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Fest 2026 Issue 3

8 Freedom of Movement T.F. Cia de Dança on Border Bodies: their show questioning social hierarchies through dance

12 Gran Designs Playwright Eilidh Loan and actor Elaine C. Smith discuss Cathy, their play exploring multigenerational grief

20 For the Record NYC cabaret act Salty Brine unpacks his latest work combining popular music and autofiction

Comedy 22 Joseph Morpurgo’s long-awaited Fringe return, Highlander 70, is a comedy masterclass

Theatre 38 Internationaal Theater Amsterdam reimagines Tony Kushner’s contemporary classic Angels in America

Dance, Physical Theatre and Circus 47 Three performers reclaim the traditional dance and music of their childhoods in not for glory

Cabaret 54 Jens Radda’s drag alter-ego Skank Sinatra delivers a cabaret show-turnedself help seminar

59 Listings A comprehensive timetable of the final week of comedy, theatre and kids shows

Image credits (top to bottom, left to right): Andrew Morris Photography; Mihaela Bodlovic; Han Jie; Michael Julings; Fee Golin; Brian Hartley; Fudz Qazi and Ian Georgeson

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Richard Marsh's Perfect Day We asked Richard Marsh for his idea of a perfect day, and he took us, poetically, into the life of a mayfly The mayfly lives for a single day.

What that’s like, I couldn’t say, I Don’t speak mayfly.

They have just 24 hours, Before their life is done.

A fringe audience?

One. This mayfly’s made of many people.

(Let’s hope it’s many. Sometimes it’s few.

Those shows are usually harder to do).

But any room, with an act and an audience in it, Can make a mayfly for the next 60 minutes.

(A duration sometimes departed from.

Do check the listings at edfringe.com).

When mayfly members meld together, By heart, and art, all held together – Whatever we were, we’ve now become, Crowding in the darkness – one.

Who knows what we’ll see together?

What demons we’ll set free together?

What wild wonders we’re fated to find While part of this multiple mayfly mind?

So join a mayfly.

Sit down. Say hi.

You may laugh. You may cry.

Watch each show like it’s your last – We’re mayflies, our lives pass too fast.

From the stage, you can quickly tell If this mayfly is flying well.

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Some are thoughtful. Some are quiet.

Sometimes it’s church. Sometimes a riot.

Some mayflies go to the loo.

(Which actual mayflies cannot do.

They hold it in. Let’s all try to).

But when the stage lights fire, And the house lights fade – And the mayfly’s there, For the show you made – All of the hype and the flyers and the quotes, All the rehearsal and all of the notes, All of the dreaming, all of the fear, They all disappear – the moment is here For telling the story. Playing the role, From the depths of your heart to the depths of their soul.

And yeah, maybe a show doesn’t go as it could, It’s not very good, or it’s misunderstood.

It can’t get the laughs that it probably should…

Mayfly, Never say die!

Your next mayflight, later tonight, Take a wild chance on someone unknown – You may find your mayfly mind is blown.

All of the worry and feeling upset, it Gets washed away in the show, if you let it.

We’re mayflies now. Real life? Forget it.

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I’ve been a mayfly, Since I was yay high, Way back before social media and A.I. And may I say I Hope some of you may buy Tickets. To my show. A big old bumper box-office binge.

(This poem’s art, but it’s commercial.

Just like the Fringe).

Please come.

Please come.

Help the thing thrive.

(Top Gunchained, Gilded, five past five).

A new comic play, that gives you Top Gun, Alongside the tale of a father and son.

Now, it’s almost time for this mayfly To say bye.

Why’s Top Gunchained the show to choose?

(Beside my striking resemblance to a young Tom Cruise?).

I’m retelling Top Gun as a one-person play, I Promise you planes. I’m hoping they may fly.

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Top Gunchained Gilded Balloon Teviot until 30 Aug (not 26 Aug), 5.50pm

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(We die at the end of the hour, but don’t sweat it).

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Border Bodies’ co-creators and dancers Igor Gasparini and Pasha Gorbachev on bringing the show to Edinburgh as part of the São Paulo Showcase Words: Evan Beswick

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hings happen in Edinburgh. Ridiculous things continues, nodding towards Gorbachev. “I am (to which we’ll return). And amazing things. not participating in the vogue scene, but he is, Border Bodies is one of the latter: 50 minutes and he can bring the ballroom scene to us and of physical intensity from Brazil and the only teach us some techniques.” dance number in the São Paulo showcase.

How’s Igor’s voguing, I ask. “He’s doing Corpos de Fronteira in Portuguese, it’s an alright,” Gorbachev laughs, giving it full shade. incredibly affecting piece in our age of aliena“He’s just shy. They love my class.” tion. Eight bodies come alive on stage, isolated But it’s clear this is about more than but full of restrained energy. They find each technique. “One thing that’s important to us other, connect in ever more inventive ways, in our research is where everybody comes their vital energy less and less bound up by the from, different backgrounds of dance, but also limits of their own frames. different ways of living and where people were “We wanted to research something like our born. So from the peripheries, the borders, inner scream. Something that bothers you, Black people, women, LGBTQ. The difference can something that you don’t like in the world … be collective. So how can we build something escaping through our skins,” says Igor Gaspar- together?” ini, creator of the piece. He’s sitting next to Gorbachev underlines the point. It is, he dancer Pasha Gorbachev (an “artist-creator” says, a “drastic difference culturally in company T.F. Cia de Dança’s terms), both from Russia”. remarkably composed And yet, there’s a for two men who were history in Brazil that dripping in sweat not makes these themes 15 minutes ago. all the more complex “The borders are and relevant. Brazil not just literally the was a colonised nation geographical borders, but also the last in the but our borders. So Americas to abolish what separates us? a system of enslaveHow can we cross ment that existed in[those borders] and digenously long before do things together?” bandeirantes planted Key to the tone of their flags.

Border Bodies is the “Oh my god,” melding together of Gasparini starts. “In Igor Gasparini a number of contemBrazil, I think we are porary languages – voguing, body popping, kind of still learning what all of this means. In hip hop – into a single aesthetic. Gasparini and school I just learned the colonisation part, not Gorbachev talk enthusiastically about the way the other side of the history. And now even the their experience and process enables them to language is changing.” draw together these diverse physical gramBorder Bodies has particular relevance for mars. Part of that is born from experience.

European audiences given our recent obsesGasparini founded the collective 24 years ago, sions with immigration, but Gasparini describes prompting an impossible piece of maths in my a South American context where divisions are head given his extraordinary vigour. Gorbachev far more internal. “I’m Brazilian, but I’m white, joined in 2017, escaping the scourge of homo- so I have a lot of privileges. In general, people phobia in his native Russia. from the borders don’t have the same oppor“We bring proposals to the rehearsals. Like, tunities. And this is very gendered, very racial, ‘Hey guys, can we try this? Can we try that?’” very social, structured. It’s difficult to dismantle.” says Gasparini. “All of us teach each other,” he

“We wanted to research something like our inner scream. Something that bothers you, something that you don’t like in the world”

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Gorbachev brings a different lens to this.

“There’s so many layers to borders, right? For us when we were creating it was about ‘if I can allow myself to be vulnerable and be the way I want to be, what would I address?’ And escaping Russia was like, I want to invest in that. I feel great in a crop top and heels. So I’m gonna do that, to cross my personal border to a place where I can be vulnerable.”

There’s a show-stopper moment I want to ask Gasparini about, when the dancers come together, crashing or oscillating together like waves. Visually it’s mesmerising. “That’s so cool that you mentioned the waves because we literally call this moment water on the stone – água na pedra,” says Gasparini, adding that hip-hop “bounce” is a core part of their research.

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Let’s not beat around the bush here: São Paulo is huge. The biggest city in the Americas. The world’s most populous urban area outside of Asia. Edinburgh? Well, Edinburgh is not, and it still feels faintly unbelievable to me that it still holds that creative draw in a global arts movement.

“It works really different. Like we never performed [more than], what, three days in a row? When we were selected we thought we will perform maybe one, two times. And then it was like 18!” Gasparini gasps.

“And not just the amount of performances, but everything because it’s almost 4,000 performances in one month,” Gorbachev adds. “Also, we don’t have a lot of press and we don’t have a lot of critics. Used to be better, but now it’s just social media.”

“The role of public administration is to build solid bridges, enabling our cultural output to engage on equal footing with the rest of the world.”

It’s a clear message of solidarity. On this occasion, though, I can’t help but feel the dancers put it better than the diplomats.

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Border Bodies Assembly @ Dance Base until 30 Aug, 5.15pm

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Which brings us back to the ridiculous. I put the same question to Bruno Palma Fernandez, Relationship Manager for the showcase. “I can try to make this question get to our State Secretary for Culture. Would you be interested?”

Well, of course I would!

So, to finish in the words of Marilia Marton, São Paulo State Secretary of Culture, Economy, and Creative Industries: “São Paulo impresses with its sheer scale, yet the true value of its cultural sector is measured by the reach of its showcase. The Fringe stands as a premier hub in the international performing arts market...

Participating in the festival is not a matter of comparing city sizes; rather, it is a strategic choice regarding internationalisation and public policy for our state.

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Gran Designs Cathy, a new play from Eilidh Loan about her grandmother, has taken the Fringe by storm.

We speak to her and its star, Elaine C. Smith Words: Megan Merino

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or Edinburgh residents, one of the biggest thrills of festival season is the influx of international talent that washes up on our doorstep for an entire month. With that being said, it’s also true that a focus on Scottish talent can be lost in the chaos of the Fringe. The Traverse Theatre and its focus on new Scottish writing is a welcome incubator for local rising stars, allowing them to showcase their work in front of a captive international audience and reach beyond their established fanbase.

With her sophomore play Cathy, actor, director and playwright Eilidh Loan is one the programmed Scottish artists at TravFest 2026.

Her critically acclaimed debut Moorcroft, which

“I grew up watching Elaine, somebody like me, who spoke like me, do the thing every girl in Glasgow dreamed of” Eilidh Loan”

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enjoyed a sold-out run and went on tour with the National Theatre of Scotland, was inspired by her dad’s amateur football team based in Renfrew. Her newest play, which continues the witty yet sentimental, melancholy tone of Moorcroft is similarly inspired by the chronicles of a close family member: Loan’s grandmother. A strict “rule-setter” and staunch Catholic woman from Glasgow, the titular role is played by Scottish comedic acting royalty, Elaine C. Smith.

Smith has been a household name since coming to widespread attention through beloved 90s sitcom Rab C. Nesbitt.

“I saw Moorcroft, and I thought it was a wonderful piece of writing saying something profound and accurate about working-class life, which has been ignored a great deal of time,” recalls Smith over a group video call, with Loan blushing through the screen. “I was on my feet at the end of it.”

After the show, a mutual friend mentioned to Smith that Loan was writing a new play inspired by her grandmother. “She said ‘I want Elaine C. Smith.’ I thought, she’s obviously got no taste whatsoever!”

Swallowing her laughter, Loan finally chimes in. “It’s really a full circle moment. I grew up watching Elaine, somebody like me, who spoke like me, who was from a similar community to

Cathy has three generations of women at its centre, inspired by Loan, her mother and the real-life Cathy. “Me, my mum and my gran, we’re all so similar so sometimes we clash.

Tommy was amazing at diffusing those arguments. But I wanted to give the formidable women in my family that platform to be ugly.

At points we don’t really know if we’re on their side, or we agree with what they’re saying, but amongst all of that is humour. That’s how we deal with it.”

Who better, then, to hold these heavy themes with a light comedic touch than Smith? “The trick of comedy is making it look easy. The trick of drama is making it look hard, even when it’s not,” she jokes. “What I love about Cathy is that it’s very funny at times but it’s also incredibly moving. [Loan] is writing lines that a lot of actors would die to say. In this, and in something like Two Doors Down [the sitcom in which Smith starred for seven series, with an upcoming eighth season commissioned], it’s remarkable I’m allowed to be that which women over 60 aren’t allowed to be: a clown.”

From chieftain to jester, how does the real Cathy feel about being the centre of this new play? “She was absolutely delighted!”

Loan vouches. “She’s been a very active role

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me, do the thing every girl in Glasgow dreamed of. Elaine has dug out those paths for us. But it’s still a struggle for young working-class women like myself to get these kinds of opportunities.”

Based on true events, the story begins after the passing of Cathy’s husband Tommy and follows her immediate family as they navigate that loss in their own unique ways. “It’s brilliant to have a family that is so full of crazy characters, they’re all hilarious people,” attests Loan. “Tommy was the figurehead of our family.

We’re very full of life but obviously at that time we were going through a lot of grief. The way that we express ourselves as a working-class family is the big gestures, we’re all talking over each other at the dinner table and that in itself is theatrical.”

This image inspired the opening scene of the play, which sees its five-member ensemble (with the addition of Michele Gallagher, Chloe Hodgson, Alan Orr and Sally Reid) gathered around for a family dinner discussing Cathy’s first Christmas as a widow. “Through writing Cathy, there were lots of things that came up that I hadn’t quite dealt with myself yet,” admits Loan. “Losing a grandparent, watching somebody lose a parent and their husband.

It started to become a real cathartic experience.”

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be. Weeks have since passed, and the play has opened to critical and audience acclaim, cementing Loan as a writer with a deftness for moving family drama/comedies and a knack for getting the most out of her actors. “It’s a great cast, a wonderful writer. And she’s a young working-class woman. That’s all very important to me.”

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Cathy Traverse Theatre until 30 Aug, various times

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in my life, for the good and the bad, and I think she knows and understands the sort of power that storytelling and theatre can have.

But also, while the characters are certainly inspired by real people, working with actors like Elaine, you start to pull out elements that aren’t true to life. As a writer you’re looking after the ensemble. As an actor, you’re looking after your role, and you get to know that role even better than the writer does.”

At the time of this interview, this intergenerational collaboration is still finding its final form ahead of August’s debut. “It could be a fucking disaster,” laughs Smith, with a confidence that assures it definitely won’t

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You must Tap Off to pay the cheapest adult single City Zone fare, otherwise an Airport Zone fare will be charged.

We’re delighted to announce the recipients of this year’s Besties Awards which celebrate the best that Edinburgh’s August Festivals have to offer, now in their third year running Skinny-Fest collab, the winners are handpicked by the magazines’ editorial teams and the prizes proudly presented in partnership with Capital Theatres and Premier Scotland.

WEEK 1 WINNERS (SATURDAY 15 AUGUST) The Super Power Agency Award (chosen by the young critics of The Super Power Agency’s summer school) for Stanislavski Can’t Save Me From the Apocalypse at Greenside @ George Street (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) The Radgie Award (for radgeness) for Ethan and Gigi present The Movement at Underbelly, Cowgate (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) Fringe Legends for Xhloe and Natasha (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) The Heart Award for Elf Lyons Is the Woman on the Edge at Pleasance Courtyard (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) The Buzz Award for House Fly at theSpace (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) Emerging Talent Award for Eva Peroni: Jungled at Gilded Balloon Teviot (Edinburgh Festival Fringe)

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WEEK 2 WINNERS (SATURDAY 22 AUG) The No Strings Attached Award (for puppetry) for Dracula: Lucy’s Dream at Pleasance EICC (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) The Debut Award for Tia Rey: Oot Ma Banger at the Gilded Saloon (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) The Visionary Award for The Arrow at Every Instant of Its Flight (Edinburgh International Film Festival) The Outwith Award (for international talent) for Border Bodies at Assembly @ Dance Base (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) The Night Owl Award (for a late night show) for Sam Eley is Basil Crumbwick: Soul Sewage at Monkey Barrel Comedy (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) Collaboration Award for not for glory at Assembly @ Dance Base (Edinburgh Festival Fringe) The Truth to Power Award for The Good Immigrant: 10 Years On (Edinburgh International Book Festival) The final awards ceremony will be held on Saturday 29 August and the winners announced online via our website and socials!

Awards handmade by Camillo Feuchter from recycled plastic and salvaged wood.

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Salty Brine returns to the Fringe with a show that finds humour, heartbreak and humanity in unexpected places Words: Tamara Mathias

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ven if you haven’t read Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl (or at least not since it was assigned by your secondary school teacher), you’re likely familiar with it being one of the 20th Century’s most enduring accounts of the Holocaust, penned by a Jewish teenager in hiding.

On the surface, Salty Brine’s riotous cabaret which takes inspiration from it might seem a far cry from the haunting original text, but peel the onion further and you’ll realise you’ve signed up for an emotional rollercoaster that will land you in unexpected places.

How Strange It Is focuses on the universal experience of young love and has been distilled down from Neutral Milk Hotel’s poetic indie rock album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, remarkably also inspired by Anne Frank.

“In my early twenties I fell deeply in love and wrote about it in my diary,” Brine reveals. “I still have those silly, funny, dirty, weird, embarrassing entries. And when you hear my diary, you think of your diary, which perhaps wasn’t very different from Anne Frank writing about being a teenage girl in love, despite the horrific circumstances she was living in. And you marvel at how even then, love happened anyway. How is it possible for the world to be what it is, and there to still be love? It’s ugly, gorgeous and complicated – that’s the point I’m making.”

The show is the latest instalment of Brine’s The Living Record Collection, where he picks apart an album and stitches it back together, capturing its original spirit but creating some-

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thing entirely new with sharp writing, pageantry and live music.

It’s a clever format that draws in audiences driven by nostalgia for their favourite yesteryear bangers, as well as the uninitiated, who discover the music by way of the theatre.

“Whether I’ve picked Annie Lennox’s Diva or Led Zeppelin’s IV, the show is a means to relive the music that coalesced around your soul when you were young and that will stay with you forever.”

Brine’s performances are genre-defying and run the spectrum from extravagant drag numbers to barebones stool-and-microphone solo work. What can we expect this time?

“I take a broad view of cabaret,” he smiles.

“This show is a really theatrical experience, where I have some tricks up my sleeve with costumes and props to make weird, crazy, magical things happen on stage with very little.”

Even so, Brine describes the Fringe as “the most thrilling and exhausting thing” and admits he’s been preparing for his 2026 return as an elite athlete would the Olympics.

“The show is very physically and vocally demanding. There’s four musicians, but really it’s just me singing, talking, running and dancing for 90 minutes until I’m drenched in sweat.

There’s no break, and then it’s rinse and repeat everyday for a month. So I have a game plan that involves sleeping well, resting my voice and trying my best to avoid amazing Scottish junk food.”

“Let me put it this way,” he says. “I believe that if we genuinely laugh really hard, deep down something in us opens up and we’re more available to feel complicated, difficult emotions.”

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Salty Brine: HOW STRANGE IT IS (The Neutral Milk Hotel Show) Summerhall until 30 Aug, 9.30pm

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It’s a hefty commitment, but one the self-professed theatre nerd insists on, to keep the Santa Claus magic of the production alive for his audience.

The Living Record Collection is an ambitious project by design, and this particular show seems intent on straddling the divide between poetic, intellectually ambitious theatre and crowd-pleasing spectacle.

By sharing the deeply personal and weaponising humour, Brine cleverly maintains the gravitas that comes with tackling a Holocaust narrative, while downplaying the inbuilt “heaviness”.

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Pleasance Courtyard until 30 Aug, 7pm

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light. Though not a total exit – he cofounded and is still a major player in the acclaimed Austentatious, and a writer for various Aardman and BBC projects – he nevertheless has kept a lot of Fringe-goers waiting.

In spite of the hype, his comeback does not disappoint. Inspired by a found object, a 1970s American high school yearbook, Highlander 70 is one of the leanest and most tightly crafted hours you’re likely to see all Fringe.

Morpurgo mines the yearbook for every slight incongruity, inventing from it a year in the life of one soon-to-graduate student, who he plays: David Moon. For the sake of avoiding

spoilers, the less said about how Morpurgo embodies Moon, the better. Suffice to say, his handbrake turns from wide-eyed enthusiasm to melancholy and back again are not only totally commanding but also strangely moving, evocative of the way John Hughes’ films hit you at age 15.

