Fest 2023 Issue 1

MOTHER SUPERIOR

Janine Harouni’s family matters

Inside: Christian Noelle Charles Punchdrunk Robin Ince Chloe Petts Suhani Shah Fiona Allen Ben Target Party Ghost Max & Ivan

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8 Bringing Up Baby Janine Harouni digs into her Arab roots

12 A Sense of a Feeling Christian Noelle Charles on her salon installation

21 Petts Sounds

A rude awakening for Chloe Petts

Theatre

36 Ben Target

A life-affirming tribute to a departed friend

Comedy 25 Max & Ivan

A perfect show on fatherhood and friendship

Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus

45 Party Ghost

A spooky romp through purgatory

Cabaret and Variety

48 Suhani Shah

A deft magic show that left us charmed

54 Venue Map & City Guide

Find a show and where you are with our hour-by-hour listings and street map

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Rosalie Minnitt's Perfect Day

A perfect day at the Fringe with Clementine’s Sylvanian Families

These woodland-based thespians take their fringe debut roles in Clementine very seriously indeed. That means that late-night merriment is off the table; it is in fact stated quite clearly in their contracts that sidequests, whimsical misadventures and fanciful romps are to be kept to an absolute minimum. Let these little lunatics loose in a karaoke booth and you’ll have a full-scale riot on your hands before you can cue ‘Price Tag’. (They’re all huge Jessie J fans).

Performers need to be in peak condition and no one knows that more than this

bucolic bunch, so, like the band of brothers they are, they’ll kick their day off with a light jog up the stairs and back. That’s the equivalent of Arthur’s Seat for them! On an average day, breakfast consists of four dozen eggs – Gaston-style – a whole rotisserie chicken, and a pint or four of Edinburgh’s finest mead. Each. It’s important to keep their pre-show diets light, after all. Next, it’s warm-up time. Their backstage rituals are famed across the comedy kingdom for being, well, a little unconventional. After some serious stretching led by Louis

Spence and Louis Theroux (as ever, just there to observe) the team will recreate their favourite scenes from Twilight and play a quick-fire game of Boar on the Floor. It’s unconventional but boy does it get results. They’ve offered to flyer but, between the overexcitable a cappella teens and jumpy

Photo: Lauren Hunter

Photo: Lauren Hunter

Photo: Lauren Hunter

Photo: Lauren Hunter

Boar on the Floor

Edinburgh Castle

Arthur's Seat

Twilight

improv troupes, it’s clear that the Royal Mile is no place for these little fellows. So, it’s off to Underbelly in a stretch limo for their curtain call. After another few dozen rotisseries, the show will, naturally, be a resounding success and, after three standing ovations and

at least two encores, they’ll greet their adoring fans at the stage door and graciously accept the many, many gifts, offerings and jewels thrust into their little paws.

Some of the cast, like Giles, are taking a more method approach to the show and

have been living the life of regency aristocrats for the last six months. As such, their Fringe schedule will look a little bit different to the rest of us. Giles certainly won’t be mixing with the riff raff of George Square and will most likely be found taking a toasty soak in the period town house he’s rented for the month before printing a few pithy pamphlets and then drunkenly stumbling into a local opium den.

SHOW Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine

VENUE: Underbelly, Cowgate

TIME: 2:25pm – 3:25pm, 3–27 Aug, not 14

Photo: Lauren Hunter

Photo: Ben Meadows

Edinburgh's finest mead

Bringing Up Baby

Stand-up Janine Harouni tells Eilidh Akilade about impending motherhood, her heritage and storytelling

After a Best Newcomer nomination at the Fringe in 2019, there’s a fair bit of pressure for Janine Harouni and her sophomore show –not to mention that she’ll be heavily pregnant by the time it comes around. Tonight, she’s heading out to one of many work-in-progress gigs in the run up to the Fringe.

“I’m just trying to get all the gigs and previews that I can before the baby comes and I just lay in bed eating Nutella,” she says. "I think there's this image we all have in our heads –perpetuated by social media – that pregnancy is this magical and special time, when in reality pregnancy is weird and scary and hard and gross – and very, very funny." She adds: "I want other people to know that it's OK to not know what you're doing in pregnancy, in parenthood and in life. We're all just doing our best. Life's hard, but laughter helps."

Man’oushe will explore Harouni’s Arabic roots alongside her pregnancy, unpacking heritage and its many ambiguities. “It’s about life and loss,” she says. “It kind of parallels my life and my grandmother’s life. My grandmother – Hanan Harouni – was a classical Arabic singer and she toured the world.”

Amid this paralleling an unweaving also comes into play. Her grandmother’s sister recently did a DNA test, returning somewhat “funky” results. She’s keen to keep things fairly under wraps but, ultimately, we can expect something sharp yet tender, hilarious yet genuine.

Harouni’s debut in 2019 – Stand Up with Janine Harouni (Please Remain Seated) –explored her wrought relationship with her conservative parents, particularly her beloved

father and his support for Trump. Much of Harouni’s comedy calls back to her Staten Island upbringing, a perfectly staccato New York accent making its way into each set.

Returning to the Fringe this summer, she has, as ever, got her family’s support: her father has seemingly taken her PR upon himself amid offers to co-write (despite Harouni’s objections to both). Her love for her family is clear throughout her comedy, but her narrative choices also speak to how – and how fast – we now tell stories. “If you can do really good observational comedy, I think that’s incredible,” she says. “But I also feel like that is a dying art form because the minute you think of something about the world around us, there’ll be 15 memes about it that have existed for a year already.”

Harouni is not interested in keeping up with the endless cycle of content; it’s refreshing to acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, it’s OK for us all to slow down a little and laugh while doing so. “I think once you write something personal, it’s a bit more timeless.” Remembrance and preservation of the familial has its value – however comedic the form it takes. “I also think I have a hilarious family and I’d like the world to experience them – because my therapist certainly does,” she says.

With Harouni, wit always comes with a certain warmth. “I don’t like when comedy is mean,” she says, simply. “I like to make shows that make people feel good because it’s a nice escape. And also I think it’s easy to just shit on everything around you and be cynical. It’s harder to find the good in everyone.” We don’t often align hope or kindness with virtuosity but Harouni’s ability to bring light to oftentimes dis-

Photo: Matt Stronge

“Once you write something personal, it’s a bit more timeless”

tressing or unfortunate realities is testament to the fact that yes, indeed, hope-centred art is both merit-worthy and necessary.

Connection is certainly key. One third of comedy trio Muriel, Harouni has worked closely with Sally O’Leary and Meg Salter. For her, they’re a joy to work with. “The things that are really frustrating about writing on your own are also the things that are a relief when you write with other people,” she says.

Also starring as the coolly sharp Thalia on ITV’s Buffering, Harouni’s career is proving to be anything but singular. Navigating both the solo and the collaborative is a balancing act but it’s one she’s enjoying figuring out. Her solo

stand-up, however, is not entirely detached from collaboration. At one early work-in-progress gig for her debut show, an audience member generously offered his advice afterwards. “He then proceeded to list off the most sexually violent jokes I’ve ever heard in my life,” she says, something of a past-tense unease in her eyes. “And then the last joke he told me fit perfectly in the show.” For Harouni, the joke is certainly one of her favourites, cutting the tension at just the right time. And so, with Man’oushe, she’s similarly open to audience critique. “No matter how weird you are, I will accept your feedback because I think it’s worth it,” she says.

Harouni, it seems, meets people where they’re at and goes from there. An actor by training – although she does insist “actor” ought to be in “air quotes” – Harouni stepped into stand-up only several years ago. “I was turning 30 and I’d always wanted to try standup comedy, but I’d always been afraid of doing it. And for whatever reason, 30 was a sort of a now or never moment for me,” she says.

Now a parent-in-waiting, she’ll be finishing this year’s Fringe about 18 or 19 days before her due date. “I told my mom, who was a maternity nurse, and she was like, ‘That’s brave, because all you kids came in three weeks early.’” Harouni’s advice: book Man’oushe for early August – any later, and it’s risky. With her debut in 2019, the pandemic saw Harouni’s tour cancelled. Next year, she’ll be touring Ma’noushe in Europe, India, and the USA – and all with a baby in tow. Bringing a child into the world, of course, brings a whole host of worries. “My husband’s very funny and I’m a stand up comedian but I feel like whenever you meet the children of funny people and they’re the most boring and dry,” she says. “I’m just trying to tell myself that if my kid’s not funny, it’s OK.”

What’s clear is that Man’oushe is going to be a memorable moment. “Who knows,” she says, “the baby might come early and then hopefully get a newcomer nom.”

Perhaps, it runs in the family.

SHOW Janine Harouni: Man’oushe

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 6:20pm – 7:20pm, 2–25 Aug, not 14, 21

Photo: Matt Stronge

A Sense of a Feeling

Glasgow based American artist Christian Noelle Charles’s Art Festival exhibition is set in the unique context of a salon installation. She tells us about her intentions for this work through the Black feminine lens

Words: mandla rae

Christian Noelle Charles has an enigmatic warm energy that makes one feel like you’ve known each other through several lifetimes. Our conversation reminds me of the Black women I share smiles and compliments with on the streets, I feel that almost instant sense of community or knowing with her.

Charles had an upbringing that intrigues me; she was introduced to art and creativity through her parents in Syracuse, upstate New York. Her mother ran a dance studio so from an early age Christian was taking “eight dance classes a week – heavily influenced by Alvin

Ailey’s techniques.” Her father was a radio DJ who now teaches Broadcasting and African American Music.

It’s easy to see how Charles went down the visual art route in her practice; her mother also worked as an Arts Manager, Curator and Grant Writer – Charles has been familiar with the work of artists such as Carrie Mae Weems and Faith Ringgold from an early age. I slightly envy such a creative upbringing but, I am mostly thrilled for Charles – becoming an artist was a visible possibility for her from day one, as opposed to an upbringing where the arts and creativity don’t seem open or accessible for people who look like her. Becoming an artist isn’t something she’s had to justify to her parents – creativity runs through her bloodstream.

Her exhibition at the Edinburgh Art Festival: WHAT A

FEELING

| ACT 1 – which runs until 17 September at Edinburgh Printmakers – takes its title from the iconic song by Irene Cara featured in the movie Flashdance! The work is an attempt to show gratitude to the Black women artists, such as Cass Ezeji and Alberta Whittle who she’s built community with in a predominantly white country since moving to Glasgow from the United States seven years ago. She has immortalised them in her print work. During our conversation, Charles also acknowledges and expresses gratitude to the staff at Printmakers who have worked with her over the past year and a half to bring the

Image: courtesy of the artist

Christian Noelle Charles, GESTURE I

exhibition to life. I shared in her excitement about the possibilities Edinburgh as a city creates, the doors it opens for artists to make and present on an international scale.

The exhibition space itself simulates the Beauty Salon or dressing room, where Black women are “in our space, in our bodies and cultivating self-care.” It’s called ACT 1 because it’s the first part in a series. As Charles explains, it’s “the sense of getting ready, preparing for yourself or for something big. Each screenprint is a portrait of someone getting ready but it’s also a window of opportunity, based off the structures of Black feminine contexts and challenging the status quo of how Black women always have to work hard and present themselves in a certain way or work twice as hard just to get half as far.”

Community and togetherness are integral to Charles as a person as well as an artist and it’s in this spirit that she’s throwing a Backyard BBQ – American block party style on 25 August in the Printmakers Gallery Courtyard, with a Nigerian barbecue catered and DJ sets from

Junglehussi, Mojxmma and Edinburgh Art Festival Board Member, presenter, and writer Gemma Cairney. With this event, Charles hopes to switch up the idea of “what it looks like to gather in an arts context.” Instead, she wants it “to feel more like a family reunion” so all are invited to get fed, dance with her and buy a print – Charles wants all her artworks to find loving homes.

SHOW Christian Noelle Charles: WHAT A FEELING! | ACT I

VENUE: Edinburgh Printmakers

TIME: 10am-6pm, until 17 Sep (not Mondays)

Photo: Matthew Arthur Williams

“Each screen-print is a portrait of someone getting ready but it’s also a window of opportunity”

Christian Noelle Charles

Top Picks: Art Festival

A range of emerging and international talent, from debut solo shows to public art works

Alberta Whittle: create dangerously

National Galleries of Scotland: Modern One, until 7 Jan 2024, times vary

An immersive exhibition which is the largest showing of Whittle’s work to date, addressing colonialism, the transatlantic trade in enslaved people, and the climate crisis. Whittle will also present a newly-commissioned performance The Last Born –making room for ancestral transmissions on 13 August, 7pm at Parliament Hall.

Lindsey Mendick: SH*TFACED

Jupiter Artland, until 1 Oct, times vary

Lindsey Mendick’s first solo show in Scotland draws inspiration from the duality in Stevenson’s gothic novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Through crafted ceramics vases, sculptures and stained glass, Mendick subverts everyday scenes to explore binge-drinking culture and self-regret.

Platform 2023

Trinity Apse, 11-27 Aug, times vary

The festival’s annual showcase of early career visual artists, now in its ninth year. This year’s artists selected from an open call are Aqsa Arif, Crystal Bennes, Rudy Kanhye, and Richard Maguire, who are presenting works spanning race, climate change, food justice, cultural identity and more.

Photo; Neil Hanna

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Lindsey Mendick, SH_TFACED

Platform – Aqsa Arif, Spicy Pink Tea

Tarek Lakhrissi: I wear my wounds on my tongue (II)

Collective, until 1 Oct, times vary

A new exhibition by the French artist and poet exploring desire, language and queerness. Lakhrissi takes inspiration from the work of the late poet, essayist and performance artist Justin Chin, with the installation featuring newly commissioned sculpture and sound pieces.

Rabiya Choudhry: Give light and people will find the way (Ella Baker)

Leith Library, until 27 Aug

An illuminated artwork based on a painting by Choudhry, part of the artist’s ongoing project Lost Lighting – a series of lighting artworks for public places intended to ‘act like a vigil in the dark’. The torch motif in the work features the words of African-American civil rights activist Ella Baker, who fought for societal change for ordinary people.

Scottish Women Artists: 250 Years of Challenging Perception

Dovecot Studios, until 6 Jan 2024, times vary

An exhibition spotlighting 45 diverse women artists, showcasing a unique history of Scottish art via 70 paintings, tapestries, textiles, sculptures and photographs. Featured artists include Catherine Read, Sekai Machache, Phoebe Anna Traquair, Bessie MacNicol, Joan Eardley, Elizabeth Blackadder, Rachel Maclean and Alison Watt.

Image: courtesy of the artist

Image: courtesy of the artist, Kevin

Space, VITRINE and Galerie Allen

Image: courtesy of the artist

Photo: Phil Wilkinson

Rabiya Choudhry, Guve Light and People Will Find The Way,

Tarek Lakhrissi, I wear my wounds on my tongue

Alberta Whittle, One Entanglement is more than blood

Sekai Machache and Dovecot Studios, Lively Blue

Bookworms

Punchdrunk Theatre’s Artistic Director Pete Higgin and comedian Robin Ince explore the transformative power of books and imagination

Words: Ben Venables

Pete Higgin: The inspiration was a book by an author called Robert Thompson – How To Live Forever. The story is great, but it’s not one that we followed. This library comes to life and characters come out of the books at night. You can see little windows in the books. We took that as a kind of an aesthetic inspiration for something that became known as The Lost Lending Library

The idea is trying to make the children the heroes in a kind of picture book adventure that happens to them. It gets them very excited and it gets them excited about books.

Robin Ince: If we were all reading the same book and there were 40 of us in the room, we would all have a different film playing in our heads. We would all be seeing a different lead actor, and we’d all be seeing different front rooms and carriages and wild dogs or whatever. And that’s one of the things that I love about reading. The fact that once you get into a book you are very much part of it. I do think reading is about empathy. A book I bang on about a lot is Welcome to St. Hell, a comic book by Lewis Hancox, a trans man who grew up in St. Helens. It’s a powerful book and it makes

Photo: Paul Cochrane

The Lost Lending Library

you go: ‘Oh, I’m now armed with a little bit of someone else’s mind, someone’s experience, an experience nothing like my experience. Now I can begin to respond to other minds.’

Pete: We’re trying to get children excited about the potential of books, but also getting them to understand the power of their imagination. We’ve heard from schools and parents over and over again about children who are quiet, or difficult to get writing out of, bringing in pages of writing. It might not be grammatically correct. It might not be the perfectly structured story, but the children have this reason to write and they’ve got excited about writing. If we can infuse anybody about anything, whether it’s through immersive theatre or through something more traditional, the moment you capture a child’s imagination you can unlock their potential.

Robin: When you mentioned the grammatical thing I think that’s important, to try and cut down on the number of rules that people think they have to obey. I was thinking about some of the people in prisons who’ve not ever had the chance to learn about reading. A friend of mine, Alistair Fruish, found the two things that put off a lot of people in prison were long words and punctuation. So he wrote a book where people could just get into the reading and not worry about it. It’s a monosyllabic book that’s all one sentence, about a prison sentence, called The Sentence. We did a live event reading it out – it was like a shamanic spell.

Reading aloud is another thing. I have some friends who, even now their kids are teenagers, still sit together at bedtime and they read books. The rule of saying there’s a certain age where you shouldn’t be reading to your child at bedtime – none of these rules matter.

Pete: Our project, overnight, jumps into a school. Where there was once a door, there’s now a bookshelf. During lockdown, one school found themselves with a spare classroom. They built something called The Museum of Everything, which connected to our library. It’s an immersive space in their school where they continue to do lessons and learning. When I saw that, I was like, OK, I’m gonna retire now cause my work here is done!

I think it begins to invert the hierarchy and gets teachers and children standing shoul-

der-to-shoulder.It’s a gift actually. I think the more that you gift people great experiences means they feel valued. Then it’s much easier for them to get pen to paper. They suddenly want to do drama and their need to create is amplified. And it’s a fun thing watching that unfold.

Robin: It might have been Neil Gaiman who first pointed out that the library is one of the only places where you can walk in and they’re not expecting you to give over your money. It’s a space which is welcoming. There’s so much unnecessary suffering about just how narrow it’s felt that the world wants us to be. Erratic thoughts and strange imaginations, all of these things which in the rest of the world are seen as being, kind of, ‘Oh dear. You said a bit of a weird thing.’

Well, imagination is all the books on our shelves, isn’t it?

VENUE: Church Hill Theatre Studio

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

VENUE: Gilded Balloon at the Museum

TIME: 1:00pm – 2:00pm, 2–27 Aug

Photo: Trent Burton

SHOW Robin Ince – Weapons of Empathy

SHOW The Lost Lending Library

Robin Ince

Top Picks: Book Festival

Captivating memoirs, thought-provoking discussions: from new novelists to our most celebrated authors

Malorie Blackman: Writing My Story

Spark Theatre, Tue 22 Aug, 12pm

Just Sayin’ is Malorie Blackman’s memoir charting her journey from a south London bookworm into one of the UK’s most celebrated authors. In this event, Blackman speaks to novelist Alex Wheatle about her book, which delves into the obstacles of societal racism and her diagnosis of sickle cell anaemia.

Jenni Fagan: I Was Not Meant To Be Here

Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court, Fri 25 Aug, 8.30pm

In conversation with journalist Terri White, Jenni Fagan introduces her memoir Ootlin at the Book Festival, detailing her childhood experiences in the care system and how storytelling helped shape her life.

Mikaela Loach: Changing the Climate Narrative

Spark Theatre, Sat 12 Aug, 7pm

Mikaela Loach’s new book It’s Not That Radical is a fresh and panoramic look at climate action. The Edinburgh-based activist and writer is sitting down with Gemma Cairney to discuss how best we can carry out change.

K Patrick: Summer of Desire

Spark Theatre, Sun 20 Aug, 5.15pm

Mrs S is an extraordinary debut novel that unfolds over an intense summer at a girls boarding school. Author K Patrick discusses her work with novelist Harry Josephine Giles.

Bernardine Evaristo: On Never Giving Up

Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court, Fri 25 Aug, 5pm

In her memoir, Manifesto: On Never Giving Up, Bernardine Evaristo discusses the courage, honesty and hope needed for success. The Booker prize-winning writer will be chatting with Scottish playwright and poet Hannah Lavery.

Colson Whitehead: Harlem Through a Kaleidoscope

Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court, Tue 15 Aug, 8.30pm

Colson Whitehead, double Pulitzer prize-winner, returns to Edinburgh to discuss Crook Manifesto, the second novel in a series set in 1960s and 70s New York. Whitehead will be talking with writer Jess Brough.

Photo; Paul Akinrinlola

Photo: Jennie Scott

Photo: Urszula Soltys

Photo: Emma Hardy

Photo: Michael Lionstar

Photo: Alice Zoo

Malorie Blackman

K Patrick

Bernardine Evaristo

Colson Whitehead

Jenni Fagan

Mikaela Loach

POIGNANT, TRUE STORIES OF HUMANITARIAN WORKERS

Petts Sounds

Words: Eve Livingston

There was a moment during last year’s Fringe when Chloe Petts second guessed herself. Early in the run of her debut Transience, which sought to challenge rising transphobia from her perspective as an often-misgendered lesbian, she walked on stage to find herself face-to-face with a front row full of “burly

Scotsmen”. Would her jokes about gender, sexuality and the complex dynamics of women’s toilets land?

“I remember really distinctly looking out at those guys and sort of profiling them, wondering if I needed to make my message more accessible or soften it a bit,” she recalls.

As she returns to the Fringe with the follow-up to last year’s hit show Transience, Chloe Petts tells us why it’s time to get bolder and brasher

Photo: Matt Stronge

“Then I thought, no: this is what you believe, go out and do the show and trust that these are good people and they can handle it.”

They did indeed handle it, as did packedout audiences throughout the month and critics who christened Petts a rising star and one to watch. It was a good lesson in not compromising, Petts says. And it’s one she has carried through to her upcoming show, If You Can’t Say Anything Nice, which she describes as “the angry show after last year’s polite show.”

“I travelled up and down the country last year doing this show trying to tell people not to be transphobic and, if anything, it’s got even worse,” she explains. “So this show is like: you haven’t listened so I’m not going to be nice anymore. No more mister nice guy!”

Billed as “a newer, ruder approach to the big issues,” this year’s show explores Petts’ “journey with anger” and promises jokes on weddings, football fans, and people who play music too loudly on the bus. But it’s also an examination of empathy: “I’m trying to think about how we see anger societally and how useful it is; how useful it is to be angry and how useful it was to be polite,” she says.

“The whole ‘be kind’ movement makes me feel a bit like: well, sometimes you can’t just be kind, sometimes you have to fight back. So I guess it’s saying, be kind if you can but what about if you can’t?”

And if rudeness and anger have an important societal role, says Petts, they also, crucially, have a comedic one.

“There’s a misconception that talking about things like gender and sexuality means being a leftie liberal snowflake,” she says. “I think people enjoy rude humour that’s a bit on the edge, that’s not something that’s exclusive to the right.

“I enjoyed those bits in the last show so much, which is why I want to do this show where I really lean into how far I can push it.”

Petts waited two years to debut her solo hour thanks to the pandemic, but was rewarded with sell-out crowds, glowing reviews,

and a Breakthrough Act nomination at the Chortle Awards. What is it like to try and follow that reception?

“It currently feels kind of like I’m in the midst of GCSEs; I’m having all these stress dreams and it’s all I can think about,” she jokes. “I guess the difference is that it’s like doing an exam but then someone watches you do the exam and reviews you in a national broadsheet.”

But she looks, as she does often, to her favourite hobby for perspective. “I try to remember that footballers want to play in the biggest games possible and that’s the reward for the hard work; we do it for the big moments,” she says.

“So I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little stressed, a little nervous – but I think I’ve worked hard enough to give myself the best chance of having a really fun year.”

Photo: Matt Stronge

SHOW Chloe Petts: If You Can’t Say Anything Nice

Pleasance Courtyard

“Sometimes you have to fight back”

Comedy Reviews

Max & Ivan: Life, Choices

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 5:20pm – 6:20pm, 2–27

Aug, not 5, 12, 19, 26

Find a job you love and you’ll never do a day’s work in your life, so they say. What they rarely add (but should) is that if you monetise your hobby and friendship you’ll never know a single day of inner peace.

Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez, heartbreakingly, are coming to realise this. They became a double act in 2008, and detailed evidence of their mutual affection has contributed to the magic of their

storytelling-heavy live shows ever since.

But they’re older now. Let’s call it early-to-mid-30s. Gonzalez has a baby, and life for a comedy duo is a precarious existence at the best of times (which these, emphatically, are not). Olesker, meanwhile, had a lot of thinking time forced upon him when what was supposed to be a trip to paradise took a nasty turn.

And so, as the men behind the cult Fringe show, The Wrestling, assess their own character types and consider where they are in life, they look to their fathers for advice and insight. And what lives the

older men have lived. We’re guided through astonishing descriptions of some of the things they got up to, all enhanced by Max & Ivan’s customarily engaging multimedia displays, which here include everything from eye-misting photos of the past and daft photoshopping to deliberately ridiculous private data breaches from Gonzalez.

