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Contents page 8 Features 8 The Soil The South African a capella sensation on the transition from playing to tens of thousands, to the smaller stages of the Fringe.

12 The Forest Fringe We go behind the scenes at the radical theatre festival, The Forest Fringe, and find an organisation staying true to its founding principles.

16 Jamie Demetriou Lauded with critical praise, the young character comic is taking the Fringe by storm.

page 21 Comedy Reviews 22 Joke Thieves A fascinating exercise in separating writer from performer.

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25 Pajama Men Two grown men with the outlook and enthusiasm of children.

36 Red Bastard Ambitious, antagonistic audience interaction.

page 41 Theatre Reviews

45 The Bloody Great Border Ballad Project Unpicking Scottish independence with a "powerful, beautiful lack of irony".

49 Dark Vanilla Jungle Combative and uncompromising; a powerful tale of damage and destitution.

55 The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning

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page 64 Music & cabaret 64 Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells (For Two) A fantastic display of musical virtuosity that pulls in the crowds

page 68 KIDS 68 Titus Caroline Black speaks to the team behind this magical production.

page 72 Listings Your essential guide to all of the shows at the Festival

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songs In South Africa, they’ve played to tens of thousands of people - but here in Edinburgh, The Soil are virtually anonymous. Yasmin Sulaiman talks to the joyous acapella group on their first trip to the UK. PHOTOS: CLAUDINE QUINN

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here’s an electric moment of anticipation just before The Soil take to the stage. Amongst the total darkness, the audience hears a creaky door opening then closing; some shuffling of feet and clearing of throats; and then the lights come up as the heavenly sounds begin.

The next hour is euphoric. This acapella group from South Africa have a sleepy Sunday crowd in raptures with their melodic blend of Afro-soul, hip hop, doo-wop and beat-boxing. Buhlebendalo Mda, known as Buhle, and Ntsika Fana Ngxanga provide the soaring melodies over the exquisite rhythms of Master P, their resident beatboxer. And no matter what their subject matter—from a painfully honest account of a break-up in ‘New Year’s Resolution’ to their infectiously cheerful anthem, ‘Joy’— The Soil have a blissful authenticity that makes them instantly endearing.

Two days later, refreshed after their only day off this festival, they arrive at Assembly Checkpoint for our interview looking like they’ve just stepped out of a fashion magazine. At the performance seen by Fest, Buhle effortlessly carries off a black harem jumpsuit and a red blazer; today, she’s in a checked suit and oversize bowtie. Ntsika looks dapper in navy trousers and a jacket with an arresting purple lining; and Master P punctuates his slick outfit with a dazzling floral tie.

“We sing Kasi soul music,” explains Master P. “You need to look decent doing that, you can’t just wear jeans.” ‘Kasi’, they say, literally means “the ghetto”, and ‘Kasi soul’ is simply music from the neighbourhood. In The Soil’s case, the neighbourhood is Soweto—an area of Johannesburg made famous by the 1976 Soweto Up-

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rising—where all three of its members grew up and went to school together (Ntsika and Master P are brothers).

“It’s a beautiful place to grow up in,” Buhle says.

“There’s so many things that are happening, especially when it comes to art. If you say to people you’re from Soweto, they already have expectations of you because it’s the root of real talent.”

Their Edinburgh show is part of Assembly’s South African Season, now in its second year, and the group has so far been playing to small but enthusiastic crowds.

But at home, The Soil are big news: they recently played to an audience of 38,000 at a music festival in South Africa, won a South African Traditional Music Achievement (SATMA) Award, and have collaborated with several acclaimed South African musicians, including former Fringe regulars, the Soweto Gospel Choir. They’re starting to make waves abroad too, selling out New York’s Apollo Theatre earlier this year, but this is their first trip to the UK. As Ntsika explains, they’re not too phased: “If you’re true to your art, it’ll resonate with people anywhere in the world. This is what’s happening now. It really humbles us to know that when we sing in the street, people will still gather around us; that we can build from having two people in the audience to close to 60.”

The crowds might be relatively small but they’re certainly enthusiastic. After their gig, strangers in the audience smile at each other as they leave, commenting on how good the group are. Outside, The Soil are surrounded by gushing new fans clamouring to buy their self-titled debut album (it’s also available to buy on iTunes and to listen to on Spotify). u

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t Part of The Soil’s appeal lies in their eclectic inspirations: as well as lauded South African artists like trumpeter Hugh Masekela, Grammy-winning ‘Mama Africa’, Miriam Makeba, and Afro-pop princess Brenda Fassie, their contemporary influences range from hip hop and soul singers like Gill Scott to kwaito (an Africaninfluenced genre of house music), rock, pop and jazz.

It’s a diverse mix that strongly invokes the history of Sophiatown, a multi-ethnic area of Johannesburg that flourished artistically in the 1940s and 1950s, until it was demolished in 1955 as apartheid-era segregation was enforced. It was from this thriving cultural hub that artists like Masekela and Makeba arose.

“It’s like if we had been born years ago, we would have been stars of Sophiatown,” Buhle laughs. “And by default, we inherit its culture, it’s embedded in our souls. Even when we grew up, our ears were forced to listen to that music at home. When we had parties, we would play those songs.”

Buhle, Master P and Ntsika are all in their mid-20s, and though one of their songs is inspired by Sophiatown and another, ‘Asante Sana Tanzania’, by the help given to South Africans by Tanzania during apartheid, they don’t deliberately set out to write songs about the country’s troubled history, though they don’t avoid them either.

“I think music has always been a healing mechanism,” says Ntsika. “We don’t sit down and write these songs, they come to us. All we have to do is just sleep and when we get that song and it makes sense to us, like they always do, it’s hard for us to discard it, no matter what it talks about. But it’s about the standpoint from which you engage: are you doing this to destroy or are you doing it to heal people? We are doing it to heal people, we are doing it to make sure that they

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"That’s exactly how we think about ourselves: as vessels that talk about everything that’s intended to heal, whether it’s politics, love, faith and everything else." know where we come from. That’s exactly how we think about ourselves: as vessels that talk about everything that’s intended to heal, whether it’s politics, love, faith and everything else.”

This sort of spirituality suffuses The Soil’s music. As they declare at the start of their show, they consider “The Creator of All” to be the first member of their group. They exude a serenity that quickly spreads around their audience, though there is one thing that has drawn objections: the fact that their venue is seated.

“People are complaining about that,” Master P laughs. “If it were up to them, there would not be seats.

They would rather stand from the first song to the last.”

“But it’s actually quite nice to get people to listen,” Buhle adds. “Because as much as our music is fun, sometimes you need to listen. We call it the meditation of the soul and it really has to do that. In order for us to touch your soul, you have to be in a clear mind and focus on the music – and then we get up and we dance. But if people want to get up on the first song, that’s still cool.”

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FOREST THROUGH THE TREES An enclave of experimentalism where ideas and community take precedence over cashflow? That’ll be the Forest Fringe, then. Ed Ballard gets radical.

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visitor walking past 3 Bristo Place after a few years away might well do a double-take.

The place that used to be the Forest Café still has a ramshackle look to it, but it’s a polished kind of ramshackle. Then you see the sign: Assembly Checkpoint.

“It breaks my heart,” says Andy Field, one of the three founders of the Forest Fringe, the alternative theatre festival which, every August from 2007 to 2011, shacked up with the collective of artists and activists who ran the café.

“It was such a rare thing,” Field says. “A space in central Edinburgh for politically engaged work, formally unconventional work.”

Every year, George Square spawns a few more licensed food vans. The plastic grass spreads out a little further. Looking back, it seems inevitable that the Forest’s thoroughly unprofitable bubble of weird artistic goings-on would one day be absorbed by the encroaching entertainment vortex.

In late 2011, the university body which owned the building ran out of cash. The administrators decided—who can blame them?—that housing a bunch of avant-garde film-makers and vegan foodies perhaps wasn’t quite the way to squeeze maximum value from the building.

“Nowadays the George Square area feels more like the circumscribed space of a music festival,” says Field. He’s rueful but surprisingly sanguine about the whole business. He recognises that radical art needs something to react against, for one thing. What’s u

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The Forest Fringe line-up at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall is exceptional this year, with artists like Bryony Kimmings, Fevered Sleep, Fuel, Ira Brand and Paper Birds all contributing work.

Particular highlights include: Bristol-based charm factory Sam Halmarack and his band The Miserablites raise plenty of smiles with their gig-cum-show that lies somewhere “between theatre and a stadium pop concert”. It’s Sam’s big night, he’s got a big crowd in, but will his bandmates let him down? Trust us, you’ll want to find out.

Perhaps the most exciting spoken word of the Fringe, certainly the weirdest vision of the afterlife, comes from Ross Sutherland and his hypnotic Stand By For Tape Back-up. It’s a poem about the death of his grandfather, or thereabouts, and it plays out against the backdrop of the endlessly-looping intro to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Lo-tech funsters, Action Hero, one of several theatre companies to grow to maturity in parallel with the Forest Fringe, perform the followup to their lauded Watch Me Fall, called Hoke’s Bluff; a send-up of the eternal “winning is everything” mantra that underpins the much-loved American ‘underdog’ movie genre.

Fancy something a little more intimate? Jo Bannon’s Exposure is a one-on-one performance and a “tender and tentative look into autobiography, asking how fully we can reveal ourselves – to ourselves, to another, with another.”

Perhaps the event that best captures what the Forest is about is the exploration of radical hairdressing. Exactly what it sounds like, this event takes place in a vast abandoned Tollcross Job Centre – the new home of the artists’ collective who lent their name to the Forest Fringe, the people Andy Field calls its “moral compass.” All over the globe, activists have taken to providing free haircuts to people from marginalised communities in an effort to – well, we’re not sure what. To foster political discourse? To celebrate freedom of expression?

Whatever – surely it’s a cause for celebration that the people providing counter-cultural coiffures in Indonesian slums are offering the same experience to the right-on crowds of Edinburgh.

If it sometimes feels like the Fringe is all about big money and dodging flyerers, it's people like those at the Forest Fringe who ensure that at least a corner of its heart still belongs to the radical hairdressers of the world.

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t more, the project he helped to start has found a new home.

Last year saw the sixth edition of the Forest Fringe – but only just.

In the absence of a venue, it published a book of one-act plays which could be performed anywhere. These so-called Paper Stages proved a neat way of hacking the city (similar books will appear across Britain this autumn) but they could hardly compensate for the loss of a performance space. 2013 sees the festival move into the Out of the Blue Drill Hall, an arts centre in a former Salvation Army building in Leith.

Starting afresh allowed the team to become more ambitious, while keeping the Forest’s principles—performers don’t pay to perform, audiences contribute what they can—and its DIY ethic. Access for disabled people, for instance, underprovided at the mainstream Fringe, was made a priority.

“The Forest Fringe is like a shark,” says Field, quoting Woody Allen.

“It has to keep moving forward or it’ll die.”

The highlight of the brief, packed theatrical schedule is what happens to the hope at the end of the evening, a low-key, unsettling metafiction by Tim Crouch and his friend and fellow playwright Andy Smith.

Crouch usually puts on his unsettling metafictions at the Traverse, but he and Field wanted a one-week run and the Traverse doesn’t do one-week runs. Crouch laughs, “I used to lampoon people who only do one week as lightweights, lollygaggers and opportunists!”

The search for an alternative venue wasn’t a difficult one, given the play’s subject matter. The plot—inspired in part by My Dinner With Andre, Louis Malle’s film depicting a conversation in a New York restaurant—is loosely structured as an argument about the power of radical art to change the world.

“Whenever I talk about an ideal image of the theatre, I describe the Forest Fringe,” Crouch says. “Money isn’t important, ideas take precedence, there’s a sense of community. It reminds people that there’s a radical core to what happens in Edinburgh, when the radical potential of the mainstream Fringe has been gobbled up.”

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The Graduate Jamie Demetriou is making waves on his Fringe debut with his distinctive brand of off-kilter character comedy. He chats to Gemma Flynn about losing both his voice and his laptop, and the experimental opportunities of student sketch.

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lready impressing with his stunning solo debut, character comedian Jamie Demetriou is enjoying a well-deserved day off. Audiences at his show People Day can expect to see him commit wholeheartedly to a taxing hour in the name of originality, spanning a broad spectrum of unique personas, from falsetto choirboy to wailing nanny.

But behind the scenes, his voice is in desperate need of a break. “All of my day is taken up with doing things like squeezing eucalyptus up my nose,” he says. Add to that the recent theft of his laptop and notebooks containing three years of work and it’s a wonder he’s holding it together at all.

“It’s been very nice,” admits Demetriou. “The negatives would’ve outweighed the positives if it hadn’t been so nice.” The encouragement keeps coming, with effusive reviews across the board making comparisons with a young Steve Coogan and invoking the darkness of The League of Gentlemen. When prompted on these influences, though, he’s less inclined to agree: “Sure, you subconsciously absorb things—obviously who hasn’t watched Partridge—but I think I’m influenced a lot more by someone like my sister.”

Natasia, part of esoteric sketch group Oyster Eyes and featured in Demetriou’s Channel 4 Comedy Blaps, is credited as “the funniest person I know. Genuinely, she is the person who makes me laugh most in the world.” It’s adorable, sure, but it also reveals something crucial about his particular talent. There’s less of a fixation on a specific established style; rather, he seems more concerned with capturing his original vision of a character and moving towards the best possible laugh. “My degree involved a lot of video editing,” he explains, “so I’m very keen on trying to make something the best it can be and I find that not having control, I know that excites a lot of people, but I just find it excruciating.”

This attention to detail has obviously served him well – you can’t help but marvel at the level of nuance on display in his work. And it is this desire for control that has prompted the 25-year-old to take on the challenge of his first solo hour.

Having cut his teeth at the Fringe five years ago as part of Bristol Revunions, he’s forcefully deferent towards the much-maligned world of student sketch comedy.

“There’s no way in a million years I’d be doing stuff on my own if I hadn’t had the chance to do that, you learn your trade and what you are,” he says. “People have this preconceived idea that [student sketch] is going to be shit, so you’re not losing anything and it gives you free reign to just try out whatever you want.”

Thankfully, this experience gave him the confidence required to go it alone and he was duly snapped up by alt comedy powerhouse The Invisible Dot who, following a workshop hour last year, committed to producing People Day. “They’ve been very supportive. I’ve just been building on what I learned last year and without them I find it difficult to do slot gigs around London,” he says. Not

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"There’s no way in a million years I’d be doing stuff on my own if I hadn’t had the chance to do student sketch, you learn your trade and what you are." only have they carved out a more alternative space for comedy development, the talent associated with their New Wave showcases is obviously providing more inspiration to Demetriou than anything you’d find in a DVD box set: “I’m in awe of everyone: Colin Hoult, Nick Mohammed, Liam Williams. It’s a unique situation where I genuinely feel that excitement you get as a kid watching comedy when I see a new Sheeps show.”

It’s heartening to get a sense of the impact this new movement has had on his development: “For this kind of thing you need to do full hours to test them out, you can’t take the nanny [one of his more scary, out-there characters] to a clubnight. I feel like I kind of need the first character [in People Day], who’s a sort of natural chap, because without that I don’t know how easy it is to take in something like a man in a wig screaming in your face.”

Demetriou might have just lost three years of material, but it’s clear he has the experience along with the supporting infrastructure to keep exciting crowds in his own way.

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WitTank presents The School

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Sketch troupe WitTank sit on the cusp of mainstream fame, having appeared in two series of BBC3’s Live at the Electric.

The trio’s latest scholarly creation is sure to continue their hard-earned upward trajectory.

The background to this comic play concerns a boarding school where pupils and teachers suffer equally under the brutal regime of

Joke Thieves

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A great idea that ought to entertain on any given evening, this ingenious Free Festival show was turning away scores of punters on the night I dropped by. The premise of Joke Thieves, devised and hosted by the affable Will Mars, is that four comics deliver brief sets of their material, before each then tries to recreate one of the others’ acts. Adding

an unhinged head teacher.

The motto of “Bastardi Sumus Absolutam” just about sums up the mid-level hell which exists within its classrooms and corridors.

A quick introduction establishes that no fish from this particular barrel will remain unshot, as Christian names are dispensed with and state schools ridiculed. It’s all goodnatured joshing, though, with the show soon settling into a rhythm – alternating sketches from the rudimentary narrative arc with those more tenu-

ously related to the theme.

One ambitious setpiece involves a blooper reel for a school promotional film transformed by crafty editing live on stage, while another highlight sees an anthropomorphised overhead projector all but steal the show.

Just when the momentum threatens to flag, a few audience members are drafted in to liven things up.

Later still, a school assembly section gets the entire crowd involved in proceedings. Only a misplaced skit on William

Tell interferes with the flow of the hour.

Each of the three performers—Mark Cooper-Jones, Kieran Boyd and Naz Osmanoglu—provide multiple gleeful moments. They are also never afraid to stray from the script when a bigger off-piste laugh presents itself – meaning this is a show that graduates with honours.

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extra jeopardy, none of them knows whose material they’ll be “stealing” before Mars pairs them off.

What truly makes the format so fun, though, is that, comics being comics, they inevitably pick their most idiosyncratic material to perform, leaving the “thief” to desperately struggle and mug through routines far outside their comfort zone. Although a fascinating exercise in separating writer from performer, more importantly, it’s often

very funny indeed.

The show I saw featured Pat Cahill manfully failing to recreate the tricks of card ninja Javier Jarquin, while the Kiwi in turn battled to retain Cahill’s distinctive, alcoholic rhymes, rhythms and mannerisms – in the process offering a cutting critique of his style. That temptation, to pick holes in a fellow comic’s routine adds an additional layer of frisson, with Milo McCabe, in the guise of his camp actor character Troy Hawke,

pulling few punches in his performance of American pensioner Lynn Ruth Miller’s set. In retaliation, poor Miller sadly had no chance of aping his press-ups or the fearsome Glaswegian accent he put on to scare a hypothetical mugger. Spontaneous and anarchic, Joke Thieves is a unique, thoroughly enjoyable hour of mischief. [Jay Richardson]

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The news that Carey Marx had suffered a heart attack last May stunned the comedy world. Intensive Carey tells the story of what happened. It’s not pretty and it may make you consider private healthcare. Marx is pretty sanguine about his experience, as any good comic would want to be, but his casual air nearly cost him his life at the time.

Already capable of adopting a smilingly bleak world view for his comedy, he found this experience gave him more material than he ever could have wanted: the medical treatment that involved drugs apparently more dangerous than the attack itself; sharing a ward with unhinged and close-to-death patients; and some bedside manner that left much to be desired. It’s true that some of the details can leave one queasy, but, though shocking, there’s

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inherent comedy in, for example, being mistaken for a drunk because of the side effects of his pills, and the trial of morphineassisted ablutions.

Marx makes this difficult time sound more comfortable than it would seem the hospital made him, but the constant threat of a relapse gives the story even more peril, were it needed. The support he receives from the comedy community provides its own ending, one that avoids mawkishness and one that doesn’t provide for some kind of Damascene change in Marx’s world view.

Happily it’s not just the experience and endeavour to come back from it that merit acclaim here.

Comedy at its best should be a learning experience, and this walk around the mortal coil gives due cause for reflection and relief. [Julian Hall] Gilded Balloon Teviot, 10:00pm – 11:00pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Rubberbandits

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It’s probably been said before, but you’d expect a couple of blokes from Limerick to be pretty good at rhyming. The Rubberbandits’ verse is very much of the 21st century, though, gonzo gangsta rap popularised via several zillion views on various video sites.

Attitude-wise they’re sort of snotty cousins to the lovely, lilting tones of that other Irish hip-hop talent, Abandoman, their bag-headed bedlam claiming the coveted Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality last year.

Those plastic bags are probably the most original bit, in truth, as weirdo whiteboy comedy rap is hardly new, from The Lonely Island right back to Tony Hawks’ Stutter Rap in 1987. The Rubberbandits’ jarring appearance and watershed-free web route to success does give them an added air of anything-could-happen subversion; but as they readily

admit at the outset, this show sees them largely just plough through the same hits they played last year.

There’s a ballsy Public Enemy-style visual gag during the Troubles-related Up the Ra and three between-song jokes, but generally the videos screened behind them garner most of the laughs.

You could save your cash and watch them online, it’s true, but that’s missing the point.

With the seats having been swiftly removed from the Gilded Balloon’s Nightclub beforehand, a mixed bag of beats blaring out and a knowledgeable crowd chanting along to songs they already know, the duo’s mock-moan about being wrongly categorised by the Fringe guide turns out to be a fair point. The Rubberbandits really need a section all of their own. [Si Hawkins] Gilded Balloon Teviot, 10:40pm – 11:40pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £12 – £14

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festcomedy Ronny Chieng: The Ron Way

Andrew Maxwell: Banana Kingdom

Ronny Chieng knows a great deal about perspective. He tells us that no two of us will come out having experienced exactly the same show, pointing specifically to an elderly Malaysian woman and a family from Fife in the front row. And we believe him. As an ethnically Chinese, Malaysian-raised, American-educated resident of Australia, Chieng knows a thing or two about isolation, translation and family.

Indeed, the comedy of ethnicity seems to be Chieng’s strong suit. Bits about attempting to flyer the only Chinese cast member of Avenue Q and mistaken identity at an airport land particularly well with his relatively diverse audience (the latter is drink-spittingly funny). But for someone with a unique perspective on society, both eastern and western, Chieng’s humour seems more or less anchored in the socially universal. Material about troubleshooting technology over the phone with his mother gets laughs, but we can’t shake the feeling that we’re being pandered to, if only very slightly. Those moments when Chieng’s less neatly packaged quirks shine through are great, but seemingly accidental: a tangent about online filesharing and a riff on how we’re reacting to the brief instances of racial slurs let Chieng’s character shine through.

If we had the chance to see Chieng’s stranger, perhaps darker side, he’d certainly be among the stronger Fringe standup drawers. [Arianna Reiche]

Andrew Maxwell has enough charm and talent to breeze through this hour of anecdotes, accents and assorted craic without ever giving the impression that he’s spent much time actually thinking about this show. It’s clear what the ostensible theme is going to be when Maxwell cunningly segues from his opening geographical crowdwarmers – “so, who’s come a long way to be here tonight?”

– with the words, “And that’s the thing about nationalism.”

It’s a good thing he sounded the Theme Klaxon; otherwise we might get the impression that all he’s really doing is riffing good-naturedly on national stereotypes and passing it off as political comedy.

The stuff about dour Scots and kinky Scandies is pretty much in keeping with the rest of the show, in which Maxwell keeps his sights trained low. Americans? Gun-loving fatties. Cockneys? Essentially hilarious. And what about cop shows?! Sometimes Maxwell

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Chastity Butterworth & The Spanish Hamster

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The prim and proper English aristocrat with an unlikely seedy side appears at the Fringe pretty much every year in one form or another, and Gemma Whelan puts little original spin on the formula.

Much as the Game of Thrones actress proves herself an impressive character comedian with a fine line in suggestive nods, winks, courtesies and lustful quivers of the lips.

Chastity Butterworth, buttoned-up literally head-totoe Victorian-style in a blouse and ankle-length skirt, has just

comes close to being offputtingly self-aggrandising.

There’s a fair bit about the schmoozy parties he gets invited to these days, although at least he takes pains to cast himself as a fish out of water, the drunk bloke squinting at the Taoiseach’s knob in the gents.’

Ultimately Maxwell has more than enough warmth, and just enough quality material (he’s good on red squirrels, Alex Salmond, and

feeling embarrassed by his young son’s middle-class Englishness) to keep things ticking over. As he turns a mixed bag of jokes into a smooth, comfortable hour of comedy, there can be no doubting Maxwell’s comedic gifts. But there’s an undeniable feeling of going through the motions. [Ed Ballard]

been evicted from her home over a misunderstanding with her dealer. “Drugs not art”.

This anything-goes guddle of a “variety show” is styled as a fundraiser to help get her back in the black.

It’s all about levering easy laughs out of the contradiction between Butterworth’s outwardly posh demeanour and unsavoury nocturnal pursuits. She was, she reveals, “twisted on mescaline” and “garrotted on poppers” at a squat party last night.

The format moves around a bit, from a video sequence of dirty old men (all played by Whelan) vying to become the less-than-chaste Chastity’s new threesome partner, to

an audience-interactive quiz recapping on events to see who’s been paying attention.

The titular Spanish hamster is momentarily crowbarred in at one point literally as an afterthought. But the core joke remains consistent throughout – Butterworth’s loose and no lie, and it gets tedious with scant consideration given to character development. To the rescue are several sobad-they’re-good one-liners, suggesting Whelan is going all-out for this year’s funniest short-form Fringe joke. [Malcolm Jack]

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Underbelly, Bristo Square, 7:15pm – 8:15pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £13.50 – £15

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The Pajama Men: Just The Two of Each of Us

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Who’d have thought something featuring two middleaged American comics in nightwear would be one of the best things at the festival?

Well, it is. This brilliantly imaginative show has all the joy of the dressing-up box and will leave you trying to catch your breath from laughing so much.

Lloyd Langford: Galoot

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It’s said that personality goes a long way. If that’s the case then Lloyd Langford is going straight to the top.

The newly-bearded Welshman breaks the ice instantly by taking to the stage wearing a particularly fruity costume, quickly flying off on a tour of his recent travels. From Rhyl and Dublin, to Paris and the French

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Regulars at the Fringe, comedy duo Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez’s latest lunatic show has a storyline that sprawls across 700 years and includes a king on a quest, a one-armed woman called Nadine and a mythical beast terrorising a medieval theme park and casino while a pair of vapid rich kids look on.

Allen and Chavez gleefully riff off each other in a series of interconnected sketches that bounce all over the place.

Their deadpan demeanour

frequently cracks beneath the nonsense of it all. They’re two grown men with the outlook of children and the skill of seasoned improv artists.

Their genius lies in their exceptional aptitude for cartoonish physical comedy and their keen ear for the absurd. They conjure hilarious scenarios and characters out of a combination of mime and their own sound effects.

It’s all the fun of make-believe delivered with an adult playfulness.

Watching the Pajama Men at work is like tonic for the soul. It’s impossible not to be swept up in the joyful silliness of this tirelessly inventive show. And it’s a cathartic punch in the air for reluctant grown-ups like me, who still want to make the He-Man figures stowed away in their parents’ attic have a little fight.

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Alps, each stop-off delivers its own quirky anecdote.

A sharp take on pop princess Jessie J’s love of self-promotion and the practicalities of Movember follow. Then it’s on to the galoot of the title, which he informs us via the ubiquitous Powerpoint presentation is “a fellow, especially one who is strange or foolish”.

Learning about a few of these characters—ranging from one of his countrymen who wrestled a shark, to a

boxer taking on a bear in the ring—inspires him to take more chances in his own life. It all leads to him trying new things, more often than not with disastrous effects.

The one thing Langford seems unwilling to take a risk with is his material, which is fairly standard stuff for the Edinburgh regular. That the hour flies by is a testament to his gregarious delivery, punctuated by regular chuckles. Langford also has a fine ability to garnish

his prepared material with inspired off-the-cuff lines and tangents – he’s particularly brilliant at dealing with latecomers.

There’s certainly plenty to like in Galoot, but perhaps it would be nice to have a little more strangeness amidst the foolishness. [David Hepburn]

Assembly Roxy, 9:00pm – 10:00pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £13 – £15

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9:30pm – 10:30pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £10.50 – £11.50

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festcomedy Benny Boot: As Seen On TV

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A promising sight greets us.

Stagehands creep around pointing cardboard TV cameras, and soon a gangly “producer” steps out to brief us on the day’s performance.

It’s to be filmed on spec, he says, enhanced with “blackscreen technology” and sold as part of a big-bucks DVD deal that’s definitely maybe in the bag.

This is Benny Boot, of course, setting out a tricksy frame narrative around his gently offbeat standup.

Where others might turn this conceit into a searing satire on the bigwig TV industry, the Australian is content with simply milking it for a frivolous dose of theatricality, brought to life via charmingly low-rent special effects.

Once begun, Boot cuts a pixilated, slightly vacant figure and the jokes, unpredictably constructed, retain an often-noted hint of Mitch Hedberg about them. Much

Jim Campbell: Stupid Animals

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Perhaps it’s just something about portacabins. These temporary venues are all part of the Fringe’s rich tapestry, but for a straightforward standup you need some seriously attention-grabbing material to offset the fact that your only decor is a drape that looks like it was supposed to have something more interesting superimposed upon it.

Jim Campbell has about 20 minutes of this cast-iron, ear-catching stuff. But that’s it. The rest of his routines gradually grind down the audience’s enthusiasm until it starts to get a bit awkward.

of his standup takes root in a bored prankster persona, little daydreams that begin “but what I like to do is”. As the meat of the show, it’s fairly one-note; it seems like the meta-narrative and lapses into panicked interior monologue are there less to subvert the form, and more

just to contrive some variety.

As the show stop-starts towards a conclusion, the Michel-Gondry-meets-BluePeter prop work escalates, raises obliging laughs. But on the whole this feels like a hesitant flirtation with high concept – a perfectly serviceable bit of standup

The erudite Campbell— whose debut show, Nine Year-Old Man, did rather well last year—begins with some nice on-theme thoughts about the origins of numerous species, and our place among them. There’s a pleasingly dark gag about Casper the Friendly Ghost, and some intriguing ideas about culling great swathes of society, which isn’t something you hear on comedy stages very often.

But rather than run with this novel new direction—“a bit Hitlery,” he admits—the Essex-born comic then shifts to hackneyed topics: the EDL are idiots, The Bible shouldn’t be taken as gospel.

It’s often less a show, more a well-meaning pub bore

rambling on. He breaks this up with a decent audience participation idea, but it drags on far, far too long, and the ending is a shapeless mess.

One wonders why Campbell bothered bringing such a halfcocked hour to this unlovely shed, when he could have been cleaning up with that solid 20 on nicer stages back home. Second show syndrome strikes again. [Si Hawkins]

stuffed into an attractive yet underdeveloped idea.

“Cute”, the one-word verdict of a departing audience member, just about sums it up. [Lyle Brennan] Underbelly, Bristo Square, 5:30pm – 6:30pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £10 – £11

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festcomedy Benjamin Partridge: An Audience With Jeff Goldblum

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Appearing on stage in an undone dress shirt, genuinely lovely Benjamin Partridge delivers a varied 40 minutes of nowhere near enough substance. The audience are asked to believe that this mildmannered, English-accented 20-something is Jeff Goldblum, a half-hearted character piece by design, with not even a whiff of an impression. It’s a great idea, a unique take on character work, and Partridge takes us through Goldblum’s weekly dinner, Independence Day losing best sound mix at the Oscars and some pretty spot-on 90s Hollywood references with his tongue firmly in his cheek. Similarly, his use of slides is a nice take on naffcorporate culture that creates an appealing satirical tone.

But it’s just not enough.

There’s a lengthy audience interaction piece that is pretty laborious and could do with some more improvisation. In truth, that’s the essence of this show; there are terrific little nuggets of ideas that hint at a nuanced comic mind and a tendency towards the surreal, but not enough gusto or content to really get the laughs. He’s very much on the right track with this and I’d be extremely interested to see a show with Partridge at the helm that is fully formed and crammed with material. As it is, a section on an anthropomorphised glass of water goes nowhere and takes forever over it, stretching the audience’s patience beyond repair. Hugely likeable, this is a promising little piece of surrealism that was largely warmly received despite the unignorable deficit in material.

[Gemma Flynn] Banshee Labyrinth, 8:30 – 9:30pm, 3–24 Aug, not 20, free

Jessie Cave and Jenny Bede: Ain’t Too Proud to Beg

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While the programme entry for Ain’t Too Proud to Beg makes no mention of Jessie Cave’s part as Lavender in the Harry Potter films, it’s fair to assume that much of the crowd gathered inside Henry’s Cellar Bar this afternoon have come because of her ties to the franchise.

Audience members treating the show as a public appearance from a minor celebrity are visibly baffled by the star’s unconventional and wilfully niche approach to comedy,

Tony Jameson: Football Manager Ruined My Life

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The logical recommendation to make about Tony Jameson’s debut show would be to warn that it will appeal only to specific audiences.

This is a performance that deals, in detail, with both British football and the eponymous computer game series (which allows the player to manage a virtual football team). By rights, much of the material should only work for those familiar with both, so it is a testament to Jameson’s self-deprecating charm that he wins over everyone

she herself describing it as a “happy cry for help.”

A palpable sense of awkwardness fills the room as she takes to the stage armed with only a series of slightly creepy non-sequiturs, but she ploughs ahead with a commendable sense of purpose, expertly playing the tension she creates for laughs. She promises a rough set and this is exactly what she delivers, but it’s clear that we’re in the presence of a confident and original performer working toward something rather special.

