Fest 2023 Issue 1

Edinburgh Festival Guide

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

Suhani Shah

MOTHER SUPERIOR

Janine Harouni’s family matters Reviews

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9 - 15 Aug

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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

Comedy 25 Max & Ivan A perfect show on fatherhood and friendship

Theatre 36 Ben Target A life-affirming tribute to a departed friend

Dance, Physical Theatre & Circus 45 Party Ghost A spooky romp through purgatory

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

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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

hese 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

Twilight Photo: Lauren Hunter

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Arthur's Seat Photo: Lauren Hunter

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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

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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.

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

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fter 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

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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-

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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 Photo: Matt Stronge

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.

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Janine Harouni: Man’oushe Pleasance Courtyard 6:20pm – 7:20pm, 2–25 Aug, not 14, 21

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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

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hristian 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 Image: courtesy of the artist Christian Noelle Charles, GESTURE I

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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

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

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

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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.

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.

Image: courtesy of the artist

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Platform – Aqsa Arif, Spicy Pink Tea

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.

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Tarek Lakhrissi: I wear my wounds on my tongue (II) Collective, until 1 Oct, times vary

Alberta Whittle, One Entanglement is more than blood

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.

Image: courtesy of the artist, Kevin Space, VITRINE and Galerie Allen

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.

Image: courtesy of the artist

Tarek Lakhrissi, I wear my wounds on my tongue

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

Scottish Women Artists: 250 Years of Challenging Perception Dovecot Studios, until 6 Jan 2024, times vary

Sekai Machache and Dovecot Studios, Lively Blue

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.

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

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ete 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.

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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

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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?

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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-

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Top Picks: Book Festival Captivating memoirs, thought-provoking discussions: from new novelists to our most celebrated authors Malorie Blackman: Writing My Story

Bernardine Evaristo: On Never Giving Up

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.

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.

Spark Theatre, Tue 22 Aug, 12pm

Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court, Fri 25 Aug, 5pm

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.

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Colson Whitehead K Patrick

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.

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Spark Theatre, Sat 12 Aug, 7pm

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Mikaela Loach: Changing the Climate Narrative

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Baillie Gifford Sculpture Court, Fri 25 Aug, 8.30pm

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.

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Jenni Fagan: I Was Not Meant To Be Here

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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.

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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 Words: Eve Livingston

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here 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.

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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 “Then I thought, no: this is what you believe, go and it’s all I can think about,” she jokes. “I guess out and do the show and trust that these are the difference is that it’s like doing an exam but good people and they can handle it.” then someone watches you do the exam and They did indeed handle it, as did packedreviews you in a national broadsheet.” out audiences throughout the month and critBut she looks, as she does often, to her ics who christened Petts a rising star and one favourite hobby for perspective. “I try to to watch. It was a good lesson in not comproremember that footballers want to play in mising, Petts says. And it’s one she has carried the biggest games possible and that’s the through to her upcoming show, If You Can’t reward for the hard work; we do it for the big Say Anything Nice, which she describes as “the moments,” she says. angry show after last year’s polite show.”

“So I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little “I travelled up and down the country last stressed, a little nervous – but I think I’ve year doing this show trying to tell people not worked hard enough to give myself the best to be transphobic and, if anything, it’s got even chance of having a really fun year.” 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.”

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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

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

Crystal Pussy Katy Berry, of Baby Wants

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 Candy fame, is a skilled impro- point of these anecdotes is HHHHH viser, whether she’s belting out to encourage us to embrace riffs or doing impressive Nicki our inner selves, whatever that VENUE: Just the Tonic at The Minaj-esque raps about the may look like.

