presents Ready to Board

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–26 Aug

Philipp and Phriends: A Late Night Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

22:55

Best of the Fest: The New Class Assembly George Square Studios, 25–26 Aug

23:00

You Dress Funny – Darren Harriott and Rachel Fairburn

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–24 Aug

Adam Kay: Undoctored – This is Going to Hurt... More

Pleasance Courtyard, 25–26 Aug

The Prince Andrew Tate Appreciation Hour

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

The Improverts Bedlam Theatre, 23–27 Aug Yoshi Obayashi’s Adult Content

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

All Killa No Filla

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–25 Aug

This Is Your Trial (Unleashed)

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 23–28 Aug

A Retrospection

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

The Wild Geeze

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

How to Write a Eulogy That Kills

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Stamptown Comedy Night

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–26 Aug

Aaaaargh! Tear This Flyer Into Tiny Little Bits and Weep in the Green Room as You Realize Your Hatred Only Makes Him Stronger

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 23–27 Aug

23:10

Tarot: Hive Mind

Pleasance Courtyard, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug

A Terrible Show for Terrible People

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

23:15

Jeremy Flynn: In Like

Flynn

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

Marc Burrows in the Glom of Nit

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

Werewolf: Live – Charity Spectacular!

Underbelly, George Square, 24–25 Aug

Edinburgh Comedy

Allstars

Underbelly, George Square, 25–26 Aug

Alex Owen-Hill Asks

Himself ‘Is It ADHD?’

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–27 Aug

Beehavioural Problems: Something Something

Autism

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Erin McKinnie and Fearghas Kelly: Stragglers

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 23–27 Aug

Best of Northern Irish

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 23–27 Aug

The Confessional

Laughing Horse @ West

Port Oracle, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

23:20

Some Laugh Live Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–24 Aug

Act Normal

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–24 Aug

Indonesia Presents (Far)

East Meets West

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Siblings and Family Friends

Pleasance Dome, 23–24 Aug

23:25

Jay Handley – The White

Jesus Chronicles

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

Paul F Taylor: Head in the Clouds

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–27 Aug

23:30

Stu Murphy: Debut Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 23–27 Aug

BattleActs!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

The Gong of Edinburgh: Comedy Gong Show

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Late’n’Live

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Mick McNeill: Taking the Michael Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–27 Aug

Comedians’ DJ Battles

Assembly George Square Studios, 27–28 Aug

Not Another Quiz Night

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24–26 Aug

Kenya Handle It?

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 23–27 Aug

Marcus Dean – Foreigner

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

I See Three

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 23–27 Aug

Absolute Chaos

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Jazz Emu’s Pleasure Garden

Assembly George Square Studios, 24–26 Aug

23:35

Anarchy Cabaret

Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase

2023

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 23–27 Aug

The George Lucas Talk Show

Assembly George Square Studios, 25–26 Aug

23:40

Drag Queens vs Zombies

Underbelly, Cowgate, 25–26 Aug

23:45

Late Night Comedy Death Camp

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Jessie Nixon: Damsel

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–27 Aug

23:50

Party Assembly George Square, 25–26 Aug

23:55

Best of the Fest Assembly Hall, 25–26 Aug

The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23 Aug, 27 Aug

King of the Table Monkey Barrel Comedy, 25–26 Aug

The Drunk and Heckle Show

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 23–26 Aug

23:59

The Midnight Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 25–26 Aug

00:00

Late with Kate

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 24–27 Aug

Best of Edinburgh Fringe

Comedy: Late Show

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 24–28 Aug

Abbas Wahab: Gracefully Balding

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 24–28 Aug 00:05

Irish Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–28 Aug

Viggo Venn: British Comedian Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–28 Aug

00:15

Vibe Shift

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–28 Aug 00:25

African-ish Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 23–28 Aug

00:30

(o) (o)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito

‘n’ Shake, 23–28 Aug

Comedy Striptease

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 24–28 Aug

10:00

Gusla

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Shakespeare for Breakfast

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 23–27 Aug

The Wizard of Oz

theSpace @ Niddry St, 26 Aug

NASSIM

Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug

ADULTS

Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug

❤ The Grand Old Opera House Hotel HHHH Traverse Theatre, 23 Aug

Pieces of Us

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting (Audio Installation and Performance)

Summerhall (Offsite) @ Institut Français d’Ecosse, 23–24 Aug

Funeral

Zoo Southside, 23–27 Aug

10:05

33 to 04

theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

10:10

Who Killed My Father Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

10:15

The Trials of Galileo Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

The Father Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23 Aug

10:20

OTMA

theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Pleasance Courtyard, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug

10:25

The Fish Bowl Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

10:30

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, 26 Aug

10:40

What If theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

10:45

Serious Nonsense (for Terribly Grown-Up People)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 23–27 Aug