Morpurgo employs every tool in his arsenal – sight gags, a mammoth slideshow, audience participation – to build maximum laughs, but they never feels scattered or unmotivated. This is a quick-fire, precisely rehearsed hour that is as singular as it is silly. It’s far from textbook and yet an undeniable A+. Top class. ✏ Louis Cammell

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Pleasance Courtyard until 30 Aug, 8pm

Two exorcist-priests – Barrett and Holland – are hunting a demon when things go wrong, taking down Barrett and leaving a lot unsaid between the two. Holland washes up years later as an organiser of immersive stag parties, before

taking on one last job: a haunting at the Lyle Away Hotel.

If that could summarise a straight horror show, that’s one of the many delights on offer: though Crybabies are a sketch comedy troupe, there are enough jump scares and genuinely spooky happenings here for the show to entertain even a stony-faced horror fan.

For the rest of us, even better news: it’s hilarious, too.

Flawless physical comedy, jokes any stand-up would pay top dollar for, a script that rewards repeat viewings, sight gags at every conceivable op-

portunity: The Scaring is Fringe comedy theatre perfected, from the nation’s best sketch troupe.

Their third full-length show, The Scaring is Crybabies’ most ambitiously staged yet, with some big surprises. But the trio has shrewdly protected what’s always been the core of their charm: that feeling of schoolkid glee of three pals putting on a show purely for their own amusement.

British sketch comedy has long been looking for its next megastars. Look no further. ✏ Samuel Cain

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Pleasance Dome until 30 Aug, 9.45pm

It is a cliché to say that those with naturally funny bones could simply read from the phone book and have you roaring with laughter. But the super-expressive Jordan Brookes has no need of such props. Nothing beyond studied control of his limber physicality, his flexible features contorting in paroxysms of suffering and his white knuckle grip on the gnawing terror of everyday existence.

Referencing early cinemagoers, who fled terrified at the sight of a train rushing towards them, the former Edinburgh Comedy Award winner is, himself, a juggernaut spectacle of disturbing fascination. Distinctly uncomfortable with his imagination, but hilarious reporting back from it, the quotidian experience of sitting, eating a croissant on a train, while another man stared across him and out the window, sends him into a spiral of agonising self-conscious-

ness in which he questions everything about his mind and body.

Goblin mode isn’t available to Brookes, always painfully aware of being in the world and potentially observed, improvising nimbly with his audience. Yet at one point he seems to divest himself of all human restraint, horrifically possessed by something more beast-like and primal. The

kind of memorable, physical set-piece that many wanky clown shows would kill for, it’s nevertheless surrounded by some superb observational stand-up, as he demolishes the idea of adrenalised mothers saving babies trapped under cars and adroitly notes the little strategies that we all employ to surreptitiously clock something in our peripheral vision. ✏ Jay Richardson

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Eva Peroni: Jungled HHHHH VENUE: TIME:

Gilded Balloon Teviot until 30 Aug, 4.40pm

One thing about Eva Peroni?

She’s precocious. At just 22, she’s not only become a buzzy name on the Scottish comedy club circuit, but landed a major venue for her very first Fringe run. Characteristically, she’s approaching this landmark moment in her nascent career with aplomb.

Peroni benefits from the gleeful tenacity of youth, probing the audience’s boundaries with dicey punchlines delivered without fear of retribution. (Of her dual Irish Republican and Traveller background, she jokes; “When I see a caravan, I don’t know whether to live in it or blow it up.”)

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the ultimate neurodivergent masking, various riffs slagging off her West Lothian hometown, and jabs about Bathgate’s “generational munters” Susan Boyle and Lewis Capaldi.

The show bills itself as an exploration of the comic’s

coming-of-age in Costa Rica but, really, it’s strongest on home soil: bringing fresh fire to age-old dissections of Scottish identity, from a young, queer, working class, and uncompromisingly leftist perspective. ✏ Megan Wallace

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What do Latin American telenovelas and modern clowning have in common? The answer could simply be Maya Ricote, but in her debut hour Ay Am! she exposes a more profound overlap in the two performance worlds her career has straddled over the past dec-

ade. Seeing human emotions heightened and distilled is at the crux of both disciplines and Ricote playfully pulls from her acting arsenal to share a confessional coming-of-age tale under the guise of her chaotic clown. Maya (the character) is an exaggerated, dare we say inflated version of a telenovela star; a femme fatale weaponising her femininity to the extreme in the pursuit of a big break and eternal youth.

Co-created with modern clown Dan Lees, the physical comedy sensibilities are clear in Ricote’s performance, even when they’re combined

with musical interludes and character work. The show’s original songs work wonders, thanks to their catchy hooks and Ricote’s unwavering commitment to delivering them – wails, grunts, screams and all. Deliberately clumsy stunts, inconsistent accents and loose audience interactions all add to the hectic hilarity of Ay Am! A feral final act sees Ricote figuratively holding up a middle finger to telenovela traditions and fully embracing the absurd clown within her. And tonight’s audience seems to embrace her right back. ✏ Megan Merino Photo: Gala Ricote

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Well, this is a really classy hour of standup from Australian Lizzy Hoo. And by classy I don’t mean, like, classy. “You will have to give me eye contact later when I get really filthy,” she warns the front row. True to her word, it’s not that long before she’s talking about her brother’s big cums.

And yet, how she’s walked us there feels completely reasonable. And, yes, she’s more than able to maintain eye contact throughout. The horror!

No, it’s the writing and delivery here that are really top class, and it’s hard to imagine how much effort has gone into polishing every line and beat of Hoo’s Edinburgh debut.

Genuinely, she’s covered all of the bases. There’s no waffle: The writing is stripped back to essential words only. You can see the way she manipulates pace, pauses, tension, relief, tonal shift. There’s a control here that means she’s able to skirt controversy without ever feel-

ing on thin ice. “OK, lighten up Edinburgh!” she says knowingly as she edges into material on Asian stereotypes. She’s able to balance moments of relatability with flashes of, and there’s no other way of putting this, scorn.

It’s all rather exciting.

Nor is this a shiny wrapper for second hand goods. Hoo’s takes on the different DMs she and her male colleagues get is neat, and she spins her weirdo messengers out into a full imagined relationship. You wouldn’t think you could roast your own father for volunteering in a hospital. Hoo can. Hoo can do it all, really. ✏ Evan Beswick

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For an hour about generational trauma and inheritance, Kemah Bob’s Love Child never feels bleak. It’s a buoyant and upbeat set which makes life feel like opportunities desperate to be seized and plays to the Texan comic’s strengths.

Compared to her debut hour (2024’s Miss Fortunate), which saw the comic in a dark, dark place, Love Child is breezy even when talking about child poverty and absent parents.

With tongue-in-cheek lines about drug use and sharing sex toys, skanking along to her granddad’s music and an easy rapport with her audience, it’s a joy to be in Bob’s company.

The overarching theme of finally learning how to grow up, but keeping hold of

childlike wonder and a sense of adventure, hits even harder when Bob shares her grandma’s wise words. The first in her family allowed to indulge in spreading her wings, the sentiment will surely resonate

with audiences and artists from global majority and other marginalised backgrounds at this festival and beyond, being here without ever thinking they’d get the chance. ✏ Polly Glynn

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and aviator frames popular amongst perverts and non-binary people, Han Whyte’s drag persona Roger Prick meets HHHHH us inside his erotic bookshop, where he’s about to launch VENUE: Underbelly Cowgate his tell-all memoir. There’s a TIME: until 30 Aug, 6.55pm gag a minute – Roger would approve – as Whyte’s terrifically fun writing charts our ‘70s Roger Prick is a feminist. Roger pornographer’s journey from Prick loves women. Why else precocious leery youngin to would his bestselling, 1970s sleazy Soho entrepreneur, all erotic Guy Blokeman novels while bearing the burden of feature thoughtful lines such having a massive penis. Yet, a as, “Twelve gorgeous vixens true role model for other aging hunger for his cock”? Twelve! men accused of misogyny, You could call him many things: Roger knows that times have a horny bastard, a Casanova, a changed. Reading Judith Butler sex pest banned from coming has taught him that “women within a 500-mile-radius of can be butlers” – and he also Gloucestershire, but you understands the Bechdel test couldn’t say he’s not generous. so well now that he’ll gladly Wearing Sharpied-on sideinterrupt a woman in the audiburns, a half-untucked shirt, ence to explain what it is.

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Hilariously performed with drawings that strike a perfect balance between smutty and silly, Whyte’s immaculately penned hour feels like a graphic novel in motion; Roger becomes a 3D character making his seedy way through a sexual revolution rendered in simple, gloriously evocative marker pen. With plenty of opportunity to get interactive with Whyte’s illustrations, it’s like we’ve stepped inside a pop-up book – just watch that aforementioned long penis doesn’t poke you in the eye.

Roger Prick: Sexopolis is an irresistible invitation to get down and dirty with this lovable, literary lech – and like the many women with humongous breasts he’s pleased in his time, we can’t get enough of Prick. ✏ Xuanlin Tham

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Dan Kelly: How I Went to Every Supermarket in the World HHHHH VENUE: TIME:

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Mundane for most, exciting for some, a trip to the supermarket is hardly the major highlight of your week. (And if it is, reassess your life. Please!)

However, if you pretend to be a secret agent on a mission to find the rare collectable everyone wonders about, you are in for a true thrill.

Dan Kelly has made an enjoyable profession out of it. Working as a data collector left him with few transferable skills and even more peculiar experiences. All with one purpose: helping the big companies know how much to pay their employees around the world. Feels a bit more responsible, doesn’t it?

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your own holiday escapades. It gives an effective introduction to the country’s society and way of life without sounding pedagogical or dull.

Kelly teaches you to rely on the familiar in times of uncertainty and never give up, even if the task you are facing – like finding the price of a bra in Iran as a man – seems rather impossible.

Now extinct, his job is a tale

for travel lovers. So, if one day you see a tanned man walking around a supermarket and speaking into a dictaphone, don’t scare him off – he is a nostalgic soul.

Dan Kelly’s stand-up is a funny, travel-obsessed affair worth checking out if you are ready to develop a new obsession: is it really that hard to find tofu in Greenland? ✏ Katerina Godunoff

could turn out to be a triumph.

This is a truly sensational hour of standup, so much goodness packed in, the major hook being a candid look at his parents’ love life. Still HHHHH processing their departures, living in their old house, he VENUE: Monkey Barrel Comedy reconnects by reading a box (O’Neill’s, The Tron), of their often-lurid letters. That TIME: until 30 Aug, 5.15pm leads Edwards on a memorable quest to rediscover the other characters involved, Milo Edwards has endured a notably one charismatic, remarkably grim Fringe career, catamaran-boasting business losing parents at two of them, partner. His calls to surviving 2019 and 2022, with a show acquaintances are hilarious, about his dad’s death in bewhile offering further tween. It’s a wonder he returns home truths. at all, but let’s be thankful: 2026 And there’s lots more

besides. Milo bonded with his mum during Covid, mourning dad by binge-listening to Radio 2, particularly the midday misery king Jeremy Vine. That takes us on a fabulous detour about Jeremy versus jauntier colleagues, splenetic callers, Edwards’ unhappy TV history and a thorough synopsis of US anti-communist interventions in Southeast Asia. This sumptuous feast is garnished with some spot-on voices - a very fine Vine - while a huge late revelation almost slips by in the previous laugh trail.

It’s magnificent. Milo Edwards has come of age; comedically, at least. ✏ Si Hawkins

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What a sadly but seamlessly relevant play Tony Kushner’s two-part, Pulitzer Prize-winning epic Angels in America continues to be, 35 years after it was premiered in San Francisco. Produced when the memory of the HIV crisis was still fresh, raw and ongoing, it’s brought to life here with palpable, captivating power and quality in this new five-hour 38

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Presented in Dutch with English supertitles against Jan Versweyveld’s stark, almost factory-like background, with the music of David Bowie either tinnily crackling in the background like a shop radio or blasting out at full volume (both are dissociating stylistic choices), the sprawling production focuses on a real-life American despot.

The domineering, thoroughly conservative New York lawyer Roy Cohn (brilliantly played

by Hans Kesting) acts like he can shape reality through willpower and lawsuits alone,

declaring himself not gay but merely a straight man who has sex with men.

Coming into Cohn’s orbit are functionary Joe, a committed Mormon and Republican, and his wife Harper, who go on their own respective sexual and spiritual journeys, and sometime drag queen Prior Walter and his boyfriend Louis, the former with AIDS and the latter in denial. As the disease takes hold of both Roy and Prior against a backdrop of personal and societal uncertainty, all the good and bad of the American Dream is demonstrated here, from fear and selfishness to a resounding sense of hope and compassion. ✏ David Pollock

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Writer/performer and Sex Idiot (she’s reprising her 2010 comedy show over at Shedinburgh) Bryony Kimmings made a vow in 2021 to only make work that supports the planet.

So after co-writing Last Christmas with Emma Thompson and collaborating on projects including the wonderful Show Pony, we find Kimmings playing herself, an anxiously attached, cigarette-craving, 40-something woman on an eco farm against her will, because of her Will (her new partner).

The posh, gilet-wearing locals, the Union Jacks flying above East Sussex doors, the mud, the nature; she hates it all. But it’s increasingly jarring for her mind and soul to ignore climate collapse, not to mention the feelings she is developing for a magnificent oak tree outside.

There are echoes of The Change, Bridget Christie’s brilliant feminist paeon to paganism and rural England, with extra songs. The Essex vowels of comedy drag songstress Diane Chorley sometimes

come to mind too, as Kimmings recoils at outdoorsy life, feeling the creep of capitalist self-loathing, then sinking into escapism to cope.

Kimmings dances the line between batshit cat lady and sage witch, using bursts of Eu-

ro-dance music to offset the pious vibes she knows can become dangerously entangled with eco-activism. Skilful, fun, moving and, like a hallucinogenic forest mushroom, subtly laced with surreal, healing messages. ✏ Claire Sawers

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(top)spin on the tried while Gus, head in the clouds Chip and Gus: andPutting tested buddy dynamic with Socrates or Heraclitus, between Chip, a high-strung, barely makes an effort and A Comedy crabby guy, and Gus, his wins anyway. There’s somewith Balls affable, too-talkative, clueless thing immediately cosy about friend (à la Planes, Trains, and Automobiles), two-hander Chip and Gus: A Comedy with Balls VENUE: theSpace @ Venue 45 is rapid-fire right off the batTIME: until 29 Aug, 6.20pm sorry, racket. Actors, writers, and directors John Ahlin and Christopher Patrick Mullen pull off the incredible feat Every third Tuesday, down-onof playing table tennis while his-luck musician Chip and exchanging quips, word play, college philosophy profesgrammatical and philosophical sor Gus have a sanctified quandaries faster than Chip appointment: in the back room can retrieve errant balls under of their local sports bar, they the audience’s seats. If a great meet to play table tennis. It’s rally feels like a great converan important routine: as Chip sation, why not have both? mutters, vibrating with anxious The clever, tightly-packed frustration after getting off script’s joke per minute rate is the phone with a wife who’s emphasised by great physical just divorced him, “I need to comedy: laser-focused Chip play ping pong.” hits every ball with aplomb,

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Chip and Gus’ fast-talking style, and the premise that sports is a pretence for intimacy between men – that friendship, parallel life disappointments, and identity crises could only be held and mediated by a little orange ball once a month.

The conversational table tennis and the actual table tennis can sometimes feel like painting with the same colours – a lack of contrast, or negative space, that perhaps undermines the more grounded character drama Chip and Gus wants to become in its final moments.

But it’s sweet, it’s funny, and it’s pretty damn good ping pong. ✏ Xuanlin Tham

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With an opening disclaimer that some of what follows is true, some isn’t and “the rest is none of your fucking business”, the sexy, silly, thrilling ROLEPLAY neatly and knowingly gyrates away from the controversy experienced by its producer Francesca Moody with Baby Reindeer and indulges artistic licence to explore a multitude of tricky issues. Written and performed solo by the audacious Hannah Reilly, the show asks whether female sexual empowerment can survive commercialisation and intimate sharing with all and sundry.

A small-time podcaster with a show about sex and relationships, Danielle is suddenly propelled into the big leagues when a bigshot American producer shows an interest in her, offering her the backing of a major platform if she can extend her tongue-in-cheek, slutty brand to a no holdsbarred, sexual safari that will wrest young women away from their true crime listening.

Danielle’s initial efforts to find racy content aren’t universally successful as she comically

breaks a dungeon master.

But she feels emboldened by stripping. And despite projecting an image of being an uninhibited girl-about-town, has a clandestine, boundary-pushing relationship with a new squeeze and a strained bond with a disapproving mother to push.

With Reilly committing to the erotic spectacle, the upfront

ROLEPLAY proceeds at pace and doesn’t truly resolve who’s exploiting who, or simply advocate for sex work, leaving itself admirably open-ended even as it ventures into grim #MeToo territory. She’s dynamite as Danni, by turns wittily vivacious and maddeningly lacking in self-awareness, high on her own sex appeal. ✏ Jay Richardson

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Cathy is a newly-widowed Glaswegian matriarch of oldschool character, a stoic, relentlessly stubborn, emotionally unmovable elderly Scots Catholic, whose faith is only matched by her prodigious ability to curse and swear. At the wake after her husband Tommy’s funeral everything angers her; her Protestant son-in-law Colin’s (Alan Orr)

choice of the wrong Chinese takeaway for their meal, her granddaughter Amy’s (Chloe Hodgson) imminent single motherhood and her daughter Flo (Michele Gallagher). The latter, just because fighting’s what she and Flo have always done.

A tender exploration of grief and fractured female relationships (it’s a nice change that Colin and Tommy are portrayed as dopey but dependable background presences, rather than malign influences), writer/ director Eilidh Loan’s play is beautifully calibrated to make its way through gorgeously observed emotional beats while revelling in relentlessly

sharp-tongued and hilarious Glaswegian Scots humour.

This is accentuated by a great cast who hit all the right notes, especially Elaine C. Smith in the starring role, the deadpan comic timing which made her considerable name in Scottish arts through Rab C. Nesbitt and Two Doors Down perfect for this character and this situation.

Also wonderful is Sally Reid as Lizzie, the bubbly charity shop owner whose own grief helps Cathy recognise hers. It’s one of those rare Fringe plays you’d recommend to absolutely anyone, especially someone who wouldn’t normally go to the Fringe. ✏ David Pollock

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Named after the TikTok trend, asking whether you’d rather be alone in the woods with a man or bear, Sarah Hehir’s play explores emotional abuse, coercion and control. Lesley Ewen, Katie Hurley and Amaia Naima Aguinaga play three generations of women expe-

riencing harmful behaviour from men. Paige is mum to Angel, and moved away from Sam because she couldn’t stomach his jealous, financially abusive behaviour. Teenager Angel clams up after seeing a friend sexually assaulted at a party and Connie, albeit the strong, protective matriarch, isn’t immune to homophobic comments and prejudice from her church.

Bright bursts of Doja Cat and UK garage duo DJ Luck and MC Neat lighten the increasingly dark tone, and a drunken kitchen disco breaks the

tension, temporarily. Directed

by Ursula Martinez, it shows the sometimes very casual creep of danger; mind games and minimising, then guilt about speaking out, if the abuse is not violent. The Domestic Abuse Scotland Act came into force in 2019, with England following in 2021; progress, but not a magic wand when systemic misogyny persists and lawmakers and educators struggle to catch up with the complexities of this often hidden, age-old yet new crime. Smart, powerful kitchen sink storytelling. ✏ Claire Sawers

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Georgina Collins brings her debut Fringe play, exploring the mix of shame and desire that one 25-year-old feels, with a demonic twinkle in her eye. Also a burlesque artist going by the name Strawberry Duvall, writer/actor Collins begins her subtly twisted horror show in specs and a 44

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prim cardigan. Before long the demure layers are peeled off, and she is navigating her own queer liberation, giving flashbacks of Janet Weiss’s sexual awakening in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Inspiration came when Collins experienced extreme hormonal changes that were diagnosed eventually as premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and she decided to distil that painful, confusing experience into a lighthearted, yet dark piece of fantasy storytelling.

She takes the myth of succubus, skewering it together with a man-eater metaphor,

and writes a character so overpowered by lust and hungry for human flesh, she begins lying to her butcher about the ravenous huskies she’s feeding at home.