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Despite the general silliness TIME: 2:10pm – 3:10pm, 3–27 The purpose of our coming (including an appearance Aug, not 14, 22 together today is to unleash from a mystical Billy Joel) and our inner magic and go full references to Berry being In a dark, stuffy room that tow- goddess; to let go, manifest Poseidon’s illegitimate daughers high above the Cowgate, a and move forward, thanks to ter, Diamond Goddess Crystal demigoddess with turquoise the Long Island comedian’s Pussy is a show that explores hair and glamorous sequins handy step-by-step guide. identity and how internalised awaits. Bubbles from a handA particularly cringe-worthy shame from your adolescence held machine operated by a story about mooning an audi- can follow you well into adulthelpful assistant signal her en- ence as a 12-year-old during hood. ✏︎ Arusa Qureshi 26

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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

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Olga Koch: Prawn Cocktail HHHHH surprising medical news. She’s delighted to have achieved some specific sexual breakthroughs and if you saw last There aren’t that many comics year’s show, Just Friends, you’ll who can crack a smutty maths have a pretty good idea of one joke and perform some imparticular ambition she was pressive sexual miming while hoping to fulfil. bringing their Masters thesis This confident and engaging to life – all while delivering a stand-up wrote her thesis on non-stop torrent of laughs. parasocial relationships, the Olga Koch can do it backwards imbalance that occurs when and in heels (OK, Crocs). one person is emotionally Koch has had one heck invested in another, yet the of a year. In addition to her latter has no awareness of the academic attainments, former’s existence. It’s a comshe’s turned 30, travelled mon feature of contemporary the world, got three tattoos life, particularly when well(one’s a prawn) and had some known people reveal aspects VENUE: TIME:

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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

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Aug, not 16 Far from making Perfect Cult all about himself, Storm Moses Storm attempts to invites the audience to create create the perfect cult in a the show with him, giving free show where stand-up comedy rein from the offset. Anything meets immersive theatre. goes, including phones, as Based on audience participa- long as everyone’s comforttion, his Fringe debut is incluable. It could easily descend sive, original, and captivating. into chaos but there’s not one Storm grew up on a second of the hour that he’s repurposed Greyhound bus, not in charge of the room. travelling the United States Storm makes subtle with his family to spread 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

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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

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Get Blessed!

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Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose 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.

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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

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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

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a dark rectangular room. May (Gabriella Munro), a young HHHHH photographer, is charged with taking photos of dissenters, rebelling against the organVENUE: Holden Street Theatres isation, as they are directed TIME: times vary, various towards a door, and their dates between 11 Feb impending doom. and 15 Mar What ensues is a tour-deTICKETS: $20 – $28 force about the adaptability of human beings within an Inspired by the horrific atrociauthoritarian dictatorship and ties committed in Cambodia’s the consequences of those S-21 prison, Feet First Collecadaptations. It’s a play that tive’s S-27 by Sarah Grochala has asks: just how far would you you in the brutal depths of a go to save yourself? Would you tyrannical regime before you’ve abandon a baby, kill your sister, found a seat in the theatre. sell your body?

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shown through gut-wrenching vignettes throughout.

These snippets are broken up by musical interludes with choreographed, repetitive body movements, allowing you further into these atrocities.

At times, the dialogue leans towards cliché, but this doesn’t detract from an incredible performance from the entire cast. Lauren Beeton and Sally Clune give are particularly transfixing performances that delve into sheer fear, hopelessness and the intoxication of power.

S-27 is a full submersion into a disturbing reality that leans a little too closely into our own. ✏︎ Edwina Sleigh

Ben Target: LORENZO HHHHH VENUE: TIME:

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Pleasance at EICC, 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

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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.

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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

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VENUE: Assembly Checkpoint Performers Olivia Porter and TIME: 2:55pm – 3:55pm, 2–27 Jarred Dewey are captivating Aug, not 14, 21 in their portrayal of weird sisters and ghostly twins, running You’d think it would be relative- around in slapstick fashion, ly hard to find a connection draped in comically simple between Adele, Rimsky-Korwhite sheets with eye holes. sakov and Stanley Kubrik. And At first, we’re introduced to a yet in Party Ghost, all three veiled, widowed figure (Deware integral to the shenaniey), who sobs as the audience gans that play out over the file in, handing out cucumber course of an hour. The show is sandwiches on a silver platter. a chaotic merging of a creepy As Dewey hoists himself up birthday party, an unhinged onto the trapeze via a noose funeral, purgatory and the cir- around his neck, performing

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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

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Summerhall 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 46

fast food restaurants are a and safe words show how he glossy reminder of the casual has sought out autonomy and white supremacy that he grew boundaries in adulthood. ✏︎ Claire Sawers up with, while bamboo whips

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Cabaret Reviews Suhani Shah: Spellbound HHHHH VENUE: TIME:

