Fest 2019 Issue 2

70+ Reviews | Full Listings | Venue Map Inside: Poltergeist Theatre If You’re Feeling Sinister Josie Long Sophie Duker Gina Moxley Bryony Kimmings Super Sunday Reuben Kaye Camille O’Sullivan Slime

ISMA ALMAS

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20 Josie Long

Putting Adoption in the Spotlight Social worker turned standup Isma Almas on her adventures in adoption

Crime Scene

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A stellar, heartwarming work about the ecstasy and anxiety of motherhood

Theatre 35 America Is Hard to See This production demands that the audience challenge their views of one of society’s horrors

Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus

Poltergeist Theatre attempt to steal us a painting from the National Gallery of Scotland

46 Super Sunday This big, all-male Finnish circus show neatly balances testosterone and tongue-in-cheek

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The Royal Scots Club, 9–10 Aug, £10

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Blood and Gold

The Presented Laughing Horse @ The Place, 9–25 Aug, FREE

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Clowns, Lovers, Women in Pants and Shakespeare

Before the Wall Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17–26 Aug, £12–£13

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Catching Comets Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9–£11

CACW – Cony’s Collection Stockbridge Church, 14 Aug, FREE

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Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £21

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug, £9

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The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug, £9

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The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug, £9

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Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £11

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Quaker Meeting House, 19–23 Aug, £5

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Obesity Bankrupted Our NHS!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 21 Aug, £9

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Art Heist

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £11–£12

13:45 Ice Ice Iceland

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, FREE

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Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8–£9

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 21–25 Aug, £10

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Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £7.50

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £10

Time ordered listings and a handy map to help you make the most out of your festival

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Paradise in Augustines, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £11

Reading Is Bad for You! The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 12 Aug, £9

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £8

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Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £9

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Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug,

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Writing a Play About My Vagina?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, £9

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9 Aug, £8

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Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7 Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

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Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

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The Stand’s New Town Theatre,

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug,

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The Good Boyfriend theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £8

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Can Google Really Translate?

2120 Aug, £9

Votes for Women!

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BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Earth Untold

A War of Two Halves

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17 Aug, £9

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This Thing in Here Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £8

Paradise in Augustines, 12–17 Aug, £5–£8

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theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £7

Tynecastle Park, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £24

She Sells Sea Shells Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £8

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ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, £10

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theSpace @ Niddry St, 12–17 Aug, £8

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PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–14 Aug, £11.50

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £10

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Almost, Maine

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10.50–£12.50

Present/Absent

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9–18 Aug, not

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £8.50–£11

Of Mice and Men

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £10

Relational (or A Writer’s Misguided Guide to Loves Lost and Found)

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Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, £21

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The Rebirth of Meadow Rain

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Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £14

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theSpace on the Mile, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, £9.50

theSpaceTriplex, 12–17 Aug, £10

Rich Kids: A History RKET of Shopping MA Malls in Tehran

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PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–11 Aug, £11.50

Noir Hamlet

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–18 Aug, not 11, £10

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Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

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The 27 Club

Smoke

Brendan Galileo for Europe

For All I Care

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £21

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £8

Voice of Authority

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Alice in Wonderland

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It’s True, It’s True, It’s True Underbelly, Bristo Square, 16–26 Aug, not 17, £11–£12

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Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £22

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The Biggest Problem in the World: Our Problem With Problems (and Why Truth Matters)

Watching Glory Die

Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £12–£14

13:35

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–13 Aug, £11.50

The Hollywood Summer Christmas Show

13:30

Assembly Checkpoint, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £12–£14

King’s Theatre, 10–11 Aug, £15

Void

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £8–£9

Paradise in Augustines, 9–10 Aug, £7

(I)sland T(rap): The Epic Remixology of the Odyssey

Hoichi the Earless

❤ Trying It On HHHH

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22 Aug, £9

Switch Witchetty’s Almanac of Everything

Before the End Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

One Good Beating

The Secret River

Pals Assembly George Square, 9–24 Aug, not 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, £13–£15 Zoo Southside, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £10

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

theSpace on the Mile, 20–24 Aug, £8

Thinking Outside the (Penalty) Box

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 18 Aug, £9

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theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–24 Aug, £10

Knock Knock

Are Children Wild ET Enough?

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The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, £9

A cabaret that explores the endless creative possibilities of bad taste

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Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £14–£17.50

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 11 Aug, £9

Jew...ish Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 20, £9.50–£10.50

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The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14 Aug, £9

Lucille and Cecilia

Too Pretty to Punch

Paradise Lodge

Do You Ever Get Scared? theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £10

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Sweet Novotel, 12–18 Aug, £7

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No Copyright, No Problem?

Assembly George Square, 10–25 Aug, not 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, £13–£15 Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 20, £10–£11

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£10.50

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13:05 theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £10

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £12–£13

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Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 9 Aug, £5

13:50 IvankaPlay

How to Save a Life Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

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PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

The Royal Scots Club, 20–24 Aug, £7

Disgust for Dummies

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Romeo and Juliet by Curious Pheasant

Assembly Roxy, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £12–£14

Experiment ing and Life

Letter to Boddah

C venues – C cubed, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10.50–£12.50

Rose McGowan: Planet 9 Assembly Hall, 15–18 Aug, £19–£21

Yolk: A Tale of Life, Told By an Idiot

A Very British Lesbian

Daffodils

Build a Football Club, IRL!

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Unicorns, Almost – An

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C venues – C aquila, 14–26 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 20–26 Aug, £8–£10

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 10 Aug, £9

13:25

Romeo & Juliet

with Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £5

Holy Land

Daisy MacDade: Sugarbaby

This Show Will Make You Sharper!

Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£12

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Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£13

Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £16–£17.50

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Unicorns, Almost

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Venue 13, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Vanity Airlines

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9 Aug, £9

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13 Aug, £9

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Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £21

Whirlpool People; Deconstructing the Illusion of the Separate Self

Fight Song

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Friendsical: A Parody Musical About Friends

market, 9–25 Aug,

Zoo Southside, 9–10 Aug, £14

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The Lyceum, 20 Aug, £20

❤ Until the Flood HHHH

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Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 19, £11–£12

Quintessence Sweet Novotel, 12–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9 Aug, £5 Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10–£11

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A Game of Death and Chance

Pleasance Courtyard, 19–26 Aug, £12

Themed Dinner Show The Fawlty Towers Dining Room at the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £62.50

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Pleasance at EICC, 23 Aug, £17.50

The Accident Did Not Take Place

The Lyceum, 16 Aug, £20

Madame George by Keir McAllister

Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True

Muse 90401

Paradise in The Vault, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £7.50

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, £21

Medea Electronica

Mythos: Gods

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Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Paul Feig

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 10 Aug, £8

MOOT MOOT

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PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 12–16 Aug, £11.50

You’re Going To Get Mentally Ill – Now What?

St Patrick’s Church, 10–11 Aug, £8

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Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8–£12

Prefer Not To Say

A Man’s a Man

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £13.50

The Royal Scots Club, 13–17 Aug, £10

A Sign of Contradiction: The Passion Story

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £14

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Red Dust Road

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Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Piano_Play Underbelly, George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

13:15 ❤ Burgerz HHHH

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A Game of Death and Chance

Hughie

❤ Orlando HHHH

Big Tam’s Kilted Shindig

Summerhall, 25 Aug, £10

Awhile with Seamus Heaney

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£11

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £22

The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–17 Aug, £8

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £9–£11

I Don’t Want to Talk About It

❤ Crocodile Fever HHHH

iddry St, 19–24

Atlantis

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, £21

GEORGE

C venues – C aquila, 9–10 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

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Mouthpiece

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 14–26 Aug, £11.50

The Stander Gang

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Narcolepsy

urgeons Hall, 7

Bear Pit

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £11–£13

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, £10–£12.50

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

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Phoenix

theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £12

In Loyal Company

Cabaret and Variety

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The Old Dr Bells Baths, 18 Aug, FREE

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CACW – Cony’s Collection

302

Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill

theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £10

Listings

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Playing with Songs

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Perfect Day There’s a lot to see. Let Fest help you by planning a perfect day at the Fringe.

Islander: A New Musical 10am – 11am

What better way to start your day than a musical with a folk-inspired score? A beautiful tale of friendship set on a fictional Scottish island, Islander: A New Musical is a delicate call for empathy in divided times.

Credit: Bronwen Sharp

Roundabout @ Summerhall

Collapsible El Cartel Mexicana 12pm 15 Teviot Pl

Perfect Day

Easily the best Mexican food in Edinburgh, El Cartel Mexicana has a delicious, affordable menu of tacos and antojitos.

And a range of delicious cocktails if you’re needing a midday pick-me-up.

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1.20pm - 2.20pm Assembly Roxy

From award-winning Irish writer Margaret Perry, Collapsible is a play about falling apart. Anchored by an understated, remarkable performance from Breffni Holahan, it’s subversive, gutpunching and—somehow—funny.

Perfect Day

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Olga Koch: If/Then 4.30pm – 5.30pm

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Programmer-turnedcomedian and Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Olga Koch returns with a feminist investigation into love and technology, in which she burns each point she makes to the ground with a beaut of a punchline.

Credit: James Deacon

Monkey Barrel Comedy

Super Sunday 9pm – 10pm Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows

Civerinos 6.30pm 49 Forrest Rd

Who doesn’t love pizza? If you’re after a quick bite in between shows, you can’t go wrong with Civerinos. The decor is great— fly-postered walls and marble statues galore—and the food is even better.

Time to hit the hay? Not before you’ve seen Super Sunday, a recklessly inventive circus that needs to be seen to believed.

All we’ll say is that the set-pieces throughout the show just get better and better.

Credit: Andy Hollingworth

Isma Almas: Putting Adoption in the Spotlight Social worker turned standup Isma Almas returns to the Fringe and tells Jenni Ajderian about her adventures in adoption

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octors often develop a dark sense of humour to survive their jobs, and the same may be true of social workers. Seeing first-hand the effects of austerity, deprivation and callous bureaucracy, surely the only responses are laughter or tears.

“You see really bad situations and you see people at their worst.” says Isma Almas, a former social worker turned up-and-coming stand-up. “And also it takes the risk away from comedy – it puts comedy into perspective. Even if I die on my arse on stage, in the bigger scheme of things I’m still okay.”

Almas brought her debut to the Fringe back in 2009, and now returns a decade later with the same wit and charm and a bucketload of new material.

In that time she’s been exercising her comedy chops in a more ad-hoc fashion, as well as raising

two daughters and working in foster care. Expertly crafted to bring both laughter and tears, her new show About A Buoy: Adventures in Adoption brings exceptional storytelling to an often overlooked subject. Almas decided to adopt a child with her partner, and their story brings to light the racism and homophobia present in an already difficult process.

“The show’s about inequality. It’s about adopting my son, who’s black, the racism that I experienced as a kid, and the racism that he has experienced. It’s about gender and sexuality, parenting, and all of us trying to fit in, and find our place.”

In adopting their two-year-old, Almas and her partner had to dive head-first into the world of adoption, which sounds completely bizarre to outsiders.

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“There used to be a magazine where you could look at pictures of kids and then get in touch with the social worker – it’s a little bit like a catalogue.”

This kind of set-up might have you cringing already. Fortunately, things have changed: “Now there’s a website.”

Children and parents have profiles, and social workers act on behalf of children in a bizarre matchmaking process.

“It reminds me very much of Tinder, or an arranged marriage website.”

disappoint in this regard. Same-sex couples were only allowed to adopt in England and Wales in 2002 (in Scotland it was 2009), and now around 12 per cent of adopted children find a home with a samesex couple.

“However,” Almas says, reflecting on her own experience of trying to adopt as part of a gay couple, “even though it’s perfectly legal for gay parents to adopt, it’s the social worker’s judgment at the end of the day. A lot of social workers would come back to us and say ‘we don’t want gay parents. This particular child needs a mum and a dad’.”

These decisions apparently need little logic to back them up. In response to an appeal, Almas and her partner were told that one eight-month-old baby had bonded with its foster father, so its adoptive family needed to include a man. It’s easy to see that this would never happen in reverse – a child fostered by two mothers would never be refused the right to be adopted by a heterosexual couple.

“It was quite underhand. They would say ‘your situation is a bit complicated’.” the frustration is palpable in Almas’ voice, and for good reason.

From there, prospective parents usually don’t “What is ‘complicated’ about our situation?” meet the child in person until adoption day.

After months of applications and fighting Sometimes parents and children can meet at an against institutionalised homophobia, Almas and “adoption day party”: think speed dating or a her partner now have their full family: two girls and singles’ night. Parents and children can mingle in a one boy. The process may have been different, but casual environment, meet each other socially, and the outcome is the same. adults can express their interest in a particular child.

One thing that often worries adoptive parents “It’s a big party and it might be fancy dress, is the intensity of their feelings for their new child. which I always find a bit sinister. Those parties are After birth, parents speak of an instant love, but only for children that are considered hard to place: obviously things are different with a child that children over the age of about three, or black kids. doesn’t have that biological link to you. Almas was Kids that they know they’re going to struggle prepared for just this when she met her son for the to place.” first time.

Recent numbers from the BBC showed that “I’m a social worker as well, so I was quite black children spent an average of 50 per cent level-headed and was trying to prepare myself for longer waiting for an adoptive family than children not instantly feeling anything. But when I actually from other ethnic groups. That statistic was did meet him, I did feel it. I just wanted to take this certainly not helped by official guidance around child and just protect him and love him, take him adoption and race, which only changed in 2011. home and make him mine.”

“It was never set in stone that black children If you’re looking for laughter and tears, wit and can’t be adopted by white adoptive parents – there charm, rage and forgiveness, About A Buoy could be was a preference for trying to match ethnicity. your perfect match. ✏︎ Jenni Ajderian If you can match race, that should take priority.

Now [the government is] actively moving away SHOW: Isma Almas: About a Buoy – Adventures in from matching ethnicity. They noticed that it was Adoption important, but equally it’s important for children to VENUE: Gilded Balloon Teviot find families as well.”

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Crime Scene Kate Wyver contracts Poltergeist Theatre to steal her a painting

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here are cameras everywhere,” Jack Bradfield says as he cranes his neck to scope out security. “We need a distraction.”

Our group huddles under a Dutch Master and we look nonchalant as a member of staff ambles past. We are in the National Gallery of Scotland. I have asked Poltergeist Theatre to steal me the most expensive painting in the room.

The company’s playful new comedy, Art Heist, sees three thieves attempting to steal the same work of art on the same night. Following the success of their tricksy alien hunt, Lights Over Tesco Carpark, Art Heist was picked up by Underbelly and is being presented as part of the Untapped award. Only a few days into the Fringe, it has already sold out for the whole run. I’ve brought them here to test their criminal skills.

They sniff out the money quickly. Alice Boyd heads straight for a da Vinci, Will Spence goes for an El Greco and Bradfield picks out a Rembrandt.

Serena Yagoub, who joined the company for this show, sides with Boyd. A plump baby stares out at us from da Vinci’s Madonna of the Yarnwinder. In 2003,

the painting was stolen, Yagoub points out. “It’s got a story.” Staff at the auction house Christie’s told them that the story behind an art work is one of its primary monetary assets.

They agree on the da Vinci. A member of staff later confirms it to be the painting most likely to get the highest price at auction. I don’t ask what it would get on the black market.

Whether or not they’re master criminals, Poltergeist are definitely performers at heart; a lot of their ideas involve dress up. Builders. Jugglers.

Clowns. Potential props are thrown around. A decoy painting. A getaway van. A real baby.

Boyd eyes up the crowd around us. “You can’t make the distraction something people would run away from. It has to be something they’d run towards.” Rosa Garland widens her eyes: “Heart attack.” They run with it. “We each pick one security guard to tell,” whispers Yagoub, “then one of us steals another painting so everyone chases after them.”

“Meanwhile,” Garland adds, “someone swaps the real painting for a fake.” Spence says security protocols mean they’ll probably block the doors. “So you make

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it private,” says Charles Lamb, starting the process again, and their imaginations fizz in a different direction. “Dress up in hard hats and tell people the room is closed for maintenance, or restoration.”

Bradfield nods excitedly. “You have to convince them everything’s normal. Restorers are ignorable.”

Afterwards, Lamb says this echoes the devising process. They’d pick a gallery and figure out how to steal something from it. Games have always been important to their work and Art Heist is structured like one. “We all go through life piecing together our own story,” Bradfield says, “finding patterns where there aren’t any.” The show stemmed from the exploration of behavioural economics, examining how the brain makes decisions and makes sense of the world where there isn’t any. “So the show is framed like a game of Dungeons & Dragons, because people are inventing their story every second of the way.” The literal frames gave them the perfect structure to explore metaphorical ones.

“This form of theft is very romanticised in literature and films,” Spence says, with so many tropes and storytelling techniques anchored into it.

As they were planning in the gallery, their speedy speech was littered with references to heist films as shorthand for specific plans: maybe this is an Italian Job, no wait, an Inside Man. These tropes, Lamb explains, are part of the pleasure of playing with the genre. “They are just funny stories that people engage with. And if we’re trying to interrogate these ideas”—of behaviour, choice and curation—“it makes sense to use a genre that works with it. You want them to steal the painting, you want to be onside with the characters, because that’s the good story.” I think back to what Yagoub said they learnt from Christie’s.

“People remember things if they’re framed in stories.”

Outside, a group of men dressed as catering staff trundle past us with large trolleys of cardboard boxes.

“You think these guys are gonna steal a painting?”

Boyd wonders aloud. Yagoub grins. “Everyone,” they all lean in “New plan.”

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Playing with Songs Holly Williams talks to Eve Nicol and Paul Brotherson about adapting Belle and Sebastian’s second album in a unique way

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ow do you adapt an album for the stage? Writer Eve Nicol and director Paul Brotherson had been wondering if such a thing was possible, when an opportunity to create a play for BBC Arts and Avalon gave them the chance to find out. The result is If You’re Feeling Sinister: A Play with Songs.

Of course, such a project relies on choosing the

right record – and Belle and Sebastian’s much-loved 1996 album seems both a strong contender and an odd choice, especially given the play is billed as a heist caper. Whimsical, wistful and lyrically off-beat, Stuart Murdoch’s melodic songs are populated with intriguing, awkward characters and gently fraught emotion – but they hardly scream action movie. continues

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For Nicol, matching a recognisable genre to a well-known album provided a fruitful framework.

“I’m interested in genre and the formal constructs of what a zombie movie or an alien invasion or a heist might entail. It’s quite helpful if you’re working with [existing] material to see how it might fit into that structure,” she says.

Nicol initially intended to use the songs in the same order as on the record, but the adaptation has become freer. Every track features in some way, although the actual record is never heard – instead audiences might be able to spot a lyric repurposed as dialogue, pick out a repeated fragment of a familiar melody, or enjoy a new live acoustic version of a favourite.

“The best way to get the Belle and Sebastian musical experience is to see Belle and Sebastian! So we’re trying to do it in a different way, rather than being a poor man’s version,” Nicol says. In a funny twist of timing, the band are actually playing If You’re Feeling Sinister live in full this summer in the US. But for Nicol, it’s been enjoyable working with other Glasgow musicians on new versions. “I’m very much enjoying a pop-punk rendering of ‘Me and the Major’. And the title track ends up being a core central piece too, it’s beautiful.”

Why, out of Belle and Sebastian’s ten studio albums, did they choose this one? It was the mood of the songs, as well as the hints of character.

“The whole album is quite upbeat, but it’s morose [lyrically] – there’s a feeling of never being quite as good as the others, which is something I can strongly relate to,” says Nicol. “So we’re just peeling out that feeling of shame, of being slightly other, of looking at The play follows a thirty-something artist and a the world from the outside in. The songs are done in fifty-something professor careering round Glasgow this sunshiney way – but there’s sadness all the way – it may be a Fringe show, but Nicol promises there through it.” will be “some minor explosions, and car chases down This bittersweet balance is surely partly why the by the Clyde.” record is still so beloved – and not just by people who The main thing was that audiences had fun. “I nostalgically remember its mid-nineties release, but was very aware we might be attracting folk where by generations of new fans too. going to the theatre may not be top of their list, “It really captures a certain mood,” suggests Nicol. because we are working with this really known “I think for slightly older folk, it reminds them of property. So I just wanted to show people a that time, and for teenagers who pick it up it’s about good time.” promises of house parties and girls still to come, and She and Brotherson both live in Glasgow and for folk like me, in the midst of it, it’s like someone’s wanted to celebrate their city – and few bands are got all the secrets I have in my heart… It sounds real.” as much part of its fabric as Belle and Sebastian.

The challenge for Nicol was to capture those “Having grown up in Glasgow, Belle and Sebastian feelings—both the nostalgia and the promise—and are just one of those things that’s always around, like carry them into a new form. “If You’re Feeling the public library or the swimming pool,” Nicol says. Sinister very much is a Belle and Sebastian universe Although she counted herself a fan, she adds that it’s – and what we’re making is a Belle and Sebastian been a joy to deeply re-engage with the album now alternative universe: lots of things that feel familiar, she’s 30 – close to the age Murdoch was when we he but lots of things that feel different too.” wrote it.

The band have given Nicol their blessing to do what she wants with their back catalogue. “There has SHOW: If You’re Feeling Sinister: A Play with Songs been real generosity: ‘Here you go, now show us what VENUE: Gilded Ballon Patter Hoose 3:45pm – 4:45pm, 31 Jul–26 Aug, not 12 you’ve got’. Hopefully they can see something new in TIME: TICKETS: £15–£16.50 it as well.”

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Theatre’s the ideal space for the subject, hovering as it does between fact and fiction, truthfulness and falsity. It exists in a blurry inbetween: an alternative reality built on our belief. That’s the territory being combed by a clutch of young companies.

YESYESNONO’s title is worth remembering: The Accident Did Not Take Place (three stars) attempts to turn an invented incident into a kind of truth. Repeat a lie often enough and people will come to believe it. Convince enough people, and that lie becomes fact.

The show drops an unrehearsed guest performer—an actor—into a plane crash. On a neon pink strip of stage, they’re walked through a routine again and again, re-enacting a fragment of a flight recorder’s final transcript. A transatlantic flight hits unexpected turbulence. An air steward sprints down the aisle. You turn to see smoke and say, “we’re on fire”. Another passenger clutches your arm, seeking comfort, as you run forward to bang on the cockpit door. Too late. Again.

With each repetition, this sequence sharpens up. The flight comes into focus. As the three performers add colour—altitude, seat number time—they ask the actor to imagine themselves there, to really feel it, to “make it real”. As memories form, body learning its script, the scene speeds up and grows increasingly truthful. It’s uncanny – especially when a video camera closes in to catch the emotions playing across the actor’s face. Is that real fear? Are those real screams?

Intercut with emotion memory games that ask the actor to recall and recreate real-life experiences—some feasible, some fantastical, some so far back they’re fictional—the exercise becomes a study in the slip-slide between imagination and memory. We are, effectively, watching a false memory being forged and a fiction come to glossy, studio-lit life. It’s a study in self-deception and, with deep fakes incoming, that’s deeply disconcerting. Though still a slip of a

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A spate of shows about conspiracy theories. Coincidence? I think not.

Surely this is a symbol of post-truth times. Or a product of alogorithms pushing curiosity-pricking specious content up the search rankings and into our eyelines. Or is the Fringe Society up to something? The truth is out there, Edinburgh.

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show, even a rehearsal room game, The Accident Did Not Take Place is as unsettling as it is enlightening.

The three truthers of CONSPIRACY (four stars), Barrel Organ’s new show, hope to unsettle and enlighten too. Recording an amateur podcast, they’re seeking to debunk a widely-accepted truth – proving the famous photo of construction workers lunching on a steel bar over New York as a fake. Pa-pow.

It is actually—at least, initially—a pretty convincing case. The cloud cover is convenient and curiously placed. Only five workers signed into the Rockefeller’s 69th floor, and the shoot contract is signed by an SFX artist. The plot thickens, but as the trio try to tie up their loose ends, their theories take flight into far-fetched fantasies of secret brotherhoods, staged moon landings and a stillliving King.

But CONSPIRACY’s less concerned with their theories as their thinking. It’s epistemology: Can we be certain of anything at all? “What do we know?”

Rose asks aloud, exploiting the gaps that get exposed – six unknown men sat on that girder; no record of who took the shot; nothing definitive that it wasn’t doctored. Buff up on your AJ Ayer. We can falsify facts. We can’t conclusively confirm. It’s easier to tear down a truth than to stand up an alternative.

CONPSIRACY’s playing an even cleverer game too. Fittingly, it sits on several planes of reality at once – each actor performing on a different frequency. Rose Wardlaw’s definitely acting in character, blinking incessantly and OTT uptight, while Azan Ahmed and Shannon Hayes seem more

like themselves. Moreover Jack Perkins’ cunning text has the most obviously fictional character sticking closest to the truth, while the most ‘real’ bounds off into overblown parody. Canny diverse casting complicates things further: Who do we instinctively tend to disbelieve?

Even if it stretches to tie the show together, this is a brilliant theatrical brainteaser that asks us to find the line between credibility and incredulity.

Portents (three stars) tunes into other frequencies too, picking up the signals conspiracists send out.

Three black-clad performers stand behind music stands in front of a tin foil moon, reciting a collage of conspiracies: UFOs in Roswell, Avril Lavingne in limbo. Morsels of online chatter, retro talk shows, biblical bits and pieces collect around a series of lonely, late-night phone calls to make a kind of alternative dawn chorus – a nocturnal choir of oddballs and outcasts broadcasting crackpot theories just to connect to some like-minded misfit.

Though sometimes derivative—Fringe twitchers might strike Chris Goode, Chris Brett Bailey and Forced Entertainment off their checklists—there’s something distinctively millennial about Why This Sky’s work too. Below the soothing babble, backed by solar winds and soft pianos, there’s a jarring dissonance: a sense of something seriously amiss. Portents reads the runes, seeing the rise of conspiracists as a symptom of an anxious and uncertain world – maybe even a sign of some impending apocalypse.

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Becoming a parent is a lifechanging event, both practically— altering routines and sleeping patterns—and more broadly permanently altering a worldview.

Josie Long’s first Fringe show in five years focuses on her 13-monthold daughter, going into detail about her pregnancy, the act of

giving birth itself and what it all symbolises. For a show with such specific subject matter, its scope is remarkable.

Tender interrogates that most modern polarity: weighing up the unbridled ecstasy of giving birth and the stress of bringing a new life into the world, a fear brought on by climate anxiety, political instability and the rise of the far-right.

Long’s skill as a comedian is undimmed. Her wild-eyed rants about sleep deprivation are fantastic, her observational material acutely funny, dealing with menstruation tracker apps and keep cups, and the hour is filled with deft callbacks and diligent obedience to

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the rule of three. The laughs keep coming even when Long goes into detail about going into labour and the act of giving birth, it’s refreshing to see someone so candid about something so personal and so humourous with it, too.

Long’s political fury is focused.

There’s contempt for the new Prime Minister, and in particular for the government’s neglect of the NHS, but her message is a hopeful one.

Children are the future, the world softens in their presence and they conjure affection from the hardest of football hooligans. The hope is that, like Greta Thunberg, they treat the challenge of saving the planet like the necessity it is. ✏︎ Craig Angus

John Kearns: Double Take and Fade Away HHHH VENUE: TIME: TICKETS:

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The award-winning John Kearns is back after a couple of years away from the Fringe. And the wig and false teeth are back too.

His shtick remains the same – an idiosyncratic approach to comedy that unsettles and beguiles, all leading somewhere intangible, opaque and fascinating.

It’s a persona difficult to pigeonhole, and is the more intriguing for that. The clown-ish appearance melds with a fragile fascination with the quotidian and prosaic, creating a world that is joyous to be in.

What could be a mundane sequence in which Kearns outlines his neighbours instead creates worlds from simple details. The economy in the storytelling is dazzling. Flights of bewildered, exasperated rage could point to the tired trope of the angry white man, but Kearns is too in awe of the beauties of existence for this ever to become boorish. He repeatedly beseeches, “let it be funny,”

insisting on the simple pleasures that comedy can offer.

It’s all in the stagecraft. It seems odd to laud a comedian on their employment of the venue’s back wall, but the use of the performance space is a masterclass. Pauses in delivery create ebbs and flows, giving the audience room to find their own way through all of this. If there’s a flaw it’s that what this is all about is hinted at but never concretely coalesces. Themes recur, but we’re left to make sense of all this ourselves. Maybe that’s the point; this is simply an invitation to rediscover your world anew, too. ✏︎ Brett Mills

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Isma Almas: About a Buoy – Adventures in Adoption TIME:

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A comedy promoter once told Isma Almas to not overwhelm audiences by disclosing that she is a gay, Asian, Muslim – to focus on one aspect as defining her. Yet with this wonderfully balanced show of wry reflection, passionate conviction and emotional wallop, she puts almost all of herself out there, delivering a masterclass in conveying a deeply personal tale with wider social import, while yet retaining an impressive and endearing lightness of touch.

With her profile extended but not limited to being a divorced, menopausal, biological motherof-two, of Pakistani heritage, in a mixed-race relationship, a social

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worker with a burning hatred of Tories but love of the band Queen, Almas complicated the picture further when she and her partner decided to adopt. Testing the government’s recent initiative that adopted children no longer, ideally, have to be paired with parents of the same ethnicity or religion, they eventually chose a black, two-yearold boy.

The insights Almas offers into the adoption process are frequently heartbreaking, the prejudices of a system that mirrors modern dating sites with its competitive

pitting of child against child cruelly emblematic of our age. Yet this is as nothing compared to the insidious racism that the boy experiences at school, echoing that of Almas’ own childhood in Bradford.

Nevertheless, the hardest test comes from within, as the comic struggles to bond with her son.

Drolly amusing throughout, when Almas truly unchecks her feelings it’s incredibly moving, to the extent of angrily sacrificing her socialist principles on the altar of mother love. Exceptional storytelling. ✏︎ Jay Richardson

Ogla Koch: If/Then HHHH VENUE: TIME:

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There’s a tricky nugget sizzling at the meaty centre of Olga Koch’s second Fringe show. As an avowedly non-girlish, unashamedly whip-smart computer programmercome-comedian, Koch has been praised by the men in her life for being different to all the other girls. And in being proud of achievements which run against the grain of gender norms, she’s

realised that she has, in fact, internalised that misogyny. And here’s a review by a guy saying how great Koch is – how different she is to everyone. Ugh. Does not compute.

And that’s why it’s all so great. In a show that ostensibly takes a lead from the computer programming axiom, if X then Y, IRL Koch hovers around the complex nuances – the apparent “exceptions” that are, really, the messy norm. Every time she comes close to making a point, she burns it to the ground with a beaut of a punchline. Her delivery is tricksy, too, dancing deftly on the thin line between tight script and sponteneity, each beat clearly considered but never feeling

overrehearsed. Beneath the programmers’ language, she’s also deeply human. Who else at this Festival worries about how 104-year-olds in care homes get their references to land? Who else can see right through Lord Byron’s emotional guff and recognise his sister, Ada Lovelace, as the real badass?

That is, it’s all great right until the end, when she debugs all of her lose ends with a too-cute conclusion which undoes far too much good work, exchanging slickness for clunkiness and nuance for thumping message. It feels at odds with a performer who wears her politics so lightly, so hilariously, and so devastatingly on her sleeve. ✏︎ Evan Beswick

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Rob Auton: The Time Show HHHH

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Of all the single-topic themes that Rob Auton has picked for his admirably idiosyncratic shows, time has to be one of the most pregnant with possibility for showcasing his distinctive, philosophical comedy. Abstractly existing predominantly in the human mind, it’s a phenomenon that we rarely give sustained thought to, but which impacts on us every second.

Witness, for example, the very funny way in which Auton deals with latecomers to his hour.

Imagination is the first casualty of being in a rush the Yorkshireman sagely notes, demonstrating his point in an act-out that’s on the solipsist spectrum of observational

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standup, but which also applies to his show. He lingers over little moments of wonder, like the sound of one foodstuff accidentally falling into another’s pot. Though he retains thoughts that could hold their own in a comedy club environment, he truly exploits the breadth of canvas a Fringe show offers, playfully examining his musings from all angles, hitting a punchline whenever the whimsy approaches being too self-parodic.

Far from dividing, the universal

aspects of time are celebrated. His touched poet persona, shuffling papers, is augmented by a naïve loveability that he characterises as canine, but which manifests itself in the pursuit of empathy. As fascinated as he is by the workings of his own brain, Auton seems genuinely interested to know how others operate. The high point is his reimagining of his first day on earth, a gentle stream of gags imbued with real soul and humanity. ✏︎ Jay Richardson

Jonny Pelham: Off Limits HHHH VENUE: TIME:

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Jonny Pelham’s confessional show tells of his being sexually abused when he was eight, and the psychological and emotional work he has had to do since in response.

With such a traumatic theme it’s a testament to Pelham’s comic skill that he manages to deliver a thoughtful and insightful hour that

never trades on his experiences for too-easy comic and emotional ends.

Indeed, he notes that it would be more narratively effective if he kept the matter of his abuse secret for much of the show, instead employing it as a mid-gig reveal. Instead he opens with it, evidencing his desire for honesty and avoiding shock tactics that work too simply. He recounts his retreat into fantasy worlds, and his attempts to lose his virginity, deftly swerving mawkish appeals to audience sentiment. In doing so the show becomes more discomforting, as the crowd is in many places not given the cathartic release it

clearly craves. Pelham refuses to make this too easy, and he evidently doesn’t want to be simplistically dismissed as "brave". In outlining child abuse statistics he situates his comedy within pressing social concerns without ever turning this into a lecture.

He’s a honed storyteller, with well-crafted jokes that come from unexpected angles.

It’s a redemptive show, as Pelham recounts his newfound relationships and engagement with the world. He notes his therapist has questioned whether it’s useful to try and find the humour in all of this. This astute hour clearly answers that question. ✏︎ Brett Mills

to be an unpaid gig with accolades offered to the star in lieu of a fee.

She accepted what she saw as a counterproductive slap in the face only in order to validate her career in the eyes of her mother.

Validation from one’s mother, she has found, is a powerful incentive for doing right and wrong.