SUCCUBUS follows in the footsteps of classic werewolf and vampire plots where puberty and physical changes bring uncontrollable urges and dangerous consequences. Collins is a confident and magnetic performer, devouring meat and dripping in fake blood as her play touches on the more serious issues of medical gaslighting and misogyny. ✏ Claire Sawers

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One thing about Bunny Manson? Her body count is high.

No, we’re not talking about that, get your mind out of the gutter! Rather, the would-be starlet’s list of victims is longer than the waitlist for Creative Scotland funding (as in: very long).

Following drama school, the artiste enters into a career wasteland: putting on shows in the corner of her local Glasgow off-licence and stomaching rejection after rejection.

One fateful evening, the artistic director of an AI-themed theatre company dares to give her a pitying look and she responds with violence.

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Abramović in the head.

Throughout, Bunny delivers her own takes on musical theatre classics – from Chicago, to The Little Mermaid – changing the words to reflect her hyper-niche experiences in the wringer of Scottish regional arts.

The show is an obvious skewering of the arts world, yes, but it reaches further.

Naturally, there’s the parody of the cottage industry of ‘PoV: I’m an unreliable narrator / serial killer’ shows like Killing Eve, Sweatpea and You. But there’s also a tongue-in-cheek dialogue with girlbossery, and arch reflections on the meaning of fame and art.

Valerie Solanas, move over: it’s time to make way for Bunny. ✏ Megan Wallace

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not for glory is a thoughtful dissection of heritage and all its complexities.

HHHHH Music glitches and remixes itself, while the dancing – VENUE: Assembly @ Dance Base strong, precise – likewise splinTIME: Run ended ters across the stage. Each work is brilliantly accomplished and it’s a joy to witness the Striking and bold, not for glory performers watch each other’s sees three performers reclaim solos with the understandable the traditional dance and visible awe. Throughout dances music of their childhoods. The and songs, the performers dance-theatre gig asks both share their experiences of how tradition shapes us and traditional Irish and Scottish how we shape it – from histor- culture; their reflections are ical violence, to queerness, to honest, insightful. Humour is familial bonds. Vibrantly honest, interwoven into such speech,

bringing a warmth and levity that further endears us to the performers and their art. This welcome continues, with shortbread and Irn Bru finding its way into keen audience hands. not for glory isn’t afraid to strip it back, refusing to lean into a grandeur which is all too often aligned with the traditions it is attempting to unravel. We’re admittedly left wanting after a more climatic finish, however, the show’s gentle conclusion again signals its empowered disregard of tradition for tradition’s sake. ✏ Eilidh Akilade

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Inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story The Yellow Wallpaper, this ‘dance thriller’ adaptation combines the traditional sensibilities of a straight play with contemporary dance and experimental soundscapes. Set in the Gilded Age of America, the protagonist is brought to a

grand estate for the summer, confined to a room where she is prescribed ‘rest cure’ to treat her ‘female hysteria and nervousness’.

Performed by an ensemble of six, its three principle roles (the unnamed lead, her controlling doctor husband and his menacing sister) are accompanied by a trio of phantom-like dancers who come alive with our narrator’s increased solitude-induced mania. Their constant presence on stage, punctuated by frenetic movements and intense stares, provide a sinister hum in the background of all the action, like the indistinguishable but bone-chilling

score of a horror film. While the expertly executed choreography is the show’s most interesting creative choice, the acted portions are delivered beautifully too, with our principal navigating a complex emotional journey with impressive restraint and power. Distorted bass sounds and electronic synths feature prominently in the soundtrack, adding to the jarring juxtaposition between the period costume and dialogue with modern sonic and physical languages. It’s this contemporary twist that successfully makes Perkins Gilman’s haunting tale from 1892 resonate in the present day. ✏ Megan Merino

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The Palestinian Circus: Step and a Half HHHHH VENUE: TIME:

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Given that even the word ‘Palestinian’ is now politically loaded, the most trenchant line comes in this production from a recorded voice: ‘joy is a form of resistance’. The show gestures towards representing elements of Palestinian culture, not least through the pounding soundtrack but remains a celebration of human physicality, the ability of trained bodies to fly in space, to ascend the pole and ropes and silks and frighten the audience with a sudden controlled and perfectly executed fall.

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Xhloe and Natasha are the names on everyone’s lips this August. With a string of Fringe First awards already under their belts, the New York-based clown duo have swept the festival away for several years running. Their sold-out, all-new show, Bigfoot Ripped My Dog

In Half I Saw It follows two teenagers’ escapades as they wreak havoc in an Appalachian town by faking bigfoot sightings.

Bursting onto the stage, Xhloe and Natasha jolt the audience to attention with their unparalleled charisma and chemistry. The pair combine clowning and simple acrobatics to tell the story of a community recovering from the trauma of a devastating flood, and how its collective vulnerability creates a breeding ground for a conspiracy theory as wild as the existence of an 8-foot humanoid creature that hunts pet dogs.

While the narrative is initially disjointed and difficult to follow, we’re soon fully brought

up to speed and invested in a Twin Peaks-style mystery.

Distrust in power emerges as a prominent theme, as Xhloe and Natasha embody a line-up of characters, from a bitchy shop assistant to the Mayor’s robotic crisis PR representative, demonstrating both perception and range. But best of all, they make for a convincing pair of misguided and scheming teenagers, whose spiralling lies turn a small town upside down.

Undoubtedly, Xhloe and Natasha will go down in Fringe history. It’s unsurprising that this high-energy, supremely choreographed work is transferring to London’s Soho Theatre in September. ✏ Rachel Ashenden

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Jens Radda. Self-described as an “international icon and occasional soprano”, Sinatra’s here to deliver a cabaret show-turned-self help seminar on how to become a performing icon.

That seminar structure is a thin veneer, quickly abandoned, over the familiar solo cabaret show structure: modified show tunes and original songs strung together with cheeky quips, nods to the great divas, and hints of social commentary. And there’s no doubt that Sinatra is very good at all that – highlights include an interpolation of My Favourite Things that lists “bright copper buttplugs

and red latex mittens”; a tune skewering South African NIMBYism; and a rousing multilingual closing rendition of Don't Cry for Me Argentina.

While it may be churlish to criticise the show for the flimsiness of a premise it doesn’t hold onto too strongly anyway, How to Succeed never really takes us beyond what we’ve come to expect from a solo cabaret show – in fact, with numbers and features centred around, say, Liza Minnelli and Kylie Minogue, it can feel like it’s trying to hit all the essential notes. Radda is a talented enough performer to hope for something fresher in the future. ✏ Samuel Cain

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Assembly Roxy until 30 Aug, 9.50pm

Delivered from the gutter but looking at the stars, Fanny Bleach’s Fringe bow is a sublime freak show spectacle, like The Greatest Showman on hallucinogens. A riotous, character comedy carousel of grotesque body horror and proud, feminist expression, Emma Crowley-Bennett’s wild-eyed, multimedia hour is a once seen, never forgotten cabaret of the depraved.

Compered by Daniel, a worried-looking, bowl-cutted work experience lad thrust front of house, Crowley-Bennett’s other creations make confident, spectacular entrances, not least the bin princess who opens the show by emerging from garbage.

Then there’s One Tit Wonder, a gargling-with-gravel, leopardskin-garbed, mono-breasted black widow of a woman, fleeing from the police after the suspicious deaths of her countless husbands. Hairy Mary is similarly intimidating but draws the crowd together in a life drawing class for her naked splendour, splayed across a variety of revealing poses.

Inbetween the outlandish costume changes, videos introduce further oddballs, including a sexy prawn cavorting in the bath for her webcam.

Best and worst of all is a demonically insistent charity cold caller, out to harvest spare kidneys, her terrible, sing-song persistence betrayed by the

spittle-flecked salivation of her close-up mouth.

Throughout, Crowley-Bennett flashes downtrodden defiance from her endearing mutant identities. And they ultimately wrest control of their own destiny, an uplifting conclusion to a nightmarish vision. ✏ Jay Richardson

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Olympic figure skater, and the deadpan sincerity of a small HHHHH child. It perfectly sets the tone for Stamptown’s brand of VENUE: Assembly perfectly calibrated weirdGeorge Square Gardens ness; now in its tenth year, the TIME: until 29 Aug, 9.50pm cult variety show has excelled thanks to its signature juxtaposition of the very impressive It is probably a good sign that and the very stupid. even on a rain-soaked Monday Led by Zach Zucker in the night in the third week of the guise of his alter ego, the Fringe, a show makes you start extremely shit male comedibeaming the moment you walk an Jack Tucker, Stamptown in. Damp, jaded, exhausted… unfolds with delightfully none of that matters in the engineered anarchy. Zucker face of a man in a purple drops obscene asides at the muscle vest dancing on rollaudience whenever a joke fails erskates with the agility of an to land, his compering is con56

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stantly interrupted by sound effects from director Jonny Wooley, and a self-professed billionaire keeps appearing to try and buy the show. And this is before the acts themselves: Kemah Bob killing a stand-up set, burlesque performer David Pereira going all out with an acrobatics-cum-live shaving routine, French clown Mr Cardboard doing…things with cardboard. It’s near impossible to sum up just how much is happening in mere language: manic, horny and completely bizarre, Stamptown needs to be seen to be maybe understood. ✏ Anahit Behrooz

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(Dylan Wood) ends up back at Joe’s for beers. The two bond HHHHH over music, but the production’s many moving parts VENUE: Traverse Theatre elevate this far higher than a TIME: until 30 August, twee story of wannabe stars, various times and their beautiful, unlikely bromance.

A short film made by Cora Bissett explores ableism Bissett gets amplified into this and the divide between the moving piece of musical thed/Deaf and “hearie” commuatre, exploring BSL and modes nity. Signing is seen as “poor of listening. Joe (the excellent, man’s English”, and parallels expressive Jamie Rea) makes are drawn with the way Scots bedroom beats; he is deaf and language is misunderstood, uses powerful speakers and a or met with patronising SubPac to feel the vibrations, responses. A protest against silently signing his lyrics. Pen- the closure of the deaf centre niless Glasgow busker Andy makes a subtle political point

about reduced funding for deaf services. In a singalong section, we learn BSL lyrics. BSL is not signed English; it is its own language, where shapes and emotions are drawn in the air, body language and facial expression carry meaning. Set designer Jenny Booth ensures the subtitled and signed play, with songs by KT Tunstall (who grew up with a profoundly deaf brother, and is herself hard of hearing) is accessible for hearing and d/Deaf audiences. An uplifting story about visibility and the invisible, and what it means to really be heard. ✏ Claire Sawers

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Kids Critics Glob Alvie, five, enjoys the new circus adventure from Les Foutoukours Photo: Andre Chevrier

What happens in the show?

Two fluffy white cavemen guys climb up a ladder. The small one slided down and he did a noise like a fire engine. They were funny. They kept having an argue.

They spoke zero languages, they just said like ‘woooow!’

They could stand on one hand!

What did you like most about the show?

My favourite was the small one because he was silly and he kept going [gibberish noise].

He kept making me laugh. The lights kept changing from blue to orange and pink like my night light.

Was there anything you didn’t like?

No. What did your grown-up think about the show?

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was more focus on their tricks; hand balancing and gymnastics, tap dancing, juggling, diabolo. A beautiful breather from festival insanity.

Would you tell your friends to go to the show?

Yes, particularly kids who like slapstick, or adults who like their circus more chilled and minimal.

SHOW VENUE: TIME:

Glob Underbelly Bristo Square until 30 Aug, 3pm

09:15

Growing Up with Nits and Fleas theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug

09:30

A Political Breakfast PBH’s Free Fringe @ Greek Gyros Grill, 26–30 Aug

10:00

Alex Prescot: Cellars & Serpents (WIP) Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug 1 British, 1 Immigrant *Continental Breakfast Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug

10:15

Wiki Knows Best – The Rest Is Islands Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug

10:20

House Fly theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–29 Aug Grandad & Me Do Stand Up Comedy Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug

10:30

Alingon Mitra: Clean Cuts Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Mountebank Comedy Walk of Edinburgh Meeting Point Outside of Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug

10:40

The Breakfast Club Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug

10:45

Hilarious History Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Almost A theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–28 Aug

11:00

11:05

Rose Matafeo: Work in Progress Morning Hour Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug

11:10

0% British – Mornings: An Irish Stand-Up Comedy Show Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Good Morning Edinburgh Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug

11:15

3’s Comedy: Mornings Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug

11:20

The Van Man Can! Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug Rachel Creeger: Ultimate Jewish Mother 2026 Hoots @ The Apex, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug, 31 Aug Olivia Xing: Baby of Colour Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Mike Rice: A Work in Progress Show (Testing New Horrible Material) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–29 Aug

11:30

11:30am Show Live with Adam Morrison Jones Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Charlie Lewis: Hungry!

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Mary-Kate and Ashley Ruined My Life (WIP) Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town), 26–30 Aug Brunch Show – Jake Patrick (WIP) Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Wakey Wakey (It’s Time for Laughter) Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 26–30 Aug Documentary Premiere: Freewheelin’ in the Riff Dimension, The Unspecials The Pend, 26–29 Aug

11:35

Every Day’s A School Day Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug

Alison Spittle: Finger Guns (Work in Progress) Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–28 Aug

11:40

the Kobold Show!

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 27–31 Aug

11:45

Angel Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug 101 Rules for a Better World (by Comedians) Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 27–30 Aug

11:50

199 Jokes Before Lunchtime: Danny Matinee! theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

11:55

Ben Ashurst: The Worst Man Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug

12:00

Mark Simmons: Jokes At Noon PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room, 26–29 Aug Mi Casa es su Casa Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 26–30 Aug The Midlife Mind Flip Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Ryan Mold: Resistant Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 26–30 Aug Catherine Bohart: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug A Silent Disco Dance Tour

by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, 29–30 Aug The Oxford Imps: Improvised Comedy Hour!

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug, 30 Aug 5 Headliners for £10 Hoots @ The Wee Red Bar, 28–30 Aug An Audience with Charles Manson Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Stuart Mitchell – Solo Show Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Aaaaaaargh! It’s the One Liner Show Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 26–30 Aug

Depths of Wikipedia Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Cut Off Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug 1 Hour Of LAFS Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug The Over 50s Dating Comedy Game Show Frankenstein Pub, 26–30 Aug What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Funnier Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Bad Mums Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 27–30 Aug

12:05

Lindsey Santoro: It Was Like That When I Got Here Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug Lorna Rose Treen: Work in Progress Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Tom Ward: Post-Millennium Tension (WIP) Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug

12:10

Chris Cantrill: Rewilding Monkey Barrel Comedy at O’Neill’s (The Tron), 26–29 Aug The Elephant in the Room: An Improvised Comedy Show Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug GULP! Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug Cheryl Hurst: Lots More Mr Nice Guy Hoots @ The Apex, 26–30 Aug

12:15

Auditory Awakenings with Mr Tingles in the House of ASMR PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 26–30 Aug Lenny Sherman: One Of The Good Guys Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Jeremy Dooley: Daddy Cool Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 26–30 Aug Jade Gebbie: The People Pleaser Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Seymour Mace Is Covered In Stickers!

Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 26–30 Aug

A Comedian’s Guide to Birdwatching Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Robin Boot’s Rockomedy: Pun to the Hills PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 26–30 Aug Cyberbully Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 26–30 Aug Tim Biglowe: Plonka PBH’s Free Fringe @ Slow Progress Cafe and Records, 26–29 Aug Adam Bromley: Hyperconnected Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Craig Wilson: This Might Be Nothing Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 26–31 Aug Richard Pulsford: Gold Fashioned Jokes Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–31 Aug Callum Straford Does a Show in a Karaoke Bar PBH’s Free Fringe @ SUPERCUBE George Street, 26–28 Aug

12:20

The Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Podcast: Live Recording Hoots @ The Apex, 26–27 Aug Elise Harris: Better Be Best PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 27–29 Aug The Cambridge Impronauts Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug PG Hits! The Best in Stand-Up Comedy Without the Rude Bits!

Hoots @ The Apex, 28–31 Aug

12:30

1 Hour of Clean Comedy Just The Tonic at The Hive, 26–30 Aug Edinburgh Comedy Walking Tour with Ross Leslie The Parliament Arms, 26–30 Aug Bella Hull: Mad Cow Disease Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Rohan Sharma: Sharmy Infinity Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 26–30 Aug

12:35

Tasmin Sarkany: Now That’s What I Call Bach!

Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug

Sounds Queer to Me Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug ShakeItUp: The Improvised Shakespeare Show Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug

12:40

Ben Miller: All the Things That Are Wrong with My Body (WIP) Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience Assembly Rooms, 30 Aug Anyone For Tennis?

Hoots @ The Apex, 26–30 Aug Brit Barron: CHURCH Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug 5 Mistakes That Changed History Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug

12:45

10 Things They Hate About Me Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 26–30 Aug George Coppen: Won’t Be Long!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 26–30 Aug #BorderlandsComedy Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town), 26–30 Aug Stand-Up (Sat Down) with Ian Wood and Micky Burns The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club, 26–28 Aug Ian TC: Ian-Somnia Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–30 Aug 3’s Comedy: Lunchtime Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 26–30 Aug The Sound Within with Eisenberg and Stern theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Harriet Kemsley: Floozy (Work in Progress) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26 Aug Ari Eldjárn: The Icelander’s Guide to Europe Monkey Barrel Comedy, 27–30 Aug

12:50

Hajar, Like Badger Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug The Candidates Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Simon Munnery The Stand Comedy Club, 26–31 Aug

Listings

4 Better or 4 Worse Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Table Reads: New Comedy Script Showcase Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug A Kiwi Idiot’s Guide to Great Britain Hoots @ The Apex, 26–30 Aug

Comedy Brunch Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–30 Aug Bring Yer Bairn Comedy Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug

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Comedy A History Comedy Show Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Strangers Are Just Freaks You Haven’t Met Yet Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–30 Aug Magic Mic Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Biff to the Future Assembly George Square Gardens, 27–30 Aug The Adventures of Jasper Cromwell Jones Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug

12:55

Bread and Circuses Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug

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Eleanor Morton: The Mermaid Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug 2 Muslim 2 Furious 3: Sharia? I Hardly Know Her! Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Alex Love: How To Win A Pub Quiz 2026 The Gilded Saloon, 26–31 Aug Derek Demko’s Last Day of Camp!

Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug Gareth Gwynn: Cyril Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug British. Broken. Chinese.

(WIP) Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Celine Kuklowsky: Bed Boy Gilded Balloon Patter House, 27–31 Aug Hunter Gatherer: The Agricultural Revolution and How It Ruined My Life Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Rob Auton: JUPITER Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug The Asian Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 26–30 Aug Isabelle Glinn On Ice Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–30 Aug Pierre Novellie: Do the One About...

Assembly George Square Studios, 26–29 Aug Old Comedians Are Funny Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug

Run Fat Boy Run Alchemist | St James Quarter, 30 Aug

13:05

The Full Irish PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26–30 Aug A Comedy Tapas PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 26–30 Aug Ed Gaughan: The Emperor Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–29 Aug

13:10

Best of Edinburgh Showcase Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug 100% Badgers 2: Badgers vs Hedgehogs with Matt Hobs Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Bone Man Rides Again PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug

13:15

Improv Island Discs PBH’s Free Fringe @ SUPERCUBE George Street, 26–27 Aug Paddystinian PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26 Aug Luke Ditchfield: Please Stop Punching Me Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26 Aug, 29 Aug Fred MacAulay in Conversation Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 26–30 Aug 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 26–30 Aug An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman Hoots @ The Wee Red Bar, 26–30 Aug Silly and Surviving Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug 100% Funny Feckers Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 26–30 Aug Dude, Where’s My Visa?

Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug From Goo to You in 3.7 Billion Years Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug Mark Row: A Class Act Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 26–30 Aug Comedy Compilation Show Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug

Jake Baker: The Gentle Men’s Club Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug 4 Teachers, For Teachers Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug

13:20

Murder She Hoped Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo, 26–30 Aug Trauma Made Me Hot PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 27–30 Aug I Am A Snail Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Mr Boy: The Beauty Contest for Boys Assembly George Square Studios, 26–31 Aug

13:25

Alex Camp: Dopamine Rat Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Mary O’Connell: Breadwinner – Work in Progress PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse Hotel, 26–30 Aug

13:30

Chris Forbes: Father Christmas Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug No, I’m Not Overthinking It. Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 26–30 Aug Phil Green: The Boy Who Nearly Grew Up (WIP) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug Felt Nowt: Nerds Assemble Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 27–31 Aug Ayo Adenekan: Homeland Insecurity Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug Mervyn Stutter’s Pick of the Fringe Pleasance Courtyard, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug Lord of the Zings: A Kiwi Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Whackadoo Gone Wild Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Gary G Knightley: Bear Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug A Silent Disco Dance Tour

by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, 29–30 Aug

Star Wars: The Next Generation PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 27–30 Aug UK Pun Off Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug 4 Antipodeans Walk into a Bar Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–30 Aug Comedy Quickie: See Lots and Lots of Comedians Doing Very Short Sets Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 27–30 Aug HOW TO FRINGE: a chat show with thom tuck Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Alastair Clark: On The Record PBH’s Free Fringe @ Slow Progress Cafe and Records, 26–30 Aug 2026 Scottish Comedy Festival’s Pick of the Fringe Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 26–31 Aug

13:35

She/They Venue 13, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Free Footlights Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Rachel Fairburn: Vexy Beasts Monkey Barrel Comedy at O’Neill’s (The Tron), 26–30 Aug

13:40

Chris Grace: 88% Assembly George Square Studios, 26–31 Aug Alt or Nothing: Alternative Comedy Showcase Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug Stuart Thomas: Bad Fatty Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug

13:45

Darren Walsh: It’s a Quarter Tutu Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug My Name is Spring Day and Other Stupid Facts Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Ashley Haden Presents Crosswords Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Dad, White and Blue Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 26–30 Aug 1.45.8 AuDHD: The Dopamine-ing of Life (Autism and Cat Mix) Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug

Will Adamsdale: AI, AI, Oh... (Or How I Wrote a Hit Sitcom with ChatGPT But We’re Not Talking Now) Underbelly, George Square, 26–29 Aug

13:50

Les Keen: Dinosaur (How to Wipe Out the Human Race) Just The Tonic at The Hive, 26–30 Aug Scary Queen of Scots Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug

13:55

Oops! We Lost a Nuke Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug

14:00

The Stand at Edinburgh Food & Drink Academy: The Great Big Comedy Cook Off The Stand at Edinburgh Food & Drink Academy, 29 Aug Mark Silcox: Gold Trading Sucks, I Lost Everything.

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 26–30 Aug International Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Michael John Ciszewski: Mother, Superior Bedlam Theatre, 26–30 Aug Now That’s What I Call Irish Stand-Up Comedy!

Vol 1 Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 26–30 Aug Adele Cliff: Work in Progress Hoots @ Potterrow, 27–30 Aug 100% Irish Beef – An Irish Crowd Work Show Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town), 26–30 Aug Bits ‘n’ Pieces Alchemist | St James Quarter, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug, 31 Aug 1 MC and 3 Absolute Killers (of Comedy!)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–31 Aug Joe Sib: Aggie – A Comedy About Moms Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug (Some Guy Called) Dave Joke of the Fringe Showcase Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug The Edinburgh Society of Unapologetically Imperfect Mothers Just the Tonic Nucleus, 29–30 Aug

Mike Blaha: Pivotal Nomad Le Monde, 26–30 Aug Mark Watson: Sometimes People Are Being Over-Cautious When They Say Work-In-Progress, But This Truly Is Rough The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 26–30 Aug Locomotive For Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Michelle Ahern: Are We There Yet? Paradise in Augustines, 26–30 Aug Good Boy Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug

14:05

Sophie Sconcia: Mother Superior Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Thermos Museum Books PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 26–31 Aug The Past Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Cool WIP Club Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug

14:10

Aaagony Aunts Hoots @ The Apex, 26–30 Aug Alan Palmer (A Little Bit Gay) Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug The Gaffe Presents Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–30 Aug Everything I’ve Learned Since Encountering A Serial Killer – Work in Progress PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 26–30 Aug John-Luke Roberts: What I Talk About When I Run About, Talking Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug The Oxford Revue presents: Back to Revueture Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Chef! Gimme One of Everything!

C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 26–30 Aug

14:15

James Regal is a People Pleaser Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug

Obituary Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug 100 Things You Are Overthinking – An Improv Stand-up Comedy Game Show!

Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 26–30 Aug Murder, She Didn’t Write Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Will Sebag-Montefiore: Game of Phones Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug Hanna Shammas Takes It To Heart Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug

14:20

Pitch It Good – Live The Gilded Saloon, 28–30 Aug What’s Happening Now? Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 27–30 Aug Lilla Multipass: Woman(33) Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–30 Aug Carwyn Blayney: Work in Progress Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Tacky Teacher Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Fabled: The Improvised Fantasy Adventure Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Lizzy Sunshine Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Richard Pulsford: Yorkshire Dad, Immigrant Mum Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug

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14:30

The Comedians Paradise Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug

14:35

Marjolein Robertson: Clouds (WIP) The Stand Comedy Club, 26–30 Aug Jill’s Tupperware Party Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

14:40

Gerry Carroll: Young Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Aidan Jones: Chopin’s Nocturne Assembly George Square Studios, 26–31 Aug Sarah Bradley: How to Write a Romcom Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug

Ellie Summerling’s Tomato Soup Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug All the Animals: Ranked (by Comedians) Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 27–30 Aug Jody Kamali: This is My Dad Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug Alexander Bennett: All It Takes PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug Tim Vine: Sillypun Valley Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

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Irish Comedy Headliners Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Susan Morrison: Swearing, Shit and Shagging – Scotland’s Filthy History The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 26–30 Aug Anna Thomas: How to Juggle a Ferret Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug Eric Rushton: Could Well Be In Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug One: The Musical Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug

4 Aussies, For Aussies Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 26–30 Aug Cyclopath Stand-Up and Songs Vol 3 Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Raul Kohli: Makes It Up As He Goes Along Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 27–30 Aug The Cringe Factor: Rock’n’Roll Part 2 Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Wood and Crook: Wooden Crook PBH’s Free Fringe @ Slow Progress Cafe and Records, 26–30 Aug Butter Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 26–30 Aug Eat Pray Cult Laughing Horse @ Coco Boho, 26–30 Aug The Thinking Drinkers’ Great British Pub Ride Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 26–30 Aug Freya Parker: An Hour Of Decay!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Gavin Webster: Proper Jokes On Tyne Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 26–31 Aug Australia: A Comedian’s Guide PBH’s Free Fringe @ Bannermans, 27–30 Aug Daniel Downie: Alba Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–30 Aug Seymour Mace’s Other Show!

Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 26–30 Aug

Cosmopolitan – Aliki Tsakoumi Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–29 Aug Absolute Nickhead Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 27–30 Aug Eric’s Tales of the Sea – A Submariner’s Yarn Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Nish Kumar: Angry Humour From a Really Nice Guy (Work in Progress) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug

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15:00

Veterans v Civilians Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Mark Simmons: Jokes At Noon PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room, 28–29 Aug Amy Matthews: Definitions of Toast Monkey Barrel Comedy at O’Neill’s (The Tron), 27–30 Aug Christian Dart: GUMSHOE! Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug A Clean Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 26–30 Aug A Silent Disco Dance Tour

by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, 27–30 Aug Leith Laughs – Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ Brass Monkey Leith, 29–30 Aug LMAOF (for OF.TV) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 31 Aug Stuart Mitchell and Festival Friends Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug

Emoji: The Hieroglyphs of Our Time, or how I learned to stop worrying and send the risky text C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 26–30 Aug Tom Houghton – New Stuff PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room, 26–27 Aug Adele Birkmyre: Total Chaos Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 29 Aug Improbotics Presents: Artificial Reality Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Comedy Headliners Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 27–28 Aug Grace Mulvey: Gigantica Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug Comedy Bingo Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug Anime-Zing! Game Show Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 27–30 Aug

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30, Burty and Thriving PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 26–30 Aug MC Hammersmith: Ice Ice Nepo Baby Assembly George Square Studios, 27–30 Aug Thom Tuck: Heartwarming Animal Content Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug

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Traumedy: A Guide to Being a Fabulous Homeless Addict Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Adam Riches: The Critic’s Way Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Geoff Norcott: Basic Bloke 2 – There’s No Bloke Without Fire Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Every Single Sound in the World Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Bob Graham – Tap Dancing on a Sinking Ship Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Lucas Jefcoate: If I’m Not Somebody, I’m Nobody Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug Proud Father, Exhausted Dad PBH’s Free Fringe @ SUPERCUBE Cowgate, 26 Aug

Silky in ‘No, YOU’RE Poster Syndrome’ The Stand Comedy Club 2, 26–30 Aug Lew Fitz: Sweet Nothings (WIP) Just The Tonic at The Hive, 26–30 Aug The Manchester Revue Just The Tonic at Subway, 26–30 Aug

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Tom Neenan: Portrait of a Tom as a Young Neenan Underbelly, George Square, 26–31 Aug Laughing Horse Clean Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Guilt Free Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Hannah and Kat: Pretty Pretty Princess PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 26–30 Aug Jokers in the Pack Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 26–30 Aug A Complete Idiot’s Guide to New Zealand Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Alex Leam: Two Turntables and a Microphone PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 27–30 Aug Billy Kirkwood: Mayhem Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–31 Aug Rizal Van Geyzel: Arrested Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug The Buddha Wears Prada Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 26–30 Aug

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100% Badgers with Matt Hobs Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Lance Mao: The Pig with the Dragon Tattoo Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug 30 and F*cked: Alessandra Ford Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Sofie Hagen – I Think Some of This Is My Fault Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug

15:25

Will Davies: Heroic Scale Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug 0% Faithful: Can You Solve The Traitors Murders?

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 26–30 Aug

Listings

Alfie Moore: Fair Cop – Live!

Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug Alex Franklin: Kiss Me x Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug ¡Ay! Papi: Jilberto Soto Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Stuart Goldsmith: Canary Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug Serena Smart: Little Miss Sunshine WIP Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug

A Pub Quiz for D**kheads Hoots @ The Wee Red Bar, 26–30 Aug Harun Musho’d: A History of the Last Conservative Government, In Their Own Stupid Words PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 26–30 Aug Destroy Capitalism or Die Tryin’ (WIP) Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug 0% Shame: A Late Night Comedy Show at Lunchtime Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 27–30 Aug 101 Comedy Club Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 26–30 Aug Stand-up Philosophy Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug The Durham Revue: Raiders of the Lost Laughs Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Extraordinary Alien Le Monde, 26–30 Aug Animal?

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Adrian Minkowicz: Latin America PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug Olivia Raine Atwood: Oops Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug Paddy Seery: Hereditary Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 26–30 Aug Rachel Creeger: “Queen of the Jews!”

Hoots @ The Apex, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug, 31 Aug Olaf Falafel Presents: I Used to Work in a Helium Balloon Factory Until they Let Me Go Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 26–30 Aug

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Michael McPheat is BRUTAL! Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug £0 In My Savings, And A Fox In My Kitchen Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug 100 Things You Are Overthinking – An Improv Stand-up Comedy Game Show!

Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 26–30 Aug Jew-O-Rama Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Ruby Wax: Absolutely Famous Pleasance Courtyard, 26–29 Aug Mary Flanigan: Scream If You Want To Go Slower Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug The Brush Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug

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Rosalie Minnitt: Clementine 2 Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Danny Ward: The Holiday PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug Fatiha El-Ghorri: Cockney Stacking Doll Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug

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Fil Milton... Is a One-Liner Comedian PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pizza Geeks Easter Road, 26–30 Aug Humdinger Words for Lollygaggers and Fuddy-Duddies Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug 1 Irish 1 English: A Stand-up Comedy Show Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Speed Dating an Italian Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug Still Got It: Back Again!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 26–30 Aug Carl Carzana THE Comedian Creative Genius Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Alexis Sakellaris: CHILD STAR (Work in Progress) Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug

John Achkar: His country is collapsing. He’s having a baby. So obviously, this is the right year for a Lebanese comedian you’ve never heard of to try English stand-up for the first time.

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Molly McBride: Work in Progress The Gilded Saloon, 26–30 Aug Katie Pritchard is Sir Elton Scone Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug

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The Limerence PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse Hotel, 26–30 Aug Get Your Geek On: A Nerdy Comedy Showcase Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug ...Eventually by James Beckett Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Manogram – A Man with Breast Cancer. Stories of Confusion, Disbelief, Irony and Downright Ridiculousness Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Jim Smith: Work in Progress The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 29–30 Aug I REGRET THIS ALREADY Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Anti-Fascist Pasta Night Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 26–30 Aug 100% Funny Feckers Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 26–30 Aug Tam Cowan: A Pee With Pele (And Lots More P*sh) The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 26–28 Aug Matt Hollins – Greatest Hits!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 26–30 Aug Shaggers Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug

15:50

Felicity Ward: I Wish I Could Come Out of My Shell Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug Leo Hincks: Emotional Cowboy Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug

Biscuit Barrel: The 69-Sketch Show Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug 5 Headliners for £10 Hoots @ The Wee Red Bar, 26–30 Aug Ruby Carr: Bite Me Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug John O’Keeffe: Not My Finest Hour (WIP) Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Fool On Comedy Crew Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug

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Zoe Brownstone: How To Be Happy All The Time PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug

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GamesMaster: A Stand-Up’s Guide to Escape Rooms Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 26–30 Aug Mitch Benn: Asking Elvis Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug Gregor Fisher: An (Early) Evening With Gregor Fisher Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug Friz Frizzle: A Certain Appeal PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 26–30 Aug Magic and Mishaps: Stand-Up Comedy Magic Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–31 Aug Ana Little: Dating Through the Ages Laughing Horse @ Coco Boho, 26–30 Aug I Have No Pension... Did I Mention Laughing Horse @ The Brass Monkey, 26–30 Aug Marc Burrows in the Ten Best Songs of All Time Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug Closure Cabaret Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug The Frank Carson Story Le Monde, 26–30 Aug The End of Reason Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo, 26–30 Aug Funny Cluckers: Best of the Fest – Free Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Emmy Fyles: Not Like That, You’re Doing It Wrong Alchemist | St James Quarter, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug

Ed Byrne: Work in Progress Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 26–30 Aug 28.06.1980 (or How A Fake Version of Deep Purple Brought Rock Music to Mexico) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Slow Progress Cafe and Records, 26–30 Aug Candace Bryan: Don’t Be Ridiculous, Everybody Wants This Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Jack Ansett: Looks Like A Bit Of Me! Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug Rosie Jones: I Can’t Tell What She’s Saying Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug The Pleb’s Pow Wow Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Around the World in 80 Puns Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Gyles Brandreth: Up Memory Lane!

Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug Improv on Demand Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug

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Gabey Lucas: Check Out This Potato That Looks Like a Beluga Whale Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Dee Allum: Raumdeuter Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

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Will Mars: A Year in Augusts Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Bloomin’ Late Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 26–30 Aug James Barr: A Punchy Title (WIP) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Georgia Polly-Taylor: Very Hot. Very Messy.

Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug INDY! Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 27–30 Aug John Kearns: Tilting at Windmills Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug The Bite: Mixed-Bill Stand-Up Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug

Bruce Devlin: Mummy Loves M&S The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 26–30 Aug Sid Singh: Love Bombing Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Burger and a Pint: Treats for the Soul Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Chindian Express – Interracial Comedy Ride Edinburgh Thistle Hotel, 26–28 Aug

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This Is My Baby: Live Podcast!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 27 Aug, 30 Aug Em Humble: Lady of the Lakes Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Gareth Mutch Means Well The Stand Comedy Club, 26–31 Aug Mel Hudson: Richard Ashcroft Revived My Libido Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug Tamsyn Kelly: Rat’s Ass Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug Will & Noah: Dinner Dinner Chicken Winner Underbelly, George Square, 26–31 Aug Kwami Odoom and Jack Henry: Support Group Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Gareth Waugh: Is Pepsi OK? Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Scout Boxall: God’s Favourite Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug

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Tom Ballard: Be Funny Challenge (Impossible) Monkey Barrel Comedy at O’Neill’s (The Tron), 26–30 Aug Side Quest C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 26–30 Aug

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David Tsonos: Club Comedian Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 26–30 Aug James Beatty: I’m Not Busy Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug A Silent Disco Dance Tour

by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, 27–30 Aug

Brennan Reece: Live PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room, 26–30 Aug Rule of Threes Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town), 26–27 Aug The Real Housewife of Scotland Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–30 Aug Enrico Touché: Hot Knees Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug Hannah Gadsby is Getting Ready (WIP) Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Aaaaaaargh! It’s the One Liner Show Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 26–30 Aug Aditya Mayya Pretends to Be Sad Just The Tonic at The Hive, 26–30 Aug Always A Silver Lining PBH’s Free Fringe @ SUPERCUBE Cowgate, 26–27 Aug (2026 Greek Comedian of the Year) George Zacharopoulos: The Meaning of Life (Maybe) Just The Tonic at The Hive, 28–30 Aug Happy Hour – Stella Graham PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 26–30 Aug 60 Minutes About Scotland Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 26–30 Aug

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Couplet: Folk Marry Kill Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug Barcelona Comedy Tapas: Bite-Sized Stand-Up Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–29 Aug Omar Badawy: Guided Detour Pleasance Courtyard, 26–28 Aug Emmeline Downie: Gail Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Chris Rutter: Ignorance Is Chris The Stand Comedy Club 2, 26–30 Aug Garrett Millerick: We Tried it Your Way Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug 3’s Comedy: Afternoons Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Raj Poojara: Dice Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

1 Big Aussie Showcase Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug

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Big Value Showcase Just the Tonic at The Caves, 29 Aug Ed Mulvey: For Sale – Dead Dog, Never Worn PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26–30 Aug Eva Peroni: Jungled Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug

16:45

Ed Night: We’ll Be Alright, Darling Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Aarian Mehrabani: How’s Your Head?

Underbelly, George Square, 26–31 Aug Stories From the Office of a Sex Dungeon Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Lab Rats: A Science Gameshow Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug 0% British – Afternoons: An Irish Stand-Up Comedy Show Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 26–31 Aug Chris Parker: Take A Good Hard Look At Me Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Girlbosses and Billionaires theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Alex Mason: Obsessed PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26–30 Aug

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Christopher Beanland: Hipster Hell – Small Plates Ruined My Life (WIP) PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 26–30 Aug Impromptunes – The Completely Improvised Musical Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug

17:00

A Feast of Comedy Alchemist | St James Quarter, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug, 31 Aug Artificially Intelligent Procrastinating Pundit Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug Laura Lexx: Work in Progress The Gilded Saloon, 26–27 Aug Nate Kitch Replica Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Harry Stachini: Lobster Hoots @ The Apex, 26–30 Aug LMAOF (for OF.TV) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 31 Aug Caitriona Dowden: Sesh Head PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26–30 Aug Story Platform The Gilded Saloon, 28 Aug 007 Tons of Laughs – World Comedy from Japan, Europe and Beyond Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Tom Cashman: NPC (Nearly Proficient Comedian) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Absolute Monopoly Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug East Infection Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 26–29 Aug Kat Ronson: Millennial Girl (WIP) Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–30 Aug John Tothill: Close Your Eyes With Holy Dread For He On Honey-Dew Hath Fed, And Drunk The Milk Of Paradise (WIP) Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug

Maxx Eddy: Bi Meets World Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Gags Army Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Kate Hammer: Government Approved Comedian Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry Street), 26–30 Aug Mat Wills: My Wife Took My Dad to a Brothel (I Drove) Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 26–30 Aug Hypnotist Matt Hale: Funbelievable! 90s Rewind Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Adele Birkmyre: Total Chaos Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 30 Aug Harvey Cobb: Pink Boots and an Alcoholic Sock Puppet Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug The Gaffe Showcase Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–30 Aug Comfortable Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Hannah Morton: Crushed The Gilded Saloon, 29–30 Aug

17:05

The Leeds Tealights: SPF5000 Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Sketchy Comedy: Where Art and Comedy Collide Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug

17:10

Adrian Minkowicz: The Hand of God PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug This Is Your Trial! The Fully-Improvised Comedy Courtroom Hoots @ The Apex, 26–30 Aug Kat Higgins: In Memory of Me Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Hannah Byczkowski: Killer Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug #1 Son: The Tale of an Alternative Arab Comedian and His Father Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug Alex La: Fool as Hell Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug

17:15

Danny O’Brien: Sure Look, Be Grand.