Not only is this show consistently funny, and perfectly structured and executed, but the emotional twists and turns will do all sorts of things to your heart. Bring your best friend and bring tissues. ✏︎

Ashley Davies

Photo: Rachel Sherlock

Katy Berry: Diamond Goddess Crystal Pussy

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TIME: 2:10pm – 3:10pm, 3–27

Aug, not 14, 22

In a dark, stuffy room that towers high above the Cowgate, a demigoddess with turquoise hair and glamorous sequins awaits. Bubbles from a handheld machine operated by a helpful assistant signal her en-

trance and from here, we are transported from this musty room to a magical moonlit group therapy session, with piano accompaniment.

Katy Berry, of Baby Wants Candy fame, is a skilled improviser, whether she’s belting out riffs or doing impressive Nicki Minaj-esque raps about the audience’s guilty pleasures. The purpose of our coming together today is to unleash our inner magic and go full goddess; to let go, manifest and move forward, thanks to the Long Island comedian’s handy step-by-step guide.

A particularly cringe-worthy story about mooning an audience as a 12-year-old during

a talent show and having an extremely unfortunate incident with some Nair will elicit intense feelings of nostalgia in anyone that has been an awkward teenager. But the point of these anecdotes is to encourage us to embrace our inner selves, whatever that may look like.

Despite the general silliness (including an appearance from a mystical Billy Joel) and references to Berry being Poseidon’s illegitimate daughter, Diamond Goddess Crystal Pussy is a show that explores identity and how internalised shame from your adolescence can follow you well into adulthood. ✏︎ Arusa Qureshi

VENUE: Just the Tonic at The Mash House

Photo: Mindy Tucker

Susie McCabe: Femme Fatality

VENUE: Assembly George Square Studios

TIME: 8:35pm – 9:35pm, 2–27 Aug, not 14

Susie McCabe has never been a girlie girl. And she’s got hundreds of winning jokes to illustrate the fact in this beautiful hour in which she addresses perceptions of womanhood, along the way telling us what it was like growing up gay in the 1980s and 90s.

It’s her most personal show to date, and there are moments when you’re crying as much from laughter as from the hunger conveyed in vivid descriptions of a wee “hurricane of homosexuality”, desperate for crumbs of representation in her world.

Gags about the qualifications the Glaswegian had as a bairn/wean are just outstanding, and her descriptions of depictions of homosexuality in the 80s are painfully accurate: gay men in soaps would die from Aids after three episodes, and anything about lesbians was “art”.

Such is McCabe’s skill as a storyteller that we find ourselves laughing along at the tales from her building site days when gay was a punchline (blokes will get called Liberace for the tiniest non-macho action). But what she’s cleverly doing here is forgiving those, herself includ-

ed, who’ve disguised insecurities as banter in the past. And she approaches difficult subjects such as body image and internet trolls with a delicate touch that belies how tough things

must have been at times. There’s so much to adore about this show, which is brimming with wisdom, fun, warmth and hope. And so, so much laughter. ✏︎

Ashley Davies

Photo: Andrew Jackson

Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail HHHHH

VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy

TIME: 7:35pm – 8:35pm, 31 Jul – 27 Aug

There aren’t that many comics who can crack a smutty maths joke and perform some impressive sexual miming while bringing their Masters thesis to life – all while delivering a non-stop torrent of laughs. Olga Koch can do it backwards and in heels (OK, Crocs).

Koch has had one heck of a year. In addition to her academic attainments, she’s turned 30, travelled the world, got three tattoos (one’s a prawn) and had some

surprising medical news. She’s delighted to have achieved some specific sexual breakthroughs and if you saw last year’s show, Just Friends, you’ll have a pretty good idea of one particular ambition she was hoping to fulfil.

This confident and engaging stand-up wrote her thesis on parasocial relationships, the imbalance that occurs when one person is emotionally invested in another, yet the latter has no awareness of the former’s existence. It’s a common feature of contemporary life, particularly when wellknown people reveal aspects

of themselves on social media, but so-called reply guys aren’t the only ones who succumb to it.

The true story she tells to illustrate the concept takes some interesting turns, and there’s a rare, if fleeting, glimpse of vulnerability from Koch which serves as an appreciated little twist of self-knowledge in this tasty sex-positive cocktail.

Every time you think Koch is already at the top of the game, she comes out with something even better. Imagine what she’ll give us when she turns 40. ✏︎ Ashley Davies

Photo: Rachel Sherlock

Moses Storm: Perfect Cult

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VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 10:20pm – 11:20pm, 2–27

Aug, not 16

Moses Storm attempts to create the perfect cult in a show where stand-up comedy meets immersive theatre. Based on audience participation, his Fringe debut is inclusive, original, and captivating.

Storm grew up on a repurposed Greyhound bus, travelling the United States with his family to spread

the beliefs of a doomsday cult. This is extraordinary in itself, and for somebody with no opportunity to socialise during their formative years, he’s surprisingly in tune with his fellow humans.

Far from making Perfect Cult all about himself, Storm invites the audience to create the show with him, giving free rein from the offset. Anything goes, including phones, as long as everyone’s comfortable. It could easily descend into chaos but there’s not one second of the hour that he’s not in charge of the room.

Storm makes subtle references to the wounds

he’s learning to live with, but Perfect Cult is the opposite of trauma dumping. He’s here to spread light and joy, and while he openly accepts his own struggles, he also acknowledges everyone else’s.

Some of the audience interaction drags on a bit, possibly because Storm is so much more entertaining than anyone else. In a sense, he’s the personification of a successful cult leader – charming, magnetic, in charge – and at the end of the show it’s clear that the audience would, quite literally, follow him anywhere. ✏︎ Veronica

Finlay

Photo: Dylan Woodley

Amusements by Ikechukwu Ufomadu HHHHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 5:40pm – 6:40pm, 2–27

Aug, not 16

Ikechukwu Ufomadu is an absolute card, with one of the leanest, most polished, smoothly hilarious introductions to a Fringe debut I’ve ever seen. Taking the stage in his tight tuxedo, fiddling with the mic in an effortlessly funny bit of business, he’s a slightly stiff, impossibly formal speaker who’s forever high on his own oratory.

A clown with impeccable diction and manners, his untrammelled, joke-free soliloquy from Hamlet is gripping, powerful stuff. Yet elsewhere, whether channelling the spirits of JFK or FDR, Shakespeare or Herman Melville, he relentlessly interrogates and pulls apart the English language, finding original gags everywhere among the very syntax and lexicon, authoritatively, genially and pointlessly talking, just talking, with a joyous, mellifluous flow while radiating American sincerity, standards and bonhomie.

Unfortunately though, because the persona is so immensely compelling, the appeal then rather falls off a cliff as it emerges that this truly is all there is, that the show is essentially all surface and no substance. You can palpably feel the energy in the room dip as realisation sets in. Ufomadu does then actually

loosen things up a bit with a few musical twists and lets his mask slip ever so slightly with some audience questions. But it’s never quite enough. Baited to want to know more about

the man behind the tux, you can’t help but feel catfished. Flourishing his verbosity like a refined, gentleman swordsman, he keeps you at arm’s length. ✏︎

Jay Richardson

Photo: Zach DeZon

Get Blessed!

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VENUE: Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

TIME: 1:00pm – 2:00pm, 2–27 Aug, not 14

Áine Reilly is a funeral celebrant and she’s here to teach you how to be one too. Taking the form of an interactive course complete with PowerPoint, biscuits, and felt tip pens, this Fringe debut from Irish writer and comic Niamh Denyer flies by in an hour of silliness and laughs.

Reilly is a well-realised character, with money-grabbing cynic meeting Irish archetype to great effect, and Denyer an able actor and comic. She banters easily with the audience over a well-paced hour, never breaking character. Her quick-witted retorts raise as many laughs as the scripted material.

Get Blessed! pokes fun at traditional funerals, competitive celebrants, Catholic ritual and the audience’s participation, but mostly at Reilly herself. Despite the show’s funereal

subject matter, there is no darkness here, just fun and games. In the 1pm slot, it’s a light-hearted way to start a Fringe afternoon with plenty of laughs and even some colouring in.

The success of Get Blessed! relies on an audience comfortable and enthusiastic enough to participate fully in the ‘course’s’ activities, which might seem a risk for a Fringe debut. In the hands of a performer as deft as Denyer, though, it’s difficult for them to be anything else. ✏︎ Eve

Livingston

Image: courtesy of Niamh Denyer

Avital Ash Workshops Her Suicide Note

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VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron)

TIME: 10:05pm – 11:05pm, 1–27 Aug, not 14

A dark sense of humour is found in those with a close proximity to death. Avital Ash’s arresting gallows humour recalls the kind of shocking jokes nurses and paramedics make to each other. It can feel good to laugh in death’s face.

Ash’s own proximity to death starts with the suicide of her mother while Ash was a baby. The title of her debut Edinburgh hour – Avital Ash Workshops Her Suicide Note –tells us how close death is to her own thoughts.

The show is a baring of Ash’s soul, profoundly compelling and emotionally affecting. She lays out a complex relationship with her step-mother and explains how her orthodox Jewish upbringing has, at formative times, contributed to harsh and punishing labels given to her; labels misinterpreting the actions of a smart, curious child and teenager.

As the show progresses, Ash tells of drinking blackouts and

sexual assault, filling the room with palpable tension. A tension reinforced by the shame Ash feels – which seems to coil tightly around her.

The stream of early jokes become more spread out as Ash gives time to experiences which still seem raw. An hour can’t really hold everything she has to say – and the promising device of some collaborative writing with the audience doesn’t quite pay off tonight.

Yet her openness and sincerity leave a lasting impression. And her talent for a well-written joke, delivered at just the right moment, causes laughter to move through the room like a flashlight across the dark. ✏︎ Ben Venables

Image: courtesy of Impressive PR

Theatre Reviews

Ben Target: LORENZO HHHHH

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 11:55am – 1:00pm, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Many Fringe shows attempt to grapple with existential themes like care, love and grief. Few manage to explore all three in depth simultaneously while making their audiences laugh, cry and even dance along the way. Ben Target’s LORENZO is one of the few.

LORENZO is Target’s story of caring for his dying Uncle Lorenzo, as well as a tribute to the eponymous man himself. Across a life-affirming 65

minutes, Target paints a vivid picture of Lorenzo, the act of care in both its profound and mundane guises, and the unconditional bond shared between the pair. This is a oneman show with a pared down set centred largely around a carpenter’s table, but within it is all the colour and messiness of life itself.

Target is a captivating performer, the audience entranced throughout. He cut his teeth in stand-up and it shows; perfectly pitched humour underpins the story throughout but is finely balanced with moments of

emotion in which you could hear a pin drop. The result is deeply human – haven’t we all found moments of levity amid the darkness or despaired at the mundane even as our lives change around us?

By the end of the show, the audience feels as if they knew and cared for Lorenzo too, his loss and those of others felt throughout the room. On one level, this is a pitch perfect tribute to one man. On another, it is a joyous celebration of what it means to love deeply and a moving exploration of the price we gladly pay for doing so. ✏︎

Eve Livingston

Photo: Ed Moore

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 8:50pm – 9:50pm, 2–27

Aug, not 14, 21

At first sight of Eva O’Connor in the Summerhall basement, she is no longer human. She pecks and flaps the wings of her costume, slowly zoning in on the audience with wide eyes, as if about to launch into some profound and enigmatic performance art. But that’s not what Chicken is – and thank God for that, O’Connor mockingly affirms. No, this is the story of a young Irish rooster going out into the big bad world and learning some hard truths along the way.

As our titular chicken relays their journey to super-stardom, we travel from Ireland to New York, with anecdotes about playing Jesus in the nativity, landing a role with Michael Fassbender and developing a ket addiction thanks to Colin Farrell along the way. There are multiple voices that are introduced across this hero’s tale, from a Glaswegian pigeon to a seedy NYC agent and with each character, O’Connor seamlessly slips in and out, anchored by the identity of the charismatic, determined chicken.

Written by O’Connor and Hildegard Ryan, Chicken is all-out comedic storytelling which provides plenty of moments of hilarity from start to finish. But in its examination of otherness, even if the ‘Other’ in this case is an Irish rooster sickened by the hypocrisy that surrounds him, it offers an allegory of the

complexities of belonging. The narration contains real heart thanks to the strength of both script and performance,

and in the end, you can’t help but unwittingly root for this drug-addicted celebrity chicken. ✏︎ Arusa Qureshi

Photo: Sunday's Child

It’s A Motherf**king Pleasure

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VENUE: Underbelly, Bristo Square

TIME: 2:20pm – 3:20pm, 2–27 Aug, not 14, 21

How do you review a show that’s critic-proof? That’s the challenge put forth by Samuel Brewer, Aarian Mehrabani and Chloe Palmer, the trio behind this barbed satire. If critics (and audience members) don’t leave “the disability show” with glowing reviews, they’re a “bunch of ableist cunts”, we’re told.

This isn’t the only time ableist anxieties are weaponised in this bracing (and often bracingly funny) show. We’re put off balance with an

introduction that’s purportedly designed to make anyone in the audience with a disability feel more comfortable, although the accommodating soon reaches levels of the absurd as the cast scream their lines for the hard of hearing, earplugs are handed out for those sensitive to these screams and the lights are continually raised and dimmed to oblige different levels of sight impairment.

Sandwiched between this meta-tomfoolery is a more traditional play, which involves an unscrupulous PR agency’s plans to manipulate a blind influencer into making his condition look aspirational. Before

you know it, they’re monetising the blind experience by encouraging people with 20-20 vision to test drive a cane, go on literal blind dates, or truly taste their meal by eating in a pitch-dark restaurant.

Comedy poking fun at identity politics and virtue signalling tends to be the realm of right-wing comedians, but this trio aren’t likely to appear on GB News anytime soon. Their pin-sharp show is overflowing with dark humour and righteous anger, but there’s no finger-waving. The perfect ally doesn’t exist – we’re all failing terribly, but acknowledging that is half the battle. ✏︎ Jamie Dunn

Photo: Hannah Smith

Frankie Thompson And Liv Ello: Body Show HHHHH

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 5:00pm – 6:00pm, 2–27 Aug, not 14

In Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello’s Body Show, everything is performance. Limbs and voices are props, hollow and shape-shifting; stage lights black out as the reality that the show inhabits flashes in and out of life. Here, against this backdrop of flimsy and illusion, a feral investigation into the apocalypse of our

bodies is being staged: the ones we occupy, the ones we are trapped within, the ones imposed on us. The landscape is ravaged, the doomsday clock is ticking, and it is fast becoming clear that we have lived here all along.

Weaving in a cultural fabric encompassing everything from Tom & Jerry to Come Dine With Me (“all that seems to remain are these capitalist callbacks,” Ello frets), Body Show is both a comedic triumph and a work of

remarkable anthropological scope: a relentless, frenetic collage of the nightmare of our gendered and embodied existences. It is exhilaratingly, caustically funny, but amidst its anarchy – Paul Hollywood vox pops, a lip sync of The Last Supper – sits a gutting pain, and a startling, almost unbearable tenderness in the face of such existential disaster. At the end of the world, when everything is derelict and gone, will the twisted relationships we have with our bodies even matter? It is frightening to think that they won’t; it is even more frightening, Body Show tells us, to realise they still will. ✏︎ Anahit

Behrooz

Photo: Dylan Woodley

Dark Noon

VENUE: Pleasance at EICC, TIME: 5:00pm – 6:40pm, 2–27 Aug, not 9, 16, 23

Westerns are not just important to American cinema, their influence can be felt around the world. The ensemble of South African actors that perform this show prove it. Over 100 minutes, they draw on cinematic conventions from cowboy movies to powerfully critique the European invasion of the Americas, and position the frontier as a site of colonial violence.

The script’s strength is its stylistic complexity and nuance. After the opening, cartoonish duel, the company acknowledges that disease and famine drove many of these Europeans from their homes. While this generates sympathy, their dangerous journey across the sea evokes the Middle Passage that enslaved Africans suffered. The Black cast members rubbing talc on themselves and donning blonde wigs seems absurd, but not when considered against the legacy of blackface. The white characters can be comically stereotypical, which makes the constant shootings of Native American characters

all the more serious. Metatheatre, live video feeds and audience participation contribute well to the production’s sophisticated historical and social commentary.

The cast work together with ease and skilfully navigate the use of multiple cameras. They also assemble an entire set over the course of the show, and do their best to play to the audiences on three sides of the stage. There are sightline issues by the end once the American plains have become a thriving town. Issues like this are minor in the face of the impact of white supremacist imperialism that this show drives home. ✏︎

Laura Kressly

Photo: Sõren Meisner

Tea and Milk HHHHH

VENUE: C ARTS | C venues | C aquila

TIME: 7:40pm – 8:40pm, 2–27

Aug, not 15

Tea and Milk’s narrator is going through it: she’s newly heartbroken, stuck in a deadend job, and is seemingly a perpetual disappointment to her mum. The one-woman-show shifts between the narrator’s home country and the UK, unpacking the complexities of a “foreign” identity, alongside all the other trials and tribulations of growing into adulthood. By the end of the hour, we have an undeniable fondness for this ever-failing yet every-trying woman and all her dry, cynical humour.

Writer and performer Edith Alibec holds the stage with a striking ease. Alibec truly embodies the character within the story – awkward dance moves and painfully exaggerated facial expressions – and she’s all the more endearing for this.

The narrative weaves itself almost effortlessly, folding back on itself and leaving us with a satisfying – and oftentimes poignant – clarity.

Scenes cut from one to another quickly and urgently, and Alibec is very clearly in control of each shift. However, as such, some weightier topics in the second half fall slightly clumsy amid the many, many quips.

A great deal of the laughs are comfy crowd-pleasers: Tinder and high school reunions and shitty wellness products. It’s funny but it’s also perhaps a little too general and well-

worn, too anonymous. And so, at times, there’s a sense of holding back, intimacy restrained for the sake of a broad appeal. But, that’s also kind of the point: Tea

and Milk follows a character using comedy to detach herself – it’s fitting that such detachment carries through in this undoubtedly moving watch. ✏︎ Eilidh Akilade

Image: courtesy of SM Publicity

2 August – 27 August 2023 Pleasance at EICC • pleasance.co.uk

Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus Reviews

Party Ghost

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VENUE: Assembly Checkpoint

TIME: 2:55pm – 3:55pm, 2–27

Aug, not 14, 21

You’d think it would be relatively hard to find a connection between Adele, Rimsky-Korsakov and Stanley Kubrik. And yet in Party Ghost, all three are integral to the shenanigans that play out over the course of an hour. The show is a chaotic merging of a creepy birthday party, an unhinged funeral, purgatory and the cir-

cus, with some witty nods to slasher flicks and pop culture scattered throughout.

Performers Olivia Porter and Jarred Dewey are captivating in their portrayal of weird sisters and ghostly twins, running around in slapstick fashion, draped in comically simple white sheets with eye holes. At first, we’re introduced to a veiled, widowed figure (Dewey), who sobs as the audience file in, handing out cucumber sandwiches on a silver platter. As Dewey hoists himself up onto the trapeze via a noose around his neck, performing

an impressive aerial routine in sky-high heels, the gloriously absurd and macabre tone is immediately set.

From here, the duo pack in dance, burlesque, lip syncing, a balloon animal, an effortlessly cool juggling sequence and, as is customary at any successful birthday party, pass the parcel. Beyond the clowning, inventive choreography and relentless display of skill though, Party Ghost is pure silliness and gothic bedlam – perfect for any and all purveyors of the spooky.

Arusa Qureshi

Photo: Aaron Walker

Baklâ

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VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 1:00pm – 2:00pm, 2–27

Aug, not 14, 21

Tongues and abs and crucifixes and crushed papayas all feature in this one man show from writer, director and performer Max Percy. It’s an exploration of his sexuality and personal backstory, interwoven with the violent colonial past of the Philippines. The lithe Percy flips, often literally, between writhing butoh dance, circus rope acrobatics and a mesmerising slippery soap number, where he morphs expertly from coy to kinky before our eyes.

Power, control and shame crop up in his spliced memories of London queer sex parties or flashbacks to his indigenous Filipino ancestors being forced to abandon their traditional rituals and spiritual practices in favour of Catholicism.

The word baklâ is Tagalog for an effeminate or gay man, and he contextualises his out, confident and coquettish onstage persona by dropping in anecdotal lines about the everyday racism and homophobia that he has experienced in the UK and the Philippines as a mixed race kid. Snippets of TV adverts for skin whitening soap or America-fetishising Jollibee

fast food restaurants are a glossy reminder of the casual white supremacy that he grew up with, while bamboo whips

and safe words show how he has sought out autonomy and boundaries in adulthood.

✏︎ Claire Sawers

Image: courtesy of Northwall Arts Centre

Cabaret Reviews

Suhani Shah: Spellbound

VENUE:

TIME: 5:25pm – 6:25pm, 2–27

Aug, not 14

Even the most hardened sceptic will struggle not to fall under the spell of Suhani Shah. First of all, she has the air of someone who, if crossed, will step on you with her sky-high stilettos, while breaking into your mind to steal your bank PIN.

She’s slightly terrifying, and her audience loves it. Having worked the magic circuit since the age of seven, Shah handles the crowd at Underbelly with all the deft charm and winking

authority of a seasoned professional, for whom nothing throws them off. A rowdy audience member is laughingly – but firmly – put in their place. Overeager participants, too excited to follow directions properly, are guided along with almost familial exasperation. You’re in safe hands, she suggests. You can trust me. The illusion is cast before you even realise it’s begun.

That’s not to say that Spellbound is a slick production: far from it. Her box of tricks consists of a few white boards, a box of cards, and a little ball of chapati dough. Most of the

time, it’s just her on stage, describing in detail an audience member’s treasured memory, or drawing out a grandmother’s name and birthday.

On stage, Shah’s mix of mentalist acts with personal testimonial don’t always flow, but even these bumps seemingly add to the show’s verisimilitude. To say more about what happens on stage would be to ruin the magic of Spellbound, but needless to say, the audible gasps and trills of disbelieving laughter from the audience would make anyone want to believe.

Deborah Chu

Underbelly, Bristo Square

Photo: Priyank Nandwana

Ginava’s Messy Friends

VENUE: Assembly George Square Gardens

TIME: 5:55pm – 6:55pm, 2–27

Aug, not 15

Part podcast, part drag show, Ginava’s Messy Friends is a curious blend of behind-thescenes chatter and onstage glamour. This dichotomy really works. The conceit is that Ginava interviews each of their messy friends to ask them about their craft, inspirations and aspirations; these chats are then woven in between their solo and group performances. A discussion

about needing to make the audience happy is followed by a split-filled, Beyoncé-plus lip sync; a talk about what ‘camp’ really means precedes a kitschy performance by a ‘blind’ date beauty queen. This is a delicious mix of drag, burlesque, blurring of gender norms and uncompromisingly confronting personal trauma: a Sesame Street-esque monster binges from a trash can before purging through uncanny movement and heart-breaking poignancy. Where Ginava’s Messy Friends really excels is in

the costuming and make-up which perfectly complement how these performers use their bodies. Swirling and swaying, vogueing or hip-hop, it’s difficult to know where to focus – on the intricate and sparkling costume details, the pitch-perfect faces or the ways they command and occupy the stage. In the end, it’s easier to sit back and take it all in for the kaleidoscopic fever dream it is.

Ginava’s Messy Friends evokes a late-night dive bar in its DIY sensibilities, and delivers a show that is sometimes gruesome, sometimes plaintive, always intriguing.

Kirstyn Smith

✏︎

Photo: Angelo Di Bennedetto

Music Reviews

No Love Songs HHHHH

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

This piece of musical gig theatre with songs composed by Kyle Falconer, singer with Dundonian rockers The View, goes to dark places pretty quickly. It begins with a party, as Lana (Dawn Sievewright) and Jessie (John McLarnon) get together on a night out in a Dundee gay bar, but soon after this she becomes unexpectedly pregnant.

Soon after again, Jessie is called away to tour with his

band in America and post-natal depression is setting in for the isolated Lana. The names have been changed to allow for dramatic licence, but the story is based on that of Falconer and his wife Laura Wilde – co-author with Johnny McKnight of the book here –and her own experience of post-natal depression after the birth of their own children.

Sievewright and McLarnon give their characters a warm, relatable nature, although the pair are undoubtedly very good singers, who effectively carry both the rockier melo-

dies of key track ‘Stressball’ (the songs are adapted from Falconer’s 2021 solo album No Love Songs for Laura) and the sparse, slowed-down reworkings as Lana considers the worst.