There’s a lot of biographical comedy here—Aditi dissecting her apparently unconventional relationship with the woman who raised here—not all of which lands with a predominantly Western

audience. When the performer moves beyond experiences specific to her Indian upbringing and delves into the role the concept of motherhood plays in oppressive rhetoric, however, she touches upon truly universal concerns. Highlighting the way in which positive, admirable sentiments are co-opted by the powerful, she makes some very thoughtful and timely points on issues few comedians would have the bravery or skill to tackle. ✏︎ Lewis Porteous

Aditi Mittal: Mother of Invention HHHH VENUE: TIME:

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India, according to its first female comedian, has boasted a standup circuit for only the past seven years or so. Naturally, much of it is total garbage, described here as consisting of arrogant, corpulent men denigrating their wives. Given that the country’s nascent scene is still in its Bernard Manning stage, its a miracle for a voice as rational, progressive and intelligent as Aditi Mittal’s to have emerged unstifled.

This show, itself a follow up to an attention grabbing Netflix special, opens with a description of an incident in which Mittal was booked to perform at an awards event promoting female empowerment. Typically, this was

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Named after the “Hottentot Venus,” the Khoekhoe slave trafficked from colonial South Africa to Europe as a freak show exhibit, Venus takes issue with the objectification of the black female body whilst asserting a desire for women of colour to be defined as individuals on their own terms.

This astute political analysis is buoyed by wordplay, shrewd storytelling and pop culture hot-takes on everything from Balamory to Dr Who-themed porn as Duker uses her comedic talent to engage with misrepresentations of black femininity. A recurring theme emerges in the way that black stories are skewed by white perspectives – whether it be Stacy

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Alfie Brown is a bit like one of those heritage rock bands who subject the world to perfunctory new releases purely so they can justify going on the road to perform material recorded while they were a valued entity in the studio. Which is to say that he

writes satisfactory Fringe shows seemingly so he can have the opportunity to digress from them and play to his real strength – interacting with his audience, or analysing us as he prefers to think of it.

There’s some narrative here about supporting Liverpool Football Club and what it’s like for him to be in a relationship, but really this stuff is neither here nor there. The performer wants to engage in vaguely combative conversation, to the extent that he’s on stage probing us even as we’re not yet seated.

His technique is to hold us up to impossibly high standards

Dooley-style white saviourism or hyper-sexualisation of women of colour in white erotic fantasies.

Autobiographical snippets— an anecdote about absentee fathers and an Uber driver named Daddy comes to mind here, as well as the musing that lesbian sex can feel like “working in hospitality” – are interwoven with crowd-pleasing cultural observations, demonstrating that Duker can speak from her specific positionality without ever being limited by it.

Using humour to challenge ingrained biases, Duker appoints a member of the audience as the “white man ambassador” – highlighting the ridiculousness of making any individual a representative of their entire demographic, as people of colour are too often tasked with doing. This move also gestures elsewhere, towards the fact that white male perspectives are read as “universal”, rather than as the socially and culturally specific viewpoints they are. ✏︎ Megan Wallace

both ethically and sartorially, expressing grave disappointment in our failures before implicating himself in some way. He maintains control of the room thanks to a devastating command of language, but this is a weapon he frequently turns on himself. A highlight of this particular show involves him going into exhaustive detail regarding his grave financial debt.

By his own admission, the quality of Brown’s show depends on whatever responses we give him, but crucially, he knows that we aren’t here to hear the new material. ✏︎ Lewis Porteous

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Tom Ballard: Enough HHHH VENUE: TIME: TICKETS:

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The title of Tom Ballard’s new show may relate to its critique of capitalism and a society that values the relentless acquisition of wealth and property beyond all else, or could simply have been chosen because it points toward his anguished, sweat-soaked delivery. The man we first encounter on stage is a smartly dressed Australian television personality, but by the end of the hour we’re left with a dishevelled wreck, struggling with both a mortgage he can no

Tony Law: Identifies Comedy

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longer afford and an unshakeable sense of millennal anguish.

While Ballard maintains that he’s not really a success given that his TV vehicle was axed relatively early in its run, watching him perform feels like one of those weird Fringe scenarios in which a revered international star is reduced to playing a tiny space for the sake of possibly cracking an international market not yet properly exposed to him. Currently living in London on a working visa, his take on British

culture and politics is as insightful and funny as any satirical work currently produced domestically, while the performer’s brand of eviscerating self-deprecation is almost tailor made for the British market.

A couple of underwhelming, crass anecdotes excepted, to see Enough is to glimpse a prodigiously talented master performing unencumbered by expectation or risk. It feels like we’re very lucky to have him here. ✏︎ Lewis Porteous

With all that’s going on in his life this could have been the year Tony Law wrote something explicitly serious and made a play for the heartstrings. Sober now after 30 years of alcohol abuse, he’s just back from visiting his mother over in Canada who now has dementia.

While he touches on both of these subjects, Identifies is typical Law – a rollercoaster of non-sequiturs and strange set pieces that help their creator make sense of the world.

Indeed, Identifies is overwhelmingly chaotic at times, which will be no surprise to long-time followers of Law’s work.

Kicking off just after the clock strikes noon at the very least it’ll obliterate any cobwebs and provide an injection of energy into the day.

He covers a remarkable amount of ground during a frantic hour. Time travel is a prominent theme (and

really, it’s the perfect topic for Law to delve into when you think about it). Infrastructure gets a shout out, as does plumbing. He brings tales from as far as Dundee and Plymouth.

There are some lulls, there has to be, although he turns one of them— an "unprofessional beverage break"—in his favour. There’s also some showstopper moments: one bizarre sequence that involves the input of a very special guest, and another that’s described as "a glove play about Brexit Britain".

Identifies flirts with being perceptive, but there’s absolutely no learning to be done. Law’s a born entertainer, and as he himself points out, it’s not like he, and fellow comedian Phil Nichol, can "just go and get jobs". The longer we can embrace his strange worldview, the better. ✏︎ Craig Angus

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After last year’s 1001 Moments with Troy Hawke, prolific character comedian Milo McCabe brings his foppish naif persona back to Edinburgh in Tiles of the Unexpected.

The titular tiles are those of the popular board game Scrabble. It’s

a simple but increasingly bizarre comic device used to fuel Hawke’s conspiracy theories, decorating the narrative with manic numerology.

But at first he uses it to tot up the hypothetical scores of audience members’ names, a trick which— despite its gimmicky nature—never stops being funny, thanks in large part to McCabe’s effortless crowd control and total mastery of the character.

That’s what makes Tiles... such an engaging hour: McCabe has really fleshed out this silver-tongued 1930s cad. And not just visually (pencil moustache, cravate and silk smoking jacket): Hawke boasts a considered but subtle physical vocabulary alongside his verbal one.

It’s almost clowning, so integral are the winks, grins and mannerisms to the character. Mix in a verbose idiolect that’s both highly literate and transparently vapid—delivered in the constipated nasality of an aspirational upper-class rogue— and you’ve got a well-rounded identity leading the charge.

Though bolstered by a screen used for Scrabble scores and the occasional video, the show is at its strongest when Hawke pauses the meandering story to joust with the audience. Tiles... could honestly have been an hour of mere crowd banter; McCabe’s swift wit as the fully inhabited Hawke is a natural triple word score. ✏︎ George Sully

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A frequent comment on Sarah Kendall’s last few Fringe shows is that she’s more storyteller than comedian. Paper Planes is unlikely to win over those critics. Not only is it a storybased show, it doubles down on another of Kendall’s favourite subjects in that it’s about the art of storytelling itself, why Kendall does it and how it helps her relate to the world. Structurally Paper Planes is impeccable, it’s message resonates long after the lights go down and yet for all the immaculate attention to detail it’s just a little too light on laughs to be an unqualified success.

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with Paper Planes itself consisting of standalone chapters. The literary nature of the show doesn’t stop there, such are Kendall’s gifts with setting a scene and bringing her characters to life. There are references to Chekhov and Greek mythology, and the story itself takes in sleep deprivation and— significantly—Kendall’s feelings of helplessness when faced with the news cycle, a never ending stream of Trump’s incoherent madness,

Vote Leave’s lies, Measles outbreaks and homophobic attacks on London buses.

"Do we need another book?", is the question Kendall asks.

Paper Planes would make a fantastic novel. At its core is the relationship between Kendall and her nine-year-old daughter, and the question of—if we choose to raise children in these dark times—how do we do it right? ✏︎ Craig Angus

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It’s hard not to like Matt Price.

He’s warm, engaging and seems to be a genuinely lovely man. He’s also quite well connected in the world of organised crime and has the means to exact revenge on anyone with the audacity to criticise his Fringe show...

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What a dream combination this should be: last year’s Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner Rose Matefeo teaming up with four other gifted Kiwi comics (Alice Snedden, Guy Montgomery, Eli Matthewson and Chris Parker) for a late-night hour. And Snort is so close to living up to that hype.

It even manages to overcome the

the structural problems that blight Broken Hooters and Geezers With Shooters. In summary, Price has neglected to provide the audience with sufficient context as he embarks on a fragmented, nonlinear narrative spanning a decade and multiple time zones.

We can say with certainty that his partner was once violently attacked, and that at some point subsequent to this, he was asked to ghost-write a book for a retired Glaswegian crime boss.

Understandably, details relating to both pieces of information are kept light. What’s clear is that the latter has repeatedly offered to help Price avenge the assault, and that our hero is proud not to have succumbed to this tempting endorsement of violence.

This revelation serves as the show’s denouement. Before we reach it, we are treated to a series of vignettes, portraits of the bizarre characters Price has met through the crime boss and descriptions of the unlikely situations in which he’s found himself. Men with names such as Stab Vest Steve feature heavily.

Whether finding himself a reluctant guest at a gangland sex party, or forced to devise a hasty escape strategy from a Turkish comedy club, Price relays each tale with conviction and self-effacing charm.

But it gets exhausting being served gangland story after gangland story without a sense of progression, sequencing or momentum. ✏︎ Lewis Porteous

initial wince you might make at hearing the phrase “improvised comedy”, since this fivesome are reassuringly competent on-thespot performers.

But it saunters into proceedings a little too loosely for an 11pm slot. The show’s minimal audience participation is both commendable and, in some ways, innovative (a single word from the crowd inspires a guest comedian to riff for a few minutes; said riff inspires the improv troupe), but it means the really juicy stuff—five remarkably talented brains playing out bizarre scenarios—takes a minute to get going.

The improv is a freewheeling joy, chaotic without being incoherent,

and certainly the product of troupe who know each other well (Snort has a cult following back in Auckland, with a rotating cast of 15). They mine the guests’ otherwise dry riffs for fertile scenes and do so seemingly telepathically—tonight we explore curtains, water and apples—and the loose structure permits some pretty wild voyages. Not every scene is a winner – though are they ever, in improv?

For all the lulls the format creates, it’s a refreshing departure from the usual Whose Line-style games and prompts, and really gives the space these young New Zealanders need to wax lunatic for our enjoyment. ✏︎ George Sully

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Simon Munnery: Alan Parker Urban Warrior Farewell Tour HHH VENUE: TIME:

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Simon Munnery has been playing his radical, anarchic persona Alan Parker for decades now.

Constantly rebelling against rules he sees as fascist, and decrying the pervasiveness of technology (including his own microphone), his mockery of unfocussed but impassioned politics is well honed. There’s little new done with the character in this show, but Munnery’s realisation of the agitated Parker is now so instinctive that it’s a seamless hour of character comedy.

While it may be the case that the show runs out of steam before

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How ramshackle do you want your comedy? Seymour Mace begins his show reluctantly being dragged to the stage, begging not to be made to perform. The rest of his hour mines the tension between

the end, it’s fun getting there. As ever, Munnery deploys swathes of makeshift props for comic purposes, and credit has to be given to someone who can do a good ten minutes simply going through the things in his pockets. A round of supermarket-based protest songs is economical and silly, and he gets mangled trying to negotiate the forms of feminism he knows he should support.

But there’s also something odd and intriguing going on.

Where Parker had for decades

been a parody of outmoded forms of simplistic radical politics, he suddenly seems to be timely again.

After all, in an age of grass-roots groups such as Extinction Rebellion, the notion of being an urban warrior seems less ludicrous than it was only a few years ago. His fear of technology was once comic because he appeared a Luddite;, but with smart speakers now listening into our everyday domestic activities, such jokes seem prescient rather than passé. Might Alan have been right all along? ✏︎ Brett Mills

his conflicting needs of being in the limelight and managing the disruptive nature of his depression and anxiety.

He notes that comedians are only meant do a single show about mental health, and then move onto other emotive topics, such as their relationships with their parents. But here he is, for the fourth successive year, mining the battles within his brain for comic purposes. He makes a convincing case for the therapeutic possibilities of a form such as standup, and it’s instructive to witness a performer for whom comedy has such personal significance.

But that’s to suggest a pomposity which is thankfully

absent. Instead this is a ragbag of colliding ideas, often arising from Mace’s anger at the happy world he’s told he should inhabit. His violent enactment of mainstream sitcom conventions skewers the lies in such Panglossian shows, resulting in something akin to a socialist revolution. And there’s a really good joke about coasters.

The show takes some time to get going, slowly building towards an inexorable momentum. Some skits are stretched beyond their comic mileage, while others become sublime precisely because they drag on. It all feels like this could fall apart at any moment, and within the potential for that possibility sits something frenetic, fragile, and surprisingly intimate. ✏︎ Brett Mills

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Janine Harouni, as a family friend once pointed out, is “good at talking". Very early on, however, you discover that “good” is something of an understatement as the American comic crafts a mean narrative arc, delivers spot-on impersonations of the population of Staten Island and keeps her audience laughing for the majority her show.

She turns these talents to telling the story of an accident that would ultimately lead to her becoming a performer, a life event that is inextricably linked to her changing

relationship with her Republicanvoting father. With tell-tale drama school-alum poise she advocates for understanding across the political divide, explaining how her dad ultimately came to change his opinions on same-sex marriage.

Yet her focus on resolved gay rights questions, rather than political atrocities under Trump or the wider gender revolution, makes it feel like Harouni is sidestepping points of urgent social action in favour of a clean sense of resolution to her story.

Perhaps the political message is a bit too light-handed at times and inevitably there are some bum notes in the performance, such as a warm-up bit about synced periods that feels slightly stale.

Overall, however, Harouni delivers a polished, feel-good show that might make you feel a bit more hopeful about the state of the world but, either way, will leave you cackling about her “Me Too” run-in with Keira Knightley. ✏︎ Megan Wallace

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It’s difficult to really get a hold on Robert Lemon Alackadaddy as a comedy character. He’s a sort of Cockney park bench philosopher with a tendency to reel off bizarre, celebrity-strewn anecdotes, though quite why creator Phil Cornwell

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has decked him out like present day Micky Dolenz in a Breaking Bad t-shirt and fedora is anyone’s guess.

As is the thought process behind the writer’s decision to weave straight-faced allusions to chronic alcoholism and parental abuse into an otherwise flippant, surreal narrative. It’s these baffling details that make this show an interesting piece of work, if not necessarily a satisfying one.

While nothing like a household name, Phil Cornwell has little to prove to the coterie of comedy buffs familiar with his contributions to Spitting Image, Stella Street and

Of course it’s taken a short-haired lesbian who dresses in a gender neutral fashion to provide one of the most interesting takes on masculinity you’ll likely find at the Fringe. Make no mistake, though, this offering from Sarah Keyworth is far from a radical exercise in subversion. Online

various Alan Partridge vehicles.

As it happens, this is exactly the sort of audience who will admire the purist Alternative Comedy feel to this Fringe offering. For despite Cornwell’s very obvious proficiency as a character actor and impressionist, this feels like an experiment. Teetering on the boundary between success and failure, Alackadaddy is incoherent, esoteric and deeply boring at points – but we happily ride it out largely because it’s rare to see a Fringe show so committed to its own impenetrable internal logic. ✏︎ Lewis Porteous

critics have apparently picked up on her poor posture, but the fact that the performer hunches over her audience as if to envelop them is actually emblematic of her inclusive and engaging style.

The focus is on Keyworth, the amplified individual on stage, but somehow the show feels like a dialogue.

While she states that Pacific is about gender, all the usual stuff is here. From opening remarks highlighting the inadequacy of her makeshift venue to descriptions of various loved ones’ eccentricities, most of the subject matter is rote, though carried off with aplomb.

A sketched narrative about being sexually harassed at an Australian comedy festival leads to some insightful discussion about Keyworth’s identity as the more masculine-presenting half of a same sex couple, but our hero is probably too easygoing to ever lead us into especially unsettling or challenging territory.

For the most part, we get midtempo laughs punctuated by the occassional moment of real joy. ✏︎ Lewis Porteous

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Joe Bor: The Story of Walter and Herbert HHH TIME: TICKETS:

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When Joe Bor held his stag do in Prague, there was greater significance than the usual alcoholic escapades. The Jewish comic’s grandfather, Walter, fled the city from the Nazis and lost several of his immediate family to the concentration camps. He was helped to escape by his best friend, the famous actor Herbert Lom, and the two went on to establish successful careers, with Walter becoming a worldrenowned town planner and raising a family in the UK. Bor’s show traces the two men’s friendship, subsequent falling

out and eventual reconciliation.

An exploration of identity from a standup who once gave only a passing nod to his Semitism, it’s an interesting personal history undermined by the lack of first-hand testimony, at least as shared in this hour. The comic wasn’t especially close to his grandfather before he died in 1999, so interviews his father instead, teasing out details about his forebear and getting his own relatively modest career insulted.

Walter did leave an unpublished memoir and an audio interview, as well as some correspondence

with Herbert. But beyond their closeness and determination, an eye for the ladies and Walter’s comically banal observations on his odyssey through war-torn Europe, they remain vaguely sketched, Herbert in particular.

Bor is an amiable storyteller.

And ultimately, he impactfully relates his grandfather’s experience to his own and the modern era. But while there’s unquestionably a compelling tale here, and chuckles amidst the struggles and desolation, rather too many details remain elusive. ✏︎ Jay Richardson

Konstantin Kisin: Orwell That Ends Well

comfortable giving you a fascist salute from the front row, then maybe your approach to comedy is due a rethink?

At some point in the past year, Kisin performed before a handful of students who inexplicably enjoyed his act and tried to book him for a university event. He was sent a contract, but found he couldn’t bring himself to sign it.

The university’s commitment to fostering a respectful environment within its confines, he reasoned, was at odds with his comic repertoire. Kisin tweeted about this and our gammon elders came rushing to his defence. Thus ensued a tedious shouting match about free speech and the right to offend.

Other than confusing the policy

of a particular institution with state-issued legislation, the root of Kisin’s problems is that he is an incredibly stilted performer who leaves a pause after every punchline as though rehearsing in front of a bedroom mirror. This results in an especially deathly silence after each limp quip, when a more instinctive comic would have the good sense to move swiftly onto something else.

“Come on guys,” he’ll implore after trotting out a tired stereotype, “I can say that – I’m Jewish!”

He cannot countenance the idea that we aren’t shocked by his irredeemably boring schtick, and so while presented as an impassioned defence of self-expression, Orwell that Ends Well is really just a litany of excuses. ✏︎ Lewis Porteous

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Don’t let the slightly literate title fool you, Orwell That Ends Well is ill-considered, reactionary nonsense, and is exactly the sort of thing George Orwell would have abhorred. It’s a straw man in a hall of mirrors. Where to even begin? How about by stating that if Piers Morgan is on your side and a solitary red-faced man feels

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Deep in southern Florida’s sugarcane fields, there’s a village where sex offenders can live after they leave prison. It’s called Miracle Village. The residents are baffled that anyone would write a play about them, but after several visits, that’s exactly what Dr Travis Russ did. Using field notes, music and verbatim accounts from residents and those who work there, Russ has

written a profoundly nuanced and provocative snapshot of several of the men in the village.

As well as taking a sensitive look at a demographic of people who are easily demonised, it is groundbreaking in its form and emotional complexity.

The script employs a sophisticated structure and range of characters, seamlessly blending narratives that are punctuated with hymns and original music.

When a new resident arrives, everyone introduces themselves and their charges as part of their regular group therapy programme.

Their offences are horrific, but the script also portrays them as people with talents, interests and families rather than twodimensional monsters defined by

their crimes. Their vulnerability, and processes of rehabilitation and self-acceptance, are evident in the actors’ performances, which challenge preconceptions about sex offenders.

The ensemble of six is exceptional. Playing multiple roles, these actor-musicians embody their characters with commitment and capture their emotional landscape in song. The production asks questions rather than gives answers, and one of those is the difficult request that the audience sees the characters as people rather than headlines and court cases. Deliberately pushing the limits of human empathy, this is theatre that can transform how we see the world. ✏︎ Laura Kressly

The Patient Gloria HHHH TIME: TICKETS:

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Gina Moxley grabs psychiatry by the balls in The Patient Gloria – a rebellion against misogyny masquerading as therapy. “We’re turned on by way more than we admit to,” the impish Irishwoman says at the start. Her mischievous, dick-swinging show seeks to set female libidos free from the male gaze.

In 1960, as psychotherapy peaked, a 30 year-old divorcee ‘Gloria’ agreed to film three sessions with three different— male—shrinks. The Patient Gloria stretches each into surrealism.

Liv O’Donoghue lounges on a retro leather sofa in a billowing pink dress as a suited-andgold-booted Moxley mockingly embodies the quacks. One

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David Edgar would like to know what happened to his generation, those young radicals who “came of age between ‘Love Me Do’ and ‘Let It Be’”, only to ditch their idealism for the kind of far-right populism that brought us Brexit in 2016. More precisely, he’d like to know what happened to himself.

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scurries up Gloria’s skirt. Another bounces boyishly on the sofa.

Each looks to camera: the stars of this show.

Picking out the perfect penis for each psych—cotton balls wrapped in tights for the timid fatherly one; lumbering silicon for the fighty Freudian—Moxley’s pastiche is pointed. Her drag’s as distorting as their diagnoses.

Beneath, there burns a seeting fury. How dare these men project, and push, themselves onto their patients.

Between scenes, as chic rocker Jane Deesh blasts bass-heavy tunes, Moxley reflects on her own social conditioning and sexual past: the childhood instructions to behave and be good, the coy sex ed manuals and the unsolicited penises – flashers, wankers and public pissers. “We got the analogue,” she winks at the teenage girls gathering at her feet. Shock treatment gives way to genuine hope, as Moxley wills the next feminist wave to wash in.

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time since university to inform his younger self of the baby boomers’ rapturous embrace of neoliberalism and his own move to the mainstream after his radical beginnings in agitprop theatre.

Edgar is an avuncular stage presence but the show is far from cosy. The proscenium is ruptured from moment one with the house lights staying up as Edgar gives us some tongue-in-cheek trigger warnings (“This production has at least one catastrophic piece of miscasting”). Later, he polls us on our own political leanings (surprisingly for The Traverse, one audience member admits to being a Tory) and asks us to generalise on what an unemployed 55-year-

old plumber from Burnley might think about immigration and free-market economics, scrolling our answers on the busy set constructed from piles of boxes and filing cabinets.

Long before Edgar starts equating Princess Diana’s funeral to Steve Biko’s, you sense there’s something subversive going on.

More ruptures in the play’s fabric are to follow and what initially appears to be a glorified TED Talk becomes infinitely more thorny and thought-provoking. Self-aware and pin-sharp, Edgar delivers a personal and political play that’s more radical than his 20-year-old firebrand self could ever imagine. ✏︎ Jamie Dunn

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Issues of identity, labels and individuality are more current than ever, and there are many crude and superficial explorations of them on offer at the Fringe. Lucy Roslyn’s Orlando is something more sophisticated and thoughtful altogether: a captivating, intricate weaving together of her own story and that of Orlando in the

more they open up – or the more space they are given to reveal themselves. Poison seeps in to the language of well-meaning but patronising liberals, or in the inability to accept the structural benefits of being born white: “I did NOT come from privilege,” repeats one man, defiantly.

When Orlandersmith finally steps outside of the interviewees and assumes the role of poet, she tips the play slowly but steadily towards the promise of a reckoning – but not the kind that absolves.

hold over it. She embodies quirks of speech and movement with precision and control, creating a distressing state-of-the-nation play from tiny but overwhelming details. When she plays Paul, a young Black teenager, her right leg twitches almost imperceptibly with stress.

Fluid and flowing, each monologue feels as if it is unravelling, unrushed. The conversation spans racism, structural violence, religion, gentrification, education, sexuality, fear. The longer people talk, the

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eponymous Virginia Woolf novel, this is a performance that will stay with audiences.

Woolf’s Orlando tells of a character who moves through space, gender and history, shifting identities, locations and time periods while always remaining Orlando. If only our current society allowed us to shed labels and shift identities so freely, Roslyn posits, we might be able to make better sense of our own experiences.

Roslyn very effectively binds Woolf’s Orlando together with her own story of love and identity, returning to particular motifs and lines throughout the performance to guide the audience through

what could otherwise be dense and complicated material. Instead it feels flowing and unforced, with the hour structured into its own chapters. The stage is sparse, but its two lamps and wooden stool are used to great effect, Roslyn playing both with the lighting itself and with the physicality of the lamps, which stand in at various times for other characters or settings.

Most strikingly of all in this one-woman show, Roslyn is a completely captivating and magnetic performer. There is no fourth wall, and no chance to take your eyes off her – but you wouldn’t want to even if you could. ✏︎ Eve Livingston

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Candles and flowers fill the stage, transforming the space into a shared, public site of grief and remembrance. Pulitzer Prize finalist, poet and performer Dael Orlandersmith’s Until the Flood is a series of monologues built from interviews with St Louis residents one year after police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed local teenager Michael Brown.

From elderly retired teacher Louisa to bitterly racist father Dougray, Orlandersmith radiates the stories from within, making it so that the Traverse’s audience can picture these people as easily as they can hear their voices.

This kind of near-verbatim, almost-documentary theatre is well established, but Orlandersmith has a phenomenal

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Bryony Kimmings, it’s fair to say, has had a tough time. In the space of a year, her relationship broke down, her baby son got dangerously sick and her mental defences began to crumble. Shit, as she puts it, hit the fan. She’s here now to rise from the ashes on stage, retelling her destruction in order to be reborn.

A tool that Kimmings has learnt in therapy, she tells us, is rewinding: returning to the past while keeping it at a safe distance.

I’m a Phoenix, Bitch accordingly tracks back to key moments in Kimmings’ trauma, which are held

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There’s a tacit understanding that when standups talk about their loved ones, you’re only getting one side of the story – exaggerated, twisted and just straight-up invented in the service of provoking laughter. But what happens when ‘er indoors gets the right to reply?

That’s the premise of this very funny two-hander from comic Rob Rouse

up for inspection. Despite the deeply personal content, Kimmings has absolute control over her art, transforming her suffering into a series of distressing but beautiful images.

The show also smartly dissects the roles that women feel pressured to play. In her rewinds, Kimmings picks up and discards different cultural scripts—the lover desperately clutching onto her man, the hippy Earth mother—as she tries on various versions of

womanhood. She borrows images from music videos and horror movies, seeing her life as a slowly turning reel of film – until her life itself begins to unspool.

At times, it can all feel just a bit too slick. For all that Kimmings talks about the rawness of the material, this show is a polished machine. But that in itself is a sort of triumph, proving that beauty and meaning can eventually emerge from the chaos of pain. ✏︎ Catherine Love

and his writer-actor wife Helen Rutter.

In this incarnation at least, the amiable Rouse gripes about middleage, offers an overblown recreation of their childrens’ home births and casts his spouse as the most northern woman alive. Jokes for him: they’re also the most intimate details of her life. And when she protests, it brings the gig to an impasse.

Partly a domestic drama of balancing work with family, pursuing a vocation while paying the bills, Funny in Real Life is rather more concerned with the standup’s creative and psychological motivations, of which Rouse is defensive. “You want to pick the

frog apart?!” he cries. “It’s gonna fucking die!” All the while though, he’s incorrigible, striving to jokingly deflect Rutter’s criticisms, reclaim the spotlight and get his show back on track.

The play has two major elements in its favour. Unlike most standup dramatisations, Rouse brings an authenticity to the role that most actors can’t. He’s actually funny and the stakes seem real. But it’s balanced. And in the realities of his and Rutter’s marriage, with suggestive details of his therapy, her professional struggles, the shift in their attraction to each other, there’s significant prurient interest, with virtually every aspect of their dirty laundry on display. ✏︎ Jay Richardson

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Essie is eroding. Bits of her are crumbling away, like the dust that falls from the stone platform she perches on. She keeps a list in her pocket of all the words people would use to describe her: smart, bubbly, no-nonsense. But these are just so much debris, disintegrating to powder in her hands.

Margaret Perry’s new play is about falling apart. Its protagonist sees the world collapsing around her and she begins to collapse with it. Raised precariously above the ground by Alison Neighbour’s set design, surrounded by jutting spurs of rock, Essie is cut off from the world. There are no footholds, either literal or metaphorical, and

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Two women are recording a podcast, with a helpful sound technician watching from behind the glass. It would be an unremarkable event, if not for the fact that one of the women is long-dead legendary Pharaoh, Cleopatra.

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As Essie, Breffni Holahan is quietly remarkable. It’s an unshowy performance, yet it subtly captures each anxious shift of mood, each switch of gear between conversations. Smiling broadly for a job interview, she’s “bubbly” epitomised; in a private moment of despair, she reverts to blank anguish, going back through her list of words and hearing only hollow adjectives.

Just as it seems clear where this is going, Perry and director Thomas Martin deliver a final surprise, puncturing Essie’s loneliness and self-absorption.

It’s a startling moment, jolting an audience out of the aestheticised misery of Essie’s experiences and questioning the conclusion that the play appeared to be building towards. Introspective monologues are ten-a-penny at the Fringe, but this subversion of the genre feels bracingly novel. ✏︎ Catherine Love

read in this otherwise straightfaced play. Anguis is Olivierwinning actor Sheila Atim’s debut as a playwright, and it layers pointed questions over dodged answers in the thorny dialogue between Cleo (played haughty but human by Paksie Vernon) and her interlocutor/podcast host Kate (Janet Kumah), an expert virologist. On the agenda: discussions of truth, lies, myth and ambition, all circling around the veracity of Cleopatra’s supposed suicide by snakebite.

Directed by Lucy Atkinson, the tension in this unlikely meeting is routinely punctured by goodhumoured David (Peter Losasso), even though he accidentally hands

Cleo a lit fuse in the form of details about Kate’s recent disgrace.

As Kate’s credibility unravels, the audience is caught between her supressed memories and her determination to fight for fair treatment. The lights flicker and distant voices float through the airwaves, but it is difficult to bring real theatricality to a podcast, even a staged one. Anguis feels more like a bottle episode of a prestige TV drama or a rehearsal for a Radio 4 play. The story is intriguing, the issues real and the characters fully formed, but the intellectual pacing doesn’t quite compensate for the way the soundproofed walls cage the action. ✏︎ Katie Hawthorne

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When writer and actor Isabelle Kabban was in university, her mum was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It came as a relief after a lifetime of anxiety, confusing incidents and hurt. In this stark depiction of life with a loved one and their mental illness, conversations with her therapist provide a gateway to a speedy series of fragmented memories in this solo performance.

Love and care seep through the

confusion and struggle of Kabban’s childhood. From her mum throwing a trifle at her best friend at age 14, to not congratulating her on a uni interview, Kabban’s childhood had moments that were traumatic. But she does her best to keep mum fed, watered and off the booze. She cannot imagine a life without her mum, even though their relationship is exhausting and often unhealthy.

Kabban performs with relentless speed, embodying herself, her mum and all other characters that appear. She races through the good and the bad, capturing the constant instability and relentlessness of growing up in a home dictated by a parent’s poor mental health.

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character is speaking. There is little breathing space which, though it is a genuine capture of what her life felt like, is also exhausting for the audience. Despite this, it’s a good piece providing insight into life with an unwell parent, and one that’s written and performed with unwavering affection. ✏︎ Laura Kressly

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There’s a word in Albanian, “besa”, that translates as “faith” or “word of honour”. As Dritan Kastrati puts it, “if I can help them I should help them”. The concept pulses like a heartbeat through How Not to Drown, Kastrati’s theatrical retelling of his experience as a refugee. On the perilous journey from Kosovo to England, and in the years that follow, there are those who extend a hand to help – and those who don’t.

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another kind of danger. Alternately played by different members of the five-strong cast, Dritan is both a specific refugee and a symbol, standing in for the many others risking their lives to travel to the UK. As he’s pitched across the sea and then hurled into the British foster care system, he lurches around the tilted surface of Becky Minto’s set. Slanted at a dizzying angle, the slatted wooden platform is a constant reminder of the

precariousness of Dritan’s situation, whether packed into a boat or being processed by social services.

While the choreography speaks eloquently, the script (co-written with Nicola McCartney) has a habit of voicing more than it needs to.

This way of telling may be true to Kastrati’s experience, but it can feel a bit on the nose, especially towards the end. The show would do better to trust its audience and let us do some of the work. ✏︎ Catherine Love

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Parrots are learning to speak; dolphins and humans are living together; and real life couple Kim and Pete are trying to talk to each other clearly. Like Animals weaves these stories—at turns surreal, funny and sad—together cleverly, using real-life animal experiments from the 1960s and 1970s to explore present day love and communication.

Like Animals is a bold production, constantly shifting in tone so that its actors move between performing sketch comedy, to emotional monologues, to double-handed dialogue about this real couple’s real life. Their skill and the beauty of the somewhat surreal staging and direction makes this work more than the concept does.

While the intention is clear and the prism through which it is

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With his five-act epic Peer Gynt, Henrik Ibsen took Shakespeare’s quaint shibboleth “to thine own self be true” and updated it for the modern world of 19th Century Norway: “Be true to yourself and to hell with the world”. This is the motto of the Troll King, and it’s quickly adopted as the mantra of Peter Gynt in this riotous adaptation by David Hare. Hare

explored a clever one, Like Animals stops short of really interrogating its central ideas. We’re invited to start drawing comparisons and lines between the different relationships depicted, but the script doesn’t ultimately pay off on these. Moments that should clearly be deeply moving aren’t felt quite as intensely when the build-up isn’t all there.