10:50

Breaking the Castle Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

10:55

Chasing Butterflies Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug

11:00

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, 27 Aug

O Tusitala: Tellers of Tales

Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 27 Aug

Cathedral Song School

Tours

St Mary’s Cathedral, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

1000 Miniature Meadows Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Steve Richards Presents: Rock’n’Roll Politics

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 23–26 Aug

Thrown Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug

Cooked

Bedlam Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 24–25 Aug

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting (Audio Installation and Performance)

Summerhall (Offsite) @ Institut Français d’Ecosse, 23–24 Aug

PLEASE LEAVE (a message)

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–24 Aug

Wiesenthal Pleasance Courtyard, 24–27 Aug

Big Kid Kindergarten

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 23–25 Aug

❤ Heaven by Eugene

O’Brien HHHH Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug

11:05

Call Me Elizabeth

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Ludomachy! The Summoning of Games

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 23–27 Aug

11:10

Julius Caesar Must Die theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

11:15

Prick theSpace on the Mile, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

The Wizard of Oz theSpace @ Niddry St, 26 Aug

Shadow Kingdom Assembly Roxy, 23–28 Aug Hole

Paradise in Augustines, 23–26 Aug

11:20

...And This Is My Friend Mr Laurel Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Funeral

Zoo Southside, 23–27 Aug

11:25

He Wears It Well Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

My Dad Wears a Dress Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

11:30

Tending Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug Twelfth Night

theSpace @ Niddry St, 23–25 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Temping

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

The Death & Life of All of Us Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Some Sonnets and a Bit of Bach

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

11:35

Île Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Appraisal

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

11:40

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 26–27 Aug

Loft Clearance

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

Coconut

theSpaceTriplex, 23–26 Aug

Adaptation: Enough

Already theSpace @ Symposium

Hall, 23–26 Aug

Tomorrow’s Child Assembly Checkpoint, 23–28 Aug

❤ Rewind HHHH

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

11:45

Do Rhinos Feel Their Horns or Can They Not See Them Like How We Can’t See Our Noses Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug Sing, River

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–27 Aug

Casting the Runes

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

11:50

this is a scam.

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Polko

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Blueprints

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

How to Bury a Dead Mule

Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

11:55

❤ Ben Target: LORENZO

HHHHH Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

12:00

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Sneakpeek: Shadow Game

ZOOTV, 23–27 Aug

JM Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K

Assembly Hall, 23–27 Aug

Yoga with Jillian – A New

Comedy

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Deeper – Demo Version

Voices from the South, 23–24 Aug

CREEKSHOW

Zoo Southside, 23–27 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23–25 Aug

Raising Kane Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

Klanghaus: Darkroom Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Pavementology

Meeting Point, East Princes Street Gardens, 23–28 Aug

Them

Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

In Conversation with…

Anas Sarwar

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug

In Conversation with…

Ken Loach

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting (Audio Installation and Performance)

Summerhall (Offsite) @ Institut Français d’Ecosse, 23–24 Aug

The Court Hill Street Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Letter to Boddah

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

❤ Two Strangers Walk into a Bar... HHHH

House of Oz, 23–27 Aug

Enquiry Concerning Hereafter

Panmure House, 26 Aug

In Conversation with…

Jeremy Corbyn

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug

12:05

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Uisge theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

How to Find a Husband in 37 Years or Longer theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

12:10

The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug

Tennessee, Rose Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug

Upstart! Shakespeare’s Rebel Daughter Judith Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

12:15

My Neighbours Are Kind of Weird?

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 23–27 Aug

The Last Bantam theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Pressure Cooker theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

Dirty Words Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug

12:20

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, 25–27 Aug

Layers

Assembly Roxy, 23–27 Aug

Sunsets

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

It’s Magic, but is it Art? Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug

Spin Cycles

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Mystery House

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

12:25

Artist/Muse

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

Happier Daze theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

12:30

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Truly Madly Baldy Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug Nation

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

The Birth of Frankenstein Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Séance Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Listings

Klanghaus: Darkroom

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

The Hearth Scottish Storytelling Centre, 23–27 Aug

Anything That We Wanted To Be Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Self-Raising

Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

Terrence the T-Rex Bedlam Theatre, 23–27 Aug

June

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

WONDER DRUG: A Comedy About Cystic Fibrosis Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Blue Dragon

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 23–27 Aug

12:35

Lena Assembly George Square, 23–28 Aug

Tom Brown’s Schooldays theSpace @ Niddry St, 23–26 Aug

12:40

The Van Paemel Family

Zoo Southside, 23–27 Aug

Silly Little Things

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

Alison Skilbeck’s Uncommon Ground Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

Man Shed

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Fit Ye Sayin’ Quine? Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Dugsi Dayz

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Frigid

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Witches

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

12:45

Sir Percival and the Jabberwock Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Four

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

30 and Out

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Blueballs theSpaceTriplex, 23–26 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Picasso: Le Monstre Sacré

Assembly Roxy, 23–28 Aug

Chariot: The Eric Liddell Story

Palmerston Place Church, 26 Aug

12:50

Violet and Me

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug

Twenty People A Minute theSpace on the Mile, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

Robert Garnham, Bouncer

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 23–27 Aug

MUSIC

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

The Mrs Dewinters Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug Where is Love theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