Co-directors Andrew Panton and Tashi Gore hit every note perfectly, wrapping an evocative – and informative, for those who have never been there – depiction of PND’s despair within a hopeful, empowering and realistic tale of modern romance. Expect to see it back on stages again and again. ✏︎ David Pollock

Photo: Raymond Davies

Hello Kitty Must Die

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VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 4:50pm – 5:50pm, 2–27

Aug, not 8, 15, 22

There’s a certain softness that is commonly associated with the character of Hello Kitty; the passive, meek anthropomorphised white cat that epitomises kawaii culture. For many, however, Hello Kitty holds negative connotations as a representation of gendered and racial stereotypes that fetishise Asian women in particular. It is these stereotypes and this denial of subservience that is explored skilfully in comedic musical Hello Kitty Must Die, which plays out like the ultimate revenge fantasy.

The story follows Fiona Yu, a 30-year-old Chinese-American woman, whose parents are desperate for her to marry, in order to fulfil the obligations of tradition. But Fiona is determined to forge her own path and does so with unexpected help from an old friend.

The strength of Hello Kitty Must Die lies in the cohesion between the five cast members, who maximise the vehemence in the songs and the cliches of their characters with very little set design or props to lean on. Though undoubtedly catchy in their arrangement, there’s often a disconnect between how quickly the story moves along and how well the songs slot into the narrative.

Still, the absurdity of Fiona’s murderous actions coupled

with the addition of weird and wonderful plot points such as Mr Happy the dildo and Pepito the parakeet make Hello Kitty Must Die a musical

worth seeing. If anything, you’ll leave with some great tunes in your head and the unfettered desire to bring down the patriarchy. ✏︎ Arusa

Qureshi

Photo: Curtis Brown Photography

Kids Critics Mog the Forgetful Cat

Astrid,10, thinks Mog is purr-fect!

What happens in the show?

In the show Mog forgot she had a catflap but ended up stopping a burglar and then got a sore paw and attacked a vet and went home. Then there was a big wooshy thing in her garden and she got very scared and jumped through the roof. It’s Mog the musical so there is lots of singing and dancing. The costume for Mog is very good and some people are half human and half pet!

What did you like most about the show?

What I liked most about the show was when Mog got an award, twice! Once for stopping burglars and once for jumping through the roof and winning a cat show.

Was there anything you didn’t like?

I didn’t like Mr Thomas being mean to Mog because I love Mog and she didn’t mean to do those bad things. It was just an accident!

What did your grown-up think?

My grown up thought it was good but he tried to call it Moggy McMogface and then my toy Mog attacked him!

Would you tell your friends to go?

I would not tell my friends to go because they don’t like

Mog and the books are a bit short for them. It would be better for younger people and big Mog fans like me!

SHOW Mog the Forgetful Cat

VENUE: Underbelly, Bristo Square

TIME: 11:20am – 12:20pm, 3–27 Aug, not 16, 21, 22, 23

Photo: Manuel Harlan

Kids Critics Lightning Ridge

Phoebe, 10, went to a children’s show about grief that made her dad cry

What happens in the show?

There’s a mum, a dad and two children. The dad wanted to move to a place in Australia called Lightning Ridge because he wanted to find opals which even in Lightning Ridge were impossible to find (cos he’s an idiot). The younger daughter had two “imaginary” friends, as soon as the dad found out he went crazy for them and even gave one of them a birthday cake. One day they went missing and the whole town got involved in looking…

What did you like most about the show?

I liked how they didn’t have many props so they just

improvised with a lot of things like chalk, buckets, pebbles, boots and flowers. They even had a bicycle wheel.

Was there anything you didn’t like?

I didn’t like how there were so many childhood deaths. I mean, I get that they wanted to tell a story about grieving but they could have had a grandparent death instead!

What did your grown-up think?

He thought it was very sad because he cried A LOT!

Would you tell your friends to go?

I think I would tell some of

my friends because some of them would like it but not all of them because some of them would think it was as sad as I did.

SHOW Lightning Ridge

VENUE: Summerhall

TIME: 11:30am – 12:25pm, 4–20 Aug, not 7, 14

Photo: Brian Hartley

09:30

A Political Breakfast

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 9–27 Aug

09:45

Editburgh

Meeting Point @ Ibis Hotel, 9–29 Aug, not 12, 13, 19, 20

About Comedy: Stand-Up Comedy Courses

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, Various dates from 9 Aug to 20 Aug

What’re You Looking At!

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

10:00

Corona Daze

theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug

10:15

The Early Word Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Wiki Knows Best –Mythical Islands

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14–27 Aug

10:30

Neil Harris: Codebreaker Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug

First Thing (Work in Progress by Daniel Kitson)

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

10:40

Tal Davies and Hannah

Weetman: Fear and Self-Loathing in Las Iguanas

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–10 Aug

The Breakfast Club

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14–27 Aug

10:45

Made in Bangladesh

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

It Just So Happened Hill Street Theatre, 9–12 Aug

Aaaand Now For

Something Completely Improvised

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–13 Aug

11:00

Daman Bamrah: Salmon

Camera

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug

The Weegies Have Stolen

the One O’Clock Gun!

St Columba’s by the Castle, 11 Aug, 18 Aug

Around the World in 80 Puns

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 10–27 Aug, not 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20

Michael Kunze: Infinity Mirror

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–22 Aug, not 14

11:15

Richard Duffy is Asleep: A Retrospective

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 19–27 Aug

3’s Comedy: Mornings

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

11:20

Glenn Moore: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–15 Aug

Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 16–27 Aug

11:25

50 Midlife Crises to Try Before You Die

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

11:30

Sounds Proper Comedy’s Hot Picks

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Bucket

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Dark Knightley Rises

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 21–27 Aug

Those Who Can’t Do

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 9–27 Aug

Rozarina Larsen

Presents: Whitefishing

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 23–27 Aug

11:35

1998: A Walking Disaster – Anxiety, Absurdity, Airfryer

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

11:40

Luke Manning: One Manning Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 15–27 Aug

The Path to True Love (via Swindon)

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 10–19 Aug, not 13

British Indian Buddies

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–13 Aug

11:45

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

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

11:50

5 Mistakes That Changed History Assembly George Square, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

11:55

22

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 14

12:00

Sheila’s Sister and Her Musical Cousins theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Keroseno and Finito: Cock O’Clock

Leith Depot, 9–27 Aug

Cecilia Delatori: Rock Spinster

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 10–28 Aug, not 16, 23

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 10–16 Aug

Chris Thorburn: Cineman

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 10–27 Aug, not 14

Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy,

9 Aug

Ed Gamble: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–13 Aug

Aaaaargh! It’s the One-Liner Show

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–27 Aug

David Sands Stand-Up Comedy

Deaf Action, 11–12 Aug

Sarah Keyworth: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–27 Aug

Tiff Stevenson: WIP

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 14–20 Aug

Mark Row: A* in the Making

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–27 Aug

Scream Inside Your Heart

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–20 Aug

Andy Bucks and Low Effort Sketches: Combined Effort

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9 Aug

Arzoo Malhotra: First Degeneration

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 15

Lunch with a Cyclopath

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

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

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 21–27 Aug

The Generation Gap (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–27 Aug

Joe Wells: King of the Autistics

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug

Sex, Art and the Art of Survival

Frankenstein Pub, 21–28 Aug Quiz in My Pants

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 9–13 Aug

12:05

Pirates: You Wouldn’t Steal a Boat

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

Sam Lake: Aspiring DILF

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Eleanor Morton: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug

Corona Daze theSpace on the Mile, 20–26 Aug

12:10

Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 15 Aug

The Shit Kid

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

An American Christmas with the BXG DXG Hootenannies @ The Apex, 9–28 Aug

Dinesh Nathan: Nathan Knows Nothing (WIP)

The Voodoo Rooms, 16–27 Aug

Milo Edwards: Sentimental Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 9–27 Aug, not 15

12:15

Big Smoke Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 15–27 Aug

Better Paul Paul

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–28 Aug, not 15

#BigDerryEnergy with Peter E Davidson

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

Kathleen Hughes: One of the Girls (WIP)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 9–18 Aug

Steph Aritone: Excelf-esteem

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 21–27 Aug

American Boy

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 10–14 Aug, not 12, 13

Robin Boot’s Rockomedy: Seventh Pun of a Seventh Pun

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 9–20 Aug Harry Potter or My Girlfriend... Who Do I Love More?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 9–27 Aug, not 14

12:20

David McIver: Small Boy Trapped in a Wellness Retreat

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug

Table for Two?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug

Can You Tell Me Where This Is?

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–27 Aug

The Oxford Imps

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 16

Hannah Platt – Work in Progress

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 21–28 Aug

12:30

MC Hammersmith: Straight Outta Brompton Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

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

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

Ageing Folks Telling Jokes

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 21–27 Aug

A Spaniard’s Guide to Learning Shakespeare

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug

Jessie Cave: Work in Progress

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 9–13 Aug

Sarah Roberts: Worm in Progress

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret

Voltaire, 20–27 Aug

Live Podcast Hour

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Chris Cantrill: SuPeRgEnIu$ (WIP)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 15 Aug

Phil Ellis’s Excellent Comedy Show

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–27 Aug

Sketch Up!

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–19 Aug, not 10

12:35

A Leftie’s Guide to Why Everyone Hates Lefties

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–13 Aug

Ashley Barnhill: Texas

Titanium (Show ‘Bout Gettin’ a New Skull)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 15–27 Aug

Colleen Lavin: Do the Robots Think I’m Funny? Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–12 Aug

12:40

Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe Pleasance Courtyard, 9–26 Aug, not 17, 21, 23

Jackman and Bones: Framed

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–20 Aug, not 14

12:45

Tarot: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–14 Aug

Is It Just Us?!

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Lee Kyle: England’s Best Comedian

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–27 Aug, not 15

RGB Monster’s Format Factory

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 21–27 Aug

Kiri Pritchard-McLean: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 15–27 Aug

12:50

2.7 Men – Louis George, Will Scambler and Louisa Corr

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–15 Aug

Now running across the City to Leith, Ocean Terminal and Newhaven from every 7 mins.

Matt Green: That Guy (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 16–20 Aug

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

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 21–27 Aug

And Now...

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 15–27 Aug

Film Club: An Improvised Comedy

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–13 Aug

Brit-ish?

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–13 Aug

Coffee Kid

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

13:00

Sameer Katz: Love Is a Lie

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug

The Weegies Have Stolen

the One O’Clock Gun!

St Columba’s by the Castle, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug

Achtung!! The Germans Are Coming!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Alphabet Soup – Serving Hot LGBTQIA+ Comedy

Brunch

Le Monde, 9–28 Aug

Robin Ince – Weapons of Empathy

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–27 Aug

Max Norman: A Pirate’s Life For Me

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Alastair Clark: Happy Ending

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Slow Progress, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Shoot From The Hip

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–28 Aug

Get Blessed!

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 14

Last Stand on Honey Hill

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug

Silent Disco Walking

Tours Edinburgh: Boogie Shoes

theSpace @ Niddry St, 12

Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug

Board Game Smackdown

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27

Aug, not 16

The Opera Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ Home

Bar, 9–27 Aug

13:05

Joy’s Bed and Breakfast

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Australia: A Whinging

Pom’s Guide

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23

Hooked: Mr Sister

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Gerry Carroll – Young

Zoo Southside, 9–27 Aug

13:10

Fiona Ridgewell: No-Nonsense

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Deepu Dileepan: American Alien

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 9–27 Aug

Henry Ginsberg’s Hyper

Masculine Cookery Show

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 21

Best of Edinburgh

Showcase Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug

13:15

Jamie Allerton Goes to the Movies

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

I’m Doing the Edinburgh Fringe With My Grandad

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 17–22 Aug

The Dead Ducks

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Gremlin Head

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug, not 10

A Multitude of Sins: A Dog

Gone Mystery

Leith Depot, 9–19 Aug

Irish Comedy Invasion

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–27 Aug

Ross McGrane: Get Rich or Cry Trying

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 9–27 Aug, not 17

101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–27 Aug

David Ellis – The Worst Jew

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 9–16 Aug

4 Funny Feckers

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–27 Aug

Marcus Ryan – Eat, Pray, Walk

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

13:20

Seymour Mace Does Drawring

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Twenty Hamsters

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 20–27 Aug

A Star is Re-born!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

David Baddiel: Talking Books – Jews Don’t Count and The God Desire Assembly George Square Studios, 9–10 Aug

Eva Bindeman: Semi Killer

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–19 Aug, not 14

13:25

Impro Poet Presents: What If History?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 9–15 Aug Ahir Shah: Ends

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug

Alex Kealy: Fear Itself (Work in Progress)

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 14 Aug

Vix Leyton: Antihero

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Alison Spittle: Soup

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–27 Aug, not 14

13:30

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen

Novel

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–13 Aug

Arguments! The Comedy Debate Show

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 21–27 Aug

Michael Porter: Love and Brain Damage

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27 Aug, not 14

The Political Party with Matt Forde: Angela Rayner

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 18 Aug

Gavin Webster: Proper Jokes

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Eleanor Morton: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 16 Aug

The 5th Alternative Black Comedy Showcase

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 9–27 Aug, not 19, 26

Alfie Packham: My Gift to You

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 9–13 Aug

Aidan Jones: Adult Adoption

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

Stephen Buchanan:

Charicature Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Rachel Creeger: Ultimate Jewish Mother

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 9–27 Aug, not 12, 19, 26

Alex and Roger Work It Out

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 21–27 Aug

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug

Bad in Bed: Arthritis to Insomnia

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Bryony Byrne: A Clown

Tries to Write a Play (WIP)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 16–27 Aug

eBae: Ruby Carr (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 14–27 Aug

Silent Disco Walking

Tours Edinburgh: Boogie Shoes

theSpace @ Niddry St, 13

Aug, 20 Aug

Born in a Wheelchair

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

UK Pun Off

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 14 Aug, 17

Aug, 18 Aug

The 5th Alternative Black Comedy Showcase

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 19 Aug, 26 Aug

13:35

Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 14 Aug

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

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 9–27 Aug

Dog Dies Under Porch – A Comedy!

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 16–27 Aug

Ian Smith: Crushing

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 9–27 Aug, not 14

13:40

The Temp

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose

9–27 Aug, not 13

Chris Grace: As Scarlett

Johansson

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug

Long Long Long Live

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Mark Silcox: Women Only

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–27 Aug

Ginny Hogan: Regression

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27

Aug, not 14

The Cambridge Impronauts

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug

13:45

Spring Day: Exvangelical (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–14 Aug

129.5 Steps to Autistic Success

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

Josh Elton: Mountain Jew (Plus Support)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 10–27

Aug, not 16, 23

Mark Simmons: New Jokes

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–27 Aug

3rd Rock from the Pun: Darren Walsh

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 15–27 Aug

101 Psychos: We turn Insanity into Hilarity

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

Colleen Lavin: Do the Robots Think I’m Funny?

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 21–26 Aug

Pottervision

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

13:50

How to Cheat on Your Husband

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 9–27 Aug, not 13, 14

Bridget Christie: Who Am I?

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9 Aug

Stewart Lee: Basic Lee The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 11–20 Aug

13:55

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

Wild Things

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–19 Aug

Oddity Comedy

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–27 Aug

An Asian Queer Story: Coming Out to Dead

People

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14 Dead Inside theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Yuriko Kotani: This Is My Work

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 14–23 Aug

Johnny White

Really-Really: Catland Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–13 Aug

14:00

Stanley Brooks: I Can Make Me Rich

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Arthur’s Seat Comedy Extravaganza On Top of Arthur’s Seat, 19 Aug

Daniel Downie: Jacobite

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug

Aaaargh! It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–27 Aug

Comedy Caper

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 9–27 Aug

Mark Watson’s Churchfest

St Peter’s Church, 22 Aug

The Recovery Through Comedy Show

Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory, 12 Aug

James Barr: Chains and WIPs Excite Me

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 16–27 Aug

Jacob Hatton: Touchdown!

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–15 Aug

Rhiannon Shaw: Wedding Night Bedlam Theatre, 15–27

Aug, not 21

Davidson and MacArthur – The Odd Couplet

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Sandy Not Just on Sunday!

The Saltire Society Headquarters, 22–28 Aug, weekdays only

The Grand Return of the Edinburgh Revue Paradise in Augustines, 14–27 Aug, not 20

Sam Coade and James Trickey: Floorfillers

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

14:05

Abi Clarke: Try Hard (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

14:10

Katy Berry: Diamond Goddess Crystal Pussy

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 22

Adam Riches is The Guys

Who...

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug

Alex Kealy: Fear Itself (Work in Progress)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 15 Aug

Tatty Macleod: Fugue

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Grotto

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

14:15

Comedians and (Similar to but Legally Distinct from) Dragons

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 9–27 Aug

Raymond Mearns – Old Town Comedy Walking Tour

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–28 Aug, not 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 25, 26

Holly Spillar: Hole

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

AC/DC: Australian Comedians / Dope Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–27 Aug

Dickie Richards: Sexual Tyrannosaur 2023

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe Bar, 9–27 Aug

Millwall Jew

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

14:20

Iraqnophobia (Work in Progress)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 22–26 Aug

How (Not) to Cope – WIP

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–13 Aug

Big Cuck, Little Cuck

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 16–20 Aug

Rob Duncan: Baby Trains

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 9–23 Aug, not 12

Alex Something Is Missing Again!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

14:25

One Man 12 Angry Men

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

The Oxford Revue Will See You Now

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Thenjiwe – The Mandela Effect

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Sex Job

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Rob Auton: The Rob Auton Show

Assembly Roxy, 9–26 Aug

14:30

Matt Hutchinson: Hostile Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Tom Crosbie: Actions Speak Louder Than Nerds

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug

Overthinking It

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–27 Aug

1 Billion Songs Please!

Hill Street Theatre, 9–27

Aug, not 15

You Don’t Know You’re

Beautiful

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Men With Coconuts

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Stand-Up Philosophy

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

Old Dog, New Tricks

Leith Depot, 9–14 Aug

Old Movies Saved My Life: 2

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 21–27 Aug

Mervyn’s 30th Year

Charity Gala

Pleasance Courtyard, 21 Aug

Adam Greene and Peter

Bazely: Bi and Large – Bier and Larger

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret

Voltaire, 10–27 Aug

Silent Disco Walking

Tours Edinburgh: Boogie Shoes

theSpace @ Niddry St, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug

101 Comedy – Club Free Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–27 Aug

Shaman You!

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 9–11 Aug

Five Mugs, No Tea Leith Depot, 15–27 Aug

The Durham Revue: Death on the Mile

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Simon Jay: Permacrisis

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9 Aug

The Edinburgh Fridge Show

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 12–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Ryan Wingfield: American Comedy for Brits

Boteco do Brasil, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23

14:40

Mary Bourke: 200% Irish

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–27 Aug, not 14 Phil Green: Four Weddings and a Breakdown

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug, not 16 Murder, She Didn’t Write Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug

Amy Webber: No Previous Experience

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

14:45

Finlay and Joe: Past Our Bedtime

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Thinky Winky

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 19, 21

The Asian Comedy Showcase!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Will BF: The Last Gun

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Angus Coutts – Short King

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug, not 14 999 Problems

Laughing Horse @ Bar Soba, 21–27 Aug

Share

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 9–27 Aug

John Otway

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 16 Aug

Darius Davies:

Charmingly Offensive

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 17–28 Aug

Harry Stachini – Grenade

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 9–16 Aug

Billy Kirkwood: Buzzin (WIP)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 21

The Early Late Show

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Raul Kohli: Makes It Up as He Goes Along

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 16

The Young-ish Offenders

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 9–27 Aug

14:50

A Collection of Nothing

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 20–27 Aug

Ted Hill: Tries and Fails to Fix Climate Change

Assembly George Square, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Larry Dean: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9 Aug

Some Laugh Live Monkey Barrel Comedy, 15 Aug

Eric’s Tales of the Sea – A Submariner’s Yarn

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Sofie Hagen: Banglord

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 10–27 Aug, not 15, 16, 22, 23

Glass Crumpet’s Sketch Show

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–19 Aug

Biswa Kalyan Rath: Live Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–27 Aug, not 15

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

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23

14:55

Pirates: You Wouldn’t Steal a Boat

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Eleanor Morton: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy, 15 Aug

Will Adamsdale: Show of Just Songs

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 15–25 Aug

Laura Davis: Well Don’t Just Stand There

Dancing

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 15

15:00

Gabby Killick: Conversations With My Agent

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Harriet Dyer: Mother

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 23 Aug

Keroseno and Finito: Cock O’Clock

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 14–16 Aug

The Meaning of Wife

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23

Harriet Kemsley: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 16 Aug

The Weegies Have Stolen the One O’Clock Gun! St Columba’s by the Castle, Various dates from 9 Aug to 26 Aug

Lynn Ferguson: Storyland

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–28 Aug

McClaine Beirne: Wheelie Funny

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Sam’s Scriptz!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 21

Jenn Brown: If Truth Be Told

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 17–19 Aug

Angel Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–27 Aug

Jaz Mattu Emerges

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 17

Amy Matthews: I Feel Like

I’m Made of Spiders

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23

Susan Morrison Is Walking Funny

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Coffee Shop, 11–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24

Second Chancers

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–10 Aug

Dorks ‘n’ Orks – Live!

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 11–13 Aug

Njambi McGrath: OutKast

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Fat, Femme and Crippled

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 10–15 Aug

Indonesia Presents (Far) East Meets West

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug, not 14

James Nokise: God Damn

Fancy Man

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

AAA Batteries (Not Included)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Dominique Salerno: The Box Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 16

ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–13 Aug

15:05

200 IQ Audience Only (No Munters)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–27 Aug

15:10

Emotionally

Unreasonable

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 21–27 Aug

Serena Terry – Socially Needier

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

Oy Gay! The Queer Jewish Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 10–20 Aug

Ed Patrick: Catch Your Breath

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 10–27 Aug, not 15, 22, 23, 24, 25

The Moira Monologues 3: Moira in Lockdown – Alan Bissett

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9 Aug

John Robins: Work in Progress

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 9–27 Aug, not 11, 14, 18, 21, 25

The Gargle: Live

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug, 22 Aug

CSI: Crime Scene

Improvisation

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug

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

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9 Aug

15:15

Alexis Gay & Friends

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Simon Munnery’s Jerusalem

The Stand Comedy Club, 9–28 Aug, not 14

St Doctor’s Hospital

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Shaggers

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

2 Truths, 1 Lie

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 9–27 Aug

101 Clean Jokes in 30

Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–27 Aug

Alyn Ashby Presents – TV Stardom for Beginners Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–12 Aug

Thor Stenhaug: Grateful for the Opportunity

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Laughing Horse Clean Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

A Complete Idiot’s Guide to New Zealand

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug

Alex Leam: Now 40!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

15:20

Alex Kealy: Fear Itself (Work in Progress)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 16 Aug

Bronwyn Sweeney: Off-Brand Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Candace Bryan: Communist Dad

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

Adam Flood: Remoulded

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–27 Aug, not 15

Louise Atkinson: Mates

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug

Salma Hindy and Danielle Deluty: Parallel

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Stuart Goldsmith: Spoilers

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Helen Duff: Lullabies

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 15 Aug

15:25

Shelf: Teenage Men

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–27 Aug, not 16

15:30

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

Pleasance Courtyard, 27 Aug

Not My Audience! The Interactive Panel Show

You Control with an App!

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 26

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Eddy Hare: Leave It With Me

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Globe

Bar, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21

Peter Fleming Meets Doctor Who!

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26 Aug

Ivo Graham: Organised Fun

Pleasance Courtyard, 26 Aug

The Jew Rogaine

Experience with Josh Edelman

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 9–27 Aug

Aussies Abroad Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Comrie Sf: Ultramarine

Bedlam Theatre, 15–27 Aug

1 Ball Show: 1 Lung Less

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Paul Merton’s Impro Chums

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–20 Aug

15:35

Josh Glanc: Collections 2023

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–20 Aug

Ari Eldjárn: Saga Class Monkey Barrel Comedy, 21–27 Aug

15:40

Married at First Sleight

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 14

Biscuit Barrel: The 69-Sketch Show

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 15

The Stand-Up Horror Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Our Place in the World

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Bishops

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 15

15:45

Sian Davies: This Charming Man

Assembly George Square, 9–27 Aug

Painspotting! Choose Life, Choose Laughter!

Leith Depot, 9–17 Aug

Lizzy Lenco: Full Frontal Lobe

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 20–27 Aug

33 Years Single

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Eric Rushton: Not That Deep

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Olaf Falafel: Look What Fell Out Of My Head

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Patrick Susmilch: Texts from My Dead Friends

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Adam Riley: Late-Night Comedy in the Afternoon

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Sooz Kempner: Y2K

Woman

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug, not 15

AMJ: Adder

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–16 Aug

Alice-India: And in a Way, Aren’t We All?