Perhaps, for a show that is ultimately all about how difficult

it is to communicate clearly, that doesn’t matter. This is a sweet and well-handled piece which is impressive in its originality and production. As its actors embody parrot, dolphin and human, we’re reminded of how similar we are and also how different – be it humans and other species, or just trying to know and understand each other.

clearly recognises that if Ibsen was around today, he’d have had the measure of men like Donald Trump and Boris Johnson long before they were printing empty slogans on hats and buses.

The eponymous fantasist is now a Scotsman, played by James McArdle, but otherwise, Hare is faithful to Ibsen’s mad, globetrotting structure. His journey inside a mountain to the world of the trolls is implied to be a delusion, but it’s no less wild than Gynt’s reality. Richard Hudson’s set, with its moving video canvas and door that seemingly floats midair, is appropriately dream-like for a story involving talking hyenas, an

asylum of Gynt doppelgängers and a conversation with the devil on a sinking boat in the Bay of Biscay.

The play is at its most nightmarish, however, when finding parallels between the egotism Ibsen observed in his time and those of the ruling classes today.

Hare’s adaptation is far from perfect, but then a few bumps in a three-and-a-half-hour play are to be expected. The less polished lines don’t detract from the sweep of the production, which remains potent thanks to McArdle’s roguish charm and more outrageous one-liners than you’ll find in any Fringe standup show. ✏︎ Jamie Dunn

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Macabre memories of the conflicts across the Middle East haunt the disturbed and disturbing dreams of the two main characters in this latest instalment in writer Henry Naylor’s Arabian Nightmares series. The Nights is a bruising play loaded with bleak images that sear themselves into your brain: a polished white skeleton on a golden throne, an infestation of wriggling camel spiders, dreams of dead flesh falling off a loved one’s body.

It’s an intense and slightly overwrought depiction of the horrors of desert warfare. The play is bookended with topical references to unrepentant jihadi bride Shamima Begum, who was recently stripped of her British

citizenship. But her headlinegrabbing story is just the gateway for an angry and ambitious journalist called Carter (played

by Caitlin Thorburn), who hopes to escape the banality of endless celebrity gossip stories by writing a riposte to the Begum case.

She is driven by the beheading of a colleague who was kidnapped by Isis, a video she has watched some 23 times before losing count. This traumatic vision understandably eats away at her mind, pushing her to find a cutting corrective to the politically correct takes she feels are overwhelming the public narratives of conflict in the Middle East. Her odyssey leads her to disgraced ex-soldier Kane

(Henry Naylor) and an increasingly grim story that intertwines ethical abandon, torture and PTSD. Thorburn is the stronger actor on stage and leads the story with a clear-eyed take on the compromised journalist dabbling in the dark side.

Naylor provides adequate support though doesn’t quite manage to bring the wildfire spark needed to make us believe in the depraved depths his character sinks to.

His writing is strong and sincere though, with The Nights challenging anyone who takes uninterrogated positions on the cancerous conflicts in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan – exposing the damage done by both hardline belligerence and those who would act as apologists. ✏︎ Stu Black

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emotional constipation that helps it proliferate is a fertile subject still underexplored. But the laddish humour of Daniel Hallissey’s In the Shadow of the Black Dog doesn’t feel like the best angle from which to approach the subject.

The monologue follows jack-thelad Alquist (played by Hallissey), who begins the show at stool, worried he might have cancer because his arsehole looks “like a bunny chewing a strawberry”.

He gets distracted from his bowel anxiety, though, with the news his best friend has taken his own life.

Hallissey was inspired to write the show after his own best friend died, sending him into a

tailspin, which makes it odd that in Alquist he’s created a rather unsympathetic character. Perhaps Hallissey is being brutally honest about his own foibles, but Alquist’s displays of toxic masculinity— including a crypto-MRA rant after a young woman complains he was too rough in bed—are rarely criticised.

As a performer, Hallissey is technically accomplished (his eyes glass up at the drop of a hat) and the storytelling and simple staging are inventive, but the writing is often downright trashy as well as distasteful. If the Fringe handed out bad sex awards, a line like “the sex was so good, even Godot came” would surely nab it. ✏︎ Jamie Dunn

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The straight, white, cis gentleman is somewhat fucked when it comes to Fringe theatre. The problem is simple: their woes are not all that interesting; there are bigger fish to fry. That being said, the silent epidemic of male suicide and the

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You can have a lot of fun with footnotes, but as with alcohol or fireworks, that relies on them being used in the appropriate context and with the required skill. Writers from Terry Pratchett to David Foster Wallace have employed footnotes to unexpected and comedic effect in their original medium; Lewys Holt should be given some credit for attempting to employ this emphatically literary convention in the arena of live performance.

Unfortunately, the show that results from this laudable ambition never fully comes together, despite the talent brought to bear.

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Honey is a single mum of four and a freelance journalist. She’s also got a psychotherapist, a mum, and two best friends she seeks constant approval from, which is a never-ending task.

Now she’s at some sort of event where a life coach was meant to speak, but hasn’t turned up. She’s going to cover with a talk called "Lessons I Have Learned From My Relationships" that she’s winging as she goes along. It’s not clear who the audience is, where they are and

What Holt initially proposes is a parody of an academic presentation, which takes full advantage of the scholastic setting of Summerhall’s disused lecture theatre. Footnotes quickly grows beyond its opening premise of surrealist comedy-via-tangent, and dabbles with everything from physical comedy to haunting, quasi-dramatic dialogues.

Holt has a gift for slapstick, and it’s a shame he displays it only sparingly. More disappointing is the fact that, having explicitly challenged himself over whether he really has anything to say, it turns

out he doesn’t. The various strands of the performance never come together into a cohesive whole, and while it’s entirely possible to do a good show without a story or central theme, the end-result feels unfinished and half-baked.

A footnote is supposed to provide necessary information that allows understanding of the text in question. But when there is no central meaning to be explained or interpreted, the premise wears thin, and the intermittent laughs it elicits cannot justify the effort it demands.

why they are there to listen to a life coach, nor how Honey’s biography of failed and fraught relationships taught her much. While her struggles aren’t generally her fault, her takeaways aren’t unique or profound. Men have treated her badly, she has a weird relationship with her parents, her teenage daughter tries her patience, but any or all of these are all more common than not.

There are a few good surprises in the writing and some high stakes, but the story Honey tells generally feels small. Sarah McArdie excels as Honey and the other personalities in her life. Particularly entertaining are her daughter Celia and her mother. McArdie’s unresolved mum issues and her struggle to do her best is convincing and relatable, which helps elevate the mundane script.

Honey is a relatable, everyday character, but this doesn’t make exciting theatre. She muddles through with all her faults and foibles in tow, like we all do – but that’s not particularly interesting to watch. ✏︎ Laura Kressly

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Surrendering to this big, racuous all-male circus show from Finland’s Race Horse Company is easy.

Those who devised and perform in it have got the balance between testosterone and tongue-in-cheek just right. You kind of know to expect the unexpected from the get-go as the six-member cast enter on horseback, only the horses are

legless costumes and the guys tucked inside and moving about on their knees. It’s ridiculously funny, a tone that permeates an hour-long performance that doesn’t have a theme but, instead, seems to be operating from some sort of quintessentially male collective impulse. Deceptively and unselfconsciously sloppy but often recklessly inventive, the cast come across like overgrown boys keen to try out their wildest and most stupid-smart dreams. They are essentially very rock 'n' roll.

The production’s set-pieces keep getting better and better as the levels of adrenaline onstage mount. A long-haired fellow

wields a sledgehammer, breifly sending another bloke in a bear suit skyrocketing. A teeterboard routine is succeeded by another featuring a brace of huge trampolines. Watching the performers vaulting between the two pieces of equipment is a kick. There’s a great catapult stunt focussed upon a skinny man in a scanty leather outfit. A springboard, aka a Russian bar, doubles blasphemously as a crucifix for a long-haired Jesus substitute.

It all culminates in a double wheel of death act that has overtones of a mock-religious ritual. It is, at the same time, a thing of almost poetic beauty. In short, Super Sunday is a treat. ✏ Donald Hutera

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Taking its title from Beethoven’s dramatic Ninth Symphony which booms along in the background, this dance work from Montreal contemporary dance company Cas Public looks into the world of the unhearing, trying to convey the experience of being deaf. Like Beethoven, who began losing his hearing in his twenties one of tonight’s dancers, Cai Glover, is profoundly deaf without his hearing aid. He lost his hearing after getting meningitis when he was eight. Choreographer Hélène Blackburn has used Glover as her inspiration for this frantic, impressive but sometimes deliberately baffling piece.

The production reverses things so that atypical and typical abilities are flipped. Suddenly the people in the audience who don’t know sign language are excluded, not getting the meaning of many movements, which blend hand gestures with

beautiful, tightly synchronised sequences of whipping arms and windmill legs. Instead of dialogue, the dancers communicate with dramatic grunts or exhales, sometimes making animal sounds.

It’s emotive or symbolic, not language based.

Clever tricks link pre-recorded footage of kids with cochlear implants on a big screen behind the dancers with the live action onstage. Remote-controlled cars, a domino rally of dollhouse furniture, blindfolded dance sequences and a ballerina in pointe shoes doing a speeded up hopscotch around moving props on the ground keep the pace fast. An intense sensory work designed for family audiences, it demystifies some aspects of being deaf, while being frustratingly hard to understand and downright strange at other bits – which seems to be the point. ✏ Claire Sawers

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Chris Devaney, the creator and performer of this solo show, has an elegant stage presence. The eye is drawn in by the surety of her supple moves, just as the ear wants to listen to the rhythmic lilt of her surprisingly husky voice.

Made for her company Curious Seed, this work is about as delicately featured as she is: a

poetic and elliptical evocation of childhood memories of loss and resilience – nostalgic, yes, without being dusted by cuteness or bathing in easy sentimentality.

What Devaney’s show doesn’t do yet—at least not at the first Fringe performance—is pierce the heart and resonate which, one suspects, is its underlying intention. That it fails to plumb the depths is not for want of trying.

An accomplished and thoughtfully unforced dancer who also takes care in delivering her own text, Devaney occupies an attractive set (by Yvonne Buskie) that may be a tad too busy. There are a few too many piles of newspaper scraps on the

periphery, as well as balled-up paper and bricks. Some of this stuff does get used. The dominant design feature, however, is three large wings made of newsprint frgaments and suspended more or less centrestage. The bird metaphor wings it way through the impressionistic little stories Devaney imparts while embodying both her younger self and a possibly lonely old woman who lived in her neighbourhood. The latter character is the linchpin of a sensitive, evocatively scored (by Luke Sutherland) and entirely creditable performance that could head to darker, more dangerous places. ✏ Donald Hutera

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An acrobatic tribute to the 1980 musical comedy classic, The Black Blues Brothers is easy, sometimes cheesy, watching but packed with powerful tricks. Our five performers are dressed in the requisite trilbies and shades, but this homage is musical rather than plot-based. Huge tunes—’Soul Man’, ‘Shake a Tail Feather’—from the iconic soundtrack are blasted at a delighted mid-afternoon audience, and the lack of any kind of narrative is compensated by sheer spectacle.

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actual fire. There’s the kind of fun but cringe audience participation that makes you glad they chose that bloke in the front row, although the troupe treat every volunteer with care. The brotherly roughhousing between the acrobats is genuinely affectionate, and that trust pays off massively when they’re balanced precariously on each other’s heads.

In the moments between backflips and handstands, though, there are some awkward lulls.

Some silent, mimed skits leave

the audience unwilling to break the silence. It’s absolutely a family friendly show (they once performed for the Pope), but a tongue in cheek strip routine to ‘You Can Leave Your Hat On’ ends oddly. The storyline paints one cast member as reluctant to take off his shirt and, indeed, his hat, so the rest of the cast unceremoniously drag him around on a rope. But when the troupe gets back to defying gravity, there’s not a single person in the house that’s not cheering. ✏ Katie Hawthorne

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As “camp” becomes yet another buzzword, collateral damage in the commodification of queerness by the media and commercial entertainment, it’s reassuring to witness Reuben Kaye’s whole-hearted display of cabaret-inflected “faggotry”.

Importantly, nowhere does Kaye attempt to make himself palatable to the cis-heterosexuals in the audience. With its slipshod

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Not all little girls want to be princesses, and not all women want to be queens. Some girls want to do the rescuing, and some women want to live in a swamp and collect shiny things.

This playful, physical theatre

costume changes, alternative Australian national anthems and plethora of rhinestones, Reuben Kaye’s cabaret explores the endless creative possibilities of bad taste.

He avoids adopting more sanitised material, clearly exercising the “right to offend” throughout. At times, this feels like a necessary antidote to the performative political awareness that has become endemic on social media. At others, however—such as the case of an early, ill-advised Anne Frank joke—it can feel like Kaye’s wasting his comedic capabilities on cheap laughs.

Littering his speech with “high culture” nods, from Albert

show looks at loads of other things that women and girls want, dismantles gender stereotypes, and has a joyful mess of a time throughout its short sketches.

There’s no real linear structure and it’s semiimprovised, but the sense of fun that drives the show passes the time quickly, despite some confusing moments that don’t cohere with the concept.

A blue satin parachute is a prominent feature that takes up a lot of space, but it’s used in a variety of ways, from being worn as a dress to representing a river.

There’s a lot of interaction with the audience, though it’s cheerful

Camus to Bernini, Kaye makes his range as a performer clear from the offset. He undercuts this more literary humour with puerile visual jokes about blow jobs, as well as moments of aching tenderness as he recounts the anti-queer sentiment he was exposed to as a teenager.

With lightning-quick changes in tone, the kind that could give you whiplash, Kaye delivers a raucous hour that keeps his audience on its toes. However, you can’t help but wish that Kaye kept the focus more on himself—he is the star after all—rather than baiting the cisheterosexuals in the audience. ✏ Megan Wallace

and warm rather than affronting.

The two performers are expressive character clowns with consistently high energy levels.

They feed off of the audience’s energy and laughter while having a great time, which is fun to watch even if it’s not always clear what is happening.

A performance art aesthetic underpins their short scenes and design, and there is a prominent queer theme. The latter are the strongest moments of the piece.

The feel is generally chaotic and occasionally unjustified, but these points still manage to fit into the overarching spirit. ✏ Laura Kressly

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2016 was a gift for satirists, says Melinda Hughes before embarking on an hour of music and comedy taking aim at everything from Melania Trump and hipsters to Twitter trolls.

Hughes’ songs are good and the production values of the show high; a three-piece band deliver an impressive range of genres and catchy riffs, with her pianist in particular providing a good partner for her to bounce off in snatches of banter. Hughes moved

into satire after years of being an opera singer, and her impressive voice is put to good use, both musically and comedically.

The satire itself is somewhat less exciting. Material treads what is becoming quite tired ground now—Jeremy Corbyn is a communist; selfies are vacuous; hipsters have beards and drink artisan coffee—sometimes without making very many actual points. Hughes takes aim at both left and right with lots of conviction but not much originality. While a song depicting Melania Trump’s diary entries provides one of the highlights of the hour, it then jars with an unnecessary throwaway line about Slovenians eating dogs.

There are some moments where the material lands, Hughes characterises the type of man

who thinks the MeToo movement has gone too far with shrewd familiarity. Her depiction of interrupting a perfectly nice day with Twitter arguments highlights the absurdity of our online lives.

She has great stage presence and charming delivery, and some of the tunes will stick in your head after the show. The same can’t really be said of her satire. ✏ Eve Livingston

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Is this what going to church feels like? With her rich, rasping voice, Camille O’Sullivan leads a hypnotic, almost hymnal evening as she performs the songs of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

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behind her, she opens with an ethereal version of ‘God Is In The House’. You can almost see the notes reverberating through her.

Her languid, luxurious version of ‘Into My Arms’, in which she seems to unpick the notes and wrap them around us individually, is enchanting. “Summon them together,” she sings as she waves at us gently, “to watch over you.”

With her band, O’Sullivan executes total control then complete recklessness. During ‘Jubilee Street’ she kicks over the chime stand and afterwards seems surprised to see it on the floor.

“I’m not gonna make it to the end,” she laughs as she collapses. She

chucks off her boots and untucks her shirt; comfortable now. The projections behind her echo the changes in tone, from lightning to water to a bird that seems to stem from inside the drum kit.

The lighting, by Joe Fletcher, is exquisite, just as emotive as the music, with glowing embers fizzing under a drum burst, and a guitar solo left to resonate in a violet haze.

O’Sullivan pieces herself back together for the final song and asks us to join her in with the last few lines. “We make a little history baby,” she sings, and her words feel like direct eye contact, “every time you come around”. ✏ Kate Wyver

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Voices are layered like rolling waves in this sparse new musical, sung entirely a Capella with a loop pedal and sample pad.

Eilidh (Bethany Tennick) has chosen to stay with her grandma on the fictional Scottish Island of Kinnen while her mum has gone across to the mainland. Meanwhile, a vote on the island raises tensions between locals. Perspective shifts when a whale washes up on a beach, followed by Arran (Kirsty Findlay), a type of girl Eilidh believed belonged to folk tales.

Inspired by Scottish folk songs,

Finn Anderson’s delicate music and lyrics are in turn soothing and stirring. Tennick and Findlay are enchanting performers, controlling the layers of their voices with masterful precision, their notes rolling into each other like droplets down a window. But their charm extends beyond the technicalities – it’s in their eye contact and generosity with each other.

Like the music, Amy Draper’s direction is elegant. Action revolves around the two microphone stands, but rather than obstructions, they simply become part of our island.

As the story develops, Simon Wilkinson’s lighting design uses the Roundabout’s glorious built-in rig to wash the island in dew, sea-mist and a pinch of magic.

Complex and mature, Stewart Melton’s book is at times like a radio play, as Tennick and Findlay orchestrate the town’s many voices. But this show needs to be seen, not just heard. Intimately performed, Islander is a beautiful tale of friendship and bridging the gap between people. Like the girls whose stories it holds, I hope it has a long and happy future. ✏ Kate Wyver

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Scream Phone VENUE: TIME: TICKETS:

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose 5pm – 6pm, 8-26 Aug, not 14 £11–£12

Musicals & Opera

The 1980s are experiencing a comeback, with outrageous kitsch from the decade popping up in fashion, pop culture and the arts.

This new musical embraces this aesthetic wholeheartedly. It tenuously merges tween girl game Dream Phone with the horror film genre, resulting in a bizarre spoof that’s over-reliant on tropes.

Recognisable pop songs with new lyrics make up the bulk of this show about a trio of American high-school girls, but the book and lyrics are cheap, lazy and lack innovation. Melody is the popular blonde, Janice is the stupid promiscuous one, and Stacy is the

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geek. The three of them make up the Beaver Babes (yes, really). It’s unconvincing that Melody would ever be friends with Stacy.

What’s much worse is the hypersexualisation of the characters.

Considering they play children, it’s creepy and uncomfortable rather than funny.

At a Beaver Babes sleepover, Melody’s mum gives her a Dream Phone that starts receiving calls from another girl at school. More strange things happen in the house but they’re not fully integrated into the story. It becomes increasingly

absurd and unbelievable, leading to an ending relying on a plot device regarded as a no-no in writing or theatremaking. GCSE drama students would fail for using it.

However, despite the uniformly problematic show, the three performers are outstanding.

Natasha Granger, Alexandra Lewis and Kerrie Thomason attack the material with boundless enthusiasm, and are also fantastic singers. This goes some way towards redeeming the poor concept. ✏ Laura Kressly

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KID CRITICS

Mercedes Nandzo

Slime Mercedes Nandzo, age five, goes on the trail of a slug in Slime

What happens in the show?

The slug and the butterfly were trying to get the leaf to eat.

What did you think about the song?

There was no song but the sound effects were good but short.

Describe the show in five words?

Funny, good, nice, a bit quiet, short.

What did your grown up think about the show?

Amazing, they really got into the babyish character.

Who was your favourite character and why?

The butterfly because he was funny and making funny noises like yum yum yum.

Would you like your friends to come?

Oh yes, I really liked it.

Was there any character you didn’t like?

None.

Kids

What did you like most about the show?

The decorations and the slime (I got to play with the slime!)

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What didn’t you like about the show?

I think it was a bit scary for the little ones because they were crying and looked a bit scared.

VENUE: TIME: TICKETS:

Pleasance Pop-Up: Central Library 11:15am – 12:15pm, 7–24 Aug, not 11, 18 £7 – £8

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Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Lilac Hasting, age 10, sees a Peter Pan prequel What happens in the show?

Two actors tell the story of how Peter Pan became the boy who would not grow up. It is like a prequel to the story that everybody already knows about Peter Pan. Describe the show in five words Imaginative, interesting, creative, adventure, relaxing Who was your favourite character and why? Solomon Caw was definitely my favourite character. The way the actor moved when he played this character really made me believe he was a bird.

Were there any characters you didn’t like?

Peter Pan’s mother, and I think you will agree if you see the show.

What did you like most about the show?

I really enjoyed the creative way the props were used – a stick became a boat, a tent base became a window frame.

What didn’t you like about the show I can’t think of anything I didn’t like. You do need to concentrate to keep up with the story.

If there were songs or music in the show, what did you think of them?

There was a little bit of recorder playing which I liked.

What did your grown-up think of the show?

My mum really liked how the actors switched between characters. She noticed that the children in the audience seemed totally enthralled with it, even the ones who were very young.

Would you tell your friends to come and see the show?

Absolutely, but don’t expect Tinkerbell and fairy dust because it’s not like that.

VENUE: TIME: TICKETS:

theSpace @ Niddry St 10:00am – 11:00am, 7–17 Aug, not 11 £10

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KID CRITICS

Lilac Hastings

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Fox-Tot! Our top critic Oran, age 13 months, goes to the opera with his grownup What happens in the show?

It’s a multi sensory rite of passage baby opera! A young Fox is sent out into the world by his Mother Vixen to take on different forms (cat, butterfly, frog) and be periodically assaulted by toddlers, while singing.

Describe the show in five words Opera but with rampaging toddlers Who was your favourite character and why?

Mother Vixen – the babies are mesmerised by mezzo soprano Katie Grosset. Fox as a beautiful beautiful butterfly was also very fascinating.

Were there any characters you didn’t like?

No they were all very very interesting, designed with different shapes and fabrics to be as engaging as possible for 1-2 year olds.

What did you like most about the show?

Throwing leaves, bashing other babies, slowly but surely advancing on the cast as they determinedly sing opera.

What didn’t you like about the show?

It took a little while to warm up to the space and explore, but after about 15 minutes the babies owned the set and were ready to maraud.

If there were songs or music in the show, what did you think of it/them?

It’s ‘proper opera’ written with this particular development stage in mind. Oran generally loved them – the cello was particularly interesting.

What did your grown-up think of the show?

Loved it. Watching some opera singers performing at the highest level while being slowly attacked by a gang of toddlers is honestly brilliant.

Would you tell your friends to come and see the show?

Yes! I already have.

VENUE: TIME: TICKETS:

The Edinburgh Academy times vary, 2–16 Aug, not 5, 12 £7

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00:00 Will Seaward’s Spooky Midnight Ghost Stories VI

The Darkness Distillery Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 9–26 Aug, FREE

Project X – Alternative Comedy Collective

Tree Fiddy

Laugh Till It Hurts: A BDSM Comedy Show Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 10–12 Aug, £5

Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 10–24 Aug, not 11, 12, 18, 19, £7

The Wonder Jam Heroes @ Black Medicine, 10–26 Aug, £5

Phil Kay: A Happening Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 10 Aug, £10

Late Show Great Show / Free Festival

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–26 Aug, FREE

Peyton and Jared Stab Each Other in the Back Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9–14 Aug, FREE

Jonathan Hipkiss – At Least We’re Out the House Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 15–26 Aug, FREE

Comedy Village Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–26 Aug, FREE

00:10 An Evening With Lee Trundle Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £5

00:15 Scot Roast – Afterburn Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 9–27 Aug, £5

The Rat Pack Comedy – Anything Goes!

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–26 Aug, FREE

A&E Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 18–26 Aug, FREE

The Piece: Now More (Artistically) Accessible – WiP Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–26 Aug, not 15, 22, FREE

For Robin Williams: A Benefit Gig in aid of Mind and SAMH Assembly George Square, 12 Aug, £15

00:30 The Improverts

Nathan Hurd: Colour Blind

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–26 Aug, FREE

01:00

Freshly Squeezed Comedy Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Trans*Atlantic Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 11–25 Aug, FREE

Jake Donaldson Fights the Sea (Work in Progress) Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–10 Aug, FREE

Timandra Harkness: Take a Risk Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8–£10

Meddlin’ Kids Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8–£9

11:30 The Edinburgh Revue Stand-Up Show Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–26 Aug, FREE

Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, £5

Eilidh Hodgson and Katherine Plumb: Do Wap Art Flop Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £5

LEGMEAT Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 13–14 Aug, £6

09:00 BBC at George Heriot’s School BBC, 9–23 Aug, FREE

10:00 BBC: The Afternoon Show BBC, Various dates from 12 Aug to 21 Aug, FREE

A Comedy Brunch 3

Morgan Rees and Riordan DJ: Coming to Terms

Karl Theobald Essentially: The Book Tour Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug, £6

Rib Ticklers’ Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 10–16 Aug, FREE

10:50

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Tales of Whatever

Twin Peaks Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £10

11:50

The Best Show We’ve Ever Done at the Edinburgh Fringe

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

Stewart Lee: Wok In Progress

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

11:00 Rogue Two: Burns and Moore

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £10.50

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14 Aug, £15

Unladylike

Amazing Adventure of Her Majesty at 90+

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 10 Aug, 13 Aug, 17 Aug, £99

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 17–26 Aug, £8–£10

Jack and Barney Are in the Background

BBC, 16 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

BBC: Loose Ends Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair

The Iceberg Effect

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £10.50

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, FREE

Daphna Baram: Cracking Up

11:05 Rodgers with a D – The Tommy Rodgers Centenary Celebration theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £6

11:15 A Failuretale Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Comedy Auction Frankenstein Pub, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £0–£7

Ella Al-Shamahi and Susie Steed: Gold Diggers Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–18 Aug, FREE

Mumblebrag

Twat Out of Hell: Deluxe

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 17–25 Aug, FREE

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, £5

Sweet Grassmarket, 22–25 Aug, £10

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Amusical Club Night

Eliott Simpson: (A)sexy and I Know It

Sugar Rush: The Best of the Fringe

The Laurel and Hardy Cabaret

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Snack Chat

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 15, FREE

Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 9–26 Aug, not 15, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 20 Aug, 24 Aug, £99

Sarah Southern: Tentatively Tory

Guerilla Aspies Year Five – Not an Autism Puppet Show

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Currie and Brice: Kraudwerk

Tales from the Balkans

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Westdal and Hayward Need Work

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

The Golden Path

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–18 Aug, not 12, £5

Clothesline

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, £14–£16

ACID!

Pleasance Courtyard, 21 Aug, £10 Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Kayla MacQuarrie: Traumatised

Paradise in Augustines, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £5

Josh Widdicombe: Work in Progress

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–25 Aug, £10

Reality Sucks!

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 14–25 Aug, £5

Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 13 Aug to 22 Aug, £12.50

Robert Ross: Forgotten Heroes of Comedy

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–16 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–16 Aug, FREE

Late’n’Live

11:45

11:25

Late’n’Live

Bedlam Theatre, 9–26 Aug, £8 Pleasance Dome, 24–25 Aug, £10

10:20

Lee Kyle – ConQuest

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Ghost Orgy

Assembly Rooms, 10–26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, £14–£16

Paradise in Augustines, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £9

Gaming Under the Influence

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–26 Aug, FREE

Best of the Fest... Later

Selling Like Hot Takes

10:40

Just the Tonic Comedy Club – Midnight Show

00:05

10:10

00:45

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 10–26 Aug, FREE

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

Comedy

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–26 Aug, FREE

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 10–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Monkey Barrel Comedy, Various dates from 11 Aug to 26 Aug, £5

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Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Attention, Seeker Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 19–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

11:35 3’s Comedy – Adam Knox, Luka Muller and Peter Jones Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Long Man Doing Short Jokes, Short Man Doing Long Jokes Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

Neon Hangover Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–11 Aug, £10

11:40 Harry Baker: I Am 10,000 Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–24 Aug, £10–£11

Neighbourhood Watch Sweet Novotel, 12–25 Aug, £8

Jamie Oliphant: The Oliphant in the Room Just the Tonic at The Tron, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

Sweet Grassmarket, 21–25 Aug, £7

11:55 David Callaghan: Dance Like No One’s David Callaghan Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

The Daft Show with Bony Tony theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

12:00 This Is Your Trial (FF)

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–26 Aug, £11.50

Black Sheep Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Let’s Get Tough Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Shaken Not Stirred: The Improvised James Bond Film Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8

Who’s the Daddy Pig? PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Kaned Laughter Frankenstein Pub, 9–11 Aug, FREE

The Delightful Sausage: Ginster’s Paradise Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5–£7

Frankenstein Pub, 12–26 Aug, not 18, 25, £7

Karl Theobald Essentially: The Book Tour

Stand-Up Edinburgh

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £6

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–26 Aug, FREE

Robbie McShane Has Loads of Pals (and a Girlfriend Too) Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 17, 18, FREE

Gethin Alderman is: Sublime Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aah, It’s the One-Liner Show Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Paul Currie: Release the Baboons (All Ages) Heroes @ Boteco, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £5

Samantha Hannah: How to Find Happiness (in a Year) Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Funny Feckers Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Mimi Hayes: I’ll Be OK PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 12, FREE

Amy Annette: What Women Want Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £9

Michael Legge: The Idiot The Stand Comedy Club, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £12

Luke Rollason’s Infinite Content HHH Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

12:05 James Harvey: The Bald-Faced Truth Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 11 Aug, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, £8

The Daft Show with Bony Tony theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £8

Listings

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Camp Running-a-Mock

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 9 Aug, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–12 Aug, weekdays only, FREE

Cave Women: Work in Progress Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 15–25 Aug, £5–£6

Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz – British Edition The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

Eleanor Morton: Post-Morton The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Joe Wells Doesn’t Want to Do Political Comedy Anymore!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Sneaky Pete’s, 9–24 Aug, FREE

12:10 Rachel Creeger – Hinayni!

Alex Farrow: Philosophy A-Level Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Babes / Pigs in the City Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, FREE

Robin Boot’s Rockomedy: Punderstruck PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Gráinne Maguire – What Has the News Ever Done for Me?

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 24, £9–£10

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Matt Hobs BSc (Bristolian of Science)

12:20

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Peeved with Peter E Davidson

News@1066

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 18–25 Aug, FREE

Elliot Steel: Merked PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 9–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Sir David and His Animals

David McIver: Teleport PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Impulse Control PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 17, 22, 24, FREE

Stuart Laws Is All In Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

12:25

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–18 Aug, not 12, 13, £5.50

And They Played Shang-A-Lang

❤ Tony Law: Identifies HHHH

Paul Foxcroft: Debut

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10

Zane Helberg – Live from Rehab Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

12:35

Accident Avoidance Training for Cutlery Users

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

Richard Pulsford: Roll Up for the Smirking Break Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Rod Shepherd: Slacktivist – Free

Hill Street Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £12 Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

In Bread with Joseph Emslie (Work in Progress) Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Fiona Ridgewell: Even Dizney Needs a Day Off!

12:50

12:40

Edy Hurst: Hurst Schmurst

Nathan Roberts: Glowed Up

Amelia Bayler Presents: Emotional Bangers

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 9–26 Aug, not 14, FREE

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8 Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE

A-Z Mental Health Atlas Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–14 Aug, weekdays only, FREE

Jennifer Tyler: Ready or Not Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£12

Deepu Dileepan: The Outsider PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–18 Aug, FREE

Krystal Evans: Fishnets Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £3

Well, That Was Weird...

Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse Free and Family Friendly Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Big Wendy Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £7

Boycotted: Comedy from Israel Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 9–26 Aug, not 10, 11, 17, 24, £7.50

The House of Influenza: A Spooky Tale of Frighteningness Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

12:45 Richard Stott: Right Hand Man Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£9.50

Briony Redman is Indecisive (or Isn’t, You Decide!)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £7–£9

Charlie Vero-Martin: Scrapbook Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Tom Short’s Wheel of Misfortune

Bargain Hunt and Gather

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carnivore Edinburgh, 9–24 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

A List of 100 Things That Unreasonably Annoy Me

Cambridge Impronauts: Improv Actually Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, £10–£11

Quaker Meeting House, 19–24 Aug, £8

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Grave St Claire: Hard Bop

Clash of the Tight Tens

12:15

Sooz Kempner – Mega Drive

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Just These Please: Suitable

Don’t Bother

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Nick Elleray: Big Nick Energy

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 20–25 Aug, FREE

Henry Wilkinson: See Me at Lunch!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 10, 17, 24, £9–£10

Tom GK’s Hearing Loss: The Musical

Jumping Off the Bandwagon

Final Cut

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £6–£7

12:30

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 13, FREE

Look Up Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 20, £5

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Decree Absolute Vodka Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Community Circle Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Abbie Murphy: Eat Sleep Shit Shag Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £6

I Think I Might Be... New Romantic!

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 15–17 Aug, £5

Free Money from the Government: A Play About a Squid

A Little R and R

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £8

MC Hammersmith’s Magical Freestyle Factory!

DCGK’s Chicken Box Pencil Case Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £5

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–11 Aug, £5

12:55 Feed Wolf Ice Cream: A Comedy Show About Death Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

13:00 Ben Gosling: Jobs (with Special Guests) Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Austentatious Underbelly, Bristo Square, 16–25 Aug, £15–£17

Comedy Gobbledygook Showcase / Free Festival Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Angry Boater Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

So Close Paradise in Augustines, 19–25 Aug, FREE

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 18–24 Aug, £9

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Sketch Thieves Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Ross Smith: Crying/ Shame Just the Tonic at The Tron, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

An Audience with... That Never Was, but Is ‘An Audience with... Jimmy Whobblers’ (with Jimmy Whobblers) Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £5

Darcie Silver – I Know You Are Planet Bar, 9–11 Aug, FREE

Jim and Dave Have Lost the Dressing Room PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 9–12 Aug, FREE

Generation Whyyy?