By contrast, Jenny Bede’s opening turn is a bit too populist for its own good,

referencing the likes of Rhianna and One Direction to no great effect. Her songs are witty and don’t shy away from making serious points, but place far too much focus on ephemeral mainstream culture. While Cave comes across as a gloriously outof-step outsider, Bede tries too hard to conform and loses some of her otherwise engaging identity in the process. So, while both acts complement each other, it’s clear which is the one to keep an eye on. [Lewis Porteous]

quickly. That said, it’s clear within the first 10 minutes of conspiratorial giggling which of the audience are themselves hardcore fans of the game.

Jameson uses the two-decades-old Football Manager series, to which he admits he is hopelessly addicted, in order to frame the major developments of his life. As a consistent theme which ties together the disparate threads of early adulthood, this works surprisingly well. The links that Jameson draws between his gaming habit and his childhood, career and marriage never feel forced, and rarely fail to raise at least a chuckle.

If the show has any major flaw, it’s that beyond the esoteric subject matter, the story that Jameson tells—one of 20-something uncertainty and arrested development—is very familiar territory, particularly at the Fringe. This never makes Jameson’s manner unlikable or his anecdotes unrelatable, but it does leave the whole experience feeling somewhat lightweight.

Nevertheless, he is clearly a promising comedian whose natural talent is obvious, and whose future efforts bear watching. [Sean Bell]

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festcomedy Jimmy McGhie: Delusions of Candour

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Minutes into his gig Jimmy McGhie has his Portakabin rocking, aided by the presence of the mother of one of his ex-girlfriends. The gig ends on similar note with the kind of audience interaction you just can’t make up, it involves a man throwing a bag of dog poo on the stage – and not as a heckle.

The content in between is essentially an extremely well-crafted collection of McGhie’s club sets, each one deftly joined to the next.

He starts with a roll call of his Edinburgh appearances, somewhat formulaic, but with plenty of decent anecdotes to back up the indulgence. Social media, modern Luddism, the prevalence of unsolicited opinion on the

net, and porn 1990s style are the clutch of related targets that precede a section that could be titled “I don’t know how to live”, aiming its ire at various TV chefs and interior design gurus. The latter seam of material does tend towards some ‘off-the-peg’ cynicism, for example Rachel Khoo comes in for some kitchen heat about how she established her twee empire.

Fainter hearts in the audience are unmoved, but McGhie in flow can quickly turn over more fruitful analogies that have a wider audience appreciation. His performance is one that will keep the doors open for club comics at the Fringe: it flies the flag for meat and two veg observational comedy of the old school. [Julian Hall] Pleasance Courtyard, 8:40pm – 9:40pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, £8.50 – £10

Mike Wozniak: Take The Hit

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It’s the downtrodden selfstyled “King of Showbusiness” whom fantasticallymoustached Englishman Mike Wozniak introduces in this character-comedy come standup piece. An end-ofthe-pier-style 70s-throwback in a crumpled tux, floppy bow-tie and ruffled shirt stood against a sparkly curtain backdrop, he promises a dazzling “show”, which he will get around to performing eventually, honest. Just once he’s done bitching about his mother-in-law.

Mother-in-law – words that creak from a comedian’s lips like the hinges on the coffin of Jim Davidson’s career. But Wozniak’s loathing for his wife’s mum—who recently moved into his house, driving him mad with her inane anecdotes for

every occasion—is steeped in irony.

His physical comedy is hilariously evocative – be it bashing the mic off his face as a measure of his tormentor’s habit of standing annoyingly too close when she speaks, or his impression of a disorientated police horse in traffic. His observational stuff rings true but always with brilliantly skewed perspective. The stand-off with a

H&M worker over sexualised pictures of kids in adverts leaves you at once admiring his forthrightness and cringing at his lack of tact.

The “show” of course never actually materialises – Wozniak’s been too distracted by you-know-who to write one. Once that realisation dawns early-on, the format begins to feel slightly rigid and predictable, and for all its consistency none

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of the material quite hits the jackpot. But for a midday show, the mood in the room is improbably giddy, and if the “King of Showbusiness” is a character Wozniak intends to develop further, then his arrival is warmly welcomed.

Unlike poor mother-in-law.

[Malcolm Jack] The Stand Comedy Club II, 12:10pm – 1:10pm, 1–25 Aug, not 12, £8

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festcomedy David Mills: The Gospel Truth

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There’s something of the man out of time about waspish American comedian David Mills, pencil thin in his dark suit and even skinnier tie. A swell of melancholy underlies his acid humour, something more than straightforward bitchiness.

That said, it might be best to stay away if you’re easily offended. Coming to Edinburgh from London, the debonair Mr Mills has plenty to say about hipsters and issues like gay marriage and Scottish independence in his latest show. He skewers sacred cows (and Cher)

Late Night Gimp Fight

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Conventional wisdom holds that sketch comedy is a student’s game. So with several Fringe shows under their wrestling masks, is it time for Late Night Gimp Fight to grow up a bit and reject their Gimpish personas? That’s the question they raise in their latest offering, undermining their alter-egos from the start in an impressively high-energy

Matt Okine: Being Black & Chicken & Sh#%t

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Last year’s winner of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival newcomer award, Matt Okine brings an Edinburgh Fringe debut that is personable and puts an eloquent spin on familiar tropes.

A trip to Ghana to see extended family provides a loose backdrop to the Austral-

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with droll precision.

Perched on a stool, drink in hand, he’s like a dinnerparty host concealing a knife from the guests he’s secretly added to the menu.

His silver-tongued rudeness and brand of camp feels both old-fashioned and novel. His wrist-flick shifts between faux-courtesy and cattiness as he mocks the latest fashions are enjoyably off-kilter.

Mills isn’t as bluntly aggressive as his sometime collaborator, Scott Capurro, and astute observations crop up amid the outrageousness. Even jokes about the homeless are bundled up in a wry parody of letting it all go that stings him too. His sharpness is

spiked with a jaded self-deprecation that rolls shock into wit and keeps the crowd with him as he cuts them down.

The Gospel Truth’s drily misanthropic tone won’t appeal to everyone but it deepens into something more as Mills fires pithy putdowns at members of the audience. This is a sharply funny and—in places—genuinely perceptive show, which ends on a daringly downbeat note. Give it a go.

[Tom Wicker] Heroes @ The Hive, 5:30pm – 6:20pm, 1–25 Aug, not 14, £5

intro, before falling out with their on-screen avatars, a feature of Gimp shows from the very beginning.

Unfortunately, although they’ve returned as a fivepiece, this hour rarely touches the juvenile heights and plumbed depths of sublime gratuitousness they’ve explored in recent years, so the suggestion of them moving on is perhaps more problematic than intended. The most memorable set-piece in the show, featuring Spider-Man as

you’ve never seen, or indeed, wished to see him before, feels reminiscent of previous sketches, while a song dedicated to a “celebrity paedo” is surprisingly po-faced, lacking a payoff to justify its inclusion.

The quintet still carry a tune as well as any and they’re not without ambition, performing an elaborately choreographed romance between crash test dummies.

There’s some enjoyable audience work and their corpsing, especially when recently

returned Face Gimp, Richard Campbell, attempts to cram an entire fast food meal into his mouth, is as endearing as ever. Still, their closing Les Miserables-style appeal for acclamation doesn’t feel sufficiently earned. Treading in jelly, it feels as if the Gimps need to go away and think long and hard about what’s required to eclipse their previous hours. [Jay Richardson]

ian’s club material. He sets up a gentle friction between first and third world problems, allowing him to ponder the utility of the see-through toaster, among other Western wonders. Other comparatives include the safety record of Ethiopian airlines, a well researched routine that flies.

Some segments travel less well, with his self-fellatio bit a particular example of a tenuous segue.

Meanwhile, his climax sees

him adopt the now familiar rhetorical rant, tacked on to give almost undue reverse bathos to the preceding material.

Much of Okine’s material is standard fare – the “where are you really from?” confusion that often faces mixed-race people, food menus with photos on etc. In Okine’s hands there is a freshness to it in so much as he is enthused by his material and has avoided the easiest A to B conclusions, without necessarily bringing

the most startling insight to the table. A consistent stream of live and TV work seems to flow Okine’s way, and it is not hard to see why. Another visit might tell us more about whether the young comic has a distinctive voice in standup as well as the charisma needed for showbiz. [Julian Hall]

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festcomedy Gerry Howell: Seriousnessmus

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A bad room is a huge challenge for even the most robust of shows. But when we’re talking about Gerry Howell’s surreal, almost indifferent meanderings, it’s an out-and-out death sentence.

Comedy like his needs the most delicately tailored environment and a handpicked crowd to flourish, but that’s far from what he gets in this Free Fringe nook. Instead, Howell is forced to contend with the rhubarb and clink of one side of the room still ordering drinks as he ambles into his opening. As such, he’s denied the chance to set out any groundwork for a form of standup that’s seems both alien and alienating to most of the casual viewers in tonight.

For the most part, this is a free-association ramble that brushes ever so lightly off theology, evolution and ontology on its way to precisely nowhere. Just when each musing threatens to contain a little substance, Howell wanders off into oblique reasoning, alternative-reality tangents and blasé non-sequiturs.

It’s not without its charms as Easter and the nativity story get anachronistic treatments, or as Howell half-heartedly breaks off for some amusingly pointless games of “guess the animal.” And towards the close, he shows himself to be capable of some pretty solid standalone gags – a succession of brainy leftfield puns, one of which he rightly judges as “more of a tweet.”

But in the end, Howell’s most admirable trait is detached composure in the face of a totally nonplussed crowd.

His set amounts to little more than an hour-long shrug. [Lyle Brennan] The Dram House, 9:15pm – 10:15pm, 3–24 Aug, 19, free

Kieran Hodgson: Flood

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For any of those unsure about the comedic potential of floodwater, turn to Kieran Hodgson. He travels to Lincolnshire to introduce some of the townspeople battling against rising water levels.

Despite taking the disastrous Gainsborough floods of 1947 as his inspiration, his witty solo character comedy is desert-dry.

Hodgson, formerly of sketch act Kieran and the Joes, navigates between characters at the drop of a hat. Married couple Steffi and Owen seem oblivious to

their surroundings, transfixed only on the humdrum routine of their lives, while others, from clergyman Robert Shaw to a belligerent scout leader, bicker and brawl. Hodgson’s rubbery face allows him to switch with ease between a blissful series of quirky and quarrelsome residents.

Flood is at its best when it goes off-road, with Hodgson involving the audience every step of the way, sometimes purposely spoiling his own punch lines and rhythm. Two of his characters, Inspector Javert and straight-laced Constable Dennis are by far the funniest additions, Javert crooning out Les Mis-style

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tunes while Dennis reflects pensively on his life.

Hodgson is a superb allrounder, able to conjure up real images of these people, each with perfectly observed accents, body language and personality. The only downside is that some characters are far stronger than others (this still needs some fine tuning) and there’s a lot of waiting around for your favourite to reappear. Still, this is marvellously rehearsed and researched material, with a masterly performance to match. [Andrew Latimer] Underbelly, Bristo Square, 5:40pm – 6:40pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 15 Aug, £9 – £10

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To be in the same room as Grainne Maguire when she hits her stride is to be swept up in crazed, infectious energy. Current audiences are unlikely to discover this, however, for like so many comedians at the Fringe, she’s fallen into the trap of creating a show that adheres too slavishly to a self-imposed theme. Election Special, in which she attempts to evoke all the glamour, excitement and sexuality of televised election coverage, boasts exactly the sort of gimmick that Andy Zaltzman would use to great effect. Splitting the room into three constituen-

Brothers And Sisters... It’s The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III

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Comedy chat shows are a difficult format to make work at the best of times. It requires the host to be as adept an interviewer as he or she is a comedian, and for both them and their guests to commit to the concept, overriding their instinct to go for the quick laugh.

Forgoing any actual interview technique, Steppenwolf (Jim Muir) immediately forces his guests down the seediest of alleys, despite both having plenty of interesting material in the bank. Former children’s TV presenter Des Clarke is forced—obviously with some discomfort—to name people he worked with so that the audience can shout “Paedo!” after each. Coraled by Steppenwolf, Kai Humphries spends almost all of his time talking about how his ladykilling exploits end up with him getting overly intimate with

cies and appointing a handful of audience members as hopeful parliamentary candidates ought to serve as a playful springboard from which the performer can explore all aspects of the country’s democratic process. Unfortunately, Maguire has a tendency to labour over this conceit and is left with a disappointingly low gag rate.

When we are offered some political material, it’s usually more superficial than one might have hoped given the show’s premise, the comic speculating as to what certain high profile figures would be like to date or have as drinking buddies.

Naturally, Gordon Brown is portrayed as a broken, pathetic caricature, while Cherie Blair is a drunk,

cackling hag. Well-informed and passionate as Maguire is, she seems reluctant to comment on her subject with any bite. A disparate hour of self-deprecating anecdotes would have been a less ambitious route to go down, but

it’s only during these routines that she asserts herself as an exciting and original voice.

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men. Exotic and therefore funny only if you have the sexual horizons of Mary Berry.

It’s not clear either why the audience should be interested in what the guests have to say given that—despite being an engaging interviewee—Clarke doesn’t even have a Fringe show this year, and Humphries ends his interview with the caveat that none of the material he’s just done is in his standup act.

Steppenwolf is supposed to be an American televangelist and while punters who have done their homework will know his alter-ego is Glasgow born and bred, his love of Bucky and his tales of having sex with Dundonians still feel as hokey as when comedians mine local topics they know nothing about for cheap laughs. He could have dropped the accent, torn off the wig and done a much better job. [Dan Heap] Gilded Balloon Teviot, 5:30pm – 6:30pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £12.50 – £13.50

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festcomedy David O’Doherty Will Try to Fix Everything

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It’s hard to think of a more universally adored act at the Fringe than David O’Doherty.

His following seems to have grown year upon year and he’s already selling out extra shows, so keen are the weekend punters and the hardcore comedy fans to delight in this uniquely electric atmosphere.

This year’s offering sees him move away from the classics—don’t expect to hear his beefs of 2013—towards a more world-weary look at disappointment.

Among others, a song detailing his frustrations around Lance Armstrong’s misdemeanors hits the mark, delivering the crowd their yearly dose of hilarious musical reflection while expanding on his general sense of having been let down by adulthood.

This is a balancing act that

Matt Forde: The Political Party

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In an age of such flagrant cynicism in politics, you have to admire Matt Forde in his attempt to restore our faith in the people that lead us, even if he doesn’t quite achieve it.

Stories of following round Charles Kennedy in a chicken costume and a surreal ‘prank call’ from Dennis Skinner are amusing enough and Forde does a reasonable job of injecting some colour into the greyscale world of Westminster.

But while he’s a passionate advocate for the trade of politics and an adept relayer

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O’Doherty manages particularly well. There’s some seriously emotionally resonant discussion in his standup this year – the gap between miracle and reality and his desire to hold on to some hope make for particularly poignant themes. Indeed, it’s heartening to see this kind of ambition, and that he continues to move away from the keyboard to explore these darker thoughts. He’s at a certain stage of his career where he could easily phone it in, delighting huge crowds with his beefs forever. But he’s using this command and his well-developed voice to really grapple with some weighty issues, and that’s what makes seeing him so exciting. A consistent hit, which is by no means an easy feat, this year’s work shows potential for something genuinely transcendent. [Gemma Flynn] Pleasance Courtyard, 7:20pm – 8:20pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £11.50 – £15

of what goes on in the corridors of power, he isn’t much of a standup comedian.

There’s barely a handful of his own hand-crafted gags and only one that gets the audience laughing from their bellies.

What he is, though, is an incredible political impressionist of a calibre not far short of Rory Bremner.

He perfectly apes George Galloway’s Govan growl and Nigel Farage’s infuriatingly likeable golf club blokeishness, even more impressive considering that it isn’t the main part of his act. Perhaps it should be.

His frequent pleas to see the good in the politicians we don’t agree with feel

hollow later on, when he rips into Ed Milliband with a nastiness that is at odds with what is meant to be a feelgood show. His laddish Spad insiderishness is perhaps necessary given his subject matter but it contradicts his argument that politics should be more open to us – and makes it difficult for us to follow his edict that we should be more open to politics. [Dan Heap] Pleasance Dome, 4:00pm – 5:00pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 16 Aug, £8.50 – £10

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festcomedy Twins

HHHHH Jack Barry and Annie McGrath have undeniable comic chemistry, bouncing off each other with a genuine ease and charm that many double-acts would struggle to emulate.

However, the fact that the two comedians compliment each other’s performing styles very well cannot make up for the weakness of the material on offer.

Twins is a mixture of sketches and standup, and regrettably that division is always clear: the sketches beg for the audience’s indulgence, while the standup is used to win them back over. Barry and McGrath are clearly aiming for surreal humour and heightened versions of their own personalities, but their stage personas seem more nervous than absurd, and their ideas are often woefully underdeveloped.

In particular, a sketch about the classic Roald Dahl character Matilda, 30 years after the events of the original novel, has great promise and raises some of the biggest laughs in the show, but peters out almost as soon as it begins.

This sets the tone for much of what follows: with further development, McGrath and Barry’s frantic imaginings could be a rewarding experience. As it is, they can be more than a little frustrating.

However, the pair should be given credit for what they do well – in this case, dealing with hecklers. Many comedians pride themselves on being able to verbally destroy a loud-mouthed onlooker, but Barry and McGrath were smart enough to let theirs humiliate themselves. If they could show such discipline in all aspects of their comedy, so much the better. [Sean Bell] The Dram House, 4:15 – 5:00pm, 3–24 Aug, not 19, free

Red Bastard

HHHHH A nauseous concoction of fear and anxiety fills the air when awaiting Red Bastard.

Word has spread about the prospect of antagonistic audience interaction and the tension permeates the room like a well matured hangover.

At first glimpse, this dread seems validated by the man’s appearance: a bulbous and raw figure, with a nimble elegance undercutting his deliberately discomfiting presence. He prowls around with a disconcerting confidence as he berates and cajoles the audience.

However, this isn’t just for his own amusement, it is for our benefit.

His demand is simple: to reveal our true selves, the sides of us that we suppress for fear of the consequences.

Red Bastard is perceptive and chillingly compelling, and pushes just the right amount to make people think about their decisions and the risks they take – or more importantly, the risks they choose to ignore. He’s chasing something far greater and more ambitious than the purview of most comedy.

He pulls at our resistance to be vulnerable and open, and poignantly forces us to

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compromise our instincts and avoid wasted moments, the moments that have the potential to define us.

It’s also a startlingly funny show. The man himself, Eric Davis, is sadistically smart, going above and beyond what it takes to be entertaining. There are a thousand reasons why you shouldn’t go and see Red Bastard, but ignore every one because very rarely does a Fringe show genuinely change perspectives so effectively.

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festcomedy Lost Voice Guy

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Cerebral palsy took Lee Ridley’s voice as a child. And now he wants it back.

That may sound like a hyperbolic movie strap-line, but that is exactly how Ridley pitches his show. He has been mute since a child, but doing standup comedy has given him a voice.

To be precise, his iPad provides the vocal talent.

His show is delivered via an impressive bit of software, in a voice that he describes as “like a posh version of Robocop”. Its warmth and intonation makes Steven Hawking sound like a ZX Spectrum.

His hour has a gentle feel about it. Probably too much so. The sections when he talks about his love for his family are admirable and justified, but it saps the momentum.

The pacing is unbalanced too. Ridley expends his best material early. Strong jokes about the Paralympics and speaking through a computer give way to tales about overcoming the odds and achieving independence. But when this is only backed up with obvious gags about Hitler and porn, the inspirational message makes the comedy seem even more trite by comparison.

He is at his best when ballsy and unapologetic, when he’s not cowed by his condition. There is a decent half-hour of material giving cerebral palsy the runaround and skewering our prejudices and expectations. The other 30 minutes feels like filler from another show. More of the action movie dynamism and Ridley’s voice could be one to listen out for. [Edd McCracken] The Stand III & IV, 8:10pm – 9:10pm, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £8

Colin Hoult: Characthorse

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Many comedians walk the absurdist tightrope. Some do it for distinctiveness, some because topical stuff has a shelf life, others because they’re generally just a bit nuts. If they nail it—as comedians including Bill Bailey, Eddie Izzard and Tony Law have demonstrated over the years—it can be the best gig in comedy, but oversell it and you risk alienating your audience.

Colin Hoult’s Characthorse is a perfect example of all the little wobbles that

The New Wave

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To review a changing bill might seem redundant.

You’d be as well to critique the weather that night, or try to photograph a smell. “We ate the last dodo as Halley’s Comet passed overhead – you really must try it.”

But such is the quality of this showcase, it’s worth flagging up – a reminder of why the Invisible Dot name is so often a kitemark for interesting comedy. Tonight the beautifully understated shamble of David O’Doherty frames four of the most intriguing acts Edinburgh

can occur on the way to the other side. Here, he takes us on a surreal journey to find the titular Characthorse, inspired by his mother’s mispronunciation of “characters”.

We’re accompanied down Kingswood Road towards ‘Snottingham’, where rowdy Transformers perform for each other in strip clubs, belligerent penguins scream at the audience and people’s faces are taken from them in front of their eyes (with no Nicolas Cage in sight).

Much of this adventure is tantalisingly bizarre, as Hoult throws himself overboard and fully into his cycle of characters. Patrick Stewart makes

an appearance as the show’s host—and also performs a standup stint—which proves to be the most triumphant aside. Hoult sticks his middle finger up to critics throughout, however, and actually this moaning and whinging over critical judgment detracts from solid material. Not only does it dilute the absurd humour by bringing it back to the everyday, it just comes across as indulgent and petty in a set which is otherwise tireless and creative. [Andrew Latimer]

has to offer. He’s a perfect fit as compere. No chintz or cheap tricks to whip up applause, just a few keyboard classics and a good old moan.

First up is Jamie Demetriou, something of a revelation at this festival. His twitchy, terrorised choirboy is rendered with perfect wording and desperate whining. Then it’s depressingly precocious Ivo Graham, whose tart and elegant story of life as a gauche virgin has something of Simon Amstell about it.

Ellie White, channelling Tom Cruise’s odious selfhelp guru from Magnolia, hits the mark with a conde-

scending lecture that leans just too heavily on the wonky vowels that lurch out of her character’s Aussie accent.

And for dessert, a bonus appearance from Nick Mohammed as Mr Swallow. He’s on typically showstopping form, shrieking and prattling as he pulls off casual miracles of memory and maths.

It’s entirely possible that this was an unusually solid lineup, but on a single showing, this felt like a well-curated display of exceedingly good taste. [Lyle Brennan]

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festcomedy Paul McCaffrey: Name In Lights

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It’s a pleasant experience to revisit an act a few years down the line and find that they have made an improvement. Thirty-eight-year-old Winchester lad Paul McCaffrey has grown in confidence since his 2011 full hour debut, a rather understated affair.

McCaffrey is now on ebullient form, veering from ingratiating to a little too boisterous (he was apparently called “The Shit” at school, presumably down to this exuberance), and he has found a “voice” that must have served him well during his time as a North London publican. Scorned by his teachers and underestimated by his peers, McCaffrey’s

Bright Club: Scotland’s Fringe

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Science meets standup in the punningly titled Bright Club.

It brings together academics from various Scottish universities and lets them loose on Fringe audiences, hopefully to turn their research into rib-tickling minutes of enlightening entertainment.

The line-up changes daily and each show is compered by an experienced comic perform-

conceit is to have his name in lights to prove everyone wrong. He already has a prop and an Edinburgh show to validate him, and the premise thins out as we go along.

Instead of an autobiographical career journey (covered in his first show) McCaffrey stitches together a number of enthusiastic routines where we join him as the comedy underdog on holiday, at the gym, on the golf course and grappling with not drinking. Sometimes they place energy over content, but sometimes he nails a metaphor and cements a comic image.

Between an unfocused start and an erratic mess of an ending McCaffrey generates goodwill and momentum that see him through these unsteady bookends. One hopes that the flashes of

promise will grow with accompanying banging punchlines, and that his improvement over the last few years will continue exponentially.

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ing elsewhere at the Fringe.

Some genuinely fascinating facts make their way off the stage in a show that delights in intelligence. With roughly five acts per hour, it’s entirely possible to leave having picked up the basics of soil composition, an understanding of redundancy patterns and an insight into both the mating habits of bats and the role of wood in a strong erection (no sniggering at the back, please).

Seeing education and

intellectual achievement celebrated in this way is great.

The show pulls off the trick of coating facts with laughter, without patronising us in process. It’s accessible, irreverent and often pleasingly tongue-in-cheek.

But if Bright Club succeeds at bringing science to the masses, it’s on less certain ground when it comes to out-and-out comedy. Its well-lettered participants are relative newcomers to this world and, although they’re

always interesting and engaging, this sometimes shows in a lack of timing and comic judgement.

Nevertheless, this is still a hugely enjoyable way to boost your knowledge while having a laugh in an atmosphere brimming with goodwill. If only science lessons at school had been this fun. [Tom Wicker]

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festtheatre Beating McEnroe

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Jamie Wood likes Bjorn Borg.

A lot. The long-haired, icy cool tennis star was Wood’s childhood hero, representing just the sort of man he and his older brother wanted to be. In an attempt to honour this icon and vanquish the lingering demons of youthful defeat, Jamie is once again preparing to face Borg’s fiercest opponent: John McEnroe.

Tennis, competition and different notions of masculinity all collide in a piece that aces gleeful silliness. As a stage for this showdown between rivals Borg and McEnroe, Wood has created a tennis court of sorts – a charmingly homemade construction of green towels and taped-on white lines, with all the playful invention of childhood. Audience members are repeatedly invited into this space, either as assistants, supporting actors or the central players in Wood’s

brilliantly bonkers meditation on competition and control.

The individual achievement furiously pursued by players like Borg and McEnroe is contrasted with the collective effort that brings this match to life.

Wood’s performance is open and generous, offering the very gentlest of interactions. It manages to be deeply personal, touching on Wood’s own memories, ambitions and insecurities, in the same gesture that it invites spectators in. While the laughs are almost relentless, there is plenty of intellectual muscle beneath the wacky surface chaos, touching lightly on love, rivalry and what it might mean to be a man in our society. But the silliness provides the real treat. Beating McEnroe offers a vital dose of joy, leaving behind a grin as wide as the champion’s outstretched arms. [Catherine Love] Summerhall; dates vary.

Gardening: For the Unfulfilled and Alienated

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How far would you go for the perfect garden? What would you be prepared to do to cultivate the greenest lawn, the brightest flowers, the leafiest shrubs?

These are the unlikely questions posed by Brad Birch’s miniature curiosity, staged in a garden shed for an intimate audience of two.

This small-scale monologue invites us into the private world of Owain, a man in retreat from the blandness of a life he has fallen out of love with.

The small space of the shed is a place for him to be himself, an area reserved just for him, while the garden around it has taken on the character of

an obsession in his mind ever since discovering the book of the title, an eccentric mix of gardening tips and self-help.

Discussing his beige sandwiches, his joyless job, and the feeling of gradual encroachment on all areas of his life, Owain’s experience speaks to a shared disillusionment with modern society – a creeping feeling that something is not

right, that something needs to change. However, this dissatisfaction is never fully interrogated within the short span of the play; like the strange new bible by which Owain lives his life, it remains something of a mystery.

While Birch’s writing is tight and carefully wrought, what really drives this odd little piece is the brilliant

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central performance from Richard Corgan. His still, gentle presence speaks of a man who relishes the quiet of private spaces, yet there always remains a glimmer of danger just behind the eyes.

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festtheatre Sex Lives of Others

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There’s an undertone of class warfare to Sex Lives of Others, a sexual but unsexy piece of new writing. Keely Winstone’s script, directed by Fringe veteran Hannah Eidinow, invites us to peer through the curtains into the bedrooms of the nation. In one, the middleaged and middle-class: the gratingly pretentious Hilary shoots barbs at her gormless husband James, bickering and fretting over absent children.

Next door, sharp-tongued but emotionally fragile Kerry sulks at her wisecracking git of a boyfriend Sonny, as the twentysomething lovers squabble over exes.

But both couples unite in their prurient fascination with the other; a vicarious obsession serving as distraction from their own sexual hangups. It’s an unexpectedly compelling conceit: the couples’ glass-to-the-wall voyeurism a neat parallel to the audience’s spying on both.

But we don’t really know any of the characters—and thus, don’t really care about them— because Sex Lives of Others gives them no greater context than sex and small-talk.

There’s no narrative meat on the script’s bones but then, there isn’t meant to be, because Sex Lives of Others is all about mundanity. It’s a blackly comic and thoroughly awkward de-glamourisation of sex in the age of Fifty Shades... replete with generally well-paced banter and unrepentantly lame wordplay.

But it ends much like many of the sexual encounters it chronicles: abruptly, and without a particularly satisfactory conclusion, leaving us to wonder why we came.

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Hooked

HHHHH Unmarked graves haunt this stripped piece of theatre. The only set is a chair. The only figure on stage plays seven different women, all from last century, all famous/infamous in their own right, all tragic in their singular ways.

Adapted from the work of Carolyn Smart and performed by Canadian chameleon Nicky Guadagni, Hooked plays out in neat sections, arranged like stanzas in an epic poem. No lives intermingle. No narratives cross over. But all are hooked on some slow-acting poison.

The Islanders

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Before Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos formed a band, he was a postman, living the hipster dream in a horrible flat in Bournemouth. His girlfriend, Amy Mason, was kicked out of her house by her mother and so she moved in too.

The Islanders is their story; a wistful recollection of hard times and young love, and of a holiday to the Isle of Wight that offered a brief chance to escape.

Mason provides the words and Argos the music, in a generally successful

Moors murderer Myra Hindley and Hitler confidante Unity Mitford open the show with a sharp one-two of vilification. Sympathy is hinted at, but more so their intoxicating complicity in the actions of the powerful, murderous men they loved.

In probably the weakest section, author Carson McCullers is played as a drunk.

The demon drink is both Zelda Fitzgerald’s greatest achievement in 1920s Paris (“we invented cockatils”) and her slowboat to madness. The writer Jane Bowles, whose life closes the show, moves from drink to a stroke to insanity.

Obsession with disastrous

men links the writer Elizabeth Smart, who fell in love with the married poet George Barker, with the story of Dora Carrington’s love for the gay writer Lytton Strachey.

Aside from the fine poetic writing, it is this tracing of the lines of tragedy between the women that grants most satisfaction.

Also of note, is that many, like Carrington and Bowles, have no graves. Hooked provides them with a suitably sombre memorial. [Edd McCracken]

recreation of a bygone romance. There’s a fadedpier elegance to Mason’s monologue, and though Argos cribs some of the music from Art Brut’s back catalogue, tracks such as ‘B&B Anxiety’ are a great showcase for his jaunty songwriting.

The problem is Amy and Eddie just come across as incredibly irritating people.

There’s a total lack of selfreflection in their archive of art school clichés. Pez dispensers, charity shops, Hubba Bubba – Mason’s monologue runs the gamut of faux-poverty and cultural

misappropriation. She harps on about their poverty and need for a little island of tranquility in their lives, but nips back to her mum’s to get her washing done at the weekend. It’s just a little woe-is-me.

Mason’s a strong writer, however, so if you can grin and bear the boho chic it’s a tightly realised piece. It also has an evocative late-90s flavour that clings to you like wisps of seaside candy floss.

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Lorne Campbell, artistic director of Northern Stage, is looking pleased as punch.

And well he might: he has curated something down at St Stephen’s chuch that’s just a little bit special. Freewheeling, slightly shambolic and absolutely heartfelt, this is about artists responding to the prospect of Scottish independence. In a way that,

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perhaps, might seem a little bit passé in a few years time, they do so with what Campbell perfectly describes as a “powerful, beautiful lack of irony”, attempting to imagine what a future Scotland might look and feel like.

To that end, Campbell has commissioned artists to write border ballads for the modern age – the border having taken on new importance since Sir Walter Scott collected his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border at the dawn of the

nineteenth century. And that’s as specific as the remit is. So, tonight, Scottish actor and director Cora Bissett’s sweet, nostalgic tale about the family “turn” couldn’t be more different to Englishman Alex Kelley’s acutely articulated sense of wonder in his astrophysics lecture.

A final section sees a new verse added every evening to an increasingly epic ballad about a child, Anabel, born on the eve of the referendum.