12:55

Molly Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Break Up With Your Boyfriend Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Before the Drugs Kick In theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

13:00

In Everglade Studio Assembly George Square, 23–28 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Chatham House Rules

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

An Afternoon with the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield, 1995 Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

Eccentrics Unite! The Guerilla Autistics and Neurodiverse Show –Year Nine

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

The Ice Hole: A Cardboard

Comedy Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Impact

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

How to Drink Wine Like a Wanker Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Memories of the Early 1950s

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

What Girls Are Made Of Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

NASSIM

Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug

Wind in the Willows Musselburgh Racecourse, 26 Aug

ADULTS

Traverse Theatre, 23 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

❤ The Grand Old Opera House Hotel HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23–24 Aug

Klanghaus: Darkroom Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Temping

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug

❤ Two Strangers Walk into a Bar... HHHH

House of Oz, 23–27 Aug

Nick Wilty: Veteran Comedian

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, 25 Aug

13:05

Burning Down The Horse Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Aionos

ZOO Playground, 23–27 Aug

Brothers

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 23–26 Aug

The Ghost of a Smile

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

13:10

Chopped Liver and Unions

theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

The Hunger Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

❤ An Interrogation

HHHH

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

❤ England & Son

HHHHH

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

13:15

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

❤ Her Green Hell

HHHH

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Chance Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug

Temporarily Yours

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

Oh My Heart, Oh My Home.

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

In Memoriam

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

What Happened to Agnes

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 23–27 Aug

Ringer

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

Shortlist

Assembly George Square, 23–28 Aug

Choo Choo! (Or... Have You Ever Thought About ****** **** *****? (Cos I Have))

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

The Grandfathers Hill Street Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Love’s Labour’s Lost theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

13:20

Pilot Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

The Devil’s Passion Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

The Brilliance of Broken Glass

Underbelly, George Square, 23–28 Aug

13:30

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Poof!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

❤ Lie Low HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug

Better Days

Just the Tonic at La Belle

Angele, 23–26 Aug

In Loyal Company

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Thrown

Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Klanghaus: Darkroom

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

❤ Groomed HHHH

Pleasance Dome, 24–28 Aug

Summer Camp for Broken People

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Santi and Naz

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting

Summerhall (Offsite) @ Institut Français d’Ecosse, 23–24 Aug

Dough

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

1953: The Race for the Summit

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 23–27 Aug

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

❤ Heaven by Eugene

O’Brien HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug

13:35

Cowboys and Lesbians

Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

13:40

Intimacy

theSpace @ Niddry St, 23–26 Aug

I’ve Got Some Things To Get Off My Chest

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard’s Tale

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Little White Pig, 23–27 Aug

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 25 Aug

13:45

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

❤ Lie Low HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug

A Highly Suspect Murder

Mystery – Murder at the Movies

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Super

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Cat Sh!t Crazy theSpaceTriplex, 23–26 Aug

❤ Clown Sex HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

I’m the Greatest Starr

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Photon StarBlaster and the Suicidal Spaceship

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 23–27 Aug

Split Lip

Assembly Roxy, 23–28 Aug

13:50

Buff

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Walk

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

White Butterfly Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

13:55

Good and Gaslit

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Five Short Plays Loosely Linked by the Theme of Crime

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Constellations

theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

Rise theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

14:00

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

MEMBER

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

The Steamie Loretto School Theatre, 26 Aug

Life with Oscar Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Traditional Tales of Scotland

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 23–27 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

FOOD

The Studio, 26–27 Aug

The Queen of England

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

The Madwoman Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Klanghaus: Darkroom

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 25 Aug

Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars

Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

Blub Blub

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

The Great Ruckus

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Witch? Women on Trial

The Lost Close, 23–28 Aug

The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker and Merryn Somerset Webb

Panmure House, 26–27 Aug

❤ Two Strangers Walk into a Bar... HHHH House of Oz, 23–27 Aug

Home Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

14:05

Ctrl theSpace on the Mile, 23–25 Aug

Being Sophie Scholl theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 24–26 Aug

Thirst

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Nuclear Children

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

14:10

❤ Blood of the Lamb HHHHH Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug 24, 23, 22

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

14:15

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Heart of the Mind and A Useful Tragedy theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

A Shetland Folktale

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

MEAT

Pleasance Courtyard, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Exit 20:20

Paradise in Augustines, 23–27 Aug

HoneyBEE

Pleasance Courtyard, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Jane/Norma theSpace on the Mile, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

Hear Us and Hasten

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

❤ One Way Out

HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Banana

Zoo Southside, 23–27 Aug

17 Minutes

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

14:20

Breed or Bust

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Beasts (Why Girls

Shouldn’t Fear The Dark)

ZOO Playground, 23–27 Aug

Be My Guest Assembly George Square, 23–28 Aug

❤ It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure HHHH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