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–31 Aug Milo Edwards: Catamaran Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug 1 Pill, 2 Pill, Red Pill, Blue Pill: A Matrix Parody Musical PBH’s Free Fringe @ Slow Progress Cafe and Records, 26–30 Aug James Gardner: Good Afternoon Hoots @ The Wee Red Bar, 29–30 Aug 2 Boys, 1 Bucket Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 26–30 Aug After Arthur PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 26–30 Aug Jollybox Party Games PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 26–30 Aug Alcohol Is Good For You Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug 1979: Persianality Disorder Laughing Horse @ Coco Boho, 26–30 Aug Feral Daydreams Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Rory o Hanlon: Honestly Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 26–30 Aug

17:20

Andrew and Carrie: A Night of Comedy, Violins and Violence Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Asian, But Wrong Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–30 Aug Improvised Couples Therapy Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Phil Nichol: Aren’t We Lucky Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug The Circus of Public Opinion Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo, 26–30 Aug The Stand at The Scotsman The Stand at The Scotsman, 28–29 Aug 48 Chicken Nuggets in a Sequin Dress Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug

Hoani Hoani Hoani Must Be Funny in a Rich Man’s World Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Chris Turner: In The Moment Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug The Cambridge Footlights Tour Show 2026 Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug

17:25

Annie Boyle: To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Zoe Wohlfeld: Dog Funeral Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

17:30

Stefania Licari: I Can Make You Italian in 55 Minutes Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug How Now Brown Rao Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Sam Morrison: DUCK Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Hasan Al-Habib: Stuck in the Middle (East) With You Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Amy Annette: Say What You Like About Me Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug The Stand’s Pick of the Fringe The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 26–30 Aug Anu Vaidyanathan: Allegory Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Eli Matthewson: Blood Bender Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug Alex Edelman: What Are You Going to Do Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Stephen Carlin: Kapitan Bomba Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug Olga Koch: Fat Tom Cruise Pleasance Courtyard, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug Tartan Tabletop: A Dungeons & Dragons Comedy Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Davina Bentley: Dancing While Old Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

Funeral Show Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug 100% Dry Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 26–30 Aug Stand-Up Science Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 26–30 Aug Tom Lawrinson: Speak of the Devil Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug MOM! WTF!!

Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug One Man One Mullet: The Dan Stephens Show Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Disabled Cants Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug

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Police Cops: The Original Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug

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Anna Leong Brophy: Born Sexy Yesterday Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Keeley Hazell: Everyone’s Seen My Tits Pleasance Courtyard, 26–29 Aug Bebe Cave: Swoon Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug Lara Ricote: INKLING Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug David Hoare: How To Live To 100 Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Fab Goualin: Mixed Messages Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug

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Sapphire McIntosh – Squeaky Bum Time Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Millennial Man (WIP) Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town), 26–27 Aug Japanese Grandma Funeral ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug 101 Naughty Jokes in 30 Minutes Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 26–30 Aug Fakespeare Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Roger O’Sullivan: Divil May Cry Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug

Listings

Two Guys, One GCSE Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug One Man Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Sami Abu-Wardeh: Palestine - Peace de Resistance Pleasance Courtyard, 26–27 Aug Lorraine Hoodless: Mean PBH’s Free Fringe @ Pilgrim, 26–30 Aug David Alnwick: Magician.

Not Creepy.

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug Kitty’s Salon of Dreams Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–30 Aug

Rob Moriarty: Sick in the Head Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug The Tom Brace Magic Hour Pleasance Dome, 27–30 Aug

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Comedy Aidan Greene: Stuttermilk Pancakes Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug The Irish Mob Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Cobin Millage: I Promise That I Am Banksy, and There’s No Reasonable Way for You to Prove That I’m Not (WIP) Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 26–30 Aug Andrew White: What a Life!

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug Jack Abela: Reaching PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 26–30 Aug Michael Shafar: Inappropriate Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–31 Aug The Mr Thing Show Assembly George Square Gardens, 26–30 Aug

17:50

Adam Larter: Who Remembers the 90s?

Just The Tonic at The Hive, 26–30 Aug Sadia Azmat: Rapism Just The Tonic at The Hive, 26–30 Aug Rob Copland: ONE (more please) Monkey Barrel Comedy at O’Neill’s (The Tron), 27–30 Aug Grace Jarvis: Getting Dragged Backwards Through a Hedge Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug Freddie Meredith: Need a Light?

Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Alfie Brown: The Entertainer Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Got Mushroom For Sketch Comedy? theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug 200 Puns in 1 Hour with Roger Swift Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug

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The Last Funny Woman PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 26–30 Aug Charlie Vero-Martin: Poltergeist (WIP) Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug Liz Bains: Born To Be Mild PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26–30 Aug

Irene Woo: Golden Child Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug

18:00

Ted Hill: PowerPoindexter Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug Tarang Hardikar: If I’m Not Wrong Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Rizal Van Geyzel: Single Fatherhood Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug The History of Electronic Music Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Alan Jay: Hell Hath No Humour Like a Gayboy Scorned Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug Friendliest Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug A Silent Disco Dance Tour

by Silent Adventures Meeting Point at Uplands Roast Coffee Shop, 26–31 Aug Connor Burns: FLOW Just the Tonic Nucleus, 26–30 Aug Dane Buckley: Darling Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Amanda Dwyer: Better Than Revenge The Stand Comedy Club 2, 26–30 Aug 0 Plans: A Crowd Work Comedy Show Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 26–31 Aug NewsRevue Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Ignacio Lopez: The Four Of Us Are Dying Up Here Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Critics’ Choice Comedy Showcase Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug Dead Parent Society – Chris Groves Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–29 Aug Maia Tassalini: I Was 22 and Stunning Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Millwall Jew Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug The Improv All Stars Frankenstein Pub, 26–30 Aug Fiona Allen: White Lies Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–29 Aug

Emmanuel Sonubi: What’s Next? (WIP) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room, 26–30 Aug

18:05

Mark Thomas: 40 in Stand-Up Years The Stand Comedy Club, 26–30 Aug Rory Marshall: Thank You for the Opportunity Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

18:10

ADHD: A Crowdwork Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Colman Hayes: Don’t Make a Fuss Hoots @ The Apex, 26–30 Aug Justin Elizabeth Sayre Is a 40-Year-Old Woman Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Claire Hooper: Fun Show xx Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug Celya AB: We Must Stop Meeting Like This Monkey Barrel Comedy, 27–30 Aug & taxes theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Crowd Work with Frank Skinner Assembly George Square Studios, 26 Aug

18:15

Dave Chawner: Dry Humour Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 27–30 Aug Edinbra Fringe Comedy Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug 2nd Row Comedy Showcase Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug Steffan Alun: Windows Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug 100 Million Fish in the Aquarium Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 26–30 Aug Guy Williams: Rich people are stealing from you and blaming brown people and trans people and some people believe them aaahhhhhh!

Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug Australia’s Least Decorated Soldier Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug

Rob Duncan: Toilet PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26–30 Aug Ageing Disgracefully: A Glass Ceiling-Smashing Comedy Showcase PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse Hotel, 26–30 Aug Punchline Bingo Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 26–30 Aug Heist: How to Steal a Masterpiece PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 26–30 Aug Pasta and Passive Aggression (WIP) Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug

18:20

Annabelle James: Annabalism Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Shaun Guff: Enuff Is Enuff Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–30 Aug Claire Robin: NUN SLUT Gilded Balloon Patter House, 27–31 Aug Refashioned: From Childhood Dream to Stylish Nightmare Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–30 Aug Katie Mitchell: Giddy Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Lewis Garnham: Work in Progress The Gilded Saloon, 26–30 Aug

18:25

Ali Woods: Working on it Part Two: The Revenge Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Samantha Day: I’ve Started So I’ll Finish PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–29 Aug Jenny Gorelick: SORRY Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry Street), 26–30 Aug Improvabunga! theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–29 Aug MISTRANSLATED Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Gail Porter: Portergeist Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug The Van Gogh Shogh Assembly Rooms, 27–30 Aug 800 Pound Gorilla Alumni Showcase Monkey Barrel Comedy, 27 Aug

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A Incredible Show No-One Has Ever Seen Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–29 Aug The Oxford Revue: Stand-upping Citizens Laughing Horse @ Coco Boho, 26–30 Aug In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience Assembly Rooms, 27–30 Aug Fast Fringe Pleasance Dome, 26–29 Aug Andy Roach: Best Comedy Newcomer Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Pythonesque Comedy by a Dry Surreal Geordie Bloke Who Has ADHD PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug Camilla Borges: Be Not Afraid!

Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Juliette Burton: Villain Era Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug Ray Fordyce’s Not-SoRoyal Variety Show Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 26–30 Aug HR The Musical Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Escocia con Ñ Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Rosie Holt: The Illegal Aliens Have Landed!

Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug The Dodgy Accent Show Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 26–30 Aug Larry Dean: Hellbent Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug 1 in 2 Men Think They Could Land A Plane – Could You? Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug Deage Paxton: Immature Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 26–30 Aug 2 Dad, or Not 2 Dad Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug

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Zachary Ruane: Comedy Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Right That’s It (I’ve Had Enough) Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug

18:40

Chris Martin Lied To Us Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Cheese & Chuckles Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Night Mail (WIP) Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug New York City Dreams Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Lt Love Dr’s Boot Camp for Lonely People Like You Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo, 26–30 Aug Not My Audience! The Stand-Up Panel Show You Control!

Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Ironing Board Man Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Geraldine Hickey: A Weight Off My Chest Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug Dan Rath: Help Me Please Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug

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Demi Adejuyigbe Sells Out Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug Jeromaia Detto: Giuseppe’s Love Quest Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug Sponta-Deity Improv: Who Let the Gods Out?!

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Strippers Advice Bureau Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Lizzie Simpson: Just Be Confident, Loser!

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 26–30 Aug Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug

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Paul Savage: Comic, Relieved Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Ray O’Leary: I Can See O’Leary Now The Ray Has Gone Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Shane Daniel Byrne: Baby This Time Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug

Mothman: A Romance Musical Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Kemah Bob: Love Child Pleasance Courtyard, 27–30 Aug Ramsey Smith: Keep the Receipt Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug Sophie Garrad: A Period Drama Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug Aalex Mandel-Dallal: Where Was I? Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Shane Torres Assembly Roxy, 27–30 Aug Chris Turner: In The Moment Underbelly, Bristo Square, 28–29 Aug

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Roger Prick: Sexopolis Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Courtney Büchner: One of the Girls Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Jess Fuchs: Feral Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Jack Brookmyre: Impressionable The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 26–30 Aug Rory Cargill: On TV! Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug

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Pierre Novellie: Okay, One More Then Bedtime Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–29 Aug An Asexual Show About Cunnilingus by Eliott Simpson Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Kate Dehnert: Echo Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Gavin Webster: The Last Ever Punk Rocker Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug

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David O’Doherty: At This Stage Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Two-Tongued Queers PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26–30 Aug Evaldas Karosas: A Very Capable Man Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug Jonno: Here Comes Mr Funny Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–29 Aug Adam Greene: The Wizard of Ozempic Just The Tonic at The Hive, 26–30 Aug Jason Byrne: 30 Years Byrning Assembly Hall, 26–30 Aug Sashi Perera – Pear Tree Just The Tonic at Subway, 26–30 Aug

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Alfie Dundas: First Class Panic Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug 0 Ambition – A Jew Running the Numbers Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 26–29 Aug PUSS PUSS Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Nathan Cassidy: From the Ashes Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Molly and Paul Try Heron Foods: Goodbye Stretford Monkey Barrel Comedy at O’Neill’s (The Tron), 29 Aug Marty Gleeson: Dog Ear Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Katie Boyle: Irish Immigrant Monkey Barrel Comedy at O’Neill’s (The Tron), 26–28 Aug Big Tobacco’s Pinocchio theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–29 Aug Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Hannah Platt: Cult Classic Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Alex Leam’s Absolute Scenes PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 27–30 Aug Jennifer Jane: Happy Tea Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Comedy in the Dark Just the Tonic Nucleus, 26–30 Aug

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Gearóid Farrelly: No Pressure Assembly George Square Studios, 26–31 Aug Tom Little in His Comfort Zone PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 26–30 Aug Adele Cliff’s Topical Early Late Show With Adele Cliff Hoots @ Potterrow, 27–30 Aug Jess Carrivick: For Your Consideration Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug Derek Mitchell: Work in Progress Summerhall, 26–30 Aug The Passion of Mr Cardboard Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug Paul Foot: The Future Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

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Mark Nelson: Seven Night Run The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 26–30 Aug An Immigrant’s Comedy Show Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug 2026 and the Shit Hits the Fan for Vladimir McTavish The Stand Comedy Club 2, 26–30 Aug Madeleine Munford: Who the F*ck is Madeleine?

Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Craig Hill: You’re Not Even Safe Up the Back!

Just the Tonic Nucleus, 26–30 Aug Tom Evans: All You Weed Is Love Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug

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Freya McGhee: Experimental PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26–30 Aug Jack Docherty: Butterfly Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–29 Aug 1 Funny Fecker: Havin’ the Craic with Wes Dalton Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 26–30 Aug 2 Slut Drops and a Chicken Burger Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Big Value Showcase Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug

Cordelia Graham: Faint Heart Never F*cked A Pig Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 27–30 Aug The Big Fat Whisky Quiz The Mother Superior, 30 Aug Soness: Sumo Injury Comeback Tour Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 27–30 Aug The Stand at W Edinburgh The Stand at W Edinburgh, 28–30 Aug Chris Kent: That’s All I Need Now! PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room, 26–30 Aug Dan Kelly: How I Went to Every Supermarket in the World Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug 0 Hair – Bald Man Sings Rihanna PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse Hotel, 26–30 Aug Emma Doran: Emmaculate Pleasance Courtyard, 27–30 Aug Paul Black: Cash Cow Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 26–30 Aug Ahir Shah: Golden Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug 9/11 Birds and the Bees Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 26–30 Aug Enterteasement: Comedy! Magic!

Burlesque!

Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug

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Marc Jennings: If & When Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Monks Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug

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She’s a LOT: Louise O’Toole Hoots @ The Apex, 26–29 Aug A Good Time Charlie Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26 Aug Gianmarco Soresi: Theater Adult (WIP) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Teresa Livingstone: Nice Lady Just the Tonic at The Caves, 27–29 Aug Josh Pickar: Getting Off Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug Pantomonium – The Improvised Panto PBH’s Free Fringe @ Central Youth Hostel, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug

Spooky Dookie: Cool New Planet!!

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Ali Brice: This Is The Way We Brush Our Teeth Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–30 Aug Kate Smurthwaite Writes and Performs a Brand-New Full-Length Stand-Up Show Every Single Day for the Entire Edinburgh Fringe Based on Audience Suggestions from the Previous Day (Not Tuesdays) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug

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Irish Comedy Free-For-All Laughing Horse @ Dropkick Murphys, 26–30 Aug Man Sings the Same Song Over and Over Again for an Hour Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Aidan Jones – JS Bach Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Anja Atkinson: Calmer Comedian (WIP) Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 27–30 Aug Joey Dardano: Another Direction Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug One Dog, One Nutter Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Three Bird Roast Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26 Aug Zoe Cousin: Paul Sykes Is Back on the Family Patch Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Men Love Horsies: The Musical Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Sneaking Into Taylor Swift Cost Me $1989 Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Absolute Improv! theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Ray Bradshaw: Five Years in a Row Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 26–29 Aug Jocks and Geordies PBH’s Free Fringe @ Whistlebinkies, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug Anna Beros – High Hoe Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 26–30 Aug

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Jack Rooke: Good Grief Underbelly, Bristo Square, 27–29 Aug Killian Sundermann: Killian Dollar Baby Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Comedy Through The Ages Laughing Horse @ Freddy’s, 26–30 Aug Adi Parmar: Sunny Boy Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Rich Hall: Chin Music Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug, 30 Aug Kim Blythe: Puzzle Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Joseph Morpurgo: Highlander 70 Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Harriet Richardson: Creep Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

Bits ‘n’ Pieces Alchemist | St James Quarter, 28 Aug Max Fulham: Memory Foam Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug LMAOF (for OF.TV) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 31 Aug WIP It Up Alchemist | St James Quarter, 26–28 Aug John Robertson: Excitable Boy! Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug #1 All-Time Best Comedy Champion: War of the Flags Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Irish Comedy Invasion: 14th Year Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug 1 MC and 3 Absolute Killers (of Comedy!)

Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–31 Aug Comedy for the Curious: 2026 Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 27–30 Aug Best in Class Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug BIRDS: Alex Hines and Sarah Stafford Assembly George Square, 27–30 Aug Frankie McNair: Huge Ass Mindset Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug So You Think You’re Funny? Grand Final Gilded Balloon Teviot, 27 Aug Joe Casey and Pierce Higgins: Northern Soul Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug Kimchi Comedy: K-Comedy Racist Hunters Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town), 26–27 Aug

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Comedy The Rise and Fall of a Mormon Homecoming Princess Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Whisky for Dafties Just the Tonic at The Caves, 27–29 Aug

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Title Goes Here C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 26–30 Aug Sean Morley: Backchannel Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry Street), 26–30 Aug Shamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop Musical Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug Justina Seselskaite: Settled Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 29 Aug, 30 Aug, 31 Aug Geoffrey Asmus: Patriautism Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Police Cops in Space Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug Married at Fringe Sight Gilded Balloon Teviot, 27–30 Aug 1 Irishman: A Stand-up Comedy Show Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug

20:05

2026 Pick of the Fringe Hoots @ The Wee Red Bar, 26–30 Aug Richard Stott: Streets Won’t Forget Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug

Reuben Solo: Someone in This Crowd Will Betray Me [Revenge Edition] Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Rosco McClelland: The Bones Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug

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The Double G Comedy Rodeo Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 26–30 Aug Li Jin Hao: Falling From a Moon Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Baba Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Noah Szto – Med School Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug Fresh Off the Boat Alchemist | St James Quarter, 26–28 Aug Rat Candy Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug David William Bryan Dies On Stage Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Kate Butch: A Kate in the Hand is Worth Two in the Butch Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug The Heterosexuals Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Doris, Dolly and the Dressing Room Divas Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Eryn Tett: Tasting Menu Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug

Crybabies: The Scaring Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Beat the Comic Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug AAA Comedy Gala Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–30 Aug Tom Stade Rules The Stand Comedy Club, 26–30 Aug Lizzy Hoo – Says Hoo? Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug Reuben Kaye: Hard to Swallow Assembly George Square Gardens, 26–29 Aug Progress In Work Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo, 26–27 Aug

Elouise Eftos: Aphrodite Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug Rhys James: Chop Logic Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Ele McKenzie: Bringing It All Back Home Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Viggo Venn: Only One Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug Tattoo Dave – Tat’s Life Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Octopus Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–30 Aug Eric Lampaert: Zero Minus One Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Killer Comedy Club Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug

Crudi Dench: Someone Help Her! Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Cecily Hitchcock: Family Recipe Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

20:15

Joke Thieves: World Championship Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug 101 Impressions in One Hour Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–31 Aug Spencer Jones: Dogs Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug Bitches in Stitches: The New Grrrl Order Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town), 26–27 Aug Ifrah Qureshi: 48 Flaws of Power The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 26–30 Aug Off With Your Head!

Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug Jo Griffin: Renegade (WIP) Underbelly, George Square, 26–29 Aug Reginald D Hunter: Something Wicked That Other Way Comes Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug 5 Comedians Do Comedy and Karaoke Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Twonkey’s Soft December Night in Tallahassee Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 26–30 Aug Skunkhaus Improvised Movie Laughing Horse @ Freddy’s, 26–28 Aug Solve-Along-A-MurderShe-Wrote theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–29 Aug

20:20

Christopher Hall: Pizazz Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Ruaridh Miller – Autocorrect Thinks My Name is “Rubbish” Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug The Pleasance Comedy Reserve Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Madeleine Brettingham: Legend Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug

Robin Grainger: Lemonade Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Amelia Hamilton: Moral Support Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug CVNT Assembly George Square, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug, 30 Aug, 31 Aug Rob Preston: Amazing Global Solutions Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Charlene Kaye: Diversity Shredder Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug John O’Keeffe: Surviving Myself Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Johnny Hollywood Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 27–29 Aug Frenchy: The Instigator Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–30 Aug

20:25

Comedy Shorts PBH’s Free Fringe @ BrewDog Lothian Rd, 26–30 Aug Jessica Barton: Dirty Work Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

20:30

Bec Hill’s Work In Progress Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Frisky’s Remix Roulette Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug Francisco de Nata Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Bilal Zafar: Rubicon Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Sophie Duker: Hot Beef Injection Pleasance Courtyard, 27–30 Aug Guy Branum: Be Fruitful Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Juliette Burton’s Board To Distraction Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug Best of Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug 0.1% Accurate: Magdalena the Fortune Teller Show Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 26–29 Aug

Betsy Carroll’s Slippery When Wet Just The Tonic at The Hive, 26–30 Aug Frank Sanazi: A Little Bit of History Re-Putin Le Monde, 27–29 Aug Harry Jun: Inside Jokes, Outside Voice Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Paul Currie: REMOVE YOUR SKIN PLEASE Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 27–30 Aug Funny Women: The Glitter Project at the Fringe Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26 Aug Grace Campbell: The Lady Is a Tramp Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug, 30 Aug Good Noticings Just The Tonic at Subway, 26–30 Aug The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy’s Fringe Showcase!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Dom McGovern: Prize Hog Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Bob Koomen: Pear Just The Tonic at The Hive, 26–30 Aug

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Steffen Haanes: The Master PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug Harriet Dyer: Easily Distra...

Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug The House of Pitman ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug Phil Cooper: Deckchair Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Jonathan Rudge: Stay at Home Son Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Kate Dolan: Trout Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug

20:40

Bound and Gags Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Lawrence Dodd: This Can’t Be It Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Ashish Vijh – Performative Male Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Alice Fraser: Oh Man! Monkey Barrel Comedy at O’Neill’s (The Tron), 26–30 Aug

Margaret Thatcher Queen of Hollywood Assembly George Square Gardens, 26–30 Aug Time Travel Postman Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Let The Best Man Win Just the Tonic Nucleus, 26–30 Aug

20:45

101 Comedy Club Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 26–30 Aug Susie McCabe: Coming of Rage Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug 100% Scouse Comedy Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Comedy Canopy Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug 0 BC: Before Crisis Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 26–30 Aug Connor Burns: FLOW Just the Tonic Nucleus, 27 Aug Angelos Epithemiou – Can I Just Show You What I Got Just the Tonic Nucleus, 28–30 Aug 100% Full Blown Redacted Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Alex Kitson: Now Look Here Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–30 Aug Anarchy Cabaret Presents: West End New Act of the Year Showcase 2026 PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 26–30 Aug Nathaniel Jones: 2 BY 2 Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Henry Ginsberg: Childless Cat Gentleman (Work in Progress) Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug A Letter To My Parents Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug Frankie Thompson: Horrible Things Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

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Naughty Boy Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Tilly Fletcher: Television Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug

Matthew Gallagher: Last Minute The Stand Comedy Club 2, 26–30 Aug Turn This Sh*t Off Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Rob Nother: Another Way Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug

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Edith Alibec: The Void PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 27–30 Aug Abandoman: Afterglow Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

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I Think I’m Turning Japanese (I Really Think So, Not!) Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Every Ghost Story Ever Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug 1 Big Oops Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Who Wants To Be A Sketch Comedian?

Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–29 Aug

21:10

Mark Silcox – I Have It All [A Success Story] Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Kanan Gill: Not This Again Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Samira Banks – Work in Progress Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug The Best of Scottish Comedy The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 26–30 Aug Ollie West: Discovery (WIP) Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Bryn Woz: SMUT Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug

21:15

The Vampire Run Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 26–30 Aug Rachel Morton-Young: Dutch Courage Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Rob Duncan: Printer of the Year Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug

Bad Dates Anonymous: Dating Horror Story Confessions by Top Stand-Ups Hoots @ The Wee Red Bar, 26–30 Aug Sh!t-faced Shakespeare®: Hamlet Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Blessings from a Blesbian Boomer PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 26–30 Aug Lou Wall: Where Are All The Tall Grandmas?

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Ryan Cullen: Cullen Me Softly Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry Street), 26–30 Aug Comedy Queers Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Deage Paxton: Dead Man’s Hand Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug

21:20

Otto & Astrid: The Stages Tour Assembly Roxy, 27–30 Aug Oh My Jehovah!

Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug Brendan Scannell: The Abyss Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug Garry Starr: Classic Penguins Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Wisard Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug James Mileham: 1 Joke After Another Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug RapGPT: Macshane Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Emma Holland: The Dog Dies at the Start Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug Mock the Clock Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug

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Andy Field: Giddy Up Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Katie Norris: Mother Succubus Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug James Trickey: Split Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Jacob Hatton: Ruins Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug

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Big Braw Comedy Bonanza Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 28–29 Aug Devin Gray: Golden Retriever Energy Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 29 Aug, 30 Aug Selina Mosinski: Puss in Boots – A Working Class Fairy Tale Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug Ask A Stripper: The Champagne Room Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 26–30 Aug As Seen on TV: Prime Time Stand-Up All-Stars Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Filthy Funny Females Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug CHUCK PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 27–30 Aug Huge Davies: Sleep Paralysis Princess Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug Abi Carter-Simpson and Joe McTernan: Stand-up Couple Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–28 Aug 0% Moisture – A Dry Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ Freddy’s, 26–27 Aug Sasha Nezlobin: I’m Fine Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Brainwashed Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug Here Comes Almost ZOO Playground, 26–29 Aug An American Comedy Show That Quite Possibly Might Be Funny to the British Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug John Tothill: This Must Be Heaven Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Barnish & Carmichael: Probably The Greatest Improv Duo You Have Never Heard Of Laughing Horse @ Boston Bar (New Town), 26–27 Aug The Stevenson Experience: O Brother, Where Art Thou! (On stage, beside me) Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug Elf Lyons is The Woman on the Edge Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug

Stolen Table’s Very Spooky (and 100% Genuine) Ghost Tour Hoots @ Potterrow, 27–30 Aug 150% Masala Comedy Showcase Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug David Elms Describes a Room Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Imogen Andrews: The Unlikeable Worms Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Blizzard (WIP) Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 27–30 Aug Two Hearts: Don’t Stop Throbbing Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Baby Wants Candy Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug

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Sam Serrano: Mars The Stand Comedy Club 3 & 4, 26–30 Aug Abby Govindan: Pushing 30 Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Mr Gary’s Adult Kids Show Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug

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Metroland Live: As Seen On TV Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug Jamie Wolf: Psycho Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug Will Hitt: Burying The Dead Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug 33 Years Single Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Jonathan Oldfield: Exquisite Corpse Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Adults Only Magic Show Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug How to Art Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Aideen McQueen: Wo-Manosphere Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug

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Silly Goose! theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Kim Blythe: Puzzle Gilded Balloon Patter House, 28–29 Aug

Paul Dennis: Title Explained In Blurb – The Musical. Well… sort of.

Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Lil Wenker: BOYKING Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Abi Clarke – Revenge in Progress Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug Exiled in Ireland theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 29 Aug The Stand Late Club The Stand Comedy Club, 27–29 Aug Iain Connell: Work in Progress The Stand Comedy Club, 26 Aug Coco The Time-Travelling Tart Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug Laughing Horse Fringe Comedy Selection Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Tom Towelling Teaches You to Knit Pleasance Courtyard, 27–30 Aug Jordan Brookes: The Part of You That’s Always Screaming Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug Late Bite: Mixed-Bill Late-Night Stand-Up Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug So You Think You’re Funny? Heats Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26 Aug Chris and Lizzie Hall present: Stay Hydrated Live!

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 28–29 Aug Chelsea Birkby: Is In Full Control The Entire Time Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug 0% British – Evenings: An Irish Stand-Up Comedy Show Alchemist Cocktail Bar and Restaurant, 26–31 Aug

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Andre’s Guide to Women PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug Fanny Bleach: The Nearly Naked Show Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug Casey Filips: What a Character Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug Sam Rhodes: Toy Cocoon Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug

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Muck – The Dark Jokes Show Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 26–30 Aug LOLyamorous: A Speed-Dating Comedy Show Laughing Horse @ Coco Boho, 26–30 Aug Wild Wild Christian Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug Tia Rey: Oot Ma Banger The Gilded Saloon, 26–31 Aug Matthew Hayhow: Bring Out The Gimp The Parliament Arms, 28–29 Aug Glenn Wool Is Luv (Sic) Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–31 Aug StingAlong! (with Brad and Steve) Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Airplane Baby Alchemist | St James Quarter, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 30 Aug Shrink Wrapped: A Psychologist Analyses Comedians Live Hoots @ The Apex, 27–30 Aug Patrick Monahan: I’m Not A Terrorist – I’m Freddie Mercury Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug Schalk Bezuidenhout: Hey Hey Divorcè Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug 0 to 2 mph In Under 60 Minutes Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Davro’s Back! Bobby Davro Frankenstein Pub, 26–29 Aug

Choose Your WIP: A Choose Your Own Adventure Comedy Show / Jacob Williams: Space Peace Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Angela Bra – Secret Diary of a Bingo Call Girl Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug Anna Beros – The Devil in Miss Beros Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 26–30 Aug Lost in Translation Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 26–30 Aug Nathan Cassidy: Ewwww!

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Comedy James Barr: Sorry I Hurt Your Son (Said My Ex to My Mum) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 27–29 Aug Eric Davidson: More Traditional Pish and Chips theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–28 Aug Stamptown Assembly George Square Gardens, 26–30 Aug Jamie Kilstein: Can’t Tie Knots Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Outlaugh: Edinburgh theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

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Citizen Chen Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug New Zealand Comedian, New Zealand Comedian, New Zealand Comedian Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Will BF: Moon Team IIIV Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug GOSS Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug Alcohol Free Comedy Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug

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Darryl J Carrington: Tennish Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Ryan Charnoky: Sell Out Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug Nerdy and Dirty: Part Classroom, Part Classless Laughing Horse @ The Hanover Tap, 26–30 Aug Sami Abu Wardeh Hates You Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Patti Harrison: Just Ironing Some Things Out! Pleasance Courtyard, 26–29 Aug Tony Cantwell: You Cry Weird Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Excel Comedy and Mathem-antics Just the Tonic Nucleus, 29 Aug Sophia Wren: The Best Girl in the World Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–29 Aug 3’s Comedy: Nights Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug

F*cking Famous PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug 3 out of 4 Twats Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 26–30 Aug Adam Flood: Life and Death of the Party Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–30 Aug Purple Park Comedy Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 26–30 Aug Sjur Hjeltnes: Go Go Go Cake and Piano Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Frankie Monroe: Trowel of Tralee (WIP) Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 28 Aug Sarah Roberts: Scary Movie 7 Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Late Night Locomotive: The Improvised Whodunnit Gilded Balloon Patter House, 30 Aug John Robertson’s The Dark Room Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug ADULT LESSONS Just the Tonic Nucleus, 26–28 Aug Good Pill Hunting Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Absolutely! One-Liner Jokes!

Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–29 Aug

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The Gay Divorce Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug William Thompson: Touch Grass Monkey Barrel Comedy at O’Neill’s (The Tron), 26–30 Aug

22:10

Julie Belliveau: Enlightened?

Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug American Assholes: Escape to Edinburgh Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–29 Aug Dan Lees and Tom Curzon: The Sonic Joy Orchestra PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug Dru Cripps: Juicy Bits Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug

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Verity Sharpe: Landlord’s Wet Dream Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Mad Ron Presents Identity Theft – The Gameshow Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Not Another Quiz Night Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug Tom Short: I Get ChatGPT To Write My Edinburgh Show Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Katie-Rose Petley: Dirty Bitch Laughing Horse @ The Raging Bull, 26–30 Aug Late Night in Canada Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug “Be Good!” with Paulette Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Comedy Lock-in Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–29 Aug Darren Gaffney: The Full Gaffney Scottish Comedy Festival @ Waverley Bar, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 29 Aug, 30 Aug, 31 Aug Leo Mahr and Jonny Bennett: Two Hot Gays Telling Jokes Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug 1 Hour of Headline Comedy Just the Tonic Nucleus, 26–30 Aug Giggle Merchants with Matt MacDonald and George Leeson The Stand Comedy Club 2, 28–29 Aug UNDERGROUND MONK SHOW Assembly George Square Gardens, 26–30 Aug This Is Your Trial: UNLEASHED! The Late-Night Improvised Comedy Courtroom Hoots @ The Wee Red Bar, 26–27 Aug

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MCU: Musical Comedians Unite!

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26 Aug Best of the Queer Fringe Gilded Balloon Patter House, 27–30 Aug Andy Barr: A Comet Appears (WIP) Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–30 Aug

IKEA WARS Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Magners Share the Craic presents Ashlee Bentley: Wallflower Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug

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Dan Tiernan: Quartz and All Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Miami Advice Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug You Straights Are F**ked Up! Just the Tonic at The Caves, 27–30 Aug

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Stephen Catling: Clown Fish Out Of Water Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug Laughing Stock Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Theologist theSpace on the Mile, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Another Compilation Show Beginning With A Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug 12th Annual Haters’ Ball Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Shit Arcade Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Comedy Night at the Museum Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 28–29 Aug Let’s Listen to Some of Lou Bega’s Other Songs Together for an Hour Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26 Aug Elouise Eftos: Australia’s First Attractive Comedian Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 27 Aug Comedy Against Humanity (321... on Fire!)

Laughing Horse @ Home Bar, 26–30 Aug

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Freya Mallard: Come Get Me World! I’m Wide Open! (WIP) Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Free Comedy Every Night on Cowgate PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug

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Rhino Conservation Erotic Novel Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug B48Y Crash Lands on Earth!

Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug Martin Bearne – After Burn: Dark Jokes for the Dark Hour Scottish Comedy Festival @ The Beehive Inn, 26–30 Aug Sam Hickman: First Woman Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo, 26–27 Aug Paul Hilleard: Grogg Monkey Barrel Comedy (Niddry Street), 26–30 Aug Vittorio Angelone: you can’t Say Nothing any more Assembly Hall, 26 Aug 123movies.com Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug Finlay Christie: Champagne Casanova Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug Maya Ricote: Ay Am! Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

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A Comedy World Cup Laughing Horse @ Dragonfly, 26–30 Aug Ashley Haden: Genocidal Liberal 2, Electric Boogaloo Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Trans Butch: Glorious Dog Woman theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–28 Aug TITCLOWN: daddy’s little girl Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Scally-wankers theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–28 Aug 0% Shame, 100% Irish!

PBH’s Free Fringe @ Canons’ Gait, 26–30 Aug Bilal Rashid: The Pros and Cons of Joining ISIS PBH’s Free Fringe @ Southsider, 26–30 Aug Puck Bunnies: A Heated Rivalry Drag Musical Parody Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Cobin Millage and Pete Carson: Touching Tips (with Friends) Laughing Horse @ Kick Ass Cowgate, 26–29 Aug

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Mates Rates – The Golden Age Begins Pleasance Dome, 26–29 Aug Maria Fedulova: Literal Saint Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Andrew Doherty: Reviewers Welcome...

TO DIE! Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Rachel Baker Presents: Gwen – This is Not a Pyramid Scheme Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Baby Lame: Hit Me Baby One More Lame!

Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Awkward and Depressed Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug

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The Miss Milky Way Pageant: Stars of Stand-Up PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug Italian Rhapsody Monkey Barrel Comedy (Cabaret Voltaire), 26–27 Aug

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Ethan & Gigi Present: THE MOVEMENT Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Lady Bolognese: Class War Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug 10,000 Digits of Pi PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug Bin Fire Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Comedians Play Video Games Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Tim Key: Loganberry Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug The Improverts!

Bedlam Theatre, 26–30 Aug The Landlady Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin: Good News! It’s Been Destroyed Pleasance Courtyard, 26–29 Aug Late Night with Terry Wogan Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 27–28 Aug

11pm Live at the Big Cave Just the Tonic at The Caves, 27–29 Aug Those People Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Jeff’s Flight Club >-)-> Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 26–30 Aug

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Blind Mirth Presents: Improv with a Twist theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–28 Aug

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Hudson Hughes: At Your Service Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug My Date with Pierce Brosnan Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug Rob Kemp: Beatlesjuice Hoots @ The Apex, 26–29 Aug

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F*ck Trump: A Stand-Up Show for Charity Hoots @ The Apex, 26–31 Aug Sexatron Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Gutter Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug People I Consider Comedians Monkey Barrel Comedy, 27–28 Aug The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase Assembly George Square Studios, 28–29 Aug Nu Metal Karaoke Monkey Barrel Comedy, 28–29 Aug The Big Show: Monkey Barrel Comedy’s Fringe Showcase!

Monkey Barrel Comedy, 29–30 Aug

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Siobhan Dodd’s Heckle Championship PBH’s Free Fringe @ Voodoo Rooms, 26–29 Aug

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Notes: The Comedy B-Sides Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug

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Big Naked Comedy Show Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug 3’s Comedy: Late Nights Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug David Ian: Bad Decisions Hoots @ Potterrow, 27–29 Aug Late Night Comedy Death Camp Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–30 Aug 23:25 MIND ER3CTION Luke Rollason: Alas! (WIP) Monkey Barrel Comedy (Caba- Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug ret Voltaire), 26–27 Aug Queer Diary Sam Eley is Basil Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, Crumbwick: Soul Sewage 26–30 Aug Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug 23:50

Megasquirt: Fully Loaded Edinburgh Comedy Allstars Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Underbelly, George Square, LEMONFACE 28–29 Aug Underbelly, Cowgate, Comedian Cover Bands Laughing Horse @ The Count- 28–29 Aug ing House, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 29 23:55 Aug, 30 Aug Late’n’Live Gobby Girls: The After Party Gilded Balloon Teviot, Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug 28–29 Aug 1 hOur...

David Correos: Noise Laughing Horse @ The Zealand Counting House, 26–30 Aug Monkey Barrel Comedy at Carnival of Light O’Neill’s (The Tron), 26–30 Aug Hoots @ Potterrow, BATSU! 26–27 Aug Underbelly, George Square, The Alternative Comedy 30–31 Aug Memorial Society Mat Ewins: Adventureman Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26 7: The Return of Aug, 30 Aug Adventureman Stepdads: The Stepdads Shedinburgh @ Assembly Les Mis (And More) Checkpoint, 28–29 Aug Monkey Barrel Comedy, Drunk and Heckle Show 27–29 Aug Scottish Comedy Festival @ Show Swapper Saturday The Beehive Inn, 26–29 Aug Assembly George Square, Jill Weiner: Soup Freak 29–30 Aug Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug 00:00 4 Backpackers, For 2 White Guys Rapping: Backpackers Macshane and Delby Laughing Horse @ The Three Hoots @ The Apex, Sisters, 26–30 Aug 27–31 Aug Jaz Mattu Fights His Audience Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug

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A Comedian’s Drinking Game Hoots @ The Apex, 26–30 Aug Is He Bothering You? Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–29 Aug

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The Agony and Ecstasy of Bingo Joe Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–31 Aug

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3 Bad Sisters Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–31 Aug

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Sex! with Becky Fury Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–31 Aug Bedlam Late Bedlam Theatre, 28–30 Aug

Comedy Striptease Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 27–30 Aug Follow PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug

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Matt Klein: Boyoyoyoyoing PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–31 Aug

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Struan Logan: Chaotic Good Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–31 Aug

01:30

In the Doghouse with Frankie Monroe Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–31 Aug

00:45

Toxic Femininity Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–31 Aug

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Lachlan Werner: Sleeper Hit (WIP) Monkey Barrel Comedy, 26–30 Aug

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All You Can Eat Continental Buffet Laughing Horse @ West Port Oracle, 26–30 Aug CADET KELLY IS THE BEST MOVIE I’VE EVER SEEN IN MY FRIGGIN LIFE Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug The Comedy Chaos Gameshow Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug Major League Bombs PBH’s Free Fringe @ Greek Gyros Grill, 26–30 Aug Best of the Fest: The New Class Assembly George Square, 27–30 Aug Becky Fury: My Dad Paints Rainbows, Your Dad Paints Roundabouts Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug One Joke Pleasance Dome, 26–27 Aug 666 the Devil – My Side of the Story Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Beer with a Queer Paradise in Augustines, 26–30 Aug Mark Watson: Before It Overtakes Us Pleasance Courtyard, 27–29 Aug Blip Blarp: An Alien Love Story Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug

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Get Set for the Day Sauna Session Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

09:15

Can You Teach Me How To Breathe? theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–29 Aug Locker Room Talk Traverse Theatre, 26–30 Aug

09:25

Keeping Secrets theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

09:35

The Colour of Water theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

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Pink Dolphin theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

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Arcana Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug Henry VIII and His Groom Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug What’s Rotting in the Office Fridge? theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug I Killed My Father theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Shakespeare for Breakfast C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 26–30 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 26–29 Aug How My Hormonal Imbalances Killed My Friends theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–27 Aug

flights for future generations ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library Traverse Theatre, 29 Aug Noted Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug

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One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug

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Mandy: Prince of Darkness Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Apples in Winter Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug The Big Bite-Size Breakfast Show Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Morning Sauna Rave Summerhall, 26–31 Aug The Trials of Magnus Coffinkey Summerhall, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug Supposing: Traverse Theatre, 28 Aug Never Not Murder Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug The Wreck Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

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If I See Him theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26 Aug Is This Your First Crime? theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Miss Thing theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 27–29 Aug

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What Happened Here theSpace @ Venue 45, 26–29 Aug

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Reformer Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug ArounD the WorlD in 80 ToyS Summerhall, 26–31 Aug For Dolores Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug ‘Anyone Fancy a Bagel?’

Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26–30 Aug Badgers Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug, 30 Aug

The Last Ballad theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Broadguess Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug Does the Oracle Speak Truth? theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Pilate: The Lost Gospel Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

Space Cadet Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug

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Boiler Room Six: A Titanic Story Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug Hater Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug An Audience with Virginia Woolf: Writing One’s Mind Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 26–29 Aug Ulysses of Scranton Bedlam Theatre, 26–29 Aug

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Nude theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug THIS IS NOT AMERICA: A Razor-Edge New Play To Start Your Day! Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Dear Lihua theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug Brew Hill theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

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Mummy’s Dead, Long Live Mummy! theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–29 Aug Pews at Ten Paradise in Augustines, 26–29 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug

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Dribble Underbelly, George Square, 26–31 Aug

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Lavender Paradise in The Vault, 26–29 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug Helen Bradley: Painter and Storyteller Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug The Lady Doth Protest Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug DADDY ISSUES Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug

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Inside Voices theSpace @ Venue 45, 26–29 Aug

There Was A Time Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Awaiting Evaluation Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug See You Tomorrow Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug The Death of Hundun Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug That’s Why Mums Go to Switzerland Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug

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Youth in Flames – Winner: Scotsman Fringe First Award Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Shakespeare x 5 ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug The Wester Ross Story Club The Royal Scots Club, 27–29 Aug Bog Witch Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug, 30 Aug Bull / Fight Summerhall, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug Cathy Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug, 29 Aug Dear Cathy Paradise in Augustines, 26–29 Aug Dylan Thomas: Return Journey – Bob Kingdom, Original Direction by Anthony Hopkins Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug After Party Traverse Theatre, 28 Aug Not There Yet Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug DOOMSCROLL TILL I DIE Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug

11:35

Letters to Joan – A Lovely New Play Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Jerk Off!

Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Down To Chance Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Famous Last Words theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug

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My Screaming Pomegranates Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug QFWFQ Summerhall, 26–31 Aug CAKE: A Crime of Love theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Just William theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug

Sobremesa Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Long Way Home Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Searching for Robert Hennessey Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Elsa McTaggart: Capturing the Light theSpaceTriplex, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Smile: The Charlie Chaplin Story Pleasance Dome, 27–31 Aug

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Safety Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Suitcase Show Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug Murder at the Fringe 2 Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug The Chairs Revisited Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug David William Bryan – In Loyal Company Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug The People in Our Lives Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug MAJENIN – A Palestinian Love Story Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Fatherload Zoo Southside, 26–30 Aug Parkies theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

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One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug The Shit Table Gilded Balloon Teviot, 27–30 Aug The Last Days of Liz Truss? theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Hecuba: Why Am I In Your Country?

Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug

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Live From The Afterlife Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug

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This Is Not Hansel and Gretel PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug Almost Everything Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 27–30 Aug Van Gogh & Me Dovecot Studios, 26–30 Aug Whale Fall or Song to Dance With My Death St Cuthbert’s Church, 26–27 Aug

FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Mysteries of the Picts Summerhall, 26–31 Aug One Million Words Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug The Dream Machine Pleasance Courtyard, 26–29 Aug When Vincent Met John C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug The Very Best of Tommy Cooper – Just Like That!

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug GANNET Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug An Ode to the Casting Director Assembly George Square Studios, 26–29 Aug It’s the Economy, Stupid!

Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 26–29 Aug Drone Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug

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Mrs Macbeth theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug 2%: A Play About Privilege (And Also Milk) theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug The Upwards Journey of a Champagne Bubble Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–29 Aug

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Only Fans for Therapy ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug The Love Hungry Farmer Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug

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Pip Utton’s Farewell to Edinburgh Fringe: Bacon Pleasance Courtyard, 26 Aug, 29 Aug Is It Too Late Now To Say Sorry?

Summerhall, 26–31 Aug COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Epic Economics: What would you protest about today?

Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug The Understudy Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug SLAYERS by Corinne Salisbury Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug

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Confessions Of A Mulatto Love Child Zoo Southside, 26–30 Aug Baby Everything Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

As Far As We Know Summerhall, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug Happiest I’ve Ever Been Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug THE LOVE YOU TAKE Paradise in Augustines, 26–29 Aug The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

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Theatre Pip Utton’s Farewell to Edinburgh Fringe: Hunchback of Notre Dames Pleasance Courtyard, 27 Aug Jellyfish Underbelly, George Square, 26–31 Aug Pip Utton’s Farewell to Edinburgh Fringe: Before I Forget I Love You, I Love You Pleasance Courtyard, 28 Aug, 30 Aug

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KEVIN!!!!!

Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Heart Beats Strong Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Planet of the Grapes – An Epic, Tabletop, Sci-Fi Adventure!

Pleasance Courtyard, 27–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug Mortal Sin Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Alan Bissett: The Red Hourglass The Stand Comedy Club 2, 26–29 Aug

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A Ghost Among the Living Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug The Tao of Lloyd Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug

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Perudo Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug The Event Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug The Longer My Mother Is Dead the More I Like Her Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug Meet Mayor Max Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug The Ballad of Jack and Stacey Canonmills Church, 27 Aug Cogito, Ergo...

Something?

Bedlam Theatre, 26–30 Aug

12:35

Ludwig: Unfinished Business Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug A Giggle With The Gaggle theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Jane Eyre Convention Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–28 Aug ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug

Burning Down the Horse Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug More Myself Than I Am theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Dreaming of Max Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Rip Her to Shreds Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

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Hope This Helps! theSpace @ Venue 45, 26–29 Aug 58 To Go Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug Seeksaw theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Blackbox Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

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COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug How to Poop in an Outhouse at -58°C Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26 Aug, 29 Aug Am I Losing My Mind Or Just My Figure?

ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug The Second Best School Shooting Pleasance Courtyard, 27–30 Aug One Man Poe: The Business Man and The Case of M. Valdemar Greenside @ Riddles Court, 28 Aug Supposing: Traverse Theatre, 29 Aug Badgers Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug Water Colour Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug The Jolly Fisherman Underbelly, George Square, 26–31 Aug Babyface Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library Traverse Theatre, 30 Aug One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven Greenside @ Riddles Court, 27 Aug

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The Last Mad Man Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug Fractured Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug The Crimes of Pete Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug

The Sins of the Father theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug The Next Chapter Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug That’s Ace Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug Day of the Locust Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug Cruising Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug

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Slugs Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug The Pigeon Factory Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

13:00

I Half-Read Don Quixote and Now I Know the Truth (WIP) Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 27 Aug An American Love Letter to Edinburgh Scottish Storytelling Centre, 26 Aug, 29 Aug, 30 Aug A Wolf Shall Devour the Sun Scottish Storytelling Centre, 27–28 Aug FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug For Dolores Traverse Theatre, 28 Aug Acts of Contrition Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug No One Dies... Probably Le Monde, 27–28 Aug Dead Prepared C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 26–30 Aug Already Here Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug HESS Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Bad Boy Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug Annie Wobbler (Revisited) Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 26–29 Aug Lil’ Miss Kate – Ward of the State Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug ROOMIES Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug A Man Proposes to a Balloon, or Possibly Something Worse Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug

Too Clowns (WIP) Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 29–30 Aug

13:05

Lawrence of Arabia and ME theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–29 Aug Delusions and Grandeur ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug Best. Dad. NEVER. Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Putting the Ass in Brass theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Nose Country for Old Men C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 26–30 Aug Cinderella and Frankenstein’s Monster Are Dead theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug

13:10

Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band theSpace on the Mile, 27 Aug Plaything Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug Silent Disco Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26 Aug ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Robert Louis Stevenson: The Body Snatcher theSpace on the Mile, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug

13:15

Laughing Out Lonely Summerhall, 26–30 Aug The Three Marias Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug This Play Shouldn’t Exist (and I Was Supposed to Be on Holiday) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–28 Aug COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug The Gas Station at the Edge of the Universe Venue 13, 27 Aug, 29 Aug The Horse of Jenin Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Georgina Thomas: Hysterical Soprano Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug Wiesenthal Gilded Balloon Teviot, 27–30 Aug Come Back Home Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

13:20

Diary of a Mad Man Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug You Come From a Long Line of Shallow People Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Playback Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

Moth and Dog Are Dying to Get Out Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug What’s the Craic, God? Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Raul Kohli: Buddha vs Jesus Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 27–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug Buggers Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug A Simply Beastly Murder Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug

13:25

A Costume Drama ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug Krapp’s Last Tape Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug

13:30

Handle with Care Zoo Southside, 26–30 Aug Little Animals Traverse @ The Lyceum Studio, 26 Aug, 29 Aug, 30 Aug Don Toberman: Ping-Pong Champ Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Lunch Break Luxuriate Lit Salon Summerhall, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug The Dreaming Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

13:35

Star Vehicle theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug ALONE Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug A Pebble in the Road Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Dungeons and Shakespeare Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–27 Aug

13:40

Forget About Me Pleasance Courtyard, 27–31 Aug Boy in a Box Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug ADDING UP AMERICA: Solving the Race Equation Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug Therapy “R” Us theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–29 Aug Fake Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug The King of All Birds Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery: ABBAsolute Murder theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Larkhill theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug

13:45

Giraffe Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Betsi theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Man or Bear Summerhall, 26–30 Aug It’s Always Sunny on Olympus theSpace on the Mile, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Angelshark theSpace on the Mile, 26 Aug, 28 Aug In Perfect Harmony Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Girlfriends Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Citizen Otherplace Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug Belly Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug

13:50

Call Me When You Get This Just The Tonic at Subway, 26–30 Aug We Love and Then We Drown Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug The Spy Network Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug

13:55

Of Mice And Men Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug REDACTED: The Cover-Up of a Cover-Up of a Cover-Up Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug Ten Ways to Die Happy Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug

14:00

Reparations Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug KINDER Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug We Are All Florida Man theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–29 Aug FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug The Wedding Date Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug

The Tale of the Original Jekyll and Hyde (Told by a Mad Hatter from Stockport) Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug Cowards!

C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 27 Aug, 29 Aug DeepFake Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Clown Show King’s Theatre, 29 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug The Pitch Pleasance Courtyard, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug, 31 Aug 3 Times I Killed ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 26–29 Aug Quinn’s Abyss C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug

14:05

TO BE FRANK Pleasance Courtyard, 27–30 Aug CAMPITALISM: Three Gays Try to Fix The Economy Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Who We Become: The Moonshot Tape by Lanford Wilson theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Who We Become: Breakfast at the Track / A Poster of the Cosmos by Lanford Wilson theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Dead Wrong theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug Sisters of the Seas theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–29 Aug James Rowland: Team Viking Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug

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14:15

Laughing Out Lonely Summerhall, 26–30 Aug A Vacuum at the Centre Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug

14:20

Don’t You Forget About Me Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug Broke and Fabulous in the 21st Century Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug DeepFake Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Patient 13 ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug In A Bad Way Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug

14:25

Spin Cycle Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug Woodhill Zoo Southside, 26–30 Aug

14:30

Furniture Boys Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Mind the Gap Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug Troubled Waters Scottish Storytelling Centre, 27–30 Aug Tenderly: The Life and Times of Nat King Cole The Jazz Bar, 26–30 Aug Turn the Cloth Gilded Balloon Teviot, 27–31 Aug Cathy Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug, 30 Aug Bloody Mary(s) The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club, 27–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug I Love Thee, I Love Thee Not The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club, 26 Aug

14:40

Taken theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Whatever Happened To That Guy? Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Gameplay Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug A Dark Line Upstairs ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug Temi Wilkey: Lover Girl Pleasance Courtyard, 27–30 Aug

Catching a Cheese Pervert: A Priscilla Patton Mystery Just The Tonic at Westside Rodeo, 26–27 Aug Overtone Pleasance Dome, 27–30 Aug DeepFake Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug Body Parts theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

14:45

In the Black Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug Cellotape theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 27 Aug, 29 Aug COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Eight Hours theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Morna Burdon: The Sound of My Own Voice Scottish Storytelling Centre, 26 Aug Sitting (In Silence) Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Liz Wesleydale: (Shadow) Home Secretary Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug The 40-Year-Old Ballerino Venue 13, 26–29 Aug After Party Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug, 29 Aug Common Tongue Scottish Storytelling Centre, 27–31 Aug Sad Bride Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug

14:50

The Boline Inn Paradise in Augustines, 26–30 Aug LANDSFRAU Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Dickens: The Readings Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug

14:55

ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Paint, Vincent, Paint Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug The Ghost of White Hart Lane Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug After Careful Consideration theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Bombs Over Byker Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug Offgridland Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug Big Stuff Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug

15:00

Truthmachine C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug STAY Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug Van Gogh & Me Dovecot Studios, 27–30 Aug FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Clary C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 26–30 Aug The Crossing PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room, 30 Aug Bi-Curious George: Snail Trail Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug You and Me (and Whoever Comes Next) Summerhall, 26–29 Aug DeepFake Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Clown Show King’s Theatre, 30 Aug The RemAIns of the Butler Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug Fly, You Fools!

Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Sims Holland: Learning to Human Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug Widow Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug SLAY Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Chestnuts Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 26–29 Aug Aufguss x The Waves Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Stay A Little Longer Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug

15:05

The Seat of Me theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug The Hypochondriac theSpace on the Mile, 26 Aug, 28 Aug 113 Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Fool’s Gold theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–29 Aug Dear Michelle Kwan theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug In Her Hand theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Extra Dry Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug

15:10

Charles Dickens: The Signalman theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug Shotgunned Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug

15:15

The Woman in the Mirror Zoo Southside, 26–30 Aug COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Bad Lesbians (WIP) Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 29–30 Aug Kirsty Mann: Corpse Summerhall, 26–30 Aug For Dolores Traverse Theatre, 29 Aug Living the Dream theSpace on the Mile, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Forest Fringe: Three Queer Daughters (WIP) Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 26 Aug Atomic Tales ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug The Librarians: A Very Serious Comedy!

Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Bog Witch Traverse Theatre, 28 Aug Water Colour Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug, 30 Aug Behind Closed Doors Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug

15:20

A Foot is Not an Appropriate Prize for the Tombola Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Rockpools Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug DeepFake Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug The Subplot: A Hyperfixation on the Titan Submersible Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Trans People Are Awful Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug

15:25

Primal Scream Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug Don Quixote (Is a Very Big Book) Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Mohan: A Partition Story Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Justice PBH’s Free Fringe @ Carbon, 26–30 Aug

15:30

Delphi: The Musical Bedlam Theatre, 26–30 Aug Deluge Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Call Me Elizabeth: from Lassie to Cleopatra Assembly George Square Studios, 27 Aug, 29 Aug A Play on Words Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug Kafka for Beginners Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug Vincent van Gogh: Between Worlds Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug The Curious Case of Osgood MacKenzie The Royal Scots Club, 27–29 Aug Badgers Traverse Theatre, 28 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug Call Me Elizabeth: from Burton to Humanitarian Assembly George Square Studios, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug Sinatra: One Last Shot Le Monde, 26–30 Aug

15:35

Kitty Daddy theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Dogberry and Verges Are Scared C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 26–30 Aug Right before I go.

Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug I Bought a Flip Phone ZOO Playground, 27–30 Aug

15:40

A Queer Little Murder Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Play Dead Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Stayin’ Alive Gilded Balloon Patter House, 27–31 Aug DeepFake Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug Turn Your F*cking Phones Off Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

15:45

The Last Girl There theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Secrets Secrets Shhh!

Underbelly, George Square, 26–31 Aug The Postcode Lottery Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug Spider Witches of Appalachia PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Outhouse Bar, 26–30 Aug

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Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band theSpace on the Mile, 29 Aug The Problem Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug DUST Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Charles Dickens: The Hanged Man’s Bride theSpace on the Mile, 26–28 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 26–28 Aug The Late Utopians Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Wallace Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug

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Theatre The Court 3 Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug Gathering Stones Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug Happy Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Acid’s Reign Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug ...Earnest?

Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug

15:50

Truthmachine C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug Join the Club! A Story About the Sex You Never Wanted Paradise in Augustines, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug

15:55

Racists, Recessions and Revolutions ZOO Playground, 27–30 Aug BASIC BALD B*TCH Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Sonder theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Macbeth: Blood and Bluegrass theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug CRUSH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug

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Sanctuary Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug In Other Words Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Little Animals Traverse @ The Lyceum Studio, 26–30 Aug NON HUMAN ANIMAL Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Mayflies Brown’s of Leith, 26–30 Aug MAN!FEST: The Drag Boyband Musical Pleasance Courtyard, 27–31 Aug DeepFake Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Hadid Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 26–29 Aug Strange Face: Adventures with a Lost Nick Drake Recording...

The Story Continues Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug

16:05

Woodcutter theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug The Yellow Wallpaper Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug The Poetical Life of Philomena McGuinness theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Shatter Resistant Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Cubicle Dialogue theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–29 Aug Bloated In Vegas Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug The Bob Ross Effect Assembly George Square Gardens, 26–31 Aug Take Care theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

16:10

With the Possible Exception of Abraham Lincoln Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Copycat Pleasance Dome, 27–31 Aug Isle of No’Man Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug Scaramouche Jones Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug Goodbye Dandelion Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Giro Baby Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug We’ve Got Time Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug

16:15

Our Other Organ Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Wiener Beacon Venue 13, 26 Aug, 28 Aug Otuz Bir Venue 13, 27 Aug, 29 Aug My Dead Mum’s AI Boyfriend Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–30 Aug Brick C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 26–30 Aug Pink Rabbit Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Sex, Drugs and Conscious Souls PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 26–30 Aug Shamaniac Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug I Dreamt You Differently C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug Painting the Roses Red Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug

16:20

Romeo and I theSpace @ Venue 45, 26–29 Aug Aliens Zoo Southside, 26–30 Aug Louise: The Last Dance Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Good With Faces Summerhall, 26–31 Aug DeepFake Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Monster Made Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug BearGirl Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug

16:25

Amnesia Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug CIRCLE theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Circle of Fifths Zoo Southside, 26–30 Aug

16:30

Bubble Schmeisis (Remixed) Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Our Martin in the Background Scottish Storytelling Centre, 26–30 Aug ELBA Just the Tonic Nucleus, 26–30 Aug Nesting Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Crocodile Rock Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug I’m Mom Just The Tonic at Subway, 26–30 Aug Father, Away She Goes ZOO Playground, 27–30 Aug We Will Hear The Angels Summerhall, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug Tether Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

16:35

Follow Me theSpace on the Mile, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Turn the Screw, Tickety-Boo theSpace on the Mile, 26 Aug, 28 Aug

16:40

The End of the World Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Truthmachine C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug Baby Brain Assembly George Square Studios, 26–30 Aug An Echo in the Void Assembly Roxy, 26–29 Aug Mrs Gary Breath Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug

Stand Up If You’re Here Tonight Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug DeepFake Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

16:45

JULIUS CAESAR VARIETY SHOW Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Through the Shortbread Tin Scottish Storytelling Centre, 27–31 Aug A: What Is Yours?

Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug

16:50

Dregs theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–29 Aug Taxidermy: The Sexy Death Play Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug Target Audience Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug Motorway ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug

16:55

Becoming Dr Ruth Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug Clive Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug

17:00

Love Did a Number on Me PBH’s Free Fringe @ Greek Gyros Grill, 26–30 Aug A Head Full of Bees C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 26–30 Aug LuluLand Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Forest Fringe: Sex Yacht (WIP) Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 26 Aug Taverna Miresia - Mario, Bella, Anastasia Church Hill Theatre, 28 Aug Call Her The Ringmaster Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 26–29 Aug Sublimation Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 30 Aug

17:05

Lysistrata theSpace @ Venue 45, 26–29 Aug

A Forgotten Woman: Mrs Oscar Wilde theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 27 Aug, 29 Aug After Shakespeare theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26 Aug, 28 Aug January 6th the Musical theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug Top Gunchained Gilded Balloon Teviot, 27–30 Aug I Think I Hate Actors Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug

17:10

Do Better: A Dramagedy Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Fruit Flies theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug hame. teeth. CLUB. Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug A Highly Suspect Murder Mystery: Knives In theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug DeepFake Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

17:15

To Do Lists Pleasance Courtyard, 27–31 Aug Headcase Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug I Am Going to Reveal Something Personal About Myself Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug Remember, Remember!

Pleasance Dome, 26–30 Aug Pilgrims Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug

17:20

A Seance Spectacular with the Mystical Medium Wolf Sisters from the Great White North Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug Mark Vigeant: OUT THERE Assembly Roxy, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug Casual Receptionist of the Quarter Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Steve Burns: Alive Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Surreally Good Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

17:25

After the Fact theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–29 Aug

17:30

Truthmachine C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug Dracula: Lucy’s Dream Pleasance at EICC, 27–29 Aug Mr Bergmann of Deadman’s Point Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug The Good, The Bad and The Almighty Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug M (Woman of Fashion) C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 26–30 Aug After Party Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug, 30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug

17:35

In the Cold Light theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Woyzeck (MacKendrick) theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug

17:40

Parasocial Activity Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Lucy Best: Unbelievable Paradise in Augustines, 26–30 Aug An Evening with Gerald Lloyd-Davies Summerhall, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug

17:45

Prophets Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug DESPERATE WEE GAY BOY Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug The Speakeasy Experience Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Boogie on the Bones Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

17:50

ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Jack Off The Beanstalk Just the Tonic Nucleus, 26–30 Aug ROLEPLAY Summerhall, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug

17:55

ASURA: An Enlightenment Experiment Zoo Southside, 26–30 Aug CADEL: Lungs on Legs Gilded Balloon at the Museum, 27–30 Aug

18:00

International Aufguss Masters Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug For Dolores Traverse Theatre, 30 Aug Endgame by Samuel Beckett Pleasance at EICC, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug, 30 Aug Supposing: Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug We Had Fun Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Women of Will Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Badgers Traverse Theatre, 29 Aug Maestro, play us Moonlight Sonata!

St Vincent’s, 28 Aug Water Colour Traverse Theatre, 28 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 26–29 Aug Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug The Distance Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

18:05

Come As You Are theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug Argonauts ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug Vampires of Mississippi PBH’s Free Fringe @ Banshee Labyrinth, 26–30 Aug

18:10

Deckhand theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–29 Aug An American (Not) in Paris Just the Tonic at The Mash House, 26–30 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug

18:15

Chip and Gus: A Comedy with Balls theSpace @ Venue 45, 26–29 Aug Tap Out! (Or I’ll Hit You Again) Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Fragments Hoots @ The Apex, 26–30 Aug The Misfortunes of a Spy and Her Mystic Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Big Dog Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug One Hundred Voices The Scottish Parliament , 27–28 Aug

18:25

ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Most of My Moms Are Gay Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Bumpo Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Always, Sometimes, Maybe ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug My Oh My, Mr Dream Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug EVITA TOO Zoo Southside, 26–30 Aug

18:30

FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Book of Shadows Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug Top GRRL! Pay Him to Peg You PBH’s Free Fringe @ The Street, 26–30 Aug Bog Witch Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug, 29 Aug Cathy Traverse Theatre, 28 Aug Dinosaurs Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug Do Not Attempt This Conversation Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug A Better Memory Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug The Taming of the Shrew Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 26–29 Aug

18:35

I Almost Died for This?! (A love story. Sort of.) theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug One Man Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum Greenside @ Riddles Court, 28 Aug Paywall C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 26–30 Aug

One Man Poe: The Business Man and The Case of M. Valdemar Greenside @ Riddles Court, 27 Aug One Man Poe: The Black Cat and The Raven Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26 Aug, 29 Aug

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19:10

A Queen’s Way Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Selkie: Past, Present, Future Scottish Storytelling Centre, 26–30 Aug Pajama Talks theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Krystyna Hutchinson: Congrats On Not Killing Yourself!

Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug

18:45

COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug MANWATCHING Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 28 Aug Forest Fringe: Like You Were Before Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 26 Aug The Song of Lip and Tarantula PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 26–30 Aug A Little Inquest Into What We Are All Doing Here Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 29–30 Aug

18:50

Max Olesker: Making the Cut Pleasance Dome, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug The Wetness Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug

18:55

TWITCH Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug

19:00

ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug The Last Drop ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug @Jenna C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 26–30 Aug Steak Out Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 26–29 Aug

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Innsmouth Crown theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug If We Really Were Witches Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug

JUDAS EXCLUSIVE Zoo Southside, 26–28 Aug Nosejob Paradise in Augustines, 26–30 Aug

19:15

Horrorshow Summerhall, 26–31 Aug The Night Ali Died theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug God Complex theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–29 Aug The Woman in the Box theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26 Aug, 28 Aug The Girls Who Made Us theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 30 Aug

19:20

Truthmachine C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug 15 Minutes of Shame ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug A Public Display of Affection Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug

19:25

Operation Market Garden theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug The Last Audition theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Dirty Dancer Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

19:30

Sherlock Holmes: The Death and Life Arthur Conan Doyle Centre, 26–29 Aug Operation Blank theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Al-Sirah Al-Hilaliyyah The Lyceum, 26–29 Aug FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug HAM Summerhall, 26–30 Aug Double Bill The Royal Scots Club, 26–29 Aug The Court 1 Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug

Did You Charge Your Phone for the End of the World?

Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug The Plot Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Aufguss x Nils Frahm Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Lions Summerhall, 26–30 Aug Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities: A Toy Theater Atlas C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug

19:35

ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug 1918: The Final Salomé Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Pyg Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug It Couldn’t Get Worse; or, The Margarita Boat Tour Incident theSpace @ Venue 45, 26–29 Aug SpinQueen™ Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug

19:40

Danger Plan!

Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–30 Aug Magic Lantern Anthology Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Nothing Personal Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Laughing Matters Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug This Is How I Got Arrested...

ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug Crying At My Podiatrist Paradise in Augustines, 26–30 Aug

19:45

If I See Him theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 27–29 Aug Two Little Pigs Pleasance Courtyard, 26–30 Aug Arachne / Athena Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug The Bathroom Floor Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug The Speakeasy Experience Summerhall, 26–31 Aug The Terribly Credible Definitely Edible Tale of the Town of Cropshire Assembly Roxy, 26–31 Aug COMA Assembly George Square, 28–30 Aug Define Queerness Venue 13, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Operotica: Lovers in Every Lifetime Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Pierrepoint: The People’s Hangman theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Luscinia Venue 13, 26 Aug, 28 Aug

Miss Thing theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26 Aug

19:50

Claudwick.

Hoots @ Nicolson Square, 26–31 Aug

20:00

Never Let Go: An Unauthorised Retelling of James Cameron’s Titanic Underbelly, Cowgate, 28 Aug, 30 Aug FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Goodbye Horses: An Unauthorised Solo Retelling of The Silence of the Lambs Underbelly, Cowgate, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Taverna Miresia - Mario, Bella, Anastasia Church Hill Theatre, 26 Aug, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Clown Show King’s Theatre, 27–29 Aug Betsy and Patty Find Out Bedlam Theatre, 26–30 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 27–29 Aug Forge Scottish Storytelling Centre, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug

20:05

Bachelors of Fine Arts theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Persona theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug

20:10

ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug Truthmachine C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug

20:15

Madam(e) Lou Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug The Tamer Tamed or, The Woman’s Prize Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug Down in Colorado ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug The Joker and The Thief theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–29 Aug

20:20

My Life Is a Sonnet theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Linus Karp Was Hit With An Umbrella Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug 116 Grams: A Play to Lose Weight Zoo Southside, 26–30 Aug

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When We Were Young theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Saving Britney Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug I AM JOHNNY Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Bite theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug Spinster Scottish Storytelling Centre, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug, 30 Aug 1 King, 2 Princes and Shakespeare’s Lie theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–29 Aug The Burnings Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug

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My Grandpa Doesn’t Follow Me On Instagram Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

20:30

For Dolores Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug FLIGHT Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug Hold On To Your Butts Pleasance Courtyard, 26 Aug Sex Idiot Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 27 Aug, 30 Aug Marjolein Robertson: Shetland Folklore Scottish Storytelling Centre, 28–30 Aug Taverna Miresia - Mario, Bella, Anastasia Church Hill Theatre, 28 Aug Endgame by Samuel Beckett Pleasance at EICC, 27 Aug The Wolf of Poyais Assembly Roxy, 27–30 Aug Supposing: Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug, 30 Aug Water Colour Traverse Theatre, 29 Aug The Mysterious Seelie Wight Women Museum of Magic, Fortune-Telling and Witchcraft, 29 Aug Mrs Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library Traverse Theatre, 28 Aug Dust: The Sixth Sense theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Forest Fringe: A Song and Dance (WIP) Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 26 Aug

20:40

Invasion (JoMarZeb) theSpace @ Venue 45, 26–28 Aug 2050: A Manifesto Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug Glenn & Flenn Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug Naked SARA! Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug

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Make Yourself at Home Paradise in Augustines, 26–30 Aug ARCADE Pleasance Dome, 26–31 Aug PrimeTime theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Collateral Damage theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug COMA Assembly George Square, 26–31 Aug CVNTCLAVE Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug

Nuns!

Assembly George Square Studios, 26–31 Aug Bean vs The Robots: A Solo Show Musical theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug The Eight Faces of Ellie Morrison Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug chameleon; mirage Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug Trainspotting Live Pleasance at EICC, 26–29 Aug

20:50

Crooked Shadows Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Lighthouse Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug

21:00

Truthmachine C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug Sauna Sessions Arts Club – The Hottest Club in Town Summerhall, 26–31 Aug The Singer Traverse Theatre, 27 Aug, 30 Aug Werewolf Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Benjamin Quirk: Twink Death Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–30 Aug Last Laugh ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug FORIEGNER Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 27–29 Aug Meteors Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

21:05

The Reunion C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug 1518: The Dancing Plague theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug 44 Minutes Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug The Faustus Project Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

21:10

Bigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It Summerhall, 26–30 Aug

21:15

AI Campfire [Return] Venue 13, 26–29 Aug The Singer Traverse Theatre, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 29 Aug Adult Panto (Unscripted): The Improvised Adult Panto PBH’s Free Fringe @ Liquid Room, 26–30 Aug

Puttana Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

21:20

Los Años Maravillosos: Archive, Image and Collapse Paradise in Augustines, 26–30 Aug Don’t Flush Me Yet theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug How Not to Make it in America Summerhall, 26–31 Aug

21:25

Mythos: Ragnarök Assembly Rooms, 26–29 Aug

21:30

Salty Brine: HOW STRANGE IT IS (The Neutral Milk Hotel Show) Summerhall, 26–30 Aug Mother, Maiden and Crone Bedlam Theatre, 26–30 Aug The Séance Starter Kit™ The Speakeasy at The Royal Scots Club, 26–30 Aug boobytrapped theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug Ce de Lu’ C ARTS | C venues | C aquila, 26–30 Aug

21:40

(No) Refunds Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Homunculus theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug My Beautiful Brain! theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

21:45

Graduatric theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug House of Life Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug

21:50

Truthmachine C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug Aquarius Rising Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug AI Campfire [Return] Venue 13, 26–29 Aug To My Wife’s Next Lover Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug The Only Man Who Won’t F*ck Me ZOO Playground, 26–30 Aug 2 Queers in Tears?

Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug

22:00

Punching Judy Greenside @ Riddles Court, 26–29 Aug

Beth and Ben: Your Place in the Workplace Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug I’m Still Not That Girl Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 26–30 Aug Momme Domme Braw Venues @ Grand Lodge, 26–30 Aug Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–30 Aug Sarah McGuinness: Grit, Glitter and Gaslight Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug B*tch Eat Dog Greenside @ George Street, 26–29 Aug Forest Fringe: Vincent Gambini: This Is Not a Magic Show Shedinburgh @ Assembly Checkpoint, 26 Aug Agent November’s Indoor Escape Game: Murder Mr E The Royal Scots Club Edinburgh, 27–29 Aug

22:05

Padlocked! theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug

22:10

Raves R Us Underbelly, Cowgate, 26–30 Aug

The Mothman Cometh Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug

22:15

Bunny!

Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Eve and Adam theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

22:20

Madame La Mort theSpace @ Symposium Hall, 26–29 Aug Good Girl Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug Lover on the Radio Paradise in The Vault, 26–30 Aug

22:30

Thermodrama Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Couture C ARTS | C venues | C aurora, 26–30 Aug SQUAT! theSpace on the Mile, 26–29 Aug #Hysterical theSpace on the Mile, 28 Aug Daddy Summerhall, 26–31 Aug Bottoming for Jesus Zoo Southside, 26–30 Aug Habits Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug

22:45

WENCH Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug

22:50

Sabotage theSpaceTriplex, 26–28 Aug Teen Spirit theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–29 Aug

23:00

Dr Faustus theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–28 Aug

23:20

Escape from Fairytale Land theSpace @ Surgeons’ Hall, 26–28 Aug

23:55

Fires on the Plain C ARTS | C venues | C digital, 31 Aug–1 Sep Beyond Time – Othello Part II C ARTS | C venues | C digital, 31 Aug–1 Sep

00:05

The Augur Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 26–31 Aug

09:30

Kids Breakfast Klub (0+) Brewhemia, 30 Aug

09:40

Once Upon a Tune (0+) theSpaceTriplex, 26–29 Aug

09:50

Improv Banana – Kids Comedy (8+) theSpace @ Niddry St, 26–29 Aug

10:00

Explosive Science Show! (5+) Assembly George Square Gardens, 26–31 Aug Splash Test Dummies Circus (0+) Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 29 Aug A History Mystery (5+) PASS Theatre, 27–29 Aug CeilidhKids at the Fringe (3+) Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 27–30 Aug Dragon Tales (0+) LifeCare Centre, 28–29 Aug Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret (0+) Assembly George Square Gardens, 26–28 Aug Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall (0+) Assembly George Square Gardens, 29–31 Aug

10:15

Tweedy’s Massive Solo Show (0+) Underbelly, George Square, 26–30 Aug

10:20

Vasthy and Friends: Sing, Dance, Play! (0+) Gilded Balloon Patter House, 26–31 Aug

10:30

Owl at Home – Theatr Iolo (5+) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–30 Aug Showstopper! The Kids Show (5+) Pleasance Courtyard, 29–30 Aug Bubba-Licious (0+) Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 27–30 Aug

10:45

Wow! The Amazing Family Magic Show (5+) Braw Venues @ Hill Street, 29–30 Aug Smashing Shakespeare: Brave Macbeth (5+) Assembly Rooms, 28–30 Aug The Truth About Trees (5+) Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug

11:00

Anatomy of the Piano (for beginners) (5+) Pianodrome at St Oswald’s Centre, 30 Aug Singing Willows and the Magical Bed (5+) Scottish Storytelling Centre, 29–30 Aug Adventures! Journey Through Dungeons With Dragons (8+) Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 26 Aug, 28 Aug, 30 Aug Quentin Blake’s Mrs Armitage on Wheels (3+) Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug

Science Circus (5+) Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 27 Aug, 29 Aug Mario the Maker Magician (3+) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 28–30 Aug Tenement Jazz Band: Interactive Live Jazz for Kids (0+) The Jazz Bar, 28–30 Aug

11:10

Ted Hill Teaches You Science, Most of Which Is True (5+) Assembly Roxy, 28–30 Aug SeedHeart (5+) Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug Cricket & The Freebugs (5+) Assembly Rooms, 26–30 Aug

11:15

Awesome Andy – The Show! (5+) PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 26–30 Aug Piemaggedon (5+) Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 29–30 Aug Bubba-Licious (0+) Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 27–30 Aug

11:20

Shhh! (A Wordless Comedy) (0+) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug

11:30

Children’s Underground Ghost Show (8+) City of Edinburgh Tours @ Old Police Box, 26–29 Aug

Olaf Falafel’s Stupidest Super Stupid Show: This Time It’s Stupider! (3+) Laughing Horse @ The Counting House, 27–30 Aug Hello Beach (0+) Assembly George Square, 26–30 Aug Dragon Babies (0+) LifeCare Centre, 28–29 Aug

11:45

The Letterman (5+) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug The Greatest Magic Show (5+) Assembly George Square Gardens, 26–31 Aug

12:00

Serious Nonsense (8+) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Greek Gyros Grill, 26–30 Aug Bubba-Licious (0+) Laughing Horse @ The Pear Tree, 27–30 Aug Amazing Bubble Man (0+) Underbelly, George Square, 26–31 Aug

12:05

Splash Test Dummies Circus (0+) Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 27–29 Aug

12:15

Magic Spectacular (5+) Hoots @ Potterrow, 26–31 Aug The Storymaster’s Tales Interactive Quest Show (8+) PBH’s Free Fringe @ Brewdog Doghouse Hotel, 29–30 Aug

12:20

Mama G: The Magic Bookmark (5+) Gilded Balloon Teviot, 26–31 Aug

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13:20

Darryl J Carrington: Out of the Box (5+) Underbelly, George Square, 26–31 Aug

13:25

Circus The Show (3+) Assembly George Square Gardens, 26–31 Aug

13:30

Frogs in Bogs (0+) Pleasance Courtyard, 26–31 Aug

13:35

Bleep Bleep! (5+) Underbelly, Bristo Square, 26–31 Aug

15:20

123 RAP! All Ages Hip Hop Comedy (3+) Hoots @ Hilton (Bread Street), 26–31 Aug

15:30

Dragon Tales (0+) LifeCare Centre, 30 Aug A Picture Book Musical: Milly’s Musical Adventure (0+) Just the Tonic at The Caves, 26–30 Aug

16:30

101 Ways to Annoy Your Parents... and Other Really Old People! (5+) Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 27–30 Aug

19:30

Amazing Family Comedy Bingo: Prizes Galore! (8+) St Cuthbert’s Church, 26–27 Aug

13:50

Shakespeare for Kids (0+) C ARTS | C venues | C alto, 26–30 Aug Barry Potter and the Magic of Wizardry (8+) Just The Tonic at The Hive, 27–30 Aug

14:00

A History Mystery (5+) PASS Theatre, 30 Aug Dragon Tales (0+) LifeCare Centre, 30 Aug

14:30

A History Mystery (5+) PASS Theatre, 26 Aug

14:35

Comedy Club 4 Kids (5+) Assembly George Square Gardens, 28–30 Aug

15:00

Supervillain (5+) Laughing Horse @ The Three Sisters, 29–30 Aug

15:10

The Flying Bubble Show (3+) Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows, 26–29 Aug

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Children’s Underground Ghost Show (8+) City of Edinburgh Tours @ Old Police Box, 26–29 Aug Scottish Family Panto Fun with Mr ButtonZ and The Buttons Show! (0+) Le Monde, 26–31 Aug Anime-Zing Kids! (3+) Laughing Horse @ City Cafe, 27–30 Aug Abracadabra Family Friendly Magic Show (5+) PBH’s Free Fringe @ CC Blooms, 26–30 Aug Magic Maestros (5+) Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, 29–30 Aug

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Billy Banana’s Brilliant Bingo (3+) Laughing Horse @ West Nic Records, 26–30 Aug

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‘Extraordinary... relentlessly creative’

‘Voice of an angel, humour of a devil’

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‘The epitome of female glamour and strength’

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