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–13 Aug

Shagadelic: The Origins of Slang Words for Doing It

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 17–27 Aug

Sex and Drugs and Getting Old

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 10–19 Aug

Alex and Sharlin: White Chicks 2

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 14–27 Aug

15:50

The Duncan and Judy Murray Show

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug

Grubby Little Mitts: Hello, Hi

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 15

Bilal Zafar: Imposter

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

15:55

I’m Having Distressing Thoughts

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug

Danny Ward: A Ward Winning!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug

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

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Anesti Danelis: This Show Will Change Your Life

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug, not 14

16:00

Ron Placone – Balding is Punk Rock

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 16–27 Aug

Tegan Marlow: Jeans and a Nice Top x

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 20–27 Aug

Funny Cluckers – Best of the Fest

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–19 Aug

Ian Stone Will Make It Better

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Noam Shuster Eliassi: Coexistence My A**

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

All About Philosophy in 100 Jokes

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 9–27 Aug

Best Comedy Show

Edinburgh Fringe

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–15 Aug

Suse Steed Presents

Magic Numbers

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 18–22 Aug

Aaaaargh! It’s the One-Liner Show

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–27 Aug

Great Sketchpectations

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Irish Comedy Headliners

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 10–27 Aug, not 14

Friend (The One with Gunther)

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23

Philipp Kostelecky: Daddy’s Home

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Jon Culshaw: Imposter

Syndrome

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27

Aug, not 15

1001 Normal Dysfunctional Families

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–27 Aug

American Cheese

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 9–27 Aug

Knock, Knock

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Silent Disco Walking

Tours Edinburgh: Boogie Shoes

theSpace @ Niddry St, 12

Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug

Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe: Early Edition

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug

Mitch Benn: The Point Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

A Show for Gareth Richards

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 9–27 Aug

Gyles Brandreth Can’t Stop Talking!

Assembly George Square, 9–27 Aug

Nicola Macri: Single Entendre

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

1990 Child from Wuhan: Trauma, Love, Diarrhoea

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

16:05

Cal Halbert – Calcoholic

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Mike Rice: An Irish Work in Progress

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–27 Aug, not 14

16:10

The Dreams of You: A Volunteer Sleep Study

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 10–12 Aug

Failed by Design

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Adrian Bliss: Inside Everyone

Pleasance Dome, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Ali Woods: Working On It

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

CCTV theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

16:15

Bennett Arron: Loser PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–27 Aug

Eme Essien: Fine Print Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Liz Guterbock: Geriatric Millennial Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Dane Baptiste: Bapsquire Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 14–27 Aug

Patrick Spicer: Yes Haha

What PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

3’s Comedy: Afternoons

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

Zach Zucker: Spectacular Industry Showcase Pleasance Courtyard, 22–26 Aug

Fiona Allen: On The Run Pleasance Courtyard, 9–20 Aug

AAA Stand-Up at Underbelly

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug

Spencer Jones: Making Friends

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–27 Aug

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

John Kearns: The Varnishing Days

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–13 Aug

Stefania Licari: Medico Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Sasha Ellen: When Life Gives You Ellens Make Ellenade

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–24 Aug

The Bite (A Mouthful of Fringe Madness)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

The Three Golden Hairs Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9 Aug

Sid Singh: Table for One Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–27 Aug

Chris Forbes: Court Jester

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–13 Aug

Andy Onions: PowerPointless

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 25–27 Aug

PRESENTS

DRAINING THE SWAMP

Is fascism once again on the march?

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

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

#drainingtheswampplay

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

Think ‘n’ Grin: A Solo Improv Comedy Show

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Strathmore Bar, 9–27 Aug

16:20

Priya Hall: Grandmother’s Daughter

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 11

Jody Kamali: Things We Do for Love

Assembly George Square, 10–28 Aug, not 16, 23

Nathan D’Arcy Roberts: Present/Tense

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27

Aug, not 14

JJ Whitehead – White Noise

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Laufey Haralds: Pip

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 16

Alex Martini: Life’s a Pitch

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 13–17 Aug

Ange Lavoipierre: Your Mother Chucks Rocks And Shells

Underbelly, George Square, 9–27 Aug, not 14

16:25

Earthly Blessings

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–27 Aug

Aaron Simmonds: Baby Steps

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Helen Duff: Lullabies

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 14 Aug

Garrett Millerick: Never Had It So Good

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 9–27 Aug, not 14

16:30

60 Minutes About Scotland

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Angles of the North PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 9–27 Aug, not 16, 20

Aaron Wood: Living The Dream Hootenannies @ The Apex, 9–20 Aug

MATES: The Improvised 90s Sitcom

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 10

A Bookish Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27

Aug, not 16

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

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 12, 21

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Coffee Shop, Various dates from 12 Aug to 27 Aug

One’s a Musical Comedian and One Isn’t Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27 Aug, not 14

The Impro All Stars

Frankenstein Pub, 9–20 Aug

Tied for Second

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Gus Lymburn and Jay

Lafferty: Club Sets

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27

Aug, not 22

16:35

Eve Ellenbogen: Dead Mom Stuff

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Lulu Popplewell: Actually, Actually

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 15

Lorna Rose Treen: Skin Pigeon

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Ania Magliano: I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Nightwatchman

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

16:40

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0

Assembly George Square Studios, 12 Aug

Kathy Maniura: Objectified

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28

Aug, not 14

Francis Breen: White

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

An Evening with Michael Fry and Killian

Sundermann

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 15–28 Aug

The Comedy Arcade

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Oxford Revue Did It!

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27

Aug, not 14

16:45

Kevin Precious: The Reluctant Teacher

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

Married at First Fight

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 11–13 Aug

Helen Bauer: Grand Supreme Darling

Princess

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14–27 Aug

Hannah Campbell and Becky Umbers: The North/South Divide Hootenannies @ The Apex, 9–28 Aug

Stuart Laws? Is That Guy Still Going?

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–27 Aug, not 16

Clive Anderson’s My Seven Wonders

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–15 Aug

An Evening with Christopher Bliss

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–10 Aug

Darran Griffiths: Inconceivable

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Jokers in the Pack

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 9–27 Aug

Helen Duff: Lullabies

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 16 Aug

16:50

Rory o Hanlon – Happy Hour

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 9–26 Aug, not 14

Cults, Startups and Pornstars: How I (Almost)

Won My Dad’s Approval

ZOO Playground, 9–27 Aug

Isabelle Farah: Nobu and Amytis (WIP)

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 23–27 Aug

The Leeds Tealights: A Very Special Birthday Party

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

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

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug, not 14

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

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Egg: Absolutely Fine Pleasance Courtyard, 14–27 Aug

David Kay 106%

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–11 Aug 500 Comedy Fans Can’t Be Wrong

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 9–19 Aug

Will Hall: Mild Peril

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14 Very British Problems: Live

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16–27 Aug

16:55

Raul Kohli: Raul Britannia (The Full Inglish) Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Palindrome Fight!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

17:00

Marjolein Robertson: Marj

The Stand Comedy Club, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Ronnie Golden: Allo Keith! Remembering

Barry Cryer

Le Monde, 9–20 Aug

Alcohol Is Good For You

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Schalk Bezuidenhout: Keeping Up

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug, not 15

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

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 15–27 Aug

Wrestling with The Champ: Smiledriver

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito

‘n’ Shake, 9–11 Aug

Tom Little: The Reliably Funny Comedian You Want To See

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 9–27 Aug

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

Alex Farrow: Wisdom of the Crowd

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–27 Aug

Caroline McEvoy: Street Smart

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–13 Aug

Childlike theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Hypnotist Matt Hale: Top Fun! 80s Spectacular

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 14

AI Jesus – Peter Bazely with Special Guest(s)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

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

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–27 Aug

Silent Disco Walking

Tours Edinburgh: Boogie Shoes

theSpace @ Niddry St, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug

Frank Lavender: Be Funny

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Steve Bugeja: Self Doubt (I think)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 10–27 Aug

An Irish Roast

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–27 Aug, not 15

This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 19–27 Aug

17:05

Ross Leslie: Unfit for a King

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Adele Cliff Can Break Your Arm

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

17:10

Ruth Hunter: The Ruth is on Fire

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Stephen Mullan: Yeah,

Yeah, Yeah!

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Jeromaia Detto: MUSH

Underbelly, Cowgate, 21–27 Aug

17:15

Method Vs Madness

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 12–27 Aug

The Northern Irish Comedy Protocol

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–27 Aug

Italian Stallion Story

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 9–11 Aug

Cheekykita: An Octopus, The Universe ‘n’ Stuff

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Furious

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–27 Aug

Celebrity Girlfriend Draft

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

Danny O’ Brien: Sweet Child O’ Brien

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug

Jew-O-Rama

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 9–27 Aug

Scandinavian Jesus

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–14 Aug

Becoming Virgin

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–27 Aug

Colleen Lavin: Do the Robots Think I’m Funny?

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–19 Aug

Basil Bottler: Wank In Progress

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 14 Aug

Emma and Harry

Paradise in Augustines, 21–27 Aug

4 Big Cs

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 15–27 Aug

Ashley Blaker: Normal Schmormal

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug, not 15 17:20

jD Shapiro: If It Ain’t Woke Don’t Fix It – Stories from the Hood to Hollywood

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–27 Aug

Angel Hodgson: Albatross

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 9–12 Aug

Shamilton! The Improvised Hip Hop Musical Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug

Gavin Webster – You Cannot Say Nowt These Days

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Max & Ivan: Life, Choices Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 12, 19, 26

Erik Scott – Talkin’ Trash

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 9–27 Aug

Can You Put This in the Bin For Me?

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–27 Aug

Lucas O’Neil: Emotional Man

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!

Pleasance Courtyard, 24 Aug

17:25

Charlotte Fox: Ouroboros the Return

Underbelly, Cowgate, 15–27 Aug

Improv Therapy

theSpaceTriplex, 9 Aug

Bee Babylon: Cancer Culture

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug, not 14

17:30

Edinbra Fringe Comedy

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

Grace Campbell: A Show About More Me(n)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 12–17 Aug

Daniel Muggleton: How the Whitey Have Fallen

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–27 Aug

The Gossip Gays

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 24 Aug

William Thompson: The Hand You’re Dealt

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Gary Tank Commander: Gary Talks (Yous Listen)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 18–28 Aug, not 22

Luke Kempner in Gritty

Police Drama: A One-Man Musical

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Disabled Cants

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

NewsRevue

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Men in Quilts

Boteco do Brasil, 11–27

Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24

Stella Graham – Dragon

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 9–27 Aug

Jake Baker: Alone

Together

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Jon Courtenay: Mental

Flavour

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–23 Aug, not 15

This Is Your Trial

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

Improv Comedy with Box of Frogs

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Nick Doody – The Difficult Twelfth Album

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

The Magic of Terry Pratchett

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 14

10,000 Ideas

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Any Suggestions, Doctor? The Improvised Doctor Who Parody

Pleasance Dome, 9–27 Aug, not 14

17:40

Paul Sinha: Pauly Bengali

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Shane Daniel Byrne: But He’s Gay...

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug

Scott Murphy: About a Buoy

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 14

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

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 10–27 Aug, not 16

Amrita Dhaliwal: A Lady that Fikas

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 18–27 Aug

Rachel Parris: Work in Progress

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–13 Aug

Mustafa Algiyadi: A Little Killing Hurts No One

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 20–27 Aug

Drew Michael: Drew’s Adventures

Pleasance Dome, 9–27

Aug, not 16

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

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–27 Aug

Dru Cripps: Pickle Bin

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 9–12 Aug

Kuan-wen Huang: Ilha Formosa

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Luisa Omielan: Bitter

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Amusements by Ikechukwu Ufomadu

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 16

Glass Crumpet’s Stand-Up Show

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–19 Aug

17:45

Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 13

Billy Kirkwood: Show Me Your Tattoo

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 19, 21

James Cook: Anonymously Viral Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Ashley Manning –Candyfloss (Work In Progress)

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug, 21 Aug

Tom GK: Chemodian

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

The Glitch

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 20–26 Aug

Stuart McPherson: Love That For Me

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Maggie Crane: Side by Side

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Mr Chonkers

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 16 Aug

Gary Little Still Here

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–28 Aug

Martha McBrier: Story-tastic

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Ruby McCollister: Tragedy

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 15

17:50

Troll

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

The Crisp Review: Live Paradise in The Vault, 14–27 Aug, not 20

Crizards: This Means War

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 14

Connor Burns: Vertigo

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 24–27 Aug

Benjamin Alborough: Absolute Monopoly Assembly George Square, 9–28 Aug, not 15

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

Underbelly, George Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Emily Walsh: Dad Girl

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Freya Parker: It Ain’t Easy Being Cheeky

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Name of the Dame

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 9–20 Aug, not 14

Kirsty Mann: Skeletons

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 15

Kosher Russian

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

Marc Jennings: Away From Here

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 9–27 Aug, not 16

17:55

The Coil’s Lament

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

George-prov: An Improvised Theatrical Experience

Assembly Roxy, 25–28 Aug

18:00

24 Shows in 24 days: Live at the Big Cave

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Sachin Kumarendran: Deceit

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Old Jewish Jokes

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Mary O’Connell: Money

Princess

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 15

Troy Hawke: Work in Progress

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 20–27 Aug

Artificial Intelligence

Improvisation

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug

Pick of the Fringe

The Sheraton Grand Hotel, 24 Aug

Andrew Silverwood: I Really, Really, Really Want a Zig-A-Zig Ah.. and a Nap Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Aaaargh! It’s the Monster Stand-Up Show!

Laughing Horse @ Dropkick

Murphys, 9–27 Aug

Mark Watson and Mat

Ryer: The Company

St Peter’s Church, 21 Aug

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

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 10–27

Aug, not 14, 16, 23

Gentrif*cked (Work in Progress)

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 15–27 Aug

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands

Roast Coffee Shop, 9–28 Aug

The Recovery Through Comedy Show

Lady Haig’s Poppy Factory, 11–12 Aug

Shaparak Khorsandi: ShapChat!

Pleasance Courtyard, 16–27 Aug

Glenn Moore: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still

Feed Me, Glenn I’m Sixty Moore

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–15 Aug

Braingystics: Sieze the Mind

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Lindsey Santoro: Pink

Tinge

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14

A Shark Ate My Penis: A History of Boys Like Me

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28

Aug, not 15

Women Reincarnated

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–13 Aug

18:05

Nabil Abdulrashid: The Purple Pill

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 15

Anuvab Pal: The Department of Britishness Assembly George Square Studios, 14–28 Aug

18:10

Micky Overman: The Precipice

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–27 Aug, not 15

Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug

Mamoun Elagab: Why I Love White People

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 15

Emmanuel Sonubi: Curriculum Vitae

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Tom Ballard: It is I

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Ticked-Off Einstein Telling Jokes

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Drunk Women Solving Crime

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–13 Aug

Nick Pupo: Addicted

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14 Ray Fordyce and His Wonderfully Spiffing Variety Show

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Umbilical Brothers: The Distraction Assembly Roxy, 10–28 Aug, not 14, 21

18:15

Smart and Dumber

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 9–27 Aug

Ben Hodge: It’s a Boy? (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Gigl Comedy

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–19 Aug

Dave Chawner: Freelosophy

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

Aidan Jones: The Morning After Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–27 Aug

Marmalade

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–27 Aug

Alex Leam: Awkward Question Time

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

18:20

Frankie Boyle: Lap of Shame

Assembly Rooms, 9–13 Aug

Janine Harouni: Man’oushe

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug, not 14, 21

Matt Price: As Seen on CCTV

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Jay Lafferty: Bahookie

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 22

Crap Ballet

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–22 Aug, not 13

18:25

Sam Williams: Himbo (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Adrián Minkowicz: Brown Privilege III

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Robin Tran: Don’t Look at Me

Assembly George Square, 9–27 Aug, not 15

The Best of Irish Comedy

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug

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

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Ollie Horn: Not Much

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 15 Aug

18:30

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

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Adam Bromley: Time Traveller

Laughing Horse @ Bar Soba, 16–27 Aug

The Cambridge Footlights International Tour Show

Pleasance Dome, 10–28 Aug, not 21

Not My First Rodeo...

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

Bob Doolally – Still Alive

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug

Ivo Graham: Organised Fun

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug

Kate Hammer: Wide Set Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 15 Aug, 22 Aug

Man of the Century

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–20 Aug

Twonkey’s Greatest Twitch

The Voodoo Rooms, 9–27

Aug, not 14, 21

A Night of the Mind

Just the Tonic at La Belle

Angele, 15–27 Aug

Alexis Dubus: 3-Star Show

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 9–13 Aug

In the Sh*t

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–15 Aug

The Many Colours of Comedy: A Prism Comedy Variety Show

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Fake Jews

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 16–27 Aug

44 and Flippin’ Furious

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 21–27 Aug

I’m Sexy and I Know It

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 10–12 Aug

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug

Rick Molland: Natural Born Dickhead

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Silent Disco Walking

Tours Edinburgh: Boogie

Shoes

theSpace @ Niddry St, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug

Spontaneous Potter: The Unofficial Improvised Parody

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Matt Storer: Hot Nonsense

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 15

18:35

Marcus Ryan – The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Comedy

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–27 Aug

Abigail Paul: Involuntary Momslaughter

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Mark Pleases You

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 9–27 Aug, not 15

18:40

Sapan Verma: Shame on Me

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Neil Frost: The Door

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 18–27 Aug

Dolly Diamond’s Rather

Large Variety Night

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 15–26 Aug

Reuben Solo: Palindrome

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Gareth Mutch: Belter

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Chloe Petts: If You Can’t Say Anything Nice Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Still Surviving In Hong Kong – Cantonese

Comedy Show

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

18:45

James Nokise – Right About Now

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Stand-Up Science

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–27 Aug

Gareth Waugh – Wouldni Be Me

The Stand Comedy Club, 9–28 Aug, not 14

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

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Eleanor Morton: The Ill Advised Character Show

The Stand Comedy Club, 14 Aug

Amazing Prize Comedy Bingo

9 Queen Street, 9–20 Aug, not 12, 19

Bald Man Sings Rihanna

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Irish Jokers

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 21–27 Aug

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

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

Adam Greene and the Diet of Destiny

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–27 Aug

Markus Birdman: Platinum – Free

The Liquid Room, 9–20 Aug, not 15

The Totally Improvised Musical

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–16 Aug

18:50

Jonny Pelham: Optimism Over Despair

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Madeleine Hamilton: Piping Hot

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

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

Improvabunga!

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

18:55

The Disney Delusion

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Alexandra Haddow: Not My Finest Hour

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–25 Aug

Mark Bittlestone: Poofs “R” Us

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–19 Aug

Charlie Vero-Martin: Picnic

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

19:00

Eleanor Conway: Talk Dirty to Me

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Pete Heat: Huge

Pleasance Dome, 9–27

Aug, not 15

Gail Porter: Hung, Drawn and Portered Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

Broad Strokes Improv

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 22–27 Aug

Sex, Art and the Art of Survival

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 15–20 Aug

Abigail Rolling: Shit

Lawyer Alchemist | George Street, 22 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug, 28 Aug

Michelle Brasier: Reform

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Amelia Bayler: I Work in Customer Service but I’m Actually a Pop Star

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 9–12 Aug

Marcus Brigstocke: Cheese and Whine

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–13 Aug

Susan Riddell: Wonder Woman

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Police Cops: The Musical Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 16, 23

Phil Kay – Funny Walks

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 12–26 Aug, not 14

Sophie Santos… is Codependent

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Annabel Bashford: Clink

Clank Clonkerty Clonk

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 13–17 Aug

Deage Paxton: Impersonable – Free Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Fast Fringe

Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug

Paul Black: Nostalgia

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 12–19 Aug

Victoria Scone: Jam

Packed

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–11 Aug

John Otway

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 14 Aug

Simon Evans: Have We Met?

Assembly Rooms, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Andy Parsons: Bafflingly Optimistic

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–27

Aug, not 21

Raymond Mearns is Alive in the Hive Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–28

Aug, not 14

Janey Godley: The Not Dead Yet Tour

The Stables at Prestonfield, 18–21 Aug, weekdays only

Tom Houghton – Work in Progress

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

Kieran Hodgson: Big In Scotland

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug

Lorraine Hoodless: Fuzzy Duck

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

19:05

Daniel Foxx: Villain

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Mark Nelson: Bits & Pieces

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Pierre Novellie: Why Are You Laughing?

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug

Bad Play

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

Samantha Day: The Booby Trap

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 12–27 Aug

SalFUNNI’s Laughterparty

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–11 Aug

19:10

Liam Withnail: Chronic Boom

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug

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

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Gaslighting Is My Love

Language

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–13 Aug

Josh Weller: Age Against The Machine

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Siân Docksey – Pole Yourself Together! Pleasance Dome, 10–28 Aug, not 14, 15, 21, 22

Laurie Stevens: Sticky Floors (Work in Progress)

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 15–27 Aug

19:15

Micky Bartlett: Let Me Start from the Start

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 16

Sam See: Government Approved Sex

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Underbelly’s Big Brain-Tumour Benefit Underbelly, Bristo Square, 15 Aug

Ed Gaughan: Words and Music

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 14–28 Aug, not 21

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

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 15–27 Aug

Anu Vaidyanathan: Blimp

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–19 Aug, not 14

Matty Hutson: Don’t Hold Back

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Best of Irish Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 9–27 Aug

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 9–27 Aug, not 14

Absolute Onions: Improv Comedy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, Various dates from 21 Aug to 27 Aug

Michael Herd: Deep Shanghai’d

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 17–27 Aug

Bryan Berlin: Running Scared

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–13 Aug

A Gay Dad

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 9–12 Aug

Chloe Radcliffe: Cheat

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Alvin Liu: First World Eyebrows (Work in Progress)

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 9–16 Aug

Laughing Horse Fringe

Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

Mike Birbiglia: The Old Man & The Pool

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 22–27 Aug

19:20

Paul Foot: Dissolve

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 15

The Kinsey Sicks: Drag

Queen Storytime Gone Wild!

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Paddy McDonnell – Live

Underbelly, George Square, 9–16 Aug

Juliette Burton: No Brainer

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–11 Aug

Chris Kent: Back at It Assembly George Square, 9–14 Aug

The Friendship Recession

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 21

Kate Dale: Up to Scratch

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Dave Bibby: Baby Dinosaur

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–20 Aug

David O’Doherty: Tiny Piano Man

Assembly George Square, 9–28 Aug, not 15

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

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 12–27

Aug, not 15

The Power of Yep

Assembly Roxy, 9–27 Aug, not 15

19:25

Richard Cobb: Couple’s Massage

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 22

Accident Avoidance Training Workshop –Intermediate Paradise in The Vault, 14–19 Aug

Louise Young: Feral Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Josh Baulf: Bulldog

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27

Aug, not 12, 13

19:30

Craig Hill: This Gets Harder Every Year!

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 9–27

Aug, not 14, 15, 21, 22

Colin Etches: Attention Deficit

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27

Aug, not 14

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

More

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 15

Rosie Jones – Triple Threat

Pleasance Courtyard, 11–12 Aug

Andrew Frank: Ecstatic Blasphemy Hill Street Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug, not 14

2 Funny Feckers

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–27 Aug

Ew Girl, You Nasty

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret

Voltaire, 9–27 Aug, not 15

So You Think You’re

Funny – Grand Final

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 24 Aug

Sofa SoFunny So Fringe

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Kilderkin, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Anthony Schuman: Failures in Fatherhood

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 14, 20, 21

Celya AB: Second Rodeo

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 15

Improv Cage Match

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Subway, 9–26 Aug, not 14

Sara Pascoe: Success Story

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 18 Aug

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

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Tania Lacy: Everything’s Coming Up Roses

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

Rhys James: Spilt Milk Pleasance Courtyard, 14–20 Aug

Aaaaand Up Front Are Webster, Bourke and Bragg

Frankenstein Pub, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Silent Disco Dance Tours by Silent Adventures

Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, Various dates from 11 Aug to 26 Aug

Comedy in the Dark

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Alex Kitson: Fired Up! Ready to Go! (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

A Slice of Elvis

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit

Pleasance Courtyard, 15 Aug

Deaf Action Presents: The Gavin Lilley Show

Deaf Action, 19–20 Aug

Ray Bradshaw – Work in Progress

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 9–26 Aug, not 16

Jack Whitehall: Settle Down

Edinburgh Playhouse , 20–21 Aug

Danny Bhoy – Now Is Not a Good Time

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20–27 Aug

Daniel Sloss: CAN’T

Edinburgh Playhouse, 9–10 Aug

Coor Cohen: Ignorant American Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 14, 20, 21 19:35

Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug

Krystal Evans: The Hottest Girl at Burn Camp

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–27 Aug, not 15

19:40

Janitor/Manager and How to Have an Affair Without Really Trying

ZOO Playground, 9–27 Aug

Darren Harriott –Roadman Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Las Vegas in Edinburgh theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

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

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 16, 23

Sheila’s Sister and Her Musical Cousins

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 13–19 Aug

Mark Ritchie: As Seen Near a TV Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

Chelsea Hart – Damet

Garm: How I Joined a Revolution

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Fearghas Kelly: Tip of the Ice-Fearg Hootenannies @ The Apex, 9–28 Aug, not 17

Kate Smurthwaite: Fire Snake

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Ignacio Lopez – Nine

Ig Fails

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–27 Aug

19:45

Jocks, Geordies and Aussies

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 9–27 Aug, not 12, 19, 26

Little Ward of Horrors

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Myq Kaplan: ImPerfect Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Best of Adelaide’s Fringe

Comedy

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 16–27 Aug

Push, Mrs Johnson!