Bitter Lemons

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Spin

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

14:25

The Life Sporadic of Jess Wildgoose

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug

Manifest Destiny’s Child Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

14:30

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, 26–27 Aug

Paul Zenon in Monkey Business

Le Monde, 23–27 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –

Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

The Church of Princess

Cassandra

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 23–27 Aug

Sad-Vents

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

The Chairs Revisited

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Titanic: The Last Hero and The Last Coward

Charlotte Chapel, 23–25 Aug

Séance Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Sudha Bhuchar: Evening Conversations

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Life is a Dream

The Lyceum, 26–27 Aug

❤ Help! I Think I’m a Nationalist HHHH

Royal Lyceum Theatre

Edinburgh, 23–27 Aug

Attenborough and His Animals

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 24–26 Aug

Temping

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Mrs President

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 23–27 Aug

Salty Irina

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Graham in the Green Pleasance Courtyard, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Maureen

House of Oz, 23–27 Aug

14:35

The Half Moon

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Declan

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: The Talent

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

14:40

Paradok Platform

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23–27 Aug

❤ England & Son

HHHHH

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 26 Aug

14:45

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Crash and Burns: A New Comedy

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug iCON

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

The Grammar of Witchcraft

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 23–27 Aug

Concerned Others

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

14:50

Best Man

Underbelly, George Square, 23–27 Aug

waiting for a train at the bus stop

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Terminal: A Play About 0

Planes, 1 Person, and a 6-Hour Delay Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Sit or Kneel

theSpace @ Venue45, 23–26 Aug

Soldiers of Tomorrow

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Blowhole

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

14:55

Dual

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

We Are, in Fact, the Problem

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Singing Sands

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

What Can Indian Look Like?

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

Kitchen Underwear

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

15:00

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Wild Onion

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

The Mystery of the Dyatlov Pass theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 24–26 Aug

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Under the Mirrie Dancers

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Guffy

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23–25 Aug

Midnight Building

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Tones: A Hip-Hop Opera

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Blizzard

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

15:05

Victorine: The Artist’s Model

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Goodbye Christopher Robinson

theSpace on the Mile, 23

Aug, 25 Aug

15:10

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, 26–27 Aug

Stark Bollock Naked Assembly Roxy, 23–28 Aug

What Goes on Without Me theSpace on the Mile, 24

Aug, 26 Aug

Marie Lloyd Stole My Life Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

A Teacher’s Lament Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

15:15

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–26 Aug

The Portable Dorothy Parker

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Gilbert and Sullivan’s Nightmare Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

Can’t Stop Carrying On theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23 Aug

Edmonds

Pleasance Courtyard, 23

Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 27

Aug, 28 Aug

Helios

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Watson: The Final Problem

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

15:20

Alone Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Park Bench theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

The Other Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug

Dead End Job theSpace on the Mile, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

15:30

All Aboard! at Termination Station

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

The Rosenberg/Strange

Fruit Project Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

A Dram O’ History

The Lost Close, 23–28 Aug

Boy Out The City

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

I Believe in One Bach C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 23–27 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Flickering Seasons

St John’s Church, 24–25 Aug

Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 27 Aug

Bacon

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting

Summerhall (Offsite) @ Institut Français d’Ecosse, 23–24 Aug

Revelations of Rab McVie Pleasance Courtyard, 24–25 Aug

15:35

I Love You, Now What?

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Godot is a Woman Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Billy and The Situation

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 23–27 Aug

The Rejects theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

15:40

Unforgettable Girl

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

Nobody’s Talking About Jamie

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Strays

theSpace on the Mile, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

Beautiful Evil Things

Pleasance Dome, 23–27 Aug

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 25 Aug

15:45

Wallace Hill Street Theatre, 23–27 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Pitch Pleasance Courtyard, 24–28 Aug

15:50

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 26–27 Aug

For Better, For Worse

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 23–27 Aug

The Knot

theSpace @ Niddry St, 23–26 Aug

15:55

The Kids with Nae Hame C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 23–27 Aug

The Psychic Tests

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 23–27 Aug

16:00

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Lady Dealer Roundabout @ Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Let the Bodies Pile by Henry Naylor

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

I Hope Your Flowers

Bloom

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 23–27 Aug

Thrown

Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug

NASSIM

Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug

Wind in the Willows

Musselburgh Racecourse, 26 Aug

ADULTS

Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Hayfever

theSpace @ Venue45, 23–26 Aug

❤ The Grand Old Opera House Hotel HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23–24 Aug

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Help Yourself

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Traverse Theatre, 23 Aug

Hollywoodn’t Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

Enquiry Concerning Hereafter

Panmure House, 23–27 Aug

Brain Freeze

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

16:05

Abbey’s Box Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

The Bad Daters

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Scaredy Fat

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

After Shakespeare theSpaceTriplex, 23–26 Aug Pretending to Fly theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 23–26 Aug

16:10

The Rampant Rise of Willy of Normandy Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

Sound Clash: Death in the Arena Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, 23–24 Aug

16:15

Second Helping: Two Dead Lovers, Dead Funny

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 23–27 Aug

OommoO

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

❤ Lie Low HHHH Traverse Theatre, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

J.E.N.

Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Paper Walls

theSpace on the Mile, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

16:20

Everyone’s Worried About Eve

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Marlon Solomon: How to Be an Antisemite

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

All the Glorious Moments In Between theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

A Trilogy: bag-theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24 Aug

A Trilogy: box. theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23 Aug, 26 Aug

A Trilogy: blood (line) theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 25 Aug

SHOWSTOPPER

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, 25 Aug

16:25

Sherlock Holmes The Last Act

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

We’re All Mad Here

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

16:30

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Bowjangles: Dracula in Space

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

The Insider

Zoo Southside, 23–27 Aug

Gie’s Peace

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 24–26 Aug

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Fool’s Gold

ZOO Playground, 23–27 Aug

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Twinkle

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 23–27 Aug

Kill the Cop Inside Your Head

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Breakup Addict

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

Save the Princess

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Lost Soles

Assembly Roxy, 23–28 Aug

16:35

Of Moonset and the Milky Way

Assembly Roxy, 23–27 Aug

16:40

The Importance of Being... Earnest?

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

16:45

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

16:50

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 23–24 Aug

16:55

Gate Number 5

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 23–27 Aug

17:00

Klanghaus: InHaus

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Conversations We Never Had, as People

We’ll Never Be

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 23–27 Aug

Good Grief: Five Deserts in Search of My Father. A One-Man Show by Writer

Jon Lawrence Hill Street Theatre, 23–27 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Bards at the Barracks Army @ The Fringe, 23–25 Aug

❤ Dark Noon HHHH

Pleasance at EICC, 24–27 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

❤ Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello: Body Show

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug Move

Bedlam Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Séance Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23–24 Aug

Dahlia Wilde: Oh My God Particle Show!

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Tickbox 2

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting

Summerhall (Offsite) @ Institut Français d’Ecosse, 23–24 Aug

Junk Monkey

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

❤ Two Strangers Walk into a Bar... HHHH House of Oz, 23–27 Aug

❤ Nova HHHH

Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 23–27 Aug

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 25 Aug

17:05

Jacob Storms’

Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams

Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

Blue Assembly George Square, 23–28 Aug

Kingdom

theSpace on the Mile, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

All is Pink in West Berkshire County theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 23–26 Aug

Collar

theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

A Highly Suspect Murder

Mystery – Murder on the Disorient Express theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

17:10

Graveyard of the Outcast Dead theSpace on the Mile, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

The Caravel theSpace @ Venue45, 23–26 Aug

The Courteous Enemy

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

17:15

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Nan, Me and Barbara Pravi Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Awake, Gay and Writing a Play

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 23–27 Aug

Sea Words Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

17:20

The Brief Life & Mysterious Death of Boris III, King of Bulgaria

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

The Way Way Deep Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

Dom – The Play Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

2-Faces

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Strategic Love Play Roundabout @ Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Character Flaw Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

❤ Lucy and Friends

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 23 Aug

Hey Pamela? Yes Pamela? Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

17:25

Peephole Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

17:30

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Vino Veritas theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

Walking Home

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Brain Hemingway

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Thorns

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

The Imitator Assembly Rooms, 23–26 Aug

17:35

Party Scene: Chemsex. Community. Crisis. Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Scent

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

The Quality of Mercy: Concerning the Life and Crimes of Dr Harold Frederick Shipman theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

The Stronger Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

17:45

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

The Last of the Soviets

ZOO Playground, 23–27 Aug

Thunderstruck Scottish Storytelling Centre, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Yippee Ki Yay the Die Hard Parody

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 24–27 Aug

Distant Memories of the Near Future Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 27 Aug

Chariot: The Eric Liddell Story Palmerston Place Church, 25 Aug

Land Under Wave Scottish Storytelling Centre, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

17:50

Fool’s Paradise Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

17:55

The Baron and the Junk Dealer Assembly Roxy, 23–24 Aug

18:00

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Wasteman Assembly George Square Studios, 23–28 Aug

Hamlet

The Royal Scots Club, 23–26 Aug

A Migrant’s Son House of Oz, 23–26 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23 Aug

James Rowland: Piece of Work

Summerhall, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

❤ Two Strangers Walk into a Bar... HHHH House of Oz, 23–27 Aug

18:05

Constrictor theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

The Ballad of Truman Capote theSpace @ Niddry St, 23–26 Aug

Does My Fanny Look Big in This?

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Certain Death and Other Considerations

ZOO Playground, 23–27 Aug

18:10

On the Rail theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Hersterectomy

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

Lost and Found

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

18:15

The Standard Short Long Drop theSpaceTriplex, 23–26 Aug

Mister Shakespeare Hill Street Theatre, 23–27 Aug

18:20

Grown Up Orphan Annie

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Meat Cute

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Oggie! Oggie! Oggie!