There’s a common thread

to all of these endeavours. Poets, Shelley famously claimed, are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. Away from politicians’ squabbles over how to administer a kingdom, united or otherwise, it feels like the real business of re-imagining a political community is being taken up on stages like tonight’s. It feels awfully important. [Evan Beswick] Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 10:00pm – 11:15pm, 3–24 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £14

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festtheatre The Tempest in the Firth of Forth

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Sock Puppet

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Roberts, on the other hand, quickly renders us happy to play along, even when some of his gambits fail to pay off.

With the aid of sound effects played on audio cassette (which provide some of the show’s simplest, funniest laughs), Roberts tells the story of Ralph Guiltless, an untalented and underachieving young artist who finds that one of his socks has been possessed

How to be a Modern Marvel®

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The cast of How to be a Modern Marvel® seem intent on establishing a sense of unease among their audience from the moment we set foot inside the venue.

As they stand motionless, gazing out into the room, we join them in awkward silence before the show begins.

Essentially performing a crazed presentation

by a ghostly presence. This lost soul is Pierre, a little dead French boy—although his thick Yorkshire accent raises suspicions on that score—who promises to use his supernatural abilities to make Ralph famous, and win over his dream girl.

But in return, Ralph must help Pierre avenge his own death.

It isn’t apparent until the end just how impressive the storytelling in Sock Puppet is, the apparently disparate threads of occult shaggy dog stories and surreal comedy all tying together in an unexpected manner.

However, while Roberts is a talented comic actor, the tale he weaves feels a little cramped and slight within the confines of an hour; given a little extra breathing room, the impact may have been far greater. [Sean Bell] Pleasance Courtyard, 2:10–3:10pm, 1–26 Aug, £11

on how women can best achieve personal and social empowerment, the French trio weave throughout our cabaret seating, manic grins fixed to their faces as they dare us to avoid eye contact.

When dehydrated, they scour our tables for bottles of water with which to quench their thirst. The house lights remain on for the duration of the play, and so we’re presented with no option but to engage with it. It’s frustrating, then, that this proves such a

With an almost 90-minute round trip to get to its beach setting to sit amongst smelly seaweed, broken shells and midgies, this is perhaps not a production for the casual theatregoer. But those who make the effort will be rewarded by a wonderfully immersive adaption of one of Shakespeare’s final plays from outdoor specialists Hands in the Air. Whilst Sunny Moodie, James Jones and Siannie Moodie put in great turns as arch-manipulator Prospero, comic relief Trinculo and rapidly-opening flower Miranda, it’s Lewis Harding’s performance as Caliban that stands out. With unkempt hair, a tree motif daubed onto his chest and wild, staring eyes, Harding brilliantly evokes the swarthy guardian monster of the island, with more vulnerability and likeability than is usually the case with the play’s antagonist.

A wild, brooding beach with grey clouds scudding overhead far removed from Fringe-time Edinburgh is a brilliantly evoctive setting and the production astutely harnesses the location to draw out the cinematic quality so inherent in The Tempest. In

difficult task.

Perhaps it’s the fact that Mariette Navarro’s script, inspired by the tupperware craze that swept France in the late sixties, comes with a series of cultural reference points that the British aren’t likely to understand. Or maybe it’s the unrelenting intensity with which Aurore Deon and Caroline Maydat deliver their lines in thick continental accents.

Either way, this satire feels too much like hard work at

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place of two, there becomes a whole number of stage entrances, with the cast creeping out from behind rocky outcrops and in the case of Caliban, bursting spectacularly from the beach itself, showering the audience with shells and sand. Characters who would usually be offstage and out of action in an indoor production perform out of earshot further down the beach, adding a frisson of “he’s behind you” whilst neatly underlining the fact that the three individual plots are supposed to be unfolding simulatenously and in real time. [Dan Heap] Summerhall, 2:15pm – 5:45pm, 6–15 Aug, weekdays only, £20

points. This is not to say that there isn’t great beauty to be found in its many densely worded exchanges, nor is it to deny the fact that the actors’ lines obviously resonate with them. The play is an accomplished and thoughtprovoking work, just not something that one should enter into lightly. [Lewis Porteous] Institut français d’Ecosse, 4:30pm – 5:25pm, 2–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

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Without so much as a warning, we are thrown into a very bizarre world. A fresh-faced and timid playwright (Iftach Jeffrey Ophir) is seeking a producer for his new play and, unfortunately for him, the artistic director (Erez Drigues) on hand is, for all intents and purposes, a lunatic. He paces his way around the room, with no obvious control over himself and is always banging on about blummin’ Hamlet. Contradiction follows contradiction as he raises and smashes the hopes of the aspiring writer with the flick of his wrist.

But all is not what it seems, as this is really a tale of sex, love, passion and murder.

There is something more personal happening, a private past lurking behind this meeting as ghosts and shadows linger,

and come to the fore. Adulterous mothers, demanding husbands and compulsive actors all find their place within an intricate and delicate structure, slowly revealing a plot twist that remains somewhat twisted.

Drigues and Ophir combine comedy and physicality with

ease as they seductively work their way through a sophisticated performance. Their responsibility is sizable, but the speed and energy with which the show is executed highlights a startling inventiveness.

Transforming an initially baffling beginning into an inspired and kooky resolution not only

avoids the potential tedium of meta-theatre, but also accentuates just how in sync they are together. The result?

A thoroughly immersive and strenuously impressive effort.

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festtheatre

Our Fathers

HHHHH It’s often humbling to consider the importance of your own birth and how it radically reconfigures the lives of your parents. This pensive—even upsetting—thought is akin to the makeup of Babakas’ Our Fathers, which soulfully eulogises both the fractured relationships and powerful bonds that exist between the paternal id and children.

Performers Sofia Paschou, Bert Roman and Mike

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HHHHH Like a giant, gaudy coin-operated machine, this 30-minute box of performance treats from Italian company CollettivO CineticO, changes act every few minutes. In a white box upstage, Francesca Pennini dances solo, sporting a white tennis-skirt with a t-shirt stitched shut over her head; the sort of thing a BDSM enthusiast might wear for a knockabout with Sharapova.

Tweddle hop between direct address and shadowplay storytelling to demystify their fathers. Paschou struggles with her wayward, bravado papa whose mind is targeted on hedonistic pleasures; Roman is ostracised after entering the stereotypeheavy world of ballet, while Tweddle laments the presence of his father—or lack thereof—at trombone recitals and birthdays. This is bridged with a firm subplot on the pressures of family, as Roman and Tweddle ap-

proach gay parenthood while Paschou flirts vicariously with members of the audience.

Told through a mixture of comedic and danced interludes, with Tweddle providing achingly gorgeous brass accompaniment, this is heartfelt and enduring theatre, at times gut-wrenchingly fragile but also stern, carnal and even angry.

Our Fathers is greater than the sum of its parts, but these parts matter, with much ground retraced and repackaged without

offering a new theatrical interpretation of parent-child relationships. The expression is there but doesn’t contain a wallop that will knock you off your feet or open your eyes to deeper artistry. The direct address provides welcome relief but abates the lives of these characters: at times profound but somewhat annoyingly trivial at times.

[Andrew Latimer]

Before she comes to a halt, two gentlemen downstage have started up, one braced in a dog-cone, the other buttnaked except for a Spiderman mask. False teeth chatter in their own marked-out square; a boy with milk-bottle specs manoeuvres his leg over his head. This all comes before the grand Olympic climax of the toothpaste-squirting competition.

If it weren’t for the brash superhero palette and deadpan efficiency, XD—denoting

an emoticon grin—wouldn’t be quite so bafflingly delightful. That grin lurks in every segment, despite the poker faces and businesslike pottering of the performers, shifting from square to square with their wizardy props. When Nicola Galli dons a red cape to take a running leap at his colleagues, his mid-air superman moment only lasts a fraction of a second before time is up. Ditto an elaborately set-up single kick on a pink foam stage. Brev-

ity is the prerogative of the entertainer.

Who knows what to take from XD, with its bright colours and pop-culture references? But perhaps that is the point. We’re so used to looking at everyday symbols, deconstructing the meaning behind layers. Sometimes what you see is what you get.

[Lucy Ribchester]

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festtheatre Dark Vanilla Jungle

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With any new play by Philip Ridley, one of the forces behind the confrontational style known as In-Yer-Face Theatre, you expect sledgehammer blows. Yet Dark Vanilla Jungle, a one-woman play told in monologue, begins with a solitary girl talking about eating ice-cream with her mum, watching herons, and wasp stings.

By the end however, the bucolic opening gives way to a play that rips back the skin and twangs your nerve endings like a macabre guitar.

This is the story of Andrea, a 15-year-old who is damaged, damaged and damaged again, until only rubble remains.

She is abandoned by her parents, groomed by a group of cocktail-wielding older

men and eventually led to a grimy council flat full of mattresses. As her mental state is shredded, she fixates upon a mute, limbless soldier and convinces his family she is his girlfriend.

Ridley’s script and Gemma Whelan’s performance leave telling, horrible gaps in the story. It is only fitfully explicit.

And as Andrea moves from

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being a naive victim to broken agent, the creeping sense of unease visibly shifts the room.

Whelan’s performance is one of the most powerful you will see this festival. She talks with the careering force of a teenager. The momentary bursts of rage run on hot tears and phlegm.

Andrea just wants a home and a family. But all those

who offer it to her betray her.

There is no love here. Only brokenness. Her quest leaves a deeply uncompromising and uncomfortable play that is as striking and memorable as a first wasp sting. [Edd McCracken] Pleasance Courtyard, 3:00pm – 4:15pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £9 – £11

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festtheatre Squally Showers

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Margaret Thatcher breakdancing on a map of Britain as money rains down on her.

Four mythological creatures emerge and start taunting the former PM as they play piggy in the middle with an inflatable globe. It’s an image which could be prompted by too much cheese before bedtime, but is just one of a number of memorable visuals delivered

by Little Bulb Theatre in the unique Squally Showers.

Set in and around a television news channel, the action jumps from the HR department to sales, from the newsroom to accounts.

At every stop there’s a sketch which combines comedy with music and modern dance. It’s confusing, always over-thetop, but oddly intoxicating.

The five cast members give it everything they have, strutting the stage in fake moustaches, wigs and black leggings; all the while bellowing in dodgy Australian accents.

Occasionally bubbles fill the air, combining with a glittering mirrorball to create a goosebump-inducing atmosphere.

As to what it’s actually all about, it would be politest to say that it’s open to personal interpretation. There’s certainly plenty of media satire, while the outfits and music hark back to the 1980s in a way that consistently pokes fun at the decade of excess.

There’s also a feeling that some sections are simply the result of throwing everything at the stage at the same time to see what happens.

A closing epigram assures us that “television is a magical force.” It’s not for everyone, but Squally Showers shows that theatre is too.[David Hepburn] Zoo Southside, 9pm – 10:30pm, 2–24 Aug, not 18, £12

Ten Out of Ten

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Ten Out of Ten is a strange little puzzle of a play. Set loosely in a self-help class, it explores (again loosely) the nature of personal success.

What is it? Can it be measured? Does it truly matter?

Will it make us happy?

Sat in four rows of banked chairs, the audience is the class; asked to sit tests, arrange the furniture and dance, we are props, characters and stagehands. Unless you’re a fan of immersive participatory theatre, look away now.

For everyone else, there’s a fair amount of fun to be had here, especially for those willing to fully embrace the more involving elements of the show.

There’s also a suggestion of plot, as the Ten Out of Ten team take us through the life of Jennifer – a character whose triumphs and miseries are presented as a list of bullet points. Yet this format is subverted by the insertion of moments of genuine poignancy.

Unfortunately though, the message the piece is trying to convey about the futility of measuring a life in terms

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of facts and statistics gets a bit lost. The jarring juxtaposition between the self-help classroom setting and the more emotional components of the piece is appreciable only in retrospect: whilst the performance is ongoing, the predominant thought is “What am I going to have to do next?”.

However, as an immersive piece of theatre, it’s very good fun. But for those who are shy: you’ve been warned! [Ben Judge] Assembly Hall, 4:00pm – 5:00pm, 5–26 Aug, not 19, £10 – £12

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festtheatre Nick: An Accidental Hero

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This one-woman performance tells the story of Nick Chisholm, a Kiwi who confounded virtually all medical opinion by overcoming locked-in syndrome to communicate, move and, eventually, marry.

At the heart of this piece are two key elements. The first, a truly inspiring story of “Chissy’s” tenacity, and the love and support of his friends, Boyd and Liam, and his mum. The second is an exceptional performance by Renee Lyons, who gives life to the crew around Nick with real warmth and dramatic

Breaker

HHHHH Every place has stories and myths connected to the land.

The isolated island of Salka Guðmundsdóttir’s mysterious two-hander, translated into English by Graeme Maley, is a place haunted by a fairytale that has proved chillingly prophetic. Or at least that’s how it seems to outsider Daniel, visiting the island in search of his grandmother’s past and hoping at the same time to piece together a narrative

The Extremists

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The Extremists begins earnestly enough, as a parody of American talk-shows.

Two blustering, hyperbolic talking heads chatter about The Extremist Threat with the usual array of buzzwords, logical fallacies and jingoistic scaremongering. But around the half-hour mark, CJ Hopkins’ new script comes unhinged; before our eyes, it metamorphosises into an existential exploration of

force. We see Nick mostly through hands and feet, cleverly lit to highlight the isolation of his active mind in his virtually immobile body.

It’s a neat effect, contrasting to the versatile vocal acting Lyons uses to delineate the other characters.

There’s a couple of flaws here. Oddly, we don’t really get much of a sense of the character of Nick. Admittedly, he is non-verbal for the entirety of the performance, but one can’t help but feel that some scene-setting beyond his sporting prowess may have helped to engender a connection. The heroes here, undoubtedly, are the friends and family who are far more fleshed out. Secondly, there’s

the small case of the narrator – a Korean cleaner, Su Yeung.

Though the character provides some welcome comic relief, it’s unclear whether Lyons delivers it via an accurate Korean accent or whether the performance is a bit of a piss take (“what a mess! Ruckily I

am riking creaning”). It feels at times uncomfortable and detracts unnecessarily from a sweet, and heartwarming production. [Evan Beswick]

that might explain a recent local tragedy.

Guðmundsdóttir’s central concern is the telling of stories and the very human desire—represented by yarn-spinning Daniel—to slot disparate events into a linear plotline. But for a piece asking questions of how we create narratives, Breaker’s own plot structure is surprisingly straightforward. It plays out through an exchange between Daniel and local woman Sunna, a teacher at the island school. Unlike

Daniel, she is not convinced by stories, insisting that “there is no bigger picture”.

What follows is theatre as debate, shoving arguments and plot turns in the increasingly shouty mouths of the two characters. The oppositional dimension to this relationship feels implausibly overstated, quickly straying into unnecessarily personal territory in an attempt to drive things forward, while the balance of concealment and revelation often feels clumsy.

At one moment the mood is

startlingly confessional, in the next fiercely guarded.

The writing offers tantalising hints of lyricism, while performers Iain Robertson and Isabelle Joss finds moments of emotional tenderness in the exchange between Daniel and Sunna, but ultimately this play about stories is let down by its own faltering narrative. [Catherine Love]

mass media manipulation, political spin and the subconscious programming of the masses. Suddenly, a simple satire becomes a Beckettian philosophical rant, the erratic cadence of the two actors’ speech an extended metaphor for the 24-hour chatter of the television set.

All of which would be fine, if it wasn’t both so unbearably dense and unutterably devoid of substance. As political satire, it’s dumb and superficial: a blunt instrument beating the audience around the head

with the idiocy of rolling news and professional punditry. Like a high school homage to Wag the Dog and Network, the two cartoonish commentators deliver witless soundbites in a pastiche which is as intellectually cheap as it is patronising to the viewer.

The basic premise, smugly delivered, is that Americans are dumb and The Man wants to control our thoughts through the television set.

It’s a sophomoric form of argument which places The Extremists into the worst cat-

egory of pseudo-provocative political theatre. The writing is so crushingly pretentious that even a creditably dynamic two-person cast can’t drag meaning out of the mire. By the time they get around to the clumsy transition into the show’s more philosophically expository second act, The Extremists becomes what it set out to mock: white noise.

[Marcus Kernohan]

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The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning

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Can you imagine how Bradley Manning felt as he unleashed hundreds of thousands of classified military reports on a world that barely knew of their existence? There’s a moment in The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning where we’re given a clue. It’s an extraordinary, euphoric release, and it’s one of the few moments of light in this aggressively bleak production from the National Theatre of Wales. The euphoria doesn’t last long, as the military establishment reassert their hold on the scruff of his neck. “Detainee 433453 are you OK?” they ask incessantly and maddeningly, as he shivers naked in a military prison. This really isn’t nice at all.

Starting with an unsettling

journey through a primary school just to reach the stage, Tim Price’s play paints a vivid portrait of authority out of control, and of Manning’s destructive relationship with it. Told through fragments of Manning’s schooling, his relationship with his parents, and his doomed military career, two forces thrash it out: Manning’s own drive to “do something with his life”, and

the bullying instincts of those who should help him do that.

The fragments are delivered immersively, and affectingly.

This isn’t a perfect production. At times, one longs for a positive authority figure to balance the borderline cartoonish repulsiveness of those in power. And parallels between a Pembrokeshire schooling learning about Welsh martyrs and his later

anti-authoritarian exploits feel overstated and laboured. But it’s not the subtleties which make or break this production. What hits hardest is the visceral and tangible breaking of a man by a system with no moral authority to do so.

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Je ne sais quoi

by Nathalie Joly

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festtheatre Kabul

HHHHH Beginning in 1997, Amok Theatre’s play about the Afghan capital opens with a recital of the repressive Taliban laws that swept the city at that time, chief among them a series of brutally enforced restrictions on the activities of women. In a kind of defiance against this, Kabul takes its audience into homes and beneath veils, showing the individuals the state sought to hide. It is one long act of transgression.

Each scene of this tale of two inter-linked couples takes place behind closed doors, within a clearly marked domestic square in the centre of the stage. Hemmed in by the tyranny outside, relationships flare and fester in containment, as two sets of husbands and wives grapple with different challenges under the new regime. One pair is blighted with illness and the creeping spectre of guilt; the other faces crisis and division under the pressure of poverty and unemployment.

While the piece is punctuated with powerful images and effectively overlaid with a mournful live soundtrack, its extended portraits seem content with just scraping at the surface. As the pitch steadily rises, melodrama is favoured over reflection, and manipulative emotional dilemma takes the place of true interrogation.

With the minimum of contextualisation, Amok Theatre are concerned with symptoms rather than causes, preferring not to delve into the system or set of beliefs that determine the domestic space of its scenes. As striking as it is to lift the veil, Kabul imposes its own limits by refusing to set foot outside.

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Bonanza

HHHHH Just as last year, Summerhall is keen to push film within its multi-arts programme. BERLIN have submitted a mystical and often beguiling piece of cinematic art but it’s hard to really position Bonanza within the context of performance – and it struggles to rise above straightforward intrigue. It’s centred on a small US mining town in the rocky Midwest, once a packed dancehall site but today desolate and deserted. Now, only seven residents remain.

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Hope Light and Nowhere

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A boy plays alone in a grim basement. It’s unclear why he’s there or how he’s connected to the young man that arrives to torment and then calm him. The presence of another visitor later on—a sightless old man whom we suspect is a corpse risen from the grave—is more puzzling still.

This ambiguity is compelling, but it’s frustrating too.

The most satisfying moments in Hope Light and Nowhere are when these mysterious

screens that span the width of the stage and mounted by a massive oilskin model of the town, the entire feel of this piece recalls A Town Called Panic. As various parts of the town are visited, the stage lights strobe down onto sections of the model: this creates a gorgeous live narrative but doesn’t in any way augment the story. The screens allow for a chopped up film, some projecting talking heads of the town’s citizens while others depict calm lonely landscapes unspoiled by traffic and human bustle.

It’s tough to see why this couldn’t have just taken place

in a regular cinema however.

It isn’t immersive but it’s not lifeless either. The townspeople address their own internal spirituality, amplified by their ability to relax and fully reflect – in a sense to meditate. This output matches the nature of BERLIN’s documentary: peaceful, probing and positive. The town is barren but not in the same way heavyindustry spots such as Detroit have hit a downward spiral in the last few decades; instead this is more restful, earthy and framed. [Andrew Latimer]

characters recount stories from their lives outside the basement, offering clues as to their relationships and how they came to be here.

What they reveal is dark and unexpected. The young man’s account of the abuse he received as a child comes out of nowhere at the end of a story that aches with nostalgia. He is that little boy again and we are right there with him. Ben Lee shows extraordinary commitment in this role: a fizzing bundle of rage and neurosis, every tic and twitch an indicator of past trauma.

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is undeniably strong but we’ve been here before. Philip Ridley covered this ground over 20 years ago in The Pitchfork Disney, his shocking debut about two brothers living a fantasy existence in a grimy East London bedsit.

Hope Light and Nowhere is an impressive homage to that play, but adds too little to the mix to truly impress in own right. Keep an eye on Sheridan though – there are clearly good things to come from this one. [Jo Caird]

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festtheatre Bad Boy Eddie

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“The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day,” wrote John Milton.

And so this rings true for young Eddie O’Birdy, whose alcoholic mother and adulterous father strip him of the innocence he should have had. Growing up in an empty home, at once vacant, yet full of despair, Eddie fights for love in a family that seems unaware—or perhaps just unwilling—to reciprocate.

Scott Kyle is enthralling in the title role, moving from neglected child to petulant pre-teen with ease. The crumbling relationship between him and his mother, played adroitly by Mary Gapinski, portray the fragments of this broken home with

Where the White Stops

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In Antler Theatre’s enchanting new show, headstrong protagonist Crab has itchy feet.

Crab lives in a village beneath the protective branches of a huge tree, shielded from the dangers outside. But like all good adventurers, Crab wants to find out what is beyond the world she knows, deciding on a whim to step outside her village and seek out the end of the expansive white that surrounds it.

The tale is told simply and charmingly through a mixture of physical theatre, haunting music and deliberately homespun special effects.

The aesthetic may not be entirely original, but it is captivating and slickly executed.

Gorgeous wordless sequences imaginatively capture the exhausting, epic journey of Crab and her companions, while smoothly executed flashbacks introduce a strik-

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brittle, brutal honesty.

This adaptation from Finnish production company Kajaani Town Theatre for this Glaswegian troupe works, but the story feels far

too familiar: the cheating father, cruel stepmother and idolised new half-siblings are characters we have seen too many times before to strike as original. It lacks in nuance,

with little distinguishing it from the thousands of similar tales that have gone before.

There are also a number of peculiar scenes in which one actress doubles up as the anthropomorphised representation of the dark forces at play in the story, which seems to undermine the play’s own writing.

Over-simplicity is the show’s main snag, and the dialogue misses an opportunity to explore anything in more than the most basic of ways. This stops Bad Boy Eddie from reaching its full dramatic potential; something of an injustice given the skill of its cast. [Charlotte Lytton] C venues - C aquila, 2:05pm – 3:25pm, 1–26 Aug, not 13, £10.50 – £12.50

ing cinematic element.

Beautiful as it looks, however, the time that has clearly been put into the show’s appearance is at the expense of any real meat to flesh out its attractive skeleton. For a piece with storytelling at its heart, the story itself is weak in places, with no real motor to drive it forward. The strange fantasy world that Antler Theatre inhabits is lightly sketched, and why Crab feels so compelled to chase the horizon is anyone’s guess.

The production’s playful spirit and the charisma of its clearly talented performers carry it through despite these flaws, but its sweet brand of storytelling remains decidedly slight. Amid the Fringe’s annual flood of whimsy and physical theatre, Antler Theatre never quite do enough to set themselves apart. [Catherine Love] Underbelly, Cowgate, 2:40pm – 3:40pm, 1–25 Aug, not 14, £10 – £11

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festdance&physicaltheatre HeLa

HHHHH If the story of Henrietta Lacks and her family were not shamefully true, HeLa would make a gripping piece of theatre on the ethics of science. But as it is, it becomes far more: a tribute to a woman who never knew the legacy of her own flesh, and a meditation on what makes us who we are.

In the coloured section of a Baltimore hospital in 1951, doctors cut cancerous tissue from Lacks’s body in the last months of her life, cells that went on to contribute to some of science and medicine’s greatest breakthroughs. Some of these have saved thousands of lives; others may have killed. But neither Lacks nor her family were ever asked permission to take the cells or to use them. The horrible irony at the core of this is that the Lacks family couldn’t even afford the treatments

their mother’s body helped produce.

Writer and performer Adura Onashile’s play is tightly told and meticulously researched, cut through with shocking statistics about past medical experiments conducted on African Americans. But it is the passion

with which Onashile cares about the injustice done to Lacks that gives this piece its power. As Lacks’s cells continue to be used by scientists round the world, Onashile celebrates the way she loved to dance or paint her toenails; the way her daughter bought mother’s day cards

Chaucer All Strung Up (The Franklin’s Tale)

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Cambridge University’s Strung Up Theatre are running away with the circus in this adaptation of Chaucer’s The Franklin’s Tale, threaded through with a storytelling vibe, gypsy-hued costumes and aerial tricks.

If you can forgive the cutsey-voiced prologue enacted by bunraku puppets or the tireless meta-theatrical references, this turns out to be a production of charm and sweetness told with the kind of confidence and unselfconscious zeal that only enthusiastic students can give.

The Franklin’s characters are now itinerant circus artists living a kind of fantasy

circus life—reminiscent of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus—where they frolic, leap and stargaze. Dorigen and trapeze artist Arveragus are in love, but Gus needs to go and brush up his act,

leaving Gen to the clutches of old-flame-turned-dullactuary Ray. The teen movie dialogue might be a little sickly but it does help to make a medieval story feel fresh and

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even after her death. We are left wondering what is more human: the DNA that make up our bodies or the personalities that come from our souls? [Lucy Ribchester] Summerhall, 6:45pm – 7:45pm, 2–25 Aug, not 7, 20, £9

modern as a meditation on young people’s relationships, the need for freedom and space, and those things we carelessly say coming back to haunt us.

Circus skills are cleverly incorporated as part of clumsy or struggling characters’ acts, allowing the cast to try them out without the pressure of being perfect.

A lot of this production really depends on how you approach it. It won’t change the world, and the velvet and crafts design might have been a bit more more on-trend a few years ago. But for a piece of student-devised simple storytelling, its cosy atmosphere fills the time nicely. [Lucy Ribchester] C venues - C nova, 2:00pm – 3:10pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

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festdance&physicaltheatre Fantasy No. 10 - The Beauty of Life

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A bearded man in a tutu dangles a pair of ballet shoes in front of him. An impassive woman in a sheer dressing gown repeatedly tips a man out of a wheelchair and puts him back in it. Actions loop and fragments of dialogue are shared ritualistically between performers.

Vladimir Tzekov’s Fantasy No. 10... is an exploration of the aesthetics of stagecraft when divorced from naturalism and the tenets of narrative and character. With its elliptical shape and dissonant use of music (including original compositions by the Tiger Lillies), this isn’t for people who prefer kitchen sink drama over European theatre or gulp at nudity.

The overall effect is incantatory: a rhythmic insistence of sound and image that produces some striking visuals and bizarre, comic moments as the grammar of the stage is scattered to the four winds.

The complete stillness that accompanies the final minutes is strangely calming. All expectations have been stripped away.

But, boy, this production can also be hard work. The fragments of social theory intoned at regular intervals hammer the point of the piece to the wall with bludgeoning force. They contribute to an air of over-earnestness that undercuts the mournful power of the figures stranded in the blank space.

At its best, this is an unnerving dance across a strange landscape. At other times, though, it feels like hollow spectacle. It’s beautiful and aurally unique, but the occasional squeak of surface stretched over a lack of substance is audible. [Tom Wicker] Summerhall, 4:45pm – 5:35pm, 2–25 Aug, £10

Knee Deep

HHHHH Knee Deep is an astounding hour of circus. A sinuous, acrobatic display of strength and control, to rewrite your concept of human capabilities.

At its core there’s a simple dichotomy: force and fragility. It’s elegantly expressed by the opening image of a performer striding over cartons of eggs, distributing her weight across their shells.

The dizzyingly skilled Casus troupe fling one another through the air and create impossible structures of tensed muscle, each routine smashing through expectation and creating audible gasps from the open-mouthed audience.

Again and again brutal forces are pitted against delicate objects, and the performers’ raw power is mediated by gestures of care and reciprocity.

There’s a rough narrative of shifting relationships, of characters treading on eggshells and balancing themselves against one another, but essentially Knee Deep

Miyazu - The Little Mermaid

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If you can imagine a Scottish theatre company taking a Scottish-set version of Cinderella across to Japan, along with artisan handwoven kilts, trained highland dancers, a kick-ass ceilidh band and an unsubtitled script, you will go some way towards understanding both the appeal and the drawbacks of Miyazu - The Little Mermaid.

Japanese culture swirls throughout theatre company HIBIKart’s piece from the moment we enter the theatre, each of us gifted with

is pure spectacle. There’s a deliberate sideshow flavour to an understated blockhead routine and an agonising walk on curled toes, but in a sense the entire show sets out to shock and amaze. It’s rare to see performers aim for and thoroughly achieve a repeated sense of pure wonder, but Casus have managed it with eye-popping dexterity.

They even find time to include a muted origami scene and moments of surprising

humour. An attempt to swat a fly transforms into an incredible beatbox of the body, slapped flesh and cracking joints rolling like drums.

You’ll leave with a jaw that aches from dropping, and a suspicion that gravity may not be the all powerful force it’s cracked up to be. [Stewart Pringle]

a delicate origami crane.

Exquisite silk kimonos drape the cast; gongs and Taiko drumbeats split the air.

Dance from pole-twirling martial artists and classicallymasked peasants is tightly done and carries with it an air of traditional reverence.

Why the company have made the decision to keep the Japanese script—which comprises much of the show—without translation, is anyone’s guess. Either the story needs text or it doesn’t. As it is, it feels as if we are missing out on detail and nuance, kept in the dark about a large chunk of the narrative, as it shifts from under the sea to the cherry

blossom wedding of the mermaid and prince.

There is, however, one moment when the action becomes graphically lucid: the mermaid’s transformation from fish to woman.

Stripping off layers of kimonos, she turns from kaleidoscope blue to white, via violent red, suggesting the literal splitting of her tail. A turbulent storm blows up around her, a fierce whirlwind of dance. It adds a sharp edge to an otherwise fairytale-tame production.

Some symbols need no translation. [Lucy Ribchester]

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festdance&physicaltheatre A Romance

HHHHH There’s a distinctive clicking sound ticking away as we file into the theatre. The culprits are revealed in a colourful surprise: two women bent over a low wooden block, beating out fabric with sticks.

More cloth hangs around them, thick textured reams draped on every surface, as well as covering their bodies in bright heavy costumes.

We’re in the servants’ room of a young bride’s house on the eve of her wedding, and it’s a hive of women’s activity: stitching, chatting, song.

Korean company Modl Theatre beautifully evoke an archetypal atmosphere, and when the bride begins, Scheherazade style, to spin a yarn of her own, we know it’s going to be a good one.

Inspired by a popular Korean

novel, A Romance weaves together myth, gesture and song, taking the tale of two fallen angel lovers towards a climax of operatic proportions. Part of what makes this piece so memorable is the chorus that comes gut-wrenching and wild from the mouths of the women as they sew, listen and join

in, particularly the old widow played by Ji A Park - an archetype role, part-clown, part-earth mother.

The production is let down a little by the venue, with a subtitle screen that feels miles away from the stage and a rake that doesn’t allow much visibility of the floor – where most of the

action takes place. But get there early and you’ll find yourself wrapped up in a multi-layered tale every bit as rich and silken as those hanging gowns. [Lucy Ribchester] C venues - C, 4:05pm – 4:55pm, 1–26 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

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Leaving Planet Earth

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A generous audience can believe anything. The International Climbing Arena in Northbridge is a grand complex of glass and concrete, so huge and shiny it could pass for a space station on a virgin planet. At first, our coachload of ticketholders are content to accept that we are emigrants from a dying Earth, traversing hyperspace to colonise a new world, even as the yeasty

smell of the Caledonian Brewery fills the coach.

But this indulgent, witless, expensive show exhausts the audience’s generosity long before the end.

The script, cribbed from better sci-fi, manages only feeble gestures at the “epic questions” promised in the blurb. Most of our time we spend shuffling interminably between nondescript function rooms, fantasising about getting the bus back to Old Earth. After three hours, the play ends in the

cavernous climbing hall, a space of tremendous promise, with a son et lumière that’s less interstellar transcendence, more shit rave.

Challenged to deliver an immersive experience to a big crowd, Grid Iron Theatre Company make a fatal compromise. Half the time the play sticks to the conceit: we’re new arrivals being given a tour of the centre where we will stay as we recover from our journey.