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 9–27 Aug

Murder Inc

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–20 Aug, not 14

Angela Bra: MicroRAVE

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Culture Savage

Laughing Horse @ Bar Soba, 10–27 Aug, not 21

Absolute Improv! theSpace on the Mile, 9–26

Aug, not 13

Michael Shafar – Well

Worth the Chemo

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

Myles and Dan Just Might Break a World Record Tonight

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Becky Fury: Identity

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

Geraldine Hickey: Of Course We’ve Got Horses

Assembly George Square, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Rik Carranza Presents Clash of Fandoms

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–15 Aug

Alistair Barrie: Woke in Progress

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 9–19 Aug

Suggestions of the Unexpected

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 21–27 Aug

An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman...

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug

BriTANicK: Work in Progress

Assembly George Square Studios, 21–26 Aug

19:50

Blind Mirth Presents: Your Mum (And Other Playground Insults) theSpace @ Niddry St, 21–26 Aug

Karen

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Sikisa: Hear Me Out Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 16, 21

The Spark Project Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–19 Aug

Lou Wall vs The Internet Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Palatable Gay Robot Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

30 Minute Musicals: Top Gun Assembly Checkpoint, 9–14 Aug

Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back Assembly George Square Gardens, 15–27 Aug, not 21

Laser Kiwi: Rise of the Olive Assembly Roxy, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Lara Ricote: A Work in Progress!!!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 16 Aug

19:55

Jordan Gray: Is it a Bird?

Assembly Rooms, 23–24 Aug

Reginald D. Hunter: The Man Who Could See Through Shit – A Work In Progress

Assembly Rooms, 11–20 Aug

20:00

Raul Kohli: Kohl and The Gang

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Bumble Me Tinders!

Just the Tonic at La Belle

Angele, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Matt Forde: Inside No. 10 Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug

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

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 21–27 Aug

Jeremy Segway: A Life Out of Balance

Bedlam Theatre, 9–13 Aug

The Retreat

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Sh!t-faced

Shakespeare®: Romeo and Juliet

Pleasance at EICC, 27 Aug

Myra DuBois: Be Well

Pleasance Dome, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Leith Comedy Festival Presents...

The Biscuit Factory, 10 Aug

William Stone: Lofi Jokes to Study/Relax to Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Jeromaia Detto: MUSH

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 9–12 Aug

Rosie Holt: That’s Politainment!

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Robin Grainger: An Audient with Robin Grainger

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Carl Donnelly – The Dead Dad Show

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 23–27 Aug

A Cut Above

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

Patrick Hastie – My

Grandpa’s Grandpa’s Dad

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Anna Piper Scott: Such an Inspiration House of Oz, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Jarred Christmas: Silly Billy

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Talkies: Improvised Classic Hollywood Comedy

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 15–27 Aug

10 Songs for Geeks, with Jollyboat

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–27 Aug

String V SPITTA

Pleasance Courtyard, 18–26 Aug

Martin Mor Is a Deadly

Eejit

Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–20 Aug

Daniel-Ryan Spaulding: Power Gay!

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–13 Aug

Sheldrake on Shakespeare: Live! Paradise in The Vault, 9–12 Aug

20:05

David Quirk – Astonishing Obscurity

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Dylan Rhymer: The Dark Side of the Room

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

20:10

Greta Titelman’s Exquisite Lies

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

André de Freitas: What If Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Fever Peach: Intense

Goblin Nightmare

Woman

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Pear: But Braver

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

20:15

Simon David: Dead Dad Show

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Jacob Henegan: Mostly Killer (Some Filler)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Glenn Wool: The Tardigrades Picnic

Scottish Comedy Festival

@ The Beehive Inn, 9–28

Aug, not 15

Bruce Fummey: Stories of Scotland

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 14 Aug, 21 Aug

Buffy Revamped

Pleasance at EICC, 10–27

Aug, not 16, 21

Wage Against the Machine

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’

Gait, 9–27 Aug

Best in Class

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Comedy for the Curious

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Jo Caulfield: Razor-Sharp

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Anti Self-Help Show

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

20:20

Dan Rath: All Quiet Carriage Along the Inner Western Line

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Sunanda Loves Britney

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 18–27 Aug

Laura Ramoso: FRANCES

Pleasance Dome, 9–28

Aug, not 14

Gillian Cosgriff: Actually, Good

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–27

Aug, not 16

Manchester Revue’s Lonely Hearts Sketch Club

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–22

Aug, not 13

Bristleburg Town Hall

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 9–12 Aug

Eden Sher: I Was On A Sitcom

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28

Aug, not 14, 15

Josh Jones: Gobsmacked

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Su Mi: Banana Beard

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 13–17 Aug

Patti Harrison: My Huge Tits Huge Because They Are Infected Not Fake!

Pleasance Dome, 9–27

Aug, not 14

The Best of Scottish Comedy

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Michael Welch: Ethnic Reveal Party

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 15

Childlike theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

3am Brain

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 16

20:25

Six Chick Flicks... Or a Legally Blonde Pretty Woman Dirty Danced on the Beaches While Writing a Notebook on the Titanic Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14 Foxdog Studios: Robo Bingo

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug

20:30

Annabel Marlow... is this okay??

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 16

Olivia Xing: Party School

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Horatio Gould: Sweet

Prince

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 15

Tom Lawrinson: Hubba Hubba

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Bailey J Mills: Unfiltered + Scummy

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 10–11 Aug

Luisa Omielan: God is a Woman The Musical

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

For Your Entertainment

(Charity Comedy Night)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 14 Aug

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

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–27 Aug

Baga Chipz: Material Girl

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9 Aug

John Tothill: The Last Living Libertine

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 15

Tom Stade: Natural Born Killer

The Stand Comedy Club, 9–27 Aug, not 14

The Fannies One Night Stand!

The Stand Comedy Club, 14 Aug

Connor Burns: Vertigo

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 9–27

Aug, not 14, 16

An Evening of Mayhem with Megan Stalter

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 12–27

Aug, not 24

Jack Docherty in David Bowie and Me: Parallel Lives

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27

Aug, not 14, 21

Matt Hobs: Moontalker

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug

Nikki Osborne is Bad

Barbie

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 25–28 Aug

Amos Gill: The Pursuit of Happy(ish)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–24 Aug

Nish Kumar: Them Changes (Work in Progress)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 10

Aug, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 14 Aug

Nathan Cassidy: Fifty Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–26 Aug, not 14

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

The Queen’s Hall, 23–25 Aug

George Zacharopoulos: Wonderland

Pleasance Dome, 9–28

Aug, not 15

100% C*ntintental

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 9–27 Aug

Simon Brodkin: Xavier Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Alice Fraser: Twist Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

20:35

Marc Adams: BMW

Bavarian’s Most Wanted

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Susie McCabe: Femme Fatality

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Larry Owens Live Assembly Roxy, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Julia Stenton and Firuz

Ozari: Wolves

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 9–27 Aug, not 16

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

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug, not 15

John Hastings: The Times

They Are A John Hastings

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug

Perrin Pang – Here Lies theSpaceTriplex, 9–12 Aug

20:40

Elf and Duffy: Heist

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 9–15 Aug

Christopher Hall: Self Helpless

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Robbie McShane: It’s All This These Days

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28

Aug, not 14, 15

Luke McQueen and Mark Silcox: Songs With My Father Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 21–27 Aug

Davidson and MacArthur – The Odd Couplet

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

The Briefing with Melissa McGlensey Assembly Roxy, 9–13 Aug

Preppers – A Comedy

About the Apocalypse(s)

Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 16–19 Aug

John Franklin: My Dad’s Advice

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

Tamsyn Kelly: Crying in TK Maxx

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Pablo Escobar Doesn’t Need a Second Job

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Jason Byrne: The Ironic Bionic Man Assembly Hall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Henry Ginsberg: Cuddle

Slut

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 21

JARUJARU: Arigato 2023 Assembly Roxy, 16–27 Aug

20:45

Lights Up! The Improvised Musical theSpace on the Mile, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Comedy Reserve at the Courtyard

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 15, 22

Initial Consult

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

Stuart Mitchell: Cost of Living (WIP)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 9–28 Aug

The Last Stop

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 12–18 Aug

Sigmund the Viking: Valhalla Calling

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Rhod Gilbert: Work in Progress Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 21 Aug to 27 Aug

Lost in Translation

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Character Building

Experience

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

101 Comedy – Club Free Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–27 Aug

Aidan Greene: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Stutter! Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Five Mugs, No Tea

Leith Depot, 17 Aug, 21 Aug

Richard Stott: Dear Lord…

What A Sad Little Life Laughing Horse @ Cabaret Voltaire, 9–27 Aug, not 14

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

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug, not 14

20:50

LOLyamorous: A Live Speed-Dating Comedy Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

John Robins: Howl

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Frank Skinner: 30 Years of Dirt

Assembly George Square, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23

Ben Ashurst: Three Cheese Straws for a Pound

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 15–27 Aug

Peter Flanagan: Meditations

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–26 Aug, not 14 Orange Juice

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–10 Aug

Urooj Ashfaq: Oh No!

Assembly George Square, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Jazz Or A Bucket of Blood

Underbelly, George Square, 9–27 Aug, not 14

20:55

Shall I Compere Thee in a Funny Way?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–20 Aug

Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 21–26 Aug

Jonny & The Baptists: Ten Thankless Years

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–15 Aug

Cabaret Impedimenta

Assembly George Square Gardens, 17–20 Aug

Julia Masli: CHOOSH!

Assembly George Square Gardens, 22–27 Aug

Sophia Cleary: It Gets Worse

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Sex-Ed Revisited

ZOO Playground, 13–19 Aug

21:00

Mark Watson: Search Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 17, 21, 22

Rosco McClelland: Bring Out Your Dead Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Hive), 9–27 Aug, not 16

Europe’s Most Wanted!

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–27 Aug

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

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Paul Currie: Shtoom

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 16, 23

Ashley Barnhill: Skullduggery

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 15–27 Aug

What Would You Do If That Was You?

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 9–27 Aug, not 10

Mr Chonkers Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug

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

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 13–26 Aug

Aaron Wood’s Comedy Club

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 9–20 Aug

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

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 14

Courtney Pauroso: Vanessa 5000 Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 16

Frank Sanazi’s Comedy Blitzkrieg

Frankenstein Pub, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 15, 20, 21, 22

Big Value Comedy Show

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Scotland’s Pick of the Fringe

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug

French Bashing by a Frenchman!

Paradise in Augustines, 9–19

Aug, not 13

Patrick Monahan: Exclusively

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 16

Sascha LO: Brat

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 21

Rizal Van Geyzel: Arrested Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

Vanlord

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Burdwurld

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–13 Aug

Joe White: Ethiopian and Still Not Hungry Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug

21:05

Liars & Clowns: A Late Night Comedy Show Assembly Rooms, 11–26

Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24

AAA Stand-Up Late

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug

Baby Wants Candy Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug

David Ian: (Just a)

Perfect Gay

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Dirty Laundry: Spin Off

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–13 Aug

Femme Natale Theatre

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 15–27 Aug, not 21

21:10

This Time Next Year theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Hannah Camilleri: Lolly Bag

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 15

21:15

Adults Only Magic Show Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug, not 21

The Shambles

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Dan Jones: This Seems Ambitious Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug

Monét X Change: Life Be Lifein’

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 10–15 Aug

Foil Arms and Hog: Hogwash

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 22–26 Aug

10 Songs: The Best of Jollyboat

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room Annexe/Warehouse, 9–27 Aug

Jo Griffin: The Power Hour Assembly George Square, 9–27 Aug, not 15 Laughing Horse Fringe

Comedy Selection

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

Rope-A-Dope Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

5 Headliners for £10

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 9–27 Aug

Escape Velocity

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Ashley Haden: Genocidal Liberal

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Mat Ewins: Mr TikTok Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug

21:20

Tim Murray is Witches

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

The Chocolate Scot

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Two Little Dickheads: Slot Fillers

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 18–27 Aug

Jim Smith – The Hills Have Ayes

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug

The Duncan and Judy Murray Show

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug

Eddy MacKenzie and Liam Farrelly: Little and Large

The Stand Comedy Club 2, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Zoë Coombs Marr: The Opener

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–27 Aug

AAA Stand-Up

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

21:25

Lara A King – Midlife at the Oasis

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Tadiwa Mahlunge: Inhibition Exhibition

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

21:30

Skye Scraper: The Life and Times of a Drag

Queen Accountant Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug, not 15 Dubai Fling: Ali Al Sayed and Mina Liccione

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–26 Aug, not 14 Off With Your Head

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 14 Aug, 21 Aug

Teardrops on My Dildo Bedlam Theatre, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Mawaan: Songs About Birds (WIP)

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–13 Aug

Scotland’s Best Comedians at the Fringe

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Lawrence Chaney –Overweight and OVER IT!

Ian McKellen Theatre, Saint Stephens Stockbridge, 21–27 Aug

Filthy Funny Females

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug, not 15

The Stand’s Pick of the Fringe

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug

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

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21 War on Woke

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 17–27 Aug

Ed Byrne: Tragedy Plus Time

Assembly Rooms, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Brian Gallagher: Something, Somewhere, Some of the Time Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–26 Aug, not 14

21:35

Abandoman: Future Fest

Underbelly, George Square, 9–20 Aug, not 14

Paddy Young: Hungry, Horny, Scared

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Aaaaaand now!

Teknicolour Smoof

Comedy Club

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

21:40

Aude Lener – On Edge

theSpaceTriplex, 9–12 Aug

Comedy Reserve at the Dome

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug, not 15, 22

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Don Biswas – The Revolution Will Be Disorganised

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 14

Garry Starr: Greece

Lightning

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 23–27 Aug

My Last Two Brain Cells

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 14

Mark Black: Chindiana Jones

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–13 Aug

Healing King Herod

Underbelly, Cowgate, 16–27

Aug, not 21

Paul Chowdhry: Family-Friendly Comedian

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Manbo

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–14 Aug

Arkem Mark Walton: Fractal Bumhole!

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 13–16 Aug

Kiran Deol: Joysuck

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 14–28 Aug

The Mr Thing Show

Underbelly, George Square, 26–27 Aug

Huge Davies: Whodunnit Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 16

Charlie Lewin: Cockatiel

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28

Aug, not 15

Jazz Emu: You Shouldn’t Have Pleasance Courtyard, 17–27 Aug

Leo Mohr: The Bilboquet Theory

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 18–22 Aug

Kwame Asante: In Stitches

Pleasance Courtyard, 16 Aug

How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Musical Cats

Pleasance Dome, 17–27

Aug, not 21

21:45

Emotionally Unreasonable Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 9–13 Aug

The GottaGo Room: An Escaping-a-Room Thingy theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

666 Black Widows: The Web of Dark Comedy Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

Vida Slayman in Comedy of Terrors theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

Chris Turner: Vegas, Baby! Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug, not 14 Breaking Up with Jesus theSpace on the Mile, 9–19

Aug, not 13

Snake Oil

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 14–27 Aug

Connor Burns: Vertigo

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 11–13 Aug

Martin Urbano: Apology

Comeback Tour Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–27 Aug

Leila Navabi: Composition Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 11

Al Porter: A Work in Progress

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 15–27 Aug

21:50

Comedy for corporates: work-life balance is for losers

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 15–20 Aug

Flat and the Curves:

Divadom

Pleasance Dome, 9–27 Aug Found Our Funny Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Ed: The New, Totally Unofficial, Ginger-Inclusive Parody

Sketch Show

ZOO Playground, 9–19 Aug

Yoshi Obayashi’s Adult Content

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Luke Rollason: cheep cheep (WIP) Pleasance Dome, 11–13 Aug

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Jodie Mitchell: Becoming John Travulva

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 16

Footlights: Leftovers theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

Bipolar Badass Paradise in The Vault, 9–27

Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Wham Bam Thank You

Mam (Work in Progress)

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–13 Aug

That Don’t Hurt My Feelings None Assembly Rooms, 21–27 Aug 21:55

Chelsea Birkby: Silly Sausage (Pain) (WIP)

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 14–27 Aug

Elliot Steel: Love and Hate

Speech

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Free Medical Advice

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

Cara Connors: Straight for Pay

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Stay Big and Go Get ‘Em

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

How to Eat a Bear

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Adam Rowe: What’s Wrong With Me?

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 21

Enjoy an

Album Live with Liam

Withnail and Christopher

Macarthur-Boyd

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug

25 Years of Red Raw

The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 9–27 Aug

Chelsea Birkby and Jamie D’Souza: Good Girls

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–13 Aug

How to Flirt: The TED XXX Talk Assembly Roxy, 9–26 Aug, not 11, 15

22:00

Blood on the Clocktower: Live

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 18–27 Aug, not 24

Laughing Stock

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28

Aug, not 13

Ralph Brown: Ralpha

Male

Scottish Comedy Festival

@ Waverley Bar, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Sh!t-faced

Shakespeare®: Romeo and Juliet

Pleasance at EICC, 9–26

Aug, not 21

Sounds Like...

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 21–25 Aug

Cam Gavinski: Bonheur

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28

Aug, not 14

Chris Cantrill: SuPeRgEnIu$ (WIP)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 14 Aug

John Robertson’s The Dark Room

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug

The Poor Rich Assembly Roxy, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Wet Hot American Stand-Ups

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

The Bite, Late-Night (A Mouthful of Fringe

Mayhem)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 21–27 Aug

Julian Stern Keeps Trying Hill Street Theatre, 9–13 Aug

Matt Storrs: Portly Lutheran Know-It-All

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 21–27 Aug

A Little More Conversation a Little

Less Action Please

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Bill O’Neill: The Amazing Banana Brothers

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14

A Tinderella Story: Swipe, Wince, Repeat

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–10 Aug

Creepy Boys

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Shiny Things – Improv Party

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–13 Aug

Dan Tiernan: Going Under Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Folk’n’TikTok

Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 9–27 Aug

2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger – Kirsty

Munro

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Friends: Kool Story Bro Pleasance Courtyard, 21–23 Aug

Nick Mohammed presents The Very Best and Worst of Mr Swallow Pleasance Courtyard, 15 Aug

Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14–27 Aug

Lots of Feelings: Most Improved Award Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

22:05

Nicole Travolta is Doing Alright

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–19 Aug

Avital Ash Workshops Her Suicide Note Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 9–27 Aug, not 14

22:10

Drag Queens vs Vampires Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Free Footlights

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27 Aug, not 14

The St Andrews Revue

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14 Red Rum: Glue or Glory

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 15–27 Aug

Dan Lees: The Vinyl Countdown

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–20 Aug, not 14

It’s All Gravy

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–13 Aug

22:15

Mike Rice – Hand of a Sinner

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Comedy Queers

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Hysterical Artefacts

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Sophie Sucks Face

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Atomic Comic Meltdown

Just the Tonic Nucleus, Various dates from 11 Aug to 26 Aug

Best of So You Think You’re Funny?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 24

Awake and Narcoleptic with Sarah Albritton

theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug

Nathan Cassidy: Amnesia

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–26 Aug, not 14

So You Think You’re Funny? Competition

Heats

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 13–15 Aug

Rachel Morton-Young: Organised Chaos

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 15 50 – End of the Road?

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Kelly McCaughan: Catholic Guilt

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug, not 14

The Witching Hour

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 9–27 Aug

Mark Thomas: Gaffa

Tapes

The Stand Comedy Club, 13–24 Aug, not 18, 19

Faces of Glasgow

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, Various dates from 9 Aug to 17 Aug

Annie and Angela’s Disco Divorce Party

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

22:20

Alice Cockayne: I Showered Before I Came

Underbelly, George Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Moses Storm: Perfect

Cult

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Andy Roach – Laughing at Conspiracy Theories

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Joe and Rory: Television 1

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug, not 14

AAA Stand-Up

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug

One Room Sleep One Night

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose , 9–27 Aug, not 14

Dahn Rozario: White People Need to Relax

Assembly George Square, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Watch List

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug

Petting Zoo Comedy

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–20 Aug

22:25

Catnip! Greatest Hits

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Mr Chonkers

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 15 Aug

Andrew O’Neill – Geburah

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–28 Aug, not 15, 22

22:30

3’s Comedy: Late Nights

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

The All Irish After Party

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

Joe Jacobs –TurboFleshSuck5000

The Voodoo Rooms, 15–20 Aug

Lachlan Werner – Voices Of Evil

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 15, 23

Ciarán Bartlett: Machine

Gun of Filth

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28

Aug, not 11

RVG’s International Comedy Club

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

Dane Simpson: Didgeridoozy Assembly George Square Studios, 9–13 Aug

Catherine Cohen: Come For Me

Pleasance Courtyard, 14–27

Aug, not 22, 23

The Stand Late Club

The Stand Comedy Club, Various dates from 10 Aug to 26 Aug

Baked Shakespeare: As You Like It

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 21–27 Aug

22:35

Mad Ron: Crime School Assembly George Square, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Seriously Funny Comedy Show

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

22:40

Jamali Maddix: Work in Progress

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–13 Aug

Dungeons ‘n’ Bastards: An Adam Riches

Gameshow

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–27 Aug

This Time Next Year

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Attack of the 36 Triple-G Woman theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Comedy in the Dark – Late

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23

22:45

North Americ*nts

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug

Scott McPherson: Life

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 15–20 Aug

Hate ‘n’ Live

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14 BATSU!

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21 Red Flag(s) theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug

Eliott Simpson: (A)Sexy and I Know It

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 27 Aug

Shaggers

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Nocturnal Animals

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Men Who Are Being Preserved in Oil (with Nate and Ed) theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

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

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug, not 14

22:50

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

Pleasance Courtyard, 21–27 Aug

Bristol Revunions presents Ready to Board

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 15–26 Aug, not 20

Philipp and Phriends: A Late Night Comedy Show

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug

Craig Wilson: Comedy Ninja (WIP)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–13 Aug

22:55

Ibrahem Al Hajjaj: From Riyadh to Edinburgh theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

Footlights: Leftovers theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug

Best of the Fest: The New Class Assembly George Square Studios, 10–26 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24

23:00

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

More

Pleasance Courtyard, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug

You Dress Funny – Darren Harriott and Rachel Fairburn

Pleasance Courtyard, 23–24 Aug

The Prince Andrew Tate

Appreciation Hour

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug

Dog Park

Pleasance Courtyard, 10 Aug, 17 Aug

The Improverts

Bedlam Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Nick Helm’s Hot ‘N’ Heavy Weekend

Pleasance Courtyard, 11–12 Aug

Ivo Graham: Organised Fun

Pleasance Courtyard, 12 Aug, 19 Aug

This Is Your Trial (Unleashed)

Hootenannies @ The Apex, 9–28 Aug

Yoshi Obayashi’s Adult Content

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

All Killa No Filla

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–25 Aug

A Retrospection

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Trash Salad

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–15 Aug

The Wild Geeze

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 11–28 Aug, not 21

How to Write a Eulogy That Kills

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Stamptown Comedy Night

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23

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

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 15

23:05

This Isn’t Working Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–19 Aug, not 13

The Late Great Rompers x Cowtools

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 10–20 Aug, not 14

23:10

Tarot: Hive Mind Pleasance Courtyard, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug

A Terrible Show for Terrible People

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

23:15

Jeremy Flynn: In Like Flynn

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 21–27 Aug

Men Who Are Being Preserved in Oil (with Nate and Ed) theSpace on the Mile, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Marc Burrows in the Glom of Nit

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Werewolf: Live – Charity Spectacular!

Underbelly, George Square, 24–25 Aug

Edinburgh Comedy

Allstars

Underbelly, George Square, Various dates from 11 Aug to 26 Aug

Blackout

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 15–20 Aug

Alex Owen-Hill Asks

Himself ‘Is It ADHD?’

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23

Big Zeus Energy

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–13 Aug

Beehavioural Problems: Something Something Autism theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

Erin McKinnie and Fearghas Kelly: Stragglers

Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Best of Northern Irish

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–27 Aug

I Consent Assembly George Square Studios, 9–10 Aug

The Confessional

Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 9–27 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24, 26

23:20

Some Laugh Live Monkey Barrel Comedy, 23–24 Aug

Act Normal

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–24 Aug, not 14

Gig Pigs Live in Edinburgh Pleasance Courtyard, 16–17 Aug

Indonesia Presents (Far) East Meets West

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 14

It’s Christmas Time

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 21–22 Aug

Siblings and Family Friends

Pleasance Dome, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 23 Aug

Attack of the 36 Triple-G Woman

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

23:25

Jay Handley – The White

Jesus Chronicles

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug

Adult Film Club

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 15–16 Aug

Paul F Taylor: Head in the Clouds

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 16

23:30

Stu Murphy: Debut Monkey Barrel Comedy (The Tron), 9–27 Aug, not 14 BattleActs!