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 23–27 Aug

18:25

My Father’s Nose Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

The Last Vagabonds

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Maybe Things Are Okay

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

18:30

The Death of Molly Miller

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

MacBeth

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Teacher’s Pet Pleasance Courtyard, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

The Lifespan Tour

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

KING

Assembly @ Dance Base, 23–27 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Thrown Traverse Theatre, 23 Aug Draining the Swamp

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 23–27 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 23–26 Aug

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting (Audio Installation and Performance)

Summerhall (Offsite) @ Institut Français d’Ecosse, 23–24 Aug

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

True Spirit Pathway

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Hot as Hell

Pleasance Courtyard, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug

❤ Heaven by Eugene O’Brien HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug

18:35

ORFARM – Animal Farm

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 23–26 Aug

Notes to Future Self theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

18:40

The Society for New Cuisine

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

How to Become Ridiculously Well-Read (In About 50 Minutes)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

Paved with Gold and Ashes

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

18:45

Everything Under the Sun

Army @ The Fringe, 23–27 Aug

18:50

Candide

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Bangers

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

18:55

Playing Latinx

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Optimistic: Elizabeth Holmes

Zoo Southside, 23–27 Aug

1984

Assembly Roxy, 23–28 Aug

Hi, I’m Zoë...

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 23–27 Aug

19:00

Klanghaus: InHaus

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Agent November: Indoor

Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Tipples, Tales and Traditions with Edinburgh Gin Edinburgh Gin Distillery, 28 Aug And Then The Rodeo Burned Down

theSpace @ Venue45, 23–26 Aug

Pleading Stupidity

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Growler

Summerhall, 23–26 Aug

Havisham

ZOO Playground, 23–27 Aug

NASSIM

Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug

ADULTS

Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug

Messhead

Paradise in Augustines, 23–27 Aug

Murder in the Cathedral

Old Saint Paul’s Church, 28 Aug

Almost Adult

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

❤ The Grand Old Opera House Hotel HHHH Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

April Small: Bloody Medea!!

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 23–27 Aug

Temping

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Our Anxious Measurements

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 23–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug

❤ Two Strangers Walk into a Bar... HHHH

House of Oz, 23–27 Aug

Kravitz, Cohen, Bernstein and Me

Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

Pride and Prejudice

Musselburgh Racecourse, 26 Aug

19:10

Three Sisters and Them

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

19:15

A Working Title theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

A Good Panto Die Hard Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Drumming Up Poetry theSpaceTriplex, 23–26 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

❤ Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked HHHH

Assembly Rooms, 23–27 Aug

What You See When Your Eyes Are Closed / What You Don’t See When Your Eyes Are Open

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Rhubarb and Custard

Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug

Tituba

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 23–27 Aug

Lovefool

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Chariot: The Eric Liddell Story

Palmerston Place Church, 23–25 Aug

19:20

Bang

ZOO Playground, 23–27 Aug GUSH

Assembly George Square, 23–28 Aug

Quitting Comedy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 23–27 Aug

19:25

Otto & Astrid’s Joint Solo Project

Assembly George Square Gardens, 23–27 Aug

19:30

A Fairie Tale

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 24–27 Aug

The Steamie Loretto School Theatre, 23–26 Aug

The Beatles Were a Boyband

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Never Trouble Trouble (Till Trouble Troubles You)

Tynecastle Park, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Tales of Edinburgh Horror

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 24 Aug

Life is a Dream

The Lyceum, 23–26 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Bits ‘N’ Pieces

Leith Arches, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug

Bear with Me: A Polar Bear in Scotland

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 23 Aug

A Comedy of Tenors

The Royal Scots Club, 23–26 Aug

19:35

Locusts theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Modern Witches

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

When Worlds Collide Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug Did You Eat? Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

19:40

When We Died Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Tea and Milk

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 23–27 Aug

19:45

Wildcat’s Last Waltz Assembly Rooms, 23–26 Aug Satan vs God

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 23–27 Aug

19:50

A Manchester Anthem Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

In Loving Memory of Mary Mort

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

20:00

Agent November: Indoor

Escape Game – Murder

Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Shakesperimental Bedlam Theatre, 23–27 Aug

FOOD

The Studio, 23–26 Aug

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

The Royal Scots Club, 23–26 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Mark Twain’s The Stolen White Elephant Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug

20:05

Runaway theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

20:10

Report to an Academy

Zoo Southside, 23–27 Aug

Unveiled theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 24–26 Aug

20:15

The Alpha Podcast

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Two Cats on a Date

ZOO Playground, 23–27 Aug

Captain Avaritia’s Carnival of Wonders

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 23–26 Aug

Gold!

theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

20:20

❤ Andronicus Synecdoche presented by Song of the Goat Theatre HHHH

Zoo Southside, 23–27 Aug

❤ Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz

HHHHH

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Goodbye Uncle Fudgey

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

Please Love Me

Pleasance Dome, 23–26 Aug

20:25

Hysterical Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

20:30

Ctrl Room :_

Army @ The Fringe, 23–27 Aug

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Love is Blue

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 23–27 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Welcome to The Big Show