Underbelly, Bristo Square 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 48

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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

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the costuming and make-up which perfectly complement how these performers use VENUE: Assembly George about needing to make the their bodies. Swirling and Square Gardens audience happy is followed swaying, vogueing or hip-hop, TIME: 5:55pm – 6:55pm, 2–27 by a split-filled, Beyoncé-plus it’s difficult to know where to Aug, not 15 lip sync; a talk about what focus – on the intricate and ‘camp’ really means precedes sparkling costume details, Part podcast, part drag show, a kitschy performance by the pitch-perfect faces or Ginava’s Messy Friends is a a ‘blind’ date beauty queen. the ways they command and curious blend of behind-theThis is a delicious mix of drag, occupy the stage. In the end, scenes chatter and onstage burlesque, blurring of gender it’s easier to sit back and take glamour. This dichotomy norms and uncompromisingly it all in for the kaleidoscopic really works. The conceit is confronting personal trauma: fever dream it is. that Ginava interviews each a Sesame Street-esque Ginava’s Messy Friends of their messy friends to monster binges from a trash evokes a late-night dive bar ask them about their craft, can before purging through in its DIY sensibilities, and inspirations and aspirations; uncanny movement and delivers a show that is somethese chats are then woven in heart-breaking poignancy. times gruesome, sometimes between their solo and group Where Ginava’s Messy plaintive, always intriguing. ✏ Kirstyn Smith performances. A discussion Friends really excels is in

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Music Reviews No Love Songs HHHHH VENUE: TIME:

Traverse Theatre, 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.

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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

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Hello Kitty Must Die HHHHH

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Pleasance Courtyard 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

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Kids Critics Mog the Forgetful Cat Astrid,10, thinks Mog is purr-fect!

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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!

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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!

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Mog the Forgetful Cat Underbelly, Bristo Square 11:20am – 12:20pm, 3–27 Aug, not 16, 21, 22, 23

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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.

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

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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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2.7 Men – Louis George, Will Scambler and Louisa Corr Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 9–15 Aug

This Time Next Year 4-19 Aug 22:40 21-26 Aug 21:10

Two Gun Cohen – The Improbable True Story 7-12 Aug 19:35

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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

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

Listings

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

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Comedy 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

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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

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

Listings

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

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PRESENTS

P M A W S E H T G N I DRAIN

By D.R. HILL

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 CAST INCLUDES: 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

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

Listings

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

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Comedy 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

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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

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Comedy 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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Listings

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Listings

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

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Comedy 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

22:30

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

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

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

22:45

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

Listings

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

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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

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ELVIS DIED OF BURGERS Faizal Abdullah:

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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

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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

10:35

10:15

Adaptation: Enough Already theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 14–19 Aug What If theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 21–26 Aug

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

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

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

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

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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

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Theatre 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

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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

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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

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

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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

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Theatre 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

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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

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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

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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

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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 The Royal Scots Club, 16–17 Aug

Listings

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

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Theatre 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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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

Three Sisters and Them theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 14–26 Aug, not 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

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Shimmer theSpace @ Surgeons Hall, 9–12 Aug Il Burattino theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

19:10

A Working Title theSpace on the Mile, 21–26 Aug Eulogy Pleasance Dome, 9–28 Aug The Gaffer Underbelly, Bristo Square, 9–13 Aug

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

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The Steamie theSpace @ Niddry St, 9–12 Aug

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

Listings

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

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

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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

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

Listings

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

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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 SeaDragonforUnder5s (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

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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

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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

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14:15

The Alphabet of Awesome Science (5+) Underbelly, George Square, 9–28 Aug, not 14, 21

14:30

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

16:20

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

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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

16:45

Family Portrait (0+) ZOO Dovecot , 10 Aug, 17 Aug

17:15

19:45

Grandfather Frog’s Tales of the Meadow (0+) theSpace @ Venue45, 9 Aug

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

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

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

Listings

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

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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

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Fringe Dog meets

Fiona Allen

Edinburgh’s canine critic meets the Smack The Pony star 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.

Photo: Natasha Pszenicki

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

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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.

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 VENUE: TIME:

Fiona Allen: On The Run Pleasance Courtyard 4:15pm – 5:15pm, 2–20 Aug

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