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 21–27 Aug

The Gong of Edinburgh: Comedy Gong Show

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug Late’n’Live

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug

Mick McNeill: Taking the Michael Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Kenya Handle It?

Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 9–27 Aug

Comedians Beer Mat Flipping Super Bowl

Pleasance Dome, 15–16 Aug

Not Another Quiz Night Gilded Balloon Teviot, Various dates from 17 Aug to 26 Aug

Comedians’ DJ Battles

Assembly George Square Studios, 11 Aug, 20 Aug, 27 Aug

BeComedy UK Presents: No Limits

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–20 Aug

Marcus Dean – Foreigner

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 9–27 Aug, not 14

I See Three

Laughing Horse @ The Cocktail Mafia, 14–27 Aug

Absolute Chaos

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug

Jazz Emu’s Pleasure Garden

Assembly George Square Studios, Various dates from 17 Aug to 26 Aug

23:35

Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2023

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–27 Aug

The George Lucas Talk Show

Assembly George Square Studios, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug

23:40

Ben Fallaci: Shower Chair

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–13 Aug

Drag Queens vs Zombies

Underbelly, Cowgate, 25–26 Aug

23:45

Late Night Comedy Death

Camp

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Jessie Nixon: Damsel

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

23:50

Party Assembly George Square, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 25 Aug

23:55

Best of the Fest Assembly Hall, 10–26 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24

RODEO!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 13–14 Aug

Mr Chonkers Presents: Piggy Time

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–19 Aug

RODEO!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 10–12 Aug

The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS)

Monkey Barrel Comedy, Various dates from 9 Aug to 27 Aug

The Drunk and Heckle Show

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21

King of the Table

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 18 Aug, 25 Aug

23:59

The Midnight Show

Just the Tonic at The Caves, Various dates from 11 Aug to 26 Aug

00:00

Late with Kate

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’

Gait, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23

Best of Edinburgh Fringe

Comedy: Late Show

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 10–28 Aug

Abbas Wahab: Gracefully

Balding

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 10–28 Aug

00:05

Irish Comedy Showcase

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–28 Aug

Viggo Venn: British Comedian

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 17–28 Aug

Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 9–16 Aug

00:15

Vibe Shift

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 18–28 Aug

Queen and Sober

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–17 Aug

00:25

African-ish

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–28 Aug

00:30

(o) (o)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Comedy Striptease

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 10–28 Aug, not 16, 23 James Allen and Annabelle Devey: At Least You Tried

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–19 Aug

00:45

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–28 Aug

White Bear Comedy Club

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–28 Aug

01:00

Furiozo: Man Looking for Trouble

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–28 Aug, not 15, 22

Vibe Shift

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–14 Aug

Anna Beros – Creampie Curious

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 15–28 Aug

The Jam Society

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 24–25 Aug

01:15

Long-Distance Roommates

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–28 Aug 01:35

I’m Positive!

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 9–14 Aug 01:50

Mark Dean Quinn: Is This Enough

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee

Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

ECLIPSE AT SUMMERHALL

Trailblazing stories by extraordinary artists that will take you across the UK and around the world.

Featuring new work from Eclipse Artistic Director Lekan Lawal and a season of interdisciplinary productions supported by a third expanded iteration of the Eclipse Award.

ECLIPSE THEATRE PRESENTS: ECLIPSE AWARD WINNERS:

Lekan Lawal & Eclipse

Theatre Company: PILOT

3–27 August

Lekan Lawal & Eclipse

Theatre Company: SOON

4–27 August

BLINK Dance Theatre: ELVIS DIED OF BURGERS

2–13 August

Faizal Abdullah: SIAPA YANG BAWA

MELAYU AKU PERGI?

(WHO TOOK MY MALAY AWAY)

2–10 August

Mwansa Phiri: waiting for a train at the bus stop

2–27 August

Subira Joy: KILL THE COP INSIDE YOUR HEAD

22–27 August

Lula Mebrahtu: OommoO

3–27 August

Jian Yi: WEATHERVANES

3–27 August

09:45

The Feed theSpace @ Venue45, 9 Aug 10:00

Mirandolina Hill Street Theatre, 14–19 Aug

Gusla

Summerhall, 22–27 Aug

Shakespeare for Breakfast

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug

A Funeral for My Friend

Who Is Still Alive theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

The Wizard of Oz theSpace @ Niddry St, 26 Aug

NASSIM

Traverse Theatre, 22 Aug, 24 Aug

ADULTS

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 27 Aug

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 20 Aug, 23 Aug

Pieces of Us

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Bloody Elle

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug

Horizon Showcase:

Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Traverse Theatre, 15 Aug, 18 Aug, 26 Aug

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

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

Funeral

Zoo Southside, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Sean and Daro Flake It ‘Til They Make It Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 16 Aug

10:05

Can’t Wait to Leave theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug 33 to 04

theSpace on the Mile, 14–26 Aug

10:10

The Island Hill Street Theatre, 9–13 Aug

Who Killed My Father Summerhall, 22–27 Aug

The Adventures of Supernova de Loutherbergh theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug Wait!

Summerhall, 9–19 Aug, not 14

10:15

The Trials of Galileo Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Macbeth: Sleep No More theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

Alan Bennett’s Cocktail Sticks Greenside @ Riddles Court, 15 Aug, 19 Aug

The Father Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–23 Aug When It Rains Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–12 Aug

10:20

OTMA theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

Das Weben Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Confessions of a Teletubby theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9 Aug

The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 16, 25

10:25

The Fish Bowl Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Five Short Plays Loosely Linked by the Theme of Crime

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–19 Aug

10:30

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

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

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

Memento Mori Bitches Paradise in The Vault, 14–19 Aug

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 9 Aug, 26 Aug

10:35

The Misunderstanding theSpaceTriplex, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 18 Aug, 19 Aug

Dreams of Anne Frank theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

10:40

Adaptation: Enough Already theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 14–19 Aug

What If theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

10:45

Breaking Open theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Serious Nonsense (for Terribly Grown-Up People)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 9–27 Aug

10:50

Breaking the Castle Assembly Rooms, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Jesus, Jane, Mother & Me Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 16

Coconut theSpace @ Niddry St, 14–19 Aug

10:55

Chasing Butterflies

Pleasance Dome, 10–28 Aug, not 16, 23

11:00

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, Various dates from 10 Aug to 27 Aug

Frankenstein theSpace @ Venue45, 11–19

Aug, not 13

1000 Miniature Meadows Pleasance Courtyard, 12–28 Aug

Cathedral Song School Tours

St Mary’s Cathedral, Various dates from 9 Aug to 25 Aug

O Tusitala: Tellers of Tales

Royal Lyceum Theatre

Edinburgh, 20 Aug, 27 Aug

Steve Richards Presents: Rock’n’Roll Politics

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 13–26 Aug

Thrown

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 19

Aug, 25 Aug

Cooked

Bedlam Theatre, 22–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 24–25 Aug

Sacred Arts Festival

Visual Art at St Vincent’s Stockbridge 3

St Vincent’s, 19 Aug

Sacred Arts Festival

Visual Art at St Vincent’s Stockbridge 2 St Vincent’s, 18 Aug

Athena

Greenside @ Infirmary

Street, 9–12 Aug

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

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

PLEASE LEAVE (a message)

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–24 Aug, not 14

Wiesenthal

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23

Big Kid Kindergarten

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 9–25 Aug

Heaven by Eugene

O’Brien

Traverse Theatre, 20 Aug, 27 Aug

11:05

Call Me Elizabeth

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–26 Aug

Hickory

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

Ludomachy! The Summoning of Games

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 9–27 Aug

Am I Nuts!

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

11:10

Towering Issues

theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug

The Wreck of the Queen

Thomasina

theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

Julius Caesar Must Die

theSpace on the Mile, 18

Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

11:15

Alba

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–13 Aug

Prick

theSpace on the Mile, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24

The Wizard of Oz

theSpace @ Niddry St, 26 Aug

Shadow Kingdom

Assembly Roxy, 9–28 Aug

Animal Farm

theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

Collar

theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug

Hole

Paradise in Augustines, 21–26 Aug

11:20

Things To Do in Mull

theSpace on the Mile, 10

Aug, 12 Aug, 14 Aug

Build a Rocket by Christopher York

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–13 Aug

La codista / The queuer

Zoo Southside, 9–17 Aug, not 14

...And This Is My Friend

Mr Laurel

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 16

Funeral

Zoo Southside, 18–27 Aug, not 21

11:25

He Wears It Well Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Donut Dollies

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

My Dad Wears a Dress

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27

Aug, not 14

At That Time, Byeon

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Marmalade

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–11 Aug

11:30

Tending

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Temping

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug

Twelfth Night

theSpace @ Niddry St, 21–25 Aug

Mother Mama Mommy

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

The Death & Life of All of Us

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 13, 14, 21

Overlooked theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

Some Sonnets and a Bit of Bach

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Is it Art?

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–19 Aug, not 13

I Am Mark

Charlotte Chapel, 18–19 Aug

11:35

1518

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

Île

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 16

Appraisal Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

DNA

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

Ophelia

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–19 Aug

11:40

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, Various dates from 15 Aug to 27 Aug

Loft Clearance

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Tomorrow’s Child Assembly Checkpoint, 9–28 Aug, not 15

There’s a Leak! theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

Coconut theSpaceTriplex, 21–26 Aug

Adaptation: Enough Already theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 21–26 Aug

Crawling Up the Walls

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9 Aug Rewind

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

11:45

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug Do Rhinos Feel Their Horns or Can They Not See Them Like How We Can’t See Our Noses

Summerhall, 15–27 Aug, not 21

ELVIS DIED OF BURGERS

Summerhall, 9–13 Aug Sing, River Pleasance Courtyard, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23

Casting the Runes

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Gulls theSpace @ Venue45, 9 Aug

11:50

Polko

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

this is a scam.

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Blueprints

Pleasance Courtyard, 17–28 Aug, not 21

How to Bury a Dead Mule

Pleasance Dome, 9–27 Aug, not 16, 21

14-18 Cyrano de Bergerac

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

Four Letter Word and Adrift

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

The Return

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–15 Aug

Burned Out theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Sofar

Paradise in Augustines, 14–19 Aug

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, 12–13 Aug

11:55

Rites of Passage

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 9–12 Aug

Ben Target: LORENZO Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

12:00

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug

In Conversation with…

John Nicolson

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 12 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Tana

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 9–20 Aug

Lights! Donkey! Action! Paradise in Augustines, 9–12 Aug

In Conversation with…

Tom English

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 20 Aug

JM Coetzee’s Life & Times of Michael K Assembly Hall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

In Conversation with…

Tom Kitchin

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9 Aug

Yoga with Jillian – A New Comedy

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 16

In Conversation with…

Aamer Anwar

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 13 Aug

In Conversation with…

Billy Kay

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 16 Aug

In Conversation with…

Tom Robinson

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 17 Aug

In Conversation with…

Lesley Riddoch

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 19 Aug

Klanghaus: Darkroom

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

In Conversation with...

Andy Burnham

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 22 Aug

In Conversation with…

Ray Bradshaw

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 15 Aug

CREEKSHOW

Zoo Southside, 9–27 Aug, not 15

In Conversation with…

Bobby Bluebell

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 18 Aug

In Conversation with…

Jack Monroe

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 14 Aug

Alexander Klaus, the One-Legged Shoemaker

Man

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito

‘n’ Shake, 12–19 Aug

Raising Kane

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

Two Strangers Walk into a Bar...

House of Oz, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Pavementology Meeting Point, East Princes Street Gardens, 9–28 Aug, not 15, 22

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23–25 Aug

Them

Pleasance Dome, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Getting to Grips with Migraine

The Royal Scots Club, 18–19 Aug

In Conversation with…

Joanna Cherry

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 10 Aug

In Conversation with…

Anas Sarwar

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 25 Aug

The Court Hill Street Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Enquiry Concerning Hereafter

Panmure House, 12 Aug, 19

Aug, 26 Aug

In Conversation with…

Ken Loach

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting

(Audio Installation and Performance)

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

Letter to Boddah

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–26 Aug

In Conversation with…

Tam Cowan

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 21 Aug

In Conversation with…

John McDonnell

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 11 Aug

In Conversation with…

Jeremy Corbyn

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 24 Aug

12:05

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas

The Stand Comedy Club, 10 Aug

Coconut

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

Skies in the Cloud

theSpace on the Mile,

14–19 Aug

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug, not 10 It’s a Mystery!

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 14–19 Aug

Uisge

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–26 Aug

How to Find a Husband in 37 Years or Longer theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–26 Aug

12:10

Stanislaus and James theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–22 Aug

The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–28 Aug, not 16, 23

Tennessee, Rose Pleasance Dome, 10–28 Aug, not 16, 23

The Parliament of Poets

artSpace@StMarks, 12 Aug Here You Come Again theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

Letter to Boddah theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13 Upstart! Shakespeare’s Rebel Daughter Judith Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 15

12:15

Victor, Vi and the Volvo Paradise in The Vault, 9–11 Aug

The Signalman theSpace on the Mile, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 19 Aug

My Neighbours Are Kind of Weird?

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 14–27 Aug

The Last Bantam theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20 Pressure Cooker theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug Into the Ruins of Modernity

artSpace@StMarks, 11 Aug

Sex Diaries of an Ex-Catholic theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Sectioned

Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 9–14 Aug Dirty Words

Pleasance Dome, 10–28 Aug, not 16, 23

12:20

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 9–27 Aug, not 10, 12, 13, 14, 20, 22, 23, 24

Layers

Assembly Roxy, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Sunsets

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 14

That is the Question

theSpace @ Niddry St, 14–19 Aug

It’s Magic, but is it Art?

Paradise in The Vault, 14–27 Aug, not 20

Spin Cycles Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug

Mystery House

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

12:25

Artist/Muse

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

Happier Daze

theSpace on the Mile, 10–26 Aug, not 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25

12:30

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Truly Madly Baldy

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14, 21

Alice Hawkins –

Suffragette

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 13 Aug

Nation

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20

The Birth of Frankenstein

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 14

Animate Lands: Mythic

Celtic Tales

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–10 Aug

Klanghaus: Darkroom

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

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

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

Wishbone

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

The Importance of Being

Nihilists

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

The Hearth

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 11–27 Aug, not 14, 18

Anything That We Wanted To Be

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Self-Raising Pleasance Dome, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Terrence the T-Rex Bedlam Theatre, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

June

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

WONDER DRUG: A Comedy About Cystic Fibrosis

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–28

Aug, not 14, 21

Brain Freeze

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

Blue Dragon

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 15–27 Aug

12:35

Lena Assembly George Square, 9–28 Aug, not 15

Tom Brown’s Schooldays theSpace @ Niddry St, 21–26 Aug

Alan Bennett’s Cocktail Sticks

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–19 Aug

12:40

The Van Paemel Family Zoo Southside, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Silly Little Things

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 21–27 Aug

Everything That’s Me Is Falling Apart Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down theSpace @ Venue45, 18–19 Aug

Alison Skilbeck’s Uncommon Ground Assembly Rooms, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Man Shed

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

Fit Ye Sayin’ Quine?

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Dugsi Dayz

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Frigid

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Witches

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Boudica

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

12:45

Sir Percival and the Jabberwock

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Mirrored Metamorphosis Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 16–19 Aug

Four

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 15

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21 30 and Out

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug

Blueballs theSpaceTriplex, 21–26 Aug

The Burden of Truth

Paradise in The Vault, 14–19 Aug

Be Home Soon

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

The Academy Trust

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Picasso: Le Monstre

Sacré

Assembly Roxy, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 22

Decay Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–10 Aug

Chariot: The Eric Liddell Story

Palmerston Place Church, 26 Aug

12:50

Violet and Me

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–28 Aug, not 16, 23

Twenty People A Minute theSpace on the Mile, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24

Robert Garnham, Bouncer

Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 15–27 Aug

MUSIC

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 14

The Mrs Dewinters

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 23–26 Aug

Where is Love

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

12:55

Secret Storytellers

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Molly

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Break Up With Your Boyfriend

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 16

Before the Drugs Kick In theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

13:00

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Chatham House Rules

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 14

In Everglade Studio

Assembly George Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

An Afternoon with the Ladies of the Cliff Richard Fan Club, Sutton Coldfield, 1995 Assembly Rooms, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Agent November: Indoor

Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Líam Rudden’s Silence in Court

Stables Pavilion, Musselburgh Links, 16–17 Aug

Iain Dale: All Talk with Jess Phillips MP

Pleasance at EICC, 12 Aug

Iain Dale: All Talk with Sir John Curtice and Brian Taylor

Pleasance at EICC, 13 Aug

The Ice Hole: A Cardboard Comedy Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug

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

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Macbeth

Paradise in Augustines, 9–12 Aug

Iain Dale: All Talk with Nicola Sturgeon MSP Pleasance at EICC, 10 Aug

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug

Impact

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 15

How to Drink Wine Like a Wanker

Summerhall, 15–27 Aug, not 21

Memories of the Early 1950s

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Klanghaus: Darkroom Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

What Girls Are Made Of Assembly Rooms, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Sanctuary

Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC, 19 Aug

ADULTS

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 20

Aug, 23 Aug

NASSIM

Traverse Theatre, 25 Aug

Wind in the Willows Musselburgh Racecourse, 26 Aug

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 24 Aug

Two Strangers Walk into a Bar...

House of Oz, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23–24 Aug

Making History by Stephen Fry

St Ninian’s Hall, 12 Aug, 19 Aug

Bloody Elle

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug

Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug, 22 Aug, 27 Aug

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, Various dates from 11 Aug to 25 Aug

Nick Wilty: Veteran Comedian Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug

Iain Dale: All Talk with Sir Vince Cable Pleasance at EICC, 9 Aug

Iain Dale: All Talk with Humza Yousaf MSP Pleasance at EICC, 11 Aug Sean and Daro Flake It ‘Til They Make It Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 17 Aug

13:05

Burning Down The Horse Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Aionos

ZOO Playground, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21 Cat Sh!t Crazy theSpaceTriplex, 9–19 Aug, not 13 Brothers

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 21–26 Aug

The Ghost of a Smile theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug

13:10

Dazzling theSpace @ Niddry St, 14–22 Aug

The Hunger Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 15 Chopped Liver and Unions

theSpace on the Mile, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Poppy

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 9–13 Aug

The Last Show Before We Die

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 19 Aug

An Interrogation

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

England & Son

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 19, 22

The Stall theSpace @ Niddry St, 14–19 Aug

13:15

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Her Green Hell

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Chance

Paradise in The Vault, 21–27 Aug

Temporarily Yours

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21 Oh My Heart, Oh My Home.

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Collie’s Shed Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–20 Aug

Pressure Cooker

theSpace on the Mile, 14–20 Aug

In Memoriam

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Curses

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

DNA

theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

What Happened to Agnes

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 14–27 Aug

Ringer

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Shortlist

Assembly George Square, 9–28 Aug, not 15

The Grandfathers Hill Street Theatre, 9–27 Aug Choo Choo! (Or... Have You Ever Thought About ****** **** *****? (Cos I Have))

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

What If

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

Love’s Labour’s Lost theSpace on the Mile, 22–26 Aug

13:20

Once Upon A Crime –Gruesome Grimm Tales! theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–10 Aug

Ants

theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

Pilot

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Devil’s Passion Assembly George Square Studios, 12–27 Aug, not 21

The Brilliance of Broken Glass

Underbelly, George Square, 9–28 Aug

13:30

Poof!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28

Aug, not 14

Lie Low

Traverse Theatre, Various dates from 10 Aug to 25 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Better Days

Just the Tonic at La Belle Angele, 9–26 Aug, not 14

In Loyal Company

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas

The Stand Comedy Club, 10 Aug

Thrown Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 15

Aug, 20 Aug, 26 Aug

Attila the Stockbroker –The Left-Wing Economic Establishment!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 12 Aug, 19 Aug

Klanghaus: Darkroom

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Groomed

Pleasance Dome, 10–28 Aug, not 16, 23

Summer Camp for Broken People Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug, not 10

Santi and Naz

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–28 Aug, not 23

Dough Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting Summerhall (Offsite) @ Institut Français d’Ecosse, 23–24 Aug

1953: The Race for the Summit

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

Heaven by Eugene O’Brien

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, 24 Aug

I Am Mark

Charlotte Chapel, 9 Aug, 11 Aug, 12 Aug, 14 Aug, 15 Aug

13:35

Cowboys and Lesbians

Pleasance Dome, 9–27 Aug, not 12, 16

The School for Scandal theSpace @ Niddry St, 14–19 Aug

13:40

Intimacy theSpace @ Niddry St, 21–26 Aug

I’ve Got Some Things To Get Off My Chest

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 14

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, Various dates from 11 Aug to 25 Aug

Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard’s Tale

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Little White Pig, 9–27 Aug, not 14

13:45

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery – Murder at the Movies

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

Lie Low

Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug

Super

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Cat Sh!t Crazy theSpaceTriplex, 21–26 Aug

Clown Sex

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 16, 21

Waiting for Champagne

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 18–22 Aug

I’m the Greatest Starr

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 23–27 Aug

Photon StarBlaster and the Suicidal Spaceship

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 14–27 Aug

A Gefilte Fish Out of Water C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 9–13 Aug

The Last Flapper Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Split Lip

Assembly Roxy, 9–28 Aug, not 15

13:50

Buff

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–28 Aug, not 15, 22

How to Survive and Thrive in an Impossible World – With a Piano! Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Pleasance Dome

2 - 27 August 12:30pm

Award-winning artistic director of Graeae Theatre shares her story of growing up Deaf in a family with a secret. A blisteringly honest, reflective, and often laugh-out-loud funny one-woman show.

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Lost in Translation

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Intimacy

theSpace @ Venue45, 11–19 Aug, not 13

Walk

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

The Real William

Shakespeare... As Told by Christopher Marlowe Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Nail Polish

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

White Butterfly

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

13:55

Good and Gaslit

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Five Short Plays Loosely Linked by the Theme of Crime

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Constrictor

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

VESSEL

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

Constellations

theSpace on the Mile, 10–26 Aug, not 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25

Violets and Vinegar

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

Rise

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 22–26 Aug

14:00

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

MEMBER

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Life with Oscar Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

The Steamie Loretto School Theatre, 26 Aug

7 Years: A Love Story

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Traditional Tales of Scotland

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–27 Aug

Sealed Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

Sacred Arts Festival

Poetry at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral

St Mary’s Cathedral, 18 Aug

Klanghaus: Darkroom

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

FOOD

The Studio, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

The Madwoman Paradise in The Vault, 9–27 Aug, not 13, 20

The Queen of England

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–26 Aug

Looking for Fun?

Bedlam Theatre, 9–13 Aug

Two Strangers Walk into a Bar...