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

An Oak Tree Royal Lyceum Theatre

Edinburgh, 23–27 Aug

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

20:35

A Perfectly Average Glimpse into a Perfectly Average Day

ZOO Playground, 23–27 Aug

Bill’s 44th

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–27 Aug

20:40

Four Cut Sunflowers theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

20:45

I’ve Never Met Anyone Quite Like You Before theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

A Preoccupation with Romantic Love

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito

‘n’ Shake, 23–27 Aug

How To Rob a Millionaire

(In Five Easy Steps)

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

We’re All Mad Here

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Trainspotting Live

Pleasance at EICC, 23–26 Aug

Good Morning, Faggi

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Pinched

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

20:50

Peer Gynt: A Jazz Revival

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

1 Tent, 4 Girls

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Garry Bonds’ Balanced Breakfasts

Greenside @ Nicolson

Square, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

❤ Chicken HHHH

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Blanket of the Dark

theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–26 Aug

YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

20:55

House of Life

Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–25 Aug

21:00

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 23–28 Aug

Klanghaus: InHaus

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Club Life

Summerhall, 24–27 Aug

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town

Theatre, 23–27 Aug

Séance: Live Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23–27 Aug

Thrown

Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug

Queer Folks’ Tales

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 25–26 Aug

The Leading Lady Club Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

Is This the End of Edward J Payne?

Paradise in Augustines, 23–27 Aug

❤ Heaven by Eugene O’Brien HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 23 Aug, 26 Aug

21:05

The Mystery of Dracula

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 23–27 Aug

21:10

Gunter

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

21:15

What If They Ate The Baby?

theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

Internal

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

The Good Dad (A Love Story)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

A Night With Me, Myself and Bipolar Brenda theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 23–25 Aug

21:20

Brief Candle

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

Culture for the Many

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug

Mythos: Ragnarok Assembly Roxy, 23–27 Aug

21:30

International House of Vape: Redefining Theatre

Experience Underbelly, Cowgate, 23–24 Aug

21:40

The Last Show Before We Die Roundabout @ Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

21:55

Grief Lightning: A Satire in 78 Slides

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

22:00

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–27 Aug

NASSIM

Traverse Theatre, 23 Aug

ADULTS

Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug

❤ The Grand Old Opera House Hotel HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug

Temping

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug

Auto-Engrain: A One-Woman Show

Fringe Online, 27 Aug

Auto-Engrain: A One-Woman Show Hill Street Theatre, 23–27 Aug

22:05

Rock Bottom

Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug

22:10

Until Death

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

22:15

That is the Question

theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

Slash

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

Ay Up, Hitler! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–26 Aug

22:20

Horizon Showcase: Little Wimmin Zoo Southside, 23–27 Aug

22:30

The Thin Place theSpace @ Niddry St, 23–26 Aug

B Dolan – Modified Warrior

The Voodoo Rooms, 23–27 Aug

An(dre)a Spisto: El Dizzy Beast Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

22:40

Shakespeare Up Late: A Right Royal Visit

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 23–27 Aug

22:45

Babs for Life

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 23–27 Aug

23:00

Lash – A Pulsating New Play About Going Out Out! Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

HEART

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 24–26 Aug

Asexuality!

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug Purgatorio theSpaceTriplex, 23–26 Aug

23:05

The Fruity Prince Paradise in The Vault, 23–27 Aug

23:10

Punk theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 23–25 Aug

23:25

Magic for Animals

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 23–26 Aug

09:05

Whipped Up! (0+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

09:45

Taiwan Season: World in a Word (3+)

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

10:00

CeilidhKids at the Fringe (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23 Aug, 25

Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

Down the Hatch! (0+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Plague, Poo n’

Punishment (8+)

The Lost Close, 23–28 Aug

10:30

Vampire’s Ball: Ultimate Halloween Party! (8+)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23–27 Aug

Wriggle Around the World (0+)

Stockbridge Church, 24–26 Aug

Cartoooon!! (0+)

Assembly Roxy, 23–28 Aug

Grow (0+)

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 24–27 Aug

10:35

Rubbish Romeo and Juliet (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

10:40

Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret (0+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 23–25 Aug

Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall (0+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 26–27 Aug

10:45

Bubba-Licious (0+)

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 23–27 Aug

10:55

Mario the Maker Magician (3+)

Underbelly, George Square, 23–27 Aug

11:00

Science Magic: Messy Mayhem (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Children’s Underground Ghost Show (5+)

City of Edinburgh Tours @ Old Police Box, 23–28 Aug

Drag Queen Story Hour (3+)

Assembly Roxy, 23–27 Aug

Wee Seals and Selkies (5+)

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 26–27 Aug

Beetle (3+)

House of Oz, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug

11:15

Lost in the Woods (5+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

The Spanish Gentleman Juggler (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Story Builders (5+)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

Pinocchio! The Panto (3+) theSpace on the Mile, 23–26 Aug

11:20

Mog the Forgetful Cat (3+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24–27 Aug

11:30

Bubba-Licious (0+)

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 23–27 Aug

Who Stole My Hammer? (5+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–28 Aug