But then, without warning,

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a fourth wall is erected: two characters appear and start chatting as though we’re not there, advancing an underdeveloped plot about the mental breakdown of the mission’s leader.

If the aim was to smother dramatic tension and prohibit the suspension of disbelief, mission accomplished. [Ed Ballard] Edinburgh International Conference Centre, 8pm – 11:30pm, 10–24 Aug, not 13, 20, £12.50

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Fidelio

HHHHH I’m chatting to a very, very elderly gentleman who, it transpires, reviewed the first ‘space opera’, Aniara in 1959 – an opera revived once after its premiere, but quitely forgotten. It was, as this Opéra de Lyon production is, based on a epic of the same title by Swedish poet Harry Martinson. Here Martinson’s sci-fi tragedy provides a wrapper for Beethoven’s opera, and so the enlightenment struggle against irrational oppression takes place on a space ship, Aniara, lost in the intergalactic void.

Metamorphosis

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The greatest service Metamorphosis does to its source material is to highlight the power behind Franz Kafka’s tale of Gregor Samsa, a man who wakes up as a giant bug.

Unfortunately this reminder only comes in stark contrast to the flabby padding that Taiwan’s Contemporary Legend Theatre have added.

Yes, the giant bug is present—in an impressive,

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Both productions attempt to navigate Martinson’s complex and, for its time, forward thinking mythology: “now we have fathomed what our spaceship is / a tiny bubble in a glass of God”. And so what was the 1959 space like?

“Better than this,” smirks our Methuselah.

And well he might, because Beethoven in space is, frankly, ludicrous. For starters, Martinson’s imagery is, by now, quite dated. Characters glide around on Segways – there’s a lot of reversing out of arias. Costumes come straight out of Dr Who circa Patrick Troughton. Frequently this production evokes

laughs where Beethoven’s music wants us to despair at tyranny – a reference to waterboarding providing a particularly risible moment.

Moreover, the mythology seems, well, alienating. A transparent(ish) scrim placed in front of the stage onto which shapes and patterns are projected serves only to place a barrier between actors and audience, leaving them to play in a hazy half-light behind distracting visuals. In the second act they use the downstage area far more and the added light and clarity is welcome.

It becomes slightly more the stuggle of real humans

rather than sci-fi ciphers. The famous moment where the prisoners are let out into the open provides an isolated moment of exhiliration as the projections burst from black-and-white bleakness into glorious technicolour.

But, overall, these are halfformed, half-seen characters in a fiction to which we can’t relate. If Beethoven’s music is to mean anything it must make us feel the real and pressing possibility of tyranny. Here it feels light years away. [Evan Beswick]

sumptuous costume—but so is an extended sequence where Wu Hsing-kuo plays himself and tries to rouse the empty outfit from its depressed funk, imploring it to live again. This he does over and over again until it loses all flavour and meaning, like an over-masticated piece of gum.

The bug in this scene is supposed to represent Peking Opera, the highly mannered art form of the show, and Wu is refusing to

let it die. All very noble. But after half an hour of this, the palpable unrest in the audience suggests this is one bug everyone would happily crush underfoot.

The scene where Wu— who is the only actor ever on stage—dresses as a woman suffers from a similar fate. He adds mere arch windowdressing to Kafka’s musings on love and family. It limps on for what feels like an interminable period of time.

Herein lies the problem.

Metamorphosis is overlong and overindulgent. It deliberately jettisons story and plot, which is perfectly acceptable, but lacks the character, charm and self-discipline to carry it off. It is fitfully mesmerising, especially with the digital projections that bookend the performances, but by running nearly an hour over, it is bloatedness not beauty that lingers. [Edd McCracken]

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festmusic&cabaret Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells ‘For Two’

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The human body’s a pesky thing. Consider the following scenario: you’re a musician who’s spent the better part of two decades mastering a complete range of different instruments – guitars, keyboards, drums, the lot.

But then all of a sudden, you find yourself limited by the fact you only have two of each limb (well, that and your sonically-challenged drinking buddies). What can you do?

You buy some loop pedals, grab the only bloke who in the village who owns a mandolin, and together, you commit every part of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells to memory. That’s what.

Together, Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells ‘For Two’ sees Daniel Holdsworth and Aidan Roberts recreate the 1973 recording in all its mad glory, looping, sampling and playing every single part of its

The Magnets: All This Time

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It’s difficult to know on what basis to critique The Magnets – the global chuggernaut filling venues night after night after night with their a cappella, instruments-be-damned, high energy song-fests.

Technically, there’s few who can hold a light to this sixpiece. The close harmonies are pitch perfect and nicely balanced. The bass is deep and thunderous – perhaps a little too much so, sitting punishingly high in the mix at times. The man making the drum sounds with his mouth, well he makes extremely good drum noises indeed. With his mouth. The dance moves are slick, if a little cheesy. But that’s fine. This is energetic kitch, not

two sides live.

But this show isn’t purely about the technical wizardry or the duo’s non compos mentis commitment. There’s a whole generation in this (sold out) room tonight for whom Tubular Bells was a truly seminal, epoch-defining work. Barry Manilow’s eponymous debut came out

in 1973 too, you know. But somehow the idea that a two-man recreation of that record would have shifted tickets in quite the same way is unconvincing.

Too slow an instrument change, a misplaced pedal tap, or a incorrect keyboard setting, and the whole performance falls apart. So it’s a

physical theatre.

It’s thinking about the artistic choices where this gets a bit trickier. On occasion, the “little bit of Magnets magic” really works. A stripped down version of ‘Together in Electric Dreams’ with the bass leading the vocals is a luscious, optimistic ballad. And a Magnets original, ‘Running Around’,

sees them creating music well-suited to the tonal range.

But a version of Dire Straits’ ‘Romeo & Juliet’ serves only to strip the charm from an original which delights in moments of calm, and replace it with a somewhat stifling doowop rock out. It’s undeniably impressive, but feels a little pointless. A juke box finale in

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testament to the pair’s talents that the audience never really worry that it will. Forget the circus troupes – Tubular Bells ‘For Two’ is the only tightrope walk worth seeing at this year’s Fringe. [Sam Cleeve] Underbelly, Bristo Sq., 5:45pm – 6:45pm, 31 Jul – 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £13 – £15

which the audience select hits from across the decades for the group to sing feels like posh karaoke.

In sum, this is light, enjoyable entertainment from skilled performers. [Evan Beswick] Underbelly, Bristo Square, 5:50pm – 6:50pm, 1–26 Aug, not 12, £14 – £15

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festmusic&cabaret Rick Wakeman

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Midway through Rick Wakeman’s spacey take on Pachelbel’s Canon in D, it becomes abundantly obvious that the grand piano is anatomically no different from the harp. The harp’s just mounted horizontally, with tiny hammers tapping on the strings. It seems to be something that Wakeman’s perfectly aware of. His playing is fluid and continuous, gliding effortlessly from one end of the instrument to the other as if brushing his fingers across the instrument in its upright position.

That much is manifest throughout the setlist – a few Yes numbers, Cat Stevens’ ‘Morning Has Broken’, and solo numbers such as ‘The Jig’ and ‘The Dance of a

A Theory of Justice: The Musical!

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Political philosopher John Rawls (Alexander Wickens) is having a crisis of confidence.

Yet to find a theory which will define his career, he goes on a historic rampage through a time travelling vortex, meeting iconic philosophers of the past, whilst also chasing the approval of his muse, Fairness (Rosalind Isaacs). Classic musical fodder, really.

Except that is isn’t. The show tries hard to depict a potentially dry academic subject with entertaining elements, and in its depiction of utilitarians as a barbershop quartet, Hobbes and Locke as gang leaders, Rousseau as a sexy-sexist, and Emmanuelle Kant as the ontological fairy-godmother, it succeeds to a degree. It is, however, ultimately dragged down by the fact that watching a man getting to grips with many, many definitions of legal fair-

Thousand Lights’. But tonight’s show also sees Wakeman trade musical performance for anecdotal tales. A man of Wakeman’s vintage

(he’s seemingly at pains to remind the audience that he’s now sixty-four) doesn’t need encouragement. But Wakeman’s not Uncle Albert

just yet. To brush him aside would be to turn down tales of entertaining pensioners with the UK’s first ever laserlight show, Yes frontman Jon Anderson’s penchant for painting daffodils, and getting stubborn with Cat Stevens.

And his old piano teacher’s bust, of course.

In this perpetual, postOlympics scrounge for significance we ought to be careful with the term ‘national treasure’ – but in the case of Rick Wakeman, an exception might have to made. If you find your eyebrows aloft, give your dad a ring, he’ll tell you.

A genuinely fascinating character, and unarguably talented performer, Wakeman’s An Audience With...-esque show is a triumph. [Sam Cleeve] Assembly Hall, 10:30 – 11:30pm, 6–18 Aug, £25

ness is not gripping enough.

Despite its intentions of injecting fun and energy into philosophical debate, the show is fairly dry, tedious and pompous, with the repetitive score underlining its ultimate emptiness. Each philosopher is dealt with briefly and superficially, with the majority of the musical instead focussing on Rawls moaning his way through 2000 years of thinking.

Its saving grace is the archetypal villain, Robert Nozick (Luke Rollason), out to beat Rawls to it with help from his sexy Russian mistress Ayn Rand (Clare Joyce).

The two tango their way through melodramatic tiffs with flare and bring a necessary relief to the otherwise dialogue-heavy performance.

Sadly, it isn’t enough to rescue an otherwise dense and confused production.

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King of the world A 10-year-old boy who’s mum has just died stands on a rooftop wondering whether to jump – and this is theatre for children?

Caroline Black chats to playwright Oliver Emanuel about Titus, the brilliant, though-provoking play for young audiences.

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ith its stark surroundings and hard uncomfortable wooden chairs, this small Summerhall theatre feels like a school classroom, which makes the grown-ups in the audience look like they’re feeling rather on edge. But this is an entirely fitting setting for Titus – the story of a tenyear-old boy standing on the edge of his school roof contemplating whether to jump after being bereaved by the death of his mother. It’s a subject that makes anyone feel uneasy, and maybe not the most obvious for a young audience of ten year olds and up.

Originally written by Jan Sobrie, Titus is one of Europe’s most popular pieces of drama for young audiences and has been performed in many languages. Playwright Oliver Emanuel is responsible for translating and writing the play for an English speaking audience for the first time. His version is now part of the Made in Scotland 2013 Showcase, having been championed by Imaginate CEO Tony Reekie.

It’s a subject that’s close to Emanuel, who lost his own mum when he was a boy. He knows from experience that it’s a subject that young people want to talk about, but can often find it hard.

Emmanuel is “completely unafraid” about broaching the subject of grief with young people and doesn’t really consider it such a bold move. He’s almost surprised that others might, as everyone will have some experience of loss at some point in their life. Arguably, it’s the one truly universal subject that everyone of any age can relate to. Maybe this is the play he would like to have watched when he was younger.

But in spite of the fact that the play touches on the hard subject of grief, Emanuel is clear that Titus is a play that talks to the audience rather than at them

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"It’s artistic and beautiful, playful and fun: young people’s theatre doesn’t always have to have a message." and certainly isn’t “some sermon on grief,” he says. “There’s no message and it’s not preachy. It’s artistic and beautiful, playful and fun: young people’s theatre doesn’t always have to have a message.”

Connecting with a young audience can be tough; they can be a fickle and shallow crowd and the success of Titus lies in the hands of actor Joe Arkley who plays the title role. Titus is an extremely funny, chatty and instantly likeable character who has a bold and refreshing way of looking at things.

From his desktop roof ledge, Arkley delivers the beautifully structured and utterly absorbing monologue as the wide-eyed, slightly manic, cheeky lost boy who is struggling to make sense of these grown up things that he—still just a child—is experiencing.

You can practically feel the mothers in the audience wanting to rush the stage to grab him back off the edge, give him a big hug and tell him everything is

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In order to test what works with young people—and what doesn’t—Emanuel, Arkley and their team have been travelling around the country performing in primary schools. But rather than gather the children in the assembly hall, they’ve used guerrilla tactics to capture their attention. Arkley has been bursting into classrooms unannounced, jumping on the teacher’s desk and performing up close to thrilled children.

The reaction has been amazing, says Emanuel: “They’ve gone crazy. When you have this guy burst in, stand on your teacher’s desk and tell you a funny story about a crow landing on his head—and he’s chatting right at you—it’s a big hit.”

You can just imagine the schoolboys snorting and digging each other in the ribs when Titus draws what appears to be a massive penis on the blackboard.

Or the schoolgirls rolling their eyes at his mention of boobs.

Of course, as a parent, having your child watch a play in school is very different to sitting next to them and watching it together. For a start, there will much more squirming and many more red faces at the sight of that big penis. But more than that, it also gives the opportunity to open up discussions and gives you ways to talk to your child about a difficult subject. Emanuel says, “The response from parents has been so positive. It touches on areas that are difficult but these are the things that make it daring and exciting. These are the things that kids really respond to.

“I don’t think there is any place you can’t go when you’re writing for young people. You can do anything as long as you do it well enough, you do it with enough compassion and you listen to them.”

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Drum Struck

HHHHH Drum Struck is a brilliant show, it’s fun and loud and I really enjoyed it. There are lots of people on stage playing drums, singing and doing cool African dancing.

Everyone in the audience had a bongo drum to play and we got to be part of the show and copy what they were playing on stage.

The story is about people in an African village who love playing the drums and dancing together. But when something

happens the people start to argue which breaks the village drum and makes the queen of the village unhappy and sick.

So to help the queen, the village start to dance and play the drums together again. I went up onto the stage to help play too.

It’s funny and entertaining and the audience had a great time – my mum and grandma loved playing the bongos. It’s brilliant, go and see it when you can! [Joe Ledger, age 7]

The Adventure

very funny and 3 children, Jack, Jill and Fred. Jack and Jill were a brother and sister and Fred was their friend.

They think their dad has been kidnapped and you have to help solve the mystery.

There were some creepy clues and puzzles to solve to lead us through the adventure. We also had to break codes. I felt butterflies in my tummy! The actors

made clever use of props and made funny jokes too.

At first we were in a totally dark room so we had to use torches. It was very serious but they made it fun too.

I gave it 3 stars because it was scary. [Minnie Stephenson, age 7]

when he did the accents.

The Victorian timetravelling magicians (Morgan and West) were next. They didn’t entertain me. I felt a bit lost because they used adult humour and language and spoke too quickly.

Sy Thomas is sometimes seen on Nickelodeon. His animal impressions were funny but a joke about a mean boy getting hurt at the play park made me feel uncomfortable.

He also had his notes written

on his hand.

They saved the best till last, Gordon Southern! He came with sound effects and props.

He included the audience and had all ages laughing. His Elvis impression, Bollywood dance routine and history rap were all fun and exciting. He was the star of the show! [Iona Wood, age 11]

HHHHH

This show was good because it was different from all the other kids shows! The show is not in a theatre and you have to walk around.

We were taken to a secret location and we met the actors there.

The actors were great.

There was a clown who was

The Breakfast Club

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When I entered the unusual velvet tent for this comedy show I saw mixed ages – from a newborn baby to kids my age. Everyone was offered a chocolate brioche and drink.

First on stage was Mickey Dee. He started with humour and energy. As soon as he arrived I knew it was going to be a lively performance. He knew a lot about Scotland and I liked

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Assembly George Sq., 11:00am – 12:00pm, various dates between 2 Aug and 25 Aug, £8

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Joshua Seigal Performance poet Joshua Seigal talks to Fest about his free family poetry show and why poetry doesn’t have to be boring.

Tell us about your show – what can we expect?

My show involves lots of weird and wonderful poems about a variety of things like mums, dads, animals and being lost in the supermarket. There is a healthy dose of chaos and silliness and audience participation is non-negotiable!

Why poetry? Is it something that you’ve always been into even as a kid yourself?

I view poetry as playing with words, and I really love making words do interesting things. I also like jokes, and many of my poems are basically jokes told in rhyme.

Most poems are also quite short, which suits my microscopic attention span.

But a lot of poetry is extremely difficult, unaccessible and frankly boring. My aim is to show, through my poetry performances that

poetry doesn’t have to be boring and hard.

Tell us a bit about the work you do with schools – how can poetry help children?

My view is that everyone can be a poet; poetry is not something reserved for the clever or bookish. It provides a great medium for tackling a variety of issues, and can provide a host of new ways of looking at the world. Last year I got pupils to write poems from the perspective of a bully. This helped get at some of the root causes of the problem, rather than allowing bullies to remain as cartoonish villains.

But it’s not all about ‘deep’ and ‘important’ issues. Probably my main goal in working with children is to demonstrate that the written and spoken word can simply be a lot of FUN!

Through all of the children that you get to meet and work with, what has been the most enjoyable or rewarding experience so far?

Every school visit provides masses of rewarding experiences: the kid who has never put pen to paper who is finally inspired to do so, the kid who comes up with a better poem than I ever could or the kid who finally cracks a smile.

Working with children really is amazing.

This year all kids shows will be reviewed by Fest Force, our ten-strong kid’s review panel. If you were a superhero who would you be?

I would be called Edinburgh Man, and I would be able to magic myself a five-star review.

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11:00 Planet of the Japes Laughing Horse @ The Blind Poet, 2-4 Aug, £free

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Joe Munrow: Jazz Monkey Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free

BBC: Shaun Keaveny BBC@Potterrow, 23 Aug, £free Daily at the BBC BBC@Potterrow, 2-25 Aug, £free

10:15 Bespoke Comedy for the Discerning Family Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-11 Aug, £free

10:30 The Improv of Being Earnest theSpace on North Bridge, 21-24 Aug, £5 BBC: MacAulay & Co BBC@Potterrow, 5-23 Aug, weekdays only, £free ❤ Henson Alternative’s Puppet Up! Uncensored HHHH Assembly Hall, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £16

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11:40 The Twins Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-18 Aug, not 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, £4 – £6 The Birmingham Footnotes Disagree Just The Tonic at the Caves, 2-11 Aug, £5

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Ray Fordyce’s Brunchtime Banter Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £free

UCL Graters: Crab Salad Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £9.50

BBC: Loose Ends BBC@Potterrow, 17 Aug, £free

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11:05 Alexander Bennett’s Afraid Of The Dark Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 2-25 Aug, £free Dark Side of the Sun theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £6

11:10 Bridget Christie - A Bic for Her HHH The Stand Comedy Club, 3-25 Aug, not 12, £10

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An Arab Woman’s View of Life Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-3 Aug, £free

Shall We Just See This One? Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-12 Aug, £free

Death Ship 666! - The Titanic Parody Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4-25 Aug, £free

Aaaand Now For Something Completely Improvised Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £8

Pretty On the Inside The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £7 Tickled Pig Presents: The Noon Show / PBH’s Free Fringe Henry’s Cellar Bar, 3-24 Aug, not 15, £free Big Value Comedy’s Lunchtime Club Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £3 – £6 M.P.H.: A Comedy Compendium Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 1-25 Aug, £free Princess Savage Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 2-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £free Surname and Surname Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free The God Particle Just The Tonic at Bristo Square, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8

Tristan Garrel Cambridge Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-17 Aug, £free In Cahoots Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 1-25 Aug, £free Our Father Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 14-25 Aug, £free The Donfather Just The Tonic at the Caves, 2-9 Aug, £6 Doctor Brown: Bexperiments Underbelly, Cowgate, 13 Aug, £7 The Human Condition Free Show Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 1-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £free Do a Show Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-13 Aug, £free Gusset Grippers Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 1-25 Aug, £free

12:05 Crunch the News The Cabaret Voltaire, 3-24 Aug, £free

12:10 Mike Wozniak - Take The Hit The Stand Comedy Club II, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £7 – £8 Domestic Science The Canons’ Gait, 3-25 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

12:15 Funny Women Pop Up Fringe Le Monde, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £10 Joby Mageean: Condiment Soup Laughing Horse @ The Blind Poet, 1-15 Aug, £free JAM Comedy Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-11 Aug, £free MI4 Espionage - Free Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3-25 Aug, £free Remember That I Love You Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free

12:20 Stick Man Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 12-25 Aug, not 15, £free Ellievision Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-24 Aug, not 15, £free In the Words of Meat Loaf...

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £9.50 Staple/face: Bathtime With Tom’s Dad The Voodoo Rooms, 3-25 Aug, not 12, £free

12:30 Patrick Turpin: Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy, Asking Him to Love Her Bannermans, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £free

Suman Biswas: Free After Amateur Transplants Whynot?, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £free The Bravery Test Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 6-25 Aug, £free The Lunchtime Ferret Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9-18 Aug, £free Smells Like Shit ...

Tastes Like Chicken Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4-8 Aug, £free The Lunchtime Special Just the Tonic at The Tron, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £3 – £6 Worst Show On the Fringe - Free Bristo Bar & Kitchen, 3-24 Aug, £free About Comedy: StandUp Comedy Courses Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, Various dates from 3 Aug to 24 Aug, £99 Absolute Improv Workshop theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 5 Aug, £195 Double D’s with Jenna Wimshurst and Caroline Bridgwater Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 1-5 Aug, £free Bog Standard Britain The Royal Scots Club, 16-17 Aug, £10

12:40 Steve Richards’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Politics 2 Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £12.50

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comedylistings ❤ Tony Law: Nonsense Overdrive HHHH The Stand Comedy Club, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £9 – £10

12:45 The Human Centrepiece Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £free

Frimston and Rowett: A Sketch Show Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 1-25 Aug, £free Giraffe: Sketchy Comedy Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £9.50 Doctor Brown: Bexperiments Underbelly, Cowgate, 13 Aug, £7

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Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-3 Aug, £free

Ghosts of the Happy and High-Spirited Ciao Roma, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £free

Ben Champion: Human Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £5 – £9

Charles Booth: We Cool?

The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free

Lebensmüde - a Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-25 Aug, £free Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe Pleasance Courtyard, 3-25 Aug, not 7, 13, 20, £9.50 – £10.50 Benefit Paradise in the Kirkhouse, 5-17 Aug, not 11, 12, £7.50

12:50 Helen O’Brien: Bronagh’s Big Weekend Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10

12:55 The Bear Pit Comedy Podcast podcast Southsider, 3-24 Aug, not 14, £free Sofa Specific Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £10

13:00 Barry on Arthur’s Seat Summit of Arthur’s Seat, 3-25 Aug, £free

Dahle and Jones on a Plate - Free The Dram House, 3-24 Aug, not 19, £free BBC: Front Row BBC@Potterrow, 15 Aug, £free

Matthew Collins: Puzzled Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 1-25 Aug, £free Soup The Voodoo Rooms, 3-24 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

Austerity Pleasures Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 1-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £free Big Comedy Lunch Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Martin Croser - Funny Bone China The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 13, £free

Dan & Dan Live: The First Sign of Madness The Canons’ Gait, 3-24 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Damn Danes Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-7 Aug, £free

Cookstown Sizzling Comedy Club Presents the Irishtorats of Comedy Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, £free

Late Night Laughs at Lunch - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, £free

When I Grow Up Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £5 – £9

13:05 Revill’s Selection - Free Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free

13:10 Katie Mulgrew: Your Dad’s Not Funny HHH The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £6 – £7 Holland and Barker: How to Be... A Man. The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £free Jessie Cave and Jenny Bede: Ain’t too Proud to Beg HHH Henry’s Cellar Bar, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £free Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show Pleasance Courtyard, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £10

The Blank Slates Chiquito, 3-24 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

13:15 Alistair Green: Ping Pong Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 2-25 Aug, not 13, £free

This Is Soap: The Improvised Soap Opera C venues - C, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6.50 – £8.50

Afternoon Delight Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, 17, 18, £2.50 – £5

Pete Otway and Kiri Pritchard-Mclean Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Kindness The Cabaret Voltaire, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Baconface - It’s All Bacon! HHH The Stand Comedy Club II, 3-25 Aug, not 12, £5 Amnesty’s Secret Comedy Podcast Underbelly, Bristo Square, Various dates from 2 Aug to 25 Aug, £7

53 Minutes about 52 Sheep (60 Minutes Long) Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 8-24 Aug, £free

Josh Ross and Sunil Patel Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 2-26 Aug, £free

13:20

Best of the Fest Daytime Assembly George Square, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £8 – £12.50

13:25 Jonny Donahoe: Class Whore Underbelly, Bristo Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £6 – £8.50 Rob Lloyd: Who, Me Just The Tonic at Bristo Square, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £9

13:30 Afternoon Delight Just The Tonic at the Caves, 17-18 Aug, £5 Frost and Ireland: Beautiful Mess Gilded Balloon Teviot, 12-20 Aug, £7.50 – £8.50 Thünderbards HHH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £5 – £8 ❤ Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel HHHH Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free Amused Moose Laugh Off Final theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 11 Aug, £10 Cecilia Delatori: Quick, Quick, Slough!

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free Nick Bowling Laughs in the Face of Death for 45 Minutes and Then Asks Him Politely to Leave Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 15-25 Aug, not 21, £free The Hill and Weedon Fan Club Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-14 Aug, £free Thpethial Le Monde, 15-25 Aug, £5 – £10 Catherine Semark: Shadow Ape The Voodoo Rooms, 3-25 Aug, £free Lead Pencil Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £9.50 Multi-Levelled Morons - Free Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-25 Aug, not 15, £free

13:40 CatSoup: Out of the Bag SpaceCabaret @ 54, 20-24 Aug, £4 Does My Face Look Big In This HHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 19 Aug, £6 – £9

13:45 The Barnes Identity Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-11 Aug, £free Unprepared For Life Whynot?, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Will Sidgwick Presents Will Sidgwick - Live Pilgrim, 2-22 Aug, £free Alex and Alexis Should Not Be Friends The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free Afternoon Delight Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 17-25 Aug, £free Hannah Gadsby: Nakedy Nudes Assembly Checkpoint, Various dates from 2 Aug to 25 Aug, £6 – £11 An Improvised Improv Show - Free Show Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 1-25 Aug, £free PC, Mac and Me: The Funny Side of Computers Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 2-25 Aug, £free Mark Olver: Dancing About Architecture Assembly Checkpoint, 5-22 Aug, not 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, £8 Nick Hall: Live!

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comedylistings A Complete and Comprehensive History of the Roman Empire in Less Than an Hour With Jokes Bannermans, 3-24 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free Daly’s Comedy Club @ The Edinburgh Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free

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Paradise in The Vault, 5-18 Aug, not 12, £5 – £7.50

14:00 This Arthurs Seat Gala Belongs to Lionel Richie Summit of Arthur’s Seat, 17 Aug, £free Lucy Frederick - In Pursuit of Cool Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Eric’s Tales of the Sea A Submariner’s Yarn Just The Tonic at the Caves, 2-25 Aug, not 13, £8 – £10.50 BBC: The Richard Bacon Programme BBC@Potterrow, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, £free Sarah Hendrickx: Time Traveller Dragonfly, 3-24 Aug, £free My Name Is Sue Underbelly, Bristo Square, 12-26 Aug, £13.50 – £14.50 The Durham Revue: Friends Without Benefits Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10 BrainSex Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £7 – £12 BBC: The Culture Studio BBC@Potterrow, Various dates from 5 May to 14 Aug, £free Barry Castagnola: The Donny Donkins ‘As (hopefully soon to be) Seen On TV’ Show Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £5 Doctor Brown: Bexperiments Underbelly, Cowgate, 13 Aug, £7 Instant Sunshine Pleasance Dome, 2-10 Aug, £10

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Three Half Pints theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £8

10 Films with My Dad The Voodoo Rooms, 3-25 Aug, £free

14:10 Richard Herring’s Edinburgh Fringe Podcast The Stand Comedy Club, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £9 – £10

14:15 Gagging for Attention Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £2 – £3 The Edinburgh Revue: Stand-Up Show Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 1-26 Aug, not 14, £free Paul Merton’s Impro Chums Pleasance Courtyard, 8-11 Aug, £13.50 – £14.50 Rob Collins: Jesus Christ Flew Into the Cuckoo’s Nest Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, £free Zapp and Dembina Comedy After Lunch / Free Festival Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free Raph ‘n’ Simon Solve a Murda The Dram House Upstairs, 14-24 Aug, not 20, £free The Coin-Operated Girl - A Sex Workers Real Life Revelations of Frivolous Fornications!

The Dram House, 2-24 Aug, £free

14:20 Tony Jameson Football Manager Ruined My Life HHH The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £7

Bob Graham - Animal Person Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 31 Jul - 24 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £free Love Chiquito, 3-13 Aug, not 8, £free Be Careful What You Wish For with Alice Lashman Madogs Cocktail Bar & Grill, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £free Captain Alan of Canary Wharf Chiquito, 14-24 Aug, £free

14:30 Amy Wright’s Occupation El Barrio, 3-23 Aug, £free Silky: It Was This Show Or Have Kids The Stand Comedy Club II, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £7 – £8 Xaablargh the Conqueror’s Guide to Humons Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 19-25 Aug, £free Phillip and Marjorie’s Marriage Preparation Course for Regular People and The Gays The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 7, 11, 14, 21, £free ❤ Arthur Smith HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 3-18 Aug, £10 – £12 Charlie Smith: Too Tall for the Ride Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 1-13 Aug, £free Amused Moose Comedy Awards Final City Edinburgh, 18 Aug, £12.50

Patrick Morris: Standing Up and Saying Things Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, £free Sy+ Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free Women of an Uncertain Age Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 8 Aug, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £5 – £9.50 DillyDolly Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 14-25 Aug, £free Full of It: The True or False Game Show - The 2 Fat F*cks on Holiday Tour 2013 Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free Ian Fox - Shutter Monkey - Free Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, £free

14:35 Nathaniel Metcalfe: Enthusiast HHH The Cabaret Voltaire, 3-24 Aug, not 14, £free

14:40 Mr Susie’s To Earth With Love Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £3 – £6 Marcus Brigstocke presents Unavailable for Comment Underbelly, Bristo Square, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £8 – £13

14:44 Adam Larter and Ali Brice: Plumpy’nut Heroes @ The Hive, 3-25 Aug, £5

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The Edinburgh Revue: Sketch Show Opium, 3-24 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free Hilarity Bites Comedy Club Showcase Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free The Little Wheel Sketch Show Citrus Club, 17-23 Aug, £free First World Problems - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3-25 Aug, £free Greener on the Other Side Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-26 Aug, not 15, £free Gary Colman Grind - Free Whistlebinkies, 3-24 Aug, £free Gráinne Maguire’s One Hour All Night Election Special Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 16 Aug, £6 – £10 Obie: A Comedian’s Guide to Improving Your Memory.

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Collier and Cox: Single, No Return Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Doctor Brown: Bexperiments Underbelly, Cowgate, 13 Aug, £7 Dressing Down Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10 Raph Shirley: A Portrait of a Provincial Dickhead Bristo Bar & Kitchen, 3-24 Aug, not 17, £free Three Men and a Saucepan - Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, £free

Now I’m 64! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19-24 Aug, £8

14:50 John Williams: My Son’s Not Rainman Just The Tonic at Bristo Square, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8 Shirley and Shirley: Carnage Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 17 Aug, £6 – £11

15:00 Dan Willis: The Walking Dead Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 2-25 Aug, £free Showcatcher Assembly George Square, 6-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £7.50 – £10

The Maydays: Confessions Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10.50

Joz Norris Has Gone Missing Laughing Horse @ The Blind Poet, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

The Lost Letters of Cathy G Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 1-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £free

Max Fletcher - Fail Beter The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 6, 14, 20, £free

The Peculiar Case of Kemsley and Todd The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-24 Aug, not 19, £free

AAA Batteries (Not Included) - Free Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 1-25 Aug, £free

Here She Be Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 2-26 Aug, £free

❤ Mitch Benn is the 37th Beatle HHHH The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £9 – £10

Laura Levites: Selfhelpless Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £5 – £9

Aaaaargh! It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show - Free Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-25 Aug, £free

Atella the Pun Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

Bristol Improv Presents... / PBH’s Free Fringe Whynot?, 3-24 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

15:05

Laugh Support Machine - Free Base Nightclub, 3 Aug, 24 Aug, £free

God, Greed and Football Just the Tonic at The Tron, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 13, 19, £4 – £6

How to Make a Killing in Bollywood Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 10 Aug, 11 Aug, £5 – £11.50

Toby Explains the Universe The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 12, 20, £free

Secrets of the Elders of Zion Paradise in The Vault, 5-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £7

15:10 Charmian Hughes: Odd One In The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £free Stuart Laws Absolutely Will Not Stop, Ever, Until You are Dead (1hr Show) Dragonfly, 3-24 Aug, not 15, 22, £free

15:15 Eric and Little Ern Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £6.50 – £12.50 Everything That Happened in the 20th Century, Seen Through the Eyes of a Liar Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 5-25 Aug, £free Unmanageable Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Neil Hickey: Escape Artist Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £9.50

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comedylistings BBC: The Unbelievable Truth BBC@Potterrow, 15 Aug, £free Catriona Knox: Player HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10 The Oxford Imps Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £5 – £10

15:20 The Oxford Revue: With Bits Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £10

Comedy Death: True Horror Stories from the Circuit The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 12, 19, £free Eleanor Thom: I Am Bev HH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £10 Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh!