Imagination Workshop, 22 Aug, £8

13:05 The Man Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

fest-mag.com

The Moon Under Water

Andrew White: Retirement Tour

Ashes: A Comedy Showdown

The Dead Ducks: York du Soleil

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, FREE

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

Blazers Presents Comedy

Obsolete

Fred MacAulay in Conversation

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–16 Aug, £12–£13

Paul F Taylor: Odd Paul

Matt Forde’s Political Party Podcast

Daniel Audritt: Better Man Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5–£6

13:10 Peter Brush: Present. Tense.

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Amy Matthews: The Life Aquatic with Amy Matthews Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £3

Rice and Chips Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 12–25 Aug, FREE

13:15 Girl Stuff Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 11–20 Aug, FREE

Ross Leslie: Pretty Shy for a White Guy The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

Australia: A Whinging Pom’s Guide

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 13, FREE

Andy Smart: 40 Years at the Edinburgh Fringe Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, £9–£10

Old Jewish Jokes Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Angel Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–24 Aug, not 13, FREE

Fat Roland: Seven Inch Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9–13 Aug, FREE

Lily Hyde & Alissa Anne Jeun Yi: Gentlemen, Please!

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 21–25 Aug, FREE

13:20 MARVELus: Improv the

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid MARVEL-verse Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–24 Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Aug, not 11, 18, 21, FREE Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa 12, FREE

aaaaah, It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Anesti Danelis: Six Frets Under

Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–25 Aug, FREE

66

Tom Kitching: Welcome to My Barn!

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Girl Code

Shivani Thussu: Prefer Not to Say Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £6

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Show Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £9.50–£12.50

Raphael Wakefield: Wengerball Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Brett Johnson: Poly-Theist

Jokes with Mark Simmons Podcast: Live

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 20, £5

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 9–24 Aug, FREE

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

Edward Aczel - Artificial Intellect Heroes @ Boteco, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £7

Impromptu Shakespeare Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9.50–£10.50

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 20 Aug, £12.50

Seymour Mace is My Name Climb Up My Nose and Sit in My Brain

Jamie Fraser and Maybe Someone Else, I Don’t Know

HHH

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Broken Toys

13:25

Will Penswick: Nørdic(k)

Tom Toal in Mediocre Boy Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

The Dark Side of Research Paradise in Augustines, 20–24 Aug, £10

Mix and Match Wine Package PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 14–24 Aug, FREE

13:30 Zahra Barri’s Special (Work in Progress) Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Charmian Hughes: What-not Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Aidan Greene: Eternal Sunshine of the Stammering Man PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Ignacio Lopez: EspañYOLO Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–11 Aug, £5

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £12 Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6.50

The Third Annual Black Comedy Showcase PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Lord of the Game of the Ring of Thrones Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, £8

Jessica Fostekew: Hench Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 15, 22, £12.50

Jon Culshaw and Bill Dare: The Great British Take Off Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–19 Aug, £15

Laughing For Palestine with Seann Walsh The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 12 Aug, £15

Friend Pleasance at EICC, 9–17 Aug, not 14, £12–£13

Richard Herring: RHLSTP The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £16

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures Underbelly, Bristo Square, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Dan vs Food Pleasance Courtyard, 14 Aug, £6

Not My Audience!

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Raul Kohli: All My Heroes Are Dead, in Jail or Touched Up Your Nan Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5

A Many Splendored Thing Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, Various dates from 9 Aug to 23 Aug, FREE

Will Rowland: Cocoon PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 12, FREE

Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–18 Aug, £7

Laugh Train Home Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Aaron Simmonds: Disabled Coconut Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

Ryan Dalton: When Nature Calls Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9–£10

How To Not Die

13:35 I Can Cure... (With Subtext) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Shut It Down Carol Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–25 Aug, FREE

13:40 Shappi Khorsandi: Skittish Warrior...

Confessions of a Club Comic The Stand Comedy Club, 9–10 Aug, £12

Arthur Smith: SYD Pleasance Courtyard, 9–17 Aug, £11.50–£13.50

Kiri Pritchard-Mclean: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–13 Aug, £5–£7

In Conversation with Standard Issue The Stand Comedy Club, 11–12 Aug, £10

Alcohol-Free Craic PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carnivore Edinburgh, 9–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

The Adventures of Leonard Biscuit Radio Show theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £10

Mark Watson: I Appreciate You Coming to This and Let’s Hope for the Best (Work in Progress) The Stand Comedy Club, 13–25 Aug, £12

Character Building Experience

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £6

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Katie Mulgrew: Confirmation (WIP)

13:45

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 19–25 Aug, £6

That Black Mirror Episode With the Two Lesbians

The Bugle Live

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 9–25 Aug, FREE

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, £16

Conor Drum: Solo Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

67

Got a Text: A Musical Parody Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

Am I Blue Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £5

Josh Widdicombe: Work in Progress Assembly George Square Studios, 20 Aug, £10

Ahir Shah: Dots

Ed MacArthur: Humoresque

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, £7–£8

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Once an Emo, Always an Emo

14:30

Madame Señorita: Espousa

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 23–25 Aug, FREE

Plans

Heroes @ Boteco, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Lorna Shaw: Shaw and Order

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £6

Mary Houlihan: Me and Jack

Leslie Ewing-Burgesse Exists!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

101 Comedy Club – Free

Interviewing Electric Frog

Good Morning Nation

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £12–£13.50

Daniel Nicholas: Lessons in Nostalgia

Board Game Smackdown

CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

The World’s Smallest Comedy Show

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Vampire Hospital Waiting Room

Stiff & Kitsch: Bricking It

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–25 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 20, 22, 24, £9.50–£10.50

Laughing Horse @ The World’s Smallest Fringe Venue, 10–11 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Mista Lorraine Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 9–25 Aug, FREE

13:50 Saskia Preston: Ninety-Five

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£11

Steff Todd: Reality Check Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 10, £9–£10

Daniel Downie: Hour of Scotland

13:55

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, £5

Andy Storey: Still (Awkward) Life

Axolotl: A Poetry Reading

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Soup Group!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £5

Stuart McPherson: Mr. November Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5

14:00 Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–31 Aug, not 12, 19, 26, £12.50

Maddie Campion: Truly Maddie Deeply Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £6

The World’s Smallest Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ The World’s Smallest Fringe Venue, 10–11 Aug, FREE

Sarah Johnson’s Guide to (Im)Practical Parenting Heroes @ Dragonfly, 9–25 Aug, £5

Georgie Morrell: Eyecon

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 10–26 Aug, not 11, 13, 15, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, £9.50–£10.50

Agatha Is Missing!

Classic Joke Club

Colin Chadwick: Quick Thinker

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Two Mums – One Cup

Worst Show on the Fringe – Free

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 9–14 Aug, FREE

Pindos Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

It Takes Three to Tango

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 17–22 Aug, FREE

14:20

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £9–£10

Eleanor Tiernan: Enjoying the Spotlight Responsibly

Smashing

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Planet Bar, 9–17 Aug, not 12, FREE

Laufey Haralds: Nordic Noir HH Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8–£9

14:05 Mickey Sharma – Pervert!

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Funny Women Awards 2019 – Semi-Final Assembly George Square Studios, 24 Aug, £12

Everybody Be Cool, This Is a Comedy PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 9 Aug, FREE

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Internationally Unknown Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

BadFamiliar by Matt Davis Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 9–25 Aug, £5

Insane In The Men Brain

Heroes @ The Hive, 10–13 Aug, £5

My Uncomfortable Wardrobe

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, FREE

CANCELLED - David Ephgrave: Niche

100% Cotton Paradise in The Vault, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

❤ Rob Auton: The Time Show HHHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

Lucy Frederick: Famtastic

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

All That 50s, 60s and 70s Stuff

1,000 One-Liners in Support of MS Society

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13 Aug, £5

Markus Birdman – Last White Christmas

Izzy Mant: Polite Club

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

14:45 Apocalypse Comedy Club featuring Mick Neven PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 14 Aug, FREE

Funny Cluckers: Best of the Fest – Free Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Mistaken

HH

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Eric’s Tales of the Sea – A Submariner’s Yarn Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9.50–£10.50

Olaf Falafel Presents Knitting With Maracas Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Richard Wright Is Just Happy to be Involved PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

14:55

Tom Crosbie: Nerd World Problems

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9 Aug, FREE

Common People (Again)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

15:00

Gareth Waugh: Just Me...?!

Edinburgh’s Pandas Are Just Weegies in Disguise!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, £10–£12.50

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 10 Aug, £8

Summerhall, 20–22 Aug, £10

Mawaan Rizwan: Werk in Progress

Gareth Richards: 40 Years in the Wilderness

14:35

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 9–25 Aug, FREE

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 14–19 Aug, FREE

Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 9–12 Aug, £5

Gráinne Maguire: Guys...

It’s Problematic

Socially Awkward Penguin

Matt Forde’s Political Party Podcast

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14 Aug, £12.50

I Want an Irish Passport

Kieran Boyd – Crashing the Party

Stand-Up Philosophy – Free

Evil Queen Rules!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Darius Davies: Persian of Interest Just the Tonic at The Tron, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

14:25 SHTF – Stuff Hits The Fan Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14–18 Aug, FREE

Nina Gilligan – Broad Shoulders Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Alan Shed’s Music, Comedy and Everything Else Interactive Quiz Show

Ishi Khan: I’mMigrant!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 9–24 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7

14:15

Robin Grainger: Dog Complex

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 12 Aug, £7

Action Figure Archive With Steve McLean

Jane Hill: Addicted to Fun

Cyclopath

Russell Howard: Work in Progress (Afternoon) CANCELLED

Heroes @ The Hive, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 17, £5

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–25 Aug, FREE

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Sneaky Pete’s, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Andy Field’s Funeral

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrgh, It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Gummy Bears

14:10

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 15–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Erich McElroy: Radical Centrist

Aidan ‘Taco’ Jones – Lightfoot James

Ben Target: Six Endings in Search of a Beginning

It’s All Going To Be OK – Free Festival

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 15–26 Aug, £9

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Apocalypse Cruise Ship Love Affair

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Alternative Comedy Cabaret

14:50

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

Everyone Dropped Out of My Sketch Troupe Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–13 Aug, FREE

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

Improv On Demand PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 9–24 Aug, FREE

A Booklover’s Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Travis Jay: Funny, Petty, Cool Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 16, £5

14:40 Pete Nash: Where’s My Money?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, Various dates from 9 Aug to 16 Aug, FREE

Rob Kemp – Moonraker 2: Moonrakerer

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Musicedy

Freya and Will in Discussion with ABBA

The Oxford Imps Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, £7

Cool Jokes/Hot Takes Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–24 Aug, not 13, FREE

❤ Isma Almas: About a Buoy – Adventures in Adoption HHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£9.50

Still Got It! Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–26 Aug, not 12, FREE

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Confessions of a Taxi Driver

Audible Live

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–24 Aug, FREE

Oxford Revue – Free

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5 Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, Various dates from 9 Aug to 23 Aug, FREE

Listings

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Christopher Bliss: The Man Who Turns Wives Into Widows Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–24 Aug, £7

The World’s Smallest Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ The World’s Smallest Fringe Venue, 10–11 Aug, FREE

Sets in the City – Free Laughing Horse @ The Place, 11–18 Aug, FREE

Angelos Epithemiou: Can I Just Show You What I’ve Got? Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–13 Aug, £6

fest-mag.com

Kevin James Doyle: Loud Blond Bald Kid

Lusty Mannequins: Uncommonwealth Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, £9–£10

Bloom

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

Dinner for One oder Der 90. Geburtstag

Immoral Maze

Too Ugly for Love Island

Heroes @ The Hive, 21 Aug, £5

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Paradise in Augustines, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £5

❤ Jonny Pelham: Off Limits HHHH

The Newcastle Revue: Tyne and Tyne Again

Eshaan Akbar: Infidel-ity

15:15

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5–£7.50

Barely There

Grace Campbell: Why I’m Never Going Into Politics

The Official Edinburgh Fringe Christmas Show

Emer Maguire: Hilarious Humans Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £5

Stuart Goldsmith: Primer (WIP) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 14, £5

Sense of Tumour Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 17–25 Aug, FREE

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures Underbelly, Bristo Square, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

I’m Here, All Weak Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Soup Group!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 12 Aug, £5

Trevor Lewis Presents: A Stand-Up for the Mystery Hour Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

Jack Harris and Rajiv Karia: The Squeeze PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 9–24 Aug, not 13, FREE

Lou Sanders: Say Hello to Your New Step-Mummy Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £8

Shit Socialist

Darcie Silver – I Know You Are

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 9–16 Aug, FREE

Ollie Horn: Pig in Japan

Edinburgh’s Pandas Are Just Weegies in Disguise!

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £8

AAA Batteries (Not Included) Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

My Finest Hour PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

The Noise Next Door’s Really Really Good Afternoon Show Through Time!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£10.50

Tony Slattery: Slattery Will Get You Nowhere The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £12

Will Mars: Phoenix

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7

Nik Coppin: Shark Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 19–25 Aug, FREE

Will Duggan: Class Two Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £8–£10

Pat Cahill: Uncle Len Needs a New Part for His Hoover Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Lucky Maclean: Festival in the Bin – Walking Tour/Show Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 9–24 Aug, not 16, £5

15:20 Simon Munnery: Alan Parker Urban Warrior Farewell Tour HHH

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

The Stand Comedy Club, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £12

Elliot Wengler – Solo: An Elliot Wengler Story

Peter Fleming: Have You Seen?

Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £5

15:30 Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–31 Aug, not 12, 19, 26, £12.50

Michael Fabbri: Rebooted Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Children of the Quorn™ Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

The World’s Smallest Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ The World’s Smallest Fringe Venue, 10–11 Aug, FREE

George Fouracres: Gentlemon HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 18, £8.50–£10.50

Paul Savage: Shame Spiral PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Could It Be Magic?

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8.50

Best in Class Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Shawn Jay’s Fun Guide to Nihilism Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 9–25 Aug, FREE

BBC: Loose Ends BBC, 20 Aug, FREE

Richard Brown: Horror Show (Work in Progress) Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £5

Ahab; or What If Moby Dick Were Stand-Up Comedy Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 10–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Secret Dinosaur Cult Live

Immigrant Diaries – Sajeela Kershi and Guests

Pottervision

Sh*t Hipsters

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 17, £10

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 9–26 Aug, FREE

Sean Morley: Soon I Will Be Dead and My Bones Will Be Free to Wreak Havoc Upon the Earth Once More

Fourth Cousin, Once Removed... Forcibly

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–12 Aug, £12

The Hoovering Podcast Live with Jessica Fostekew

Comedy

Flora Anderson: Romantic

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, not 19, FREE Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–14 Aug, £6

15:05 2001: A Sketch Odyssey theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £6.50

Random Bag Check

68

15:10

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Bedlam Theatre, 13 Aug, £10

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 9–11 Aug, FREE

Motherhood: A Comedy

Heroes @ The Hive, 9–25 Aug, not 21, £5

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Glitter Business Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 20, £5

Gary Tro: The Greatest Superhero Movie Never Made

Sarah Lee: Half a Man

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

An Evening with Savvy B

Cowboys, Country Music and Queers

The Stand Comedy Club, 12 Aug, £9

Imagination Workshop, 20–24 Aug, £7.50

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 12–25 Aug, FREE

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£10.50

Science Idiot

15:35

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 9–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Northern Power Blouse – Touching Cloth

Bart Freebairn: Maximum Delicious

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 9–24 Aug, not 15, 22, FREE

2 Truths, 1 Lie Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £5

Danny Ward: Danny’s Got Talent PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Vince Atta: Massive Attack Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Nick Revell: Eurasia’s Most Eligible Psychopaths and Their Lovely Homes The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

15:40 Adele Cliff: Undershare Just the Tonic at The Tron, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Sundeep Bhardwaj: Father Figure PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Omid Djalili: Work in Progress The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–10 Aug, £15

Tony Law and Phil Nichol: Virtue Chamber Echo Bravo Heroes @ The Hive, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 20, £5

Louise Atkinson: Sounds Good, Looks a Mess Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Limmy: Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16–18 Aug, £16

15:45 Not Quite Mass Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 9–25 Aug, FREE

So What?

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh, It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Musical Comedy Guide Showcase Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7

Adrian Minkowicz: Brown Privilege PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

16:00 Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–24 Aug, £10

Ruby Wax: How To Be Human

Nicky Wilkinson: Game On

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–24 Aug, £16–£18

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

All Together Irish

Mitch Benn: Ten Songs to Save the World Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

Murder She Didn’t Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, £10–£12.50

Oxford Revue – Free PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–13 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Buffering Sweet Grassmarket, 9–11 Aug, £7

Joe Bor: The Story of Walter and Herbert

HHH

Underbelly, George Square, 9–25 Aug, £9–£10

Sad Tony the Rapper’s Sad Tonathon the Rapperthon Planet Bar, 12–25 Aug, FREE

99 (First World) Problems feat Andy Quirk and Anna J

BBC: Fresh from the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Stephen K Amos Talk Show

BBC, 19 Aug, FREE

15:50

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £14

Marjolein Robertson: Da Shetland Spree

Patrick Spicer: Now I’ve Seen Anything

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9

Hari Kanth: This Train Terminates Here Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Chris Betts vs the Audience Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5

Dave’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards Gala Pleasance Courtyard, 25 Aug, £14

Dog Tales PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 18–23 Aug, FREE

Caroline Mabey – Hair of the Dog

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carnivore Edinburgh, 9–24 Aug, not 13, FREE

Greg Proops: The Smartest Man in the World Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14 Aug, 19 Aug, £12

Mark Watson: How You Can Almost Win Assembly George Square Studios, 9–11 Aug, £15

The World’s Smallest Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ The World’s Smallest Fringe Venue, 10–11 Aug, FREE

(L)awfully Wedded

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 9–18 Aug, not 10, 13, £8

Emma Shaw: Help

Caspian and Ciaran: The Milkmen

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 9 Aug, FREE

15:55 Punkanary Comedy Cinema PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 12 Aug, FREE

Myra DuBois: Dead Funny

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Working Class Zero Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Joe Jacobs: Grimefulness Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 22, 23, £10–£11

FreeStyle Comedy: Improvised Stand-Up

Aboriginal Comedy Allstars

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, £11–£12

Luca Cupani: Lives I Never Lived Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

The Artist Currently Known as Chris Chopping PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Listings

69

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£9.50

Tania Edwards: Don’t Mention It Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Des Kapital: I’m Loving Engels Instead Sweet Grassmarket, 12–25 Aug, £8

It Just So Happened – An Alternative History Show Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £5

Lucie Pohl’s Immigrant Jam Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £10.50

The Latebloomers: Scotland!

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£12

The Durham Revue: Unnatural Disaster Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9.50–£10.50

Sketch You Up! Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7.50–£8.50

Mandy Muden: Is Not the Invisible Woman Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £9.50–£10.50

Crybabies: Danger Brigade

❤ Glenn Moore: Love Don’t Live Here Glenny Moore HHHH Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £9–£11

Paul Merton’s Impro Chums Pleasance Courtyard, 9–17 Aug, £14–£16.50

Maureen Younger: Out of Sync PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Showcase Gilded Balloon Teviot, 21 Aug, £8

Alison Thea-Skot: TheaSkot Through the Heart and You’re to Blame Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug, £6

Dr Lara Love: Love Leans In Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

James Hancox: 1000 Great Lives Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11–£12.50

Samantha Pressdee: Covered PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–26 Aug, £10

BBC: Susan Calman’s Fringe Benefits BBC, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, FREE

Heroes @ Boteco, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Esther Manito: Crusade

Daniel Muggleton: Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy (But I Reckon it’s Easier for Straight, White Men?)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Harriet Dyer and Scott Gibson: That’s Not a Lizard, That’s My Grandmother Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, £6

Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big in This?

Assembly George Square Studios, 12–25 Aug, £13–£15

HHH 16:05

Tom Little – Chronically Underachieving Loser and Wasteman PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Njambi McGrath: Accidental Coconut Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 9–23 Aug, not 12, FREE

16:25

Robin Morgan: What a Man, What a Man, What a Man, What a Mighty Good Man (Say It Again Now)

Phil Cornwell: Alackadaddy HHH

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Ferris Bueller’s Way Of...

Matt Winning: It’s the End of the World as We Know It Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8–£10

16:10

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–25 Aug, not 21, FREE

11+

Adrian Tauss and Sasha Ellen: Get a Room

Raul Kohli: The Greatest Hits

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–24 Aug, £8–£9

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Wil Greenway: The Ocean After All

Gay Not Straight

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Daniel Nils Roberts: The History of the World in 1 Hour Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9.50–£10.50

Twonkey’s Ten Year Twitch Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Josh Berry: Who Does He Think He Is? Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

16:15 Christopher KC: Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Rice Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Cerys Nelmes’ 80s Gameshow Mash-Up Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 19–25 Aug, FREE

James McNicholas: The Boxer Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £8–£10

Jojo Sutherland: Riches to Rags Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, £10–£11

Eric Lampaert: Borne of Chaos Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Adventures in Dementia – Steve Day Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–10 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 9–11 Aug, FREE

Lola and Jo: Escape Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guide to Culture Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Matt Stellingwerf: Sisyphus Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Ruby Carr’s Birthday Party (WIP) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 18, FREE

16:30 Sid Singh: American Refugee Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Vauxhall Comedy Presents Tom Elwes and Ali Woods Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

The World’s Smallest Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ The World’s Smallest Fringe Venue, 10–11 Aug, FREE

Gusset Grippers Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £10–£11

Lucy Pearman: Baggage

The Three Deaths of Ebony Black Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9.50–£10.50

Lauren Pattison : Peachy Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug, £8

Club Sets Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, not 19, FREE

Susan Murray: How Not To Die In A Plane Crash PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Cam Spence: The Sunshine Clinic Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£11

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–11 Aug, £9

The Great Outdoors Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 9–26 Aug, £5

AJ Holmes: Yeah, but Not Right Now

Talk a Big Game

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 14, £8

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Giants Are Fjörd

Steve Rannazzisi – Please Forget

Left-Wing Conspiracy Theorist With Dyspraxia 2 Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 11–18 Aug, FREE

16:20 The Crown Dual Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12.50–£13.50

Auto-Correbt: Sight Unseen Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £9

Roisin Crowley Linton: Teenage Kicks Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £9.50–£11.50

Dan Clark: Work in Progress

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 13–25 Aug, FREE

David Kay

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–14 Aug, £6

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–12 Aug, £12

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures

George Egg: Movable Feast

Underbelly, Bristo Square, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

Thomas Green: Tweak

Radio Active: The 40th Anniversary Show

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 18–25 Aug, FREE

Anna Drezen: Okay Get Home Safe!!

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

❤ Olga Koch: If/Then HHHH Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £7

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, £14–£15

Rich Wilson: Death Becomes Him Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, £8–£10

fest-mag.com

Daisy Earl: Fairy Elephant

Andy Zaltzman: Satirist For Hire – Blindfold Cliff-Edge Unicorn Brexit Britain Bogus Prime Minister Democrageddon American Elections Cricket World Cup General State of the World Specials

Martin Pilgrim: I Write Jokes Not Tragedies

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £12

Heroes @ The Hive, 11–25 Aug, £5

16:35 I Fahrt Berlin: The Journey Continues Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Lew Fitz: Chucky Egg (Work in Progress) Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–11 Aug, FREE

Chris Kehoe: The Second Coming of Chris

Heroes @ The Hive, 9 Aug, £7

Joz Norris Is Dead. Long Live Mr Fruit Salad.

Google Me Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6.50

Miller and Salmon: Genesis Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

16:45 A**Hole New World Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 9–26 Aug, not 16, £5

Aaaaaaaaand Now! Roger Swift’s Machine Pun

Rosco McClelland – Magic Belly

Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Joseph Parsons: Baggy Point Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 13–17 Aug, FREE

16:40 West End Producer – Free Willy Assembly Checkpoint, 12–26 Aug, £12–£14

Oleg Denisov: Russian Troll Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 9–26 Aug, £5

Comedy

The Pushkinettes: We Must Live

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 18–25 Aug, £5

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Felix and The Scootermen: Self-Help Yourself Famous Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 10, £11–£12

Definitely Not Romeo and Juliet theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £8

Ryan Lane Will Be There Now in a Minute

70

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Haha Cool Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Jenny Collier: The Jen Commandments Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Heidi Regan: Heidi Kills Time HHH Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £9–£12

The Mars & Lee Show Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Hero Worship Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

❤ John Kearns: Double Take and Fade Away HHHH

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–24 Aug, £9

Dave Bibby: Crazy Cat Lad-y PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Martin Angolo – Q: Is It Comedy? A: Well It’s Martin Angolo!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Isa Bonachera: The Great Emptiness Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, £6

Louise Young and Anja Atkinson: Big Div Energy The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8

Lucy Beaumont: Space Mam HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £12

16:50 Archie Maddocks: Big Dick Energy

17:00

Age Fright: 35 and Counting

The Yank is a Manc! My Ancestors & Me

Nobody Likes You When You’re 33

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–26 Aug, £11.50

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Pussies

Jenny Bede: The Musical

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Revolution Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 17, 24, FREE

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £7

Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour with a Scottish Twist theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–31 Aug, not 12, 19, 26, £12.50

The Chronic Complainer PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 13 Aug, £11.50

Ali Brice: Bin Wondering Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5

#Jollyboat: Bards Against Humanity (The Best of Jollyboat)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Mark Simmons – One-Linerererer

Foxdog Studios: Tomorrow’s Office

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Naz Osmanoglu – Scandinaveland Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 17, £5

Rory O Hanlon – Confidence PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Generation Whyyy?

Imagination Workshop, 16–22 Aug, £8

16:55 Jane Hill: All I Want

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Garrett Millerick: Smile Just the Tonic at The Tron, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7

Lenny Sherman: Have Fun Frankenstein Pub, 9–26 Aug, FREE

Al Murray: Landlord of Hope and Glory

Bristol Revunions: Party

BBC: Sara Cox

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

BBC, 9 Aug, FREE

Joe McArdle is: Theo McCabe

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Voldemort and the Teenage Hogwarts Musical Parody Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £13–£15

The World’s Smallest Comedy Show

Nick Everritt: The Deconstruction

Apocalypse Comedy Club featuring Mick Neven

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–13 Aug, FREE

Geeks, Stand Up!

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–11 Aug, £19.50

Laughing Horse @ The World’s Smallest Fringe Venue, 10–11 Aug, FREE

Cordelia and Dimple: Buffet

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–13 Aug, FREE

Heroes @ The Hive, 9–25 Aug, £5

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14–25 Aug, FREE

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Battle of the Superheroes: The Great Superhero Debate

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Sneaky Pete’s, 9–24 Aug, not 12, FREE

Lucy Farrett: Lois Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Skydive to Stand-Up Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Irish Comedy Invasion

Darcie Silver – I Know You Are Planet Bar, 17–18 Aug, FREE

Maisie Adam: Hang Fire

HH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Dan Cardwell: Recall Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Working-Class Progress with Backenders PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 9 Aug, FREE

17:05 Ben Van der Velde – Fablemaker Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Bumper Blyton Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, £10–£11

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Anna Nicholson: Get Happy Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £7

Orlando Baxter: Finding Mariah The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £10

Despite Everything, Price Still Includes Biscuits theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

17:10 Dominic Frisby: Libertarian Love Songs PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Punkanary Comedy Cinema PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 14 Aug, FREE

Shane Todd: Work in Progress Assembly Roxy, 13 Aug, £8

Stella Graham: Sneaky Little Bitch PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carnivore Edinburgh, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Cally Beaton: Invisible Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9–£11

Chris Betts: Dumb but Fair Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5

ET The Extra Testicle theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £7

17:15 Which Princess Are You? Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE

71 The World’s Smallest Comedy Show

Underbelly, George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

Glenn Grimwood: Unf*ckable

Jimmy McGhie

Laughing Horse @ The World’s Smallest Fringe Venue, 10–11 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Maria Shehata: Hero Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £6

Laughing Horse Free Best in Comedy Chat Show Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 19, FREE

Alison Spittle: Mother of God Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaah, It’s 101 Clean Jokes in 30 Minutes Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Hardeep Singh Kohli: It’s Hard to Be Deep Assembly George Square Studios, 9–24 Aug, £12–£14

Jew-O-Rama PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Laura Lexx: Knee Jerk Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

Sukh Ojla: For Sukh’s Sake HHH

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£9.50

Absolute Zero: Jez Watts Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Jacob Hawley: Faliraki Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Ian Smith: Half-Life Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£12.50

Nicholas Parsons’ Happy Hour Pleasance Courtyard, 9–11 Aug, £15

Simply Filthy Paradise in Augustines, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Goose: Ctrl+T Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, £12–£14

Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard’s Tale Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8

Privates: A Sperm Odyssey Heroes @ Boteco, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 14, £5

Josh Glanc: Glance You for Having Me Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5–£7

Hyper-Nice theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Neil O’Rourke: Thump PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 9–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show 2019: Look Alive!

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £11–£13

17:25 How to Hide a Body in New York theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £8

Sam Morrison: Hello, Daddy!

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Comedy Freak Show Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

17:30 Joel Dommett: Work in Progress Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 18–24 Aug, £8

Iain Stirling: Work in Progress Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–17 Aug, £8

Angus Dunican: Nice Bit of Kit

Stand Up for Your Planet

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 16, FREE

Men With Coconuts

17:20 Jim Campbell: Beef Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £5–£6

The Pushkinettes: We Must Live

Assembly Hall, 19 Aug, £19 Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Mark and Haydn: Llaugh Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6.50

Juliette Burton: Defined Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Heroes @ Boteco, 14 Aug, £7

Ashley Storrie: Hysterical

Stepdads: Step Up

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Heroes @ Boteco, 10 Aug, £5

James Barr: Thirst Trap Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Beth Vyse as Olive Hands: WIP The Hands Have It! Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £5

❤ Aditi Mittal: Mother of Invention HHHH Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

Time Flies Underbelly, Bristo Square, 10–11 Aug, £9.50

Planet Verth Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 9–24 Aug, not 13, FREE

I’m Coming Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £8

17:40

Dave Fensome: ADHDave

Nick Helm: Phoenix from the Flames

Caitlin Cook: Death Wish

Pleasance Dome, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £12.50–£14

Bec Hill: I’ll Be Bec Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £8–£10

17:45

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

David Tsonos: Around the World With Flat Stanley PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 9–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

17:55

Andrew O’Neill – We Are Not in the Least Afraid of Ruins; We Carry a New World in Our Hearts

The Rat Pack Comedy – Anything Goes!

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

I’m Afraid of Americans

Paul ‘Silky’ White: The Sound of the Baskervilles

Troy Hawke: Tiles of the Unexpected!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

Michael Odewale: #BLACKBEARSMATTER

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7.50–£10

Witch Hunt Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8.50–£11

Made in Spain 2 Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £5

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ The Place, 9–25 Aug, FREE

The Explainers Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Alcohol is Good for You – Sam Kissajukian Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Linda: Easy Killing Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Anuvab Pal: Democracy and Disco Dancing Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £11–£13

John-Luke Roberts: After Me Comes the Flood (But in French) drip splosh splash drip BLUBBP BLUBBP BLUBBPBLUBBPBLUBBP!!

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10–£12

Desperately Seeking Motivation: Challenged

C venues – C viva, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £7.50–£9.50

Alex Cofield: Supernova

10 Things I Hate About Taming of the Shrew

Sam See: Coming Out Loud

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 15, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Jamie Dalgleish: Humans Are Evil

Spencer Jones: The Things We Leave Behind

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £9

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11–£13

Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated) HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

Anna and Helen: Stuck in a Rat Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9–£11

Ray Bradshaw: Deafinitely Baby Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Jack Gleadow: Mr Saturday Night HH

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8–£10

Sarah Keyworth: Pacific

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £9–£11

Micky P Kerr: Kerr in the Community Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

A Sense of Tumour Makes Everything Alt-Right PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 9–24 Aug, not 12, FREE

The Great British Bake Offenders Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

Daniel Lobell: Tipping the Scales

17:50

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 11, 17, 24, £10–£11

Robyn Perkins: Mating Selection

17:35

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

Funny Women on the Fringe

A Time Slot with Ger Staunton

Jody Kamali Is Mike Daly – Darts and All Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£10.50

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–11 Aug, £10

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Assembly Roxy, 19–23 Aug, £11

Luke McQueen: Bad

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 18, FREE

Crystal Rasmussen presents The Bible 2 (Plus a Cure for Shame, Violence, Betrayal and Athlete’s Foot) Live!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11.50

Mike Newall: Re:Newall Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

18:00 Tom Taylor: Is the Indie Feel-Good Hit of the Summer Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £8–£10

Ray Fordyce’s Six O’Clock Supper With Salt’n’Sauce Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Pick of the Fringe

Hayley Ellis: Nobody Puts Hayley in a Corner Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–18 Aug, not 12, £5

Alexander Fox: Snare Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, £8.50–£10

Justin Heyes – White Muslim Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–11 Aug, FREE

Nick Offerman: All Rise Assembly Hall, 24 Aug, £24

You May Also Like Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

The Last Supper: 7 Deadly Sins Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 12–18 Aug, FREE

Aaron Twitchen: Can’t Stop a Rainbow...

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor) Edinburgh Playhouse , 18 Aug, £17

Fern Brady: Power and Chaos Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7–£10

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrgh, It’s 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–25 Aug, FREE

David Tieck: What Would Bill Murray Do? Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

The Sheraton Grand Hotel , 22 Aug, £190.50

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures

James Bran: Hack

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, £15

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8

BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award Final BBC, 15 Aug, FREE

Monster Gay PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 9–25 Aug, FREE

The Rabbi Preaches – David Kilimnick the Honest Rabbi

Helen Bauer: Little Miss Baby Angel Face Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £8–£10

Football, Feminism and Everything in Between: Live with Alastair and Grace Campbell Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 21 Aug, £15

Champions of Festival @ The Scotsman, 9–26 Aug, not 10, 11, 17, 24, £10

Hesitation Remarks

Flo & Joan: Before the Screaming Starts

Catherine Bohart: Lemon

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–25 Aug, not 10, £12–£13

Fred MacAulay in Conversation Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 19–20 Aug, £12

Milton Jones: Milton Impossible Assembly Hall, 9–18 Aug, not 12, £15

Evers, Booth and [Name] Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 9–14 Aug, FREE

Faking It Summerhall, 23 Aug, £6

Listings

Francesco De Carlo: Winning Hearts and Minds

Pleasance Courtyard, 12–25 Aug, £13–£15

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–26 Aug, not 17, £8 Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £9–£11.50

Tom Parry: Parryoke!