Children’s Underground Vaults Tour (5+)

Welcome Edinburgh Tourist Information Booth Outside of the Bank of Scotland, 23–27 Aug

Blue Badge Bunch: ReRamped (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

11:40

Olaf Falafel’s Super Stupid Show (20% More Stupider) (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–27 Aug

Mr Sleepybum (5+)

Assembly George Square, 26–27 Aug

11:45

Jon – The Music Man (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

11:50

First Piano on the Moon (Revisited) – Will Pickvance (5+)

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

12:00

A Bee Story (3+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 23–27 Aug

Doktor Kaboom and the Wheel of Even More Science! (8+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

Plague, Poo n’ Punishment (8+)

The Lost Close, 23–28 Aug

Chevalier – Hobbyhorse Circus (3+)

Assembly George Square Studios, 23–27 Aug

12:05

Trash Test Dummies (0+)

Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 23–26 Aug

12:15

Science Magic: Crazy Gadgets (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

12:30

Children’s Underground Ghost Show (5+)

City of Edinburgh Tours @ Old Police Box, 23–28 Aug

Amazing Bubble Man (0+)

Underbelly, George Square, 23–28 Aug

13:00

The Slightly Annoying Elephant (3+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–28 Aug

13:05

Improvised Rubbish

Shakespeare – The Incomplete Works (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–28 Aug

13:15

Ancient Coins of Forgotten Kingdoms (8+)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito

‘n’ Shake, 23–27 Aug

Shelf: The Kids’ Show (3+) Pleasance Courtyard, 23–27 Aug

13:30

Brotipo (5+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 23–27 Aug

JUDITH KERR’S

Children’s Underground Vaults Tour (5+)

Welcome Edinburgh Tourist Information Booth Outside of the Bank of Scotland, 23–27 Aug

14:00

Kings and Queens (0+) Stockbridge Church, 24–26 Aug

Game On: Boss Level (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

14:15

The Alphabet of Awesome Science (5+)

Underbelly, George Square, 23–28 Aug

14:30

The Greatest Magic Show (3+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 23–28 Aug

15:55

Comedy Club 4 Kids (5+) Assembly Roxy, 25–27 Aug

16:00

The Railway Children (0+)

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 23–27 Aug

16:20

Teach Rex Live – A Dragon’s Tale (3+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

Taiwan Season: The Way Back (5+)

Summerhall, 23–27 Aug

16:25

The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show Strikes Back! (5+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 23–27 Aug

16:30

101 Ways to Annoy Your Parents... And Other Really Old People (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

17:30

The Dark Room for Kids! (8+) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–27 Aug

18:40

Teach Rex Live – A Dragon’s Tale (3+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

Fringe Dog meets Lucas O’Neil

The canine journalist gets emotional with the American stand-up star

dogs have many emotional states between bow-wow and grrr. why have you called your show ‘emotional man’ and what emotions will it explore? This show dives into all sorts of emotions – happy, angry, annoyed, sneaky, mischievous, pensive, maybe even chagrined, if the mood is right. And I named it Emotional Man because – for one thing – I am one. I’ve always been one to feel things. I wrote a lot of poems growing up is what I’m saying. And so, the show details the making of this Emotional Man (me) and the unraveling and repair of the family that raised him (still me).

I also wanted to be a little cheeky about the idea that being an “emotional” man is some sort of subset of being a man. It’s not! All men are emotional. It’s a myth that they aren’t! I don’t yell this much in the show, but it’s important to say!

i heard you had a sheltered childhood – tell me a little more about your fantastic kennel?

It was a top-of-the-line kennel. A lot of structured time (piano lessons, dance lessons, disciplined walks). The staff (mom, dad, older sister) were very kind. They even let me out in the yard sometimes,

but with one of those invisible fences, so I could have the illusion of freedom, but never truly experience it. That last line is a joke, but we did have an invisible fence for our actual dog. Feeling safe, but confined, was something she and I bonded over. So, if you’re going away for the weekend, and you need a place to leave your dog, my family is a great option. But if your dog likes going to parties or staying out past 9pm, then forget it.

i must now ask you a question of the utmost importance: do you have a dog? I do. Her name is Rhuby, which is short for Rhubarb, which is short for Rhubarbara. And I’ll answer what is surely your follow-up question: is she a good dog? Yes. She’s a very good dog. And I know that because I ask her that question 450

times a day, and the results have never varied.

i understand your dad preferred your older sister to you! does your dog share the same prejudice, or are you their number one boy?

I am their number one boy. And also, if my sister is nearby, my dog will gladly abandon me in a heartbeat. But – and this is important – my dog would also abandon my sister in a heartbeat, if my dad is around – or really, any person at all. Every single person my dog meets is her number one person until she sees the next person. So, she does play favourites, but it is always a tie.

SHOW Lucas O’Neil: Emotional Man

VENUE: Just the Tonic at The Caves

TIME: 5:20pm – 6:20pm, 3–27 Aug, not 14

Image: courtesy of the artist