So It Goes - John Fleming’s Comedy Blog Chat Show Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop, 19-23 Aug, £5

Short & Curly - A Ripe Pear Ciao Roma, 3-24 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

Are You a Technophile?

- Free Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 6-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

The St Andrews Revue Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £7.50

Mark Stephenson: Half Man Half Amazing The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-24 Aug, £free

Tania Edwards: The Art of War Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £9

The Bob Blackman Appreciation Society Bonanza / Free Festival Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 1-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £free

15:30 Wardens Assembly Roxy, 1-26 Aug, not 14, £8.50 – £13.50 Ellis & Rose: Big in Denmark Heroes @ The Hive, 1-25 Aug, not 19, £5 Chris Coltrane: Compassion is Subversive HHH Globe, 3-24 Aug, not 13, £free Men With Coconuts City Edinburgh, 4-23 Aug, not 10, 13, 17, 18, £free Nadia Kamil in: Wide Open Beavers! HHH The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £6 – £7 Susie McCabe: An Uncivil Partnership New Town Bar, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, £8 Awkward Hawk - Free Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £free Don’t Drop the Egg Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £9.50

15:35 Britain’s Got F*ck All Talent! 2013 Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £7

15:40 The News at Kate 2013: World Inaction The Canons’ Gait, 3-25 Aug, not 13, £free Michael Legge - Free Wi-Fi The Stand Comedy Club II, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £7 – £8 Simon Munnery: Fylm HHH The Stand Comedy Club, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £9 – £10 Dave Griffiths: C U In Court Just the Tonic at The Tron, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8 Men With Coconuts The Canons’ Gait, 13 Aug, £free Roll It in Sequins Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £10

Philip O’Shea HHH Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 2-25 Aug, not 23, 24, £free

That Pair: Never Liked Her Anyway Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-23 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8

This Is Your Trial Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop, 5-9 Aug, £free – £500

The Good, the Bad and the Morally Ambiguous Chiquito, 3-24 Aug, £free

15:55

15:45

Ross vs Violich - Pistols at 3.55pm The Voodoo Rooms, 3-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

Poetic Justice The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, £free But It’s My Birthday!

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 1-25 Aug, not 3, 14, £free

16:00

Making Faces: Calm and Collected Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9-25 Aug, not 14, 20, £free Subtlety with Ed Mayhew Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 1-8 Aug, £free

Ain’t It Awkward - Harriet Dyer and Freddie Farrell Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, £free ❤ Joseph Morpurgo Truthmouth HHHH Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Bright Club: Scotland’s Fringe HHH The Assembly Rooms, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £9 – £10 Chris Fitchew in Jack of All Trades Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £5 – £11 Chris Henry Isn’t Musical!

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-25 Aug, £free

Karl Schultz: Start the Karl HH Heroes @ The Hive, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £5

LOLympics Live - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Paul Merton’s Impro Chums Pleasance Courtyard, 12-17 Aug, £12.50 – £14.50

Robin (A One-Man Comedy) Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8 The Human Being’s Guide to Not Being a Dick About Religion The Dram House Upstairs, 11-24 Aug, not 14, 21, £free Ben Verth: What Is This Place?

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 30 Jul - 25 Aug, not 8 Aug, 15 Aug, £3 – £5 Bec Hill: Bec by Popular Demand HHH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £5 – £8

In Bits Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 1-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £free

Funeral Addict Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £free

15:50 Quiz in My Pants The Cabaret Voltaire, 3-24 Aug, not 13, £free

Licence to Laugh Comedy Club - Free Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 3-25 Aug, £free

Adam Strauss: The Mushroom Cure Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £6 – £10 The Tim Vine Chat Show Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £free – £17

Demitris Deech Isn’t Sick!

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-26 Aug, £free

❤ Rachel Parris: The Commission HHHH Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Rob Auton: The Sky Show The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-24 Aug, not 13, £free

Kriss Foster and Friend Ryan’s Cellar Bar, 3-24 Aug, not 13, £free

Stella Graham - A Pint of Stella Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-25 Aug, not 15, £free Sunday Fundraiser New Town Bar, 4 Aug, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £free

I Am Happy!

Le Monde, 16 Aug, 18 Aug, £10

❤ Casual Violence Presents: House of Nostril HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 4-25 Aug, £6 – £9.50

❤ Ahir Shah: Anatomy HHHH Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, £free

How Do I Get Up There?

The Assembly Rooms, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £9 – £10

Doctor Brown: Bexperiments Underbelly, Cowgate, 13 Aug, £7

The Rat Pack Stand-up Comedy Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 11, £free

Matt Forde: The Political Party Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 16 Aug, £6 – £10

Michael J Dolan: Nothing Will Ever Be Alright Again, Ever Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £9

Sandi Toksvig My Valentine Pleasance Courtyard, 3-11 Aug, £14

A Tiny Gang in Some Sketches They Wrote Whynot?, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Gerardine Coyne: Venus in Fuzz Bannermans, 4-23 Aug, not 10, 17, £free John-Luke Roberts: Broken Stand-Up The Voodoo Rooms, 3-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Gein’s Family Giftshop Laughing Horse @ The Blind Poet, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Morgan and West: A Grand Adventure Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £10.50

Nick Helm: One Man Mega Myth HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £7 – £14

Talking to Strangers on Buses Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free

16:05

16:20

Farce Noir Presents...

The Big Sheep HHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10

Paul Savage - Cheerful Shambles Dragonfly, 3-24 Aug, not 14, £free

16:10 Fraser Millward’s Masquerade!

Just The Tonic at Bristo Square, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8.50 Peter Antoniou: Comedium Sweet Grassmarket, 1-25 Aug, £5 – £7 Ben Van der Velde’s Chain Letter HH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £11 Who’s Driving Adam? theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 5-10 Aug, £6

16:15 Vampire Hospital Waiting Room - Free Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 19-25 Aug, £free Bec Hill and Patrick Monahan’s Hour of Fun! Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14 Aug, £10 Twins HH The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 19, £free Funny Bones and Wisdom Teeth Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 2-24 Aug, not 11, 12, 18, 19, £free

Gyles Brandreth: Looking For Happiness Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £10 – £17 ❤ Amy Hoggart as Pattie Brewster: Just a Normal Girl Doing a Cool Show HHHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10

16:25 Stewart Lee - Much A-Stew About Nothing The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 3-25 Aug, not 12, £10

16:30 Dan Cook: Community Service HH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10 Katie Goodman: I Didn’t F*ck It Up Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £5 – £10 Sad Faces Threw a Party Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10.50 The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- Live Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £10 – £14

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comedylistings Chris Kent: Second Fix Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 2 Aug, 13 Aug, £5 – £9.50 Gamarjobat (ga-ma-jobat) Rock Out! Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £6 – £13 BBC: In Tune BBC@Potterrow, 16 Aug, £free Live Bait Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 13, £free Croft & Pearce Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £5 – £9 Flipper Committed Suicide Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3-25 Aug, not 13, £free Hannah Gadsby: Happiness is a Bedside Table Assembly Roxy, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £6 – £11

16:35

Tamar Broadbent: Almost Epic Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10.50 Bob Slayer: Worldwide Bawbag Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop, 1-31 Aug, not 21, 27, 28, £5 The Only Way Is Downton Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £6.50 – £11

Alan Irwin: The Idiot Wind - Free Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Shhhh - An Improvised Silent Movie Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 5-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

Doctor Brown: Bexperiments Underbelly, Cowgate, 13 Aug, £7

Going Dark!

The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £free

Jigsaw - Jiggle It Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £12

Peter Searles: Bolivia & Beyond The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 2-25 Aug, not 12, 19, 20, 21, £8 ❤ Fanfiction Comedy HHHHH Assembly George Square, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £8 – £10 ❤ Red Bastard HHHHH Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 7, 14, £7 – £13

16:45 Yianni in Think Big The Dram House, 3-24 Aug, not 13, £free Lenny Peters - Lost in Nonsense Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free

Milo McCabe: Schiz Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 13 Aug, £5 – £10.50

Jody Kamali: Livewire - Free Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Jack Jerome Ciao Roma, 3-24 Aug, £free

Alan Hudson: Magician or Superhero?

Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £11

BBC: Comic Fringes BBC@Potterrow, 12 Aug, £free

Upstairs Downton Heroes @ The Hive, 1-25 Aug, £5

Danny Ward - Pressure Point Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 1-25 Aug, £free

John Lloyd: Liff of QI HHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 24 Aug, not 13 Aug, £7 – £13

17:00

Fin Taylor - Cramp Globe, 3-24 Aug, £free

AntiGraham Pleasance Courtyard, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £7 – £12

16:40

The Oxford Revue Presents - Free The Canons’ Gait, 3-25 Aug, £free

❤ Sam Fletcher Drawn-out Jokes HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £10 Darren Walsh: I am a Giant Heroes @ The Hive, 1-25 Aug, £free – £5 BEASTS Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10

16:50 Sally-Anne Hayward Hey Follower!

The Stand Comedy Club II, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £7 – £8 Darts Wives Assembly Roxy, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 12 Aug, £6 – £11 Ellie and Oscar Share a Time The Voodoo Rooms, 3-24 Aug, not 14, £free Ladyboner C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

16:55 Manos Kanellos: Greekonomics Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £4 – £7

It’s Not Really There El Barrio, 3-23 Aug, not 12, £free Lewis Schaffer Is Free Until Famous - 20th Year Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free The Real MacGuffins Come Again Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £10 Zoe Lyons - Pop-up Comic The Assembly Rooms, 1-25 Aug, £9 – £10 Yori Yori Love Chat Luisa and Pat Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-10 Aug, £free 42: My Life, My Universe, My Everything Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 1-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £free All Our Friends Are Dead Ryan’s Cellar Bar, 5-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £free Adam Kay: How to Be a Bogus Doctor HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £6 – £12 Chaos and Order - A True Story Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-28 Aug, not 16, 17, £free

The Leeds Tealights: The Ultimate Indoor Experience Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £9 The G Spot New Town Bar, 5-17 Aug, not 11, £6 Geoff Norcott Occasionally Sells Out Just the Tonic at The Tron, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £9 ❤ The Play That Goes Wrong HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £7 – £12.50 BBC: The Unbelievable Truth BBC@Potterrow, 15 Aug, £free Drei, Zwei, Eins mit Flange Krammer Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 2-25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, £free Aberdeen vs Glasgow vs The World - Final Round - Free Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 1-25 Aug, £free Christian Schulte-Loh: Attack of the 50 Foot German Comedian Base Nightclub, 3-24 Aug, not 13, 20, £free Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, £free

17:05 Flyerman 2 - This Time It’s Funny! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 13, 20, £5 – £7 Gavin Crawford - A Bummer Abroad theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-17 Aug, £9 ❤ Jessica Fostekew: Moving HHHH The Cabaret Voltaire, 3-24 Aug, £free A Lighthearted Alternative to Culture - Free Mood Nightclub, 3-13 Aug, not 5, 12, £free Sarah Campbell: Isn’t It Fun???

The Cabaret Voltaire, 3-24 Aug, not 15, £free

ComedySportz @ Laughing Horse Free Festival Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 18-25 Aug, £free

❤ Sight Gags for Perverts HHHH The Voodoo Rooms, 3-25 Aug, not 14, £free

I Wanna Be Like You Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 16-17 Aug, £free

Stephen K Amos Talk Show Pleasance Courtyard, 21-24 Aug, £12 – £13

17:10

The Tim Vine Chat Show Pleasance Courtyard, 19-20 Aug, £13

Life Winner Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-25 Aug, not 15, £free

Nicholas Parsons’ Happy Hour Pleasance Courtyard, 1-18 Aug, not 6, 13, £6 – £13

17:20

❤ Lucy Porter – Northern Soul HHHH The Stand Comedy Club, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £9 – £10 Mae Martin: Slumber Party HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £6 – £10.50

17:15 Bruce Fummey - Gaelic in the Afternoon Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 2-24 Aug, not 12, 19, £3 – £5 Gravity Boots Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £9 Matthew Highton’s It Came from the Mud HH Whistlebinkies, 3-25 Aug, £free Split Shift Opium, 3-13 Aug, £free Present and Correct Citrus Club, 3-23 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Rosie Wilby: Is Monogamy Dead?

Assembly Hall, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £5 – £9 Slap and Giggle: Recharged Opium, 14-24 Aug, £free The Comedian’s Comedian Live With Stuart Goldsmith Gilded Balloon Teviot, 1-26 Aug, not 13, £5 – £9 Two Tickets to the Gum Show Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

Cambridge Footlights: Canada Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10.50 Gower Hour La Tasca, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Paul Gannon Aint Afraid Of No Ghost Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £10 Funny Women Pop Up Fringe Le Monde, 15-25 Aug, not 17, 24, £10

17:25 Phil Ellis: Unplanned Orphan HH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10 Rhys James Prepares / Free Festival HHH Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-26 Aug, not 13, £free

17:30 Benny Boot: As Seen On TV HHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £11 Heavy Petting / Free Festival Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 16-25 Aug, £free Mark Restuccia - The Diary of a Serial Internet Dater Just The Tonic at Bristo Square, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8.50 McDaniel and Callaghan Pilgrim, 3-24 Aug, £free

Who Ya Gonna Call?

The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

The Exciting Adventure of an Uninteresting Man Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, not 7, £free

Pam Ford - Happy In Your Skin?

Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £free

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O’Clock Gun The Jazz Bar, 3-25 Aug, £6

Jarlath Regan - Djarlo Unchained The Assembly Rooms, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £9 – £10

Tom Webb’s Wedding Dragonfly, 3-24 Aug, £free

Adam Belbin - The Other Half of Next Year’s Show Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free

❤ David Mills: The Gospel Truth HHHH Heroes @ The Hive, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £5 BBC: Just a Minute BBC@Potterrow, 13 Aug, £free

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comedylistings Sion James and Friends - Free!

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14-25 Aug, £free Sucker Punch Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 1-13 Aug, £free A Danish Bagpipe Comedian Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-15 Aug, £free Brothers and Sisters...

It’s The Reverend Obadiah Steppenwolfe III HH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £7.50 – £13.50 Dan Nightingale: Love in the Time of Cholesterol Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £9.50 How to Be Awesome at Everything Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 1-25 Aug, £free

James Christopher: What Are You Doing Here?

The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-24 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free Knightmare Live HHH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 14 Aug, £7 – £11.50 Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Pekka and Strangebone’s Comedy Showpiece The Voodoo Rooms, 3-24 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

17:40 Will Franken: Concert to Benefit the Victims of My Father HHH Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £10 ❤ Kieran Hodgson Flood HHHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 15 Aug, £6 – £10

Chastity Butterworth & The Spanish Hamster HH Assembly Roxy, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10

17:45 Comedy and Cupcakes Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3-25 Aug, £free Ian Smith - Anything HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10 Pat Cahill: Start HH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10 Sam Lloyd: Fully Committed Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6.50 – £12.50 At Wit’s End C venues - C aquila, 1126 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Diane Spencer: Hurricane Diane Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £9.50 Gordon Southern: The Kerfuffle Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6 – £12

A Pile of Wit C venues - C aquila, 1-10 Aug, £6.50 – £8.50 Sympathy for the Revill Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free

17:50 Not Suitable for Drinking Ciao Roma, 3-24 Aug, not 14, £free Phil Wang: Anti-Hero HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10 Slightly Fat Features Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £13 Mary Bourke: Muffragette HH The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £7 – £8

18:00

Inn, Various dates from 2 Aug to 25 Aug, £free

Stephen Carlin: Gambling Man Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £6 – £12

Old Men Can’t Jump Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9-18 Aug, £free

Susan Calman: Always (A Work in Progress) The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 1-12 Aug, £10

Tim Renkow and Dave Millett Are Meandering With Purpose Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop, 1-26 Aug, £5

Adam Hess and David Elms HH Heroes @ The Hive, 1-25 Aug, £5

Alexei Sayle The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £12

Total Hero Team The Dram House Upstairs, 3-17 Aug, £free

Colin Hoult: Characthorse Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10.50

Harry Deansway: Wrong Way Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £9 Ivo Graham: Binoculars HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10 Maureen Younger: The Outsider - Free Show Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive

Gavin Webster: Don’t Give Any Money to Comic Relief and Other Opinions The Stand Comedy Club II, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £7 – £8 Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, £free

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comedylistings Old Jewish Jokes Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

Aidan Goatley is On the Mend The Voodoo Rooms, 3-25 Aug, £free

❤ Rory and Tim: On the House HHHH The Dram House, 3-24 Aug, not 12, 13, £free

Christian Reilly: Songs of Praise The Dram House, 3-24 Aug, £free

Pun Run The Canons’ Gait, 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £free

Chris Henry Stands Up Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-25 Aug, £free

Birthday Girls: 2053 HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £9.50 Doctor Brown: Bexperiments Underbelly, Cowgate, 13 Aug, £7 Mixed Doubles Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £9.50 Matt Okine: Being Black & Chicken & S#%t HHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £7 – £12 Over It - Death, Anorexia, and Other Funny Things Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 3-25 Aug, £free Yianni in Think Big (The Big One) Venue150 @ EICC, 25 Aug, £10 Scott of the Antarctic: The Musical The Dram House Upstairs, 18-24 Aug, £free David Kay The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 19 Aug, £10 Kevin Dewsbury Out Now Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free

Four Screws Loose in Screwtopia!

Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £5 – £10.50 Absolute Improv! theSpace on the Mile, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 18, £7 – £10 If the Queen Can Have an Official Birthday, So Can I, and These 22 Days Are It The Canons’ Gait, 3-25 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

18:10 4Play Comedy Chiquito, 11-17 Aug, £free Festival of the Spoken Nerd - Full Frontal Nerdity HH Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £12

Nathan Cassidy: Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 1-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £free At It @ 6.15 Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 1-25 Aug, £free Murder, She Didn’t Write Sweet Grassmarket, 1225 Aug, not 14, 21, £8 No Moral Compass Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

All-Nude College-Girl Revue or How I Made It Through the LSE SpaceCabaret @ 54, 19-24 Aug, £6 – £7

Sean McLoughlin: Backbone Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Free Footlights The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, £free

Good Breeding Dragonfly, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free

Dobbing and Hamdi The Cabaret Voltaire, 3-24 Aug, £free

Chris Dangerfield: How I Spent £150,000 on Chinese Prostitutes Heroes @ The Hive, 5-24 Aug, £free

Tom Binns is Ian D Montfort: Psychic Fayre Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £14.50

Rod Woodward: Funny Turn Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8

David Sedaris - An Evening With David Sedaris Venue150 @ EICC, 17-24 Aug, £20

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [E] The Banshee Labyrinth, 11-12 Aug, £free

Twice as Nice Comedy hosted by Sam Deards Dropkick Murphy’s, 3-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £free

Fat Chav Le Monde, 16-25 Aug, not 17, 24, £5 – £8.50

WitTank presents The School Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £12

18:30

Nik Coppin - Mixed Racist (Free Festival) Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Amused Moose Comedy Awards Gangshow Just The Tonic at the Caves, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, £7 – £9

18:05

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [G] The Banshee Labyrinth, 15-16 Aug, £free

Comedian? No. Just Italian Free Fringe George, 3-24 Aug, not 14, £free

Edward Aczel - Lives in a Meaningless Shed HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £11

Bollywood Rejects Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 2-25 Aug, £free Flhip Flhop Assembly Checkpoint, 19-26 Aug, £10 – £12 Mick Ferry: Has Been Found Wanting Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £9.50

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [I] The Banshee Labyrinth, 19-20 Aug, £free

Tickling Jock: By Night Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 7 Aug, 21 Aug, £12

Mike Newall: Six Weddings Just the Tonic at The Tron, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8

BBC: It’s Not What You Know BBC@Potterrow, 6 May, 6 Aug, £free

Griff Rees Jokes Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

The Pin HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6 – £11

Rob Carter: Murder (and other hobbies) HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £6 – £10.50

Keith Farnan: Fear Itself HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10.50

The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek- Live Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £10 – £14

Ruth E. Cockburn Doesn’t Even Smoke Madogs Cocktail Bar & Grill, 3-24 Aug, £free

18:15

18:20

I’m Fine, You? The Street, 3-24 Aug, not 7, 12, 19, £free Australia is F*cked Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-25 Aug, not 15, £free

Rick Kiesewetter: Chink Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 2-25 Aug, £free The Thinking Drinker’s Guide to Alcohol The Assembly Rooms, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £9 – £10 ❤ Aisling Bea: C’est La Bea HHHH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £5 – £10.50 Javier Jarquin: Joke Ninja Assembly Hall, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5 – £10 NewsRevue 2013 Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 14 Aug, £9 – £16

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [F] The Banshee Labyrinth, 13-14 Aug, £free

18:40

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [Z] The Banshee Labyrinth, 23-24 Aug, £free

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [B] The Banshee Labyrinth, 5-6 Aug, £free

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [D] The Banshee Labyrinth, 9-10 Aug, £free

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [A] The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-4 Aug, £free

Sarah Millican - Home Bird The Stand Comedy Club, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, £11 – £12

Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [H] The Banshee Labyrinth, 17-18 Aug, £free Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [J] The Banshee Labyrinth, 21-22 Aug, £free

Fast Fringe Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 24 Aug, £free – £10 Luke and Harry’s Journey to Sex Colony 01 Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-24 Aug, not 7, 13, 20, £5 – £10

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comedylistings Gareth Morinan Is Playing the Numbers Game [C] The Banshee Labyrinth, 7-8 Aug, £free

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18:45

Romesh Ranganathan Rom Com HH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10.50

Tig Notaro: Boyish-Girl Interrupted Gilded Balloon Teviot, 16-25 Aug, £14 – £15 Chris Griffin and Patrick Mulholland: Contrast and Compare Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, £free New Art Club: Feel About Your Body HHH Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £6 – £14 Janey Godley Is Ungagged Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 15 Aug, £5 – £12 Anti-Clever Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Benjamin Crellin: Comic of Duty Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 1-25 Aug, £free Killing Miss D Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-15 Aug, £free Offal Comedienne Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 17-25 Aug, £free How to Be Rich and Thin Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Henry Paker: Classic Paker HH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10.50

Mat Ricardo: Showman Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £9.50

Lee Camp: Destruction!

Distraction! Evolution?

HHH Just The Tonic at Bristo Square, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £12

18:55 Steve Bugeja Tries Hard Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free

19:00 BBC: Just a Minute BBC@Potterrow, 13 Aug, £free Ardal O’Hanlon The Assembly Rooms, 12-18 Aug, £15 Chris Ramsey: Feeling Lucky Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23-25 Aug, £15 James Acaster Lawnmower HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £12 Sex Guru Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6.50 – £12.50 The Beta Males in ...

Superopolis Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £11.50 Tony Dunn Against the Psychopaths Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-13 Aug, £free

Chris Stokes Tells It Like It Possibly Could Potentially Might Be Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £9 Doctor Brown: Bexperiments Underbelly, Cowgate, 13 Aug, £7 Joe Bor Is Jasper Cromwell Jones Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £5 – £11 The Noise Next Door: Soundhouse Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £7 – £14 Vladimir McTavish and Keir McAllister Look at the State of Britain The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £8 – £9 Jimmy Savile: The Punch and Judy Show Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

Rob Delaney Live Underbelly, Bristo Square, 20-21 Aug, £19.50 Rowena Haley: There’s More to Life Than Chips Southsider, 3-24 Aug, £free Al Murray - The Pub Landlord: The Only Way is Epic Underbelly, Bristo Square, 16-17 Aug, £19.50 Damian Clark in G’Damo!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £5 – £10 Graham Clark: Afraid of the Clark Assembly Roxy, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10 The G Spot New Town Bar, 5-17 Aug, not 11, £6

19:05 Chris Martin: Passionate About the Pointless Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £12

David Morgan - Pretty Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10

Shelf Life: Lotta Quizeen’s Guide to Managing the Modern Home theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-17 Aug, £8

❤ Jamie Demetriou: People Day HHHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10.50 Matt and Ian’s Improv Show Sweet Grassmarket, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £7

Jerry Sadowitz: Card Tricks and Close Up Magic The Assembly Rooms, 19-25 Aug, £15.50

Phil Kay Verbal Diary Heroes @ The Hive, 1-11 Aug, £5

A Midwife Crisis theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19-24 Aug, £6

Charlie Chuck’s Grande Night Out theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 20-24 Aug, £8

19:10

Fernando - Taste the Difference Sweet Grassmarket, 12-24 Aug, not 14, 18, 21, £5

Seymour Mace Presents, Marmaduke Spatula’s F*ckin’ Spectacular Cabaret of Sunshine Show. HHH The Stand Comedy Club II, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £7 – £8

19:15 Ant Dewson: Now That’s What I Call Musical Comedy - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free Lost in the Eighties The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-24 Aug, not 12, 19, £free Severe Blether Warning Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 1-26 Aug, £free Aaron Twitchen’s Princess Guide to Dating Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 1-24 Aug, £free ❤ Joe Lycett - If Joe Lycett Then You Should’ve Put a Ring On It HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10 Working Men’s Club Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Mr Ambiguousness The Dram House, 3-24 Aug, not 14, £free Away An’ Bile Yer Heid Globe, 3-24 Aug, £free Marlon Davis: Crackin’ Up Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £11 Rhys Mathewson - The Best £10 You’ll Ever Spend Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10 Tales from the Fringe Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 2-26 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free Andrew Maxwell: Banana Kingdom Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £8 – £15

AAA Stand-Up Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £11 Casual Violence: Om Nom Nominous - Free The Voodoo Rooms, Various dates from 3 May to 17 Aug, £free

19:20 Vikki Stone - Definitely Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 14 Aug, £7 – £12 ❤ David O’Doherty: David O’Doherty Will Try to Fix Everything HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £8 – £15 Amazing Charity Comedy Gala theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 18 Aug, £15 Craig Hill - Tartan About!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £7.50 – £14.50 Lights! Camera!

Improvise!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £11 Bulletproof Jest theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 5-17 Aug, not 11, £6 – £7

19:30 Adam Hills: Happyism Assembly Hall, 15-25 Aug, £13 – £14 Comedy Gala 2013: In Aid of Waverley Care Edinburgh Playhouse, 22 Aug, £25 Jimeoin: Yes,Yes, Whatever...?!

Venue150 @ EICC, 9-18 Aug, £15 – £17.50

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comedylistings ❤ Mark Thomas: 100 Acts of Minor Dissent HHHH The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 3-25 Aug, not 12, £10

Bruce Fummey - The Jacobites and Bonnie Prince Charlie Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

Paul Foot: Words Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £12

❤ David Baddiel Fame: Not the Musical HHHH Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 11 Aug, £7.50 – £17.50

Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans - Wonder & Joy HHH Heroes @ The Hive, 1-24 Aug, not 14, 21, £free The Wireless Podcast - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Iain Stirling: At Home HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10 Jenny Eclair: Eclairious HHH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2-17 Aug, £13.50 – £14.50 Lee Nelson Live Assembly George Square, 12-24 Aug, £17.50 Paul F Taylor Presents The Greatest Show In The World Ever The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free

I Am the Tag Team Champions Studio 24, 24 Aug, £7 Milton Jones On The High Road Assembly Hall, 2-14 Aug, not 5, 6, £16.50 Sean Hughes Penguins HH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £7.50 – £15 Bookshop Comedy Encore to the End of August Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop, 27-31 Aug, £5

19:35 Rory O’Hanlon: Don’t Drink Don’t Smoke The Cabaret Voltaire, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £free Luke Toulson: I Don’t Know How I Feel About My Kids - Free The Cabaret Voltaire, 3-24 Aug, £free

Big Value Comedy Show - Early Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £10

Elegant Nymphs Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £4 – £8

John Gordillo: Cheap Shots at the Defenceless HHH The Assembly Rooms, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £10

19:40

The Appalling Carly Smallman HH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 13 Aug, £5 – £10

Daniel Rigby: Berk in Progress Assembly Checkpoint, 7 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £5

Tim FitzHigham: Challenger Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £7 – £12.50 Will Mars: Americana Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free Lords of Strut Assembly George Square, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £8 – £13 Matt Lacey: Classroom Warrior - Free The Voodoo Rooms, 3-24 Aug, not 13, 19, £free Alistair McGowan: Damn Labels!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 18 Aug to 25 Aug, £13.50 – £14.50

Tony Law: Night-Time Nonsense Overdrive The Assembly Rooms, 25 Aug, £12

Tom Wrigglesworth: Utterly at Odds with the Universe Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £12

Chris Mayo’s Identity Crisis Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8.50

Tanyalee Davis - Big Trouble in Little ‘Gina The Assembly Rooms, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £9 – £10

Reginald D Hunter: In the Midst of Crackers Pleasance Courtyard, 9-24 Aug, not 13, 19, £15 – £17

Improvabunga - Some Sort of Improv Show theSpace on the Mile, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £5 – £7

Jason Manford - First World Problems Venue150 @ EICC, 2025 Aug, £17.50

Waking Up to Myself!

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 30 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £free

Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit Pleasance Courtyard, 13 Aug, £12

20:10

The Prima Party Scrapbook Sweet Grassmarket, 1-18 Aug, £8

19:45

Thrice Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10.50

Rik n Mix Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free

Beard Envy Dragonfly, 3-24 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

The Colour Ham Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-24 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £5 – £11 Rock and Dole Opium, 3-24 Aug, £free 2 Irish Men Walk into a Bar - In a Yurt Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Faux Latino Show Pony HH Assembly Hall, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £5 – £10.50 Mark Dolan - You’re Awesome!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £5 – £10 Standing Up For Something La Tasca, 3-24 Aug, £free Slaughterhouse Live Just The Tonic at the Caves, 19-22 Aug, £10 Instant Order: Trial By Audience The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 13, £free Paco Erhard: Djerman Unchained Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free

Jon Bennett: My Dad’s Deaths Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10.50

Stay at Home Dad Citrus Club, 3-20 Aug, £free

Pick Me Up Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £10

Ronny Chieng: The Ron Way HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £12

Laughter On the Outskirts - Free Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-25 Aug, £free

Fred MacAulay: 25 Fringes The Assembly Rooms, 1-23 Aug, not 14, £14 – £15

Bobby Mair - Obviously Adopted HH Just the Tonic at The Tron, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £10

19:50

It’s Me Dayne HHH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £5 – £8 Panto-monium: An Adult Pantomime for Gentlemen and Gentleladies Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

19:55 The Shambles C venues - C aquila, 1-26 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

20:00 BBC: Clare in the Community BBC@Potterrow, 16 Aug, £free Sara Pascoe vs the Truth HHH Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £12

Lewis Schaffer Is Better Than You Heroes @ The Hive, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £5 Paul Zerdin: No Strings Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7 – £12.50 Dr Professor Neal Portenza’s Interactive Goat Hour: There are no goats and the show is only 54 minutes long, excluding the bonus minute The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, £free BBC: The News Quiz BBC@Potterrow, 8 Aug, £free Bob Doolally: A Life in Football The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 12 Aug, £10 Norman Lovett - Old and New The Voodoo Rooms, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £8 – £10

BBC: Vic Galloway BBC@Potterrow, 5 Aug, £free

Richard Herring - We’re All Going to Die! Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £7 – £14

Bourke and No Hair Bristo Bar & Kitchen, 3-24 Aug, £free

BBC: Jazz House BBC@Potterrow, 7 Aug, £free

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free

Employees of the Month: Glenn Moore and Friends Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 2-26 Aug, £free

So You Think You’re Funny?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 22 Aug, £15 Terry Alderton: Season 4 HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £13.50 Tommy Holgate: Good Spirits Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop, 1-26 Aug, £5 A Panda Suit, Pythagoras and Plenty of Puns Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-22 Aug, not 13, £3 – £5 Can You Put This in the Bin for Me? - Free Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 16-25 Aug, £free Michael Fabbri: Buffering Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 1-25 Aug, £free

Playing Politics Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, £12.50

20:05 Eric Davidson Brigadoom theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £10 Jim Campbell: Stupid Animals Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £11

Nish Kumar - Nish Kumar is a Comedian HHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £11 Julia Sutherland - Fat Chance The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 5 Aug, 19 Aug, £8 Lost Voice Guy - A Voice of Choice HH The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £7 – £8 Matt Green - Alive Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10.50 Simon Evans: Leashed HHH The Stand Comedy Club, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £6 – £12 Jeff Mirza: Meet Abu Hamsta and Paki Bashir-From Allah with Love Just The Tonic at Bristo Square, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 13, 20, £5 – £10

20:15 Gareth Richards: Gareth Goes Electric Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10 Light Relief Sweet Grassmarket, 1-25 Aug, £8.50 Yannis Pappas - The Happy Place Assembly Roxy, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £6 – £11 Lee Kern: Bitter Twitter Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £5 – £9.50 Suzy Bennett - Dancing On Thin Ice Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £11.50 Wagapaga Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 18-25 Aug, £free Miracles Etc Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £12

Thespianage theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £5

Caroline Rhea Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £10 – £14.50

Terry Clement: Din Times 8 HH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £11

Rob Deb BigBang Theory of Life Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-17 Aug, £free

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comedylistings Tom Rosenthal Благодаря HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £12

20:20 The News at Kate 2013: My Professional Opinion Ciao Roma, 3-24 Aug, not 13, £free

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, £free Barnardo’s Big Comedy Benefit The Assembly Rooms, 12 Aug, £20

20:40

Abandoman: Moonrock Boombox HHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £7 – £14.50

Christian O’Connell: This Is 13 HHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 20 Aug, £7 – £13.50

Patrick Monahan Cake Charmer HH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 7 Aug, £5 – £12

John Robertson - The Dark Room Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £6 – £10

Tom Craine: Crying On A Waltzer Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical!

Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £10 – £15

Mr Winchester: Classic Entertainment!

Pleasance Dome, 19-25 Aug, £10.50 – £14

Daniel Sloss: Stand-Up Venue150 @ EICC, 2-25 Aug, not 21, £10 – £17.50

Bob and Jim - Two Stars Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, 13 Aug, £6 – £10

Paul McCaffrey: Name in Lights HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 24 Aug, £6 – £10

❤ Jimmy McGhie: Delusions of Candour HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10

Livid Failure The Dram House Upstairs, 12-24 Aug, £free

Omid Djalili Live The Assembly Rooms, 13-25 Aug, £17.50

Daniel Simonsen: Stranger HHH Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6.50 – £11 Brian Appleton’s History of the World in 3 Darts Pleasance Dome, 5-11 Aug, £10 – £12 Martin Mor - How Do You Like Your Blue-eyed Boy Mister Death?

The Stand Comedy Club II, 2-25 Aug, not 12, £8 ❤ Max and Ivan: The Reunion HHHH Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £12.50

20:25 Addy Time The Canons’ Gait, 3-25 Aug, £free

20:30 ❤ Alex Horne: Lies HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10.50 Age Against the Machine Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 6 Aug, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £free Benjamin Partridge: An Audience With Jeff Goldblum HH The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-24 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free Kevin Shepherd: Confess Nothing - Free Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Pleasance Courtyard, 25 Aug, £14 Phill Jupitus and Deborah FrancesWhite: Voices in Your Head - The Phill Jupitus Experiment HH Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £14 Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay Is Going For A Number One Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £7 – £14 Alistair Barrie: Universal Adapter The Dram House, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £free Norwegians of Comedy The Dram House Upstairs, 3-10 Aug, £free BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2013 Edinburgh Heats BBC@Potterrow, 20-21 Aug, £7 Carl Donnelly: Now That’s What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 24 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £10 A-Z of Backpacking - Free Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free An Evening with Elaine C Smith Palais de Glaces Spiegeltent, 7 Aug, £25 Joey Page: Reality Is Outside, Paradise Is In Your Brain HH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £9.50

Hope & Gloria The Voodoo Rooms, 3-24 Aug, £free My Name Is Christian Grey Chiquito, 12-24 Aug, £free

20:45

Evolution of iMaAN Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, £free Free - 99 Club StandUp Selection - Cowgate Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Kai Humphries Shameless Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 20 Aug, £6 – £12 Bronston Jones: Life’s Short. I’m Not! - Free Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, £free Blind Mirth Improv Comedy Paradise in The Vault, 13-26 Aug, not 19, £6 Jen Carnovale: Not a Person Person - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Japanese ‘Locky’ Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 7-25 Aug, £free The Jocks and Geordies Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 2-25 Aug, £free Toby Adams - Routine Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 1-25 Aug, £free Wilkinson Ford: Webmasters Base Nightclub, 3-24 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free

Adventures On Air – Free!

Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, Various dates from 1 Aug to 25 Aug, £free

Best of Waterloo Comedy Club - Ralph D’iamond Hosts Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 2-6 Aug, £free

Big Value Comedy Show - Late Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £10

❤ Craig Campbell’s Thrilling Mic Hunt HHHH The Assembly Rooms, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £9 – £10

❤ Pajama Men - Just the Two of Each of Us HHHHH Assembly Roxy, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £10 – £15

Death by Murder Greenside, 12-17 Aug, £7 Jay Foreman: No More Colours HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £11

Bench Bites Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 2-25 Aug, not 10, 11, 19, £free

Alistair Green Is Jack Spencer: Sex Addict Just the Tonic at The Tron, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8.50

Scott Capurro: Islamohomophobia The Assembly Rooms, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £9 – £10

20:50

Tumi Morake in HerStory Assembly Hall, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £10 – £12

Akmal Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £7 – £12.50

Wayne Thallon: Procreation Just The Tonic at the Caves, 6-25 Aug, not 13, £8 – £10

Andrew Lawrence There Is No Escape Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6.50 – £13.50

Dear Ray The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-24 Aug, not 19, £free

20:55 Abigoliah Schamaun: Subtle Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £10 Bruce Dingerdik’s Top End Tour Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 18-26 Aug, £7 Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 1-24 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20, £10 Bob Doolally: A Life in Football The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 19 Aug, £9 David Kay The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 20 Aug, £10

❤ Henson Alternative’s Puppet Up! Uncensored HHHH Assembly Hall, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £12 – £25

Greg Proops Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 14 Aug, £9 – £14.50 Rocky Horror Night Frankenstein Pub, 7 Aug, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, £free Beardyman: One Album Per Hour Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15-21 Aug, £13 – £14.50 Neil Delamere: Smartbomb Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7 – £12 Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £5 The Fringe Comedy Academy: Class of 2013 The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 13 Aug, £6 The G Spot New Town Bar, 5-17 Aug, not 11, £6

21:05 Stand Up Sat Down theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19-24 Aug, £3

21:10 Marcus Brigstocke: ‘Je m’accuse - I am Marcus’ Assembly Hall, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £10 – £14 Alfie Brown: The Revolting Youth Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £11

21:15

Jason Byrne’s Special Eye Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £10 – £19.50

Anil Desai’s Another Night at the Movies Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

Josh Widdicombe: Incidentally... HHH Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 15 Aug, £10 – £13

Charlie Baker: Baker’s Dozen Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £5 – £11

Dead Famous Dragonfly, 3-24 Aug, £free

Gerry Howell: Seriousnessmus HH The Dram House Upstairs, 3-24 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

Spring Day: Learn How to Take a Punch - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £free

21:00

Best of So You Think You’re Funny?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2-18 Aug, not 5, 6, 12, 13, £6 – £10.50

Will You Hold My Hand?

Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £10.50

Assemble: The Lovely Men - Free Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 3-17 Aug, not 15, £free

Tom Binns Does Ivan Brackenbury and Others Heroes @ The Hive, 1-25 Aug, £5

Gary Lynch - Dark Charisma Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-25 Aug, not 12, £free

101 Comedy - Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, £free From Beer to Paternity Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 4-25 Aug, not 20, £free Freda Chats Shittington Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Henning Wehn’s Authentic German Christmas Do Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £7.50 – £11.50

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comedylistings Luisa Omielan: What Would Beyoncé Do?!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2-11 Aug, £7 – £13 Alan Davies: Work in Progress Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15-26 Aug, not 20, 21, £13

21:20 Alan Committie: Fully Committied Assembly Roxy, 5-26 Aug, not 12, £11 – £12 Seann Walsh: The Lie-in King HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, 13 Aug, £7.50 – £13 The Essential Tom Stade: 12 Nights Only!

The Assembly Rooms, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £15 Gavin Crawford - A Bummer Abroad theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19-24 Aug, £9

Markus Birdman - Happily Ever After HHH The Stand Comedy Club II, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £7 – £8 The Comedy Reserve Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6 – £9.50 Howard Read: Hide and Speak HH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £12 ❤ John Robins - Where Is My Mind? HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £11.50 Mikey Avern: Absurd Projections Just The Tonic at Bristo Square, 1-17 Aug, not 13, £3 – £5 Richard Gadd: Cheese and Crack Whores Southsider, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £free

❤ Pete Firman Scoundrel HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £8.50 – £15

❤ Rich Hall HHHH Assembly George Square, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £10 – £14

Ed Byrne – Roaring Forties Venue150 @ EICC, 2-25 Aug, not 12, 13, £17.50 – £19.50

Brett Goldstein Contains Scenes of an Adult Nature Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £11

Dana Alexander: Is This Really Happening?

The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £7 – £8 Liam Mullone: Game Over Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £9.50

21:25 Colin Geddis: Comments Disabled Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10

21:30 The Big Comedy Gala in Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support Venue150 @ EICC, 12 Aug, £20 Horse & Louis’ Comedy Bingo! - FREE Laughing Horse @ New Empire Bingo, 16-17 Aug, £free KelFi & FiKel Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10.50 Carl Hutchinson: All the Rage Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10 Jem Brookes: Puntitled Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, £free

Gareth Richards: Gareth Goes Electric Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 2 Aug to 24 Aug, £6 – £10 Lloyd Langford: Galoot HHH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6 – £11.50 Russell Kane: Smallness Pleasance Courtyard, 8-22 Aug, not 9, 10, 16, 17, £10 – £17.50 Suman Biswas: Still Alive After Amateur Transplants Just The Tonic at Bristo Square, 18-25 Aug, £11

21:35 Peter Buckley Hill and Some Comedians XVII The Canons’ Gait, 3-24 Aug, £free Mark Smith: The Most Astonishing Name in Comedy Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10

21:40 George Ryegold: Adulterated Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £9.50 The Boy With Tape On His Face: More Tape Pleasance Courtyard, 3-24 Aug, not 12, 13, £12 – £13.50

Jonny & the Baptists: Bigger Than Judas HHH Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10 ❤ Brendon Burns Hasn’t Heard of You Either HHHH The Stand Comedy Club, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £12

21:45 Alex Kealy and Friends Kilderkin, 3-24 Aug, not 15, £free David Quirk - Shaking Hands With Danger (AUS) HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10.50 Ginger Nation The Dram House, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free I Think So I’m Ready Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Bruce Fummey - My Afro Celtic Angst Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £free Peacock & Gamble: Heart-throbs Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £11 Paul Pirie: Me H Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 1-25 Aug, £free PowerCouple Stand-up Comedy from Stephen Bailey and Gary John Senior Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Alan Sharp: As Seen On...

The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-24 Aug, £free ❤ Gary Delaney 2: This Time It’s Not Personal HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £12 Luke Benson: Legendary Feet Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10

21:50 Claudia O’Doherty: Pioneer Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6.50 – £11.50 Alfie Moore - Viva Alf’s Vegas HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £12

The Quint Fontana 2013 Comeback Special The Voodoo Rooms, 3-25 Aug, not 13, £free Glenn Wool: This Road Has Tolls HHH Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6 – £14

22:00 Alex Williamson Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 31 Jul to 9 Aug, £5 – £11 Gay Straight Alliance Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 2-26 Aug, £free Katerina Vrana: Feta With The Queen Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 2-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £free The Sitcom Trials Gilded Balloon Teviot, 21 Aug, £10 Daniel Sloss - Stand-Up (Extra Shows!)

Venue150 @ EICC, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug, £17.50 Darius Davies’ HBÖ Special Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 2-25 Aug, £free ❤ Joke Thieves HHHH Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free Künt and the Gang Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-25 Aug, not 11, £free So You Think You’re Funny?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 4 Aug to 14 Aug, £10 ❤ Felicity Ward: Irregardless HHHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7 – £13 A A and A Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4-22 Aug, not 9, 10, 16, 17, £free #LazyTitle Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £free ❤ Carey Marx: Intensive Carey HHHH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £9.50 Foil, Arms and Hog Late Night Irish Sketch Comedy HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £10.50 Loyiso Gola: The Professional Black!

Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £7 – £11

Storytellers’ Club Pleasance Courtyard, 16-17 Aug, £10

22:15

WeGotTickets New Talent Showcase Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 14 Aug, £5 Jennifer Wong: Laughable The Dram House Upstairs, 3-22 Aug, £free

Dave Bailey and Friends Comedy Hour Paradise in The Vault, 5-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £free Davey Connor Live!

But Not in Your Living Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 12 Aug, £5 – £9.50

Best New Sketch Act 2013: The Final Gilded Balloon Teviot, 20 Aug, £10 Dr Ettrick-Hogg and Guests - Stand-Up Show- Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, £free Hal Cruttenden: Tough Luvvie Gilded Balloon Teviot, 16-26 Aug, not 20, 21, 22, £13 Late Night Gimp Fight HHH Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10 Michael Che: Cartoon Violence HHH The Assembly Rooms, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £9 – £10 The Alternative Comedy Experience The Stand Comedy Club, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £10 Adrienne Truscott’s Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!

Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £5 BBC: Radio 4 Extra Stand-Up Show BBC@Potterrow, 15 Aug, 19 Aug, £free

Pete Cain: Everybody Out! The Assembly Rooms, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £9 – £10 Clare Harrison’s 15 Inches of Fame Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-26 Aug, not 17, 18, 19, £free Eat a Queer Foetus 4 Jesus Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14-25 Aug, not 23, £free Greg Proops: The Smartest Man In The World Gilded Balloon Teviot, 3 Aug, 10 Aug, 15 Aug, £13 Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £free Woolly Mammoth Panic Attack Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-25 Aug, not 15, £free Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre - In Space Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 21 Aug, £5 – £11 Simply the Jest Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £10

22:05

22:20

Magpie & Stump Are Chairman Lmao and the Lolitburo theSpace on the Mile, 19-24 Aug, £6

❤ Liam Williams HHHH Just the Tonic at The Tron, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £9.50

22:10 Listen, Lancelot...

Dragonfly, 3-24 Aug, £free Abominations theSpace on North Bridge, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £9 Rory McGrath and Philip Pope in Bridge Over Troubled Lager Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, £8 – £13

The Dog, the Witch and the Wardrobe! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £6.50 – £10 Barry From Watford: Shooting from The (new) Hip Pleasance Courtyard, 12-25 Aug, £7.50 – £10 Musical Comedy Awards Showcase Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23-24 Aug, £14 Shirley Gnome Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £9.50

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22:35

The Best of Irish Comedy The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 2-25 Aug, not 13, £12

Gary Myers: The Psychopathology of Everyday Laughs Just The Tonic at the Caves, 14-25 Aug, £2 – £6.50

Jerry Sadowitz: Card Tricks and Close Up Magic The Assembly Rooms, 23-24 Aug, £17.50

22:30

22:40 Simon Donald - Butch Straight Poof The Stand Comedy Club II, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £7 – £8

The Showstoppers’ Improvised Musical Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2-25 Aug, not 22, £10 – £13.50

Paul Zerdin: No Strings Gilded Balloon Teviot, 19 Aug, £10.50

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final Pleasance Courtyard, 12-13 Aug, £8.50

Rubberbandits HHH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6 – £14

Doc Brown Pleasance Courtyard, 19-25 Aug, £10.50 – £14

Viv Groskop: I Laughed, I Cried Le Monde, 18-19 Aug, £8

Fisting for Biscuits Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, £free Scott Agnew - Something’s Gotta Give The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £7 – £8 The Horne Section Live in a Cow Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £7 – £14 ❤ Adam Buxton: Kernel Panic HHHH Assembly Hall, 2-5 Aug, £16 Hardeep Singh Kohli: Hardeep Is Your Love Pleasance Courtyard, 14-18 Aug, £10 – £12 The Wrong Side of the Door Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 2, 24, £6 – £10 ❤ Trouble With Comedy HHHH Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 2-26 Aug, not 12, £free Al Lubel is Mentally Al HH Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £10 Shane Mauss: Mating Season HH Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £8 – £12 The Underdogs Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 5-18 Aug, £free Recovering Catholics Anonymous(& other crosses I’ve had to bear) Ryan’s Cellar Bar, 3-26 Aug, £free

Edinburgh Comedy AllStars Underbelly, Bristo Square, Various dates from 1 Aug to 25 Aug, £10 – £15.50

Benny Davis: The Human Jukebox Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10.50

Cariad & Paul: A TwoPlayer Adventure Pleasance Dome, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 22 Aug, £9 – £9.50

Guilt & Shame: Addicted to Everything HH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £free – £9

Chris Martin: Passionate About the Pointless - EXTRA SHOW Pleasance Courtyard, 16-18 Aug, £12

22:50

AAA Stand-Up Late Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £11

Bad Bread: Glove Contractually Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £10.50

Laughing Horse Free Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-25 Aug, £free

Garrett Millerick: Does it Matter?

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £9.50

School Night Pleasance Courtyard, 5-21 Aug, not 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, £12

Joy of Sketch Pleasance Courtyard, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, £10

23:00

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrghhh!

Free! It’s the Increasingly Prestigious Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards Show Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23-24 Aug, £free

The Quiz Show That Has Nothing to Do With Horses Sweet Grassmarket, 24-25 Aug, £7

22:45

Jordan, Jesse, Go! Pleasance Courtyard, 22-23 Aug, £9

Dave Callan: The Psychology of Laughter Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 10 Aug, £5 – £10

A to Z Improv Comedy - Free Kilderkin, 3-24 Aug, £free

Humza Arshad presents Diary of a Badman Gilded Balloon Teviot, 11-25 Aug, £11 – £12

Alistair Greaves and Si Beckwith: All Aboard for Funtime!

Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 2-26 Aug, not 12, 20, £free

Rhys Nicholson: Dawn of a New Error Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £5 – £11.50

Eric Hutton’s Favourite Songs - Free Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 13, 14, 19, £free

The Comedy Zone HH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10

Mrs Manning Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

Billy McGuire Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, £free Mat Ewins: Once Upon a Time in the Jest Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £9 David Trent: This Is All I Have HHH Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £12 Eleanor Conway’s Comedy Rumble Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £10.50 Russ Powell: Powell to the People Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 3 Aug, £6 – £9.50

Super Organic Me - Free Henderson’s Vegetarian Restaurant and Arts Venue, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

McNeil & Pamphilon Go 8-Bit! Pleasance Dome, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £10 BBC: Late Junction BBC@Potterrow, 13-14 Aug, £free Paul Currie: The Sticky Bivouac Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £9.50

23:10 Voices in Your Head Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 1 Aug to 24 Aug, £6 – £10

23:15

Rich Hall’s Hoedown Assembly George Square, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £10 – £15

Shaggers - Free Festival Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-25 Aug, £free

The Noise Next Door Comedy Lock-In Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 2 Aug to 24 Aug, £10

The Equal Opportunities Act 2010 Presents... Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, £free

Set List: Stand-Up Without a Net Pleasance Dome, 1-24 Aug, not 11, 12, 18, 19, £8 – £14 The Wrestling II Pleasance Courtyard, 13-14 Aug, £15

The Canadians of Comedy Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 19 Aug, £5 – £10

Patrick Monahan and Bob Slayer Set a World Record!

Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop, 7 Aug, £5

AAA Batteries (The Symposium) - Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, £free

Al Murray The Pub Landlord’s Compete For The Haggis Independence Special!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 17-18 Aug, £15 Bo Burnham: What HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 9-19 Aug, not 13, £12 – £13.50 Sexual Freaky Friday Laughing Horse @ Meadow Bar, 1-25 Aug, £free Trevor Noah: The Racist Pleasance Courtyard, 22-24 Aug, £14 What Happens Next?

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 17-25 Aug, £free Sugar, Spice ... All Things Nice?

Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 2-3 Aug, £free

23:20 ❤ The New Wave HHHH Pleasance Dome, 8-24 Aug, not 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, £10 Iain Stirling: At Home Extra Shows Underbelly, Bristo Square, Various dates from 1 Aug to 23 Aug, £6 – £10 Shit-faced Shakespeare H C venues - C, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50 Do The Right Thing Pleasance Courtyard, 18-21 Aug, £9

23:30 Will Seaward: Socialist Fairytales!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £5 – £10 Doctor Brown: Because, Becaves and Befrdfgth Underbelly, Bristo Square, 15-20 Aug, £15 Rob Deering’s Beat This Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 5 Aug, 6 Aug, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, £5 – £10 The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society The Stand Comedy Club, 6-22 Aug, not 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, £10 Stu and Garry in The Catchily Titled Improv Show The Stand Comedy Club, 4 Aug, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, £10

Stupid Hair and Skinny Jeans - Ryan McDonnell Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-26 Aug, not 8, 9, 10, 14, 19, £free BattleActs! Improvised Comedy - Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 3-22 Aug, £free Obie: Hostage: A Captive Audience Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 30 Jul - 25 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, £free The Stand Late Show The Stand Comedy Club, Various dates from 2 Aug to 24 Aug, £15 Jobby Hunter Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 1-25 Aug, not 15, £free Hedluv and Passman: Two Cornish Rappers and a Casiotone Two: This Time It’s Similar Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £5 – £11 Let Me Entertain You Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free

23:40 Shelby Bond: People Pleaser Just the Tonic at The Tron, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £7 Wil Hodgson - Leave the Landing Light On The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £7 – £8

23:45 Josh Smith - From Top to Bottom Show Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 16-17 Aug, £free Robert Taylor is The Musical Misfit Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 1-15 Aug, £free Afterhours Comedy Assembly Roxy, 3 Aug, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £12.50 Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year Underbelly, Bristo Square, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, £7 – £13.50 Kearse and Marrese: Raw and Uncut Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 3-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

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comedylistings Sex With Animals Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free

Dave Callan: The Psychology of Laughter Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14-26 Aug, £10

Sanders and Co Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 2-26 Aug, £free

23:50

Björn Gustafsson Gilded Balloon Teviot, 2-12 Aug, £5 – £10.50

The Horne Section Live in a Cow - Extra Shows Underbelly, Bristo Square, 3 Aug, 4 Aug, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £7 – £14

Brendon Burns and Colt Cabana Sit in a Fifty-Seater Around Midnight and Provide the Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches The Stand Comedy Club II, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 13, 19, £8 The Broken Windows Policy The Stand Comedy Club II, 5 Aug, 19 Aug, £8

23:59 The Assembly Rooms The Very Best of the Fest The Assembly Rooms, 3 Aug, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £15 The Room Assembly George Square, 4 Aug, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £8 Bookshop Midnight Mayhem Heroes @ Bob’s Bookshop, 1-26 Aug, £5

Do We Need You After The Apocalypse? The Game Show Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15-17 Aug, £10 – £11 Baby Wants Candy: The Graduation Show Assembly George Square, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, £10 Comedy Countdown Gilded Balloon Teviot, 19-25 Aug, £7.50 Best of the Fest Assembly Hall, Various dates from 2 Aug to 25 Aug, £10 – £15

00:00 Just the Tonic Comedy Club’s Midnight Show Just The Tonic at the Caves, Various dates from 3 Aug to 25 Aug, £10 – £12

Marcel Lucont À La Carte Throughout Edinburgh, 9-17 Aug, £free Spank Underbelly, Cowgate, 3-26 Aug, £10 – £15.50 The Distraction Club The Voodoo Rooms, Various dates from 3 Aug to 26 Aug, £10

00:15

Angelina Jolie Touched My Neighbour’s Goat Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 13-26 Aug, not 20, £free That Funny Blind Guy Laughing Horse @ The White Horse, 3-28 Aug, not 14, 27, £free Midnight Madness Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 2-26 Aug, £free

00:20

The Improverts Bedlam Theatre, 3-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £6.50 – £7.50 Questions on Ducks Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 2-26 Aug, £free

Real Men Have Beards Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 19-26 Aug, £free

Fate, Dutch Courage and the Fingerless Gloves Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 18-26 Aug, £free The Brethren of Levity - Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

00:30

A Lol-along-a Luc Valvona - Free Show Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 2-26 Aug, £free

One of Us Might Be Famous - Free Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 2-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £free

Get Involved Charabang!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 3-26 Aug, not 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, £12

The Revolution Will Not Be Improvised Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 13-23 Aug, not 17, 18, 19, £free

Shit of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 4-26 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £free

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00:45

Late Show Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 3 Aug to 25 Aug, £12 – £14

Wits End Comedy Club Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-12 Aug, £free

00:55

Man Feelings Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 2-17 Aug, not 16, £free Spanktacular Underbelly, Bristo Square, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £15.50

Late’n’Live Gilded Balloon Teviot, 3-27 Aug, £10 – £15 Big Spoon, Little Spoon Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 2-18 Aug, not 5, 12, £free Paul Dennis: Almost Blunted Purpose - Free Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 2-26 Aug, £free Barry’s Audio Tour of the Fringe Outside the Tron Kirk (Hunter Square), 3-4 Aug, £free

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10:00

Twenty-Six Marathons in Twenty-Six Days The Royal Mile, 1-26 Aug, £free

Catastrophe / Rough for Theatre II / Breath The Hub, 31 Aug, £4

09:00

❤ The Events HHHH Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £18 – £20

Breakfast Plays: Clean Traverse Theatre, Various dates from 14 Aug to 25 Aug, £14

Bedding Out Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 10 Aug, £free

Limbo Whitespace, 5-8 Aug, £9

Ciara HHH Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £18

Breakfast Plays: A Respectable Widow Takes To Vulgarity Traverse Theatre, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £14

09:15 The Rimers of Eldritch Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5 All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5 Sleeping Beauty and the Spinner Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug, £5 Midsummer/Jersey Church Hill Theatre, 21 Aug, £5 Shadows Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5

09:20

Hunt & Darton Cafe HHH Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 3-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Shakespeare for Breakfast C venues - C, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6.50 – £8.50 The Secret Agent HH Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £13 – £20 Cadre HHH Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £18 – £20 ❤ Theatre Uncut HHHH Traverse Theatre, 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £7.50 BiDiNG TiME - walks and talks Summerhall, Various dates from 7 Aug to 24 Aug, £free I’m With the Band HH Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £13 – £20

The Yellow Boat Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

10:05

The Emperor Wolf Church Hill Theatre, 6 Aug, £5

Tea at Five theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 11-17 Aug, £6 – £7

The Brothers’ Grimm Spectaculathon Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, £5

10:15

The Making of Something Awesome Church Hill Theatre, 16 Aug, £5

09:30 Hamlette Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5 Speak Truth to Power Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5 What I Heard About the World Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 20-24 Aug, £12

Argonautika Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, £5 Circle Game Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5 The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5 Vernon God Little theSpace on Niddry St, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, £5 Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7 Aug, £5 Chops theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 6 Aug, £5

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Rabbit Hole Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5 The Morning After Season: The Pink Bedroom theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 3 Aug to 24 Aug, £5 – £7 Return to the Forbidden Planet Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5 The Morning After Season: Wuthering Heights theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 2 Aug to 23 Aug, £5 – £8 Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50 Story Shakespeare: Pericles C venues - C too, 12-17 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 The Laramie Project theSpace on Niddry St, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £5

The System Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £7

Who Wants to Kill Yulia Tymoshenko? HH Assembly Roxy, 1-25 Aug, £8 – £12

The Scarlet Letter and Other Betrayals theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-17 Aug, £7

10:35

Ode to the Insignificance Festival Square, 20-21 Aug, £free

The Rimers of Eldritch Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

The Diary of Anne Frank theSpace on North Bridge, 5-8 Aug, £8

10:45 Black T-shirt Collection Pleasance Courtyard, 19-24 Aug, £10.50 – £13.50 Blaggards Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, £free Junk C venues - C, 11-17 Aug, £6.50 – £8.50 Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50

10:50

Pandora’s Box Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

Everyman Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10

Rough Magic theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 8 Aug, £5

11:00

10:20

All That Fall The Hub, 25-26 Aug, £15 Happy Days The Hub, 31 Aug, £4 A Glee Inspired: Romeo and Juliet C venues - C, 1-13 Aug, not 7, £8.50 – £10.50 ❤ Have I No Mouth HHHH Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £17 – £19 Inquiry into the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ Edinburgh Christadelphian Church, 9 Aug, £free 4.48 Psychosis theSpace on the Mile, 2-6 Aug, £7 Buckingham’s Finest The Royal Scots Club, 6-10 Aug, £8 ❤ Long Live The Little Knife HHHH Traverse Theatre, 2 Aug, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £17 – £19

Kind Zoo Southside, 2-17 Aug, £5 – £9

The Hawke Papers Laughing Horse @ The Blind Poet, 5-25 Aug, £free

Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 5 Aug, 9 Aug, £5

BiDiNG TiME - walks and talks Summerhall, 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £free

Tea at Five theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Various dates from 2 Aug to 24 Aug, £7

Gardening: For the Unfulfilled and Alienated HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6 – £9

Going For Gold theSpace on North Bridge, 12-17 Aug, £5

❤ Grounded HHHHH Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £17 – £19

We’ll Stuff You Once You’re Dead theSpace on North Bridge, 19-22 Aug, £5

10:30 Playwriting Workshops Sweet Grassmarket, 19-20 Aug, £20 Snap theSpace on the Mile, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £7 The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £10 – £12.50

Snap Out of It! C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Pirates and Mermaids: A Fairytale for Adults Scottish Storytelling Centre, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £8 – £10

These Halcyon Days Assembly Hall, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 12, 18, 19, £12 – £13

Goose Venue 13, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, £8

Arcadia Greenside, 19-24 Aug, £8

Taiwan! Here I Am Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 20-24 Aug, £7

Fight Night HHH Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £17 – £19

The Price of Everything Hill Street Theatre, 1425 Aug, £12

❤ Quietly HHHH Traverse Theatre, 1 Aug, 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £12 – £19

11:05

Love in the Past Participle theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-17 Aug, £7

Synergy theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 5-10 Aug, £6

11:10 A Reason to Smile theSpace @ Venue45, 19-24 Aug, £5 Working on a Special Day Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £12

Twelfth Night: Unplugged Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5 L.O.V.E. HH Assembly Roxy, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 12, 19, £8 – £12 Chatroom theSpace on North Bridge, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5 – £6 Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50 Midsummer/Jersey Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5 The Tempest in the Firth of Forth HHH Summerhall, 6-8 Aug, £17 – £20

11:20 Bedtime Solos by Jakob Holder Assembly Roxy, 1-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £5 – £12 The Brothers’ Grimm Spectaculathon Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5 The Making of Something Awesome Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5 The Fabric of Heaven Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug, £5 The Silence of Friends Greenside, 5-8 Aug, £7 Small Steps in Random Directions Just The Tonic at the Caves, 12-25 Aug, not 13, £3 – £4

11:30 The Trojan Women C venues - C nova, 3-8 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50 Waves Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 2-23 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Anoesis Summerhall, 3-25 Aug, not 7, 12, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, £8 – £14

11:15

Pigeon English Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £9.50 – £10.50

The Medicine Showdown Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, £5

The Waiting Room Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £8 – £12

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theatrelistings When We Embraced HHH Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 3 Aug, 4 Aug, 6 Aug, 7 Aug, £8 – £11 Bitch Boxer Pleasance Courtyard, 18-25 Aug, £10.50 The Ghost of Twin Oaks Church Hill Theatre, 6 Aug, £5 ¡Bocón!

Church Hill Theatre, 21 Aug, £5 Celebrating 40 Years of the Fringe Firsts Pleasance Courtyard, 4 Aug, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £5 The GB Project Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 8-24 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £11

11:35 Grated Expectations theSpace on North Bridge, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £6 Shake the Dust theSpace on the Mile, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £3.50 – £6 Rabbitskin by Dominic Grace theSpace on the Mile, 19-24 Aug, £8

11:40 Austen’s Women Assembly George Square, 3-25 Aug, not 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, £12 – £13

Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50

Pip Utton: Churchill The Assembly Rooms, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 20, £9 – £10

Murder, Marple and Me Gilded Balloon Teviot, 16-25 Aug, not 19, £9.50 – £10.50

A Womb With a View theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £6 – £7

Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 6 Aug, £5

Tracy Venue 13, 3-9 Aug, £8

The Wild Wood of Widdershin Just The Tonic at the Caves, 17-18 Aug, £6

The Cardinals Greyfriars Kirk, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £12

12:10

Motherland Summerhall, 20-23 Aug, £12

12:05

Big Daddy vs Giant Haystacks HHH Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 13, 20, £7 – £12

Graceland Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5 Relationshit Venue 13, Various dates from 10 Aug to 17 Aug, £5

11:50 Handmade Tales Zoo Southside, 2-26 Aug, not 14, £8 Growing Pains theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20-24 Aug, £6

12:00 The Snow Cabinet Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 20-24 Aug, £8 The Story of Little Dombey National Library of Scotland, 7-21 Aug, £12 I Guess if the Stage Exploded...

Summerhall, 19-24 Aug, £10 Gardening: For the Unfulfilled and Alienated HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6 – £9

To You, The Birdie!