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9.50–£12.50

Katie Pritchard: Storm Stud PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 9–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £13–£17

Notflix: Originals Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, £11.50–£12.50

Phil Ellis: Au Revoir Heroes @ The Hive, 9–25 Aug, £5

fest-mag.com

Reverend Richard Coles: #SimpleCountryParson

Terry Alderton: Bingo Bango Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, £8

Will Adamsdale: Facetime Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £11–£12

Larry Dean: Bampot

Luisa Omielan: Work in Progress

Pleasance Courtyard, 14 Aug, 18 Aug, 22 Aug, £14–£15

Harun Musho’d: Dark Side of Harun

James Cook: The Show That Literally Nobody Tried to Ban

Eric Lampaert: Yum Yum Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 9–24 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 20–25 Aug, £10

Trans Vision Scamp

Love/Hate Actually

White Collar Comedy

Imagination Workshop, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 9–10 Aug, FREE

Larry Dean: Fandan

The Kagools: Cirque du Kagool Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10.50–£11.50

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Róisín and Chiara: Get Nupty Heroes @ The Hive, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 20, £8

Dave Chawner: Mental

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

18:25

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 12–25 Aug, £5

James Meehan – Never Better Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Jack Carroll and Friends Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 19–25 Aug, £5

Viking Millennials Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

18:05 For He’s a Jolly Goodfellow PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 9–24 Aug, FREE

The Great Health Con theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £12

The Sacrifice PBH’s Free Fringe @ Opium, 15–24 Aug, FREE

Ed Gamble: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy, 12–16 Aug, £5

Dummy Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, FREE

Annie McGrath: Shepherd PBH’s Free Fringe @ Sneaky Pete’s, 9–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Jake Baker: No Success Like Failure PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 20–24 Aug, FREE

Stephanie Laing: Quitter Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Scott Gibson: White Noise Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

Mark Cram: Centaur PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

18:10

I Predict a Wyatt!

NewsRevue

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 9–24 Aug, not 22, FREE

Underbelly, George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £15.50–£17.50

Comedy in the Dark

Steve Hili: The Sexy Environmentalist

Tom Lenk Is Trash

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 16, 17, FREE

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £5

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5–£6

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Harry Carr: Neighbourhood Watch

The Fanny’s

The Next Next Big Thing

The Best of Irish Comedy The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £13

Gabby Best: 10,432 Sheep

Gary Little – Kidding Myself On Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £5

Kieran Hodgson: ‘75 Pleasance Courtyard, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, 25 Aug, £14–£15

Ken Cheng: To All the Racists I’ve Blocked Before

18:30 Rhys James: Snitch Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £10–£13

Henry Ginsberg: Romantic Comedian Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour with a Scottish Twist

Pleasance Courtyard, 16 Aug, 20 Aug, 24 Aug, £14–£15

Marcus Brigstocke: Devil May Care Pleasance Courtyard, 9–10 Aug, £15

Calum Ross Presents Ross: After the Screaming Stops

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Our Mums Wouldn’t Watch This

Daliso Chaponda: Blah Blah Blacklist

It’s Aboot Adam

Phil Kay: A Happening Heroes @ The Hive, 10 Aug, £10

Bad Clowns: Cult Classic

Dead Ringers Live

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

Pleasance at EICC, 9–13 Aug, £17

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Michelle McManus: Pop Goes the Idol

Absolute Improv!

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20, £12

Stand Up for Shelter Underbelly, George Square, 13 Aug, £13

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, £10–£12 theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–24 Aug, not 11, £10

Kate Lucas: Is Selling Herself Just the Tonic at The Tron, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Richard Fry: O Starry Night Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, £10–£11

Fred Cooke: Fred Space Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8.50–£9.50

Aussiental Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Neal Portenza is Joshua Ladgrove in: Edinburgh’s Only Bilge Pump Sales Seminar

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 13–25 Aug, £8

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–24 Aug, £10–£12

Kieran Hodgson: Maestro

18:20

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £12–£14

Harry and Chris: This One’s for the Aliens

Heroes @ Boteco, 9–25 Aug, £7

Improvengers: Pretendgame

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–31 Aug, not 12, 19, 26, £12.50–£15

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Bedlam Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £10

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, £5

Fast Fringe

Bananas

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Bad Aunts

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 9–11 Aug, £5

Jessie Cave: Sunrise Assembly George Square Studios, 14–25 Aug, £14–£16

Mocking a Murderer PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Kieran Hodgson: Lance Pleasance Courtyard, 15 Aug, 19 Aug, 23 Aug, £14–£15

Russell Howard: Work in Progress Assembly George Square Studios, 10–13 Aug, £7.50

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, £12–£13 Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10.50–£11.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7.50–£10

Underbelly, George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

30 Minute Musicals Roulette

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Assembly George Square Studios, 12–25 Aug, £12–£16

Nigel Ng: Culture Shocked

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–17 Aug, not 12, £12–£16

Darren Walsh: Punimal Farm

Phoebe Robinson: Sorry, Harriet Tubman

Siblings: The Siblinginging

Lucy Porter: Be Prepared

Josh Pugh: Maybe the Real Comedy Awards are the Friends We Made Along the Way

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 17–25 Aug, FREE

18:40

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £11.50–£14

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 15, £11–£12

Nathan Cassidy: Observational (Work In Progress)

MARVELus: Awww Snap!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Tom Rosenthal: Manhood

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Basil Brush: Unleashed

Assembly Rooms, 19 Aug, £16.50

Never Again

The Joy of Jokes

Stevie Martin: Hot Content

Joanne McNally: The Prosecco Express Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10.50–£11.50

18:45

Assembly Roxy, 12 Aug, £8

Pleasance Dome, 9–24 Aug, £8–£11.50

Kelsey De Almeida: I’m Very Different People (WIP)

Stevie Gray: Arctic Monkeys’ Midlife Crisis

Shane Todd: Work in Progress

Comic Relief Live

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 18–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11–£12.50

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Shaggers

Sam Haygarth: Climate Crisis

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 19, £10–£11

Imaan Hadchiti: Being Frank

George Rigden: Spooning with Uri

Michael Brunström: World of Sports

Jay Lafferty: Jammy

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6 Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Comedy

Kieran Hodgson: French Exchange

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carnivore Edinburgh, 9–24 Aug, not 12, FREE

Assembly Hall, 25 Aug, £12

Harriet Braine: Les Admirables

72

Tom Glover – A Glover Not a Fighter

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Assembly Hall, 22 Aug, £12

18:35

18:15

Alex Kealy: Rationale

Shattered Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £8.50

HHH

Catching Up Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Archie Henderson: Jazz Emu Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £6

Lisa Richards presents Irish Comedians Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, £10–£11

Aunty HH

Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£12

EdinBra Fringe Comedy Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Jarred Christmas: A Funny Hour Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–24 Aug, not 12, FREE

Improvised Director’s Cut PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Carl Hutchinson: I Know I Shouldn’t Behave Like This...

Joey Page – Afterlife (An Idiot Considers a Series of Distractions Before Death)

The Stand Comedy Club, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £12

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 15, £7

Laurence Tuck: Expert in Failure

The Good, the Bad and the Irish

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9 Aug, FREE

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, £10–£11

Alison Thea-Skot: TheaSkot Through the Heart and You’re to Blame

The Ticked Boxes

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £6

Eh?

Gill Sims: Why Mummy Doesn’t Give A ****!

Pleasance Courtyard, 22 Aug, £15

English Speaking Comedy Borsch Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 9–26 Aug, FREE

Liam Withnail: Homecoming Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–25 Aug, FREE Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Lateef Lovejoy – Life, Times and Society’s Crimes Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–16 Aug, FREE

18:50 Marlon Davis: Emotional Black Male Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Fraser Gibson: Self-ish Just the Tonic at The Caves, 19–25 Aug, £7

73 19:05

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug, £8

Shakespeare! The Panto

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 19, £8.50–£11

Rosie Jones: Backward

James Nokise: God Damn Fancy Man

60 Minutes to Save the World – Vladimir McTavish

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7.50–£10

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

Any Suggestions, Doctor?

The Improvised Doctor Who Parody

Straight Outta Estonia

Alasdair Beckett-King: The Interdimensional ABK

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10

Matt Price: Broken Hooters and Geezers with Shooters HHH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

Jackman and Bones Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–18 Aug, not 12, £5

HHH

Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£13

Alexander Bennett: They Call Me Daddy Punchlines

Pleasance at EICC, 21–25 Aug, £16

Edinburgh’s Pandas Are Just Weegies in Disguise!

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 10 Aug, 21 Aug, £8

Tim FitzHigham and Thom Tuck in Macbeth Heroes @ Black Medicine, 9–11 Aug, £5

Kai Samra: Underclass Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

Vikki Stone: Song Bird Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £9.50–£12.50

BBC: The Arts Hour on Tour BBC, 21 Aug, FREE

Frisky & Mannish’s PopLab Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £14–£16

Sumit Anand: Nothing About Godzilla Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

❤ Sophie Duker: Venus HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £7–£9

Spamalot

BBC, 11 Aug, FREE

Aindrias de Staic; Shtax the LedgeHammer Heroes @ Black Medicine, 14–25 Aug, £5

Jonny & the Baptists Love Edinburgh and Hate Bastards Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Underbelly’s Big Brain Tumour Benefit Underbelly, Bristo Square, 12 Aug, £20

Filippo Spreafico: Sentimental Value Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Ivo Graham: The Game of Life Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £8.50–£12

Henning Wehn: Get on With It

Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£14

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Matt Hoss: Here Comes Your Man Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Sasha Ellen: Pickle Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

Stewart Lee: Wok In Progress The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–15 Aug, £15

Paul Foot: Baby Strikes Back!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10.50–£12.50

Brain Rinse theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, not 11, £9–£10

19:15 Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Rotten Randolph Cliff, 14 Aug, 28 Aug, FREE

Accessibility Gala Pleasance Dome, 12 Aug, £9

The Haunted History Bus Waverley Bridge (Bus Stop WA), 9–31 Aug, not 13, 20, 27, £12

Eleanor Conway: You May Recognise Me From Tinder HH

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Live at the Fringe

Sofie Hagen: The Bumswing

About Time / Bully

Konstantin Kisin: Orwell That Ends Well HH

Raymond Mearns – Confessions of a Control Freak!

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9.50–£12

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Martha McBrier: Happiness Bully

Paradise in Augustines, 14–17 Aug, £13.50

Loyiso Gola: Pop Culture

Where Are You Really From?

The Queen’s Hall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, £16.50

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–26 Aug, not 12, FREE

Business Casual

19:10

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 9–24 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Piff the Magic Dragon: The Lucky Dragon Tour

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

BBC: Jazz Nights

Josh Baulf: Boy

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £13–£15

Three Menopausal Maids

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9.50–£10.50

19:00

Jess Robinson: The Jess Robinson Experience

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 9–24 Aug, FREE

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Adam Flood and Blake AJ: Joke Boys

Paradise in The Vault, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £5

theSpace on the Mile, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £7.50

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £17.50–£18.50

Yuriko Kotani: Somosomo Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£11

Sarah Kendall: Paper Planes HHH

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, £12–£14

Susan Riddell: Duvet Day Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

The LOL Word Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7

Martin Bearne and Joe McTernan: Milk and Two Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 9–26 Aug, £5

Martin Mor – Instigator Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Rob Copland: Strange Jam PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Ew Girl, You Nasty Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Family Secrets PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 14–24 Aug, FREE

Adam Hess: My Grandad Has a Fringe Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£11.50

19:25

On It

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £9–£12

Stand-Up Nomad: Backpacking Comedy Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Adam Rowe: Pinnacle

BBC: Front Row

Pierre Novellie: You’re Expected to Care

BBC, 13 Aug, 16 Aug, FREE

Stephen Carlin: Pickwickian

19:30

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

David O’Doherty: Ultrasound

Dan Soder: Son Of A Gary

Assembly George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £15–£16

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

AAA Stand-Up Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, £9–£12

Expelled from Eton Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 13–17 Aug, FREE

Queen Mary Comedy Society and Friends Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 18–25 Aug, FREE

Kelly Convey: Telephone Voice

101 Comedy Club – Free

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 22–24 Aug, £8

Jack Rooke: Love Letters Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–24 Aug, not 13, £12–£14

Alex Black’s Record Collection

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 25 Aug, £20

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, FREE

Zoë Coombs Marr: Bossy Bottom Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8–£10

Vir Das: Loved

Christianity and Me

Steve Bennett – Everything is F*cked

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 9–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

The Community Centre!

Eric Andre: The Legalize Everything Tour

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–10 Aug, £15

Arson in the Queen’s Swans

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7.50–£10 Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–26 Aug, not 12, FREE

Big Value Comedy Show – Early Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5–£10

Tommy Tiernan: Paddy Crazy Horse Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–24 Aug, not 22, £17.50

Hal Cruttenden: Chubster Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–14 Aug, £13–£15

John Robins: Hot Shame

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £14–£15

Amy Howerska: Serious Face

An Atlantic Disaster – Titanic

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 17–24 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Ari Eldjárn: Eagle Fire Iron

Comedy Gala 2019: In Aid of Waverley Care

19:20

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8

Sad Acts

Craig Hill: Bottoms Up! Pleasance at EICC, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12.50–£18.50

Drunk Women Solving Crime

The Secret Policeman’s Tour Edinburgh Playhouse , 24 Aug, £25

Daniel Sloss: X

Pleasance at EICC, 20 Aug, £25

19:35 Gavin Webster: Buddhism and Other Such Rubbish The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–11 Aug, £11

Edinburgh Playhouse , 15–17 Aug, £20.50

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe

Geoff Norcott: Work in Progress

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 12–25 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, £15

Harry Stachini – Tigers Don’t Cry

Liberty Hodes – Hot Commodity

Jokers in the Pack

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Heroes @ The Hive, 13 Aug, £5

Adam Larter: Good Morning Croissant Heroes @ The Hive, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5

Bring Back the 80s Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Jake Farrell: Limits Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Asexual Healing: Prophets of Time Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 18–25 Aug, FREE

Johannes Dullin Plays the Devil Heroes @ Dragonfly, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

Drag Queen Stole My Dress PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 15, FREE

The 2 Mouthed Men Show Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–17 Aug, not 12, £8

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9–25 Aug, FREE

I, Tom Mayhew Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Lewis Schaffer is Mr Diabetes – Free Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Lost Voice Guy: I’m Only in It for the Parking

19:40

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 11–25 Aug, £12.50–£13.50

Joby Mageean – Shanty Prince

Karl Theobald Essentially: The Book Tour

Just the Tonic at The Tron, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 12 Aug, £7

Arnab Chanda: Boy From Earth

So You Think You’re Funny? Grand Final

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 22 Aug, £15.50

Steve Bugeja: Single Mum Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6–£8

Neil Delamere: End of Watch

Andrew Maxwell: All Talk Underbelly, George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £13.50–£15

Jo Caulfield: Voodoo Doll The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £11.50–£12.50

Sam Taunton: It’s Nice, It’s Modern

Best Boy in Ireland

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 9–24 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Listings

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

Edinburgh’s Pandas Are Just Weegies in Disguise!

Paul McCaffrey: Lemon Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 23, £10–£11

fest-mag.com

Chris Parker: Camp Binch

Kate Smurthwaite: Bitch

Liam Malone: No Limbits

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £6

Carl Donnelly: Shall We All Just Kill Ourselves?

John Pendal: Monster

Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 9–24 Aug, not 13, £7

Desiree Burch: Desiree’s Coming Early!

Scummy Mummies

Adam Riches: The Beakington Town Hall Murders

This is Mark Ritchie: Honest to God

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, £11–£14

Still Life by Noël Coward theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

Catching Rainbows

Lolly Jones: I Believe in Merkels

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9.50–£10.50

Jen Brister – Under Privilege

Dave Green: Guest Bed Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

20:00

The Dots

Italian Stallion: Fake Hero

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £7

Pleasance Courtyard, 13 Aug, £12.50

Tami Stone – My Funny Bits

20:05

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £7

Jamali Maddix: Work in Progress

Steffan Alun and Support: You Can’t Escape Free Stand-Up

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Alex Williamson: Sin on My Face

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £8

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£13

Beth Vyse as Olive Hands: WIP The Hands Have It!

An Excellent Cleanser of the Liver – Free

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 12 Aug, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 11–18 Aug, FREE

Naomi Karavani: Dominant

Manhunt 2: Big Mood

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, £7

Bedlam Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 15, £10

Nath Valvo: I’m Happy for You HHH

❤ Susie McCabe: Domestic Disaster

Australian Beauty PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 12, FREE

Daniel Connell: Piece of Piss

Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£11

Brown Guys, Grey Skies

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £11–£12

Ben Pope: Dancing Bear Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £7–£10

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 17, 24, FREE

Tamsyn Kelly: Petroc

Sean Patton: Contradickhead HH

Craig Ferguson: Hobo Fabulous

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, £11–£13

Brown Panther – Ruven Govender Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Alistair Williams: How to Lose Weight and Be Less Racist Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

Sam Russell: Privileged to be Here Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8

Langston Kerman: The Loose Cannon Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Goddess Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £7.50

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Gilded Balloon at the Edinburgh Playhouse, 11 Aug, £24.25

Edinburgh’s Pandas Are Just Weegies in Disguise!

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9 Aug, £11.50

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£11

20:10

Passport and Prozac

Tom Houghton: That’s What I Go to School For

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, £9–£12

Patrick Monahan: Started from the Bottom, Now l’m Here

Pants on Fire!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £13–£14

Tom Cashman – XYZ

Godley on the Fringe

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 12 Aug, £10 Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10–£11.50

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Keith Carter: Dog Man Stars

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, not 19, £12–£14.50

Phil Wang: Philly Philly Wang Wang

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Aaron McCann: Happy Enough?

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £12–£13

Mark Nelson: Brexit Wounds

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, £6

Diane Chorley: Modern Love

The St Andrews Revue Presents: Hot Yoghurt

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £12–£14

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8–£9

Insane In The Men Brain

Stewart Francis: Into the Punset

Garry Starr Conquers Troy

Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £14–£15

#Jollyboat: Pun Lovin’ Criminals PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–25 Aug, FREE

20:30

Tami Stone – My Funny Bits

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 14 Aug, £8

Jocks, Geordies and Aussies

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, £10–£12

The Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit

theSpace @ Niddry St, Various dates from 9 Aug to 31 Aug, £15

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Bristol Improv Presents: Dynamite!

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£10.50

Laughing Horse @ The Cuckoo’s Nest, 9–11 Aug, FREE

Matt Jones: Pandora’s Box – Free

HHHH

Liberty Hodes – Hot Commodity

Imagination Workshop, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, £8.50

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7–£8

Andrew Roper – Break Point

20:25

Jeremy Nicholas: What Are You Talking About?

Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour with a Scottish Twist

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Darren Harriott: Good Heart Yute

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Lolbot Wars

The Leeds Tealights: It’s Not That Serious

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

Traitor

The Salon

Edinburgh Playhouse , 18–19 Aug, £17

Stuart Mitchell – Is It Just Me? (Work in Progress)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10.50–£11.50

Viggo the Viking

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 9–24 Aug, FREE

19:55

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

BBC: The Now Show

Eddy Brimson: Life Coaching for Arseholes

Heroes @ Black Medicine, 14 Aug, £5

19:45

Emmy Blotnick: Party Nights

Heroes @ Boteco, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £13.50–£16.50

Sweet Grassmarket, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, £9

Underbelly, George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

Comedy Boxing – Best of the Best

Thunderc*nt

The Thinking Drinkers: Heroes of Hooch

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£11

Adam Kay: This Is Going to Hurt (Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor)

Paradise in The Vault, 9 Aug, £7

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–24 Aug, not 13, 17, FREE

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, £15–£16

❤ London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck HHHH

BBC, 22 Aug, FREE

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–17 Aug, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Baby Wants Candy: The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical

Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

Girlfriend from Hell – The Bitch is Back

Acting Natural

Comedy

19:50

Heroes @ Boteco, 13 Aug, £5

Zeroko’s Teatime

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

74

Sarah Johnson: Mum’s Going to Ibiza

Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £12–£14

A Pessimist’s Guide to Being Happy

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £12–£15.50

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 16, 23, £10–£11

Heroes @ The Hive, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £10 Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–24 Aug, £10

Pete Firman & The Amazing TBC

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 19 Aug, £7 Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £11.50–£12.50

Eurosceptic Song Contest

20:15 Huge Davies: The Carpark Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £8.50–£10

Brodi Snook: Handful

Half the Man – Michael Livesley Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

The Pursuit of Happiness Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Marc Jennings: Getting Going The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

Jake Lambert: Never Mak the Same Mistak Twice Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7.50–£10

Simon Evans: Dressing for Dinner Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £13–£14

Harriet Dyer: The Dinosaur Show Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, £10–£11

20:20 Bald Man Sings Rihanna PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Bitch and Nerd Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

❤ Josie Long: Tender HHHH

The Stand Comedy Club, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

The Best of Scottish Comedy

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

Chris Washington: Raconteur

Max & Ivan: Commitment

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £9–£12

Lebowskis Bar, 22–26 Aug, FREE

Andy Barr: The Ruby

Javier Jarquin is Boring AF

Heroes @ Black Medicine, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 9–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£13

Matt Parker: Humble Pi Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, £9.50–£12.50

An Evening with Savvy B The Stand Comedy Club, 19 Aug, £9

Rhod Gilbert: The Book of John Pleasance at EICC, 14–25 Aug, not 19, 20, £22.50

Sunil Patel: White Knight Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

Sara Barron: Enemies Closer Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

Connie Wookey: Denied Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Lewis Costello x Hayden Dean Allmark Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely Wheely Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Megazoid Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 9–26 Aug, not 19, £5

Suzi Ruffell: Dance Like Everyone’s Watching Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£11

Matt Forde: Brexit, Pursued by a Bear Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £14

In Poor Taste (in association with the Oxford Revue) Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 10–11 Aug, FREE

Stephen Buchanan: Baby Dove Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £8.50–£10

Tony Cantwell: Live Feed Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

Gareth Mutch: The Old Man in the Carvery Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

Radu Isac: Good Excuses for Sociopaths Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Concerning Bennet PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

The Human Show / Free Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 9 Aug, FREE

Andrew Sim: Am I Queer Enough?

Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £13–£14

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Joke Thieves

The Establishment: Le Bureau de Strange

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

The Haunted History Bus

Heroes @ The Hive, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5

Waverley Bridge (Bus Stop WA), 9–31 Aug, not 13, 20, 27, £12

Double Denim: Adventure Show

Sleeping Trees: Silly Funny Boys

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £12–£14

Jimeoin: Ramble On!

Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Sharma Comedian!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Canadian Club Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Snjolaug Ludviksdottir: Let It Snow Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £6

Tiziano La Bella: Yes We Can’t Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 12–25 Aug, FREE

20:35 Candy Gigi Presents – Friday Night Sinner!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 20, £7

Dolly Di*mond’s Bl*nkety Bl*nks Underbelly, Bristo Square, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, £12

Ian Lane – Paperweight

Pleasance at EICC, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12.50–£18.50

Dinner for One oder Der 90. Geburtstag Heroes @ The Hive, 13 Aug, £5

Sam Lake and Chloe Petts: Household Essentials Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 15, £7

20:45 Headless Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 12, 18, £5

Danny Posthill Is That Bloke Who Does Voices Frankenstein Pub, 9–25 Aug, £10

Dino Wiand – Half Trans PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Actually, Totes Amaze PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 9–24 Aug, not 19, FREE

Improv Cage Match PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 9–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Eric Davidson: Across the Loony Verse

Pope’s Addiction Clinic

theSpaceTriplex, 9–24 Aug, not 11, £10

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 12 Aug, 20 Aug, £5

Simon Caine: Every Room Becomes a Panic Room When You Overthink Enough Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £5

20:40 Bollywood and Birmingham to Berlin and Brexit Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Cool Story Bro

Jasper Cromwell Jones’ Alternative Book Festival Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse Free Pick of The Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Daniel Cook and Rose Johnson: Two Gorgeous Stand-Ups PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 13, FREE

Ashley Haden: F*ck You, and F*ck Your Beliefs

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Alex Hylton: Get Rich or Die Cryin’

Jacques Barrett in Boom-Jacqua-Laka!

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Sneaky Pete’s, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Ed and Joz’s Deleted Scenes

Gary Lamont: Fancy a Stiff One?

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 11–25 Aug, not 13, £5

Love is a Work in Progress with Tara Rankine

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10.50–£12.50

Pete Heat: Massive Wizard

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7–£9

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 14, £11.50–£12.50

Rhys Nicholson – Nice People Nice Things Nice Situations

All-Star Comedy Cabaret

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, £11.50–£12.50

Johnny Irish

Justin Matson: Try Harder

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

20:50 Tony Cowards: Stepdad Jokes Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8

Laughing Horse Free Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Steve N Allen: Better Than

Assembly Hall, 9–25 Aug, £16–£18.50

Dilruk Jayasinha: Cheat Day(s) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 22, £11.50–£12.50

Titania McGrath: Mxnifesto

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£14

Naomi McDonald: Copycat

Tom Stade: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£12

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 12, £16–£17

Phil Jerrod: Unrelatable Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Mat Ewins: Actually Can I Have Eight Tickets Please?

20:55

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8–£9

Tony Basnett: 28

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Dreamboat

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Jack Barry: Alien PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Guy Montgomery: I Was Part of the Problem Before We Were Talking About It Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

21:00 Emancipation PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–25 Aug, £10

Nish Kumar: It’s in Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves Assembly George Square, 19–25 Aug, £16–£18

The Fannytasticals Sweet Grassmarket, 9–11 Aug, £10

Louisa Fitzhardinge: Comma Sutra Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

There Will Be Cake Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 19–22 Aug, £14

Paul Currie: Trufficle Musk Heroes @ The Hive, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £5

BBC: Fresh from the Fringe BBC, 19 Aug, FREE

Cerys Bradley and Rachel Wheeley: The Unfortunate Bisexual PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 17, 19, FREE

Zoe Lyons: Entry Level Human Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–21 Aug, £12.50–£14

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–24 Aug, not 14, FREE

Ronni Ancona and Lewis MacLeod: Just Checking In

Alice Fraser: Mythos

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–17 Aug, £14.50–£15.50

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

Jason Byrne: Wrecked but Ready

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Phil Nichol: Too Much Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7

Silent Disco Tours by Silent Adventures Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, £15

Good Evening Edinburgh Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Joe Zimmerman: Infinite Knowledge

21:15

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 12 Aug, £10

All Together Irish

Foil Arms and Hog – Swines Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, £14.50–£17.50

Frank Skinner Live Assembly George Square, 9–18 Aug, £16.50–£17.50

Andrew Frank: Cognitive Goof Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Rob Oldham: Worm’s Resolve Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

(No) Money in the Bank Sweet Grassmarket, Various dates from 12 Aug to 18 Aug, £7

Ed Byrne: If I’m Honest Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £17–£18.50

Matt Richardson: Imposter Just the Tonic at The Tron, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Luisa Omielan: Politics for Bitches (Extended Cut) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 23–25 Aug, £20

The Bugle Live The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16 Aug, £16

21:05 Goodbye Mr President

Blindingly Obvious

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–25 Aug, FREE

C venues – C cubed, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8.50–£10.50

Legs

Aidan ‘Taco’ Jones – 52 Days

Werewolf: Live

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, £5–£10

Omid Singh: Beginning To End Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, £6.50

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5–£8 Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 15, 19, £10–£11

Ania Magliano and Matt Hutchinson: Mixtape Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

Spring Day: When Push Comes to Shove – Free Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

❤ Tom Ballard: Enough HHHH

21:10

A Long Time Coming

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath 2019

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £7–£10

Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £7

Joe Zimmerman: Infinite Knowledge Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, £10

Sex Shells Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

The Glang Show

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23–25 Aug, £17.50

Bob Doolally Live and Half-Cut The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 19–20 Aug, £10

Standard Issue Stands Up The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 12–13 Aug, £10

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Demi Lardner: Ditch Witch 800 Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10.50–£11.50

BattleActs!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Nick Horseman: The Rhyme Scheme Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

I’ll Be Broken Home for Christmas with Jeffrey Baldinger Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Tiff Stevenson: Mother Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, £10

Angus Brown: Everest Imagination Workshop, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

The Adventures of the Bearded Lady Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £6

Wait... Let’s Have Fun! Paradise in The Vault, 19–25 Aug, £7

Leo Kearse: Transgressive Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, £12–£13

Even More Twisted Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 14–18 Aug, FREE

Nick Doody: I Will Milk You PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–24 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Chris Mcglade: Forgiveness Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Micky Overman Presents: Presenting Miss Micky Overman Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £7.50–£10

Needle Dicks Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 19–25 Aug, FREE

John Robertson: The Dark Room Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–24 Aug, £10.50–£11.50

SalFunni Comedy Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–13 Aug, FREE

Japanese Sweet Wasabi: No Mask Required!

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Micky Bartlett: Love It! Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, £10–£11

Stephen K Amos: Work in Progress

21:20

Lucie Pohl: Really, Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Real

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20, £12

Jack Tucker: Comedy Stand-Up Hour

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, £10–£11

Dead Than a Coward

Heroes @ The Hive, 14 Aug, £5

❤ Laura Davis: Better HHHH

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 9–25 Aug, £5

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

Laura McMahon and Will Hall: In Hindsight Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

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Seann Walsh: After This One I’m Going Home

Listings

75

77 Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Kevin the Vampyr and Friends Presents The Vim and Vigour Variety Hour

Clive Anderson: Me, Macbeth and I

Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£12

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £14–£16

Jon Long: Planet-Killing Machine HHH

Carte Blanche with Uncle Charlotte and Aunt Scott

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, £10–£11

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 9–18 Aug, FREE

Schalk Bezuidenhout: South African White Boy

Ray Badran: Everybody Loves Ray, Man

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7–£9

John Hastings: 10 John Hastings I Hate About You

Potential: A Canadian Comedy Showcase

Alun Cochrane: Brave New Alun

Austentatious presents...

Crosstentatious! In Aid of Waverley Care

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£14

Underbelly, George Square, 19 Aug, £12.50

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Eli Matthewson – An Inconvenient Poof

Rose Matafeo: Horndog

Trashfuture: Live at the Fringe

Ciarán Dowd: Padre Rodolfo

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 10 Aug, £11.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£12

21:35

Ben Clover – Smell The Magic, Daddy

Underbelly, George Square, 9–25 Aug, £9–£10

Jena Friedman: Miscarriage of Justice

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 20–24 Aug, £14–£15

Abandoman AKA Rob Broderick – Road to Coachella Underbelly, George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £14.50–£15.50

Rachel Fairburn: The People’s Princess

Improvabunga!

The Death Hilarious: Razer

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £7

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

Police Cops – Badass Be Thy Name

Moon: We Cannot Get Out

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £12–£13

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £12–£13

Kevin Quantum: And for My Next Trick 2 Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 20, £11–£12

2019 Greek Comedian of the Year: George Zacharopoulos

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£10.50

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Nina Conti: Work in Progress

Falling with Style

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–18 Aug, not 12, £12

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Improvisers Assemble! theSpace on North Bridge, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £5.50

The Living Room

Alice-India: Sorry I’m So Great or Whatever (WiP)

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 13, 20, £10–£12

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 11–25 Aug, FREE

21:40

21:25

Jayde Adams: The Ballad of Kylie Jenner’s Old Face

Courtney Pauroso: Gutterplum

Joe Rooney: Shut Your Cakehole The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 11–25 Aug, not 12, £10

Ladylikes: Top Secret House Party!

Just the Tonic at Marlin’s Wynd, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8

21:30 Spontaneous Potter Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £12–£14

Aidan Greene: Did I Stutter?

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £12.50–£13.50

Tom Walker: Very Very Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

Best of Scottish Comedian of the Year

Bedlam Theatre, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £10

Brown Guys, Grey Skies PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 16–21 Aug, £11.50

Simon Brodkin: 100% Simon Brodkin Pleasance Courtyard, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £12

21:45 Alice Snedden: Absolute Monster Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £8–£10

Stephen Carlin: Post Rational Carlin Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Anything F*cking Goes...

The Comedy Reserve

Jordan Brookes: I’ve Got Nothing

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £9–£11

Big Value Comedy Show – Late

‘Aaaaaave You Been Involved in a Comedy Show That Wasn’t Your Fault Again?

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, 21, £5–£10

Galway Comedy Carnival Showcase Underbelly, George Square, 12 Aug, £12

Craig Campbell’s Joyful Pain The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, 20, 21, £5

Ed Night: Jokes of Love and Hate Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £9–£12

Bristol Revunions: Roadtrip Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Jimeoin: Ramble On...

Some More!

Pleasance at EICC, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug, £17.50–£18.50

Comedy Striptease

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £8

The Shambles theSpace on the Mile, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £6.50

22:10 Bristol Improv Presents: Offscript! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £7

Joe Sutherland: Sour PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Lock Up, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Best of Musical Comedy Awards

Amused Moose Comedy’s National New Comic Award: Final

Underbelly, Cowgate, 24–25 Aug, £11

Free Footlights

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 19–20 Aug, £14

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

This Is Your Trial

22:15 Russian Roulette Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Holly Morgan: Is a Witch.

Get Her!

Chortle Student Comedy Award Final

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Evan Desmarais: Pizza and Ice Cream Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, £9–£10

Totally Plucked Underbelly, Cowgate, 16–25 Aug, £9–£10

Karam Deo: Table for One

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10.50–£11.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 12 Aug, £12

Jayne Edwards Is Top Bodybuilder Brian

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £10.50–£11.50

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 9–25 Aug, not 15, £5

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–15 Aug, £9–£10

I Went to Barcelona and All I Got Was This Lousy Comedy Show

21:55

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 19–26 Aug, £5

Radical Honesty

Funny for a Girl

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–10 Aug, £10

Ben Verth: Sh*tegeist Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5

Frank Foucault: Desk Paradise in The Vault, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £8

Poseidon’s Playhouse Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £7

Waverley Bridge (Bus Stop WA), 9–31 Aug, not 13, 20, 27, £12

Jordan Wistuba and Liam Farrelly: The Student and the Shoplifter

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 21–22 Aug, £14

Hard Truths – An Improvised Play

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8

22:00

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–25 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

Amused Moose Comedy Award: Grand Final

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

I’m OKayfabe

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre: Roll Up!

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–24 Aug, not 14, 21, £7

Cülture Elité

Frankenstein Pub, 9–26 Aug, £7

Weegie Hink Ae That?

Presents: Nae Bother!

Vote Dr Phil?