House of Oz, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Others

Central Hall, 9 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 25 Aug

Blub Blub

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Glass Ceiling Beneath the Stars

Pleasance Dome, 10–27 Aug, not 15, 22

The Great Ruckus

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 14

Dominic Frisby: Gold

Panmure House, 9–20 Aug, not 14

Witch? Women on Trial

The Lost Close, 9–28 Aug, not 14

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Assembly George Square Gardens, 19–20 Aug

The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker and Merryn

Somerset Webb

Panmure House, 26–27 Aug

Home

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–28

Aug, not 16

And the Beat Goes On theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

The Climate Fables

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–19 Aug, not 13

14:05

Ctrl theSpace on the Mile, 21–25 Aug

Lash – A Pulsating New Play About Going Out Out! Pleasance Courtyard, 21 Aug

Being Sophie Scholl theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 16, 20, 23

Thirst

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 14, 21

Nuclear Children

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 15, 22

It’s a Woman’s World theSpaceTriplex, 14–20 Aug

14:10

Blood of the Lamb Assembly Rooms, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Only Hitmen and Scammers Make Phone Calls theSpace @ Niddry St, 14–19 Aug 24, 23, 22

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

A Working Title theSpace @ Niddry St, 14–19 Aug

The Parliament of Poets artSpace@StMarks, 10 Aug The Wreck of the Queen Thomasina theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug

14:15

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Heart of the Mind and A Useful Tragedy theSpace on the Mile, 22–26 Aug

With the Devil’s Assistance

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 14 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 19 Aug

A Shetland Folktale Scottish Storytelling Centre, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug, 27 Aug

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22

Exit 20:20

Paradise in Augustines, 14–27 Aug, not 20

MEAT

Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 10 Aug to 28 Aug

HoneyBEE

Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 9 Aug to 27 Aug

Jane/Norma

theSpace on the Mile, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24

Can’t Stop Carrying On theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 19 Aug, 22 Aug Me, Myself and Mary (Queen of Scots)

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 10–13 Aug Into the Ruins of Modernity

artSpace@StMarks, 9 Aug

Death by Shakespeare

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug One Way Out Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Banana

Zoo Southside, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Hear Us and Hasten

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 18 Aug, 20 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

iHands: A Life Less Lived theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 18 Aug 17 Minutes

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

14:20

Breed or Bust

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Beasts (Why Girls

Shouldn’t Fear The Dark)

ZOO Playground, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Be My Guest Assembly George Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

It’s a Motherf**king Pleasure

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Bitter Lemons

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 16

Candide

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

Spin

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 10–27 Aug, not 21

The Humans

theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

The Invisible Man theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug

14:25

The Life Sporadic of Jess Wildgoose

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–28 Aug, not 16, 23

Manifest Destiny’s Child Assembly Rooms, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Attendants

theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

14:30

Paul Zenon in Monkey Business

Le Monde, 9–27 Aug

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 26

Aug, 27 Aug

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Church of Princess Cassandra

Laughing Horse @ 32 Below, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Sad-Vents

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

The Curious Case of Osgood Mackenzie

The Royal Scots Club, 15–19 Aug

Merry Wanderers

theSpaceTriplex, 9–12 Aug

Temping

Assembly George Square

Studios, 9–27 Aug

The Chairs Revisited

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug

Brothers: War Poems and Chronicles

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 9–13 Aug

Sanctuary

Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC, 17 Aug

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

Titanic: The Last Hero and The Last Coward

Charlotte Chapel, 18 Aug, 19 Aug, 23 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug

As Far As Impossible

The Lyceum, 13 Aug

Sudha Bhuchar: Evening

Conversations

Pleasance Courtyard, 22–27 Aug

Life is a Dream

The Lyceum, 26–27 Aug

Help! I Think I’m a Nationalist

Royal Lyceum Theatre

Edinburgh, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Attenborough and His Animals

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 10–26 Aug, not 16, 23

The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis

Charlotte Chapel, 10 Aug

Mrs President

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Salty Irina

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22, 26

Lo Siento Mi Espanol Es Tremendo Mal

St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St, 9 Aug

Graham in the Green Pleasance Courtyard, 17–27 Aug, not 26

A Midsummer Dream in Auld Reekie

Inverleith St Serf’s Church

Centre, 12 Aug, 19 Aug

Maureen

House of Oz, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Whisky Galore

Mayfield Salisbury Church, 12 Aug, 19 Aug

14:35

Gusla

Summerhall, 9–20 Aug, not 14

The Half Moon

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

Looking for Giants

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–13 Aug

Declan

Underbelly, Cowgate, 15–27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: The Talent

Summerhall, 22–27 Aug

Shadow Boxing Assembly George Square Studios, 9–20 Aug

14:40

Paradok Platform

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–27 Aug, not 14

England & Son

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 26 Aug

14:45

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Crash and Burns: A New Comedy

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Indoor Kids

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 9–20 Aug

The Serpent’s Tooth Paradise in The Vault, 9–19 Aug, not 13

iCON

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Grammar of Witchcraft C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 21–27 Aug

Concerned Others

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

(James) Blunt

Instrument

Paradise in The Vault, 21–22 Aug

14:50

Best Man

Underbelly, George Square, 9–27 Aug, not 14

waiting for a train at the bus stop

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Terminal: A Play About 0 Planes, 1 Person, and a 6-Hour Delay Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Sit or Kneel

theSpace @ Venue45, 14–26 Aug

Soldiers of Tomorrow

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Blowhole Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug, not 16

Rockbeth theSpaceTriplex, 14–19 Aug

14:55

Dual Pleasance Dome, 17–28 Aug, not 22

The Dead of Night

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

Old Bridge Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

The Typewriter Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–12 Aug

We Are, in Fact, the Problem

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Singing Sands Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–26 Aug

The Mind of a Narcissist theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee

Pleasance Dome, 9–15 Aug

What Can Indian Look

Like?

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Persephone

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Kitchen Underwear

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

15:00

60 Minutes of Mood

Swings

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–19 Aug

Black Is The Color Of My Voice

Pleasance at EICC, 14 Aug, 15

Aug, 17 Aug, 18 Aug, 19 Aug

Agent November: Indoor

Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town

Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

A Preoccupation with Romantic Love

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 9–11 Aug

Wild Onion

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Sensuous Governing

Summerhall @ Danish Consulate, 9–20 Aug, not 14 We Must Do This More

The Royal Scots Club, 19 Aug

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

The Mystery of the Dyatlov Pass

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 16, 20, 23

Why Am I Like This?

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Guffy

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–28 Aug, not 16, 23

Under the Mirrie Dancers Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 20–27 Aug

Sophie

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 17–22 Aug

Midnight Building

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23–25 Aug

Tones: A Hip-Hop Opera

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug

SAD

Summerhall, 9–13 Aug

Blizzard

Summerhall, 15–27 Aug, not 21

Kerouac: And All That Jazz Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–12 Aug

Showgirls and Spies

Pleasance Dome, 9–13 Aug

15:05

Victorine: The Artist’s Model

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Goodbye Christopher Robinson

theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 14 Aug to 25 Aug

Lear Alone

theSpaceTriplex, 9–19 Aug, not 13

15:10

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

4/4/4: 4 Real Asians, 4 White Men, 4 Fake Asians theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Stark Bollock Naked Assembly Roxy, 9–28 Aug, not 15, 22

What Goes on Without Me theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 15 Aug to 26 Aug

Chopped Liver and Unions theSpace on the Mile,

9–12 Aug

Marie Lloyd Stole My Life Greenside @ Nicolson Square, Various dates from 15 Aug to 25 Aug

A Teacher’s Lament Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 22–26 Aug

Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 15

15:15

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 23

The Portable Dorothy Parker theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

André and Dorine

Assembly Rooms, 9–20 Aug, not 14

Gilbert and Sullivan’s Nightmare

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, Various dates from 14 Aug to 26 Aug

Can’t Stop Carrying On theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 18 Aug, 21 Aug, 23 Aug

Edmonds

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 10, 14, 17, 24

Helios

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Stall theSpace @ Niddry St, 21–22 Aug

iHands: A Life Less Lived theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 15 Aug, 17 Aug

What the Thunder Said PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–15 Aug

Watson: The Final Problem

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21 The Wonderful Everyday theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

15:20

Alone Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 17, 21

52 Monologues for Young Transsexuals

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 13

Park Bench

theSpace on the Mile, 22 Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

The Other Paradise in The Vault, 21–27 Aug

Dead End Job theSpace on the Mile, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

15:25

The Stall theSpace @ Niddry St, 20 Aug

15:30

All Aboard! at Termination Station

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 14, 21

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

The Rosenberg/Strange Fruit Project

Assembly Rooms, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

A Dram O’ History

The Lost Close, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Boy Out The City

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Salomé

Bedlam Theatre, 9–13 Aug

Seventy-Eight Thank Yous Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 16–20 Aug

I Believe in One Bach

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 19–27 Aug

Flickering Seasons

St John’s Church, 10–25

Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23

Bacon

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Trainspotting Live

Pleasance at EICC, 27 Aug

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting

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

Revelations of Rab McVie

Pleasance Courtyard, 24–25 Aug

15:35

End of the World

ZOO Playground, 9–19 Aug

Park Bench

theSpace on the Mile, 15

Aug, 17 Aug, 19 Aug

I Love You, Now What?

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 14, 21

Billy and The Situation

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 9–27 Aug

Godot is a Woman

Pleasance Courtyard, 16–27

Aug, not 21

The Rejects theSpace on the Mile, 10–26

Aug, not 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25

Dead End Job

theSpace on the Mile, 14

Aug, 16 Aug, 18 Aug

15:40

Unforgettable Girl

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 16

Nobody’s Talking About Jamie

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Strays

theSpace on the Mile, 9–25

Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24

Beautiful Evil Things

Pleasance Dome, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Lost Lending Library Church Hill Theatre Studio, Various dates from 11 Aug to 25 Aug

15:45

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Wallace Hill Street Theatre, 21–27 Aug

The Flea Hill Street Theatre, 14–20 Aug

The Quest to Save

Neverland: Peter Pan and the Lost Souls Epic Tale theSpace @ Venue45, 9 Aug

Pitch

Pleasance Courtyard, 10–28

Aug, not 16, 23

Alfie and George Hill Street Theatre, 9–11 Aug

15:50

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 15 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 26 Aug, 27 Aug

For Better, For Worse

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 13–27 Aug

This is a Chair

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

2nd Picture of Dorian Gray

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 9–12 Aug

The Knot theSpace @ Niddry St, 21–26 Aug

15:55

Garage Warriors theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

God Done Opened the Sky!! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

The Kids with Nae Hame C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22 Meat Boy theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

#MeToo, a one-woman show C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 14–20 Aug

Cruelty

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 9–13 Aug

The Psychic Tests

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 21–27 Aug

16:00

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Séance Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith’s For the Many Live with Sir Ed Davey MP Pleasance at EICC, 12 Aug

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith’s For the Many Live with Mark Drakeford MS Pleasance at EICC, 10 Aug

Deaf Action Presents:

Faslane by Amy Helena Scottish Storytelling Centre, 20 Aug

Lady Dealer Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters

Central Hall, 9 Aug

Let the Bodies Pile by Henry Naylor

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug

I Hope Your Flowers

Bloom

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 10–27 Aug, not 13, 16, 20

Thrown

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16

Aug, 22 Aug, 27 Aug

Attila the Stockbroker –The Left-Wing Economic Establishment!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 9–20 Aug, not 12, 19

Expecting by c21 Theatre Company

Deaf Action, 17–19 Aug

Sanctuary

Acoustic Music Centre @ UCC, 18 Aug

ADULTS

Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 24 Aug

NASSIM

Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug

Wind in the Willows

Musselburgh Racecourse, 26 Aug

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 25 Aug

Hayfever

theSpace @ Venue45, 11–26

Aug, not 13, 20

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith’s For the Many Live with Peter Tatchell

Pleasance at EICC, 9 Aug

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith’s For the Many Live with Kate Forbes MSP

Pleasance at EICC, 11 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23–24 Aug

MANikin

Leith Arches, 9–22 Aug, not 10, 17

Meet Me by The Stranger

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Help Yourself

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis Charlotte Chapel, 12 Aug

Hollywoodn’t

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug

Bloody Elle

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug

Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World

Traverse Theatre, 20 Aug, 23 Aug

Enquiry Concerning Hereafter

Panmure House, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Gaze

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

Sean and Daro Flake It ‘Til They Make It Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 18 Aug

Brain Freeze

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

Iain Dale and Jacqui

Smith’s For the Many Live with Ian Blackford MP Pleasance at EICC, 13 Aug

16:05

Abbey’s Box

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

The Bad Daters

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

Varmints

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–19 Aug

Scaredy Fat

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

Macbeth by the Sea

theSpace on the Mile, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Don Quixote

Assembly George Square Studios, 10–15 Aug

After Shakespeare

theSpaceTriplex, 9–26 Aug, not 13

Pretending to Fly

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 14–26 Aug

16:10

The Rampant Rise of Willy of Normandy

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–26 Aug

Women

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 10–12 Aug

Vanya Is Alive

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 9–12 Aug

Sound Clash: Death in the Arena

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 21

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 23–24 Aug

16:15

OommoO

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Second Helping: Two Dead Lovers, Dead Funny

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 9–27 Aug

Lie Low

Traverse Theatre, Various dates from 9 Aug to 26 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

What You Will

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 10 Aug

J.E.N.

Paradise in The Vault, 14–27 Aug, not 20

The Night Children

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–12 Aug

Everything That Annoys Me, and You

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

Paper Walls

theSpace on the Mile, 21 Aug, 23 Aug, 25 Aug

Heaven by Eugene

O’Brien

Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug

16:20

Everyone’s Worried About Eve

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Marlon Solomon: How to Be an Antisemite

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 11

Siapa Yang Bawa Melayu Aku Pergi? (Who Took My Malay Away?)

Summerhall, 9–13 Aug

Queer Street

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–22 Aug, not 13

All the Glorious Moments In Between

theSpace on the Mile, 22

Aug, 24 Aug, 26 Aug

A Trilogy: bag-theSpace @ Surgeons Hall,

11 Aug, 16 Aug, 19 Aug, 21 Aug, 24 Aug

A Trilogy: box.

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall,

10 Aug, 15 Aug, 18 Aug, 23 Aug, 26 Aug

A Trilogy: blood (line)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, Various dates from 9 Aug to 25 Aug

SHOWSTOPPER

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

The Strongest Girl in the World Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–19 Aug, not 13

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, Various dates from 11 Aug to 25 Aug

If You Were to Die Tomorrow

Paradise in Augustines, 14–19 Aug

16:25

Sherlock Holmes The Last Act

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

We’re All Mad Here Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–26 Aug

16:30

Bowjangles: Dracula in Space

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug

Agent November: Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

The Insider

Zoo Southside, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Gie’s Peace

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9 Aug, 16 Aug, 24 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug

Fool’s Gold

ZOO Playground, 9–27 Aug, not 16

The Relationship Plays: Married Life and Sibling Rivalry

Paradise in The Vault, 9–12 Aug

Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug, not 15, 16, 21

Twinkle

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

Journey to the West

Ian McKellen Theatre, Saint Stephens Stockbridge, 9–12 Aug No One Is Coming

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 10–20 Aug, not 16

Breakup Addict

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug

Kill the Cop Inside Your Head

Summerhall, 22–27 Aug

Paper Walls

theSpace on the Mile, 14

Aug, 16 Aug, 18 Aug

Save the Princess

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

HIGH STEAKS

Summerhall, 9–13 Aug

Lost Soles Assembly Roxy, 9–28 Aug, not 14

16:35

All the Glorious Moments In Between theSpace on the Mile, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 19 Aug

Hive Assembly Roxy, 9–15 Aug

Of Moonset and the Milky Way Assembly Roxy, 17–27 Aug, not 21

16:40

The Four Worst Things I’ve Ever Done

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–13 Aug

The Importance of Being... Earnest?

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug

16:45

Rosaline and Juliet

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–11 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

16:50

Giving the Gift of Offence with Martin Rowson

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 12–14 Aug Saturn Return Pleasance Courtyard, 9–13 Aug

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

16:55

Mr Fox Paradise in The Vault, 9–12 Aug

The Museum Trip

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

Soul Mate theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

Gate Number 5 C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 20–27 Aug

17:00

Good Grief: Five Deserts in Search of My Father. A One-Man Show by Writer Jon Lawrence Hill Street Theatre, 9–27 Aug, not 11, 12

They May Have Even Eaten Ham! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Klanghaus: InHaus Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Conversations We Never Had, as People

We’ll Never Be C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 21–27 Aug

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Conversations with Mandela

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 9–13 Aug

Bards at the Barracks

Army @ The Fringe, 22–25 Aug

Dark Noon

Pleasance at EICC, 10–27

Aug, not 16, 23

The Threepenny Opera Festival Theatre, 20 Aug

Frankie Thompson and Liv Ello: Body Show

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 14

The Booth

Bedlam Theatre, 9–13 Aug

Titanic: The Last Hero and The Last Coward Charlotte Chapel, 9 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug

Tomorrow Is Not Promised

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–13 Aug

Move

Bedlam Theatre, 22–27 Aug

Two Strangers Walk into a Bar...

House of Oz, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23–24 Aug

Getting to Grips with Migraine

Listings

The Royal Scots Club, 16–17 Aug 85

Dahlia Wilde: Oh My God Particle Show!

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Tickbox 2

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 16, 23

Junk Monkey

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 20

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting

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

It Won’t Be Long Now Army @ The Fringe, 15–20 Aug

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, Various dates from 11 Aug to 25 Aug

Nova Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Soulmates: (Not) Found Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 9–20 Aug

The All-Terrain Podcast

Live

The Salvation Army Edinburgh City Corps, 13–17 Aug

17:05

Jacob Storms’ Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams

Assembly Rooms, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 22

When Kurt Met Thora

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

Blue Assembly George Square, 10–28 Aug

Kingdom

theSpace on the Mile, 10–26 Aug, not 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25

All is Pink in West Berkshire County

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 14–26 Aug

Unveiled theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 10–12 Aug

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery – Murder on the Disorient Express theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

Collar theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

17:10

Graveyard of the Outcast

Dead theSpace on the Mile, 9–25 Aug, not 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24

The Caravel theSpace @ Venue45, 22–26 Aug

Nearly Lear theSpace @ Venue45, 10–19 Aug, not 13

The Courteous Enemy

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

BUTCHERED

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–20 Aug, not 14 Stuck In The Mud theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 9–12 Aug

The Abrupt Son theSpace on the Mile, 10–19

Aug, not 13

17:15

The Only Punk Rocker in the Village theSpaceTriplex, 14–19 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Attachment: The Leech Show

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

Nan, Me and Barbara

Pravi

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Spend the Night with Tiffany Black

Paradise in Augustines, 9–19

Aug, not 13

Tre

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–12 Aug

Awake, Gay and Writing a Play

PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 9–27 Aug, not 19

Sea Words

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

17:20

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

Pleasance Dome, 9–28

Aug, not 14

The Way Way Deep

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27

Aug, not 14

Dom – The Play Assembly Rooms, 9–27

Aug, not 21

2-Faces

Greenside @ Infirmary

Street, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

I Killed My Ex

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–19

Aug, not 13

Strategic Love Play

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Burnt Lavender

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

Character Flaw

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Assemblywomen

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 9–13 Aug

Lucy and Friends

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–23

Aug, not 14, 21

The Lost Lending Library

Church Hill Theatre Studio, 10 Aug, 19 Aug

Hey Pamela? Yes Pamela?

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 21–26 Aug

Knuckles Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–19 Aug

17:25

Pleasure Little Treasure

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–13 Aug

Peephole Greenside @ Riddles Court, 21–26 Aug

Extreme (The New Norm) Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–19 Aug, not 13

17:30

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Temping

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug

Vino Veritas

theSpace on the Mile, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Expecting by c21 Theatre Company

Deaf Action, 20 Aug

Walking Home

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

Brain Hemingway

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Kaye Adams: How to be 60 Live!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–11 Aug

Thorns

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

The Imitator Assembly Rooms, 10–26 Aug, not 14, 21 Come to Our Show

(Please)

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 14–20 Aug

How to Find a Husband in 37 Years or Longer theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

17:35

Party Scene: Chemsex. Community. Crisis. Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 21, 22

Scent

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

The Quality of Mercy: Concerning the Life and Crimes of Dr Harold Frederick Shipman theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

The Further Misadventures of Martin Hathaway: Shipwrecked Off Heramathea’s Cove Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 10–11 Aug

The Stronger Assembly Rooms, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

17:45

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Last of the Soviets

ZOO Playground, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Thunderstruck

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Various dates from 10 Aug to 28 Aug

Yippee Ki Yay the Die Hard Parody

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23 Distant Memories of the Near Future Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Hipsteria by Josefina Lopez

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9 Aug

Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 27 Aug

Something Educational

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

Chariot: The Eric Liddell Story

Palmerston Place Church, 25 Aug

Land Under Wave

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Various dates from 9 Aug to 27 Aug

17:50

What If They Ate The Baby?

theSpace @ Niddry St, 14–19 Aug

Fool’s Paradise

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Three Men in a Boat

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 9–13 Aug

17:55

The Baron and the Junk Dealer Assembly Roxy, 9–24 Aug, not 15

Wendy, My Darling

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Ivories

theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

18:00

Lash – A Pulsating New Play About Going Out Out!

Pleasance Courtyard, 15 Aug

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Séance Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

An Alternative Helpline for the End of the World Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Call Mr Robeson – A Life, with Songs

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, Various dates from 9 Aug to 19 Aug

Wasteman

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–28 Aug, not 17

Alice Hawkins –Suffragette

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 14–17 Aug

Hamlet

The Royal Scots Club, 21–26 Aug

The Birds, a New Musical Comedy!

Central Hall, 9 Aug

A Migrant’s Son House of Oz, 10–26 Aug, not 14, 21

Just An Ordinary Lawyer

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, Various dates from 10 Aug to 20 Aug

‘78 Things I Don’t Want to Tell You About the Love of My Life

Outhouse, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 20 Aug

Two Strangers Walk into a Bar...

House of Oz, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Exile for Two Violins

French Institute in Scotland, 9–13 Aug

Horizon Showcase: FORGE

Lyceum Roseburn, 23 Aug

James Rowland: Piece of Work

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21, 26

Bolts of Melody

French Institute in Scotland, 16–20 Aug

Making History by Stephen Fry

St Ninian’s Hall, 12 Aug, 19 Aug

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting Summerhall (Offsite) @ Institut Français d’Ecosse, 22 Aug

Piece Of Me

Central Hall, 9 Aug

Deaf Action Presents: Faslane by Amy Helena Deaf Action, 19 Aug

18:05

What You Will

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 11 Aug

Survivors theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 15–19 Aug

Constrictor theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

On the Evils Of Tobacco theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

The Ballad of Truman Capote theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–26 Aug, not 13

Nevernatal theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug Does My Fanny Look Big in This?

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

This Is Not A Play (It’s A Pathetic Cry For Help) Assembly George Square Studios, 9–13 Aug

Certain Death and Other Considerations

ZOO Playground, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

18:10

On the Rail

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Top of the World theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13 Hersterectomy

Just the Tonic at The Caves, Various dates from 9 Aug to 26 Aug

Lost and Found

Just the Tonic at The Caves, Various dates from 10 Aug to 27 Aug

18:15

The Standard Short Long Drop theSpaceTriplex, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

The Ocean And The Star theSpace on the Mile, Various dates from 9 Aug to 15 Aug

Mister Shakespeare Hill Street Theatre, 9–27 Aug

18:20

Grown Up Orphan Annie

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 15

Meat Cute

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Oggie! Oggie! Oggie!

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

Square Peg

Paradise in Augustines, 9–19 Aug, not 13

18:25

(...)Prty Grl Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

My Father’s Nose Assembly Rooms, 9–27 Aug

The Last Vagabonds Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

Maybe Things Are Okay

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

Take The Bins Out Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–12 Aug

American Man

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–12 Aug

18:30

The Death of Molly Miller

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

MacBeth

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Teacher’s Pet Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 9 Aug to 27 Aug

The Lifespan Tour

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–26 Aug, not 20

KING Assembly @ Dance Base, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 19, 20, 21

Moderation

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

Thrown

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 17 Aug, 23 Aug

Lilies on the Land

The Royal Scots Club, 14–19 Aug

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 10–26

Aug, not 16, 21

Draining the Swamp

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 16–27 Aug

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

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

True Spirit Pathway

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Hot as Hell Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 10 Aug to 28 Aug

Heaven by Eugene O’Brien

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 16

Aug, 18 Aug, 22 Aug, 25 Aug

18:35

The Lady of the Loch

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

ORFARM – Animal Farm

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Notes to Future Self theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

18:40

The Society for New Cuisine

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14 How to Become Ridiculously Well-Read (In About 50 Minutes)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Meat Boy

theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug

Paved with Gold and Ashes

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

18:45

crackers

The Royal Scots Club, 9–12 Aug

Everything Under the Sun Army @ The Fringe, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Heaven by Eugene O’Brien

Traverse Theatre, 19 Aug

18:50

Bad Teacher

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–13 Aug

Candide

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 20–26 Aug

Bangers

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Colonel Anne: Jacobite Heroine

theSpace @ Venue45, 11–19 Aug, not 13

18:55

Playing Latinx Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Optimistic: Elizabeth Holmes

Zoo Southside, 9–27 Aug, not 10, 17

Salamander Assembly Roxy, 9–16 Aug

1984

Assembly Roxy, 18–28 Aug Hi, I’m Zoë...

Laughing Horse @ Eastside, 20–27 Aug

19:00

Klanghaus: InHaus

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug Whisk(e)y Wars

Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 9–13 Aug

Dimanche

Church Hill Theatre, 15–19 Aug

Temping

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug

Tipples, Tales and Traditions with Edinburgh Gin Edinburgh Gin Distillery, 14 Aug, 21 Aug, 28 Aug

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down theSpace @ Venue45, 20–26 Aug

Pleading Stupidity

Pleasance Dome, 9–28

Aug, not 15

Growler

Summerhall, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21

Sugar and Blood

ZOO Playground, 9–11 Aug

Havisham

ZOO Playground, 13–27 Aug

ADULTS

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug, 15 Aug, 17 Aug, 22 Aug, 25 Aug

NASSIM

Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug

Almost Adult

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 14

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 18 Aug, 26 Aug

Messhead Paradise in Augustines, 21–27 Aug

Murder in the Cathedral

Old Saint Paul’s Church, 28 Aug

Two Strangers Walk into a Bar...

House of Oz, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

April Small: Bloody Medea!!

BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 18–27 Aug

Our Anxious Measurements

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Bloody Elle Traverse Theatre, 9 Aug

Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Traverse Theatre, 16 Aug, 24 Aug

The Mariner’s Song

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 16–20 Aug

Kravitz, Cohen, Bernstein and Me

Assembly Rooms, 9–27 Aug, not 14

The Rotting Hart

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9–13 Aug

Sean and Daro Flake It ‘Til They Make It

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, 19 Aug

Pride and Prejudice

Musselburgh Racecourse, 26 Aug

19:05

Shimmer theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Il Burattino theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

19:10

Three Sisters and Them theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug, not 20

19:15

A Working Title

theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

The Gaffer

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–13 Aug

Dickie Must Die theSpace on the Mile, 9 Aug, 10 Aug, 11 Aug, 12

Aug, 14 Aug

A Good Panto Die Hard

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 14

Drumming Up Poetry theSpaceTriplex, 21–26 Aug

Deaf Action Presents: Red Aphrodite by Amy Murray

Deaf Action, 12–13 Aug

Horizon Showcase: Birthmarked Assembly Rooms, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 20

Yellow Corners theSpaceTriplex, 14–19 Aug

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

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 21

Rhubarb and Custard

Paradise in The Vault, 21–27 Aug

Afghanistan Is Not Funny by Henry Naylor Gilded Balloon Teviot, 11–18 Aug

Tituba

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 9–27 Aug

Self Actually theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 13–14 Aug

Lovefool

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Norma theSpace on the Mile, 15–19 Aug

Chariot: The Eric Liddell Story Palmerston Place Church, 23–25 Aug

19:20

Bang ZOO Playground, 9–27 Aug

GUSH

Assembly George Square, 16–28 Aug, not 22

Quitting Comedy

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Legends, 9–27 Aug, not 22

Unstitching theSpace @ Niddry St, 14–22 Aug

Train Lord theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

19:25

Otto & Astrid’s Joint Solo Project

Assembly George Square Gardens, 10–27 Aug, not 16

Love, Monty Paradise in The Vault, 9–12 Aug

19:30

Bowie, Cambo & All the Hype – An Evening with John Cambridge Blackwell’s Bookshop, 9–10 Aug

A Fairie Tale

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 17, 18, 23

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

The Beatles Were a Boyband

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 18–27 Aug

The Steamie

Loretto School Theatre, 23–26 Aug

Never Trouble Trouble (Till Trouble Troubles You)

Tynecastle Park, Various dates from 11 Aug to 27 Aug

Tales of Edinburgh Horror

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 14 Aug, 16 Aug, 17 Aug, 22 Aug, 24 Aug

The Threepenny Opera Festival Theatre, 18–19 Aug

Sacred Arts Festival

Poetry at Greyfriars Kirk

Greyfriars Kirk, 15 Aug

Titanic: The Last Hero and The Last Coward

Charlotte Chapel, 9 Aug, 12 Aug

Trojan Women

Festival Theatre, 9–11 Aug

As Far As Impossible

The Lyceum, 11–14 Aug

Bits ‘N’ Pieces

Leith Arches, 11–26 Aug, not 17, 24

Life is a Dream

The Lyceum, 23–26 Aug

Making History by Stephen Fry

St Ninian’s Hall, 9–18 Aug, weekdays only

The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis

Charlotte Chapel, 11 Aug, 15 Aug, 16 Aug

A Midsummer Dream in Auld Reekie

Inverleith St Serf’s Church Centre, 9–18 Aug, weekdays only

Bear with Me: A Polar Bear in Scotland

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 9 Aug, 23 Aug

Whisky Galore

Mayfield Salisbury Church, 9–18 Aug, weekdays only

A Comedy of Tenors

The Royal Scots Club, 21–26 Aug

I Am Mark

Charlotte Chapel, 10 Aug, 14 Aug

19:35

Locusts theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Modern Witches

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

When Worlds Collide Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

Did You Eat?

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

Swan Song

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

Two Gun Cohen – The Improbable True Story theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

19:40

When We Died Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21 97+ theSpace on the Mile, 14–19 Aug

Tartuffe, the Imposter: A Feminist Reimagining theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Tea and Milk

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Not Our Crime, Still Our Sentence

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–17 Aug, not 14

19:45

Wildcat’s Last Waltz Assembly Rooms, 9–26 Aug, not 12

DARLING BOY

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–16 Aug

Satan vs God

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 9–27 Aug, not 14

19:50

The Fear

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

A Manchester Anthem Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 16

In Loving Memory of Mary Mort

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–26 Aug, not 20

“The Ayes Have It! The Ayes Have It!”

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–13 Aug

19:55

The Steamie theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

20:00

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Agent November: Indoor

Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

We Must Do This More

The Royal Scots Club, 18–19 Aug

Shakesperimental Bedlam Theatre, 15–27

Aug, not 21

Family Matters

Central Hall, 9 Aug

FOOD

The Studio, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21

Plague Stone Party: Farewell, Tor BlundaGardens: BlundaBus & Magical SpiegelYurt, 18–22 Aug

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

The Royal Scots Club, 21–26 Aug

Tales of a Jane Austen Spinster Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–12 Aug

A Portrait of Ludmilla as Nina Simone French Institute in Scotland, 9–14 Aug

Horizon Showcase: A Crash Course in Cloudspotting Summerhall (Offsite) @ Institut Français d’Ecosse, 22 Aug

Mark Twain’s The Stolen White Elephant Paradise in The Vault, 14–27 Aug, not 20

20:05

Runaway theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

20:10

Report to an Academy Zoo Southside, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Unveiled theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug, not 16, 20, 23

20:15

The Alpha Podcast theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

Two Cats on a Date ZOO Playground, 9–27 Aug, not 16

Captain Avaritia’s Carnival of Wonders theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 21–26 Aug

Gold! theSpace on the Mile, 9–26 Aug, not 13

Loving the Enemy theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9 Aug

20:20

Andronicus Synecdoche presented by Song of the Goat Theatre

Zoo Southside, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Bullring Techno Makeout

Jamz

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Goodbye Uncle Fudgey

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 15

Cola Boy

theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 14–19 Aug

Please Love Me Pleasance Dome, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21

20:25

And Then The Rodeo Burned Down theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–17 Aug, not 13

Hysterical Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

20:30

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Robyn Yew

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

Ctrl Room :_

Army @ The Fringe, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Temping

Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug

The Importance of Being

Earnest

The Royal Scots Club, 14–19 Aug

Agent November:

Outdoor Escape Game –Major X Ploe-Shun

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug

Love is Blue

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Welcome to The Big Show

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

An Oak Tree

Royal Lyceum Theatre

Edinburgh, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

20:35

Trust

ZOO Playground, 9–19 Aug

A Perfectly Average Glimpse into a Perfectly Average Day

ZOO Playground, 20–27 Aug

Bill’s 44th

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–27 Aug, not 14

20:40

Four Cut Sunflowers theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug, not 20

20:45

Eulogy

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

I’ve Never Met Anyone Quite Like You Before theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

A Preoccupation with Romantic Love

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 19–27 Aug Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes)

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–12 Aug

How To Rob a Millionaire (In Five Easy Steps) Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Puppets

Paradise in The Vault, 14–19 Aug

F*ckboy Fairytales

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–12 Aug

We’re All Mad Here

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 10–26 Aug, not 16, 21

Good Morning, Faggi

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Pinched

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Lino

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–19 Aug, not 13

20:50

Peer Gynt: A Jazz Revival

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, Various dates from 10 Aug to 26 Aug

1 Tent, 4 Girls

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Garry Bonds’ Balanced Breakfasts

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, Various dates from 9 Aug to 25 Aug

Chicken

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Blanket of the Dark

theSpace @ Niddry St, 24–26 Aug

YOU ARE GOING TO DIE

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

20:55

House of Life

Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–25 Aug

21:00

Séance

Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug

Klanghaus: InHaus

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Club Life

Summerhall, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23

Call Me Suicidal Greenside @ Riddles Court, 15–19 Aug

Agent November: Indoor

Escape Game – Murder

Mr E The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Séance: Live Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 15

Thrown

Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, 18 Aug, 24 Aug

Queer Folks’ Tales

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 12 Aug, 19 Aug, 25 Aug, 26 Aug

Loud Poets: Best of Fringe

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 11 Aug, 18 Aug

Mohan: A Partition Story

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 14–15 Aug

The Leading Lady Club Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 21–26 Aug

Is This the End of Edward J Payne?

Paradise in Augustines, 21–27 Aug

Shadows of Angels Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

Shakers

The Royal Scots Club, 9–12 Aug

Your Children Will Follow Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–12 Aug

Heaven by Eugene O’Brien

Traverse Theatre, Various dates from 9 Aug to 26 Aug

21:05

The Mystery of Dracula

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 9–27 Aug

21:10

Gunter

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Ginzel’s Little Cordoba: A Double Bill theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

21:15

What If They Ate The Baby? theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

A Year and a Day theSpace on the Mile, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Internal theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

The Good Dad (A Love Story)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

A Night With Me, Myself and Bipolar Brenda theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 21–25 Aug

21:20

Brief Candle theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug, not 20

Culture for the Many The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 23 Aug Crash and Burn theSpace @ Niddry St, 13–22 Aug

Vita and Virginia (Abridged) theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

Mythos: Ragnarok Assembly Roxy, 9–27 Aug

21:25

Deuteronomy Zoo Southside, 9–19 Aug

21:30

International House of Vape: Redefining Theatre

Experience Underbelly, Cowgate, 9–24 Aug

Drop Dead theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

The Grandmothers Grimm Paradise in The Vault, 14–19 Aug

21:40

The Last Show Before We Die Roundabout @ Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Bampots

Pleasance Dome, 9–15 Aug

Frighthouse Presents: The Wheel of Misfortune theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

‘A PERFECTLY PROGRAMMED HIGH-ART THEME PARK RIDE’

STRANGE WORLDS

UNFOLD INSIDE

SHIPPING CONTAINERS

SÉANCE & EULOGY

PLEASANCE, BRISTO SQUARE

2-28 AUGUST

COMA

SUMMERHALL TERRACE

2-27 AUGUST

BOOK NOW

21:55

She Kills Monsters

theSpace @ Venue45, 9 Aug

Grief Lightning: A Satire in 78 Slides

Summerhall, 15–27 Aug, not 21

Ramalama Ding Dong Summerhall, 9–13 Aug

22:00

Agent November: Indoor Escape Game – Murder

Mr E

The Stand’s New Town Theatre, 9–27 Aug

Do You Remember the First Rhyme?

Just the Tonic at The Grassmarket Centre, 11–13 Aug

Temping Assembly George Square Studios, 9–27 Aug

Reflected

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9 Aug

ADULTS

Traverse Theatre, 11 Aug, 18

Aug, 26 Aug

NASSIM

Traverse Theatre, 23 Aug

The Grand Old Opera House Hotel Traverse Theatre, 12 Aug, 19

Aug, 22 Aug, 27 Aug

Bloody Elle

Traverse Theatre, 10 Aug

Horizon Showcase: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Traverse Theatre, 17 Aug, 25 Aug

Auto-Engrain: A One-Woman Show Hill Street Theatre, 14–27 Aug

Sean and Daro Flake It ‘Til They Make It Traverse Theatre, 13 Aug, 15 Aug, 20 Aug

Eating Rhode Island Central Hall, 9 Aug

22:05

Rock Bottom Paradise in The Vault, 21–27 Aug

22:10

Until Death theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

Green Bird Greenside @ Riddles Court, 9–12 Aug

22:15

The Tragedy That Befalls the Dastardly Crew of the Kakapo theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Break the Chains theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–19 Aug, not 13

Slash Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

That is the Question theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

Ay Up, Hitler! theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–26 Aug, not 13

Collar

theSpace on the Mile, 9–12 Aug

22:20

Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–22 Aug, not 13

Horizon Showcase: Little Wimmin Zoo Southside, 21–27 Aug

22:30

Paddy Englishman, Paddy Irishman and Paddy...?

Paradise in The Vault, 9–19 Aug, not 13

The Thin Place theSpace @ Niddry St, 21–26 Aug

B Dolan – Modified Warrior

The Voodoo Rooms, 22–27 Aug

An(dre)a Spisto: El Dizzy Beast

Assembly George Square Studios, 15–27 Aug, not 21

22:40

Shakespeare Up Late: A Right Royal Visit

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 9–27 Aug, not 14

22:45

May Contain Traces of Nuts.

theSpaceTriplex, 9–12 Aug

Babs for Life

C ARTS | C venues | C cubed, 9–27 Aug, not 15

22:55

That is the Question

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

23:00

Lash – A Pulsating New Play About Going Out Out! Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug

HEART

Roundabout @ Summerhall, 24–26 Aug

Asexuality!

Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose, 9–27 Aug, not 11, 18, 25

LATER

Roundabout @ Summerhall, Various dates from 10 Aug to 19 Aug

Purgatorio theSpaceTriplex, 14–26 Aug

He Kept Me Safe

theSpace @ Niddry St, 17–19 Aug

May Contain Traces of Nuts.

theSpaceTriplex, 14–19 Aug

23:05

The Fruity Prince Paradise in The Vault, 9–27 Aug, not 13, 20

23:10

Punk

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–25 Aug

Secreting

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 14–19 Aug

23:20

Green Bird Greenside @ Riddles Court, 14–19 Aug

23:25

Magic for Animals

Greenside @ Infirmary Street, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

09:05

Whipped Up! (0+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–26 Aug, not 13, 20

09:25

The Twits (3+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

09:30

Bumble’s Big Adventure (3+)

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 14–17 Aug

09:40

24 Solar Terms (0+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9 Aug

09:45

Taiwan Season: World in a Word (3+)

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

10:00

CeilidhKids at the Fringe (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 17, 22, 24

Adventure Bubble Show with Milkshake (0+)

theSpaceTriplex, 9–20 Aug

Down the Hatch! (0+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Family Portrait (0+)

ZOO Dovecot , 9–20 Aug

Sea Dragon forUnder5s (0+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–20

Aug, not 16

Plague, Poo n’

Punishment (8+)

The Lost Close, 9–28 Aug, not 14

10:15

Maths at the Museum (5+)

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–15 Aug

10:20

Peter Pan (3+)

theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

10:25

Beware the Jabberwock (5+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–18 Aug

10:30

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

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Wriggle Around the World (0+)

Stockbridge Church, 16–26

Aug, not 20, 23

A Girl Called Grace (3+)

The Royal Scots Club, 14–18 Aug

Cartoooon!! (0+)

Assembly Roxy, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

Grow (0+)

Scottish Storytelling Centre, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 23

Magic Gareth: Level Up! (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–20

Aug, not 16

Baby Bingo (and Toddlers Too) (0+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–11 Aug

The Bubblegum

Gumdrop Show (0+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 10–19 Aug

The Bubble Show (3+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–20 Aug, not 16

Saturday Morning Magic (8+)

Scottish Arts Club, 19 Aug

10:35

Rubbish Romeo and Juliet (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28

Aug, not 16, 18, 19, 20

Green Fingers (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, Various dates from 9 Aug to 15 Aug

10:40

Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret (0+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–25 Aug, not 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21

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

Assembly George Square Gardens, Various dates from 12 Aug to 27 Aug

10:45

Bubba-Licious (0+)

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–27 Aug

Family Portrait (0+)

ZOO Dovecot , 9–20 Aug

10:55

Mario the Maker Magician (3+)

Underbelly, George Square, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

11:00

Smithy’s Scavenger Hunt (8+)

Panmure House, 9–11 Aug

Science Magic: Messy Mayhem (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Tales From a Haunted Bookshop (8+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–20 Aug, not 16

Children’s Underground Ghost Show (5+)

City of Edinburgh Tours @ Old Police Box, 9–28 Aug

A Chinese Bestiary (5+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9 Aug

Drag Queen Story Hour (3+)

Assembly Roxy, 9–27 Aug

Wee Seals and Selkies (5+)

Scottish Storytelling Centre, Various dates from 10 Aug to 27 Aug

Sea Dragon Babies (0+) Pleasance Courtyard, 9–20 Aug, not 16

Arts and Crafts Family Workshop (0+)

The Royal Scots Club, 9–11 Aug

Glom Glom and the Musical Monster Millipede (0+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–14 Aug

Beetle (3+)

House of Oz, 9–26 Aug, not 10, 13, 17, 20, 24

11:10

Not a Load of Bumfuzzle and Faradiddle (5+) theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–19 Aug

11:15

Lost in the Woods (5+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 15

The Spanish Gentleman Juggler (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug Story Builders (5+)

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 9–27 Aug, not 10, 17, 24 Pinocchio! The Panto (3+) theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug

11:20

Artiste (3+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–20 Aug Mog the Forgetful Cat (3+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–27 Aug, not 16, 21, 22, 23

11:30

Smashing Shakespeare (3+)

Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 9–15 Aug

JUDITH KERR’S

Bubba-Licious (0+)

Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 9–27 Aug

Who Stole My Hammer? (5+)

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Children’s Underground Vaults Tour (5+)

Welcome Edinburgh Tourist Information Booth Outside of the Bank of Scotland, 9–27 Aug

Cheekykita: Octopus in Space (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 10–20 Aug, not 14 Family Portrait (0+)

ZOO Dovecot , 9–20 Aug

Blue Badge Bunch: ReRamped (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug, not 16

Lightning Ridge (8+)

Summerhall, 9–20 Aug, not 14

11:40

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

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 16, 22, 23

Ballot-tastic (8+)

theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug

Mr Sleepybum (5+)

Assembly George Square, 10–27 Aug, not 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

11:45

Jon – The Music Man (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 9–27 Aug, not 12, 13

11:50

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

Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

11:55

Roger McGough’s Money-Go-Round (5+)

Assembly Rooms, 9–21 Aug, not 10, 17

12:00

A Bee Story (3+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

The Crazy Puppet Magic Show (5+)

Frankenstein Pub, 9–20

Aug, not 12

The Armadillo and the Human Skin (5+)

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 12 Aug

The Unimaginable (3+)

Central Hall, 9 Aug

DIVE (5+)

Assembly Rooms, 9 Aug

Doktor Kaboom and the Wheel of Even More

Science! (8+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27

Aug, not 18

Plague, Poo n’

Punishment (8+)

The Lost Close, 9–28 Aug, not 14

Science Adventures: Deep Sea (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–20

Aug, not 16

Chevalier – Hobbyhorse Circus (3+)

Assembly George Square Studios, 10–27 Aug, not 14, 21

12:05

Trash Test Dummies (0+)

Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 9–26 Aug, not 14, 21

12:15

Science Magic: Crazy Gadgets (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Family Portrait (0+)

ZOO Dovecot , 9–20 Aug

La Petite Gerda (5+)

Assembly George Square Studios, Various dates from 9 Aug to 15 Aug

12:30

Children’s Underground Ghost Show (5+)

City of Edinburgh Tours @ Old Police Box, 9–28 Aug

Abracadabra With An Apple Magic Show (5+)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 9–15 Aug

Amazing Bubble Man (0+)

Underbelly, George Square, 9–28 Aug

Circus Sonas Family Show (3+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–20 Aug

Ancient Ballad of Thomas the Rhymer (Into the Woods) (5+) artSpace@StMarks, 14–19 Aug

12:40

James and the Giant Peach (0+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–19 Aug, not 13

12:45

Comics vs Kids: The Super Showdown (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 14–20 Aug

Best of Edinburgh Fringe for Kids (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–13 Aug

13:00

Family Portrait (0+)

ZOO Dovecot , 9–20 Aug Strictly Barking (3+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 10–20 Aug, not 16

The Listies Make Some Noise (3+)

House of Oz, 9–20 Aug, not 10, 17

The Slightly Annoying Elephant (3+) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

13:05

Improvised Rubbish Shakespeare – The Incomplete Works (5+) Pleasance Courtyard, 9–28 Aug

13:15

Ancient Coins of Forgotten Kingdoms (8+)

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Burrito ‘n’ Shake, 9–27 Aug, not 15, 22

Shelf: The Kids’ Show (3+) Pleasance Courtyard, 9–27 Aug, not 16

13:20

FailFailFailFailWin (0+) Assembly Checkpoint, 9–15 Aug

13:30

Children’s Underground Vaults Tour (5+)

Welcome Edinburgh Tourist Information Booth Outside of the Bank of Scotland, 9–27 Aug

Brotipo (5+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

Inside The Robot: Kids vs Chaos! (5+)

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 9–20 Aug, not 14 Adventures! Journey Through Dungeons With Dragons (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–20 Aug

13:45

Family Portrait (0+)

ZOO Dovecot , 9–20 Aug

ComedySportz (8+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–16 Aug

14:00

Kings and Queens (0+)

Stockbridge Church, 16–26

Aug, not 23

Game On: Boss Level (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (3+) Central Hall, 9 Aug

14:15

The Alphabet of Awesome Science (5+)

Underbelly, George Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

14:30

The Greatest Magic Show (3+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–28 Aug, not

16, 21

FlamenKids (0+)

St Andrew’s and St George’s West, George St, 13 Aug, 20 Aug

Gallus Stooshie’s Cool Ceilidh (0+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 11–13 Aug

Family Portrait (0+)

ZOO Dovecot , 9–20 Aug

Madame Chandelier’s Opera Party for Kids (5+)

Pleasance Courtyard, 9–15 Aug

14:45

Here Be Dragons (8+)

Paradise in Augustines, 9–12 Aug

14:55

Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles – A Gameshow For Awful

Children (8+)

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–21 Aug

15:10

Journey to the West: In Search of the Way (5+)

Paradise in Augustines, 11–12 Aug

Children of Eden Jr (5+)

Paradise in Augustines, 9 Aug

15:15

The European Extravaganza! (3+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 9–12 Aug

Family Portrait (0+)

ZOO Dovecot , 9–20 Aug

15:30

Children’s Underground Vaults Tour (5+)

Welcome Edinburgh Tourist Information Booth Outside of the Bank of Scotland, 9–20 Aug

15:55

Comedy Club 4 Kids (5+) Assembly Roxy, 9–27 Aug, not 21, 22, 23, 24

16:00

Family Portrait (0+)

ZOO Dovecot , 9–20 Aug

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (3+)

Central Hall, 9 Aug

The Railway Children (0+)

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 9–27 Aug, not 14

16:20

Teach Rex Live – A Dragon’s Tale (3+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–26 Aug

Alice’s Adventures (3+) Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 14–19 Aug

Taiwan Season: The Way Back (5+) Summerhall, 9–27 Aug, not 14, 21

16:25

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

Assembly George Square Gardens, 9–27 Aug, not 14

16:30

101 Ways to Annoy Your Parents... And Other Really Old People (5+)

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 9–27 Aug

Folklore Galore (3+)

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 14 Aug

Folklore Galore (3+)

Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 13 Aug, 15 Aug

16:45

Family Portrait (0+) ZOO Dovecot 10 Aug, 17 Aug

17:15

Amazing Prize Family Bingo (5+)

9 Queen Street, 9–20 Aug, not 12, 19

17:30

Family Portrait (0+)

ZOO Dovecot 10 Aug, 17 Aug

The Dark Room for Kids! (8+)

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 9–27 Aug, not 15

18:15

Family Portrait (0+)

ZOO Dovecot 10 Aug, 17 Aug

18:40

Teach Rex Live – A Dragon’s Tale (3+)

Greenside @ Nicolson Square, 21–26 Aug

19:45

Grandfather Frog’s Tales of the Meadow (0+) theSpace @ Venue45, 9 Aug

11.20am 03-27 AUG (not 16, 21, 22, 23)

‘A MIAOW-VELLOUS MUSICAL TREAT’

Fringe Dog meets Fiona Allen

Edinburgh’s canine critic meets the Smack The Pony star

cynical cats say comedians come to edinburgh to get on the telly, but you’re a comedy star of the small screen! what is it about startin’ stand-up now that gives you the belly rub you need?

Comedians receiving belly rubs... now that’s an image. Better than being heckled, I suppose. For me it’s the challenge of something new. I’ve never attempted going on the road doing stand-up or writing a show. Always had itchy feet, and looked at the horizon and not what’s in front of me.

i must ask you a question of paramount importance: do you have a dog? Yes a cockapoo. A breed of dog named by a committee of hormonal teenage boys. He’s got no manners, and was asked to leave puppy training class for naughty behaviour but he’s so much fun. If I could get him to operate the washing machine he’d be perfect.

how would your dog describe your show ‘on the run’? He would run excitedly around the garden barking at wildlife that had already fled ages before this apex predator came out to inspect his patch. He would then lie on his back, wriggle and scratch himself. Then he’d describe it as my recent journey onto this stage, my thoughts on family, marriage, sex robots, passive aggressive school mums and supermarket dress codes. Summation of the show along the lines of ‘why aren’t you talking about me more!’

what is trickier to manage: three children, a marriage and career – or your majestic cockapoo?

Slightly loaded question! Mr Majestic over a list that sounds like a penance for bad behaviour. Might have been fairer if you at least pretended there was a contest. They are all a challenge in their

separate ways. Couldn’t do without any of them though!

just as a cockapoo is a beautiful blend of cocker spaniel and poodle, has being a sketch writer helped you write stand-up routines – or are the two art forms more like cat and dog? They are the same on one level in that they attempt to create humour out of everyday situations. The difference being as a stand-up you are both narrator and all the characters and you can’t shift location... well actually you can but only if you paint the picture for the audience.

SHOW Fiona Allen: On The Run

VENUE: Pleasance Courtyard

TIME: 4:15pm – 5:15pm, 2–20 Aug

Photo: Natasha Pszenicki

Image: courtesy of artist

THE TASTE OF STEEPED IN

MIRACLE

CANDIED WILD MYSTERY