(Phèdre) New Media Scotland, 12 Aug, £4 The Emperor Jones; Today, I Must Sincerely Congratulate You; Rhyme ’Em to Death New Media Scotland, 13 Aug, £4

Chaucer: Hold Up Your Tale C venues - C nova, 6-10 Aug, £8.50 – £9.50

Ball at Hawking’s New Town Theatre, 2-12 Aug, £6 – £12

Everything’s Elsewhere C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 13 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Beeston Rifles Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £10

Hanging BruceHoward C venues - C nova, 1126 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

House/Lights New Media Scotland, 11 Aug, £4

Gotcha C venues - C nova, 1426 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Rumstick Road New Media Scotland, 10 Aug, £4

Mansfield Presents Lovers’ Vows Paradise in Augustine’s, 5-17 Aug, not 11, 12, £8.50

Finding Libby Assembly Hall, 1-26 Aug, £5 – £11 Bedding Out Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 10 Aug, £free ❤ Missing HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 8-11 Aug, £13.50 – £15 Subject to Requirement Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 18-25 Aug, £free

Men HHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £10 Penelope theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19-24 Aug, £9 Penny Dreadful theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £3 – £5 Rules of the Game theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-17 Aug, £8

Nostalgia for Reality Quaker Meeting House, 5-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £9

The ‘Lockerbie Bomber’ C venues - C, 31 Jul - 13 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

11:45

The Knight of the Box Near The Station Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 2-25 Aug, £free

Sex, Drugs and Toilet Rolls theSpace on North Bridge, 19-22 Aug, £5

The Inventor and The Escort Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £5 – £10.50

In Holy Matri-moany theSpace on North Bridge, 12-17 Aug, £5

You Should Ask Wallace Venue 13, 18-21 Aug, £8

Magic Number Six theSpace on the Mile, 19-24 Aug, £7

The Zero Hour Venue150 @ EICC, 2024 Aug, £12

A Hundred Minus One Day theSpace on North Bridge, 12-17 Aug, £8.50

Specie Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10.50

Love in the Past Participle theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5 – £7

Chops theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 5 Aug, 9 Aug, £5 Operation: Love Story La Tasca, 3-24 Aug, £free Pirates and Mermaids: A Fairytale for Adults Scottish Storytelling Centre, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £8 – £10

Dustpan Odyssey New Town Theatre, 14-25 Aug, £6 – £13 The Butterfly Room theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-17 Aug, £7 Voluntary Departure Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6 – £10 Don’t Wake Me: The Ballad of Nihal Armstrong with Jaye Griffiths Gilded Balloon Teviot, 5-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 – £12

Gordon Laughing Horse @ The Blind Poet, 16-25 Aug, £free South Downs theSpace @ Venue45, 19-22 Aug, £7 Titus Andronicus C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 17 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 15 Minutes C venues - C aquila, 3-10 Aug, £6.50 – £8.50

Canary Gold C venues - C, 14-26 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50

12:15 A Play With Words and Blind Love Pilrig Studio, 7 Aug, £5 Argonautika Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5 The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5 Vernon God Little theSpace on Niddry St, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £5

The Laramie Project theSpace on Niddry St, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, £5 Rough Magic theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7 Aug, 10 Aug, £5 Shakesperience Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5 The Imaginary Invalid Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5 Wing It, Dusty theSpace on the Mile, 12-17 Aug, £5

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theatrelistings A Hundred Minus One Day theSpace on North Bridge, 19-24 Aug, £8.50

A Cut in the Rates by Alan Ayckbourn and Gray Matter by JD Farr Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 19-25 Aug, £free

12:20

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Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £12

Ali J Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, £6 – £10.50

Revolution Society Pleasance Dome, 13-25 Aug, not 20, £8 – £10

12:30

No Holds Bard Assembly Roxy, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £12

❤ The Events HHHH Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £18 – £20

Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 8 Aug, £5

❤ We Will Be Free! The Tolpuddle Martyrs Story HHHH The Assembly Rooms, 2-25 Aug, not 12, £14 – £15

Inside HH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £5 – £10 The Tempest in the Firth of Forth HHH Summerhall, 9 Aug, £20

The Penelopiad Pilrig Studio, 8 Aug, £5

12:25 Head Over Heels Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, £5 Leaving Iowa Pilrig Studio, 5 Aug, £5 The Uncanny Valley Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10

Cheesed Off Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 19-25 Aug, £free Kaffa!

SpaceCabaret @ 54, 6-10 Aug, £7

La Merda (The Shit) Summerhall, 14-25 Aug, £12

Our Fathers HHH Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, not 7, 13, 20, £12

Nobel Zoo, 2-26 Aug, not 11, 18, £7

Solpadeine Is My Boyfriend Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 18 Aug, £6 – £11

Mrs Moneypenny Returns AGA Showroom, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, £15

The Ants Pilrig Studio, 6 Aug, £5

Shake the Dust theSpace on the Mile, 19-24 Aug, £6 Road Greenside, 12-17 Aug, £8

12:40

You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18

Killing Roger Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £11

I’m With the Band HH Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £18 Snooze Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 1-8 Aug, £free

12:35 ❤ How to Occupy an Oil Rig HHHH Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £11 – £14

Double Booked Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 1 Aug to 25 Aug, £6 – £10 Something Fishy Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 2 Aug to 24 Aug, £6 – £10

The Pearl HH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £9.50

Threeway HH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £8 – £16

Tejas Verdes Just Festival at St John’s, 3 Aug, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £7 – £14

Herons Zoo, 2-26 Aug, not 11, 21, £5 – £8

Genesis/Golgotha Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £10 – £14

Rockaby / Act Without Words I / That Time The Hub, 31 Aug, £4

Howie the Rookie Assembly Hall, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 12, 19, £12 – £13 Happy Never After Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, £6 – £9.50 Glory Days theSpace on the Mile, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £8 The Extremists Assembly Roxy, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £10 – £13 You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18

The Curse of Elizabeth Faulkner Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £10 The Greatest Liar in All the World Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £10 The Librarians theSpace on North Bridge, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £5 – £7

12:45 Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50 Bette Davis Ain’t for Sissies The Fiddler’s Elbow, 3-24 Aug, £free

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theatrelistings Dorothy Greenside, 5-10 Aug, £6.50 XY HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £9.50 Ben Franklin: The Rogue who Invented America Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £12

Inquiry into the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ Edinburgh Christadelphian Church, 8-9 Aug, £free The Sign of Four Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £8

13:05 Going For Gold theSpace on North Bridge, 19-22 Aug, £5 Let’s Get Things Straight... theSpace on North Bridge, 12-17 Aug, £5

The Portrait Firm Summerhall, 12-24 Aug, not 15, 20, £10

Punchline theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 18, £5 – £11

Safe theSpace on North Bridge, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £10

Bedding Out Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 9 Aug, £free

Goodbye Sun and Bear C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 17 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Ciara HHH Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £18 – £20

❤ Missing HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 2-25 Aug, not 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, £8.50 – £15

Take Care theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £6.50

The Early Hours Paradise in Augustine’s, 20-24 Aug, £2 – £5

One Last Thing Sweet Grassmarket, 5-18 Aug, £8

The Secret Agent HH Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £18 – £20

Long Distance Affair (make possible an impossible trip) Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, £6 – £11

Ulysses Paterson’s Land, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £16 Cadre HHH Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £18 – £20 Martyr’s Crossing Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 6-9 Aug, £5

12:50 You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18 Look Back in Anger C venues - C too, 1-26 Aug, not 13, £9.50 – £11.50 Way Back Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £10 And They Played Shang-a-Lang The Stand Comedy Club III & IV, 2-25 Aug, not 12, £10 Monkey Poet - Love Hurts Actually The Banshee Labyrinth, 3-26 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free

Charlie Dupré Presents... The Stories of Shakey P Just The Tonic at the Caves, 5-25 Aug, not 13, £8 – £10 ❤ Banksy: The Room in the Elephant HHHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, 19 Aug, £7 – £12 Pants On Fire’s Pinocchio HHH Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10.50 The Way You Tell Them Summerhall, Various dates from 3 Aug to 15 Aug, £7 – £10 ❤ Beating McEnroe HHHH Summerhall, Various dates from 2 Aug to 16 Aug, £7 – £10 Not the Messiah Pleasance Courtyard, 1-24 Aug, £6 – £10

12:55

Gardening: For the Unfulfilled and Alienated HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6 – £9

The Lost Gatsby theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-17 Aug, £8

You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18

13:00 Indian Peter’s Coffee House Valvona & Crolla, Various dates from 3 Aug to 26 Aug, £12

Eugenie Grandet Assembly George Square, 2-26 Aug, not 12, £10 – £12 Making News HH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7.50 – £15

The King and Queen of the Universe C venues - C aquila, 1-23 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 The True Story of Ah Q (Physical Theatre) theSpace on the Mile, 12-17 Aug, £12 Between theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £5 – £8

13:10

FOX theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £6

❤ Rites: A Children’s Tragedy HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 1-17 Aug, £6 – £9.50

13:15

13:25

Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50

The Shape of Things theSpace on North Bridge, 19-24 Aug, £8.50

I Could’ve Been Better Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 13 Aug, £6 – £11

Big Boys Don’t Cry Paradise in The Vault, 13-26 Aug, not 18, 19, 25, £8

Mask Venue 13, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, £8

The Walls SpaceCabaret @ 54, 12-17 Aug, £8

Sleeping Beauty and the Spinner Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5 Fight Night HHH Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £17 – £19 Hindsight HHH The Assembly Rooms, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £9 – £10 The Medicine Showdown Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5

Jordan Assembly Hall, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £8 – £12

Twelfth Night: Unplugged Church Hill Theatre, 6 Aug, £5

Tell Me A Secret C venues - C nova, Various dates from 1 Aug to 25 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

❤ Long Live The Little Knife HHHH Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, £19

The TEAM Makes a Play theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 2-10 Aug, £8

Sweater Curse: A Yarn About Love Sweet Grassmarket, 1-26 Aug, £6 – £8

The Dragon and George theSpace on the Mile, 19-24 Aug, £5

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Church Hill Theatre, 21 Aug, £5

The Unremarkable Death of Marilyn Monroe Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 13, £8 – £13

The Dumb Waiter New Town Theatre, 2-25 Aug, not 12, 13, £8

13:20

Journey to X theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19-24 Aug, £7

PussyFooting C venues - C aquila, 1-26 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

The Prawn King theSpace on the Mile, 5-10 Aug, £7

❤ From Where I’m Standing HHHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10.50

Damned C venues - C nova, Various dates from 31 Jul to 26 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Internal Affairs theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 12-16 Aug, £6.50 The Sugar and Honey Cook-Along! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19-24 Aug, £8 You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18

❤ Have I No Mouth HHHH Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £17 – £19 Speak Truth to Power Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5

You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18 Scotsman Best of the Fest Assembly George Square, 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £12

The Way to Keep Him Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 20-24 Aug, £5 Ciara HHH Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, £13

13:30

❤ Long Live The Little Knife HHHH Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £17 – £19

❤ Grounded HHHHH Traverse Theatre, 1 Aug, 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £12 – £19

❤ Missing HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 3 Aug, £15 The Ghost of Twin Oaks Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18

¡Bocón!

Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5

Sid and Valerie Summerhall, 19-25 Aug, £10 Outside on the Street HHH Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 20 Aug, £6 – £10 Choose Your Own Documentary By Nathan Penlington Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £11 ❤ Quietly HHHH Traverse Theatre, 2 Aug, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £17 – £19 Sh!t Theatre’s JSA (Job Seekers Anonymous) 2013 Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 2-24 Aug, not 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 18, £5 Stand Up, Woman Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £free The Canterbury Tales theSpace on Niddry St, 5-10 Aug, £7 Tobacco Merchant’s Lawyer HH The Assembly Rooms, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £9 – £10

The Yellow Boat Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, £5

Four Walls Bedlam Theatre, 6-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £6

The Emperor Wolf Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5

Hamlette Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

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The Surrender HHH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £14

13:35 Say It Again, Sam Sweet Grassmarket, 1-25 Aug, £8

13:40 Whodidit theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £6 – £8 Long Distance Affair (make possible an impossible trip) Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, £6 – £11 High Plains (A Western Myth) HH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £11 You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18 The Rain That Washes Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 17 Aug, not 7 Aug, £6.50 – £11 Sympathy Pains Pleasance Dome, 18-26 Aug, £8 – £10

13:45 The University of Westminster Presents... Body Odours theSpace on the Mile, 19-24 Aug, £4 – £7 Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50

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theatrelistings The Confessions of Gordon Brown HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £7 – £12.50 Chorus Greenside, 2-17 Aug, not 11, £7 Graceland Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5 I’m With the Band HH Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, £18 Solstice Assembly Roxy, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £10 Out to Lunch Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 Road Greenside, 19-24 Aug, £8

13:50 Endgame The Hub, 31 Aug, £4 Journos theSpace on the Mile, 12-17 Aug, £7 Bygone Zoo, 2-26 Aug, not 12, £9

Histoire d’amour King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 17 Aug, £12 Positive Paradise in the Kirkhouse, 13-26 Aug, not 19, £6.50 – £7.50 ❤ The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer HHHHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 11 Aug, £8 – £15 Bedding Out Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 10 Aug, £free A Long Road Home Palmerston Place Church, 16-17 Aug, £5 A Long Road Home Central Hall, 10 Aug, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, £5 Open Wide Tour The Fiddler’s Elbow, 3-24 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free Play for September Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £9

Our Glass House Summerhall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £free

3, 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, £7 – £14 The Boy Who Lost Christmas Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £free

14:05

Breaker HH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £7.50 – £13 Captain Gingerbeard Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, not 7, £free Cape Wrath Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 9-24 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £11

Island State C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Let’s Get Things Straight... theSpace on North Bridge, 19-22 Aug, £5 Puss-in-Boots theSpace on North Bridge, 2 Aug, 5 Aug, 7 Aug, 9 Aug, £6 – £7 The Company of Wolves theSpace on North Bridge, 3 Aug, 6 Aug, 8 Aug, 10 Aug, £6 – £7

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience B’est Restaurant, 2-27 Aug, not 3, 10, 17, 24, £43 Minnie and Mona Play Dead Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £11.50 Ring Pleasance Dome, 19-24 Aug, £10.50 – £13.50

Bad Boy Eddie HHH C venues - C aquila, 1-26 Aug, not 13, £10.50 – £12.50 Death by Shakespeare theSpace @ Venue45, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5 – £8 The Violinist theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £8

The School of Night’s Spontaneous Shakespeare Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14-25 Aug, £11 – £12

Take Two Every Four Hours Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10.50

The Tree and the Abbey Lauriston Halls, 15 Aug, £7

You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18

Harder Please theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £3 – £5

Sleight of Mind theSpace on the Mile, 5-9 Aug, £3

Anoesis Summerhall, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £14

Sex, Drugs and Toilet Rolls theSpace on North Bridge, 12-17 Aug, £5

The Babysitter Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £10

Clown for Hire Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £10 – £13

14:00

The Ghost Hunter Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 15 Aug, £6 – £12

Wyrd C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

You All Know Me - I’m Jack Ruby! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £7

Embers King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 25 Aug, £10

Tejas Verdes Just Festival at St John’s, 2-26 Aug, not

❤ The List HHHH Summerhall, 3-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, 20, £12

London Road, Sea Point HHH Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £10 – £15 You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18

13:55 Morning and Afternoon Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £6 – £12

The Major SpaceCabaret @ 54, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5 – £7

Fourplay theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 3 Aug to 23 Aug, £6 – £7.50 A Tiny Tempest C venues - C, 18-26 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Impromptu Shakespeare Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £6 – £9.50 You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18 Here’s Connie theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £5

14:15 Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5 Hirsch Pleasance Courtyard, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £6 – £12.50 Northanger Abbey Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 2-10 Aug, £5 – £9 Pandora’s Box Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, £5 Rough Magic theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 6 Aug, £5 The Imaginary Invalid Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5

14:10

The Trials and Tribulations of Mr Pickwick Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £12

Sock Puppet HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £11

The Tempest in the Firth of Forth HHH Summerhall, 12-15 Aug, £20

A Play With Words and Blind Love Pilrig Studio, 8 Aug, £5 Circle Game Church Hill Theatre, 21 Aug, £5 Questioning Aslan Edinburgh Elim, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £11 Sleeping Soldiers C venues - C, 31 Jul - 10 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 The House Beautiful C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 17 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 5 Aug, 9 Aug, £5 Bridge to an Island C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Chops theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 8 Aug, £5 Chariot Edinburgh Elim, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £11 Much Ado About Nothing C venues - C, 11-17 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Rabbit Hole Church Hill Theatre, 6 Aug, £5 Sex Lives of Others HH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6 – £12

14:20 God Bless Liz Lochhead The Assembly Rooms, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 1 Aug, 12 Aug, £14 – £15 Robert Golding Assembly Roxy, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £5 – £12 Sandpits Avenue Zoo Southside, 2-26 Aug, not 20, £8

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theatrelistings The Lady Vanishes Paradise in Augustine’s, 20-24 Aug, £8

Champ HHH Assembly Roxy, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £10 – £15

Kierkegaard Comedy Show - with Claus Damgaard C venues - C aquila, 1-26 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Good Things by Liz Lochhead St Serf’s Church Hall, 17 Aug, £9

Long Distance Affair (make possible an impossible trip) Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, £6 – £11 Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 7 Aug, £5 The End: An Apocalypse Anthology Sweet Grassmarket, 12-13 Aug, £7 You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18 The Paper Cinema’s Odyssey Summerhall, 17-25 Aug, £14 The Penelopiad Pilrig Studio, 5 Aug, £5

14:25 Head Over Heels Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5 Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 6 Aug, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £6 – £9.50

14:30 David Copperfield St Ninian’s Hall, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, £12 The Ants Pilrig Studio, 7 Aug, £5 The Oldest Man in Catford New Town Theatre, 1-25 Aug, £11 – £15 You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18 Longing for Grace Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £12 An Actor’s Lament HHH Assembly Hall, 1-20 Aug, not 5, 12, £12 – £20 Quad The Hub, 27 Aug, £6 Beckett and Contemporary Art: Make Sense Who May The Hub, 28 Aug, £6 On Behalf of Nature Royal Lyceum Theatre, 18 Aug, £10 All That Fall The Hub, 25-26 Aug, £15

Moonshine, Medicine and The Mob: Whisky Tasting Valvona & Crolla Scottish Foodhall@Jenners, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, £15 Sailor Beware Saughtonhall United Reformed Church, 10 Aug, £7 The Odyssey of Dave Quaker Meeting House, 12-17 Aug, £7.50 The Reluctant Doctor Quaker Meeting House, 19-24 Aug, £7 Pint Dreams Pleasance At The Antiquary, 22-25 Aug, £6.50 – £7.50 Hatches, Matches and Dispatches Mayfield Salisbury Church, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £10 Lifting the Mask theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 4 Aug to 24 Aug, £6 – £7.50 Pirates and Mermaids: A Fairytale for Adults Scottish Storytelling Centre, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £8 – £10 Romeo/Juliet C venues - C too, 1-26 Aug, not 13, £8.50 – £10.50 Extreme Withdrawal Is Manifest Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 9-18 Aug, £free I Need a Doctor: The Unauthorised Whosical Adventure Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, 20 Aug, £6 – £11 Phil Nichol: The Weary Land HHH The Assembly Rooms, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £9 – £10 Solomon and Marion Assembly Hall, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £10 – £16 The Bread and the Beer Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £10 The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning Pleasance At St Thomas of Aquin’s High School, Various dates from 7 Aug to 25 Aug, £10 – £14

14:35 The World Has Gone Mad Mood Nightclub, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Omega HHH The Assembly Rooms, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £14 – £15 An Afternoon of Playback Theatre Sweet Grassmarket, 12-17 Aug, £8 Fantastical Adventures in the Mundane Sweet Grassmarket, 19-26 Aug, £7

14:40 Can You Hear Seagulls?

Sweet Grassmarket, 3-11 Aug, £8.50 ❤ Mammoth HHHH Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £12 If Room Enough Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £11 – £14 Shakespeare: Olde Words – New Worlds Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £9 Economy of Thought Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £14 Jack and Jill and the Red Postbox Sweet Grassmarket, 5-11 Aug, £8 Where the White Stops HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £6 – £11

On the Line: Media La Tasca, 3-24 Aug, not 8, 20, £free Spandex Greenside, 20-24 Aug, £8 Eilish O’Carroll: Live Love Laugh Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 24 Aug, not 14 Aug, £10 – £17 Close to You Greenside, 2-17 Aug, not 11, £5 – £8 Mother F Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £9.50

14:50 The Love Project HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £6 – £11 The Year I Was Gifted Sweet Grassmarket, 2-25 Aug, not 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, £8 My Pregnant Brother Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £10 No Direction Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 13, £8 – £15 You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18

14:55 The Liz and Dick Show theSpace on North Bridge, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £10 What I Want to Say But Never Will Sweet Grassmarket, 13-18 Aug, £8.50

You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18

Timeline Greenside, 19-24 Aug, £10

14:45

Look Back in Anger Greenside, 4-10 Aug, £9

Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50 The Trench Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £12.50 Bite the Bullet The Assembly Rooms, 16-25 Aug, £10 Children of Mine Venue 13, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £8

15:00 Metamorphosis HH King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 12 Aug, £12 Afghan Days Babylon Nights The Royal Scots Club, 6-17 Aug, not 11, £10 Four Walls Bedlam Theatre, 2-5 Aug, £4 – £6

Mercy Killers Assembly Hall, 1-26 Aug, £5 – £10

Indian Peter’s Coffee House Valvona & Crolla, 6 Aug, 8 Aug, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, £12

Alice in Wonderland C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Shylock with Guy Masterson Assembly Hall, 12 Aug, £15

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Seven Ages (featuring Kevin Tomlinson) Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £10 Sentinels Bedlam Theatre, 5-11 Aug, £9 The Bespoke Overcoat Greenside, 12-17 Aug, £8.50 Calotype Central Hall, 17 Aug, £9 Adam Smith, le Grand Tour Institut français d’Ecosse, 2-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £5 – £10 Blazing Grannies St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, 17-26 Aug, £free ❤ Dark Vanilla Jungle HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6.50 – £11

❤ Breaking News HHHH Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12 Sonica Presents Sven Werner’s Tales of Magical Realism Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £14 Wot? No Fish!

Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £12 A Night to Dismember Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £6 – £9 On the Beach by John Osborne Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £11 Ruskin Live Scottish National Gallery, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, £10 The Weaver Venue150 @ EICC, 4-24 Aug, £12

Theatre Uncut: Dalgety & Fragile by David Greig Paterson’s Land, 20-24 Aug, £10

Yellow Pears Zoo, 2-26 Aug, not 12, £5 – £8

Long Distance Affair (make possible an impossible trip) Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, £6 – £11

In Holy Matri-moany theSpace on North Bridge, 19-22 Aug, £5

Conversations Not Fit for the American Dinner Table Bedlam Theatre, 12-24 Aug, £9 Hide and Seek Central Hall, Various dates from 3 Aug to 10 Aug, £7.50 – £8.50 Itch: With a Twist Pleasance Courtyard, 13 Aug, £8

We’ll Stuff You Once You’re Dead theSpace on North Bridge, 12-17 Aug, £5 Easter Eggs theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £5 Something There That’s Missing theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £5 – £8 Duvet Dave theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2 Aug, 3 Aug, 5 Aug, 6 Aug, 7 Aug, £5

The Secret Garden SpaceCabaret @ 54, 14-24 Aug, £8 Gardening: For the Unfulfilled and Alienated HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6 – £9 Holes by Tom Basden HHH Assembly George Square, Various dates from 4 Aug to 25 Aug, £10 – £20 You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18 Who’s Afraid of Rachel Roberts?

Assembly Roxy, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £12 Don Quijote Summerhall, 16-24 Aug, £12

15:05

Bassett theSpace on North Bridge, 5-10 Aug, £8

15:10 The Winter’s Tale theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 6-10 Aug, £5 Best Kept Secrets theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-17 Aug, £8 You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18

15:15 The Tempest theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19-24 Aug, £8 – £9 Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50

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theatrelistings Piracy! Comedy on the High C’s theSpace @ Venue45, 18-24 Aug, £9.50

The Secret Agent HH Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £18

The Savage Planet The Fiddler’s Elbow, 3-11 Aug, £free

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug, £5

Waist - Free The Fiddler’s Elbow, 12-24 Aug, £free Bright Lights C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Collected Stories New Town Theatre, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £10.50 – £13.50 I’m With the Band HH Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £18 – £20 Shadows Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5 Bath Time Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £5 – £10 Nick: An Accidental Hero HHH Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £12 ❤ The Events HHHH Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £18 – £20 The Graveyard Slot HHH theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 3-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £7.50 – £9 The Medicine Showdown Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5 Twelfth Night: Unplugged Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, £5 Ciara HHH Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £18 – £20

15:20 The Emperor Wolf Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5 The Brothers’ Grimm Spectaculathon Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5 The Bitches’ Box Assembly George Square, 1-23 Aug, not 13, 20, £8 – £10 The Making of Something Awesome Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5 ❤ Moving Family HHHH Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10

Speak Truth to Power Church Hill Theatre, 21 Aug, £5 ❤ Stuart: A Life Backwards HHHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7 – £14 ¡Bocón!

Church Hill Theatre, 16 Aug, £5 Forever C venues - C too, 18-26 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Hag HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £11 The Way You Tell Them Summerhall, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £10 The Wedge CANCELLED Zoo Southside, 2-26 Aug, £8 Beating McEnroe Summerhall, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, £10

15:40 Who Are You Supposed To Be? C venues - C aquila, 1426 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Auld Edinburgh Tales Sweet Grassmarket, 12-26 Aug, £8 Fault Lines theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 3 Aug to 23 Aug, £6 – £7.50 Act Without Words II / A Piece of Monologue / Play The Hub, 31 Aug, £4 Diablo C venues - C aquila, 1-13 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Long Distance Affair (make possible an impossible trip) Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, £6 – £11

15:45

You Once Said Yes Underbelly, Cowgate, 12-25 Aug, £18

Trash Cuisine Pleasance Courtyard, 19-26 Aug, £12 – £15

Cadre HHH Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £18 – £20

The Yellow Boat Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5

Cape Wrath Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 9-24 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £11

A Matter of Life and Death C venues - C, 11-17 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

Pigmalion Zoo C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Annoying the Neighbours Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £11

15:25 The Walls SpaceCabaret @ 54, 2-11 Aug, not 4, £5 – £8 Below the Belt Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6.50 – £11

15:30 Book of Blakewell Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 14, £6 – £10 Each of Us Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £10

Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50

White’s Lies Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 14, £10 – £16.50 Sonica Presents Sven Werner’s Tales of Magical Realism Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £14 Fight Night HHH Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £17 – £19

Burton’s Last Call Laughing Horse @ Espionage, 1-24 Aug, £free

The Picture of Dorian Gray C venues - C, 19-24 Aug, £6.50 – £8.50 Lexi Heart, The Singing Magician- PBH Free Fringe Cafe Camino, 3-24 Aug, £free

15:50 Bobby Gould in Hell theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 4 Aug to 24 Aug, £6 – £7.50 Honest Iago and Three Other Choice Villains from Shakespeare theSpace on the Mile, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £9

15:55

❤ Grounded HHHHH Traverse Theatre, 2 Aug, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £17 – £19 I Knew a Man Called Livingstone National Library of Scotland, 7-21 Aug, £6 – £10 Hound Dog Sweet Grassmarket, 2-11 Aug, £8.50 Sonica Presents Sven Werner’s Tales of Magical Realism Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £14 Of Dice and Men: UK Premiere Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s, 21 Aug, £10

I’ll Be Seeing You Paradise in The Vault, 5-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £8

❤ Quietly HHHH Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £17 – £19

16:00

Angus: Weaver of Grass Scottish Storytelling Centre, 19-25 Aug, £10

Three Women Greenside, 2-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £7 Gardening: For the Unfulfilled and Alienated HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6 – £9 Mrs Moneypenny Returns AGA Showroom, 9-25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £15 A Poem for My Sister Royal Over-Seas League, 15-16 Aug, £10

❤ Have I No Mouth HHHH Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £17 – £19 Inquiry into the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ Edinburgh Christadelphian Church, 7-9 Aug, £free The Islanders HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £11

Fight Night HHH Traverse Theatre, 1 Aug, £12

A Family Beyond The Army Sweet Grassmarket, 12-25 Aug, £8

❤ Long Live The Little Knife HHHH Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £17 – £19

❤ Quietly HHHH Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, £19

Diary of a Madman Venue 13, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £8

Silence in Court New Town Theatre, 2-25 Aug, £10 – £12.50

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theatrelistings Ten Out of Ten HHH Assembly Hall, 5-26 Aug, not 19, £10 – £12 Ulysses Paterson’s Land, 14-26 Aug, not 18, 19, 20, 25, £16 ❤ Nirbhaya HHHH Assembly Hall, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £10 – £16 The Fifth Duck Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 5-9 Aug, £5

16:05 All Or Nothing theSpace on North Bridge, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5 – £7 The Suicidal Tendencies of Sheep and a Dog Called the Hoff theSpace on North Bridge, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £7 Cut! Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20, £6 – £12 Concrete Duvet theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £7 Sandel theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 11, £10 – £12 The Fanny Hill Project Zoo, 2-26 Aug, £5 – £8 If You’re Glad, I’ll Be Frank By Tom Stoppard theSpace @ Venue45, 12-17 Aug, £7 Cain theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £3 – £7 Very Still and Hard to See Greenside, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £10

16:10 Devil in the Deck Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 5 Aug, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6 – £9 Deimos theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19-24 Aug, £10 Pip Utton - Adolf The Assembly Rooms, 6 Aug, 13 Aug, £15

Circle Game Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5 Expiration Date Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 3-24 Aug, not 12, 20, £8.50 Safe theSpace on North Bridge, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £10

Undone Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £10 – £13

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs Revisited Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £12.50

Voices Made Night HHH Assembly Hall, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £10 – £15

The Boss of It All Assembly Roxy, 1-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £13

It’s Not What You Know... theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £7

The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy Church Hill Theatre, 6 Aug, £5

She Was Probably Not a Robot Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £6 – £10 The Beginning Pleasance Courtyard, 18-24 Aug, £9 – £12 ❤ The Boy Who Kicked Pigs HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 14 Aug, £6 – £11.50 Laugh Your Farce Off Pleasance Courtyard, 15-17 Aug, £9.50

This Was the World and I Was King C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 A Happy Side (As Well) Greenside, 2-10 Aug, £5 – £8 Return to the Forbidden Planet Church Hill Theatre, 20-21 Aug, £5 Slapdash Galaxy: 3D Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 14 Aug, £7 – £13

16:20 Desdemona, a Play About a Handkerchief Sweet Grassmarket, 2-11 Aug, £8 Inspector Norse Assembly George Square, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £10 Signs of Our Occupy theSpace @ Venue45, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5.50 – £7.50 Losing the Plot New Town Theatre, 1-25 Aug, £12 – £15 Pendulums Bargain Emporium Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 24 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £12.50 The Veil (Le Foulard) Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6.50 – £11 Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-17 Aug, £9

16:25 Track 3 Bedlam Theatre, 4-24 Aug, £10 Head Over Heels Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5 Leaving Iowa Pilrig Studio, 6 Aug, £5

For Their Own Good Summerhall, 19-24 Aug, £10 Pint Dreams Pleasance At The Antiquary, 22-25 Aug, £6.50 – £7.50

❤ The Six Wives of Henry VIII HHHH Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 6 Aug, 13 Aug, £8 – £12

Pirates and Mermaids: A Fairytale for Adults Scottish Storytelling Centre, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £8 – £10

Tango Theatre: Woman of Shadow, Woman of Light C venues - C aquila, 18-26 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Rough Theatre Paradise in The Vault, 5-11 Aug, £6

Roughs Zoo Southside, 2-26 Aug, £9

Family Tree Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £6 – £10

Buoy C venues - C aquila, 1-17 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Bonanza HHH Summerhall, 2-11 Aug, £6 – £12 How to be a Modern Marvel® HHH Institut français d’Ecosse, 2-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £5 – £10 Are You Sitting Comfortably?

C venues - C nova, 1126 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Contractions C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 10 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 The Ants Pilrig Studio, 8 Aug, £5 Lauder!