Madame Komondor Will See You Now

22:05

Dan AG: Sloth

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 9–26 Aug, not 13, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–14 Aug, FREE

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, £10–£12

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–24 Aug, not 14, £7 Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £7.50–£10

The Stevenson Experience: Takes One to Know One

Daniel and Ralph Won’t Talk About Brexit

Secret Dinosaur Cult Live

Better Than Dying Alone

The Brand-New, Full-Throated Adventures of Reginald D Hunter

21:50

99 Club Stand-Up Selection – Free

Two Hearts: The Comeback Tour

Heroes @ Black Medicine, 9–25 Aug, £5

Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£13

Assembly Roxy, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £12–£14

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 19, £15.50–£17.50

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, not 14, 15, 20, £12

Johnny White Really-Really: Unending Torment!

Goodbear: Dougal

Nick Helm’s I Think, You Stink!

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £12–£15

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £9.50–£10.50

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £11–£12

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 13, FREE

Tone Death

The Haunted History Bus

Mark Dean Quinn Knits: A Comedy Show Heroes @ The Hive, 11–25 Aug, not 16, 17, 23, 24, £5

Grant Busé: Touché Busé Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

Bumble Me Tinders – Dating Horror Stories Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

The Stand Comedy Club, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £12

Shit-Faced Showtime: Alice Through the Cocktail Glass Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, £11.50–£13.50

Comedy Shorts Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9–25 Aug, FREE

The Nasty Show Australia Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Zeroko’s Teatime Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

The Octopus’ Armpit and Other Songs I Stole from Parallel Universes Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8

Marcel Lucont: No. Dix Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11–£14

Simone Belshaw: Goblin and Fiends Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 15–25 Aug, FREE

Listings

A Mad Ron Rhodes Show

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 13, £5

MOTHER

Spa Day Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guide to...

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–26 Aug, not 22, £10.50–£11.50

Heavenly Comedy Edinburgh Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–23 Aug, not 12, FREE

Weegie Hink Ae That?

Presents: Nae Bother! theSpace @ Niddry St, 12–17 Aug, £10

Scot Roast Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–26 Aug, £5

AC/DC: Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

So You Think You’re Funny? Semi-Finals Gilded Balloon Teviot, 11–14 Aug, £10

Roast Battle Edinburgh Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Best of So You Think You’re Funny?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–10 Aug, £10

David Correos: Better Than I Was the Last Time Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, £9–£10

Funny Stories About Pain theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £8

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Len Blanco: Firing Blancs

The Antique Jokes Show Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6.50

Chubby White’s Variety Night

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–15 Aug, £10

Bobby Mair: Cockroach

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Dreamgun: Film Reads

Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar (Preview)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

Andrew Silverwood: Call Me Janice

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 12–14 Aug, £25

❤ Alfie Brown: Imagination HHHH

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Eilidh Hodgson and Katherine Plumb: Do Wap Art Flop

22:20

Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 14 Aug, £5

22:35

Séayoncé Déjà Voodoo

Princess Party

Vegan Jesus – The Man, the Myth, the Legend

Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Danny O’Brien: Reformer

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £11.50–£12.50

Laser Kiwi

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, £7–£10

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–11 Aug, £8

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £13–£15

Coconut

Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £10

The Oxford Revue: Switcheroo

Lulu Popplewell: The Humble Bumhole

Bob Slayer: Wrote the Copy for This Show in March When He Didn’t Have the Foggiest Notion of What Might Happen on Any Given Day in August, He Still Doesn’t Really, but At Least He’s Found This Snappy Title

Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, £10–£11

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

Whose Mind is it Anyway?

Medium Rare Improv

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9.50–£10.50

Mr Thing

Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

General Loledge: The Best Pub Quiz on the Fringe Just the Tonic at The Tron, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Stay Loyal to the Royals theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £10

22:25 The Stand’s Pick of the Fringe

theSpace on North Bridge, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £6

Hate ‘n’ Live

Liza Treyger: In the Weeds

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

The Best of Red Raw The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug, £5

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 17–25 Aug, £10–£11

22:30 Aaaaaaaaand Now! The Ed Factor: An Edinburgh Gong Show Laughing Horse @ The Place, 9–25 Aug, FREE

The Best of Northern The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 11–22 Aug, not 16, 17, £10

Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

Georgia Tasda’s School Of Magic PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Comedy Night at the Museum Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–24 Aug, not 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, £11–£12.50

Jimmy Slim and Lewis Blomfield: Scratch and Sniff Heroes @ Bob’s BlundaBus, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

An Audience with Yasmine Day Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £7.50–£9.50

Andrew Doyle: Exodus Pleasance Courtyard, 19–25 Aug, £10–£14

Fright Bus Service

Thrones! The Musical Parody

Necrobus, 9–25 Aug, £13

Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, £15–£16

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 15, FREE

Circus Sonas Presents: DTCB The Prison Years Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Daz Black Live Gilded Balloon Teviot, 22 Aug, £15

After Hours Mirth Meltdown

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–22 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, £17.50

Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £6

A Gay and a NonGay

22:40

Jerry Sadowitz: Comedian, Magician, Psychopath 2019

Criminal

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Mirth Meltdown @ 52 Canoes, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Hunt & Murphy: Beg Borrow and Bitch

Omar Ibrahim: Awokening

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 13–25 Aug, £12

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 24 Aug, £10 Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–10 Aug, £11

Comedy

Joe Zimmerman: Infinite Knowledge

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10.50–£12

Hell To Play: Dante Wish Your Girlfriend Was Hot Like Me

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

78

JJ Whitehead: Five Times I Lied to Myself

Never Heard of It

Imaginary Porno Charades

Pamela’s Palace

Found Footage Festival: Volume 9 Underbelly, Cowgate, 15–24 Aug, £10–£11

Two Little Dickheads: Kapow!

Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, £12–£13

Snog Marry Avoid Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, FREE

Hancock and Hooper’s Excellent Adventure

Police Cops: Police Cops in Space Assembly George Square Studios, Various dates from 10 Aug to 17 Aug, £11–£13

Ange Lavoipierre: Final Form Underbelly, George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

2 Girls, 1 Cup... of Comedy Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

22:45 Joe McTernan: What’s Up with My Head?

Bad Boys

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–26 Aug, £5

Peter Buckley Hill and Some Comedians XX

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–25 Aug, £8.50–£11.50

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 9–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

22:55

Tim Key

Colt Cabana and John Hastings Do Comedy and Commentary to Bad Wrestling Matches

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, £9–£10

23:10

Niteskreen

The Duality of Man

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £8–£10

Zach Zimmerman: Clean Comedy

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £7

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, £7

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £8

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 19, £9.50–£10.50

23:00

Biscuit Barrel: Double Stuffed

Jamie Loftus: Boss, Whom is Girl

Misspelled Youth

theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £8

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Serena Flynn: Baubo Goddess of Filth Heroes @ Black Medicine, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £5

AAA Stand-Up Late at Gilded Balloon Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, £10–£12

Aaron Chen: Piss Off (Just Kidding) Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £8.50–£10.50

Fright Bus Service Necrobus, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug, £13

Shaggers Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Becky Fury’s One Hour to Save the World (in 55 Minutes) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

22:50

Questing Time

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 13, £11–£12.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 13–14 Aug, £15

Tarot

Sleeping Trees: Christmas Special... in August

The Lost Musical Works of Willy Shakes

Berk’s Nest Mid-Fest Comedy Special

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 14, FREE

The Big Show: Fringe Showcase!

theSpaceTriplex, 9–10 Aug, £8

Assembly George Square Studios, 24 Aug, £15

Hot Gays: Martin Dixon and Gareth Edward

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 9–13 Aug, FREE

Gerry Carroll – Crock or Gold

Improv, She Wrote

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £8 Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE

❤ Catherine Cohen: The Twist...? She’s Gorgeous

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£10.50

Biscuit Barrel: Double Stuffed

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Macbeth Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, £12.50–£15

Diane Chorley: Down the Flick Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £15

Spontaneous Sherlock Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 25–26 Aug, £11

Luka Muller’s Gong Show Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Dylan Dodds and Friends (Friends Not Included) Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £5

Divet Show: The Greatest Divas Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12–£13

Anxiety Club Underbelly, Cowgate, 16–20 Aug, £9–£10

23:15 Gabe Mollica: The Whole Thing

Julia Rorke

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–24 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

A Night of Wikipedilove

Crime of the Hour Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–10 Aug, £11

Chloe Green and Ella Woods: VENN Gilded Balloon at Old Tolbooth Market, 9–13 Aug, £6

Francis Boulle and Friends Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £9–£12

Inside the Comedian Pleasance Dome, 19–23 Aug, £9

Snort HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

AAA Stand-Up Late

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

FOC It Up: The Femmes of Colour Comedy Club Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , Various dates from 9 Aug to 25 Aug, £10

The Paddock Pleasance Dome, 9 Aug, 23 Aug, £10

Rob Deering’s Beat This Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–11 Aug, £11.50

Donald Alexander: The Great Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

theSpace on the Mile, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, £9–£12

WiFi Wars’ Video Game Takeover!

The Noise Next Door’s Comedy Lock-In

Grant Gallacher: Making Europe Grant’s Again

Assembly George Square Studios, 20–25 Aug, £10–£14

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £12–£14

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 9–26 Aug, not 19, 20, FREE

1 Chick, 2 Dicks: 3 Americans Get Too Personal Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Kevin McGahern: Taking Off Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9–£10

Sajeela Kershi: Fights Like a Girl!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–12 Aug, £10

Murder She Didn’t Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery Pleasance Courtyard, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £12.50

Phil Wang: Philly Philly Wang Wang Pleasance Courtyard, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £13

Revenge of the New World Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Southampton Stand-Up Showcase Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9–25 Aug, FREE

BBC: British-Born Chinese Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, not 12, FREE

Mark Watson: The Infinite Show Pleasance Courtyard, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £16

Cosmic Comedy Berlin Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Escaping Trump’s America Frankenstein Pub, 9–26 Aug, FREE

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 15–16 Aug, £15

An Objectively Funny Night Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 15–16 Aug, £10

23:20 ❤ Leo Mohr: When I Was Zorro HHHH

Conversation Garden on Love Island (A Decide Your Own Misadventure) Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 18–25 Aug, £5

Valentine Boys: Because the Rent is Due Just the Tonic at The Charteris Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

23:25 Jay Handley – White Jesus 2: Resurrection PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, FREE

3 Rule-Abiding Rebels

Heroes @ Dragonfly, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £5

Paradise in The Vault, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, FREE

Nancy Clench: Agony Aunt

Reeks of Desperation

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 13–17 Aug, £8

Blake Freeman and Dan Rath – Far From Home Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–10 Aug, £8

Fat Blast and Crackers: 101 Sketches in 50 minutes!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–11 Aug, £8

Paradise in Augustines, 12–17 Aug, £5

23:30 Political Animal The Stand Comedy Club, 13–22 Aug, not 16, 17, £12

Cold Blooded Witch: The Sex Musical! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £6

Edinburgh Comedy Allstars

Gavin Webster’s Comedy Results

Can You Throw This in the Bin for Me?

110% John Kearns and Pat Cahill

Underbelly, George Square, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug, £12.50–£15

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 11–22 Aug, not 16, 17, FREE

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, £5

Claptrap

Santiago Sucks a Beautiful Woman’s Cock (and Other #1 Hits)

Sameer Katz: Amphibious

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

FootDarks

Underbelly, George Square, 15–16 Aug, £15

23:35

The Stand Late Club

Comedy Queers

The Russian Comedy Experience

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 14, FREE

Werewolf: Live – Charity Spectacular!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Stout, Pale and Bitter

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £6

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–25 Aug, FREE Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–18 Aug, £10–£11 The Stand Comedy Club, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug, £15

Lydia Hirst: I’ll Be Your Dog Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 19–25 Aug, £5

23:40

Amusical

Sam Nicoresti: UFO

23:55

Pleasance Courtyard, 21–22 Aug, £15

Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £5

Best of the Fest

Ross Drummond and Harry Monaghan: The Orb

Alex Love: How to Win a Pub Quiz – Late-Night Edition

Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–18 Aug, not 12, £5

Late Night Comedy Death Camp Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

John-Luke Roberts: Terrible Wonderful Adaptations Assembly George Square Studios, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 23 Aug, £12

The Stand Comedy Club, 11–12 Aug, £11

Assembly Hall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, £13–£15

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £10

23:45

Andrew Sim’s Midnight Showcase

Jay Light: Fake It Til You Make It

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 14, 20, 21, £5

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Jonny’s Panel Show (Really Good) Underbelly, Cowgate, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, £10

Stamptown Comedy Night Underbelly, Cowgate, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £10

The Spencer Jones 50 Minute Disco Experiment Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20, £5

Spank!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, £15.50–£16.50

Fright Bus Service Necrobus, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug, £13

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09:00 Breakfast Plays: The Future Is [...]

Traverse Theatre, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12

09:15 44 Days Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 9 Aug, £5

09:45 The Brave Anthology theSpace on North Bridge, 9 Aug, £8

Umbrella Man Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 20, £10–£12

❤ Crocodile Fever HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £22

Dark Play or Stories for Boys theSpace on the Mile, 19–21 Aug, £6

Hustlers theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £7.50

09:55 Headhog Paradise in The Vault, 12–17 Aug, £7

Gilgamesh – He Who Saw Everything

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, Various dates from 9 Aug to 16 Aug, £9

Downton Shabby theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £8

10:10 Skylight theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £8

The Importance of Being Earnest theSpace @ Venue45, 19–22 Aug, £8

The Zed Word

10:00

Painted Corners

HHH

theSpace on North Bridge, 12–17 Aug, £9 theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £5

Painted Corners

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £22

theSpace on North Bridge, 12–17 Aug, £5

❤ The Patient Gloria HHHH

Lord of the Flies

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £22

Buzz Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster

theSpaceTriplex, 9–10 Aug, £7

Where to Belong Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9

10:15 Qing Snake

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £22

theSpace @ Venue45, 12–17 Aug, £12

West of Frances

Happy Hour

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £9

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £10–£12.50

Shakespeare on a Shoestring: The Comedy of Errors!

Man Number Five Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £8

Paradise in Augustines, 9–10 Aug, £8

Where Do Fairies Come From?

Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Lum: And Other Colourful Tales

Paradise in Augustines, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £7

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £10

❤ Trying It On HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £22

Love/Sick theSpace on the Mile, 9–17 Aug, £7

CACW – Cony’s Collection The Old Dr Bells Baths, 14–16 Aug, FREE

10:30

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Arthur HHH

Your Home, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £100

Invisible Us Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–17 Aug, £8

The Lament of Dorothy Wordsworth

Heroin(e) for Breakfast

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–24 Aug, £8

How Not to Drown

❤ Burgerz HHHH

Baby, What Blessings

Ladies Who Lunch

Hustlers theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £5–£7.50

10:20 Play Before Birth Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–17 Aug, £8

The Yellow Wallpaper theSpaceTriplex, 20–23 Aug, £7

11:00

Assembly George Square, 17–24 Aug, £12–£13

Paradise in The Vault, 12–25 Aug, not 18, £3.50–£7

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £8

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 18–24 Aug, £5–£10

10:25 Status

10:05

09:50

Rattigan’s Nijinsky

Theatre

C venues – C viva, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £7.50–£9.50

Chatroom theSpace on the Mile, 20–24 Aug, £7

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Shakespeare for Breakfast

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

50 Words Paradise in The Vault, 9–10 Aug, £6

Choose Life, Choose Leith: Trainspotting on Location Custom House, Various dates from 10 Aug to 26 Aug, £10

Apollo 11 Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–10 Aug, £7

Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 19, £13.50–£14

Cherie – My Struggle Imagination Workshop, 10–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Borchert: A Life

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £21

The Shark is Broken Assembly George Square Studios, 10–25 Aug, not 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, £13–£15

11:05 Hamlet

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £8

Shadow of the Rose

Never None (but She)

Ladybones

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 22–26 Aug, £11.50

Enough Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £21

The Terrible Tail of Adelaide Worthing PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–11 Aug, £8

A Game of Death and Chance

theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £10

Mobile Phone Show theSpace on the Mile, 9 Aug, £6

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 12–17 Aug, £9

A Shadow of Doubt

Something Else theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

Looking for Wolverhampton’s Latin Quarter

Great Grimm Tales

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £8

❤ Until the Flood HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £21

TalkFest – Anatomy of a Play: How Not to Drown Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, £5

West of Frances theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £9

Rhinoceros theSpace on the Mile, 9 Aug, £10

Guys, Dolls and Pies

Fear Here and Terror There theSpace on the Mile, 20–24 Aug, £6

The Life of Reilly theSpace on the Mile, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

The Cat’s the Thing theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–24 Aug, £8

11:10 Jammy Dodgers theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £10

10:40

The Place You Once Forgot

Chatroom

10:45

Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £10

Tales from the Garden Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9–£10.50

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran

HHH

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

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, £21

Words That I Never Tell

Steve Richards Presents Rock’n’Roll Politics 2019

C venues – C aquila, 11–13 Aug, £8.50

10:50 Frankenstein theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £8

00 Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

Post-Mortem Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

Audacious Mr Astley Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, £9–£12

10:55 The Witch of Wall Street theSpaceTriplex, 9–17 Aug, £8

The Zed Word theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £9

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 12–24 Aug, £12.50

21 Futures by Olly Hawes Pleasance Dome, 10–17 Aug, £7.50–£9

Mouthpiece Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £21

White Girls Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 20, £8–£9

Are we not drawn onward to new erA – Ontroerend Goed Zoo Southside, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £14

The Believers Are but Brothers Assembly George Square Studios, 19–24 Aug, £11–£12

The Trial PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 12–16 Aug, £11.50

The Heresy Machine

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15 Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, £10–£11

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £9–£11

Baby, What Blessings

Cry of the Gull

A Midsummer Night’s DROLL

Invisible

theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £6.50

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–24 Aug, not 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, £13–£15

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £12

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–26 Aug, not 18, £9–£11

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–17 Aug, £10

The Wasp

11:25 Comrade Egg and the Chicken of Tomorrow

theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £9

Paradise in The Vault, 12–25 Aug, not 18, £8

11:30 Cardboard Citizens: Bystanders Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

We Apologise for the Inconvenience PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–16 Aug, £12

I Am Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

Shadows ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10

Holy Sh*t theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

You’re Safe ‘Til 2024 Pleasance Courtyard, 20–23 Aug, £10

Fox Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9–£11

theSpace @ Niddry St, 12–17 Aug, £10

I’ll Tell You This for Nothing

She Shall Not Be Moved

Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9–£10

theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £10

11:15 A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

❤ Funny in Real Life HHHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–18 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

The Place You Once Forgot Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £10

11:20 Surveillance theSpace on North Bridge, 12–17 Aug, £10

On the Other Hand, We’re Happy Roundabout @ Summerhall, 12 Aug, 15 Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, £15

The Genius of Charles Dickens Sweet Novotel, 9–11 Aug, £8

Daughterhood Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9 Aug, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £15–£17

Hyde and Seek Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

A Midsummer Night’s Dream - CANCELLED theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–10 Aug, £7

Hangnail Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–10 Aug, £8

The Place You Once Forgot Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £10

The End Summerhall, 15–25 Aug, not 19, £9–£11

Harvey Greenfield Is Running Late Sweet Grassmarket, 9–24 Aug, £7

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–17 Aug, £7

Back of the Head with a Brick Summerhall, 20–25 Aug, £8–£10

Your Sexts Are Shit: Older Better Letters Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£12

Three, Two, One...

Sweet Novotel, 14–18 Aug, £7

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The Royal Scots Club, 20–24 Aug, £10

Mustard Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £12

Burns for Brunch Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 14, 19, 21, £10

Jehovah’s First Witness Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

How to Save a Rock Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 10–23 Aug, not 15, £8–£10

BBC and HighTide Radio Plays Assembly Roxy, 13 Aug, £5

Dalloway Assembly Roxy, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £12–£13

11:35 Red Herring ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, not 15, £10

Seasoned Professionals

11:45

12:00

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Myra’s Story

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7

Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £12–£14

A Game of Death and Chance

In Conversation with...

Barbara Dickson

Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug, £12.50

Dangerously Dark and Somewhat Spectacular

Birth

Paradise in The Vault, 9–10 Aug, £10

The Place You Once Forgot Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £10

Carol Ann Duffy and John Sampson The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 10–16 Aug, £12

A Beautiful Way to Be Crazy Underbelly, Bristo Square, 19–26 Aug, £10–£11

11:50

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £7

Psycho Drama Queen

Love (Watching Madness)

ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, not 15, £9–£11

HHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 18, £7.50–£10

The Village Fate theSpace @ Venue45, 20–24 Aug, £7

11:40 One Starts in a Barber’s.

One Starts in a Bar. Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £9

Gilgamesh & Me Paradise in Augustines, 9–10 Aug, £10

Trump Lear Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £10–£12

The Empathy Experiment PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Uninvited Guests theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £8

Nearly Human Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9–£12

Ivory Wings Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£11

The Merry Wives of Seoul C venues – C south, 11–17 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

Frog’s Legs Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

11:55 Never None (but She) theSpaceTriplex, 9–10 Aug, £10

Being Norwegian by David Greig

Shrew

Venue 13, 10–24 Aug, not 12, £10

theSpaceTriplex, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8–£10

The Mariner’s Song Paradise in Augustines, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £12–£14

In Conversation with...

Patrick Harvie The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug, £12.50

In Conversation with...

Tom Devine The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 18 Aug, £12.50

The Female Role Model Project Bedlam Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £11

Stealth Aspies – Aspies Anonymous Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 9 Aug, FREE

Fires Our Shoes Have Made C venues – C aquila, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8.50–£10.50

In Conversation with...

Ian Rankin The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22 Aug, £12.50

Agent November Escape Game: Major X Ploe-Shun The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Morning Glory Planet Bar, 13–16 Aug, FREE

Taiwan Season: Fish Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

In Conversation with...

David Hayman The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 11 Aug, £12.50

Sinatra: Raw

#HonestAmy

Tröll

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12.50–£13.50

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £12

In Conversation with... Val McDermid

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Various dates from 10 Aug to 24 Aug, £10–£12

Lauren Booth: Accidentally Muslim Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 15, £8.50–£9.50

Qi The Old Dr Bells Baths, 13–16 Aug, FREE

40 Minute Classics: The Seagull Paradise in Augustines, 9–10 Aug, £8

Ian McKellen On Stage Assembly Hall, 22–25 Aug, £40

The Place You Once Forgot Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £10

That’s How I See It PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 12–16 Aug, £11.50

In Conversation with...

Elaine C Smith

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, £12.50

Illegal Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Written With Crayons PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 22–26 Aug, £9.50

Alice in Wonderland PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–11 Aug, £11.50

In Conversation with…

Len McCluskey The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 12 Aug, £12.50

In Conversation with…

Archie Macpherson

Marrow

Her theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £10

COMPOST theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £8

Judas Assembly George Square, 10–24 Aug, not 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, £10–£12

Best Girl Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £7–£9

12:10 She

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17 Aug, £12.50

theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £7

Dangerous Adventures

In PurSUEt

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug, £12.50

Laughing Horse @ Finnegan’s Wake, 22–25 Aug, FREE

theSpace @ Niddry St, 12–17 Aug, £9

Dr Korczak’s Example

(Can This Be) Home

Piracy! A Comedy on the High Cs

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 21–25 Aug, £12

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 15–19 Aug, £12

Lobster

12:05

Boulder

Cyst-er Act

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–17 Aug, £9–£12

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

In Conversation with...

Humza Yousaf The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16 Aug, £12.50

In Conversation with...

Shappi Khorsandi The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 10 Aug, £12.50

Woyzeck

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£10

Mengele Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, £10–£12

A Charlie Montague Mystery: The Game’s a Foot, Try the Fish

C venues – C cubed, 9–14 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £9

In Conversation with...

Michael Stewart

Normaler Than Everyone

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9 Aug, £12.50

Haggis, Neeps and Burns Hill Street Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £12

In Conversation with...

Kezia Dugdale The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, £12.50

Wingmen PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 17–21 Aug, £11.50

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10–£11

box. theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Various dates from 9 Aug to 23 Aug, £10–£12

Sleeping Giant Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

baby-go-round theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £12

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £10

Medea Speaks theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

The Anxiety Experiment The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10

Avalanche theSpace on North Bridge, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £9

dressed.

Pleasance Courtyard, 20–25 Aug, £15

M.E.H Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9.50–£10.50

Madame Ovary Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8–£12

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Krapp’s Last Tape

12:15 Me and My Doll Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9.50–£10.50

theSpace on the Mile, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, £9.50

My Mother’s Shoes

Bull

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Evaluation Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £5

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: From the Wind Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 9–12 Aug, £5

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

The Fishermen Assembly George Square Studios, 19–24 Aug, £12–£14

Eleanor’s Story: Home is the Stranger Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9–£10

Cotton Fingers Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £14

Testament of Yootha Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £8.50–£9.50

A Mother theSpace on North Bridge, 20–24 Aug, £7

Mandy Picks a Husband theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £8

Lucrece theSpace @ Niddry St, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Devil of Choice

Theatre

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–16 Aug, £12–£14

12:20 Fix Us Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

You’re in a Bad Way by John Osborne PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 13, FREE

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In PurSUEt theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £9

theSpace on the Mile, 10–24 Aug, not 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, £9.50

12:30 Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7

A Talking Therapist’s Blues

Cream Tea and Incest

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £13–£15

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 15, £8.50–£9.50

Pearls

Wild Swimming HHH

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £8

Dickens for Dinner C venues – C viva, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £7.50–£9.50

12:35 Blighty, Broadway and Beyond! – The Private Lives of Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Will, or Eight Lost Years of William Shakespeare’s Life

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £9

My Darling Clemmie

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£12

A Poet’s Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse Laughing Horse @ The Place, 15–19 Aug, FREE

Sea Sick CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £11

A Table Tennis Play Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 10, £11–£12

The Seven Second Theory theSpace on North Bridge, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £9

Little Rabbit Quaker Meeting House, 12–17 Aug, £9

Keep Your Chin Up Quaker Meeting House, 9–10 Aug, £7

Peter Gynt HHH

Sad Eyes to Smile With

12:40 Cicada 3301 Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Noir Hamlet theSpace @ Venue45, 12–17 Aug, £8–£10

40 Shades of Green Tour

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £11.50

Bobby & Amy Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

R’n’J: The Untold Story of Shakespeare’s Roz and Jules Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8–£9

A Play, A Pie and A Pint McSorley’s Irish Bar, 9–23 Aug, weekdays only, £12.50

Algorithms Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8.50–£11

Landscape (1989) ZOO Playground, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £10

12:50 Forget Me Not Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £8

LUVU2 theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £7

Black Dog theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £8

The Ship Sank. Where on Deck, Did My Captain Lie? ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10–£12

13:00 Come Out from Among Them Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

How Not to Drown

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £22

❤ The Patient Gloria HHHH Coma

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£11.50

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Plebs

Ripped

Rats’ Tales

Paradise in Augustines, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £7.50

Wireless Operator

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–10 Aug, £7

Gesso theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–11 Aug, £8

Rust

Om Shaadi Om

The Perfect Body

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£12

Paradise in The Vault, 9–21 Aug, not 11, 18, £5

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

My Love Lies Frozen in the Ice

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£11

SOLD

The Man From Verona

F. Off

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

The Pat Hobby Stories

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10–£12

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £22

Festival Theatre, 10 Aug, £15

Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 19, £10–£12

12:55

Shaving the Dead

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–10 Aug, £10

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Summerhall, 25 Aug, £10

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Red Dust Road The Lyceum, 16 Aug, £20

Madame George by Keir McAllister Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 19, £11–£12

Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True The Lyceum, 20 Aug, £20

Friendsical: A Parody Musical About Friends Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £16–£17.50

Romeo and Juliet by Curious Pheasant Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £12–£13

1:1 Sweet Novotel, 12–18 Aug, £7

Fishbowl Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £14–£17.50

Knock Knock Assembly Roxy, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £12–£14

❤ Trying It On HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £22

MUSE: An Experiment in Storytelling and Life Drawing

It’s True, It’s True, It’s True

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–10 Aug, £8

Nazis Need Jews

The Safari Lounge, Various dates from 11 Aug to 20 Aug, £10

Alice in Wonderland

Body Box

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

The Claim

Dream of a King theSpaceTriplex, 9–18 Aug, not 11, £9

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £14–£15

Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster

Eventide

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £22

12:45

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Get Her Outta Here by Isabella Broccolini

Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 12–25 Aug, £6–£10

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7.50

The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland

ZOO Playground, 9–17 Aug, £6

Careless Love Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–17 Aug, £10

Agent November Escape Game: Major X Ploe-Shun The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

Life Is No Laughing Matter Summerhall, 9–18 Aug, not 12, £10

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 16–26 Aug, not 17, £11–£12 PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–11 Aug, £11.50

The Rebirth of Meadow Rain Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £8.50–£11

Almost, Maine theSpace @ Niddry St, 12–17 Aug, £8

A War of Two Halves Tynecastle Park, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £24

Remind Me Again Why I Need a Man Sweet Novotel, 19–25 Aug, £9

CACW – Cony’s Collection The Old Dr Bells Baths, 18 Aug, FREE

Narcolepsy Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Vigil

Phoenix

Bear Pit

Mouthpiece

Atlantis

theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £12

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £11–£13

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 14–26 Aug, £11.50

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, £21

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–17 Aug, £8

In Loyal Company

The Stander Gang

GEORGE

Hughie

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, £10–£12.50

C venues – C aquila, 9–10 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £9–£11

Awhile with Seamus Heaney

❤ Orlando HHHH

Piano_Play

A Sign of Contradiction: The Passion Story

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£11

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

13:15

I Don’t Want to Talk About It

❤ Burgerz HHHH

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 12–16 Aug, £11.50

Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Paul Feig

❤ Crocodile Fever HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £22

Big Tam’s Kilted Shindig Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 10 Aug, £8

Muse 90401 Zoo Southside, 9–10 Aug, £14

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, £21

Pleasance at EICC, 23 Aug, £17.50

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

❤ Until the Flood HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £21

Whirlpool People; Deconstructing the Illusion of the Separate Self

Fight Song

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

The Accident Did Not Take Place Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£13

Holy Land C venues – C aquila, 14–26 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

Rose McGowan: Planet 9 Assembly Hall, 15–18 Aug, £19–£21

13:05 Special Measures theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £10

Do You Ever Get Scared? theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £10

Chain of Trivia theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–24 Aug, £10

One Good Beating theSpace on the Mile, 20–24 Aug, £8

Hoichi the Earless C venues – C south, 9–10 Aug, £11.50–£12.50

Voice of Authority theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–18 Aug, not 11, £10

Relational (or A Writer’s Misguided Guide to Loves Lost and Found) theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £7

13:10

Venue 13, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Unicorns, Almost

Unicorns, Almost – An Audio Installation Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £5

Letter to Boddah C venues – C cubed, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10.50–£12.50

Mouthpiece Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 9 Aug, £5

Paradise Lodge Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Before the End Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

(I)sland T(rap): The Epic Remixology of the Odyssey

Underbelly, George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

A Man’s a Man The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £14

Prefer Not To Say Paradise in The Vault, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £7.50

Walls and Bridges theSpace on North Bridge, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

Quintessence Sweet Novotel, 12–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

❤ HHHH

Collapsible

Fawlty Towers Live Themed Dinner Show

Vanity Airlines

The Fawlty Towers Dining Room at the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £62.50

A Very British Lesbian

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9 Aug, £9

Daisy MacDade: Sugarbaby Pleasance Courtyard, 20–26 Aug, £8–£10

Yolk: A Tale of Life, Told By an Idiot

This Show Will Make You Sharper!

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8–£12

You’re Going To Get Mentally Ill – Now What?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 10 Aug, £9

Build a Football Club, IRL! The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13 Aug, £9

How to Save a Life Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

13:25

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 11 Aug, £9

Romeo & Juliet

Jew...ish

Are Children Wild Enough?

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 20, £10–£11

Pals Assembly George Square, 9–24 Aug, not 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, £13–£15

Too Pretty to Punch Zoo Southside, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £10

Switch Witchetty’s Almanac of Everything theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £8–£9

The Hollywood Summer Christmas Show Paradise in Augustines, 9–10 Aug, £7

13:30

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 20, £9.50–£10.50

Disgust for Dummies

Call the Tooth Fairy!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 18 Aug, £9

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, £9

Thinking Outside the (Penalty) Box

The Secret River

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22 Aug, £9

King’s Theatre, 10–11 Aug, £15

Void PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–13 Aug, £11.50

Brendan Galileo for Europe Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

For All I Care Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £14

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, £21

Can Google Really Translate?

13:35

Paradise in Augustines, 12–17 Aug, £5–£8

13:40 The Grand Scheme of Things Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

The Good Boyfriend theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £8

Long Live the Cat Ladies?

Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £21

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug, £9

She Sells Sea Shells

OK Computer or Paranoid Android?

13:45

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, £9

Ice Ice Iceland

Puppet King Richard II PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–14 Aug, £11.50

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Earth Untold

Reading Is Bad for You!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17 Aug, £9

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 12 Aug, £9

Coma

Not Quite

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £7.50

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8–£9

Don’t You Smile at Me!

Obesity Bankrupted Our NHS!

Don’t Believe Your Ears!

CACW – Cony’s Collection

Have I Told You I’m Writing a Play About My Vagina?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug, £9

Fake News Kills World!

Paradise in Augustines, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £11

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 21 Aug, £9

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug, £9

Walk the Oars Scottish Storytelling Centre, 21–25 Aug, £10

Watching Glory Die Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £12–£14

The 27 Club theSpace on the Mile, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, £9.50

Present/Absent Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £10

Ben Hur Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £8

Unveiled

❤ Burgerz HHHH

Creative People Need Data!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9.50–£10.50

13:55

The Biggest Problem in the World: Our Problem With Problems (and Why Truth Matters)

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £10

13:50 IvankaPlay

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £8

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16 Aug, £9

Noir Hamlet

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

This Thing in Here

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10.50–£12.50

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10–£11

ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, £10

Of Mice and Men

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £8

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9 Aug, £5

Smoke

Assembly Checkpoint, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £12–£14

13:20

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £8–£10

The Royal Scots Club, 20–24 Aug, £7

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14 Aug, £9

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7

Beach Body Ready

Daffodils

No Copyright, No Problem?

Lucille and Cecilia

Pleasance Courtyard, 19–26 Aug, £12

MOOT MOOT

Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£12

Assembly George Square, 10–25 Aug, not 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, £13–£15

Medea Electronica

Festival Theatre, 24 Aug, £25

Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Mythos: Gods

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £13.50

St Patrick’s Church, 10–11 Aug, £8

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre After You

The Royal Scots Club, 13–17 Aug, £10

Death by Shakespeare

Votes for Women! theSpaceTriplex, 12–17 Aug, £10

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7

I Run Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £8–£10.50

The Rubbish Show theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £7.50

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9 Aug, £8

Sense and Sensibility

Mourning Overnight

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £8

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £10

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Scotlandsfest Quaker Meeting House, 19–23 Aug, £5

Enough Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £21

Catching Comets

Art Heist Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £11–£12

Chalk (A Silent Comedy) Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £11

14:00 If This Is Normal ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £10

Faulty Towers the Dining Experience

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9–£11

Imagination Workshop, 9–26 Aug, £52

Stockbridge Church, 14 Aug, FREE

Clowns, Lovers, Women in Pants and Shakespeare

The HandleBards: Much Ado About Nothing

Before the Wall

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £9

Assembly George Square Gardens, 21–25 Aug, £15

The Presented

Blood and Gold

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug, £9

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17–26 Aug, £12–£13

Getting Better The Royal Scots Club, 9–10 Aug, £10

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

fest-mag.com

theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £10

Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill

Listings

83 EAST

Coma

I’m Just Kidneying

My Mate Dave Died

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7.50

Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £7

C venues – C aquila, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£10.50

MARA Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

Agent November Escape Game: Major X Ploe-Shun The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, £15

Sexy Lamp Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8.50–£10.50

It’ll Be Alt-Right on the Night

theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £8

She Can’t Half Talk Bedlam Theatre, 17–25 Aug, £8

Arthur Conan Doyle – The Spiritualist Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 13 Aug, 16 Aug, 20 Aug, 23 Aug, 26 Aug, £8

The HandleBards: The Tempest Assembly George Square Gardens, 14–18 Aug, £15

Einstein Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £8–£10

Horror – Gothic Tales and Dark Poetry

Leave a Message

Citizens of Nowhere?

Sweet Novotel, 16–25 Aug, not 19, £16

Alaska Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Piano Man theSpaceTriplex, 9–10 Aug, £5

The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord Greenside @ Infirmary Street, Various dates from 9 Aug to 17 Aug, £12

@SimCos3000 Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £7

Going Slightly Mad Bedlam Theatre, Various dates from 9 Aug to 16 Aug, £10

Eddie Izzard: Expectations of Great Expectations (WIP) Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20, £17.50

B’Witches PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 15–25 Aug, FREE

Tales of the Condemned Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 14 Aug, £8

Blown Fuse theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £10

The Things I Never Told You Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, £9–£11

I, AmDram

Theatre

Moon Walk

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

84

Churn

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £7–£9

The Last Five Years PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £11

Just a Number

Frankie Foxstone AKA The Profit: Walking Tour Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Like Animals HHH Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

The Land of My Fathers and Mothers and Some Other People Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, £10–£12

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

A Game of Death and Chance

Pronoun

Gladstone’s Land, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, £15

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £8

14:05 Délicieux theSpaceTriplex, 12–17 Aug, £5

The Gray Cat and the Flounder Assembly George Square Studios, 9–22 Aug, not 12, 19, £12–£14

The Very Well-Fed Caterpillar theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £7

Level Up theSpace on the Mile, 10–24 Aug, not 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, £9.50

The Snoopy Question theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £7

Who Killed Bambi? theSpace on North Bridge, 12–17 Aug, £8.50

14:10 Top Trumps theSpace on the Mile, 9 Aug, £6

Broken Funnies Scottish Comedy Festival @ Nightcap, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, 20, £5

Taboo Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Jc Says Finally 1951–2019 Paradise in Augustines, 19 Aug, £4

35,000 C venues – C south, 18–25 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

Steve Pleasance Courtyard, 22–26 Aug, £10

The Screwtape Letters Palmerston Place Church, 24 Aug, £11

On the Other Hand, We’re Happy Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, £15–£17

Murder on the Dancefloor Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8.50–£11

Dream of a King

Manifesting Mrs Marx

theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £9

Paradise in Augustines, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £12

Shiver theSpace on the Mile, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8.50

Mallets theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £8–£9

Van Gogh Find Yourself #vgfy

Daughterhood Roundabout @ Summerhall, Various dates from 11 Aug to 25 Aug, £15–£17

14:20 Before 30

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 9–24 Aug, not 10, FREE

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Knock Knock

Goodnight Mister Tom

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £8

theSpaceTriplex, 9–10 Aug, £7

10:31, MCR

Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, Various dates from 13 Aug to 22 Aug, £11

theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £7

Romeo and Juliet: A Capulet Soirée

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £9

Argyle Cellar Bar, 9–10 Aug, £8

Wet

theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £12

C venues – C viva, 9–26 Aug, not 19, £8.50–£10.50

14:15

Narukami Thunder God

Mallets theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8–£9

Bomb Happy D-Day 75

Chaika: First Woman in Space theSpace on North Bridge, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

Tumours

This Island’s Mine

Tartuffe

theSpace @ Niddry St, 12–17 Aug, £8

Zoo Southside, 19–25 Aug, £14

Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre, 17 Aug, £12

Ane City

Talk

Black Holes

C venues – C cubed, 11–17 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Charles Quarterman: An Afternoon with Charles Quarterman for One Hour

Like Me

Here Comes the Tide, There Goes the Girl

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £8

The Happiness Project

Mémoires d’un Amnésique (The Life and Music of Erik Satie)

Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £10

Power of Music 2

Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 19–23 Aug, £5

14:25 Goodbye Charles – Free

St Cuthbert’s Church, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £10 St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St, 21 Aug, £8

These Streets

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 19–25 Aug, FREE

Paradise in The Vault, 19–21 Aug, £10

Animal Farm (Bond)

Beat

Paradise in The Vault, 12–17 Aug, £10

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £10.50–£13.50

Butterbum, J

Bulldogs

Venue 13, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Real Eyes theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £8

Anti-Depressed? theSpace on North Bridge, 14–17 Aug, £9

Spray Assembly Roxy, 9–26 Aug, £12–£14

Two of a Kind C venues – C aquila, 9–26 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

14:40

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £5

Paradise in The Vault, 9 Aug, £9

Bi-Cycle

Passengers

The Experiment

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Underbelly, George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9–£10

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £10

We Want You to Watch theSpace @ Niddry St, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Monsoon Season Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£11

Fifty Shades of Shakespeare

I’m Woman Sweet Grassmarket, 12–18 Aug, £9

Spliced HHH

Traverse at Edinburgh Sports Club, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £21

Suddenly Last Summer St Ninian’s Hall, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, £12

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9 Aug, £8

Toby Belch (Is Unwell)

Piracy! A Comedy on the High Cs

Sweet Grassmarket, 12–25 Aug, not 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, £10

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 18 Aug, £10

Mythos: Heroes

14:30

Mama’s Eggnog

Festival Theatre, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £25

When the Birds Come Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Put Your Best Face On Zoo Southside, 9–11 Aug, £10

Macbeth theSpace on the Mile, 20–24 Aug, £8

Fake News Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£11

Late Lunch with Biggins Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £11–£15

Inka Zoo Southside, 17–26 Aug, £10

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 16–18 Aug, £11.50

14:45

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £11

Men Chase Women Choose

Thunderstruck

Coma

Surprise Package

Deer Woman

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £7.50

Summerhall, 13–18 Aug, £8 Saughtonhall United Reformed Church, 10 Aug, £9

Assembly Checkpoint, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £12–£14

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, £15

A Game of Death and Chance

Limbo

Gladstone’s Land, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, £15

Power of Music 1

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10–£11

St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St, 19 Aug, £8

beep boop HHH

Victor PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–15 Aug, £10

Red Dust Road The Lyceum, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, £20

Second Honeymoon Mayfield Salisbury Church, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, £12

Antigone C venues – C cubed, 9–10 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £10

Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £11–£12

St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St, 23 Aug, £8

CapeAbility

What Girls Are Made Of

theSpace @ Niddry St, 10–11 Aug, £9

Assembly Hall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £17.50

A Partnership

Jonny Donahoe: Forgiveness (Work-inProgress)

Heroes @ The Hive, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £5

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 19–26 Aug, £11.50

Drowning HH

Loving the Enemy

Keep Your Chin Up

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

Quaker Meeting House, 12–17 Aug, £7

A Voice

Little Rabbit Quaker Meeting House, 19–24 Aug, £9

Shattered

Power of Music 3

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £12

Detour: A Show About Changing Your Mind

Assembly Roxy, 9–26 Aug, £10–£12

More Myself Than I Am

The Mackerel Eaters

14:35

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£12

C venues – C cubed, 18–26 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£9.50

Westminster Hour Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Happily Never After Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10.50–£11.50

Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £13.50–£15.50

Listings

85

Julius ‘Call Me Caesar’ Caesar

The National Trust Fan Club

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, 25, £13.50–£14.50

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12–£13

The Poetry of God and War

Salmon

St Vincent’s, 16 Aug, FREE

Scottish Arts Club, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 12 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £15

Assembly Rooms, 9–12 Aug, £10–£12

TERRAtory

The Penguin Tango

Zoo Southside, 9–17 Aug, £14

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £10

The Visitors

Full Consent to Speak on My Behalf

The Trial

Assembly Rooms, 13–24 Aug, £10–£12

Ideology and Hair Gel Paradise in Augustines, 19–25 Aug, £12

14:50 A Womb of One’s Own

Buds of May Be

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 22, £10–£12

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £7

The Tartan Pimpernel

300 to 1

Agent November Escape Game: Robyn Yew

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 13, FREE

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

Raised Voices

A Holy Show

theSpaceTriplex, 12–17 Aug, £5

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 19, £10–£12

Hill Street Theatre, 9–11 Aug, £12

Do Our Best Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Give Me One Moment In Time by Doug Crossley Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

14:55 The Heresy Machine Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–24 Aug, £9

Alan Ayckbourn’s No Knowing theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £12

15:00 Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation The Studio, 10–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, £20

TalkFest – Ways and Means: Theatre in 2019 and Beyond

Vessel

The South Afreakins theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 9 Aug to 23 Aug, £9

Twelfth Night theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £5

STYX

theSpace on North Bridge, 12–17 Aug, £8.50

The South Afreakins: The Afreakin Family theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 10 Aug to 24 Aug, £9

Come Dine with Mr Shakespeare theSpace on North Bridge, 20–24 Aug, £8–£9

15:10

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £15

Endless Second

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 19–25 Aug, FREE

I Lost My Virginity to Chopin’s Nocturne in B-Flat Minor

All of Me

Roots

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, £5

Jumping the Barriers

Church Hill Theatre, 11 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £25

Jottings from the Queen of Sheba St Patrick’s Church, Various dates from 14 Aug to 25 Aug, £7

Wrestling Mania!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 10, 17, FREE

The De Nova Super

Anything With a Pulse ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, not 17, £10

Big Tam’s Kilted Shindig Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, £8

Jekyll and Hyde Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–26 Aug, not 19, £12–£13

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8–£10.50 Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £15

The Dandelion Patch theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £7

A Wake in Progress Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Echoes of Villers-Bretonneux Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £7

Freeing the Edinburgh Fringe: Book Reading PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

David Benson – Cato Street 1820 Pleasance Courtyard, 9–18 Aug, not 12, £8–£10

Blodeuwedd Untold Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£11

Unicorns, Almost – An Audio Installation

Hatch Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9.50–£10.50

The War of the Worlds Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £13–£15

Leopold Vindictive theSpace on North Bridge, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

Beyond: Sugar Mice Paradise in Augustines, Various dates from 9 Aug to 16 Aug, £8

In Her Corner

Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 9–10 Aug, £5

theSpace on the Mile, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, £9.50

FATTY FAT FAT

Bike

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8–£10

I Am Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 9 Aug, £5

Definitely Louise Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £8–£9

The Suitcase, the Beggar and the Wind PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 17–18 Aug, FREE

Naughty Boy Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8.50–£9.50

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £5

15:25 The Wind in the Willows theSpace @ Venue45, 19–24 Aug, £8

Tea?...(With Milk) theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £10

The Words Are There theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–18 Aug, £9–£11

Forbruker HHH

ZOO Playground, 9–10 Aug, £10

The Burning Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £11–£13

15:30

Nights at the Circus

The Glass Elephant

ZOO Playground, 13–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Roots

The Royal Scots Club, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, £8.50

Assembly George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£12

15:05

15:20

Coma

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £10

The Sinners Club

Me and My

Woman! Pilot! Pirate?

The Wrong Ffion Jones

15:15

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £7.50

Myra

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £8.50

Yerloo Underground

A Grave Situation

The Professor

Sales Pitch

theSpaceTriplex, 9–10 Aug, £5

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Imagination Workshop, 9–24 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

Anguis HHH

Oedipus

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £10

Conscious

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £12–£13

King’s Theatre, 17 Aug, £15

Coma

a crown of laurels

theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £7

Paradise in Augustines, 9–10 Aug, £10

Chain of Trivia

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7.50

Johnny Depp: A Retrospective on Late-Stage Capitalism Laughing Horse @ The Place, 9–10 Aug, FREE

Zombie Zoo

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £10

Hill Street Theatre, 10–25 Aug, £12

If It Didn’t Matter theSpace @ Niddry St, 9 Aug, £8

Bacon theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £11

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–17 Aug, £8

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–17 Aug, £7.50–£10

Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 19, £11–£13

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

In Conversation with...

Nicola Sturgeon

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7

The Sensemaker ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10–£12

Ricky Riddlegang and the Riddle Gang Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 15, £9–£10

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, £15

Encyclopedia of Kitchen Comedy Essays by Larry Tadlock PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 9–24 Aug, FREE

Scotlandsfest Quaker Meeting House, 19–23 Aug, £5

Para Handy: A Radio Play on Stage PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 12–18 Aug, £12

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, £15

Pink House PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 10–26 Aug, £12

fest-mag.com

Ex-Batts and Broilers

With Child

Fulfilment

Three

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–11 Aug, £4.50

A Complicated Man Bedlam Theatre, 16–20 Aug, £10

SWIM Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

C venues – C aquila, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £8.50–£10.50

Bomb Happy D-Day 75 Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, Various dates from 16 Aug to 25 Aug, £11

theSpace on the Mile, 10–24 Aug, not 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, £9.50

Chic Murray: A Funny Place for a Window

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 13–26 Aug, not 21, £10

A War of Two Halves Tynecastle Park, 9–26 Aug, not 10, £24

Portents Bedlam Theatre, Various dates from 9 Aug to 15 Aug, £10

Cauliflower PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

All Work, No Play Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, £8

Barry Bedlam Theatre, 21–25 Aug, £10

Ugly Youth Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–10 Aug, £8

Worldwidewestern French Institute, 14 Aug, £10

15:35 Leverage theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £10

Theatre

The Struggling Life of an Artist

Arrivals

Supernatural: Wonder Tales from Scotland

86

15:40

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

Sherlock Holmes and the Conundrum of Conan Doyle theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £8

Will Gompertz: Double Art History – The Sequel

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19–25 Aug, £15

Speaking Out: A Conversation with John Bercow The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13–14 Aug, £16

Regeneration Game Workshop Heroes @ The SpiegelYurt, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, £5

15:45 ❤ Nightclubbing HHHH

Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £12

❤ Burgerz HHHH

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran

❤ Trying It On HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 24 Aug, £21

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £22

How to Be Brave

How Not to Drown

HHH

This Time Will Be Different

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £22

Summerhall, 13–18 Aug, £10

Resurrecting Bobby Awl

Agent November Escape Game: Robyn Yew

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23, £10–£12

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

Bottoms Up!

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £14–£15

Mouthpiece Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £21

Since U Been Gone

Coma

If You’re Feeling Sinister: A Play with Songs

Claire Dowie’s When I Fall If I Fall

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 12, £15–£16.50

15:50 Adolf The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 11–12 Aug, £15

Modern Maori Quartet: Two Worlds Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £12–£14

Bible John Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

Under Milk Wood theSpace @ Niddry St, 12–17 Aug, £8

15:55

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Shellshock!

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre

Pink Lemonade Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, £10–£12

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, 9–23 Aug, not 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, £15

❤ Until the Flood HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £21

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7

To Be or Not to Be? Purgatory Is the Question

Gladstone’s Land, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £15

16:00 Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £13–£14

Toothbrush

C venues – C cubed, 14–26 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

Just Festival at St John’s , 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, £10

Medea

Alfie and George CANCELLED

Home

Hill Street Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £12

❤ Crocodile Fever HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £22

Miijin Ki

Sweet Novotel, 16–25 Aug, not 19, £16

This Script

Black Is the Color of My Voice Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 12 Aug to 26 Aug, £13–£14

(Ab)solution Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 12–26 Aug, not 19, £13

Woke

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £11–£13

Summerhall, 20–24 Aug, £10

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–11 Aug, £14

James Tait Black Prize for Drama 2019: The Award Ceremony Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, £7

Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–11 Aug, £12

A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10–£12

16:05 Trips and Falls theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £9

Give Me Your Love Summerhall, 25 Aug, £10

LipSync / Cumbernauld Theatre Summerhall, Various dates from 9 Aug to 17 Aug, £10

To Move In Time Summerhall, 19–24 Aug, £10

The Feminazis theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £8

The Lyceum, 24–25 Aug, £20

Voice of Authority

Mrs Shaw Herself

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £10

Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC, 9–11 Aug, £10

Moby Dick

Luminescence

DUPed

Citizens of Nowhere?

Iain Dale: All Talk

Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20, £12–£14

theSpace on the Mile, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £8

❤ The Red HHHH

A Game of Death and Chance

Scottee: Class

Venue 13, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £22

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, not 11, £8

Well That’s Oz

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–10 Aug, £10

The Words Are There theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £11

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £22

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

The Man Who Planted Trees

A Fear and Loathing Actor in Dublin

C venues – C cubed, 9–10 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7.50

Paradise in The Vault, 12–17 Aug, £8

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 19–25 Aug, £14–£16 theSpace on North Bridge, 12–17 Aug, £5

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £15

Assembly Roxy, 10–24 Aug, not 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, £10–£12

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, £21

Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

Teach

❤ The Patient Gloria HHHH

HHH

The Ballad of Mulan Assembly Rooms, Various dates from 10 Aug to 23 Aug, £10–£12

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 9 Aug to 16 Aug, £5

16:10 Confirmation Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£12

Brandy theSpace on North Bridge, 12–17 Aug, £8

The Try-Hards Greenside @ Nicolson Square, Various dates from 9 Aug to 23 Aug, £7

Unknown Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £7.50

Predictably Irrational theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

Mary’s Room theSpace on North Bridge, 13–24 Aug, £8

Such Filthy F*cks Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£11

E8 Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£13

Julius Caesar Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–24 Aug, £10

Chagos 1971 ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, not 15, 22, £10

Ticker HH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

PAMALA Greenside @ Nicolson Square, Various dates from 10 Aug to 24 Aug, £7

87 PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £11.50

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–18 Aug, not 11, £10

Inflatable Space Assembly Roxy, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12–£14

Enough Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £21

The Castle Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £8

First Time Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £14.50

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £15

Apollo: Take 111 Zoo Southside, 9–26 Aug, not 11, 18, 25, £10

The Nights by Henry Naylor HHH

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £13–£14

Westminster Hour Part 2 Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Mirror Canon theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £5

16:20 Passion Perspectives theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £9

Native Girl Syndrome Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £10

Chamberlain: Peace in Our Time Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–17 Aug, £11

Bleeding Black Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, £11

Beyond Glory theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £10

16:25 Lorca: A Theatre Beneath the Sand theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £12

Love and Sex and All Things In-Between theSpace on the Mile, 12–24 Aug, not 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, £10

Unmeetables theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–18 Aug, not 11, £5–£10

Want Some More theSpace on the Mile, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 20 Aug, 21 Aug, £10

16:30 Honey HH

ZOO Playground, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Faultlines Palmerston Place Church, 9–10 Aug, £9

Coma Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £7.50

subsist Sweet Grassmarket, 21–25 Aug, £9

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Bedlam

I Pilgrim

Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £14–£15

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £10

Shut Up, Helen!

theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £8

Underwater

If I Die on Mars

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 14–15 Aug, FREE

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 12 Aug to 24 Aug, £8

theSpace on North Bridge, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, £9

Freak Show

Volpone

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 17, £11.50–£13.50

Paradise in Augustines, 9 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £15

theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £8

Fags, Mags and Bags

Fawk

The Last of the Pelican Daughters HH

Underbelly, George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £13.50–£15.50

Paradise in Augustines, 10 Aug, 12 Aug, 22 Aug, £15

16:45

Shakespeare in the Garden: The Comedy of Errors

Synesthesia the Musical Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 15–25 Aug, FREE

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–18 Aug, not 11, £7

A Game of Death and Chance

Everything I Do

Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

The Incident Room Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £12.50–£14.50

Getting to Know Katie Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£11

Northanger Abbey French Institute, 12–24 Aug, not 14, 15, £12

Typical Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10–£12

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £21

Arguing On-Air

C venues – C south, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8.50–£10.50

Attila the Stockbroker PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, Various dates from 16 Aug to 24 Aug, FREE

Agent November Escape Game: Robyn Yew

C venues – C viva, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £7.50–£9.50

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

Cat Hepburn: #GIRLHOOD

Pathetic Fallacy

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8–£9

Mighty Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9–£11

CONSPIRACY

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £11

Confetti and Chaos (Formerly The Wedding Reception)

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

Imagination Workshop, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, 22, £45–£47.50

Fragility of Man

CACW – Cony’s Collection

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, £10–£12.50

Stockbridge Church, 14 Aug, FREE

Candy Factory

16:50

Wee Red Bar, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12

Shit

Contact Light

Carrubbers, 12–17 Aug, £9

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Pianodrome at The Pitt, 19–24 Aug, £10

Boswell

Number, Please.

Giant Wolf Theatre – Playback

Faultlines

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £11.50

Paradise in Augustines, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £7

Ubu the King

Darren McGarvey AKA Loki: Scotland Today

C venues – C south, 9–10 Aug, £12.50

Progress ZOO Playground, 9–17 Aug, £10

The National and ELT Short Play Winners Hill Street Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £12

A Payment Unkind Sweet Grassmarket, 19–22 Aug, £10

8:8 Summerhall, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £8

Yellow ZOO Playground, 18–26 Aug, £10

Gone Full Havisham Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–25 Aug, not 18, 19, £10–£12

16:35 Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7

16:40 Drinking and Unemployment: A New Play About Work Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £6

17:20

Tartuffe

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £12

Leith Depot, 14–17 Aug, £5

That Bastard Brecht Paradise in Augustines, Various dates from 13 Aug to 20 Aug, £15

Drunk Lion

16:55

Laughing Horse @ The Newsroom, 9–25 Aug, not 20, FREE

The Kiss

Sary

C venues – C aquila, 9–10 Aug, £9.50

Standard:Elite Bedlam Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11

Dorian Gray theSpace on the Mile, 19–23 Aug, £5

Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

17:05

17:10 Not Black and White Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8–£12

The Mystery of the Bonnie Sporran and the Loch Ness Monster

Suffering from Scottishness

17:15 My Best Dead Friend Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Swallow the Sea Caravan Theatre Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7

Scotlandsfest Quaker Meeting House, 19–23 Aug, £5

Nothing’s Happening: A Black Mountain College Project Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 9 Aug, £5

Parakeet

Apologies to the Bengali Lady Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Choose Your Own...

Improv!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £11–£12

theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £12

Mr Nice Guy theSpace on the Mile, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £6

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Daphne, or Hellfire

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £14–£15

Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

Planet Bar, 12–16 Aug, FREE

Four Woke Baes

8:8

A Game of Death and Chance

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11.50–£12.50

Morning Glory

Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Sunset theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–10 Aug, £9

I Can Make You Fail Slightly Less ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, £10

Wrath of Achilles Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

17:25 Woyzeck Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

17:30

Macbeth

Scottish Poetry Library, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 12, 18, 19, £8

Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

Arthur HHH

C venues – C cubed, 9–26 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

Polaris

Electrolyte

Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 9–10 Aug, £5

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–24 Aug, £8

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £7

Zoo Southside, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £7–£10

Unicorns, Almost – An Audio Installation

Keith Moon: The Real Me

Seasoned Professionals

Adrift

Hallowed Ground – Women Doctors in War

Hill Street Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £12

Lest You Forget

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7.50

Venue 13, 9 Aug, £7

Silence in Court

Genesis: The Mary Shelley Play

Coma

Belongings

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 10, £13–£14.50

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 13 Aug to 23 Aug, £8

theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £8

theSpace @ Niddry St, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Assembly Roxy, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10–£12

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £8

[BLANK] by Alice Birch and NYTP

Bull

Conversations With Van Gogh

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

theSpaceTriplex, 9–10 Aug, £10

Paradise in The Vault, 19–25 Aug, £7

theSpace on North Bridge, 15–24 Aug, not 18, £9

Gun

theSpaceTriplex, 12–17 Aug, £7

Sharon Stacy Statue

Tally Ho, Secret Several!

Venue 13, Various dates from 10 Aug to 17 Aug, £7

Ophelia Is Also Dead

17:00

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £10

theSpace on North Bridge, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

At This Stage

Do You Ever Get Scared?

Arlecchino Torn in Three

Summerhall, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £8

Attila the Stockbroker PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 19–21 Aug, FREE

Listings

The Djinns of Eidgah

Momo and the Inevitable Decay of the House in the Forest

Your Home, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £100

Order from Chaos Greenside @ Infirmary Street, Various dates from 9 Aug to 23 Aug, £10

Superstar Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

And Before I Forget I Love You, I Love You The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10

My Mum’s a Twat Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Coma Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £7.50

Yukon Ho! (Tall Tales from the Great White North) Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

I Am Mark Scottish Storytelling Centre, 13–17 Aug, £10

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

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16:15

The Legacy of William Ireland

The Letter

My Name Is Irrelevant

Uncensored

The 900 Club

FemFringe

Pleasance Dome, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9–£12

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Summerhall, 21 Aug, £6

Scottish Poetry Library, 20–24 Aug, £5

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 17 Aug, £5

❤ Bryony Kimmings: I’m a Phoenix, Bitch

Perfect

❤ Until the Flood HHHH

SAGA

HHHH

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £15–£17

Checkpoint Paradise in The Vault, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

CACW – Cony’s Collection Stockbridge Church, 12 Aug, 13 Aug, 16 Aug, FREE

High Trees Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £5–£7.50

The Golden Fly Scottish Storytelling Centre, 21–25 Aug, £10

Franz and Marie: Woyzeck Retold Greenside @ Infirmary Street, Various dates from 10 Aug to 24 Aug, £10

17:35 The Long Road theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £12

Hello? Hello. theSpace on North Bridge, Various dates from 9 Aug to 23 Aug, £8

There Is No Problem (Here) theSpace on North Bridge, Various dates from 10 Aug to 24 Aug, £8

Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree

ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, £10

17:50 Yukon Ho! (Tall Tales from the Great White North) Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £10

Pan Breid theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £8

Souvenirs Paradise in The Vault, 19–25 Aug, £10

Degrees of Guilt theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

Numbers C venues – C aquila, 9–26 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

Hitman and Her PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £11.50

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £13

Agent November Escape Game: Robyn Yew The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

Dada, Surrealism, Bowie and Pop: The Puzzle of Avant-Garde Art

Rowan Rheingans: Dispatches on the Red Dress Scottish Storytelling Centre, 15–26 Aug, not 20, £8–£12

Aidan Goatley: Happy Britain Part 1 Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, £10

Noise Boys

The Red Hourglass Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–14 Aug, £13

Pass Summerhall, 10 Aug, £6

Garlands

Electric Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

Pizza Shop Heroes Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £12

17:45

Venue150 at EICC, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £19.50

A Game of Death and Chance Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Edinburgh TV Festival Presents: Russell T Davies Assembly Hall, 20 Aug, £16.50

Our Man – Free Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 19–25 Aug, FREE

18:05

Being Frank

Vinyl Encore

Subject Mater

The Good, The Bad and The Brexit

Thief by Liam Rudden

theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £10

Kurl Up and Dye theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £8

baby-go-round theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £10–£12

Ghostly Tales theSpace on the Mile, 19–22 Aug, £8

Auto-Nation theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 12 Aug to 24 Aug, £8

Rock’n’Roll Girls

Alice Hawkins – Suffragette

18:10

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 12–16 Aug, £8

Liminality

Cruise to Hell

Carrubbers, 9–10 Aug, £5

Sinatra: Raw Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £13.50

theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £12

The Last Bread Pudding theSpace on North Bridge, 12–17 Aug, £8

Paradise in The Vault, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £14 Hill Street Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £12

30 theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £9

Trans Pennine theSpace on North Bridge, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, £9

Between Us theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £9.50

Gut Buddies Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 20, £10

Who Cares Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £12

18:25 Civilisation Underbelly, Cowgate, 16–25 Aug, £10–£11

Love and Misinformation Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £12

If Mouth Could Speak ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, £8

Moby Dick C venues – C aquila, 9 Aug, £9.50

18:15

Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd

theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £10

Rich B*tch – How to Make Money with the Power of Your Mind

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £14–£16

Questions for Quiz Shows

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, £8.50

theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £8

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Mark Can’t Rap PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–18 Aug, FREE

theSpace on North Bridge, 12 Aug, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, £9

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £9

Summerhall, 15 Aug, £6

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Black and White Tea Room – Counsellor

theSpace on the Mile, 23–24 Aug, £5

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Crowned with Glory and Honour

18:20

This Play Is Not About Me

theSpace @ Venue45, Various dates from 13 Aug to 23 Aug, £8

Can You See Where I’m Coming From?

The Royal Scots Club, 12–17 Aug, £10

Assembly Rooms, 9–25 Aug, £12–£14

Out of Your Mind

Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

Word Jazzology

Low Level Panic

Daddy Drag

A Game of Death and Chance

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £21

The Grape That Rolled Under the Fridge

Dear Mr Dead Head

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£10

Mouthpiece

Scottish Poetry Library, 9–10 Aug, £10

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–11 Aug, £14

Trainspotting Live

Frankenstein Pub, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10

Summerhall, 19 Aug, £6

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–23 Aug, £11

Die! Die! Die! Old People Die!

Matt McGuinness: We Are What We Overcome

Paul Putner’s Embarrassment – Me and Madness (The Band)

Tynecastle Park, 9–26 Aug, not 10, 13, £24

Iain Dale: All Talk

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7.50

Gladstone’s Land, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £15

A War of Two Halves

Isabelle

Coma

A Game of Death and Chance

Laughing Horse @ Sofi’s Southside, 11–17 Aug, FREE

Summerhall, 13 Aug, £6

18:00

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £21

Scottish Arts Club, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, £15

Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £13–£16

17:40

Theatre

A Short Cut to Happiness

Everything I See I Swallow

C venues – C south, 11–17 Aug, £9.50–£11.50 C venues – C south, 18–26 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

88

Sweet Novotel, 18–24 Aug, £8

Summerhall, 17 Aug, £6

Gobby Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–15 Aug, £10–£11

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £7

Confessions of the Romantically Challenged Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £7

18:30 Enough Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, £21

Risk Assessment Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–10 Aug, £8

Trainspotting Live

Bismillah! An ISIS Tragicomedy Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Drawn and Quartered C venues – C cubed, 9–17 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

18:45 ❤ Burgerz HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £21

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £5

Minor Disruptions Paradise in Augustines, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 17, 18, £10

Venue150 at EICC, Various dates from 12 Aug to 26 Aug, £18–£19.50

Miss AmeriKa

That’s What She Said

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran

Scottish Poetry Library, 15–17 Aug, £9

Last Life: A Shakespeare Play Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £8

Play Before Birth Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £8

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Quaker Meeting House, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £6

In the Shadow of the Black Dog HH

Assembly Rooms, 9–23 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Nancy’s Philosopher Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 19–21 Aug, £10

A(Poke)alypse Now – Mamoirs of a Gieza; I’m Still Here PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 9–24 Aug, not 17, FREE

8:8 Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8

18:35 Intolerable Side Effects Zoo Southside, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £10

Pops Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

Hitler’s Tasters Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £11

Heir Heads

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £13

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £21

Metamorphosis Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: Swallows Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

18:50 The Graveyard Shift theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

Grit Venue 13, Various dates from 10 Aug to 17 Aug, £7

LARP ZOO Playground, 9–10 Aug, £10

Unicorn Party ZOO Playground, 11–26 Aug, not 18, £10

18:55 ❤ Tokyo Rose HHHH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

Being Norwegian by David Greig Venue 13, 9 Aug, £10

Marie Lloyd Stole My Life theSpace on the Mile, 9 Aug, 12 Aug, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, £9

Kemp’s Jig theSpace on the Mile, 10 Aug, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, £9

theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £9

Macbeth

18:40

Who Is Daniel King

Trust the Teenagers theSpace on North Bridge, 13–17 Aug, £6

Losing My Mindfulness Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Twice Over Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £12

Torch Town Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £7

C venues – C south, 9–26 Aug, £10.50–£12.50 Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

19:00 ❤ The Patient Gloria HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £22

Listings

89

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £22

Coma Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7.50

Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £22

Unnatural ELREC Room, 9–14 Aug, £5

Songs in the Key of Cree CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 9–18 Aug, not 12, £11

Peter Gynt HHH

Festival Theatre, 9 Aug, £15

St Mark Live! A Dramatic Presentation of the Gospel According to Mark St Vincent’s, 12 Aug, £10

❤ Trying It On HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £22

Agent November Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

Dead Equal Army @ The Fringe in Association with Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 17, 18, 19, £12

Courage Calls to Courage: The Suffragist Musical!

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9 Aug, £10

Buzzing

Nancy’s Philosopher

Being and Nothingness

Green & Blue

Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 22 Aug, £15

theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £8

Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £10

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Just Like a Woman

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9 Aug, £8

The Royal Scots Club, 9–10 Aug, £12

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £8

Drone HHH

Fawlty Towers Live Themed Dinner Show

Summerhall, 9–17 Aug, not 12, £14

The Fawlty Towers Dining Room at the Hilton Edinburgh Carlton Hotel, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £62.50

The Silent House

Stand-Up Poet

Man on the Moon

Imagination Workshop, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £11

Meatball Séance PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 13, FREE

Jock Tamson’s Bairns Laughing Horse @ Ghillie Dhu, 21 Aug, 22 Aug, 25 Aug, FREE

Dancing in the Moonlight – A Play About Phil Lynott PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–14 Aug, £11

The Amazing Dyslexic Poetry Show Lauriston Halls, 9–10 Aug, £5

Worldwidewestern French Institute, 12–25 Aug, not 14, 15, 19, £10

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 10–11 Aug, £11.50 Summerhall, 20–25 Aug, £8–£12

19:15 HoneyBee Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£11

Appropriate by Sarah-Jane Scott Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

The Screwtape Letters Palmerston Place Church, 19–21 Aug, £11

Neither Here Nor There Summerhall, 15–25 Aug, £10

Coming Home With Me

Gregory’s Girl

44 Inch Chest

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £13

theSpace on North Bridge, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Green & Blue

Jewbana

ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9

8:8 Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8

Blockbusters Palmerston Place Church, 22–23 Aug, £10

Down It Fresher!