Summerhall, 2-16 Aug, not 6, 13, £12

Bonanza HHH Summerhall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £12

I Heart IKEA Zoo Southside, 2-14 Aug, £5 – £9

16:15

Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50

Jewel theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5

A Play With Words and Blind Love Pilrig Studio, 5 Aug, £5

Pandora’s Box Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5

16:30

Leonce and Lena Venue150 @ EICC, 4-24 Aug, £12

Argonautika Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

Shakesperience Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, £5

The Three Lions HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £8 – £15

Whistleblower C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

Melmoth the Wanderer HH The Assembly Rooms, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, £14 – £15

16:35

Sonica Presents Sven Werner’s Tales of Magical Realism Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £14

16:40 The Sleeping Trees’ Odyssey Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £7.50 There Has Possibly Been an Incident Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £11 – £14

16:45 ❤ Major Tom HHHH Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £12 Fantasy No. 10 - The Beauty of Life HHH Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, £10 Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50 Little Foot Paradise in Augustine’s, 5-10 Aug, £5 – £6 The Cow Play C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Faileontology Zoo, 2-26 Aug, not 12, £5 – £10

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theatrelistings Breaking the Silence C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50 Landfall theSpace @ Venue45, 19-24 Aug, £8 Cadre HHH Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, £13

16:50 Krapp’s Last Tape The Hub, 31 Aug, £4 Rave Generation Paradise in Augustine’s, 20-26 Aug, £7.50 Chaos By Design theSpace on the Mile, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £5 The Shawshank Redemption HH The Assembly Rooms, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £15 – £16

16:55 Broken Holmes theSpace on the Mile, 20-24 Aug, £8

17:00 Newton Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 Gardening: For the Unfulfilled and Alienated HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 1-25 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £6 – £9 Another New World Cafe Camino, 3-24 Aug, £free Caught in the Net The Edinburgh Academy, 6-10 Aug, £10 ❤ Circa: Wunderkammer HHHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £12 – £18.50 Sonica Presents Sven Werner’s Tales of Magical Realism Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £14 76 Million People and Me Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 11-15 Aug, £free

Europa, Our First Migrant Italian Cultural Institute, 23-24 Aug, £8 Eh Joe Royal Lyceum Theatre, 31 Aug, £8 All That Fall The Hub, 25-26 Aug, £15 Titus Paradise in the Kirkhouse, 20-26 Aug, £8 Bedding Out Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 9 Aug, £free Soddin’ Flodden Scottish Storytelling Centre, 2-17 Aug, not 12, £8.50 Ulysses Paterson’s Land, 9-11 Aug, £16

17:05 A Laughing Matter theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £6 Jack, Or the Submission theSpace on North Bridge, 19-24 Aug, £7

Laughing Wild theSpace on the Mile, 19-24 Aug, £6

17:10

❤ Repertory Theatre HHHH C venues - C, 11-26 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Darren Maskell: A Woodlouse Trapped Underneath a Glass Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 19-25 Aug, £free

The Way of the World theSpace @ Venue45, 12-17 Aug, £7.50

The Circus of Terror Greenside, 2-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £free

I (Honestly) Love You C venues - C aquila, 1-13 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

The Actor’s Nightmare theSpace on the Mile, 5-16 Aug, not 11, £7

Eleemosynary theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £8

17:15

Consequences theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £8 The Canterbury Tales theSpace on North Bridge, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £9 The Emma Packer Show - What’s the Point in Living If You Can’t Cha-Cha-Cha? Mood Nightclub, 14-24 Aug, £free

Sans Salomé theSpace on Niddry St, 2-24 Aug, £8.50 – £11 The Rimers of Eldritch Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, £5 All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5 Dumbstruck HHH Zoo, 2-26 Aug, not 14, £6 – £10

Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50 Sleeping Beauty and the Spinner Church Hill Theatre, 21 Aug, £5 Ballad of the Burning Star Pleasance Dome, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £7.50 – £13 Midsummer/Jersey Church Hill Theatre, 16 Aug, £5 Shadows Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug, £5 The Gypsybird Speaks C venues - C, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50 The Pyramids of Margate Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £12

17:20 The Autumn of Han theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 18, £5 – £11

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theatrelistings Made for Each Other Sweet Grassmarket, 1-25 Aug, not 20, £8 The Emperor Wolf Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5 Hope Light and Nowhere HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £11 Mansfield Presents Lovers’ Vows Paradise in Augustine’s, 3-4 Aug, £7.50 The Vanish Inquisition Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £10.50 The Fabric of Heaven Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, 19 Aug, £5

17:25 Raiders: The Whisky Trader Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 1-20 Aug, £8 I’ll Be Seeing You Paradise in The Vault, 3-4 Aug, £8

17:30 Why Is John Lennon Wearing a Skirt?

Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £12 American Gun Show HH Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 2-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £5 – £9 ❤ Birdhouse HHHH Assembly George Square, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 – £12 God of Carnage Greenside, 2-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £6 – £9 Of Dice and Men: UK Premiere Acoustic Music Centre @ St Bride’s, 21 Aug, £10 Hamlette Church Hill Theatre, 10 Aug, £5 Around Miss Julie C venues - C nova, 1126 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Ciara HHH Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, £18 Whispering in the Dark Venue 13, 3-24 Aug, not 5, 12, £8 Human and Other Things C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 10 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 It’s Dark Outside HHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £7 – £14.50 My Village and Other Aliens Zoo Southside, 2-26 Aug, not 12, 19, £5 – £8

17:35 Speak No Evil Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 1-14 Aug, £6.50 The Boadicea of Britannia Street New Town Theatre, 1-25 Aug, £9 – £14

17:40 The Edge of Our Bodies theSpace @ Venue45, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £10 Dick Whittington theSpace on North Bridge, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £4 – £7 I Want to Tell You Something Sweet Grassmarket, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £5 – £8

Villains, Heroes and Adventurers: Whisky Tasting Valvona & Crolla Scottish Foodhall@Jenners, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, £15 Grimm Ever After Paradise in The Vault, 13-18 Aug, £7.50 The Collision of Things Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £6.50 – £11 The Life and Times of Victor Biktrakarawitz Paradise in The Vault, 13-18 Aug, £4.50 Itch: With a Twist Pleasance Courtyard, 12 Aug, £8 Pianoforte, My Life Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 4-10 Aug, £12

Ciara HHH Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £18 – £20 Mucus Factory Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 12 Aug, £free Shakespeare’s Cymbeline Just The Tonic at the Caves, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £5 – £9 The Tree and the Abbey Lauriston Halls, 15 Aug, £7 Cadre HHH Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £18 According to Oscar Mayfield Salisbury Church, 5-9 Aug, £8 Hide and Seek Central Hall, Various dates from 3 Aug to 10 Aug, £7.50 – £8.50

17:45

17:50

The Three Little Pigs Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £10 – £15

Head Over Heels in Saudi Arabia Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 11-26 Aug, £8.50

Meal Ticket Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £10

Measure for Measure Zoo Southside, 2-10 Aug, £5 – £7.50

Baddies theSpace on the Mile, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £9

DNA Zoo Southside, 11-17 Aug, £7.50

How Hard Do You Hum When You Cum? theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 12 Aug to 23 Aug, £5

A Funny Valentine Valvona & Crolla, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 20 Aug, £12 Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50 ❤ If These Spasms Could Speak HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £6 – £9 21st-century Poe Paradise in The Vault, 5-11 Aug, £7 I’m With the Band HH Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £18 – £20 Italia ‘n’ Caledonia Valvona & Crolla, 7 Aug, 12 Aug, 16 Aug, £12 Captive Minds theSpace on North Bridge, 19-24 Aug, £6 ❤ Credible Likeable Superstar Rolemodel HHHH Pleasance Dome, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £7 – £13 Moonshine, Medicine and The Mob: Whisky Tasting Valvona & Crolla Scottish Foodhall@Jenners, 6-24 Aug, not 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, £15 Static - Free The Fiddler’s Elbow, 3-24 Aug, £free The Bunker Trilogy: Morgana C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £11.50 – £13.50

Shadow On Their Wall Paradise in The Vault, 3-11 Aug, £6 – £7 The Smallest Light Zoo Southside, 18-26 Aug, £8

17:55 ❤ BLAM! HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £8 – £15 The Hat, The Cane, The Moustache C venues - C too, 1-26 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

18:00 Sanctuary Just Festival at St John’s, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, £8 Sonica Presents Sven Werner’s Tales of Magical Realism Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £14 How to Avoid Making an Entrance of Yourself Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £2.50 – £5 ❤ Have I No Mouth HHHH Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £17 – £19 Laquearia Summerhall, 2-9 Aug, £10

18:05

Our Friends, The Enemy theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £8

18:15 As You Like It The Royal Scots Club, 12-17 Aug, £12 ❤ Have I No Mouth HHHH Traverse Theatre, 1 Aug, £12

❤ The Events HHHH Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £18 – £20 Northanger Abbey Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £9 Rabbit Hole Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5 The Secret Agent HH Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £18 – £20 Freeze!

Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, not 19, £5 – £9 The Principle of Uncertainty Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, £10

Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50

Sugar Kane SpaceCabaret @ 54, 9-17 Aug, £10

Find Me theSpace on North Bridge, 6-8 Aug, £5 – £7 ❤ Grounded HHHHH Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, £19

Don’t Disturb the Driver theSpace on North Bridge, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £8 – £10

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug, £5

Ohio Impromptu / Rough for Theatre I / Not I The Hub, 31 Aug, £4

The Trilogy Paradise in Augustine’s, 3-18 Aug, not 12, £5 – £10

A Writer’s Lot theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £5 – £7 Artaud: a Trilogy C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Humans Inc C venues - C, 8-26 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50 Killers HH The Assembly Rooms, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £14 – £15

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Splatter theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £7 – £9 The Penelopiad Pilrig Studio, 6 Aug, £5 A Killer Story Greenside, 19-24 Aug, £7 His Majesty, the Devil – a Play With Music HH Quaker Meeting House, 5-17 Aug, not 11, £8 – £9.50 My Favourite Madman Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 2-10 Aug, £6 – £8

18:25 Leaving Iowa Pilrig Studio, 7-8 Aug, £5

18:30

Return to the Forbidden Planet Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5

Desperately Seeking the Exit / Free Festival Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 1-25 Aug, not 12, 19, £free

Beijing Cake theSpace on the Mile, 19-24 Aug, £5 – £8

Life theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 18, £5 – £11

18:20

Something Beginning With Paradise in The Vault, 20-24 Aug, £7

Melodic Dystrophy theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £5

18:10

The Imaginary Invalid Church Hill Theatre, 16 Aug, £5

A Brief History of Beer Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 1-20 Aug, not 12, £free Fight Night HHH Traverse Theatre, 2 Aug, £19 Risk Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 21-25 Aug, £free Shakesperience Church Hill Theatre, 9 Aug, £5

Gym Party Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, £10 ❤ Grounded HHHHH Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £17 – £19 Holes by Tom Basden HHH Assembly George Square, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £20 Sonica Presents Sven Werner’s Tales of Magical Realism Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £14 Fight Night HHH Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £17 ❤ Quietly HHHH Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £17 – £19 Chalk Farm HHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, 19, £6 – £11.50 Executed for Sodomy: the Life Story of Caterina Linck C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Love Struck Central Hall, 10 Aug, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, £7.50 Pint Dreams Pleasance At The Antiquary, 22-25 Aug, £6.50 – £7.50

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theatrelistings ❤ Long Live The Little Knife HHHH Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £17 – £19

18:55

Morag and Keats C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

The Dumb Waiter New Town Theatre, 2-25 Aug, not 12, 13, £8

Romeo and Juliet The Royal Scots Club, 5-10 Aug, £10

Forest HH Sweet Grassmarket, 1-11 Aug, £7.50

19:00

18:35

First Love Royal Lyceum Theatre, 28 Aug, 31 Aug, £8

Timeline Greenside, 2-10 Aug, £5 – £10

Eh Joe Royal Lyceum Theatre, 29 Aug, £8

Recalculating Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 12-26 Aug, £8

Embers King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 24-25 Aug, £10

The Complete History of the BBC (Abridged) Sweet Grassmarket, 12-25 Aug, £7 – £9 On the One Hand HHH Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 3-24 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £11 – £14

18:40 Hidden Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 14, £6 – £10.50

18:45 Crimes Against Comedy The Edinburgh Dungeon, 2-26 Aug, £10.50 Medea Whitespace, 13-24 Aug, not 19, £8 Next Door Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10.50 Love Struck Palmerston Place Church, 14-15 Aug, £7.50 In the Kingdom of the Blind Venue 13, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £9 The Peculiar Tale of Pablo Picasso and the Mona Lisa theSpace on Niddry St, 2-24 Aug, £8.50 – £11 (As/Des)cent Sweet Grassmarket, 1-11 Aug, £9 Kiss Me Honey, Honey!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £8 – £13.50 For the Trumpets Shall Sound C venues - C aquila, 1-17 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Katie Mag C venues - C aquila, 18-26 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Oh My Irma Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £11

Inquiry into the Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ Edinburgh Christadelphian Church, 7-8 Aug, £free Calotype Central Hall, 14-17 Aug, £9 Othello - Two Men Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 20-24 Aug, £7 Ciara HHH Traverse Theatre, 1 Aug, £13 The Goddess of Walnuts Paradise in The Vault, 3-18 Aug, not 12, £5 – £6 Ulysses Paterson’s Land, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £16 ‘33 (a Kabarett) Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £12 Lockerbie: Lost Voices Scottish Storytelling Centre, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 7 Aug, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, £5 – £10 The Hard Man The Wee Red Bar, 1926 Aug, £8

Wyrd C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

19:15

19:05 The Winter’s Tale theSpace on North Bridge, 3 Aug, 5 Aug, 7 Aug, 9 Aug, £9 Jerry and Tom theSpace on the Mile, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £8 – £10

Sleeping Beauty and the Spinner Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5

Punk Rock theSpace on the Mile, 12-17 Aug, £8

No Place Like Zoo, 2-26 Aug, not 11, 18, £4 – £9

Black Rubix Theatre Presents: Freddie Starr Ate My Hamster theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £5

The Wolf and the North Wind: A Contest in the Sky Paradise in The Vault, Various dates from 4 Aug to 26 Aug, £free – £8

Faustus and the Snakes theSpace on the Mile, 19-24 Aug, £9

Questioning Aslan Edinburgh Elim, 16 Aug, 21 Aug, 22 Aug, £11

A Midsummer Night’s Dream theSpace on North Bridge, 2 Aug, 6 Aug, 8 Aug, 10 Aug, £9

Twelfth Night: Unplugged Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

The Mad Hatter Bum Party theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 12 Aug to 23 Aug, £5 Maddy’s Many Mouths theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5 – £8

19:10 A Concrete Jungle Full of Wild Cars theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 3 Aug to 10 Aug, £4.50 – £8.50

Juliet: A Dialogue About Love C venues - C, 31 Jul 10 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 A Circus Affair Zoo, 2-10 Aug, £5 – £9

Red Hanrahan theSpace @ Venue45, 2 Aug, 3 Aug, 5 Aug, 6 Aug, 7 Aug, £7

Masters of Drip The Fiddler’s Elbow, 3-24 Aug, not 7, 13, 21, £free

Vinegar Tom C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 13 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

The Last Picasso theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5 – £7.50

Gorbella theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5 – £7

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Sappho ... in 9 Fragments theSpace @ Venue45, 8-10 Aug, £12

19:20 What Where / Footfalls / Come and Go The Hub, 31 Aug, £4

The Fabric of Heaven Church Hill Theatre, 21 Aug, £5

Kubrick3 Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £12.50

On Hold theSpace on North Bridge, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £6

Chariot Edinburgh Elim, Various dates from 13 Aug to 24 Aug, £11

Daughters theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19-24 Aug, £8

Kafka’s A Report to an Academy Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 5-17 Aug, not 11, £6

I’m With the Band HH Traverse Theatre, 2 Aug, £13

Nehru: His Inner Story Paradise in The Vault, Various dates from 3 Aug to 25 Aug, £free – £8

After Ever Happily theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-17 Aug, £7

The Bridge That Tom Built C venues - C nova, 14-26 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

Sonica Presents Sven Werner’s Tales of Magical Realism Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £14

At The Illusionist’s Table The Scotch Malt Whisky Society - 28 Queen Street, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, £49

The Epicene Butcher and Other Stories for Consenting Adults HHH Assembly George Square, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £10 – £13 The Yellow Boat Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

19:25 The Revenge of the Gargantuan Poo Monster Greenside, 2-17 Aug, not 11, £5

19:30 The Tragedy of Coriolanus The Edinburgh Playhouse, 20-21 Aug, £10 Hamlet Royal Lyceum Theatre, 10-13 Aug, £10

All That Fall The Hub, 25-26 Aug, £15 Chris Dugdale - Magic and Mischief!

Assembly George Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6 – £12 Good Things by Liz Lochhead St Serf’s Church Hall, 3-16 Aug, not 4, 11, £9 Hamlette Church Hill Theatre, 6 Aug, £5 Notes from Bermondsey Street C venues - C, 19-26 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Sailor Beware Saughtonhall United Reformed Church, 5-10 Aug, £7 South African Delights Sweet Grassmarket, 18-22 Aug, £8.50 Speak Truth to Power Church Hill Theatre, 19 Aug, £5 The Tea Diaries Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 2-3 Aug, £8 Silence in Court New Town Theatre, 2-25 Aug, not 18, £10 – £12.50 Shattered!

Cafe Camino, 3-24 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £free The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour Outside the Beehive Inn, 29 Jul - 1 Sep, £14 The Ghost of Twin Oaks Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, 9 Aug, £5 ¡Bocón!

Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5 Whatever Gets You Through the Night The Queen’s Hall, 20 Aug, 23 Aug, £13.50 – £16.50 Dying On Stage Lauriston Halls, 13-17 Aug, £5 Pre:View Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £6.50 Titus Andronicus: An All-female Production HHH Bedlam Theatre, 2-24 Aug, £7 – £9 David Copperfield St Ninian’s Hall, 5-17 Aug, not 11, 15, £12 Free Money Magic Show Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 1-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £free Oresteia C venues - C, 31 Jul 17 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50 Don Quijote Summerhall, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, £12

Sonica Presents Sven Werner’s Tales of Magical Realism Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £14 All Roads Lead to Rome Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £2.50 – £5 Come Blow Your Horn Murrayfield Parish Church Centre, 7-17 Aug, not 11, £10.50 Phone Whore: A One Act Play With Frequent Interruptions Laughing Horse @ The Phoenix, 1-25 Aug, £free The Bacchae Holyrood Park Information Lodge, 22-24 Aug, £free Times Square Tourist theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £5 The Diary of Anne Frank Duddingston Kirk Manse Garden, 7-25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20, £10 The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning Pleasance At St Thomas of Aquin’s High School, 6-25 Aug, not 7, 11, 14, 21, £10 – £14

19:35 Eve: A Balancing Act Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 11-17 Aug, £8.50 Look Back in Anger Greenside, 12-17 Aug, £9 Bin Laden: The One Man Show C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50 Barry Brennan’s Bi-Monthly Dungeons and Dragons Sessions – A Geek Tragedy Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 3-10 Aug, £8

19:40 Agamemnon Greenside, 19-24 Aug, £6.50 Two is the Beginning of the End Sweet Grassmarket, 19-25 Aug, £8.50 We, Object theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 11, 20, £5 – £10 Your Problem With Men Greenside, 19-24 Aug, £15

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Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 21-25 Aug, £10 Brush C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50

19:45 Hatches, Matches and Dispatches Mayfield Salisbury Church, 3-23 Aug, not 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, £10 Graceland Church Hill Theatre, 16 Aug, 20 Aug, £5 The Bloody Ballad Assembly Roxy, 31 Jul 25 Aug, not 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £10 – £14

20:00 An Anonymous Life... and Some Sketches Laughing Horse @ Edinburgh City Football Club, 1-25 Aug, £free Faulty Towers The Dining Experience B’est Restaurant, 1-27 Aug, not 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, £46.50 Sonica Presents Sven Werner’s Tales of Magical Realism Summerhall, 12-25 Aug, not 14, 21, £14 Original Sin/PBH’s Free Fringe Cowgatehead, 19-25 Aug, £free Touched... Like a Virgin Le Monde, 15-25 Aug, not 17, 24, £10 Motherland Summerhall, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, £12 Our Glass House Summerhall, 13-25 Aug, not 19, £free The Tin Ring Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, £14 Metamorphosis HH King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 10-11 Aug, £12 On Behalf of Nature Royal Lyceum Theatre, 16-17 Aug, £10 Leaving Planet Earth H Edinburgh International Conference Centre, 10-24 Aug, not 13, 20, £12.50 Histoire d’amour King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, 15-17 Aug, £12

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VOstBil Institut français d’Ecosse, 13-18 Aug, £10

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Venue 13, 3-24 Aug, not 12, £8

The Ants Pilrig Studio, 5 Aug, £5 The Bunker Trilogy: Agamemnon C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £11.50 – £13.50

❤ The Events HHHH Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, £13

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5

❤ Solfatara HHHH Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, not 8, 15, 22, £8

Pandora’s Box Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

SingleMarriedGirl theSpace on North Bridge, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £6 – £10

The Imaginary Invalid Church Hill Theatre, 20 Aug, £5

I’m With the Band HH Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £18 – £20

Fanny Whittington Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £7

Italia ‘n’ Caledonia Valvona & Crolla, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, £12

The Devil and Billy Markham Royal Over-Seas League, 15-16 Aug, £10 Feral HHH Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, not 13, 20, £9

20:05 Pole Factor theSpace on the Mile, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £8 Strangeways theSpace on North Bridge, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £7.50 A Conversation With My Father Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 14-24 Aug, not 20, £8 – £11 ❤ Captain Amazing HHHHH Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 3-12 Aug, not 6, £8 – £11 Comedy, Evolved theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 5-10 Aug, £8 Missing Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £10.50

20:20 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest theSpace on Niddry St, 2-24 Aug, £8.50 – £11

The Penelopiad Pilrig Studio, 7 Aug, £5

❤ The Events HHHH Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £18

Diary of a Madman Quaker Meeting House, 5-17 Aug, not 11, £8 – £9.50 Comedy, Evolved theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £12 Higgs Summerhall, 2-17 Aug, not 5, 12, £10 4.48 Psychosis C venues - C nova, 14-26 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Globophobia Sweet Grassmarket, 1-25 Aug, £5 – £8

20:25 Cherry On Top C venues - C, 31 Jul 10 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

A Play With Words and Blind Love Pilrig Studio, 6 Aug, £5 Captain Morgan and the Sands of Time The Fiddler’s Elbow, 3-24 Aug, not 14, £free Circle Game Church Hill Theatre, 16 Aug, £5 Donal O’Kelly’s Brace Fionnuala and Skeffy Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, £6 – £12 The High-Schooler’s Guide to the Galaxy Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, £5

Waiting for Godot The Hub, 31 Aug, £4 Serotonin Syndrome Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 2-17 Aug, not 5, 11, 12, £5 – £8

Dirty Water theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 12, 18, £8

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Paradise Zoo, Various dates from 3 Aug to 25 Aug, £5 – £8

In Real Life (IRL) theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £5 – £8

20:10

A Note of Dischord theSpace @ Venue45, 12-17 Aug, £7

Fight Night HHH Traverse Theatre, 3 Aug, £19

Entertaining Mr Orton C venues - C, 11-17 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

20:30 A Funny Valentine Valvona & Crolla, 5 Aug, 7 Aug, 8 Aug, 13 Aug, 19 Aug, £12 Creepie Stool Just Festival at St John’s, Various dates from 16 Aug to 26 Aug, £10 Kiss, Cuddle, Torture Just Festival at St John’s, Various dates from 9 Aug to 23 Aug, £10 Pugni Di Zolfo (Fists of Sulfur) – History of Caruso Zoo Southside, 2-26 Aug, not 12, 21, £5 – £8

The Exception and the Rule theSpace on the Mile, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £3 – £7 ❤ Anna HHHH Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, not 12, £10 God of Carnage The Royal Scots Club, 12-17 Aug, £12 ❤ Long Live The Little Knife HHHH Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £17 – £19 Singin I’m No a Billy He’s a Tim Just Festival at St John’s, Various dates from 2 Aug to 24 Aug, £12 The Secret Agent HH Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £18 – £20 The Project Zoo, Various dates from 2 Aug to 26 Aug, £5 – £8

20:35 Fast Film Noir theSpace @ Venue45, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £9 Metamorphosis Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 1-10 Aug, £7.50 Running With the Firm Zoo Southside, 2-26 Aug, £7 – £10 H to He (I’m Turning Into a Man) Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £12

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20:40 Titus Andronicus theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £12 The Fantasist Underbelly, Bristo Square, 21-26 Aug, £11 – £12 The Worst of Scottee Assembly George Square, 1-24 Aug, not 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, £12 Substance C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

20:45 ❤ Have I No Mouth HHHH Traverse Theatre, 2 Aug, £19 Six Characters in Search of an Author C venues - C, 31 Jul 17 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50 ❤ Long Live The Little Knife HHHH Traverse Theatre, 1 Aug, £12 Cadre HHH Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, £18

Bedding Out Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 9 Aug, £free Ciara HHH Traverse Theatre, 7 Aug, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £18 – £20 Penthesilea Sweet Grassmarket, 1-25 Aug, £10 Riding the Midnight Express with Billy Hayes Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23-25 Aug, £15 Cadre HHH Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £18 – £20 Fade Bedlam Theatre, 2-24 Aug, £5 – £8 ❤ Grounded HHHHH Traverse Theatre, 4 Aug, £17 The Crawl Frankenstein Pub, 2-16 Aug, not 4, 11, £8.50

Kabul HH Venue150 @ EICC, 4-24 Aug, £12 Unrequited Greenside, 2-10 Aug, £5 – £5.50 Agnes of God The Royal Scots Club, 5-10 Aug, £10 Fight Night HHH Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £17 – £19

The Man Who Thought the Moon Would Fall Out of the Sky Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 20 Aug, £14 Biding Time (remix) Summerhall, 4 Aug, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, £12 Boys C venues - C aquila, 1-26 Aug, not 12, £8.50 – £10.50

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❤ Quietly HHHH Traverse Theatre, 6 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £17 – £19

After What Comes Before Greenside, 2-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £6 – £8 The Break-Up of Cause and Effect C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

21:00 I’ll Go On Royal Lyceum Theatre, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 31 Aug, £8 First Love Royal Lyceum Theatre, 29-30 Aug, £8 Eh Joe Royal Lyceum Theatre, 23 Aug, 27 Aug, £8 ❤ Have I No Mouth HHHH Traverse Theatre, 8 Aug, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, £17

Popaganda Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, 2-25 Aug, not 5, 12, 19, £2.50 – £5

Squally Showers HHH Zoo Southside, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £12 Bring the Happy Live Meeting Point - Forest Fringe @ The Drill Hall, 19-23 Aug, £10

21:05 Safe theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-17 Aug, £10 The Vacuum Cleaner theSpace on North Bridge, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £8 Project Lolita theSpace on the Mile, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £8 The Cherry Orchard C venues - C aquila, 1-17 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

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theatrelistings Vessel theSpace on North Bridge, 2-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £5 – £9

21:10 Life Sentence theSpace on the Mile, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £4 – £8 On Hold theSpace on North Bridge, 3 Aug, 6 Aug, 8 Aug, 10 Aug, £5 – £6 The Givers theSpace on the Mile, 19-24 Aug, £5 – £8

21:15 ❤ Grounded HHHHH Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £17 – £19 Midsummer/Jersey Church Hill Theatre, 18 Aug, £5 Shadows Church Hill Theatre, 16 Aug, £5 ❤ Have I No Mouth HHHH Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug, £17 The Medicine Showdown Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5 The Rimers of Eldritch Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

21:20 The Brothers’ Grimm Spectaculathon Church Hill Theatre, 6 Aug, £5 Beyond Therapy theSpace on the Mile, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £7 The Making of Something Awesome Church Hill Theatre, 17 Aug, £5 Bonk! theSpace @ Jury’s Inn, 2-24 Aug, not 4, 11, 18, £7 – £8

21:25 Fleabag Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10.50 Dirty Laundry Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10.50

Bluebeard theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £4 – £8.50

21:30 Mejnun theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 19-24 Aug, £6 – £8 The Witness Venue 13, Various dates from 10 Aug to 17 Aug, £8

21:50

In Tune With Dementia theSpace on North Bridge, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5 – £8

The State vs John Hayes C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

War of the Waleses theSpace @ Venue45, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £7 – £9

Overcoat C venues - C, 31 Jul - 17 Aug, not 7 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

22:10

She Dances With Fate New Town Theatre, 1-25 Aug, £11

21:55

Loving Dick The Fiddler’s Elbow, 3-24 Aug, not 13, £free

Kindred Greenside, 2-10 Aug, £7

Squidboy Assembly Roxy, 31 Jul 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £6 – £10

Can’t Buy Me Love Greenside, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £7

33 HH Zoo, 2-17 Aug, £9

League of St George C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50

21:35 A View from the Bridge Zoo, 2-16 Aug, £5 – £9 The Ballad of Agnes Bean theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12-24 Aug, not 18, £8 Rodney & Julie J theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-10 Aug, not 4, £5 – £6 This Is My Box Sweet Grassmarket, 1-18 Aug, £8.50 Billy With His Boots On Zoo, 18-26 Aug, £10 7-tik 3 Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 19-26 Aug, £5

21:40 (As/Des)cent Sweet Grassmarket, 19-25 Aug, £9 Two Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 1-14 Aug, £8.50 Red Noses theSpace @ Venue45, 6-10 Aug, £5 – £9

21:45 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Gryphon Venues at the Point Hotel, 5-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

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The Seer Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £10.50

Macbeth theSpace on the Mile, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £5 – £8

Forever 27 New Town Bar, 4-15 Aug, not 9, 10, £7

A Marriage Proposal C venues - C too, 9-10 Aug, £10.50 Bent C venues - C too, 11-17 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

Super Tuesday theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20-24 Aug, £8 The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged Church Hill Theatre, 16 Aug, £5

Dear Friend, Greenside, 19-24 Aug, £7

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C venues - C, 3-26 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

Dark Matter Summerhall, 15-24 Aug, not 18, £12

Shakesperience Church Hill Theatre, 7 Aug, £5

Red Riding Hood Greenside, 5-24 Aug, not 11, 18, £7.50

Argonautika Church Hill Theatre, 6 Aug, £5

The Bunker Trilogy: Macbeth C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, £11.50 – £13.50

Rabbit Hole Church Hill Theatre, 5 Aug, £5

22:20

Boris & Sergey’s Vaudevillian Adventure Underbelly, Bristo Square, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, £7 – £14 ❤ The Bloody Great Border Ballad Project HHHH Northern Stage at St Stephen’s, 3-24 Aug, not 6, 13, 20, £11 – £14

22:05 It Goes Without Saying Hill Street Theatre, 1-25 Aug, not 13, £6 – £12 In Tune With Dementia theSpace on the Mile, 12-17 Aug, £8

Buzzcut Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, Various dates from 2 Aug to 25 Aug, £free

Nothing to Be Done theSpace on North Bridge, 19-24 Aug, £8

22:15

The Phantom of the Fringe Spotlites @ The Merchants’ Hall, 1-26 Aug, £7

22:30 Party Piece Bedlam Theatre, 2-24 Aug, not 12, £5 – £8

Water Stain Venue150 @ EICC, 4-22 Aug, £12 ❤ Beats by Kieran Hurley HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 2-11 Aug, £9.50 – £13.50 The Mid-Knight Cowboy C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 10 Aug, £8.50 – £10.50 Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches C venues - C aquila, 1117 Aug, £9.50 – £11.50

22:25 Head Over Heels Church Hill Theatre, 8 Aug, £5

Hooked HHH Sweet Grassmarket, 1-25 Aug, not 7, 14, 21, £8 Whatever Gets You Through the Night The Queen’s Hall, 20-25 Aug, £13.50 – £16.50 Boredom Pleasance Hunt and Darton Cafe, Various dates from 3 Aug to 24 Aug, £5

23:05 Timeline Greenside, 12-17 Aug, £10

23:10 Your Problem With Men Greenside, 12-17 Aug, £10 Boris & Sergey II Perilous Escapade HH Pleasance Courtyard, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 13 Aug, 21 Aug, £6 – £11

23:15 Brand New Ancients Traverse Theatre, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £18 – £20

23:20 ❤ Tourniquet 2013 HHHH Summerhall, 2-25 Aug, not 7, 12, 19, £6 – £12

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23:30

Engels! The Karl Marx Story theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13-17 Aug, £7

Séance Sweet Grassmarket, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, £10

Gabe Day theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 2-17 Aug, not 4, 11, £4 – £8.50

Brand New Ancients Traverse Theatre, 21-22 Aug, £18

Midnight at the Rue Morgue: The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe SpaceCabaret @ 54, 2-24 Aug, not 11, £10

22:45 Novemberunderground Underbelly, Cowgate, 1-25 Aug, not 12, £6 – £10.50 Real Horror Show Assembly Roxy, 1-26 Aug, not 13, £10 – £13 Jekyll & Hyde HH Assembly Roxy, 31 Jul - 25 Aug, not 13 Aug, £6 – £12

23:00 Dog Sees God The Outhouse, 7-10 Aug, £8 Cartwheels C venues - C nova, 31 Jul - 26 Aug, not 12 Aug, £7.50 – £9.50 Funeral Replacement Service Necrobus, 1-26 Aug, £5 – £7.50

Dinner is Swerved HHH C venues - C nova, 3-25 Aug, not 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, £14.50 – £16.50

23:45 [Life] - An Everyman’s Tale Laughing Horse @ Jekyll & Hyde, 4-17 Aug, £free

23:59 The Trial Just The Tonic at the Caves, 7-11 Aug, £10

00:30 Funeral Replacement Service Necrobus, 6-27 Aug, £7.50

01:15 Vanity Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 13-26 Aug, £free

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