Laughing Horse @ The Bier Keller, 9–11 Aug, FREE

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £10

theSpace @ Venue45, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £9.50

Marx in Soho

Vinyl Encore

19:20

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 12–26 Aug, not 19, £11.50

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £9

Being Frank

❤ Crocodile Fever HHHH

19:10

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £22

Static ZOO Playground, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8–£10

Sex Education Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Some Things are Meant to Be, Anna theSpace on North Bridge, 12–17 Aug, £10

Pick Up theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £6.50

Midges theSpace @ Niddry St, 12–17 Aug, £7

Shadow C venues – C aquila, 14–26 Aug, not 20, £8.50–£10.50

Nan Shepherd: From Flaneur to Fiver Scottish Poetry Library, 20–22 Aug, £6

Tartuffe Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre, Various dates from 9 Aug to 16 Aug, £12

Green Knight Scottish Poetry Library, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 13 Aug, 14 Aug, £10

The Afflicted HHH Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £14

Tales of the Condemned Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 12 Aug, £8

Stepping Out theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–10 Aug, £15

The Secret River King’s Theatre, 9–10 Aug, £15

3,000 Trees: The Death of Mr William McRae

19:30

Sweet Grassmarket, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £10

Faulty Towers the Dining Experience

The Wild Unfeeling World

Imagination Workshop, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 12, 19, £52–£57.50 Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £7.50

Chameleon

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £8

19:25

Coma

19:05

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 15–26 Aug, £10

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Caliban’s Codex

McNaughton

Bodily Functions and Where to Find Them

Oh Yes Oh No HHH

Sweet Novotel, 9–11 Aug, £8 Sweet Novotel, 12–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £10

theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

Le Monocle

Mythos: Men

Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 9 Aug to 25 Aug, £9–£11

From Judy to Bette: The Stars of Old Hollywood Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £10–£11

Festival Theatre, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £25

A War of Two Halves

Red Dust Road

Suddenly Last Summer St Ninian’s Hall, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £12

Roots

Pre-View

Second Honeymoon Mayfield Salisbury Church, 9–16 Aug, weekdays only, £12

The Royal Scots Club, 19–24 Aug, £12.50

The Long Pigs Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £14–£16

19:35 2 Clowns 1 Cup Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 10 Aug, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, £9

And Then They Died Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £7

Stanley theSpace on North Bridge, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £7

In Your Wet Dreams Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £7

Bost Uni Plues Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9 Aug, 12 Aug, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, £9

Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour Outside the Beehive Inn, 9–31 Aug, £16

19:40 Arlecchino Torn in Three Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

Purple C venues – C aquila, 9–10 Aug, £10.50

Tynecastle Park, 13 Aug, £24

The Lyceum, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, £20 Church Hill Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21, £25

Perfect Wedding

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, £7

A Trilogy of Horrors: Volume I Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–11 Aug, £10

19:45 ❤ America Is Hard to See HHHHH Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

Sugar Sweet Novotel, 14–24 Aug, not 21, £7

Jottings from the Queen of Sheba

Mythos: Gods

St Patrick’s Church, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, £7

The Brooklyn Scotsman Hill Street Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £12

Venue150 at EICC, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £19.50

theSpace on North Bridge, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, £9

The Archive of Educated Hearts

1902

Forbidden Fruit

Milkshake

Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 10 Aug to 26 Aug, £10–£12

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £8

Trans Pennine theSpace on North Bridge, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, £9

Festival Theatre, 19 Aug, £25

Trainspotting Live

Wee Red Bar, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £12

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £8

Surprise Package

Miles Behind

Saughtonhall United Reformed Church, 9–10 Aug, £9

Sweet Novotel, 9–12 Aug, £7

SHINE HH

Zoo Southside, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10–£12

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How Not to Drown

Fudge Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, £9.50–£10.50

19:50 The Convoluted Adventures of Batman and Robin – An Adult Panto!

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £8

Unspoken (One Day in the Life of a Park Bench) Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–10 Aug, £6

Being Frank About Sinatra Paradise in The Vault, 12–25 Aug, not 18, £11

Conversations With Myself C venues – C cubed, 9–17 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

leaves

Section 28: The Legacy of a Homophobic Law

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14 Aug, £10

theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

Hair of the Wild

Obesity Bankrupted Our NHS!

House of Hundred

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug, £10

C venues – C aquila, 9–17 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

C venues – C at SESH Hairdressing, 9–26 Aug, not 19, £8.50–£10.50

Yours Sincerely HHH

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

Girl Bully Laughing Horse @ The Place, 9–10 Aug, FREE

Night Walk for Edinburgh Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 19, £15

Smut Slam: Where Sexy and Storytelling Collide The Safari Lounge, 14 Aug, £10

Lucy McCormick: Post Popular Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12–£14

A Thatcher’s Guide to Dogging in Bungay

The Canary and the Crow

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, FREE

19:55 Clouds

20:05 Sh!t Theatre Drink Rum with Expats

theSpace on the Mile, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £12

Who Did I Think She Was?

Butterflies

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–25 Aug, FREE

20:00 Hamish Henderson: On the Radical Road Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation The Studio, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, 21, 24, £20

What Are You Wearing?

Laughing Horse @ The Place, 19–25 Aug, FREE

Coma Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7.50

2Elfth Night Paradise in Augustines, 12–25 Aug, not 18, £5

The Examination Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £12.50–£13.50

Hear Word! Naija Woman Talk True The Lyceum, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, £20

Oedipus King’s Theatre, 14–16 Aug, £15

Son of Dyke

Theatre

This Show Will Make You Sharper!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–17 Aug, £10 Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £14–£15

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–11 Aug, £10

HOTTER Underbelly, Cowgate, 12–25 Aug, £9–£10

Waiting for Godot The Edinburgh Yes Hub, 22–26 Aug, £20

There She Is

90

Agent November Escape Game: Murder Mr E

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £10

ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, £10

Takin’ It Easy, 1916 theSpace on North Bridge, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £7.50

Serenity ZOO Playground, 9–10 Aug, £14

Doubt ZOO Playground, 12–25 Aug, not 18, £7–£10

20:10 Dumbing Down Trauma?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 21 Aug, £10

Traumgirl Summerhall, Various dates from 9 Aug to 25 Aug, £12

It’s Beautiful, Over There Venue 13, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 21, £10

Don’t Bank on the Bankers The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug, £10

Traumboy

Is God a Psychopath?

Nothing to Hide

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 10 Aug, £10

Who Owns History?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13 Aug, £10

Are You a Problem Addict?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, £10

Blame It on the Algorithm!

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug, £10

Move or Die! The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 11 Aug, £10

20:15 Fempire: Cleo, Theo & Wu

by Kirsten Vangsness Assembly Rooms, 9–23 Aug, not 11, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, £10–£11

School Gays theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £11

Trainspotting Live Venue150 at EICC, Various dates from 12 Aug to 26 Aug, £18–£19.50

Does Sex Still Sell?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug, £10

Sex, Drugs and Bilingualism The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16 Aug, 18 Aug, £10

Art is Shit The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17 Aug, £10

The Very Well-Fed Caterpillar theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £7

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, £21

20:40 Hold On Let Go Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 20, £10

Skylar MacDonald’s Fact Machine C venues – C aquila, 9–17 Aug, £8.50–£10.50

20:45 Footnotes HH

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £8

Summerhall, Various dates from 10 Aug to 24 Aug, £12

Unexpected Turbulence

Said and Done

Paradise in Augustines, 9 Aug, £9.50

20:30

Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 19, £9

Before Dance Base, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £13

The Collection of Professor Novak

Playground

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, FREE

Taking Flight

The Passion of the Playboy Riots

Night Walk for Edinburgh

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 19–26 Aug, £12–£12.50

Only Fools the Cushty Dining Experience Imagination Workshop, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, 22, £47.50–£52

Scottish Poetry Library, 9 Aug, £5 Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–10 Aug, £7 Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 19, £15

Mouthpiece

Sweet Grassmarket, 19–25 Aug, £8.50

James Rowland’s A Hundred Different Words for Love Summerhall, 10 Aug, 14 Aug, 17 Aug, 21 Aug, 24 Aug, £12.50

James Rowland’s Revelations Summerhall, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £12.50

Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–25 Aug, £12–£14

Blind Date HHH

CanadaHub @ King’s Hall in association with Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £11

tEMPORARY sANITY PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–26 Aug, £11.50

How to Mend the World (With a Student Play) theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £8

Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £21

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, £21

Consumers

Agent November Escape Game: Murder Mr E

Coma

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–17 Aug, £7

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £7.50

SAGA

The Rise and Fall of Patti Superb

Employ Me, You Cowards!

ZOO Playground, 9–10 Aug, £10

Cadaver Synod

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–17 Aug, £7

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

Bullarena Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–17 Aug, £10

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Cactus

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–13 Aug, £11.50

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 15, FREE

20:50

Seamonster, the Story

Father

James Rowland’s Songs of Friendship

Fempire: Mess by Kirsten Vangsness Assembly Rooms, 11 Aug, 15 Aug, 18 Aug, 21 Aug, 24 Aug, £10–£11

Night Walk for Edinburgh Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 19, £15

The Brunch Club

Up and Away

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9 Aug, £10

Enough

theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £10

Scottish Poetry Library, 13–23 Aug, not 18, 19, £7

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, £10

O Sister, Where Art Thou?

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

20:25

Pleasance Pop-Up: Levels, 9–24 Aug, not 13, 20, £9–£12

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22 Aug, £10

Listen, You Can Hear the Sound of No Hands Clapping

Summerhall, 10–24 Aug, not 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, £12

Neglecting Midwives Gives Mothers PTSD

Fake News Kills World!

HHH

The Life of Spies

theSpace on the Mile, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £6–£8

Under the Floorboards

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, FREE

A War of Two Halves Tynecastle Park, 9–26 Aug, not 10, 13, £24

Night Walk for Edinburgh Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 19, £15

I’m Woman Sweet Grassmarket, 19–25 Aug, £9

The Greatest Theatrical Event... Ever!

The Domestic

Paradise in The Vault, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, not 18, £6–£8

Wait, What?

20:20 Reservoir Dugs theSpace @ Venue45, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

The Good Scout HHH

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, not 13, £12

Hindsight HHH

theSpace on North Bridge, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £11

Tuck Into Poetry – A Lite Bite of Cheese and Puns theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

ZOO Playground, 11–15 Aug, £6–£8

Contractions PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 14–18 Aug, £11.50

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £12

The Bald Soprano Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–24 Aug, £10

Bitch, Antigone theSpace on the Mile, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £12

A Family Affair Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £12

20:55 Honeypot Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £8

Ejaculation – Discussions About Female Sexuality

HHH

Summerhall, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

The Taming of the Shrew

Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 13–25 Aug, not 14, 19, £15

Summerhall, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, £25

James Rowland’s Team Viking Summerhall, 9 Aug, 13 Aug, 16 Aug, 20 Aug, 23 Aug, £12.50

McNaughton Scottish Arts Club, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 12 Aug, 14 Aug, £15

Making a Murderer: Part 2 – Brendan Dassey’s Post-Conviction Lawyers Laura Nirider and Steven Drizin in Conversation The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 11–15 Aug, £19

The Cabinet of Madame Fanny Du Thé Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

A Trilogy of Horrors: Volume II

The Royal Scots Club, 12–17 Aug, £10

21:00

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–11 Aug, £10

20:35

Rob Bell: An Introduction to Joy

The Staircase: An Evening with David Rudolf from Netflix’s The Staircase

Broken English theSpace on North Bridge, 19–23 Aug, £10

The Last Bubble theSpace on North Bridge, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £8

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17–19 Aug, £16

Coma Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, £7.50

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–10 Aug, £19

The People’s Boat Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £8

A Rock’n’Roll Suicide!

Zoo Southside, 9–26 Aug, £10

pool (no water) The Royal Scots Club, 9–10 Aug, £12

21:10

Coma

Sherlock Holmes and the Conundrum of Conan Doyle theSpace on North Bridge, 12–17 Aug, £8

Venue150 at EICC, Various dates from 9 Aug to 24 Aug, £19.50

theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £10

More Fool You: Part II Paradise in Augustines, Various dates from 13 Aug to 25 Aug, £10

More Fool You: Part I Paradise in Augustines, Various dates from 12 Aug to 24 Aug, £10.50

Hearty Summerhall, 13–24 Aug, not 19, £8–£10

The Words Are There theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £9–£11

The American’s Dream theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £10

❤ Contra HHHH Summerhall, 9–11 Aug, £12

21:15 ❤ Burgerz HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £21

Faustus theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £7

❤ Until the Flood HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £21

The Grandmothers Grimm Paradise in The Vault, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £9

Square Go Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £15–£17

Night Walk for Edinburgh Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £15

BoxedIn Theatre Presents: The Voices We Hear Pleasance Pop-Up: Dynamic Earth, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £5

Trainspotting Live

ZOO Playground, 9–26 Aug, £10

Sound Cistem

The Last King of Porn Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

zounds! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £10

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 12–15 Aug, £11.50

Bit of Sunshine

Night Walk for Edinburgh Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £15

Splintered Bedlam Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £10

Homer to Hip Hop: A History of Spoken Word PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 12–16 Aug, FREE

Time Please PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 22–26 Aug, £11.50

Greenside @ Royal Terrace, 19–23 Aug, £7

theSpace on the Mile, 19–24 Aug, £9

21:35 Shakespeare Up Late!

C venues – C aquila, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £8.50–£10.50

amendments: A Play on Words theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £10

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £15–£16.50

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £8

Laughing Horse @ The Golf Tavern, 20–25 Aug, FREE

Night Walk for Edinburgh Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £15

Our Saviour theSpaceTriplex, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £8

Brandi Alexander

Nine Months

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9.50–£10.50

Dan Webber – Genre Fluid PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9 Aug, £5

I Swallowed a Moon Made of Iron

theSpace on North Bridge, 12–17 Aug, £8

A Clockwork Orange

Svetlana

22:05

Gigolo: Bold, Beautiful, Bizarre

Die or Run

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–24 Aug, £8

22:40

❤ Working On My Night Moves HHHH

Mojo

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

How to Mend the World (With a Student Play)

theSpace on North Bridge, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Tang Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–17 Aug, £8

theSpace on the Mile, 12–17 Aug, £8

No Fun and Games

22:00

My Father the Tantric Masseur

How Not to Drown

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9–£11

HHH

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 21 Aug, £22

❤ The Patient Gloria HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug, £22

Mental Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

One Summerhall, 22–24 Aug, £9–£12

Monica: This Play Is Not About Monica Lewinsky Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

Adventures of Butt Boy and Tigger theSpace on the Mile, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £12

❤ Trying It On HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 14 Aug, 20 Aug, 25 Aug, £22

Agent November Escape Game: Murder Mr E

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £5

22:15 Searchers Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10.50–£11.50

You Have a Match theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £10

The Nana Schewitz Pass-Me-Over Party PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–24 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

22:20 Ophelia Is Also Dead theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £7

Warwick Improv Presents: Anything You Want theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–10 Aug, £8

Monogamy

❤ Crocodile Fever HHHH

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, £22

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £12

23:15 Stoned, Stupid and Stuck (A Californian Fairytale) Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £9

Dissident Sausage theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £3–£8

O Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £10

23:20

Don’t Do It, Don’t Do It, Do It! theSpace on North Bridge, 9–10 Aug, £7

22:45 ❤ Boar HHHH

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £10

23:25 Pussy in Boots: The Adult Panto theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £9

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9–£11

23:30

22:50

Hot Flush

The Bacchae Paradise in The Vault, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £9

22:55 The Slinks Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £10–£11

23:00 Tricky Second Album Pleasance Dome, 9–18 Aug, £9–£11

Don’t Be Terrible Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£11

23:05 FemFringe Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 24–25 Aug, £5

23:10 Inferno, Kid

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–16 Aug, £15

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £10

Within

TGIF

Steve Lamacq: Going Deaf for a Living

The Super Sad and Really Tragical Story of Analeise

theSpace on North Bridge, 19–24 Aug, £7–£8

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–26 Aug, £11.50 theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £8–£9

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–22 Aug, £8.50

Dissident Sausage

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £10

The Passion of the Playboy Riots

Around Edinburgh / The Milkman, 14–25 Aug, not 19, £15

Tess

The Ladies

22:30

Night Walk for Edinburgh

Underbelly, Cowgate, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £11.50–£12.50

Grave Concern

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, £15

PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 10–18 Aug, £11.50–£12

C venues – C aquila, 9–17 Aug, £9.50–£11.50

22:25 theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £9

Murder Ballads Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £10

Zoo Southside, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £10

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £10

Assembly George Square Studios, 19–20 Aug, £17.50

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8 Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 20, £12–£13

To Fall in Love

Eddie Izzard: Expectations of Great Expectations (WIP)

The Mannequin

Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff)

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16 Aug, 22 Aug, £22

Musik

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

22:10

Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£12

Pits

22:35 Listen, You Can Hear the Sound of No Hands Clapping

Redacted Arachnid

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

Ginger Johnson’s Happy Place

C venues – C cubed, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £9.50–£11.50

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 19–24 Aug, £12

Solitary

21:40

Absolutely Reliable!

Paradise in Augustines, 9–25 Aug, not 11, 18, £8–£9

Don’t Frighten the Straights!

Everyman

ZOO Playground, 11–26 Aug, £10 theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–17 Aug, £10

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 19–24 Aug, £8

Wuthering Heights

21:45

There’s Something Missing

Glockenspielsexpartybavariagoodbye

21:55

Mother and the Monster / Free Festival

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £12

Summerhall, 13–25 Aug, not 19, £8–£10

Sweet Novotel, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £9

21:20

The Populars

21:50 Before the Revolution

Father of Lies

Misfit Warrior theSpace on North Bridge, 9–24 Aug, not 11, £10

Theatre

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £12 Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £7.50

Surveillance

92

21:30 Loud Poets: Best of Fringe

Paradise in Augustines, 12–17 Aug, £5–£7.50

Dead Parents Society Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 12–17 Aug, £8

Defying Logic theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19–24 Aug, £8

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 14, £9–£10

23:50 Beauty is Pain Paradise in The Vault, 19–25 Aug, £8–£8.50

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £10

Moon Dragon for 5 and Under (0+) Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

Window (0+) Paradise in Augustines, 13–17 Aug, £6

Microbodyssey (5+) theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, not 13, £9.50

Looking Down on Me (8+) theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–24 Aug, £7

Jo Jingles – Jo Tours Bonnie Scotland (0+) Murrayfield Parish Church Centre, 9–10 Aug, FREE

A Sherlock Holmes Mystery: The Baker Street Irregulars and the Case of the Stolen Portrait (8+) theSpace on the Mile, 9–10 Aug, £8

Fox-tot! (0+) The Edinburgh Academy, Various dates from 9 Aug to 16 Aug, FREE

Science Adventures (5+) theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £10

10:10 Annie Jr (5+) theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–10 Aug, £8

10:15 CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free! (3+) Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–13 Aug, FREE

Stockbridge Church, Various dates from 10 Aug to 17 Aug, £8

Flamenco for Kids (0+) C venues – C viva, 10 Aug, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £9.50

Celeste’s Circus (0+) Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, £8

Red Riding Hood: The Panto (3+)

Moon Dragon Babies for Under 1s (0+)

So You Think You Know About Dinosaurs...?! with Dr Ben Garrod (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–23 Aug, not 12, FREE

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, FREE

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

Olaf Falafel – It’s One Giant Leek for Mankind (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–17 Aug, £9–£11

Spec-tacular (3+) PQA Venues @Riddle’s Court, 9–18 Aug, £11.50

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (0+) C venues – C south, 9–17 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

Comète (5+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, £7.50

Rave & Behave (5+) Pleasance Dome, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug, £11–£12

Princess Pumpalot: The Ghostly Farting Monk Hunt (3+)

Assembly Checkpoint, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £9–£11

Le Monde, 9 Aug, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, £8

Children’s Silent Disco (5+)

The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare (5+)

City of Edinburgh Tours, 9–26 Aug, £10

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–17 Aug, £10–£12

One Duck Down (3+)

Mr. Men and Little Miss On Stage (0+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 20, £8–£10

Shark in the Park (3+) Assembly George Square, 9–18 Aug, not 14, £10–£12

Moonbird (5+) Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 20, £8.50–£10

10:40

Assembly George Square, 9–13 Aug, £10–£12

10:45 Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–14 Aug, £8–£10

Valentina’s Galaxy (3+)

Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs: The Magic Cutlass (3+) Pleasance Courtyard, 9–19 Aug, not 13, £10–£13

10:50 Doodle Pop (3+)

Underbelly, George Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £11–£12

A Long Road Home (3+) Carrubbers, 12–17 Aug, £7

Children’s Underground Ghost Show (5+) City of Edinburgh Tours, 9–26 Aug, £8

The Tale of Hamlet the Viking (8+) The Royal Scots Club, 9–10 Aug, £12

Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret (0+) Assembly George Square Gardens, 12–15 Aug, £9

Games With James (5+) Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–18 Aug, not 14, FREE

Sunshine (3+) Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

Ned and the Whale (3+)

Rhyme Marmalade (5+) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Waverley Bar, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Underbelly, Cowgate, 12–18 Aug, £10–£11

Little Wings (5+) theSpace on North Bridge, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £7.50

Beauty and the Beast (3+) Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–11 Aug, £11

11:15 Bubble Show: Milkshake and the Winter Bubble (0+) Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–26 Aug, not 14, £8.50–£9.50

CeilidhKids at the Fringe – Free! (3+) Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–25 Aug, not 15, 20, 22, FREE

Spontaneous Potter Kidz (5+)

A Long Road Home (3+) Palmerston Place Church, 9–10 Aug, £7

Baby Loves Disco (0+) The Jam House, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £8

Treasure Island (5+) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–18 Aug, £8.50–£9.50

11:25

11:55

Joyce (3+)

Danny the Champion of the World (3+)

Assembly Roxy, 9–26 Aug, £11–£12

The First King of England in a Dress (5+)

Rubbish Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (3+)

theSpaceTriplex, 12–17 Aug, £11–£12

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £8.50–£10

12:00

Fantastic Magic Show for Kids (3+)

Chores (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £8–£10

The Greatest Magic Show (3+)

Wee Seals and Selkies (5+)

Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£12

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–11 Aug, £9

Jo Jingles – Jo Tours Bonnie Scotland (0+)

Science Magic: Play with Your Food (5+)

Murrayfield Parish Church Centre, 9–10 Aug, FREE

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Fox-tot! (0+)

Maths Madness with Kyle D Evans (8+)

The Edinburgh Academy, Various dates from 9 Aug to 16 Aug, FREE

Down with the Poetry King! (8+) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–18 Aug, £8–£9

First Piano on the Moon: Will Pickvance (5+)

C venues – C viva, 9–26 Aug, not 13, £7.50–£9.50

Dexter and Winter’s Detective Agency (5+) Roundabout @ Summerhall, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug, £10

Don’t Mess with the Dummies (3+) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £11.50–£12.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–18 Aug, £9.50–£11

Jelly or Jam (0+) Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 10–11 Aug, £13

Mr Fibbers Presents: Back in Tune (8+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–23 Aug, not 13, £9–£11

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–18 Aug, £6

Big Tops and Tiny Tots Circus Show (3+)

Little Baby Bum (0+)

Imagination Workshop, 9–18 Aug, £10

Assembly George Square, 9–18 Aug, £11.50–£13

Colonel Mustard and the Big Bad Wolf (3+)

11:40

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 15–18 Aug, £9

The Fablesmiths (5+)

Soundplay Dome (0+)

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–17 Aug, not 11, £7

Huggers (3+)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 9–17 Aug, FREE

The Showstoppers’ Kids Show (3+)

Mustard Doesn’t Go with Girls (5+)

Slime (0+)

Man vs Balloon: The Family Magic Show (5+)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bar Bados Complex, 9–12 Aug, FREE

Summerhall, 9–18 Aug, not 12, £12

11:45

Pleasance Pop-Up: Central Library, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, £7–£8

theSpace @ Niddry St, 19–24 Aug, £8

11:30

Gilded Balloon Rose Theatre, 10 Aug, £10

Shakespeare for Kids: Fools and Bottoms (0+)

City Art Centre, 12–16 Aug, £5

Rocket Girl (5+)

11:00

Dream Machine (5+)

Soundplay Dome (0+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–10 Aug, £8

Bambino Beats – Summertime Boogie Under the Sea (0+)

11:10

11:20

Jerry and the Adventures of the HMS Stargazer (5+)

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug, not 12, £9–£10

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–11 Aug, FREE

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 9–18 Aug, not 12, 13, £9

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£11

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £8

Stockbridge Church, 9 Aug, £6

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 14–23 Aug, FREE

Africa Weird and Wonderful (0+)

10:30

Topsy and Turvy’s Twisty Turny Journey (3+)

Valentina’s Galaxy (3+)

Pleasance at EICC, 9–17 Aug, not 12, £8

Little Top (0+)

Hey Diddle Diddle (0+)

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10–£11

Sina – The Girl Who Cast Her Shadow (5+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 12–24 Aug, not 18, £8

Sparkle (3+)

Romantic Romeo (5+)

11:05

Pleasance Dome, 16–18 Aug, FREE

The Bubble Show (0+)

Stockbridge Church, 19 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, £8

Museum of Childhood, 12–18 Aug, FREE

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £14.50–£15.50

Bicycle Boy (5+)

Grimm Tales (5+)

Sail Away! (0+)

Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo (3+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 19, £8.50–£11

10:20

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – Fletcher Building, Various dates from 9 Aug to 18 Aug, £8

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 14, £7.50–£8.50

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – Fletcher Building, 13–15 Aug, £8

Assembly George Square Gardens, 15–26 Aug, £10–£12

Summerhall, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 19, £10

Tappuccino (5+)

I Believe In Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo (5+)

The Bubble Show (0+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug, £8

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

The Bureau of Untold Stories (3+)

City Art Centre, 12–16 Aug, £5

12:10 I Hate Children Children’s Show (8+)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–25 Aug, FREE

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–18 Aug, £11–£12.50

Beetlemania: Kafka for Kids (5+)

Girl Scouts vs Aliens (8+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, £10–£12

VIKING (8+) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–18 Aug, £10–£11

11:50 Brave Macbeth (3+) Pleasance Courtyard, 9–18 Aug, £8.50–£10

When Trolls Try to Eat Your Goldfish (5+) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Ciao Roma, 9–24 Aug, not 11, 18, FREE

Walter the Wanderer, Book Reading and Colour-Along (3+) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Natural Food Kafe, 9–25 Aug, not 10, FREE

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20, £10–£12

12:20 ComedySportz UK (8+) Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–17 Aug, FREE

12:30 Valentina’s Galaxy (3+) Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – Fletcher Building, Various dates from 9 Aug to 18 Aug, £8

Bambino Beats – Summertime Boogie Under the Sea (0+) Stockbridge Church, 10 Aug, £6

Children’s Underground Ghost Show (5+) City of Edinburgh Tours, 9–26 Aug, £8

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10:00 Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (5+)

Grumpy Pants (3+)

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93 Wriggle Around the World (0+)

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Tickets 0131 622 6552 theatre-fideri-fidera.com n Z y Ogg ‘n’ Ugg ‘n’ Dogg (3+) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £9–£10

The Maths Magic Show 2019 (8+) PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Shakespearience (5+) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £9.50–£10.50

12:40 The Wizard of Oz (3+) theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–10 Aug, £9

The Amazing Bubble Man (0+) Underbelly, George Square, 9–26 Aug, £11–£12

Pleasance Dome, 16–18 Aug, FREE

Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels (3+) Pleasance at EICC, 15–16 Aug, £18

Children’s Haunted Underground Experience (5+) Auld Reekie Tours Police Box, 9–26 Aug, £12

Story Builders (5+) Lauriston Halls, 9–24 Aug, not 14, 15, 21, 22, £8

Bessy Bass Band’s Munchtime Music! (0+) Stockbridge Church, 17 Aug, 24 Aug, £10

13:05 Legend of Shadows (0+) C venues – C south, 18–26 Aug, £10.50–£12.50

13:15 The Happy Prince (14+) C venues – C aquila, 9–26 Aug, not 12, 19, £10.50–£12.50

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 12, £10–£12

13:50

The New and Improved I Hate Children Children’s Show (8+)

Mother Goose CANCELLED (3+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–24 Aug, £11–£12

Heat Transfer Printing Workshop (12+)

Bicycle Boy (5+)

I’ll Take You to Mrs Cole! (8+)

Our Teacher’s a Troll! (5+)

Basil Brush’s Family Fun Show (5+)

Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 9–24 Aug, not 12, 19, £11.50–£12.50

13:45

13:25

13:30

Splash Test Dummies (5+)

Kids

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

13:00 Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–15 Aug, £11.50–£12.50

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Science Magic: Play with Your Food (5+)

White Stuff, 17 Aug, £15

The Red Balloon (5+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 13–17 Aug, £6

Hill Street Theatre, 9 Aug, £12

Pleasance at EICC, 9–17 Aug, not 12, £8

Double Bubble Trouble (0+) Sweet Grassmarket, 9–18 Aug, £7

Feast of Fools (5+) Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–18 Aug, not 13, 14, £8

Make Your Own Book Workshop (12+)

Children’s Haunted Underground Experience (5+) Auld Reekie Tours Police Box, 9–26 Aug, £12

A Massaoke Night at the Musicals (All Ages) (3+) Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 17 Aug, £18

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – Fletcher Building, 13–15 Aug, £8

Ned and the Whale (3+)

Soundplay Dome (0+)

Little Top (0+)

Quaker Meeting House, 9–10 Aug, £9

Valentina’s Galaxy (3+)

The Listies: Ickypedia (5+)

Murrayfield Parish Church Centre, 10 Aug, FREE

The Wizard of Winterbourne (8+)

Circus Sonas Family Show (0+)

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, £9

Jo Jingles – Jo Tours Bonnie Scotland (0+)

Underbelly, Central Hall, 17 Aug, FREE

14:00

Sweet Grassmarket, 22–25 Aug, £8 Pleasance Courtyard, 9–18 Aug, £7.50–£10

Junior Jungle Rave (3+)

15:00 Me and the Mask – Commedia dell’Arte (5+)

City Art Centre, 12–16 Aug, £5

Italian Cultural Institute, 15 Aug, 22 Aug, £8

Baby Loves Disco (0+)

Bicycle Boy (5+)

The Jam House, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, £9

Pleasance Dome, 16–18 Aug, FREE

Huggers (3+)

I Piano (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

14:15 Captain Jake and the Search for the Red Queen (0+) Pleasance Courtyard, 9–18 Aug, £7.50–£9.50

Pianodrome at The Pitt, 9–11 Aug, £12

Wind in the Willows (3+) Inveresk Lodge Garden, 17 Aug, £10

Children are Stinky (3+)

Sail Away! (0+)

15:05

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–18 Aug, £7–£9

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – Fletcher Building, Various dates from 9 Aug to 18 Aug, £8

Wriggle Around the World (0+) Stockbridge Church, Various dates from 18 Aug to 24 Aug, £8

The First King of England in a Dress (5+) theSpaceTriplex, 19–24 Aug, £11–£12

15:15 Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels (3+) Pleasance at EICC, 15–16 Aug, £18

17:30 The Dark Room (For Kids!) (12+) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–24 Aug, £10–£11

17:35 Comedy Club 4 Kids (5+) Assembly Roxy, 9–25 Aug, not 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, £10

15:50 Jarred Christmas and Hobbit: The Mighty Kids Beatbox Comedy Show (5+) Assembly Rooms, 9–24 Aug, not 12, £10–£11

16:00 Soundplay Dome (0+) City Art Centre, 12–16 Aug, £5

16:10 The Extraordinary Time-Travelling Adventures of Baron Munchausen (8+) The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £9

16:30

City Art Centre, 12–16 Aug, £5

Alice and the Little Prince (5+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–18 Aug, £10–£11

ComedySportz UK (8+)

14:30

Valentina’s Galaxy (3+)

15:35 Shlomo’s Beatbox Adventure for Kids (0+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–18 Aug, £7–£9

Soundplay Dome (0+)

Stockbridge Church, Various dates from 10 Aug to 17 Aug, £8

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–25 Aug, FREE

Superhero Academy: Environmental Adventure!

(3+)

White Stuff, 11 Aug, £15 Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21, £8–£10

Fantastic Flatulence and Where to Find It (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Free Sisters, 9–17 Aug, FREE

Morgan & West: Unbelievable Science (5+) Assembly George Square, 9–25 Aug, not 21, £11.50–£12.50

Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show (3+) Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–25 Aug, not 13, £10.50

17:00 Amazing Prize Family Bingo (5+) Lauriston Halls, 16–24 Aug, £4

17:40 Xchange (3+) theSpace @ Venue45, 9–10 Aug, £10

18:40 Alice in Wonderland (5+) Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 12–17 Aug, £8.50

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What’s going on at the Fridge?

What’s on our top shelf?

Red pepper paste (a.k.a.Gochujang).

We can’t live without it; we never go anywhere without it. When we get seriously homesick, Gochujang is our remedy – everything becomes soul food for us if you add a couple of spoonfuls of Gochujang.

What’s on the second shelf?

Big bottles of soda. We BRUSH Theatre members are addicted to soda. We have to always make sure that our fridge never runs out!

The rest of the shelves and door: SHOW: VENUE: TIME: TICKETS:

Doodle Pop Assembly George Square Studios 10:50am – 11:45am, 31 Jul – 25 Aug, not 12, 19 £10–£11

Lots of meat and milk. Every time we go grocery shopping, no matter how much meat and milk we buy, it never lasts more than a day. Our company manager still can’t believe how quickly we’ll get through it all.

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